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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1949
Page
1
Folks around West Side Church St Geners announced plans for the old year’s end Saturday night at the public event. The program includes singing starting at 1 30 with likely songs and civic scenes.
The Klan story leads editors annual ranking of the year’s top Alabama news, with indictments and fear of masked groups shaping the year’s headlines. Other top items include the Pardon and Parole Board rules, political races, and a Talladega crime tragedy.
Livestock market data from eight packing plants in Albany Columbus Mobile Thomasville FitzGerald Montgomery Dothan Jacksonville and Tallahassee shows mostly steady to 2 cent higher quotes for cattle calves hogs and sows. Prices cover weights from 100 to 320 pounds with various grade distinctions and animal types including barrows gilts cows bulls and stocker calves.
Fragmentary excerpt discusses objections to merging the Army and Navy into one department. Crommelin cites personal stakes, MacArthur letters, and a 1932 memo from Fleet Admiral King noting that combining the services would create a massive, costly bureaucracy and worsen existing administrative challenges.
The readable snippets list several named individuals such as Eugene E. Cox Doris B. Cox Eduard DeGrafteurisa Tati DeGraffenried Robert E. Vine and others with dollar amounts like $425 $515 and $36. The surrounding garbled line hints at municipally owned areas and an area provision but leaves unclear actions or outcomes.
Mrs. A L Harmon Haueton County Register of Circuit Court received $210 for acting as an absentee election manager. The pay, per new state law, entitles election officials to $10 per day for up to 20 pre election days plus election day, regardless of ballots cast. The law requires electors away from their voting place to appear before the register to vote during the 20 days before the election.
The Panama Canal town welcomed the Ruslan and two other ships arriving at Cristobal last night. The Peramuter is due today and the Chiakanife is en route. All are scheduled to pass through the canal, traveling from the Baltic to Vladivostok.
The piece mocks century dating debates from 1099 to 1950s, noting experts say the 10th century ends in 1900 while people marked 1099 and mid century toastings. It discusses Dionysius Exiguus and mid century speculations, then ends with a playful toast to a new century.
Admiral William F. Blandy will retire February 1, 19 be succeeded by Vice Admiral William B. Fecheer as Chief of Naval Operations. Blandy, age 54, cited partial disability while officials note he twice missed selection for the top post. He led ordnance work and commanded the joint Army Navy Yank Force in 1946 atomic tests.
A garbled paragraph discusses Mahonty and an av reportedly unsure how a death occurred, mentions Riviera imagery, and a long shot gamble with a risk to destroy papers if wrong. The text also riffs on cheerful exclamations like Hurrok and notes multilingual cheer words in various languages.
In Goffstown New Hampshire a physician, Dr. Hermann N. Sander, is held on murder charges in the mercy killing of Mrs. Abbie Barrote, a cancer patient. Sander admits injecting a lethal dose in a justifying mercy motive as witnesses say, with the county attorney seeking grand jury action.
Abundant aluminum existed in the earth's crust but remained costly for commercial use until 1888 when progress lowered its price and expanded applications.
A damage suit filed in Houston County Circuit Court seeks 31,000 on two counts against Ann W. Ingram, brought by B. Jackson. The claimant alleges injuries from an accident near Pansey on December 22 involving a car driven by Ingram. The matter centers on property damage and the injuries claimed in the wreck.
Funeral services were held for Henry Davis 19 at Lovedale church with interment in the church cemetery under Carl Neal. Survivors include three sons and three daughters with several relatives listed. Also reported are funeral rites for Mrs. T J Allen of Headland at the Baptist Church with burial in Haleburg cemetery and survivors including a daughter and two sons. Additional note covers the Edmondson family memorials for F Sole Eamancon and burial at Claybank cemetery with survivors from several states and military links.
Washington AP report notes officials hesitate as labor pushes private old age pension plans. Economists warn private schemes may force broader regulation and tax impacts while government eyes Social Security expansion to offset rising pension costs.
The revised law outlines lane changes before turns with signals extended for at least 100 feet, and directs yielding to police and emergency vehicles. It sets vehicle equipment rules, limit on load securing, spotlight usage, and dim lights when needed, plus new permit requirements for youth riders and a minimum speed provision to avoid impeding traffic.
The report notes possible early moves on education funding and pardons amid factional wrangling. It also suggests the President may seek renewed authority for displaced Europeans and press Senate approval of a security bill, along with potential wartime tax tweaks to balance deficits.
Ralys Lee of Eurmule is named chief for Southeast scout unit, succeeding Emmett Kayier of Eufaula. Other officers include Billy Harden of Dothan to succeed Las ter Fords Enterprise, Jasper Reeves of Eufaula as treasurer, and Gene M. Rammage of Dothan reappointed as adult leader of the national camping group.
In a period before Mao’s rise, Moscow dominated discussions as Moscow backed recognizing the Chinese Communists. Yugoslavia and Dorgma joined in, with India quick to follow, reflecting a Western-aligned shift in international recognition. A foreign ministry spokesman cited China's geographic control and popular support as basis for recognition and hinted at further moves by Britain after the colonial conference in Colombo. The British leader, ill with a heart attack, travels via the Mediterranean toward Port Said to board the Kenya for a Suez trip to Ceylon.
The report notes that the House may approve an excise measure or the Senate could broaden it by amendments to cover additional excise taxes. Rep. Doughton of North Carolina, chair of Ways and Means, says efforts to trim taxes should not worsen the federal deficit and that a House consensus may oppose raising other taxes. He adds the broader excise issue will be debated in the Senate and a vote timing is anticipated.
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