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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1945
Page
2
A wartime wire-service style notice from September 28 1945 mixes advertising and legal boilerplate with references to carriers routes and rates. It credits Associated Press content and lists regional bid services and organizations. The fragmentary text includes religious verse and a brief note about light and strength from Job.
The House Ways and Means Committee begins work on legislation to reduce income taxes for individuals and corporations while keeping luxury taxes. It also plans a Pearl Harbor probe trip to Honolulu, aimed at understanding installations and defense efforts and allowing questioning of hard-to-reach officials.
Fragmented text recalls a wartime journey and officials discussing plans and experiences. The excerpt notes a misdated return period and mentions a visit to a secure facility as part of a broader mission. The tone suggests official travel and wartime reflection with incomplete lines.
The article discusses Hirohito's surprise visit to General MacArthur, presenting the potential erosion of the divinity myth and indicating Allied occupation does not force it. It notes this could hasten dispelling the myth and shifting Japanese perception, while contrasting American views on Russian friendship via Marshal Zhukov’s forthcoming U.S. visit and hospitality plans.
Washington Go Round reviews postwar military and economic policy confusion as General MacArthur spurs a large Japan occupation force while Washington debates troop levels. The piece notes clashes with the War Department, hints at political aims, and reports inflation worries, housing policy shifts, and Western steel industry pressure ahead of Columbus Day events.
John Temple Graves comments on postwar leadership, capitalism, and national unity. He envisions Eric Johnston guiding American taste as czar of moves, cites politics in England and Argentina, notes Army Navy security quirks, and urges steadfast unity, robust enterprise, and flexible capitalism to shape a peaceful, prosperous future. He references Byrnes and looming federal roles, urging constructive national reform.
A reader rebuts an editorial praising Dewey, arguing that postwar politics distort hero status. The letter accuses Roosevelt of wartime missteps, notes MacArthur logistics secrecy, and suggests isolationist friends hindered early preparedness, while naming Pearl Harbor questions and atomic bomb efforts as pivotal.
The article discusses who should hold the atomic secret and how it might be managed. It weighs keeping or sharing the power, the role of the United Nations, and a middle-ground policy favoring control under international oversight while English-speaking nations retain leadership in research.
The Associated Press lists area servicemen arriving in New York from overseas duty. Buell Adams and John T. Collins of Dothan sail on the SS Marshal Joffre due October 1. Johnnie F. Skipper and Addis N. Wilbourn, both of Dothan, aboard the Queen Mary due September 28. Robert T. Collins of Dothan aboard the Henry Baldwin due October 1. The English language is spoken by about 300 million people worldwide.
Letter from D B Stephens of Slocomb Alabama, dated September 25, 1945, questions honoring the dead master and the heroes being made of Fallow, noting Fal lows reputation and possible resentment from the deceased mentor.
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