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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1932
Page
2
The Dothan Eagle notes Democrats in Wisconsin drawing headlines with a report saying even a Republican will be forced to admit. It adds a grim quip about thirteen jobless seamen dying in New York City from five cent poison and praises the cotton market sharing space with football and baseball, hoping prices rise like home runs.
A citizen letter to The Eagle criticizes high license rates and municipal missteps in Dothan. The piece argues democracy holds taxpayers responsible for government, citing a $756000 power dam bond and a $750000 follow up bond that were wrecked by flood, leaving the city near bankruptcy and a gasoline tax. It stresses that voters choose the government they get.
The Huntsville Daily Times condemns a proposed 200000 to 360000 post office for Huntsville as pork barrel. It accuses Congressman Almon of courting voters with a federal building while noting this wastes public funds and questions Congress’s economy and courage.
The article recalls Mahatma Gandhi's lifelong push for rights of India's Untouchables who face caste discrimination. It notes Britain’s plan to create special electorates or redistricting to empower these groups, a move Gandhi opposes as insufficient and contrary to true rights.
A jumbled 20 year old Dothan fragment mentions J A Wey ynight Abbess way and Deor eyle, figures like J OK Metlares, John Harrigon, Brinkley, and local names including Byron Trammell postmaster. Fred H. McDaniel to Baltimore for medical school. Montgomery visit planned to hear Plonseveitenenk. Former Governor Glenn of North Carolina shakes at Foster Street Methodist church on the whiskey problem.
The Eagle's editor laments Democratic infidelity to the Eighteenth Amendment and laments liquor support. He urges party loyalty to temperance, warns against liquor-backed leadership, and calls for faith in God. He urges Republicans and Democrats to honor constitutional principles and religious values in national conventions.
The piece contrasts Gandhi's stance with British reforms in India. It depicts Gandhi as refusing concessions to untouchables and other deprived groups, insisting on his own ideal path, even at personal risk, while praising British civilizational gains and infrastructure. The Atlantic Journal commentary frames Gandhi as a humane outsider resisting compromise.
The Talladega Daily Home reports a Montgomery hog show last week where tan cfuenties displayed their freee exine, while on Capitol Hill a much larger exhibition of hogishners drew attention.
Senator Smith W Brookhart of Iowa weighs a possible independent bid in the November election after losing renomination to Henry Field. He may split the Republican vote to defeat Field, while remaining silent on his decision until month’s end and stirring unease among old guard Republicans.
New York letter recalls Alan Seeger, famed for I have to rendezvous with Death, with a shrine like table in the Seeger family home featuring photographs letters and medals. The mother speaks of pride and questions why the poet never returned from war as the family preserves his memory. A detour anecdote in Joan Crawford's room notes diamond prices and social milieu of the era.
A tale shows Marcia averse to direct orders learns tidiness by observing two puppies and an aunt’s rule. She imitates the dogs, sees playmates in them, and cleans up to stay welcome in the living room. The story illustrates indirect motivation over scolding.
Dr. Lego Goldston discusses growth patterns from childhood to adulthood, noting rapid early growth, slowing before school, a minor rise at ages 7 to 8, and a major adolescent spurt. He highlights diet quality and quantity, calories, and a study of 28 girls and 19 boys aged 10 to 16 at Mt. Sinai Hospital showing a rise in basal metabolism during the prepubescent period.
Hambone's Meditations narrator describes Willy Nilly's joy at children admiring a dolls' house, plans to paint a sign, and his eagerness to help catch minnows with Flotilla Botilla while the flock, including Mr and Mrs Quacko Duck, discuss aquariums and pond life. A track meet in Dothan features Keener Baxley and others bested by a shoeless runner from Columbia.
During adolescence the body burns more fuel per unit of body weight than average. The finding indicates that for best development pubescent boys and girls need additional food intake to support growth and maturation.
Hartford residents and visitors are listed in a string of social notes. Mr and Mrs Roy Jones and Miss Martha Daughtry visited Geneva with Mr and Mrs George Jerkins. Mrs Grover Bowden of Georgia stays with her mother Mrs P M Metcalf in Hartford.
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