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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1948
Page
2
Page shows subscription rates, postal details, and advertisements for The Eagle newspaper in Dothan Alabama. It lists carrier and mail prices, service areas Alabama Georgia Florida, contact lines, and legal notices policy. A quotation from Thomas Jefferson and Bible verses mark the issue.
Dr. Quida D. Abbott of the Florida Agriculture Experiment Station approves a peanut cornbread recipe. Ingredients include corn meal ground peanuts salt baking powder milk with no added fat, mixed and baked in a greased pan. The flavor and protein boost are touted as a new peanut country staple.
Alabama senator John Sparkman says he will support the Dixiecrat tied Alabama Democratic ticket and campaign for Democratic nominees in other states. He believes Democrats may gain control of the Senate, perhaps the House, in November, forcing a vote against President Truman and aligning with party peers in contests. The move ties Sparkman to the Alabama party ticket for a six year Senate term, shaping his cross‑state campaign risks.
The letter accuses Mayor Humphreys of anti Southern leadership and blames Senator Sparkman for supporting anti Southern figures. It urges scorecards on candidates and warns Alabama voters against candidates allied with Truman era civil rights policies and anti Southern Democrats.
The piece sketches a tense exchange between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss over a 1929 Model A Ford. Chambers claims Hiss drove the car to a Communist owned used car lot for Communist use, while Hiss denies being or ever having been a Communist and says he gave the Ford to Chambers. Investigators are expected to locate the vehicle, with discussions implying a substantial price at stake.
A local safety council urges motorists and parents to emphasize school traffic rules. Key points include slowing in residential areas, teaching children safe routes, older youths watching younger ones, and obeying school crossing guards. It highlights stopping for school buses and using caution on crowded roads to prevent accidents.
Fragmented OCR reveals a report about a convention in Chicago discussing a pact involving 15 and 6 poles, with references to a Prioress and a 94B fee. The text is garbled but suggests a regional or national negotiation impacting land and labor terms, amid other unclear political discourse.
Gen Lucius Clay, the U.S. occupation chief in Germany, plans to write a candid memoir after leaving his post. He is compiling evidence and documents to defend his record, including policy disputes over the Berlin currency, Western German governance, and the Moscow conference outcomes, with allies and critics watching closely.
The column critiques the Catholic Committee of the South and warns against central state overreach while urging Southern leaders to oppose the Lodge bill. It argues states rights must shield the weak and local self government, praises regional leadership, and condemns Ralph McGill and his Birmingham rally coverage.
Odd clipped prose riffs mix traffic puns and fruitless chatter as a Virginia theft report notes thieves fined 126 dollars and 50 cents for stealing a platter of fried chicken while stray phrases hint at spring deco and busy streets.
Allen Rankin profiles Dothan author William Bailey and his debut novel Devil Make a Third. Bailey, 36, balances writing with running an insurance agency, taxi fleet, bus line, and family life while overcoming doubt and juggle to produce a gripping work that publishers expect to hit the national scene. Bailey recalls tense nights, support from Senator Guy Hardwick, and feedback from Hudson Strode at the University of Alabama as he crafted the novel in a demanding, often humorous, fight to bring his story to readers.
A fragmentary 1823 item reports a porter caught at Hild Pharmacy, state officials visiting Dothan, lectures in Geneva County Grove, Oak Grove services, four building permits, a calf exhibit in Mats, and other scattered notes involving Dothan and parents.
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