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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1947
Page
4
Dorothy Dix notes how prolonged wartime separations strain marriages and engagements. She observes wives enduring loneliness and sacrifice while men return changed, often seeking divorce or estrangement, with many engagements fading after letters, care packages, and promises.
A wartime tone laments broken engagements as pin-up and magazine cover girls shaped soldiers tastes. An army officer explains why husbands and fiancés drift from wives, blaming glamorous images for altered expectations. The piece notes petroleums use postwar shifts, plus a Fort Worth chimpanzee and a cat tale as quirky fillers.
In Tijuana Baja California a construction surge boosts growth with over 25 million dollars in new projects before 1947. Governor Aldrete foresees population rising to two million within five years and 50 million dollars for regional investment. Major builds include a Jai Alai fronton, a six story hotel, a new Ensenada San Quintin road, and a Mexicali San Felipe link with dozens of shops and concrete blocks rising along the city core.
Italians admire Americans yet resent foreign drivers after wars. The article notes how Italian press campaigns against Allied drivers have spurred threats and clashes, with Gen. Lee reminding not all drivers are American or British. It also covers housing corruption, with Americans paying bribes to secure apartments amid Italian rental blocks.
ANN ARBOR Mich A veteran turned entrepreneur partners with the city and University of Michigan students to remove snow from sidewalks by using a Jeep powered snow taker. The plan aligns with a local ordinance requiring owners to clear their sidewalks or pay five cents a foot.
Woodal offered to keep sidewalks clean for 28000 dollars flat but a five-cents-a-foot plan with a fleet of 10 plow and brush equipped jeeps could yield more revenue. The arrangement hinges on the contract length and total sidewalk area to be covered.
The text notes an archaic pipe smoking method using two Y shaped horns inserted into the nostrils to draw smoke directly through the nose. It also states there are 20 338 bridges on the Pennsylvania highway system with 248 covered.
Jacob's Pillow plans an annual international dance Olympics opening July 5 with Mahoney and Mara directing the season. Dancers from Japan and Germany compete in universal forms. A new American ballet by Mahoney and Mara with score by Earl Wild and decor by Alfred Stern opens the season. The overall theme is One World in competition under United Nations influence.
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