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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1940

Page

9

Leon Trotsky Attacked in Mexico City Home

In Mexico City on May 24 a mob of 30 to 40 men fired into Leon Trotsky’s bedroom. The 60 year old exile was slightly injured by flying glass. Once a top Soviet leader second to Lenin he fell out with Stalin and lived as a homeless exile in Mexico since 1937 with his follower Rivera.

Mexico City Leon Trotsky Soviet Union Nikolai Lenin Joseph Stalin Europe Asia Mexico Rivera

Sentenced to die for murder by electric chair

May 24 reports Harry Malone and Frank Abbandando once part of Brooklyn’s murder ring are to die in Sing Sing for the strangulation ice pick slaying of police informer George Rudnick, three years prior.

New York Harry Happy) Malone Frank the Dasher Brooklyn Sing Sing George—Rudnick

Progress Toward Recommendations on Negro Education in Alabama

Montgomery officials report a committee of educators is nearing final recommendations for improving higher education facilities for Black residents in Alabama. The panel aims to guide policy decisions and expand access to institutions for African Americans.

T. ©. Almon Decatur Morgan County Alabama Montgomery Ala

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