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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1934
Page
2
The page includes advertising notices, circulation details, and departments like gifts of thanks obituaries and resolutions. It features a statement of Associated Press rights and a historical pledge emphasizing free press and redress. Date shown is Tuesday May 15, 1934.
The piece argues the short ballot strengthens voter control by tying appointive offices to the governor with recall and Senate confirmation, cites Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D Roosevelt supporting it, refutes propaganda fears, and says 21 states already use it. It labels Dixon backers as opposed to reform and links support to modern government. It notes Birmingham Post endorsement supporting the plan.
Prattville May 8 1934 Hopson Owen Murfee presents a patriotic appeal aligning Alabama with Franklin D Roosevelt and Major Frank M Laon. Emphasizes education discipline unity and sacrifice for the common good under federal leadership.
The piece critiques Roosevelt style and politics, noting a calm bedside manner and reliance on rhetoric to soothe a worried public. It argues Roosevelt’s approach masks deeper issues, with lingering economic fears and political tensions shaping public sentiment and party dynamics.
A travelogue on a May 15 journey across Colorado and New Mexico by train. vivid scenes of cliffs, sage brush, and mountain towns. The narrator notes altitude effects, rolling storms, and the lure of movies in remote stations. Interactions with locals, cowhands, and Albuquerque indecisively tinted by cinema culture surface amid desert heat and old rail nostalgia.
A definition notes that in legislative bodies the term honorable is used for all members. It cites the phrase the honorable and mentions how such forms appear in parliamentary discourse. The entry includes a brief dictionary-style explanation with sample wording.
Jim Rogers, who runs a filling station on Wadesboro Road, came up town seeking a certain fellow to see him. I informed Jim he had been dead for six months. He replied I hate that because he owed me a quarter. Monroe, N C Jownead.
Fragmentary remarks discuss psychology of depression and bedside manner. Mentions Uncle Sam needing warmth and syrupy cure. Brief jibe about Democrats and Republicans at night and a theory that hard times are behind us, with unclear conclusions.
A jumble of brief items reports kidnappings, political moves, odd incidents, and thefts. Notable notes include a kidnap victim recovered near Denver, police preparations near polling places in State primaries, a buckling pipe bomb scare, a galley of urban curiosities, and burglaries in Milwaukee and Madison.
Bandits led by General Ho Lung seized American missionary Rev. Howard Smith of Washington Pa near Penghaien in Szechuan and demanded 35000 dollars ransom. Smith, 42, was abducted in the early May incident as tensions rise in Hankow China.
A medical briefing outlines degenerative arthritis in older patients, typically around 45 to 50, often female and overweight, with knee pain and joint nodules. X rays show new bone formation at finger joints, with minimal pain, no red joints, and limited fixation. Emphasis on conserving physical resources and using physical therapy to improve circulation around affected joints.
Mrs Smith urged a three year old June Thomas for a kiss but the child refused and the mother did not press. The piece argues self determination for children and warns against forcing intimate affection and contact. It notes a child’s resistance may reflect a mood or aversion and stresses kindness and consent in early social training.
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