Monster Meeting in Memphis Honors Bishop Gailor
Memphis crowd of at least 2500 packed Avery Chapel on March 17 to praise Bishop Thos F Gailor for his fearless uplift of mankind. Rev W T Vernon organized a 100 member committee and the event featured a warm ovation, a Gailor address on rights in the Declaration of Independence and a call for universal brotherhood and gospel law. Benediction closed the gathering, leaving a sense of cross race understanding and progress in Shelby County.
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Memphis
Tenn
Avery Chapel
Thos. F. Gator
W. T. Vernon
United States Treasury
Vernon
Shelby County
Gailor
United States
I. Warfield
F. A. Garrett
Tor of Emanuel
Episcopal Church
Thos. F. Gailor
Universal Brotherhood of Man
A. R. Griggs
Dallas
Texas
Noted stars to appear in Atlantic City recital
Atlantic City March 28 Hundreds of residents plan to attend a musical recital at Nixon's New Theatre on April 3 to support the Arctic Avenue Branch of the Y M C A which aids colored men and boys. The program features Mand W Hayes Maud Cuney Hare and Wm Richardson.
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Atlantic City
Nixons New Theatre
Arctic Avenue
Young Men's Christian Association
C. M. Cain
Nixons
Ew Theatre
Mand W. Hayes
Boston
Mass
Maud Cuney Hare
Wm. Richardson
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Laa
Ten states ratify Federal Prohibition Amendment
The lower house voted to ratify the Federal Prohibition Amendment, joining Mississippi Kentucky North Dakota South Carolina Maryland Montana Texas Delaware and South Dakota in endorsement. Delaware joined this week bringing total ratifications to ten.
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Pierre
State Senate
Delaware
Mississippi
Kentucky
North Dakota
South Carolina
Maryland
Montana
Texas
South Dakota
Colored policemen Cheatham and Cottman in store assault case
Two colored officers John Cheatham and Luther Cottman attempted rough shop assault on Nathan and Mrs. Snydman at 2161 Ridge avenue. Cheatham used a blackjack, striking Nathan Snydman and Mrs. Snydman in a crowded meat market. Police later arrested Cheatham. Cottman fled but was rounded up later. Magistrate Collins set both officers bail at $300 for April 9 hearing.
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John Cheatham
Luther Cottman
Oxford Streets
Nathan Snydman
Ridge Avenue
Snydman
Little
Cheatham
Cottman
Fifteenth St
Synder Avenue
Heatham
Collins
Saloon group moves to end flask liquor sales to service members
The Liquor Dealers Association passed a resolution to eliminate the flask trade selling liquor to soldiers and sailors. Union district attorney Francis Fisher Kane influenced the action amid fears of a dry zone order from Washington affecting Philadelphia.
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A Liquor Dealers’ Association
Francis Fisher Kane
U. S
Bailess Family Visit And Local Notices In Somerville
Mrs. Louisa C Bailess of 6126 Lambert Bt visits her son Mr R Bailess of 125 Edward St Chester Pa with daughter Mrs B L Clark of 7318 School Lane La Mott Pa. Irvin Brown of Camp Meade shows improvement. Norman B White of Cedar Stock Farm is ill. Patrons with Tribune urged to pay on delivery each Saturday. Charles H Banks of Catonsville Md visits aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Banks in Orm...
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Sommerville
Louisa C. Bailess
Lambert
R Bailess
Edward St
Chester
B. L. Clark
School Lane
la Mott
Irvin Brown
Camp Meade
Norman B. White
Cedar Stock Farm
The
Tribune
Charlies H. Banks
Catonsville
Clarence H. Banks
Beechwood Street
Ormentown
Camp
James Banks
Philadelphia
Banks
Derrick Shorthand School Announces Direct Connection With Boyd HQ
Derrick Shorthand School states it is now connected directly with Boyd Shorthand Headquarters creating untold advantages for students. Those on the waiting list and new enrollments by April 5 may enter under present rates. Call immediately for full information. Suites 308-309 1435 Chestnut St 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Boyd Shorthand
Derrick Shorthand
Chestnut St
Marian Anderson to Perform at Academy of Music
Marian Anderson, a contralto with a sweet natural voice, will appear at the Academy of Music on April 224. Walter Young, who supported her training, recalls bringing her to hear the Clef Club accompany her. Anderson was born in this city 19 years ago and has risen among the country’s leading contraltos.
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Marian Anderson
Academy of Music
Walter Young
Miss Anderson
Mr. Young
Clef Club
Hostess House Under Construction at Camp Dix for Colored Soldiers
Bordentown N J March 27 A Hostess House is being built at Camp Dix for colored soldiers to provide home like comforts. It will open in a month with meals at reasonable prices and areas for mothers sisters and other female visitors. Donations are sought for rugs curtains chairs clocks and victrola with volunteers needed for hosting mending and greeting on Sundays. Contact Mrs G B Valentine Ironsides School Bordentown or Mrs J A White Bellevue Ave Trenton to contribute funds or time.
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Bordentown
N. J
Camp Dix
J. A. White
Bellevue Ave
Trenton
Postal Employes Get a Increase of Pay
Washi March 26 The house ten me are a bill pramttem ent increase of from 10 per cent in the salaries of virtually all postal employes Rural carriers on 12 or less get 20 per cent plus 24 dollars per year for each mile over 20 on route Clerks in second class divided into six grades with raises from 1100 to 2000 In first and second class offices all employes not otherwise provided for from Assistant Postmaster to charwomen get 15 per cent if under 1200 and 10 per cent if between 1200 and 1800
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House
Lynchers Show Contempt for Justice
Monroe La March 21 The body of George McNeel one of two men arrested yesterday suspected in an assault on a white woman was found hanging from a tree in the courthouse yard last Saturday morning. A mob overtook sheriff and deputies en route to Shreveport and returned to Monroe to execute their contempt for the law. It is unclear what happened to John Richards the other suspect.
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Monroe
George McNeel
Court House Yard
Shreveport
John Richards
Dog License Not Ready Despite New Tax Ordinance
Hundreds of dog owners visited the Bureau of Police office seeking tags as a new dog tax ordinance takes effect. Tags and tax blanks are not yet ready, delaying license issuance for several weeks. The annual tax is one dollar for males and two dollars for females, with enforcement to follow after reasonable compliance.
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Walter Gilbert
Bureau of Police
Gilbert
Camp Meade Boys Return Home as Illness Reaches Nearby Families
Ardmore Pa March 27 Quite a number of boys from Camp Meade were home Sunday. Mrs Lacy Smith of 142 Simpson Road was summoned by illness in the mother of Danville Virginia. Miss Ada Smith of Haverford left this week for Charlottesville Virginia to visit her sister who is very sick.
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Ardmore Pa
Camp Meade
Lacy Smith
Simpson Road
Danville
Mise Ada Smith
Haverford
Charlottesville
Senators Alarmed by Illiteracy Figures Prompt Action Plan
Washington March 25. Senate hearings reveal 5 million plus illiterates over ten in the United States and 1.5 million native born whites. Army illiterates reach about 40,000 with another equal on the border line. Senator Smith seeks 50 000 to start education efforts. Smoot urges 500 000 funding for a national literacy push led from Washington with Y M C A and Knights of Columbus already helping.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Commissioner of Education
United States
Smoot
Utah
Smith
Bureau of Education
Washington
Knights of Columbus
Daylight Savings Bill Becomes Law in Washington
President Wilson signed the daylight saving bill, setting clocks forward one hour on the last Sunday in March and back one hour on the last Sunday in October. The change is described as seamless, with trains and daily life remaining unaffected.
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Washington
Wilson
French Jewish General Promoted to Brigadier General
Brigadier General Gideon Geismar of the French Artillery rises from orthodox Jewish upbringing to lead as Chief of Staff of an Army Corps and pursues Hebrew translations in leisure. In Warsaw reports, Poland will send fourteen Jews to the State Council.
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Gideon Geismar
Geismar
Warsaw
Poland
Council of the State
Berliner Tageblatt
Jewish People’s Party
Cholm
Ukraine
Theonist Organization
Harlan Bill Passes in Kentucky House of Representatives
Frankfort Ky March 23 The Kentucky House votes 70 to 0 to remove and punish county officials not doing their duty. The measure targets lynching and seeks to amend the state constitution, while the Senate has approved it and the governor supports the bill.
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Frankfort
House of Representatives
Senate
367th Infantry Receives Great Ovation in New York
In New York City on March 23 the 367th Infantry from Camp Upton was honored with a royal demonstration of welcome and appreciation. Governor Whitman Mayor Hylan and Assistant Secretary of War Scott took part as large crowds welcomed the New York guards.
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367Th Infantry
New York
New York City
Camp Upton
Whitman
Hylan
Fee
Hog Island Jim Crow Plant Exposed in Wartime Labor Bias
A critical letter condemns Hog Island shipyard for racial segregation in work and dining areas. It cites colored workers barred from skilled trades, a separate dining room, and gatekeeping by armed guards, urging fair treatment for African American laborers during wartime production.
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Hog
O. K
Kaiserfem
92nd Division Calls for Specialized Recruits at Camp Funston
Camp Funston Kansas March 27 The 92nd Division National Army seeks stenographers electricians auto mechanics machinists pharmacists hospital attendants clerks typists saddlers harness-makers and other skilled men. Colored registrants may be called sooner to fill crucial roles with preference to fields of best fit. Address Lieut T T Thompson Assistant Personnel Officer 92nd Division Camp Funston Kansas.
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Camp Funston
Kas
92Nd
National Army
T. T. Thompson
Kansas
Easter Concert in Meade Maryland by 368th Band
The 368th Infantry band presents an Easter Sunday program at Meade Maryland on March 31 with works by Gale Williams Südde Suppe Verdi and Henry Fillmore. Bandmaster A Jack Thomas conducts and the public is invited. Get off at Midway Station for the camp.
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Jeremy
Meade
Maryland
Gale— A. Jackomas
Suppe
Giadacee
Ancliffe
Slidus Trombonus—Lake
Sergt
Terry C. Williams
Amina A
Midway Station
Cemp
Richmond Lawyer Supports Jim Crow Labor Branch
Richmond Va March 25 Giles B Jackson a well known attorney is in Washington promoting a jim crow branch of the Bureau of Labor He indicates he will head the movement and has long defended Giles B though others were burned by his ventures
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Richmond
Giles B. Jackson
Washington
Bureau of Labor
Jackson
Giles B
Robbery at Philadelphia Home of W. Basil Webb
The Philadelphia home of W. Basil Webb at 1403 North Mervine Street was robbed of several hundred dollars worth of silverware and valuables last Monday. Duplicate keys were used to enter the residence where Webb long served as messenger to city mayors.
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W. Basil Webb
Philadelphia
North Mervine &I
Memphis Peace Effort Aims at Baptist Union Unity
Dr William H Moses of Zion Baptist Church reports to the peace commission of Memphis that old differences between two factions of the National Baptist Convention are resolved, paving the way for a united body through Christian fellowship.
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Wm. H. Moses
Zion Baptist Church
Peace Commission of
Baat
Memphis
National Baptist Convention
Former Nashville Teller Arrested for Embezzlement
Boston dispatch reports Overton Carter, once a Penny Savings Bank teller in Nashville Tennessee, arrested here on charges of embezzling 900 dollars and to be sent to the Southern City. He had been a fugitive since a prior incident.
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Boston
Mase
Overton Carter
Penny Savings Bank of
Nashville
Tenn
Joe Seeeere
Bank Caeh Siesies
Two Policemen Convicted of Larceny in Sessions Court
John Gaynor and Walter Loffier, both in uniform, were found guilty of larceny of $200 from Nellie Byrne in North Warnock Street. Byrne, after withdrawing money, was led astray, asked for directions, and later targeted by the officers who sought payment for a drink. The case underscores alleged police demoralization amid a city crime wave.
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Sessions Court
John Gaynor
Walter Loffier
Nellie Byrne
North Warnock Street
15Th
Piiest
Ings Bank
Wuson
Port Shows Greatness Bell Telephone Yearly Summary
At year end the Bell System counted 10,475,678 stations up 628,486 from the prior year. Of the total, 7, owned directly and 3,444,148 by independent operators under Bell contracts. Bell Companies hold 22,610,487 miles of wire with over 2 million added that year and copper 94 percent. Underground lines account for 5.90 percent of ground plant valued around 254.6 million dollars. Toll mileage with connecting companies nears 3.5 million miles, linking in one nationwide system across most states.
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Bell System
Bell
Bell and Connecting Companies
Editor of Pittsburgh Courier Appointed Assistant City Solicitor
Robert L. Vann editor of the burgh Courier and noted attorney at law has been named assistant city solicitor in Pittsburgh. He will fill a responsible post and is expected to be a credit to the race.
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Pittsburgh
Robert L. Vann
The
Burgh Courier
Vann
Soldier Refuses to Work Is Sentenced to Ten Years
A ten year sentence was given to Private Walter M. Griffin of Battery C 301st Field Artillery for twice disobeying Colonel E Cole. The court martial ordered him to tamp clay in a stable and to carry a wooden tamper to the regimental infirmary.
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Walter M. Griffin
Three Hundred and First Field Artillery
E. Cole
Griffin
Oegin
Ordre
Sailors in Disguise Spark Norfolk Crime Suspect Talk
In Norfolk on March 23 excitement rose as U S sailors were arrested for disguising as colored men with faces blackened. The incident sparked theories of a wave of crime blamed on Navy personnel and colored sailors.
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Norfolk
Church
United States
Trial of Dr Bundy continued until fall term
Waterloo Illinois March 22 Dr Leroy N Bundy charged with furnishing arms to colored men in East St Louis district Bond set at 14000 dollars and case continued to the next court term through the fall session.
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DR. Bundy
Waterloo
Ill
Leroy N. Bundy
East St. Louis
East St
Death of Mrs Annie Price
Mrs Annie Price died March 17 on Rowan Street. Funeral was held March 21 from her late residence with interment at Eden. Honorary pallbearers were members of Sons of Veterans Auxiliary No 80 including Mrs Williams, Mrs Mary Golden, White, and Gussie Johnson. Major Harry Williams led the procession and gave a stirring address. Sister Price and the camp’s families were escorted by Sergt Thos N Lane and Bowman.
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Annie Price
Power
Price
Rowan Street
Eden
Sons of Veteransiliary No
Williams
Mary Golden
White
Gussie Johnson
Harry Williams
N. Lane
Y Bowman
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Couter
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Haas
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