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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1950
Page
2
Extension classes in psychology and education sponsored by Troy State Teachers College will begin Wednesday at 7 pm in the Hartford high school. Persons interested in other courses may contact Mrs. V. C. Burch for information.
The Soviet Union seized a small toy fishing boat and its crew off the eastern coast of Hokkaido, Japan, yesterday, as reported by United Press via the News Agency.
July retail sales in Houston County increased 8.7 percent from June, with Alabama data showing most sales by retail concerns in general stores and food outlets. The unadjusted July index rose one percent over June, and statewide figures show June through July gains, with several counties posting record or near-record indices and Birmingham Mobile price trends rising through mid-August.
Four persons sustained minor injuries when a car failed to negotiate a curve near Stephen's store on the Hartford Highway and overturned five times. Passengers Earnest Hall 30, Peggy Ann Hall five, Earnest Hall Jr three, all of Dothan, were treated at a Dothan hospital and released. GW McKay Jr. of Dusy Street was the fourth passenger. Police say the driver is not yet determined as investigators review the crash inside the city limits.
City police recorded 48 weekend arrests including Roe Hart an 18 year old charged with driving while intoxicated and driving with no license. The blotter lists two without licenses, four for loitering, and single counts for speeding disorderly conduct vagrancy and no driver’s license.
Decatur Illinois faced a costly tax mismatch after a Minnesota firm paid one cent connected to premiums collected by Hardware Mutual Insurance Co. The city treasurer, Jack Loftus, reported seven cents in tax costs including mailing a receipt and processing fees.
New York AP says Austrian artist Friedrich Gulde, 20, detained on Ellis Island under the Communist Control Act for joining a Hitler youth group at age 10. He was to debut in Carnegie Hall Wednesday but may have joined because it was compulsory in Austria.
The Dothan Recruiting Station aided 17 Wiregrass men in enlisting with the Army or Air Force during the first week of October. Recruiters named include Earl Gamble, Thomas Brannon, Richard Beauchamp, Robert Howard, Ward, Gannells, Stanton, Hinson, Parrish, Beck, Harvey, Smothers, Newsome, Winder, Coker, Nance, and Givers. Enlistees hailed from Houston County and surrounding areas, with several from Midland City and Headland.
Tonight a special meeting of Dothan Council 6 is set for five capitdators and work on all degrees. Pythagoras Lodge 159 will hold a business meeting and work session. Thursday brings the regular Dothan Chapter 113 meeting with Royal Arch Masonic business and drill planned.
Recently elected units of the Air National Guard s 117th Fighter Group will be inducted into federal service tomorrow. Alabama Adjutant General James S Saliba praised the airmen with wishes for speed and a successful tour of duty as group headquarters move to Lawson Air Force Base Columbus Ga and the 117th converts to tactical reconnaissance.
County Engineer Robert Tex was instructed to proceed with one gunesting project on the Will Adams Head. Motion by Calvin and Meadows carried by a one vote, Boswell opposed. Also voted to advertise bids for scrap iron sale at county yards and approved general salary increases for County Highway Department staff per Lacy and Ben Kae. Meeting adjourned pending lifting of tractor purchase injunction.
The Caughters of the King, Protestant Episcopal society, opened a nine-state annual meeting in Tampa. Tomorrow the church's 23rd provincial synod will convene with lay leaders and clergy from Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, and elsewhere.
A Dothan Eagle cookbook feature promotes economical cooking with Beet Miraton and other leftover friendly recipes from 300 Delicious Dishes from Leftovers. It highlights beet based dishes, a stuffed endive appetizer, and notes the complete Lotter Beooks series available through grocers.
Atlanta AP report states Federal Security Administrator Oscar Ewing added 18 African Americans to Governor Herman Talmadge’s all white delegation to a White House youth conference. Ewing warned the move would dilute each Georgia delegate’s vote. Talmadge, who had resisted including Negroes, offered no comment. The dispute has stretched since January.
Livestock trade reports show cattle and calves receipts totaling 275 cattle and 135 calves at Taventock with hog receipts of about 1,400 across major plants in Albany Columbia Movntrie Thomasville and nearby markets. Hog prices ranged steady to 50 cents higher with good and choice barrows and gilts 18 to 18.75 for 190 to 230 pounds and 17 to 17.25 for 249 pound batches, while lighter 100 to 160 pound offerings common at 16 to 16.75. Sows and lighter stock showed varied but firm to higher bids, with overall market activity described as active for lightweights and good stockers.
James A Portwood of Arion died in a Troy hospital after a long illness. Funeral at Bethel Church Ariton with Rev A Duke. interment in Ariton Cemetery. Surviving include widow Estelle, daughter Bessie, sons Foy Dewey Virgil, brother Oliver Portwood, sisters in Clio, and five grandchildren. Also notices for Mrs Mary Saliba Dothan and Mrs Mary Barnes Hartford, plus Quattlebaum Pittman Lane obituaries and survivors.
Testimony indicated a prior claim of a free hand for the governor on voting matters at the Do Thon bank. Banking Superintendent Marley granted a chatter after a board disapproved it, but Malone’s lawsuit has blocked action for now.
Miss Chow Meinytt draws notice for wearing insignia of a major general while heading training for the nationalist array. Born in Piiping, she trained at Peking Union Medical College, then rose to command in Chiang Kal-ehek's force.
Eugene Doherty, a 93 year old Brooklyn man, jumped into a Salisbury bound Caroline Tralways bus in a rain storm and tried to derail it. He leaped in front of passing cars beyond the bus and was killed after leaping before a tractor trailer. The driver, Isaac H. Parent, wrestled the wheel to safety and Doherty died on scene. Police were alerted after Doherty forced the bus to slow and he then fled toward Salisbury before being struck.
The Pepsi Cola Bottling Company plans a new bottling plant on the 200 block of South Alice Street with an estimated cost of 315000. Parker Brown Construction Company obtained the permit. Specifications call for steel and concrete. A 50000 permit was obtained by Mrs W J Hawkins for a residence at 108 North Roberts Street. Residential permits issued include J Quattebaum 98000 at 1808 West North Street CR Wilking 2500 at 104 Girard Street Charles Woods three 6300 each 100 block of Woods Drive and C R Brooking three 4500 each 900 block Hele Avenue.
New York AP reports cotton futures with near term prices around 1.85 and futures sliding to about 2.35 lower. Market details show price variations across May and October contracts with volatility in the New York cotton market. A separate note mentions an Australian monitor lizard exhibit with lizards engaging in mating displays.
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