Athens Grand Jury To Probe Week-Old Riot
An 18-man grand jury will be impaneled Monday by Circuit Judge James Crowe Jr to investigate a race riot in Athens Alabama. The hearing may last through Wednesday afternoon as officials describe the riot, arrests and crowd actions around the jail.
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Athens
Ala
James Crowe, Jr
Circuit Court
Clark John Kaufman
Simeptons
D. L. Rose~ Fau, Jr
Jude Rosenau
Robert N. Cannon
Rile Theater
van B. Gilbert
Decature
Huntsville
R. H. Richardson, Jr
Ray
Ben Massey
Massey
J.B. Hargrove
Frank Johnson
Apology Issued After Local Race Disturbance
Judge Rosenau noted a suggestion to clear streets of Negroes igniting a melee in which marchers were chased kicked or beaten. H S Todd apologized publicly for his part as Limestone Democrat published the statement and civic clubs decried the outbreak with stern resolutions.
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Rosenau
Limestone Democrat
H. S. Todd
Todd
the Democrat
Chamber of Commerce
the Lions
Rotary
And
Progress
Curran predicts Truman intervention in NMU strike
Joseph Curran, CIO National Maritime Union leader, says President Truman will act to end the Great Lakes shipping strike that has slowed Inland Waterway movement. Union says talks resume Monday with Standard Oil of Indiana and Bethlehem Transportation Co as it seeks a 40 hour week from 56.
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Detroit
Joseph Curran
CIO National Maritime Union
Truman
NMU
Great Lakes
Curran
Union
Standard Oil of Indiana
Bethlehem Transportation Company
Marriage Licenses Issued In Houston County Last Week
Houston County probate office issued licenses for several couples including Lt Col Allan M Cory and Martha Virginia Beker, Charlie D Cranswell and Sarah Gagnell Smith, Ralph M Butler and Enid O Meredith, James W Milton and Rosa Bell Holley, Thomas J Chason and Daisy Sloan, Roy Speigner and Mary Mildred Patterson, Grover Bodiford and Eleanor V Parks, James H Harris and Mary Francis Morris, Ralph F E Way and Angeling West Hall, Richard C Fowler and Jessie Pearl Chase, Roy E Newton and Nancy Joy Musley, John L Harris and Myrtle Ellen Nelson, Cecil K R Jibson and June Lillian Gainers, Samuel R Smith and Marvie Norris, Willian W Avery and Vera Mae Earnest, Wesley B Hall and Anna Lou Perkins.
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Houston County
Allan M. Cory
Tulsa
Okla
Martha Virginia Beker
Appletree Street
Dothan
Garritt
A. Baldwin
Dethan
Ruth Barry Ozier
Montgomery
Charlie D. Cranswell
Bessemer
Sarah Gagnell Smith
Brighton
Fla
Ralph M. Butler
Panama City
Enid O. Meredith
Compton
Calif
James W. Milton
Graceville
Mary Francis Morris
Clarkesville
Tenn
Ralph FE. Way
Branchville
S. C
Angeling West Hall
Richard C. Fowler
North Lena Street
Jessie Pearl Chase
Roy E. Newton
Auburndale
Nancy Joy Musley
Columbia
John Ll. Harris
Twin Falls
Idaho
Myrtle Ellen Nelson
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Cecil KR. Jibson
Roeunna
Mich
June Lillian Gainers
St. Andrews
Samuel R. Smith
Sornerville
Marvie Norris
Chipley
Willian
W. Avery
Plant City
Vera Mae Earnest
Wesley B. Hall
Vernon
Anna Lou Perkins
Roman Republic Rings Class and Caste History
In early Roman Republic days senators wore gold rings for special state missions. Later the system divided rings by status with gold for freeborn men, silver for freedmen, and iron rings for slaves.
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BEM Price
King Ellison
Sears
Cing
King Ellison Jewelers — Silversmiths
Sears Building
Seadiy
Red Ryder
ISITA
Smith & Lewis
Cottonwood
W. M. Lewis & Son
Cottonwood, Ala
Rand
Harris
Andirons
Harris Furniture Company
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