Subscriptions and notices in a historic newspaper page
The page lists subscription rates for mail and carrier delivery, including daily and weekly options, plus obituaries and notices. It features Associated Press copy and editorials arguing about race and discrimination, with references to figures and groups of the era. The content mixes business notices with opinion and public discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dethan
Carsies
Aunama Goorre
Fedde
Bae Brtte
Busdey
Coordi
Eeriica
Mall Ually
Bouts Binday
Aralenia Airaight
Fragmented Prose Refers to Light and Comfort in Isaiah
A damaged text blends biblical verse and a devotional line. It mentions Isaiah 40:23 and a line about affliction and prosperity by Young, with garbled wording. The readable parts point to religious imagery of light, comfort, and the contrast between night and stars.
Publicize Margarine to Free Butter Market
Opinion spans publicizing margarine as a butter substitute and lobbying for removal of federal discriminatory taxes. It argues two reform bills stalled by dairy state influence, urges a nationwide campaign to explain margarine’s equality and calls for action by Congress to benefit consumers over dairy farmers. It also features Gov. Ellis Arnall’s remarks linking Southern economic woes to racial issues and broader regional inequality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Fulmer
Maybank
Friends of Margatine
Congress
Middle West
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Southern Society of
New York
Showdown Postponed On Farm Subsidy Vote
The showdown on discontinuing the farm subsidy program was delayed to after Christmas recess. Senate committees approved a 60 day extension for the Commodity Credit Corporation with a pledge to work toward a compromise during the holiday. The Senate later approved the extension only after assurances that no new subsidies would be instituted in the interim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Banking Committees
Commodity Credit Corporation
Barkley
Pennsylvania Avenue
Senate
CCC
Not Surprising Allied Losses at Bari Harbor
The article discusses the Allied loss of 17 ships in Bari harbor on December 2, warning against complacency toward Nazi forces. It notes low level dawn attacks by German bombers, limited detection, and the need for overwhelming air superiority to prevent future sacrifices and losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bari
Italy
Stimson
Bose
Clappers Letter on Pacific Strategy in Truk and Tarawa
In Washington Bayhond Clapper argues Japan will not come out to fight, trapping Allies in hard beach landings at Truk and other Pacific atolls. He notes Truk’s reef defenses, mangrove coast, and rugged terrain making assaults costly while stressing the need to neutralize Japanese air fields and harbors. He recalls historical gains and warns the Allies must outbid past complacency to control crucial island chains.
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Washington
Jere
John H. Canady
Truk
Pearl Harbor
Cassady
Pacific
Japan
Tarawa
Central Pacific Ly
Marshall Islands
Salerno
Tokio
Spain
Germany
Carolina Islands
Truk Group
Marshalls
Marianas
League of Nationa
Berliners Stand Pace As War News Draws Crowds
Dispatch notes Berliners pause to observe as reports of home front events spark public interest. In Salerno troops trained hard and landed despite heavy hillside fire, and Allied advances are described with emphasis on resilience and progress of operations.
Harlem Ghibonnes Ties Tammany to La Guardia questioned
A detective characterizes the Harlem Ghibonnes as American blackshirts tied to Fiorello La Guardia, tracing links to Vito Marcantonio, Sidney Hillman, and local Tammany figures. The piece accuses manipulation of party endorsements across Republican, Democratic, and American Labor lines to control Harlem power.
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Cop
Ghibonnes
Limens
Leyson
la Guardia
Ghioannes
la Gurdia
Vito Marcantonio
Communist Front
Tammany
Macandonia
Simpes
Marcantonio
Dave Dubinsky
Matt Tevy
Supreme Court
Sidney Hillman
Fire warms the labor party despite a rat's nest burn
A terse defiant line expresses intent to build a fire to warm the so called American Labor Party while warning it risks burning down the rat's nest that surrounds it. The remark paints a tense, confrontational mood about internal party tensions and external pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Labor Party
Voters urged to back unity and Roosevelt in WWII effort
In a letter to the Eagle editor W. Al Clemerts of Tuskegee urges Third District Alabama voters to prioritize national unity and support for the Commander-in-chief over local politics. He warns that farming and banks depend on victory and condemns party politics during the war, invoking Roosevelt and the Good Samaritan to rally behind the war effort and resist Hitler and Tojo. He notes potential candidates and appeals for selfless voting once the war is won.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Eagle
Third Congressional District
Alabama
Henry B. Steagall
Congress
United States
Correas
Hitler
Toja
Roosevelt
Tojo
Citch
Jericho Road
Franklin D. Roosvelt
America
W. AL Clemerts
Tuskegee
R.F.D
Miss Wilma Ellison Dies In Hospital
Miss Wilma Ellison thirty died in a Dothan hospital following a lone illness. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Ward Wilson Funeral Home with the Rev. A D Zhinden officiating. She was a lifelong resident of Panama City and is survived by her father John M Ellison of Dothan and several siblings including Mrs Myra Morrie of Panama City and Mrs Helen Eileen of Jacksonville.
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Wilma
Ellison
Dothan
Ward — Wilson
AD. Zhinden
Pathan
John M. Evtiewe
Dethea
Pan Channare
Methan
Myrd Morrie
Panama City
Jone J Pitas
Patten Ondine Soon
Jacksonville
Fis
PPC
Helen Eileen
Comp Ghethy
Ration stamps and marriage licenses listed in county records
Ration stamps valid through January for various books and coupons are noted. Houston County Probate issues marriage licenses last week for multiple couples including Ramney and Rowe in Texas and Bradshaw and Whid don in Georgia, among others.
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Nias
Dale, Coffes
Houstoin
Penney
Houston County
Lee Lloyd Ramney
Hellshoro
Texe
Dorothy Mee Rowe
Lake City
Fifty eight men transferred to boards for induction
The list shows seven to 21 day variances for nonfathers and a larger group of fathers named Ralph Sullivan to Theo Frank Wilford, all transferred to other focal boards for induction. Additional fathers and three named nonfathers were moved to local boards for induction, including Alvin Kinard Melvin Berry and Neal Morris.
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Ormi Childs
Wiilisca Byron Campbell
Jjamey
Cawthen Norris
Curtis Oliver Matthews
Harvey Covington
Robert Icyd Green
Lavern Allen Brown
Robert Jones Stemridge
Quinton Newell Robertson
James Wess Bowden
Ralph Nathaniel Sullivan
Lloyd Samuel Cherry
Kline Treeves
Henry Julian Harris
William Cheater Bearry
Talmadge Odell Guy
Myron Daniel Stevenson
Leonard Haywood Johnson
John Henry Kirkland
Jamee David Saliba
Clement Carlo Taylor
Walter Alen Tush
Valdosta Kelly
Wille Cecil Kirkland
Sem Blumberg
Roma Hlton Walker
Charles Jenning Faulk
Alfred Carlie’ Prevatte
James Thomas Stewart
Woodrow ‘Wilson Williams
Leonard Milton Lester
Max Martine Hinson
Herbert Karl Walker
Hugh Ross
Lovie Reeder
Norwood Even Walker
Leonard Lee Enfinger
Russ Edward Hobland
Neadasm
Bernard Shirvey
Ozie Leon Hicks
Espy Leger
Whliam
Mack Childre
Ray Cecil Motes
Joseph Foster Hicks
John Blue McCullough
John Andrew Armstrong
Charlie Ceci Bell
Manzie Lee Tolar
Edward Everett Morrie
Horace Robert Harman
Irby
Joe Edwards
James Fiton Warren
Samuel Pinkey Robertson
Williamson Boswell Simmons
Columbus Albert Unierwood
James Horace Kelly
Noah
Soldier Wounded Brother of Floyd Burgess Named in War Dept List
Pvt. Lynn Burgem of Dothan Route Three is listed by the War Department among soldiers wounded in the Mediterranean. The note connects to Floyd Burgess as his brother. California reports oil production exceeding 724 million barrels annually.
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Lynn Burgem
Floyd Burgess
Dothan
War Department
Mediterranean
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Julean O. Ball
Kagle
Kelly
Ures
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Alees
Atiznie
Ceneral Motors
Detron
Thomas Datlerson
Imrazee
United Staten
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Anuthes Amample
Raccvevell
Binies
Jendere Ibera
Clapper’s Letter
Bayhond Clapper
Giard
Roger
Jnvenie
Holand Shaw
Stat
James B. Carey CL. LO
Red Cross
Russia
Novalle
Col Elliott
Cation Hie
American Federation of Labor
Wnn
William J Gruss
Irnes
Asd
Harlem
Little Flower
F. H. la Guardia
Mafia
Camorra
Mussolini
Limpus
By Galbraith
Wilma Ellison
William Thomes Hughes
Fensecola
Mery Jim Knowhes
Newville
Clase Chrig Merz
Smith Creek
Mich
Roceta Green Christmas
Bascom
Fla
Henry Ford Stuart
D. C
Elotuise Granberry
Columbia
W. Frank Bevis
Fila
Eesie Mae Johnson
Marianna
George R. Goolsby
Fast Washington St
Clara Maude Strickland
California
J. O. Conley
Urmaep Fara
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