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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1948
Page
5
A profile of Marvin Jackson, a Manhattan ghostwriter who supplied speeches and legal briefs for powerful clients. His Washington ties, a bribed jail official, and a governor’s extradition plot lead to a sensational downfall ending in life imprisonment.
Jesse James Roberts, sought by Georgia, Florida and federal authorities, is jailed on a 30000 dollar bond after waiving a preliminary hearing. He was captured near his Tifton home by FBI agents and is charged with stealing more than 100000 dollars worth late model cars from several South Georgia towns. He previously escaped an Atlanta jail in May.
A vintage reminiscence speaks of a lawyer jailed for 18 months at Lewisburg Penitentiary who emerges a shadowy figure, barred from practice yet lingering over courts. The Governor, praised for infrastructure, is hinted at with a grim later note about bullets, promising another tale.
The Agriculture Department reports 1948-49 orange and grapefruit production projections. Florida and Texas show large harvests with California and Arizona trailing. Valencia and navel oranges, tangerines, and lemons face weather and price conditions affecting yields.
LA Angels AP reports Veronica Lake's mother, Constance Veronica Keane, claims she spent nearly 10,000 to aid the actress and seeks 500 monthly support plus 17,416 back pay in a suit filed in Los Angeles. The complaint cites a 1943 agreement to pay 200 weekly, with later reduced sums. Andre de Toth named as a defendant. Lake expects a third child and declined comment.
A Los Angeles figure dubbed The Vowe of Two Weirds professes a remarkable system where sleep grants extraordinary mental powers and business success. He argues humans hold a thousand minds and universal energy, backed by claimed cures and feats, urging belief in hidden forces.
Walter Morgan a 76 year old farmer in Fosston Minnesota fulfilled a year long plan to jump from a plane watched by about 2000 spectators He took off with Paul Bjork of Minneapolis and after a pleasant free fall deployed his parachute for a perfect landing He sustained only a slight cut behind one ear and praised the experience as a show of what an older man can do.
Morgan explains his strong first parachute jump performance by saying an experienced flyer can excel if he avoids liquor.
New Yorkers will celebrate American Indian Day in Central Park Mall on September 25. The American Indian Supplementary Aid Group announced the event and urged churches and schools to emphasize the contributions of the Indian on the observance day.
The body will be escorted to Madison County Courthouse by veterans and dignitaries, with an Air Force honor guard and chaplain from MacDill, as civilians observe Wednesday service. Airman Kelly died after his plane crashed while returning from a bombing mission against the Japanese battleship Haruna off Magnia, three days after Pearl Harbor.
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