Appeasement Sam Dizzying $426,885 in Florida aid
In Tallahassee the House discussed segregation in state universities and delayed a final decision. An amendment to withhold funds if segregation laws are repealed was proposed. Florida A and M College received $426,855 as a goodwill gesture to show equal facilities for Negroes, presented by Charles E. Shepperd.
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Tallahassee
House of Representatives
Representatives
Florida A and M College
Charles E. Shepperd
St. Johns County
Nimmo Vindicated In Court Case Involving Union Officials
The case against Sol Isaac and Dave Kaminsky over an alleged attempted murder of Holton Newbold appeared before the court on Tuesday. Assistant County Solicitor R. Beefford said charges would be placed against Nimmo who was said to be implicated.
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Dave Kaminsky
Sol Isaac
Holton Newbold
R. B.eeford
Catient Nimmo
Guest Speaker Sunday at Mary Elizabeth Hotel Annex
Charlotte F. Clark will speak Sunday May 13 at the annual Frappe Sip event. The Modern Hair Beautician League chapter 42 sponsors the event at the Mary Elizabeth hotel annex.
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Dean Charlotte F. Clark
Mary Elizabeth Hotel
Hbeautician League
Reopened case on Florida university desegregation
The five Negroes suing for entrance to the University of Florida have had their separate but equal education suit reopened and are preparing the case for the U.S. Supreme Court.
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University of Florida
U.S. Supreme Court
Ku Klux Klan Unmasked By State Law
Florida Gov. Fuller Warren signed a new anti mask law effective August 1 banning wearing masks in public or on private property without consent. The measure also bans cross burning and fear inducing displays on private property. Holiday and theatrical masks are exempt from the ban. Penalties reach 500 dollars fine or 90 days in jail.
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Tallahassee
Florida fugitive held in Georgia confession of Easter shooting
Ware county Sheriff E Johnson says James Henderson a Florida prison camp fugitive confessed to shooting farmer David Lyle 39 and his wife 33 on Easter Sunday He faces armed robbery sentences totaling 105 years in Florida Henderson claims the shootings were accidental during a struggle over a pistol at the couple's farm home in Waycross Georgia.
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Waycross
E. Johnson
Ware County
James Henderson
Florida
Henderson
Johnson
David Lyle
Mother's Love Poem Exalting a Mother's Deep Unselfishness
A short poem praising a mother's boundless love and understanding. It emphasizes the unique, selfless devotion that endures year round and places the speaker's own mother as the dearest and most cherished.
UN Finds Crudest Slavery In Ethiopia
A UN committee report says slavery in its crudest form still exists, with the study by four experts going to the Economic and Social Council. The group did not name nations, but Yemen and Ethiopia were noted as regions with severe servitude.
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Ethiopia
United Nations
N.Y
United Nations Committee
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Yemen
Bunche Theatre Opens With My Blue Heaven in Opa Locka
The Bunche Theatre in Bunche Park Opa Locka opens next Friday May 18 with two shows at 7 PM and 9 PM. Proceeds from opening night go to Bunche Park playground equipment. The cinema features free parking for 1000 cars, a smoking section, and Cycloramic Screen delivering natural sound.
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Bunche Theatre
Bunche Park
Opa Locka
Betty Grable
Dan Dailey
Bunche Park Playground
Global forms of bondage and exploitation noted
A report states that debt bondage, serfdom and child exploitation exist in practically all regions of the world, highlighting widespread human rights abuses and the persistence of modern slavery across countries and communities.
Boy Slays Dad Inherits $3500 Estate In Virginia
In Richmond Virginia the Virginia Supreme Court ruled 15 year old William H Jiggetts is legal heir to his father Micajah Jiggetts 43500 estate after he admitted killing his father on December 3 1948. He was sentenced to 36 years in a state reformatory and becomes eligible for parole in nine years.
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Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court
William H. Jiggetts
Young Jiggetts
Micajah Jiggetts
Railroad Sued Over Jim Crow Car Ride
A Boston Somerville man Paul Walker and his daughter Mary filed a 15000 suit Monday against Atlantic Coast Line for forcing them to ride in a Negro car from Florida to New York City. They claim public humiliation and mental anguish. Walker’s counsel opposed a railroad motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, arguing it would push the case to a southern court.
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Boston
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Florida
New York City
Paul Walker
Mary
Walker
United States District Court
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C. P. Mason
Pensacola
Fla
City Hall
United Negro College Fund
M. A. Winger
G. T. Wiggins
Cochairman
Famcee
Nimmo
Dean
Ku Klux Klan
Miss Frankie Wade
Walter Peoples
Liberty City Primary School
Louise Johnson
Sigma Omicron
Alpha Phi Omega Sorority
Harlem Square Ballroom
ACI. Railroad
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