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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1948
Page
9
Hal Boyle laments a shift in American fashion as women dominate wardrobes and men shed traditional attire. He recalls postwar bargains, notes missing vests and hats, and predicts further loss of male finery from suits to neckties while women embrace the new look.
Salable hogs total around five thousand with prices up to 3.50 higher for sows and rising cattle and steer values. Bulls and canners show gains, vealers slip, and stock cattle hold strong. Wheat weakens while corn, oats steady to mixed as July futures move in tight ranges.
MILWAUKEE (UP) Mrs Jack Collier received a letter from Mrs Nan Armitage of Scotland a family friend. She planned to send Susan two year old a book of nursery rhymes bought in Glasgow as a gift from Scotland. But she changed her mind after seeing the title page saying published in Milwaukee Wis.
Solomon Baxter, county superintendent, announced graduation programs for Houston County schools. Details include Rehobeth, Cottonwood, Ashford, Wicksburg, Columbia, Webb, Madrid, Kinsey, Cowarts, Taylor, Harmon, Ardilla, and other grades with dates May 25 27 28 30 31 and speakers or salutatorian and valedictorian names where given. Erosion note closes the article.
Montgomery AP twelve temporary clerks are removed from Gov. James E. Folsom's payroll as of May 15 leaving 42 of 53 on the list. Names include Brantley Brock Davis Goodwin Horn Morgan Nash Davis Smith Tilton Spivey and Rep. J Emmett Wood. Two House members remain on the list. A new hire, Joe Mitcham of Buffalo, Ala., is added as administrative assistant at 250 dollars.
Finland's interior minister Yrjö Leino, the leading Communist, was fired after resisting a presidential order to resign. Parliament then passed a non confidence vote. Paasikivi declared the interior ministry vacant as Communist unions threaten demonstrations.
In Elba, Alabama, Clarence Fitzpatrick known as Clarence Blackman was fatally stabbed by Willie Rooker who is jailed without bail on murder charges. Deputy B J Sims said the men quarreled all day and Fitzpatrick forced entry into Rooker's home armed with a knife. Rooker grabbed a butcher knife from the kitchen during the confrontation.
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