Truman letter salutes Negro Newspaper Week milestone
President Truman commends Negro Newspaper Week as Freedom's Journal marks 125th anniversary. He links the abolitionist press to modern fights for equality, warns against totalitarianism, and urges vigilance, liberty, and unity in defense of democracy.
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Drake University
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Russwurm
National Newspaper Publishers Association
CBS
John B. Russwurm
Arthur Godfrey
Matthew Ridgeway
Army
Pacific Command
Pvt
William Thompson
Missouri Valley Conference
Johnny Bright
Oklahoma A
Dwight Palmer
General Cable Corporation
Lester B. Granger
National Urban League
J. Waites Waring
Harry T. Moore
Florida
NAACP
National Conference of Christians and Jewsfs
Henry Ford II
Mr. Martin
Freedom’s Journal
United States
John Russwurm
Harry S. Truman
We the People Call for Registering to Vote in May
A civic letter urges all Americans to register and vote in May elections. It emphasizes the Constitution as a people’s government, the sacred right of free expression through ballots, and the duty to check registration status with local supervisors to ensure qualification before election day.
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Congress
Civil Court Docket Shows 69 Cases In Judge Thomas Court
A Monday session in Judge L. E. Thomas’s Municipal Court heard 69 cases with crowded spectators. Willie Foster received a suspended sentence for assault and battery and lottery ticket possession after a dispute over his wife’s conduct, while a couple charged with lewd behavior was dismissed due to an unlawful search. Other defendants faced fines for assault and battery, drunkenness, and related charges.
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L. E. Thomas
Municpal Court
Clyde Lee
McDowell
Forest Reynolds
Coconut Grove
Willie Foster
Verna Mae
Foster
Thelma McLeod
Robinson
Mrs. Foster
Thomas
Fin
Robert Flowers
Miles
Flowers
Ronald McIntosh
Lee Arn Johnson
Harold Newton
Charles Capers
Richard Hall
Silas Rivers
Robert Nottage
Annie Frazier
Henry Minor
McIntosh
Jeanette Williams
James Smith
Johnson
Elnora Ambrose
Newton
Albertha Dorsey
Capers
Evelyn Hall
Hall
Fannie Simmons
Rivers
Thomas den
Matthew Powell
Nottage
John Mackey
Frazier
Isiah Gardner
Minon
Isaih Gardner
Tax Surge Sparks Communist Fears and Budget Critique
Gordon Grand Jr warns in the Tax Review that income tax rates have soared over four decades from 1 percent to 22.2 percent starting, with a 92 percent combined rate on high incomes, while corporate tax climbs reach 82 percent. He cites a rise in taxpayers from fewer than 400,000 to 55 million and flags a proposed administration deficit of over 22 billion. He argues Congress showed budget restraint, urging deep spending cuts instead of new taxes.
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Gordon Grand, Jr
Congress
United States
Con
Batista Overthrown In Cuba Revolt Briefly Seizes Power
The text notes Batista was elected president in 1940, revolted this week, and was overthrown with two deaths. Carlos Prio Socarras succeeds and seeks refuge in Mexico. It warns readers about voter purges and registration loss if unused.
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Fulgencia Batista
Cuba
Batista
Republic
Carlos Pino Socarras
Mexico
Mayor Senerchia joins slum clearance committee slate
County chair Hugh Peters names Mayor Chelsie Senerchia to the slum clearance committee replacing Perrine Palmer who resigned to run for the State Senate. The move aims to push action, but the committee appears to be doing nothing according to local observers.
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Chelsie Senerchia
Hugh Peters
Perrine Palmer
State Senate
City moves frame building for street widening on 19th Street
The city plans to widen 19th Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues. It has purchased and relocated a frame building that stood in the street at a cost of $5,780.
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19Th Street
Fourth
Fifth Aves
Richard Irvin seeks appeal after death penalty ruling
Richard Irvin, twice convicted and sentenced to death for rape, will not receive a new trial if Circuit Court Judge Truman G. Futch’s decision stands. Paul Perkins, Irvin’s attorney, said a notice of appeal to the State Supreme Court will be filed in Marion County next week.
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Richard Irvin
Circuit Court
Truman G. Futch
Paul Perkins
Irvin
State Supreme Court
Marion County
Smith Hotel raid leads to two arrests on bookmaking charges
The Smith Hotel at 710 N. W. 2nd Ave. was raided on Tuesday. N. L. Smith and C. Smith were arrested and charged with bookmaking, each released on bonds of 3000 and 1000 dollars respectively.
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Smith
N. W. 2Nd Ave
N. L. Smith
C. Smith
Merit System seeks steno grapher and transcriber operators
A notice invites qualified stenographers and transcriber operators under the Merit System in Miami. Interested individuals should write to the Florida Merit System in Tallahassee or obtain forms from the Florida State Employment Service in Miami. Transcriber operators are employed by the State Welfare Board and the District Welfare Board.
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Miami
Florida Merit System
Tallahassee
Florida State Employment Service
State Welfare Board
District Welfare Board
Merit System Clerks and Stenographers Salaries Cited
Clerks and stenographers are employed by all Merit System agencies with pay ranges for Transcriber operators from 150 to 205 dollars, typists from 160 to 200 dollars, and stenographers from 195 to 235 dollars. A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
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Merit System
Press Day Observed by Booker T. Washington High
National Negro News celebrates Press Week and congratulates the Press Club and journalism class of Booker T. Washington High School for observing Friday March 14 as Press Day.
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Associated Negro Press
Miami
Florida
H. E. Sigismund Reeves
Garth C. Reeves
Press Club
Booker T. Washington High School
Local court fines and sentences list for multiple defendants
Fraizier and Minor faced $50 fines or 20 days. Emma Jean Smith Tom Robinson Hattie Britton Maggie Triplet Sport Lyman James Malory Elijah Bush Tracy Young and Edward Scanes were charged with being drunk. Triplet and Bush were dismissed. Young, also charged with vagrancy, got 30 days. Other penalties ranged from $5 or 2 days to $15 or 6 days. Albert Miller charged with operating a vehicle without owner's permission and illegal lottery ticket possession. fined $50 or 20 days. Will Thomas, assault with a razor on Pauline, four days plus $50 or 20 more days. He charged with assault with an ice pick on Cleveland Lyne. fined $20 or 8 days. Lawrence Gordon, carrying a concealed weapon (knife), fined $50 or 20 days.
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Fraizier
Minor
Emma Jean Smith
Tom Robinson
Hattie Britton
Maggie Triplet
Sport Lyman
James Malory
Elijah Bush
Tracy Young
Edward Scanes
Triplet
Bush
Young
Albert Miller
Will Thomas
Pauline
Cleveland
Woodmen National Head To Visit Camps 37 and 84
The Supreme Commander of Lightner, Denver Colo, will meet with Woodmen Camps 37 and 84 on the 19th and 20th of this month. All members are urged to attend at Woodmen Hall, 926 NW 3rd Ave. on those days.
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Denver
Colo
Woodmen Hall
3Rd Ave
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Favorite Colored Weekly
N.W
Third Avenue
15Th Avenue
The
Negro Newspaper Publishers Association
Negro Press Awards
Truman
Louis E. Martin
White House
Washington
Elliott J. Pieze
Times
Sy Pau
Henry
Woodmen National
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