Ye Editor's Notebook Highlights Broadway and New York Life
The writer details a morning at St. Martin’s Church with Fr. John H. Johnson and praises the wedding play starring Ethel Waters. He recounts visits in Rahway New Jersey with the Rokers, notes a Dodgers Indians game, and offers colorful vignettes of subway life and family travels to Washington and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Johnson
St. Martin’s Church
Fr. Johnson
City of
New York
Ethel Waters
Miss Waters
Julie Harris
Frankie Addams
The S and G Gambling Syndicate Folds in Miami Beach
Elliott J. Pieze reports that the powerful S and G Gambling Syndicate on Miami Beach has folded, surprising readers who believed it entrenched. Crime committee hearings revealed the ill gotten wealth, with annual grosses stated at over twenty one million dollars. Time will tell if this is a genuine end or a lull before further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
The
Kefauver Crime Committee
Miami
Noted Rockland Palace Show Delivers Stellar Night
Miami readers praise Phil Harris and his all star revue at the Rockland Palace on Wednesday. The Upsetter starred in a Hunchback of Notre Dame production with Vici Copez, drawing a storming audience and high compliments from Alma Roland and Mrs Clara Carey among others. Jimmie Reeves kept the crowd with Salt Park rendition as Frances Briggs visits Miami from Key West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil
Harris
Rockland Palace
Phil Fea
Tured
Notre Dame
Vici Copez
Charles Lawton
Lon Chaney
Miami
Alma Roland
Clara Carey
N.J
Cornelius Bronson
6Th St
Magic City
Jimmie Reeves
Salt Park
West Virginia
Jimmie
Frances Briggs
Archie
Pinder
Key West
The
Miami Times
Rockland
Briggs
Public Housing A Must: Slum Clearance Pushes Permit Suspension
The Slum Clearance Committee seeks to suspend new building permits for downtown Negro area apartments. It warns that current one and two bedroom designs fail to provide wholesome family shelter and notes growing need for adequate housing amid extravagant trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Negro
Melon Feast After Midnight Ride
Dorothy, a Howard law student in frail health, plans a future trip with Charlie Wars and Gene Allen. A promised fishing trip becomes a first engagement on vacation, beginning with a midnight car ride to pick up a market melon and ending in a shared melon feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Howard
Charlie Wars
Gene Allen
Washington
Fuller Warren clashes with Broward committee over sheriff choice
Governor Fuller Warren and his liaison committee parted ways over appointing Amos Hall as Broward sheriff after Warren removed Sheriff W Clark. Miami marks its 54th anniversary July 28 with Bayfront park event featuring song and story of the city’s growth from a winter trade town to a big metropolis. Remarks honor past pioneers and heroes who contributed to Miami’s development with a nostalgic cheer of Vivi Miami.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuller Warren
Broward County
Amos Hall
Warren
W. Clark
Miami
Bayfront Park
Miami junior college survey urged for Negroes
The National Teachers' Research Association plans a survey to determine if a junior college for Negroes is needed in Miami. It asks how many local high school graduates who cannot leave town would enroll, with signups in the Miami Times last week indicating interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Teachers’ Research Association
Miami
Miami Times
Reappearance of Slum Conditions Through Public Housing View
A committee argues landlords conspire to freeze public low cost housing by building flashy apartments on available land. Private concerns fail to eradicate slums, being greedy and unchristian. Without public aid, eviction by high rents and poor construction persists, and next week the cost of these apartments will be debated to show overcharges.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Florida
RITE
Magic Printery
N.W
Third Avenue
Threeee
EE Ees Seeder Erne
Interstate United Newspapers, Incorporated
HL E. Sigismund Reeves
Garth ©. Reeves
York
Harlem
127Th
131St Street
Seventh
Eighth Avenues
Ernest
Holy Cross
W. 124Th Street
Stafford Dames
Rahway
New Jersey
Ella Strachan
Ethel Major
Mary Murray
William H. Major
Sam Roker
Rokers
Roker
James Roker
Ebbet’s Field
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cleveland Indians
Joe Hatten
Larry Doby
Doby
Hazel
Times Square
Broadway
South
New York University
Washington, D. C
Fred
Jessie
Edythe Cappe
Reeves
the Spectator
Elliott J. Pieze
Arlington Sands
National Meat and Food Institute
Negro Division of Veteran Affairs
10Th St
27Th St
Moving Finger
L. A. Thompson
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!