A number of setbacks, including a condemnation by Governor Murray, caused the local offices of the Silver Shirts, anti-Semitic and anti-Catholic organization, to be closed.
Although western headquarters of the Silver Shirts were to be maintained here, according to an announcement from Major Luther I. Powell, when the group here came into being a few moths ago, but few traces of it are left. Powell has since left the Silver Shirts, turning his attention to the new Anti-Communist League of The World.
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