Miamiian Killed in Action Near Pan Monjum Korea
First Lt. Melvin R. Jackson Jr. of Company F, 23rd Division, was killed near Pan Monjum Korea on July 18 per news to his parents. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin R. Jackson of Miami. A Wilberforce State College graduate with a BS degree, he belonged to Kappa Alpha Psi and St. Paul AME Church. His wife Primrose Rogers Jackson expects a baby next month. Jackson sailed from California June 6 and went missing June 13 after two days on the front.
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Melvin R. Jackson, Jr
Co. F
Pan Monjum
Korea
Melvin R. Jackson
Wilberforce State College
Ohio
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
St. Paul Ame Church
Coconut Grove
Primrose Rogers- Jackson
Jackson
California
Paras Villa Heights Residents Seek Injunction vs Miami Housing Authority
About 85 Para Villa Heights property owners filed an injunction in Circuit Court led by attorney E F P Brigham to halt condemnation for a proposed public housing project. Plaintiffs claim the tract is not a slum, would displace private homes, and that zoning actions and racial criteria render the move illegal. The suit cites a state Supreme Court decision limiting authorities from taking private land for redevelopment for private enterprise. Daytona Beach appeal referenced.
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Para Villa Heights
Miami Housing Authority
E. F. P. Brigham
Brigham
County Commission
Five Negro quintuplets born in Sao Paulo Brazil
In Sao Paulo Brazil five daughters were born to Mr and Mrs Jose Albano in a hospital. The infants weigh under three pounds each and are under hospital care. The couple, married ten years, have two other children living and five dead. They are the only known Negro quintuplets on record. The babies are temporarily named Marie 1 through 5.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Jose Albano
Marie
Woman Shot by Husband Arrested in Domestic Incident
Mrs. Dotha Riggins, residing at 7151 NW 14th Place, was critically wounded in the right jaw by a bullet fired by her husband during a Sunday morning argument at home. Tom Riggins was arrested Monday and is being held in county jail pending Mrs. Riggins's condition.
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Dotha Riggins
14Th Pl
Tom Riggins
World Conclave on War Babies Asked
Two women are held for investigation after a 2 year old girl and one of the women were slightly wounded by a shotgun blast. Effie Jane Reynolds age 2, of Coral Gables, was treated for pellet injuries at County hospital Kendall. Peggy Rivers of Coral Gables had two pellets removed from her thigh and was released. Dorothy Hornes of Wiesbaden, Germany, fired the weapon. World Brotherhood group discussed expanding Geneva conventions to occupation children amid concerns of German conditions under Allied troops.
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Effie Jane Reynolds
Frow Ave
Coral Gables
Kendall
Peggy Rivers
Dorothy Hornes
Expectant mother kills mother of five in love triangle
Osie Mae Everett, 31, a mother of five, was shot and killed in an argument over a man not married to either woman. Mary Kinard, 31, who is pregnant, is hospitalized. Louis Wilson, 24, is held in county jail as a material witness.
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Osie Mae Everett
Mary Kinard
Kendall
Louis Wilson
Jack of Diamonds Shot Dead on Northwest Side
Joe Way known as Jack of Diamonds was found slashed to death early Saturday on NW 5th court between 20th and 21st streets. He lived at 2020 NW 20th street. Six chest wounds and two on an arm were noted. Lon Rayford found the body around 1 a.m. Catherine Warrick, 35, of 2021 NW 6th Avenue, nicknamed Little Bit and Gabbie, was arrested Monday and is held for investigation.
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Joe Way
Jack of Diamonds
5Th Ct
Way
20Th St
Lon Rayford
Sih Ct
Catherine Warrick
6Th Ave
Little Bit
Gabbie
Rev J B Blackwell named presiding elder of Ft Pierce district
Rev J B Blackwell former pastor of St James church is appointed presiding elder of the Ft. Pierce district after three years in service. The notice hints at more details continuing on page 9.
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J. B. Blackn
St. James Church
Ft. Pierce
Blackwell
Delta Sigma Theta announces 1952-53 college scholarships
Eleven young women win scholarships from Delta Sigma Theta. Ten pictured attend graduate or freshman programs at top universities, including Northwestern, Boston University, Columbia, New York University, Oberlin, Radcliffe, and Virginia State. Winners include Vienna Thorn, Eloise Jones, Mary Jane Jenkins, Paquita Harris, Dorian Sara Gant, Anne Briggs, Simona Atkins, Avis Carver, Mary Willis, and Faye Robinson. Harriett Junior to be a graduate student.
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Reber S. Cann
Cincinnati
Deltas
Dorothy I. Height
New York City
Vienna Thorn
Atlanta
Northwestern University
Eloise
Avonue Jones
Langston
Okla
Boston University
Mary -Jane Jenkins
Buffalo, NY
College of Education
Columbia University
Paquita Harris
New Kensington
Dorian Sara Gant
Anne A. Briggs
Bluefield
W. Va
Virginia State College
Simona Atkins
Winston-Salem
N. C
Oberlin College
Avis Joyce Carver
New York University
Mary E. Willis
Sylacauga
Ala
Radcliffe College
Faye Wilma Robinson
Pine Bluff
Ark
Bunche Sees Good Chance For Peace
Nobel laureate Dr. Ralph J. Bunche in a TV interview says chances for peace improve daily. He notes collective security strengthened since Korea’s 1950 invasion and calls the Korean crisis a vital alarm guiding a more united world response.
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Bunche
New York
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations Trusteeship
South Korea
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State Supreme Court
Daytona Beach
Flashi
Albano
Lawson E. Thomas
Miami
Florida A and M_ College
Partice of Law
Main
University of Michigan
Law School
C. V. Troup
Ft. Valley State College
Udge Thomas
Goode
Gore
Wiesbadern
Germany
The
World Brotherhood
Rivers
Rev. Blackwell
Harriett
Waycross, Ga
Michigan State College
ANP
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