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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1947
Page
4
Subscription rates for mail and Sunday delivery in Alabama Georgia and Florida. Eight months cost 82.50 and one year 87.00 by mail. Delivery by motor route adds 1.00 per issue. Telegraph and department notices included with a biblical quote and poetry lines.
The wartime British prime minister labels former Vice President Henry A. Wallace a crypto communist and criticizes his abroad comments while defending free speech. Churchill asserts he does not attack governments abroad and urges Wallace to refrain from discrediting the United States when overseas.
Congressional reluctance delays extending the armament sales act beyond June 30. Critics fear arbitrary arms shipments to enemies, while supporters insist on studying implications and rejecting fear of Henry Wallace. Veterans insist lessons of World War II demand restraint and decisive action.
A. J. Register argues against political activity by city and state workers, contending merit-based hiring protects impartial enforcement of laws. The Enage letter advocates merit-based appointments in Dothan. Elmer Pollan Jr calls for county hospital development, urging action by Houston County leaders and citizens to secure state and federal aid through a hospital planning process.
James F. Byrnes, former assistant president and secretary of state, has hung out his shingle in Washington to practice law, moving from Spartanburg to a new residence near his old State Department office. Though retired from government service, he remains a potent figure whose health permitting, many hope will rejoin public life in some capacity.
The Alabama Highway Patrol estimates automobile accidents cost the state $32,625,000 for 1946. Based on National Safety Council data, each fatal crash carries $45,000 in damage, with 725 highway fatalities and ratios of 35 injury crashes and 150 property damage crashes per fatality. The figure covers medical, insurance, and overhead losses, underscoring the human toll beyond dollars.
After six requests the Soviet government accepts to begin discussions on Russia's 31.1 billion wartime lend-lease settlement. They seek a postwar loan of one billion dollars and refused action on the loan until lend-lease accounts are reviewed. Allied authorities set occupation living standards for Japan comparable to 1930s United States levels.
Merry-Go-Round reports a tense session as Speaker Joe Martin and Rep. Clare Hoffman clash over abolishing the closed shop. A union shop compromise is proposed, with Hoffman storming out amid accusations of political meddling. Also notes on a Kiavern Ku Klux Klan Atlanta meeting with recruitment rewards and comments on Georgia politics for 1948.
This Morning by John Temple Graves reflects on Southern identity and political stance, praising Frank Patterson and Norman Thomas while noting wage and price dynamics and the role of a federal government as an umpire. It references Vand erbilt Branscomb, university leaders, and notable editors.
Saundra Fay Hall, a six year old chosen by the Veterans of Foreign Wars to pin the annual VFW poppy, visits the White House. President Truman presents a tiny silver sombrero souvenir and quips it came from a trip to Mexico. Saundra and her five siblings live at the VFW war orphans home in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, supported by the poppy drive.
Walter F Oakley Sr prominent Columbia figure and former mayor, bank president, and plantation owner. The article outlines his 1934 to 1944 mayoral achievements paving streets and building the community house, along with his farming on an 1800 acre plantation, family, education, military service, and extensive local memberships and honors.
A fragmented weekly radio guide lists numerous programs across CBS ABC and MBS including Jack Benny Gene Autry Fred Allen Crime Doctor and Amos various variety shows and a Sunday schedule with AP News sermons gospel hour and church services. The listing shows time slots from early morning through late night with multiple musical orchestras and talk segments.
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