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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1945
Page
9
Dorothy Dix muses on changes in husbands after marriage noting loss of courtly amenities, silence, and shifts in finances. The piece contrasts youthful romance with domestic realities and cites life costs from groceries to rent, painting a portrait of the “joy of the street and sorrow of the home.”
A plan to repatriate troops from the Pacific leads to large scale furloughs as 300000 soldiers pass through New York and other ports in August. The Defense Transportation Agency bans civilian use of sleeping cars to speed homecoming. Railroads anticipate months of heavy traffic and the Army Service Forces move troops from overseas to embarkation ports.
Newsreel style account of ships docking at New York with decorated decks and cheering crowds. Red Cross volunteers provide coffee milk bread doughnuts and cards as wounded men board ambulances and Able bodied troops travel by train to camps Gilmer and Shanks in New Jersey and New York area. A veteran describes a fond homeward leave and a looping journey while North American Indians are noted as a traditional group with little history of fines.
Birmingham remains without papers as a sustained strike disrupts distribution. The dispute involves publishers and printers with activity and protests across streets, while police and unions monitor the stalled operations and editorials speculate on wider impacts of the work stoppage.
A sale ad offers cocktail tables with glass tops and a mahogany finish, priced at 12.95 with 12 units left. Boudoir chairs chintz covered with springs and colors, valued at 12.95, with 15 left. Smokers in maple and walnut finish, attractive and useful, 50 units remaining.
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