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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1947
Page
1
Number 15 born and now in the Army and a daughter, Eleanor, a University graduate. Gov elect Felsom's selections, notably Hamm, align with his New Year's Day vow to surround himself with young men not necessarily seasoned in politics.
Lt. Gov elect J Clarence Inzer names Bruce Henderson Wilcox as finance and taxation chair and Robin Swift Escambia to lead the rules committee. Others include Cooper temperance chair, Clayton privileges and elections, Cater constitutional revision, Hooton judiciary, Allen commerce, Barrett mining, Boutwell insurance, Bridges forestry, Coleman aviation, Gaither public buildings, Glover fish and game, Hardwick public roads, Howle enacting bills, Hughes banking, Kendill enrolled bills, Kimbell printing, Lambreth public welfare, Langan seaports, Lowe agriculture, Mize migration, Marshall municipalities, Owens education, Patton corporations, Perry military, Russell local registration, Summerlin journal revision, Wright public health.
Dothan to complete the wishing well today with Dothan Service Trade supervising operations. Pilot Club play Cornzapoppin starring local talent slated for Thursday and Friday January 24. Club proceeds and proverbs from the show will support the March of Dimes drive. Tickets are one dollar for adults and 35 cents for children.
The Dothan Kiwanis Club held a Novel Quiz with the program titled Pacity Questions. Delbert Nowell led aided by Frank Pridden Myer Blumberg Theodore Jackson and L J Thomas Jr contestants answered 20 questions on Wiregrass area topics including Memorial Stadium Wiregrass peanut oil and the no turn Sign at Main and Foster streets. New President J P Culver presided as announcements covered Rotary lecture Recreation Center talent show January dates and a church opening service in Atlanta. Notable guest Tim nes surh tenur suluist St Marns Methodist Church in Atlanta was present with accompanying pianist Mrs W S Wil e son J T Lanz Jr joined as a new member with guests from Kingsport Tenn Eo PL Green Mr Strickland and Mr Robinson.
Gov James E Folsoms campaign artifacts including a suds bucket and map were presented to Alabama State Archives by Col Jim Sahba who became State Adjutant General on January 20 The delivery was received by Marie Bankhead Owen director of Archives and History who had earlier urged donation for permanent display in the department
Fragmented text notes Walter G Andrews and Clifford R Hope on armed services committees proposing steps to curb public discussion of an Army Navy merger. Mentions Robert A. Grant and a bill related to excise extension and budget actions. Disjointed numbers and stock quotes follow, with unclear context.
Brown notes a new snow business drawing skiers to his 340 acre Aspen Mountain patch while older miners hope for a return to lead, zinc and silver. locals welcome snow activity but caution hazards, predicting a revival could come if old mines reopen.
Summerlin seeks education panel chair amid sweeping assignments. Hughes lands banking panel as the only banker in the Senate. Hardwick’s chair on public roads and highways and on constitutional revisions looms large. House members await committee posts with Wiregrass reps hoping for favorable slots after backing Beck. Predictions swirl about who switches allegiances if second ballots arise as leadership shapes the opening days.
In Lake Success the Australian delegate urged concurrent UN talks on atomic control and global disarmament. The US pressed for immediate paragraph by paragraph discussion of Baruch’s program to outlaw atomic weapons and inspect for violations. Russia advocated first establishing a new disarmament commission to handle atomic issues in order. The US argued for Feb 4 deadline to study proposals with three new Council members granted time.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover announced the arrest of George A Gormley a former convict and Louis V Dionne a WAA expediter on fraud charges. They allegedly forged documents to obtain textiles valued at 344000 seized in New York after tracing from a trucking terminal. The men, both Washington D C residents, allegedly planned to obtain more high grade woolen goods from the government warehouse via the Alexandria sale and met in a Washington hotel bar last November.
Webb City Missouri AP report says a six week old baby was shot to death. The mother Ruth Gilbert Hampton 36 admitted in a signed statement she killed the infant during a family quarrel. She said she shot him three times then turned the gun on herself, suffering burns. Prosecutor Ralph Baird planned first degree murder charges.
Speaker W M Beck of DeKalb announced Snowgrass selection and Hep E L Roberts of Biowah as assistant flour leader among North Alabama choices. Roberts hails from Gadsden, which sent J Clarence Sneer to the Senate presidency as Lieutenant Governor. The House and Senate opened a jural session to canvass votes in the general election for governor and other officers, as officers and committee assignments begin.
Plaintiff Carter alleges he was astride a bulkhead with no deck as a pulpwood car loosed and rolled into his car. He contends pulpwood injures to head back and spine, seeks $100,000 damages plus costs and a jury trial.
Instructions describe drilling holes with a hammer and nail around the groove on a paint can lid to vent and prevent the lip from sticking. It notes that paint dripping into the groove will drain back into the can, suggesting a venting method for easier opening.
A. F. Mahan Jr. reports that new members from Alabama and Georgia were assigned to key House committees in the new Congress. Georgia’s Davia and Alabama’s Battle were named to the post office and civil service group, with jurisdiction over the Census Bureau, national archives stats, post offices, and civil service. Existing members retained seats on committees including Manaxco on executive expenditures, Andrews on appropriations, Boykin on public works, Grant on agriculture, Jarman on foreign affairs, Hebbe on judiciary, and Ruins on banking and currency.
The board reported 1939–41 progress including a new jail and annex, county library, curb market, road department shops and warehouses, and remodeling the old jail into a health department. 21 voting machines, a courthouse heating system, a photostatic recording device, fluorescent lighting, and other improvements were added. The county owns half interests in Napier Field properties valued at about 250000. Judge Poyner noted cash of over 30000 on Napier Field sales, plus uncollected funds and about 800 acres not yet sold. Funds are with City Treasurer- Auditor J L Vaughn as custodian. Financial progress slumped due to jail, road paving, and Napier Field purchases. Bonded debt is about 10000, with sinking funds liquidating.
Near Charlevoix Michigan the Council Tress were planted over a century ago by American Indian chiefs as a peace pledge. The trees were bent into curious shapes to deter settlers from cutting them. Nine of the trees remain alive today.
Taxpayers in the United States spend about two billion dollars each year to provide public school facilities. The figure concerns roughly 30 million girls and boys nationwide, reflecting the scale of local and national funding efforts for education infrastructure.
The Senate labor committee will open a consolidated hearing on all pending labor proposals January 23 with a goal to have legislation ready by March 1. The plan, agreed at a committee meeting, includes a joint proposal by Taft Ball and Smith and a study by a presidentially named commission. The hearing will cover bills to reduce industrial life and other related measures, followed by talks on portal-to-portal claims and a proposed mediation board.
In a violent early morning clash the Georgia Legislature elected Talmadge governor after a 16 hour joint session. Arnall resisted and a fight erupted as Talmadge supporters forced entry to Arnall’s office. By 9:25 a.m. Talmadge set up his office in Arnall’s reception area and named aides while Arnall named rivals to counter.
USDA reports 1200 cattle 400 calves and 3500 hogs across Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Tuttdh Dothan Jacksonville Tallahassee. Hog trading was active with 120 lb butchers and heavier up 50 to 75 cents. Prices: medium to choice 180-240 lb hogs mostly 21.00, some 21.50. 240 lb+ down to 20.00. 100-180 lb hogs 20.25-20.50. 140-180 lb 19.25-19.50. 120-140 lb 14.50-16.75. 90-120 lb 13.00-14.50. Medium to good sows 17.50-19.50.
Salable cattle receipts 400 Active market fully steady with baby cattle 19.00 to 23.00 for good yearlings, common slaughter steers 10.50 to 18.00, cows 10.25 to 14.50, canners 7.75 to 10. Calves receipts 300 Open active steady with butcher calves 18.00 to 21.00, vealers to 22. Bulk hogs 180 to 360 lbs 20.00 to 21.00, 160 to 180 lbs 18.75 to 19.25, 140 to 160 lbs 17.25 to 18.25, 120 to 140 lbs 14.00 to 14.50. Pigs 10.00 to 12.00, sows 18.00 to 17.00, stags 14.50 down.
AP dispatch from Chicago notes USDA quotations with hogs 11 000 head and total 20 000, weights mostly under 250 pounds firm to higher and heavier weights 25 to 50 cents up. Top hog price 23.50 with bulk 180 240 pounds 23.25 23.50 and several price bands for heavier loads. Cattle and calves listings show 12 060 salable cattle and 800 calves, slow demand for fed steers and yearlings, top steers 29.00, mid grades 19.50 25.00, some loads 25.50 28.00, heifers 17.00 22.50, average 27.00 for top class, cows 9.25 11.00 canners, beef cows 31.50 35.00, bulls 16.25, stock cattle scarce.
L. D. Snellgrove an 18 year old from Dothan route three was admitted to a Dothan hospital for a deep gash in his foot after an axe slipped while chopping wood at home yesterday hospital reports said
Judge J Norton Mullins Jr presides as the Court of Common Pleas convenes for the regular session with cases listed on civil and criminal dockets today.
Thrasher says if General Assembly orders fail him he will seek an opinion from Attorney General Eugene Cook. Cook had ruled Arnall could hold office four more years after the death of the regularly elected governor before taking office.
Scout Executive J W Cooke revealed new Dale District committeemen including M W Redd as district chairman Dr G R Smith as vice chairman Oscar Dunn as district committee member Green Wells as vice chair and A H Antonio neighborhood commissioner Also named were organization and extension chair W D Thomages and members W D Parker Whittle Leadership training chair Witsegs Parker with Dr P Slaughter Saxon Dykes and Man Saliba Advancement chair Harry Lowell Weeks Oliver Kinglay Camping and activities chairs G Amason Louis Seay Health and safety members Clarence Wilkinson Louis Seay J G Major John W Eltes Ally Davis Finance chair Sam J Carroll Jack Key W D Snellgrove Teg Colling Raymond Thombs Nominating committee members present included Whit King Dothan chair Rev J Lee Headland Dr G R Smith Ozark and M W Espy Hegland council president. Both meetings were held in Ozark Monday night.
Funeral services for George Edward Roberts Sr. 64, who died January 6 in Samson after a short illness, were held Sunday at Sams Methodist Church with Rev Dubois and Dr Johnson officiating. Burial followed at Dawson Cemetery with Pittman Funeral Home in charge. Survived by wife Bertha, daughter Sara Catherine, son George Edward Jr., two sisters Alice Haynes and Mrs Herbert Taylor, and two brothers C B and J C Roberts. Active pallbearers included Byran Murdock and others.
When skin is irritated with pimples and itching, a quick relief tip suggests a 35¢ box of Petersons Oland ment from a druggist and applying a soothing balm. It promises prompt relief and improved appearance and comfort, including itching of feet and cracks.
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