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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1943
Page
4
The article argues inflation must be tackled by labor leadership influencing policy and prices. It criticizes administration timidity and calls for fair wage and price controls, urging labor to act decisively to curb inflation without special favors. It notes limited progress under current policies and warns against panic-driven price manipulation.
Government urges prompt letter writing to Congress by chamber members. Alabama Governor Sparks backs a crackdown on vagrants. emphasis on mobilizing able-bodied unemployed to farm work. Local law enforcement teams in Dothan and Houston counties support statewide drives to ease farm labor shortages as harvest nears.
A short proverb style meditation quotes verses about envy and wealth. It contrasts hasty hate and innocence, noting that pride in riches is folly and urging moral restraint. The lines echo early modern religious sentiment via a Preverba source and Jeremiah Johnson style attribution.
Organised labor voices anger at rising living costs and the Little Steel formula. They demand price reductions or wage increases, pressing Roosevelt after a conference. Labor groups threaten action against the Office of Price Administration while urging workers to write Congress with precise, business-focused arguments.
War era notes describe a large postwar officer surplus, with hundreds of desk-bound generals to retire by age limits affecting roughly 1,000 U.S. officers. The piece also recounts the veto of a strike bill and the timing maneuvers surrounding its delivery. It includes political color about New Deal sentiment and exchanges among White House advisers, plus diplomatic tax exemptions for officials.
New York columnist Brooke Phelps argues against government figures on strike losses and mocks New Deal statisticians. He contends unions and Labor Department data misrepresent stoppages, notes open shop tactics, and recalls NRA era figures used to push policy.
In Norton cemetery a tall tombstone marks Franklin P. Salyer whose body was buried thrice. Slain in Knott County Kentucky by outlaw Taft Hall, he was reinterred by his father Sam Salyer after a 75 mile wagon trip. Years later railroad right of way condemned the graveyard, and Salyer now rests in a new site 500 yards uphill.
Lt Comdr Paul E McMaster USN writing in JAMA reports 500 cases showing best treatment for sprained ankles is immediate movement. Pain relief via injections or tape and rapid return to normal activity correlated with faster recovery. Real estate price rise cites Uncle Sam paying France about 15 million for nearly 1 million square miles in Louisiana territory. Virgin Islands cost 35 million. island group totals 133 square miles.
In London a large test of Belisha beacons for pedestrian safety shows about 8000 units damaged or broken. The orange globes atop the England signaling poles carry a replacement estimate near 1.25 currency units each, highlighting ongoing maintenance costs during the trial period.
The piece discusses a possible declaration of Rome as an open city to avoid military targets, with Mussolini's reluctance and Allied conditions. It notes Rome’s strategic rail and industry role, Vatican assurances as potential verification, and rumored moves toward Verona as pressures mount amid Allied advances on Palermo.
Pasadena born track star Capt. Charlie Paddock died in a fiery plane crash near Sitka Alaska while serving with the U S Marines. The incident also claimed Maj. Gen. William P. Upshaw and four others, marking another fatal loss among top athletes after Nite Kinnick and Louie Zamperini. Paddock, famed as the world’s fastest human in the 1920s, set 10 yard dash records and helped define an era alongside Dompassy and Ruth in sport history.
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