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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1948
Page
6
Genevan residents living beyond the levee eye swollen rivers Chekactahatchee and Pea, with Double Bridges Creek rising after another night of rain. The Choctawhatchee near 18 feet and three extra feet in 24 hours prompted fears of continued rise. Mrs. Ruby Griffin evacuated as water surrounded her Pea River area home.
Arthur Johnson, secretary-manager of the Dothan Chamber of Commerce since 1939, has resigned due to health issues. He will stay on for about two months while directors seek a successor and assist in the transition. Directors praised the agriculture committee for the pecan trees gelling program and urged a repeat in November.
Panama City police try to identify a man found dead in St. Andrews Bay. The body, about three days old, is said to be around 50, well dressed, with no identification in his wallet. A coroner’s jury has not yet returned a verdict and foul play is not confirmed.
A Newton man William C. Jones testified in Judge Halstead's court that he was paid $100 to stay out of Dale County until term's end. Jones, key witness for the State in the Shelly Jacobs case, failed to appear prompting attachment. Jacobs and T. C. Etheridge face grand larceny charges from a pool room theft in Dothan. Etheridge is serving a three year Kilby prison term. Jacob's trial was continued past July 1946 and adjourned as defense counsels sought a compromise.
The Dothan Chamber announced Little Cowarts school won first prize for schools in Houston County pecan tree selling contest. Bobby Hall of Ashford won top individual prize for selling 247 trees earning $59. Snell Reeves of Wicksburg was second with 20 trees and $30. Selly Towns of Cowarts placed third with 173 trees. Countywide sales totaled 2 308 trees.
Customs officials said they busted an international ring with a $1,000,000 shipment of pure morphine aboard the Marine Marlin. Port Collector Harry M Derning noted the gang's operations centered in Le Havre France as one of the ship's ports of call. No arrests were announced.
City officials announce plans to create a dog pound and hire a full‑time dog catcher to address stray dogs in Dothan. The County Board of Health orders confinement of all city dogs for 21 days after reports of a mad dog bite. The commission also approves 213.50 for the Dothan unit of the Alabama National Guard and accepts a 50‑foot street deed from Dr. D. C. Halsten, while addressing storm sewer and street damage from heavy rains.
Moscow says the United States Britain and France are engineering a Western power plan to divide Europe and boost German military strength to attack the Soviet Union. The note, released at a news conference, alleges Western powers aim to turn Western Europe into a base for American imperialism and aggression against the USSR.
Dr. H J Deuel Jr a USC medical school professor testified before the House agriculture committee that butter is in no way superior to margarine and urged passage of bills to end all federal taxes on oleomargarine. He noted cow milk fat may be ideal for calves but offered no evidence of superior nutritive value for human infants.
Finland named a seven member delegation led by Premier Mauno Pekka Pekkala for Moscow talks on a Russia Finland treaty of friendship and mutual assistance. Delegates include Reinhold Svento Yrvo Leino Urho Kekkonen J Soederholm Onni Peltonen with President Juho Passikivi backing the plan despite opposition to a military alliance. Negotiations expected to begin around March 20.
R M Grubb a Dothan resident for 25 years and owner of Grubb Coal and Royal Crown Bottling died at 07 W Main St after a heart attack He was born in Lovettsville VA moved to Dothan in 1923 and previously ran an ice and produce business Funeral services set for First Presbyterian Church with Rev J Norton Dendy officiating Interment in City cemetery Surviving are his widow three sons two daughters a brother and five grandchildren
Howard H. Bursel of Baltimore and Woe. Van Street of Eatontown returned to Nuernberg after spending 27 hours under armed Russian guard in the Soviet zone. They had visited the Leipzg Fair with their wives and were overdue, prompting inquiries. They arrived late, weary and perturbed, but safe.
General MacArthur announced he is available for the presidency but will not actively seek it, entering the Republican field alongside Dewey Taft Stassen Warren and others. President Truman moved to run for a full term, widening party splits over civil rights and jeopardizing Dixie-state support for any compromise candidate. Senator Elmer Thomas doubted Truman’s November victory amid Democratic dissension.
General Douglas MacArthur hinted at accepting a 1948 Republican nomination and would campaign to oppose further Soviet expansion. He favors direct talks with Stalin, a strong defense of the American way of life, and a middle course on labor and economics. He said he would not leave his post in Japan even if nominated.
London reports Sir Stafford Cripps warned Parliament that Britain's economy would collapse without substantial U S aid this year. A white paper said only the Marshal Plan can avert mass unemployment and dislocation, predicting reduced food and clothing for Britons and a grim long term standard of living. The report cites wartime shortages, drought, and shrinking Western Hemisphere imports as factors.
A Soviet source in Lake Success says Russia will insist that the United Nations Palestine partition program must be carried out and may direct a last chance request to the Arabs for cooperation with the General Assembly plan. It notes Gromyko could back up the move with international force, though Moscow would not initiate it.
An explosion at a Chinese ammunition dump in Tsingtao caused 100 deaths and 250 casualties. The blast near docks housing the USS Estes and the hospital ship Reporte left widespread ruins but caused no known American casualties. The cause was undetermined. the blast occurred just before noon.
Two P-40 fighters with Red Star markings fired their machine guns at a U S transport carrying 32 refugees crossing the Gulf of Chihli near Port Arthur and Darien. Pilot L B Buell and airline staff described the incident as non targeting, with photographs confirming the markings.
Eight Supreme Court justices rule sects may not use public schools to teach beliefs. Justice Black writes that church and state must stay separate while dissents signal uncertainty over scope. Mrs. Vashti McCullum says the ruling shields schools from sectarian domination.
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