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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1946
Page
1
Residents urged to donate clean clothes Saturday as the Victory Clothing Collection for Overseas Relief appeals for help. The effort aims to aid war victims in Europe China and the Philippines, with past donations clothing 25 million people and aiding rehabilitation efforts.
Public notice discusses tax deadlines and exemption certificates with references to dates and processes. Details touch on penalties or consequences for late payments and the impact on probate and related filings.
In Charlotte North Carolina CIO leader Emil Rleve announced that workers at an 11T Southern mill will press for a general wage increase of 15 cents an hour and a minimum wage of 70 cents an hour. He is international president of the Textile Workers Union of America. The statement ties wage goals to food costs and Victory Cloth ing Collection as a thank you for victory.
A highway accident south of Gadsden Alabama involved three autos and a tractor trailer. One man died and six others were injured, including Whitfield and his wife from Kentucky, Bryan Whitfield of Michigan, and Koon Horra of Kentucky. The Kentuckians were en route to Lemapole when the wreck occurred. Beard and his son and another passenger were seriously injured.
Continued from page one reports 750000 steelworkers idle and spreading paralyzing effects to other sectors. 15000 coal miners join idleness as fabricators cut hours, milk deliveries falter, and no new peace moves appear forthcoming despite mediators. Philip Murray says mediators unlikely to be assigned again.
The City Commission approved a resolution creating the Parish sub-division in the southern section of the city on Cottonwood Road. A map showing proposed avenues streets and alleys was referred to and approved. Commissioners Clyde Coe and John Ayres signed the resolution.
Federal bid call from Alabama State Highway Department for grading drainage and bridges on Headland Columbia Road Lensth sose miles. Proposals A and B set 120 and 180 working days. plans show roadway and bridge work, materials, and equipment with required bid securities. Plans available for $11 and governed by state and federal acts. bids due Jan 25, 1946 at Montgomery office. contractor must meet wage and domestic material provisions.
Detroit AP reports Ford Motor Company and Chrysler Corporation resumed wage negotiations with the UAW while General Motors showed little sign of nearing an end to the strike. In ninth week, officials offered brief statements of progress and said talks continued without decisive results.
Camp Rucker announces veterans and state instructors will have priority in buying Exchange equipment to be sold in February. Items include refrigerators cafeteria equipment cash registers desks safes typewriters and automobiles. Priority viewing and offers limited to February 1 through 10 with remaining items auctioned February 18 to 20.
Funeral services for W. K. Kirkland aged seventy six died Saturday at his Hartford route home were held Sunday at Christian Home Church with Rev. W. A. Davis officiating. Holman Funeral Home of Hartford in charge. He lived many years in the Kin Siall community. Survived by wife three daughters a sister and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
The American Legion post will hold its regular meeting tonight at the clubroom on South Foster street. An entertainment program and a report on the recent Mid winter Conference will be featured.
In Tokyo AP says a century-old imperial poetry party drew 14,262 submitted poems on the theme Snow on the pine. Only a third as many as usual were received. Hirohito’s verse compares man to the steadfast pine that stays true under snow.
AP report from Montgomery states free penicillin is supplied to 10 county health departments under venereal disease control. State Health Officer Dr. B. Avsue notes no distribution by the department due to misprint, while Dr. W. HY. Smith explains the drug was intended to aid clinics.
Negro named Tor Heese was arrested near Elamville in Berbour County on liquor charges. Investigators said a distillery with a 60 gallon capacity and three barrels holding 100 gallons of mash was raided. The suspect, on probation for a prior tax violation, waived hearing. bond set at 300. Case to be referred to special agents.
Lawrence T. Oakley and Roys Lewis, recently discharged, spoke at the Episcopal Parish House men’s smoker. Oakley, a Navy lieutenant with two years’ duty including 12 months in the Pacific, and Lewis, Army Air Forces veteran, served in the Pacific and held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel at discharge. Mrs. J. J. Couch accompanied the singing.
The Episcopal Church of the Nativity announces the Sunday School hour shifts from 11 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Students in the Kindergarten will still meet at 1 p.m. as previously scheduled.
Yesterday's session of Common Pleas court returned three convictions and 13 cases continued while three were mot presed. The judge noted the offenses were minor in nature and cautioned offenders as records indicated.
A historical report notes Allied and Japanese ships tied to Guadalcanal and Pearl Harbor eras, listing vessels such as the battleship Nagato and German ships, while Blandy outlines atomic test aims to study effects on ships, military targets, and training needs for Army Air Forces personnel.
Biemiller’s figures are said to come from the White House though he claims they reflect a Labor Department and OPA compilation. He plans public speeches with allies of organized labor to oppose restrictive bills in both houses, aiming to block measures penalizing unions for no-strike contracts and restricting union political activity, and to shape labor policy with fact-finding panels.
Miss Mary Ida McDonald assistant administrative supervisor of the FSA district office in Troy visits the Houston County FSA office today and tomorrow. County FSA Supervisor W Y Cook is announced.
Funeral services for Alvin Sewell fifty one who died at his home on Ashford route one Tuesday after an illness were held today at Bluff Spring Church with Rev Nobles officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Surviving are his mother Mrs Molle Riley Ashford route one a daughter Miss Mary Virginia Sewell Graceville Fla and two sons Ruddie Sewell Pentacolz.
Proceedings underway to return 43 year old Eugene McDowell, a lifer from Jefferson County, imprisoned for rape in September 1940. State Corrections Dept chief clerk S M Lafein notes McDowell claimed the victim's body was never found and says his conviction rested on circumstantial evidence.
A report from Chipley notes Latheron Cain diagnosed in Jackson Hospital with details limited by the available fragment. The item appears as a brief hospital update in a regional notices section.
The Nativity church announces new officials as Rev. Lawrence Baxter confirms the appointments. The church leadership reshuffle names key clergy and lay leaders to guide services and programs.
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