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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1949
Page
2
Mrs Marie Matai of Malone Fia Jett home was found destroyed by fire after an evening return. An electric company has reportedly blamed the blaze on an electrical fault. The incident underscores danger to rural residences as authorities investigate likely cause.
Vernon Dempsey on leave from the Navy was reported injured in a motorcycle wreck near Cottonwood today. He was taken to a Dothan hospital with unspecified injuries after the cycle, which had been repaired, ran off a curve and struck a pillar. His sister Mary Jewel Dempcy Cottonwood placed third in last week festival pageant.
BIRMINGHAM AP Eight Birmingham men were arrested yesterday after a quantity of gambling equipment was seized in a northside apartment. Detective Captain C. L. Pierce said all eight were held on vagrancy charges. Officers recovered dice, cups, pins, and dice wraps during the raid. Police Chief Chet C. Foyt, Eddlaw and the rata, accompanied by Capt. Pierce and three detectives, led the operation.
The article details a Republican minority report criticizing the Commission on atomic materials programs. Senator Vandenberg and Representatives Hinghen and others claim the commission delayed action, allowed inefficiencies, and risked security. Hinshaw plans his own statement. the report argues stronger development of atomic materials is essential for maintaining U S nuclear superiority.
A coroner's jury in Bainbridge found death of R. Y. Howell, 53, due to his own action after a gunshot wound. Howell, formerly of Dothan, was despondent prior to the incident and died early yesterday at a local hospital. Funeral services set for 3:30 p.m. at First Methodist Church with Rev. Cooper officiating. burial in City Cemetery. He is survived by his widow Mrs. J. B. G. Howell, a daughter Mrs. Kles Sikes in Gainesville, Florida, plus several siblings in Dothan, Jackson, Uniontown and Colorado areas.
MeClintic advertising manager of The Eagle learned of his mother Mrs Myra E Meclintis of Perry Missouri death at eighty years old. He left for Perry and said funeral services would probably be held Thursday. Mrs Meclintis survived by her husband J A McClintle and two daughters in Missouri.
In Greece and Italy, and across 91 subcommittees, proposals surface on the disposition of empire. Aimed at Eritrea, a report to the Political Committee is due by Wednesday. Yugoslavia seeks a code of rights and duties of states to curb Soviet pressure against Belgrade.
Deputies could not locate the worm until that night when Eldridge Cameron Seaburn Dennis and Lawrence Mommie arrested Marie Reynolds at her home. The other woman seen during the incident had not been apprised this morning. Goodman had collected funds for the Progressive Life and Fire Insurance, where he works, and the money taken belonged to that firm.
The CIO United Eleventh Workers announce rising funds for steel and venI strikers as evidence of need. Baltimore incident shows steel strikers facing no pay pinch with hundreds gathering at union HQ for food. Extra police ordered. Negotiations between Lewis Mine Workers Union and Southern coal operators to resume in Bluefield, West Virginia, but Lewis may miss meetings, weakening talks. Truman faces Taft Hartley injunction decisions amid winter coal crisis risk. In Cleveland, Murray criticizes injunction stance while delaying strike dates at White House request. Also, Enrichment decorations sale at South Congregational Church fair announced by Miss Ever Green.
Houston Country Home Demonstration Club plans a Christmas Food Suggestions demonstration at a feeder training meeting Friday at 10 30 a m in the court house annex. Miss Fran Mariette HD agent and Miss Margaret Ward assist. Attendees include members from Barbera Big Creek Contery Columbia Crosby Dupren Gordon Harmon Harmony Grove Hicks Boula Jellico Kinsey Memphis ML Enon New Providence Pansey Pilgrim Reet Pieant Plains Rehobeth Selma Brmyrmaa Slip pars Crossroads Tayorn Union Hill Webb Wiersburg and more.
Rumors say a three eighth inch nugget was found near a water hole away from the original strike as planes from Fairbanks and Fort Yukon flood the Arctic with hopeful prospectors. Discovery Island sees a new landing field marked Fulton Toe airport. The mining camp’s population doubles since last Saturday as veterans guide newcomers through staking, while color by river eddies proves tiny, noncommercial.
In 1933 economic pressure hit the United States, especially Tennessee Valley area, forcing layoffs and bank closures. TVA board member David Lilienthal arrived, urging new tools for opportunity in flood control and farming. Decatur responded by forming a chamber of commerce, building packing plants and milk cooperatives, creating year round markets for cotton, corn, wheat and livestock, and expanding industry to boost the local economy.
County commissioners discussed a proposed park site for a Negro Monroe Page property with a private buyer offering 47 400. A realty man was to appraise the property while the city would consider purchase at any price. Page declined the bid and no agreement was reached. Also noted were East Main Street building lots near the cemetery caretaker’s home with six other lots on the opposite side.
In a sharp exchange, critics fault unification and press leakage as Navy and Marine Corps testimony surfaces at a congressional hearing. Capt. John G Crommelin, key in the controversy, has been suspended since October 8 amid revelations of confidential letters and possible court martial considerations.
Arrington told Kiwanis members that his remarks come from a seasoned perspective not an amateur one. He recalled a cyclone that flattened 17 Collins homes, then a carnival that wrecked 34 more, urging lessons in protection and perseverance. He defended underground bomb shelters but warned times may not improve soon. The gathered Kiwanis, with spouses, heard musical numbers and honored guests including Mrs. W. J. Wilson and a state senator, as John W. Rish officiated.
The passage notes officers of the Corps of Engineers advancing work on the Jim Woodruff dam. Shelton was brought in at the suggestion of Rev Moody. Rev Holmes of the Presbyterian church introduced him, with William D. Sims of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce presenting Shel …
The body of Major J. Tonen, 40, of Bancroft Cam Inhusity, missing since Sunday night, was found near Blakely by a family member. Coroner J. J. Nordan reported the death is under inquest today.
Livestock totals show 225 cattle 100 calves and 3800 hogs arriving at eight major packing plants in Albany Columbus Memphis Thomaville Tifton Dothan Atlanta Jacksonville and Tallahassee. Hog prices stayed mostly steady with varied quotes for good and choice barrows gilts by weight ranges. Cattle and hogs at Montgomery market show steady to active trading with price levels across weights and classes.
Maj. Gen. Bilard A. Walsh launches attack to remove the guard from state control as the Air National Guard faces federalization pressure. He cites leaders like Elwood Quesada and voices from Symington Vandenberg and Li Gea, while others accuse the federal government of subterfuge and underfunding.
Mrs Ella Bald Mts Hall seventy five of Cottonwood route one died today at the home of damgster Mrs George Tuckett Funeral services set for 2 pm tomorrow at New Harmony Ghyren with Rev George Nobles officiating Burial in Clayton Cemetery directed by Johnson Funeral Home Hall longtime Houston County resident member of Free Will Baptist Church Surviving four daughters and several sons and grandchildren Active pallbearers listed as Andy Granger Clayton Conrad Louis Strickland Jesse Hall Luther Hall Curt Moblin and others
An Alabama member paper challenged the Georgia nickname Empire State of the South as editorial opinion, not factual reporting. The Decatur Daily objected to an AP Atlanta wr iting noting Georgia’s sobriquet and historical uses by figures such as Gen. T R Cobb.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek urged Formosa to mobilize all resources to defend against a feared Communist assault. The Central News Agency quoted his speech marking the fourth anniversary of China's occupation, warning of Soviet imperial moves and a potential invasion of the Western Pacific.
Five Amtorg officials tied to the Soviet trade organization were freed on bail in New York after arrest last Friday. A federal grand jury in Washington indicted 83 foreign agents, including a sixth Amtorg official believed to have returned to Moscow, with bail set at 15 900 dollars.
The body of a 4 Negro man identified as George McKinney of Madrid was found at the East Main Street crossing after being struck by a Bay Line railroad switch engine Saturday night. He was about 60 years old and died shortly after arrival at Dothan hospital.
Pilot James L Hayter concedes the overloaded two engine aircraft crash landed on a Los Angeles boulevard, killing crooner Buddy Clark. Hayter has been grounded since October 4 charged with reckless and careless operation for carrying insufficient fuel and exceeding passenger limits.
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