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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1943
Page
2
Wises realts department head Mien Wilds Holtebeck and Mata or thopedic mures visited the Montgomery county health department to check with public brainware on crippled children in Houston County. Dr W J Gurkett, county health officer, remarked on the situation.
Trees hold similar amounts of water in winter as in summer though moisture shifts from cella to the spaces between cells. This internal arrangement explains seasonal water management in woody tissues.
A long reflective piece marks 19 months since Pearl Harbor and contrasts it with Armistice Day memories. It notes shifts in naval losses, shipbuilding records, and the scale of Allied and German forces across continents. A second thread covers a legal dispute over Associated Press access and network membership.
An unusual Houston County Price and Rationing Board report recounts an open air store owner who, when asked to file a price ceiling, says his shop has none. An official note clarifies the establishment operates without walls, challenging standard filing requirements.
Governor Chauncey Sparkes signed multiple measures after adjournment, including a joint resolution authorizing six interim committees for the 1945 legislature. Other actions funded sheriff fingerprinting with a 10 cent fee, provided $15,524 to Alabama College at Montevallo, and allowed a state education facilities survey at $25,000. Creation of county service commissioner offices for veterans was authorized, with pay from 1800 to 3000 dollars annually, limited to foreign war veterans approved by the American Legion.
Two autos collided early at the intersection of Alice and Burdeshaw Streets with no injuries reported. Vehicles suffered heavy damage. one car driven by Mrs Ed Foy struck a parked vehicle on Burdeshaw Street and another by I M Grubb hit a fire plug. The parked car belonged to Captain M A Mack of 316 Went Burdehaan Street. A separate collision at Lenn and Troy Streets left drivers AH Ader and Wilton Johnann unharmed.
A three judge United States District Court will hear arguments today on the government's bid for summary judgment in its antitrust suit against the Associated Press. The government seeks a decision without trial based on documentary evidence totaling 24 printed volumes and additional typed volumes.
The FBI joined a multi state search for a missing New Haven Journal Courier editor Marie Bran cato from West Haven Connecticut. Authorities seek any clues about her disappearance Monday evening and consider abduction a possibility though no definite motive or suspect has been found.
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