23 Mar 1933
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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1933
Page
1
Editor Willam Theoidre Rail Pama announces a reprint era from 1902 to 1908 with subscription rates, advertising, and misc business notes. The piece includes a Jefferson quote and thanks to voters in Houston and Henry Counties for electing a State Senator, promising to work on tax relief.
The Eagle explains it has not sided in the campaign to change Dothan's city government form. The paper stresses impartial news coverage, noting past editorial stances were tied to competing papers and that current leaders sought editorial thunder, which the Eagle equates to a muffled belch. Dothan's political culture is described as vigorous and unpredictable.
The Associated Press reports brewers project legal beer will yield 25 to 30 million barrels and $125 to $150 million in tax revenue, with industry spending estimated at about $370 million for reconstruction. They forecast capacity reaching 40 million barrels in year one and list major expenditures from plants to labels and trucks.
A trade association survey projects large growth for brewers with 500000 additional jobs, needs for 45000000 bushels of barley, 800000000 pounds of rice and related staples, 80000000 pounds of hops and 2000000 tons of coal. Rail results show 123000 carloads of coal brewing materials machinery beer and grain.
A New York writer recalls meeting a cabaret singer from Iowa who inspired the song and led to marriage. Now the wife sues for divorce for desertion while the husband, once a famous ex mayor, travels Europe with his mistress. The piece critiques his vanity and lack of substance.
The Mobile Press lauds Southern Senators as capable leaders in the Senate with few exceptions. It cites Robinson as potential majority leader and Harrison as finance chair, praises Glass for appropriations, notes sectionalism shifts, and remarks on Roosevelt’s cabinet picks including Hull Swanson and Glass. Anniston Star.
Homer’s repeated phrases show how writers once relied on vivid diction and classic turns of phrase. Science Service gathered an extended list of synonyms for said and several playful alternatives, illustrating era tone and the craft of word choice.
The article traces White House telephone usage from No 1 in 1901 to the current National 1414, noting 58 instruments and 21 trunk lines for the President elect. It covers prior presidents' habits, Harding expanding use, and special booths for Taft, with Roosevelt-era limits and Wilson's rare calls.
Twenty years ago notices list Mrs K Burnham visiting Atlanta Miss Mary Dickens returning from Abbeville Co E Segrest Slocomb Hugh Flowers Abbeville AP I student Mrs M D Bozeman appendicitis operation Clanton Davis visiting Haleburg relatives Miss Lillie Jordan visiting parents W Main St Judge H A Pearce returning Elba for court Miss Willie Belle Morris Samson aunt Mrs A Y Malone Miss Willie Crank Dye Nashville college Rev L G H Williams in Geneva Episcopal church service
A speaker laments modern warfare likened to a slaughterhouse and warns of money blinding moral sight. Tales include a rich man at Heaven’s gate and a Pensacola shark tragedy, with moral reflections on sin, greed, and human vice.
The passage recalls a wartime quip about marines living off the country. It describes a scene where a maidly reaction misidentifies advancing troops as soldiers, then corrects with humor about marines and a dog. The anecdote appears in a U.S.S. Pennsylvania Keystone excerpt.
The Chanute Kansas Tribune remarks that 830 words are enough for verbal intercourse in any language yet suggests two to three dozen words suffice for ordinary use. It lists numbers one to ten and a handful of words as sufficient gear for simple communication such as hotel, station, no, yes, food, money and robber.
A humorous exchange in which one barber recalls a mythic sight of Medusa with snakes in her hair. The other barber asks what he saw, and the first replies that myth readings led him to imagine a dame with serpents, refusing a permanent wave.
A historical note explains the dog’s role in advancing medicine and psychology, highlighting Pasteur’s rabies work and a new distemper prevention method. It covers distemper causes, a killed-virus vaccine, and immunization strategies using vaccine and serum to protect healthy dogs and treat sick ones.
Willy Nilly hypes a seaside dolls party in Quackerville with Mrs Quacko. He suggests a red sash and lace to dress her up while pondering how Mrs Quacko might read fortunes for the other ducks whose futures are unclear.
A columnist argues that long held male attitudes toward girls stem from perceived physical superiority and cultural cues. It discusses parental influence, discipline patterns, and effects on boys view of girls, blaming unequal freedoms and double standards for fostering contempt and resentment toward women.
Amos Jones laments limited discussion on the upcoming election and old guards’ detachment. Lawrence Coe notes students and teachers read the paper while offering no clear guidance. Police Chief Tatum says little has improved and hints the commission election may spark business revival after four.
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