Derby Eve Fight Memoir Reveals Bravery and Bravado
The piece recalls a pre Derby boxing era clash between world middleweight champion Mickey Walker and Paul Swiderski. Promoters and managers fueled spectacle with lavish travel and betting while the ring battle ended with Walker knocked out after a burst of blows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Graham
New York Journal-American
Mr. Graham
Mickey Walker
New Jersey
Walker
Paul Swiderski
Jack Kearns
Swiderski
Harry Lenny
Kearns
Chicago
Teddy Hayes
Mickey
New York
Tribunal to try Tojo and 27 others as war criminals
The 11 nation international tribunal ruled Hideki Tojo and 27 Japanese leaders must face trial for war crimes. It dismissed defense motions and affirmed authority to try leaders for crimes against peace and humanity. Trial set for June 3 with proceedings to address prewar activities and other charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
International Military Tribunal
Hideki Tojo
Japan
William Webb
Nuernberg
R. M. Pal
India
Ju Ao Mei
China
John P. Higgins
United States
Shumei Okawa
Tojo
Yosuke Matsuoka
Continuance of Showers Foreseen Across Gulf States
The United States weather bureau forecast scattered thundershowers extending into Saturday for Louisiana and Mississippi. Showers predicted this afternoon and tonight in the west and north, then in the east and south on Saturday. Lows tonight expected 66 to 68 degrees in central and southwest Louisiana. Scattered showers forecast for the Mississippi coast Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Mississippi
Mississippi Coast
Negro Pvt Devone admits ambush deaths in Germany
In Frankfurt on May 17, Pfc. James C. Devone 28 of North Carolina admitted firing three shots at a civilian, killing two American sergeants. He claimed the jeep obstructed his last bullet. He was taken to Nuernberg prison stockade for final questioning. no other accomplices named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
James C. Devone
North Carolina
Nuernberg
Devone
Erlangen
G-men
Criminal Investigation Division
30 Hour Week Proposed in Steel Industry Talks
Atlantic City May 17 The 30 hour week proposal for steel workers is set for floor debate by the C I O Steel Workers convention. A wage policy committee will consider it next fall along with other contract demands as 40 hour weeks remain standard and the union eyes a guaranteed annual wage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Philip Murray
C. I. O. Steel
Murray
Steel Union
Hail Damage Ravages Fredericksburg Area
VP Mayor Joe Molberg said virtually every house in Fredericksburg area was unroofed by battering hail yesterday. Grapefruit sized hail splattered shingles, cracked tires, and battered metal roofs. He requested roofing materials to repair the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Joe Molberg
Fredericksburg
The
Austin Statesman
Molberg
Statesman
Hunger Striker Decision Near In Ulster High Court
May 17 Belfast reports Ulster high court to decide on release of David Fleming Irish Republican Army leader. Fleming near death in Belfast prison after 55 days on hunger strike under prison health act provisions for temporary release due to illness caused by his actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
High Court of Ulster
David Fleming
Irish Republican Army
Fleming
U C T Council Opens Session in Hotel Virginia
The United Commercial Travelers grand council of Louisiana and Mississippi opened a two day convention at Hotel Virginia. Registration reached 125 by noon. Albert Shields presided at 10 am with W McDavis and W D H Rodriguez delivering welcomes. A Dutch lunch, 7 pm banquet, and Saturday elections are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Commercial Travelers Grand Council
Louisiana
Mississippi
Virginia
Albert Shields
W. McDavis
Mississippi-Louisiana
W. D. H. Rodriguez
J. L. Webb
Baton Rouge
C. B. Hair
A. W. Franklin
Knights of Pythias
Two Ex Orleans Employees Charged In City Funds Misuse
Bonds of 10000 each were set for John K. Krieger and Oliver P. Bradford major theft charges tied to 88464 misappropriated city funds from 1942 to 1946. Mayor Morrison announced their discharge and said payroll audit will go to the Orleans parish grand jury. Deputy commissioner Michael J. Kelly was also discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
John K. Krieger
Division of Public Works
Oliver P. Bradford
William C. Maher
Fred Oser
Division of Criminal Court
Krieger
Bradford
de Lesseps Morrison
Commission Council
Morrison
Orleans Parish
Grand Jury
Michael J. Kelly
Kelly
Truman says in touch with Stalin on world food aid
President Truman disclosed he has contacted Generalissimo Stalin about Russia's role in supplying food to famine areas. Officials would not reveal details or any Moscow reply while Hoover readied a radio address on the world food study. The British Canadian American food board sought information on Russia's relief plans amid changing views on Soviet capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Truman
Stalin
Moscow
United States
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Truman
Hoover
Chicago
Agriculture Department
Combined Food Board
Weapons found in crashed airliner in Virginia
Richmond May 17. CAA inspector H G Myers said FBI will examine aspects of the Viking airliner crash near Richmond. He noted weapons found amid wreckage including two pistols a gun fragment two stilettos handcuffs and a police whistle. Nine bodies were identified from clothing items. others remain unidentified as crews continued identification efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Henrico County
CAA
H. G. Myers
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Newark
N. J
Atlante
Three Ferriday Men Arrested on Kidnapping Charge
Three Ferriday men Rob ert Adams Ernest George Davis and William Steven Wilson were arrested on federal kidnapping charges stemming from allegedly abducting a Natchez woman to Concordia Parish. They pleaded not guilty in Alexandria and are held on 20000 bail each. The case follows a Natchez police report that the woman and a companion were assaulted after a ride from a club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natchez
Concordia Parish
New Orleans
Charles FE. Weeks
Louisiana
U. S
R. C. Bauer
Alexandria
Mississippi
Federal District Court
Rapides Parish
Weeks
Eugene Rosillio
James Waters
Jackson
Miss
Ferriday
Natchez, Miss
Vidalia
Mississippi River
Ships of Dead to Sail Soon
Washington reports the return of World War II dead to U S shores in funeral fleets after Truman signs burial legislation. Next of kin choose final burial in national or private cemeteries or abroad, with 1 200 yearly arrivals rising to 18 900 monthly totals, delayed by steel shortages for casket makers. The War Department Quartermaster Corps leads the mass movement to be completed within five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
G. I
United States
Truman
Army
War Department
War Department Quartermaster Corps
T. B. Larkin
Three in Arkansas Shot to Death near Prescott
A coroner's jury ruled a double murder and suicide in a Prescott incident. Frank Riggs killed his wife Ruby 35 and taxi driver James Oglesby 32, then fatally shot himself. The bodies were found near a church house four miles east of Prescott by three farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
Ark
Here
Frank Riggs
James Oglesby
Riggs
Ruby
Oglesby
Byrnes Leaves Paris with Senate Aides After Deadlock
U S Secretary of State James F. Byrnes leads a 16 person party from Orly Field toward Washington aboard the Caravan Crescent after the foreign ministers conference adjourned to June 15. Senators Connally and Vandenberg travel with him as British and Russian officials depart. Byrnes says next meeting likely resolve Western-Russian differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Tom Connally
Texas
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Orly Field
Washington
Foreign Ministers Conference
Byrnes
Russia
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Britain
V. M. Molotov
le Bourget Field
Berlin
James Dunn
Pierre Schneider
Foreign Office
Jefferson Caffery
W. Averell Harriman
London
Kidnapped Chicago Negro Edward Jones Released
Edward P. Jones a wealthy Chicago figure linked to policy gambling was released by abductors after five days. Chief of Detectives Walter G. Storms said Jones was safe and sound and that ransom details were not disclosed. Jones reported being held in guarded conditions and unable to recall his captors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Walter G. Storms
Edward P. Jones
Storms
Jones
Central Police Station
Richard Austin
Austin
Aaron Payne
Payne
Hoover urges global famine drive to save 800 million
Former President Herbert Hoover warns that 800 million people face famine in a worldwide crisis. He calls for intensified bread and fat conservation in North America and full use of every grain on farms, urging voluntary measures over rationing to avert mass hunger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Buchenwald
Belsen
Hoover
North America
President Truman
America
Woman Killed in Rapides Shooting near Deville
Alexandria May 17 Mrs Beulah Reynolds 42 was killed and her brother in law John Reynolds 58 injured in a shooting near Deville Willie Reynolds husband held in Rapides jail pending inquest Deputy Sheriff Ray Stuart suspects John Reynolds fired the fatal shot and Willie Reynolds wounded his brother in a deadly domestic incident
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Beulah Reynolds
John Reynolds
Pineville Charity Hospital
Deville
Willie Reynolds
Rapides Parish
Ray Stuart
Truman presses talks to avert looming railroad walkout
President Truman chairs high level talks with union leaders and railroad executives ahead of a 4 p.m. strike deadline, seeking an 18 percent wage rise or minimum pay floor. Officials warn carriers fight raises could cost $54 million and may trigger government seizure of rail operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Harold Oliver Washington
Truman
White House
A. F. Whitney
Alvanley Johnston
Mr. Truman
C. J. Goff
T. C. Cashen
W. W. Fraser
John J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
D. P. Loomis
W. T. Farley
H. A. Enochs
J. P. Parrish
Charles G. Ross
Steelworkers demand resignation of Atlantic City official
The C. I. O. Steelworkers called on President Truman May 17 to demand the resignation of a small Atlantic City official, accusing local leadership of misconduct. The move reflects tensions within the steelworkers union during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Truman
C. I. O. Steelworkers
80,000 Stranded by Bus Walkout Shreveport
In a nine state strike, about 80,000 passengers were stranded as Southern Bus Lines workers walk off. Some 1,200 Amalgamated Association members have been idle since Wednesday midnight. taxis and hotels saw heightened demand while talks mediated by W. G. Byers aimed to settle disputes under a new contract. Affected areas span Louisiana Arkansas Texas Mississippi Alabama Illinois Kentucky Missouri and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Southern Bus Lines
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway and Motor Coach
W. G. Byers
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Mississippi
Alasbama
Illinois
Kentucky
Missouri
Tennessee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Byrd
Atlanta
Westbrook
Pegler
U.C. T. Council
Hotel Virginia
Orleans
Major
San Francisco
Hans Hornbostel
Bataan
Carville
Santo Tomas University
Manila
Hornbostel
Rapides
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!