Fear Of Klan Is Discounted
A survey of 500 Southern black teachers and professors finds 68.7 percent not fearing the Ku Klux Klan though 48 percent report Klan activity in their area. The report notes that fear declines where Klan activity exists and cites the ballot as key for progress, with implications for Atlanta and Savannah.
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Atlanta
Miller
Savannah
Atlanta Public
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
South
Morell Hill
Atlanta University
Lively Crime and Comedy Snippets in a Vintage Page
A collage of jokes and light anecdotes features a talkative egotist, a wary couple, a creaky service station sign, and a tramps tale about a half-dollar swallowed years ago. Quips touch on manners, marriage, and everyday misadventures with a dash of local color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederickstown, Mo
Civilian Defense Efforts Highlighted by Truman Plan
James Marlow reviews the ongoing civilian defense effort amid China tensions and Korea. He notes delays in preparation, the shift from OCD to NSRB and OCM, and a Sept blueprint that outlined a nationwide mutual aid system without costs.
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Washington
China
Pearl Harbor
OCD
Office of Civilian Defense
Army
Truman
NSRB
National Security Resources Board
NLRB
OCM
Office of
CCM
Congress
United States Civil Defense
Proverbial Talk on Wealth and Love
A speaker contrasts fortune and independence noting one is born privileged and must learn self reliance. A woman refuses to leave her husband for money while another man values wealth at two million. The speaker adds a tree climbing metaphor about choosing sturdy branches.
Revenue Chief Appointed As Persons Cabinet Acknowledges Civil Defense Costs
Forty five year old Joe M Edwards named revenue commissioner designate as Gordon Persons prepares to take office January fifteenth. Edwards, a Tuskegee native and former Alabama Automobile Dealers Association leader, joins Guerry Pruett and Earl McGowin in Persons cabinet while Congress debates a formal civil defense agency with projected three year costs totaling 3.1 billion dollars.
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State Revenue Department
Joe M. Edwards
Persons
Roy Blair
Huntsville
James E. Folsom
Edwards
Alabama Automobile Dealers Association
Guerry Pruett
Earl McGowin
Joe Edwards
Tuskegee
Wilsie Vickery
Red Level
Wilsie Lee
University of Alabama
Foster Mother To Continue Her Fight
The widow of cafe operator Joe Edwards plans a new circuit court petition to keep four-year-old Jewell Viree Edwards, amid an Alabama Supreme Court order to return the child to her mother Mrs. Viola Edwards. Attorneys argue to delay the transfer pending another hearing as the case moves through the courts.
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Bessemer
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Jewell Viree Edwards
State Supreme Court
Viola Edwards
Sessions
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Salvation Army
William Langer
Decatur Salvation Army
Langer
Sixth Avenue
Salvation’ Army
Korea
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Mich
Bright
Gencine
Allied Sales
Decatur Deily
Mark RE
Mrs
Ralph .B. Hall
Corrine
Paul
San Francisco
California
Decatur
Harry
Charlie
the Nation
James Marlow
American Municipal Association
U.S
Revenue
Montgomery
Gordon Persons
Truman Administration
President Truman
Civilian Defense Administration
Millard F. Caldwell Jr
Florida
I. Rid
Alan Ladd
Rita Ne
W Jo
Capitol
Wate
Mercury
Blackwell Motors, Inc
Lee Street
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