Daily Dothan Eagle January 27 1948 front page
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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1948
Page
2
Let There Be Light Prayers Mentioned in Thessalonians Note
A devotional excerpt cites I Thessalonians 1 2 thanking God for others. It links prayer’s power to divine binding and ties, quoting Martin Luther on prayer as a strong, binding practice.
MacArthur Boom reshapes Wisconsin GOP bid for midterm presidential nod
Wisconsin MacArthur followers push for Gen. Douglas MacArthur as Republican nominee for president. The column argues a general with showmanship could win atop a ticket, while noting veteran opposition and the inadequacy of a party driven selection process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Philip LaFollette
UnDemocratic Rite in Presidential Selection Process
A published story notes Truman may defer choosing his running mate until Republicans pick their candidate. The piece treats this as a long standing political ritual. It emphasizes how the vice presidential pick often receives little attention amid the race’s main excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Naive Suggestion on Alabama Delegates at 1948 DNC
The Dothan Eagle mocks the idea that Alabama’s 26 delegates prove influence at the 1948 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. It argues that numbers matter less than brains and suggests focus on delegate quality, not ticket voting. The Alabama Journal counters the notion of selection by brains and calls the critique naive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Truman
Philadephia
Phooey
Phila
Delphia
Alabama Journal
Hungarian blacklist bars American film stars from Hungarian screens
The Hungarian government announced a ban on films starring Robert Taylor Gary Cooper Adolph Menjou Allan Jones George Murphy or Robert Montgomery effective January 22. Officials cited testimony before Congress accusing Hollywood of hating their democracies and linked the action to those actors. The piece notes irony over possible bans on American dollars tied to the same figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Taylor
Gary Cooper
Adolph Menjou
Allan Jones
George Murphy
Robert Montgomery
Rnment
Congressional
Hollywood
Congress
Advice to office seekers from a Mississippi sheriff candidate
A Reader’s Digest item recalls a sheriff campaign in Mississippi where a stranger asks for help with pushing off a car stalled by a water problem. The uncle assists, the car starts, and the stranger asks if he is the “right kind of man to vote for,” illustrating how appeals can test voter loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition Party
Uncle Bob
Place For God editorial inspires Midland reader
J B Hamric praises The Eagle for the January 26 1958 Sunday editorial Place For God. He argues the United Nations failures stem from atheistic concessions by Russia and urges U S representatives to seek divine guidance through prayer for peace and happiness. He stresses peace as a heavenly gift and thanks the editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Eagle
God
United Nations
Russia
Washington
J. B. Hamric
Hoover's Marshall Plan stance reveals GOP rift and historic debt pattern
Drew Pearson argues Hoover's opposition to the Marshall Plan exposes a deep split in the Republican Party between Taft isolationists and Vandenberg interventionists. He warns that past US credit policy fueled European boom in the 1920s and sparked later busts, urging caution in postwar aid and stressing the need for supervised, loaned aid tied to firm international agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert Hoover
White House
Harry Truman
Hoover
Republican Party
Taft
Vandenberg
Democratic Party
Mr. Hoover
Kredit Anstalt
Vienna
Europe
Latin America
Science drives Southern progress in targeted research
John Temple Graves argues that science now follows specific targets set by Southern industry and agriculture. The Southern Research Institute aims to direct scientific effort at Georgia chemistry, Michigan machinery, Alabama peanuts, and Maine potatoes, shaping a regional future through purposeful funding and goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Michigan
Alabama
Maine
Southern Research Institute
Charles F. Kettering
Institute
Kettering
South
Quotes on War, Economy, and Liberty Across World Leaders
A compilation of satellite quotes from US lawmakers and foreign figures criticizing policy, inflation, and governance. Notable voices include Rep. Charles Eaton, Harold Stassen, Secretary of the Army Royals, Sen. W. Lee O Daniel, Sen. Kenneth Wherry ORD, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Clement Attlee, Eleanor Roosevelt, Secretary Anderson, and Maurice Thorez. Topics span constitutionality, invasion risk, meat rationing, Japan reconstruction, capitalism, and foreign aid.
Unhappy Alternatives and the Marshall Plan Perspective
A 1948 Bell Syndicate column argues the Marshall Plan offers the only viable path to postwar European recovery. It cautions against reckless financing and warns that failure risks stagnation, hunger, and a future iron curtain, urging careful planning and alignment with U.S. and European interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor
Marshall
United States
Europe
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Eastern Europe plans outpace American recovery effort
Poland and neighbors in the Soviet orbit claim to have moved beyond rhetoric, forging rapid industrial and economic recovery. They cite integrated industries, currency stability, and extensive cross-border projects with Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and other nations. Trade, mutual cultural exchanges, and coal supply undergird their approach, while U.S. Army participation in major wars remains under 10 percent of total armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
United States
TD O
Western
Pecora Banteng
Nye
Germany
U.S
Hitler
Defense Department
James Forrestal
Latin America
National City Bank of
Peru
Wich
Juan BL League
Dillon
Bolivia
Chaco
Birgesse ‘Pats Itois Hsewine
Larry Allen
DeWitt MacKenszie
Warsaw
Poland
Russia
America
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Balkan Nations
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Baltic
Oder River
Danube
Black Sea
Nowe Dwory
Oswhccim
Wroclaw
Breslaw
Silesian Rings
Leopoldow
Lower Silesia
Soviet
Alarm Clock Reigns In Modern Morning Strife
Hal Boyle reflects on the modern ritual of waking, arguing science has yet to offer a pleasant rise. He traces humanity from primal mornings to today’s routine of teeth, shave, dress, and commute, all to face a day dominated by work and worry, with the alarm clock as the grim cheat to start the struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Someody
Carat Origin Tied to Carib Tea Seed Evidence
Fragmentary OCR notes suggest a claim that carat weight derives from seeds of a carib tree and that the seeds were weighed to determine a standard. The text is garbled and contains unclear figures about weight and sufficiency. Further source clarity needed to confirm etymology and measurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carib
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