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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1948
Page
2
Dr F G Granger president of the Houston County Producers Association urged all members to attend the annual meeting tonight at 1 30 at the state market building in Ashford to elect three directors for three year terms and hear a current year business report.
State Secretary Charlie Burns of the Alabama State Exchange spoke at the Dothan Exchange Club meeting detailing the works and plans of the state body. Delegates Charlie Mercier and C. C. Bush received instructions for the National Convention in Wichita on Sept. 23, while Robert Morris was named club representative on the United Charities Chest board. Twenty-four members were present, and W. B. McKay attended as well.
Held at Montgomery AP report notes Bishop Cos ten J Harrell and Bishop Marreil urging the Alabama Methodist Conference to reaffirm core beliefs. They call for renewed faith, global ministry, and a world program to prevent erosion of conviction and foundation of the church.
A nationwide impact from the shutdown is noted with hardly any general cargo moving. Cardboard milk containers may trigger a milk shortage as 60 percent of New York fluid milk uses them. Major distributors can last two days. smaller outfits risk exhaustion today. Newsprint trucks halt while newspapers retain nine days to three weeks stocks. Police prepare warehoused security as one unarmed trucker is beaten and three men are jailed. The stoppage follows a two to one vote by local 807 against a prior employers’ settlement offering a 15 cent hourly wage increase.
Carey, defeated in 1941 for union presidency after rejecting alliance with promiformists, refuses to testify to a labor subcommittee about communist influence. Fitzgerald also declines an invitation, subcommittees issue subpoenas for Carey and Witzgerald, with Julius Emspak named to testify later. Kersten calls for action to avoid leaving charges unresolved. Carey argues labor self cleans within democracy.
Construction crews began laying a base on West Powell first of four western streets as City Engineer H M Hamsevur expects completion by Monday weather permitting. Streets planned West Powell West North North Alice and North Lena have been graded and will receive a single surface treatment once the base is compacted.
Money from outside the Democratic National Committee could fuel a broad whistle stop tour. CIO President Philip Murray and AFL unions pledge support for Truman Barkley ticket while Liberal Party of New York backs the ticket. Barker plans and GOP countermoves set a three week campaign schedule with stops from Texas to New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
The board proposes tight coordination among members to share information on security threats. Disloyalty by any service member is to be met with strict measures led by Vice Admiral Wo ~, with representatives from allied nations. The effort aims to streamline communications between defense quarters and ensure swift action against breaches.
The former Czech leader Vaclav Benes resigns on June 7 as a Communist cabinet pushes a new constitution. With health cited, he says the sign must pledge loyalty to the people's democratic system, a demand he rejects amid civil war fears. He retreats to private life after funeral attendance and a public return for Charles University events.
Wallace faced disrupted rallies across Alabama as police rope separations and barred Negroes from parks frustrated crowds. In Birmingham state chairman Mooney defended free speech amid egg throws and hecklers. He spoke in Jackson on the capitol steps was denied and Wallace planned stops in Monroe and Shreveport before Arkansas.
The New York cotton market closed 20 cents lower at 140 per bale amid unsettled trading. Sparse buying and selling activity pressured prices, with the session showing limited support from traders and large reserves weighing on futures.
James Blanchard Crawford and W. L Layton will join the Auburn Polytechnic Institute math department on September 1. Crawford, a retired brigadier general, will be an assistant professor, while Layton becomes associate professor. Crawford, a West Point graduate and WWII veteran, most recently led anti aircraft training roles at Fort Bliss. Layton, from Clarksville’s Austin Peay, holds PhD from Peabody and has taught at Albany, Rome, Amarillo, and Texas Tech, with Phi Beta Kappa and Gamma Alpha memberships.
Mitchum’s loan price to studios was fixed by Selznick at 175000 dollars per picture. The Red Pony was produced at Republic with 4 tunes including Rachel and the Stranger and Blood on the Moon upon Mitchum's loan from Selznick studio.
Police psychiatrist J Paul de River says many film people use marijuana and only Gene Krupa and Robert Mitchum have been arrested. Mitchum and three friends were trapped by narcotics officers in a Hollywood hills den. de River calls marijuana prevalent among artists as a stress relief and romantic stimulant, lasting two to six hours with a dreamy intoxication. He insists it is not physically addictive and can be controlled with willpower.
A British proposal urges Western Berlin industry to have financial parity with Soviet sector, using Soviet currency for all Berlin trade. If successful, it could influence efforts to resolve the Berlin crisis. Reports suggest the Berlin airlift could pause within days unless Russia allows more trains. Western negotiators demand additional train capacity to sustain 2.509 million residents, with coal for winter crucial. The Inland Transport Committee discussed resuming highway and barge traffic, while reports of German authorities alert readiness to resume trade with Berlin after next Sunday.
Los Angeles officials announce the depot clock will stay on daylight saving time until next January. Station superintendent G. E. Donnatin says the clock ran on standard time briefly but caused train misses and confusion. Inside the station, clocks with dual dials show the correct time.
Livestock arrivals total about 500 cattle 300 calves and 700 hogs at eight plants in Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Tallahassee Jacksonville and other markets. Hog prices range by weight with 180-240 lb barrows and gilts around 26 dollars per cwt and general quotable price near 26.75 for 180-240 lb hogs. Cattle and calf prices mixed with steady to weak tones. baby beef steers 24-28 dollars, stocker calves around 23-25 dollars, medium cows near 16-19 dollars, canners 13-16.5 dollars. Note warns of Labor Day closure at Montgomery Union Stock Yards.
Towns taking part in the festival prepare for a parade with cooperation from all four armed services. A National Guard unit will lead the march, Marine color detail will appear, and Marines and Navy reps work on bands including the top Parris Island Marine Band. Jets and air units may fly over. floats construction nears completion with a designer to confer. High school bands invited from Georgia Florida Alabama, meals and transport funds offered, and a festival ball with a potential name band is being negotiated. Local chamber support to publicize Wiregrass event requested.
In Ga two men confronted a burial company claiming mistreatment of a widow seeking help. The incident involved a coroner’s aide and alleged pressure from the company to expedite arrangements, with the Comanche community reportedly witnessing the confrontation and seeking accountability.
The University of Florida announces the appointment of Thomas N. 33 as associate professor. The Kelley, Louisiana native earned a B S from Louisiana Polytechnic Institute and a master’s in business aviation from LSU. He is a member of the American Accounting Association, Beta Alpha Psi and Gamma Epsilon.
Ray Dankenbring of Waterloo Iowa is in Italy as an unofficial American ambassador to farmers. He joins eight other youths to live and work on eight European farms for three months to study methods and share American farming practices. He will reside near Rome at Maccarese and notes Italy’s irrigation surpasses some American systems while acknowledging room for scientific farming growth.
A science note explains that the nearest star lies about 277000 times farther from Earth than the Sun, while the Sun is roughly 400 times farther from the Moon than from Earth. The facts illustrate vast interstellar and lunar distances in simple terms.
Mea Myrthel Catherine Marriam of Hartford route two dies after a brief illness leaving husband J Harrison four daughters and a brother with four grandchildren. John Denham Sr., 68, of Abbeville dies after long illness with funeral at Union Church. widow Vera Denham and five children survive. Grandsons served as pallbearers. Burial at church cemetery.
CHICAGO UP Attendants at Lincoln Park Zoo took a civil service exam without pencil or paper They used live birds reptiles and animals instead The 10 keepers with the best grades will get pay increases The zoo attendants were required to catch and handle an alligator a snake a jungle bird a raccoon and a rabbit Each man had to choose the rope snare or not to use
Seventeen million bushels of wheat every year bear the toll of the Hessian fly infestation. Originating from the German soldiers who fought with Britain during the American Revolution, the insect arrived across the Atlantic and is now the top enemy of U S wheat growers.
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