Young Wife Describes Florida Road Attack Trial
A 17 year old farm wife testified before an all white jury about an alleged attack by four Black defendants after her husband’s car broke down near Clermont on July 16. She said the assailants forced them into a car and assaulted her at a lonely road one by one. The husband testified the group overpowered him, threw him into a ditch, and later found his wife missing. Ernest Thomas was fatally hurt by a posse.
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Tavres
Fla
Walter Irvin
Samuel Shepherd
Charles Greenlee
Ernest Thomas
Clermont
Answers to Daily Quiz Printout Clipping Summary
Answers to daily quiz questions printed on Page 4 include details on contract assistors charging five percent fees, a reference to "Amos n Andy" with a September 3 date, mentions of Attorney General Tom Clark, and a note about egg production peaking March through June.
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Cclients
Amos 'N’ Andy
Wai
Roosevelt
Sectarvest Moon
Aeney
Tom Clark
Teeland
Whatan
United States
Sales Directory listing for real estate and goods
A sales directory item lists auctions at Myrs W A Rest Church at 1 pm for house furniture and at 11 am estate sale at Pront of wees Co Court House. A September 15 auction at 731 Berryville Ave features entire grocery stock and equipment.
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Myrs. W. A .Rest Church
Wees Co
Court House
Berryville Ave
Collegian Kills Girl After She Chooses Another Suitor
In Dallas a 21 year old SMU journalism student, Keith Petersen, killed Carolyn Schofield, a 20 year old Dallas secretary, after she told him she would marry another man. Petersen surrendered to police after firing six pistol shots in Henry Rogat’s downtown office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Keither Petersen
Southern Methodist University
Carolyn Schofield
Petersen
Henry Rogat
Labor wage talks loom as fact finding panel reports
The article outlines a pending wage round and fringe benefits dispute between the steel workers union and about 65 major steel companies. A presidential fact finding panel has heard final pleas and will issue recommendations that could set a national pattern, with risks of strikes and higher operating costs impacting the economy.
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Steel Workers Union
Massive Antarctic Icebergs Reach Vast Lengths
Antarctic icebergs exceed a mile in length, with some recorded at 20 to 30 miles long, highlighting the extreme scale of floating ice in polar waters.
Livestock market notes from Baltimore and Chicago
Cattle and calves show mixed changes with steady to lower trends for some classes. Hogs rise about 75 cents to a dollar on most cuts, while sheep and lambs show steady to strong tendencies with top streams near 24 for lambs and healthy bids for yearlings and ewes.
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Baltimore
Chicago
Montana
Montanas
Lorne
Treason Charged To Ex-Gl Who Was At Corregidor
New York dispatch reports 33-year-old John Provoo, ex sergeant, charged with treason for aiding Japan during World War II after surrendering at Corregidor in 1942. FBI said he worked three years as propagandist and interrogator, disguising as a Buddhist priest to gain favor with Japanese. He will face a treason trial carrying possible death, arraigned before U S Commissioner Edward W. McDonald, with Saypol outlining Provoo’s war time activities and postwar parole and re enlistment.
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New York
John David Provoe
Japan
Provoe
Corregidor
Provoo
FBI
California
Tokyo Rose
U. S
Edward W. McDonald
J. F. Provoo
Sausalito
Calif
San Francisco
Federal House of Detention
John F. X. McGahey
Irving H. Saypol
Federal Reserve Bank
Philippines
Saypol
Tokyo
Rose
Iva Toguri D’aquino
D'Aquino
Los Angeles
Active Aid
McGahey
Fort Sill
Lawton
Okla
Fort “Feade
Governor's Island
Chicago Grain opens mixed with fractional losses
Chicago September grain prices ease slightly at the open with losses mostly fractional. September corn remains the weakest, as 150 cars of cash corn arrive, with December and March contracts showing modest declines alongside other grains such as wheat oats rye and soybeans.
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Chicago
Round table and chairs sold. requests damaged chair parts
A buyer who purchased a round table and five chairs from Harvie L. Martin about two months ago seeks two extension boards and a chair torn from the set. The contact is 739 South Kent St.
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Harvie L. Martin
South Kent St
Sands praises National Guard summer encampment at Indiantown Gap
Gen Sands commends the Maryland Virginia National Guard for a successful two week camp at Indiantown Gap Pa. He notes division level training is ready and highlights the evacuation by four troop trains and 22 truck convoys as 6500 officers and men head home. Maryland and Virginia units prepare to reach home tonight and Sunday.
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Indiantown Gap
Maryland-Virginia National Guard
William H. Sands
Norfolk
Maryland
Virginia
Fort Belvoir
Mystery Mist on Chesapeake Probed by Scientists
Residents of Tilghman Island Maryland report auto paint damage clothing burns and discolored stone from a mysterious mist. Theories include fumes from a fertilizer plant and Dr Lewis B Welty’s water cabbage hydrogen sulfide mechanism. Dr Henry C Freimuth examined a damaged car in Baltimore for toxicity analysis.
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Tilghman
Chesapeake Bay Island
Lewis
Welty
Talbot
Baltimore
Henry C. Freimuth
CIO Prepares For State Meeting In Virginia
About 300 delegates are expected for the ninth annual Virginia CIO council convention in Danville from Thursday through Saturday. Reports will be given by President C. C. Webber and Secretary-treasurer Lloyd Vaughan, plus Ernest B. Pugh and Boyd Payton. Pugh and Payton will discuss progress of the Southern organizing drive.
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Richmond
Virginia Cio Council
Danville
C. C. Webber
Lloyd Vaughan
Ernest B. Pugh
CIO
Boyd Payton
Upper South Twva
Pugh
Payton
Bailey to Hurl For Albin Boys
Tomorrow at 2 30 the Albin boys club hosts Stephens City base ball team Bailey on the mound per club director Michael Abe Next Sunday Albin meets Winchester Brown Bombers in Winchester
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Albin Boys
Stephens City
Bailey
Michael Abe
Albin
Winchester Brown Bombers
Winchester
Oldest Known World Map Dates to 4500 Years Ago
An ancient map reported as the oldest known example dates roughly 4500 years back, offering insight into early cartography and how ancient societies visualized space, landmarks, and routes.
Navy Court Weighs Penalty for Seaman Desertion Case
Seaman Patrick Joseph Ryan faces a Navy review after a five member court martial adjourned without acquitting him of desertion. He claims he was shanghaied into the French Foreign Legion and suffered injuries. Navy investigators doubt the kidnapping tale but may downgrade charges to unauthorized leave. The decision, to be announced by Rear Admiral Davis, remains withheld pending review.
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Washington
Patrick Joseph Ryan
French Foreign Legion
Navy
Ryan
Comdr
Lloyd Straits
Glenn Davis
Potomac Naval Station
Davis
Tuesay
Ryah
Indo-China
China
Kroetz
French Legion
Legion
Governor emphasizes cutting costs and building department surplus
Gov. Tuck urges agency heads to attach studies on operation costs and proposed expenditure cuts for the next biennium. He directs departments to avoid spending surplus funds from the prior year and to present concrete economy results during budget hearings. The governor and advisors will tour the state for hearings after a preliminary conference.
Auto Holiday Starts Day Early For 7300 Workers
An unscheduled strike cut short Labor Day preparations for 7300 Chrysler Plymouth and Briggs Manufacturing workers in Detroit. About 163 Plymouth employees did not return from lunch, leading to early idle hours as unions press for wage and benefit increases and a plant shutdown through the weekend.
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Detroit
Plymouth Division
Chrysler Corp
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Plymouth Assembly
CIO
United Auto
Plymouth
Briggs
UAW
Chrysler
Michigan
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Mediation Board
Ice Cream Purchase by George Washington in 1790
Records show George Washington bought ice cream worth 200 dollars in 1790, illustrating early American consumer habits and the personal life of the first president.
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George Washington
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John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Braddock St
Clarke County
Philgo Radio
Absolutely
Westinghouse
Mt. Vernon
Hampshire
Cc Funkhouser
Julian Glascoce
Boey, JR
Flora Facias
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
Emmett Boyce
Mary Estelle Switzer
Wardensville
Mountain Falls
Frederick County
Robert L. DeHaven
Coleman Dunn
J. R. Alexander, Jr
Loudoun St
Chicago Grain
Brumback’s
C. Brumback & Sons
N. Codseron St
Gen. Sands Lands
Sheriff's Sale
Valley Service Station, Inc
Mary Estelle
RED Fox
Martinsburg Pike
Gov. Tuck
N. Cameron ST
Chapman
BUICK
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
Wisconsin
Pittsburgh
Waterspar
North Braddock St
Tommy D. Lockhart
Hes
ICI
Sean
Bendix
Anderson
E. Boscawen St
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