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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1949
Page
3
An unreadable OCR fragment cites Horace Fish and a card of thanks, with references to obituaries and resolutions. It includes telephones, agency notes, and a Bible verse, revealing faded local news material and publisher boilerplate from Associated Press services and a 1949 context.
Hal Boyle of the Associated Press argues the interval between Christmas and New Year highlights the need for an everyday, all-year religion. He recalls teachings from Christ to Gandhi, urging individuals to live closer to their faith year-round and set a course for real achievements.
The article notes new postal rates in effect, with air mail rising from five to six cents per ounce for letters and small parcels up to eight ounces. Air parcel post rates apply to heavier packages, a new air postcard costs four cents, while standard letters and post cards remain unchanged. It discusses the Post Office’s goal to raise about 125 million dollars, and critiques the government's habit of sending free mail to Congress and agencies, implying ongoing deficits.
A column notes that after the 1948 Presidential election forecasts are scarce and experts have cooled on predictions. Readers are urged to form their own judgments about war or peace and economic trends, recalling the public’s mixed confidence in experts.
The speaker predicts a year filled with emergencies and crises in domestic legislation. He notes the pattern of the past twenty years and remains hopeful we will weather them, ending with a cheery New Year wish for progress and better days ahead.
The nine member Un-American Activities Committee faces a party balance question as the Democratic majority fears a vacancy could shift control. Former members from 80th Congress return, while Republicans push for stability, praising the committee's anti spy work and warning against delaying its continuation with five Republicans if needed.
Washington column examines Sumner Welles and Cordell Hull from 1915 entry to 1943 split, detailing Welles role as Roosevelt adviser, differing temperaments, and policy clashes over Japan, the peace plan, and the United Nations. It notes Welles wandered out with sleeping pills, nearly dying, while Hull’s vendetta influenced postwar diplomacy.
Billy Rose explains after a demanding schedule he will suspend his Eagle column for 16 weeks starting January 1. He and Eleanor will travel five continents, visiting Rio Paris Rome Bombay Istanbul and other major cities while he writes spot pieces and a series on The Broadways of the World. He hopes travel enriches future columns and outlook.
The piece notes the Negro population shrinking in the South as Blacks move north while whites increase, suggesting the race question may diffuse nationwide. It criticizes anti-communist Christianity and anti-Catholic Protestantism as incomplete religions, citing Dr Reinhold Niebuhr of Union Theological Seminary.
An essay argues against minority pressure groups and professional leadership, warning they distort science and politics. It critiques equality rhetoric, calls out misused anthropology, and compares American liberal egalitarianism to Soviet ideology while asserting man’s entitlement to equal protection under law.
The Baxter Tennessee story shows Mayor W T Sewell advancing a thousand dollars to cover waterworks costs and later thirty five hundred dollars for deficits, repaid without interest. His approach has shaped civic pride as residents and local professionals join in paving streets and improving the town while the mayor’s actions challenge political norms.
A proposed inaugural budget estimates about 100000 dollars for the Capitol platform and grand stands where Truman will take the oath on January 20 with Congress funding. An additional 215000 dollars is planned for celebration efforts, organized by Melvin D. Hildreth’s committee and underwritten by local businessmen. The total tentatively reaches 215563 dollars, excluding the inaugural ball.
W Rach plans a modern service station to handle Woco Pep products with W C King as partner within weeks. W D Paschal announces an automobile paint shop at his East Main Street store with T P Farrow in charge. Miss Amanda Shiver (80) of Dothan Route 1 dies. burial at Clark Cemetery tomorrow. Boxing bout at the opera house features Tommy McDuff knocking out Kid Mahoney. Bulldog Martin defeats Young Herman in the wrestling card. Miss Winnifred Kimbrough of Analachicola Fla to guest star at January 9 Dothan Writers Club meeting.
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