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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1945
Page
6
Prices for fruits vegetables and staples listed with quantities and per pound or per item rates. Items include bananas lemons beans lettuce onions oranges carrots peppers and more with varied weights and regional pricing details.
Clifford Ward of Elba, wanted in Caffee County for burglary, was arrested in Vanport, Oregon by FBI agents for fleecing the State to avoid prosecution. He has been returned to Alabama to face trial. FBI Deputy R. J. Abbaticchio Jr said Ward would plead guilty today. Ward was caught burglarizing a store in Enterprise run by Talmadge Heath. He escaped jail while acting as a trusty and fled to Oregon.
Funeral services for James B. Baxley thirty four of Graceville route three were held at Wright's Creek Church after he died Monday in a Hartford hospital from burns when gasoline in his car tank ignited. Surviving are his wife three sons James L Billy Gene and Edward Baxley a daughter Yvonne Baxley his father Willam Baxley two sisters Mrs Broward Murphy and Mrs RC Register three half sisters Juanita Nora and Flora Baxley three brothers George M Bayley Horace Baxley and Private Lloyd Baxley in Oklahoma.
In Houston County Alabama equity case Ralph 2 Froschauer is required to plead answer or demur to the bill by April 11 1945. Publication to be made weekly in The Dothan Eagle for four weeks beginning March 6 1945. Decree pro confesso may be taken if default occurs. Signed by L Harmon Clerk.
Louis Plochve reports from Cologne as Nazi administration collapses after heavy air raids. Civilians flee interior Reich, bridges destroyed on March 1, leaving mass exodus and scarce food as Gestapo deserted. Residents note white flags and placards claiming invincibility amid rubble and casualties.
Vancouver reports eight men missing and believed dead from the SS Greenhill Park blasts and fire. Eighteen injured and about 1.3 million dollars in damage, mostly to the ship, with longshoremen and crew still unaccounted for as explosions shattered utilities and windows across the business district.
Special dispatch reports Lt Adam M Lewis, deputy US marshal for the district, wounded February 14 during the Manila assault. He suffered injuries to the left thigh arm and face and intestinal wounds from a grenade near a fortified building. He wrote from a portable surgery unit after being hit near the front lines.
Funeral services for Fd Jackson sixty four of Ozark who died Monday were held yesterday at Union Church with Rev Mr Juda officiating. Surviving: three daughters Mrs Marcus Leatherwood Mrs Nettie Wallace Mrs Polly McGowan. three sons Frank Bob Arnold Jackson all of Ozark. two brothers Andy Dawson Jackson of Hartford. a sister Mrs Bertie Strickland of Enterprise. several nieces nephews and grandchildren. Memorial hour honoring Uncle John Newton and Fawin Culbreth, Big Creek residents killed in action, to be held at Big Creek Church Sunday during the first quarter of the Big Creek reven-shape gingers convention, Henl Ian Rowland, chairman.
Mrs J T Meadows dies at Geneva after a long illness. She leaves her husband JoT Meadows two daughters Justine and Elizabeth and four sons Glenn, Bert, Hartford, and John Meadows Jr. Navy Pearl Yarbor among many relatives. Funeral at Geneva church cemetery with service by Rev Mote and Rev Peac. Numerous brothers and sisters survive.
Master Sergeant Jack B Kinzer, husband of Mia Wilms Kinzer of Ozark, leads the ground crew on the Flying Fortress Lite Rebel in England. AAF release notes Kinzer as one of the best mechanics in the 409th Bombardment Group with 71 consecutive missions without a mechanical failure. Kinzer, a 1999 Alabama Polytechnic Institute agriculture graduate, is son of Mr and Mrs S A Kinzer of Tuscumbia and has siblings in military service. In Italy Elder J S Bass of Graceville will share the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist pulpit with Pastor Elder I A Tew next Saturday and Sunday.
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