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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1947
Page
3
Berlin papers clash over birth control with Der Spiegel urging wide distribution of contraceptives and supporting birth control. Tagesspiegel backs the policy, reflecting postwar German debate.
The article argues a drop in births is necessary for two reasons. First the miserable conditions in Germany compel restraint, and second population growth fuels nationalist propaganda promoting a dictatorship of the masses. It calls for large scale production and public promotion of contraceptives.
London reports Soviet scientists at Tass News Agency say 16 ships track fish to boost Russia’s food supply. Murmansk herring migrate 12,500 miles to Spitzbergen and Greenland currents for rich plankton, making them fat. Other grounds found in the Black Sea once viewed barren due to near shore chemicals.
Soviet troops who once farmed up to 8,000,000 acres in Poland are returning large properties to Polish administration. Reports note ongoing transfers in Western Pomerania Lower Silesia and other areas, with a projected total freeing land for around 200,000 Polish farmers this year.
American visitors to Llangollen this summer will hear a polylingual medley as Italian and Dutch choirs chant in Welsh. The first International Musical Eisteddfod may sound Greek to them. Many European and several American choirs have signed up for this traditional competitive gathering of poets and minstrels.
Lincoln city officials recovered a cash box dumped into an open sewer about a half mile from the sewage disposal plant. The box was empty but a tank at the plant yielded 150 in government bonds. Sheriff C L Kief said the bonds appeared to be the contents of the stolen cash box, later found floating in the facility.
London report notes daily food shopping as mild torture due to queues and carrying. The British Medical Journal cites Manchester University findings from 130 operations showing tingling burning pain numbness and coldness in fingers as common among middle aged elderly women. British farmers increased food storage in England by over a million acres during World War I.
Paris AP reports France will employ convicts serving under five years in national projects such as agriculture mines reconstruction and textiles to ease manpower shortages. About 30 000 prisoners qualify including political offenders and military tribunal sentences. Hard labor remains for five plus year convictions. guard shortages and funding hurdles may slow implementation.
Canberra health officials gain expanded authority to curb travel linked disease entry. Prime Minister Joseph Chiefley told reporters the new powers strengthen safeguards against smallpox and similar infections carried by travelers. John Deere, village blacksmith of Grand Detour, Illinois, produced the first figat alee plow in 1837.
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