Beacons Beach trip and local social notes
A flurry of social news from SloCombs and nearby towns highlights house parties Beacon Beach plans and many visits. Notable items include Miss Laura Cola Trawick and friends joining a Beacon Beach party chaperoned by Mrs. J. T. Trawick Jr. and Albert Logue's illness. Also covered are travel plans to the World's Fair in Chicago and several residents visiting relatives or returning from trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Beach
J. T. Trawick, Jr
Laura Cola Trawick
Eleanor Mullins
Anne Strickland
Alice Welch
Jane Cooper
Laura Nell Moseley
Rosland Tindell
Graceville
Bombs Damage Four Magic City Stores in Birmingham
Two bombs exploded in Birmingham late last night damaging four downtown businesses. Police believe the first bomb was thrown from a car, blasting Sunshine Cleaners Inc. The second blast hit Tores Shoe Repair, with the Postal Telegraph and Gem barber shop also sustaining damage. Residents reported the loud roar and inquiries flooded newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Sunshine Cleaners, Inc
Tores Shoe Repair
Postal Telegraph Company
Gem
Wife Accused in Fatal Shooting at Cotton Center
In Pine Bluff Arkansas on July 28 1940 Mrs Rosa Hanson is accused of first degree murder after shooting Theresa Luzietti 16 at Cotton Center while searching for her husband. The suspect held on 1090 bond, husband arrested on unrelated desertion warrants and later released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinebluff
Ark
Cap
Theresa Luzietti
Rosa Hanson
Liberty
Garland Brewster
Cotton Center
Hangon
Lugiett
Misa Luzietti
Shortage of Apartments for Rent in Dothan
A survey by Eagle representatives finds a citywide shortage of furnished and unfurnished apartments and scarce furnished houses. Prices rise. few ads appear in newspapers. New residents struggle to locate housing as operators report very few empty units available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Eagle Representatives
Councilman T H McIntyre's Garage Damaged by Fire
Flames damaged the garage at 700 8th Andrew Street belonging to Councilman T H McIntyre, with one of two cars inside catching fire. Origin undetermined, loss and insurance status not yet estimated. Sparks ignited the car as firefighters removed it. the second car and several mattresses were only lightly affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. McIntyre
Andrew
Germany
Marriages license issued to Leroy Bond and Lissig Woodham
A marriage license was issued today to Leroy Bond age 21 and Lissig Woodham age 21, both residents of Do than route seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Bond
Lissig Woodham
Dothan
Church Services Headland Avenue and Lafayette
Headland Avenue Baptist led by Rev. A D Zbinden offers 11 am sermon In Duy Season We Shall Reap If We Barnt Not based on Galatians 6 9 and an 8 am sermon Who Hath Despised The Day of Small Things Zechariah 4 10. Lafayette St Methodist The Homelike Church with D W Haskew D D pastor holds 9 40 am Sunday school and lunch, 11 am sermon If Jesus Came Back Today, 8 pm Sunday special, leagues 7 15 pm, midweek prayer Wednesday 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Zbinden
Zechariah
Lafayette St. Methodist
D. W. Haskew
D. D
Lisenby
Jesus
Nativity Church Sunday Programs Announced
The Episcopal Church of the Nativity on West Main Street lists Sunday's activities with Sunday school at 8 45 a m led by superintendent Mrs Gipsey Boozer and lay reading at 11 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church OF the Nativity
West Main Street
Gipsey Boozer
Sunday School and Christian Endeavor at First Christian Church
The notice lists services at First Christian Church W Newton Street with Sunday school at 9 45 am led by superintendent W D Copeland and a 6 30 pm Christian Endeavor gathering in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church W. Newton Street
W. D. Copeland
Christian Endeavor
Sunday church schedule at W. O. W. Hall
The notice lists services at W. O. W. Hall with 10 00 a m Sunday school and 11 09 a m lay services each Sunday, indicating regular weekly worship events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. W. Hall
Foster Street Methodist Services and Mass Schedule
Opposite Court House Father George Ruger holds Mass every second and fourth Sundays at seven o'clock with confession before and benediction after. Rev W E B Middlebrooks presides at Foster Street Methodist with Sunday school at 9:40. Preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m. The 11 o'clock sermon asks Is Marriage a Sacred Institution Or a Business Proposition. The 8 p m sermon: A Converted Gangster. Young people at 8:30. Prayer Wednesday at 7:30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
George
Ruger
Foster Street
W. EB. Middlebrooks
D. Campbell
Sunday church schedule with services at E Cumbie church
The notice lists Sunday school at 9 45 a m with E Cumbie as superintendent and a B Y P U at 6 30 p m Preaching by the pastor on the first and fourth Sundays both morning and evening.
First Baptist Church West Main Street Service Notice
Sunday school begins at 9 40 am with L W Dockery as superintendent. Preaching at 11 am and 8 pm by Pastor with the sermon titled What Do Ye More Than Others and Gods Message to Man respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Dockery
Bennatt
Schedule of services at 400 East Crawford Street
Jack Key lists the day’s programs at 400 East Crawford Street with 9:45 a.m. Sunday school 11 a.m. Holiness meeting 6:45 p.m. Young People's League and 7:00 p.m. Salvation meeting led by Captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford Street
Jack Key
Holiness Meeting
Young People's League
Salvation Meeting
Streat Clement Ritter Pastor Sunday Services
Pastor Clement Ritter leads Sunday School at 9 45 a m and an 11 o'clock sermon. Christian Endeavor at 6 45 p m with Vesper services at 6 p m ending by 7 30 p m. Wednesday prayer services also held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Oates Streat
Clement Ritter
Christian Endeavor
Christian Science Sunday Services at Wadlington Hotel
The Wadlington Hotel Building hosts a Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. followed by a lesson sermon at 1 p.m. The golden text cites Psalms 25:5 with the line Lead me in Thy truth and teach me for Thou art the God of my salvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Society
Wadlington Hotel
Frazier Wins First in Eagle Salesmanship Contest
Eighteen Dothan Eagle carrier boys completed a course in salesmanship titled the exploitation of your product to the best advantage. Billy Frazier won first prize for the best sales talk and will receive two shirts and a tie. Four others tied for second, and prizes include a tie each. The carrier troupe will be treated to a Houston venue and a Porter's Fairyland party in their honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Eagle Carrier
Billy Frazier
J. KR. Chamblee
The
Eagle
Frazier
Foy Wells
Vandye Forrester
Donald Tolleson
D. C. Stringfellow
Eaci Ag
Exzgie
Houston Sweet Shop
Porter
Fairyland
Air corps politics and Baker Board report sparks uproar
Washington dispatch notes rank and file anger at General Foulois for approving the Baker Board aviation report while Jimmy Doolittle and Billy Mitchell gain support for freeing the air corps from War Department control. Mitchell derides the report as a whitewash and warns of an Alaska to New York air attack with gas. Also reports Germany’s economy worsens under Hitler with credit shortages, crop shortages, and planned government control of industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Air Corps
Benjamin Foulois
Baker Board On Aviation
General Staff
War Department
Baker Board
Air Force
Foulois
Tat Corps
Jimmy Doolittle
Bill Mitchell
Mitchell
Army
Alaska
New York
Mitchell Beieves
Equilmanm
Adiveen
Germany
Hitler
der Fuehrer
Europe
W M U Circles Plan Meeting At Headland Avenue Baptist
The W M U Circles of Headland Avenue Baptist church will meet Monday at 3 30 at the following places Lucy Wood Mrs Roy Riley Anne Judson Mrs Clarence Hornsby Lottie Moon Mrs Albert Johnson Ida Koyton Mrs David Carmichael Mrs Ray Steele and Miss Rebecca Steele of Panama City are visiting friends here today Mrs Mike Soule Jr and Miss Tesajo Latimer of Ozark were shopping here today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Headland Avenue Baptist Church
Lucy Wood
Roy Riley
Anne Judson
Clarence Hornsby
Lottie Moon
Albert Johnson
Ida Koyton
David Carmichael
Mike Soule, Jr
Tesajo Latimer
Ozark
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Lenporia
Mathew Arnold
Jack Payne Willes
Chicago
Clinole
Helen Wilkinson
Danville
5. Zbinden
Headland Ave
Rsa
Eunice Fowler
Moody Ter
Columbia, Ga
Tes Bille Ivey
G. Oakley Register
Miamich
Mia
Register
Meert Bridge
STOR
Burketi
Henrietta Burkett
Avis Synco
Bertha Ite
Charles Patterson
Louise Mer
Walter Moates
Wallace Wg
Geraldean Robinson
Anita Iker
Doris Welch
Billy Hall
McQuagge
Oren Anderson
Per Coleman
Paul Pate
Joemer
Nelly Jim Jerkins
Ire
Rawlins McKennie
Mrs. Poyner
Mary Anne Kennie
Mount, N. Y
Mary Anne
Mda
Junator
Las Elizabeth Yarbrough
Asheville, N. C
Albert Logue
Appletree Street
T. M. Patterson
Montgomery
Julian Hall
J. H. Mullins
Mary Frances Mulfing
Daleville
R. M. Jacobs
Thelma Lane
Pensacola
Eleanor Gilbert
M. Guiliot
Willie Mae Martin
Hilda Hawkins
Orelle Riley
Albany
J. W. Gilbert
Catherine Bentley
Newark
N. J
Mrs
S. M. Bentley
Panama City
Mildred Payne
Fredricksburg
Washington
Roy Camp
James Ray Allen
Santa Rosa, Fre
W. M Uv
First Baptist Church
R. Rosenberg
Tampa
Herman Blumberg
Slocoms
Slocomb
Harry Carroll
L. A. Carroll
University of Alabama Athletic Committee
Elite Cafe
Rhode Island
Alsi
Ceme
Lamust
Beauty
Magic City
Headland Avenue Baptist
Emanu-El
Saint Colombas Catholic Church
Grandview Baptist
T. M. Mathews
Salvation Army
Presbyterian Church
Behind News .i. News
Sanitary Dairy’s
M. U
Ray Steele
Miss Rebec
Ca Steele
G. W. Blakey
N. Foster St
Hotel
Bankhead
R. E. Hyde, Mer
CHE Quality
Supreme
Dothan Ice Cream Co
Dothan, Als
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