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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1946
Page
3
Rear Admiral H G Thursfield predicts future battleships could be smaller and look like surfaced submarines as atomic bombs and rockets reduce the need for heavy ships. He notes rockets cause less recoil, allowing launches from lighter vessels, while arguing the atomic bomb may not greatly alter battleship design.
R E Query, a Dothan newcomer named manager of Sears Roebuck, has spent most of his career with the firm. Born in Charlotte, he rose from Belk’s floor manager to Sears division manager in Charlotte, Greensboro, Durham and Richmond before arriving in Dothan to replace a resigning executive.
The 1939 Sears Goldsboro store manager Query moved to Alabama in 1942 to Florence as Sears director, then to Fort Lauderdale where wartime service interrupted his career. He served in the 97th Infantry in Europe, fought to Czechoslovakia, discharged July 1945, then returned to Sears as Gulfport manager before a July transfer to Memphis district office. He faces housing shortages in Dothan but plans to stay, praising the city and its people. He belongs to Rotary in the past and attends Presbyterian Church. his wife is Lenna Hahn of Concord North Carolina.
Limbless and other disabled servicemen from both world wars form a new hand weaving venture in Soho London. They plan to use primitive looms unchanged for a revival of hand woven woolens aimed at the luxury trade with exports to America.
Sugar Ray Robinson defeated Artie Levine in 2:41 of the 10th round in Cleveland. Robinson claimed his 49th win in 75 pro fights amid a sore hand and jaw, as 12,102 fans paid a gate of 83,171.98 dollars. The report also notes Powell Wyoming’s mild dry winter climate with hopping grasshoppers.
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