Who's Who Clash Over Name Rights in colored America
Washington ANP reports imminent legal action by Who's Who in America to bar Who's Who in Colored America from using the title words. The published colored edition since 1927 faces potential action under FTC, courts, and Patent Office rulings. The two volumes differ in cover, format, and illustrations. Fleming defends independence of the colored edition.
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Washington, D. C
ANP
Who’s Who In
Who's Who In America
Associated Negro Press
James T. Welch
Federal Trade Commission
U. S. District Court of New York
U. S. Patent Office
Fleming
America
Patent Office
Negro Senator Elected in Hawaii Headlines Stir
Wendell F. Crockett Maui Republican will join Hawaii territorial legislature as one of 15 senators. He defeated a Democratic opponent by 43 votes on November 7 and is the island's lone Black lawyer. Crockett, a longtime Maui assistant county prosecutor, has faced labor opposition and sugar interests. William Hale Jr., the second Black candidate, lost in West Hawaii for the Democratic seat.
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Honolulu
ANP
Iolani Palace
Wendell F. Crockett
Island of
Maui
Crockett
Michigan Law School
Hawaiian Islands
Republican Party
Oldtimers
William Hale, Jr
Hawaii
Hale
Tennessee A and I State College
Nashville
Achievement Week Speaker Denounces Segregation at FAMU
Dr. R B Brazel dean of Morehouse College spoke on the Omega Psi Phi National Achievement Week program at Florida A and M College chapel. He urged continuation of integration, condemned race based segregation, and highlighted the ballot as a civil rights tool. He noted other groups like NAACP and Jewish Anti-Defamation League in the rights struggle. J B Blayton of Atlanta, operator of the South’s only Negro radio station, shared the platform.
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Ballamassee
R. B. ‘Brazel
Morehouse College
Omega Psi .Phi Fraternity
Florida
A and M College
Brazel
Atlanta
South
America
Jewish Anti- Defamation League
NAACP
Dean Brazel
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
J. B. Blayton
Blayton Talks Negro Achievements in Business World
J B Blayton of Atlanta owner operator of WERD radio and South’s SOMPROY discusses progress of Black enterprises. He notes barbershops beauty shops restaurants and many insurance firms and banks, his CPA path from WWI, law study, and his Radio and Television School influence. WERD employs 21 with White staff in key roles. Hooper ratings rank WERD as Atlanta’s second most listened station.
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J. B. Blayton
Tallaha
Blayton
Atlanta
WERD
Oes Broadcasting
Somproy South
Pion Gg
Tea Davis
Anderson
America
Sigmas Set 36th Annual Conclave in New York
Sigmas to meet in New York City December 27 to 30 for the 36th annual conclave with the theme Total Democracy Government Labor Industry. A Phillip Randolph will represent labor at the public meeting at Mother AME Zion Church. Ford Motor Co. is expected to send a representative for industry. government and industry speakers are to be announced.
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Louisville
ANP
Phi Beta Sigma Fra
New York City
Total Democracy
Phillip Randolph
The
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Mother Ame Zion Church
John Benjamin Horton Jr
Ford Motor Co
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48Th Terrace
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Sigmas
New York
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6Th Avenue
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Madam Hunter
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73Rd Street
Miami, Fla
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