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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1949
Page
2
MONTGOMERY AP State Alcohol Beverage Control board voted unanimously to exclude the Spot Bottle brand from state store shelves. Rep Newton J. Rains of Berke Brothers Distilleries urged action noting rumored sales issues and past unpleasantries. Arab board member James Leal cited the 1942 stigma from large-scale availability and complaints of limited variety and high commissions.
A reflection on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru as India’s future leader and his potential impact on U S India relations. Nehru, a Kashmir Brahmin educated in England, allied with Gandhi for independence, became India’s first prime minister after independence, guiding a socialist mixed economy amid postcolonial division with Pakistan.
Examinations for current and anticipated vacancies at Camp Tucker were announced today for laborers, laborer-light tractor operators, general mechanics, and heating and water plant operators. Vacancies are on a probationary basis with no applications after Oct 45 for operating engineer.
Via IOSital Champaign AP report describes nine girls with entry permits to the University of Tingis who could not find rooms and temporarily slaved at McKinley Hospital. Sources note snakes resisting the poison of their eye species as a minor aside in the chaotic threading of this peculiar item.
In Brunswick Georgia a drill elephant fatally attacked a circus worker identified as George McDonald about 50 from the Daily Bros Circus at Goraztes Texas. Police found no witnesses and could not determine motive. McDonald died from a chest wound near the tethered elephant behind the main tent.
A Columbus Day piece surveys the flat earth belief across cultures, cites Columbus and Americus Vespucius, and notes the 54 year old retired Army colonel Herbert Clifton Herzberg named registrar of the State Securities Commission by Atty. Gen. Carmichael in Montgomery. Herzberg succeeds Robert Harris after 48 years in the post.
A Blakely Future Farmers of America group departed Sunday to attend the National FFA Convention in Kansas City to receive the Gail Emblen Award. The Blakely Union FFA Chapter, guided by adviser E. U. Cheek, includes Will Middleton, Martin Sheffield, Grady Brownies, Johnny Harris, and Walter Hodges as American Farmer Degree recipients.
A fragment mentions an examiner and attorney for the Veterans Administration. It notes a veteran discharged after five years of service in the Army and references high U.S. accident rates, 67.1 deaths per 100 000, and an average word count under 50.
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