Germ spray and atom bomb threaten future death pattern
A New York based Tribune column cites a Washington AP dispatch claiming the U S possesses a germ spray capable of wiping out cities and crops. The piece criticizes lawmakers and national fear, linking racial prejudice and fear to plans for universal death.
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New York
Associated Press
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
FEPC
Republic
Ku Klux Klan
United States
Congress
Hartford Negro Fireman Demonstrates Quick Reflexes
A Hartford incident shows Lester Abbott of a short lived New Fire Department quickly extinguishing a car blaze in front of WTHT on Asylum Hill before city firefighters arrived. The writer argues Negro firemen prove bravery and necessity, dismissing rumors of racial fear as foolish and highlighting equal service regardless of race.
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Hartford
Lily White
Lester Abbott
Gordon Tire and Battery Co
East Hartford
Asylum Hill
Abbott
America
National Negro Congress petitions UN for full freedom
At Detroit, the tenth anniversary convention of the National Negro Congress endorsed a letter to UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie urging action under Article 71 of the UN Charter. Speakers argued freedom and equality are indivisible and essential to American democracy, urging no special privileges, only full citizenship for Negroes.
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National Negro Congress
Detroit
United Nations
Trygve Lie
William Floyd Garrison
Wendell Phillips
John Boyle O'Reilly
Albert Einstein
Eleanor Roosevelt
Weil
A Model Governor Arnall Seen as Courageous Klan Opponent
The piece lauds Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall for revoking the Ku Klux Klan charter, arguing his bold stance defies fascist and reactionary forces. It contrasts his liberal courage with President Truman and urges New England readers to commend him to Atlanta.
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Ellis D. Arnall
Georgia
Ku Klux Klan
CIO
Klan
Arnall
Harry S. Truman
Executive Mansion
Atlanta
White Man's Burden A Personal Testament Book Review
Ruth Smith recounts her shift from comfortable Kansas upbringing to teaching in the deep South amidst racial prejudice. The memoir analyzes hypocrisy in church and society, urges seeing minorities as individuals, and calls for spiritual faith and personal responsibility to counter racism.
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Ruth Smith
New York
Vanguard Press
Deep South
Miss Smith
Public Opinion Quarterly survey on anti Negro prejudice
The article reports on a Public Opinion Quarterly survey among Merchant Seamen noting factors shaping prejudice beyond birth, education, and job, including union policy, sea service, combat exposure, co‑shipping with Negroes, and shipboard work. It also highlights courage under fire lessening prejudice and the impact of group dynamics. It cites A Manders Civil Liberty After the War and Alain Locke on race in democracy and security.
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Public Tee Quarterly
Seamen’s Union
den A. Mander
American Political Science Review
Alain Locke
America
Seattle
Washington
Mander
Massachusetts
FEPC
Negro history chair urged to uplift Latin American studies
A column urges Negro colleges to establish a chair of Negro Latin American history with guest scholars like Dr. E Franklin Frazier and Dr. E Price Mars. It cites growing U S interest in race issues abroad and calls for textbooks translations and a shared bibliography to start courses. Russia jails race baiters in a noted contrast to anti racism law, citing two white Americans jailed for insulting a Black person in a Soviet dining hall and a two year sentence.
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United Negro College Fund
Lducate
Negro Brothers
Latin America
E. Franklin Frazier
E. Price Mars
Haile
United States
Rio Grande
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Panama Canal Zone
American Negro Press
Fernando Ortiz
iCuban
Dr. Frazier
Llong
Sir Harry Johnston
New World
Arthur Ramos
Brazil
Ralph Korngold
Toussaint
Florida
Tennessee
Russia
Chicago
Negro Digest
Corliss Lamont
Lamont
National unity urged against racial prejudice in democracy
The speaker warns that internal prejudices and divisions risk fueling scapegoating and undermining democracy. He stresses building social democracy and justice without quoting external sources to avoid feeding hostility.
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Mander
Dr. Allport
ABC
Commendation on Editorial For Freedom in CHRONICLE
A reader praises the June first CHRONICLE editorial promoting freedom and justice. The letter notes a reply to Governor Ellis Arnall of Georgia applauding his stand for justice and urges continued fighting spirit across regions with reverence to national hymns and faith leaders.
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Action For Freedom
The
Chronicle
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Arnall
South
Rev
M. C. McKenney
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