NAACP cites Washington DC segregations in licensing and services
The NAACP accuses DC Commissioners of permitting segregation in licensing for amusements, lack of equal access in public services, and discriminatory hiring. It faults the YMCA Central Branch and Soldiers Home for discrimination and notes a bowling alley convicting segregation. It also criticizes the Post for bias toward Virginia school integration.
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Washington Post
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Washington Commissioners
James E. Barnes
Metropolitan Police Boys Club
NAACP
Ymca Central Branch
Post
Virginia
Washington
Editorial Digest on Virginia School Funding Assurance
The piece argues that Section 129's public school funding remains local and state finance will not be forced by the Section 141 change. It notes the amendment’s impact unlikely to shift burden from localities and expects continued local and state support for public schools, including Charlottesville and Albemarle County.
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University of Virginia
Colgate W. Darden Jr
General Assembly
Ted Dalton
Virginia
Charlottesville
Albemarle
Vanishing Horse On U S Farms Warns Of Decline
A historical note warns that horse and mule numbers on U S farms plummet as 1.8 million of 5 million farms operate without horses. Tractors rise by a million in five years, while equines drop by 3.5 million, signaling possible near extinction of horses and mules.
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U. S
Tidy or Dull Causes for Juvenile Delinquency
A Greensboro survey of automatic laundry establishments finds little of interest in boys pockets. Operators report only colorless odds and ends, leading to a bleak conclusion about the American future and juvenile delinquency.
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Greensboro
New Year’s resolutions fill America with saintly resolve
The essay satirizes New Year’s vows as Americans imagine themselves angels in a flawless moral spree. It notes everyone vows better conduct across roles from wives and drivers to bankers and boxers, then warns many vows fade by week’s end and catastrophe could end the month with hollow piety.
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New York
America
Heaven
St. Peter's Pearly Gates
Letter to the editor on Virginia school integration
Dr Charles J Smith urges Virginia voters to oppose federal court orders on school desegregation and to support a constitutional amendment allowing public funds for tuition to nonsectarian private schools. He argues for separate schools for blacks and whites and defends parental religious liberty and local control.
Jet assisted racing car patent claims speed boost
Automotive News reports Daimler-Benz in Germany patents a jet assisted racing car. Exhaust gases feed movable nozzles whose jets can be directed backward for thrust or sideways for cornering. At 125 mph a jet thrust of 60 lbs adds about 50 extra HP as direct drive.
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Automotive News
Daimler-Benz Co
Germany
Rainfall Figures by Month 1912 1955 Inclusive
A summary of rainfall data shows 43 year averages for each month with totals. Monthly figures list January 2.45 inches February 1.95 March 2.98 April 3.10 May 3.90 June 3.90 July 3.69 August 3.99 September 2.65 October 3.22 November 2.57 December 2.46. The document notes past 72 hours rainfall and January totals to date as none. Average annual rainfall over 43 years is 36.95 inches.
New Drug Discoveries Offer Hope Against Serious Ills
Medical advances promise Sterane as a potent anti arthritic aid for about 200000 permanently disabled and up to 10000000 others with rheumatic diseases. It is a steroid related to hydrocortisone but stronger and also aids bronchial asthma ulcerative colitis and some skin diseases.
How's Your I Q Based On 100 Questions For 10 Days
A quiz style test offers score bands from Memory Genius to Oddity. Questions span categories like Bible history dance and language. one item asks if home without a Bible defines a soul dearth.
Strength For The Day by Earl L Douglas D D
The article urges steady Christian belief for spiritual growth in the new year. It emphasizes Bible as source of truth and the life of Jesus as example, noting God’s love and promise of forgiveness and eternal life, with a nod to William James’s The Will to Believe.
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Jesus
House of Israel
NAACP
Virginia
Jesus Christ
William James
Quicksilver Pool Chapter a Quiet House Date
Lora contemplates Wade and Morgan Channing as John Ambrose reflects on family patterns in a spring day at Ambrose cottage. Wade’s feud with Mor ran, Virginia, Jemmy, and Lora's evolving view of love and identity unfold amid quiet domestic moments.
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Lora
John Ambrose
Ambrose
Tyler
Jemmy
Jason Cowles
Wade
Tyke
Virginia
Apollo
Lancelot
Abelard
Phyllis A. Whitney
Morran
Gan
Morgan
Serena
John
Pd Wate
Mother Tyler
Lorie
Doc
Century-Crofts
Am&Jose
Lone
Morgan Channing
Knights of the Golden Circle
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Clarke
H. F. Byrd, JR
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Fire Department
the Public Schools
Charlottesville Daily Progress
The
Greensboro Daily News
Hal Boyle
Tener
Star
Gray Commission
Commonwealth
Supreme Court of the
United States
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Charles J. Smith
By Herman N. Bundesen, M.D
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King Features
Syndicata
Lee
Scott
R. J. Scott
Judas
Scariot
Chris
Kong Peatures
Iscariot
I. Q
England
Tabernacles
Trish
Ireland
Lochinvar
Earl L. Douglas
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