It Happened In N Y By Gladys P Graham
New York report covers Br Ernest O Melby speech on democracy contrasting individual worth with materialism and anti intellectualism while noting American students to attend a World Assembly of Youth conference in Dakar Senegal as delegates. Mentions Barnard grads Walter Carrington and Ruth Schachter to stay in Africa on scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
ANP
Ernest O. Melby
School of Education
New York University
Africa
Dakar
Senegal
U. S
Council of the World Assembly of Youth
Walter Carrington
Ruth Schachter
Barnard
Confab
Voice of America
America
Clarence Senior
Puerto Rican Labor Department
Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B'rith
Juanita Hyson
San Francisco
Mt. Edgecombe
Alaska
East 23Rd Street
New York 10
N. Y
Humorous street Barker and Daily Life Jokes
A compendium of short comic vignettes shows a street barker selling a bendable comb, misfit romance between Sam Jones and his would-be bride, a hygiene lesson gone funny as a child chokes on gargle, Jake the janitor admitting only two speeds slow and stop, and a drugstore clerk recalling a peculiar demand for one hundred thousand cockroaches plus a note about DDT.
Los Angeles Hosts NACW Meet With Voting Forum
The 28th biennial session of the National Association of Colored Women meets August 1-8 at Belmont High School in Los Angeles. A forum on The Importance of Voting features Bertha S. Adkins India Edwards Venice-Spraggs and Thalia Davis Thomas. Public education talks set for Shrine Auditorium include Moss H. Kendrix, with Mrs Ella P Steward presiding over business sessions. Discussions cover the Douglass Home expansion Cedar Hill Washington DC and scholarship funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
ANP
National Association of Colored Women
Belmont High School
Bertha S. Adkins
Republican National Committee
India Edwards
Democratic National Committee
Venice — Spraggs
National Democratic Committee
Thalia Davis Thomas
Moss H. Kendrix
Washington
Shrine Auditorium
Ella P. Steward
Douglass
Anacostia
Cedar Hill
Washington, D. C
Tenant Demands Move Out After Lease Ends
A tenant states the lease has expired and the landlord orders them to vacate the apartment exactly as found, prompting a dispute over move out responsibilities and condition.
Tonic Ad Question Sparks Whispered Pregnancy Inquiry
A woman at a drug store asked if the advertised tonic makes babies bigger and stronger. After the clerk replied that there have been no complaints, she buys a bottle and, in a hushed tone, asks whether she or her husband takes the tonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Jones
Sam
Jee
Liberian President Receives a One Million Dollar Yacht
Monrovia reports a new 148 foot yacht arrived and was dedicated for Liberia’s president Edward James Roye. Secretary Gabriel L Dennis arranged the purchase and led ceremonies with Bishop John Collins officiating. The vessel, built in Middlesbrough England, cost about 300000 of a million dollar value, with service beginning in May 1950 and originally named the Princess Rene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monrovia
ANP
Liberia
Edward James Royce
Gabriel L. Dennis
Catholic Church
John Collins
Dennis
Middlesborough
England
Princess Rene
Also Mentioned on This Page
N.Y
Gladys P. Graham
Ory Evans
SRO
Club St. Michel
Montreal
Canada
Larry Erskine
Addis Ababa
Springfield
Mass
Harlem
Community Church
Violette E. Duckett
Rosalind Curl
Dallas
Tex
Community School of Religion
Community Church of
New York City
Rochester
Bobby Evans
Gravel
Roxy Theatre
Jack Benny
The
Roxy
A &T
Elizabeth Ray Williamson
Fieldston Division
A & T College
Greensboro
N. C
Williamson
North Carolina College
Durham
Ray
Winston Salem
N.C
Jake
ROACH
Phelan Mortgage CO
Miami Ave
Wm. J. Brandt
Eau Denna
D &H Construction
Liberty City
N.W
15Th Avenue
Brown Sab
Coconut Grove
D & H Construction Co., Inc
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