Local newspaper details subscription rates and amendments discussion
The Eagle outlines subscription options by carrier and mail across Alabama Georgia and Florida with rates for daily and Sunday editions and notes 1908 advertising and dead-letter policies. It discusses constitutional amendments No 4 No 6 No 7 No 8 No 9 and endorses a Yes for most while urging a No on No 6, advising readers to vote and carry the sample ballot for election day.
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Mail
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Florida
Let There Be Light The Slothful Man Quotation Page
A Sunday page from 1946 features a religious quotation section with a Bible verse Proverbs 15 19 about the way of the righteous and a Shakespearean line about weariness. The text presents era style epigraphs and moral observations without a news story or named individuals.
Let’s Wind It Up Charities Chest Drive Urges Full Pledge
Citizens urged to support the United Charities Chest with a $21,500 quota to fund agencies for a full 120 months. Helpers emphasize ongoing effort until goal is reached and assure gifts cover all agencies for a year.
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United Charities
Nine Alabama constitutional amendments on November ballot
An explainer lists nine proposed amendments for Alabama’s November 5 election. It covers local tax powers for Decatur Collman and Morgan County hospitals and education, state hospital funding, Haleyville tax increases, the Boswell voter registration expansion and property ownership removal, municipal ad valorem tax caps, and shifting Alabama to a two year legislative day basis with sessions ending in 60 consecutive days.
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Jim Folsom
Democratic split warned as party shifts toward progressivism
A fragmented text recalls Henry Wallace and factional battles within the Democratic Party over a shift to progressivism. It notes concerns about losing Congress control if the party moves too far left and criticizes leaders allied with the "progressive" wing while pointing to discontent in the South.
Federal government grows in phone listings
The article notes a steady expansion of federal government presence in telephone directories. It compares 1931 and 1946 listings, showing a rise from about three entries to roughly 2.3 times as many, reflecting shifting organizational footprints in Washington.
Navy Day Observance Marks The Navy's Role And Tradition
Navy Day on October 27 honors Theodore Roosevelt and the Navy League of the United States. The observance highlights the Navy’s defense role, military history, and the pride of sailors who have served in peace and in war, as the nation reflects on naval heritage.
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Navy Day
Navy League of the United Sates
Theodore Aly
League
Navy
Dream House and Lake Gifts Tie Bilbo to War Contracts
Senator Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi was linked to lucrative war contracts via Mississippi firms Newton Glenn and Morrissy Knost, with payments and a luxury lake island house. The column details four key “presents” including a lake and dream house on an island, furniture, a Cadillac, and a $25,000 payment tied to Keesler Field work.
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Revolutionary call for federal aid and pay reforms in education
Author notes the need for real change in teacher pay and quality across Southern states. He cites Virginia and other education associations, discusses temporary wartime shortages, and praises Taft for federal aid support ideas while warning of deeper funding and staffing crises facing schools.
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Grundy
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Salem
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Wiregrass Senator-Elect Hardwick Plans Reapportionment Reforms
W Guy Hardwick of Dothan the only Wiregrass member-designate with prior GoHill service and the sole attorney in the delegation. He urges a population based reapportionment, supports restoring the driving age, higher teacher pay, and continued merit system, and backs constitutional amendments on legislative session length and Boswell reforms. He also seeks to extend Court of Common Pleas jurisdiction in Houston County and defends education and veteran provisions.
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Guy Hardwick
Dothan
Goat Hill
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Houston County
Frank M. Dixon
Chauncey Sparks
Houston
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Quotes on sports gifts and budgets from era figures
The passage notes courages buying a player a new car or paying a mortgage, quotes James Lookabaugh on readiness for world federation, Henry A. Wallace on postwar peace, and Elsie Stapleton on budgets fitting income. It reflects late 1940s financial and policy attitudes with a mix of sports funding, international outlook, and personal budgeting.
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Courges
James Lookabaugh
Oklahoma A. & M
Henry A. Wallace
Cub Pack 22 Hosts Halloween Party at Lafayette Street Church
Cub Pack 22 invites all Cubs and families to a Halloween party at Lafayette Street M Church on Thursday from seven to eight p.m. Den with most parents present wins a prize. Activities include apple bobbing, doughnut eating contests, a fortune teller, fish pond, and a house of horrors with a Halloween story and refreshments after.
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Lafayette Street
J. W. Cooke
Army Recruiters Attend State Meeting in Montgomery
Local Army Recruiting Station personnel returned from a one day conference in Montgomery where Major Charles R. Phillips Induction officer outlined a shift to higher quality recruits and three year enlistments in a push for an all volunteer Army. About twenty five men from Southeast section sub stations attended then proceeded to Maxwell Field for a new driver’s test to assess driving knowledge and ability.
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Montgomery
Charles R. Phillips
Maxwell Field
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