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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1946
Page
10
Agriculture figures in Montgomery report price moves tied to cottonseed support and oil costs. Rep Sparkman and Senator Brown forecast impacts on consumer prices and farm incomes as talks on price ceilings or increases continue amid uncertainty about a $70 target and current $56 baseline.
The Veterans Administration will use a file on former prisoners of war as evidence in adjudicating pension claims. Prisoners now in the Dothan area are asked to visit VA offices to register. World War I and II veterans already drawing compensation will see a 20 percent increase automatically starting Oct 1. The act also authorizes full pensions or compensation for hospitalized veterans if they were receiving pensions at entrance.
Navy recruiting says Birmingham station reports limited openings for ex Navy men to return to active duty by July 1 1947. Positions include aviation machinist mate second or third class aviation electrician mate second or third class and aviation metals worker second or third class. Applicants must enlist in the U S Navy Reserve V 6 inactive. Contact Birmingham receiving station for details.
Troy Negro is held in Houston County jail on an assault with intent to murder charge. The report notes opposition and a raise attributed to Farm Bureau and Southern agriculture leaders, with Sparkman praised by the Agriculture Commissioner.
Richard Brooks, a Houston County man, was shot on the Bear Creek bridge four miles west of Brannon Stand on the Dothan Vicksburg highway. Deputy Casey said Brooks reported Banks ordered him to dance and then shot him in the leg at close range with a 12 gauge shotgun. Brooks was hospitalized in Dothan and may lose the leg.
The note highlights that three U.S. presidents participated as soldiers during the Revolutionary War, illustrating early leadership involvement in the conflict. The individuals and exact units are implied but not named in the fragment.
In Oxford Maine a bean picking contest at a summer camp pitted farm boys against Boston newsboys. Robert De Marco a 16 year old newsboy led with 238 pounds of beans and earned 4.76 in prize money.
Pepper grass is not the aoe ool grass described in the note. The fragment provides no clear event or organization names to identify a verifiable item.
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