Hollywood Writers Sought by Movie Makers in Push for Stories
Hollywood producers push for strong story material with fellowships and prizes. Columbia Pictures offers to finance unfinished books with film potential and aid publicity. Goldwyn backs writing as essential, awarding UCLA prize to Lee Hwa Yu. U Nu of Burma resigns as prime minister to focus on party reorganization, with U Ba Swe named successor.
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Columbia
Harry Cohn
Rangoon
Burma
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People’s Freedom League
U Ba Swe
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Aung Ban
Britain
U. Nu
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Samuel Goldwyn
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London
UCLA
Formosa
Lee Hwa Yu
Rege
Assembly Given Negative Pro-Segregation Reports
The 98th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church U.S. Southern branch rejected pro segregation overtures from South Carolina Alabama groups calling for a vote on policy. Pro integration statements from 1954 55 were noted and a study on interchurch council membership was approved for 1957. A 1957 budget of 693196 was approved with 3.5 million for world missions.
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Ieston
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U.S
Assembly
National’ Council ‘of Churches of
Congaree
Charleston
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Meridian
Miss
Florida
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Interchurch Relations
Birmingham
Als
Japanese Report Says U S Ammo Barge Exploded
Tokyo based radio broadcast claimed an American LST loaded with ammunition exploded off the Indochina coast. The report cites unidentified sources and does not confirm specifics such as date or location.
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U. S
Tokyo
Indochina
Cleveland youth admits Atlanta slaying by hammer
An 18 year old Negro, Johnny Don Mitchell, confessed in Cleveland to murdering Atlanta secretary Inez Johnson at the Ingram Mantel and Tile Co office. He described taking a $2,400 payroll, hiding $470 in a pillow case, and fleeing toward Cleveland via bus and train.
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R. F. Jordan
Johnny Don Mitchell
Inez Johnson
Ingram Mantel and Tile Co
Jordan
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Mitchell
Harold Boyett
James Brewer
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Mitchells
Kerr
Atlana
Johnson
Chattanooga
Georgia State Training School
Jacksonville
Fla
Valdosta
Raiford
Tallahassee
James Toler
Toler
Lawyer Urges Negroes To Attack Segregation
Atlanta audience hears Dr. James M. Nabrit Jr. urge civil rights counterattack against white segregation backers using mass media. Nabrit cites Byrnes Talmadge Waring Faulkner Price Shivers Clark as targets and calls for Negroes to publicize facts in radio TV forums and print to sway the North.
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James M. Nabrit Jr
Howard University
Washington, D.C
Atlanta University
Nabrit
Byrnes
Talmadge
Waring
Faulkner
Price
Shivers
Clark
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
T. R. Waring
Charleston
S. C
News and Courier
William Faulkner
Associated Press
Benn Price
Allan Shivers
Texas
Mark Clark
Washington
Autherine Lucy
University of Alabama
South
North
Personal Income Reaches New April Record
Commerce Department reports April personal income at a 317 billion annual rate, up nearly 2 billion from March. Farm income jumps to 14.6 billion, highest since November, with wages and salaries rising about a billion.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Fragmentary note on station seven and missing items
Incomplete OCR reads that one item is missing and station seven may be involved. The fragment hints at uncertain details and stray quotes, leaving readers unsure about location names or outcomes.
Clay Street YMCA Pool Opens June 6
The pool at the Clay Street YMCA will open on June 6 and memberships are available. I. H. Hamilton aims for 500 new members this year with prices set at 1.50 for children 12 and under, 2.50 for older children, and 5 for adults. Memberships may be purchased from Francis Weston or listed organizers. Life guard David Goodlet will staff the pool. Weekly worker reports are due Tuesday June 5 at 8 p.m. at the campaign headquarters in the Clay Street YMCA.
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YMCA
I. H. Hamilton
Francis Weston
Brownie May Flowers
Roosevelt Catching
Charlie Williams
Andrew Young
H. D. Thomas
W. H. Thomas
Robert C. Sampson
David Goodlet
Hamilton
Williams vows to keep hitting despite slump
Boston slugger Ted Williams says retirement is impossible for him as long as he can hit. He admits frustration after a 7-6 loss to Kansas City but calls remarks about being washed up sarcastic and insists he will play on until his legs fail.
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Boston
Boston Red Sox
Ted Williams
Williams
Ted
Kansas City Athletics
Big Slugger
Barons Hit Stiff Test On Eight Game Road Swing
The Birmingham Barons face their toughest test as pitching depth evaluated by critics is tested over an eight game trip starting tonight. They hold a six game lead after a 3-2 win over Little Rock on Sam Suplizio's ninth inning single. Mobile lost to Chattanooga 5-4, tying Chattanooga for runner up, while Atlanta beat Memphis 10-2 to move closer to the chase. Nashville and New Orleans had no games listed.
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Assa
Rickwood Field
Phil Page
Gwifties
New Orleans
John Gebhard
Barons
Little Rock
Sam Suplizio
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