Klan Struggles to Survive in Southeast Nations
Southeast states wage a long fight against revived Ku Klux Klan amid killings floggings and cross burnings. Alabama passes anti-mask law. 41 southern municipalities adopt anti-Klan measures including 14 in Georgia. Police raids in South Carolina raise tensions as officials vow action.
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Henry Lesesne
Central Press
Atlanta
Hooded Order
Georgia
New Jersey
Indiana
Indiana Klan
D. C. Stephenson
Madge Oberholtzer
Ku Klux Klan
Southeast
Alabama
Birmingham
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
United States Secretary of State
Supreme Court
South
Elite Workers Short Changed in East German Coal War
In Saxony a miner named Adolf Hennecke reportedly mined 380 percent of his six hour coal quota, prompting East Germany to raise quotas for all workers and fueling the government’s push to extract more labor from its 120000 activists amid a system praised as the elite effort.
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Berlin
East Germany
Adolf Hennecke
Saxony
Hennecke
Large Japanese Salamander Among World’s Biggest Amphibians
An entry notes a five foot salamander in Japan as among the world’s largest amphibians per Britannica. A worker reports longer hours for the same pay, and in private East zone circles activists are seen as the most cheated workers.
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Japan
Britannica
Celebrity Scandals and Industry Gossip Mix in 1950s Media Scene
A collage of sensational items notes Winchell Rubinstein facing deportation after a stock fraud trial, models like Carmen Del Orefice, NBC scandal rumors involving a comedian’s wife, and early 1950s entertainment figures. It mentions Reductions in columnists, industry chatter, and trivia on art and history.
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Rubinstein
Carmen del ‘Orefice
Bradley urges earlier US force deployment to deter Soviet threat
General Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, urges appearing before a joint Senate committee hearing in Washington that additional United States forces should be committed at the earliest practical date to deter Soviet Russia.
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Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Washington
Omar N. Bradley
United States
Russia
Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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