All Bad Luck Blamed On Superstitions
HAL BOYLE explains superstition as the lazy side of faith and a long standing habit shaping daily life. The piece notes evergreen decor at Christmas and hotel bed habits as examples, cites fortune tellers and anxious soldiers, and ends with a personal quirk about tea bubbles not guaranteeing wealth.
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Churchill Leads Britain's Pivot to Polls in Major Election
Nostalgia breathes through England as voters face a general election that will decide whether to endorse five years of socialist policy or return to private enterprise. Winston Churchill, age 78, heads Conservative hopes, promising repeal of nationalization while acknowledging imperial changes and a modern economy that cannot revert to past riches. Experts say Britain can recover with proper methods, but the era of empire as before is gone.
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Smith to Speak At Annual Banquet Of Council Scouters
Lewis M. Smith of Alabama Power will be principal speaker at the Southeast Alabama Council Boy Scouts annual banquet in Ozark Alabama. About 300 leaders are expected. C T Hunter will preside, with plans noting officer nominations for 1950 and awards to be presented during the 6 15 p m program.
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Memphis
Blakely School Superlatives Named At Blakely
Blakely Union High School announced yearbook superlatives for the class. Winners include Best all around Winnie Mae Chandler and Bob Hall, Most popular June Tiner and Winston Chandler, Neatest Bata George and Grady Brownlie, and several others such as Most athletic Joyce Warren and Jimmy Holman, and Foremost to succeed Sarg Jean Dunn and Will Middleton.
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Massachusetts Poultrymen Retain Special Policing Power
A colonial era law grants Massachusetts poultrymen the right to detain chicken thieves on their property for up to 24 hours, with the Sabbath exception. The notice also notes that about 55 percent of American families own their homes.
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Massachusetts
Denham Fights With NLRB Over Taft-Hartley Clash
Washington dispatch reports Robert N Denham general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board accuses a majority of the board of favoring unions over employers. The 1947 Taft Hartley Act keeps the board but expands Denham power as final arbiter on charges. Denham's term ends December 1941 and debate grows over changes to Taft Hartley with Congress considering bills that could end his job.
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New York
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Snyder Pace Accept Raleigh Invitations
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder and Budget Director Frank Pace have accepted invitations to a January 28 meeting in Raleigh. Jonathan Daniels, national committeeman for North Carolina as conference chairman, said the two officials would attend the Southern party conference in North Carolina this month.
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Washington
Political figures linked to Alabama and Georgia invite Barkley
James E. Folsom of Alabama and Herman Talmadge were listed in a draft plan with RDG. Secretary of Agriculture Branham had accepted an invitation earlier. The principal speaker will be Vice President Barkley.
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Alabama
Herman Talmadge
Oh Rdg
Branham
Barkley
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