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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1948
Page
2
Daily eve issue from Dothan Alabama with subscription rates and service details. Includes editorial notes on accuracy and quotes from Jefferson and Bryan. Lists Associated Press and United Press affiliations, publisher addresses, and a March 9 1948 date. Includes policy on grievances and redress.
Perry Calhoun, one of five candidates for two alternate delegate spots from Alabama's Third District, touts a platform including a plan for all Southern delegates to stay away from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. He notes a hotel room already booked by a brother-in-law and concedes the bid may be mostly symbolic. He hopes to avoid voter confusion despite advocating nonattendance as a strategic stance while acknowledging the convention will nominate Truman and set a civil rights platform.
Alabama’s educational trust fund is poised to gain money from unredeemed sales tax tokens. Of the 18 million tokens delivered for redemption, only about 20 thousand dollars—five percent—has been redeemed by March 31. About half of the redeemed funds went to crippled children’s funds, the rest to those requesting cash. Most tokens remain unredeemed, and observers wonder where the rest went while noting the fund could benefit from the leftovers.
Southern Democrats chase a two thirds rule to block nominations but the 1948 convention has 1234 votes with 618 needed for a simple majority and 824 for two thirds. Solid South counts 264 votes across 11 states, while bonuses to other regions offset leverage, leaving the South politically constrained and bound by broader party dynamics.
A columnist contrasts the Atomic Energy Commission’s work with the danger of automobiles. The commission paid $2,068 in 1987 to a claimant for property damage or personal injury from its vehicles. The piece muses on intelligence and governance, noting a governor’s pocket veto and a critique of education policy and social issues.
A proposed Internal Revenue memo outlines 49 tax law changes aimed at curbing commodity and stock speculation. It would revise capital gains rules to end loopholes and curb short term gains by discouraging practices that shift profits into long term rates. Additional reforms include penalties for late withholding, wage withholding for delinquent federal taxpayers, limits on work clothes deductions, and lifetime loss carry schemes for corporations.
A column questions the electoral college system and proposes dividing a state's electoral votes by the statewide popular vote to curb sectional influence. It weighs implications for New York Pennsylvania Ohio and the South, mentioning Walter White and Leo Isaacson and the need to preserve regional power while considering abolition of the college.
Joe W King of Pinckard Alabama declares communism a dire threat to civilization. He paints it as a monster hellish ideology that destroys individual enterprise and moral values. He warns Americans to wake up before the East’s shadow engulfs the nation.
Editorials from Selma Times Journal Covington News and others condemn Governor James Folsom over charges of common law marriage and paternity. They urge a clear, decisive denial or resignation to avoid impeachment and state disgrace. Columns mock the governor and comment on society gossip involving debutantes and public figures. EVEBROWS RACE ST, LOUIS, MO. (UP) teaser ends with a travel suggestion.
Hal Boyle describes a modern New York social scene where mothers hire press agents to secure marriages for debutante daughters. Mrs. Maggie Nobody, a middle aged widow with money and ambition, aims to force her way into society, seeking advantage through strategic marriages and public image.
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