Florida Senate OKs unmask Klan bill with cemetery hood clause
The Florida Senate judiciary committee unanimously approved a version to unmask the Ku Klux Klan, sending the measure to the floor after a public hearing where Klan members Wallace Progressive party adherents and religious groups spoke for and against. The bill would ban wearing masks on public streets and in public buildings and bar Klan entry onto private property without consent, with an amendment allowing hooded burial ceremonies in cemeteries.
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Tallahassee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ku Klux Klan
Florida
Senate
Wallace Progressive Party
Bill Hendrix
Walter Walker
Daytona Beach
Grant Stockdale
Dade
House
Hendrix
Three Army Wives Kidnapped On Wild Florida Ride
Three pregnant Army wives from Ft Benning recounted a whiskey fueled kidnapping by a tall bearded soldier in a black coupe. They fled to a ladies room during a gas stop about 200 miles from home and returned by bus after a 24 hour abduction. Authorities in GA, AL, FL search for the unidentified assailant as the women describe the incident and seek safety.
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Columbus
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
EBI
Mary Elien Peters
Gerald Peters
Toronto
Mra
Osca Fazio
Michael J. Fazio
Oneonta
and Mrs. Joyce McMullen
Pvt
Raymond McMullen
East Liverpool
Ft. Benning
Post
Milton
Peters
Siscomfort
Mother Of 6 Boys Is Montgomery's Mother Of Year
Mary Kimbell Dobbins a 38 year old mother of six boys has been named Montgomery mother of the year by the Junior Chamber of Commerce She is wife of W C Bill Dobbins Jr State Planning Board Director Dobbins will reign over Jaycee Southern states air carnival with her sons W C Robbins Porter Tom Edward John and Raymond escorting her to the air show She works as a draftsman in the state judges department
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Montgomery
Mary Kimbell Dobbins
Junior Chamber of Commerce
W. C
Bill) Dobbins
State Planning Board
Jane McFadden
Hentingdon College
Jaycee
Southern States
W. C. Robbins
Porter
Tom
Edward
John
Raymond
Dobbins I
State
Ineshand
Million Dollar Blaze Destroys Hollywood Park Grandstand
A multi million dollar fire at Hollywood Park in Inglewood California swept through the grandstand clubhouse and club areas injuring five firefighters. Arson suspected as a man running on the infield was seen near the blaze around 11 p.m. Traffic clogged for miles as flames towered. The new opening May meeting may shift to Santa Anita in Arcadia with facilities offered pending approval.
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Inglewoop
Cal
Hollywood
Woter
Alice
Santa Anita
Arcadia
Gwynn Wilson
Holywood
Turf Club
California:Horse Racing Board
Cliff . Freeman
Youth linked to Lad's Slaying in Florida case
Frances Daffin reports that 17 year old Abelardo Quevedo of Tampa and 14 year old Frank Murphy Jr. of Lakeland face first degree murder charges in the Eddie Black case at the Florida Industrial School for Boys. Murphy confessed. police say Black was killed to silence him about Murphy smoking.
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Frances
Daffin Marianna
Abelardo Quevedo
Tampa
Eddie Albert Black
Florida Industrial School
Clyde Mayhall
Quevedo
Frank Murphy, Jr
Lakeland
Murphy
Mayhall
Black
Mayhal
Murph
Moughall
Arthur G. Dozier
Ernest Barnes
Mercer Spear
Dozier
Fire Department
Pensacola
John E. Black
Ford's Rouge Plant Lies In Strike Grip
Detroit AP reports Ford Rouge, a major auto plant, idle in its second day of CIO United Auto Workers strike. About 80,000 workers walk out over a speed-up dispute. no negotiations scheduled. Production at Ford Motor Co may halt, affecting the nation’s second largest auto producer with over 29,000 workers.
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Detroit
Ford Rouge
Americas
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Democracy’s End Seen If Atlantic Pact Not Ratified
James W. Gerard warned the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that failure to ratify the Atlantic pact and its defense program would trigger war and the end of democracies, with Russia dominating the world. He urged approval despite changes in Soviet policy, offering endorsements from 24 former ambassadors.
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John L. Steele Washington
LLP
James W. Gerard
America
Germany
Senate
Russia
Gerard
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
J. Reuben Clark
Utah
Clark
The
Mormon Church
Mexico
United States
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Truman
United Nations
Roberts
Atlantic Union Committee
136 Rats In One Red Tops Fishing Tales
R. B. Collier county sanitation officer interrupted fishing tales at the city clerk's office to recount a rat control job. Murphy and his crew killed 136 rats under two barns on the Columbia road. The pile weighed over 100 pounds after the floors were lifted. Williams’s farm saw 12 rats driven out the first day, 124 found the next. Collier likened the rat to a migratory and elusive feeder, recounting methods and baits used in the effort.
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ED Driggers
R. B. Collier
Collier
Robert Murphy
Raymond Williams
Columbia Road
Murphy
Williams
Town Clock Keeper In Jacksonville Dies At 71
Jacksonville clock keeper William H Renten, who tended the city bell tower for decades, died at age 71. He served at Reggrchin grag eawion parish, preserving the town clock and its chimes for daily timekeeping and ceremonial occasions.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Willian HL -Renten
Reggrchin Gieier Crag
Eawion
Berlin Traffic To Start Rolling On Lifting Of Blockade
Gen Lucius Clay announced that traffic will begin at midnight next Wednesday from west Germany toward Berlin as the Soviet blockade ends May 12. He said no Russian communication or negotiations are needed and trains will be cleared on the agreed date. A Soviet barrier was seen being erected, and a car from the Soviet sector escaped into the western sector, likely with smugglers.
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John B. McDermott
Berlin
West Germany
Lucius C. Clay
Clay
U. S
Kreuzberg
Cotton crop of 1948 estimated at 14,863,000 bales
Washington AP reports the 1948 cotton crop at 14,863,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, up from 11,857,000 in 1947. Cottonseed production reached 5,941,000 tons, with lint and cottonseed value for the 1942 crop at 2,413,380,000, the highest on record, and the 1948 lint value about 2,241,077,000. The average price received by farmers before May 1, 1849 stood at 20.1 cents per pound, while cottonseed averaged 67.40 a ton.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Reds May Offer LWorld Deal
Washington reports speculation that at the Big Four Paris meeting Russia may propose a two sphere world division. Observers say the Soviet plan could include recognizing a Communist China, a hands off policy in Asia, and a democratic settlement for Germany and Austria in exchange for U S restraint in western Europe. U S officials and Dean Acheson reportedly oppose secret deals. President Truman welcomed the Berlin blockade lift as a step toward peace talks. Top advisers urged Acheson to act at Paris to counter a Soviet propaganda bid to the German people. National Music Week.
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Russia
United States
Soviet Union
China
Asia
Europe
Germany
Austria
Russa
Paris
U. S
Dean Acheson
Truman
Berlin
Acheson
8000 VA Employes To Be Dismissed And Offices Closed
The Veterans Administration ordered 42 offices to close and 8,000 employees to be dismissed to meet the 1950 budget. Hospitals and medical services remain unaffected. Veterans Administrator Carl R Gray Jr said efforts will keep essential veteran services. notices will go out with 20 days’ pay in lieu of notice.
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Washington
API
Veterans Administration
Tony
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Congress
Gray
Rep Taylor of Hale Uses Incompetency as Basis of Charge
In Alabama the House moved a resolution urging Gov. James E. Folsom to resign. Rep. H. A. Taylor of Hale County introduced it, sending it to the rules committee without debate. In the Senate a filibuster threat aimed at blocking governor messages until rules action, led by Sen. Bruce Henderson, could derail consideration of nominations. The measure accuses the governor of incompetence and extravagant spending, and tees up impeachment or blocked funding if resignation fails. Opposition in the Senate stalled a reapportionment bill seeking a senator for every county, as the court weighs constitutional procedures. National music week follows on page 1.
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Henderson
Senate
Rules Committee
Taylor
Folsom
Alabama
House
Hale County
Rankin Fite
Marion County
State Supreme Court
Fite
Pres- Tern
Cows Electrocuted in South Carolina Pasture
In Columbia an uninsulated high tension line broke in a dairy pasture at dawn. Twenty cows, thirteen Holsteins and seven Guernseys, were found dead in a straight line after a 4300 volt electric shock. Dairy operator S B Forsythe called the loss heavy for the Columbia Dairy.
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Columbia
D. C
S. B. Forsythe
Communists Set Shanghai Course
AP dispatch reports a major push by Chinese Communists toward Shanghai with several fronts active. Attacks southwest and northwest were met with varying results while forces pressed deeper into central and southeast China. The Shanghai offensive broke a lull after Hangchow seizure and Shanghai isolation by sea.
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Shanghai
Central
China
Hangchow
Kashing
Hangchew
Folsom Tax Program May Go To People
Montgomery AP report on a proposed constitutional amendment to let voters decide on Gov. James E. Folsom s plan for 59 million dollars in yearly additional taxes. House Speaker W M Beck led the drafting of the bill after a legislative conference.
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Montgomery
W. M. Beck
James E. Folsom
Beck
Folsom
Honeymoon Ends For Truman As He Battles Congress
President Truman declares the honeymoon with Congress is over and vows no concessions on Taft Hartley repeal. He warns party allies to carry out the Democratic platform, including labor law changes, or face political penalties. He says the administration will wait to push the labor bill while Congress votes.
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President Truman
Congress
Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
Trumnan
House
Wood Labor
Taft-Hertley
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