Defense Opens Fight To Save Lives of Lynch Defendants
In Greenville county court four defense lawyers seek acquittal for five of 31 white men charged in the lynching of African American motorist Earle. Prosecutors read post arrest statements detailing the mob torture and killing on a frozen roadside after the taxi driver's stabbing. The defendants face murder and conspiracy charges tied to the February incident.
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Pickens County
Executrix Notices Claim Against Mineral Briggs Estate
Mrs Oriana B James executrix of the estate of Henry Clay Briggs deceased Guilford County North Carolina announces that all persons with claims must present them authenticated by April 25 1948 or be barred. Debts to the estate should be paid promptly. Dated April 21 1947 at Greensigs Point North Carolina.
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Guilford County
North Carolina
Oriana B. James
Clay Briggs
Green Stigs Point
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Washington
Mama
Laura Christy Webster
Webster
J. Edgar Chenoweth
Colorado
Caleb Boggs
Delaware
Richard Nixon
California
John Davis Lodge
Connecticut
Women's Police Bureau
Rhoda Millikin
Webster Registry
Tanker Pan Massachusetts Damaged In Texas City Blaze
A gasoline fueled fire at Texas City damaged the tanker Pan Massachusetts and a tug and dock. Forty seven seamen were injured while two crew members from the tug Richard Clark were burned critically after jumping into burning fuel. The U S marine hospital at Galveston identified the two critically burned men as John Brechick and Louis Homme.
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Pan-Massachusetts
Heroic Volunteer Fire Department
Richard Clark
United States Marine Hospital
Galveston
John Brechick
Logan
Louis Homme
Plane crashes on Burlington playground kills three
A navy fighter from Lambert Field, St Louis, crashed on a Burlington school playground during an air show yesterday. The pilot and two schoolboys died. Six other youths were wounded as wreckage scattered over a four block area. The plane plummeted while performing barrel rolls and struck a tree before exploding.
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Islanders Cast Teens in The Lost Colony Tryouts
Roanoke Island residents fill Dare Counts courthouse for The Lost Colony casting as 200 sign up for speaking roles. Samuel Selden, director of Carolina Playmakers, leads seventh Roanoke session since 1937. Fort Raleighs Waterside Theater hosts the tenth anniversary season.
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Roanoke Island
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Carolina Playmakers
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Sgt. Christian Retires From Army After 33 Years Service
Technical Sergeant John H. Christian, son of Mr. and Mrs. Post Christian of a Point, retires from the army after 33 years. Enlisted 1913 in Ohio, served with the 2nd Division in World War I, 30 months overseas, later with the 610th Port Company in Japan during occupation. He plans to loaf and sit around for a while.
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Honshu
Japan
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Hamlock Avenue
Rediwood City
California
Siumbus
Ohio
Christian
Lightning Strokes Trigger Fires and Tar Breaks
Lightning strikes hit Loa with fast high ampere bursts that shatter tar coverings, while slower low ampere strokes ignite fires, causing damage and prompting caution for handling tar during storms.
Smogless powder mystery from car antifreeze mix
Analysis notes that thirty five ponds of smokeless powder could be made from nine quarts of antifreeze mixture used by the average automobile in a winter. The claim ties vehicle fluid use to potential production scales.
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