Bishop Nichols Sets Sail for Sweden in Civil Rights Move
The New York prelate D Ward Nichols sails for Sweden after a private talk with Eisenhower, endorsing civil rights. His daughter, a Fordham graduate, stays in the East. Also notes Denmark’s Amity token to Virgin Islanders marking 150 years of US Danish diplomacy.
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Nichols
Iike
Sweden
NEW York
ANP
D. Ward Nichols
General Eisenhower
GOP
London
Fordham
East
Hendrik de Kauffman
Government House
Morris F. de Castro
Denmark
United States
U.S
Woman shoots off own head near Four Oaks
In Smithfield North Carolina Mrs Isobel Artis a 50 year old from Route 1 shot herself with a 12 gauge shotgun. Her son Archie found her body about 200 yards from the house after she allegedly propped the firearm and triggered it with a stick following a period of ill health.
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Smithfield
N.C
ANP
Four Oaks
Isobel Artis
Route 1
Archie
W. J. Underwood
When Reading Or Writing By Huff for ANP
A brief verse notes the poet’s fondness for lying down with a breeze to read or write. The mood of peace and ease pervades as curtains stir and winds chase heat, soothing and renewing the spirit.
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William Henry Huff
ANP
Atlantic City Readies Elks Conference and Elections
Atlantic City readies for the Elks and IBPOEW grand lodge convention August 25 to 29. Headquarters will be at the National Guard Armory with auxiliary sessions at Senior High School. Elections for grand exalted ruler and grand treasurer will dominate the agenda, pitting incumbent Robert Johnson of Philadelphia against a field led by Hobson Reynolds and William Hueston, with Charles Freeman, Perry Howard, Harvey Harris among supporters. Herbert E. Jones leads the rival faction backed by major East votes.
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Atlantic City
ANP
Dr. J. Finley Wilson
Casper Holstein
St. Croix
Virgin Islands
Elks
Newark
N.J
Elkdom
Robert
Bob) Johnson
Philadelphia
Hobson R. Reynolds
William C. Hueston
Washington, D.C
Charles Freeman
Perry W. Howard
Harvey Harris
Mt. Vernon
NY State Association of Elks
Johnson
Herbert E. Jones
Grand Lodge
Wilson
Buffalo
Little” Boys
Mary McLeod Bethune
Albert Bethune
Daytona Beach
Fla
Robert L. Vann
the Courier
Southern Elks
Bethnune
L. W. Williams
Valdosta
K. P. Battle
Rocky Mt
N.C
Leon Claxton
Tampa
Lionel Hampton
Elks invite Ike and Stevenson to Grand Lodge address
Grand Exalted Ruler Robert H. Johnson of the Elks invites General Dwight Eisenhower and Governor Adlai Stevenson to address the 53rd Elks Grand Lodge in Atlantic City. Johnson aims for fair treatment of both presidential candidates and to honor race relations pioneer Branch Rickey with the Elijah Lovejoy Medal.
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Philadelphia
Robert H. Johnson
The
Elks
J. Finley Wilson
Buffalo
Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
53Rd
Elks Grand Lodge
Atlantic City
Elks. the Ibpoew
Elkdom
Elks’ Civil Liberties Department
Hobson R. Reynolds
Elijah Lovejoy
Branch Rickey
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Rickey
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Gladys P. Graham
Powell
Adlas
Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell
Adlai E. Stevenson
Springfield
Rev
Stevenson
Fletcher
Ethiopia
Thomas Fortune Fletcher
Medhane-Alem School
Ethiopian University
James Pipers
Addis
Gotham
Gravid W. Harris
Liberia
St. Timothy’s Hospital
Cape Mount
United Thank Offering
Episcopal Church
Odell Harris
Atlanta
Fort Valley College Center
Fort Valley
American Church Institute For Negroes
Upstate
Attica
Hazel
Hein Escridge
Flossie Sloan
Utica
Hazel Escridge
Europe
Garvey
Helen Escridge Johnson
Wiltwyck School For Boys
Esopus
Cactus Corner
Pittsburg Courier
Tillotson College
Austin
Texas
Carolyn Hilard Mitchell
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Lewis Mitchell
Chicago
N.W
15Th Ave
Agency
Apts
3D Ave
Liberty City
N.W. 73Rd St
L. L. Brooks
Coconut Grove
Grand Ave
Miami Times
Miami
Florida
Ike and
Sevenson
Civil Liberties Meeting
Lovejoy
Alfred E. Driscoll
Ralph J. Bunche
Civil Liberties
Copacabana Club
Reynolds
Ruler Johnson
Nettie Jackson
17Th Street
D &H Construction
15Th Avenue
Brown Sab
D & H Construction Co., Inc
U. S
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