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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1949
Page
1
Community notices from Dothan area include a Napier Field chicken supper at 6:30 p m to support elementary school equipment, a Heavy I nty Quartet concert, a Free Will Baptist meeting in New Harmony with Rev G W Nobles, and various church and civic items.
The United Nations special Political Committee moved to discuss religious freedom and human rights abuses amid protests over Hungary Bulgaria and Romania. Western nations backed by Latin American states accuse the Soviet sphere of violating rights while proposing various timelines for Libyan independence and trusteeship.
Report outlines an Army demonstration led by Lieutenant General J B Hodge at Fifth Corps HQ detailing airborne artillery support, heavy transport, and securing a beach head. The event showcased four 105 mm howitzers dropped then 150 airborne artillery troops, plus battalion-scale infantry mass drops. In Cairo a separate incident saw two men posing as police nabbed by a detective for pickpocketing.
HD Agent announces a series of lampshade making demonstrations titled Makin Lampshades to be held at various club sites in Houston County. Meetings start at 2 p.m. with dates and hosts including Mrs Thelma Deal Big Creek and others listed for Oct through Oct 25 across towns such as Selma Wicksburg Kinsey Smyrna and Cowarts Creek.
BECKLEY West Virginia AP Yon Franklin territory indited 62 year old Dean Young on murder charges linked to a 33 year old shooting in Terry West Virginia. Young was arrested in Waite Sulphur Springs as investigators say he had been sought for decades on related charges.
In Thomasville and Montgomery regions, large shipments arrived including 200 cattle 100 calves and 1,200 hogs at eight plants in Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville and others. Prices edged lower with hogs 180 to 210 pounds at 16.50 to 17.00 dollars per hundredweight and mixed lots around 17.50. Cattle and calf quotes varied by weight with suppliers reporting steady to uneven demand and calves weak to steady.
An early estimate places the hurricane at 85 mph as it neared Galveston and Houston. The storm plowed from the Gulf of Mexico toward Texas, with 78 mph winds scouring Freeport and Galveston. Debris flew, trees toppled, and homes were damaged across Cos. City, Alvin, and surrounding downs as floodwaters rose and crops were devastated. Casualty and damage figures cited include 275 dead and losses around 50 million dollars.
Ann Arbor report states Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg underwent a Monday operation. Dr. John Alexander issued a bulletin saying the Senator is in excellent condition with a normal and satisfactory recuperation, and that the healing progress is proceeding as expected.
The grand jury charged that Tasker Corp spent 328 million in just over a year and produced only 35 hand-made aerials, with an accusation that Tucker claimed the postwar project would go into production within a year after January 16.
The piece details a broad strike impact as 80,000 eastern Pennsylvania anthracite diggers and about 20,000 miners in western states walk out, with picket lines at non union mines. Governor Bracken Lee reports non union mines delaying fuel transport, while talks proceed between UMW leaders and non union operators. Widespread industrial disruption looms as steel contracts near expiration and packing plants and railroads face shutdown risk. The federal conciliation office declines to intervene immediately.
New York colleges like Columbia are tackling freshman nostalgia with a seven member counseling team. Young counselors live in dorms to meet every new student early, pairing them with peers, organizing social ties and city introductions, and guiding conduct to prevent typical pranks.
Hollywood reports war hero Murphy and heiress Wanda Hendrix announce a trial separation. Murphy, the most decorated World War II veteran, plans to stay in Farmersville Mississippi while Hendrix travels. Murphy says they will reassess their situation on his return. The couple wed January 6. In Florida, flamingos react to hurricane winds by tucking their heads and bodies into a wedge shape facing the wind as wind direction shifts.
AP reports the term thirty derives from telegraph practice in early days. Operators wrote longhand and used the symbol XRK to mark the end of a dispatch, which later became the familiar thirty. The XCKX symbol, interpreted as 90 in Roman numerals, contributed to the translation into the common term.
Funeral services for William H Herring of Dot wn route fire were held this afternoon with interment at Covlonwom cemetery under Ward-Wilson. Surviving are his wife a daughter six brothers a sister and two grandchildren. Pink Thomas 86 died at daughter s home after a short illness. He belonged to New Haven Baptist church and Leveretta Masonic Lodge. Funeral tomorrow at Damascus Baptist church with burial in the church cemetery. Survivors include three sons and several daughters, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services to be conducted by Boyd Finnval Hone Enterprise.
Houston County health officials report 688 positive syphilis cases in five days of testing. Dr W H Smith, director of the Bureau of Preventable Diseases, notes additional doubtful results and a large testing effort with 10 828 tested in five days and 19 121 total to yesterday. About 10 000 locals remain untested with estimates of 23 000 in the 14 to 50 age group.
The era's top naval figures faced allegations after a secrecy breach by a naval officer who leaked typed papers signed by Adm Louis Denfeld, Vice Adm Gerald Bogan, and Adm A W Radford. The papers sparked propoganda concerns amid Navy Air Force tensions, with a committee promising to investigate. Adjournment talks wrap a long congressional session, with October discussions possible.
New York AP report states Judge Harold R Medina dismissed several motions by the defense to dismiss the Communist conspiracy case. Motions for directed verdict, indictment dismissal, and mistrial were ruled under advisement, with other requests for inclusion in the charge partially granted. Davis, a defendant, protested Medina’s ruling allowing his summation after dismissing his attorney Sacher.
Number 13 grown in Northwest Texas. Over next weeks facilities at Houston warehouse and others are being filled with cotton bales. Dothan ginner rented space to store at least 110000 bales, initially for Wiregrass farmers seeking government loans, though few bales are stored. About 9,000 bales California cotton and 760,000 bales cotton from last year are heading to Dothan, from a CCC overflow warehouse in Galveston, with 10000 bales moving from Littleton. All western cotton comes from irrigated farms.
On the program for spin music are Robert Bush Folk Ne c and the Samson High School baht. Participants include Jo Ann Wise Jimmie Nell Ed ding Joelene Adkison Ola Ann Helen Marsh Mane Horns vile Parker Greg Owens Jean Brooks Nagvy Knowles Alice Fawk and Mays Ste Buxton.
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