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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1933
Page
3
New York stocks ended with gains as traders priced in steady earnings and a steady economic outlook. Major averages rose with tech and financials leading the session while investors monitored retail and energy sectors for clues on inflation trends.
A debate on commission government surfaces as Newton cites Tallahassee Albany and other cities like Dothan showing benefits while critics warn of reduced efficiency. Officials argue budgets and debt drive caution with calls for careful reform and avoid penalizing services.
The bodies of Clifford E. McMillan of Sidney and Richard Dymond, killed in the Andes crash, arrived today in Buenos Aires and will be cremated before ashes are sent back to the United States. In Havana police recovered a weapons cache in Luyano suburbs including four sawed off shotguns eight rifles and 20 hand grenades.
Mayor Ezell says a criminal group aims to oust him to sell the power plant and cites 52 men who pressured him to run five years ago. City Attorney Lewis and others blame a push for a commission government, alleging motives to control utilities and reward allies.
In Montgomery on March 18 AP reports Officer Collins spotted two Black boys fishing in a pasture far from water. They snagged an eight pound hen, the hook lodged in its Gill, and fled leaving line and tackle. roaches became bait for the wounded bird’s dignity.
Alabama Power Co. ex pires Jo June and the plant will be fired up and kept in operation until Roosevelt acts on Muscle Shoals. Lewis and Eizell lead speakers with Councilmen Bates and Burkett joining. Jerkins, the other administration man, said nothing. A large crowd left before concluding speeches as Mayor Ezell urged commission government backers to participate, but none spoke in favor of the change.
Lu cious E Wooten, 72, contractor from Memphis, was killed when his car overturned near Turrell Arkansas while he hurried to reach a dying relative in St Louis. The AP dispatch notes the accident occurred early Tuesday as Wooten attempted the bedside visit.
A Long Beach barber, W H McGinnis, was shaving a customer when an earthquake shook the shop. He excused himself and left, later sending a postcard from Nashville explaining he arrived as a tornado struck the area. France aids its wheat growers.
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