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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1945
Page
2
Benjamin Fra Gn Dalis, egghy-owner, died here yesterday at the home of his son, Dr. Dilus. The body will be turned over to Obie for burial.
Wiregrass residents shed coats as temperatures climbed from 42 to 70 degrees. Morning airport records show a new weekly high at 49 degrees, with a 4 AM reading near freezing and a note of the season’s cold snap fading.
Three men named Stonewall Thomas Marc Newton and Orelee Black were held on liquor charges in Houston County jail after deputies found two bottles of moonshine near the fairgrounds. Sheriff B. Farmer said the arrests occurred yesterday as part of crackdown on prohibition violations.
Washington AP report details the House Appropriations Committee recommending termination of funds for strike vote subsidies under the War Labor Disputes Act. The panel cuts $2.13 billion across agencies, with large portions labeled without prejudice for later renewal. notable reductions include veterans housing and hospital facilities, while life insurance for veterans remains funded to cover deaths in service.
An altercation at a local taxi stand led to assault and battery charges against Irving Long and Bill Gleeson, released on bond. Billy Jam Morris of Dothan faced separate charges from a nightclub argument. Wiregrass veterans returning from overseas service were announced, listing several names and home towns from Alabama with ships and stations noted.
J T Bowen fifty seven longtime Chipley resident hardware merchant died in a Marianna hospital from injuries suffered in a Thanksgiving Day automobile crash. He was active in civic affairs and a Methodist Church steward. Survived by wife two sons five daughters seven grandchildren and several siblings and relatives. Funeral arrangements announced later.
A promotional note extols making a home cough syrup with two cups sugar, one cup water, and Pinex, claiming quick relief and large savings. It cites ease of preparation, child safety, and refund options if not satisfied, urging readers to mix in their kitchen for throat and bronchial irritation relief.
Marcus Smith of Ozark Troop 16 was named conference chairman for Junior Scout Leaders by Scout Executive J Cooke r for the coming year. At the Junior Leaders Pow Wow held at Camp Rotary, Joe McKinnon and Townsend Boyd of Enterprise Troop Four were elected vice chairman and conference scribe respectively. Eighteen leaders from seven troops attended, including Ozark Troop 16 members and others from Troy, New Brockton, and Dothan units.
Grady Spann, forty, former sanitation inspector for Houston County and for the past eight years inspector of Conecuh County, died at his father W. W. Spann’s home on the old Webb road yesterday morning after a stroke in February and recent heart ailment. He is survived by his father and two brothers, Jo n and Wil Spann, near Dothan. Funeral and burial were at Selma Church at 3 p.m. today with Rev. A. D. Zhinden officiating and Holman Funeral Home of Hartford in charge.
The scan lists cotton prices with open, high, low, and close figures for New Orleans and New York markets. It shows May and October contracts alongside numerical values like 2408 to 2423, 2400, 2413, and 2296 to 2314, indicating active trading and price ranges.
Firefighters battled a basement blaze at Foster Street Methodist Church shortly after noon yesterday. Fire Chief Floyd Juriss said the fire originated in coal near the furnace and damage was very slight. Last night a small fire in a residence at 304 North Cherry Street was caused by a defective chimney.
Seventy two year old Ira Seonyers of Bellwood in Geneva County detained by federal authorities on internal revenue charges. Arrested by U S Alcoholic Tax Unit investigator Friday and released to report to investigators. Beer and a home made whiskey furnace were seized and destroyed. preliminary hearing scheduled.
Mobile police hold two youths identified by Police Chief Dudley McFadyen as Nicholas Fomkin, 15, and Leonard Runkowski, 16, in a Brooklyn murder case. Fomkin admitted shooting Susan Scarra. Runkowski said he supplied the pistol.
Funeral services for Martha Jane Adkins two month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Adkins of 604 South Foster street were held this morning at Wiggs Church with Rev Bab Cook officiating. Burial followed in the vaulted cemetery, Johnson-Wilkerson in charge. Surviving include parents a brother Gerald a sister Judy Myri maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs G L Cocks Panama City paternal grandfather J L Adkins Dorset route five and several uncles and aunts.
Four prisoners escaped from Miami’s skyscraper jail by sliding down a 70 foot blanket rope from the 18th floor then forcing a city office window to reach the building. The escapees named include George Diblin alias George Davis of New York along with Harold Left from New York Vincent J. Fuseia of Philadelphia and James Zuelke of Derovil.
The monthly Sacred Harp meeting will be held at the courthouse Sunday beginning at 1 pm. The public is invited, announced F M Roney, president.
President Truman secretly traveled from Washington to Grandview Missouri to visit his mother on her birthday. He said he just took a notion to go see her and refused to explain the trip to reporters. He added he had a good time and his mother enjoyed it, marking an unusual White House journey without prior coverage.
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