Father Held In Death Of Second Child
Captain Chester Eldredge of police homicide said a complete report on the death of 3 year old Reginald Allen has been sent to Nashville authorities where the boy’s father Jimmy Allen also known as Robert Allen faces murder charges after a second child died from strangulation. Allen’s 19 month old step daughter Janet died Sunday, and Reginald died in Miami on April 8 with a steel ball lodged in his throat, ruled accidental asphyxiation. Nashville district attorney J Carlton Loser said police are reopening an inquiry into a third child’s death, Jimmy a9, July 10 1952 in Nashville.
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Chester Eldredge
Reginald Allen
Nashville, Tenn
Jimmy Allen
Robert Allen
Janet
Allen
Reginald
Miami
9Th St
Eldreyde
J. Carlton Loser
Nashville
Investioa
Jimmy A
Man Falls Dead In Moonshine Raid In Miami
Hubert Grover aged 62 died of a heart attack Friday afternoon during a moonshine raid at his home. Deputies Joe Gorman and George McMillan, with state beverage department agent Tony Cianci, entered 1444 NW 2nd Ave. Grover was with friend Leonard Edden, 67, of 1241 NW First Court. The agent held no charges against Edden.
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Miami
State Beverage Department
Joe Gorman
George McMillan
2Nd Ave
Tony Cianci
Hubert Grover
Leonard Edden
First Court
Fire destroys Opa Locka house on NW 154th Street
A Tuesday blaze at 1986 NW 154th St in Opa Locka destroyed a house owned by Ernest Kitchen after recent electrical repairs. Lt. L. J. LeBer said no one was home, eight prior occupants had left by Monday night, and no injuries were reported.
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154Th St
L. J. LeBer
Ernest Kitchen
Collector Arrested for Beating Woman in White Williston
Henry McCaghren, a White Williston collector, was arrested and posted a $1,000 bond Wednesday after a young woman accused him of beating her. The case involves the home of Mary Ann Brown, 18, and ties to a Suwannee county grand jury probe that also reviewed Richard Cooke, 35, father of nine, who alleged a band of White men beat him weeks prior. Sheriff Hugh Lewis said no corroborating evidence emerged and the judge noted uncertainties in the woman's account after the June 4 incident.
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Live Oak
Henry McCaghren
Suwannee County
Grand Jury
Richard Cooke
Lewis
S. E. Rogers
Supreme Court
Powell and NAACP Push Ban on Reserve Segregation
Clarence Mitchell of the NAACP Washington bureau told Congress that excluding racial segregation from the military reserve plan could be a national failure. President Eisenhower opposes the antisegregation clause, fearing it will derail expanded ready reserves. a closed session followed with moves toward a full committee vote later in the week.
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Clarence Mitchell
Washington
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Congress
Mitchell
Adam~ Clayton
New York
Homestead Slayer Gets 20 Years
John Lee King a 21 year old Homestead youth was sentenced to 20 years by Circuit Judge Robert Floyd after being found guilty of second degree murder in the slaying of Ernest Hamilton also 21. King was convicted of shooting Hamilton in a Homestead bar last Sept. 26.
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John Lee King
Homestead
Robert Floyd
Ernest Hamilton
King
Hamilton
Man finds no evidence of beating after sighting witness
M. Hearn testified that upon meeting the person the following Monday he could find no signs of injuries or evidence that she had been beaten.
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M. Hearn
Times Newsboy Retires After Long Miami Times Route
J D Dowdell of 2044 Washington St Opa-Locka retires from delivering the Miami Times after 12 years on a route of 165 customers. He turns 80 on October 1 and has lived in Dade County 31 years with his wife of 58 years. They plan their 59th wedding anniversary, and Dowdell notes he cannot walk farther.
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J. D. Dowdell
Washington Street
Opa-Locka
Mr. Dowdell
Times
Dowdells
Miami
Albany, Ga
Dade County
Miami Times
Jax Cops Capture White Bandit Trio
Jacksonville patrolmen Edward Hickson and B W Kendall pursued a stolen 1955 Oldsmobile to arrest three Marines from the Naval Air Station Folkston Ga motel robbery suspects. Pfc Linton Wilson Crosby 19 was shot in the calf during the chase.Sgt Miner Peyton Roberson 25 Pvt Harvey Carlton Kilpatrick 18 jailed on armed robbery charges. Charlton county Sheriff J O Sikes notified Jacksonville detective bureau.
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Marine Barracks
Naval Air Station
Pfc
Linton Wilson Crosby
Miner Peyton Roberson
Harvey Carlton Kilpatrick
Charlton County
J. O. Sikes
Jacksonville
Miami Engagement Of Alethea Cash To E Eugene Butler
Mr and Mrs Hugh L Cash announce the engagement of their daughter Alethea to E Eugene Butler son of Mrs Blanch Butler and the late Edmund S Butler of Coconut Grove A native Miamian the bride elect attended Booker T Washington High School and Florida A and M University She is a Delta Sigma Theta member and a Bunche Park Elementary teacher in Opa Locka Morehouse College George W Carver High School graduate Mr Butler is a teacher Bunche Park Elementary Plans are for an early August wedding.
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Hugh L. Cash
5Th Court
Alethea
E. Eugene Butler
Mr. Butler
Blanch Butler
Edmund S. Butler
Coconut Grove
Booker Tashington High School
Fla. A and M University
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Bunche Park
Opa Lock
Butler
George W. Carver High
Morehouse College
Police Kill Man After Assaulting Woman in Florida Home
Police officers Jack McFadden and Harry Mawhenney shot and killed Williams after he attacked Mrs. T J Marx in her home. Officers said Williams choked the woman as she described the assault on the phone, then lunged through a glass jalousie and refused to halt, prompting gunfire that killed him. Williams, living at 414 NW 5th Ave, had been jailed previously in Ft Lauderdale on suspicion of rape, but the case was dropped.
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Jack McFadden
Poth White
Harry Mawhenney
Williams
T. J. Marx
Sth Ave
Ft. Lauderdale
Nixon Tours Harlem and Remarks on Civil Rights Progress
Vice President Richard Nixon toured Harlem for 75 minutes stopping at the YMCA on West 135th Street and the New York Age office on East 125th Street. He spoke about progress against discrimination as a major achievement of the Eisenhower era. A car accident on the NW 56th Street area led to the drowning death of Al James and two others in a canal. funeral arrangements are set for Saturday at Range Funeral Chapel.
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NEW York
CNS
Richard Nixon
Harlem
Harlem Ymca
West 135Th St
New York Age
Victory Life Insurance Co
East 125Th St
Nixon
Eisenhower
al James
56Th St
James
Andman Davi
Range
W B Roux Dies in Tallahassee
W B Roux, 35, auto mechanics instructor at Dorsey High School Veterans School, died in Tallahassee at 11 15 Thursday morning while attending a function with his wife Mrs B F Roux of 2048 N pl Roux was surveilled by the local press.
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W. B. Roux
Veterans School
Dorsey High School
Tallahassee
Roux
Gumater Sathlon
B. F. Roux
N. Pl
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Hugh Lewis
Cooke
Lua
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the Times
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Kidding
JAX
White Bandit
Folkston
Edward Hickson
B. W. Kendall
S. C. School
Wiliama Ihyeer
Ramtielly
W.B. Roux
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