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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1935
Page
1
The Can yon News publisher Clyde Warwick released a “Very Unusual edition” billed as a newspaper without news. He marketed a format that strips news and concentrates ads, aiming to show publishers the limits of advertising volume versus reader interest.
Paul Mallon reports on a restless New York scene with memories of writers and parks, noting the city’s contrasts from Broadway to Harlem and the fragile balance of urban life. Roosevelt era policy debates feature Ickes Hopkins Morgenthau and Morgenthau’s budget plans, with securities and relief fund talk shaping economic outlooks.
A fragmentary newspaper snippet promises robotic cars that are more cautious and dependable than drivers who drink or fall asleep at the wheel. It laments reckless driving as public danger and hints at competition among robot builders in America. The dialogue references public enemies and suggests a Savannah Moras context.
Fragmented text presents a noisy collection of political and social diatribes. It mocks The New Dealers shifts in state rights, comments on pride and worship, hints at tenant farming relief, and laments religious and literary ideas, including a claim about the Bible’s ubiquity and bias.
Preliminary estimates show Los Angeles the most dangerous city for automobile deaths in 1934 with 474 fatalities and a rate of 82.7 per thousand residents. New York led in total deaths with 1005, Chicago 986, while overall auto crashes totaled about 35,000 deaths and nearly a million injuries nationwide.
The Child Labor Amendment was sent to the states on June 2, 1924, and faced rejection in many legislatures. Yesterday two states voted on it, Kansas among them, with Kansas again rejecting it for the fifth time. Sentiment has shifted in various states over a decade, some rescinding ratifications while others reaffirmed, making the path to thirty-six ratifications uncertain. The piece notes potential loopholes in ratification timing and argues that any new amendment requires lasting, respected support, citing the Eighteenth Amendment as a cautionary example.
Dothan reports D. G. Carmichael was sentenced to life imprisonment after convicted of killing Poles Officer Morry DeShaza. Secretary of Path in Theater 118 and Royal Arch Masons meeting details appear. Local students and residents are listed, with a theater ad for A Rpion did Tahonor starring Bryant Washburn, Ruth Staenhorne, FH Calvert, and James Cuenn.
Fragmentary notes discuss war, money, religion, and human folly spanning eras 1608 1917 and 1934. The text questions war’s suppression and frames money as root of evil while linking capital to health strength and honor. It seeks religious rationales and critiques hunger for wealth.
A garbled OCR fragment lists multiple state abbreviations and numbers such as Six, Eight, Sixteen, Seventeen, Twenty-six, Thirty, Forty-four, Fifty-four, Fifty-six, Seventy-six, Ninety-nine, and other paired forms with states like West Virginia, Kentucky, Texas, Arkansas, and California. It appears to catalog place names or coded references without coherent context.
Fragmentary text discusses the role of education in America, contrasting educated and uneducated individuals, and notes a quote praising public schools as valuable institutions. It references figures Allclassen and Galden and mentions a book from 1921.
Two Rivers Wisconsin resident Carlton Wagner known as Clothespin marveled at how widespread the nickname had grown after a clothespin with a tax inscription from Two Rivers reached a friend, Ben Loet of Shore visiting Fort Lauderdale. The post office delivered it to Warner, confirming the sender’s intent.
TALES TO PARENTS advises that children misjudge time while adults gauge it differently. Parents should make promises specific and short term, using a yardstick for waiting and seizing opportunities to avoid disappointment and preserve trust.
Mary Graham Bonner’s Sundown Stories features a Wintry scene as animals debate a strange sound on a cold night. Willy Nilly Rip and Top Notch listen at the door while Puddie Muddlers shiver, and the wind sings a mournful tune.
A terse note from the women’s bureau cites a survey of 48 000 women led by Atwan. The report claims that a majority of respondents were single and highlights economic and social factors shaping women’s status.
Senate Appropriations and munitions discussions frame the day in Washington while District of Columbia matters, oil legislation, and social security debate occupy House committees. In Abbeville and Dothan, local families host and visit relatives with hospital cautions and weekend shopping, punctuated by a 1933 mortality note.
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