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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1947
Page
4
A quoted aphorism attributed to Benjamin Franklin appears with a Bible verse about patience and the farmer awaiting the early and latter rains to harvest fruit. The text blends scripture with a Franklin maxim on patience.
The 1947 Alabama legislative session closed with few major achievements yet notable positives. Lawmakers approved a teachers salary amendment and an independent state audit agency, while resisting costly tax hikes and expansive programs. Critics flag excessive costs and a lack of fiscal discipline under the 36 legislative day plan.
In Naples the Mussolini widow blasted reports she was told by an American Army major the body of Benito Mussolini is in the U S. She called it baloney and suggested the corpse may have been confused with a shipment destined for trade shows, not returned.
Mississippi congressman John Rankin told a Washington reporter he will not withdraw from the U S Senate race to succeed the late Theodore Bilbo. He said many foes hoped he would quit for years and claimed he intends to win.
The transition from token based sales tax collection to a bracket system faces a six month grace period during which two per cent tokens are redeemable for cash. Merchants holding a stockpile on changeover day are protected by a $400,000 state fund to convert obsolete two per cent discs and archived stamps. Churches and donation plates are also affected as communities move to the new system.
Washington whispers tie cabinet linked bankers to a Justice Department probe of Dillon Read Harriman Ripley and others over secret financing. The probe concerns Cleveland Electric Illuminating refinancing and possible antitrust violations tied to preferred stock issues and Wall Street influence.
Cincinnati reports a conference where the National Retail Farm Equipment Association and the National Farm Chemurgic Council promote chemurgy as applied science to transform farm resources into industrial products. Charles P Taft addresses equipment dealers on labor relations. he notes the Council of Churches ties and praises science guiding farming.
A compilation of statements by John W. Hanes, Sidney J. French, Randall M. Ruhlman, MosI Rev. William A. Griffin, and N. J. C. Makin. They touch on budget strains, science in warfare, crime, postwar housing, and UN Security Council veto reform.
Kansas political maneuvering surfaces as Alf pushes for a GOP nominee who would name him Secretary of State. Ex Governor Schoeppel, recently retired, linked with Harry Darby to seek Capper’s Senate seat, while Edo Thompson allied with Clyde Reed’s campaign team as of 1947.
The town of Geneva touts Mayor T. J. Morris a six foot two hundred ten pound figure who grew up in Geneva after stints in Alabama Kentucky and Tennessee He rose from teacher to city council and county commissioner before becoming mayor in 1946 He cites ongoing water and sewer expansions and expanding textile mills as signs of prosperity and pledges a tougher Geneva in the Alabama State League.
In New York futures closed about 35 to 70 cents higher as late covering orders and a lack of hedging pushed prices to the day’s best levels. New Orleans spot cotton rose 50 cents with middling 15 16 cataloged at 30.45 cents a pound, while local sales reached 9 823 bales. The market showed light activity as the season winds down.
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