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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1946
Page
7
A detailed description of a silver snuff-box commemorating a prewar head-doorkeeper's tenure, noting its size, interior tray, lid plate, and future engravings for F. Sandell and P. C. Warner. It likens the old London guard to today’s police and transit modes, concluding with the relic status of the item.
London correspondent recalls how Winston Churchill regularly takes a pinch of snuff in the Commons lobby. Percival Warner, head doorkeeper, guards the official snuff box and bells for divisions while Churchill preserves a long tradition dating to the 19th century with a box carved from timber of the destroyed debating chamber.
NEA reports 40 or more former American soldiers studying at Cite Universitaire Paris after discharge, drawn by top professors and music study. They live in the American building, receive 4000 francs monthly from the French government, about $33, with meals at campus cafeterias costing 24 centimes and rooms from $10 to $13 a month, while many take part time work and teach English to supplement funds.
In Pueblo police court Joe Diesla was fined 20 dollars for malicious mischief and violating the city firecracker ordinance by feeding ducks in the city park lake with fuses burning.
A Greyhound bus en route from Washington to Richmond crashed into a truck on U.S. Highway 1 about 15 miles north of Ashland killing Dr. Early L. Fox 56 history professor Randolph Macon College Ashland and a woman identified as Virginia Jenkins Niblett 47 Windsor Virginia. Fourteen others were injured and hospital attendants said none seriously. Fox had served since 1918 on Randolph Macon faculty and held leadership roles with NBC CBS and local church groups.
Gayle Lewis reports the bobcat population near the Warm Springs oil field east of Thermopolis is increasing and menacing locals. He says he has already lost three tom cats used to catch mice at his place as the animals push the mice into his yard and home.
A clipped obituary fragment notes Mrs. Mary Sener of Greeley survived by a large family including four sons and two daughters. The record mentions a stork named Long Legs that keeled over years ago and references two trips to resident animals since the year began.
Fragmentary OCR reports taxi operators in Denver dealing with delays and a planned airliner schedule. Mentions Miss Minogue and Contingent operations as planes move, noting hours and distances.
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