Racial Unrest Strains Athens as Patrols Gird City
Reports describe a 500-strong mob roaming Athens with 40 to 30 patrolmen aiding local officers. Mayor Richardson calls it precautionary to bring in the State Guard. Judge Rosenall cites attacks on Black residents and a couple knocked from a train while many Negroes fled. Sheriff Garrett notes multiple beatings as streets clear of Black inhabitants. The disturbance traces to a fistfight near a picture show between white youths and a Black boy, leading to arrests and a broader eruption. The town, population about 5,000, with roughly one third Black, seeks to maintain peace with local and state help.
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R. H. Richardson
Two Bank Bandits Flee Through Oklahoma Hills With Loot
Heavily armed bandits looted Walters National Bank of $33,000 Thursday morning and fled on foot through southeast Oklahoma hills. State police, bloodhounds from McAlester prison, and officers pursued toward the Kiamichi mountains as the men made a last stand. An abandoned getaway car was found six miles southwest of Daisy after a Daisy filling station operator reported two men fitting descriptions bought ammunition and food.
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Night unrest eases as patrols guard northern Alabama shops
Judge Rosenau described mobs of white men attempting to enter several stores frequented by Black customers but being barred by proprietors. About 50 Negro patrolmen and officers from other northern Alabama cities patrolled as groups of white men lingered. The judge cautioned that the worst may be over if the night passes without further trouble. Guard units were alerted in Gadsden Huntsville and Florence with state patrol chief Clyde C. Sellers coordinating from Montgomery.
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De Gasperi Faults France Yugoslav Frontier Plan
De Gasperi attacked the proposed French line as an act of political expediency, citing 180000 Italians in Yugoslavia and 59000 Slavs in Italian territory. He described Trieste as a mixed Italian Slav state reliant on both Italy and Yugoslavia, with a five to seven billion lire budget and minimal revenue. He warned that internal labor and political restrictions would threaten United Nations stability if allies enclose factions within an international statute. Chairman Bidault noted the Italian prime minister’s remarks as the conference proceeded.
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Law Change Aims to Curb G I Bill Abuses Says General
General Brad ley criticizes the G I Bill as overly permissive and notes abuses were not criminal. He supports a new law signed by President Truman this week to set training standards and provide federal funds to enforce them while capping outside salary eligible for subsistence. He cites education benefits and housing costs totaling hundreds of millions, with readjustment unemployment payments dominating early figures.
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