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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1944
Page
7
An advertising fragment touts roofing services from Dothan Roofing and Heating Company and urges confidence in genuine products like Barrett EVERLOX retention. It lists J. E. Saliba and F. A. Herring as references and warns against imitations and substitutes.
The United States Navy first used the catapult to launch planes from a ship. Ship scouting planes now comprise about 15 percent of the naval air force. Most private planes after the war will carry two passengers and 30 pounds of baggage.
First Lieutenant Jesse F. Brooks of 201 Woodland Drive is cited for outstanding duty as he led the 1st Squadron on a bombing mission to Germany. Despite flak and a severed elevator cable, he improvised a repair using the ball turret charging cable and bomb bay arming wires enabling pilot Robert D. Sheehan to land safely. Brooks, son of Mr and Mrs M R Brooks, is a Riverside Military Academy and University of Alabama alumnus, commissioned into the Infantry Reserve in 1942 and later joined the Air Corps as a bombardier on the Liberator Wild Indi Rose.
Montene claims to lead the nation’s grizzly bear population after a recent census counted 163 of the savage beasts. Wyoming and Idaho reportedly trail as Montare center claims more than ten grizzlies. wildlife restoration official Robert Cooney commented.
The court granted letters of administration and probate for the estate of Annie Fortes HK and James T Throwar. The filing names Porter and Porter as measurees, with proceeds to be managed under the court. The document appears dated June, noting duties of a probate judge in Housee County Alabama.
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