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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1946
Page
1
Rome reporters compare Boccaccio to a modern scribe reworking Italian papers. A day’s Rome editions recount three scenes of tragedy and misfortune including a double suicide, a gas death of three maids, and a Milan inheritance fraud mix up involving a man named Pilade Francheschini.
In Savannah the autopsy of 20 month old Ronald Holton found he died from a severe blow to the head. Police questioned several more persons as investigators pursued the case after the child’s body was found in the Alapaha River near Valdosta.
The local VA office can authorize emergency dental treatment by area dentists. J. W. Thornton, contact representative, announced that care is for veterans with acute dental pain needing immediate relief. Non emergency applications go through the Montgomery VA office and may be filed locally.
Three former Navy personnel re-enlisted, announced Chief Commissary Steward Edward Radimak. John Charles Boone, machinist’s mate second class in the Seabees, re-enlisted as fireman first class. Joe Colling, Panama City, Fla., seaman first class, re-enlisted for four years as steward’s mate first class. Walter Harold Arnold, Seaman second class, who served in Philippines, Iwo Jima, Saipan and Okinawa, re-enlisted in the inactive reserve and helped in the occupation of Japan.
The Alabama Farm Bureau Convention outlines goals for 1947 including revenue use for reducing state property taxes, rural electrification and telephones to farms, and stronger farm to market roads. The resolutions panel considers university merges and actions, with discussions by state leaders and a full slate of speakers and a national legislative roundtable.
In Rome during October students face exams with gravity. Sister Bonaventura, aspiring obstetrician, prepares for her exam while Ofelia hopes for news. A skylight opens and the sisters glimpse the room causing glass to fall onto the teacher’s desk.
A new Scout troop is being organized at the First Baptist Church in Dothan. Prospective Scouts are invited to attend a Thursday meeting at p.m. Scout executive J. W. Cooke announced. Whit King will be Scout master with L. L. Sandy Rheay as assistant. Registered members include Howard Waden Charles Fawk Seaborn Wood Ernest Peterman Rhodes Childree John Culver Rhesy and Walter B. Duke.
Officers questioned 12 Klans, Inc. about regular meetings in a Whitehall Street building, noting patrols targeting Negroes in white areas. Detectives quoted a speaker vowing to eject Negroes if needed, with white uniforms and a $3 initiation fee. Chief Hornsby warned of prosecutions.
Number 1 Credit Corp urged full parity purchase of cotton. Proposals included extending the government 120 day inventory limit to six months and immediate federal market stabilization amid low prices blamed on dumping by market participants tied to political aims.
The Rev Kenneth Turner of Monett Missouri will show a missionary film at Prospect Freewill Baptist Church tomorrow evening at 7 40 offering insight into Freewill Baptist activities and India aid programs.
In Huntsville last night Gessner T. McCorvey and Col. Harry M. Ayers debated the Boswell Amendment aimed at tightening voter qualification. McCorvey urged empowering registrars to curb mass registration of Negroes while Ayers condemned the measure as dishonest and dangerous, warning it could invite chaos if upheld to the Supreme Court.
The piece outlines party gain hopes in the 1946 elections with Democrats aiming for up to ten Senate seat gains, GOP resistance to reshuffling, and a potential 48 48 split risking a stalemate without a decisive vice presidential vote. It lists states voting next Tuesday including Alabama Arizona California Connecticut Delaware Florida Idaho Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Montana Nebraska Nevada New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Vermont Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming and notes Maine already elected a Republican to the 80th Congress.
Molotov urged acceptance of an international atomic control system through national agencies and attacked Bernard Baruch as an imperialist foe. He warned a US monopoly on bomb production and emphasized the Big Five veto, arguing that abandoning unanimity would jeopardize the United Nations.
In Washington Rep Sparkman warns that price slumps hurt farmers and bankers as cotton prices slide. The Agriculture Department announced that the Commodity Credit Corp has disposed of large cotton stocks while government loans keep producers holding cotton to aid orderly marketing and export potential.
The text describes potential wage concessions amid government control of the soft coal miners and a looming November 20 contract end. It notes pits operated federally since a 50 day strike, warns a direct raise could fuel a second postwar pay surge, and suggests other adjustment methods while miners and other unions watch.
Randolph of the Alabama Farm Bureau says price ceilings on cotton products should be removed to stabilize the jittery market. He plans to urge Alabama congressional delegation and farm groups to back lifting the caps, arguing mills will buy more cotton and revive trade. He spoke at the Farm Bureau annual convention and will confer with Alabama Congressmen visiting tomorrow.
Senator George of Georgia urged immediate price decontrol on manufactured cotton goods to stabilize the market. He said the drop in prices and market closures are due to OPA rules limiting futures quotes beyond 120 days, demoralizing the economy and shaking cotton regions as the new crop comes in. He asked Conversion Director Steelman to act at once to restore normal mill purchases for up to six months of supply.
Gov. Chauncey Sparks ordered the State Prison Department to study substitute 1947 automobile license plates after complaints the new tags rust. The analysis covers plastics, plywood or aluminum options and possible legal repainting by owners as rusting plates may lose legibility.
Aides of Senator Swift of Alabama urged the Office of Defense Transportation to increase box car allotments for peanut shipments in the Southeast. Swift said Southeastern peanut processors are two weeks behind and storage facilities are dangerously crowded.
The local Social Security office plans a drive to locate delinquent small employers such as contractors sawmills timber operations and tradesmen to help them comply with the Social Security Act. Managers warn confusion with unemployment reports delays credit for wages and possible loss of benefits for workers and families unless earnings are properly reported.
Four area veterans and two recruits have joined the regular Army. Veterans include Grover E. Searcy of 201 Fifth Avenue with five years service, James Sevelle Harlford of Hartford Route 2, Walter Thyde Skipper of Ozark Route 4 with over four and a half years, and Roy Frank Moore of 602 East Lafayette Street with three years service. Recruits are Joe Earl Rhodes of Skipperville Route 1 and Robert David Walden of Dothan Route 4.
The War Assets Administration told Congress in a 1946 third quarter progress report that about 10.2 billion dollars of surplus war property has been disposed of, while 11.3 billion remains on hand and 12.5 billion more may be declared surplus later. Proceeds total about 2.1 billion. the quarter’s largest sale was 3.9 billion of scrap and salvage aircraft yielding 6.5 million. Consumer and producer goods disposals fell 25 percent to 764 million.
Florida officials pledge to guard and protect forest land as a vital natural resource. Governor Caldwell warns that posterity depends on wise resource use while Secretary R A Caldwell addresses national safety talks in Washington. Over 200 invitees attended a center on conservation and timber programs with state officers promising action on conference recommendations.
A Board of Review for Boy Scouts will convene in the office on Monday at 7 p.m. Executive J. W. Cooke announces the session. All scouts preparing for advancement ratings or merit badges are asked to appear before the board Monday night.
An old advertisement touts St Joseph Aspirin as fast relief for headaches and minor pains. It promotes economy with a 100 tablet bottle priced at 35 cents and an extra offer of three tablets for one cent, highlighting a quality guarantee.
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