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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1948
Page
2
The piece discusses Alabama proposals to remove or modify the poll tax's cumulative feature to allow voting with delinquent years paid. It argues outsiders can pay two years to vote, while lifelong residents owe each year, risking disenfranchising eligible citizens. It notes potential Negro bloc voting and suggests reform to enfranchise competent citizens.
Dothah oil dealers warn supply of home heating fuel remains critically low with only 75 percent of last year's quota promised by refineries. They urge voluntary conservation, urging residents to lower thermostats and heat only occupied rooms to stretch scarce oil through winter.
A regional editorial argues that low voter turnout in Alabama harms democracy as primary and general elections hinge on a energized minority. It criticizes civic laziness and poll tax nonpayment, endorsing poll tax abolition to curb undesired voting barriers and encourage broader participation.
Alabama leaders push immediate study of professional Negro training within the state. Ex-Congressman Joe Starnes urges rapid expansion to raise educational and economic opportunities, arguing current out-of-state training is unsustainable and segregation must proceed while improving facilities.
The Agriculture Department lists show Oklahoma Senator Thom as wife Edith owned cotton, prompting calls for a full probe of his commodity market dealings. Pearson recalls Thom as denying cotton trading in 1946 and later requesting a daily cotton price aboard the SS Washington while pressuring for investigations into others.
The column argues against commercialization of college football and against paying players. It defends amateurism as vital to American spirit, warns against overfunding, and calls for balance between sports salaries and academic values while praising theNotre Dame and Michigan influence and stressing education of spirit over mind alone.
The piece chronicles volatile cotton futures in early March 1946, noting Harriss and Vose trading activity, Bankhead's accusations against Chester Bowles over price ceilings, and price swings tied to Pace Bill optimism. It cites Wall Street Journal observations of a late buying rush and governments’ farm price rhetoric impacting prices.
The piece recalls a Delphi conversation with an aged Greek and frames recent Bulgarian parliament threats by Communist Premier Dimitrov as part of Moscow’s push against Greece. It links Bolshevism to a broader European menace and argues Dimitrov, a former Comintern head, will push Red pressure on Athens to secure a Dardanelles base.
In Columbus Ohio bartender Frank Macioci refused to let Benjamin Griggs bring a motor scooter inside. After insisting Griggs leave three times Macioci tossed both Griggs and the scooter out. Griggs lost three teeth and the case went to a judge. An unrelated note mentions a snack of gingersnaps with apple butter.
Hal Boyle recalls the 1905 case of a Department of Agriculture official who allegedly profited from crop news by manipulating a windowshade. The story details the creation of the lock up and leak prevention, the fate of the implicated worker, and lingering questions about the scale of prior abuses and the impact on prices.
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