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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1946
Page
5
An Abbeville special report states the elementary school building burned at about one this morning with 380 students not yet dismissed. The 15 year old structure cost 25000 plus additions. losses include pianos a refrigerator and the library. Classes resume in public buildings as students attend elsewhere.
Six P M Saturday marks the filing deadline for city elections with a lone city commission vacancy and five seats on the City Democratic Executive Committee. Incumbents Hall Coe and other listed members have qualified or announced reelection, while four posts require ward qualification and the at large post is open to any candidate.
A national general strike in Chile was ended by a unanimous vote of the Confederation's National Directive Council. The declaration said the stoppage compelled the government to concede points from labor demands submitted January 30, and noted two nitrate unions had expected to join the action.
The state of Florida gains possession of the Ringling Museum and estate in Sarasota as years of litigation end. Gov Millard Caldwell and cabinet officials take part in ceremonies marking the transfer of state property and the settlement of all claims against the estate. The museum is valued at millions of dollars.
President Truman asked Congress for 29,008,008 more for the State Department to fund two programs that would disseminate information about the United States abroad. The request adds to the department’s 1847 budget, prompted by Secretary Byrnes in a December 31 letter, and would be carried out by the new Office on International Information.
The city approved and advanced 750 to equip the Negro USO club on North Cherry Street and named A L Wallon to direct future operations. The funds, plus 75 for this month’s rent, are to be repaid. A formal opening is planned as the building is converted into a Negro community center to serve local youths and servicemen.
Deanna Durbin and husband Felix Jackson christen their first child Jessica Louise born yesterday at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital weighing six pounds five ounces in Hollywood.
The War Department reported President Truman will take no action on Lt Gen Yamashita's clemency plea. MacArthur was notified and had been told not to delay the death sentence pending presidential action. Yamashita, convicted by a Manila tribunal for Philippines atrocities, faces execution as MacArthur upheld the verdict and ordered stripping of his military honors.
City firemen answered two calls yesterday to extinguish grass fires on Montana and South Lena streets. The blazes were in vacant lots and no damage was reported.
The Senate showed a cool reception to the Case strike control bill after the House backed it with a 258 to 155 vote. Senators favored only the mediation service provision while opposing many other stiff provisions and hinted at a major overhaul to soften the measure.
President Truman's plan to aid Europe faces early U S opposition as Rep Edwin A Hale introduces a bill to halt food exports until enough white bread is assured for Americans. Critics question cuts to wheat use while Morgenthau and Landon trade sharp reproaches amid crop concerns and famine warnings in Europe.
Thirteen year old Hutton Golden, son of Mrs. Eura Golden of Graceville route two, remains in critical condition at Moody Hospital with severe head injuries after a tractor auto accident on the Graceville highway Big Creek bridge last night. Martin L. Hidle Slocomb is held in the city jail on reckless driving and driving without a license. The tractor driven by Raymond Box Slocomb route two had lights. Hidle overtook the tractor and collided with its rear as both crossed the bridge. Box was uninjured.
Montgomery AP State Public Safety will tighten the crackdown on Alabama liquor laws in wet counties and dry counties. Capt. M W Kimbrough and Public Safety Director Van B Gilbert pledge a vigorous campaign against roadhouses and nuisances. Circuit Solicitor Temple Seibels disclosed padlock actions in a Montgomery county case after a bystander was killed in a recent dispute. Kimbrough said enforcement agents investigated 342 cases last month involving beverage control violations in wet counties and prohibition offenses in dry areas.
Lt. Ralph Davis of Bartow will resume the post as State Director of Unemployment Compensation in March. He recently returned from Germany after a year overseas. Davis managed Spessard Holland's 1840 gubernatorial campaign and later served as his executive secretary. His wife Louie Davis plans to resign as Gov Millerd Caldwell's receptionist this week.
The government proposed a 18 cent per hour wage rise for 90,000 production workers at five major packers Swift Armour Cudahy Wilson and John Morrell. The plan ties the raise to federal subsidies or meat price relief and faces industry opposition while drawing AFL approval and CIO caution.
Capt Alwin D. Kramer testified that Harry L. Hopkins, Roosevelt adviser, received highly secret intercepts of Japanese messages prior to Pearl Harbor. Kramer said he delivered the intercepts to Hopkins at Bethesda Naval Hospital in 1941 under orders from Adm Harold Stark, noting Hopkins commented on security and the material but Hopkins was not on the official distribution list.
A heavy explosion at St James Park shattered windows at Buckingham Palace and the House of Commons. The blast, caused by a detonated bomb fuse and TNT, produced a black smoke cloud over central London. No fatalities. UN delegates at Church House near Westminster Abbey were startled but resumed sessions.
A bomb exploded inside a Havana finance ministry restroom today injuring four people. Two of the injured were lawyers from the ministry. Finance Minister Florentina Martinez was on another floor and escaped harm in the blast that damaged ministry offices.
Washington AP Alabama Congressmen voted eight to one in favor of the Case strike-control bill approved by the House yesterday. Eight representatives named were Andrews Boykin Grant Hobbs Jarman Manasco Rains and Sparkman with Hepburn Patrick as the sole vote against. PLEADS GUILTY Birmingham AP Mrs Annie Bell Simmons 38 pleaded guilty to murder in the 1940 Lover's Lane slaying of City Fireman George Merrill at an arraignment before Circuit Judge Robert J Wheeler.
Washington reports say President Truman’s backing of Edwin C. Pauley for Navy Undersecretary fuels talk Ickes may quit. Ickes gave no comment as aides said White House pressed him to accept Pauley’s clash with Ickes. Senate views vary while George E. Allen clears for confirmation at RFC.
Adolf Berle Jr the U S ambassador to Brazil announced he submitted his resignation to President Truman. He had served a little over a year since January 30, 1945 and said Truman agreed to release him once Brazil’s new government under President Eurico Gaspar Dutra was installed with Dutra inaugurated January 31.
The UN Security Council paused debate on Indonesia to study statements from involved nations. A Dutch declaration urged a very liberal settlement of independence aims soon while the Soviet Ukraine charged Britain with endangering world peace. Dutch minister Van Kieffens argued the council lacks authority to intervene.
The county's political activity centers on W. F. Caryington Jr. of Dothan qualifying today as a candidate for the State Democratic Executive Committee from the Third Congressional District. Prospective county officers have three weeks to file, with a March 1 deadline, paying qualifying fees to Democratic Executive Committee Chairman W. A. Wells and submitting papers to the probate judge.
A well dressed bandit robbed the Aetna Finance Co. in Tampa, forcing manager Jerry Cox and four employees to the floor at gunpoint and escaping with $1,190 after going through the cash register and the company safe. He remarked on how little money the firm had.
Widespread public interest grows in a proposed zoning ordinance for Dothan. Arthur H. Johnson, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and City Planning Board, reported many suggestions by mail, phone, and in person. The Planning Board will meet March 4 to discuss amendments and forward the plan to the City Commission with a recommendation for enactment. Suggestions to the Sub-Committee on Zoning are directed to A. D. Carmichael, Jim Spann, Albert Logue, or Arthur Ussery. Proposals include adding districts, favoring certain industries in residential zones, relaxing height limits for business buildings, and larger apartments in residential areas.
President Truman stays on the job amid a national strike wave. A White House note cites the urgent situation requiring his personal attention as government and labor officials press to end the day old steel strike. Police and volunteers clear the way for limited transit in Lancaster, Pennsylvania while broader shifts suggest easing in major disputes, including the steel strike, signaling possible settlements and widespread work stoppages affecting 1.4 million workers.
Alabama voters can register by May 6 and vote in the Democratic primary the next day if otherwise qualified. Vetera ns not required to pay poll tax may show registration certificates, with two years residency by the general election, to be eligible. The ruling applies to all registrants and clarifies registration timing for spring primaries.
The Agriculture Department reinforced a pork output set-aside for government purchase and raised the lard set-aside to secure food for abroad. Effective Feb. 10, Alabama along with Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Texas? Virginia and West Virginia were exempted from the new pork and lard set-aside provisions.
Howard Taylor a 47 year old prominent Philadelphia newspaperman was found stabbed to death in his home. His wife Catherine 39 and a woman friend living there were detained by police as investigators probe the fatal attack. The slain editor served as night news editor and book section editor for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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