Daily Alta California, 4 November 1851 Another Duel— Man Killed. — We extract the following account of a duel, on the Yuba river, from the Ne- vada Journal extra, issued on Saturday evening : A duel took place on the Yuba, about eighteen miles from here, on the spot of the disputed Chinese claims, of … [Read more…]
RECORDER’S COURT. — In the case of the people against James Huff, for an assault upon Quang, a Chinaman, two juries have disagreed and been dis- charged. In the trial which took place on Wednes- day, S. S. Goode, one of the counsel for the defence, moved to exclude Chinese testimony, on the ground that … [Read more…]
County Police Officials Attend CONFESSIONS OF EX-COMMUNIST IN MADERA HEARD AT SEMINAR Confessions of an ex-Communist who “organized” for the party in Madera and Merced counties during the 1930’s were included in a seminar on Communism, its history and its methods which was attended by six Madera County officials during the weekend. The “training course,” … [Read more…]
PROOF IS CITED DETROIT—(U.P.)—The Negro fath- er and white mother of a 29 month- old child picked as Detroit’s “grand champion baby” said today the award proves there is fairness and democracy in America. ” Madera Tribune, 4 December 1950
Clear Vice Zone Akron in 60 Days Los Angeles Herald, 18 February 1916 AKRON, Ohio, Feb. 18.—Inmates of segregated district resorts will have just sixty days to get into other lines of livelihood or to get out of town, Mayor William J. Laub an- nounced, after declaring the actual closing of the district shall come … [Read more…]
Madera Tribune, 1 October 1945. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—Approximately 3500 Japanese prisoners of war now are being transferred to the San Joaquin valley in California for harvest work, the War Department disclosed today. The Japanese are being taken from Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, and Camp Clarinda, Iowa, at the request of Gov. Earl Warren and California members … [Read more…]
WHAT ENGLISH WORKMEN SING. “The Secularist Manual of Songs and Ceremonies ” has recently attracted some notoriety, from the allusion made to it by Gladstone in a recent speech. It is the creed and song-book, so to speak, of the revolutionary working classes in England, and a correspondent furnishes some specimens of the rhyme it … [Read more…]
Sausalito News, 23 August 1951 page 3 http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SN19510823.2.6&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN——-# THESE COMMIE LEADERS ARE BEING SOUGHT BY THE FBI JAMES EDWARD JACKSON Jr.. Southern Regional Director of the Communist party, USA age 36, born November 29, 1914. Richmond, Virginia; height 5 feet 6½ inches; weight, 160 pounds; build, medium; hair, black, curly, bald in front; eyes, brown; … [Read more…]
Marysville Daily Appeal, Volume XIII, Number 107, 6 May 1866 Riot at Memphis (Tenn.)—Large number or Negroes killed and their Houses Burned— Gen. Stoneman takes Military Possession of the City. MEMPHIS, May 4th. The Memphis Riot culminated in a great conflagration of the negro quarters on Wednesday night, and the killing of some 15 negroes … [Read more…]