All Lynch Defendants Are Freed in Greenville Trial
In Greenville South Carolina all 28 defendants including Roosevelt Carlos Hurd were acquitted on all counts after a two week lynch trial. An all white jury returned not guilty verdicts prompting mixed reactions from spectators and judge J Robert Martin. Earle was killed in reprisal for an earlier attack on a local cabbie, with defense attorneys condemning northern interference.
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Willie Earle
J. Robert Martin
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Hurd
South Carolina
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Tom Wofford
FBI
Martin Popper
National Lawyers’ Guild
Sherliffs
Earle
Thomas W. Brown
Murray Bans Steel Strikes For Two Years
CIO President Philip Murray orders 3000 United Steelworkers locals to forbid strikes for two years amid two year contracts with a 15 cent hourly pay hike. He urges strict contract adherence and use of grievance procedures up to arbitration to stabilize production and support national economic policy.
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Atlantic City
N. J
CIO
Philip Murray
United Steelworkers
Murray
New Envoy Dies On Departure Eve
Bryan Texas AP reports 54 year old William S Howell a businessman attorney and veteran diplomat died Thursday one half hour before leaving for South America to become ambassador to Uruguay His death believed caused by heart trouble parallels the Feb 6 death of O Max Gardner in New York before he sailed for England as ambassador
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Bryan, Texas
William S. Howell
United States
South America
Uruguay
Howell
O. Max Gardner
New York
England
Man Burned in Fuel Oil Tank Blast Near Cedar Rapids
Carroll Humphrey, 28, of 1301 Wilson Avenue SW, suffered possible third degree burns to face arms and abdomen when a fuel oil tank exploded while he was drawing oil last Wednesday night. His wife heard the blast and found him on the ground as the tank burned. He was taken to Mercy hospital in fair condition. firemen reported minimal fire damage and no definite cause for the explosion.
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Cedar Rapids
Carrol Humphrey
Wilson Avenue
Humphrey
Mercy Hospital
Navy orders blood count for Bikini atom test veterans
Washington AP report says the Navy has ordered a complete blood count for all men who participated in the Bikini atom bomb tests last year. A medicine bureau officer calls it a routine followup with no ill effects found and no alarm raised.
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Washington
Navy
Bikinis
Bureau of Medicine
Iowa Vet Returns Home From Spanish-American War
Davenport resident Matthew McFarland has come home after serving in the Spanish-American War. He left in May 1898 from near Ainsworth to enlist, then spent years aiding U.S. administration in the Philippines. He met his sister and nephew at the Davenport train and plans to claim travel pay owed for his discharge.
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Davenport
INS
Matthew McFarland
McFarland
Ainsworth
Washington County
Spain
Philippines
U. S
Tacloban
Leyte
Five Killed in Army Transport Crash Near Wright Field
A U S Army C-47 transport crashed on a farm near Wright Field in Dayton Ohio killing five men and injuring two others. The aircraft wreckage and cause were not immediately disclosed.
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Dayton
Ohio
Wright Field
Roosevelt Memo Secrecy Rule For King's Letters Revealed
Roosevelt directed that long letters between the king of England and himself or Cardinal Mundelein be kept private by him or his estate. A 1943 memorandum, released by Sen. Brewster, notes other papers to remain sealed for decades. Brewster argues the Senate War Investigating Committee should review Roosevelt papers relevant to navy oil purchases.
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Roosevelt
England
Cardinal Mundelein
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
Sen. Brewster
Maine
Fred W. Shipman
Hyde Park
N. Y
Brewster
Senate War Investigating Committee
Samuel Rosenman
Harry L. Hopkins
Grace G. Tully
White House
Senate
Stassen
State Central Committee
Truman Names Emmet O'Neal Ambassador to Philippines
President Truman announced the nomination of former Representative Emmet O'Neal to be ambassador to the Philippines. Paul V. McNutt, who was the first ambassador to the republic, will return to law practice after requesting relief from his post.
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Truman
Emmet O'Neal
Philippines
Kansas ‘City
Stassen Speech in Iowa Draws Mixed Reactions
Former Minnesota governor Harold E. Stassen spoke to about 10 000 in Jefferson Iowa as he sought Midwest backing for the 1948 Republican nomination. GOP officials welcomed him cautiously while organization leaders kept distance amid hints of Dewey Taft support.
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Blake Shipton
Jefferson's Legion Day
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
GOP
Wendell Willkie
Jefferson and
Midwest
Ae Teer
Russia
Thomas E. Dewey
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Iowa
Camp Good Health Fund Receives Elks Boost in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids B P O Elks Lodge No 251 adds 100 to its 300 donation to Camp Good Health Fund as part of a drive to raise 6910 the goal other donors must help cover the remaining 5116 55 to fund the Public Health Nursing Association program for physically handicapped children this summer.
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B.P.O. Elks
Cedar Rapids
The
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Camp Good Health Fund
Wee
B.P.O Elks
Cedar Rapids Lodge
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club, Inc
Electra Circle
King’ S Daughters
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Safety Week Peaks Friday In Cedar Rapids Drive Safely
Cedar Rapids observes Safety Week with a Friday peak and final lane inspections behind police HQ on Second Avenue. About 1,446 cars inspected to 8 p.m. Wednesday. 197 passed 176 rejected. one 1924 Model T also passed. Lane hours 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday. Capt. Remington urges drivers to check cars to save lives.
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Second Avenue
Traffic Bureau
L. W. Remington
Police to Crack Down on Scooters in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police will tighten enforcement on motor scooters with strict speed rules. Safety Commissioner Gordon Hughes says drivers exceeding 25 mph in 25 mph zones will receive tickets. He notes a state drivers license suffices and scooters will not be given any extra leeway. Three serious scooter accidents have occurred this month.
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Cedar Rapids
Gordon Hughes
Stolba Named Inspector of Cedar Rapids Police
Steven L Stolba a 50 year old Cedar Rapids police veteran was named inspector of police by the city council in a reform of the department The new post created in March shifts the entire uniformed division to the 5 pm to 1 am schedule with a salary of 285 a month Stolba a navy chief specialist during World War II will command the night shift and replaces the former assistant chief position which has been vacant since A A Mikota resigned a year ago The council also elevated Frank Bukacek to bureau captain Sgt E L Stearns to captain and promoted John Kuba Jerry Navratil to detective with Leonard Bruce made a sergeant. All new appointments take effect June 1 and additional recruit appointments are expected within days Continued on Page 8 Col 2.
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Cedar Rapids News
Steven L. Stolba
Cedar Rapids
Leonard Bruce
Stolba
A. A. Mikota
Capt. How
Laugher's Fine Is Refunded by Court in Pawtucket
Samuel Hyder, 57, fined 4.60 for reveling after a police chief complained of his loud laugh, is exonerated by a district court. The judge orders the fine refunded and Hyder grins as he laughs again while the verdict is read.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Samuel Hyder
Hyder
Leonard Mills
Eugene T. Lachapelle
William M. Connell
Cedar Rapids Stores Set Summer Hours and Holidays
The Retail Merchants bureau of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce announced summer hours 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Saturday starting June 2 through Labor Day weekend. Stores will close 1 pm August 12 for All Iowa Fair Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids day. A July 5 holiday closes stores July 3 to July 7.
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Cedar Rapids
Retail Merchants Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Bureau
Hawkeye Downs
Retail Merchants Bureau
Truman signs 400 million Greek Turkish aid bill
President Truman signed the 400 million dollar aid measure for Greece and Turkey, stating the funds would benefit all peoples and support peace and the United Nations. He announced immediate negotiations for aid use and thanked congressional leaders for passage. Greece to receive 300 million and Turkey 100 million in military and relief aid with technical advisers.
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Kansas City
Truman
Greece
Turckey
United Nations
United States
Congress
Turkey
Mercury Drops After Cool Rain in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids experienced a cool day as temperatures peaked at 72 around 4 to 5 pm then fell to a low near 55 by midnight. A light rain delivered about 0.15 inches with intermittent showers. A cooler spell continues into Friday with some warming expected Saturday but rain again later Saturday night and Sunday.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
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