Collection of queens
25 years ago — 1993
Forgive Henrietta Diament when the pride of her life now gives way to the pain of her life long ago. Time does not heal all wounds. Not the wounds of the Warsaw ghetto. Not the wounds of the Auschwitz death camp. Not the wounds of a 74-year-old Memphian who 50 years ago survived the gas, guns and gruesome goons of Nazi Germany. Diament is believed to be the only surviving Memphian who took part in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943, a heroic chapter in the tragic story of the Holocaust. At a ceremony today on the rebellion’s 50th anniversary, Diament will receive a proclamation from the mayor.
50 years ago — 1968
A warrant charging Eric Starvo Galt with first degree murder in the sniper slaying of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was issued last night. Fire and Police Director Frank Holloman announced the state charge about four hours after the FBI had obtained a federal warrant in Birmingham charging that Galt and “an individual whom he alleged to be his brother” entered into a conspiracy to deprive Dr. King of his civil rights to travel from state to state. Mr. Holloman declined to answer any questions after announcing the murder charge, which he said was decided upon after a conference with Atty. Gen. Phil M. Canale. It was issued by General Sessions Judge Wayne H. Lindsey about 9 p.m. The murder warrant issued here, like the FBI document, noted that Galt also used the names of John Willard and Harvey Lowmyer.
75 years ago — 1943
WASHINGTON — Thirty-two senators oppose committing the United States to post-war participation in an international police force to preserve peace. Twenty-four senators favor such a commitment, and the remaining 40 have not yet decided.
100 years ago — 1918
From an editorial — We have been in this war for a year and one thing is clear — if the men don’t win it, the women will. Capt. Jerry Walsh of Memphis writes from France that he sees French women plowing the fields, repairing the railroads, driving trucks and even firing the locomotives. Here in Memphis 300 women are laboring night and day without pay, making surgical dressings and bandages ordered by the government. What group of 300 men in this city has worked even one hour without pay to help the government? The men must catch up with the women if we are to win the war.
125 years ago — 1893
These are times of turmoil between capital and labor. At Antwerp, Belgium, 1,000 dock workers are striking and are threatening to riot. In London the streets are filled with strikers in the garment industry. Three strikes have crippled railroad service in this country. Cases involving the right to strike will soon reach the Supreme Court. We predict the downfall of the workingman’s greatest enemy, the trust.