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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1934
Page
2
Farmers overwhelmingly support the Bankhead Act, a move seen as bad news for ambitious rivals considering a challenge to the senator. The notice hints at political stakes in the upcoming race and the act’s impact on candidate plans.
A Montgomery Advertiser editorial comments on a high profile divorce where a popular actress sues a broker-husband after 13 days of marriage for $1,200 monthly alimony and $5,000 legal fees. It critiques alimony norms, noting potential yearly and daily earnings from such arrangements and lampoons Hollywood’s atmosphere as mephitic and artificial.
Local VFW planned a Christmas ball with 50 cents or a toy admission to aid underprivileged children. Capt Key of the Salvation Army denounced the ball as unchristian, while others note the president’s birthday balls raised funds for infantile paralysis and boxing into a broader debate over morality and joy. The piece defends dancing as harmless and cautions against zealotry.
A diary sketch from Newark Day by Day recounts informal talks with Dean Ackerman and meetings with Ewing Galloway, Ruth Bryan Owen, the Coblentzes, and many notable figures at venues like the Colony and 57th Street. It notes Baruch’s shift to farm life, Hergesheimer’s retirement plans, Ginger Rogers as a standout, and the Wupperman family’s tonic business.
News Behind the News surveys the Speakership bid era when Sam Rayburn, Byrns, Farley, and Guffey maneuvered for control. It notes Rayburn’s New Deal handling drew White House attention, Burns secured votes, and Garner influenced backroom talks while the White House publicly stayed neutral. The piece hints at posturing, loyalties, and the odds of a Floor Leader outcome amid party politics.
A whimsical column by W C Batchelor mixes puns and social critiques on diet, gift giving, holly bushes, alcohol, and war. It muses on prudence, cash payments, and a call for public action against war makers in a light satirical voice.
Twenty years ago in Dothan, the Palace Theater advertised three shows with Man and His Master top billing. John T. Brown listed his War Between the States company members. Miss Pawine Stevens read scripture at Headland Avenue Baptist Church. W. F. Brinks of Cottonwood paid his Eagle subscription in Dothan. An editorial urged early plow preparation for cotton. J. Lewie Jordan, former City Editor, resigned to return to cotton. Captain J. W. McAfee of the Salvation Army urged local Christmas charity.
In a Boston Evening Transcript aside, the host tells his wife he has served the aquarium instead of the punch. He wonders if guests will notice the slip, hinting at a humorous social error during the event.
The Life magazine snippet jokes about a brother in law and a lingering sense of superiority, framing it as a long running family quirk. The line plays on boastful tone and domestic irony within a personal vignette.
In New York the season's great footwork coincides with a high deer kill count of 7 888 by hunters. The impact touches about 15 000 farmers and cows forced to move out of range just in time.
Captain Jack Key of the Salvation Army in Dothan Alabama writes to The Eagle denying endorsement of a Christmas toy ball idea. He stresses the group’s opposition to festive fundraising events linked to the plan, citing Biblical principles and urging gifts be given only to the Army in its house of worship.
Dr Ingo Goldstein discusses how vitamin A deficiency affects skin and overall health. Observations from East Africa and Ceylon show dry skin with comedones and follicular projections among prisoners and laborers fed maize meals. He stresses dietary sources like milk, butter, eggs, spinach, carrots, lettuce, peas, sweet potatoes, kidney and liver to guard against deficiency.
In Rolling Fork Mississippi Mayor Rosenthal declares 1935 will have no local taxes for a fourth year. In Chicago Cupid brings gifts as county records show 40,000 marriage licenses yearly yielding about 220000 in revenue. Charleston West Virginia officials push for state Christmas tree trade growth and better sales methods to lure Vermont trees.
The North and South poles of the New Deal met privately in a downtown office luncheon. North Pole figure Bernard Baruch and South Pole Rexford Tugwell attended a small gathering with mutual friends noting Baruch sought the professor. No conflict occurred. Senator Wagner is privately drafting a bill to redefine labor section 7A to potentially outlaw company unions.
Veterans of the 1st or Wildcat Division plan a district reunion in Meridian Mississippi on Sunday and Monday December 17 and 18. Several thousand veterans from Alabama Mississippi Florida Louisiana and Arkansas along with their families will attend. Prominent national and state figures have been invited. All veterans and families are urged to attend and contact the Wildcat Reunion committee at Hotel T am oar Meridian for reservations.
New York family celebrates a unique Christmas gift a baby sister named Carol. A brother’s wish to Santa was for a baby rather than toys, prompting action from the state charities aid association adoption committee to place and assist the new arrival.
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