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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1939

Page

8

Eviction of Sharecroppers Sparks Federal Probe

Four federal agents head to Sireston Missouri to probe the forcible eviction of about 500 sharecroppers, mostly Black, by state police who loaded campers into trucks and sent them back to plantations they had left. The group had gathered at Home less Junction near the New Madrid spillway after being displaced from U.S. Route 61 amid threats of a race riot.

Sireston A. F. Stanley Farm Security Administration New Madrid Washington

Errol Flynn Avoids Full Penalty In Yacht Affair

Hollywood star Errol Flynn faces a $3500 fine for owning a yacht larger than allowed to aliens but will be permitted to sell the Sirocco to a corporation in which he holds stock. The government grants leniency and allows a transfer to the corporate buyer.

Hollywood INS Errol Flynn Flynn

Monster Beast Terrorizes Connecticut Farms In Wooded Hurdle

A county posse led by Game Warden Charles Allshcbuse hunts a feared creature called a glowakus after a string of dog slayings near Glastonbury. Deputies and farmers armed with rifles gear up as reports describe a long tailed furry beast with hints of human features.

Glastonbury, Conn Charles Allshcbuse Christopher Bigdotta

Frankfurter Makes His Bow To Capital Society

Felix Frankfurter Roosevelt’s newest Supreme Court appointment attended the White House dinner for justices. He will be sworn in January 30. The event drew most justices though Brandeis was ill and McReynolds absent.

Frankfurter Roosevelt Supreme Court Louis D. Brandeis James C. McReynolds White House

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