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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1948
Page
15
Uncle Willie narrates a Broadway nightclub memory about Charlie Four-eyes a busboy with thick glasses and dreams of knights and ladies. He recalls Toots LaRoche a chorus girl and her boyfriend Pinky Paaltz a notorious needle peer salesman.
A backstage incident on Broadway ends with a bullet bouncing off a glasses case. A shy busboy, nicknamed Four Eyes, guards his glasses as tensions rise between a nightclub gangster and Toots the dancer. The shot narrowly misses. the busboy recovers in a week.
H L Chick Wilson, a radio pioneer who rejoined WDIG Dothan as a sales staff member, recalls broadcasting beginnings in 1922 in Atlanta on WSB. Born Blue Ridge Georgia, he spent youth in Atlanta and California before returning to radio and praising Dothan as a potential regional distribution hub.
In a 1948 column, the narrator reports Pinky was arrested with a loaded gun following a club incident. Toots reacts with irony, while Charlie the busboy is named as the shooter in a dispute related to the nurse. The piece closes with a punchline and a copyright notice.
The World Today notes rising yearning for liberty in Czechoslovakia Finland Yugoslavia and other Soviet satellites. It contrasts mass demonstrations and Sokol unity with Moscow's totalitarian methods and questions how the regime will respond to growing disaffection and rumored troop movements.
Two Walker County youths Frank Hall Carbon Hall and David Taylor were indicted by a county grand jury on charges tied to the death of 73 year old Jailer D K Burkett during a jail escape on June 28. Burkett died after being struck on the head during the breakout and Hill and Taylor were recaptured after a two day manhunt. At the time of escape Hill faced a larceny charge and Taylor forgery.
Savannah Ga UP report says William C C Harris, city editor of The Savannah Morning News, backed by the Phalhent County Democratic Club, will run for sheriff. Harris, a 25 year newspaper veteran and former marine sergeant, announced his resignation from the paper after the rally last night.
Dr Frederick A Pelletier notes many little toes have lost one of three bones due to current shoe styles and disuse. He warns future Americans may see more toe shrinkage if trends continue.
Memphis editor Edward Meeman and Senatorial candidate Estes Kefauver clash over Crump accusations of Communist ties. Kefauver accepts Crump’s challenge for an impartial inquiry while Meeman rejects intimidation and calls for open hearings.
Dothan Police Chief Eddie Kelley spoke to the Exchange Club on improvements and planned traffic changes in the city. After his talk a roundtable discussion followed with Kelley answering members questions on traffic problems. C. Bush presided over the session with about twenty attendees.
Consumers in Carlisle Pennsylvania will face an average 40 percent increase in water prices under a new rate schedule. The town had not raised rates in seven decades, but the cost of supply has grown.
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