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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1948
Page
2
An August 15, 1948 fragment references a church message about healing, urging sick members to call the elders for prayer and anointing with oil in the name of the Lord, citing James 5:14. It appears as a brief religious note amid notices and obituaries.
Herbert Hoover in West Branch argues rights come from God not the state and contrasts Christian liberty with Marxist and Hegelian theories. He recalls poverty as a boy and praises America as a land offering opportunity under divine rights, urging leaders inspired by Christian spirit.
The article argues President Truman labels the current Republican dominated Congress the worst in history and the do nothing Congress. It notes Democrats in both chambers sided with Republicans to override several vetoes and to oppose Truman's proposed legislation showing cross party dissent.
Washington column notes President Truman mixed up several Thomases including Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma and Elbert Thomas of Utah. Also reports Maj. Gen. Clayton Bissell under probe for alleged black market coffee shipments, and a national drive led by Attorney General Tom Clark and Housing Expediter Tighe Woods to crack down on veterans housing frauds.
A column quotes a Pars letter warning of Russian aggression and new weapons, argues for bold U.S. action or negotiations to curb Soviet influence, and discusses political figures like Estes Kefauver and Virginius Dabney. The author praises Virginius Dabney, notes Southern liberalism versus regional pressures, and reflects on support from the Asheville Citizen amid Postmaster General rumors.
A collection of quips and satirical lines touching finance, tricks, blame, timing, job humor, standards, and public matters. Includes lines on falling prices, royalties, peach crops, safe driving, taxation, and English banking. Features social commentary with playful wordplay and cultural references.
Critics in the South mocked the Dixiecrat movement after Governor Thurmond of South Carolina accepted the Dixiecrat presidential nomination in Houston. Newspapers carried the speech, and supporters noted strong turnout and widespread attention despite jeers from dissidents.
The speaker condemns sectionalism while praising the States Rights platform in the Dixiecrat movement. He notes South and North political tensions, calls the faction’s reach futile, and argues for respectful cooperation despite differing methods to achieve the shared goal of state autonomy. He urges ongoing protest beyond mere rhetoric.
For ages the private has been the low man on the Army’s totem pole. A revised title moves him up a notch yet the recruit remains the same. He keeps the privacy once held by the old private, a privacy likened to a pedestrian at a busy intersection on Saturday morning.
Editors praise a bright field of candidates for mayor city council and ward positions as ten days remain to file. Younger entrants, eager and ambitious, may face storms if prices fall and municipal revenues dip, while veteran council members step aside. Alabama voting signals and a Brewton to Tuscaloosa drive highlight state politics and progress in farm homes nationwide.
County agent Harrison announces that this year's West Florida Dairy Show will be the biggest yet. Washington County residents welcome the boost for promoting dairying and public interest in dairy projects across the area. Plan to attend the West Florida Daily Calf Show in Chipley on August 19. Public support benefits the county. The Brewton Standard and Dothan Eagle back Dewey Warren in Alabama GOP discussions.
Miss Rivers reports many women have entered the sewing contest making clothes from flour sacks. M. L. Black, now superintendent at Slocomb, says the fall term will bring the largest school enrollment in history. Lawmen search for two men who robbed A. E. Helms on Cottonwood Road. Helms was returning home about three weeks ago. Whidden and SxBeC plan to occupy their new South Foster Street building around October. Water at J. M. Newton's tall pond will be turned off at 1 p.m.
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