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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1949
Page
3
A garbled 1949 page fragment includes misstruck telephones a thanks note oblique quotations from Jefferson and Beecher plus biblical verses. It shows typical newspaper boilerplate and authority names but few complete lines or coherent events.
The piece complains about the proliferation of weeks and days labeled for observance. It lists sixteen scheduled May observances from Child Health Day to National Tennis Week, noting overlap and overstretched public attention and predicting further spillover into June.
The governor proposed raising ABC board salaries to 12000 a year each, but ten days pass with little enthusiasm. Critics note current pay caps at 1200 annually and warn that higher pay won’t fix turnover or efficiency. The Huntsville Times says the issue is maladministration, not pay, and warns against broad amendments risking abolition of the ABC system.
Vice President Alben Barkley, tapped by the Democratic Party to drum up public backing for President Truman's program, urged Southern Democrats to stay aligned in Congress. He attacked republicans and signaled that southern lawmakers should vote with the party, citing the election results as a mandate.
The article reports Senator Brewster and Southern Democrats resisting the notion that a November vote gave the Truman program a solid mandate. Brewster cites the president’s less-than-half share, arguing no nationwide approval exists. Southern Democrats align with Republicans on key program provisions, asserting elected duty to their constituents.
State Conservation Director Bert Thomas orders abandonment of a one-year oyster gathering test in Alabama waters. He says the 12 month operation is not in the best interests of the seafood industry, despite locals’ belief oysters belong to months with an r.
In a stunt to urge owners to paint up and clean up, 120 Birmingham painters covered a 14 room house in seven minutes and 20 seconds, beating their self imposed limit by 2 minutes 40 seconds. The dispatch did not specify if the work was on contract or hourly.
A reader criticizes an Eagle editorial for misjudging Miss Bankhead age and role accuracy. The letter cites Miss Bankhead’s own Collier’s Magazine article mentioning 1919 as an early acting year and challenges the piece’s factual grounding.
A reader letter argues Miss Bankhead shows vim and vigor beyond her years. The writer notes those who wear a mask of thirty fall short of her energy, and suggests Life Magazine letters to editors as supporting evidence of her capability and appeal.
A fragment reflecting on James F. Byrnes in Spartanburg amid peach orchards and textile plants, merging Old South figures with modern federal power debates. It cites Calhoun, Jackson, Jefferson, and Richberg, arguing for states rights and cautious constitutional reform versus a drift to strong central authority.
HAL BOYLE profiles Hildegarde Loretta Sell later known as Hildegarde, detailing her ascent from a Milwaukee piano player in a silent theater to an internationally famed supper club entertainer. The piece highlights her perfectionism, ongoing piano study, leadership under manager Anna Sosenko, and signature stage persona that blends wit, glamour and warmth.
The piece rails at exploiting a stunt called National Go-to-Hell Week while narrating fund raising for a baseball field. It features quips about grass, planting crops in left field, and a dubious birthday calendar scheme. It also touches on installment buying and aggressive collection letters.
George E. Sokolsky warns against civilian loss of control as a chief of staff, citing Forrestal, Eberstadt, and Bedell Smith. He argues power concentrated in one militaristic leader risks tyranny and recalls Hamilton’s Federalist defense of balanced government amid military dangers. (C-1949).
Bonifay High School seniors name the large cast for their Western comedy Desperate Ambrose to be staged in coming weeks. Lead actress Edwina Jenkins is the heroine with Frank Wilcox in supporting roles, joined by Ouida Matthews Wayne Johnson Jessie Brown Mable Arnold Joe Jackson Wesley Gardner Carlton Hall Edith Pitts Betty Sue Messer Betty Jean Williams and Vernie Whitaker. Minor roles go to David Chitty and Ray Brooks.
A chef urges a Sunday night supper with a large salad using many greens plus celery, hard cooked eggs, tongue or ham or chicken, and mild yellow cheese in thin strips. Dress with a seasoned French dressing and serve with hard rolls, butter, and Melba toast.
Twenty five years ago on April 25 1924 Dr R L Bell former pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city will be here Sunday to conduct two services at the new church The 11 am service will dedicate the new pipe organ to the memory of Mrs D C Carmisud and Mrs N H McCallum Other local notes include Batchelor Buttons Bible and family news from Howell Coe and the Foreta family with a Florida trip mentioned.
A tour of Alabama grazing and crop lands began in Montgomery with over 150 visitors from southern states. The group, led by the Alabama Polytechnic Institute extension service and Tennessee Iron and Railroad company farm products division, visited about 20 farms across several counties to study economical meat and milk production. The delegation will dine in Selma this evening and continue to Dallas Perry Hale Marengo and Greene counties tomorrow.
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