Pay raises for armed services and postal workers move through Congress
After months of debate Congress advanced two key salary increase bills. The armed services pay overhaul raises most ranks, with private pay up by five dollars and generals by up to three hundred, taking effect October 1. Postal workers receive about a 150 dollar annual raise, plus extended leave, higher pay limits, and uniforms funded by the post office. One vote against the armed services bill came from Congressman Clare Hoffman.
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Clare Hoffman
Michigan
City Commission Election Registration Applies This Week
If you have not registered to vote for the city commission election on November 15 you have until this week to qualify. The registration books close Saturday but stay open all day in the courthouse lobby until 5 o clock. A Negro candidate runs this year and chances of winning grow with Negro registration. If you are not registered and want to see a Negro on the city commission please register before the books close.
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City Commission
Courts House
Vet Housing Rally At Youth Center October 16
Miami veterans and the public are urged to attend a major housing rally Sunday October 16 at 4 p m at the Youth Center 340 NW 13th st Speakers include Charles Gropper veteran affairs expert from the Veterans Administration and Max Goodman president of the Miami Miami Beach Tenants League They will explain veterans housing rights under current measures and address high rents The event sponsored by Miami Chapter No 2 American Veterans Committee is free and open to all veterans and relatives seeking home ownership
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Miami
NW 13Th St
Charles Gropper
Veterans Administration
Gropper
Max Goodman
Miami Beach
Youth Center
13Th St
American Veterans Committee
Officer of the Month honors Miami Negro patrolman
James Washington of 1337 NW 68th terr becomes Miami’s first Black officer named Officer of the Month for Sept for arresting fugitive Hinton Brooks on Sept 17 1949. Washington followed Brooks into Carter's Clothing Store and detained him after Brooks stabbed Manuel Mason of Star Grill.
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James Washington
Miami
Washington
Hinton Brooks
Manuel Mason
The
Star Grill
3Rd Ave
Brooks
Carter
2Nd Ave
NY Minister Sues Bishop Nichols For $100,000
Rev Charles M Washington former Metropolitan AME Church pastor filed in local Supreme Court seeking 100000 damages against Bishop D Ward Nichols and 11 other New York AME conference members. He alleges a conspiracy to deny him AME membership and block his religious practice after more than 20 years.
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NEW York
ANP
David H. Sims
Charles M. Washington
Metropolitan Ame Church
Supreme Court
D. Ward Nichols
Washington
Man gets decade for liquor store holdup
Joseph Bailey aged 27 was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentary by Judge Ben Willard for armed robbery. The July 23 holdup at Goldie’s Package Store, 4226 NW 2nd Ave, netted $371 while proprietor Minnie Lee Goldberg and employee Miss Mary Kimpotich faced the stickup. An employee, Guy Morgan, who entered during the escape, was struck. Deputy Sheriff R.P. Meheroy reported the arrest.
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Joseph Bailey
Ben Willard
Crimi
Bailey
Goldie
Guy Morgan
32Nd Ave
Jailed Man Gets Six Month Sentence After Months of Neglect
Lewell Boney, 27, of Dade County, was sentenced to six months after lingering in jail since last May. He had been a forgotten prisoner whose wife pressed authorities for answers, an expose by a daily paper termed disgraceful. Boney was linked to an attempted robbery at Bob Long's Bar, 207 Grand Ave, Coconut Grove, last May.
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Lewell Boney
Dade County
Boney
Bob Long
Grand Ave
Coconut Grove
Dope Peddlers Plead Guilty in Federal Case
Dope peddlers 74th st and Helen Artis, 32, of 1117 NW 1st pl, pleaded guilty to marijuana possession Monday before a federal court panel that included women for the first time. They were arrested after federal narcotics agents seized one of the section’s largest marijuana hauls last winter. The jury was sent home and told to return Monday after defendants were referred to chief probation officer Frank A. Bawards for pre-sentencing.
Tennessee Plans State Park Near Nashville
Tennessee state parks director S. C. Taylor announced proposals for a separate state park for Negroes near Nashville. A TVA promised area lies 69 miles from the city, covering 469 acres for the project.
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Tennessee
Nashville, Tenn
ANP
S. C. Taylor
Nashville
TVA
No Negligence Found In Ring Death
Detroit investigators said no negligence was found in the death of 25 year old lightweight boxer Talmadge Bussey after a bout at Arca ings of Chicago. Bussey was knocked out by Luther Rawlings of Chicago on Monday night.
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Detroit
Talmadge Bussey
Bussey
Luther Rawlings
Chicago
Arcaings
Jackie Robinson to Receive Silver Bat for Batting Title
New York ANP reports Jackie Robinson will be honored by Hillerich and Bradsby Bat Co of Louisville for winning the National League batting championship. He finishes with a .342 average, 40 points above his first two years, and 37 stolen bases in the regular season. Rebingon is noted as Brooklyn’s most sensational player if not the most valuable.
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NEW York
ANP
Jackie Robinson
Hillerich
Rebingon
Brooklyn
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George Smathers
Congress
Armed Services
Armed Services Committee
House
Senate
Battle For
Vets
Walter Headley
Opa Locka
Eleanor Park
Civic Improvement League of
Northwest
Ope-locka
A. F. Three Co
Albert Construction Co
Lantie Co
Gaines Construction Ca
W. R. Dale
Oppo
Opa-locka
James M. Albert
Albert
N. Y
Bishop Nichols
White House
R.P. Meheroy
South Mianif
Jackie
Dixie Park
Vegun
Sen
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