Public flogging of man for beating woman in Delaware
John P. Barbieri, 30, was whipped 20 lashes in public at Newcastle County Workhouse after pleading guilty to assault on Belle Davis, 59. Guards led him to a rear ward, shackle attached to a shed as a deputy warden read the sentence. Public whipping, a holdover from colonial days, is allowed only in Delaware and Maryland in rare cases.
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Newcastle County
Barbieri
Delaware
Maryland
Belle Davis
Steel Production For Defense To Start This Week
The White House says a four man CIO United Steelworkers committee will help draft a plan to resume sufficient steel for defense needs. Some mills have agreed to restart, but big producers resist a united move. About 3.5 million tons of output have been lost since closures, with daily production near 300,000 tons prior to shutdown. President Fairless of United States Steel blamed the union for shortages in military steel.
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Washington
White House
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Benjamin Fairless
United States Steel
Steelworkers Union
Denison Welcomes Eisenhower Visit Amid Texas Campaigns
Denison Texas prepares for Dwight Eisenhower arrival on June 21 with bi partisan committees and a welcome at his birthplace. Eisenhower attends a Dallas press conference and dinner that day while Texans contest GOP delegates and Democrats campaign for the July 26 primary with Yarborough Shivers Daniel Beckworth active across the state.
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Denison
Texas
Dwight Eisenhower
Gold Star
Eisenhower
White Frame
White House
Eisenhowers
Denver
Perrin Air Force Base
Perrin
Dallas
H. J
Jack Porter
Houston
Robert Taft
National Republican Committee
Washingon
Taft
National Committee
Ralph Yarborough
Austin
Pampa
Allan Shivers
Yarborough
Shivers
Freeport
Marble
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Del
John P. Barbieri
Defense
Ike
Lindley Beckworth
U. S. Senate
Grandbury
Belton
Mexia
Galveston
Ideal Millwork
American Wood Window Institute
National Woodwork Manufacturers’ Association
Ideal Company
Waco, Texas
P. O. Bex
Dept
Waco
Safeway
Folger’s Mountain Grown Coffee
Crisco
Cascade
Dalewood Oleo
Fryers
Muo Ets
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