Hovater Appointed Football Coach At Dothan High
Hovater, a former farmer and Alabama alumnus of class of ’23, was named football coach and athletic director at Dothan High by the Board of Education. He has piloted five undefeated high school teams and coached at several schools, also serving as principal and athletic editor at two. He plans to lead the Tigers until Hewes returns to his former post.
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Eudy Browsack
Hovater
Areyruity
Alabama
Ncipal
Newville High
Sobol
Dothan Horn
Bruce Flurry
Board of
Bal
Ion
Hewes
Urs
Atsley
Wetumpka
Nazier
Aville
Tiger
Wireass Memorial Stadium
Tiger Mentor Dothan Appoints Athletic Director
Tiger Mentor Dothan fans welcomed the appointment of a new athletic director with elation. Superintendent Flurry noted that on Hewes’s return two men will be needed for athletics and physical education, and Howater may remain involved with Dothan High athletics. Hewes had a leave of absence during the 1947 season to accept a commission.
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Dothan
Flurry
Hewes
Howater
Dothan High
Navy
Tigers
Ray Henderson
Tiger
Second District Athletic Association
Four Freedoms Wins Aqueduct Handicap
Four Freedoms trained by Mira Payne Whitney's Greentree stable won the Aqueduct Handicap over First Fiddle by a half length. Eddie Arcaro rode the four-year-old gelding in a race that set a near record time for the 1 1/4 miles. The victory was Four Freedoms second $50,000 stake win of the year, boosting season earnings to $88,875 as 29,816 spectators watched at the New York track.
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New York
Four Freedoms
Mira
Payne Whitney
Greentree
Idire
Streight
William Ziegler
Wait
Femora
Peace Chance
Flist Fiddie
Eddie Arcaro
Hia- Yeah Park
Typhus and STDs Reported in County Health Figures
Four typhus or Brilis fever cases, two gonorrhea, one each of syphilis and diphtheria were reported by Dr. W. T. Burkett, county health officer, marking 41 Brilis fever cases this year. Also notes athletic plans as Tigers name Ray Henderson captain and seek grid prospects.
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Houston County Health Department
W. T. Burkett
Baseball Recap From The Presweeeeeee TVW Almanac
The Associated Press notes today’s major league results with American League scores Chicago 3 over New York 2 and Detroit 9 Philadelphia 4, plus St Louis 9 Boston 1 and Cleveland at Washington, while National League Cincinnati 5 New York 0 and Philadelphia 4 Chicago 2 lead a busy rundown. Southern Association results show Atlants 5 Nashville 4 and Birmingham 7 Little Rock 6, with two night games listed. upcoming doubleheaders include Atlanta at Nashville, Memphis at New Orleans, Chattanooga at Knoxville, and Little Rock at Birmingham.
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Associated Press
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Boston
Detroit
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Washington
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Southern Association Atlants
Nashville
Birmingham
Little Rock
Southern Association
Atlanta
Memphis
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Dasinger Returns To Louisiana Base
Clarence G. Dasinger 20 returns to the armed guard center in New Orleans after seven months at sea with a Naval gun crew aboard a merchant vessel. He recalls a two and a half hour air raid by Nazi dive bombers off Tunisia and two near-misses before anti aircraft guns shot them down. Dasinger’s wife Charlotte lives in Chipley.
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Clarence G. Dasinger
W. H. Dasinger
Cottonwood Road
Dothan
Armed Guard Center
New Orleans
Dasinger
Navy
Tunisia
North Africa
Charlotte Dasinger
Chipley
War Department cites shortfalls in war goods delivery
The War Department said monthly goals for war goods deliveries are not being met and urged the War Production Board to resist production relaxations. It warned that failures to meet schedules delay military operations and cost lives. The report highlights deficits in trucks, radio and electronics gear, construction equipment, tires, heavy ammunition, bombs, steel plate and castings, and notes May deficits with June and third quarter outlooks expected to worsen.
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Washington
API
War Department
War Production Board
Chiefs of Staff
Lador
Europe
Department
Fishing Prospects for Houston Area This Week
Alabama anglers receive this week’s report from the Alabama Department of Conservation. Cowaris and Big Creek in Houston are clear and low with bass and bream feeding on plugs and worms. Pea River and Sandy Creeks show low, clear conditions with bass and bream active.
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Houston
Nay
Bebe
Geneve
Coffee
Alabama Department of Conservation
Montgomery
Cowaris
Big Creek
Choctawhatchee
Heary
Ding
Bowes Creek
Dale County
Sandy
Geneva
Diney
Hase
Brem
USO Club Week Program On South Foster Street
The USO Club on South Foster Street lists a busy week of activities including Java Hours Sunday 9 to 11 a m hosted by Mrs. Franklin Sweet and Mrs. Spencer Tatum, bingo and voice recordings Sunday 1 30 p m and 2 30 to 8 p m, arts and crafts Monday night, game night with roller skating Tuesday, patio dance Wednesday, Guadalcanal Diary film Thursday, a starlight symphony Friday, and patio dancing Saturday with the 66th Division Band.
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USO
South Foster Street
Franklin Sweet
Spencer Tatum
Ration Calendar Updates and War Production Figures
The notice outlines validity changes for ration stamps across Meats Fats and Oils Blue and Red books, processed foods, sugar, shoes, and airplane gasoline stamps. It also reports Army production at 1.885 billion in May, aiming for 2.27 billion per month this fall, with a declared need for sustained wartime pressure and no relaxation in efforts.
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Department
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