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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1947
Page
2
A July 11, 1947 note recalls Chicago zoo prank via a glass mirror affecting monkey behavior. It then pivots to discuss Dothan city airport plans, urging commissioners to include airport funding and services as tax and maintenance issues loom.
An editorial criticizes Democratic National Committee plans for a postwar national tour by President Truman, noting the itinerary would skip the Southern states and focus on border and swing states. It argues both major parties neglect the Deep South while courting battleground regions.
Gov. Jim Folsom proposed a people's lobby after exempting used cars from the sales tax. The piece argues that the legislature already acts as a lobby for the people, elected to represent them, and questions the feasibility and dangers of a mass lobby. The author contends citizen action through insistence and protest can achieve results without undermining representative government.
Testifying before the House Judiciary Committee Frank Boswell warned that if unemployment rises the state prison population now at 4200 could hit 6000 in three years. When asked if he could handle the increase he replied I’ve got to the judges send them there I’ve never hired one yet.
City planners completed plans to extend Dothan’s city limits to include the municipal airport property shared with the county. A larger extension would place the airport inside corporate bounds, a move politicians say could boost promotional claims and traveler interest.
Veterans with lapse in government life insurance may reinstate without a medical exam by August 1 by applying paying two monthly premiums and declaring good health compared to when separated from service. After August 1, a full medical exam will be required. Government coverage is stressed as a strong value worth preserving. A local note ends with a weathered political quip about Houston County going wet.
President Truman defends a Franklin portrait amid art critics dispute and a separate probe tracks John Monroe, once jailed for black marketeering, now running Advice Inc from a Washington office as investigators seek details of his lobbying firm and its trustees. The piece also notes congressional moves to streamline foreign policy legislation aided by Javits and Vorva.
A column argues labor issues and wage disputes, cautioning against equating union labor with all workers and urging balanced views of management and labor. It critiques strikes, political rhetoric, and the pace of technological change while touching on Roosevelt era debates and road safety age limits.
A collection of brief, pithy statements from senators and public figures criticizing Washington lobbying, division, and patronage. It includes remarks by Senator Edwin Johnson Senator Millard E. Tydings Senator Harry P. Cain and others. The compiled lines touch on democracy, information from speeches, and calls for greater grassroots insight.
Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes how the Soviet Union engineered a split of Europe into Eastern and Western blocs. He notes Czechoslovakia yielded to Moscow under pressure, Poland looks to the United States for rebuilding, and fears a rift with two competing recovery programs will persist. The piece previews a Soviet led bloc expanding influence across Eastern Europe and a future east–west frontier from Stettin to the Adriatic.
HAMBURG The British military government of Germany has set up in the junk business in a big way. In an effort to win out some of the crippling costs of running the occupation, authorities have moved to capitalize on waste metal and salvage operations.
In Marianna and nearby counties civic groups urge the county school system to assume operation of Chijor College as the first school in a newly established state system. The plan would join Palm Orlando junior colleges and possibly St. Petersburg and Pinellas groups in a foundation program under the 1947 Legislature. County officials discussed regional administration, with neighboring Washington and Gadson signaling interest in joining the governance. Under the 1947 law, two or more boards may operate linked junior colleges through the State board of operation and finance, with capital and operational requirements set per county.
In Geneva the World Health Organization expert committee on standardization met under W. A. Timmerman to review wartime serum and vaccine standardization. The panel aims to finalize measures for penicillin and sulfur drugs, building on decades of League of Nations and Allied wartime research to assure consistent biological standards.
AP report from Copenhagen notes 150 East Indies children in Danish Baltic hosts face milk limits and warnings on overfeeding. A six year old from Bandung says meals to fill his stomach for months. Surplus goods including Wehrmacht equipment and autobahn assets are being sold, with thousands of items and 17,150 marks from Holland and Belgium listed.
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