Meader Report Condemns Negros In Germany Occupation
The Senate War Investigations Committee releases the Meader Report criticizing American Negro troops in Germany. It cites 1945 theater strength, 50 percent of major crimes, 12 percent strength and 35 percent crimes in eight months of 1946, and a venereal-rate surge, with claims the War Department fears political backlash.
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Senate War Investigation Committee
Germany
Meader
George Meader
War Department
Levi Jackson Speaks to Scouts at Bushnell Memorial
Over 2500 Scouts Cubs and parents filled Bushnell Memorial Sunday to hear Yale football star Levi Jackson. He commented on the Yale Princeton game and presented a moving picture review before an impressive induction service. Cedric Foster radio commentator also entertained, broadcasting for Mutual on 400 stations daily.
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Bushnell Memorial
Levi Jackson
Yale
Jackson
Cedric Foster
Mutual
Army
Navy
Levi Jackson Wins New England Football Trophy in Boston
Levi Jackson received the Bulger Lowe football trophy at the Gridiron Banquet at the Lenox Hotel in Boston. He is the first freshman and first Negro to win the annual New England college football honor, praised by George Trevor as a great ball carrier.
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New Haven
Levi Jackson
Bulger Lowe
Lenox Hotel
Boston
New England
Jackson
Stan Koslowski
Holy Cross
Charlie O'Rourke
Boston College
Endicott Peabody
Harvard
Gene Goudreault
George Connor
Paul Walker
Yale
Mike Holivak
George Trevor
New York
Red’’ Grange
Illinois
Glenn Davis
Army
Man Killed in Meadows in Dice Game Dispute
Lester Mason aged 38 was found dead on a North Meadows dirt road with a chest wound after four. Police allege Eddie Dickerson fired the fatal shot. Langston and Knight were questioned and released. County detective Mitchell led the probe. Mason a World War II veteran from Stewart County leaves a wife and two children.
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Lester Mason
Kennedy Street
North Meadows
Eddie Dickerson
Oliver Langston
Kennedy St
Willie Knighton
Joseph F. Mitchell
Stewart County
Hartford
Carpe's Seek Xmas Baby Bond Program
The Carpe Diem Fraternity offers a $25 savings bond to a baby born on or near Christmas to express hope for the child's future. The program emphasizes financial springboard for education rather than timing. Newly elected officers are Basileus Arthur L. Johnson, Vice Basileus Moses Wimbush, Keeper of Records Wilfred X. Johnson, Keeper of Finance Jerome K. Lynch.
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Fraternity
Basileus Arthur L. Johnson
Basileus
Moses Wimbush
Wilfred X. Johnson
Jerome K. Lynch
Hartford United Negro College Fund shows $7551.87 raised
Headquarters in New York announced Hartford raised 7551.87 in its campaign led by Calum C Bolles of Capitol National Bank and Trust. New Haven raised 4754. The 3rd annual drive spanned 45 communities and has nearly reached 905000 for Negro higher education across 33 colleges. Industries and business contributed over 246000 of the total.
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United Negro College Fund
New York City
Hartford
Caluim C. Bolles
Capitol National Bank and Trust Company
Inter-Racial Group Reports Progress in Connecticut
The State Inter-Racial Commission releases a report on its 1943 progress since formation in 1943. It notes more Negroes in skilled roles across state agencies and education paths, with 71 employed in 1943 vs 16 in 1940, and nine unresolved complaints remain.
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State Inter-Racial Commission
Connecticut
Inter-Racial Commission
State Public Welfare Department
Yale
Morticians to Hear Gen Secretary in Hartford
Mr. George W. Gaines of Pittsburgh the General Secretary of the National Negro Funeral Directors Assn will visit Hartford on Thursday December 12 as guest of S M Johnson Funeral Home 2016 Main St to organize the New England Negro Funeral Directors Assn as a branch of the National Assn Every Negro Funeral Director in Conn Mass and Rhode Island has been invited to attend and a large number is expected
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George W. Gaines
Pittsburgh
National Negro Funeral Directors Assn., Inc
Hartford
S. M. Johnson Funeral Home
Main St
New England
838th Engineers Ousted From Caserta Italy
About a thousand troops of the 838th Engineers were hurriedly shipped back to the United States from Caserta Italy after clashes with white American soldiers. Reports say tensions rose over social activities supervised by the Red Cross, leading to armed confrontations and the evacuation of the Negro unit. Rumors mention 28 soldiers being held at Livorno and a colored Red Cross worker sent home.
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Europe
Ayition
Caserta
Italy
America
Red Cross
Livorno
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Robert Spence
Woodrow Wilson High
Middletown
House
Carpe’s
Negro College Fund
Gen. Secy
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