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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1932
Page
2
National representatives listed across cities and a stray note on misstatements and alimony quotes. The piece satirically cites The Literary Digest prohibition poll, comments on radio crooners, poison gas history, and political seat maneuvering with bemused newspaper lightheartedness.
The report notes that under New Jersey law kidnapers face life imprisonment, and only eight states have the death penalty. It lists maximum penalties for 48 states, including Alabama with death, Arizona with life imprisonment, California with 20, and Florida with life, among others, reflecting wide variance in punishment for kidnaping.
The Dothan Harmony Club was entertained by Mrs. W S Wilson. Miss Belle Anderson of Montgomery visited Mrs. Charlie Farmer on N Oates street. BR Keston was in Montgomery. Mrs W O Whatlow left for a visit in Thomasville Ga. W C Fenn made a business trip to Pensacola. G M Lewis attended an aviation meet in Montgomery. Miss Annie Johnston entertained the Kill Bare Kind at her home on W Main. De C B Perry returned to Columbia after a visit in Dothan. A boy was born to Prof and Mrs H C Carlisle on route one.
A compact item lists state names followed by numeric values and words life or death, indicating penalties or classifications per state. The fragment includes many states such as Missouri death Nebraska life Nevada life New York 50 Texas death and others with varied figures.
A Wiregrass farmer laments thrift vs spending as President Hoover appoints Donald Comer head of Alabama’s anti hoarding committee. The piece argues thrift clashes with crisis, noting panic and profiteering while urging prudent action and criticizing business leaders. It questions what constitutes normal times amid hunger in a land of plenty.
The Talladega Daily Home recounts Will Rogers describing the Lindbergh baby as a typical 20 month old boy with blue eyes and a happy personality. Rogers recalls the scene at the Lindbergh home with Mrs Lindbergh and the nurse, the baby in blue outfits, and family play as the world watches the kidnapping case unfold.
A lengthy satire details John W. Philp's intervention for Brewton Alabama post office improvements. The Fourth Assistant Postmaster General orders painting, two electric lights, and better acoustics to modernize the dingy quarters, likening the result to Notre Dame and the Capitol.
Fragment from a historical note catalogs quirky Georgia place names like Sapptown Claxton Scuffle Town Blackshear Boggy Bay Waytross Pebble City Camilla Gum Creek Covington and mentions columns such as Hopeful News Stilmore News Creasroad News Brickstoare News Harmony News Moore Dots and Wayside News with Liston Elkins in the Journal-Herald.
Local ex service men the Hamilton Alien Smith Post American Legion and the D A V and residents plan a Memorial Hall on the recently donated Wynn Avenue lot. Leaders say early work will start on the structure and the building will extend about 102 feet with an ornamented frontage.
New York letter recalls stage star Emily Ann Wellman now known as Mrs Richard Gordon wife of the Sherlock Holmes actor in radio sketches. She attended a theatre guests briee party and presented a photo of her husband while avoiding references to her own stage career.
Acrobats returning from Hollywood stag engagements are drawing crowds in the movie colony as audiences, once walkouts during vaudeville, now find the acts appealing. Broadway critics claim Hollywood actors feel no urge to outdo acrobats while watching them, sparking talk of renewed theater interest. Hollywood visitors counter that acrobats remain among the best offerings Broadway has left, amid a shift away from stunt men in films.
Herbert Plummer recalls William Woodville Rockhill as the true influence behind America’s open door policy toward China. Rockhill, a former student interpreter in China, built a deep understanding of Chinese issues through travels and studies, influencing long-running U.S. policy.
The article recalls Rockhill as secretary of the American Legation in Peking, later minister to China, and a special commissioner during the 1900 Boxer uprising. In 1901 he helped represent the United States at the Peking conference on foreign claims, shaping Far East policy alongside Hay. Both men saw the Pacific as America's future market and opposed partitioning China by foreign powers.
Secretary Hay rejected ceding Chinese territory to settle Boxer indemnity claims and helped secure repayment of indemnities for U S use of schools. With Rockhill, Hay articulated the open door policy. Charles Evans Hughes later reasserted it as Secretary of State. Secretary Stimson’s letter to Senator Borah continues the tradition.
A Greensboro Watchman snippet notes that asking a man what time it is, then about his watch, reveals his life story. The piece treats the watch as a faithful timepiece with a personal history and uses it as a mild social observation.
Mary admires her mother's dresses and questions the need for many gowns. The piece notes envy in children is natural and can be tempered by illustrating a glamorous future and ensuring the child has friends and fun. It warns envy becomes a problem only if the child lacks social ties or feels neglected by parents.
Puff announces plans to travel next to Venice and then Rome and Naples in an hour. He directs companions Whiz Bun and others to prepare coffee toast jam and host duties for the journey.
Mary Graham Bonner narrates John and Peggy’s dreamlike journey as chimpanzees chatter about their lives and Africa. A pilot ferrying them over the continent shares native stories of animals and secrets of their ways before they reach northern ostrich family members in South Africa.
Dr Lago Goldston discusses winter skin care and protection against cold wind damage. He explains how cold can boost circulation in mild conditions but harsh weather caused by wind can blue the skin, requiring extra protection with warm clothing and fat containing cream. He notes the skin's sebum protects it, warns against harsh soaps, and recommends a simple cold cream.
Menu items include breakfast lunch and dessert with orange juice cereal eggs and beef. The cookie recipe outlines a date filled square using fat sugar eggs vanilla nutmeg cream and flour with baking steps and vented tops.
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