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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1949
Page
12
Dorothy Dix gives guidance on handling a husband who lends freely and fails to save, a widower torn between love and his daughters education, and a businesswoman unsure of marrying. The column urges prioritizing home duties, children’s schooling, and evaluating long term happiness before marriage.
Vienna reports Austria aims to reclaim a prewar winter sports role via government aid and foreign exchange. Instructors, many released from prison camps, reopen ski schools around Inner Otzal Tyrol and Lech-Lars Valley near St. Anton. Hotels attract hard currency tourists with low rates from under 3 to just over 7 dollars per day, meals included, plus Austrian pastries and cuisine as travel resumes.
TOM WHITNEY AP describes Soviet culture as modest with no burlesque shows or striptease. The piece notes ballet prominence, absence of pin ups, and restrained advertising images. It cites Soviet cinema and painting focusing on workers, state figures, war pageants, and collective life, denying exploitation of women.
Tourism officials welcome a surge of Scandinavian visitors and other dollar spenders drawn by postwar opportunities to enjoy local customs and skiing. American arrivals are slower but growing as communications improve.
Friends extend sympathy to Mr and Mrs Clyde Martin on the death of Mrs Jane Martin of Bainbridge. Tom Shingler III moves from Atlanta to Albany with Mrs Shingler, near parents Mr and Mrs Tom Shingler II of Donalsonville. Various locals and students are listed visiting, returning, or traveling for illness and schooling. T E Roberts undergoes two operations in Georgia Baptist Hospital. Berlin reports a Russian decree jails Germans for jokes about Hennecke, a coal miner claimed to have boosted output.
A trolley car toppled William Nestor’s wagon of potatoes in Boston. He announced a bargain sale and sold out to the crowd. Scientists report acids, not friction, as main enemies of long engine life. Without birds, insect pests could wipe out world crops in less than ten years.
Blakely News notes residents and visitors including Mrs Bob Moore returning to Cincinnati after visiting her parents the George family. LeRoy Thompson Jr and Mack return to Washington from a visit with his wife's family. Others travel to Portsmouth Virginia Plant City Florida Yokohama Japan and Atlanta for medical and official duties. Eastern Star hosts a barbecue fundraiser tonight.
In a 12 year laboratory battle, Dr. George M. Darrow led the fight against Red Stele, a soil fungus threatening America's strawberry supply. By crossing varieties Aberdeen and Fairfax, he developed two resistant strains, Fairland and Temple, saving future strawberry yields and related products.
Dr Darrow and colleagues expand strawberry varieties to stagger ripening and resist frost. Early bloom seeds yield multiple new types, addressing market glut and frost risk. Montana co workers report a plant with 40 degrees below zero tolerance, promising cheaper berries in the north central United States. Future work aims for higher vitamin C strawberries.
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