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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1948
Page
2
Obituary and card of thanks fragment references 01.88 See 1H6 with scattered words about two cents a word rates and city names New York Chicago Boston Atlanta Philadelphia Detroit. Includes a biblical quote Titus 2 7 and a secular quotation on small kindnesses.
A northern audience is urged to back Southern resistance to a federal civil rights program. The piece calls for forging cross regional allies, condemns radicals and immigrant agitators, and warns that filibusters failed before while urging frank explanation of Southern progress. It notes education and honest dialogue can bridge sectional misunderstandings and stresses personal outreach to Northerners.
Rep Sam Hobbs of Alabama introduces a resolution in Congress to repeal the Fourteenth Amendment in response to a March 8 Supreme Court ruling that public school religious instruction violates the Constitution. The piece argues the move would undermine religious freedom and threaten civil rights progress.
The piece argues the Navy must lead in atomic delivery amid a Pentagon split. It quotes a confidential memo asserting air forces alone cannot win. carriers offer long range strike and mobility, with naval strategy favoring transoceanic capability over traditional battleship power. It notes Forrestal siding with Navy and a push to 70 air groups. It highlights a partisan drive to sway Northern opinion in Congress.
A fragmented political column discusses Eisenhower’s position, Sherman, and party dynamics. It notes North Carolina politics, Talmadge's Georgia plan, and critiques like Editor Hodges and Smith. It references Truman, the European Recovery Program, and global crisis impacts.
A washed out collection of garbled lines mentions ants, fear, fashion threads, flogging a Tennessee woman, window peeping, inflated prices, and Indiana students arrested. The piece reads like a stray OCR dump with scattered phrases and names barely coherent. No clear single event emerges.
Arthur S. Henning cites Marion Rushton of Montgomery as voicing strong Southern resistance to Truman civil rights policy. Rushton argues segregation and state sovereignty must govern race issues, blames Northern elites for federal measures, and warns of political and social upheaval if Negro voters gain power. He hosts a blunt defense of white supremacy and vows to oppose civil rights reforms via party, courts, and conventions.
Decatur Daily cites Huntsville Times proposing General Eisenhower as a unity candidate for both parties amid party divisions. The piece notes Republican and Democratic rifts and Trump’s impact, arguing a national draft could rally liberals and conservatives to a democratic world leadership program, though it's said to be utopian.
Twenty five years ago report notes M. J. Nesbitt died yesterday in Headland at age eighty seven. Rehearsals started for Katcha Koo, a Community Service sponsored comedy directed by Evelyn Rivers. Dothan visitor W. W. Whiddon from route five stopped in town. Mrs. W. J. Bell hosted the New Century Club at North Lena Street. Mrs. J. T. Rayborn of Malvern visited Dothan today.
An eight month old, Larry Newsom, died in a Selma hospital from burns suffered when a fire damaged his home near Selma. Investigators said the child was sleeping as his mother went next door when the blaze started Wednesday. Fire believed to have begun from defective wiring. Newsome is a member of the Selma police force.
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