Opportunity for Veterans to Train as Shoe Repairers
Fos ter, proprietor of a modern shoe repair shop at 200 Dixwell Avenue, announces the government accredited program to train two apprentice veterans. Currently Charles Jackson is learning the trade, with government pay. The program underwrites training for veterans, presenting an excellent opportunity for someone to pursue a skilled trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wir
Vorreviers Foster
Dixwell Avenue
Charles Jackson
Army
Elm City News: Club Baron visits and local notices
A reminiscence column notes Club Baron in New York as a premier Negro club with Ethel Waters performing. It lists local figures in finance, library work in Chicago, and social attendees at a Shriners dance. Also mentions sympathy for Mrs May Freeman, ill health of Dr Major Allen, a Junior League movie fundraiser for Camp Hollyridge, and an NAACP Letters drive led by Rev Henry and Dan Stewart.
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New York
East
Ethel Waters
Major Allen
New
NAACP Drive Growing in Hartford Area
A local NAACP drive in New Haven seeks 3000 members and highlights the nationwide reach of the organization. It notes 520000 members, 1000 branches, and 22 Supreme Court wins, with aims on veterans rights social security and educational equality. Daniel Y Stewart leads the effort at 70 Dixwell Avenue.
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Headline News
NAACP
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
America
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Montana
North Dakota
New Haven
Daniel Y. Stewart
Dixwell Avenue
The
Congress Appeals To UNO in Detroit Negro Congress Report
New Haven reports on the National Negro Congress Detroit 10th annual conference May 30 to June 2 with Dr Max Yergan as president before 750 delegates. Speakers included Adam Clayton Powell Ben Davis Hugh De Tack Rep Doxey Wilkerson Revels Cayton and others. A formal petition to the United Nations aims to address Negro racial prejudice in the United States and abroad. The discussion connects to labor unity and future regional meetings, with New Haven planning a session for June 14, 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
National Negro Congress
Detroit
Max Yergan
Michigan
George Glover
Adam Clayton Powell
New York
Ben Davis
City of New York
Hugh de Tacy
State of Washington
Doxey Wilkerson
Revels Cayton
Negro Congress
United Nations Organizations
Congress
United States
Russia
U. S
Shriners Host Visiting Nobles in Weekend Events
Shriners Arabic Temple No 40 hosted out of town nobles from Medina Temple New York City Galconda Temple Newark Pyramid Temple Philadelphia Sankin Temple Willington Syria Temple Boston for a June weekend of dance initiation and a jubilee service at Varick AME Zion Church led by Rev Richard A G Foster. About 150 to 175 guests stayed at the local temple and activities included 19 Mystic Order initiations and social gatherings. Final score noted: Black Yankees New York City defeated West Haven Sailors 10 to 5.
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Shriners of
Goffe Street
Myste Order
Mystic Shriners
Medina Temple
Patrol
New York City
Galconda
Newark
N. J
Pyramid Temple
Philadelphia
Sankin Temple
Willington
Del
Syria Temple
Boston
Mass
Varick Ame Zion
John P. Graham
Richard A. G. Foster
Goffe and
Sperry
NAACP drives membership drive in New Haven
The New Haven Branch NAACP sponsors a June one month membership campaign aiming to enroll well over 3,000 new members. Visitors are urged to enroll at NAACP Headquarters 70 Dixwell Ave. George Glover represented the chapter at the 10th Annual Negro Congress in Detroit from May 30 to June 2. The Junior Women’s Civic League hosted a recital at Trinity Parish House featuring Miss June McMechen and Miss Roselin Furlough to benefit the Phyllis Wheatley Home.
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Harriet J. Davis
New Haven
The
NAACP
Dixwell Ave
George Glover
Detroit
Michigan
Sever
Civic League
June McMechen
Roselin Furlough
Trinity Parish House
McMechen
Juilliard Music School
New York
Washington
Howard University
Phyllis Wheatley
Canal Street
Senenee
Ada
Gertrude Nixon
Eaton
Virginia
sFewenewere
Opinion on hiring bias and union impact in labor markets
An opinion piece argues that many employers give perfunctory consideration to Black workers in hiring, noting labor actions prompt wage increases but trigger overhead cuts. It cites limited Negro union membership, token gestures, and ongoing discrimination as persistent issues. The column mentions individuals and families connected to Scranton St, Cincinnati, and Brooklyn, along with social and community notes.
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Washington
Labor Mart
L. Bettie Harris
Scranton St
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