Travel Notes From Hunter O'Dell Series Begins Abroad
Hunter O'Dell, known Miami Times contributor, starts a weekly Travel Notes column from a Merchant Marine voyage to the Mediterranean. He describes loading Marshall Plan cargo, a Gibraltar pass at dusk, and arrivals at Derince and Istanbul, with observations on Turkish soldiers, port life, and the contrast between military presence and civilian living conditions.
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Hunter O’dell
Miami Times
O’dell
Merchant Marine
The
O'Dell
Mediterranean
Seattle
Wash
New York
Baltimore
Norfolk
Brooklyn
N. Y
Rock of Gibraltar
Portugal
Spain
Franco
Wall Street
Key
Derince
Black Sea
Dervice
Izmit
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Calif
Istanbul
T. J. Stevenson Co
Greater Miami Civic Group Encourages Home Ownership
L. L. Brooks, president of the Greater Miami Colored Research and Improvement Association, told interracial leaders in his office that the group aims to improve social structure in Negro neighborhoods. He cited needs for hospitalization facilities, elder care, park renovations, street repairs, cement thoroughfares, and more playgrounds, while stressing home ownership and beautification as core aims. The association lists officers and directors including W. L. Griley, J. H. Barkley, T. B. Walker Jr., and others.
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Greater Miami
L. L. Brooks
Greater
Brooks
Dorsey Park
Greater Miami Research and Improvement Association
Harry Markowitz
Charles M. Moon
H. W. Shank
Dennis Smith
L. E. Thomas
J. C. Voges
W. Cecil Watson
PTA Meeting Opens 1949 at Liberty City School
Liberty City parents urged to attend the first PTA meeting of 1949 at Liberty City Elementary School on Tuesday January 4 at 8:00 p.m. A panel including a teacher parent doctor nurse and general informer will discuss Sex Education in Elementary Schools with time for audience views. M Athalie Range president.
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PTA
Liberty City
New York Rens Move to Dayton to Join National League
The world famous New York Rens moved from New York to Dayton Ohio to become the Dayton Rens and join the National Professional Basketball League. It marks the first time an all Negro club has been represented in a professional cage league.
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NY Rens
Dayton
NEW York
ANP
New York Rens
Dayton, C
Dayton Rens
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Hunter Oo’dell
Blanche McKinney
Arlington Sands
Blue Grass State
Greater Miami Civic Group
Lincoln City
Rae Yeaa
Attention Parents of
M. Athalie Range
J. E. Hogan, M.D
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Third Avenue
Miami, Fie
Howard A. Hadley
3Rd Avenue
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J. K. Johnson
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Northwest
C. M. Jollivette, Sr
Reg. Pharm
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15Th Ave
Liberty Theatre
Second Ave
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