Dothan Eagle Names 1948-49 Junior Class Officers
The Dothan Eagle lists new junior class members Lamer Miller Peggy McAuley Connie Hill June Billy Gregory Martha McBryde and Augusta Walden. Chapter President Ann Hanahan presided at the meeting with Lu tie Morris as vice president Mary Virginia Patterson as secretary and others in attendance. Officers for the 1948-49 term will be elected at the start of next fall term. Miss Flo Fraley sponsors the organization.
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Flo Fraley
Sre
Palmyra Residents Make A Thousand Mile Honolulu Run
Otto Hournung Jr drives a long voyage from Palmyra atoll to downtown Honolulu for shopping. The Palmyra atoll, home to 32 men, 14 women, and 1 child serving as a weather station crew and emergency airstrip staff, lacks many local amenities and government offices.
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Ken
Honolulu
Otto Hournung, Jr
Pacific
Palmyra Atoll
Palmyra
Hourning
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Palmyra Atoll Battle Over Ownership Unfolds
The narrative recounts Palmyra Atoll history from 1802 claims by Mawaii and Britain to U S Navy actions, the Ful lard-Leo dispute in Honolulu, and the 1940s airbase campaign. It notes a 1942 shelling, a devastating 1943 storm surge, and postwar neglect with jungle reclaiming former bases.
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Palmyra
United States
Mawaii
Great Britain
U.S. Navy
Leslie Fullard- Leo
Honoulu
U. S. Supreme Court
Fullard-Leo
Boy To Have Mammoth Birthday Celebration
Atlanta AP reports twelve year old Lamar Clark fights cancer and plans his first birthday party tonight with 200 cakes and 2000 guests. Exposition Cotton Mills organized the event after learning Lamar’s plight. his parents are mill employees.
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Atlanta
Lamar Clark
Exposition Cotton Mills
Lamar
Birthday plans for Lamar amid hospital stay and cake
J C Edwards, mill superintendent, says Lamar will have his happiest birthday yet with a full-length picture show, lemonade, and cakes. Lamar has already received a blond Pekingese puppy and dreams of a riding horse kept at Grandma’s. He worries about a swollen face, arm, and a lump behind his ear while his mother remains vigilant.
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J. C. Edwards
Lamar
Marines Observe 36th Anniversary of Aviation in Corps
New York AP reports U S Marine Corps aviation marks 36 years on May 22 with jet and helicopter squadrons. The Cherry Point first jet group led by Lt Col Marion E Carl built a rapid striking unit. Jets include McDonnell Phantoms as Marines expand air forces and history notes Lt Alfred A Cunningham as Father of Marine aviation.
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New York
U.S. Marine Corps Aviation
Leathernecks
Cherry Point
N. C
Marion E. Carl
Col
Carl
Navy
Alfred A Cunningham
Five Warm Ocean Currents Shape World Climate
Five major currents move warm water toward higher latitudes shaping climates. The Gulf Stream starts in the Gulf of Mexico, the Japan Current flows from the Western Pacific, the Ahwhas Current runs south along Africa’s east coast, the Fast Australia Current lies near Australia, and the Brazil Current affects South America.
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Gulf of Mexico
Japan
Western
Pacific
Africa
Australia
Brazil
Nebraska farmers repay drought loans as outstanding falls
Nebraska farmers have repaid 250000 dollars of the 1934 federal drought loans, leaving about 2250000 dollars still owed.
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Nebraska
Deaths PRED A. Guilford Geneva
Funeral services for Fred A Guilford, Geneva serviceman killed in action during the post war, are set for Friday afternoon with Pittman Funeral Home directing. Henry A Guilford, his father, was notified by the War Department that the flag would arrive in Geneva today. Complete funeral arrangements will be announced by Pittman.
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Geneva
Fred A. Guilford
Pittman Funeral Home
Henry A. Guilford
War Department
Pittman
Services for Mrs Lula Johnson Free Held in Bakerhill
Mrs Lula Johnson Free 76 died Tuesday at her home in Bakerhill. Services were held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at County Line church conducted by Rev Ethridge. Interment followed in County Line cemetery. She was survived by her husband Aaron J Free nine children twenty five grandchildren and many great grandchildren.
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Charles F. Burke
Lula Johnson Free
Bakerhill
County Line Church
Ethridge
County Line Cemetery
Aaron J. Free
Ellis H. Johnson
Birmingham
E. W. Johnson
Donaldsonville
Wiley W. Johnson
Pensacola
New York
Marshall Taylor
Dothan
Thirteen New Members Inducted Into NHS Chapter
Thirteen new members were inducted into the Louise Pelham Chapter of the National Honor Society at the final meeting of the year yesterday at Dothan High School. Seniors inducted were Fred Ed-
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Louise Pelham
National Honor Society
Dothan High School
Fred Ed
Isaac Phares Sees First Movie After Operation
Isaac Phares aged 86, long troubled by poor eyesight, has watched his first film following a successful operation. The report notes the moment as a rare milestone for the elderly observer, highlighting the impact of medical advances on quality of life.
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Hampaign
Isaac Phares
Welcome Relief From Stomach Gas and Sour Food Taste
Nervous distress after meals due to sour food and gas is claimed to be alleviated by SS8 Tonic. The ad asserts increased gastric juice flow, improved digestion, better appetite and sleep, and stronger blood for anemia, urging readers to buy 88S Tonic from drugstores.
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Bulla
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