576 Acres to Build Summit Negro Town Near Muskogee
L W Thomas, a wealthy Texan promoter, plans a 576 acre colony eight miles southwest of Muskogee on the Jefferson highway. He intends to allocate 40 acre plots to Negro buyers, reserve 120 acres for one acre per owner, and promote fruit and vegetable farming alongside a planned gin and soon a cottonseed oil mill. Thomas builds a new eight room home and a 24 block district for upscale residences, while seeking a post office permit. He predicts Summit will become a model Negro city within ten years.
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Muskogee
Okla
L. W. Thomas
Summit
Thomas
Mecca
Texas
Mexia
Musktogeee
South Muskogee Development Company
Katy, Railway Company
Times-Democrat
Sears
Black Swan Records Gift To Jack Pickford At Wedding
Hollywood November 4. Jack Pickford received Black Swan Records as a wedding gift from Marilyn Miller star of Sally. The gift was sent from New York in a special container, and the couple danced to Henderson's Dance Orchestra with songs Oh Daddy Jazz in Baby Blues That Da Da Strain. The trend crosses to other stars and white buyers are seeking Black Swan Records.
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Hollywood
Cal
Jack Pickford
Marilyn Miller
Sally
California
Black Swan
Miss Miller
Mr. Pickford
Mary Pickford
Roosevelt memorial tree removed from cap itol lawn
Montgomery, Ala. nov 9. the Roosevelt memorial tree planted on the alabama capitol lawn by boy scouts last friday disappeared thursday night. a note found by the night watchman read in part that the daughters of the confederacy oppose honoring southern soldiers and their war mothers with a tree in washington and do not want the one in montgomery’s capitol yard.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Capitol
Boy Scouts
Alabama
Daughters of the Confederacy
South
Capitol Yard
Washington
Henry A Boyd to lead National Baptist Publishing Board
Nashville, Nov 9 Henry A Boyd elected Secretary Treasurer and Manager of the National Baptist Publishing Board succeeding his late founder father. He began as janitor eighteen years ago. The board also named Rev J P Robinson chair and elected officers including Rev G B Taylor vice chairman and Rev D J Hull and Rev John H Frank for other posts. Two new board members were added Rev H A Alfred and Rev H H Burns. The nine member Board of Managers includes seven holdovers. The General Board represents one member from each State Convention.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry A. Boyd
National Baptist Publishing Board
Boyd
J. P. Robinson
Little Rock
Arkansas
Dr. Robinson
G. B. Taylor
Digging Up Gold Jar Leads to Farrier of Misfortune
Hopkinsville reports Henry Kendrick 25, a Negro laborer, plowing Lionel Duke farm unearthed a glass jar with 568 gold dollars minted 1840 to 1865. He sold his claim to John Boyd for 200 dollars, bought a used car, then struck Herbert Johnson, breaking his leg and causing amputation. Kendrick was with Richard Boyd, 12, when the find occurred. He signed a quit claim for the money. some coins carry high premiums. The stash’s origin remains unknown and the coins likely post Civil War.
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Hopkinsville
Henry Kendrick
Lionel Duke
South Cristian
John Boyd
Kendrick
Herbert Johnson
Johnson
Richard Boyd
Boyd
Globe National Bank to train Negroes in finance in New York
A $300000 Globe National Bank planned for 136th Street and Seventh Avenue will be the first U S bank with both Negro and white directors. Henry M Black leads the project aiming to train young Negroes from across the nation and abroad in banking, linking regional banks to a Harlem center and expanding economic education.
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New York N. Y
Globe National Bank of
New York
136Th Street
Seventh Avenue
National Bank
United States
Henry M. Black
Broadway
Harding
Birmingham
Ala
Black
Globe National Bank
Cuba
West Indies
Harlem
135Th Street
W. W. Tandy
Opposed Tennessee Senator for Supreme Court Seat
New York reports sharp opposition from prominent Black leaders and reform advocates to United States Senator John K. Shields of Tennessee joining the Supreme Court. They cite his past remarks on woman suffrage and voting rights, arguing his views betray democracy and Constitution adherence. Critics warn his elevation would reflect broader flaws in democracy and judicial selection.
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New York
N. Y
United States
John K. Shields
Tennessee
Supreme Court
Shields
William R. Day
Harriet Stanton Blatch
Gruening
Senate
Shield
Ife
Senator Shields
The
Augustus G. Dill
Dill
Mr. Dill
Lone Land
Supreme
Blatch
Man Held for Murder of Woman in Republic case
Samuel Williams, 40, was held by a coroner's jury in Pittsburgh for the murder of Magdaline Gibbs, 34, of Republic, found unconscious in Schenley park on October 7. A confession read to the jury said Gibbs took $500 from him and, after she refused to return it, he struck her with a stone, dying days later at Homeopathic hospital.
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Preston News Service
Pittsburgh
Samuel Williams
Magdaline Gibbs
Republic
Schenley Park
Willame
Garvey praises southern whites and urges Black race awakening
Preston News reports Marcus Garvey delivering an address at the Black Fair in Raleigh, praising southern whites for provoking Black racial consciousness. He argues whites despise a dependent Black populace, predicts Africa’s republic will reverse power, and urges self-reliance while condemning social equality as a goal.
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Preston News, Service
Raleigh
N. C
Marcus Garvey
Africa
Garvey
Mississippi to Spend Half Million for Negro Schools
Jackson Miss November 9 Mr Clinton J Calloway Field Agent Rosenwald Fund and Director Extension Department Tuskegee Institute Alabama will spend week in Mississippi in the interest of schoolhouse building for the colored race. Mr RB S Grassley Assistant State Supervisor of Negro Schools will accompany him on most tours. Plans call for erecting over one hundred schoolhouses costing about a half million dollars as Negroes are encouraged by improving white attitudes toward Negro education.
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Jackson
Miss
Clinton J. Calloway
Rosenwald Fund
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
Mississippi
RB. S. Grassley
Calloway
Missiasiasippi
Church publicity advice at national conference in Chicago
At a national church publicity conference in Chicago speakers urged cooperation with newspapers and honest ads. Advice included avoiding preacher tone and cliché press phrases, advertising to reach wavering churchgoers, and following the Associated Negro Press motto that more information sells faster. Claude A. Barnett was among the speakers.
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Chicago
Ill
Negro Press
National Church
Morrison Hotel
City Club
Claude A. Barnett
Next War Seen Between Yellow and White Races
Chicago November 9. Author Will Irwin warned at the Service Star League Convention that the next war will pit yellow against white races. He said future warfare would rely on powerful gases and airplanes, with no man to man combat, and noted the spread of gas grenades and long range weapons. He urged Western civilization to unite to nip war plans in the bud.
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Chicago
Will Irwin
Service Star League
Mr. Irwin
New York
Jaban
Historical Society Meeting in Louisville Kentucky
The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History announces its next annual meeting in Louisville on November 23 and 24 at the Branch Public Library and Quinn Chapel A M E Church. Prominent officers and speakers will discuss Negro history topics, with Carter G. Woodson directing efforts and reporting growth in the organization and its journal.
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Washington, D. C
Association For the Study of Negro, Life and History
Louinvil Kentucky
Branch Public Library
Chestnut Street
Quinn Chapel
A. M. E. Church
Louisville
Association
Latin America
America
John R. Hawkins
A. M. EB. Church
William B. Dodd
University For Chicaago
Carl R. Fish
Henry Churchill King
Oberlin
Mordecai W. Johnson
Isaac Fisher
Fisk University
H. C. Russell
W. B. Matthews
Historical Society
Chicago
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Roosevelt
Capitol Lawn
AN. P
Fesses
Tion
Paris
Glasgow
Scotland
Scottish Churches Missionary Congress
Robert R. Moton
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
National Negro Business League
Peo’ple
Quentine
Moton
France
Belleau Woods
Quentin Roosevelt
Dr. Moton
Americalegro Musicians
Will Marion Cook
Milwaukee
Wis
Elmer Kyle
Jakie Pfeiffer
Elmer
Colloway
Pfeiffer
Shields OF Tennesee
North Carolina
Wississippi
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