FBI Holds Man In Boy's Death
Wil lam Pollard 26 a former Army mental patient was seized in Chicago in connection with the sex slaying of 21 month old Joseph Nichols in St Louis. FBI said Pollard beat the child to death at the American Hotel and posed as the father to obtain money from the parents. Police recovered the body Wednesday morning stuffed in a dresser drawer after he left the hotel.
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Chicago
Willam Pollard
St. Louis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pollard
American Red Cross
Joseph Nichols
Dixiecrat Senator Oath Denial Sought by Civil Rights Groups
The National Negro Council and National Conference on Civil Rights urged President Truman to urge the 81st Congress to deny oath of office to four Dixiecrat senators from Louisiana South Carolina Mississippi and Alabama. They also pressed for an investigation into disenfranchisement of 200000 Blacks in these states and called for public hearings to advance civil rights legislation.
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New York
National Negro Council
National Conference On Civil Rights
Truman
81St
Congress
Louisiana
South Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
Senate
D. Ward Nichols
Edgar C
Negro Coun
Happy Latvians Reach New Homes on Mississippi Farm
Ninety Latvian refugees from a German displaced persons camp arrive in Senatobia Mississippi to become tenant farmers on a 1500 acre cotton plantation. Led by Janis Dzelzitiz the group of 22 families, ages 1 to 79, will receive advances for equipment and food and repay share from next season’s crop profits. Local residents welcome them at the station.
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Senatoria
Miss
Germany
Mississippi
A. T. Callicott
Eigth Corps
Callicott
Janis Dzelzitiz
Senatobia
In re at Ransom Drug and Walgreen's af
Court records note a matter involving Ransom Drug and Walgreen's, with proceedings recorded in a case caption. Details remain unreadable in the fragment, but the action concerns corporate or civil issues between the two entities.
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Ransom Drug and Walgreen’s. Af
Leftover Veggies Turned Into Salads and Sauces
Create tasty uses for leftover vegetables by incorporating them into salads casseroles sauces and soups. Combine with a cream sauce and leftover meat or fish served over toast for a hearty meal.
Children's Clothing and Toy Sale Offer
Hand e Pants with rubber lining in white pink or blue for girls and white or blue for boys priced from 0.90 to 1.25 depending on size. Wooden pull toy promoted as safe lasting and fun priced at 1.00.
Ginner Charlie Traylor Dies After Short Illness
Bailey area ginner Charlie Traylor died at his home after a 24 hour illness. Survivors include his wife, two daughters, a son, three sisters and two brothers. He owned gins at Bailey and Gober in Fannin County and in the Rio Grande Valley.
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Bailey and Gober
Fannin County
Rio Grande Valley
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FBI
Man
George McSwain
Ents
Mutual
Mutual Savings Institution
Solon Ban
Thornton & Minor
C. East
D. Wooden
Choo-Choo
China
Scarbrough & Sons
Ginner
Lisle
Young Austin Shop
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