Cancer Drive Tops 1954 in Liberty City
The N W Miami Junior Chamber of Commerce Women’s Auxiliary and the American Cancer Society drive in Liberty City raised funds well above 1954 levels. Area chairman Mrs. Alice M. Taylor praised volunteers and 16 captains including Ann Allen Bessie Bethune Vashti Coleman Ida Burroughs Glenda Holmes Maude Glass Helen Frazier Catherine Gowans Helen Gambrell Harriet Baford Emma McBride Theresa Johnson Rachel Paul Heste Rivers Zilpha Sawyer Harriet Worrell for their hard work and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Miami
American Cancer Society
Liberty City
Ann Allen
Bessie Bethune
Vashti Colem
Ida Burroughs
Glenda Holmes
Maude Glass
Helen Frazier
Catherine Gowans
Helen Gambrell
Harriet Baford
Emma McBride
Theresa Johnson
Rachel Paul
Heste Rivers
Zilpha Sawyer
Harriet Worrell
Alice M. Taylor
AT LAST FAMU TO GET FOOTBALL STADIUM
Florida A and M University will begin building a 12,000 seat football stadium on campus this summer. President George Gore announced at the 11th annual A&M coaching conference that $366,000 from the 1955 legislature has been appropriated for the project, slated for completion by fall 1956. A site has been selected but not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Florida A and M University
George Gore
A&m
Satchel Paige Still Pitches for Monarchs After Majors
Satchel Paige, aging star, continues pitching for the Kansas City Monarchs, champions of the Negro American League, earning about $40,000 a year after leaving the majors where he was paid around $25,000. Reportedly quit the Indians and later the St. Louis Browns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CNL
Satchel Paige
Kansas City Monarchs
Satch
Indians
St. Louis Browns
Baltimore Orioles
Paige
Slavery Allegations From Africa Reach Saudi Markets
Paris reports Emanuel La Graviere, a minister and parliamentarian, charged last week that hundreds of Muslims from French Central Africa are being sold in slave markets in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. He cited Mecca Medina and Jidda as sale sites where men women and children fetch 570 to 1142 dollars. He belongs to the Assembly of the French Union, an advisory body to Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
ANP
Emanuel la Graviere
Assembly of the French Union
Anglo-American Press Association
Transport Workers Union Banquet Held At Booker Terrace Motel
Transport Workers Union CIO held a banquet Saturday June 4 at the Booker Terrace Motel for top officers. R Winfield chaired the event with H Porter as secretary and C Calloway as master of ceremonies. attendees included numerous couples and members such as J Holts Deloist E Hillman J W Hunt and Joe Jackson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transport Workers Union, Cio
Booker Terrace
Ffair
R. Winfield
H. Porter
J. Holts
Deloist
C. Calloway
J. Menton
E. Hillman
Also Mentioned on This Page
FAMU
Arabia
N.W
56Th Street
Transport Workers Union
Retary and
J. W. Hunt
Brown’s Famous Corner
15Th Avenue
69Th Street
Cliff Baker
W. C. Baker & His Orchestra
Baker’s Bar
W. C. Turner
W. C. Baker
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