13 Apr 1933
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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1933
Page
1
The Dothan Eagle weekly rate card lists daily publication details and staff credits for April 13 1933. It notes editor Batchelor business manager Borage Hall and assistants, with postal basis, and subscription prices by carrier and mail. It also provides class mailing status and national reps.
The piece notes 22 states now provide pensions replacing poor houses, with Oregon North Dakota Arizona Indiana and Washington added this year and three more expected. It highlights cost savings over poor houses, labor market relief for the elderly, and federal Dill-Conmery pension aid pending in Congress. Roosevelt has been urged to address the topic in a special message.
The article reports Congress considering President Roosevelt's Tennessee Valley Authority proposal via Norris and McSwain bills. It outlines power plants at Muscle Shoals and Cove Creek, flood control, reforestation, irrigation, fertilizer experiments, and aims to ease unemployment without harming private industry. It notes Roosevelt favors government electricity without building transmission lines and previews a broader public works push.
A satirical note on writing and journalism from W. C. Batchelor. It questions the value of pay for writing and mocks contributors and the pressure to produce. The piece reflects humor about legislators, recommendations, and the fickle nature of inspiration.
The Muscle Shoals area and valley plan to abstain from selling electricity directly to consumers, a move seen as making the development more attractive. The community anticipates job creation and shared progress, with Alabamians welcoming the potential for broad public benefit.
The Birmingham Age-Herald argues Governor Miller’s proposed three percent sales tax shows fiscal mismanagement and broken promises, predicting loss of public trust if enacted. It condemns taxed necessities and calls for legislative restraint as voters brace for accountability. The Christian Science Monitor adds that Lackawanna Railroad surveys show public preference for smoker segregation over universal smoking, noting low support for smoking in all cars.
A tobacco industry backed plan argues smoking in theaters would boost audiences and theater profits. The trade piece claims films alone fail to draw crowds, urging nationwide campaigns and new admission pricing to fill empty seats.
The article outlines tuberculosis care varying by age and disease stage. It emphasizes immediate isolation for ages 5 to 15, ample diet and air, annual or post-illness X rays, possible sanitarium care, and long lung rest with medical supervision. It notes no quick cure, importance of rest, nutrition, open-air environments, and continual physician oversight.
Twenty years ago in Duthan list notes travel and visitors including H. M. Jackson in Ozark T. W. Harzris in Montgomery Mrs K Burnham visiting Atlanta A Y Malone on Montgomery trip Lillie Jordan visiting her parents Oscar Stallings returning to Eufaula Peter James on business trip H C Hart of Lockhart from Dothen Miss Eunice Parker of Charleston visiting Mrs F M Gelling Willie Bella Morris of Samson visiting aunt Mrs A Y Malone.
Tom recalls seeing Brown treat his wife harshly while Jack emphasizes the scene and confirms the improper conduct with the remark Kisssing her Amawers.
Washington letter notes mild treatment of new members in the seventy third Congress with one notable exception. A Texas freshman McFarlane sparked a clash on a District of Columbia beer bill, prompting a sustained burst of applause from the gallery that Ebbing order back through presiding Marvin Jones. The day’s record omits the incident.
Willam Guames notes the lack of pants wearing panic amid Fifth Avenue fashion shows and praises the crowd’s reactions. Raymond Moore plans Cape Playhouse summer renewals at Dennis, Cape Cod, while theater folk enjoy a busy season. Lively quirks from Farar, Van Loon, and a Sinclair Lewis hotel stay amuse readers.
A humorous exchange where a woman complains of weakness and a doctor prescribes iron tonic and a taxi. The joke turns on the irony of a treatment that fails to help with her condition. The quip ends with the doctor’s blunt suggestion to take a taxi.
Blepharitis is described as chronic redness thickening of the lid margins with a burning sensation. Causes include uncorrected refractive errors leading to strain and infection, with treatment urged to prevent permanent lid changes and corneal ulcers. Correcting refractive errors with proper lenses may prevent further irritation and eye disease.
Jelly Bear recalls ancient Indians boiling maple sap for sugar and candy while children played. An old Bear, drawn by the sweet scent, follows the aroma to the sap and feasts with his family, sparking a later feast shared by the cubs.
Parents press early schooling to push children into the three Rs. The piece warns that forcing early learning can harm independent thinking and reduce future interest. It notes frustration, behavioral and learning difficulties, and suggests delaying school after consulting a child psychologist for highly active children.
L A Gunnels reports Chicago postcards as advance agent for the Hagenbach Wallace Circus. He notes beer quality and a Alabama fair prediction. Commissioner J Be Terry claims a tax cut stance shifting from 20 to 25 percent. Cowdery farmer quips about a millionaire clock drill to illustrate delaying wakeup time.
Loyalton California with a population of 821 asserts it is the third largest city by area in the state, claiming 78.84 square miles within its boundaries, surpassed only by Los Angeles and San Diego.
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