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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1948
Page
2
Public notices and subscription pricing details from Gorece Hall address the Dothan Alabama post office. Includes carrier and mail rates in Alabama Georgia and Florida, with one week and monthly pricing, plus obituary and card of thanks charges and AP news usage statements.
Dr Roy Marshall director of a Philadelphia planetarium links rising sunspot activity and ultraviolet rays to heightened temper and emotional instability. He notes daytime irritability in all living beings may be tied to solar radiation, and that behavior tends to persist past sunset, with some people warming up further after dark.
The Southern wing and NAACP oppose restating the 1944 civil rights plank. NAACP demands Truman's full program while Southerners seek a states rights counterplank. Walter White warns the party faces a Negro vote shift and possible regional realignment if the platform ignores the issue. By next week leaders must choose between appealing to White's side or courting Southern Democrats.
The article argues for zone speed limits over a fixed statewide limit, noting road conditions and traffic vary greatly. It also parodies a Fort Sumter preservation protest by Rep Angier L Goodwin, mocking War Department plans to sell forts and urging preservation.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, then a young man, emerges through interviews and anecdotes as a future commander. The column traces his boyhood days in Abilene Kansas, early political leanings, and character notes from family and local figures, including his 1909 Democratic banquet speech at age 19.
Opinion column argues free enterprise as a core American ideal and warns against tying it to totalitarian or anti trust actions. It emphasizes Eisenhower as a principled leader with a soul and contemplates his potential presidential role and party nomination amid postwar politics.
A playful, fragmentary collection of stray observations and wry jokes about spring, love letters, urban mornings, driving habits, menus, aging, and small mishaps. It blends humorous asides on doctors, bonds, fashion, and everyday quirks with garbled OCR remnants from a late 19th or early 20th century style column, preserving local flavor and period tone.
A rambling column rails at hot weather, gas costs, and postoffice mixups, while joking about the Chicken of Tomorrow Committee and ant poisons. It recalls local merchants, a mumps-related ad issue, and a farmer’s shift to dairy to ensure steady income in the Decatur area.
A Census Bureau official notes a 50 percent rise in wives holding jobs since 1940, seen as boosting living standards yet reflecting inflation strain. The piece argues pay must maintain purchasing power so wives aren’t forced to work, while acknowledging the trend helps families make ends meet.
Clarke County Democrat editorializes that Republicans at the Philadelphia convention believe they will nominate the next President of the United States and that Democrats may nominate Truman, signaling a charged political moment.
July 9 1922 notes Dothan’s inclusion in a freight rate adjustment effective July 1 covering agricultural implements iron and steel supplies canned goods and furniture. Mack Baker 26 died from a tree accident near Cowarts the same day. Seven injured when a car veered off a road north of Ariton crashing into a tree. J H Beall driving. Camels Beall and others injured. party traveling to Laverne for retirements.
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