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Dothan Eagle

Location

Dothan, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1950

Page

2

Hurricane Warning System links 27 coastal cities at sea

Wilbur Jennings reports the Weather Bureau will start a teletype connected hurricane warning system this season. The circuit links 27 coastal cities including Brownsville Corpus Christi Victoria San Antonio Austin and others with New Orleans Mobile and Atlanta. Red Cross disaster units and local police monitor alerts as storms threaten the Gulf and Atlantic coasts with a full season run from summer into fall.

Sy Wilbur Jennings Washington Weather Bureau Ferumes Gulf Coast Bureau Rot LB Munpt Red Cross Shreveport Milton Blane Tannehill Theoss Brownsville Corpus Christi Victoria San Antonio Austin Hoytton Galveston Port Arthur Texas Lake Charles Shaton Rouge New Orleans Mobile Ala Pensacola Apalachisola Tallahassee Jacksonville Daytons Beach Orlando Melbourne West Palm Beach Tampa Fort Myers Miami Key West Fla Atlanta Savannah Charleston S.C New York Boston Tannehilt

Grand Jury Probes Poor Farm Thefts

MOBILE AP The Mobile County Grand Jury probes alleged thefts at the County Poor Farm. Inmates were questioned as detectives reported J R Gurganus a discharged fireman faced grand larceny tied to groceries from the storeroom. Jurors also study voter registration irregularities in Mobile County.

Mobile Mobile County Grand Jury J. R. Gurganus Bend Juey Gurganus Thomas N. Guganus Grand Jory

Secrets of Charm by John Robert Powers

Promotional text urging daily self improvement for women, outlining ten questions on grooming and demeanor. Encourages sending for a free calendar and program from the Powers Girls, with appeal to career women and social success through appearance and manners.

John Robert Powers Powers Girls Powers

Charles I Watkins Senate Parliamentarian Serves in Senate

Washington AP says Charles I Watkins, 70, serves as the Senate Parliamentarian, the only full time holder of the post. He tracks 40 rules and precedents, storing 10 volumes of records from 1883 to 1932 to guide disputes and keep order amid partisan strife.

Washington Charles I. Watkins Solomon Watkins Senate Watkin Congressional Record Daily Journal of the Senate Journal

Girls Staters Name Officers For 1950 Cap Visit

Montgomery AP Girls Staters crowned Augusta York of Birmingham as governor after a tight three ballot race over Jessie Gilchrist of Alabama City The slate also elected Joyce Screws Opelika as lieutenant governor and picked Ann Coleman Gail Wood Lovelace Stewart Asa Carol Harris for key posts in their 1950 session and Capitol visit plans.

Montgomery Capitol Augusta ‘York Birmingham Jessie Gilchrist Alabama City Yori Girls’ State Joyce Screws Opelika Ann Coleman Decatur Gail Wood Talladega Lovelace Stewart Greenville Asa Carol Harris

Watkins Chronicled as Longtime Senate Parliamentarian

Dots of career noted for James Watkins born in Arkansas who began as a clerk in 1915 and rose to acting Parliamentarian in 1923 and official Parliamentarian in 1933 marking a historic first for the Senate. His assistant Ronard Hickey is mentioned as a potential successor.

Krinter Watkins Arkansas Senate Jewis Desehler Ife Adep

Political figures and officials in a fragmented list

A garbled roster lists Gail Farish Selma as Superintendent of Education and Jane Hollis as National Committeewoman, with Bloise Strickland as National Committeeman from Birmingham, Sue Gaston in Tuskegee as Commissioner of Agriculture, Mildred Massey of Cordova as Public Service Commission President, and Dorothy Ann Fowler of Andalusia as Associate Justice. A stray line mentions an Atlantic fish climber.

Gail; Farish Selma Jane Hollis Bloise Strickland Birmingham Sue Gaston Tuskegee Public Service Commission Mildred Massey Cordova Dorothy Ann Fowler Andalusia

Executives Visit Montgomery Word

Dr. E. Walk and A Hine, managers of Montgomery Company, join G. W. Stark of New York as J. E. McGarrah and the officials review the store merchandising plan for this Fall, examining procedures and positions to drive care pull.

DR. E. Walk

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