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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1950
Page
10
The United States sees a historic boom in church membership with sixfold growth and dozens of new congregations rising nationwide. Denominations report large building programs, heavy fundraising, and widespread revival efforts fueled by postwar anxiety, social change, and a quest for spiritual stability.
In New York a card game dispute over a $1 bill escalated into violence as a man shoved another into a glass vestibule door and threw him through a window. Police say Fogler chased and struck Milly, slashing his chin and breaking glass, then threw him out a window. Officers found witnesses reaching for savings and noted a chaotic scene with bystanders.
Washington AP Senator Vandenberg proposed a successor agency to the ECA to study postwar Europe and the Americas. He urged a commission headed by Averell Harriman to assess economic plans, aid allocations, and aims to shore up Europe against communism as the Marshall Plan ends.
A terse fragment notes a person clinging for 18 minutes then being found near a game. He was arraigned on a felony charge and later transported to Bricevue Hospital for conservation.
Washington AP says the National Rivers and Harbors Congress endorsed 46 waterway and improvement projects totaling about 819 137 160 across Georgia Alabama South Carolina and North Carolina. The list includes dredging, navigation, road and conservation works. Projects reach Bayou Codennel dredging and others in the Southeast.
Washington expects 1.75 million high school graduates to face the toughest job search since the 1840s. Director Robert C. Goodwin says many will fill openings created by workers leaving or retiring, possibly pushing unemployment above 3 million by July. The Labor Department and state agencies publish a guide for young workers detailing practical entry positions and the uneven demand across sectors.
In Montevallo special elections are noted at the Alabama College campus. A Dalian student named Jure Segine contests a major office against Billie Rae Rohen from Mobile for President of West Main Dormitory. June Seeier is listed as daughter of Mr and Mrs Seeier, a liberal arts freshman.
Two circus elephants escaped during a Clyde Beatty show in Pomona California injuring a 28 year old attendant Leroy Spellman. The elephants charged along tracks and through fences despite attempts by handlers to subdue them. After an hour and a half the team was captured and Spellman taken to Pomona Valley Community hospital with broken ribs and multiple abrasions.
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