Federal Jurors Probe Beatings
A federal grand jury in Rome, Georgia, will probe the April 2 flogging of seven Black residents in Hooker. The inquiry aims to determine civil rights violations and identify those responsible. Trials tied to Dade County officials proceed in state court despite federal proceedings.
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Atlanta
U.S
J. Ellis Munay
Rome
Hooker
Mundy
Mamie Clay
U. S
Dade County
Stainless steel beer barrels outlast wooden ones
Stainless chromium-nickel steel beer barrels last about 20 years, compared with about six years for wooden barrels. The durability advantage highlights steel’s long term value for brewing and storage.
Two Held In Truck Death In Birmingham Murder Case
In Birmingham Alabama two men Quinton George and Gurney Cummings were charged with murder after 23 year old Mary Wilkinson Hanks died from a skull fracture following a drunken truck ride. Two others Arnold Lowery and Herbert Martin were held as material witnesses while Ivy Childers reported seeing a struggle on a remote road.
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Birmingham
Ala
Joe
L. Hildebrand
Quinton George
Gurney Cummings
Arnold Lowery
Herbert Martin
Mary Wilkinson Hanks
Brunet
Ivy Childers
Jemison
Hildebrand
George
Cummings
Lars Hanks
Alligators as Pets Prompt Curious Guidance
A humorous Daily Strives feature offers quirky care tips for pet alligators. It covers feeding habits from raw meat to fish, winter dormancy, housing with water and a rock, and the comic notion of alligators barking and crawling into sleeves. The piece playfully notes long term talk of grandchildren and wills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Cain
Gordon Drive
Daily
Montgomery Zoo
Talley to Act As Solicitor in Circuit Court
Circuit Judge Newton B Powell will organize the August Lawrence grand jury Monday morning with aid from special Solicitor John B Talley Scottsboro. Monday also begins trial of civil docket cases with Talley acting circuit solicitor for George Johnson who will be in Decatur. Jeff Smith Huntsville will replace him for the second week of the criminal docket. non jury cases set August 4 with trials starting August 3. Civil suits include Walker McCullough vs L R Royer Jessie J Swope vs John Maynor Robert L Parker and others for accounts. The Commercial Credit Corp seeks payment from Robert Jones and Annie Echols sues Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co. for a policy.
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Newton B. Powell
Lawrence
Johnb. Talley
Scottsboro
Talley
George Johnson
Decatur
Tatley
Jeff Smith
Huntsvile
Commercial Credit Corp
Robert Jones
Annie Echols
Mutual Savings Life Insurance Corp
Mercury Lamps Light Penn Turnpike Through Appalachians
More than 1,000 mercury vapor lamps illuminate the underground road sways of the Pennsylvania Turnpike as it threads the Appalachian Mountains. The lighting project enhances visibility and safety along a major stretch of the highway.
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Pennsylvania Turnpike
Appalachian Mountains
British Sloop Amethyst Breaks Yangtze Blockade
The British sloop Amethyst escaped Chinese communist shore batteries on the Yangtze and rejoined the fleet. Prime Minister Attlee and the Far East commander praised the crew for gallant, epic conduct with no damage or casualties reported.
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London
Yangtze River
Admiralty
Attlee
Far East
Annual Friendship Picnic at Cave Springs
About 250 persons attended the Friendship Baptist church picnic at Cave Springs on Saturday. The all day event featured barbecue stew and a short singing session.
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Friendship Baptist Church
Cave Springs
Effort On To Break Strike In Hawaii Dock Tie Up
Honolulu dispatch reports a push to resume regular East Coast sailings to Hawaii. Isthmian Line and Matson plan 10 day runs from Philadelphia Baltimore and New York, with Castile and Cooke handling local agency duties. The Steel Flyer carried 6200 tons of sugar as nonunion labor crews operate.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Castile and Cooke, Ltd
Isthmian Line
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Matson
West
California
San Francisco
West Coast
AFL
Isthmain
Steel Flyer
CIO
International
ILWU
Fur Debate Delays Action On Rules Resolution
A 15 14 vote kept a hold on a rules committee special order resolution as backers of a senator for every county plan seek to amend to include the house passed bill. Unanimous consent blocks substitution of the house bill for the Rankin Fite companion bill, given senate traditions. Meanwhile two economy bills with executive amendments affecting the state revenue department would let the department spend a portion of tax collections, while the legislature would cap appropriations at flat amounts. Rep Norman Harris of Morgan County pushed a house resolution seeking a Supreme Court advisory on lifting rent controls, arguing the bill became law without the governor’s signature after not being returned with an executive amendment within six days. Folsom sent the measure back to the house last Tuesday. the governor’s change would lift controls only where officials deem them unnecessary, removing a statewide decontrol provision.
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Rules Committee
Rankin’ Fite
Senate
Chamber
State Revenue Department
Folsom
Morgan County
Norman Harris
House
Supreme Court
Alabama
Spare writes safeguards for body parts in will
Spare has his lawyer draft safeguards in the instrument to ensure delivery of his body to medical science. His will states that if no waiting list exists for parts of his body they should be preserved pickled rendered into a skeleton or used for mankind. Adams keeps a duplicate copy at Chilton county courthouse to avoid slip ups. He dreams of a rehabilitation center on his hillside estate to store spare body parts until needed.
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Adams
Chilton
Nickel plating: first commercial development in 1870s England
The note states that nickel plating was developed commercially around 1870 in England, marking a key milestone in industrial metal finishing. This brief item highlights early adoption of this electroplating process and its origin in the United Kingdom.
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England
Flood of Money For Blue Baby Trust Fund
Birmingham July 30 donors from Birmingham readers contribute to a blue baby trust fund for six year old Ralph Hilge of Clanton Alabama who needs heart surgery. A Birmingham surgeon offered to operate free of charge but $350 hospital expenses are required. donations ranged from four cents to 100 dollars and the total rose to 1344 dollars in four days with more funds still arriving.
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Birmingh
Birmingham News
Ralph Hilge
Clanton
Ala
Birmingham
Ralph
M. D. Hilyer
Alabama Congressmen Voted In Major Economic Aid Debate
Washington data shows how Alabama members voted on key roll calls. A defeat of the amendment to cut $74 million from the Economic Administration plan drew opposition from Hill and Sparkman. An 51 to 38 vote overruled a vice presidential ruling, scuttling a provision to earmark $2 billion in ECA funds for surplus farm purchases.
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Washington
Congress
Alabama
Senate
Hill
Sparkman
Barkley
House Votes On Poll Tax Bill Amid Budget Debate
The report notes a 273 to 116 House vote on passage of a bill outlawing poll tax payments for voting in national elections, with all opposed. It also mentions a $5,797,724,000 appropriation back to the appropriations committee and that Hill and Sparkman opposed the chair's ruling barring the amendment as legislation in an appropriation bill.
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Appropriations Committee
Hill
Sparkman
House
Two Are Fatally Injured in Falls in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama a baby and a 65 year old woman died after separate falls. Hubert Gene Johnson Jr suffered a fractured skull when he toppled from his crib. Miss Bessie Knox fell on the pavement boarding a bus suffering a skull fracture and head lacerations. Both died in local hospitals hours later.
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Birmingham
Ala
Hubert Gene Johnson Jr
Bessie Knox
Arthur Hust dies. longtime AP operator in Birmingham
Arthur S. Hust, a retired Associated Press Birmingham bureau employee, died today in a Hattiesburg hospital. He worked as a telegraph operator for many years and retired 15 years ago. He had lived with his daughter Mrs. William S. Peters in Hattiesburg. Surviving are another daughter Mrs. Thurston D. Brown of Washington, D C, and four grandchildren.
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Arthur Hust
Birmingham
IAA
Associated Press Bureau
Arthur S. Hust
Hattiesburg
Miss
Pust
William S. Peters
Thurston D. Brown
Washington, D .C
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