Broadway auto sales talk and gossip whirl in New York
Har lemites discuss Prophet John The Conqueror meeting Thomas Cofield at Cofield’s 62nd and Broadway showroom, considering a $25,000 Cadillac. chatter links Cofield as the only Black U.S. dealer for certain European sports cars and hints at publicity plots around Eddie and Nat Cole.
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New York
ANP
John the Conqueror
Broadway
Thomas Cofield
Digit Czar
Cofield
Tom Cofield
USA
Long Island
N. Y
Philly
Nix
Middlewest
Eddie Cole
Nat
Brother Eddie
Europe
Dottie Dandridge
West Coast Sax Legend Stricken Amid Extended Booking
Earl Bostic, the alto sax great,延 extended West Coast bookings until late August when he was stricken and hospitalized. Busy Ben Waller relocates to larger offices at 1853 S. Arlington, Los Angeles. Buddy Johnson and Ella, Floyd Ryland, launch a 13 week South and Southwest tour ending in August. Elvis Presley emerges as RCA Victor’s charting Rhythm and Blues act. Decca’s dominance questioned as stars move to rival labels. Marie Knight and Sister Rosetta Tharpe signings spark concerted label shifts. Joyce International Pictures markets The Kut Up Kids with Our Gang style satire. Brooks Lawrence, Reds pitcher, is Harold Winston’s brother-in-law. married since 1943 with two children.
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Earl Bostic
West
Ben Waller
S. Arlington
Los Angeles
Buddy Johnson
Ella
Floyd Ryland
Elvis Presley
RCA Victor
Decca Records
Ella Fitzgerald
Bing Crosby
Dec
Bobby Shad
Mercury
Em Arcy
Wing Diskeries
Marie Knight
Rosetta Tharpe
Joyce International Pictures, Inc
Hollywood
Mike Jackson
Petty Rosamond
Lawrence
Springfield
Ohio
Pretty and Shapely Maria Cole Courts Capitol Hit
Maria Cole wife of Nat Cole gets two Capitol cuts that could push her as a clever songstress. The songs titled Some and others hint at potential chart success as Capitol tests new material.
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Maria Cole
Nat Cole
Capitol
Baltimore Integrates Its Swimming Pools
Baltimore opened its pools to all races after a short training course for staff. City superintendent Charles A. Hook said no incidents occurred and Black attendants helped ease access. About 35 percent of guards were Negro. No. 1 pool at Druid Hill Park hosted about 100 Black swimmers in a 800 crowd.
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Baltimore
ANP
Charles A. Hook
Hook
PTA Workshop Conference At Bethune Cookman College
Bethune-Cookman College hosts a PTA workshop conference July 9 to 12 with key coordinators Dr. John Sylvester Smith and Dr. James N Greene. Leaders from business social work religion and education will lead discussions as attendees receive Leadership Certificates at Cookman Hall opening July 8.
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Bethune- Cookman College
PTA
John Sylvester Smith
Bethunet Cookman College
James N. Greene
Smart Pope Livingston
Jacksonville
Richard V.moore
Bethune-Cookman College
Cookman Hall
Senate votes death penalty for dope peddlers
Washington reports a Senate House conference agreement on a bill to set the death penalty for heroin peddlers who sell to minors, outlaw heroin except for research, require surrender of existing stock to the Treasury in 121 days, ban use of phones and mail in illicit traffic, and empower search warrants.
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Washington
ANP
Senate House
U. S
Treasury Department
Free polio vaccination drive at five Dade clinics
Parents urged to bring children for polio shots at five Dade County locations offering free immunizations. Health officials stress timely vaccination to protect against poliomyelitis and ensure all eligible youngsters are covered before the school term.
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Dade County
Nino Valdes Fights Eddie Machen Wednesday Night
Cuban heavyweight Nino Valdes meets rising contender Eddie Machen in a 10 round nationally televised bout at Miami Beach Auditorium. Valdes seeks to rebound after his loss to Archie Moore and a prior defeat to Machen earlier this year. Machen is riding a 14 fight win streak with 11 knockouts and previously knocked out Mike Hammer.
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Nino Valdes
Miami Beach Auditorium
Ezzard Charles
Eddie Machen
Redding
Calif
Biscayne Arena
Miami
Charles
Valdes
Europe
James J. Parker
Archie McBride
Hurricane Jackson
Heinz Neuhaus
Jack Flood
Jimmy Walls
Don Cockell
Archie Moore
Nino
Machen
West
Mike Hammer
Rugged Jackson
Salt Lake City
Bobby Gleason
Sid Flaharty
Free Chest X Rays In County At Mobile Unit
Residents in Bunche Park and James E. Scott Homes Project may obtain annual free chest x rays from the Dade County Tuberculosis Association. The Christ mas Seal mobile unit will be at Bunche Park July 9 from 2 to 5 and 6 to 8 p.m. and at James E. Scott Homes July 10 with the same hours.
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Bunche Park
James E. Scott Homes Project
Dade County Tuberculosis Association
22Nd Ave
Bunche Park Drive
James E. Scott Homes
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Warner Hines, Inc
59Th St
Fuller Cosmetics
N.W
17Th Ave
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Senate
Barkley
N. W
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Barkley’s
3Rd Avenue
Excelsior
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