Dothan Recruiters Swear In First Man Under New Ruling
The first man sworn in at Dothan Army Recruiting Station under War Department directive 310 reports within the 20 day window after discharge to enlist. James Charles Tulan of Missouri was the veteran, with Major Pickett noting authorities now allow swearing in when necessary to meet the limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Agi Y
Vew War Department
Pune
Joseph Rociett
Tany
James Charles Tulan
Loti
Army Ordnance
Pickett
Packet
Three Die In Malvern Tank Explosion At Waterworks
In Malvern Arkansas three men were killed and two others critically burned when a storage tank at the city waterworks exploded during a paint repair job. Workers from Dixie Bridge and Tank Company of Memphis were inside the tank, with two on a ladder blown out as flames and smoke billowed. Names of the dead include W L Walker and Albert Lea Gibson and ge Patterson. Critical patients were E C Crockett and N E Devaughn. Authorities say the blast cause is undetermined and repairs had followed several days of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern, Ark
Malvern Waterworks
Dixie Bridge and Tank Company
Memphis
City Water Department
W. L. Walker
Albert
Lea Gibson
Lepanto
Ark
Ge Patterson
Blytheville
E. C. Crockett
Steele, Mo
N. E. Devaughn
Crockett, Tenn
Water Department
Coast Guard swears in new commandant Farley
Admiral Joseph Francis Farley was sworn in as commandant of the Coast Guard, returning to the Treasury Department after wartime Navy service. He succeeds Admiral Russell R. Waesche. Farley was born in Oxford Ohio and attended school in Trumansburg New York, beginning Coast Guard service in 1813.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph Francis Farley
U. S. Coast Guard
Treasury Department
Navy
Farley
Russell R. Waesche
Oxford
Ohio
Trumansburg
N. Y
Coast Guard
Gas turbine aircraft engines promised to shed weight and icing
Gas turbine power plants for airplanes would be free from vibration. They would reduce weight by eliminating radiators and cooling surfaces and would need no sparkplugs or carburetors, which cause icing in cold weather.
New Orleans Cotton Market Opens With Mixed Early Results
Trading begins with the May and July contracts showing narrow moves as values hover around 2450 to 2460. The October and December futures display varied quotes, with daily highs and lows unsteady amid steady selling interest and seasonal factors across the market.
Dim past regimes near democracy in Bulgaria and Romania
Louisville observers report that Bulgaria and Romania show shifts toward democratic governance. Ethridge notes no broadly representative postwar government in Romania or Bulgaria, while Russia makes concessions and urges broadening cabinets to include democratic elements. The three powers promise Romania a reorganization and free elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Butt
Bugera
Kuinenip
Quave
Myre
Interavention
Mark Bunrridge
Lowssville Board of Trade
Ridge
James Byrnes
Tal Russ
Yalta
Russia
United States
Rumania
Bulgaria
Attack Probers Get New Counsel
The Pearl Harbor investigating committee named Seth W Richardson as its new counsel in Washington. He succeeds William D Mitchell who resigned with his staff as the scope of the inquiry expanded. Congress extended the investigation to February 1% and Richardson previously served as an assistant attorney general in the Hoover administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Seth W. Richardson
Richardson
William D. Mitchell
Congress
Hoover Administration
Farm Bureau Sets Membership Mark
Hobson Knowles, president of the Houston County Farm Bureau, announced that the 1945 membership drive yielded 1,578 paid-up members for 1946, a new all-time high beyond 1,408 in 1945. The 1946 goal was 1,500, and leaders expect to surpass it as committees submit reports though the drive is closed. new members will be accepted through 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alga
Houston County Farm Bureau
Hobson Knowles
Bureau
Knowles
Soviets Unaware Hitler Body Found Report
A French newspaper claimed Hitler's body was found in a garden near the Reichschancellery and identified by a dental test, but Soviet authorities denied knowledge of the report. American intelligence noted they would verify with X ray photographs from Hitler's physician. A separate note mentions a new runway lighting technique at Idlewild Airport in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hitler
Reichschancellery
France-Sair An
Paris
den Lust
New York
Idlewild
Marine Raider Julian Draughon’s Courage Amid Pacific Battles
Marine Corporal Julian Draughon of Dothan recounts in vivid terms his Marine Raider training and combat in the Southwest Pacific. He describes Tulagi’s rapid fall, the Guadalcanal campaign, and a bloody engagement on Bloody Knoll where he was wounded, later returning to duty after New Zealand and New Caledonia training and serving again with the Amphibious Tractor Battalion during landings and supply runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Parsons
Assend
Southwest Pacific
Marne
Julian Fred Draughon
South Foster Street
Dothan
Young Draughon
Marine Raiders
Marine Raider
Parris Island
South Carolina
Quanco
Virginia
Tulage
Tulagi
Draughon
Florida Island
Guadalcanal
New Zealand
Merit Smihs
Island of
Sava
Vilages
Dranghon
I New Zcaland
Urranghon
New Caledonia
Rammng Agin
United States
Camp Eliot California
Pacific
Whee
Tractos
Udraughon
Anatel
Thas
Draughan
Fant
Bra Traetor
Guam
Okia
Diaughon
Tie
Derau
Marue
Marine Corps
Plan National Roosevelt Shrine At Warm Springs
Plans for a national Roosevelt memorial shrine at Warm Springs Georgia were announced by a gathering of prominent Georgians. Proposals include a memorial park in Pine Mountain and surrounding tile work. Wihan N. Backs of Newnan chaired the hosting event for the state industry and development board panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plan
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Warm Springs Infante Paralysis Foundation
Tentense
Wihan N. Backs
Newnan
Ade Commerce
Stave Industrry and Agricultural Development Board
Vusslora
Measles Cases Reported Prompt Health Dept Request
Unofficial and unconfirmed reports of measles cases reach the Houston County health department. Dr. W. T. Burkett urges city and county physicians to report communicable diseases promptly and advises isolation to prevent spread. Immunization options include convalescent serum or immune globlin within days of exposure, with a focus on protecting infants and young children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County Health Department
W. T. Burkett
Ealth
Health Department
Burkett
Steel wage dispute fuels CIO strike threat grows
President Truman forms a three man fact finding panel to resolve the steel wage clash as a possible walkout by 700000 CIO workers nears the January 14 deadline. Feinsinger aims to pull in McDonough immediately while Douglas remains unreachable. Government officials doubt any OPA price rise will calm the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Westinghouse
CIO
Truman
Nathan FP. Feinsinger
War Labor Board
Washington
Roger McDonough
Utah
Moore Eyes Mississippi Job After Alumni Talks
C Hot Moore, Hattiesburg high school coach, says he would accept the University of Mississippi coaching post if offered. He met with subcommittee members and Ole Miss officials in Jackson, noting some alumni favor a large frame coach and equipment repair for Guam invasion duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattiesburg
Miss
Moore
Ole Miss
Jackson
Joni
Geneva County Schools Open After 11 Day Break
Geneva County students resumed classes today as Superintendent J. J. Collins announced, naming returning teachers including Mrs. Bessie Daughtery in first grade at Geneva and Major James E. Neal as vocational agriculture instructor at Samson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Geneva County
J. J. Collins
Collins
Bessie Daughtery
James E. Neal
Pat Samson
Firemen Extinguish Two Small Blazes on New Year
New Year’s Day saw Dothan firefighters extinguish two minor fires. Fire Chief Floyd Harris said the afternoon blaze was in a grass plot on Commonwealth Court, while last night a kerosene spill near an open fire in a West South Street residence caused light damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Floyd Harris
Commonwealth Court
West South Street
Court Refuses Review Of Glass Senate Seat Bid
The Supreme Court declined to review litigation seeking to unseat Senator Glass of Virginia. John Locke Green, Arlington County Republican leader, argued Glass had not appeared on the Senate floor since June 20, 1941, and urged a special election. Glass, age 151? 87, faced pressure as his term expired in January 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Glass
D-Va
John Locke Green
Arlington County
Virginia
Senate
Green
Virginia Supreme Court
Colgate W. Darden
Auto Damaged In Bus Crash Near Foster Burdeshaw Street
Police accident records show an automobile driven by J T Blalock of Dothan collided with a school bus at the North Foster Burdeshaw Street intersection. The bus, driven by James W. Avery, was moving slowly when the incident occurred, leaving Blalock`s car damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J T Blalock
Dothan
Foster-Burdeshaw Street
James W. Avery
Blalock
No Clean Shave Theft Suspect Remains in Houston Jail
A Houston County jail inmate, John Williams, faces petty larceny charges after allegedly stealing another man's razor. The incident underscores a rule about personal grooming and consent. Williams remarks on the risks of using someone else’s razor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
John Wiliams
Sergeant Abner W. Seddon Arrives in New York
Sergeant Abner W. Seddon of Dothan reached New York aboard the Montero yesterday, a dispatch from the Associated Press reported. The item notes a proton is about 1,840 times heavier than an electron in a separate scientific tip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Abner W. Seddon
Dothan
Associated Press
Mrs Ruby Vann Assumes Duties At Vet Aid Office
Mrs Ruby H Vann of 511 South Foster street begins as clerk stenographer at the Dothan VA office. She will assist the new training officer John H Cartwright arriving this afternoon. Vann completed a two week VA Montgomery training and has Civil Service service since 1941. She has worked at Maxwell and Napier fields and was transferred from Napier to Dothan VA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby H. Vannn
South Foster Street
Dothan
Veterans Administration
John H. Cartwright
Vanin
Montgomery
Civil Service
Vann
Maxwell
Napier Fields
Girl 18 Ends Life After Vow With Fate
In Wilmington California Wanda Williams 18 a telephone operator hanged herself in the garage after a year old note by her mother quoted a bargain with God. Police Sgt H N Coppedge ruled the death as self inflicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Calif
Mildred Johnson
Good Citizenship Girl to Represent Geneva Schools
Superintendent J. J. Collins announced the Good Citizenship campaign names. Each Geneva County senior high will elect a Good Citizenship Girl to represent Slocomb Geneva Hartford Coffee Springs and Samson on the DAR campaign effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
J. J. Collins
Geneva County
DAR
Slocomb
Hartford
Coffee Springs
Samson
Lost in Ice At Leake Lake Inspires Naval Search
A group of winter swimming enthusiasts from Chicago and Michigan traveled to Leake Michigan for a New Year dip. After a gun bath, Dubois failed to surface and Navy and Coast Guard units searched the icy waters for his body while Zirkle disappeared beneath the surface.
Marshall aide Walton Butterworth to China mission
Aide Willam Walton Butterworth Jr of the Embassy in Spain is assigned to a China mission. The report notes his arrival and ongoing duties, mentioning Glory De Haven and John Payne in surrounding context of the assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Walton Butterworth, Jr
Spain
China
Ely Pound
Glory
Also Mentioned on This Page
First Man
New Orleans
Farm Bureau
Bouthbound
Dothan, Ala
Cattondale, Fla
Panama City, Fla
Cattondale
Fla
Jacksonville, Fla
Miami
Tampa, Fla
Ala
Panama City
Cottondale
South Florida
THE
BAY Line
Cpl
Iullas Draghon
Stark
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Ruby Vann
Vet Aid Office
Igan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
West Vaksinia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
District of Columbia
Helians
Tug
George C Marenel
Sip
Enosecred Wodey
Buty 4
U .S
Jon Dandruff
Fei
Clive Mair Ton
C. E. Blakey
N. Feater
Glassen
Gulf No-Nox
Gulfpride
Scarborough Jack Wise
Crawford
Brink
Pitell
DE Peppee Bottling Company
Alabama
Coker
Hugh Spann
Earl Hammond
Young Drug CO
Spann-Hammond
Saville Row
Bond Street
Cassie Eine
Knight Errent
Barat
Esquire
Eral
Your Walgreen Agency
N. Foster
Fred Mn
S. Foster St
Dothan Savings & Loan CO
Harry Hall
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!