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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1935
Page
6
A Southern Railway freight engine on the Chatanooga line exploded near Rockmart, killing engineer W. C. Alexander of Atlanta and brakeman Jasper Parks of Illinois. Fireman Lacious Chapman, a Negro, was severely injured. The blast damaged engine and tender. cars remained on the line. The incident occurred early today with authorities reporting no cars left the locomotive.
Local political ads reveal candidacies for the city commission with pledges of support. Eric Gelyerstedt and Clarence May announce their runs for the July 18 election, urging voter backing and influence to aid their campaigns.
Berlin reports Joachim von Ribbentrop, former wine merchant, has emerged as an influential diplomat close to Hitler. He served as unofficial envoy and special emissary, shaping arms and naval pacts, and assisting in Hitler’s rise by arranging key meetings, including the 1933 Cologne conference with Franz von Papen. Born April 36, 1893, he rose from WWI service to lead stealth diplomacy and early Nazi foreign policy initiatives.
Fragmentary home recipe describes making a coconut roll with orange coconut filling. Steps include baking a cake in a 15 by 10 inch pan at 400 degrees for 13 minutes, then rolling the cooled cake with powdered sugar and orange coconut filling. Filling combines sugar, cake flour, salt, orange juice, lemon juice, coconut, egg yolks, butter, and orange rind.
A scrambled old recipe for Fruit Coffee Cake lists ingredients like shortening sugar eggs milk and citron with spice and fruit. The method covers mixing kneading rising and brushing with milk before baking. The piece notes Horace Burch and Mr SN Russell visiting relatives in North Carolina for a week.
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