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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1949
Page
2
Firemen extinguished a blaze in a burning car near Gurove ll North Appletger martret yesterday. The bar owned by J G Glover was not damaged according to firemen officials. A concert recital at Brockton High School is announced for May 18 with preliminary arrangements and travel details listed.
Detriot based report describes the Ford strike as 000 workers idling with threats of more, moving toward peace talks led by Henry Ford II and CIO United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther. Negotiations begin amid mounting factory shutdowns and supplier fires, with plans to resume operations as details unfold. A related note mentions Alabama and Jackson, Mississippi political figures at a State’s Rights Democrats conference and a Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting in Illinois.
Robert Tyler Goodwyn 78 a longtime Montgomery civic leader died at his home. He was father of Montgomery Mayor John Lancaster Goodwyn and of Robert Tyler Goodwyn Jr, clerk of the Alabama House. A Montgomery native educated locally and at the University of Alabama, he served in multiple public roles including mayor of Highland Park and Alabama Legislature member. Funeral services will be at Memory Chapel at 9 a.m. tomorrow with interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
The record lists defendants including Willis K Thornton and Henry A Guilford facing probation, verdicts of not guilty, or varying sentences after guilty pleas. Names appear with references to internal revenue conspiracy, forgery and penalties ranging up to five years half a decade, with multiple defendants receiving probation revocations and 13 to 15 month terms.
Dr Saint J Bunche acting United Nations mediator for Palestine warned at a New York dinner that the U S Negro problem is more complex and urgent than the Palestine issue He urged Americans to address rights and equality while noting the ongoing Syri an front in Palestine.
Washington report outlines VA efforts to ease GI loan defaults by extending payments and adjusting terms. Veterans or lenders may seek relief through regional and central VA committees, with unanimity required regionally and finality at the central level. The program aims to prevent loan losses as millions of VA guarantees back home loans.
A page hearing is set for 12 m on May 18 in Montgomery on a bill to abolish all liquor advertising in Alabama. The House health committee, led by Rep. J. G. Ganey, tabled the bill amid support from Rep. Emmet Wood of Washington. It would ban liquor ads in newspapers, radio, television, billboards, and street car cards with penalties including a $100 fine for the first offense, $300 for the second, and six months hard labor for the third. The same committee also reported favorably on a bill to make it a felony to introduce ballad‑forming drugs into state prisons.
Livestock arrivals total 230 cattle and 1.6K hogs with eight major plants listed in Albany Columbus Mow wie Thomasville Tifton Ga Dothan All and Jacksonville Tallahassee Fla. Hog prices hold steady with varied quotes by weight class across the eight plants and regional markets show mixed cattle tone at Montgomery and surrounding yards.
Lawmakers considering referendums on a new tax program would wait 40 days after bill passage, amid ongoing session. Senate members introduced measures to curb state spending, abolish absentee voting, and consolidate building commissions while debating a reclassification of the State Merit System and a seven county senator proposal. The deliberations touched on highway budgeting, prison drug controls, and constitutional questions on committee referrals.
Brazen Hill Proprietary Sterwicks plans to export New South Wales steel to England for tinplate and to Australia’s allies in Japan to address demand. Manager Keith Butler noted the exchange while NSW Transport Minister Maurice O Sullivan said Japanese steel will cost about 58 and Australian about 54 per unit.
Obituary notices from Wiregrass report the death of N A Exum aged 30 at his Dothan home after a weeklong illness. Funeral set for Union Hill Church with Rev Wil son and Rev Nobles officiating. Also Noah S Dillard eighty five of Ariton dies in Dothan hospital after long illness with funeral Thursday at Ariton Baptist Church under Holman funeral home guidance.
Two defense lawyers questioned whether German storm troops were given fair trials for the Malmedy massacre. Dwight Fanton and John Dw el argued defense time to prepare was insufficient as the war crimes court had convicted 73 Germans with six death sentences reduced later. Congressional action followed on taxes and spending while the President faced pressure over new tax proposals and executive power.
Senators Styles Bridges and Bourke B Hickenlooper weighed in on Connally's walkout as Taft favored full discussion before action. Connally and Vandenberg planned to stay on job instead of attending the Paris Big Four conference, while signaling possible attendance later if urgent. In Bangkok the press resisted censorship with competing papers refusing to submit to controls.
City Commission extended the bus company franchise by ten years, allowing expiry 30 years from grant instead of 20. Commissioners moved $10,000 from the general fund to the sinking fund set to cover $125,000 in payments. N L Blaum urged action on a water supply project on Herring Street where 14 housing units are under construction. Morris Malone prompted laying two new six inch water mains from Park Avenue to Herring Street.
At Young Junior High School an unusually large class of 143 students will graduate. Four students earned perfect all As across three years, while five others show strong yearlong achievement. Joe Favik joined home room productions. Jimmy Berjon cheered. Virginia Malone is a speech student. Jane Edding studies music and acted in spring plays. Migna Sue Hayes is a choir student who performed in school plays.
The report states Communists took Kashing on Sunday and advance eastward into Miangsi and Chekaing while driving southward into Futon provinces. The central front remains fluid with fog of war. Sian Wan Pao notes Pankow garrison withdraws toward Lingling and Hankow ships ordered to pull up river traffic.
The Dade County grand jury opened an investigation into the flogging of seven Black men identified by Sheriff J W Lynch as Ku Klux Klansmen. Witnesses included escorted locals. warrants issued for 25 people. FBI agents involved but not allowed to testify at the state grand jury hearing.
A girl 8 the church was found dead in the Parish house kitchen after an assault during an apparent struggle. Police describe brutal injuries and a scene of broken glass, overturned bars, and scattered bottles, with liquor damage noted. Coroner Dr. Irvin notes a violent attack and suspects homicide.
A Cullman highway department engineer, Howard Y. McCarsle, drowned attempting to swim the newly opened Recreation Lake Cutie Theenwheel. The incident occurred yesterday as he and companion Tom Lawson swam across the lake. Lawson survived. a rescue effort was mounted but McCarsle’s body was recovered in Canton.
Federal tax refunds totaling 400000 are being mailed to Alabama residents, with most refunds issued. In a few cases where refunds were not yet sent, additional information or adjustments have been requested by the Internal Revenue Service Alabama department.
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