Four beaten men confess to killing. victim alive in Illinois
FBI agents swarm Sunflower County as sheriff confirms beatings tied to a manhunt for a supposed killer. Four Black men Jesse James Jr Amos Redmond Jesse Davis and Will Galloway confessed. victim Robert McKinney later found alive in East St. Louis, Illinois. Coleman says James and Redmond show clear injuries while Davis returns to work and Galloway is hospitalized.
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George Marshall
Robert McKinney
East St. Louis
Til
Jesse James Jr
Amos Redmond
Jesse Davis
Will Galloway
A. A. Coleman
James
Redmond
Davis
North Sunflower County Hospital
Ruleville
Willie Galloway
Indianola
Red Cross campaign appeals for flood disaster funds
An urgent appeal asks Cincinnati and Hamilton County residents to donate to a 48000 dollar share of a five million six thousand dollar national disaster fund aiding floods in Oklahoma Illinois Missouri and Kansas. Contributions go to the local Red Cross chapter at 321 E Sixth St. chairman John H Clippinger urges support noting past regional flood relief.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
American Red Cross
Oklahoma
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Red Cross
Sixth St
John H. Clippinger
Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Ohio
United States
Women More Peaceful Than Men in Peace Drive
A UCLA study by Dr. George F J Lehner and Bernard Saper finds women show greater desire for world peace and altruism than men in a 96 student experiment using hypothetical scenarios. Among top wishes were world peace, marriage, happiness and security with 80 percent of women prioritizing marital fulfillment alongside peace.
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Los Angeles
Atlas
University of California At
Dr Hunton Loses Appeal In Civil Rights Case
New York based Dr Alphaeus Hunton Negro scholar and former Howard University professor must serve a six month jail term for contempt after claiming his right not to testify against himself. Hunton, director of the Council on African Affairs, was jailed with Frederick Vanderbilt Field and Dashiell Hammett in the government crackdown on the Bail Fund of the Civil Rights Congress. The CRC condemns Justice Reed's bail denial as a racist blow and calls protests from Negro and progressive groups and African leaders.
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New York
N.Y
Alphaeus Hunton
Howard University
CRC
Supreme Court
Reed
Hunten
United States
Africa
Hunton
Truman
KKK
South
MacArthur Sets Frontline HQ at Waldorf Astoria
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur establishes headquarters in a 10 room suite at the Waldorf Astoria New York. He signs a one year lease reportedly at $130 daily rate, totaling about $47,450 yearly, while Mrs MacArthur seeks urban excitement after years in the country.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Connecticut
Waldorf-Astoria
U. S
MacArthur
Sticks
Mississippi acquits white rapist in case tied to Willie McGee
A white farmer Lonnie Bevell, 27, was acquitted by an all white jury in Vicksburg after raping and beating a 31 year old Black woman on New Year’s Eve. Civil rights leaders condemned the verdict as state policy enforcing white supremacy and depriving Black people of basic rights. The case follows the earlier McGee execution, seen as part of a pattern of impunity for violence against Black women.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Willie McGee
Mr. Patterson
Lonnie Bevell
Mississippi
United States
Crusade for Freedom holds midwest conference in Chicago
Campaign leaders from 37 states met in Chicago on July 16 and 17 to prepare the national Crusade for Freedom drive set for September 3 to 30. Attendees included C. D. Jackson of the National Committee for a Free Europe and John H. Stewart of Cincinnati. The effort seeks 25 million enrollments and 3.5 million dollars in contributions to support Radio Free Europe, which operates two independent stations abroad to counter communism with free world truth.
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Chicago
C. D. Jackson
National Committee For A Free Europe
John H. Stewart
Cincinnati, Ohio
Saint Louis St Joseph High School to Close After Semester
Catholic High Schools reports St Louis St Joseph High School, once the citys only all Negro Catholic high school, will close this semester as space is needed for St Anns elementary. About 185 students will transfer to other Catholic high schools. Sisters of St Joseph taught there.
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St. Louis
St. Joseph’s High School
James T. Curtin
St. Ann’s Church
Sisters of
Million Bible Print Run Shatters Publishing Records
The Revised Standard Version of the Holy Bible will be issued in 1952 with a million copies valued at over 5 million dollars. Thomas Nelson and Sons reports this as the largest single print order for a full sized book by a commercial house. The project uses vast quantities of paper ink binders board and cloth with extensive gold leaf for spine damping.
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William R. McCulley
Thomas Nelson and Sons, Publishers
Empire State
The Young Scholar and Other Poems review
Meadow Publishing presents The Young Scholar and Other Poems by Ieda Mai Toney. The collection blends classical romantic realistic and symbolic styles in fourteen pieces, including Love and The Rosebud, with a critical intro by Dr Charles L Hill.
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Charles L. Hill
Public relations note From Lou Swarz at Hotel Theresa
Lou Swarz thanks a friend for promoting Hotel Theresa news and pictures in July 1951. W. P. Dabney, WM. H. Brown, and H. T. sign the cordial message. The note emphasizes gratitude and shared publicity efforts in New York City.
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New York City
Wayne Student Wins $1000 in Elk's Oratorical Contest
Ethelrine Shaw, honor graduate of Lockland Wayne School, won the Elk's Regional Oratorical Contest beating students from Illinois Wisconsin Indiana Kentucky and Michigan. She will speak in New York City at the Elk's National Convention in August where she will receive more awards.
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Ethelrine Shaw
Lockland Wayne School
Elk’s
Akron
Milwaukee
New York
Ohio State University
Fannie Shaw
Lincoln Heights
Ohio
E. F. Roan
Wayne
C. H. Woode
Army’s Twenty fourth Negro regiment ends service
New York Times editorial notes the disbanding of the Army’s Twenty Fourth Infantry, the nation’s oldest Black regiment, which served in Korea as part of the Twenty Fifth Division. Established in 1869 from two Black regiments, it had notable moments at Sand Hill in 1898 with Roosevelt’s Rough Riders.
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New York
Idy Roosevelt
Innocent Black man executed after police abuse revealed
The Civil Rights Congress reports, in New Orleans, that Milton Wilson a 40 year old Black oil worker was tortured to force confessions before his July 20 execution. Officers allegedly beat him at Huey P Long Bridge station and threatened a trap door to coerce a confession.
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Louisiana
Milton Wilson
Civil Rights Congress
CRC
Wilson
New Orleans Parish
Huey P. Long Bridge
Oppressive police brutality echoes past inquisitions
The author denounces daily US police torture to extract confessions, arguing such methods contaminate justice. Confessions obtained under brutal pressure should not be used in court, deeming the system hellish and demanding abolition.
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U. S
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