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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1949
Page
1
Incomplete OCR passage references boxing figures Amotta and Cerdan, a 20 year radio note, and a sprint or track event with a wall and run elements. Names and details are garbled, but hints at athletic results or discussions from a late era sports page. No clear outcomes or dates emerge from the fragment.
Blakely clings to a half game lead atop the River League as Donalsonville battles for position. From a chaotic slate, York and Clark led the offense, while Cal County suffered a 9-2 setback. Cuthbert, Bainbridge, and Colquitt trailed in the standings amid a busy night of scores and errors.
In a baseball style rundown, Linemen beat Covington Planters 12 to 3 as Clinney won over ams. Hodges exited early while eight runs came in across two innings for the winners. Lawyers and Barristers punched 18 hits while opponents struggled. Church League games schedule Lafayette Method, First Baptist, and Baptist boys matchups tonight.
In District three NCAA baseball playoffs, Wake Forest and Richmond from the Southern Conference face Mississippi State and Kentucky from the Southeastern Conference in a three day double elimination tourney. Mississippi State opens against Richmond at 6, Wake Forest vs Kentucky at 8:30. Wake Forest relies on pitching and defense though averaging 5 runs per game may lag the field.
Bonifay at Graceville Malone at Greenwood Marianna at Chattahoochee Bakerhill at Louisville Brundidge at Headland Union Springs at Goshen Abbeville at Eufaula played today in regional leagues across Alabama and nearby communities.
A Caspian sturgeon over 13 feet long and weighing more than 1,130 pounds was lanced near Baku. The fish was brought to Moscow and placed on sale in a local fish store.
In Everett Massachusetts Mr and Mrs John Forrest escorted their five children Daniel seven Edward six John four Paul three and Frances two to a hospital where Dr John F Williams removed the tonsils of all five children in a single procedure.
Washington AP report notes debate over military officers extra pay. A Marine major testifies that base pay plus allowances and medical care shape true compensation, while dental care, private physicians, and commissary savings affect real value.
Because of alkaline ash content, big power plant ash handling tools and containers must be made of corrosion resistant metals to prevent deterioration and equipment failure.
AP report recalls Paris during World War II as the Silver Foxhole and contrasts wartime soldiers with today's visitors. It notes soldiers arriving from Germany, Belgium and Holland on 72 hour leaves, seeking escape, beauty, perfume and silk gifts while Paris exerts a strange pull on combat men who confront memories as they tour Montmartre and shops.
Soldiers in a foreign war zone reflect on homesickness and the forged bond of platoon mates. They return to trucks craving their comradeship over danger, love, and fear, acknowledging Paris failed to comfort yet helped them endure. The piece calls Paris the Silver Foxhole of the western world.
A passage notes that certain tribes practice headhunting to gather soul matter. This material is stored in village repositories to sustain animal and cereal life, believed essential for continued propagation and fertility of the tribe's resources.
Floyd Watford 35 of Graceville has become jailer for Jackson County Sheriff Ernest Barnes. He succeeds J W Grant who left to run his general store after a January appointment. Watford and his wife will live in the jail until a new $100 000 jail is completed by September 1. He is related to the late Walter L Watford, former chief deputy and four year sheriff of Jackson County.
AP reports Espoir de Nice story of a newlywed couple at Saint-Marc near Brest who were awakened by police breaking in with tommy guns after triggering a burglar alarm. Apologies followed for the mistaken raid.
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