Harlem memories and New York boxing notes in 1952
A compact retrospective by Ted Yates surveying Harlem Apollo updates Josephine Baker at Carnegie Hall and the year 1952. It recalls Earl Bostic hospitalization after an auto incident Club Sugar Hill closing social clubs crowded dates Eddie Cantor and Uncle Miltie TV shows from 22 years past. Mentions United Nations, Bunche, Negro president prospects, Yankees and Giants with potential Negro in 1953 lineup. Gil Turner defense and fan calls for more savvy surface amid Cardell tangle.
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Harlem
Apollo
Josephine Baker
de Paul
Infantry
Carnegie Hall
Earl Bostic
Sugar Hill
Magnet
Ruth Ellington James Wlib
al Vigal
Yesteryear
Eddie Cantor
Uncle Miltie
Rudy Valee
Peg Leg Bates
Cab Calloway
Jessica Dragonette
United Nations
Ralph Bunche
March of Dimes Poster Girl Emma Berry Hailed for Polio Fight
Emma Pearl Berry six, March of Dimes poster girl, one of twelve Berry children from a Raymond Mississippi farm. She contracted polio at three, now walks with a leg brace and crutches after six months in Lutheran Hospital Vicksburg. Polio funds of nearly $2000 used for braces, shoes, crutches, and treatment. surgery planned with March of Dimes support.
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Emma Pearl Berry
March of Dimes
Sawyer Berry
Raymond
Miss
Emma Pearl
Berry
Lutheran Hospital
Vicksburg
National Foundation For
Willis Jackson and Ruth Brown Thrill New York Crowd
A packed audience welcomed Willis Jackson and His Band with Ruth Brown at Rockland Palace Sunday night. Jackson teased the crowd with his Atlantic recordings as Miss Brown added zest with her blues numbers. The unit headlines January 18 24 at Celebrity Club Providence Rhode Island and plays January 26 28 at Ebony Club Cleveland Ohio.
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Willis Jackson
Thrills
Ruth Brown
Rockland Palace
Atlantic
Jackson
Miss Brown
Providence
R. I
Cleveland
Negro Judge To Hear Murder Trial Of White Policeman
Chicago judge Wendell E. Green, a Negro, will preside Monday January 7 over evidence in the second murder trial of suspended white policeman Michael Moretti. Moretti is accused of shooting Arthur Gamino and Eddie Salvo, both 21, and wounding Leonard Monaco, 21, as they sat in a car in a vacant lot. The state says the shooting was unprovoked. the defense claims self defense. The first trial ended with a deadlocked jury of six men and six women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
ANP
Wendell E. Green
Michael Moretti
Justice Needs a Champion Last Sunday at St Luke Church
St Luke Baptist Church held services with Sunday School led by Peter Williams Jr and a 7 pm choir program. Pastor Rev P W Williams delivered the final 1951 message titled Justice Needs a Champion before a New Year prayer service at 9:30 pm. Public invited to worship.
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Peter Williams, Jr
Cathwright
No. 1 Choir of
St. Luke
P. W.williams
P. W. Williams
Evelyn Davis
Trimmie Clayton
Virginia medics admit Negroes in northern branch
In Woodstock a Northern Virginia branch vote approved admitting Negroes as members of the Medical Society of Virginia. Delegates were instructed to support Negro admission at the October 1952 Richmond convention, despite failure of a similar proposal in 1951. Dr. George Long announced the decision.
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Woodstock
ANP
Medical Society of Virginia
Northern Virginia
Society
George Long
The
Medical Society of Northern Virginia
Richmond
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Ringsiders
Vic Cardell
Gil
Independent Press Service
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N. Y
Gillette
Larieuse
Godefroy
Godefroy Mfg. CO
Clive ST. - ST. Louis
Miami Times
Miami
Florida
Nassau
Havana
North’s Travel Bureau
N.W
3Rd Ave
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Haiti
Trinidad
Virgin Islands
Ritz Theatre
Sun
Louis Armstrong
Entertainment
Mickey Rooney
Sally Forrest
3Rd Avenue
12Th St
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