Word: chapman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...night last February, Coley B. Chapman, 26, a Negro laborer for the Long Island Rail Road, was waiting for a train in Washington's Union Station when Terminal Policeman Carl Neuman tried to arrest him for drunkenness. In the scuffle, a bullet from Neuman's revolver entered Chapman's forehead, came out just behind the hairline...
...Gallinger Municipal Hospital it was found that the slug had pierced the right frontal lobe of the brain. Chapman began to have convulsions, and lost consciousness. In an operation, a partial cutting of the connective nerve fibers was inevitable. The surgical treatment was successful; physically, Chapman recovered fast...
...suit on file in U.S. District Court in Washington last week, Chapman complained that his memory now has big gaps in it and that his personality has changed for the worse. His capabilities have been reduced, he claims, along with his initiative, and that cuts down his chances of advancement. However, having been acquitted on charges of drunkenness and assault, Chapman still had enough initiative to sue the Washington Terminal...
...Democrats: Chapman, Ky.; Frear, Del.; Fulbright, Ark.; George, Ga.; Gillette, Iowa; Graham, N.C.; Hill, Ala.; Kilgore, W. Va.; Maybank, S.C.; Miller, Idaho; Sparkman, Ala.; Aithers, Ky. Republicans: Baldwin, Conn.; Cain, Wash.; Ecton, Mont.; Hendrickson, N.J.; McCarthy, Wis.; Thye, Minn.; Young...
...come to his home in search of advice. The visitor said that he and two other young fellows had forged a batch of ballots and stuffed them into ballot boxes before the polls opened. The bogus ballots had been discovered (253 marked for President Truman and Democratic Senator Virgil Chapman, one for Chapman's Republican opponent). The judge's caller was worried...