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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1945
Page
2
New York AP reports a Penn Temple matchup may tip in May with likely strong interest and expected parings. The fragment suggests a college game in State College Pennsylvania and mentions fouls and scheduling considerations.
Fragmentary text mentions teams or groups and a dated event but is heavily garbled, with names and numbers unreadable. No clear outcome or location can be determined from the legible portions.
In a Auburn Stadium afternoon tilt, Koron Wilson is set to play for the Clucéen Hawks against Georgs Trenty. The lineup features Dee Alebonuaus at guard and Cecil Gates as right guard, with Hoyt Brewer and Billy Mary among starters and a large reserves list including Gordon Glesteurk and Jay Thames.
A session of Moundsy circuit court, civil jury division, will open Monday with 20 cases scheduled for trial. Five cases per day. all are ready for trial. Eight are damage suits. Creosoted pine poles have been used on the George Adams farm in Catlonton, Alabama, for 21 years and remain in good condition.
Napier and chamber official J. Johnson warn that even with military population decline remains, Dothan faces tight rents. About 1,000 new civilian residents are due postwar, with half expected to settle here. Only 1,200 rental units exist, including 300 temporary rooms converted to apartments. Henry Green Apartments hold returning veterans, and many young men return with wives seeking homes. The Chamber lists only four kitchenette apartments today, likely to be filled soon.
The Allied Reparations Commission began assessing how Japan, poverty ridden, can pay for wartime damage. Brig. Gen. Richard Sutherland and leading Japanese officials met as Edwin W. Pauley, the U S commissioner, prepared to arrive. The panel will value damages and decide what assets may be used for payment, including Emperor Hirohito’s fortune and factory machinery.
The dispatch details renewed fighting near Batavia and other Java sites with Indonesian Nationalists engaging Dutch and British forces. Casualties include 14 dead at an internment camp, several wounded, and airfield clashes. Reporting notes shifting leadership and preparations around Jogjakarta. Discharge news, preaching schedule change, and New York and Orlean cotton quotes accompany the page.
Funeral services for Sonny Wayne Floyd, four year old son of Cody Floyd, were held at Baloo Church with interment in the church cemetery. Burial by Headland Funeral Home. Surviving include his mother, sisters Dorothy and Juan Floyd, brothers Corporal William Hogi Floyd and Cody Floyd Jr., and maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Roney.
Manila reports detail a Japanese occupation in Batangas from Oct 1944 to May 1945 with 23 000 civilians killed or jailed. Witness Lt James Healey (San Francisco) testified about 6 000 Japanese soldiers rampaging as villagers were shot and homes burned. Filipino witness Pampilo Umali described mass killings by well where many were forced to jump.
Anti-trust officials from Washington in cooperation with General MacArthur's office plan to break up Japan's Zaibatsu. A Japanese commission may be formed to supervise liquidation and acquire holding company stocks of Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, and Yasuda, with bonds issued to fund the move. No decision on size, personnel, or prosecutions has been announced. Asahi newspaper backs broader action, urging confiscation of wartime profits and dissolution of allied monopolies.
The Agriculture Department estimates 1945 cotton production at 9,368,100 bales of 500 pounds gross weight based on conditions through November 1. This compares with 12,230,000 bales last year and a 1934-43 average of 12,293,000. Unfavorable weather reduced yields, lint per acre 249.7 pounds versus 25% last year and 231 average. Ginned tonnage before November 1 was 5,153,639 round bales, compared with last year and 9,062,869 in 1943.
A near miss to avoid two crossing hogs on Montgomery highway led to a three vehicle collision. Mrs Ben teye Sellers Keene Newton was hit from behind by Albert Clayton Dorset route five. Clayton was then struck by Robert Ralph Holmes Ozark. No injuries reported.
Army announces Staff Sergeant Spurgeon Stanford of Ozark has reenlisted at Fort Beamyng. He keeps his rank and requests assignment to the Serious Troops of the Bantam Selo unit. Lloyd Miller, aviation machinist mate first class, USN, of Geneva, receives three Air Medals for meritorious actions while commanding patrol bomber Reluctant Dragon over Japan.
Funeral services are planned for Mass Fatie Hamrick aged 76 who died at her Dothan route one home. The service will be Friday at 1 a.m. at Sylvan Grove Church with Rev. Jeter Baldwin officiating. Burial follows at the church cemetery. Ward-Wilson Funeral Home in charge. She was a longtime Sylvan Grove resident. Surviving: brother W. A. Hamrick of Phoenix City, nephew Aningiun Hamrick of Phoenix City, and several cousins. Active pallbearers include Tom Snell and others.
Hartford surpassed its $63,000 E bond quota with a $68,000 victory bond auction in the town square. It is the third Geneva County city to meet its quota after Samson and Slocomb, with the drive continuing to December 8 and officials hopeful to reach the Super SE quota before it ends.
Alabama's Highway Patrol campaigns against vehicles with defective lights. Patrol chief Van B. Gilbert warns drivers that headlights must provide 200 foot visibility and a rear red light 400 foot visibility. Tractors and wagons with four foot overhangs require a red flag in daytime and a rear warning light on the load.
Officials of the State Parole Division at the Mouston County courthouse reported October additions of one parolee and ten probationers to the rolls, with one parolee and one probationer discharged. The higher probationer rise reflects a Dothan city court session during the month. Meanwhile, Sgt Huey D Melnish of Dothan route four, son of Mr and Mrs D H Melnish, serves with occupation forces in Germany and attends Afdy’s training at the Biarrtiz American University. He studied pre law before service and is taking business law and money and banks courses to aid his future college plans after discharge.
Ed Mathis of Cottumwood faced assault and battery and abusive language charges after a fist fight at Cottumwood. Deputy Sheriff Claylo Adams said Mathis posted 500 bond on each count. Warrants were sworn by J R Floyd, said to be Addis Floyd’s father. Court session was light as Judge Mullins Jr fined three for drunken driving and three for vagrancy.
Sergeant Harvey A. Chavers, husband of former Ann Jones of Cottonwood, has been honorably discharged from the Army Air Forces at Fort McPherson Separation Center after four years service. He served four months in Alaska and was an aerial gunner on a carrier plane.
Auburn coverage notes Kuykendall’s strong passing and endurance as part of a hard week of practice. Coach Voyles praises Kuykendall and House for solid efforts while Cochrane and other teammates rotate into the first team during a preparatory period ahead of a Southwestern game against Louisiana last week.
The fragment describes a meeting of the Allied Advisory Commission not yet joined by Russia and concerns over four power control in Japan. It notes Japanese fears of Russian influence and possible territorial division among Allies, including the hypothetical allocation of Hokkaido to Russia. American confirmation or contact with Russia in Korea is absent, fueling disappointment.
The text describes a clash over a national wage issue, with AFL President William Green opposing discussion and CIO influence apparent in executive committee voting. The conference extends into its third day with no immediate agreement, while Sidney Hillman of the CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers notes smooth proceedings and an absence of rough talk.
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