Reporter undercovers Klan life risks family safety
Nashville AP reports Jerry Thompson spent 18 months infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan and says the public must know how fanatical and armed the group is. He witnessed committed members with machine guns and recalls a Klan parade sighting that reminded him of his daughter. Thompson and his family remain under guard as his undercover work ends.
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Nashville, Tenn
Jerry Thompson
Thompson
Birmingham
Ala
Tuscumbia
John Seigenthaler
Communist Workers Party
Greensboro
North Carolina
Linda
Four couples buy Navajo town in northeastern Arizona
Phoenix investors pay 615000 for 7.5 acre Navajo town once run by Spurlock family. The eight buyers plan no move, intend to keep the name, and may seek incorporation while two dozen workers remain employed. Spurlocks sold after years of ranching and management turnover.
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Eloise Engler
Phoenix Realty
Arizona
Navajo
Compliment Club lesson sparks change at work
Maude X of a Chicago Loop department store learns a simple praise habit transforms coworker Laura in the millinery department. The 30 day project, based on the Golden Rule, leads to lunch invites, inclusion in office parties, and Laura’s emotional reaction. Readers are urged to request the Compliment Club booklet from Dr. Crane with a stamped return envelope and 25 cents.
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Maude X
Chicago Loop
Chicago Temple
Maude
Laura
Benjamin Franklin
Army launches 10 week weight loss program for soldiers
Fort Eustis will run a mandatory 10 week program starting February to reduce overweight soldiers to 1,500 calories daily. About 70 officers and enlisted personnel will participate under Col. James C. Brewster, with meals, health talks, and follow up checks. Enlisted rations allowance of 120 dollars will be removed, while officers keep 82 dollars but pay for meals.
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Newport News
Fort Eustis
Army
James C. Brewster
Army Post
Brewster
Congress
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James Braddock
Santa Fe Square
Odessa, Texas
Phoenix, Ariz
Spurlock
Spurlocks
Mrs. Engler
Irwin
Don
Rita Schwinghamer
Phoenix
Frank
Ann Schwinghamer
Saskatchewan
Canada
Len
Betty Siebert
Seattle
Siebert
Frances Greer
Pat Spurlock
Wall Street
Baltimore
First Savings
Anita Murphy
East Eighth Street
First Savings and Loan Association OF Odessa
East Seventh Street
East 42Nd Street
Amana
U.S
Odessa
Texas
Midland
Hopper Furs Lic
Faesners Midland
Mon
Holiday Ink
W. Wall Odessa
Tues
Hospitality Lodge
E. Hwy
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