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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1944
Page
4
The readable fragments describe a dated page with stray lines about a wedding notice and literary excerpts. It mentions Ben Helen and Tahal, with fragmentary phrases referencing Greece Rome and Psyche. The text is garbled, yielding no clear event or names beyond scattered fragments.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Alabama Methodist Conference will meet in Demopolis for its annual session March 7 8 9 30 Mr C H Cowart of Troy president will preside over deliberations Mr W B Atkinson 303 South Strawberry Street Demopolis is chairman of the nominating committee. He has sent letters with return cards to all societies asking for names of delegates by March 20 and that societies not sending delegates return card with this information. Families should not be sent in if attendance is not possible. There will be good attendance as the annual riveting and hospitable reception will be extended Private M L Shiver stationed at Nashville Tenn formerly of Ashford has been promoted to first class private relatives reported today.
The Sorosia club meeting scheduled for 2 oclock Tuesday afternoon in the Surgical dressings room has been postponed until further notice. The cancellation followed a temporary closure of the surgical room while awaiting new material for the March quota. Sam Blumberg, a second class seaman, U S Navy, recently finished boot training at Great Lakes Illinois, has been assigned to the Naval base at San Bung California. His wife left there today to join him in California, accompanied by her sister Mrs Nathan Poller of Tampa Florida.
Mr and Mrs Thomas H Dodd Jr of Mobile announce the birth of Henry Dodd. The former Euzapern Patuoen of Dothan accompanies. Mr and Mrs J T Stewart report the birth of James Thomas Stewart in February. Mr and Mrs W W Warren of East Orange NJ announce daughter Virginia Anne born February 10. Warren, long a visitor here with his brother Linton Warren, enjoys a wide circle of friends in Dathan.
Elbert J. Roberts of Ashford route two celebrated his eightieth birthday with a picnic lunch at his home February 2. Born in Calhoun Georgia in 1864 he has lived in Rocky Creek for 65 years. Family and friends from many counties attended, including numerous Roberts relatives and neighbors from Bainbridge Fort Acpp etc.
Paris born journalist Mme Geneviev Tabous urges a freedom of the press clause in the postwar peace treaty and a world court style tribunal for journalists attacked for publishing truth. She cites her career from L Oeuvre to Pour La Victoire and credits press freedom with keeping governments honest. Mixed with personal history, she recalls dangers including Gestapo threats and exile, arguing lack of press freedom helped cause war and must be prevented in future unions and councils.
Sergeant John Fowler, son of Mir and Bre Fowler, completes training for combat duty as a crew member of a bomber's combat crew. He is stationed at the Davis Mountain Field, Tucos, Ariz, as part of a United States Army Air Forces training program.
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