Tuz DOTHAN EAGLE Horace Hall cceeccuseee Publisher Entered at the Dothan Alabama Testoffice as Second Clase Mall Matter
Dothan Eagle subscription rates listed for carrier mail and motor route delivery in Alabama Georgia and Florida with monthly and yearly options. The notice covers daily and Sunday editions and pricing, plus general departments contact and policy notes. The paper notes Associated Press and United Press membership and includes a Jefferson quotation from the Boston to New York era address.
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Dothan
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Let There Be Light Sermon Motto Echoes Romans 14 3
A 1948 newspaper snippet presents a religious quotation from Romans 14 3 and a Mason as its attribution. The note urges self judgment in sincerity and charity toward others. No further context is provided.
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Mason
Alabama law nails claim of wife beating by husband
Alabama Attorney General A A Carmichael rebutted a Soviet delegate in the U N gathering claiming Alabama allows a husband to beat his wife with a stick. He stated no such provision exists and that Alabama law imposes criminal penalties for assault and offers divorce grounds.
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Russia
Alabama
United Nations Assembly
A.L. Borisov
A. A. Carmichael
World citizen renounces U S citizenship in Germany
Henry Noel of Princeton New Jersey former Harvard student told American Military Government officials he rejects citizenship in any one nation and chooses to be a citizen of the world. He argued nationalism creates rivalry and believes personal conviction overrides allegiance to a single country.
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Germany
Henry Noel
Princeton
N. J
AMG
USA
Harvard
McCorvey Leads Alabama Democrats Toward Unity
Gessner T. McCorvey of Mobile, chairman of Alabama's State Democratic Executive Committee, urges Southern unity to block anti Southern provisions in the national party platform. At a Jan 26 Montgomery meeting, he pressed for a solid regional front among delegates. A few days later President Truman called for a civil rights program, prompting McCorvey to speak to The Eagle.
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Gessner T. McCorvey
Mobile
Montgomery
McCorvey
National Party
McCorves
Truman
Congress
MecCeevey
The
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White House
Politieclang
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Democratic Party
Republican Party
House of Representatives
Birmingham Post
Blinking time and vision loss from eyelid blinks
Dr. Robert W. Lawson of the University of Sheffield in London reports extensive research on how blinking blinds vision. He finds a complete blackout of about three tenths of a second per blink and that the average person has vision obscured about 11 percent of the time due to blinking.
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Robert W. Lawson
The
University of Sheffield
London
Southern Democrats Threaten Break Over Civil Rights Fights
In a heated phone exchange Chairman McCorvey vows action against Truman civil rights proposals. He blasts the party for unworkable platform theories and hints at a Southern revolt to compel changes or part company. He urges Alabama leadership to spearhead any revolt.
Democratic unity urged in Alabama call for action
In a February 22 1948 Homespun column Ben May of Dothan Alabama urges Houston County citizens to challenge the national Democratic alignment and back a coordinated local strategy. He criticizes politicians who appease while southern business and social life suffer and calls for the county democratic executive committee to organize a line of strategy to gain recognition.
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This Afternoon by John Temple Graves
A political analysis piece discusses Truman, Wallace, and Southern Democrats in the 1952 context. It notes the Bronx vote as signaling liberal leanings and warns that without radical support the South could shift against the Democratic Party. The piece urges firm stand by Southern Democrats and questions Truman’s strategy and its impact on party unity.
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Ellis Arnall
Democratic Party
Bronx
Praman
Wirth
Meo
Tramian
Reat
Henry Kaiser as 1948 Democratic hopeful rises
Washington observes Democratic infighting as Henry Kaiser is pitched as a fresh presidential alternative to Truman. The piece notes Wallace’s Bronx win rattling party leaders and hints at a potential new candidate to salvage 1948 prospects amid calls for a revamped leadership.
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Bronx
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Truman
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Kaiser
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Oklahoma
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Wastington
Political Purgatives and Democratic Dilemmas Reflections
A Selma Times-Journal piece cites Gould Beech stating he may run against Senator Sparkman if none oppose him, framing an open contest as a vote on demagogic radicalism vs. democracy. The Birmingham Post and Huntsville Times weigh Democratic splits, Jeffersonian ideals, and the danger of federal overreach amid Truman era politics.
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Folsom
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The
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Sparkman
Truman
Jim
Wallace
Alabama
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Selma Times-Journal
Commutation Marks End of Reprieve Loop in Alabama
The Alabama Journal condemns repeated Governor delays in Kilby prison executions. A Negro condemned by an Etowah county jury faced ten postponements over a year, each time saved by a 30 day reprieve, then a new delay or commutation rather than execution. The piece argues the governor's indecision is disgraceful and prompts a final sentence alteration rather than electrocution.
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Etowah
Gadsde
Kilby
Alabama Journal
Child Suffocated In Rooming House Fire in Corry
A late night fire in a four story rooming house in Corry Pennsylvania left one known dead a 5 year old girl Jacqu ine Havarilla daughter of Gertrude Havarilla and a roomer named George McGraw unconfirmed as present. Assistant Fire Chief Carl Peterson said 34 people inhabited the building and some may have been trapped on the fourth floor.
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Peterson
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