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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1949
Page
1
Governor Folsom and aides prepare a five year Alabama road building program with funds likely from a bond issue. Sources say a May submission is planned and a noon news conference may reveal early details. Previous plan in 1947 faced Senate filibuster after House approval.
MOBILE AP The district of the Corps of Engineers announced bids to be taken about April 15 for a rigid gate lock and fixed crest spillway at the Jim Woodruff navigation lock in Northwest Florida. The lock and spillway will be on the west bank of the Apalachicola River in Jackson County. Work on the dam near Tattahoochee has been in progress for over a year. Col. Joseph J. The district engineer said bidders would review plans before bidding on March 21.
JAKIN Ga Staff Correspondence A low priced John Deere mechanical cotton harvester is tested by J Q Harvey near Jakin in a 100 acre field. He notes high costs but believes mechanization will aid mass cotton production and warns peanut prices may drop. He plans continued experimentation to optimize the process.
Al Flowers Jr and Buck Flowers served as pall bearers for Foy Mae Grubbs a longtime servant in the Az Flowers family. The funeral at Hawk funeral chapel drew many whites including the bank president Az Sr praised her loyalty and service spanning nearly 25 years. An explosion in Cairo injures 16 including 10 police with two reported killed in a separate rumor.
Wyola Mayor E. E. Wake and Presbyterian Men’s club members heard plans for the Chat lett River development including a hydroelectric dam in Columbia. The project aims to improve navigation, power supply, and flood control with an estimated total cost around 1200000 dollars. The Jim Woodruff dam would produce 28000 kilowatts and the Columbia dam about 84000 kilowatts. A nine foot water channel was proposed to connect segments.
Houston County 4-H club presidents and council representatives will attend a county council meeting in Dothan Saturday. Agenda items include electing officers for 1949 and planning new 4-H activities. A tour of Wilson Packing Company is planned to view meat processing. Lunch at the Houston Memorial Library follows, with start time at 9 30 a.m. Coordinating leaders are C. M. Ling Clark Rudder home agents Miss Fran Mariette and Miss Sara Dul Phillips.
A Woodley Road bus in Montgomery faced a crowd of passengers refusing to move back. The diplomatic driver politely requested a backward shift, asking the “cute young lady with the pretty hat” to move, prompting about a dozen passengers to shuffle toward the rear and the bus then departed.
Spurred by global Cold War dynamics, the report notes Acheson intends to bar subversives from U S State Department positions as part of ongoing security measures. The piece contrasts Washington policy with Communist positions on China peace talks and government restructuring.
In Guam, Pvt. Calvin Dennis, 26, Pvt. Herman Dennis, 20, and Staff Sgt. Robert W. Burns, 32, were charged with kidnapping, criminal assault, and murder in the death of Ruth Farnsworth, a 27 year old former WAC. A lie detector aided the case after her disappearance last week. her frock was found in Calvin Dennis's vehicle and her sandals were later located near the jungle.
BONALSONVILLE Special Taylor A Drake 72 chairman Seminole County Board of Education missed his first board meeting in 25 years since county creation. Ill with influenza he has attended every meeting until January 1949 and was re elected for four more years. Other board members are J B Adams J M Hunter C D Thomas and W C Greene.
British ambassador Sir Oliver Franks met with President Truman at the White House and conveyed Britain’s views on Palestine. Lovett said the US seeks an armistice in Jewish Arab fighting and expressed concern over troop movements. Franks did not deliver a note and hinted Britain would press its stance, with Rhodes armistice talks beginning the same day.
Captain Bill Odom pushed halfway on his 5300 mile over water hop from Hawaii to New York aboard a light plane. He reported position about 1235 miles northeast of Oahu and 1000 miles from the mainland, aiming for a Washington coast crossing near Seattle by 7 p.m. local time. Corporal escort departed Hickam Field at 11:31 p.m. and followed 93 miles northeast of Hawaii.
Dothan Chamber of Commerce board held a first new year meeting. 162 members expressed interest in an annual gathering. 59 preferred a barbecue and 56 a dinner, but the board opted against meals at member expense and will study a suitable open format. Next meeting set for February 12 at the city hall auditorium with committee chairmen reporting plans.
Sgt Joan A. Yabroudi, 38, of Wetumpka, died after a motor scooter struck a dead horse on a highway near the Tallapoosa River bridge between Montgomery and Wetumpka. The 192nd AACS squadron member served seven years in the Army and is survived by his widow Mary, six stepchildren, and his father Joseph J. Yabroudi.
Dean Acheson told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he would root out subversives in the State Department as Secretary of State and pledged to follow Secretary Marshall's firm Russia policy. He described Alger Hiss as a friend though not his assistant, and noted Hiss's brother Donald served him faithfully. He recalled Berle’s remarks on emb arresting matters and defended his past State Department service during key Cold War debates.
TOKYO AP report says three U S Air Force privates were convicted by a general court martial for murdering a post exchange bookkeeper at Jamaaire base on December 3 1948. Keller and Burks received death sentences by hanging, Baughman got life imprisonment. verdicts await review by the Fifth Air Force commander, with death sentences subject to presidential confirmation.
The Georgia Senate approved a resolution to send an eight member delegation to President Truman's inauguration on January 20. The group includes three Senators and three Representatives, with debate over Thompson supporters noted but denied as a factor.
Union South Carolina will erect a monument to an unknown Northern Civil War soldier. The American Legion post plans the project and will restore the fallen tombstone in the Episcopal church cemetery where he is buried.
Washington AP The Army may refuse some voluntary enlistments to avoid exceeding budget limits while recruiting stays at about 35 000 a month Major General Dahigquist deputy director of personnel says no draftees while intake remains high The July 1 ceiling of 677000 officers and men is already reached and February March draft pause is in effect The Army studies options including extending minimum enlistment to three years and raising standards while keeping draft policy under review
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