Oklahoma Moves to Create Separate Negro Law School
The Oklahoma regents announced a new negro law school at Langston University as a branch of the state system to comply with a recent federal ruling. Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, denied admission to the University of Oklahoma law school, will pursue enrollment at the state university while NAACP leaders plan further legal action.
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U S releases gold to bolster Greek drachma
Athens reports the United States released 2 million dollars in American held Greek gold to support the depreciating drachma. Dwight P Grisw old, head of the American mission to aid Greece, disclosed the move amid reports of imminent guerrilla attacks near Greece's northern frontier and heavy military movements near the Albanian and Yugoslav borders.
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Athens
United States
Dwight P. Griswold
Greece
Sanelika
Albania
Yugoslavia
A Russian Journal on a Ukrainian Collectiv farm visit
John Steinbeck and Robert Capa travel through Soviet Ukraine near Kiev as special correspondents. They witness Schevchenko village life after war, detailing rebuilt homes, gardens, beehives, and the stark toll of conflict on cattle, machinery, and people, including cripples kept at work to restore dignity. The narrative contrasts hardship with resilience and community effort.
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Ukraine
John Steinbeck
Robert Capa
New York Herald Tribune
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Capa
Schevchenko
Shevchenko
Athens News Items Roundup of Local Visits and Local News
State Criminal Investigator R A Troupe and Sheriff John G Sandlin visited Montgomery Tuesday. Various local residents return from out of town, attend events, or report health and housing updates. Weather turns cold with snow and near-freezing temps. March of Dimes campaign begins among county schools.
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Prim
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Richard Earl
Honolulu
Avy
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A. M. Christopher
William Eisenman
Jefferson Hospital
Birmingham
Tom Sutton
E. D. Wilson
Atlanta
W. H. Martin
Gaines C. Smith
Elaine
C. D. Glaze, Jr
W. L. McFee
Athens College
First Methodist Church
W. W. Malone Sr
Clay Rawls
New Orleans
Emory Shelton
Bermuda
Debora Kay
E. Shelton
M. @. Gray
Cody Sweetland
Thomas Clem
Billy Lewis
Malone Circle
H. J. Littrell
Jack Christopher
J. H. Maples
Fort Myers
Florida
Steinbeck and Capa Visit Ukrainian Farm Banquet
A field scene shows women in long skirts and headcloths picking cucumbers while barefoot. Children wear only trousers, skin tanned by sun. A boy named Grisha notes Americans are people like them as edge piles await trucks for harvest.
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Grisha
Minnows from Decatur Power a Southern Fishing Trade
Clark spoke at the Decatur Rotary Club on how minnows are distributed from Decatur to fishermen across the Southeast. He traced the business growth from 40,000 minnows in year one to several million handled, sharing breeding trials and pond experiences.
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Clark
Decatur Rotary Club
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Rotary
Mr. Clark
Hill Ferguson
Jack Stone
Hartselle
Ed Branch
Huntsville
E. W. McLeod
Edwin Wyle
South Butler
N. Y
Jimmy Bloodworth
Walter Darrah
Thad Petty
Man Held in Wife's Slaying in Washington and Oregon
Clifford Spears 45 is held by police in Vancouver Washington for the stabbing death of his wife Eha Mae 55 whose body was found in a truck Spears had driven from Oregon to attend his mother’s funeral The slaying occurred as Hillsboro police sought to notify Spears about a fire at his La Centre Washington farm home Prosecutor R DeWitt Jones said formal charges would follow after investigation Chief Deputy H M Quarnberg said Spears admitted I’m glad it’s over to officers after they confronted him in a Hillsboro hotel room
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Wash
Clifford Spears
Spears
Oregon
Hillsboro
Ore
la Centre
R. DeWitt Jones
H. M. Quarnberg
Eha Mae
Quarnberg
Mobile schools close as cold forces third straight day off
Mobile Alabama January 20 More than 3000 Mobile county school children receive a holiday today due to heating problems as the temperature drops below freezing for the third consecutive day.
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Mobile
Ala
Bandit Spares Taxi Driver After Tiny Theft in Philadelphia
A robber held up taxi driver Richard Hartline in Philadelphia on January 20 but refused the money after learning it totaled only two dollars. The bandit told Hartline to keep it and fled. The incident reflects a minor, odd crime with no injuries reported.
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Philadelphia
Richard Hartline
Hartline
Workmen Shovel Snow in Niigata Quietly After Slow Start
Workers on Japan's West coast shoveled snow from railroad tracks near Niigata. Initial mood was sluggish and pay complaints, but later reports said some began shoveling quickly and happily as conditions improved.
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Tokyo
Niigata
Japan
Ihen
Hidden market nets fish tossed from trains at station
A fragment notes choice fish turned up and discarded by black marketeers who saw police awaiting at the station to search their bundles.
SSS Tonic advertised to boost blood strength and energy
An advertisement extols SSS Tonic as a remedy for sluggishness and fatigue by rebuilding red blood cells and improving digestion. It claims to energize the body, improve appetite and sleep, and promote better health, with millions of bottles sold and urging readers to buy at their drug store.
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Tomach
Pia
SSS Tonic Helne
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