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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1946
Page
1
MEMPHIS AP reports cotton leaders announce a national probe into alleged discrimination in federal actions affecting the cotton industry. Walter Randolph of Montgomery, Alabama, chairs the research committee and argues cotton producers face prejudice harming the sector’s standing as a global leader.
A Dothan man Grady Bryant is charged with reckless driving after two cars were damaged in a collision on State Highway Panelman Earl Smith reported. Bryant's automobile allegedly sideswiped another driver and caused about $200 in damage. The report identifies the other driver as Howard Cuppe of Newville.
The article notes that 16 continued from page one will allow voting in a ward race for a band candidate, with candidates to qualify by February 15 for a $10 fee. Clyde L. Coe, incumbent, is the only one to qualify for the City Commission post. Oscar Johnston, council president, urged action to expand initiatives and oppose government moves that block foreign markets, while New York is cited as a city with 2,000,000 telephones in 1945 and waters ahead.
County officials announced receipt of a tax share check from state collections on use of carbonic acid gas by boiling works. Probate Judge Saxon Posner noted the payment covered period from July 3 to January 2 and represents the county’s portion of the tax.
The outlook for cutting off the filibuster by non compromise methods was not especially encouraging for the present. Culture requires a two thirds majority and none of those seeking at dispimmed the accuracy of an administration poll which showed more than one third of the entire membership against it. Purine the geg Tule for the preset Senators Bankhead and McClelland shared the talking chores for the am-FEPC forces yesterday with occasional help from Senators Eanland and Maybark.
War Department officials and astronomers report radar contact with the moon could enable distant planet mapping and atmospheric studies. H E Burton and G M Clemence say radar might extend to Mars, testing signals across 35 million miles. Immediate result may be precise Earth Moon distance measurements.
Alabama contractors converge in Montgomery to discuss a three year highway program estimated at 60 million dollars. Nine projects totaling about two million dollars await bid openings with low bidders to be announced Saturday. The Alabama Road Builders Association meeting features five gubernatorial candidates as speakers.
Navy estimates unofficially place operating expenses for the next spring test at about 160 million dollars. Pay, supplies, and the use of one German and two Japanese warships will raise the total, with armament and fittings not yet quantified. Ships will be stripped of pins and fittings for the tests, and future modernization costs, like Nevada's, could exceed the hull and engine price.
The State Wealth Department reports a diphtheria decline in Alabama with only four cases last week, the lowest since August 18, while influenza rose from 1,788 to 2,164 cases.
The county jail docket this morning lists four cases, two detained as mental cases and two from the city for public drunkenness.
Seven year old James Ellison Floyd of Dothan, son of Mia Lamar Floyd, has regained the ability to walk with braces after treatment for poliomyelitis. He spent months in the iron lung at first, then years in Mobile hospital care, and later received polio therapy at Warm Springs Foundation in Georgia, including Kenny treatment, hot baths, and packs. The boy, stricken six years ago, will stay home four months before returning to Warm Springs for further treatment.
Funeral services for Dewey Mc Call twenty five of Enterprise were held at Mt. Pleasant Church with Rev Stamps officiating. He died in a local hospital after a short illness. Surviving are his parents Mr and Mrs M McCall of Enterprise three brothers Lewie Roy and Huey B McCall in the Army and four sisters Ethel Myrtle Dovie and Beatrice Canto of New Bedford Mass.
A committee approved the Landis bill after resistance from some members. The Indianan vows to rally party colleagues to draft a stronger substitute, saying his current version is too weak and requires strengthening.
Foreign Minister Abdel Wamid Bacawin Pasha stated he would not request UNO intervention. The remark underscores the government's stance amid regional tensions and international involvement considerations.
In Montgomery Alabama merchants press a petition to aid working women troubled by hosiery shortages. The Montgomery Estatt Merchants Association backs the request amid petitions signed by 751 workers. Mercer pledges to bring the matter to a merchants meeting next Tuesday for a solution.
Delegates from Congregation Emanu El and Temple Emanu El Sisterhood will report during Sabbath Eve services at the Temple. After prayers Rabbi Wolf will comment on the weekly Scripture. Hosts Mr and Mrs Sam Berk will host the social hour as delegates including Joe Kraselsky and Myer Blumberg present accounts of the Regional Convention held in Atlanta January 20 to 22.
Paris AP reports French leaders including President Felix Go back deflation proposals to ease the financial crisis as the new president is expected to name cabinet members today. Cotton prices in New Orleans and New York show mixed openings and closes across March through December contracts.
Rev KR A Durant, Presbyterian pastor of Miviania, spoke at a Kiwanis gathering, addressing world problems. Rev Water Harvey described preacher experiences. In Baldwin's absence, vice-president L E Sebers presided as H Harrison led the club in singing.
Prot Chemer Ho Knight, head of the University of Alabama accounting department, said the university currently prioritizes Alabama veterans under the GI bill and is housing 1,600 veterans. He noted housing limits but that no veterans sleep on the ground, with 150 units for married veterans and 700 more for single veterans, and registration remains open.
Authorities in Bessemer Alabama notified officers that Kenneth W Geeseland was arrested and held for return to Houston County Lake Burdick said Geeseland is wanted on a federal charge of transporting a stolen automobile across the Alabama Florida state line and possibly other charges. He and C M Gary had been arrested earlier in the week in connection with bad check schemes and a theft of a car at Panama City Florida, which they reportedly drove into a pond near Chisley Florida.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to insist on St Joseph Aspirin by name. It claims the product is genuine and pure and promotes its speed and dependability. It advertises 10¢ for standard bottles and 8¢ for 100 tablets, promising about three tablets per cent.
The Howell school property plan hinges on Board approval before city transmission. Secretary Arthur H. Johnson said a call meeting will review the Industrial Committee’s recommendation with multiple proposals under consideration. A formal offer from William C. Harden and Associates to lease or buy the property arrived Wednesday.
A truck and an automobile suffered extensive damage in a two vehicle collision around 8:20 this morning on the Dothan Ashford highway near the Columbia highway intersection.
Montgomery January 13 14 A Dothan IF School band entertained prior to the Legion meeting. Officers reported a mid winter offering to support the March of Dimes campaign and the county school system.
A two-vehicle crash occurred near the Columbia highway intersection when a truck driven by Levi D. Whittle and a sedan operated by Imishap failed to yield during a turn into a filling station. Patrolmen Barney Patterson and James Herring investigated the accident.
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