Liquor Inspectors Meet in Crackdown on Nightclubs
State liquor license inspectors are summoned to Montgomery to review disorderly night clubs a day after a grand jury criticized operations near clubs. Foreman William A Roy said the jury was impressed by the disturbances near these establishments and many cases involved unpermitted venues.
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Montgomery
Frank Bunkley
Bunkley
William A. Roy
Grand Jury
Frank H. Fielder
Communist Party Policy Tightens World Line, Warns of Purges
The article reports a Moscow led shift requiring all communist parties to imitate the Moscow line and tighten unity. It notes Cominform announcements republished by The Daily Worker and The Sunday Worker, signaling intensified world revolution. It cites Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia as deviations and mentions the Sokol purge as evidence of impending purges.
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Germany
Italy
Moscow
America
Britain
Belgrade
International Communist Agency
The
Cominform
Comintern
General Staff
Seyquhon
Dissolv
Yugoslavia
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Sokol
Prague
Benes
Klement Gottwald
Europe
Almanac fillers tease readers with quirky facts and jokes
The 1948 World Almanac is reviewed with humorous excerpts and trivia. It notes oddities like a mile high dive time and tax odds, plus quips about marriage, presidents, and a few city names, reflecting editor humor and era culture.
Cominform Sets Asiatic Headquarter in Bangkok
The cominform has established an Asiatic headquarters in Bangkok Siam signaling a broader, coordinated communist drive in the Orient. The move reflects a worldwide shift in strategy as followers in Asia organize under a central command.
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Cominform
Bangkok
Siam
Tobacco Festival Opens Season Coronation in Jasper
Hamilton county residents plus visitors celebrated a tobacco festival in Jasper marking the upcoming leaf belt marketing season opening next Thursday. The event featured a parade contests and a barbecue with Virginia Hunter of Genoa crowned queen for the season.
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Jasper
Fla
Hamilton County
Virginia Hunter
Genoa
Huggins Non-Resident Defendant Required to Answer
Morgan County Court in Equity orders publication in The Decatur Daily for four weeks. William Felix Huggins, a non resident of Alabama aged over 21 with unknown post office address, must plead to the bill of complaint by July 29, 1948 or it may be confessed. June 26, 1948. Bryan McAfee Register. June 28 July 5 12 19
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Register
William Felix Huggins
Alabama
Decatur Daily
Morgan County
China retreats mount as Taiyuan battles and currency shock
Peiping acknowledged fresh reverses on civil war fronts and economic strain. Red troops reportedly attacked Taiyuan and a Liuyang-like river corridor while government forces tighten press control from Nanking. Shanghai sectors note yuan devaluation and new high denomination notes to ease trade.
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Pieping
China
Peiping
Taiyuan
Shansi
Fen River
Manchuria
Red
Han River
Liangyang
Suchow
Chaing Kai-Shek
Nanking
Shanghai
U.S. Shanghai
Atomic Energy Toy Hits Market Hagerstown Ledger
A local toy maker plans to market an atomic energy outfit for children next December. The kit will include uranium ore samples and instructions, and the Atomic Energy Commission has licensed the ore’s inclusion in the toy sets.
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Atom Toy
Hagerstown
Junior
Atomic Energy
Atomic Energy Commission
Luminous Moss Uses Tiny Lenses for Photosynthesis
The source of light for luminous moss relies on tiny lenses that concentrate scattered light onto chlorophyll cells enabling photosynthesis and sustaining growth.
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Hi-Way
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Batiste
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Hayes
Congress
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Missouri
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Mark Twain
Jesse James
Jefferson Davis
Confederate States of America
Leo J. Burke
Fred Alen
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Convention of States Rights Democrats
Birmingham
Truman
Gene Ahern
Wilbert
Whitney
Nicaragua
King’s Grocery
Moulton Street
Moody’s
W. Cain ST
Lgte Sacse
Appliance CO
Second Ave
Velte Mae Huggins
Morgan County Court
Bryan McAfee
St.Joseph
A. L
Pete” Henderson
John Doe
Tage
Robinson Furniture CO
McCormick-Deering
Neal Cagle General Store
W. Moulton St
Lewyt
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