Dothan Eagle listing early 20th century publication facts
The Dothan Eagle details its founding and editorship history up to 1974 with notes on publishers and office locations. It lists subscription rates by carrier mail and routes across Alabama Georgia and Florida, plus obituaries and other notices. The piece ends with a quotation from Thomas Jefferson about tyranny.
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Alabama
Georgia
Florida
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Truman Opens Path to Bipartisan Cooperation in New Congress
The November 12 1946 editorial praises President Truman for offering to cooperate with the Republican controlled 80th Congress. It urges mutual good will, warns against partisan attacks, and emphasizes focus on national welfare rather than party advantage. The piece also counters Democratic malcontents skeptical of Republican victory.
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80Th Congress
Truman
Mr. Truman
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Henry Wallace
Washington
Alabama Motorists Association lists alcohol travel tips
The Alabama Motorists Association urges motorists to consider wet county rules when driving through dry areas. It cites an Appeals Court ruling allowing open whisky in a wet county en route to a dry one and lists 19 counties where carrying an opened bottle is reportedly legal for travel.
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AMA
Chilton
Birmingham
Montgomery
Court of Appeals
Alabama
State payroll savings plan shows wartime bond habit fading
Roland Mushat reports only about one in ten state employees still buy government bonds by salary deduction. For 1945-46 state workers invested $151,948. 691 of 6575 employees were buying as of last September, down from 1,124 or 24 percent a year earlier. The piece urges maintaining thrift and bond saving postwar for individuals and the economy.
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Mushat
Political Sharp Words Across the House
The column notes Republicans accuse Democrats of premature sniping at the new Congress while Democrats retaliate that Republicans did the same to the Democratic administration. It contrasts eight Democratic Congresses having served with the 80th Congress yet to assemble.
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Price Control probes target Selmians in Birmingham letters
The Sela Times Journal reports OPA investigators in Birmingham sent notices to Selmians who bought new gas vehicles asking for interviews over possible Price Control Act violations. Letters request bills of sale receipts and private records, with a grave warning to comply or face peril. The piece links the issue to broader political backlash and voter sentiment.
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Mingham
Truman's ex naval aide seeks disability pension
President's former naval aide Commodore Jake Vardaman, now on active duty and a Federal Reserve Board member, seeks disability retirement to gain a lifelong pension. He faced scrutiny over seagoing pay, house repairs funded by troops, and a missing fitness file, while Molotov's embassy visit highlighted Soviet-American tensions.
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Truman
U. S
Goering
Washington
Jake Vardaman
Missouri
Federal Reserve Board
Vardaman
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Medical Survey Board
White House
Potomac
Navy
Williamsburg
Bce
Georgetown
Highes Economic Board
USA
Donnell
Senate
Russia
Molotov
Congress
Save
Fimmbluy
Jon Spive
Hewig
Mbolatay
Conmerece Averny
Dee Tereser
Meilatay
Vasrehestav
St. Pacrelos
Geo Patdeet
Harriman
Hartingen
Molto
Weis Bo Lever
Ruesh
Hermann Goer
Peneral
Ole Nann
Speer
Rayburn
Minorits
House of Representatives
Sam
Masachusett
John McCormack
McCormack
Kentuc i
May
Bob Mion
Quincey
Mass
America
Capitol
James Shera Montgomery
Chiuphan
Bill Donaldson
House
Capitol Hill
Quotes on world order and education from leaders and educators
A collection of brief statements from figures including Clement Attlee Sir Carl Berendsen Joe Cherne Charles Rozmorcea Alonzo Grace Alben Barkley Ernest Bevin General Eisenhower Mrs John E Hayes and others. The remarks cover democracy foreign policy education and the aim to attract top talent to teaching.
This Afternoon By John Temple Graves
The writer argues Southern Democrats must redefine the party after defeat. He critiques Wallace followers and urban factions, urges a return to Jeffersonian liberalism, and favors a progressive Democratic Platform rooted in Jackson and Wilson legacies.
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John Temple Graves
Henry Wallace
Democratic Party
Henry
Wondrow Wilson
Bricker
Political shifts noted in 1946 editorial snapshot
A 1946 Bell Syndicate excerpt cites Republican Speaker potential Joe Martin ally Dick Welch of California and New York’s Clarence Hancock, a likely Judiciary Committee chair, with historical nods to John Hancock and Franklin D Roosevelt’s advisory ties.
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Joe Martin
Dick Welch
California
Welch
FDR
Clarence Hancock
New York
Judiciary Committee
John Hancock
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Bell Syndicate, Inc
Foreign policy in the Truman era and Korea danger
DeWitt Mackenzie warns that post election cooperation in foreign affairs faces grave issues. He stresses the Pacific and Korea as flashpoints, the question of trusteeship for Japanese islands, and the risk of new war, with Russia likely to resist changes and U S Korea independence hinging on mutual withdrawal agreement.
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Truman
Europe
Pacific
Far East
Orient
United Nations
United States
Moscow
Russia
Tass
Korea
New England
Stra
Siberian
Vladivostok
Dairen
Port Arthur
China
Uncle Sam
Jap Islands
Radio Networks Schedule Highlights From Evening Lineup
A listing of programs across networks with times from six to ten fifteen p m. Includes Radio Supper Club News World News Commentary by Jack Smith Songa Elmer Davis H Kaltenborn Rudy Vallee Big Town and The O Neills in sequence Various acts and dramas such as The O Neills Dram Mel Blanc Show Boston Symphony Orchestra Bob Hope Red Skelton and Fibber McGee and Molly Also news broadcasts and variety hour repeats listed for the late evening slots.
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Abed
Jack Smith
Cbs
Elmer Davis
Jackie Kittie
H. V. Kaltenborn
Rudy Vallee
Abi
Big Town
Dr Lam
Abe
Earl Godwinn
Judy
O’neills
Drema
Amorf
Andy
Vox Pop
Rex Maupin Orch
Fibber Mevice
Molly
Hollywood Players
Boston Symphony
Sbe
Bob Hope
Arthur Godfrey
Red Skelton
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Radio Schedule Fragment Highlights Evening Itinerary
A dense radio timetable lists programs and hosts across the day from morning to night. Notable entries include Fulton Lewis Jr, Michael Shayne, Hal McIntyre and Victor Lombardo orchestras, and AP News bulletins interspersed with music shows and church segments.
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Fulton Lewis Jr
Childe Choir
Michael Shayne
Pivb
the Falcon
Omu
U. S&s Army
American Forum
Hal McIntyre
Orch
Dance Orch
Lieutenant Olen B Hard Graduates From OCS
Lieut Olen B Hard son of Mrs Martha Janes of Dothan route one graduates from the Officer Candidate School at the Indoctric Division San Antonio Texas. He served months with the Mediterranean Air Force in the E ar theater as a chief warrant officer trainee and was later training director for a bomber group. He was one of 46 men to graduate after months of intensive training and was assigned as instructor of military law at the candidate school.
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Martha Janes
Dothan
Indoctric Division
San Antonio
Tex
Hardy
Mediterranei Lied Air Force
Ciief
Warner A Air Service Command
Ing Command
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General Eisenhower
John E. Hayes
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National Congress of Parents and Teachers
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Andrew Jackson
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Charles Jefferys
the World Today
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38Th
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AP News
Bible Readers Club Kit
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Playboys
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