Judge Williams praised by Negro weekly for role in Klan case
The Chicago Defender named Judge Clawson L. Williams of Sanford North Carolina to its Roll of Democracy for upholding justice when he sentenced Ku Klux Klan leader L Hamilton to four years for conspiracy and plotting a 1951 Columbus flogging. The award also honored FBI efforts against the Klan in the Carolinas and Florida. Bishop Frank Madison Reid was cited for mobilizing Black votes under adversity in South Carolina. Tornadoes have caused large deaths and property losses in the United States.
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Cincago
L. Hamilton
Superior Court
Clawson L. Williams
Chicago Defender
Williams
Lessgt
Sanford
N. C
Hamilton
Columbus Ty
FBI
Ku Klux Klan
Carolinas
Florida
South Carolina
Frank Madison Reid
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Columbia
France Enters 1953 With No Government Crisis Deepens
Paris reports France begins 1953 without a government and with slim prospects for a coalition. Rene Mayer seeks support as the fourth premier candidate since Pinay’s resignation, amid economic strain and rising food costs. Limited reforms hoped to empower a future premier.
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France
Paris
Rene Mayer
Rothschild
Antoine Pinay
Britain
West Germany
Italy
United States
Pinay
Republican Party
Army urges GI savings with personal money tips
In Tokyo a Far East Command spokesman says the U S Army is distributing postcard-size personal messages from Secretary Pace to soldiers with guidance on how to save money. More than a million dollars in ideas have been submitted this year, drawn from a 68 page pamphlet used across the command.
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Tokyo
U. S. Army
Korea
Far East
Army
Frank Pace, Jr
UTWA Wins Election at Sterling Cotton Mills
UTWA announced victory in a bargaining election at Sterling Cotton Mills in Frankint on Tuesday with 120 votes for UTWA, 20 for CIO TWUA, and 32 against union. TWUA currently represents workers under a contract due to expire in 1954. NLRB scheduled a Jan 13 runoff at Proximity Cotton Mills. Lake Superior reaches a maximum depth of about 1,180 feet.
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UTWA
Greensboro
United Textile Workers of America
Sterling Cotton Mills
Frankinton
CIO Textile Workers Union of America
TWA
TWUA
National Labor Relations Board
Lake Superior
Time Zone Adjustments for Eastern to Mountain Standards
The schedule notes that times are given in eastern standard, with subtract one hour for central standard and subtract two hours for mountain standard. It warns that some stations may shift relay times to fit local schedules and that last minute program changes cannot be included.
Evening TV Schedule Snapshot January 1 1949
A dense broadcast log lists multiple network programs from CBS ABC and NBC including news dramas comedies and variety segments. It details times for film shows westerns a parade of soap operas and late night features across weekday slots with station WBTV Charlotte also noted.
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Abc News
Cbse Sree
Ebe
Mbs-East
Abce
Mbs-West
Cbs
Beulah
Cbs News & Commentary
Abc News & Commentary
Cbs Daily
Abe
Mbs
Abe Mindy Carson
Cbs Silver Eagle
Abec
Cbs Evening Newsreel
Roy Rogers
Millie
Cbs Top
Cbs Heritage
Cbs Newsstand
Rod & Gun
Eddie Cantor
Abe Bing Crosby
Michael Shayne
Abe Eugenie Baird
Judy Canova
Cbs News and
Musico
Valley Boya
Jane Pickens
Cbs News
Orchestra
News
All Nets
Queen Elizabeth Honors Broad List From Britain Australia
New Year honors announced in London include three new barons three baronets and 59 knights among 217 recipients in various orders. Notables include Dr Wilder Penfield in the Order of Merit and actors writers athletes and industry leaders across the commonwealth.
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London
Queen Elizabeth
House of Lords
Knigh
British Commonwealth
Bird and Clark
Samuel Allen
Robert Y. Bell
Holy Island
Irish Sea
Thomas Boswell
Bernard Miles
Diana Wynyard
Rodrigo Moynihan
Navy to Salvage Ship Current Aids Quartette Wreck
Honolulu UP report says the Navy salage ship Current will attempt salvage of the freighter Quartette, aground on a reef near Midway Island ten days earlier. A Standard Steamship Co representative requested the operation, with Captain C Katsambis and a radioman aboard directing efforts.
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Honolulu
T.H
Navy
USS Current
Quartette
Midway Island
Standard Steamship Company
Midway
Frontenac
C. Catsambis
Currin to Retire as Upper Plain Test Farm Superintendent
W R Currin Jr will retire after thirty years as superintendent of the Upper Coal Plain Test Farm near Rocky Mount. Warren H Bailey will succeed him after four years at Mc Cullers Branch Experiment Station near Raleigh. W C Allsbrook will transfer from Upper Plain to McCullers as superintendent.
Rescue line hampered by rough seas near Cape Hatteras
Coast Guard cutters struggled to reach the disabled Dutch freighter Hydra off Cape Hatteras as 50 to 55 mph winds raged. The Hydra with 35 to 40 crew aboard was not in immediate danger, while the USS Conifer and orders shifted to assist other vessels including the tug Mary L. McAllister and the Eu genia M. Moran.
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Norfolk, Va
U. S. Coast Guard
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Coast Guard
Hydra
E.S.T
Eugenia M. Moran
Mary L. McAllister
Yen for Privileged Plates Disastrous
An Indian national, a former Manila restaurant owner, faces deportation for illegal use of a diplomatic car plate. He is accused of theft of two U S embassy vehicles and allegedly sought a No 8 congressman’s number but took the diplomatic plate when unavailable.
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Manila
U. S
Governor Scott Urges Tar Heels to Give to March of Dimes
Gov. Scott calls North Carolinians to donate to the March of Dimes campaign opening Jan 2 and running through January. He says acts of charity will be repaid in kind in times of need.
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Raleigh
Scott
Death toll from Chicago fire rises to six
The death toll from the explosion and fire that destroyed a large furniture store rose to six. Firemen recovered three more bodies after a two day search, with three earlier found hours after the blast. A coroner's jury investigates the powerful explosion.
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Chicago
Three Die in Crashes as Snowstorms Grip York Area
A Baltimore couple and a sailor from Maryland died in a head on crash near Liverpool Pennsylvania amid heavy snow. A Washington to Scranton bus struck an oil truck nine miles south of York injuring thirty, mostly servicemen home for the holidays.
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York
Susquehanna
Baltimore
Maryland
Liverpool
Here
David W. Bridges
Winona
W. University St
Robert D. Schilling
High St
Flemington
Lock Haven
York Hospital
Schilling
Bainbridge, Md
York Area
Star distance fact shows sun to Earth far edge measured
A scientific note states the nearest star lies about 300000 times farther than the sun from Earth, illustrating vast interstellar separations and astronomical scale.
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Earth
Sun
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Wamner-Fm
Big Jon and
Sparkie Wimfer
Jamboree
Blue Barron Orchestra
Elmer Davis
Tales of Tomorrow
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John Daly
March of Dimes
Edwin Co. Hill
the Embers
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Carolina Farm
Martin Agronsky
Day Tops & Tunes
MacVane
B. Crocker
Breakfast Club
Breakfast
Madame
Cote Glee Club
Paul Harvey
Ted Malone
Duke Power Company
Riders of Purple Sage
Mary Margaret McBride
Betty Crocker
Joe Emerson
Tennessee Ernie
Cal Tinney
Jack Owens
Wmfr AM & FM
Michael Shane
Whpe-Fm
Kiere
Morgan Manner
John T. Flynn
Dick Haymes
Glenn Thompson
Homemaker Harmonies
Wemy-Tv
Betty Furness
RFC Piedmont
Garry Moore
Mike and
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Hopalong Cassidy
Doug Edwards
Perry Como
Irma
Philo Vance
Joseph Doolin
Decatur
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Coteau
N. Dak
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Marjorie Main
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Rock Hudson
Julia Adams
Bend of the River
BcotTle
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Gary Cooper
Springfield Rifle
Congo
Anne Baxter
Marie
Xs) McDonald, Ralph Bellamy
Artoot
the Sniper
Adolp. Menjou
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Eddie Albert
Faye Marlowe
Loaths
Kenneth Roberts
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