FLA KKK Leader Accused in Carolina Slugging Case
Whiteville North Carolina reports Florida Ku Klux Klan chief Bill Hendrix faces authorities over his role in January 1951 flogging incidents at Crescent Beach South Carolina. Eleven Carolina Klansmen pleaded guilty to assault and conspiracy and may receive up to four years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteville
N. C
Florida
Ku Klux Klan
Bill Hendrix
Crescent Beach
S. C
Carolina
Hendrix
Debate over school site ends with looming court action
After orderly, fact filled testimony from both sides, the Advisory Committee backed the board’s site choice for Liberty City Primary. Protesting leader David Hawthorne warned of a court challenge and recall efforts while businessmen worried the price was too high. Community figures urged human decency and betterment.
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David Hawthorne
L. E. Thomas
Miami Beach
Burnett Roth
Roth
Liberty City
Neal Adams
Leonard Walker
Little Super Market
Pravda
Izvestia
Dade Board Delays Vocational School Plan After Hearing
After a two hour session on Wednesday the Dade County school board voted to stand firm on its plan to build a vocational school for Negroes on a controversial site near Carver Village. About 300 Negro residents and 200 White residents attended the clash between the Dade County Property Owners Association and the Negro Advisory Committee for the Vocational School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dade County School Board
Carver Village
Dade County Property Owners Association
Negro Advisory Committee
Walcott Offered $200000 to Fight Ez
Cincinnati promoter Sam Becker offered heavyweight champion Jersey Joe Walcott a $200000 guarantee to fight Ezzard Charles for the title on September 26 in Philadelphia. Charles beat Walcott twice before, and Walcott has since defeated him.
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Walcott
Ezzard Charles
Sam Becker
Charles
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Tragic Jacksonville Collision Claims Two Lives
In Jacksonville two separate crashes killed four people. Ernest Drayton, 41, died instantly when his truck collided with another truck whose White driver faced manslaughter charges. A 17-year-old girl Lois Bennefield was killed in a separate auto crash with the car's driver also charged with manslaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Ernest Drayton
Lois Bennefield
Dr J K Johnson Joins Jackson Memorial Staff
Dr J Kenneth Johnson was appointed to the Jackson Memorial Hospital medical staff with courtesy privileges in medicine and normal obstetrics. A Meharry Medical College graduate of 1943, he served two years in the U.S. Army and began practice in Miami in 1946, with the hospital board approving the appointment on July 8, 1952.
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J. Kenneth Johnson
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Johnson
Meharry Medical College
Nashville
Tenn
U.S. Army
Miami
James K. Johnson
N.W
3Rd Avenue
Florida
Dr. Johnson
Board of County Commissioners
Herbert Eichert
M. D
Medical Board
Young convict slain during break from road gang
Tevesta James a 19 year old inmate serving two and a half years for larceny and burglary was shot while fleeing a road gang on U S Highway 27. He ignored orders and was hit in the hips and leg with a shotgun, then shot in the head when he swam the canal. The body was recovered at 4 50 p m by Curtis Handy and an autopsy deemed unnecessary.
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U. S. Highway 27
Tevesta James
13Th St
James
Graham Dairy
A. D. Wilburn
Curtis Handy
Edwin Lee Mason
New Gambling Stamps Issued In Jacksonville List
Federal gambling tax stamps for the new fiscal year were issued in Jacksonville. The first group of Miamians received theirs on Wednesday, with recipients including M. S. Parker, Claude Payne, Francenia Peten, Clem Singleton, Rose B. Smith, Addie Mae Taylor, J. R. Trumble, Moses Eddie Whitfield, Tom Williams, C. A. Nichols, Will Austin, Fred Baker, Samuel Baker, Ella Teate Bowes, Jessie Clyde Brown, Alfred Bullard, Frank L. Davis, La Shay Davis, Henry R. Delaney, Helen Edwards, Bertha Huntley, J. Jackson, James Jasper, and K. B. Mills.
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Collector of
Internal Revenue
Jacksonville
M. S. Parker
Claude Payne
Francenia Peten
Apt
Clem Singleton
14Th
Rose B. Smith
Addie Mae Taylor
J. R. Trumble
41St St
Moses Eddie Whitfield
13Th St
Tom
6Th St
Helen Edwards
10Th St
Bertha Huntley
J. Jackson
James Jasper
18Th Ave
K. B. Mills
31St Ave
Shine Haul Seized In Opa Locka Moonshine Case
A 960 gallon moonshine seizure in Opa Locka was described as the era’s largest illicit liquor haul since prohibition. Three men from Opa Locka, Robert Hudson 27 Ernest Kinchen 28 and Robert Pearl 30, were arrested while transporting the cargo from Georgia to Miami in a rental truck with a disconnected speedometer. The three were jailed or freed on bonds after U S authorities ruled on prima facie charges and vehicle ownership. Kinchen and Pearl were released by U S Commissioner R E Davis with Hudson held on 1000 dollar bond. The Cadillac used by the trio was involved in the case and its fate questioned by the commissioner.
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Opa Locka
Robert Hudson
Ernest Kinchen
Robert Pearl
Georgia
Miami
Kinchen
Pearl
United States
R. E. Davis
Huds
Kinchen’s A
Davis
Sunday School Association Meets in West Palm Beach
The Florida East Coast Association District Sunday School of Religious Education will meet in West Palm Beach from July 22 to 26. Rev. Edward T. Graham of Mt. Zion Baptist Church Miami serves as Dean with Mrs L E Thomas as assistant. Officers include Claude J Keys as president and Carrie Miller as BTU president. Courses cover The Life of Jesus Teaching Youth and Church programs among others. 16 ministers will join in the Ministers' Council Seminar for lively topics.
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Florida East Coast Association
West Palm Beach
Edward T. Graham
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Miami
L. E. Thomas
Claude J. Keys
Carrie Miller
BTU
L.E. Thomas
A. M. Hills
H. D. Parker
Susie Holly
Jesus
St. Paul
Railroad Loses Race Suit in Virginia Court
Atlantic Coast Line railroad lost its appeal in a racial discrimination case. North Carolina Negro William C. Chance of Parmelee was awarded 50 dollars in compensatory damages after being arrested in Emporia Virginia for refusing to move seats. Chance sought 25 thousand dollars. He testified the conductor ordered the move simply because he is a Negro.
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Richmond
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
North Carolina
William C. Chance
Parmelee
N. C
Chance
Emporia
Gold Coast Leaders Discuss Volta River Project
Dr Wwame Nkrumah the Gold Coast prime minister met British officials in Accra to plan the Volta River scheme. Representatives from the Gold Coast and British Commonwealth discussed developing the volta and bauxite industries to boost local industry. In a public photo Gov Charles Arden Clarke Dr Nkrumah and Oliver Lyttelton appear. Lyttelton spoke to the group though did not take part in the meetings.
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Wwame Nkrumah
Gold Coast
British Commonwealth
Accra
Charles Arden-Clarke
Nkrumah
Oliver Lyttelton
Great Britain
Lyttelton
ANP
Youth Stabbed to Death in Home Porch Attack
A 20 year old identified as Jerry Ford of 4501 NW 32nd Ave was stabbed in the heart with a pocket knife Sunday night and died on his home porch. Police held 37 year old Willie Chestnut for investigation of murder.
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Jerry Ford
32Nd Ave
Willie Chestnut
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FLA. Kkk
Olive Alexander
Thomas
Diehard Hawthorne
Edison Center Businessmen Association
Clyde Thomas Jefferson
14Th Ave
Dade County
Kendall
W. W. Johnson
Florida Highway
Ruth Scott
Horne
Eulus Matthews
16Th Terrace
Jefferson
Allen
Joe Walcott
Becker
Jax
J. K. Johnson
Jackson Memorial
Norman Williams
Williams
Alcohol Division
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Sunday School Association
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