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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1948
Page
2
A Dothan Eagle report notes county and city officials, business leaders, and educators met with State Superintendent A. R. Meadows to promote a Wiregrass trade school at Napier Field. The piece praises communal spirit, cooperation, and the belief that regional prosperity benefits all, stressing unity over jealousy and a shared destiny.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce chose Henry Holmes Jr. as Policeman of the Year for lessons in courtesy. He earned a gold badge and gifts after public letters praised his pleasant, nonthreatening approach to traffic stops. Citizens valued his smile and calm conduct, suggesting other cities adopt the idea.
The Alabama ABC board, reshaped under Governor Folsom, set a public hearing on allowing juke boxes where beer and wine are sold. It proposed dancing rules to keep things orderly, including Tuesday square dancing nights and outside liquor after dancing. It envisions a refined night life, maybe a cafe society, with clean clothes and high tone. Also notes oil production and partisan political musings with a satirical tone.
Washington column argues that A P Giannini may have killed Marriner Eccles over West Coast banking power. It cites Eccles opposition to Giannini led expansion, Senate bank bill battles, and Giannini campaign influence in Democratic circles. Also notes censorship on atomic tests and U N relocation rumors.
A reflective piece argues that Alabama Governor Folsom is not part of a planned Southern revolt over Truman policy. It notes his alignment with Henry Wallace, past praise for Wallace, and his self-styled presidential bid seen as strategic, not representative of SouthernDem stance, while warning against equating demagogy with all segregation sentiment.
A collection of quoted remarks from figures like Arthur Vandenberg Charles E Wilson Bernard Baruch Georges Bidault Henry Wallace and H H Arnold reflecting on postwar unity inflation health policy and geopolitics with references to American industry democracy and global affairs. The excerpt blends calls for vigilance against profiteering and notes about economic adjustments in 1948.
A Florida Gulf Breeze reader shares a rambling farmer tale with Punchline humor about fairness between man and mule and government elections. The piece segues into a conservation essay praising Mary Kathryn Davis of Abbeville High School for advocating wildlife preservation and responsible hunting practices.
In a Decatur Daily inspired jab, a candidate challenging Frank Boykin in Mobile's congressional race sneers at the farm born boast. He mocks the trope saying he was born in a hospital and grew up elsewhere, promising honesty over free offerings and inviting voters to choose freely without miracles.
J B King, office manager of the Bell Telephone Co in Mobile, told a story to the Exchange Club last night. He contrasted a big bull, a medium bull, and a little bull crossing fences with Holstein and Jersey pastures to illustrate that a little bull can travel far, a line the column says doesn’t apply to it.
The Associated Press places a $32,000,000 newsprint mill contract in Greenville South Carolina but more precise details set the site 10 miles from Sylacauga Alabama with Sylacauga as the trading center for its key employees.
The wedding of Princess Anne and former King Michael of Romania is planned for Copenhagen at the end of May, according to the princess’s father Prince Rene.
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