Tag: Q2 1949
Alabama Hoodlums Flog Negroes, Washington D.C., 1949
In a shocking display of lawlessness, hooded mobs in Alabama have been accused of unleashing brutal floggings on Negroes, sparking a heated debate over the role of Congress in addressing the issue. A congressional investigating group, led by Representative Byrne of New York, held a hearing yesterday to gather testimony from three Alabama newspapermen, who…
Raymond R. Randall Arrested for Assault, Washington D.C., 1949
In a shocking turn of events, a 37-year-old taxicab driver named Raymond R. Randall is now facing the music after admitting to punching a Capital Transit Co. supervisor in a heated argument over a cab fare. The victim, 47-year-old Millard Cecil, a nearly 30-year veteran of the transit company, met his untimely demise at Casualty…
Milk Money and Union Might: Averted Strike Leaves D.C. Dairies Breathing Easier
Washington, D.C. – June 7, 1949. The streets of the nation’s capital breathed a collective sigh of relief as the city’s milk drivers narrowly avoided a crippling strike. The threat of a walkout by 1,525 employees of nine local dairies had been looming large, but in a last-minute vote, the Milk Drivers and Dairy Employees…
50+ Die in Hospital Fire, Effingham IL, 1949
In a senseless tragedy that will haunt the small town of Effingham, Illinois, for years to come, more than 50 people perished in a devastating hospital fire that raged through St. Anthony’s Hospital in the early hours of April 5, 1949. The inferno claimed the lives of eight newborn infants, leaving their families to pick…
