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Newspaper
Miami Times
Location
Miami, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1952
Page
14
Dick Wright presents a light column about Langston Hughes and a fellow aspiring poet who rises at night to write lines. It also includes a nightclub chat about Cora and a racy quip, plus Mrs Brown’s children named Pearl Ruby and Onyx for a playful punchline.
A high diving daredevil on a moving New York bus wowed a brown skinned woman for about an hour with tales of his dangerous jumps. The bus paused, he stretched, and the woman questioned the reality of his feats, which the assistant confirmed after admitting he test jumps first for safety. In the rural South an elder recounted a deaf friend who regained hearing after stopping corn, then returning to it despite better taste. Jake, a construction worker, argued with his boss about a raise, insisting he had earned it by “working up” and claiming to be trembling.
A couple sits embracing under stars. She whispers desire for a home of their own. He expresses excitement and suggests marriage as the next step.
An anthropology lecturer at Witwatersrand University, Dr. M D W Jeffreys, argued the Negro heart has a better blood supply and is nearer the true human type. He claimed Negro bones are stronger and skulls thinner yet tougher, suggesting Africans may better withstand modernization than Whites. A counterpoint blamed White stress and diet for higher coronary deaths.
Richmond County Board of Education approved a salary schedule that equalizes pay for White and Negro teachers and authorized construction of four Negro schools. The board asked the county superintendent to forward a list of building projects to the Virginia Building Authority, seeking state financing.
Panama City A P ANP A week in Panama City and two formal concert engagements under sponsorship of Westerman Concerts establish Philippa Duke Schuyler as an admired North American pianist composer. Critics call her a musical genius and intelligent ambassador. She arrived August 6 and opened at National Theater with Old Masters pieces, receiving sustained applause and encores.
New York ANP reports three groups are among the nation s top 17 with over 1 000 000 members in the 1951 Yearbook of American Churches. National Baptist Convention U S A leads with 4 467 779 in 23 350 churches, followed by National Baptist Convention of America at 2 645 789 in 10 251 churches and AME Church at 1 166 301 in 5 878 churches. Other notable bodies include AMEZ with 728 150 in 3 090 churches and CME with 392 167 in 2 469 churches and Church of God in Christ with 323 305 in 3 505 churches.
In Columbia the Association of Carolina Klans reportedly vows to defy courts and law enforcement as a rally and cross burning ceremony were advertised near Sumter. Negro church membership and leadership across ME, Presbyterian and other faiths are noted as increasingly active in the region.
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