Delta Sigma Theta awards scholarship to Frankie McCullough
Beta Zeta Sigma Chapter announces its annual scholarship winner Miss Frankie McCullough a 1948 Booker T Washington High School Miami Florida graduate. McCullough is matriculating at Florida Normal Institute and has received a $100 check to defray expenses. The chapter wishes her a successful session.
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Beta Zeta Sigma Chapter
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Frankie McCullough
Booker T. Washington High School
Miami
Florida
McCullough
Florida Normal Institute
Prison terms for armed robbery under Judge Willard ruling
Criminal Judge Ben C. Willard handed down sentences Thursday to three men for armed robbery and to a woman who helped bait their victim. Obie Johnson, 24, Ollie Johnson, 22, former convicts, and Ida...
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Ben C. Willard
Obie Johnson
Ollie Johnson
Ida
Two youths sentenced after bar luring crime in Boston area
Jean Johnson aged 19 and Espie Thomas 27 received two years and six months respectively for a barroom luring incident in which Henry Miner was beaten and robbed of 23 dollars. Detectives Butler and Teller testified, Miner lured from a bar on Aug 20, three companions assaulted him in an alley, with Ida restraining him.
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Jean Johnson
Espie Thomas
Tom Butler
Joe Teller
Henry Miner
10Th St
Miner
Ida
Your Congressman Says George Smathers on Atomic Threats and Defense
Congressman George Smathers argues President Truman's admission that Russia learned the atomic secret underscores the need for strong military defense. He contends underestimating army and navy value in favor of air power ignores historical lessons from gunpowder to airplanes, urging vigilance against rising military threats.
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Truman
Russia
Army
Opened medical office by Dr George W Styles in Miami
Dr George W Styles son of George M Styles opens a medical office at 1410 NW Third Avenue on Monday September 26. A Miami native and Booker T Washington High School and Meharry Medical College graduate, he is warmly wished success. Also 1000 Orange Bowl seats allocated for the January 1 game, part of a 64,538 capacity with 50897 on priority lists and a possible two tickets per customer. The Negro Committee plans a first come first served distribution. In Montgomery Alabama, three former policemen and one still in uniform face federal civil rights trials starting November 1 for beatings kidnappings and coerced confessions.
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George W. Styles
George M. Styles
Third Avenue
Miami
Styles
Booker T. Washington High School
Florida A
M. College
Meharry Medical College
Montgomery
Ala
Florala
Pat Grimes
Harold Kelley
Gantt
William D. Durden
Winkler Campbell
Cecil Orris Thrash
Tallahassee
Haiti Buys Lead in Truman Aid Plan
Haiti leads undeveloped nations in benefiting from President Truman's aid program after a United Nations survey of needs in the French speaking Caribbean republic. The 350 page report, prepared by a UN technical mission, outlines Haiti's basic problem of rapid population growth on shrinking land resources and urges development steps. The island nation, about the size of Maryland, is agricultural and sits in the Caribbean economic problem area where development lags behind regional peers.
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Haiti
Presii Truman
United Nations
Caribbean
Uniteated Nations
Truman
Maryland
Presi
New Allergy Drug Death To Colds
New antihistomic drugs from pharmaceutical chemists are tested to relieve hay fever and allergies and are reported to be up to 90 percent effective in preventing the common cold, per doctors in a medical research survey. The report notes the potential of these drugs to halt cold symptoms and reduce illnesses.
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New York
Dumarsais Estime Applies for IMF and World Bank Membership
Dumarsais Estime has already acted on a mission's recommendation by applying for membership in the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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Dent Dumarsais Estime
International Monetary Funda
International Bank For Reconstruction Development
Grocer Charged In Sale Of Spoiled Chickens
Health officials charged grocer A Katzis and his partners Johnny Barella and Lou Bennett with selling dressed chickens unfit for consumption. Barella admitted picking up 829 pounds of spoiled fowl on September 13 to ship to Miami soap Co in Hialeah. About 650 pounds were sold for 50 dollars to Katzis, with the rest going to cafes and restaurants unaware of the condemned status. One downtown cafe bought 11 of the chickens and most had reached customers when the case was uncovered.
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Johnny Barella
A. Katzis
Lou Bennett
Eighth St. A
Ll. W. Leake
Health Department
Barella
Miami Soap Co
Hialeah
Matzis
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