03 Nov 1936
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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1936
Page
1
The Dothan Eagle masthead lists editors managers and staff including WILLIAM THEONORE BALL JULIAN BALL and O RACE HAUS with addresses and service areas. It shows subscription rates for city and mail delivery, details carriers zones and pricing for one week six months and one year. The issue is dated Tuesday November 3 1936 and includes notices about press association and editorial content with obituaries and a quotation from I John 4 12.
The Atlanta Journal analyzes the American Petroleum Institute report on diversion of motor fuel taxes from highway use to general state purposes. It notes substantial diversions, including Georgia and New York, arguing that diverted funds cost highway jobs and reduce road construction and maintenance.
A woman proposes opening a shop to help fund the family, suggesting books clothes or gifts and banking support. Her partner worries about home duties and upfront capital, while she argues for independence and a trial period with a store closed June to September.
Rodney Dutcher examines the 1937 payroll tax shift for old age benefits, detailing a 2 percent employer payroll tax, later rising to 3 percent for both employer and employee, and notes how pay envelope notices frame it as a wage tax. The piece outlines benefits starting in 1942, beneficiary earnings effects, and political tension over guaranteed appropriations and contrasts Democrat and Republican arguments.
The text argues that vehicle taxes unfairly burden the poor. It cites a Commerce Department survey showing three times as many cars belong to families under $1,000 income versus those over $3,000. Most car owners earn under $2,000, with only ten percent above $3,000. Diversion is deemed economically unsound and a means to avoid fair taxes.
The Alabama Journal notes that molasses has earlier been used as binder for roads and that Alabama could supply materials if either cotton or molasses is used. The writer favors the cotton binder and jokes that supporters of the molasses binder risk beheading by car wheels while driving over the road.
A fragment from a dated page shows a millionaire telling a hopeful suitor he will not interfere with his daughter’s marriage proposal. The young man, penniless, vows to ask again, while the father notes she has been educated to read newspapers and should answer for herself.
Montgomery police continued a sweep after a rash of daylight store robberies and captured the culprits. Alexander City Outlook reports the arrests and ongoing investigation.
The Alexander City Outlook notes Geneva seeks removal of its two traffic lights while Prattville wants three, suggesting a light exchange could ease both towns and improve traffic flow.
In this Army and Navy Journal snippet a chemistry professor challenges Cadet Jones to name HNO3. Jones hesitates then answers nitric acid, prompting the professor's urging to speak up. The exchange showcases classroom humor and exam pressure in a military science context.
A practical discussion on how memory works in young children explains that memory is limited by unconscious associations and the child’s attention. It argues that long term instructions overwhelm a small child and that short, immediate reminders work best.
A New York Letter surveys clerks praised for old style salesmanship, gossip about blackmail and spurious diaries, and the decline of Central Park’s glamour amid vandals and debris. It notes figures like Major Bowes, Will Rogers, and George Arliss, plus restaurant shifts on Lexington Avenue and a quip about a rude hamburger hitch. The piece blends cultural critique with city deterioration and pop culture references.
The Florala News voices disappointment with the highway patrol after supporting a 50 cent per person license fee to fund highway safety. It argues patrols are often occupied with cotton mills, prisoners, or personal matters, while reckless driving persists and motorists fear no patrol presence.
Selma officials announce final federal grant from the PWA to fund a three story municipal building. The first two floors will house city offices, with the top floor containing a jail to be used by both county and city governments. The project is hailed as a strong community boon and marks a major civic achievement.
A tense scene unfolds as Terence Lawson confronts a trap set by Blake Lawson. Lee Ramsden dies during a struggle over a bronze statuette, and Lawson contemplates disposing of the corpse while Fatty and Ruth Fraser react to the mounting danger around Mahony and Miss Little in Clapham.
Two year old EvelynReyn heavily on her rig ice from public servants jammed her foot in the elbow garden drain pipe. Police arrived on a motorcycle. Firemen from Truck No.1 freed the child using a calking process. State tax collections rose $800000 in early 1926.
A garbled transcript shows a prisoner telling Judge Perry about disturbing behavior and drinking. The judge appears to respond tersely with phrases like Go, more. The dialogue includes lines such as I took a judge and Why was them pulled, indicating a disrupted courtroom exchange.
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