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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1946
Page
3
Two Miami men drowned in separate incidents near the Florida coast. One man slipped from a bridge at Pelaje Key while fishing, and his body was recovered. The other, 22 year old H. Schmidt, disappeared after losing his balance while swimming between two Keys.
A class of 83 graduates from Marianna High School has enlisted for Navy service. Eighteen cadets will depart Marianna Monday May 20 for Jacksonville, joined by officials W. W. Hyde and O. J. Detrick. Names include George Anderson and Leonard Bagley among others.
Passersby stared at a three foot bull snake sunning itself on a parked car in downtown Albuquerque. Willie Salas ended the spectacle by seizing the reptile and leaving, quipping he has mice in his cellar.
Enrico Cardinal Gasparri, 75, longtime Papal diplomat and statesman, died in Rome from angina. He served as Papal nuncio to Brazil from 1916 to 1925 and later as Papal Secretary of State from 1908 to 1930.
Lloyd Knouse dived into swift water to save a swimmer but was exhausted. Robert W. Tennant, 30, drowned while swimming in a rock pit. The incident underscores dangerous currents and the need for caution near water.
Twenty nine P-80 Shooting Stars averaged 580 miles per hour on the final leg of a coast to coast mass flight. The group arrived in Washington with a 758 mile Memphis to capital trip completed in 1 hour 12 minutes. Col. Bruce Holloway led the 412th Fighter Group as the planes departed March Field last Wednesday for Chanute Field to begin the return leg.
A U S A procedure developed at Alabama Polytechnic Institute with the U S Bureau of Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry and the Engineering Experiment Station aims to ease livestock feed shortages. It dehydrats sweet potatoes to supply carbohydrates for feed, with syrup extractable from the juice. The method uses farm or simple equipment and yields a stable dried mass.
In Atlanta more than 24 pastors condemned the Ku Klux Klan as un-Christian and un-American. Dr Wallace M Alston of Druid Hills Presbyterian called the reappearance of the Klan deeply troubling, referencing ceremonies at Stone Mountain 10 days earlier.
A guide to cultivating humor by laughing at oneself and finding light in solemn subjects. It notes that wit comes from kidding solemnities, warns against mediocre puns, and suggests brushing aside grudges to develop a genuine, clever sense of humor.
George Louis Oppert Jr a sea man second class son of Mr and Mrs George L Oppert 801 West Meade street Dothan was assigned to the USS Missouri April 30 1946 He reported to the Missouri from the Naval Training Center Norfolk Va and began Naval Service February 1 1946 after recruit training at Norfolk Naval Training Center.
The U.S. Department of Commerce estimates that restaurants capture about 20 percent of the tourist dollar, highlighting dining sector impact on visitor spending.
Sir Arthur Thompson, the noted British biologist, counsels that falling in love can safeguard one’s life, framing romance as a practical safeguard rather than mere sentiment.
S8 Sgt Robert L. Baker of Eufaula and T5 George B. Mattox of Enter prise are scheduled to arrive tomorrow in New York aboard the General Taylor for overseas duty, the Associated Press reports.
Harriet M. McGriff, V3c WAVES, daughter of Mrs. Hattie McGriff of Columbia, was discharged from the Naval Personnel Separation Center Washington D C. She entered the Navy November 14, 1944 and last served at the Bureau of Naval Personnel Arlington Annex Arlington Virginia.
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