Between the Lines on MacArthur Taft and Negro rights
The column argues children of famous people face high expectations and notes ministerial offspring often excel. It condemns MacArthur allied with Taft as politically dangerous, accusing Taft of anti labor and anti Negro stances and warning against elevating him to the presidency.
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MacArthur
Augusta
Robert Taft
Taft
Truman
William Howard Taft
Cincinnati
United States
Twelve Arrested in Harlem Narcotics Network Bust
Federal agents arrested 12 narcotics dealers in New York. One fugitive was captured in federal court during others' arraignments. Ellsworth Johnson, 43, known as Bumpy, identified as head of a Harlem crime network supplying wholesalers and using 50 men and 10 women to distribute heroin.
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NEW York
ANP
Ellsworth
Bumpy) Johnson
Harlem
Carpenters Union files bias suit over Pine Bluff project
Local 270 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners filed a federal suit in Little Rock alleging Negro carpenters were denied employment on the Pine Bluff Arkansas arsenal expansion worth 18 million dollars. The suit seeks a work stoppage until an agreement on Negro hiring is reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
ANP
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners O America
Pine Bluff
Ark
Newcombe Set to Become Father Amid World Series Buzz
Colonia reports say Mrs. Freddie Newcombe is expecting their first child in October, around the Dodgers star Don Newcombe’s rise era. Don hopes for a boy. Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, and others already have multiple children, underscoring the era’s growing baseball family ties.
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Brooklyn
ANP
Colonia
N.J
Freddie Newcombe
Jackie Robinson
Roy Campanellas
Sam Jethroe
Larry Doby
Monte Irvin
Hank Thompson
Luke Easter
Artie Wilson
Dan Bankhead
Rafael Noble
Dorsey Shines In State Music Concert
Dorsey High School choral group wowed at Florida A and M College two day festival. Soloists Bertha Sharpe Jean Petty Timmy Terry Jonathan Pinder earned high praise with superior and excellent ratings. Dorsey quartet and duet also lauded. pianists Charles Lassiter and Jeanette Byron rated good plus and average. A letter from T Q Srygley commends the group for high performance and educational impact.
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Dorsey High School
Florida A and M College
Berrien
Bertha Sharpe
Jean Petty
Timmy Terry
Jonathan Pinder
Dorsey
Vernall Edgecombe
George Bethel
Pinder
Jonathan Symonette
Charles Lassiter
Jeanette Byron
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Dean Gordon B. Hancock
William Pinder
Miami, Florida
Val
Fine Foods
N.W
17Th Street
N. V
Carpenters’ Union
Newcombe
A. T
2Nd Ave
Ritz Theatre
Fred Martin
Linton Berrien
Dorsey High
Miami, Fla
Mr. Berrien
Service Tailors
Nathaniel Rolle
Prop
South
Sea
Geng Kon
Moses
Madam Hunter
N. W
73Rd Street
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