Woman Found Dead In Bed In Miami Home
Ermadell Taylor 22 of 225 NW 10th st was found dead in her room about 2 30 pm Saturday. Police say death appears strangulation and a suspect is being sought for questioning. Native of Gainesville she had lived in Miami. survived by mother and grandmother. Funeral today at 3 pm Richardson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Alexander Allen officiating.
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Ermadell the Taylor
10Th ‘St
Amos Tice
3Rd Ave
Tice
Gainesville
Taylor
Miami
Richardson
Hame
Richardson Funeral Home
Alexander Allen
Alamogordo Ends Segregation in Schools with New Negro Teacher
Alamogordo New Mexico school officials announced the complete abolition of segregation in schools and the addition of the first Negro teacher to a regular faculty. Lawrence Pigford, who taught in the town's Negro school, is transferred to the regular faculty. Negro students will join regular classes when the fall term begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamorgordo
N. M
New Mexico
Lawrence Pigford
Barney Caton
Hopkins brothers lead Liberty City newsboys rice picnic
Star Miami Times reports 11 year old Clarence Hopkins a sixth grader at Liberty City elementary and 12 year old Richard Hopkins a seventh grader at Dorsey. each sells about 150 and 125 papers weekly. They are among more than 60 newsboys attending the Times annual picnic at Dixie Park Swimming Pool Saturday.
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Star
Miami Times
Liberty City
Richard
Clarence Hopkins
John Wesley Hopkins
Clarence
Dorsey
Times
Dixie Park
Local Boy Scouts Fetcd Go To Sea In Canoes
A Mt. Olivette Troop 77 group of ten boys and their scout master expeditioned by canoe to Chicken Key and Soldiers Key, spending two days on a desert island, hunting fish in the Gulf Stream, and returning with a minor finger injury from a bite incident involving the youngest scout. The report details their equipment, the barracuda encounter, and the paddlers' make shift methods for safety.
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Boy
Chicken Key
Paradise Point
Mt. Olivette
Gulf Stream
Robert Sampson
Frederick Wallace
Frank Oliver
Hepburn
Edward Byrd
Lessie Slaughter
Daniel Seymore
Rainaldo Lugo
Arnold Albury
Cleophus Orange
Suit Filed To Condemn Carver Village Site
The school board filed a condemnation suit Tuesday to push ahead with building a new vocational school for Negroes on the disputed 27 acre Carver Village tract. Attorneys seek an early trial after Circuit Judge Charles A. Carrolle refused to block the acquisition. The petition targets land where the board and owners John A. Bouvier and Malcolm B. Wiseheart had agreed on a price, but the owners oppose the sale.
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Carver Village
Charles A. Carrolle
John A. Bouvier
Malcolm B. Wiseheart
Kennedy elected president of North Carolina Mutual Life
William Jesse Kennedy Jr. 63 becomes president of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance, succeeding the late C. C. Spaulding who died at 78. Kennedy, former VP secretary and director, has served the company for about 36 years. A Georgia native, he vows to continue Spaulding policies.
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Joseph W. Goodlee
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co
William Jessee Kennedy Jr
Goodlee
William Jesse Kennedy Jr
C. C. Spaulding
Kennedy
Georgia
Mr. Spaulding
ANP
Residents seek court after price dispute in condemnation
A neighborhood group contests the agreed price in a condemnation case. They argue the amount is too high and request a Circuit court jury to set the price after hearing expert testimony. The school board had an appraiser valuing the property higher than the residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bouvier and Wiseheart
Longshoreman Dies After Log Knocks Him Overboard
Willie Dan Shepherd, a 1334 NW 3rd Ave longshoreman, was knocked overboard while unloading cargo from the Canadian ship Seaboard Enterprise on Thursday afternoon. His body was found Friday afternoon by the US Dominican Republic near Cuba and turned over to Richardson Funeral Home for shipment to Camilla, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Dan Shepherd
3Rd Ave
Seaboard Enterprise
Shepherd
U.s
Cuba
Richardson Funeral Home
Camilla
Evans addresses West Virginia college graduates event
James C. Evans, civilian assistant to the secretary of defense, spoke at the West Virginia State College summer convention last week. Fifty students received degrees, and 36 certificates were awarded to Mt. Hope Community College graduates. Local citizens earned credits in studies including community recreation health parliamentary procedure employment and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Evans
Secretary of Defense
Washington, D.C
West Virginia State College
Experimental” Community College
Mt. Hope
W. V
Voters Urged to Register Now for November Election
County registration chief Carl Holmer Jr warns all new voters to register promptly as lists for the November general election close on October 4.
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Carl Holmer, Jr
Mayhem charge after beating leaves victim blind in one eye
Homicide detectives said Francina Lewis, a 32 year old waitress, was beaten by Earl Clark, 26, of 1918 NW 68th St. The assault resulted in the loss of her left eye and she was treated at Jackson Memorial hospital. Clark faces mayhem charges filed Wednesday.
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Earl Clark
68Th St
Francina Lewis
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Clark
Youth fatally stabbed over three dollar debt in Homestead
Police say 22 year old William Parks was stabbed multiple times in the chest during a dispute outside his home over a $3 debt. Suspect Willie Leslie, 304 SW 4th Ct., Homestead, is in custody as authorities hold him for questioning.
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Homestead
William Parks
7Th Ave
Willie Leslie
4Th Ct
Parks
Leslie
Sheriff's Department
Vejar to Meet Davis in Beach Title Bout Tuesday
Matchmaker Chris Dundee plans a Negro feature bout at Miami Beach Auditorium next Tuesday night with Chico Vejar of Stamford Conn facing Art Davis, a University of Miami graduate who teaches math at a local junior high. Dundee also negotiates with Cyclone Williams Honeychile Whipple and George Knowles for an additional bout.
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Chris Dundee
Miami Beach
Dundee
Cyclone Williams
Honeychile Whipple
George Knowles
Labor Day Parade Planned by IL A Local 1939
The International Longshoremen's Association affiliate of the American Federation of Labor will hold its annual Labor Day parade on Monday September 1 1952 starting at 10 a.m. The route begins at NW 11th Street and 3rd Avenue proceeding east to NW 2nd Avenue then to 7th Street, west to 7th and north on 3rd Avenue to 20th Street, west to 6th Avenue, south to 13th Street, ending at the Youth Center.
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The
International Longshoremen’s Association
American Federation of Labor
11Th St
3Rd Ave
2Nd Ave
7Th St
Oh 7Th
20Th St
20Th
6Th Ave
13Th St
Bethel Dies in Miami at 54 After Long Illness
William A. Bethel of 1710 NW 4th Ct Miami died at 2 05 a m Friday in Jackson Memorial Hospital after a prolonged illness. Born in Nassau Bahamas he came to Miami in 1920 and worked 27 years for Florida Power and Light. Survived by wife Laura deceased 1950, four daughters five grandchildren a son and numerous siblings. Funeral held at St Marys W M Church with Rev E A Culmer officiating. An immense crowd mourned the well known Miamian.
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William A. Bethel
4Th Ct
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Bethel
Nassau
Bahamas
Miami
Florida Power and Light Company
Laura Bethel
William Z. Bethel
Eleuthera
Mesdames
Veneka Dozier
Naomi Stubbs
Audrey Harris
Winefred Little
Atlanta
William C. Bethel
Ruby Collie
Sandra Dozier
Dianne Little
Ernestine
Vernette Bethel
Donald Dozier
Clinton
Phillip Bethel
Simeon Bethel
Albert
Andrew
Milton Bethel
Mrs
Marie Smith
Francis Funeral Home
St. Mary’s W. M. Church
E. A. Culmer
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Spaulding
James Evans
W. VA
Vejar
Davis
Beach
WM. A. Bethel
Florida
Union
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
Bill’ Bethel
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