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Claire: Hello everyone and welcome to The Dollys Show. We have a very exciting show for you today, but first Breaking News!

Leia: Today has officially been marked as Black Tuesday. This is due to the fact that the stock market has taken yet another large drop. As you all may know unless you receive a margin call there is no need to worry.

Lexí: On a lighter note we have a new music line up for you all today. Let's start it off with Ella Fitzgerald cover of Cole Porter's song 'Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)'...(play song here) Coming up,  the back story of Babe Ruth, but first a little Louie Armstrong...( play song here)

Claire: You all know Babe Ruth as The Great Bambino, but just recently I had the chance to really get to know Babe Ruth and learn about his life at home as well as his childhood. As a child Ruth was sent away to a reformatory school where he picked up his baseball skills. Later on in his career he met Helen Woodford and they then adopted a child together. Four years following, they seperated due to infidelities. Currently, Babe Ruth is said to be focussing more on his career as a baseball superstar. That's all for your daily sports update.

Lexí: Thank you for tuning into the Dolly Show on this fine evening. Tune in tomorrow for compositions of your favorite artist, latest storys, and sport news. Good night!

McCarthyism

On November 14, 1908, Joseph McCarthy was born into a Roman Catholic family as the fifth of nine children in

 Appleton, Wisconsin. McCarthy’s downfall finally began in October of 1953, when he started to investigate 

“communist infiltration into the military.” This was the final straw for then president Dwight D. Eisenhower, who 

realized that McCarthy’s movement needed to be stopped. Reporters, Drew Pearson included, and other critics 

soon hopped on board, publishing unflattering articles about Joseph McCarthy and his methods of seeking out 

the supposed communists in America. He lost his position as chairmanship on the Government Committee on 

Operations of the Senate and in December of 1954, a censure motion, which is a formal reprimand from a 

powerful body, was issued condemning his conduct with the vote count at 67 to 22. He created McCarthyism to 

gain more followers. McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason 

without proper regard for evidence. It also means "the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair 

investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism." The term has its origins in 

the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from 1950 to 1956 and 

characterized by heightened political repression against communists. As well as a fear campaign spreading 

paranoia of their influence on America and espionage by Soviets agents. The term McCarthyism is also now 

used more generally to describe reckless, unsubstantiated accusations, as well as attacks on the character or 

patriotism of political adversaries. During the McCarthy era, thousands of Americans were accused of being 

communists or communist sympathizers and became the subject of aggressive investigations and questioning 

before government panels, committees and agencies. Many people were falsely accused of being communists, 

hundreds of americans lost there jobs and were interigated harshly. McCarthy died in May of 1957 after being 

diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver due to heavy drinking. The resounding effects of McCarthy’s era symbolized 

the pure terror of communism during the time due to the Cold War.

"Stolen Into Slavery" by Judith and Dennis Fraddin

The book I read was called "Stolen Into Slavery" and it as about a man (Solomon Northup) who was

illegally captured into slavery. It is a true story written by Judith and Dennis Fradin. The story begins

when Solomon is a free man living in Saratoga Spring, New York with his wife and children. He plays

the violin for parties and he is popular among the crowd. But one day, two white men ask to take him

on tour with them and offer him a great deal of money. He thought he would only be gone for a few

days so he didn't think to leave a note for his family. The next thing he knows he is laying on the cold,

filthy floor of a slave dungeon in Washington DC. Solomon tries to explain to the men that he is free

and he has papers. But when he reaches into his pockets, all of his papers are gone. The men had

known he was free but they also knew they could get away with this fraud because who would believe

Solomon? Other than people that can do nothing to help him. So that is where the next 12 years of his

life begins. Solomon had been a free man his whole life. His parents were free and lived in the north, so

he was automatically free and so are his children. He never knew what it was like to be a slave.  He is

then sold to another slave owner that runs a cotton plantation. It seems as if his troubles get worse as

everyday passes. Solomon starts to forget his old life and the slave life becomes his normal. After 12

years of being sold and re-sold to malicious slave owners, Solomon is freed and goes home to Saratoga

Springs where his family is still waiting for him. This book is very relevant to American History

because slavery was a giant part of this country's evolution. This true story was a great example of how

it was really like for black people of those times.