Hunter's View On Lake Case Feeds FEPC Rift
State's Attorney Jesse W. Hunter withdraws support for Senator Claude Pepper over Pepper's alleged involvement with the Lake county Groveland Story coverage. He cites insufficient fight for FEPC and notes harassment of Lake county officials and residents amid rape verdicts. Case details include reactions from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and local authorities.
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Jesse W. Hunter
Press of Florida Today
Claude Pepper
Pepper
St. Petersburg Times
Lake County
Groveland
FEPC
Lake County Trial Reporter Defends Integrity Amid Rushes
A Lake County, Florida trial featured a Negro reporter and white witnesses. Judge Futch allowed the reporter to participate despite alleged riots claim. Defendants’ lawyers failed to prove bias in Lake County. verdict found guilty. The reporter faced libel accusations from northern campaigns and The Times.
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Lake County
North
Tavares
Mount Dora
Apopka
Orlando
Futch
American Newspaper Guild
Revival Campaign Opens in Eustis With Controversial Civil Rights Bills
Dr E J Daniels of Orlando leads a tent revival in Eustis starting April 26 alongside Lowell Leistner and Rex Crow. He denounces Senate civil rights bills as disasters for the South, urging Floridians to oppose FEPC measures and cloture efforts led by Senator Pepper, amid national protests over racial integration and labor rules.
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Eustis
E. J. Daniels
Orlando
Billy Graham
Lowell Leistner
Rex Crow
Daniels
United States
Florida
Senate
Pepper
George Smathers
Roy Hamlin
Humphreys
Minnesota
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Easter union urged as Baptists report district events
East Town notes praise for the Easter program at St Mary M B and Bethel F M churches and urges unity in the world as death comes for all. The Day tona Beach session of the general state Baptist convention closed as T M Thomas mourns an uncle in Fowlstown Ga. Community groups plan a district union meeting and district conference events at Mt Olive A M E church.
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St. Mary M.B
Bethel F.M
Death
Mount Dora
Lake County
General State Baptist Convention
Daytona Beach
Fla
T. M. Thomas
Fowlstown
Pallbearers Society
Loving Home Band
Quarterly
Apopka Society
Brotherhood Union
Mt. Olive A.mle
Method facilities every kind of business
Quote attributed to C Simmons. The line suggests ease and agreement as keys to success in business operations.
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Simmons
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Williams
Great Lake
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U. S
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House
MR. Daniels
South
Aus Storage BN
W. Concord
John Alden
Murray
Sylvan Shores
the Travelers
Hartford
Commissioner’s District
Cassia
Sorrento
Board of County Commissioners
Frank E. Owens
East Town
Tim M. Sellar
House of Representatives
Wilbur King
Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Wilbur C. King
J. G. Ray, JR
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