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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1946
Page
19
Colquitt County Georgia Superior Judge O H Dukes removed C E McLendon from the county board of registrars to speed hearings of Negro vote challenges. About 800 of 1 000 Negroes face challenges for the July primary. Herman Green was named to replace McLendon on the three man board.
George J. Williams twenty four of Brantley was killed and Joseph M. Tatum also of Brantley was seriously injured when their car left the Opp Brantley highway at a curve and overturned four times. Tatum was taken to a Troy hospital. Highway Patrolman R P H Godfrey said.
An automobile driven by W J Moore Gordon route one collided with a truck driven by J C Clements Newville route two on N Oates Street between Main and Troy. City Policeman S J Rice investigated. No injuries reported.
In 1848 two temperance periodicals the Taunton Dew Drop and the Massachusetts Cataract merged to form The Massachusetts Cataract Worcester County Waterfall Temperance Standard and Dew Drop.
The Rev and Mrs Brannon recall twenty five years in Korea as missionaries. They describe language study, cultural adjustments, and changes in Korean society from gender roles to family life. They recount wartime tensions with Japanese spies and hope for stability, education, and growth of Christianity amid North Korea’s influence. Their daughter Margaret aids mission work in the United States and plans to join them in Korea.
Navy recruiters announced this week locations and times across Wiregrass. Events include Enterprise courthouse nine AM Monday and Ozark chamber of commerce two PM, with additional stops in Andalusia Opp Louisville Fufana Geneva Florala and Dothan headquarters through Saturday.
Wiregrass counties Dale and Covington join a $445000 Alabama highway program, one of the largest in state history. Dale County plans 3.5 miles of drainage and double surface treatment from Choctawhatchee River to Pinehatche, with bids from Gostyn Montphree Southern Contracting and W A McWatera. Covington County projects include 1.875 miles of lower course and surface treatment from Gantt to Word, with bids from the same firms. St Louis taps $400,000 emergency housing fund for three veterans homes priced $5,000 to $6,000 each.
The Panama City Aero Club and Tyndall Field host civilian pilots from Dotaan Montgomery Selma Enterprise Marianna and other Alabama and West Florida cities for breakfast and a city tour. Col Walter P. Gross invited landings at Tyndall Field and a welcome party includes Mrs Richard D Catlaway Johnny Reaver W R Lowell and Cecil Dean.
The first game law was enacted by the territorial council and house of representatives and received administrative approval on December 1, 1869.
A late model truck driven by William B. Collins of Ozark overturned on the Dothan to Montgomery highway about one mile south of Midland City. The crash damaged a car but Collins, 38, escaped injury. Local authorities investigated the mishap and noted the vehicle left the roadway.
Vickery described that the accident happened when Collins lost control of the truck, leading to a crash and subsequent investigation.
Britannica notes the word filibuster originally meant a buccaneer or freebooter. In U S history American adventurers who joined West Indian and Central American revolutions after the Mexican War were called filibusters.
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