Negro leaders urge caution over bus boycotts in Florida
In St Petersburg and Miami Negro leaders urge restraint as threats of boycotts echo Montgomery and Tallahassee actions. A meeting was sought with St Petersburg City Council to discuss equal seating while NAACP warns citizens to follow laws on seating.
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Associated Press
Florida
Montgomery
Tallahassee
Fla. Alumbia
D.C
Enoch D. Davis
Negro Citizens Cooperative Committee
St. Petersburg
Fla
Ross E. Windom
Miami
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Columbia
Sarah Mae Flemming Brown
South Carolina Electric and Gas Co
George Bell Timmerman
Federal District Court
Board of Regents of the
University System of Georgia
Five modern Tom Sawyers pause at Decatur on long Tennessee River barge trip
Five Chattanooga high school boys from Baylor Military School voyage down the Tennessee River aboard a self built barge en route from Chattanooga to Cairo. The crew Buddy Langston Ruffner Robinson Bill Pitner Jimmy Wessenauer and Paul Hodgdon 16 to 17 years old prepared for a month long trip with two stoves a cooler air mattresses and a 10 hp motor. They expect 19 or 20 more days to reach Cairo and may return to Chattanooga on an oil barge.
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Cairo
Martha-Bob
Chattanooga
Decatur Harbor
Ill
Decatur
Tennessee River
Tenn
Baylor Military School
Buddy Langston
Ruffner’ Robinson
Bill Pitner
Jimmy Wessenauer
Paul Hodgdon
Fines Levied on Five in Crystal Beach Riot
In Crystal Beach Ontario five Buffalo youths face fines of 200 to 350 after Memoria s riot disruptions. Three were white and two were Negro. two others were dismissed. Seven tried were ordered deported, with one bail forfeited and warrants issued.
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Crystal Beach
Buffalo
Michael Guzzio
Tony Pinto
Peter Giglia
Leo di Giulio
Reginald James
James Warswell
Canada
Accused Bigamist Will face Music
John A. Hill surrendered with wife No 2 at his side and was booked at County Jail under a 1000 dollar bond. He testified he had lived in Atlanta most of the time since leaving his Birmingham partner and their child last year. Deputy solicitor says Hill came back voluntarily to face the bigamy charge and clear his record. Oil pipelines iron barrels of United States. y yt reported incident.
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Bigamist
No. 2
John A. Hill
Hill
Atlanta
Birmingham
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Alway
Penney
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Wesdheks
Marathon
Kipper
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