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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1947
Page
2
A June 23 1947 editorial criticizes Alabama lawmakers for increasing daily expense allowances from 10 to 20 dollars while noting the 1945 appropriation failed to cover higher costs. The piece mocks the legislature’s self serving moves, predicting a quick replenishment by voting to raise expenses again.
The Greeks pledge collaboration and full publicity for the 300 million dollar Greco Turkish aid program. They grant the United States a free hand in funds oversight and promise an abroad reform program to maximize effectiveness. The arrangement aims for transparency and adherence to shared international interests.
The Alabama legislature left last week without pay after a $300,000 legislative supplement bill stalled in the Senate over a dispute on an Auburn Board of Trustees appointment. Lawmakers say pay will be issued next week, noting the fund dwindled from a voter-approved Clayton amendment tied to the 1945 session’s $350,000 allocation.
Statewide referendum debate lingers as Senate and House temperance committees weigh the measure. If approved, it hinges on Gov Jim Folsoms signature with revenue from state stores a major finance concern. Big Jim signals reliance on liquor profits to keep the state running and may veto if revenue shifts.
The three cent postage rate will continue for another year staying at the current level and not revert to the two cent rate. A Republican bill seeks passage to extend the three cent rate and hold other postal rates steady as a stop-gap until a permanent measure is enacted. President Truman has been invited to visit Brazil.
In Washington a quiet scandal simmers as Justice Harold Burton shows the lowest annual output in years with only three majority opinions, while Douglas and Black publish far more. Burton frequents social events, drawing insider jokes about his courtroom tardiness as colleagues pressure for steadier work. Eisenhower discusses universities and hints at a future run, while other pages note aviation safety debates over United Airlines and CAB rules, plus civil service loyalty probes in closed House hearings.
John Temple Graves surveys Florida's postwar growth driven by education. Summer enrollments rise 50 percent at Florida State College and the University of Florida, with higher professor salaries and graduates entering public schools at $2,400. The state lures Northern investors and textile interests with cooling innovations and new plants, while a Southern revival under air conditioning reshapes living and business.
The Agriculture Department projects a spring pig crop of 53,151,000 head, up 1 percent from 1946. The note follows Henry Wallace's nationwide tour, during which he criticized small Plas.
A composite quote from global leaders and scholars discusses peace, education funding, socialism, and individual rights. It includes remarks attributed to Andrei Gromyko, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dr. Harry A. Burke, and Winston Churchill, reflecting postwar debates on governance and civil liberties.
In The World Today, Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes Stalin's Kremlin deliberations on joining European economic rehabilitation. Moscow weighs risk to its global aims against Western hopes for German and Austrian recovery, amid fears Russia may seek only to expand influence or block Western plans.
SIDE GLANCES by Galbraith notes Moscow Pravda presents an indirect reply to charges. The party organ claims the Soviet Union desires to cooperate peacefully with all nations regardless of economic systems, strengthening its diplomatic stance.
A Pittsburg boy Jimmy Boustead fell into a storm sewer and river current. His friend Lawrence Wild sprinted 150 feet, crawled through the sewer, braced against the torrent, and pulled Jimmy to safety. Passersby pulled them to daylight.
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