Lowe family joins NAACP with record young member
Walter L Lowe of Chicago, an insurance broker, buys a life membership for his family in the NAACP. Lois Lowe and Walter Jr known as Buster, five, are pictured as the group gains the youngest NAACP life member. Lowe calls the purchase an investment for economic social and political freedom for colored people in America.
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Mrs. Naacp
Junior
Naacp and
Naacp Jr
Walter L. Lowe
Chicago
Lois Lowe
Walter Jr
Buster
Lowe
NAACP
Little Buster
Tion
America
ANP
Campus Roundup Negro schools see smaller drop in enrollment
Enrollment in Negro institutions fell 3 percent in fall term 1951-52, compared with an 8 percent drop at white colleges. Dr. Martin D. Jenkins notes 107 schools reported 60,801 students, with women increasing share while men declined. Howard tops with 3,761 students. median size is 475. Public colleges comprise 55.8 percent of total enrollment.
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Martin D. Jenkins
Morgan State College
Journal of Negro Education
Jenkins
Howard University
Ex-Slave Lum Martin Ends Fiddling On 105th Birthday
Greenville Kentucky remembers Christopher Columbus Martin known as Uncle Lum a former slave who played fiddle at town parties. Freed after the Civil War he later worked as a farm hand and handyman while recalling decades with the Nelson and Sears show John Robinson shows Sell Brothers and Barnum and Bailey as part of his long career.
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Greenville
Uncle Lum
Lum
Christopher Columbus
Martin
Muhlenberg County
Mulenberg County
Nelson and Sears
John Robinson
Sell Brothers
Barnum and Bailey
Mills Brothers expand as father joins trio on radio show
The Mills Brothers, now three sons and their father, appear on the Edgar Bergen program for Coca-Cola Sunday night. John Mills died of pneumonia just before a key radio series, leading the father to join the act and keep the group going.
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Mills Brothers
Charlie McCarthy
Coca- Cola
John Mills
The
Mills Bros
John, Sr
Three Causes of Accidents Cited by Safety Director
Safety Director H N Kirkman listed inattention negligence and fatigue as chief traffic accident causes. The Florida Highway Patrol annual report cited 1903 accidents from inattention and negligence with 29 fatalities and 579 collisions from fatigue with 11 deaths. He urged motorists to stay alert when driving in traffic.
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H. N. Kirkman
Fla.highway Patrol
Kirkman
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Gilda Gay
Easy Way
Johnny Watts
Jackson
2Nd Ave
Robert Jackson
Sernard Baily
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