Deputy guard surrenders badge after Klan meeting
In Birmingham area on June 18 state investigators said a special deputy sheriff C. A. Lollar was found serving as an armed sentry at a Ku Klux Klan gathering in Adamsville. Lollar, paid to watch cars at meetings, surrendered his badge to Sheriff Holt Dowell while authorities ordered action to revoke hooded groups’ charters.
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Birmingham
Ala
C. A
Brownie) Lollar
Holt Dowell
Lollar
Adamsville
Holt McDowell
McDowell
James E. Folsom
State Senate
Folsom
Albert A. Carmichael
Klan Dentes Activity Denial From Alabama Leaders
In Birmingham on June 18 the federated Ku Klux Klan leadership denied involvement in recent night riding. Dr. E P Pruitt and William Hugh Morris said Klans were active in most Alabama counties, urged fair investigation, and criticized labor groups amid a Shelby County mine raid and calls to revoke the Klan charter. They argued for presumed innocence unless proven guilty.
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KLAN
Birmingham
Ala
Federated Ku Klux Klan
E. P. Pruitt
William Hugh Morris
Pruitt
Morris
Federated Klan
Alabama
Federated Ku Klux Klan, Inc
Shelby County
Grand Jury
Fireflies to be shown in Tokyo headquarters
In Tokyo June 18 General MacArthur will receive fireflies from Gifu prefecture famed for large bright specimens. A delegation arrived with herds to present to Crown Prince Akihito and to light up Tokyo parks, an act seen as a possible boost to electricity shortages.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Gifu Prefecture
Chamber of Commerce
Gifu
Akihito
Stones Used as Cannonballs in Early Artillery
Report notes that in early artillery experiments stones served as projectile ammunition. The era featured improvised munitions as gunpowder and precision tools were developed, reflecting military testing and adaptation.
State Police Arrests Involving Drunken Driving Crackdown
State Police of Troop F reported 34 arrests last week including Henry Kirby 24 of Cherokee Ala charged with negligent homicide in a fatal West Carroll parish crash. Others faced DUI charges, revoked licenses, no brakes, improper lights, parking summons, and several were held for trial on reckless driving.
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West Carroll Parish
Henry Kirby
Cherokee
Ala
Robert Bonner
Rayville
Wester H. Whitten
Grayson
Westley Cockrell
Bastrop
David T. von
Belma R. Burks
Negro
Ruston
Otho L. Morgan
Teddy L. McKiethen, Jr
Monroe
James E. Johnston
Cleve A. Jenkins, Jr
North Little Rock
Ark
Milton A. Childers
West Monroe
Winnsboro
Joe Faulk, Jr
Sam Kirby
Lake Providence
Bobby L. Halley
Eros
Sam Mathews
Jones
Warren T. Jones
Mangham
Audrey R. Douglas
Delmas P. McCarty
St. Joseph
Dudley Threas
New Wrinkles in Soviet Stage Hopes for Vaudeville Rise
A Trud critic sees hope for vaudeville on the Soviet stage as the new play A Sunny House is hailed as paving the way. In Japan, education reform limits the minister of education in Tokyo to advisory roles, removing direct control over local boards.
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Moscow
Trud
Tokyo
Japan
Methodists Set Pastors Salary At Mississippi Conference
Gulfport Miss June 18 Minimum salaries for pastors were approved today at the 137th session of the Mississippi annual conference of the Methodist Church. Minimum salaries are 1500 for unmarried pastors 1800 married with no children and 2000 married with children. Bishop Marvin A Franklin announced the appointment of the Rev W S Cameron pastor of the West Park Church Jackson as executive secretary of the Mississippi Methodist Church Council for alcoholic education. The conference attended by more than 425 pastors and lay delegates will adjourn tomorrow afternoon when appointments for the new church year are read.
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Gulfport
Miss
Mississippi
the Methodist Church
Marvin A. Franklin
W. S. Cameron
West Park Church
Jackson
Mississippi Methodist Church Council For Alcoholic Education
Methodist
Southern Mississippi
Franklin
Commission On World Services and Finance
Mississippi Church Council For
Memorial Mercy Home Hospital
New Orleans
Methodist Orphan’s Home
P. Stafford
Cary
J. M. Sullivan
R. E. Wilson
Clinton
R. I. Moore, Jr
Laurel
Joseph W. Jones
Quitman
Sam S. Brefield
Carl A. Fox
Gordon R. Childress
Hollis H. Youngblood
Emory
Runaway mule kills 10-year-old Black boy in Mississippi
In Laurel Mississippi a coroner's jury reported a 10-year-old Black ploughboy named Charles Grafton Walker was fatally dragged by a runaway mule in Eastabutche. He had worked the animal all day and rode it to the barn before the mule threw him and he became entangled in the harness. The animal dragged him about 300 yards before the tragedy.
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Laurel
Miss
Eastabutche
Jones County
J. Wesley Watson
Charles Grafton Walker
Army rejects boy for enlistment dies by own hand
Laurel Mississippi June 18 Garrett Gray 23 of Jones county farm family killed himself with a 32 caliber revolver after failing the army physical. His body found in a pine hole cabin near his home after he had been missing since the previous day. Coroner J Wesley Watson said the youth was despondent due to repeated enlistment failures.
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Laurel
Miss
Jones County
J. Wesley Watson
Garrett Gray
Young Gray
Watson
Garrett
H. M. Gray
Elderly Oil Worker Found Dead in Apartment
Frank J. Grosse, 78, a former Stovall Drilling Company employee, was found dead in his second floor apartment at 2701 DeSiard Street shortly before eight yesterday morning. Coroner Dr J T French ruled a heart attack as the cause, with Grosse last seen Friday evening. The body was moved to Mulhearn Funeral Home. funeral plans were incomplete. No relatives are known.
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Frank J. Grosse
Stovall Drilling Company
DeSiard Street
J. T. French
Ouachita Parish
Grosse
John Yarber
Yarber Machine Works
Mulhearn Funeral Home
First use of gunpowder in artillery alters siege warfare
The earliest battlefield use of gunpowder was delayed until the late 15th century. It initially served to batter fortifications before expanding to field artillery, transforming siege and combat dynamics.
University Elders McCurley Sharp Pittman Walton Named
University records list include Thomas L McCurley Jr Marion Marshall Sharp Warren E Pittman Monticello and Roger Bernard Walton Simrall as part of senior board or elder committee assignments.
Second Lt Jewel Kenny Receives Army Nurse Corps Call
Second Lt Jewel Mae Kenny daughter of Mr and Mrs E F Kenny 210 Winnsboro Road Monroe received active duty orders in the Army Nurse Corps She is to report at Brooks Medical Center Fort Sam Houston San Antonio Texas on July 5 A St Francis School of Nursing graduate she has been head nurse at St Francis Sanitarium and represented Louisiana during Nurse Week on WNOE New Orleans radio
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Jewel Mae Kenny
E. F. Kenny
Winnsboro Road
Monroe
Army Nurse Corps
Miss Kenny
Brooks Medical Center
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Tex
St. Francis School of Nursing
St. Francis Sanitarium
Louisiana
Kate Smith
WNOE
New Orleans
Anglo Argentine Will Go Ahead With Plans
Britain and Argentina push a five year two way trade pact for next week despite U S objections. The deal would cover oil coal automobiles whiskey and provide about 300000 tons of meat and cereals to Britain in exchange. U S pressure through the ECA threatens to block such agreements as Washington and Buenos Aires clash over currency convertibility.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Britain
United States
Washingto
Paul Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
U. S
Willard Thorp
John Balfour
Juan A. Bramuglia
Sir John
Plan to Attend Southern University Summer Programs
Southern University in Baton Rouge expects about 2270 Negroes on campus this summer, nearly double fall enrollment. The mix includes 1100 summer students and 1170 for workshops and conferences, with events ranging from Bayou Boys State to a safety conference for Negro educators from seven states.
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Baton Rouge, la
Quest For
Southern University
Southern
J. J. Hedgeman
Bayou Boys State
Louisiana
Felton G. Clark
American Legion
Louisiana Department
Signing ceremony set for June 21 as planned
The event remains scheduled for June 21 with approval of the parties involved. Officials reaffirm the date, emphasizing adherence to prior arrangements and ceremonial protocol across the involved organizations.
Expectant Mother Held In Slaying Albany
A 27 year old expectant mother, Donna H Robinson of Otego, is held in Albany after she says she shot Richard N Bard, 27, who attacked her sister, Ruth Hathaway, 26, near a hospital. Bard died later at Memorial Hospital. The sisters had driven from Morrisville to visit their mother and testified Bard had threatened them. Local boys witnessed the struggle as Robinson fired six shots with a .25 caliber pistol.
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Albany
N. Y
Julian B. Elway
Donna H. Robinson
Richard N. Bard
Lion
Child’s Hospital
Ruth Hathaway
Robinson
Morrisville
New York
Bard
Miss Hathaway
State Capitol
Memorial Hospital
Bus Drivers to Resume Talks in Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge bus drivers say they will reopen contract talks halted last March. CAPS president T. B. Clement announced the move canceling a planned June 21 strike. The city council recently recognized Baton Rouge Bus Co franchise and backed a single operating company in the city.
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Baton Rouge
T. B. Clement
Baton Rouge Bus Co. Employee Association
CAPS
Kors New Baton Rouge Chamber Manager
Preston V. Kors, 36, of Odessa Texas, named general manager of the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce. He previously led the Odessa Chamber and worked with the Tulsa Chamber. Kors succeeds Cave Nelson who recently resigned. He holds a Tulsa University law degree and is a graduate of the American Chamber of Commerce Executive Institute. He served in the army air corps during the war.
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Baton Rouge
Preston V. Kors
Odessa
Texas
American Chamber of Commerce Executive Institute
Army Air Corps
Bard divorce details emerge in district attorney statement
The district attorney disclosed that Miss Hathaway ended her relationship with Bard about ten days earlier. Bard’s mother, Mrs. Georgia Bard of Ilion, said Bard had been married and was the father of two children now living in Lawrence, New York, and that he and his wife were divorced.
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Miss Hathaway
Bard
Georgia Bard
Ilion
Lawrence
N. Y
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B. R
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Catalina
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