Jersey Elks Strike Excludes Negro Delegates in Salem
In Salem New Jersey the state association of Negro Elks faced a Jim Crow era tactic as eight city restaurants stayed closed for a fourth day during their annual convention leaving over 1000 delegates unable to eat nearby. Mayor Walter I Bacon criticized the shutdown while deploying special deputies. Delegates met with Negro residents and used emergency dining sites as city eateries were strained.
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Salem
N. J
New Jersey
Salem County
France’s Fidault faces shaky start as De Gaulle waits
A newly installed French president George Fidault struggles to form a government while General De Gaulle looms. The Hobbs Bill heads to Capitol Hill amid labor concerns. Big Four talks on Trieste loom as a potential path to peace or bloc formation. Bernard Bruch’s atomic energy plan stalls, raising fears of unregulated power. Rumors link the Ku Klux Klan to Governor Arnall’s safety, claiming a former member narrative. Gerald J. Reilly’s restoration as national labor chief is reported as news.
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George Fidault
France
General DeGaulle
Seenneneeee
Vets Converge for Des Moines National Convention
Eight hundred fifty veterans from forty two states gathered in Des Moines Iowa for the first National Convention of the American Veterans Committee. Delegates from the deep South stood with all in one place despite Jim Crow barriers, dining and lodging together, prompting swift action when a Negro delegate faced denial at a Rose Bowl restaurant. A picket line formed under Oren Root Jr to challenge the policy as police monitored events.
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The
American Veterans Committee
Des Moines
Iowa
Deep South
AVC
Rose Bowl
Oren Root, Jr
Associated Willkie For President
New York City
Rights, Racial Tensions Highlight Global Labor Strife
The article notes strained labor relations in the United States and elsewhere, condemning anti Negro actions in Mississippi ahead of primaries and criticizing railway unions that dismiss colored porters. It also mentions Burmese anti British demonstrations and calls for equal protection of voters, comparing imperialist and domestic oppression.
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La‘sor
Gener
Damas
Mississippi
Bilbo
United States
Veseeeenene
Burma
Burmese
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Inshor
Special Advertiser Notice about Mr George David
Special notice informs advertisers that former managing editor George David is not to be contested with the Hartford Chron. Details will appear in next week's Citronicle.
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George David
Np Tonner
Hartford Chrontold
Citronicle
North County Barber Shop marks second anniversary
From its establishment the North County Barber Shop has been highly recognized and patronized by friends and visitors in the North End. Proprietor Burrell Countryman thanks customers and friends on the shop's second anniversary and vows to continue delivering the best service.
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North County
North End
Burrell Countryman
Main St
Hartford
Conn
Charlotte Richards
Willard Jackson
Harry Fraser
Senior Citizens Colony Proposal Moves in Hartford
Hartford voters are asked to back a Common Council resolution by Alderman Maxwell E. Lerner for a Senior Citizens Colony for the needy aged. Two plans are shown: a 3 floor brick facility for six bed dormitories housing 325 residents needing infirmary care, or a broader colony with cottages for active elders, dormitories for limited nursing, and an infirmary for full nursing care.
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Hartford
Common Council of
Maxwell E. Lerner
Hartford Welfare Department
Coloney
Honor Student Graduates From Local High School
Miss Marilyn Louise Terry daughter of Mr and Mrs George Terry of Latimer Street East Hartford graduated from the local high school on Thursday June 20 She earned honor student status and active involvement in extracurricular affairs She was 18th in a class of 227 and voted Best Sport She plans to study at Connecticut University to become a school librarian Her sister Miss Alice Terry is a freshman at the university training to be a laboratory technician Charles Robinson Hartford's first bus driver led a group of graduates including Audrey Townsell Bernice Butler and Geraldine Conover
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Marilyn Louise Terry
George Terry
Latimer Street
East Hartford
Miss Terry
Tucker
Connecticut University
Alice Terry
Charles Robinson
East
Hart
Hartford
Ford High
Audrey
Applica- Townsell
Bernice Butler
Gertion
Connecticut
Aldine Conover
Governor Greets Scholarship Winner in Hartford 1946
Governor Raymond Baldwin spoke at a Hartford ceremony announcing John C. Jackson III as the 1946 recipient of a $2500 scholarship funded by The Hertford Foundation for Public Giving and sponsored by the Connecticut Interracial Commission. The event featured NAACP Choral Group, Rabbi Morris Silverman, and remarks on unity and educational opportunities for minorities.
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John C. Jackson
Walter Jackson
Graldson
The
Hertford Foundation For
Connecticut Inter-racial Commission
Walter H. Gray
Inter-racial Commission
NAACP
Connie Reedy Mills
John Moore
Rachel
Charles Spencer Gross
Hartford Foundation
C. Spencer Goodwin
Raymond Baldwin
John Stewart
Hartford Chronicle
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
John C. Jackson, III
James Lee
NAACP Opposes Segregated Veterans Hospital in Mississippi
The NAACP in a wire to President Truman and General Bradley condemns the plan for a segregated veterans hospital in McComb Mississippi. The organization, with 1129 branches and 520000 members, urges rescinding the decision and continuing equal rights for Negro veterans.
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New York
Mississippi
Truman
Omar Bradley
Association
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Veterans’ Hospital
McComb- Mississippi
Tennessee Court Rules Juries OK Despite Lynch Threats
The Tennessee court upholds jury eligibility for Jim Crow cases after four weeks of testimony on Negro exclusion from jury service and a Federal Grand Jury report about Tennessee. The 31 defendants face trial in a town with ongoing lynch threats and violence.
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Tennessee
Columbia, Tennessee
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Sam Baskerville
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Mary Artis
Annabelle Brown
Charles Baskerville
USMC
Jersey
Walter Johnson, Jr
Capitol Hill
Trieste
Sine
Bernard Bruch
Arnall
Georgia
Ku Klux Klan
KKK
Whit
Oonenen
Gerald J. Reilly
National Tabor
Perry
Reilly
Pate
Corte
Amalgamated Association OF Street
Veen
Dida Fon
Robinson
Chicago
America
Poep
Jim Crow Vets Hospital
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