Negro Leader Attacks New Alabama Vote Qualification Law
Mobile May 31. J. J. Thomas president of the Negro Voters And Veterans Association says the proposed voter qualification bill is "twice as vicious" as the Boswell amendment just struck down by a federal court. He calls the new rule vague and prone to misinterpretation, noting the present law requiring literacy, constitutional understanding, and $300 property ownership as adequate. He spoke at a mass meeting where Mobile county Negroes gathered to discuss the proposal.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Thomas
Mobile County
Prison Prefers Prison To Job On Farm
Benjamin Sims, 24, urged Circuit Judge Eugene Carter to revoke his two year probation and send him to Kilby prison. After pleading guilty to grand larceny, he chose prison over a farm job in Elmore County, saying prison life would be safer than returning home where trouble might follow.
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Montgomery
Ala
Benjamin Sims
Eugene Carter
Kilby
Sims
Elmore County
Lightning kills mother of 12 in Alabama cotton field
Elizabeth Hunter, a mother of 12, was killed instantly by lightning while working in a cotton field near Greenville Alabama. Several others nearby were shocked but not seriously injured.
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Greenville
Ala
Elizabeth Hunter
Here
Office Jobs Grow Scarcer Says National Office Group
The National Office Management Association reports clerical hiring in 44 cities shifted from shortage to surplus. Stenographers and typists remain scarce while many markets require better trained beginners. Engineering grads face selective hiring, with Oklahoma City and New York showing shortages and higher starting salaries in markets with shortages.
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R. L. Forster
N. Y
National Office Management Association
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Omaha
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Gromyko's smile and a columnist view on communism
DeWitt Mackenzie notes Gromyko's rare New York smile after leaving the UN and uses it to discuss why dyed-in-the-wool communists seldom smile. He argues communism is an all consuming ideology with atheistic faith and totalitarian control centered on Moscow.
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Gromyko
New York
Europe
United Nations Assembly
America
Moscow
Public Forum Letter Warns of Communism and Labor Power
James O. Vassar writes from Decatur Alabama to warn readers about communism and labor unions he says push national control. He cites his past CIO involvement, argues for state level laws, and endorses Jackson Miss amendments to curb radical interpretations and protect individual liberty.
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Mr. Lilienthal
Jackson
Miss
Supreme Court
James O- Vassar
Ideological Training of Youth under Communist Tactics
The text argues that communism uses rigid discipline and indoctrination to mold youth into mature activists, including espionage. It claims underground operations in many countries hide the Red network and subversive aims, contrasting with Mussolini and Hitler. It suggests democracy could study such training in schools and youth groups.
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Russia
America
Mussolini
Hitler
Red
Electric Brain to Translate Languages Also
The U S bureau of standards and University of California at Los Angeles are building an electric brain. Led by Dr. Harry Huskey, 20 researchers expect 1000 additions and 4000 multiplications per second and a 60000 word memory with three foreign equivalents per English word. It may translate foreign books eventually and could handle payrolls and weather forecasts.
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Los Angeles
U. S. Bureau of Standards
University_of_California-at- Los Angeles
Harry Huskey
Huskey
Office Cat and Other Oddities From a Washington Ledger
A humorous column recounts interactions at Covingston Burling Rub Lee Acheson Shorb with a Treasury clerk about a government circular and a joking family litter tale. A Decatur girl rejects a cigarette then warms to a night out, while a horse at a bar orders Martinis, and a lion tamer’s act stirs the crowd.
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Washington
Covingston, Burling, Rublee, Acheson and Shorb
Treasury Department
Treasury
Sawyer
Englishman Born and Englishman Dies Motto Echoed
A hall audience recalls a speech claiming English identity with a Scots heckler asking about ambition. The moment underscores a national measure based on achievements rather than promises, emphasizing results over excuses.
Birmingham girl wins $500 essay prize in national contest
Ann Louise Bates a Birmingham Alabama junior high student won five hundred dollars for the best essay among four hundred thousand entries in a contest sponsored by the Advertising Federation of America. She condensed into a concise essay a punch packed analysis of How Advertising Affects Our Lives.
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Houston
Tex
Birmingham
Ala
Advertising Federation of America
Ann Louise Bates
Alive Soldier Reunited With Wife After Five Years
New York reveals that Anthony V. Martino a Waterbury Conn taxi driver listed as missing dead in 1944 France has appeared at an Army recruiting station alive. His wife Mary Martino and two children react with relief and confusion as Army officials confirm details of his memory gaps and return.
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Connecticut
Anthony V. Martino
Waterbury
Conn
France
Mary Martino
Martino
Army
William B. Force
Juliano
Victor
Edward
Lorraine
Col. Force
Brooklyn
Army colonel confirms fingerprint ID in wife’s hopeful note
Fingerprint test identified the missing husband, the colonel said. Army officers, awaiting results, informed the wife last Friday that her husband might be alive.
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