It Happened In New York Bigotry Gaining Ground
Desegregation efforts face setbacks as bigotry tactics prove effective in some areas. In Philadelphia attorney Raymond Pace Alexander loses his Orphans Court case. Judge Bolger upholds the Girard estate board of city trusts denial of two Negro boys admission due to a will clause. Calls to remove Gov Archie Alexander in St Thomas stir Harlem natives. A contractor from Iowa faces ethics charges and resignation calls. Observers say agitators seek a White governor for the islands.
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Archie Alexander
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Harlem
Towa
Islands
Governor Meyner rejects requests to reverse Volpe appointment
Gov. Robert B. Meyner refused Negro leaders pleas to reverse his choice of Marie H. Volpe as Mercer county judge. Critics charged Volpe with prejudice in his decisions against the Trenton Six Negro defendants, whom he condemned to death.
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Robert B. Meyner
Marie H. Volpe
Mercer County
Volpe
Trenton
Charleston fans boycott after junior league entry denied
Fifty five white teams withdrew from the Bittle League baseball championship in South Carolina when the Negro Cannon Street YMCA team attempted to enter and compete. The colored team won by default. Texans in New York react to Governor Shivers warning against abrupt end to Jim Crow in schools.
Jamaica Banana Growers Fund Created in London
Jamaica's prime minister Norman W. Manley announced a 5.6 million dollar fund to aid banana growers. The Jamaica Banana Board will collect payments while British prices stay above 196 dollars per ton. if prices fall below 186 dollars, the fund pays growers, with standards varying annually.
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London
ANP
Jamaica
Norman W. Manley
Jamaica Banana Board
Britain
Alabama Senate bids to curb NAACP fundraising
In Montgomery Alabama the Senate considers a bill by Sen Sam Englehardt to require most groups to register and obtain an attorney general certificate before fundraising. He says the measure aims to curb the NAACP in its integration campaign.
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Montgomery
Ala
ANP
Alabama Senate
NAACP
Sam Englehardt
Englehardt
Chapel Hill May Admit Negroes to White Schools
Chapel Hill officials indicate a few Negro children may be admitted to White schools this fall. Carl Smith, chair of the school board, says applications will be accepted in writing and judged on merit, not as test cases backed by the NAACP. The move seeks a cautious middle path between state politics and the Supreme Court segregation ruling.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
ANP
Carl Smith
Chapel Hill School
Smith
NAACP
North Carolina General Assembly
Supreme Court
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