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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1949
Page
3
CHAM AP Alabama enforcement officers and lawmakers push for longer sentences for repeat offenders. A proposal calls for minimum imprisonment for a fourth or higher offense in serious crimes. The group also backs confiscation of firearms from offenders and seeks new laws on safe burglary and robs. Lawmakers hear bills to fund officer widows and expand death measures.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions crowd noise and a shield and a winged figure. It references a lineup or display with stands and cabinets, implying an inauguration or exhibit with spreading items. The readable text is too garbled to confirm specifics.
James P. Westbrook, 28, Albany native and Atlanta Law School alum, joins Montgomery Ward executive training in Dothan after graduating in June. He started in Columbus, rose through receiving, with five years of study and work ahead, and credits legal training for usefulness in his store career. He is married with three children, a Baptist, a Legion member, and an avid football and boxing fan.
Frankfort Kentucky three southern states top the list in soil conservation district funding. Louisiana allocates 800000 dollars annually, Oklahoma 533319, and Kentucky 200000, marking the regional priority in conservation spending.
Berlin radio entertainer Christina Ohlsen known as the newsbabe on RIAS populates the city’s airwaves with satirical headlines aimed at Soviet and German Communist figures. She defies censure, jokes at expense of the Moscow-backed regime, and remains the era’s most popular voice on the American-sponsored station.
Alabama Governor James E. Folsom enters the halfway mark of his term amid renewed clashes with the Legislature. In his third year, he toured Washington for President Truman’s inauguration and has battled lawmakers over teacher pay, old age pensions, and constitutional amendments. The May session could test his agenda on roads and pensions as he seeks to maintain momentum after a turbulent second year and a failed presidential bid.
Alton L. Blakeslee reports that a whistled wolf-call heard on a plateau in Alaska helped Henry C. Kyllingstad Warren Petersen and Cornell’s Dr. Arthur A. Allen locate the nesting grounds of the long elusive curlew species first found in Tahiti 163 years ago. The discovery, made last June north of Mountain Village, identified nesting sites after years of searching.
In 1948 Mrs Christine Putman Johnston accused Strom Thurmond of being her common law husband and father of her child. The suit was later withdrawn. During its pendency Folsom married Jamelle Moore, a 21 year old state employee.
Florida Georgia and Alabama held prominent roles in President Truman's inaugural parade down Pennsylvania Avenue. Georgia provided a replica Little White House float, Alabama showcased Warm Springs motif, and Florida featured aquaplane and palm backdrop with Misses from Leesburg Sebring Chipley and Palm Harbor. Governor Warren and Mrs. Warren led Florida, while Georgia’s Talmadges headed their contingent and Alabama’s Folsoms led theirs with a 100 piece band lineup.
Four eggs noted in a low growing plant with no grasses or feathers. Men filmed the nest and the hatching of young birds. A second nest was found nearby. The entire range of hills showed pairs of curlews, likely constituting the main breeding ground, according to Kyllingstad.
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