National Baptist Meet Draws 10000 To Memphis Congress
More than 10,000 Baptists gathered in Memphis for the National Sunday School and BYPU congress. Rev. Jernagin of Washington was reelected president as leaders from across the nation attended sessions at Ellis Auditorium. Dean A Franklin Fisher of Atlanta delivered a keynote on training leaders for a world community, urging devotion to Christ, truth, and a world vision.
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Memphis
Enn
ANP
National Sunday School
BTU Congress
W. H. Jernagin
Washington, D. C
Ellis (City) Auditorium
Congress
O. C. Maxwell
New York
H. T. Sims
Wichita
Kansas
Bessie S. Estell
Birmingham
Matthew Burgess
Chicago
L. E. Campbell
E. W. D. Isaac
Nashville
E. C. Estell
Dallas
Tex
A. Franklin Fisher
Atlanta
Dean
F. L. Sanders
Rome
Horatio Hill
Memphis _thiry
Sunday School
BYPU
Dean A. Franklin Fisher
Atlanta, Ga
Dean Fisher
Nobody Wants To Adopt Negro Babies
Newark column cites Miss Jessie Condit of the Children's Aid Society saying little Negro children face adoption barriers nationwide due to economic instability in Black families while White babies find many prospective adoptive parents, mainly from white collar classes.
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Newark
N. J
ANP
Jessie Condit
The
Children’s Aid Society
Plans Complete For Nassau Excursion From Miami
Plans are complete for a Nassau air excursion leaving Miami Sunday July 31 via Pan American Airways. The package at 55 dollars includes room and board for a week plus round trip fare, with Nassau stay up to 30 days. Florida Tennis Association hosts a grand tournament with players from across the state and beyond.
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Nassau
Miami
Pan American Airways
Bert Cambridge
Florida Tennis Association
Surprise Tennis Club
Miami Soldier Earns Army Career Plan Qualification
PFC George W. Hudson of the 610th Transportation Port Company in Yokohama Japan has qualified as a security guard under the Army Career Plan. Entering service in 1948 and arriving in January 1949, the Booker T. Washington High School alumnus is stationed at Japan's Eighth Army area, with access to theaters clubs libraries gyms and other facilities during off hours.
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Japan
George W. Hudson
610Th Transportation Port Company
David Hudson
9Th Street
Miami
Hudson
Yokohama
Eighth Army
Booker T. Washington High School
Fla
Dutch Rule Tightens as South Africa Shifts Power
CAPE TOWN ANP reports Dutch Boers in control press ahead with apartheid laws. Whites gain voting limits while natives and colored people face severe restrictions. English, once defeated, face political retribution as tensions rise and unity falters.
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Capertown
South Africa
ANP
Adoption Difficulties for Colored Children Highlighted
Miss Condit notes that few white collar workers exist among Negro families and that Negro families must meet the same qualifications as Whites, making the adoption of Colored children a tough problem.
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Condit
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Lewis O. Swingler
Christ
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10Th St
Charles C. North
Howard A. Hadley
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R. E. Boggs, M. D
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Miami, Florida
Fort Luck & Graham
15Th Avenue
Fila
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Sarasota
Bradenton
Tampa
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Tula
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Cameron
Grove Clinic
Robert McVoy
Harold Roberts
Aron Shifrin
Joseph Williams
Grand Avenue
Coconut Grove
C. M. Jollivette, Sr
Reg. Pharm
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15Th Ave
Liberty Theatre
Lecnariad’s Furniture
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