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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1946
Page
10
Lena Sarno Thas, 37, of Chicago has suffered hiccups for 26 days. Doctors and various remedies failed, with 290 tips sent by well wishers. Some suggestions included garlic, onion juice, bourbon, champagne, and strange home treatments, but none stopped the hiccups.
Senators Tom Connally and Arthur Vandenberg urged American unity in foreign policy after Henry Wallace’s New York address. Connally warned against home bickering as Peace Conference delegates pursue peace, while Vandenberg pressed for a bipartisan policy not hostile to any power. Byrnes reportedly not consulted on Wallace’s speech.
Chicago woman Miss Sarno endures a flood of strange remedies to stop hiccups. She reports drinking water, standing, sitting, lying down, and even trying an ice pick in the glass. Her brother fearedly jolted a car toward a pole, a neighbor slapped her, and others suggested lemon and bitters. Many senders offered prayers, gifts, or odd advice. a Blue Earth man traveled to assist, and a telegram asked if she had tried swallowing sand.
In Cove City North Carolina a seven year old girl Jessie Roan Johnson died when her legs dangled from a moving car trailer and she was run over by the rear wheels. The driver H M McCoy was not charged as he could not see the rear. McCoy's daughter, who rode in the trailer, was thrown when a hole in the road caused the rig to jolt. The injured girl’s first name was unavailable. Jessie’s mother Estelle Johnson and four sisters survive.
The Foley Chamber of Commerce said more than 20 new firms were started in Foley last year. Separately, the United States airlines have orders for enough new flying equipment to expand capacity to six to eight times prewar levels by 1948.
Secretary of Commerce denounces get tough with Russia policy and calls for American abstention from close cooperation with imperialist Britain. Delegation spokesmen refuse to confirm Byrnes telephone talks with the President. A spokesman says Washington must straighten out Byrnes attitude toward the speech.
In Haifa and surrounding areas, 23 young Jews were arrested as sixth airborne division troops returned to Tel Aviv to pursue Sternist group members who attacked three banks Friday. An identified Sternist leader was among the detainees. two Jews were wounded in separate incidents.
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