Coconut Grove Clean Up Rally and Prizes Tonight
A Monday rally awards about 70 prizes in the Coconut Grove Clean Up Contest with the George Washington Carver School band at 6 p.m. and a program at 7 30 p.m. Speakers include Dr T E Cato Dr Franz Stewart Mrs Vindiur Virrick and Mr Marshall Pollard. The grand prize is a septic tank toilet and sink for the top home improvements.
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George Washington Carver School
Grove
Grand Ave
T. E. Cato
Franz Stewart
Vindiur Virrick
Marshall Pollard
Alpha Kappa Alpha
the Grove
Coconut Grove
Morris Pleads Guilty To Mail Fraud Charge
Ulysses S. Morris, 38, a former Miami post office employee, pled guilty to embezzling 50 letters in January 1947. Referred for pre sentence investigation by Chief Probation Officer Frank A. Edwards. The charge echoes a prior federal jury verdict of not guilty in June 1947. Morris was re indicted this spring after over a year of work by Post Office Inspectors J A Callahan and M L Stover.
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Ulysses S. Morris
Miami
Leesburg Opposes Klan Parade Across Central Florida
Leesburg officials passed a resolution opposing any Ku Klux Klan parade or similar intimidation by any group. The city cited safety and legal concerns as the Klan announced a November 1 parade through Plymouth Zellwood Mount Dora Eustis Tavares Lisbon Leesburg and Wildwood with a Wildwood barbecue, and pledged not to cooperate with actions that intimidate citizens.
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Leesburg
Florida
Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Plymouth
Zellwood
Mount Dora
Eustis
Tavares
Lisbon
Wildwood
Postal Alliance and NAACP defend Cleveland workers amid loyalty probe
In Cleveland the National Alliance of Postal Employees and the NAACP rallied to 24 Black and white postal workers accused under Truman loyalty directives. A separate suit for back pay of 54,869 dollars by Joseph Bryant murkily shadows the city post office. The loyalty board, with members from Georgia and Mississippi, charged 18 Black and six white employees, including four Jews, with disloyalty after secret hearings. Alleged fears cited inviting cross race visitors and neighbor questioning by investigators, likely FBI, added to a charged atmosphere.
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Cleveland
ANP
National Alliance of Postal Employees
NAACP
Cleveland Post Office
S Truman
Joseph Bryant
Postal Department
City
Georgia
Mississippi
FBI
Permits Issued for Three Duplexes on St Albans Tract
Building permits granted yesterday to South Kingsway Corp for three duplexes to house African Americans on the St Albans tract at Douglas Road Cocoanut Grove. The project, tied to former Christ Episcopal Church land, follows prior city debates over zoning for apartments. The site sits at the southern end of the property near White residences and reflects prior refusals to rezone for multifamily housing.
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St. Albans
Douglas Rd
Coconut Grove
South Kingsway Corp
John Bouvier
Malcolm B. Wiseheart
Christ Ep 1 Church
Protestant Episcopal Church
Publc
American airlift as education and resolve in Berlin
The writer recalls approaching Tempelhof and witnessing thousands of Germans watching the American airlift. He stresses the airlift as a technical feat and a powerful educational force in Europe, showing U S resolve while reassuring Western Europe and Germany that the United States will stand firm. He planned to discuss with General Lucius Clay the events leading to the airlift and how two million Berliners were fed without a land corridor.
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University of Texas Law School
Tempelhof Airdroms
Berlin
Germany
United State
Europe
United States
Lucius Clay
Mrs. M. D. Potter Passes in Tampa Bulletin Publisher Dies
Mrs. M. D. Potter publisher of the Tampa Bulletin and widow of Dr. M. D. Potter died suddenly of a heart attack Monday night while talking with a friend. She attended Sunday services, appealed for church support during offertory, hosted Virginia guests, and died in her living room as evening service approached. Surviving include a sister and several other relatives.
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M. D. Potter
Tampa Bulletin
Bethune and Lillian Smith Named Columnists in Chicago Defender
CHICAGO ANP announces two prominent women joining the Chicago Defender staff as columnists. Dr Mary McLeod Bethune founder of Bethune Cookman College Daytona Beach Fla and Maya Lillian Smith author of Strange Fruit will write from their experiences as Black women shaping history. Dr Bethune will draw on her rise from slavery to a trusted ally of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Chicago
ANP
Mary Mcleod Bethune
Emeritue
Bethune Cookman College
Daytona Beach
Fpia
Misa Lilien Smith
Ten Reasons Why I Shall Vote For Truman Ten Reasons
A voter outlines reasons to support Harry S. Truman. He notes Truman’s progressive legislative advocacy as a senator, and cites actions as president such as appointing a Black federal judge and a governor of the Virgin Islands, plus visits to West Indies and a 1946 executive order 9808. The piece references a Walton County lynching protest and a committee study of civil rights.
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Harry S. Truman
Harry
Truman
United States
Virgin Islands
West Indies
Wiliam H. Hastie
Walton County
Georgia
Regional Council Studies Schools Florida division names new chairman
The Florida division of the Southern Regional Council approved a project to adjust inequalities in the state's educational facilities at its annual meeting in Jacksonville. Richard P. Daniels, a Jacksonville attorney, was elected new chairman of the Florida division.
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Jacksonville
Florida
The
Southern Regional Council
Regional Council
Richard P. Daniels
Convicted Slayer Gets One Year In County Jail
Judge Ben C C Willard follows a six man jury recommendation for leniency and sentences Clark to one year in county jail for the death of Joseph Stephens, 36, in December.
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Ben CC. Willard
Sixtman
Clark
Joseph Stephens
Roosevelt's South Rooted Column Endorsement by Bethune Ally
Roosevelt note links Dr Bethune and Migs Smith as southern born figures. Smith is set to author a forthcoming column, continuing the tradition of regional voices shaping national dialogue.
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Lillian Smith
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