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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1950
Page
1
Washington AP outlines how to fill the 1949 long form 1040 with instructions and an example couple filing jointly. It covers deductions exemptions and the step by step calculation from income to tax, including figures for a two earner family and how to handle withholdings and refunds.
The 1858 New York City police force began as Peter Stuyvesant's eight member unit known as the Rattle Watch. It used a fire truck imported from London, tracing origins to 1741 per the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spokane police report an early morning theft where Officer T Millston seized a panied thief dragging a panie on a truck street. The burglar abandoned the strong box and fled the scene, escaping with the loot still missing.
The piece discusses E Stanley Jones ideas on finding God by allowing Him to find you. It offers practical habits to invite divine presence, cites Frank Laubach suggestions, and ends noting a statistic that fifteen percent of drivers cause ninety percent of accidents.
In a Georgia civil rights trial, the defense acknowledged three of 10 white defendants built two crosses burned the night seven Black people were flogged. William Hartline Truman Purcell and Sam Peterson allegedly helped construct the Lookout Mountain cross, with a second at Hooker, as Klansmen transported the victims. Sheriff Lynch and deputies were present at Hooker, witnesses testified of whipping sounds and intimidation.
Florida’s winter gambling season neared an end as Gov. Fuller Warren’s crackdown reduced activity statewide. From Pensacola to Key West, machines and bookmaking largely vanished, with Jacksonville casinos dark or serving meals only, as sheriffs and prosecutors enforce the edict. In Dade County, the governor’s surprise Miami visit spurred a swift halt, signaling a statewide “brownout” in gambling while visitors seek other entertainments.
A fragment notes that in November there are four Thursdays this year and questions which day is observed as Thanksgiving in the United States if states do not align. It mentions most states celebrate on Thursday while a few observe the fourth Thursday, implying variance in statutory provisions.
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