Two Die After Gun Battles In Jackson Memorial Hospital
Two men died from gunshot wounds received in earlier fights. Samuel Williams, 37, of 1638 NW 10th Street, died five hours after being shot in the abdomen at 142 NW 11th Street. Elijah Williams, 30, of 1012 NW First Avenue, was arrested in Miami Beach weeks earlier. John Wesley Williams, 34, of 417 NW 11th Street, died of chest wounds from a house at 422 NW 11th Street. Abraham Utley, 58, of 309, was named by Williams before his death.
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Abraham Utley
Black swimmers clash with whites in Virginia Beach beach standoff
About 500 white residents confronted 15 Black beachgoers during a planned anti discrimination swim party in Colonial Beach Virginia area. Police and state troopers responded as fists flew and several press cameras were damaged amid arrests and blockaded cars. A federal suit alleging discriminatory facilities prompted the event.
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Agents knock off two gin mills in state raids
State beverage agents conducted two raids Wednesday, arresting four persons on moonshine charges. About ten gallons of illegal liquor were confiscated. One raid at 172 NW 16th St recovered four gallons of moonshine and led to arrests.
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Thigy
Racial bars for soldiers wives waived by House
The House passed a bill to waive racial restrictions in immigration laws for alien wives and minor children of U.S. servicemen. About 760 dependents are ineligible under current rules, most in Japan. Separate legal actions in West Palm Beach allege segregation in schools and recreational facilities, with hearings postponed. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to keynote a Delta Sigma Theta convention at UC Berkeley on August 15, discussing human rights and Korea.
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Boy Sentenced for Baseball Fan's Murder at Polo Grounds
New York 14-year-old Robert Peebles was found delinquent and sent to the Warwick training school for boys for an indefinite term after police reported guns and ammunition in his apartment and he was accused of firing the shot that killed a baseball spectator at the Polo Grounds.
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Arrests In Bolita Crackdown Target Local Numbers Writers
Deputies rounded up eight bolita operators amid a statewide crackdown prompted by Governor Fuller Warren's statements. Suspects listed include Bob Stancil, Tethro Jones, Timothy Gibson, Amos Evans, Willie J. Williams, James Parker and others, with two whites charged for bolita ticket possession. A fatal July fourth shooting of Bernard Doyle is noted in relation to the crackdown era.
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Second Ave
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10Th St
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Percifal Ave
Amos Evans
Sixth St
Willie J. Williams
Sixth Ter
James Parker
Third Ave
Miami Kiwanis to Sponsor Orange Blossom Classic
In Jacksonville the Northside Kiwanis club of Miami won tentative approval to sponsor the Orange Blossom football Classic for five years. A contract drafts calls for Florida A. and M. to receive the first 5,000 of net profits, then 6,000 split two thirds to the college and one third to the club, next 6,000 shared 50 50, and profits over 17,000 to 60 percent to the club and 40 percent to the school. The event has grown into a major Negro sports event in the South over 17 years.
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Florida A. & M
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Taxi Owner Slim Avance Dies Suddenly in Miami
ChiHie Avance known as Slim, 52, owner of the Miami Colored Cab Line, died suddenly last Saturday at 1 p.m. from a heart attack. A Thomaston Georgia native, he helped found Miami's first metered taxi line for Negroes and shipped his body to Thomaston for burial. Survived by a wife, aunt Georgia Lowe, a brother-in-law, and many relatives. Lawrence H. Lightner will lead American Woodmen activities at the Denver supreme camp, August 14-17.
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Miami
Thomaston
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Robbers seize liquor at NW addresses during arrest duo
Rested Dollie Robinson and Lewis White, both 32, at 1628 NW Second Ave after taking five gallons and a pitcher of liquor. Arrested were Dzekiel Ferrow, 26, from the same address, and Eli Squire, 37, of 1661 NW Sixth Ave.
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16Th St
Lewis White
17Th St
Second Ave
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Eli Squire
Sixth Ave
Police Seek Young Killer Arrest Warrant Issued
A first degree murder warrant was issued for Clarence Frazier 23 of 320 NW Seventh St. He is charged with fatally stabbing Joseph Anderson 23 at 835 A NW First St after a dice game. Anderson died at Jacksonville Memorial Hospital following the Saturday incident.
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Clarence Frazier
Seventh St
Frazier
Joseph Anderson
First St
Anderson
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital
Birmingham Bars White Players With Negro League Game
Three White players from the Chicago American Giants were barred by Birmingham police from taking part in Negro American League action against the Birmingham Black Barons. The players sat in the White section and, after being warned, changed to civilian clothes to leave the field.
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Louis Chirban
Frank Dull
Stanley Mierko
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