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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1946
Page
7
ARKANSAS and Nagato battleships along with carrier Saratoga and other ships face possible destruction in Bikini lagoon tests July. Experts say A bomb Baker aims to breach hulls where armor is weakest, not through 14 inch plates, with underwater detonation at shallow depth.
The article explains how warships core structures rely on an armored top and sides with thin bottom plating and extensive water tight compartments. It argues that an atomic blast near the target would crush the outer shells and bulkheads, flooding vital areas and likely compromising inner machinery, fuel, and living quarters despite armor. It notes Arkansas Nagato Saratoga as likely hard targets in Bikini Atoll tests on July 25 Bikini time.
Bolivian officials deny reports of a second revolt as false and fantastic. The regime loyal to Villarroel remains firmly consolidated with army worker miner and intellectual support across the country. An Arica Chile border report claims clashes killed three and wounded several in La Paz as Lt Col Ricardo Gutierrez Monje dies from a jail freed bullet wound.
Alabama would receive about 700000 acres of tidelands under three miles from shore after a bill passed by the U S Senate. Superior Oil Co of Houston holds rights to about 170600 acres of tidelands around Mobile Bay and nearby waters, while Atlantic Refining Co of Dallas has a 10 year lease on about 24000 acres under navigable waters north of Cochrane Bridge.
A three week city wide singing school opens Monday at City Hall under Prof L D Huffstutler and staff with instructors from Dallas. Registration starts 9 o clock. Daily classes follow 1 4 30 and 7 30 9 30 except Saturdays and Sundays with no admission charge. A Huffstutler tribute convention will be held Sunday at Beulah Baptist Church on the Dothan Headland highway starting 1 30 pm public invited.
A demonstration on DDT was conducted yesterday at Mrs. Victoria W. Brown’s farm in the Taylor community. County FSA Supervisor W. Y. Cook and Miss Mary B. Arant led the session with FC families George R. Wells Durward McCardle and Curt Rice present and a discussion on gardening and saving food to send surplus aboard.
The Lafayette Street Methodist Church held its third quarterly conference last night electing Earl Butler as delegate to the Alabama conference of Methodists to meet in Mobile on November 13. C. E. Garrison and Albert Logue were chosen as alternate delegates.
Marines will discontinue recruiting in the Wiregrass area during August. A Montgomery recruiting sergeant had previously interviewed applicants in Dothan on Tuesdays. Young men seeking information may write or visit Room 407, Old Post Office Building, Montgomery.
The final major clash of the American Revolution occurred in 1782 at Blue Licks in Kentucky, a site now commemorated as Blue Licks Battlefield State Park.
The ten top agricultural states incur about 50 million dollars in annual losses from hailstorms, highlighting the impact on crop yields and farm revenue nationwide.
The Navy announced the shutdown of 29 separation centers by September 1 with processing for discharge shifted to permanent naval shore stations and hospitals. Centers slated for closure include Camp Shelton in Norfolk and naval air stations in Charleston, Jacksonville, and New Orleans along with the air technical training center in Memphis.
University of Miami botanist John C. Gilford, 15, while lecturing his class in Miami Florida, stepped from a ruined platform, tripped, and fractured his hip. The class will be canceled for a month as he mends. The article notes that Andorra is the world’s oldest republic in the Pyrenees.
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