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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1946
Page
5
Dorothy Dix muses on why husbands wander after marriage. Causes include the lure of adventure, the first baby altering marital dynamics, and hunger at home. The column blends humor with social commentary on marriage and appetite, noting the baby changes the wife’s view and the husband often becomes “Papa” or a meal anchor.
A witty maxim asserts husbands depart to escape nagging wives while a wife who flatters and entertains keeps him bound with steel hoops. It questions why more wives do not work to retain their husbands, noting husbands are useful at times and precious at others.
AUBURN ALAP Farmers expect more fertilizer for 1946-47 as American manufacturers plan record production. J C Lowry of the Alabama Extension Service cites total U S nitrogen supplies at about 812,933 tons with exports approved around 97,023 tons and government allocations, leaving about 766,000 tons for farmers.
Copal resin common in varnish making also preserves ancient insects found embedded within. Entomologists note specimens remain in perfect preservation, offering insights into extinct species and ancient ecosystems.
When tea first reached America housewives lacked preparation knowledge. Taney boiled the tea, discarded the water, and served the leaves sweetened with sugar or syrup, illustrating early improvisation in American tea practice.
Frank I Weller details Secret Service efforts to guard money, prevent check forgeries, and protect the President. He notes 270 agents handling thousands of cases as $300,000,000 in veterans and survivors checks will be mailed. The piece highlights endorser awareness, theft methods, and White House protection led by Jim Rowley with 30 agents.
In Georgia's Fifth Congressional District the popular vote winner was incumbent Helen Douglas Mankin, Atlanta attorney and state’s first regularly elected woman congresswoman, while the unit vote winner in the July 7 Democratic primary was Judge James C. Davis, per the Democratic committee decision.
White House coverage notes Rowley's title and Truman's security entourage on the road to the White House. Secret Service involvement dates to McKinley era, with guards for the President and family, dignitaries, and the Vice President. The agency began in 1860 to curb counterfeiting, once a major crime against the government. Counterfeiting peaked in the 1930s at over $1 million yearly, now reduced to a nuisance under $30,000.
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