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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1946
Page
2
The Dothan Eagle announces subscription rates and print details for its Alabama edition. Publisher information and Associated Press credit are noted, with terms for public service and misstatement policy.
January 7 1946 report details that the Army will slow troops returning from overseas due to a shortage of replacements. Lieut. Gen. Collins explains voluntary enlistments and the draft fail to supply enough, with planned discharges delayed up to six months. overall strength is cut to about 1.55 million to 2 million, prompting continued draft after May and a shift to fewer overseas troops.
Readers send in criticism of Army morale and wartime letters address General Eisenhower and the War Department. A Pack Air Force officer forwards an Air Medal clipping for Gen Barney Giles awarding Lieut Gen Robert C Richardson Jr. and Maj Gen Clark L Ruffner for long over water flights. A reserve officer recalls two thirds of his time on Iwo Jima and laments officer turnover before the 106th Division deployment. A Philippines Manila black market note asks how goods reach the market and notes truck hijackings, guards, and poverty among Filipino workers aiding supplies.
This Afternoon by John Temple Graves discusses Congressman Bulwinkle's bill exempting certain railroad agreements from anti trust statutes, the ICC's role, and contrasts regulated railroads with free markets. It weighs enforcement where public no monopoly exists and argues for regulatory oversight amid wartime logistics and postwar transport concerns.
A dense, era-typical listing of radio time blocks and musical acts airing on MBS and affiliated networks. Entries include The Bulldogs Drummond adventures, Ray Benson Orch, Morton Baaney songs, news updates, devotional pieces, and various orchestras with start times and program labels across morning to late evening slots. The schedule reflects a bustling array of music, variety, and paid program segments featuring named ensembles and hosts.
A compact radio schedule list shows multiple programs and times including Five Minutes News Period at 7:30, Rex Maupin Orchestra at 9:30, Information Please Quis and a Hollywood segment, and various variety, drama, and music offerings across the evening lineup. The listings name program titles, hosts, and time slots with several entries indicating entertainment and news items.
Funeral services for Mrs Dorothy Beatrice Goodson twenty two of Ariton route who died Saturday in a Troy hospital after a long illness were held Sunday at Pleasant Grove Church with Holman Funeral Home directing Surviving are her husband a daughter Jeanette a riston Toute her father Noah Smith Columbus Ga four sisters Misses Jeamette Megalore and Catherine all of Columbus and Miss Virgie Lee Smith Ariton route three brothers Fulton Smith U S Army stationed in Japan LC Smith Columbus and Banard Smith Ariton route
A compact fragment citing religious verse from John and Barry Cornwall, followed by a note on Nevada’s physician count and a whimsical line on cats instinctively sheathing claws to stay stealthy. The items read as a collection of brief maxims and observations without a single unified news event.
The World Today notes Paris theater life under winter cold as American officers and GI guests watch a locally known variety show. Observers describe the audience, the mood, and the effect on the young servicemen, concluding that such entertainment is limited in appeal for the average American audiences abroad.
Charles Carson Halstead fifty nine of Skipperville route died Friday morning at his home Funeral at Wesley Chapel time to be announced by Holman Funeral Home Survived by wife four daughters Mrs W G Thompson Mrs Joe Jones both of Eufaula Mrs L M White Ashford route Mrs J S Stout Chatt ham DL two sons Daniel Halstead Jacksonville Rex Halstead Birmingham brother B C Halstead Montgomery sister Mrs D A Pettis Skipperville route and nine grandchildren
The collard is a popular winter vegetable with twice the Vitamin C of oranges and contains flavin and carotene. Freshness boosts vitamin content, so nutritionists urge quick cooking. Start vegetables in salted water to improve flavor and preserve green color.
The text notes a marigold groom by Mrs Edith Gould in Nevada City California produced eight new stems from the old bloom base after the bloom dropped. It then asserts gold must be at least 12 karats to be properly called gold. It also states elephants prefer trampling an enemy to death with their feet and that a hippopotamus has a four foot yawn.
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