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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1947
Page
2
Fragment from The Dothan Eagle dated Friday October 24 1940 includes subscription details advertising rates obituaries resolutions and Associated Press statements. Mentions multiple agency offices and toll free lines along with a Jefferson quote and publisher notes.
Amid rising domestic prices and a grave European economic crisis, President Truman announces an extra session of Congress to begin November 37 to act on price controls and aid. Networks will broadcast the address. He warns delay risks world peace and urges swift bipartisan action.
In Athens Dwight Griswold reports 75 million dollars of UNRRA supplies found in warehouses and docks in Greece, some deteriorated or held to keep prices high. He says waste could save the United States six million dollars, but profiteering risks starving victims and undermines humanitarian goals.
The article portrays Claude Pepper opposing a congressional committee's investigation into Communists in Hollywood and the film industry. Pepper urges those subpoenaed to refuse questions protecting constitutional immunity, arguing the inquiry censors thinking and speech. The piece also mentions a local charity drive urging donations, with volunteers aiming to raise eight thousand fifty dollars over three days.
In a lengthy passage from a Drew Pearson column the focus falls on a Texas backer named Moore and his claim of guiding money through grain market schemes. The piece references Senate speculation, connections with Edith Tremias and Senator O’Daniel, and alleged advice to manipulate commodity flows amid European food shortages.
A critical essay on Congress hearings into the motion picture industry and the balance between free speech and public influence. The piece discusses radio and news wires, syndication, and the power of films to shape American thought, urging careful democratic examination rather than censorship.
A garbled draft references investigations into officials and a push to expose or sidestep programs in Europe. It mentions Reed and Joan and hints at a House committee, a secretary of state, and political maneuvering with unclear dates or places.
In The World Today DeWitt Mackenzie discusses Soviet repatriation efforts amid manpower shortages and Western Europe recovery plans. The piece links Communist motives to regaining labor force, notes mixed success, and cites Zhadanov on countering the Marshall Plan with economic resources, framing repatriation as strategic.
Hal Boyle sketches a late night scene in a Sixth Avenue cafe where a well dressed stranger pays for two meals and a poor old woman’s coffee. The man’s act of generosity ends with a question about city life and a remark on Moscow's craft workers.
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