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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1945
Page
4
Miami report outlines Sheriff Jonny Sullivan asserting control as gambling scrutiny intensifies in the Miami area. The piece questions enforcement scope and potential actions as authorities battle a pervasive gambling scene.
A chaotic early 20th century gambling scene shows racing and betting around 100 million dollars in handle. Proliferating venues and backers push wagers for horse and dog racing while other sports and illegal betting flourish. Ex police figure Sullivan is noted as a tolerated influence amid the casino climate.
A Daytona Beach toning center and the Public Relations Office announced today that a former Dothan Silk Hosiery mill employee, who entered the Army in March, received the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in Italy.
The piece surveys Miami and Miami Beach during a prewar gambling era, naming figures like Charley Wall and Lefty Clark while noting local resistance. It recalls past bookmaking in the area, the boardwalk era, and warns that any return of a gambling atmosphere could threaten Sheriff Jimmy Sullivan and trigger swift local pushback.
Corporal Damon A. Kleiser son of Mr and Mrs W F Kleiser Slocomb route two was killed in action in France September 16 1944. He served in a machine gun squad of the 15th Infantry Regiment 29th Division after enlisting at Fort McClellan January 29 1942 and training at Fort Benning Camp Shelby Fort Meade before sailing to England in August 1944. His parents and six siblings survive. one brother Private James W. Kleiser is in New Caledonia Southwest Pacific. The family has received his Purple Heart.
Alabama state health officials urged girls and women to enter nursing training next month to aid in the war effort and gain future employment. About 100 vacancies exist across 20 nursing schools with February session start. Cadet Nurse program offers allowances, clothing, and living support while training. Interested individuals should contact nursing school directors or recruitment secretary Mrs B Norton Ely in Birmingham.
The Rev. T. W. Wilson pastor of the Grandview Baptist Church has accepted a call from the First Baptist Church in Ashburn Georgia and will begin ministry there at the end of February. During his tenure at Grandview the church completed an annex and proposed a new Im Pastorium project. Wilson, from Charlotte North Carolina, was secretary of the Ministerial Union and was elected president for the current term. Granview was his first pastorate. Private Jesse T. Trawick, son of W. J. Trawick of Dothan, has arrived at Welch Convalescent Hospital as the Army expands its medical care.
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