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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1946
Page
13
A Bombay report describes opium smuggling via disguises such as turbans and life jackets. Police use informers and fast flying squads to curb dens hidden among Grand Road and Foras Road brothels and singing houses.
A Bombay prohibition officer leads a journalist through a nocturnal opium den in a crowded area off limits to U S troops, detailing pipe smoking by Chinese seamen and workers. Washington adds Steptoe Butte Park, a 120 acre site famed for a 1853 battle near Spokane and allied tribal lands.
Philadelphia report follows Jim Wilson, a 21 year old armless and legless war veteran and former Army pilot who lost parts of all four limbs in a bomber crash in 1944. He aims to complete high school this fall then pursue prelaw studies and enter law school. Residents contributed 1,000,000 to a fund for his benefit last year.
In Columbus Indiana a truck carrying 500 whiskey bottles wrecked and nearly 200 intact bottles were taken by drivers before police arrived. The other note warns to store used fats covered and refrigerated away from strong flavors.
Joe Louis eyes a New York restaurant as part of a busy period that also includes golf and nightclub appearances in Chicago and Detroit. He remains focused on his upcoming title defense against Tami Mauriello next month, with promoter Mike Jacobs handling most decisions and earnings.
The article notes Joe Louis plans a restaurant on West 50a with preliminary work begun and a stage act featuring dancer Leonard Reed. Louis remains stoic on stage and in the ring, while the act includes a playful exchange about wives. He has also bought an apartment house for his mother in Detroit.
The text notes Joe's rise from Alabama cotton fields to fame and his purchase of a Hollywood home for his former wife Marva Trotter and their daughter. It mentions ongoing separation with reconciliations rumored, and that Joe asks no questions while leaning on Mike Jacobs.
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