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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1949
Page
1
In Jacksonville prices drift with buyers watching quotas and packing demand. Market reports list hogs at 50 to 70 pounds and 100 to 430 pounds with varying bids. calves and yearlings appear with scattered quotes.
Ashford Lions Club held its regular meeting at the Ashford Sweet Shoppe Tuesday evening with Lion W. P. McArthur as out going president. Bill Beck installed new officers including I. H. Townes as president and urged lofty goals, citing Lions Clubs worldwide achievements. Townes pledged loyalty and standing committees were named as members sang with pianist Mrs. Sanford Pate.
The text states that bone ends must be in contact and under compression to unite into one bone again, emphasizing proper alignment and pressure for successful healing.
Washington dispatch reports the Office of Defense Transportation will cease operations at midnight, ending a war era agency that supervised trains trucks and barges to support armed forces and vital industries. It held broad requisition powers and at peak employed over 5,600 people, winding down with only five staff left by closing time.
The Golden Triangle in Pittsburgh marks where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers join to form the Ohio. The district is famed for its skyline and large department stores along the rivers.
In Marianna Florida Special seven ty eight students from White Department earned honor roll status at the Florida Industrial School for Boys. Monroe Cottage led with 33 honorees followed by Jackson Cottage with 16. Roosevelt 14 Wilson 12 and Washington 11. Richard Westcott of Miami and Solomon Albritten of Fort Myers were named A students in the Individual Rating system. Four consecutive weeks of A grade earned the Ace rank.
In parts of Victoria Australia mice have become a pestilence they run over the beds of sleeping persons and even attack cats causing alarm among residents and wildlife watchers alike.
The Tennessee Valley Authority says it awarded steam plant equipment contract for the Johnsonville project to Elliot Company of Jeanette Pennsylvania for 102 562. The choice followed engineering staff recommendations and factors beyond bid price including financial viability skill and integrity. The plant on the Tennessee River six miles west of Nashville is estimated at 34 million dollars.
National Business and Professional Women attendees gather in Jacksonville for five days. Delegates from all units including Alaska attend as leaders from the Georgia Confederation and Emery Business School participate in panels. Noted speakers address women’s responsibility and service in a man’s world.
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