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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1948
Page
2
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The article quotes Senator J Howard McGrath claiming Truman will not lose Southern electoral votes. It argues Alabama and Mississippi electors will honor pledges, while Mississippi factions oppose Truman over civil rights. It critiques McGrath as arrogant and asserts the South may resist the national Democratic stance.
The piece recounts Aubrey Williams defending himself amid House Un American Activities Committee scrutiny after Whittaker Chambers testified he heard Communists esteem Williams as a liberal ally. It notes Williams denies being a Communist and mocks the committee’s anti Communist push while suggesting he was smeared.
Joe Martin blocks the Taft-Ebender-Wagner housing act in the House Rules committee after passage in Senate and a House Banking panel. Helen Gahagan Douglas circulates a discharge petition. 163 names gathered, 215 needed to force a floor vote, while Sam Rayburn promises to help. Unhappy congressman Virgil Chapman chronicled for liquor incidents and travel missteps, raising questions before Kentucky voters. Friendship Train gifts exhibited at Library of Congress with thanks from France and Italy, while North South football rivalry in Montgomery highlights regional ties. House Un American Activities probes communist influence among American Negroes as Earl Warren eyes a vice presidential run and a November election looms.
The column discusses James F. Byrnes declining active campaign role and the impact of his stand on the Southern States' Rights movement. It compares his path with General Eisenhower and recalls Woodrow Wilson’s 1916 stance amid contemporary party shifts, pondering the meaning of states' rights in history.
The column argues motorists won’t cheat meters with slugs, noting meters resemble slot machines and can detect slug coins. A meter installer insists slugs won’t pass, citing raised surfaces on coins. Yet the writer bets someone will eventually try, acknowledging human nature and the lure of foolproof systems.
A compilation of quotes from Justice Douglas, Dr. de Kircher, Dr. Day, Gen. Clay, Marshal Sokolovsky, Somerset Maugham, Mrs Hughes, and others. Topics span foreign policy, education, war, uranium, and moral stands in Berlin with varied perspectives on peace, schooling, and energy. The garbled text preserves names and key ideas amid imperfect transcription.
Advance notices echo Half Pint Harry and Brewton Standard mocking the FEPC bill. Senator Richard B Russell calls the measure a federal control over hiring and an unfair brand on Americans, arguing it creates a federal bureaucracy, denies jury trials, and risks heavy penalties for employers while privileging minority groups and aliens.
Twenty five years ago on August 5 1923 a new paint manufacturing plant was planned for Dothan by C L Rooks to produce paint and roofing cement for Alabama Florida Georgia Mississippi and Louisiana. Output expected includes 1000 gallons of cement and 500 gallons of paint daily with 20 to 30 workers. In other news J C Riley’s fifteen year old son, a construction worker for the Singletary Whiddon building, fell from a scaffold but no bones were broken. No services were held at Headland Avenue Baptist Church during the first two weeks of the month as the pastor was on vacation. A group of Dothan residents performed a musical program at Biovntstown Methodist church under the Women’s Missionary Society auspices. The Business Men’s Evangelistic something held a special meeting.
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