NAACP Seeks Probe Into Mob Violence in Lake Polk Counties
Florida NAACP leaders urge Governor Fuller Warren to order a full investigation and vigorous prosecutions of mob violence against Black citizens in Lake and Polk Counties. Telegrams from Harry T. Moore and Rev. W. J. Black press for guards on duty, harsher action against mob leaders, and equal enforcement of the law.
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Florida
Naacp Confab
Gov. Warren
Fuller Warren
The
NAACP
Lake
Polk
Harry T. Moore
State Conference
Warren
Lake County
Polk Counties
W. J. Black
Million Discs A Week In Juke Box Business
New York survey shows juke box operators buy about one million records weekly, averaging four records per machine across 300000 boxes. RCA Victor leads supplier preference and is viewed as best for wear and reproduction, with Decca Capitol and others following.
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New York
N. Y
Billboard Magazine
RCA Victor
Decca
Capitol
Columbia
London
Share Two Million In Back Pay
In Los Angeles on July, Union Pacific cites retroactive pay totaling about 2.851 million dollars for over 18 999 dining car workers. Dining Car Local 465 and 16 non operating railway labor groups on Union Pacific will share the payout from a March 19 1949 settlement for shorter hours and a seven cent wage increase.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Union Pacific Railroad
Joint Council of Dining Car Employees International Union
Vets Learn Printing Trades At VA Training
Philadelphia based report shows GI Bill training across printing sectors with about 20,000 trainees. Nearly half study composing and typesetting, 5,816 train as pressmen and plate printers, 1,493 as photoengravers, 88 electrotypers and stereographers, 508 lithographers, and 3,584 in other printing fields.
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Philadelphia
Preacher's Wife Run-In Adds Twist in Atlantic City Case
In Atlantic City former champion Joe Louis and his wife Carrolle Drake Faulkner face a new development as Morrison Dillard, a Harlem figure, is released after arrest. Dillard allegedly kept an apartment for Mrs Faulkner in New York, affecting custody and possibly Louis heart balm suit claiming a minister's wife was stolen away.
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Atlantic City
ANP
Joe Louis
Matthew Faulkner
Carrolle Drake
Dillard
Woman Dies At West Coast Ball Game
Lucy Walker a 41 year old baseball fan collapsed during the Oakland San Diego night game at Emeryville ball park. She suffered a heart attack about 9 p.m. and died en route to Highland Alameda county hospital.
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Oakland
Cal
ANP
Lucy Walker
Oakland San Diego
Emeryville Ball Park
Highland Alameda County Hospital
Smith's Super Market Fictitious Name Affidavit Filed
A Florida notice under fictitious name law shows Leola M. Pieze as sole owner of Smith's Super Market located at 1046 N W Second Avenue Miami Dade County. The affidavit lists dates July 16 23 30 and August with interest details.
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Smith’s Super Market
N. W
Second Avenue
Miami
Dade County
Florida
Leola M. Pieze
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S. W. 22Nd Street
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W. D. Neely
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22Nd Street
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