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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1950
Page
1
A devotional urging Christians to convert pain into growth through God guided purpose. It cites Paul and Jesus, arguing painful life blocks become opportunities to bless others, build character, and advance faith, ending with a prayer for resilience and strength.
Rabbi Myer Marx from Birmingham arrives in Dothan to serve Temple Emanu-El with his wife and daughter Judith. They reside at 1106 West Burdeshaw. Marx succeeds Samuel Gup who moved to Chicago after accepting another call.
Washington AP reports Solons confront a major tax question as Congress weighs whether to raise the World War II era excess profits tax or shift to a flat rate. Proposals vary from 40 percent on profits to staged rates above base earnings, with defenders citing defense demands and varying base periods for calculations.
The Southeast Alabama Council of Boy Scouts of America launches its annual fund drive across most communities in the Wiregrass, excluding Dothan. The council budget of 25,630.60 dollars is approved. Community chairmen and the Negro Division Committee are named, with Roy Crow as finance chairman.
Two top business leaders C Hamilton Moses of Arkansas Power Light and William M Hand of Monsanto Chem Co will speak at the Samford meeting in Birmingham. Alvin A Burger of Washington DC will discuss capital events. Two Sheffield youths Martin and Petree voice student views on free enterprise. Frank P Samford to preside, new officers to be elected, board to meet. Moses named Man of the Year in the South in 1948.
In a chaotic briefing, Monsanto executives and chamber officials from several cities including Albany Philadelphia and Gadsden prepare for a lunch and annual banquet. Ed H. Cherry Southeastern US Chamber manager and educator Stuart will keynote. The Gadsden chamber chief Frasig Jarfield presides over the executives group. The American Bible Society reports distributing 1,000,000 Bibles Testaments and Gospels in New Japan since the war's end.
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