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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1947
Page
5
ATLANTA UP authorities revealed how a would be post office robber failed due to red tape. The man aimed a pistol and demanded registered mail at three windows but clerks directed him to others or to the safe area. An outside agent waited to arrest him. he received a probated sentence for simple assault. The name was not disclosed.
This fragment lists key dates from 1898 including the message to Garcia on April 25, the Spanish-American War actions at Manila Bay May 1 and Santiago July 1, De Soto expedition era notes, and a sequence ending with U S treaty signings and territorial gains. It also notes anniversaries for Detroit Nashville Sacramento and Worcester, and broad historical references spanning centuries.
Johnson City officials said Vernon Cook Robert Cook and Harold Fox were arrested after a chase with dogs and federal aid for the robbery and murder of Wo Cl Floyd at a service station. Fox confessed naming Vernon Cook and the driver Kenneth Hopson as accomplices. Hopson described forcing the men to the station and the gun disposal. Floyd died en route to a hospital.
About 300 colleges will vote January 9 10 on a purity code to form a national athletic conference. The revisions define amateurs admit athletes on equal academic terms and limit aid to tuition and fees while requiring adherence by all member schools.
Paris reports the Foreign Trade Ministry announced plans to restart snail breeding in 1948 for upscale tables. Officials are negotiating delivery of 40 truckloads for the year with discussions on exporting to Great Britain and the United States after wartime declines in production.
In Naples Italy police say a band of thieves stole 530000 false teeth from a medical warehouse and returned for more. One suspect was captured on the second visit and officers expect to recover the remaining teeth valued at about 8000 dollars.
In Hickory North Carolina 78 year old Joseph M Dale a Brindle town farmer and gold prospector burned to death yesterday trapped in his blazing home as relatives watched in distress from outside the residence.
Ralph A. Aigler of Michigan Izach C Willett of Southern California Norton Pritchett of Virginia and Clarence P Houston of Tufts named chair man of a new athletic committee at their institutions to oversee intercollegiate sports.
Authorities reported Dale died in a five room house fire caused by a fireplace that got out of control. A daughter and her husband nearby tried to help as flames and heat intensified, trapping him inside while he attempted to fight the blaze.
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