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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1949
Page
2
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Pharles Dunseth guided Houston County’s 1948 March of Dimes drive to a successful outcome, raising an estimated 3500 to 4000 dollars. He secured corporate support, including top executives, and joined key Dothan Chamber committees. Dunseth, a St Louis native, moved to Dothan with his family and urged ongoing community backing to sustain industry after a new venture is established.
The Southern States Mission orchestra of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will play in Mobile tomorrow at 8 p m at the church chapel. It marks the annual Gold and Green Ball, a highlight of Mutual Improvement Association youth events. Conference of the Alabama district follows Sunday with sessions at 10 a m and 2 p m and dinner served, as the orchestra plans a tour through major Mississippi cities.
Dunseth notes Dothan’s rapid growth and stresses there was never intent to offend. He predicts future industries will find a lasting welcome, jokingly calls himself a yankee while embracing locals, and reflects mutual adoption between him and Dothan.
FBI says two men arrested in a hotel bar in Miami are linked to a $43,000 Memphis bank robbery. Authorities recovered $40,000, with $36,000 still in wrap pers from the car. Five suspects, including Horace Alexander and John Eugene Anderson, face arraignment. two women are held as witnesses. The March 8 ram- robbery involved a stolen car, two loaded revolvers, and the looting of tellers’ cages at First National Bank branch in Memphis. The robbers fled to Little Rock, then halted in New Orleans and Miami.
Four states Alabama Florida Georgia are described as planning actions over the next several months. The text notes coordination among these states on unspecified topics and timelines, with no further concrete details provided.
Fort Meade Maryland United Press reports two soldier convicts escaped a maximum security cell by using a cane to club guards and flee. Donald Nye 21 of Syracuse and Robert Nelson 22 of Rome were recaptured within about 12 hours after following cane marks, found near the base. Nye was jailed for murder of a German girl and Nelson for black market dealings in Europe. Both carried .45 revolvers and surrendered when a shot was fired over their heads. Bloodhounds aided the search as authorities extended air, foot, and auto hunts.
Federal Land Bank of Columbia officials led by President Julian H. Scarborough met West Florida National Farm Loan Associations directors at Hotel Chipola in Marianna. Regional manager J. P. Ferguson presided with B. S. Burch and T. M. Baker and J. P. Adams attending. West Florida associations in Live Oak Pensacola and Marianna oversee loans exceeding two million dollars locally. Pensacola reps included J. M. Lee C. R. Wolf H. W. Lunndy W. A. Harrell. Live Oak reps included J. L. Sullivan R. Brown T. M. Smiley R. C. Blanton Wyler Phelps B. N. Moose. Marianna reps Were W. S. Bavis Henry A. Williams J. Wright Clark John D. Fuqua.
Baldwin Georgia farmer Connie N Watts reports a Buff Orpington hen laid a three in one egg ten and a half inches long The shell contained three eggs with eight yolks in total The outer egg measured six inches around the middle Inside was another six inch circumference egg and a central third The two largest eggs carried three yolks each while the smallest had two Watts says he cannot identify which hen produced the giant egg.
The staff of Chipola Junior College’s student paper the Papoose is announced. Editors include Orlo W. Dykes Panama City and Georgia Belle Avery Maivac with W. D. Williams Bonifay as associate editor Bettie Jean Pilcher Marianna society editor Frank McCall Olver Creek sports editor Bill Brokaw Marianna circulation manager James G. Williams Graceville H B Davis Dathan Mike Pelt Marianna Jim Murphy Graceville and Reilan McCall Geneva Alabama among reporters.
Chipola Junior College delegates Spreidii Josephine Garner of Greenwood and Rollan McCall of Geneva Ain will attend the Southeast regional conference of the International Relations Club in Atlanta February 18 128 18. Sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace the meeting at Emory University features principal speaker Dr Waldo Champerlain linked to United Nations since 1942 in research on logistic range problems.
In 189, North Carolina levied special taxes on beaver hats, geld, headed canes, harps, watches, and politicians.
Mrs Agnes Clase Anderson, 83, the last of 52 immigrant Swedes who founded New Sweden in 1870, remained in the house her late husband built near the original settlement site. A recent improvement for motorists is a photocell linked electromagnetic switch that automatically dims headlights when it detects oncoming traffic.
In Shanghai a calm surface masks fear of postwar violence while Nationalist troops shift out and Communists move in. Foreign officials brace for unrest as police, Marines, Sikhs, and guards tighten security around consulates and foreign properties. Death penalties and martial law measures signal harsher control amid labor strife and inflation pressures.
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