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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1946
Page
8
Incomplete clipping notes Western Hemplephers culture with phrases suggesting rise or decline. No clear people, places, or events emerge to identify a definite news item. The text is too garbled to extract concrete facts or dates for a fuller summary.
The passage traces how early irrigation and grain use shaped Egypt Sumer and Rome. It notes wheat finds in tombs and how bread supported Rome via circuses. It cites theories that crop blights and cold climates influenced northern expansion and the Roman decline.
The article traces bread shortages from the French Revolution to Malthus and the New World grain supply. It notes Malthusian limits on population growth, how grain abundance fueled expansion in America, and current concerns about sustaining global food needs as populations rise without new grain sources.
Maj. Joseph F H Pickett of the Dothan Army Recruiting Station outlines a June 30 deadline fueling a rush in local enlistments. He notes key benefits expiring soon include dependents allotments and GI Bill education features for new enlistees and those discharged since 1945.
In Montgomery Alabama Baptists urged voters to avoid appeals to racial hatred as they consider the U S Senate race of late John B Bankhead. Delegates adopted a resolution calling for unity between white and Negro residents and condemned efforts to foment bitterness. They backed a fundraising drive with Howard and Birmingham Southern Colleges for 1 006 000 and a separate 90000 drive for Todton College at Marlot.
Mrs. Daisy C. Carlisle R N instructor in Home Nursing with the Jackson County Red Cross accepts a temporary assignment in Cherokee County North Carolina from Atlanta headquarters. The program last winter awarded certificates to 16 students including 30 colored pupils. She will return to Missouri to resume high school classes statewide in the fall. The chapter seeks support for a $600000 Rockefeller Foundation grant.
In Indianapolis the Weiss Delicatessen near the famed circle ran out of bread during the lunch hour. Patrons improvised with rye and white loaves from a nearby market before the shop prepared more corned beef sandwiches.
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