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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1932
Page
1
On his 93rd birthday John D. Rockefeller Sr. offered optimism saying depressions come and go and prosperity returns. He urged younger generations to adopt the same hopeful view and persist through downturns.
In an interview with Owen White in Colliers, Owen D. Young argues Americans are trapped by a half slave half free economy. He says tariffs and farm credit schemes widened the split, hurting farmers and industry, and calls for economic unity and mutual prosperity led by sensible policy and business leadership. He contrasts economic and political unity, warning political barriers harm long term living standards. In Birmingham, more details follow.
A humorous but sharp anecdote from The Eagle staff recounts a Panama City Fourth of July trip and an elaborate fake obituary prank. The mock piece mocks editor Julian Orison Hall and riffs on the Ku Klux Klan in a period newspaper voice while noting the editor’s real life history and the office’s reaction. The spoof includes forged notes and bereavement cards as part of the joke, reflecting local press tensions of the era.
A sermon-like meditation contrasts the Chicago Democratic convention protests with calls to spiritual discipline. It warns that celebrating risk and militarism drains funds from charity, education, and faith, citing banners torn in protest, sowing and reaping, and a canal of misdirected spending from gunboats to hungry mouths.
A collection of pithy quips and wry observations attributed to W. C. Batchelor. Items range from political jibes about Democrats to humorous takes on fishing, medicine, germ theory, and whiskey, with a closing jab at Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Miss Bessia Hadley visited relatives in Trev. v. C. Howell of Cottonwood attended the teachers institute here and returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Espy came back from Owenton Ky. where they spent their hoomesmenn. Missee Grach and Charity Hancher of Troy were visiting here. Miss Lucile Whiddon returned from De Funiak Springs Fla. where she visited Mrs HH. Batchelor. Mrs L. H. Smith who had been visiting her son Hugh Smith returned to Marianna. J. H. Ademe of Ozark was a business visitor. Tae As Too Tike TE club entertained by Mrs W. B Malone. Mrs Bell Booth of Panama City Fla. was in Dothan. W. W. Holloway of Enterprise was ta Tins oe avila.
The Glen Ridge community protested an $80,000 post office project included in Congress unemployment relief legislation, saying the existing building is satisfactory and hoping to curb federal spending. A Florida town also opposed a new Federal building amid similar concerns.
A he insight into a child’s ownership shows how possessions shape self and intellect. The piece argues private ownership nurtures personal identity and that early selfish possessiveness should be allowed before encouraging shared toys and social play.
A British Medical Research Council study concludes brain diseases chiefly affect intelligence when the brain is extensively involved. Encephalitis often worsens mental function, while non brain illnesses, even with long illness, show little to no harm. Acute illness may even boost reaction speeds on tests.
Peggy and her friends play under the trees with dolls while John and friends sail a boat they made. A cord breaks and the boat drifts downstream, prompting plans to retrieve the Pride of the River. Old Jonah watches as Dick wonders how long the boat has been adrift before they find it by the river bank under a willow branch.
A fragment from Hambone's Meditations hints at a humorous or satirical piece by J P Alley. The garbled OCR suggests a playful or observational tone about folks go ing to convalescence or conversations. Further context is unreadable.
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