Dodgers Trade Robbie to Giants for 30000 and pitcher
Jackie Robinson, aged 37, was sent from Brooklyn to the New York Giants for $30,000 and pitcher Dick Littlefield in a surprise deal. Giants owner Horace Stoneham praised Robinson, while Robinson said he will wait until January 10 to decide if he can join the club. Robinson hit .275 last season with a lifetime .309 average.
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Brooklyn
New York Giants
Dick Littlefield
Horace Stoneham
Giant
Jackie
Robbie
Stoneham
Fees Probed in Orange Blossom Classic Ads
Florida A and M paid 24000 for athletic publicity to a Miami firm linked to Hollis Rinehart, board chairman of the Orange Blossom Classic committee. Eighteen thousand funded promotion of the Rattlers versus Tennessee State, stirring questions of personal financial interest across state government, Governor LeRoy Collins says no public official should have private contracts with a firm where a board member has a stake.
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Miam
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Miami
State Board of
Centre
the Rattlers
Tennessee State
Rinehart
Jacksonville
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Green and Fielden
Conrol
Florida A and M
Collins
Gets Life In Assault Of 4-year-old Child
Circuit Judge A Carroll imposed life in prison after Hardison was convicted in the assault of a four year old. Hardison answered only by shaking his head when asked if he had anything to say before sentencing.
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Con Hardison
A.carroll
Phi Beta Sigma to honor Miami leaders at 42nd Conclave
Florida’s Phi Beta Sigma plans December 27 program at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Miami with awards to John B. Orr Jr and J R E Lee for social action work and the Classic milestone. Notables greet visiting delegates. Northwestern High chorus to perform. leadership notes and steering committee pictured for the Dec 27 to 29 conclave drawing hundreds of delegates.
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Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
Mount Zion Baptist Church
City of
Miami
Northwestern Senior High School
Joel Ingraham
Rho Sigma Chapter
Men of Sigma
Sunshine State
Hartman Gib
Smith Faces Fourth Dope Charge In Miami Case
Willis Smith, 38 year old rooming house operator known as the big man in Miami narcotics, was arrested Thursday on a pos session charge. He surrendered at the U S marshall's office with bondsman Murray Goldberg posting $10,000 bond for a preliminary hearing December 19 before a U S Commissioner.
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Willis Smith
Smith
Miami
Davis abandons car as narcotics agents close in at parade
Roger E. Davis reportedly fled his vehicle during the Orange Blossom Classic parade as narcotics agents approached. Smith faces charges of possession of 146 marijuana cigarettes and additional marijuana.
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Smith
Coleman Pleads Guilty in Rape Case for Life Sentence
Goulds man Jesse C. Coleman admitted raping the niece of a county official and, after a tense trial, was sentenced to life with hard labor in Raiford. He had implicated a Negro deputy during cross examination, then pleaded guilty with defense and father present, leading to the judge's ruling. The case ties to two attempted assaults at Dixie Highway motels.
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Elevic
Raiford
Jesse C. Coleman
Coleman
Hi Vuard
William C. Kim
Ar ‘Orne
Dixie Highway
Sheriff's Criminal Bureau of Investigation
Atty
George A. Brautigam
Henry Carr
Carr
Alfred D. Coleman
Perrine
Harold R. Vann
Pris
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