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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1949
Page
3
Body Of Abbeville Soldier Due Home
The body of T-5 Andrew H. Cummings of Abbeville route 6e is being returned to the United States aboard the Arenas. Also aboard are 175 Americans buried in military cemeteries at Brookwood and Cambridge, England, brought back on the same voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew H. Cummings
Waltee Cummings
Abbeville
United States
Brookwood
Cambridge
England
Rotary Ladies Night Delivers Hilarious Valentine Event
The Dothan Rotary Club hosted a raucous Valentine’s Ladies Night at the Wagon Wheel with Rotary-Annes, featuring hog calling, cow milking, marbles, mystery man, and boxing-style games. Prizes included a live pig, silver dollars, and a tub of jello as crowds roared at props and antics led by Master of Ceremonies Mark Cannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Rotary Club
Wagon Wheel
Pat Poyner
Crawford Mosley
Jack Gregory
Gregory
Eagle
Rotary-Annes
Mark Cannon
Morton Ray
Albert Logue
Homer McAliley
Wood Pearson
Poyner
Sam Windhams
Windham
John Ayres
Harry Hall
Carl Kirk
Eleanor Oakley
Walter Morris
Rufus Davis
J. W. Farkman
Valentine Bo
Strange Powers Said to Work While Sleep Revealed
A Los Angeles based figure, known as The Voice of Two Worlds, promotes a three thousand year old Tibetan system teaching latent mental power. He claims methods enable any person to gain health, courage, and business success, especially when used while sleeping. Readers are invited to request a free 9000 word treatise from the Institute of Mentalphysics in Los Angeles, limited copies available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Wow
Tibet
Institute of Mentalphysics
South Hobart Blvd
Calif
Parking Meters Aid March Of Dimes Campaign
Carrollton adopts a new campaign method for the March of Dimes with meters accepting dimes for the polio drive. City council approves, police collect and turn over dime receipts to the campaign while other spare change is kept by officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
March of Dimes Fund
Carrollton, Ga
Carrollton
Harry Bickford
Home Too Vulnerable In Marietta Housing Bend
Mr and Mrs Love Martin weigh moving as a housing bend on a highway proves dangerous. In the past month cars have missed the curve and crashed into the house causing about 1200 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta, O
Love Martin
Norman ancestor of George Washington linked to Wes synton estate
In 1183 a Norman ancestor became lord of the manor and village of Wes synton Wassington and assumed the family name from the estate, joining the Washington lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Wessynton
Wassington
Pro Soviet American Writer Arrested By Reds On Spy Charge
Moscow reports Anna Louise Strong, 64, an American writer long allied with the Soviet Union, has been arrested as a spy by Soviet security police and will be deported. The press described her as a well known spy and noted her career as a journalist and author supporting Communist regimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reds
Moscow
Anna Louise Strong
A. L. Strong
Soviet Union
Strong
American Friends Service Relief
Russia
Poland
Joel Shubin
Soviet Commissariat
China
United States
Dawn Out
Moscow Daily News
Burning Crosses to Be Crime In Miami Ordinance
Miami commissioner H Leslie Quigg to introduce a measure making cross burning a crime with fines up to 500 dollars and up to 60 days in jail. The move follows cross burnings before two churches during Brotherhood Week. Separate church matters include a vote Feb 22 on Rev Donald Douds’s status after inviting Rev Edward Graham. earlier Graham’s address was canceled amid threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
H. Leslie Quigg
Miami Shores Community Church
Donald Douds
Edward Graham
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Graham
Douds
Ten Thousand Fresh Eggs Sent to Africa for Chick Stock
A Jacksonville lumber firm announced a shipment of 10 000 fresh eggs flown from Boston to Dakar to hatch at Bathurst for the British Colonial Development Corporation. Eggs travel in heated trucks from Essex Massachusetts to Logan Airport then by Pan American Airways to West Africa, needing 44 to 70 degree handling. Bathurst hatchery aims to receive them within six days of laying as part of Britain’s plan to boost colonies. Rhode Island Reds chosen for the first batch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Boston
Dakar
Africa
Jacksonville Lumber
Bathurst
British West Africa
Colonial Development Corporation of London
Essex
Mass
Logan
Pan American Airways
Youngest South Dakota sheriff takes post in Hamlin County
Delbert Petersen, 25, is cited as the youngest sheriff in South Dakota as he begins his duties in Hamlin County. The UP report notes his age and historic appointment in the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hayti
Delbert Petersen
South Dakota
Hamlin County
Notable Quote on Poland under Soviet Occupation
Chamberlain dismissed the widow of a Soviet official as unreliable for information about events in Poland under Soviet occupation, signaling skepticism toward private sources in wartime accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Chamberlain
Cotton Trading Nations To Meet On Stabilizing Prices
Cotton exporting and importing nations will meet in Bel-Elmum on April 25 20 to discuss a plan under the International Cotton Advisory Council to stabilize world prices. The proposal seeks to share export earnings and set fair prices for producers and consumers, with U.S. delegates weighing postponement until after a wheat accord is settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Council
Cairo
Egypt
Senate
Omomay
Saze
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anets & E
Nes, de Portiané
Ba‘ Dothan
Raith
Ris
Acter
Paris
James Marlow Washington
Mes J. Doran
Rich Mans
Post Office Department
Brcakse
Snk
Doran
Berquis Ney
Zg Post Office Department
Circe
Woos
Niet
Daren
Cleveland
Han
California
Cummer
Florida
Foster St
Rotary Club
Cadiz
Spain
Borden
Ashes Insurance
Agency
Raymond E. Spann
Spann Hardware
Merury
Mrony Gita
Mercury
Dothan
Lincoln-Mercury Company
South Oates Street
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