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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1948
Page
6
A naval unit enforced strict noncommunication about an atomic test. Requests for interviews with security officers were refused and coded radio messages warned reporters. Sailors and officers advised journalists to avoid unannounced details, while noting a spy would be needed to learn sensitive information.
A news report from Kwajalein details the security for a forthcoming mid Pacific atomic test near Enewetak. Kwajalein, a key Navy base and stopover for PAT planes, enforces strict rules with cameras collected at three miles and warnings of death for leaking secrets.
The Religious Education Institute at First Presbyterian Church in Enterprise featured Rev W Norman Cook of Richmond Va executive secretary of the assembly's committee of religious education. Rex Whitcomb of Florala presided while representatives from Montgomery Eufaula Dothan Florala Troy and other presbytery churches attended.
The Southeast Alabama Boy Scout Council announces a meeting of its executive board tomorrow night at 7 30 at the Covington Hotel in Opp. Scout Executive J W Cooke and council president R C Joiner will chair the session.
A late Friday night blaze at Dothan Bus Company destroyed a bus and repair shop. Mechanic L W Dykes said the engine fire started from a shorted starter, with gasoline and other fluids fueling the flames. Several gas tanks and hydraulic fluid exploded during firefighting. no injuries reported. Damage estimate not yet set, but expected to run high.
Cattle receipts rise sharply as plants stay in operation after a strike easing. Hogs 25 to 50 lower with most under 300 pounds selling weak. Cows and bulls drop 1 to 2 dollars, vealers down about 27. Canner and cutter values decline with fat beef cattle and feeders showing reduced bids.
Older stomachs need support as food enters the gut. BSS Tonic claims to boost gastric juice flow, ease sour acidity, and improve appetite, sleep, and strength. It markets the 888 Tonic formula to aid nonorganic stomach disturbances and anemia, urging purchase at drug stores.
Geneva plans to convert the Geneva Pecan Shelter Company building into a community center. D H Morris heads the committee and hopes the center will open by April 15, with a temporary lease and plans to buy the lot and later erect a new building. A fall director will supervise games and activities as years of demand for a recreation center culminate.
Red Top taxi cabs completed radio equipment installation and put it in operation Friday night. Six cabs now have radio gear and the company has been assigned the call letters W4XGC. Red Top is the second cab company in Dothan to install two way radios.
Clinton Massachusetts article reports the board of selectmen abolishing bylaws that authorized fines for failing to maintain horse stalls and for violating hitching post regulations in the town. The move ends penalties for illegally parking horses in Clinton.
The Cottonwood High School senior class elected its Who's Who honorees. Recipients include Roy Moore as most popular boy and Patsy Helmes as most popular girl, Grammil Rhodes as most polite boy, Doris Love as most polite girl, Dewey Sellers as handsomest boy, Lucille Love as most dignified girl, Billy Cameron as most dignified boy and best all round boy, Doris Love as best all round girl and Betty Brooks as best dressed girl. Jonnie McCoy named best actress and wittiest girl. Gerald Granberry and Lynwood Sellers noted among other top honors.
In Chicago a Spr ve circus group faced superstition claims as tight wire dancer Harold Barnes comments that superstition faded long ago. The exchange reveals a casual talk about beliefs and fear among performers, with a question about whether luck still matters in the shows.
Cubs from Pack 22 enjoyed a Thursday program at Lafayette Street Methodist Church. Roger Cummings performed songs as an impromptu quartet while Cubs in Den Three prepared for an Easter Parade preview modeling sprint fashions. Awards were issued. Gus Lane spoke on snakes, showing venom, habitats, and a bite kit. Den Four showcased handicrafts and Mrs Inez McDugald became Den Four mother, and Mrs Ray McLennan introduced as new Den One mother.
Ninety one dogs have been impounded since the city's new rabies control program began last Wednesday. Hugh D. Johnston, director, said four dogs have been claimed after inoculation and payment of fees. Dogs in the pound will be held seven days, then destroyed if unclaimed. Owners may claim dogs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a one dollar daily fee and a one dollar inoculation fee.
Band leader Tommy Dorsey married Atlanta singer and dancer Jane New at the Fulton County courthouse with her family as witnesses. The couple flew by chartered plane to Miami after the ceremony. Dorsey, 43, wed for the third time. New, 22, for the second. They met in Hollywood last May.
Directs Traffic directs traffic at the school light to improve pupil safety. Project leaders Cashmen Ellison McDuffie with members Hubert Pesvel and Walter Vanlandingham undertake the effort at the request of Prof J F Moore. Moore warns that no one has been killed yet but it is not too late to safeguard pupils.
Cottonwood Baptist Church Baptist Training Union schedules an Easter program at the Cot tonwood church with activity details to follow.
Dudley Zoo in Worcester England reported its 200-year-old African tortoise laid three eggs yesterday and shows no signs of aging. The event highlights the creature's remarkable longevity and reproductive activity for its species.
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