Court Reverses Flogging Case In Alabama Ruling
A circuit court reversed the conviction of A B Byrd Carradine, a Klansman and school bus mechanic, for attempted flogging in the Birmingham area night riding cases. The ruling found evidence showed a flogging occurred, so retrial ordered. 48 indictments had been returned against 18 men. Carradine had been fined 500 dollars and sentenced to six months in jail.
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Birmingham
Carradine
Circuit
Emmett Perry
Cecil Deason
Deason
Alabama
New ASMACOL Formula Brings Quick Relief for Asthma
Relief for asthma sufferers comes from the first dose of ASMACOL which relieves congestion and past choking wheezing attacks. It costs $2.50 with a money back guarantee if not delighted and is sold by Aiagerty oP Browne Store at 602 Ave.
Slayer Given Death In Chair
Harris Mullis, 23, convicted of first degree murder for the fatal shooting of Coral Gables constable Luther Hardison near Mobile. Sentenced to die in the electric chair August 10, stay granted pending Alabama supreme court review as court recesses for summer. Hardison was returning Mullis to Florida to face theft charges. Mullis did not speak at sentencing.
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Mobile
Ala
Harris Mullis
Coral Gables
Fla
Pasadena
Calif
David H. Edington
Alabama Supreme Court
Mullis
Luther Hardison
Florida
Carl M. Booth
Hardison
New York
Douglas Stanard
Ethel Mullis
J L Christian Named Vice President of Monsanto
J L Christian elected vice president of Monsanto Chemical Company announced in St Louis by president Charles Allen Thomas. He had been general manager of the phosphate division since October 1948 and previously held roles at Swann Corporation Anniston Alabama and Monsanto plants in Columbia Tennessee and Ladue Missouri.
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Monsanto Chemical Company
J. L. Christian
St. Louis
Charles Allen Thomas
Christian
Monsanto
Swann Corporation
Anniston
Ala
Swann
Columbia, Tenn
Alabama
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
South Picardy Lane
Ladue, Mo
Governor Receives 66-Pound Watermelon at Alabama Festival
Grand Bay Alabama hosts its third annual watermelon festival where Governor Gordon Persons is presented a 66 pound fruit grown by A R Keller president of the Grand Bay Chamber of Commerce. C Wack Owen head of the Public Service Commission spoke during the day long event. American dairy output neared a record high with 120 million pounds of milk produced last year.
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Grand Bay
Ala
Gordon Persons
A. R. Keller
Floridian Charged in Second Degree Murder Slaying
Clarence Rushing of Freeport Florida was arrested on a second degree murder charge for the fatal stabbing of fellow farm worker John W. McCormack 24 during a truck dice game argument. McCormack died June 23 in a Montgomery Alabama hospital after the June 28 incident. Bond set at 5000 dollars.
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Defuniak Springs
Fla
Clarence Rushing
Freeport
Curtiss Miller
Rushing
John W. McCormack
McCormack
Montgomery
Ala
Swifts in India clock speeds to 200 mph
Birds of prey swift birds in India were timed at speeds around 200 miles per hour, marking a remarkable example of avian flight.
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India
First Trans Atlantic Yacht Race Held in 1866
The inaugural trans Atlantic yacht race took place in 1866 marking the first organized effort to contest the ocean crossing by sailboat. Details on entrants and results are recorded in 19th century maritime reports.
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