Ten Persons Five Institutions Cited For Democracy Honor Roll
Chicago Defender announces its 1951 Honor Roll listing ten individuals and five institutions for contributions to democracy. Among the honorees are O O Morris William Thompson Orestes Minoso Monte Irvin Rev Roland Hancock Lt George W Lee Rudolph Bing Gov Paul Devers Henry Ford II Gen M Ridgway and groups like University of Illinois Drake University St Francis Hospital Notre Dame and the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
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Chicago
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Chicago Defender
O. O. Morris
Washington Park
George W. Lee
Memphis
Tenn
Rudolph Bing
Metropolitan Opera
Paul Devers
Massachusetts
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Company
Gen. M. Ridgway
Pacific
University of Illinois
Drake University
St. Francis Hospital
Notre Dame University
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Detroit Council Approves Odd Job Program
Detroit City Council approved an odd jobs plan aimed at employing thousands of the 100,000 unemployed. Fire stations will serve as job clearing houses, with wages negotiated between worker and employer, but tickets point to a fair wage. Workers paid 1.41 dollars per hour for snow removal. 350000 dollars spent on snow removal in November and December. 32 inches of snow fell. Citizens and businesses are urged to send names and addresses to nearest fire station.
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Detroit
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Cit
Motor City
Dixie Drive-In to Present First Run Feature
The Dixie Drive-In theater shows a first run feature titled The Story of Bob and Sally. The educational production tackles sex marriage alcoholism and social disease with apparent sensitivity. It runs Friday through Monday January 11 12 13 and 14 in the city.
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Dixie Drive-In
Bob and
Sally
Hollywood
Dean Hancock Outlines Seven Gloomy Success Fundamentals
Dr Gordon Hancock known as The Gloomy Dean of Virginia Union University urged a New Year message at Zion Baptist Church. Speaking at the Emancipation Service of the Ministers Alliance and Baptist Pastors Union he listed seven fundamentals for success with their opposites as the unnecessary incidentals, including honesty over scheming and hard work over ease.
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Brooklyn
ANP
Gordon Hancock
Virginia Union University
Zion Baptist Church
Ministers’ Alliance
Baptist Pastors’ Union
Richmond, Va
Confederate flags spark tensions in defense segregation debate
In Richmond and across the South, race relations leaders cite the military's non segregation order as a hurdle to winning the Cold War. Fort Belvoir Va shows stark segregation with Negro personnel on one side of a dividing highway and Whites on the other, while Fort Bragg and Lockland Air Force Base report integration. Confederate symbols and merchandize gain traction even in the North amid rising protests and political controversy.
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Richmond
ANP
South
America
Department of Defense
Truman
Fort Bragg
N.C
Lockland Air Force Base
Ft. Belvoir
Fort Belvoir
Korea
NY Newsman Magil Buried in Evergreen Cemetery
Charles T. Magil, retired postal employee and newspaper writer, was buried last Friday in Evergreen cemetery. Known as a publicity man for the Mighty Monarches and later publicity director for the New York State Lodge of Elks and the Grand Lodge of Masons, he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage two weeks earlier at home and died after being taken to St. John’s hospital without regaining consciousness.
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NEW York
ANP
Charles T. Magil
Evergreen Cemetery
Magil
The
Mighty
North accelerates postwar industry growth below Mason Dixon
A fragment notes efforts to accelerate current development of industry in the northern region beneath the Mason and Dixon line, signaling policy or economic push aimed at expanding manufacturing capacity and employment in that area.
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Pfc. Thompson
Minoso
Sporting News
Irvin
New York Giants
New Jersey
Rev. Hancock
Lee
Bing
Janet Collins
Ford
Gen. Ridgway
Jim Crow
Pacific Command
Clarice Davis
Missouri Valley Conference
Johnny Bright
Oklahoma A
M. St. Francis Hospital
Detroit Council OK
San Salvador
F. and
A. M
Herbert Major
W. M. Harry Williams
Dean
God
Miami
Coleman
General Auto Repairing
Gulf Products
N.W
3Rd Avenue
Phon
N. W
G. W. Styles, M. D
Miami, Florida
N.Y
L. E. Lombard
Uil
Telephone Company
N.E
Long’s Clinic
General Health Service
18Th Ave
James E. White
15Th Ave
Liberty City
N. Colston, M. D
3Rd Ave
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