Dothan Eagle Questioned City Commission Candidates
The Dothan Eagle reports on four questions posed to seven city commissioner candidates. Eric Gellerstedt, Miles Miller and J Bates answered yes to all, signaling support for a city manager plan. Newton Bentley May refused to state positions. voters favored an economical city commission manager system.
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Champion Cop Here 3 4 Close Up Composita Photo
A vivid portrait praises a top police figure noted for vigilance over public order. The piece argues prevention of misbehavior is easier than cure and cites surrounding public chatter and political distraction. It also references controversial leaders stirring external conflicts to divert attention from internal issues.
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Finland pays war debt and lessons for tariff policy
Peter Molyneaux argues in The Texas Weekly that Finland has fulfilled its U S war debt by shifting trade away from American goods. He contends this shows the perils of relying on foreign purchases and urges leaders to tackle war debt and tariff barriers to speed global recovery.
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Texas Weekly
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Menace of the Instrument Threat to Horace Hall and Others
A fragment warns of dangerous instruments that, while harmless in play, have damaged Horace Hall Jim Brentan Botts Silngiuti Drury Flowers Ed Crawford and Az Flowers. It describes compulsive, consuming practice and tournaments within a 40 day cycle, risking commerce and homes, and ends with a curiously odd note about fishing and drinking from a cap.
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Readers urge named stream crossings on bridges
Jackson Miss Daily News suggests the state highway commission adopt plaques naming streams as bridges cross. The writer notes many rivers creeks and brooks have Indian names and urges easier recognition while preserving local heritage.
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Mark Twain Quotation Recalled by House Speaker
The Birmingham News notes Speaker Burns cites a Mark Twain longhand quotation dated February 16, 1901, calling it a corker and urging lawmakers to consider it before voting. The line reads, A way do right, this will gratify some people and astonish the rest, Yours truly Stark Twain.
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Birmingham News
Sourdolon Returns to Find Wife Hadnt Been Ole
The excerpt describes a Boston stage play about a couple on Beacon Hill during the Gold Rush era. A husband leaves for Alaska to gain fortune while his wife stays behind to keep their house in order. Years later the second act shows the husband’s mind failing and the wife proudly reveals she too has stayed faithful.
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Washington Letter on the slow start of the Works Progress Administration
Paul Mallon describes the delayed launch of the $4.8 billion WPA plan, noting only Indiana Georgia and Alabama approvals and two cities funded. He explains organizational hurdles Hopkins Ickes sparring and project testing, with delays blamed on governance conflicts and funding absorption concerns.
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New York Letter Raga and Dining Tales
A rambling New York letter recalls late night dining at Luchow's near Fulton Street, with notes on old timers, Bowery legends, and encounters including John McCormack and Edwin Booth. It riffs on city scenes, social chatter, and eccentric anecdotes from 19th century streets to modern tastes, with colorful portraits of venues and characters.
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Political jibe trails in two papers
The Tampa Tribune notes Republicans face double trouble needing fresh platform planks and a candidate to rally behind. A Montreal Star quip comments on money in society, imagines wealth aiding the poor but concedes they would not use it if they had it.
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Representative Rankin Accuses Wiretap During Debate
The scene features Rankin alleging that a telephone line was tapped, provoking remarks from a Democratic leader in the house. The exchange hints at heightened political tensions as the tentative status of the matter is mentioned.
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How's Your Health A discussion of adolescence and its challenges
Dr. Iago Goldstein surveys adolescence as a period of physical and psychological strain. He notes coordination struggles as bones outpace muscles and urges parents to consult physicians and study mental hygiene literature to support youths through growing up.
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Hollywood’s Mala film crew taps Tahiti natives for atmosphere
In a Robbin Coons column from July 15, Richard Thorpe’s Tahiti location for Mala highlights the challenge of sourcing island talent. The cast includes Ray Wise and Lotus Long from Eskimo, with Thorpe and casting chief Wichita-born, 14-year veteran Thorpe arranging daily native extras paid about one dollar. District chiefs collect film earnings for natives, funding community needs. natives’ availability and pay shape the production process.
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DAY IN CONGRESS REPORTS AND DEBATES ON AMENDMENTS
Debates in the Senate over AAA amendment and Morgenthau bill to bar salts to recover under gold clause abrogation. House considers miscellaneous legislation as Ways and Means discusses liquor control. Repeater Money, Mo July 13 (AP) notes a weather tale and a string of unconnected observations about divers and public life.
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Tales to Parents by Mrs Brooks Peters Church
A column argues for thoughtful discipline over uninspired punishment and warns that arousing childish fear or resentment yields little benefit. It stresses future-focused consequences and inventive justice aligned with misdeed, followed by a whimsical vignette about Willy Nilly and friends from the Puddle Muddlers, yearning for his return.
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