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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1947
Page
3
In Alabama the governor reverses on corporal punishment and orders universal prohibition with limited exceptions pending a prison study. A separate move extends liquor store hours to 8 pm in 27 counties, the third change this year to curb bootlegging and align with a survey.
Alabama's nine Congressmen and two Senators invited by Frank W. Boykin to discuss five topics in Mobile County on November 68. Topics include farm programs postwar highway needs waterway development port cooperation and data for federal appropriations. The group aims to project state unity, with politics likely to surface.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz denies presidential ambitions but supporters push the idea. A Washington appearance with an Ottawa honorary chiefs ceremony and a war dance, plus feathered headgear, reignites talk despite his reluctance. Politicians warn against such symbols following historic flubs by Coolidge and others.
The piece recalls Rep. Emmett Wood of Washington County who urged a separate old age bureau in July. Three months later he sits on the Governor’s payroll as an investigator earning about $300 monthly, a coincidence critics call unconnected to his past promotion in the House.
A fragmented report recounts a storm at sea aboard a merchant ship where Captain Hans Co Gregory faced a critical wheelspin incident. The crew contends with timing, gear failures, and a near loss of life as the ship struggles through waves and a dangerous course.
In a Washington column Drew Pearson publishes excerpts from letters praising a Friendship Train to aid Western Europe. Readers from Pennsylvania to California urge organizing a westward route, fundraising through city drives, and voluntary service as conductors, with wide public sympathy for relief.
A Alabama gathering led by the Associates Industries of Alabama featured Rev. A. Carl Adkins of the Daspa Way Methodist Church as a keynote speaker. The piece lauds business leaders for embracing competition and questions federal control while urging a return to regional, seven day practices and cautions about welfare state policy.
The text cites William Green of the APL and Henry A. Wallace criticizing Wall Street policy and calling for atomic options. It references G. H. Barnie former Pennsylvania governor, USSR UN delegate, and concerns over emonts of war. It mentions public health, economic strain, and near term conflict risks amid partisan discourse.
Cottonwood, once a struggling Houston County town without water or electricity, has transformed under Mayor John T White elected in 1934 and serving a third term since 1946. The article notes modern utilities, a growing school system, a new fire department plan, and a strong local economy, with White described as the town’s driving force and a prominent local leader across civic groups.
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