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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1947
Page
1
W S Wilson reports only five percent of the 10 346 registered units in the Dothan Ozark area have had rent adjustments since March 1 1942. About ten adjustments occur monthly with an average increase near 30 dollars, mainly for principal improvements. Most units remain at the previous maximum rent.
President Truman backs higher pay as Senator Pepper proposes boosting the national minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour. Hartley and other Republicans show support, while farm-state and Southern legislators warn of impact on costs and parity provisions.
Report notes that a coming chief executive would likely order an extraordinary Senate and House session next Tuesday to create interim committees. The attorney general ruled committees cannot be set up during the organization meeting, but a separate purpose could summon lawmakers to the capitol and start interim work. Folsom could push investigations via regular sessions or wait until May’s biennial meeting.
A Tulsa cabby admitted he was not rolling in dough and filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition. He noted that in the past 99 days he lost $3,500 in crap games, revealing the source of his financial troubles.
13 boards could shrink as officials indicate stepping down after a meeting with Dr. Ray and Lee present. Folsom plans to expand to five and three seats may open when he takes office. Names mentioned include Bryce Davis and Toomey, with background on their civic and political roles in Easley Mobile and Monroe County.
Livestock receipts at eight major packing plants in Alabama Georgia Florida and Tennessee totaled 750 cattle 350 calves and 4700 hogs. Hog trading was active with prices generally strong and many sales 25 to 75 cents higher. Medium to choice barrows and gilts 180-240 lb priced at 19.75 to 20.00 dollars with some at 20.25. heavier 240 lb plus quoted at 20.00. 160-180 lb 18.75-19.25. 140-160 lb 18.25-18.50. 120-140 lb 14.00-18.75. 30-120 lb 13.00-14.00. medium to good sows 16.25-18.50.
AP dispatch from USDA notes salable hogs 12 000 total 18 500 in early market fair activity steady on sub 250 lb weights, slower overall with top at 22 75 and various ranges for 180 240 lb 22 50 22 75, 240 270 lb 22 25 22 50, 270 330 lb 21 75 22 25, sows 50 75 cents lower. salable cattle 3 000 total 3 800, calves 700, steers weak to 50 cents lower, yearlings slow, cows and bulls 25 50 cents lower, vealers 1 00 lower, beef cows 13 00 15 50, canners 10 50 15 0? bulls 16 25. dealers 23 00 26 00, few 27 00.
AP dispatch from Union Stock Yards reports week’s salable cattle receipts about 2100 with slow Friday trade and mixed gains and losses across classes. Slaughter steer and heifer prices up to 1.00 higher week over week, calves and hogs showing varied strides, vealers 19.00–24.00, butcher calves 18.00–21.00, hogs 140–180 lb up to 25–26, lighter weights 18.75–19.25, sows 17.00–18.00, stags 14.50 down.
London reports Tass Neva Shakhtinsk has grown from a mining settlement into a city with apartments theater schools gardens and parks Kamensk also rapid growth hosts a new agricultural machinery plant sewer station mining equipment plant and food factories as the Donets basin industrializes.
AP reports Per Hoggbrennen of Trvell received a coat tied to a 30 year old friendship. In 1917 while on a railroad in Norway an American offered the coat for a sum he could not pay. Recently Hoggbrennen, sorting donated clothing from war‑scarred Norway, found his old friend’s name on a distant receipt inside the garment.
In Chattanooga Tenn two English bulldogs are key workers for the Tennegser Egg Company. They corral 300 to 500 escaped chickens weekly and return them unharmed to supervisor Floyd Fuller. The experienced Lady Bull, four years old, leads operations while her one month old son Stubby recently became a partner.
In Vandover Washington two prowlers fled after a neighbor yelled at them. Anna Olijtenbruns reported the incident to police saying the men had slipped into her backyard intending to steal firewood and fled when confronted.
Moscow dispatch summarises New Times articles by Dmitri Monin and others arguing full denazification and demilitarization are prerequisites to German unity and a stable peace. It accuses British and American authorities of violating Potsdam and preserving German monopolies while warning against rearming with the Dane and Young plans.
House Republicans plan a rapid labor program addressing monopolies and bargaining power. Major points include banning jurisdictional strikes and mass picketing, making labor as responsible as management under the NLRA, restoring employers free speech, with hearings first. A 15 to 10 party split on the labor committee is anticipated and a cooling-off provision may be adopted.
Report from Longview Washington describes hunters harvesting a large cougar in the southwestern region. The cougar measured 1N feet from nose to tail and weighed 250 pounds, exceeding typical average sizes of around eight feet and 150 pounds.
Scout Executive J. W. Cooke announced 15 attendance chairmen for communities to handle reservations for the annual Ozark council meeting on January 21. District leaders from Houston, Coffee, Covington, Barbour, Henry, Pike, and Geneva will report reservations to the Scout office. banquet tickets are one dollar. A special award honors the district with the best representation in persons and miles traveled. The program runs 3 pm conferences, 5 pm officer elections, and a 6:30 pm banquet.
WESTVILLE Wisconsin AP The mayor Charles Byron tried to entertain guests by buying two live turkeys for a celebration. He hid them in a sack in his car but by retrieval time the birds were missing. One turkey appeared in a neighbor’s yard, the mayor chased it, and the bird flew up a tree. He finally brought it down with a shotgun for food.
In Clones County Monaghan a new theater opens allowing couples to sit together marking a shift from an earlier policy that separated unmarried pairs. Women were kept to one side and men to the other because sitting together was deemed a bad influence.
Charleston scene of a fast spreading blaze as a three story Union station burns after an oil stove explosion in the lobby. The brick building occupied a half block in the city center. Twenty people were inside but all escaped unhurt as three fourths of the structure collapsed within thirty minutes, hindering firefighting efforts.
In Birmingham detective Grover Gillilan charged 22 year old Joe Henry Mitchell with forging $700 in checks after studying the signature R P Bazemore. Mitchell’s error involved misplacing E and L in names Willie Lee Cooper and Charles Lee Carrington, while correctly writing P and Q.
Probate Judge Saxon Poyner reported a check for 15008.29 as Houston County's share of the state gasoline tax. Honolulu records show 24.97 inches average annual rainfall, with inland pockets reaching up to 100 inches yearly.
The National Association of Manufacturers asks Detroit court to bar back pay claims before June 10, 1946 while urging limits on portal to portal awards. Labor watchdogs seek four year coverage and broader FLSA limits as Packard warns the auto sector could crumble. In Toledo, lawsuits seek 2 million from Bunting Brass, 400 thousand from Gordon Manufacturing, 100 thousand from Mather Spring and International Harvester.
C Bivens of Columbus Georgia lies in the county jail charged with transporting non tax paid liquor. He was arrested last night at Reeves Street and the Montgomery highway during car trouble. Officers found several gallons of illicit spirits in his possession. The car was confiscated and he was turned over to county authorities.
Lorenzo Abbott Jr and Leroy Abbott Jr, cousins from Harpersville, waived preliminary hearings and were bound over to the Shelby County Grand Jury on murder charges in the fatal shooting of former Rep J F McGraw at Vincent on December 27. Calvin Pike, 14, of Talladega County, faces a separate murder warrant and was sent to the juvenile court. McGraw, an elderly merchant and former Alabama Merchants Association president, was killed when shot with a .22 rifle as he tried to stop a holdup at his Vincent general store. The victim’s car was found near Harpersville and the three arrested there hours after the slaying. a fourth youth, released as a material witness, had been arrested with them.
A vast swarm of locusts descended on Jerusalem from the south following a severe drought. Orthodox Jews condemn extremist actions, viewing the insects as punishment, while Arab farmers complain there was no official warning amid Palestine’s historic pest outbreak.
Three recruits Frank Guy Elliott of Columbia route 1 Dixon Hyatt Graceville route 1 and Rex Roney of Dothan enlisted in the Army yesterday local recruiting men said today Edwin O Holland was sworn in to the Air Corps enlisted reserve today at the local station His home is Coffee Springs route 2 Enlistments to date in the regular Army for the entire country 1073922 Lt J J Kravee
A $391,000,000 waterway program was sent to Congress, about $4,000,000 below the 12 month limit under Truman's economy drive. The War Department says over $300,000,000 is on hand from wartime funds. The plan allows funds for flood control, rivers and harbors, and hydroelectric works, with no new projects started. Major sites include the Mississippi Valley, Gulf Coast, Atlantic coast harbors, and Sacramento River area.
Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Co unveils an electronic railway temperature control for passenger cars. The system adjusts to gender based comfort levels and can vary temperature across different car sections. It uses radiant panels, warm air, and a new anti freeze liquid to operate from extreme cold to extreme heat with automatic heating or cooling as needed.
Waterford Maine residents act in a film chosen as a typical American community for international distribution by WA State Department. The Waterford Publicity Bureau says the simple story of neighborliness was woven into the script and the soundtrack will be translated into 39 languages.
Rockland Maine reports Captain Bill Wincapaw known for Christmas flights along the coast. He says brine buildup on his plane’s pontoons caused by sea spray can be washed off with takeoffs and landings on Chickawakie Lake for his Santa Claus runs to needy houses.
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