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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1947
Page
2
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A reader letter rails at Senator Pepper for praising revolutions and comparing to Stalingrad. The piece notes Pepper’s fiery remarks at a New York conference, condemning un American activities while praising Soviet ideals. The writer asks why no American battles are cited and urges focus on U S freedoms.
Mobile announces after November 1 that anyone under 16 may not operate motorbikes on city streets. Police will enforce state law and arrest offenders without a license, turning under 16 to welfare and docketing older riders for trial. The move follows a toll of one death and 17 injuries since January.
In Los Angeles a holiday crowd of over 500 attended an auction of Beulah Louise Overell’s estate following her recent acquittal in a sensational murder trial. The 14 room mansion, furnishings, books, and trinkets sold to the highest bidder as onlookers prodded through windows and rooms, while vendors offered hot dogs and ice cream amid noisy, curious crowds. Local observers criticized the spectacle as a lapse in culture, though the event drew national attention and large crowds.
A national move to close 95 percent of distilleries for 60 days to conserve grain prompts assurances there is no shortage. Industry spokesman says Americans would take four years to exhaust current stocks, potentially cooling fears of rationing sparked by ABC board hints.
The piece urges Halloween prep from the Natural Bureau of Standards advising grease a glass surfaces with vaseline to deter soap or wax pranks and offers removal methods. It then reports on sponsors of the Freedom Train criticizing segregation and condemning both communism and Ku Klux Klan secrecy as threats to the nation.
President Truman faces Capitol Hill briefing over price and relief measures amid market chart declines and partisan critique. Truman defends price controls and warns lawmakers of higher costs, while Congress debates relief funding and economic strategy.
A collage of opinions on racial issues, Soviet mockery, and U.S. politics. John Temple Graves analyzes Walter White and Vishinsky contrasts, notes Southern Negro leaders’ stance on equal facilities vs segregation, praises Tom Stokes and J B Hall, discusses Democratic convention plans, and mocks Hollywood press dynamics with Menjou during 1947.
Emory Cunningham of Headland Alabama urges the people of Dothan and surrounding Wiregrass to support locating a trade school near Dothan. He recounts his own path through the Alabama School of Trades, notes strong outcomes for sheet metal workers, and argues every trade should have access to skilled training to improve employment prospects for Alabama’s young men.
A committee of exiled Eastern European peasant leaders plans a Washington or London propaganda offensive to oppose communism. The move follows Gen. Clay in Berlin advancing freedom, de Gaulle's anti Bolshevism crusade in France, and Brazil and Chile severing ties with Moscow. The plan aims to form a world peasant international to counter Cominform and unite anti communist parties including potential U S and British involvement. Moscow calls Stanislaw Mikolajczyk a cowardly fugitive as anti communist sentiment grows.
More than 400 horses from 16 states the District of Columbia Canada Mexico and Ireland will compete during a eight day show opening at Madison Square Garden next Tuesday officials announced today
World welterweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson of New York outboxed his opponent through six rounds in a scheduled 190 round non title bout in Los Angeles, according to AP reports.
In Rochester a youth led project operates The Barn a self run night club style venue for teens offering soft drinks music and food without liquor. It is governed by a teen board from local public and Catholic high schools with adult advisers and nightly activities.
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