White Men Freed In Negro Lynching Trial
In Greenville County South Carolina twenty eight white men were acquitted of murder for the lynching of 23 year old Willie Earle taken from Pickens County jail February 17 after a taxi driver stabbing. The nine day trial ended with five hours of jury deliberation and no witnesses for the defense.
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Willie Earlé
Greenville
S. C
Donald B. Partin
Romney Wheeler
Greenville County
Willie Earle
Pickens County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Samuel Watt
Robert Ashmore
South Carolina
Thomas Wofford
John B. Culbertson
J. Robert Martin, Jr
South
City Employees Called to Mass Meeting on Local Legislation
City Commission urged all city of Dothan employees to attend a 7 30 pm Friday meeting at the city auditorium to discuss proposed local legislation affecting them. State lawmakers Hardwick and Malone were invited. the retirement system for employees and civil service proposals were noted as topics.
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City Commission
City Auditorium
Commission
John D. Ayres
City of Dothan
Jim Brennan
W. G. Hardwick
W. D. Malone
Hardwick
Malone
Brennan
John W. Bish
Two Highway Patrol Inspectors Die In 24 Hours
Evergreen Alabama reports two Highway Patrol inspectors died within a day. Walter L. Tatum was found dead beside his patrol car on Highway 31 nine miles south of Evergreen from a heart attack. Kelley Malone Morgan, 52, in charge of the Gadsden district, died of a heart attack at home Tuesday.
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Evergreen
Ala
Walter L. Tatum
Evergeen
E. A. Price
W. D. Lewis
Tatum
Kelley Malone Morgan
Gadsden
Police call inside job in Florida schoolyard theft
Officers labeled the break in an inside job after finding tiny footprints and a small hole near the grade school's cafeteria. The loot consisted of one dozen popsicles.
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Miame, Fla
Barbecue Held At Napier Field Delayed By Rain
The Chamber of Commerce barbecue, postponed due to rain, will be held tonight at the veterans club building Napier Field. Open house for new industries runs 5 to 6 45 p.m., with barbecue served at 7 by women’s auxiliaries of three veterans groups. Secretary Arther Johnson expects over 800 attendees.
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Chamber of Commerce
Veterans Club
Napier Field
Arther Johnson
Johnson
Telegraph Editor Can Sew So His Wife Offers To Men
Everette Smart challenges his claim that men cannot sew. He buys material for shirts and asks Jael to make them. She says they are hard, but Smart vows to prove himself by sewing a shirt with the machine inside his sleeve. His daughters spread word as neighbors listen.
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Telegraph
Hal Boyle
Joplin
Everette Smart
Jael
Smart
Houston Tomato Prospects Bright for 1947
County Agent C. M. Ling says Houston County tomato crop looks good with little blight this season. Late plantings due to cold weather and a late spring push back harvesting to mid June, while acreage drops about 25 percent from last year. Early Florida plants and copper spray aid disease control, but heavy rains or late blight could cut output. Ashford market open mid June with limited local volume until June 10 to 15.
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Houston County
C. M
Ling
Florida
Ashford
Texas
Dothan Woman Hurt In Traffic Accident
Mrs. A G Douglas of 502 N Appletree street Dothan suffered minor cuts and bruises in a morning crash about 50 feet south of the Alabama Florida line on Florida highway 77. A car driven by A G Douglas rear ended a school bus with no injuries to bus passengers. Both vehicles sustained heavy damage.
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A. G. Douglas
N. Appletree Street
Dothan
Florida
Horse Dies In Back Seat Of Automobile
A horse died after stepping into the road and colliding with Joseph C. Davis' car on Clairmont Road in Decatur Georgia. The animal allegedly vaulted onto the car and landed on the rear seat after the crash.
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Decatur, Ga
Joseph C. Davis
Davis
Clairmont Road
Legislature Ends Special Session On Teachers Pay
The Alabama Legislature adjourned a two week special session after approving a constitutional amendment pledging future income tax proceeds for teacher salaries. The vote and local measures were completed and the public vote is set for August 26.
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Montgomery
Capitol
Montgomery House
Etowah County
Montgomery County
Limestone County
Fife
Senate
Columbia Elementary School Burned Down
A fire destroyed Columbia Elementary School late last night with all contents lost. Fire chief R H Ryan said the 80 year old building owned by the state suffered total loss estimated in the many thousands of dollars due to possible wiring faults.
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Columbia
R.H. Ryan
Dothan
Ryan
France Honors 933rd Battalion of State National Guard
The 933rd Field Artillery Battalion of the Alabama National Guard will be decorated by France for heroic combat in France. Brig. Gen. James S. Saliba announced the honors with Maj. Jack Parsons and Capt. Henry A. Dorsey among veterans to attend ceremonies at Stout Field Indianapolis in late June. French Lt. Gen. Maurice Mathenet will present the Croix de Guerre and other awards, with Gen. John C. Person among invitees from the unit’s World War II era.
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933Rd Field Artillery
Alabama National Guard
France
James S. Saliba
Jack Parsons
Dothan
Henry A. Dorsey
Elba
Stout Field
Indianapolis
Ind
Maurice Mathenet
Italy
Saliba
Francis A. Farris
Parsons
Dorsey
Enterprise
Miz
John C. Persons
Alsace
932Rd
Moroc- Toro
House Subcommittee to Boost G I Living Allowance
A House Subcommittee will back increases in GI college living allowances. Single veterans would rise from 65 to 75 dollars a month and married veterans from 0 to 110 plus 15 per child. Final enactment requires broader committee, House, Senate and President approval.
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G. I. Veterans
Senate
William T. Peacock
Washington
G. I
House
Edith Nourse Rogers
Rmass
Veterans Committee
Home
Truman
Soviet Move Would Limit UN Balkan Border Inquiry
U N watchers face curtailment as the Soviet plan seeks to restrict an interim commission probing warfare along Greece northern borders. Yugoslavia Albania and Bulgaria oppose and refuse cooperation while the council debates limits on the mission's life and reach, with Britain and Russia among speakers.
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Lake
Sures
AuraCritias
Russia
United
United States
Balkans
U. S
Herechel V. Johnson
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
Security Council
Settia Ptrife
Council
Specie Council
Salonika
Athena
U. N. Balkan Commission
Council For Action
United 9 Na
Ford Foremen Strike Halts Production at Three Ford plants
Ford Motor Co faces a two day foremen strike with about 2,400 supervisors walking out at Rouge Highland Park and Lincoln plants in Detroit. The walkout disrupts operations at the three plants that employ roughly 78,600 production workers. The FAA Independent union cites grievances while Ford maintains foremen are management and cannot strike under the contract in effect since 1944.
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Ford Motor Co
America
Ford
Detroit
General Motora
Chrysler
Foreman’s Association of America
Ford Rouge
Highland Park
Ford-Faa
Truman Signs Greek Turkish Aid Bill Step Toward Peace
President Truman signed the 400 million dollar Greek Turkish aid measure and called it a step toward peace administered to benefit all people in Greece and Turkey. He announced executive authority over the program would be given to Secretary of State George C. Marshall and other aides, and noted the act supports the United Nations. He spoke from his hotel suite as reporters listened and urged calm as Congress debated the bill.
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Merriman Smith
Kansas City, Mo
Truman
Greece
Turkey
United Nations
Congress
Howard
George C. Marshall
Charles G. Rows
Hoss
Washington
Grand Jury Probing Bribery Attempt In Florida Legislature
A Florida grand jury opened an inquiry into alleged bribery in the State House of Representatives. Judge W May Walter told the 16 member panel it may pursue matters beyond Rep. Bernie Papy of Key West, named in bribery efforts by others. First witness Rep. J Braiky Odham of Sanford testified he will not add to accusations against Papy. Odham and Rep. Clarence Camp of Ocala had spoken of charges. The jury was urged to act on uncontradicted evidence and may indict if warranted. State's Attorney Orion C Parker said he would not subpoena Papy to testify.
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Sanford
Odham
Papy
Rep
Clarence Camp
Ocala
Walker
Orion C. Parker
Phil O'Connell
West Palen Beach
Truman matriarch improves amid family vigil at Grandview
In Grandview Missouri President Truman remains at his mother Bess Truman’s bedside as the White House physician reports progress in her condition. Brig Gen Wallace Graham says she is progressing nicely while remaining seriously ill. The Truman family, including Margaret and the First Lady, stay by her side. The President plans to visit his brother’s nearby farm.
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Frank Eleazer
Grandview
Matha E. Truman
White House
Wallace Graham
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Graham
Ife
Margaret
Mra
Bess Truman
Mam Karet
Brank Wallace
Mrs. Truman
Truman
Justice Black Avoids Questions at Fifth Circuit
In New Orleans Justice Black dodged reporters at a Fifth Circuit conference. He refused to discuss opinions, saying a justice cannot express views except perhaps on Chinese art. When pressed about Chinese art he answered clearly, Not a thing.
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New Orleans
Preme
Juanilce Hugekh. Black
Fifth Circuit Court
Quackery Quashed by FDA Promises Cure Lies
James Marlow reports from Washington on FDA action against heal all devices sold to ill citizens. Charles W. Crawford warns of an epidemic of violators selling bogus cures and therapeutic contraptions. A man marketed a device using colored light for supposed cures.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Charles W. Crawford
Tura
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