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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1946
Page
1
A three week strike by Duquesne Ligat employees shuts down trolley service and cripples power output. About 1000,000 riders daily rely on trolleys while the light company reports hundreds of workers striking and urges conservation as downtown workers sent home and major plants close.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a personality with long constipation history and a dubious claim about a famed product Ceréal offering regularity without harsh laxatives. Mentions odd spellings and scattered phrases.
The Assembly of God church will hold a fellowship meet at Love Hill between Cottonwood and Ashford next Sunday. It is the regular fifth Sunday gathering for the southeast Doshan district. The event will last all day with several ministers speaking. Dinner will be served and a song service will follow.
MOBILE AP Representative Frank W. Boykin of Alabama urges Secretary Clinton Anderson to intervene over a meat shortage in southern Alabama. He says country stores from McIntosh to the outlying areas have no lard or bacon and cites workers in lumber naval stores and pulpwood as hardest hit.
The Houston County high school at Columbia elected cheer leaders for the 1946 football season. They are Joan Cox Patsy Douglas Shirley Bowden Jean Kelly Mary Carolyn Griffin Mary Price and Catherine Wilkerson. Mrs. Robert Rogers is the physical education instructor.
The exchange covers Soviet demilitarization and democratization of Germany as the key to lasting peace. Stalin rejects using Germany against the West and affirms possible peaceful cooperation with Western democracies despite ideological differences. He says Communist expansion could be compatible with progress toward global peace and that the Soviet Union can practice communism in one country.
Number 10 from California aims to visit all state legislators before year end to discuss his program. He backs poll tax repeal higher teacher pay and a minimum old age pension of 50 dollars monthly. He jokes about kissing Hollywood stars and notes he is a widower.
Funeral services for Edward T Kellyh seventy four died at his home in Columbia after a long illness were held at Bethlehem church with Rev Edward Culbreth officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery Johnson Wilkerson in charge. Surviving are his wife seven daughters and three sons, plus eight sisters and brothers. Grandchildren and great grandchildren attended as pallbearers.
William Wessell national cubbing director of the BSA discusses Cubbing with Cubmasters and district committeemen in Dothan after arrival. He then meets parents at Lafayette Street Methodist Church with Scout Executive J. W. Cooke. Two council meetings follow in Ozark and Eufaula before he leaves for Montgomery.
The piece lists several figures tied to a broad shift in posts with seven military appointments noted. Clark is discussed as unlikely for Austria or a Britain ambassadorship while James Dunn is named for Italy and Robert Jackson is floated as a Democrat aligned nominee for the Supreme Court vacancy.
Two men James Matthews and J Hoyt Shepherd were arrested on warrants charging murder in the fatal shooting of F D Leebern hotel owner of Columbus Ga at the Southern Manor night club near Phenix City Ala Grady N Shepherd remained in custody from an arrest a week earlier Sheriff J Shannon Burch Rus sell County said the investigation continues and Leebern was slain at the club.
Judge Saxon Poyner ruled Houston County cannot provide terminal facilities for barge to rail transfers along the Chattahoochee River when the dam project is completed. He cited lack of authorization and jurisdiction, noting county cooperation but no available facilities without new legislation.
Miss Olive Clopton of Memphis Tennessee, regional field executive, arrived for a few days visit with the Dothan Girl Scout Council. She will confer with Mrs. R Clyde Smith and Mrs. Charles Harmon and meet the program committee Friday at 4 p.m. Additional conferences can be scheduled with Mrs. Harmon at the Girl Scout office.
The article outlines the Big Four’s urgent tasks in the East West split era. Key issues include the Trieste statute stalled in a subcommittee, Italy’s colonial disposition, demilitarization debates on Bulgaria Greece, and delays in the Balkan Economic Commission handling restitution and UN property compensation.
The State Education Department predicts a record number of students will receive free or low cost meals this year from over 2.3 million dollars in federal funds. Katherine Forney estimates 1,500 to 2,000 schools will participate, up from 1,080 last year, with subsidies tied to demonstrated need and profitless operation. Several city systems such as Montgomery and Mobile were noted as not requiring subsidies last year. The program uses a dollar-for-dollar match with districts, shifting to a three-to-one school-to-federal ratio after three years. Last year’s disbursements are listed by county and city.
Funeral services for Elbert Davis Jr infant son of Mr and Mrs Elbert Davis Jr of Dothan route three will be held at 10 am tomorrow at Mt Pleasant Church with burial in the church cemetery Ward Wilson directing. Survivors include the infant's parents and grandparents Mr and Mrs Willie Skeen and Mrs Docia C Davis all of Dothan route three.
Prospective buyers note feed prices may fall and feeders anticipate earnings from heavier cattle weights. Some cattlemen delay sales until after January 1 for tax reasons, predicting 1947 income will be smaller and tax liability reduced compared with selling this year.
The official refrains from calling the actions threats to peace yet cites charter articles enabling the council to study situations that might lead to international friction and assess whether their continuance would menace peace.
Ira D Wells sixty four of infoule route died Saturday morning after a long illness. Services were held Sunday at Pleasant Grove Church with Rev Alec Griffin of Abbevills officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Dowling Funeral Home in charge. Surviving wife and brothers listed. Active Honorary: Lawson Newman B Hutto Amon Shirley.
Callie Gray Locke of Eufaula has been appointed Director of Professional Relations for the Alabama Education Association. She assumed duties September 1 and will meet with officers of local teachers associations.
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