Campaign to help handicapped workers find jobs observed
A campaign to assist handicapped workers begins October 28 as Miami joins National Employers Week observances. Professor Charles Williams leads NEPH Week activities at Booker T. Washington High School. Proclamations by President Truman and Governor Warren urge employers to review job requirements and consider qualified disabled applicants.
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Miami
Charles Williams
Booker T. Washington High School
Truman
Warren
Florida State Employment Service
Professor Williams
State Employment Service
Nickerson Campaign Forms To Elect Negro City Commissioner
A city commission race begins with a Nickerson committee led by Judge Henderson and Arlington Sands. O L Nickerson files to run pledging port expansion industrial growth public works and civil rights for city employees with municipal control of utilities and transportation. He outlines a platform including housing rent advisory board crime protection and equal opportunity regardless of race or color.
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C. L. Nickerson
Nickerson
Judge Henderson
Longshoremen Union
Arlington Sands
E. A. Ward
James Nimmo
Laundry Union
Homer Shipman
Hod Carriers Union
Daniel Francis
Miami Tropical Dispatch
O. L. Nickerson
Miami
Florida Powers and Light Company
Israel Bethel Baptist Church Leader Framed in Labor Union Ties
A figure linked to Israel Bethel Baptist Church is described as a member of Local 222 and the Laundry Workers International Union AFL of L Freeland Acee Mason, noted alongside a reference to Negre Litizens Ber.
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Israel Bethel Baptist Church
Laundry Workers International Ion
L. @ Freeland Acee Mason
The
Negre Litizens Ber
Giants Clowns Invade New Miami Stadium for Two Game Set
The Indianapolis Clowns Negro American League team will visit the Miami Giants for a two game series at New Miami Stadium on October 9 and 10. Miami plans to bolster its roster with players from Montreal and Havana to provide strong competition. About 7,000 seats will be set aside for White fans with box and grandstand seats available. Advance tickets are on sale at Sweeting and North Stationery.
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Indianapolis Clowns
Miami Giants
Miami Stadium
10Th Ave
28Rd Street
Washington
St. Louis
Chicago
Cleveland
Roderic Silva
Miami Ball Club
Montreal
Canada
Havana
Cuba
Clowns
Miami
Sweeting
North Stationery
10Th St
Farmhand Sought In Swainsboro Shooting
In Swainsboro Georgia a farmhand once arrested in Birmingham Alabama is sought for shooting Emanuel county farmer Charlie A Clark near here. Sheriff Peyton Youmans said the weapon left Clark wounded the night of September 15. The farmhand Ed Benton worked on Clark's farm.
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Swainsboro
Birmingham
Ala
Emanuel County
Peyton Youmans
Youmans
Ed Benton
Charlie A. Clark
Clark
Ejection over Robinson sparks St Louis game discussion
From Reeves account at Busch Stadium the ninth inning controversy over Jackie Robinson’s ejection drew more talk than last year’s pickoff. Reeves and Armbrister flew to St Louis for the Dodgers Cardinals series as Dade County reports show Teacher totals and pay as you go plans amid growth.
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Jackie Robinson
St. Louis
Reeves
Leo Armbrister
Hall
Slaughter
Enos
Luis Olmo
Olmio
Allo
Page
Florida House OKs 3 Percent Sales Tax Plan
The Florida House approved a 3 percent sales tax by 56 to 39 and expects Senate and Governor Fuller Warren to sign after amendments. The measure, effective November 1, aims to raise about 45 million annually, adding Florida as the 27th state with such a tax.
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House
Senate
Fuller Warren
Florida
C. O. Andrews, Jr
Orlando
George Okell
Miami
Dade
United States
State of Fla
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Coconut Grove
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E. Kirby Smith
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BY Garth
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