Fragmented text from old Dothan Eagle column and notices
A jumbled OCR page from The Dothan Eagle includes notices, letters and editorials fragmentarily. It discusses farm prices and policy in passing, plus a personal anecdote about a chaplain and a father, and mentions North Africa political talk and radio commentators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave
North Africa
Admiral Derlan
Giraud
Gen
DeGaulla
Willling
Genin
Charles Tollingwood
CBS
Algiers
Collingewond
Ignorant Experts on Farm Parity Prices Debate
The columnists argue against raising farm parity prices, fearing inflation harms the public more than farmers. We are not economists, yet note their claim that agitation in Congress comes from grass-roots farmers and their paid pundits making noise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amal
Alabama
Congress
Mrs. Luce
Foreign Affairs
Cominy
Thres
Dies Committee
Fragmented wartime guidance and social mores notes
Incoherent wartime text discusses transport and shortages, urges hoarders to confinement, and frames civilian opinion on conscription as a force to join. It mocks personal relationships and age reminders, reflecting fragile social norms amid conflict. The piece reads like a damaged column with scattered phrases and unclear intent.
They Say 4 Have Hundreds of Ships Supporting Effort
The report notes hundreds of ships from the United States and Britain aiding the Mortty African theater. Admiralty figures show allied operations expanding rapidly under Sir Andrew Cunningham. In the past six months all elements of the North Africa command have pressed to complete vital behind-the-line services crucial to offensive success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Scandal and politics mix in wartime headlines
A wartime Washington scandal centers on Wright Field in airplane part procurement, with patents steered to favored firms and officials investigated by Major O Dwyer and Undersecretary Jones. Journal notes Talbot’s push for reforms, plus a sharp dinner party politics piece comparing Baruch and Mellon fund-raisers and Mrs Lloyd George.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wright Field
Bid O'Dwyer
York State
Aitormey
Brooklyn
Wrigt ‘Field
Harald Talbot
WPB
Iman
Army
Thia
Bernard Barnch
Harry Hopkins
Baruch
Navy
War Department
Leon Henderson
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Richard Mellon
Coolidge
Treasury
Andrew Mellon
Dick Mellan
Wheeras Baruch
Mellan
Parke Brady
Eleanor Ryan
The
Thomas
Itune Ryans
Liesnie
Melion
Unaip
New York
Hwignt Wiske
Cats Society
Comlidge
White House
Kins
Fair Enough Union Heads And War Profits
New York writer Westbrook reGler outlines a pattern of mob influence in unions, detailing Norman Thomas's 1938 Newark free speech mobs, and tracing Anthony Wallace a.k.a Jack Wallace through a history of robberies, jail, and racketeering linked to Local 17 Hod Carriers. He accuses connected officials of using muscle for war construction extortion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook Regler
New York
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
United States
Newark
N. J
Party of Humanity
Chicago
Harold Ickes
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Anthony Zawalick
Jack Lawrence
Andy Wallace
Jack Wallace
Cial
Hod Carriers
Newburgh
N. Y
Orangeburg
Edward C. O'Neill
Wallace
Lund
Thomas
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Valalce
Sam Nunzzo
James “Bove
Yonkers
N. C
Big International Union
Washington, D. C
Nuzzo
Bove
Hudson
Jersey
Joseph V. Moreschi
International
International Executive Board
Atlantic City
Moreschi
Walace
Washington
Moresch
Thies
George Meany
William Green
AFL
Florida
Rove
International Hog Carriers, Builders and Common Laborers’ Union of America
Lke
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Thomas Deffesnon
North Carolina
Dudley A. Powell
Mr. Powell
Dudley Powell, Jr
Far
Pacific
Gqalpet
le Dla
Mr. Collingwald
Develope Menta Oun
Africa
Vier
Commaniera
Olen
Mies
Martres
Thalr
Hart
Drew Fearson
MRA
Clare Boothe Lice
Reno
Mia Aice
Rostov
Peasures
By Galbraith
Frist
Saxon Insurance Agency
Lutte Bidg
Priracy Ward
Boa Headland Ave
Earth
Gras LD
Gt H. Stephens Hesting
Hudson Office
SUPA
W. Troy
Dothan Milling
Montgomery Highway
the Dothan B & Trust Co
Federal Deposit
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