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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1947
Page
8
DECATUR II UP The city pest officer and a food inspector used stuffed owls to deter hordes of starlings roosting on ledges wires and trees. The convincing decoys chased the birds away but the aluminum woolen owls succumbed to harsh Illinois weather.
Two officers report the program greatly reduced starling presence. only three or four birds observed in the downtown section since its implementation. The note highlights successful control and ongoing monitoring by city authorities.
In Wildwood New Jersey Charles McCarthy 35 sidetracked by friends on the road to his home eight miles away. He talked the judge into postponing his sentence then returned to the station drunk. The judge sentenced him to 60 days for the detour.
In Birmingham a man offering aid to F. B. Foster changing a tire on a lonely road proved a trap. Two men in a second car pulled up, one held a flashlight while Foster changed to a spare, then the supposed helper pulled a pistol and stole his pocketbook.
Milwaukee supporters report a garden variet y hen in the Washington park zoo peacocks’ pen. Officials say she hatched five peacocks and was moved from a chicken coop to stay near her youngsters. The hen shows little interest in the birds around her. Zookeepers expect the peacock chicks will ignore her when they grow up and realize she lacks their finery.
Notes recount a makeshift two man effort costing about $550 to build a plane. The craft achieved its first flight during a barnstorming tour before competing with professional aviators at the Los Angeles 1912 International Aviation Meet where Cooke placed first and $7000 prize was awarded. The aircraft was later presented to Candland airport in 193% by Maupin and Lanter’s widow.
Reports describe beetles at a Carnegie Museum site cleaning bones in an area nicknamed a bug house. Workers note the beetles’ slow progress, with some refuse to work and a code among them, delaying full bone processing for about a week.
Oartanio Cal the flying pioneer who crossed Oaksend and won an international aviation meeting has lent his plane from Galland Aviation to the California State Fair in Sacramento for extended display. The craft was built in Pismo Beach during the early era, with observers Maupin and Topase noting its design after Glee Cirtas’s Tarforan flight near San Francisco in 190%.
Marie Tauucus a 12 year old girl fell from a third floor Brooklyn apartment. She plunged 30 feet ricocheted off a sun porch roof and dropped 15 more feet into a hedge.
A brief note states the person suffered only two small abrasions and did not require a hospital visit. The incident was described with minimal detail and no further medical action reported.
In Lub bock Texas W M Graham of Matador hopes to fly a Denton to Dickens air route in a jet plane on April 27 1977. He completed the same journey in 12 days by wagon when 18 years old and arrived April 27 1877.
New York Central announces October installation of telephone service on the Twentieth Century Limited with two way radios linked to Bell System phones. Service starts on the New York to Buffalo run.
The Loyal Order of Moose will stage its annual national softball tournament at Ft Wayne Indiana on September 20 and 21. State champion Moose teams are expected to participate.
A garbled Detroit style dispatch notes the Grand Army of the Republic considering its future and mentions plans to remove banners from churches as its era winds down. The fragment references Columbus Ohio and United Press.
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