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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1947
Page
3
A police headquarters scene shows a confiscated slot machine on a cart. A bystander dropped a nickel into the device and fled after catching 60 nickels in his hat. A separate note mentions vinegar water removing hard water deposits from a wash tube.
University of Michigan researchers use a synthetic drug tetraethyl ammonium to temporarily relax blood vessels and lower blood pressure. The approach, developed from surgical studies by Dr. Max M. Peet and colleagues, may offer new paths for vascular disease treatment though not a cure.
Harold A. Easterbrooks of Providence invents a pillow for bald men designed to shield the head from drafts by a twist in its top structure. The device aims to improve comfort for sleepers with exposed scalps.
Lake Success New York United Nations has defined genocide as an international crime punishable internationally. Private individuals public officials or statesmen involved in genocide may be punished like murder. The Economic and Social Council will study plans to draft an international agreement and nations will be invited to enact similar laws.
The United Nations approved an official emblem and seal a map of the world as seen from the North Pole is encircled by olive branches centered on Greenwich Meridian and extending to 60 degrees south. The design inscribed in gold on a smoke blue field with white water areas. The 54 member nations approved the emblem and authorized protection of the emblem and the words United Nations from unauthorized use.
William Hummel of Pompton Plains New Jersey was fined 2.50 dollars for driving a horse on the main street while intoxicated. The note adds a historical line referencing Birmingham Alabama in 1898 as a top iron shipping point.
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