Miss Puerto Rico Crowned Miss Latin America Queen
Monica Major representing Puerto Rico won the Miss Latin America dance contest at the Mary Elizabeth Hotel patio amid Latin American country delegates. Juan Valdez led as club president and MC with judges Diaz Pittsburgh Courier Florida edition and Sweeting Miami Times. Bands Angelito Conjunta and Sam Jones provided music.
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Monica Major
Puerto Rico
Mary Elizabeth Hotel
Juan Valdez
Charles C. North
Miami Daily News
Richard Saunders
Our World Magazine
John A. Diaz
Florida
Pittsburgh Courier
Stanley Sweeting
Elliott J. Pieze
Miami Times
Diaz
Sweeting
Afro's Lewis Keynote Speaker At Ins Meet
Los Angeles hosts the National Negro Insurance Association convention with more than 500 delegates and about 2,500 attendees. J Leonard Lewis outlines big business and Negro firms’ growing role in the nation’s economy while a South Central Adult Civic choir performs. Local officials Mayor Bowron and Lt. Gov. Knight attend, with Wallace Downey presiding as insurance commissioner and Norman Houston serving as master of ceremonies.
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Los Angeles
ANP
National Negro Insurance Association
Ofice
Golden State Mutual Insurance Company
Fletcher M. Bowron
Goodwin Knight
California
Wallace K. Downey
Department of Insurance of California
J. Leonard Lewis
NNIA
Afro-American Life Insurance Company
Jacksonville
Fla
Ben G. Olive Jr
Universal Life Insurance Company
Memphis
South Central Adult Civic Choir
Los Angeles Bureau of Music
Jester Hairston
J. Raymond Henderson
Second Baptist Church
Norman —. Houston
Hastie Confirmed to U S Court of Appeals by Senate
NAACP hailed Judge William H Hastie s confirmation to the Third U S Court of Appeals as a unanimous Senate vote after nine months of committee delay. Walter White cited his high stature and noted resistance fell to racial prejudice from some Dixiecrats. Hastie has held roles from assistant solicitor to governor of the Virgin Islands and dean of Howard Law, earning the Spingarn Medal in 1943.
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New York
Truman
William H. Hastie
United States Court of Appeals
Walter White
NAACP
Hastie
Senate Judiciary Committee
James O. Eastland
Mississippi
Senate
Judiciary Committee
White
Judge Hastie
Naacp Board of Directors
Department of Interior
Virgin Islands
Howard University Law School
Spingarn
Nitelife In New York at the Jacobs' Pillow Festivals
Pearl Primus headlines at the Jacobs Pillow Dance Festivals near Lee Mayo showcasing tribal dance interpretations from African dancers. Harlem church leader Bill Bailey expands a serious religious mission on West 126th Street as Bill Robinson style to sky pilot. Ed Sullivan notes Joe Louis romancing Carroll Drake. Billy Daniels wows Cafe Society with Lena Horne interviews referenced. Ethel Waters stars in Member of the Wedding earning profits of 97,500 this month. Music scene spans James P Johnson, Sidney De Paris, Red Allen, Higginbotham, Fletcher Henderson, Willie Smith. Lump's Luncheonette at 133rd Street and 7th Ave draws crowds for peach ice cream.
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New York
Anp
Pearl Primus
Africa
Lee
Mayo
Miss Primus
Bill Bailey
West 126Th Street
Harlem
Bill Robinson
Ethel Waters
Opus
Angels
Miss Waters
LUMPS
Messrs. Gaillard and
Oliver
133Rd Street
7Th Ave
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Willie Mae Hodges
America
Guillermina Santos
Guatamala
Manuela Rivera
Venezuela
Angelito Conjunta
Cuba
Sam Jones
Mia
Golden State Mutual
The
N.W
3Rd Avenue
Taylor
Broward County
Dade County
J. B. Housing Corp
3Rd Ave
Miami
Nitelife
ED Sullivan
N.Y. Daily News
Ollie Steward
Lena Horne
Joe Louis
Carroll Drake
Ruby Dallas
Billy Daniels
Urban League
Frank Carlo Montero
Cafe Society
Downtown
Sheridan Square
al Moses
Junius Byrd
132Nd Street
Stuyvasant Casson
Second Ave
9Th Street
James P. Johnson
Sidney de Paris
Henry
Red’’) Allen
J. C. Higginbotham
Fletcher Henderson
Willie
the Lion
Smith
Hucré
Fredericton
N.B. Canada
U.S.A
San Francisco
bin Crunon
Ians
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