New Klan Group To Fight Reds Forms After Merger
A merged Ku Klux Klan faction based in Jacksonville announced plans to battle 1,100 pro communist groups in the United States. The unified group targeted the NAACP Bnai Brith and the Federal Council of Churches and pledged active anti communism while noting the Roman Catholic Church as a partisan ally in the fight. Leaders named were Nathan SI an Emperor, Hugh Morris of Birmingham Thomas L Hamilton of Leesville and Bill Hendrix of Tallahassee.
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Ku Klux Klan
Georgia
Lick
United States
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
B'nai B'rith
Federal Council of Churches
Christ
America
Federated Klans of
Alabama
Southern Knights
Association of Carolina Klans
Samuel Roper
Association of Georgia Klans
United’ Klan
Nathan SI
Hugh Morris
Birmingham
Ala
Thomas L. Hamilton
Leesville
S. C
Bill Hendrix
Tallahassee
Fla
Folsom Denounces Civil Rights Talk During North Carolina Visit
Governor James Folsom of Alabama says Americans are tired of civil rights fulminations. He calls for moving on to “more important things” after attending a Southern Democrats conference in Raleigh. Folsom and wife visited Mrs. Mall A. Spangler near Shelby en route to Montgomery.
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Shelby
N. C
James Folsom
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Raleigh
Folsom
FEPC
Creomulsion Promises Fast Relief for Chest Colds
An ad promotes Creomulsion as a trusted remedy for acute bronchitis and chest colds. It claims over 30 years of use, safe ingredients, no narcotics, and suitability for children, urging readers to ask their druggist and follow directions.
Rocks could fuel atomic energy for millennia says Gamow
Dr George Gamow argues in One Two Infinity that ordinary granite holds four grams of uranium and 12 grams of thorium per ton and, via breeding and conversion, could extend world energy supplies to one or two thousand years. He notes uranium-238 and thorium offer long potential futures if usable.
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Washington
George Gamow
George Washington University
Gamow
Viking
Atomic Energy Commission
Gamon
Civil rights memories unfold at Raleigh session
Folsom recalls learning civil rights as a boy stacking lumber in the South. He describes a remark from a strapping youth about keeping up with him, noting they earned the same pay of 40 cents per thousand feet for lumber work.
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Raleigh
Folsom
Demand Deposits Drop But Savings Accounts Increase
Decatur banks show total debits for December at 18,446,635 dollars, up slightly from November but 0.7% below year earlier. Demand deposits end December at 11,884,900, down 86% from November and 1.8% below a year ago, while savings deposits at month end stand at 2,229,968, up 2.3% from November and 1.3% above December last year.
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Decatur
Bureau of Business Research
The
University of Alabama
H. H. Chapco
Man
Gitecnor
Daily Crossword and Cryptoquote Puzzle Page Summary
A page featuring a large crossword with numbered across and down clues and a cryptogram puzzle. Includes instructions for solving the cryptoquote and a sample quote by Longfellow with a daily cipher key. Also includes Saturday's cryptoquote quotation by Watts and a syndicate credit.
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Watts
Ming Features Syndicate
Good Comedy Writers Never Out of Work Says Bergen
Hal Boyle reports on Edger Bergen and the joke industry. Bergen explains the writer’s role in shaping material and the evolving career path from beginner to top writers. He notes many writers work with him and stresses ongoing demand for fresh talent and the need for editing skill.
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Bergen
New York
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Mortimer Snerd
Jack Benny
Bob Hope
Milton Berle
McCarthy
Snerd
Los Angeles
Dorothy Kingley
MGM
Unemployment Trends Shift as Claims Rise in Contrast
The report notes that compared with December of last year, placements and applications fell while unemployment compensation claims and payments rose sharply, indicating a pivot in the labor market dynamics and government support costs.
Legion Sponsors Box Supper And Political Rally
The American Legion post at Morgan City will sponsor a box supper and political rally on April 1 after a called meeting led by Post Commander Willard Clark. The post voted to support the event and to provide a platform for all candidates.
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American Legion
Morgan City
Willard Clark
Guard Officers Enter Politics in Alabama State Guard Push
Alabama National Guard officers wrapped a two day Birmingham convention by electing Maj. John E. Mandeville as president and naming officers including Lt Col Robert M. Hardy and Maj John R. Jones. Speakers urged action against federalization of the air and the Guard while Retiring President Brig Gen Walter J. Hanna touted the Guard as big business bringing 16 million dollars to the state. Ladies auxiliary named 1950 officers led by Mrs Gordon Cumbar as president.
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Birmingham
Alabama National Guard
John E. Mandeville
Mobile County
Robert M. Hardy
John R. Jones
Huntsville
Clarence H. Jones
Mobile
Joseph H. Broom
Montgomery
J. Reese Murray
Wilbur Walton
Walter J. Hanna
Alabama
Association
Gordon’ Cumbar
Phenix City
G. Dent
Williams
Norman H. Bowman
Albert Bush
Tuscaloosa
Auction to Follow Three Minute Talk for Charity Box Cake
A speaker will address the audience for about three minutes and afterward an auction will sell a box or cake to the highest bidder. Some cows need considerable petting to yield the most milk.
Hearing delayed on Truman tax plan in House Ways and Means
Washington January 30 Chairman Doughton said hearings on President Truman's new tax program will begin Friday, a day later than initially planned. Secretary Snyder could not appear until Friday, delaying the first news briefing.
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Washington
Doughton
D-Nc
House Ways and
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