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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1947
Page
8
An Oklahoma reminiscence recalls early energy waste and the shift to conservation. Farmers and drillers note the move from explosive kerosene lamps to efficient gas and oil use, highlighting state wide conservation measures that began with oil wells spouting their first flow.
Claude Barrow notes most oil wealth comes slowly from many small strip wells producing one to four barrels daily. Landowners earn about one eighth of discovered oil, with profits spread over many years. Barrow cautions on the gradual wealth while recalling a wildcatter’s two acre drill that yielded salt water the next day.
National League leads include Walker Philadelphia hitting .373 and Slaughter St. Louis with .361, Mize New York 4 and Thomson New York 37 runs, Baumholtz Cincinnati 58 hits, Ennis Philadelphia and Slaughter 13 doubles, Cooper New York 5 triples, Ed wards Brooklyn 4, Mize New York 14 and Miller Cincinnati 12 home runs, Robinson Brooklyn 8 and Torgeson Boston 7 stolen bases, Blackwell Cincinnati 51 and Sain Boston 43 strikeouts, Spahn Boston 8 1 .889 and Rowe Philadelphia 61 .857. American League batting Boudreau Cleveland .363 and DiMaggio New York .351, Keller New York 36 runs, Williams Red Sox and DiMaggio New York 31 RBIs, Kennedy Chicago and Dillinger St. Louis 53 hits, Mullin Detroit 17 and Joost Philadelphia 13 doubles, Philley Chicago and Lehmer St. Louis 5 triples, Keller New York 13 and Williams Boston 12 homers.
Radio schedules list Friday and Saturday lineups across multiple networks featuring talk, music, variety, comedies, and news. Notable entries include The Supper Club, Mystery Theater, Abbott-Lyman broadcasts, Truth Conscience, Grand Ole Opry, and This Is Hollywood with extensive afternoon and evening blocks.
Wilton Sturges rails against meager per capita library spending while praising the head librarian. He notes the county and city budgets and local philanthropy, including George H. Malone and Governor Houston, funded the library building. He urges reform and greater funding.
Mrs. Joseph O. Bailey of Brent Alabama credits Retonga with lifting years of fatigue indigestion and constipation. She reports sleeping better appetite return and easier meals saying she feels stronger and happier. Retonga is described as aiding digestion hunger and vitamin B-1 deficiency with no substitute advised and cash drug store as outlet.
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