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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1943
Page
2
AP dispatch notes a very distinctive quake near Purte Rick detected on a seismograph at Was top Calinge last night. Dr Denis Linehan, seismologist, said the event began at 11 07 p m with main shock and three aftershocks in six hours. Location about 1054 miles from Boston moving southeast.
Mrs J D Parham aged seventy two of Bristol Fin died in a Dothan hospital after two short illnesses. Survived by husband seven daughters and numerous relatives including Mra EZ Martin Waycross Ga Mra W O Sanborn Dothan Mra KC Bateman Zellwood Wis Mra J E Walker Gainesville Fla Mre J W Jackson Attapulgus Ga Mra EC Pringle Brunswick Ga and Mra J J Harp Washington DC. 25 grandchildren one great grandchild six sisters and two brothers. Funeral at Gordon Methodist Church tomorrow at 3 p.m with Rev A D Zinden and Rev W C Phillips officiating. Burial to follow.
Oneonta Ale AP Sheriff Ed Miller said murder warrants have been issued against Nemans and three men in the death of Percy W Owen a Birmingham wakeman who disappeared May 2 while on a seining trip at Inland Lake Owen's body was recovered from the lake July 2 The four named suspects are Harry Bradfield 25 his wife Mary Bradfield Chester Robinson 1 and Grady Boris 3 all residents of Tarrant Ale They were arrested July 3 and Mrs Bradfield was taken into custody yesterday
Chief Petty Officer J H Hutchins at Dothan Navy recruiting station announced that three 17 year olds have been accepted for enlistment in the U S Navy. The enlistees are Homer Kilcressa Chancellor Ralph Bolyn Shofner of Dothan and Robert Eugene Hatchins of Evadle.
Suspension of two large U S companies in Alabama for 15 days for failure to keep OPA records was announced by Jack Crenshaw chief attorney of the Montgomery district OPA office. Crenshaw warned dealers and filling stations in the Beate area that enforcement will act to require strict handling of rationed products. Incomplete records undermine rationing and resemble selling products without stamps.
The FBI holds R. Perry for violating the Selective Service Act. U.S. Commissioner J. W. Daughtry of the Middle District of Alabama says Perry, using aliases, was indicted in April 1942 by a grand jury in Abardeen Misa. He was detained yesterday by Special Agent G. Dewey Hail with bond set at $1,000.
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