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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1947
Page
6
A new cake make up introduces a moisture proof well in a bean shaped sponge. The sponge stores the wet applicator for on touch ups after the first use. The compact promises no cake or streaking due to a fine oil texture. It comes in six warm rosy shades with instructions to select slightly darker tone.
A reader asks about metal color for an important ring and whether a ring belongs on the index finger. The piece notes Mona Paulee as a glamor figure wearing a palladium ring, and states the fourth finger is traditional for rings for artistic balance while pinkies bear smaller pieces. It adds Arizona had 2,208 miles of railroad in 196.
Rain socks provide transparent plastic toe sheaths that fit from instep to toe, protecting stockinged feet from rain without adding bulk. Portable enough for purses, they let a woman pull them out for use during rounds and in hotel bathrooms to guard against infection.
Philadelphia reports ex staff sergeant George Allen donated two Hitler era manuscripts to the University of Pennsylvania. One pages copy of Hitler’s dancy emincil meetings from December 1 1942 to March 24 1245. The other records brief interviews with Hitler’s secretary Prada physician Major Dome and a chauffeur.
Sydney AP reports Australian trade with the United States showed a sizable export surplus for the seven months ended Jan 3. US exports from Australia totaled about 93.176 million dollars while imports from the US were 64.265 million, leaving a surplus around 28.911 million.
Funeral services for D. J. Barnes were held Tuesday afternoon at the Eden Church near Coffee Springs with Rev. A. W. Barker officiating. He was a prominent farmer and lifelong Damascus community resident. Survived by wife Lily Mac Fizell Barnes four daughters and several siblings_places include Bonifay Coffee Springs Enterprise Samson DeFuniak Springs and Samson.
Boston staffers staffed by convicts publish a prison house organ at Massachusetts State Prison in Charleston. The Mentor features editorials aimed at juvenile delinquency and parental responsibility, with contributors of limited formal education whose pieces reach national markets.
CANBERRA AP Chilean Minister in Australia Mamed Hubner says Chile interested in importing Australian port and sherry. He told reporters that Chile, a wine producer, does not make the heavier fortified wines. Chile had imported only Spanish sherry and Portuguese port to date.
Funeral services for J H Wiley eighty seven of Auburndale Fla were held at Friendship Church near Gordon. Surviving are a daughter Mrs J M Mathews Gordon a son Arthur Wiley Auburndale fourteen grandchildren twenty one great grandchildren and a nephew Joe Whey. Pallbearers included Marcus Mc Alpin Lamar Admins Barney Rogers John Mathews Jr Mac Wiley and J M Deese with honorary pallbearers W B Conrad W Culpepper W N Conrad W E F Elmore A M Mathews Willan Conrad Ruben Brown and 3000 M Mathews.
Rangoon Burma reports an information control order by the police commissioner restricting official comment to his publicity officer for one hour daily. The next day four Rangoon papers claimed Wemyss and others were dead, then noted their inability to verify the story due to the order.
An examination of about 56 percent of Vienna schoolchildren by the health board found at least 7 percent undernourished despite programs from American Swedish and Swiss groups providing hot meals. The report also notes that 82 percent show serious undernourishment.
Lois Pilooa, a University of Minnesota student, postponed finals while a hospital birth produced a son for Robert H. Stone, US Navy Gunner's Mate First Class. Stone is the son of Willams and Mrs Stone of Coffee Springs and serves aboard USS Taconic, flagship of the Seventh Fleet Amphibious Exercises in the Caribbean. About 1,699 Protestant churches existed in Spain before World War II.
In Cicerq Indiana fox hunting from planes is described as a regular sport by residents Lowell Makken and Wayne Beck who report killing up to five foxes daily. The practice is illegal but persistent, drawing new eyes to aerial hunting.
Veterans of the 81st Wildcat Division who served in World War I or World War II will meet Friday at 8 p.m. in Troy, announced national adjutant James E. Cahall. War Department photos of the 81st in action on Angaur Island will be shown. about 8,000 Alabamians served in 1917-19, with hundreds in WWII. The Wildcat Division trained at Camp Rucker and invites veterans and families. North America has two species of wolves, the red and the grey.
A stranger with a suitcase snowed near the main gate of Utah's state prison. He told the guard to tell the warden he was expected, a message confirmed by the warden and Judge Will L. Hoyt of Nephi Utah.
Fragmentary OCR text references a man’s sentence and transportation to prison, noting a journey of 80 miles from Nephi. Details are unreadable, hindering a clear account of the case, sentence, or authorities involved.
In a sprawling trade, bones from buffalo carcasses found on the Kansas plains were assembled into a sizable stock. Dealers paid a total of 2,500,009 dollars for these 31,000 bones, highlighting a remarkable market for historic remains.
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