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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1949
Page
4
Mayor Hayden Burns orders a sweeping raid on gambling, prostitution, and other vice in Jacksonville. Police seized equipment, cash heads, and arrested participants, with a push to clear the streets and curb crime.
Mayor Burns accuses Police Chief Sherman Cannon of being loyal to Public Safety Commissioner Richard Sutor as tension mounts over control of the police department. Cannon defends readiness to obey lawful orders while Jacksonville reels from reports of raids on gamblers and vice operations as residents wake to a declared war on vice.
A passenger bus collision near Mobile leaves one dead. Three others, including Miss Mildred Gideons, 58, Pensacola, injured. two men and a woman taken to Mobile Hospital. Rescue teams report severe scalp lacerations and back injuries. The bus was en route from Mobile to Pensacola when the crash occurred on a highway.
ABBY ELLARD presents Mrs. Pat Poyner of Dothan with a Creole peas dish that serves as a meal and keeps well. Ingredients include English peas bacon onions peppers milk flour butter and eggs with optional mushrooms. The dish is baked and claimed to be flavorful and substantial.
UPI reporter Herman W. Nichols notes the Patent Office records odd creations from 1804 to 1916. Examples include a fish-catching device with a mirror bait, a hood over hens eyes to deter nesting, an eye protector for fowls, a dog collar to deter worrying sheep, and a novelty hat that bows by weight. The piece highlights curious uses of patent ideas.
Belmont Dennis of Covington Georgia assumed command of the Loss of Confederate Veterans in Little Rock Arkansas, succeeding J T Rives of Birmingham. New officers include J Bailey Asheville North Carolina commander of the Army of Northern Virginia J Lively Chattanooga commander of the Army of Tennessee and Neill Bholinger a salute. The record shows nothing to indicate the invention ever was adopted.
An 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper was killed and at least 17 others injured when a training truck overturned at EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE. The injured were hospitalized and the victims' names will be released by Fort Bragg officials after relatives are notified.
Governor Fuller Warren will make his first public address since the special legislative session adjourned. He is expected to comment on the session and the limited sales tax adopted. The radio broadcast originates from Tallahassee on WRHP at 8 p.m. EST and will be carried via ABC network.
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