Executions Delayed for Two Condemned Men in North Carolina
In Raleigh on June 21 two men, Marvin Bell of Yadkinville and Ralph Litteral of Winston-Salem, convicted of raping a 15 year old Sunday school worker during an Aug 23 all night trip from Elkin to Tennessee, received stays hours before scheduled executions. Bell obtained a Supreme Court stay from Chief Justice Stacy. Litteral received a 30 day reprieve as counsel plans a U S Supreme Court petitionisaa
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W. P. Stacy
State Supreme Court
Cherry
U.S. Supreme Court
Littoral
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Winston-Salem
Negro Electrocuted For Raping Woman in South Carolina
William A. Davis, 27, a Clarendon County Black man, was executed in the state penitentiary for raping a Sumter white woman on April 15. He calmly entered the death chamber and asked the chaplain to sing. The two sang "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning" before the electric chair activated. The report notes Manhattan Island’s only farm is five acres and valued at $400,000.
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Columbia
S. C
William A. Davis
Sumter
State Penitentiary
Clarendon County
R. E. Davis
Davis
Goodman
Saturday Evening Radio Schedule Highlights
A dense broadcast rundown lists programs across the Far East and Eastern zones for June 21. Notable entries include Cecil Brown Comment, Vaughn Monroe Show, Truth or Consequences, The Grand Ole Opry, and The Boston Tune Party with varied music, drama, and news segments.
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Rockies
Nbe
Cbe
Boston
Cbs
Cecil Brown
Nbe World News
Mbs West
Soegebepaie
St. Louis
Wali
Mbe
Robert Q. Lewis
Cbs News and Sports
Cba
H. LaGuardia
Vaughn Monroe
Nbe Sweeney
March
Bill Goodwin
Mighty Casey
Judy Canaya
Hollywood
Chicago Theater of the Air
Grand Ole Opry
News
Che Korn
A Krackin
Charlotte Sees ABC Stores Move Toward Multi Million
Charlotte officials discuss opening liquor control stores with state ABC director Carl Williams. County boards will appoint ABC board members. City managers foresee opening in fall with conservative revenue estimates and projections of up to 7 million in sales and 200 thousand in city profits first year.
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Charlotte
Carl Williams
ABC
Raleigh
Mecklenburg County
S. Y. McAden
W. B. McClintock
T. C. Bost
Board of Health
Henry A
Grand Jury to Hear Evidence Against Two Negroes Next Week
In Northampton County North Carolina a grand jury will hear evidence against Willie Cherry 24 for rape and robbery of a Rich Square woman and Dick Boone 21 for being an accessory. Police Chief Outland said security will be strong for the proceedings in Jackson. Eight related arrests and a jailbreak are noted with trials set for August.
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Raleigh
Northampton County
Rich Square
Frank Outland
Outland
State Bureau of Investigation
Jackson
Willie Cherry
J. G. Tarrant
Dick Boone
Tarrant
Godwin
Buddy) Bush
Margaret Allen Bryant
Bush
Northampth Superior Court
Two Negroes Convicted Of Rape In S. C.
Darlington South Carolina June 21 One man Bert Grant Jr 18 sentenced to death and Willie Pooler 23 awaiting sentencing after rape convictions tied to assaults on two white women. Jurors deliberated under 30 minutes witnesses guarded heavy crowd. Grant to die July 25 electric chair.
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Darlington
S. C
Bert Grant, Jr
Woodrow Lewis
Willie Pooler
State Penitentiary
Wayne County Suffers From Storm Damage
A severe storm struck Brogden township in Wayne County near Goldsboro at 6 am injuring crops and property. A tree collapsed on the Bass family home narrowly missing residents, while rain and hail affected a wide area south of the Neuse River.
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Goldsboro
Brogden Township
Wayne County
Here
M. B. Bass
Neuse River
Escapes One Train and Is Killed By Another
In Asheville a 65 year old woman, Mrs. Mary Smith, was killed while attempting to retrieve coal on the Southern Railway tracks. She jumped from the path of a westbound train into an eastbound freight, suffering fatal brain injuries. Coroner P. R. Terry deemed an inquest unnecessary.
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Asheville
Southern Railway
Here
Mary Smith
Two Insane Men Recaptured After Escape
RALEIGH June 21 two white men escaped from Dix Hill insane ward were recaptured at the bus station Frank Beach of Tarboro jailed on lar ceny counts and David D Henry of Wake county sentenced for second degree murder Beach had escaped before Prison Inspector Kyle Matthews said they stole a car and drove to Washington D C where it broke down then stole another near Fredericksburg Va and returned here A note on ocean depth tests and tin can history follows.
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Raleigh
Dix Hill
Frank Beach
Tarboro
David D. Henry
Wake County
Beach
Kyle Matthews
Washington, D. C
Fredericksburg
Carrboro Man Fatally Shoots Wife Then Commits Suicide
A Carrboro man identified as C. T. Rossettos about 55 wounded his wife during a reconciliation attempt on a Thursday in Carrboro and then shot himself. Sheriff S. T. Latta said the wife was in Watts Hospital in Durham in extremely serious condition.
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Carrboro
Orange County
S. T. Latta
Latta
C. T. Rossettos
Watts
Durham
Rossettos
Fireside geysers hit Derby gas mains
Derby Connecticut residents reported water and gas spraying from stoves after heavy road building equipment cracked water and gas mains. Investigators traced the problem to construction activity and damaged underground lines, prompting crews to shut off service and repair the mains.
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Derby
Conn
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