Informer Names Milledge Murder Suspect in Ohio Tip
Homicide Detective John Cannon said he asked Youngstown police to thoroughly investigate Fred Troutman alias Joseph Brown, a suspect in the 1946 ambush killing of Miami's first Black policeman John Milledge at Dorsey park. The tip is the third from other agencies. police will verify Brown's presence at the time of the crime.
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John Cannon
Youngstown, O
Fred Troutman
John Milledge
Miami
Youngstown
Troutman
Joseph Brown
Cannon
Cleveland
New York
Brown
Miami to get 1900 low rent housing units plan outlined
Knight says 500 units will be for Negro families outside the slum district, with 1500 more low rent units in Miami within two years. The program follows rent ceiling removal and aims to clear and rebuild downtown Negro district areas, with site selection, valuation, and condemnation steps to begin before next June 30. Executive director J T Knight plans a meeting to frame the authority’s approach and start housing progress.
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Knight
Miami
Net
Miami’s
Dixie
Washington
Miami Housing Authority
Negro District
Utive
J.T. Knight ii
Mi Authority
Slum Clearance Plan Tied to White House Approval
The document outlines funding for housing units with federal loans repaid over 40 years and subsidies to cover annual shortfalls. Subsidy and planning funds require White House approval, aiming for low rents for families with limited means. Only part of new units will be public housing. cleared lands may be sold to private developers under the city plan.
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Housing Authority
White House
Dewey orders Robeson riot probe in New York
Governor Thomas E. Dewey calls a Westchester grand jury to investigate rioting after Paul Robeson Peekskill concert on September 4. He says Communist groups provoked violence and that protesters acted lawlessly, while cautioning against any suppression of free speech.
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Albany
N. Y
Paul Robeson
Peekskill
Thomas E. Dewey
Westchester County
Robeson
Negro enters city race after 200 attend forum
An audience of about 200 gathered at Freedom House in Peekskill Monday night to back a four point resolution. They urged investigating committees for Groveland terrorism, continuous action by state officials on civil liberties, a federal probe into rights violations, and a pledge to defend civil liberties for all Americans, regardless of race or creed.
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Freedom House
Collins Are
Groveland
Library Building Interior Admiration Amid Growth Of Volumes
L Nickerson announces bid for City Commission after Negro leaders meeting at the Negro Youth Center. Nickerson, longtime laundry and dry cleaning worker born in Floyd, Mississippi, resident of Miami 15 years, Navy veteran, licensed Deacon, Israel Bethel Baptist member, married with two children, residing at 1926 NW 3rd Ave, plans to file Saturday.
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Thebrary of
Congress
Supreme Court
Uplon
Washington
L. Nickerson
4Undry Union
City Commission
Negro Youth Center
Nickerson
Floyd
Fila
Miami
Isreal Bethel Baptist Church
3Rd Ave
Two Missouri farmers accused in Arkansas abductee case
Frank Brown and Chester Brown, brothers and Missouri farmers, were named in a federal kidnapping indictment for forcing Robert Lee Talley from Mississippi County Arkansas to Hermondale Missouri. Talley alleges he was beaten into unconsciousness before escaping and reporting to authorities. The case, presented after Civil Rights Division investigation, carries potential death penalty risk.
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McGrath
Frank Brown
Chester Brown
Sible
Little Rock
Ark
Robert Lee Talley
Mississippi County
Hermondale
Talley
Justice Department
Brown Farm
Federal Grand Jury
Department
Man Slaughter Trial Ordered After Street Shooting
Patrolman Morris Read reported a group gathered outside a house early Saturday. Emory Addison, 30, was shot in the abdomen and Joe Parson, 31, was shot in the head. both men were hospitalized and under arrest. Arlester Young, 26, was bound over for trial in criminal court on manslaughter charges after an inquest and preliminary hearing on a fatal overturn case along the Rickenbacker causeway.
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Morris ‘Read
Emory Addison
16Th St
Reid
Addison
Joe Parson
2Nd Ave
Jackson Memorial Hospital
2Nd St
Heid
Arlester Young
17Th St
BE. L. Mason
Mason
B. Sutton
Young
Wibart C. Boyd
Rickenbacker Causeway
Labor Day
Klan Chief Still Jailed After Court Ruling
In Birmingham Circuit Court Judge Robert J. Wheeler rejected the sixth bid for freedom by William Hugh Morris who has been jailed 57 days for contempt of court over failure to produce Ku Klux Klan records. Bond was denied.
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Birmingham
Ala
Robert J. Wheeler
William Hugh Morris
Wheeler
Morris
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George Smathers
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