We make use of the identity
$$ \sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{1}{a^{2} - (x + n\pi)^{2}} = \frac{\cot(x+a) - \cot(x-a)}{2a}, \quad a > 0 \text{ and } x \in \Bbb{R}. $$
Then for $\alpha, \beta > 0$ it follows that
\begin{align*}
I := \mathrm{PV}\int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{\log\cos^{2}(\alpha x)}{\beta^{2} - x^{2}}
&= \frac{1}{2} \mathrm{PV} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{\log\cos^{2}(\alpha x)}{\beta^{2} - x^{2}} \, dx \\
&= \frac{\alpha}{2} \mathrm{PV} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{\log\cos^{2}x}{(\alpha\beta)^{2} - x^{2}} \, dx \\
&= \frac{\alpha}{2} \sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty} \mathrm{PV} \int_{-\frac{\pi}{2}}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{\log\cos^{2}x}{(\alpha\beta)^{2} - (x+n\pi)^{2}} \, dx \\
&= \frac{\alpha}{2} \mathrm{PV} \int_{-\frac{\pi}{2}}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \left( \sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{1}{(\alpha\beta)^{2} - (x+n\pi)^{2}} \right) \log\cos^{2}x \, dx \\
&= \frac{1}{4\beta} \mathrm{PV} \int_{-\frac{\pi}{2}}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} (\cot(x+\alpha\beta) - \cot(x-\alpha\beta)) \log\cos^{2}x \, dx,
\end{align*}
where interchanging the order of integration and summation is justified by Tonelli's theorem applied to the summation over large indices $n$. Then
\begin{align*}
I
&= \frac{1}{4\beta} \mathrm{PV} \int_{-\frac{\pi}{2}}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} (\cot(x+\alpha\beta) - \cot(x-\alpha\beta)) \log\cos^{2}x \, dx \\
&= \frac{1}{2\beta} \mathrm{PV} \int_{-\frac{\pi}{2}}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} (\cot(x+\alpha\beta) - \cot(x-\alpha\beta)) \log\left|2\cos x\right| \, dx \tag{1}
\end{align*}
Here, we exploited the following identity to derive (1).
$$ \mathrm{PV} \int_{-\frac{\pi}{2}}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \cot(x+a) \, dx = 0 \quad \forall a \in \Bbb{R}. $$
Now with the substitution $z = e^{2ix}$ and $\omega = e^{2i\alpha\beta}$, it follows that
\begin{align*}
I
&= \frac{1}{2\beta} \Re \mathrm{PV} \int_{|z|=1} \left( \frac{\bar{\omega}}{z - \bar{\omega}} - \frac{\omega}{z - \omega} \right) \log(1 + z) \, \frac{dz}{z}. \tag{2}
\end{align*}
Now consider the following unit circular contour $C$ with two $\epsilon$-indents $\gamma_{\omega,\epsilon}$ and $\gamma_{\bar{\omega},\epsilon}$.
Then the integrand of (2)
$$ f(z) = \left( \frac{\bar{\omega}}{z - \bar{\omega}} - \frac{\omega}{z - \omega} \right) \frac{\log(1 + z)}{z} $$
is holomorphic inside $C$ (since the only possible singularity at $z = 0$ is removable) and has only logarithmic singularity at $z = -1$. So we have
$$ \oint_{C} f(z) \, dz = 0. $$
This shows that
\begin{align*}
I
&= \frac{1}{2\beta} \Re \lim_{\epsilon \downarrow 0} \left( \int_{-\gamma_{\omega,\epsilon}} f(z) \, dz + \int_{-\gamma_{\bar{\omega},\epsilon}} f(z) \, dz \right) \\
&= \frac{1}{2\beta} \Re \left( \pi i \mathrm{Res}_{z=\omega} f(z) + \pi i \mathrm{Res}_{z=\bar{\omega}} f(z) \right) \\
&= \frac{1}{2\beta} \Re \left( - \pi i \log(1 + \omega) + \pi i \log(1 + \bar{\omega}) \right) \\
&= \frac{\pi}{\beta} \arg(1 + \omega)
= \frac{\pi}{\beta} \arctan(\tan (\alpha \beta)).
\end{align*}
In particular, if $\alpha\beta < \frac{\pi}{2}$ then we have
$$ I = \pi \alpha. $$
But due to the periodicity of $\arg$ function, this function draws a scaled saw-tooth function for $\alpha > 0$. Of course, $I$ is an even function of both $\alpha$ and $\beta$, so the final result is obtained by even extension of this saw-tooth function.
I'm too lazy to check some uniform convergences, so here is a sketch:
$$
\int_0^{\infty}\int_0^{\infty}e^{-xy}\sin x \,dy \, dx = \int_0^\infty \frac{\sin x}{x} dx = \frac{\pi}2,\\
\int_0^\infty \int_0^\infty e^{-xy}\sin x\,dx\,dy = \int_0^\infty \mathrm{Im} \int_0^\infty e^{-xy + ix}\,dx\,dy = \int_0^\infty \mathrm{Im} \frac{1}{y -i}\,dy\\ =\int_0^\infty \frac{1}{y^2 +1 }\,dy = \frac{\pi}2.
$$
Best Answer
Convergence of the improper integral $\int_0^{\infty} \frac {\sin\, x} {x^{\alpha}} \, dx$ means $\int_a^{M} \frac {\sin\, x} {x^{\alpha}} \, dx$ tends to a limit $L$ as $a \to 0+$ and $M \to \infty$ (independently). Note that $\int_a^{b} \frac {\sin\, x} {x^{\alpha}} \, dx$ exists whenever $0<a<b<\infty$. Hence convergence of $\int_0^{\infty} \frac {\sin\, x} {x^{\alpha}} \, dx$ is equivalent to convergence of $\int_0^{c} \frac {\sin\, x} {x^{\alpha}} \, dx$ and $\int_c^{\infty} \frac {\sin\, x} {x^{\alpha}} \, dx$ for any real number $c$.