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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1946
Page
4
In Atlanta Georgia 205 serious minded youths filed into the Georgia House of Representatives to propose regulations. The assembly, ordered by the lower House, aims to teach future civic responsibility and better living through student involvement.
Citizens recall the Y’s high center units and delegates to the legislature. The first session begins at 2 pm with a speaker and officers to be elected. A pre-legislative caucus names Donald Payton of Grantville as manual speaker. A banquet and a farmer Kiom walk with Bishop Walker are scheduled, with second reading of bills set for Saturday morning.
Marianna Chamber of Commerce reports a $10,000 budget goal with $9,085 in pledges toward the total. Officials say pledges already in total $9,085 as of special updates, leaving a shortfall to reach the target. The document notes $952 remaining to meet the goal.
LBEC reports 134 members with about 60 prospects unsigned, inviting anyone to aid Chairman J. T. Manor's finance-membership group. The Manor committee lists F. L. Bullard Cahoos Clark Jenkins Jordan Keen Miller Schreiber Jenelley. Fourteen applications were presented to the Board of Directors for action at the upcoming meeting.
Researchers report butterflies can perceive objects five to six feet away, suggesting remarkable vision in these insects. The claim highlights butterflies as among the most farsighted in the animal kingdom, with potential implications for studies of navigation and behavior.
James S. Radford, assistant playing officer, resigns to join the Dothan office of Veterans Administration. He meets training officer John H. Curtright and discovers a shared Bougainville past. A Hartford native, Radford served as a Navy gunnery officer in the Pacific aboard the Joe Harris and Grants Pass. He is a University of Alabama graduate and former Tide football tackle. He coached at Tuscaloosa High School and in Mobile before entering the Navy again, leaving service in December.
FE. J. Wallmap education director for the Southern States Forest Fire Commission travels in Houston County this week. She meets businessmen and timber farmers and lectures students on forest fire prevention and reforestation. The program aims to make the public forest fire conscious and reforestation minded.
The individual accepted a position with the Veterans Administration in February and was temporarily stationed in Birmingham before being assigned permanently to the Dothan office.
A nervous Navy pharmacist’s mate delivered his first baby aboard a storm-tossed tanker 1,300 miles at sea after radioed instructions from a medical officer aboard a Coast Guard cutter. The baby girl weighed about four pounds eight ounces and both mother and Bradbury were reported fine by Seattle officials.
Veterans struggle to secure affordable housing as local officials and real estate experts warn of limited rental options and rising prices. VA and community leaders suggest rebuilding Napier Field into small five room homes priced near normal values to aid veterans and workers, while others call for curbing industrial building until sufficient homes exist. Since 1929 the U.S. population has risen sharply, intensifying demand.
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