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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1949
Page
2
New 1901 Board Plans Emergence
A fragmented 1901 notice hints at a board planning a new formation. Readable fragments indicate an organizational update and possible leadership changes, with key names and dates obscured. Further details unavailable from the damaged text.
Unselfish veteran who lost leg gets car and aid
Genev a County’s most unpatriotic veteran motif aside, 24 year old Purple Heart recipient Ed Stricklen, disabled with one leg, won a $999 disability check and a new $1,600 car after delays in benefits. He filed again, aided by Robert F Smith, a veteran service officer, who helped secure rehabilitation plans and a dairy business future. Stricklen, who served with the 79th Infantry in Cherbourg, has multiple medals including two Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Stricklen
Purple Heart
Hartford
Porder
P. B. McLauchlin
Dothan
Stricklen
Robert F. Smith
Slocomb
Sho
Cherbourg
France
Eagle
ED Driggers
F. J. Stricklen
Geneva
Colinty
Iaven Stricklen
Eterno
Robert F Smith
George Cunningham
Sam
Farc
Smith
Slocum
S 2Comb
American Legion
Strick
79Th Infantry Division
Stricklens
Edna Earl Scott
Mothers! 10c a Week Insurance Notice
An insurance notice offers protection for your child against loss of limb use due to polio and various accidents. Contact Huey G Stevens at 1036-R or P.O. Box 684 for details about this weekly premium program.
Numerous Benefits To Landlords Cited By Rent Office Here
Area Rent Director William S. Wilson outlined four principal adjustments allowing rent increases: major capital improvements comparability substantial occupancy gains and added services furnishings. He emphasized improvements must go beyond basic repairs and may include room or bath additions modernized kitchens or rehabilitations. Adjustments reflect capital value and construction costs. tenant approval needed for certain changes.
Rent increase rules outlined by local official
Wilson explained that the rent office will provide a prior opinion on the value of a prospective improvement or increased service before work begins. Increases are not granted until completion and a petition is filed with the rent office at 1321 2 North Foster Street in Dothan Alabama. Landlords must obtain favorable action from the office before raising rents and tenants have the right to appeal such increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Area Rent Office
North Foster Street
Dothan
Alabama
Plumbers Debate Tool Count in Boston Talk
James E. Curry of the Massachusetts Master Plumbers Association said plumbers carry more than 3,000 different tools and repair parts are necessary as a minimum in the plumbing business. He dismissed the notion of a simple joke about plumbers forgotten tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
James E. Curry
Massachusetts Master Plumbers Association
Burke’s eight brothers spur Mary Burke to join WAF
Springfield report notes Mary Burke of the city decided to enlist in the Women in the Air Force after hearing favorable military reports from her eight brothers currently in service. This reflects community support for wartime women volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Mary T. Burke
WAF
Citizens Of Enterprise to Begin Paying Two New Taxes
Citizens of Enterprise will start paying two new city taxes in June. Water customers will pay an extra 50 cents on water bills from June 1, and a cigarette tax of two cents per pack will take effect June 15. Revenue funds recreation, city hall and other improvements, prioritizing pool reopening and a new bath house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens of Enterprise
Enterprise
D. H. Russ
Tennis players clocked Brookline parking meters
Mass Park Superintendent Daniel Warren devised a new use for parking meters. Tennis players must insert a quarter for 30 minutes of play, turning meters into courtside timekeepers in Brookline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline. Mass
Daniel Warren
Less Than 24 Hours Later Deland Arrested Again
Richard Deland, 38, was rearrested within a day of being placed on probation for a clothing store burglary in Lynn Massachusetts, this time caught breaking into the same shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
Richard * Deland
Dean Resigns Band Post At Marianna
Dean, longtime director of the Manna High School Band since 1939, resigns to study music at the University of Florida. H M Hampton, former director of the Dothan High School band for eight years, will assume leadership effective June 1, with Hampton taking over July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianna
Herman R. Dean
Manna
University of Florida
H. M. Hampton
Dothan
Dean
Hampton
Bird chaser well paid in Minneapolis
The city will pay Louis J. Neid 1900 dollars to control pigeons around city hall and the courthouse in Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Louis J. Neid
City Hall-Court House
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Onston
Une
Ation
Huey G
Stevens
Ins
P.O.B
William S. Wilson
Tommy Ray
Penney’s
Poplin & Seersucker
Seersucker
D. H. James
James
NTA
Harmony House
Sears and Savel
Hearing Center
Houston Hotel
Montgomery
Harmony Howse
Gerry
Sears
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