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Newspaper

Dothan Eagle

Location

Dothan, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1947

Page

16

Funeral services held for John Edward Cumm Se

Funeral services conducted Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday at 3 p.m. at a local church with Rev. Mark officiating for John Edward Cumm Se a county farmer. Burial followed at Leptin Cemetery. He leaves a son John Buxton of Abbeville Maine a daughter and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

John Edward Cumm Farmer County John Geumings Mark Leptin Kennedy John Buxton Abbeville Maine

Six Major Cities Boost Property Tax Rates

Six large U S cities Chicago Dallas Houston Louisville Philadelphia and Seattle raise property tax income per Municipal Finance Officers Association. Revaluations push up assessments in Philadelphia Houston Seattle Louisville Dallas and Chicago by wide margins with total tax revenue gains.

Chicago Publi Administration Clearing House Dallas Houston Louisville Philadelphia Seattle Clearing House Municipal Finance Officers Association King County Jefferson County Finance Officers Association

Farm Boy Truman Sinquefield Returns To Dothan

Truman A. Sinquefield, 43, formerly of Cicero Illinois, opens an optometry office at 112 East Crawford Street in Dothan after years in Illinois. He studied at Northern Illinois College of Optometry, married a Nebraska girl, and has son Wayne. He enjoys golf bowling bird hunting and plans to establish a permanent practice in Alabama.

Truman A. Sinquefield Cicero Dothan Houston Truman Sinquefield Ashford Truman Mr. Sinquefield Saxon Dr. H. J. Tippett Mechanics of Optometry Dr. Tippett Northern Illinois College of Optometry Dr. Sinquefield Illinois Nebraska Wayne Sinquefield Cicero Rotary Club West Main Street Major Sam East Crawford Street Tothan Houston County Linquefield Ilinois Optometry College Fingle

Local Editor Becomes Self Taught Man Tailor

Smart, 42, telegraph editor of The Joplin News Herald, learns to sew using a growing machine and a borrowed shirt pattern. He creates garments for his family, teaches neighbors, and argues that a man is best at tailoring due to patience and practicality while cutting clothing costs.

Borhood Smart Telegraph Joplin News Herald Empire State Building Jean Ann Han Cate

Fraudulent cures and misrepresented devices fined by court

Federal court fined and jailed makers of a magic lamp and magnetic plates that promised health cures. A distributor claimed 9,000 lamps. another seller marketed zinc-foot plates with claimed electrical therapy. FDA has barred many slimming and exercise devices from the market for false cure claims.

FDA

Prosthetic body parts boom reshapes face and form

A Virginia firm unveils advanced prosthetics for facial disfigurement and cosmetic limbs, with surgeons creating noses by suction and new hands responsive to temperature. Backlogs mount as demand grows for life like body parts, while a Bismarck theft near a police station highlights small city crime.

Crowder Virginia

Tale of Two Oceans Casts A Found Note Across Seas

Lyman J. Clark received a note found on Long Beach California shore. He wrote a reply and sent it back into the sea off the Massachusetts coast, a distance of nine years, after placing it in a battle. The curious chain links Falmouth, Massachusetts and California through a single message.

Oceans Falmouth Mase Cap Lyman J. Clark Massachusett Long Beach Cal

Heat treated corn seedlings fail to produce fertile pollen

A Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station geneticist reports that heat treated corn seedlings develop into plants unable to produce fertile pollen, indicating a genetic impact on fertility.

Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Pure Art Involved In Body Parts Business

A Virginia prosthetic company hires sculptor Conrad Crowder to train technicians in making lifelike war hero heads for memorials. California studio head Maurice Leiderman spends $25 000 to adapt his talents for helping people in need, while Seiderman begins by replacing a lost ear.

Washington NEA Virginia Conrad W. Crowder California Maurice Leiderman Seiderman

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