Clearwater Housing Project Earns Million Dollar Hit
Clearwater officials pursue a million dollar housing project amid racial tensions. The article notes Negro firemen from three southern railroads claim discrimination by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, seeking a permanent injunction from the U S Supreme Court. The case raises jurisdiction questions involving the District Court and the Northern District of Ohio.
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Washington
ANP
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
U. S. Supreme Court
High Court
White Brotherhood
District Court
Alexander Holtzoff
Union
U. S. Court of Appeals
Northern District Court of Ohio
Joseph L. Rauh
Wife Presents Jobless Husband With Triplets
Wayne Michigan ANP report describes Charles Logan, unemployed, and Elizabeth Logan in a trailer who welcomed triplets one boy and two girls before Christmas. Charles transported the babies to Beyer Memorial hospital in Ypsilanti after delivering them at home. The father asked the nurse to care for the baskets of newborns and both mother and babies were reported doing well.
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Wayne, Mich
Charles
Elizabeth Logan
Charles Logan
Logan
Pa Logan
Beyer Memorial Hospital
Ypsilanti
Mich
Dorothy Heath
Chicago City Council Proclaims Bill of Rights Week
The Chicago City Council declared December 12 to 19 as Bill of Rights Rededication Week. Sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union and supported by Alderman Archibald J. Carey Jr. the resolution reaffirmed safeguarding the United States Bill of Rights and making its freedoms a living reality for Chicagoans.
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Chicago
ANP
American Civil Liberties Union
Ald
Archibald J. Carey, Jr
United States
Clearwater approves 200 unit Negro housing project
The city building department authorized a $1,000,000 housing project to be built by John C. Emerson. The 200 units include 800 rooms and sit in Clearwater's Negro district. It becomes Pinellas county's second largest such development after a government project in St Petersburg.
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Clearwater
John C. Emerson
Clearwater Beach
Pinellas County
St. Petersburg
Negroes And Whites In Florida Restaurant Bring Out Fire Dept
In Ybor City Tampa Florida firemen were called after a mixed group of Negroes and Whites dined together in a White restaurant. The incident followed a Progressive party meeting that outlined plans to create community groups for Florida convention representation in February. Firemen surrounded the building but did not douse it with water, drawing a large crowd of onlookers.
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Tampa
Fla
ANP
Ybor City
Progressive Party
Florida
Six Special Xmas Stories At Dorsey Library
Miss Hazel C. Coachman, assistant to Mrs. Dorothy L. Sanford, and Virginia State College graduate, leads a weekly Story hour at Dorsey Memorial Library. During Christmas vacation, six special Story Hours are scheduled at 2:30 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
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Hazel C. Coachman
Fila Coachman
Dorothy L. Sanford
Phyllis Wheatley
Booker T. Washington High School
Virginia State College
Players’ Guild
Home Economics Club
Dorsey Memorial Library
1950 Baptist World Congress Set for Cleveland Meeting
Dr Arnold T Ohrn executive secretary of the Baptist World Alliance announced that the next Baptist World Congress will convene at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland Ohio from July 22 to 27 1950. The organization represents 16 000 000 Baptists in 60 nations and only two of its six earlier conventions were held in the United States.
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Washington
ANP
Arnold T. Ohrn
The
Baptist World Alliance
Baptist World Congress
Cleveland
Copenhagen
Denmark
C. Oscar Johnson
Third Baptist Church of
Minister Who Stole Under God's Orders Given Two Years
A Birmingham judge sentenced a self styled gospel minister to two years probation for stealing 31 dollars from a porter's pockets on a speeding train. The Panola native claimed divine orders compelled the act and said he wore minister robes returning from an eastern mission when arrested. He asked police for a moment of prayer after their first interview.
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Birmingham
ANP
U.S
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Chicago City Council
Ele Moe
Bring Out Fire Dept
Dorsey
Miami Times
Panola
Sumter
Police
Employment Service
N. W
4Th Street
Fort Lauderdale
Franklin Park
5Th Ave
Ft. Lauderdale
CBS
Investment Bonds & Housing Corp
3Rd Ave
Miami, Florida
Progressive Beauty Shop
H. J. Casey
J. A. Burrows
Ber’s
Hallandale, Fla
South
Broward
Lady Doris
Saxophony
Ben Harvey
Ben’s Place
Hallandale
Baker’s Package Store
N.W. 20Th St
Cor
4Th Ct
Ali Baba Avenue
Opa Locka, Fla
Cliff Baker
Prop
Val
17Th Street
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