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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1947
Page
4
Movement of peanuts to mills in the southeastern area rose despite harvest and hauling interference by showers in the past week. Harvesting has begun in limited Virginia Carolina areas, but the crop remains too immature to permit broader activity.
Frederick C. Othman taunts Secretary of Agriculture Clint Anderson over steak prices in Albuquerque. The piece mocks official rhetoric and visits a bustling market, detailing meat prices and balconies of rib roast comparisons as a critique of policy.
Mrs Maida Shirley 38 died after a one week illness in a local hospital. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church in Wewahitchka with burial in Jehu cemetery. Survived by husband Herbert H Shirley parents Mr and Mrs A Whedon of Macon and brothers and sisters including George Whiddon USN serving in Newfoundland and four sisters in Marianna and Bell Gardens California.
Jacksonville seeks to relocate the State Hurricane Warning Center from Miami to ensure uninterrupted advisories as gale winds sweep Florida. Mayor C Frank Whitehead and Rep Emory Price Delat press for the center here after Miami lost communications during the storm, highlighting Jacksonville as a more secure hub for Florida’s hurricane warnings.
Marianna residents sign petition sponsored by the Marianna Juniper Woman's Club supporting a bond issue of 155 090 to expand school facilities. If 25 percent freeholder strength is reached, a special election will be held to ratify the bond. Planned work includes building an additional elementary school and enlarging and improving existing school properties.
Ik 65¢ 62e¢ 42 MR. FARMER: (WHOLE OR HALF) PORK SHOULDER Ib 45c HAMS Ib.
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