Slum Clearance Push Transforms Atlanta in 1948
The Atlanta campaign led by Riley and photographer Pete Roton rallies 42 civic groups to purge slums. City Council taps existing health and building codes, creates a supervisory body, and expands staff with five new building and five health inspectors. Bank of Georgia commits 1 million for loans. Chamber backs effort. Home Builders Association pledges construction of replacement housing. Councilman John A White leads the program with aim to finish in five years.
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Josh “P. Skinner
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John A. White
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Atlanta
Slick Bandits Hold Up St. Louis Liquor Store
Two would be customers entered a St Louis liquor store where the clerk claimed ignorance of prices. A man from the back room prompted a late exit, and moments later Joseph Singer and his wife Leona emerged to reveal the robbers had just stolen 1935 dollars from the shop.
Indigenous Communism in South Africa Seen as Threat
Parliament notes rising influence of Communist elements among Indian Congresss in Transvaal and Natal. Prosecutions for sedition launched against leaders. Muslim Volunteer Corps and Passive Resistance Council cited as tools to disrupt and recruit for protests. Emphasizes defense of democracy and rejection of foreign ideologies.
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Africa
South Africa
Transvaal
Indian Congress
Muslim Volunteer Corps
Congress
Natal
Braille Guide Helps Blind Navigate New York Subway
A 70 page Braille chart for New York City transit detailing 500 stations 1,000 platforms and train directions has been completed. William Wiltchik of the New York Guild for the Jewish Blind led the year long project to publish and freely distribute the guide to blind residents.
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New York
William Wiltchik
New-York Guild
Utah Agricultural College forms Cosmopolitan Club
Logan Utah UP reports Utah State Agricultural College has formed a Cosmopolitan Club with a theme of Above all nations humanity. More than 60 foreign students from lands including India Iran Peru Belgium Colombia Honduras Mexico Puerto Rico Burma Pakistan Iraq Palestine Syria Lebanon Egypt and Canada are members. Dr Franklin S Harris USAC president is chief sponsor and Dr S M Ai is club president. Touran Ahi, his wife, is a home economics student.
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Georgia to Have Our Freedom Train
Georgia will host its own Freedom Train exhibit as part of the national tour. The State Agricultural and Industrial Development Board allocates 5000 dollars for a Georgia Heritage Exhibit with over 1000 documents flags and relics. It includes Georgia’s ratification act and early settler flags to travel with the Freedom Train through the state.
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Atlanta
Georgia
State Agricultural and Industrial Development Board
Oldest Japanese Politician Proposes Scrapping Language
Yukio Ozaki, Japan's veteran parliamentarian, urges replacing Japanese with English or Esperanto. He argues children could learn two foreign languages faster than kanji writing and notes Japanese terms like democracy can be ambiguous, making Japanese writing unfeasible.
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Tokyo
Yukio Ozaki
Japan
Ozaki
Mr Wiggs' Turnips Cause Grief In Memphis Patch
Mrs Wiggs had cabbage, but Roland Wiggs faced five acres of turnips costing more than profits. He turned to turnips after ruined corn, yet picking shipping and marketing ate profits. Hog feed hoped, but hogs refuse raw turnips.
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