Communist Party in U S Faces Declining Influence
James Marlow reports that after a0 years of activity the American Communist Party shows a shrinking base with little mass following. Eugene Dennis, a top leader, bungles a hearing read and clashes with committee chair J Parnell Thomas, unveiling real names Waldron and Feeney, leading to contempt findings and prison time.
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Washington
American Communist Party
Archolars
Eugene Dennis
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Aveo Vennis
Dennis
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Francis Xavier
Ron
J. Parnell Thomas
J. Parnell Feeney
Thomas
Waldron
Feene
Sensation
Francis Xav Waldron
Mr. Thomas
Thomas Feeney
Thames
Feeney
Denis
Communist Party
Nower
Supreme Court
May Day program highlights Cottonwood school fitness display
Physical education students from Cottonwood ranging first through twelfth grade staged a May Day event in the high school stadium. Under coaches Georgeton and Boswell the program featured Indian dances, Danish and Dutch numbers, and a Maypole finale. Queen Yvonne Clark and May King Edwin Knowles led a student court including Thelma Arnold and Linda Varnum among others. Barbara Lewis opened with song and dancers performed in a sequence of classes and dances.
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Cottonwood High School
Yvonne Clark
Edwin Knowles
Cottonwood
Cottonwood School
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Johnnie Sue Boswell
Cottonwood Hig School
Mary Jewell Dempsey
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Lenora Saflas
TL. E. Clark
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Tevida
Carol Tewin
John Franklin Lewis
Thelma Arnold
Linda Varnum
Mary Ann Lee
Grace Cain
Merilyn Windsor
Quida Dickerson
Bety Ann Clark
Saran’ McCal
Mildred Snell
Bobbie Nell Weems
Barbara Lewis
Ali
Florida sheriffs seek radio network to aid crime fight
Sheriffs from nine Florida counties gather in Daytona Beach to push a mine county radio hookup and obtain Federal Communications Commission approval. Attendees include officials from Alachua St Johns Bradford Flagler Brevard Indian River Orange and Lake counties. A separate note states that a quarter of U S agricultural income goes to dairy farmers.
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Daytona
Area Beauty Queens Selected Amid Riots and Strife
Institutions at Troy State Teachers College named their beauties for 1949 30 Palladium week under Student Government sponsorship. Senior Josefa Dean and others were chosen. Kath ayne Hardy named Cotton Ball queen. In Johannesburg, South Africa, riots in Alexander Township left 13 natives dead and 24 wounded as police and white officers dispersed crowds after a Freedom Day strike.
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Troy State Teachers College
Associaton
Josefa Dean
Ozark
Jane Carter
Goshen
Betty -Jean Clark
Peggy Wade
Clanton
Sarah Wright
Eutania
Gene Owens
Clark
Marianne — Bawdon
Elba
Raygene Bur ‘Kett
Georbiana
Mary Law Plant
Charles ‘Howell
Dothan
Mignon Bates
William Merrill
Andalustin
Wright Hall
Kathayne Hardy
Riba
Rubye L. Gay
Stapleton
Johannesburg
South Africa
Alexander Township
D. F. Malan
Brakpan
Johanmesburg
Benoni
Worm Man Sues City Over Damaged Worm Farm
William Stacks filed a damage suit in Toner city alleging city workers moved dirt on his worm farm, disrupting the site image and beds. He said the disruption killed his worms, hindering sale to fishermen.
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Ala
William Stacks
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Stacks
Georgia Vote Law Seeks Court Shield In Supreme Court
The Supreme Court refused to block Georgia's year old law aimed at curbing Negro voting by requiring proof of reading a section of the Georgia Constitution. The ruling included the registrar literacy requirement and the broader question of how Georgia's 1,200,000 voters, including 126,000 Negroes, are registered and recorded under state control.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tx.s
Herman
Georgia
Supreme Court R
National Electoral College
Talmudge
Contempt Conviction and Antitrust Fine Reported
The tribunal set March 7 for Eugene Dennis amid a contempt conviction tied to his refusal to testify before the House on American Activities Committee. Separately, a Los Angeles case fined a fishermen's union and 14 members $22,800 for price fixing in contracted fish sales to dealers.
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United States
Eugene Dennis
Communist Party
Dennis
House On American Activities Committee
Pric
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Ins
CHO Fishermen's Union
Los Angeles
Five Bandits Get Tiny Reward After Robbery
In Chicago a retired businessman Henry Weber resisted five robbers who held him up. He saved all he had, but the gunmen received only a quarter each as their loot.
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General Meckie Big Top
Chicago
Henry Weber
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