Daughter Elks Plan Rulers Contest at Harlem Square
Antlers Temple No 39 Greater Miami Temple No 769 and Liberty Temple No 724 host Daughter Ruler crowning August 7 at Harlem Square. Dr Ellen Taylor Dr Mae Wood Tucker and Dr Josephine Dunn are contenders. Public invited make reservations through Dt Gertrude Saunders or Dt Marie Brady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antlers Temple
Greater Miami
Liberty Temple
Harlem Square
Ellen Taylor
Greater Miami Temple
Mae Wood Tucker
Josephine Dunn
Praise for the New Deal and support for Roosevelt
A 1944 letter from Robert Hughes Bennett of Miami Florida lauds the New Deal and Democratic leaders Franklin D Roosevelt and Harry S Truman. It argues taxation and excessive profits hurt the poor and praises New Deal programs like the WPA for relief and economic renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
USA
Robert Hughes Bennett
5Th Ave
Miami
Florida
Welch Is City Horseshoe Champion
Dixie Park's William Welch wins the city playground horseshoe title by defeating Eugene Strachan of Dorsey Park in the senior boys finals with scores 21 19, 21 17, 21 14. James Blue captures the junior title. Nat Gaiter and Coleman Alexander win senior boys crown. Joe Nelson and Jerome Clark take junior boys doubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Park
William Welch
Eugene Strachan
Dorsey Park
James Blue
Nat Gaiter
Coleman Alexander
Coconut Grove
Joe Nelson
Jerome Clark
Dorsey
Efferson Visits Cadets at Ft Bliss Camp
Florida A and M College administrator Dean Efferson visited the army summer camp at Fort Bliss. He toured the firing range and White Sands proving grounds for guided missiles, joined a dinner with the commanding general, observed artillery and officer candidate schools, and dined with 76 Famcee ROTC cadets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
H. Manning Efferson
Florida
A and M College
Army
Ft. Bliss
White Sands
New Mexico Proving Grounds
Famcee
Dean Efferson
Dentists Convene in Houston for NDA Meeting
More than 1,000 dentists are expected at the 39th annual National Dental Association convention in Houston from August 4 to 8. University of Texas men will join the lectures and clinics, NDA president Dr. W. M. Springer of Cincinnati will deliver the opening address by radio hookup, and after the convention attendees plan a trip with spouses to Mexico Yucatan and Guatemala.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
ANP
National Dental Association
University of Texas
W. M. Springer
Cincinnati
NDA
Mexico
Yucatan
Guatamala
Townsend couple arrives in Berlin for union conference
Mr and Mrs Willard S Townsend of Chicago arrive in Berlin as delegates to the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. Townsend is president of the International Transport Service Employees union and will visit Paris with his wife accompanying him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
ANP
Willard S. Townsend
Chicago
Townsend
International Transport Service Employee’s Union
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Paris
Filmmaker to Screen Negro America Series Abroad
A director plans to take a series of films titled Negro America to New Delhi and Tokyo before returning to the United States. The films depict progress by African Americans and will be shown in each country with approval from the U.S. State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Tokyo
United States
U.S. State Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elks
Gertrude Saunders
Marie Brady
White House
WPA
Miami Times
Miami, Florida
WELCH
G. W. Styles, M.D
N.W
3Rd Avenue
Miami, Fla
Efferson
Williams
C. H. Williams, Optician
N. Colston, M. D
3Rd Ave
James E. White
15Th Avenue
Townsends
L. E. Lombard
Miami Eye Clinic
Telephone Company
N.E. 2Nd St
Stewart
Sdade County Mortgage CO
Biscayne Building
Deo
12Th St
Kodak Films
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