Connecticut Children's Aid Society Helps Children In Need
Hartford hosts the Connecticut Children's Aid Society at 130 Washington St founded in 1892 as a state wide private agency. It handles foster care adoption court supervised placements and pre confinement care for unmarried mothers and infants in need. It urges society action to provide temporary foster homes and permanent adoption to help displaced children become normal happy citizens. A two year old girl awaits a friend today.
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Alleged triple killers elect trial by jury
Robert Bradley and William Lisenby elected to stand trial by jury on December 3 in Superior Court for the murders of Benjamin Carter Henry Edwards and Oscar Matheny in New Haven. Bradley faces the Carter case and the state plans death for the defendant. Lisenby appears as a witness against him.
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Legion Appeals to Veterans for McKinney Post 142
The McKinney King Post No. 142 quota for 1946 47 is 315 members and the post appeals all World War I and II veterans to join. Commander Robert Stephen aims to build a home for members and support recreation and activities including basketball baseball and a district bowling tournament with team selections from within the post.
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Nevada and Penn State Refuse to Bow to Jim Crow
Two Northern football teams, the University of Nevada and Pennsylvania State College, cancelled games with Southern schools over racial policy, each keeping two Black players. The NAACP praised the decision in telegrams to the colleges, presidents, students, and alumni for standing against prejudice a year after World War II.
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Mississippi State College
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Precedent Setting Trial Promises Blow by Blow Update
Column teases ongoing high profile trial coverage with attention to undisclosed victims and a detailed narrative to follow. Notes writer Shankel promises continuous updates and in-depth description as the case develops.
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Southern prelate to speak on Education on Catholic Hour
Savannah Georgia Right Rev Monsignor James McNamara rector of the Cathedral of St John Baptist and chairman of the Catholic Committee of the South will headline November on the Catholic Hour. He moderates school education in the Diocese of Savannah and is known for Negro rights advocacy. The NBC Red Network broadcasts coast to coast Sundays at 6 pm EST.
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NAACP Courts Vie Over Restrictive Covenants in Queens
In Queens County New York on October 11 the NAACP led a legal challenge to enforceability of race based covenants when Samuel Richardson a Negro businessman seeks to buy a home in St Albans. Andrew Weinberger moved to dismiss, aided by briefs from Jewish and labor groups and churches supporting the NAACP position.
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Congregational Church
Methodist Federation For Social Service
Citizens Committee
Harlem
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California
Cleric Calls for Justice on Minotities Rights
Rev. John J. Loughlin urged on WDRC that minorities face unequal rights in a democracy. He backed a Connecticut FEPC effort, stressing state obligation to curb open injustice and the value of interracial contact to reduce prejudice. He warned education alone cannot erase bias.
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Zeta Phi Beta Rallies Support For NAACP Fund
Zeta Phi Beta sorority launches a December fundraising drive across its graduate chapters to aid NAACP efforts. Each chapter is asked to contribute at least 100 dollars, with a goal of five thousand dollars, announced by Grand Basileus Lullelia W. Harrison.
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