Bolita crackdown tightens grip on Miami crime world
Safety Director O D Jack Henderson rallying Miami 41 man Negro police force pumps up effort against bolita operators. Capt C D Stanton replaces Lt Griffin in Negro division as jail terms for bolita bets loom. Judge Ben C Willard sends Jessie Red Porter to prison. houses close, some burn books as city vows enforcement. Henderson urges evidence gathering and court action amid past leniency.
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Miami
O. D. Jack Henderson
C. D. Stanton
J. T. Griffin
Stanton
Ben C. Willard
Jessie Red” Porter
18Th Ave
Bolita Baron
Porter
Henderson
Bethune-Cookman holds 47th commencement in Daytona Beach
Bethune-Cookman college in Daytona Beach awarded 169 degrees at its 47th commencement led by Dr. Arthur L. James who spoke on Education Its Purposes. The event celebrated Dr. Mary McLeod Bethunes legacy and the college’s early years. Three drownings linked to rock pits reported nearby, with two incidents in Broward and one near Richmond Heights.
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Bethune- Cookman College
Daytona Beach
Mary McLeod
Arthur L. James
James
Willie Fuller
Nathaniel
75Th St
19Th Ave
Scottie
William Fuller
66Th St
Willie
Richmond Heights
Wesley Mundy
Perrine
Seven Claflin seniors named to Who's Who list
Seven Claflin University seniors earned inclusion in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. The group includes Walter Proctor Nora Teamer Janie Pugh Constance Singleton Elizabeth Payden Melvin King and Ruth Pelzer as pictured from left to right.
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Walter Proctor
Nora Teamer
Janie Pugh
Constance Singleton
Elizabeth Payden
Melvin King
Ruth Pelzer
Stopping by Cop Sparks Brooklyn Mob After Fatal Hit and Run
A hit and run by Henry Fields 26 in Brooklyn led to a fatal police shooting and an angry crowd roaming Brownsville for hours. About 400 people gathered as police mobilized 50 officers in 20 radio cars. The Rev Boise Dent helped quiet the scene amid calls for accountability and ongoing gambling crackdown notes.
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New York
Brooklyn
Brownsville
Henry Fields
Fields
Boise Dent
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Klan Rally Fails to Draw Expected Crowd
A Ku Klux Klan event drew about 500 attendees including curious onlookers and newspapermen, far short of the 5,000 hoped. Florida Grand Dragon Bill Hendrix spoke from a truck, targeting Negroes, Jews and Catholics, while police and motorcycle riders kept order and briefly disrupted routes into a nearby Negro district.
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Florida
Bill Hendrix
Hendrix
NW 17Th Ave
20Th St
Negro District
Suspect Held in La Fleur Murder
El Paso police questioned a 27 year old man linked to the killing of Miami officer Leroy LaFleur after a Feb. 10 gun battle near a parked truck. The suspect denied Florida ties as investigators press the case.
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el Paso
Texas
Miami
14Th St
Third Ave
Florida
Leroy LaFleur
Haiti’s General Lavaud Arrives in Miami for France Post
General Franck Lavaud Haiti’s newly named ambassador to France lands in Miami on Pan Am from Port-au-Prince. He travels to Paris to assume duties as Haiti’s first general and former army chief of staff who led military juntas in 1946 and 1950.
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Franck Lavaud
France
Miami
Fla
Pan American World Airways
Port-au-Prince
Paris
Haiti
PAA
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