Southern Cotton Oil Firm To Close In South
A Florence Times piece warns Congress that cotton policy hurts regional mills. It cites Southern Cotton Oil Division in Sheffield closing after 57 years, with up to 80 workers affected, and urges passage of Herman Talmadge’s major cotton bill plus funding for research and boll weevil control to save the industry.
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Congress
Florence
Southern Cotton Oil Division
Sheffield
Clement R. Duncan
South
Florence Cotton Mills
The
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Talmadge
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Cotton Council
Dope profits fuel rackets tied to legit firms in labor districts
Federal and local investigators halted a criminal network financing narcotics linked to garment and trucking groups in three eastern states. Bob Kennedy’s team, with U S Attorneys Williams and Rogers, arrested leaders including Ben Levine and Natale Evola at beach homes, while McClellan subpoenas followed.
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New York City
Kennedy
Terror, Inc
France
Syria
Italy
Bob Kennedy
Paul Williams
U. S
William Rogers
McClellan
New York
Ben Levine
Levine
Lepke
Natale Evola
Evola
New York State Crime Commission
De Gaulle Tells Socialists NATO Pact Will Stand
Secretary Dulles reports assurances from French leaders that De Gaulle will honor France's NATO commitments. Socialists led by Guy Mollet and Vincent Auriol sought guarantees and lobbied De Gaulle at his Colombe y-les-Deux-Eglises retreat. De Gaulle stated he would honor treaties, signaling continued military and economic cooperation within NATO.
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Washington
Dulles
Charles de Gaulle
NATO
de Gaulle
France
Guy Mollet
Vincent Auriol
Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises
National Assembly
Paris
Mahomet
Outlook On Life And The Mobster Problem
An essay urges a positive outlook to improve happiness and progress while warning that cynicism harms. It notes narcotics profits finance legitimate business and cites corruption in unions and rackets across New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Illinois with mentions of the Hall Syndicate and Kennedy.
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Davidson
Obh
Ciiceee
Electrical Workers
New York
Kennedy
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Illinois
the Hall Syndicate
Preconditioning Life Through Positive Thought
Norman Vincent Peale recalls a busy day and a train journey where a porter demonstrates the power of positive thinking. The piece asserts the mind as master of fortune, urging renewal of thought to transform life's outcomes and happiness.
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Norman Vincent Peale
New York
Erie Railroad
Hoboken
New Jersey
DR. Peale
The
Hall Syndicate, Inc
Chief Self Warns Against Dangers Of Street Play
Police Chief Pack Self warns parents to keep children off streets this summer noting the curbside game between parked cars creates dangerous conditions. He urges motorists to slow and younger kids to stay away from traffic while older youths biking must follow traffic rules.
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Chief Self
Pack Self
Self
Powell TB President Elected At North Alabama Tuberculosis Meet
Judge Newton Powell of Decatur was elected president of the North Alabama Tuberculosis Association at its annual Huntsville meeting. James Cleary Huntsville was named first vice president, William E. Totten Athens second vice president, and Harry Taft Decatur treasurer. Dr. Edward Bloomquist of the U S Public Health Service spoke on advances in tuberculosis control and the shift toward detecting inactive cases and preventing new infections.
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Huntsville
Ala
Newton Powell
Decatur
North Alabama Tuberculosis Assn
James Cleary
William E. Totten
Athens
Harry Taft
Edward Bloomquist
U. S. Public Health Service
Faubus Loyalty Test and Red-listed College
The article notes Orval Faubus facing a loyalty test amid Cold War fears and mentions Commonwealth College, once led by Faubus as student body president, having been red-listed by the Justice Department.
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Ble
Faubus
Commonwealth College
Justice Department
Narrows Channel Links Inland Sea to Pacific Ocean
The narrow Naruto Channel connects Japan’s Inland Sea with the Pacific Ocean amid a rip current of 13 knots. Numerous whirlpools form as the tidal flow shifts between seas, shaping a dangerous waterway used by vessels navigating the region.
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Japan
Pacific Ocean
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Drew Pearson
India
D. S. Sound
California
Far East
Marian
Massachusetts
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Punjab
Saund
Sound
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Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Ohio River
Cincinnati
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House Banking and Currency Committee
Reserve Banks
Boston
Reserve System
Mississippi
Jim Eastland
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Eastland
Lee Lorch
Senate Internal Security Committee
Little Rock
FBI
Pearson
Living Today
Arlie B. Davidson
Living Scriptures
Jack Hamm
Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co. Stock
A. B. Love Investment Co
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Judge Powell
Decatur, Alabama
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