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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1946
Page
14
Prosecution reveals confession from a man identified as Engle who admits planning to kill librarian Miss Abernathy at a library in England. He describes entering the basement with her to view newspapers and attacking her when she resisted, causing 23 stab wounds. He says he acted on impulse after entering the basement.
Firemen answered an oil fire call at an apartment house owned by D G Howard at 508 North St Andrews street. Fire Chief R H Ryan said the blaze was caused by a defective stove with little damage to the building and was extinguished on arrival. He urged residents to check stoves and flues this fall to prevent future oil fires.
The Dothan Exchange Club met yesterday with 32 members and three guests. President Fred Dykes named a nominating committee to select officers for the term beginning November 8 and a program committee to arrange the installation banquet on the officers' takeover date. Guests included E. R. Buffington of Atlanta O. W. Rudd of Ozark and G B McLaughlin of Birmingham.
Hitler J. B. Dallas of the Mt. Zion Association in North Alabama will be principal speaker at a 5th Sunday Primitive Baptist meeting at Little Vine church near the Hartford highway by Dothan. The service lasts all day with dinner served on the grounds. Elder G. R. Going and others will speak.
Veterans Administration offices will close every Saturday starting September 2%. Hours are 6 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Public relations officer Parsons notes the change aims to streamline services.
The Dothan American Legion post meets at 7 30 p m at the Recreation Center with an arranged entertainment program for members and guests.
Florida Attorney General J Tom Watson criticized Senator Claude Pepper calling him leftist and foreign to Florida beliefs. Watson denied political motives behind the attack and refused to comment for Pepper who had left for Washington.
The fall children’s clinic for Houston County will be held at the Dothan Recreation Center on North Foster Street Friday October 18 announced Mrs C L Collins director of the county department of public welfare Crippled children from Houston will attend
Alabama health officials report 41 typhoid cases from January to July, up from 60 for the same period in 1945. State Health Department records were released today.
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