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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1944
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR note references Belmont Park and a person named HL Peters. Mentions a carriage or ride and a guiding oversight. reads as an incomplete sports or race snippet with multiple garbled terms. No clear event date or full names beyond HL Peters.
The Zeier colt Bounding Home, ridden by Conn McCreary, surged past rivals in the stretch to win the Derby purse of 670, paying 64.70 8.20 and 4.80. Jockey McCreary cited hard earlier pace but praised Bounding Home’s finishing kick amid a crowded wagering scene as the Widener-backed entry faded.
The University of Alabama Board of Trustees rejected Governor Chauncey Sparks proposal to resume Auburn Alabama athletic relations. The board adopted the Athletics Committee recommendation that intercollegiate athletic arrangements be handled by university authorities. Dr Raymond Paty and the Auburn president were left to decide on a future Auburn Alabama game. The athletics committee cited 1923 objections raised by Auburn’s former president Dr Spright Dowell.
The Alabama Department of Conservation reports good fishing in Houston and Geneva Counties this week with fair to poor conditions in Dale Henry and Coffee counties. The CCC Lake in Houston is clear and high with bass bluegill and bream feeding on plugs and flies. Big Abbey Creek in Henry is low to medium with catfish active. West Choctawhatchee River in Dale is low to medium with catfish active. Commer Creek in Geneva is clear with bass and bream active on five bait plugs flies and worms. Pen Fiver in Coffee is muddy and normal with catfish active. A stray line about a child’s fear ends with an unrelated memory.
In the American League Cleveland defeated New York five to four while Chicago beat Washington seven to five and St Louis triumphed 18 to Philadelphia. In the National League Fallsburgh edged New York seven six Brooklyn lost four to Chicago and Boston won five to Cincinnati. St Louis topped Philadelphia five to three in another NL result. Southern Association had no games scheduled.
In Oregon City a boy claimed to have arrested a robber after a girl was held up. The sheriff's son, Dean Reaksecker, reported catching the suspect who turned out to be a missing boy known to police. The incident followed coins and candy purchases by the youth.
AP report from Tennessee describes pigs breaking into a Hed command post, uprooting three days of ground coffee and scattering mail among the mud. Soldiers grimace over breakfast without coffee as a company clerk searches for the mail and rations amid the chaos.
TOLEDO Ohio AP The Army jeep, famed for versatility, can now extract itself from mud. A rotary pulling mechanism mounted on the jeep’s front end enables it to haul itself out or assist other Army vehicles. The device, capable of lifting at least 290 pounds, is a new aid developed by manufacturers here.
Sheriff’s office reports the arrest of Foster Hellems near Ashford on a charge of violating prohibition laws. Five gallons of home brew were found buried in a garden at the rear of his home, covered with hen feed. Hellems was released on $200 bond.
Marianna officer James Ola Brewer served eighteen months overseas in New Guinea as a P40 Warhawk pilot. He flew 128 combat invasions and earned the DFC and the Air Medal. Brewer, son of Mrs. Lilla Brewer, was an assistant in Leo Sims’s office before enlisting and is currently on leave with family after being shot down over New Guinea and later hospitalized.
Marianna will open a new service center at the Community House to assist children of working mothers. The center offers constructive work, recreation, health routes, and daily care from 8:30 am to 4 pm. Mrs. Mare Lene Cuvier leads the project with Miss Martha Ann Heath and Mrs. WT Clifford supervising city school services in Jackson County.
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