Haitian patriot group asks U.S. to withdraw armed forces from Haiti
Pierre Hudicourt, representing the Haitian Patriotic Union, delivers to President Coolidge and Secretary of State a memorandum urging removal of U.S. armed forces from Haiti. The document accuses Haiti's government of sidelining elected representatives, notes General Russell's control, and urges restoration of representative rule. The Patriotic Union, a non-partisan body, has over 20,000 members across Haiti.
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Patriotic Union
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Pierre Hudicourt
Hague Peace Tribunal
American Institute of International Law
Haitian Patriotic Union
Coolidge
Secretary of State
Haiti
Council of State
Wudicourt
Louis Borno
Hudicourt
Russell
Bara
U. S
Hughes
Patriotic Union of Haiti
Iland
President Coolidge commends Memphis hero Thomas Lee
Thomas Lee of Memphis, who saved thirty two lives when the steamer Norman sank on the Mississippi, was honored by President Coolidge at the White House. Lee, with the Memphis News-Scimitar editors, toured Washington, placed a wreath at Arlington, and planned to publish his account for Carnegie medal consideration. He thanked Memphians for their support and hoped to return with his two sons.
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Monitor
Walter J. Singleton
Washington, D. C
Thomas Lee
Memphis
Norman
Mississippi River
President Coolidge
White House
Memphis News-Scimitar
Lee
Washington
Coolidge
Tennessee Association of
District of Columbia
Washington Post
Arlington National Cemetery
F. J. A. Bennett
Cascate
Thomas
Woodrow
Omaha Graduates of 1925 Class Highlight Local Dorsey Gordon Starks
The University of Omaha Class of 1925 honors Grace Dorsey Frances Gordon and Cecelia Starks. Dorsey receives Primary Kindergarten certificate and Gordon and Starks earn BA degrees. Dorsey and Gordon are Omaha natives. Starks hails from Texas. All plan to teach. Commencement was held Thursday night.
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University of Omaha
Grace Dorsey
Frances D. Gordon
Cecelia Starks
Miss Dorsey
8. H. Dorsey
Parker Street
Miss Gordon
Gibson D. Gordon
Binney Street
St. Philip's Episcopal Church
St. Paul's Presbyterian Church
Mids Starks Pilgrim's Baptist Church
University
Dentist thanks NAACP for aid in discrimination case
New York June 6 Dr Leon W Headon of Chicago dentist who won a civil rights suit against Tivoli Theatre Co has written to thank the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for its aid. He sent a check reimbursing the NAACP for money used to bring a New York witness to testify at the Chicago trial. He expresses appreciation and support for the organization and its principles.
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New York
Leon W. Headen
Chicago
Tivoli Theatre Co
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Headon
Ethiopians Not Negroes Says Harvard Study
Harvard scientists led by Dr Geo A Reisner for twenty six years studying ancient Egypt claim Ethiopians and Abyssinians were mixed races not African Negroes. They state the region hosted brown skinned peoples and deny any tribe on Africa ethnologically classified as Negro. The term Negro originated with the Portuguese meaning black.
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Columbian Press Bureau
Washington, D. C
Harvard University
Geo. A. Reisner
Ancient
Egypt
Abyssinia
Ethiopia
Africa
Pullman Company Names Negro Expert for Labor Relations
Washington June 5 C Cornelius Webb long time Pullman employee of 1778 Teastreet N W has been named special investigator and conciliator in the companys Bureau of Industrial Relations Chicago MI Webb will tour the eight Pullman zones to improve service and ensure fair wages and labor conditions for about 11000 Negro service workers, noting the disparity in business access between colored and white communities.
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Columbian Press Bureau
Washington, D. C
Cornelius Webb
Teastreet
N. W
Pullman Company
Bureau of Industrial Relations
Chicago
Pullman Eare
Webb
Pullman
Pickens to Speak in Omaha at Mass Meeting
William Pickens former Morgan College dean who resigned to work with the NAACP will address a large audience at St John AME Church in Omaha on Sunday afternoon June 14. Those who hear him once often attend again.
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Omaha
William Pickens
Morgan College
National Association For the
U.S. Laborer Best Paid in World Says Board
Washington June 5 The National Industrial Board released a survey showing American workers are paid far more than peers in Europe. It states wages measure buying power, with U S earners earning over twice British, nearly three times Dutch, more than three times German, and about five times Italian workers.
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Columbian Press Bureau
Washington, D. C
United States
National Industrial Board
America
Europe
Sai
London
Amsterdam
Germany
Italy
Girl Brutally Attacked At Thirtieth And Ohio Streets
Miss Bernice Givens a cafe worker reported being dragged into an alley by an unidentified man at Thirtieth and Ohio, about 1 a.m. Wednesday. Despite screams neighbors hesitated to intervene. police urged action as she described the assailant. The story also notes local land value decline and a Baptist church baptism controversy.
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Bernice Givens
DeLuxe
Thirtieth
Ohio
Miami Street
Burdette Street
Miami
Miss Givens
President and Mrs Coolidge Attend Cadet Drill in Washington
An 80,000 strong crowd watched the 24th Regiment Washington High School Cadets Corps drill at Griffith Stadium. President Coolidge, Mrs Coolidge, and the Japanese ambassador attended as Company G led by Captain Carl F. Darden won the battalion drill, with Dunbar High School cadets second and third in company events. Awards included diamond studded trophies, gold medals, and ribbons as officers and cadets received honors from a committee chaired by Lieut. Col. Noburn Morris.
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Walter J. Singleton
Washington, D. C
24Th Regiment
Washington High School Cadets Corp
Griffith Stadium
United States
Coolidge
Arthur Brooks
A. M. Curtis
Daniel Murry
Robert G. Weaver
John C. Payne
John G. Baytop
Committee On Awards
Darden
Weaver l
Payne
Noburn Morris
Wallace M. Cragie
U.S. A
Washington
A. Hayden Johnson
Sboaed of Education
Education Department
Frank W. Ballou
Stephen E. Kramer
Robert L. Haycock
Garnet C. Wilkinson
James T. Lloyd
Board of Education
Ewin C. Graham
Coralle F. Cook
F. I. A. Bennett
Crawford and Pinkston attend Harriett Russ wedding
Mrs H J Crawford and her daughter Mrs Florentine F Pinkston traveled to Denver for the wedding of Miss Harriett Russ, the Crawford aunt's niece, to be held Wednesday at the Church of the Redeemer.
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H. J. Crawford
Florentine F. Pinkston
Denver
Miss Harriett Russ
Church of the Redeemer
Miss Russ
Mrs. Crawford
Miss Gladys Brown Receives B A Degree at Nebraska State
Miss Gladys Edrose Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs Jasper E Brown of 2884 Miami Street will receive her Bachelor of Arts degree from the Nebraska State University Lincoln on Saturday She was born in Omaha and graduated Central High School in 1921 She spent freshman year at the University of Kansas before entering Nebraska in her sophomore year majoring in history She plans to teach and is a communicant of St Philips Episcopal Church
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Gladys Edrose Brown
Jasper E. Brown
Miami Street
Nebraska State University
Lincoln
Miss Brown
Omaha
Central High School
University of Kansas
University of Nebraska
Sophmore
St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Will Organize American Labor Unions Campaign
The International Labor News Service reports that 108 unions plan a campaign to organize colored workers into local and national groups. Organizers will speak at factories during noon hours and moving pictures will promote unity as lecturers tour major U. S. and Canadian points.
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Columbian Press Bureau
Washington, D. C
International Labor News Service
United States
Canada
National Colored People complaint against The Argus referred to Justice
A letter from the U S Post Office Department informs the National Colored People that its complaint about The Argus of Rockaway Beach New York has been sent to the Department of Justice for investigation. The editorial urged white men to take matters into their own hands regarding Negroes accused of harassing women and avoid court action.
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New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
U. S. Post Office Department
the Argus
Rockaway Beach
N. Y
Department of Justice
Fire of Unknown Origin Threatens Dwelling
Fire broke out at 2411 Seward street at 1 40 Thursday afternoon. Mrs Mamie Atkins was sleeping in the room where the fire originated and could give no information as to the origin of it. Home company No 6 extinguished the blaze with little damage to the house and none to the furnishings. Mr and Mrs Donald G Morton have returned to Omaha after touring the west in concert work. Mrs Morton will fill engagements this summer with Destinnes band. Miss Frances D Gordon left for Jacksonville to bring home her mother who has been an invalid for years but has improved since her trip to her old home.
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Seward Street
Mamie Atkins
Home Company No. 6
Donald GC. Morton
Irene Cochran
West
Omaha
Morton
Destinnes
Frances D. Gordon
Jacksonville, Jr
Twelve Colored Students Graduate From Central and Tech High
Central and Tech High schools report twelve colored graduates this year, raising the combined totals to 734 with South, North, and Benson High Schools. Central and Tech each show four girls and three or four boys, led by notable athletes Solomon and Thomas who earned several medals and honors.
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Central and Tech
South High
North High
Benson High
Aes
Central
Tech
Centralites
Gerald Adams
Jense C, Hutton
Martin , Thomas
Weldon Solomon
Florence Jones
Melva McCaw
Ruth Pegg
Ted
Mae Allen
Katiie Cheney
Cleone Macklin
Helen Redd
Theodore Davis
Teddy
Solomon
Thomas
Schmidt
Hotel Fontenelle
Washington Colored Woman Bequeaths $1000 to NAACP
Washington D C June 5 The Inter Mrs Bettie G Francis of Washington filed a will bequeathing 1000 to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Other beneficiaries include Howard University 2500 and Phyllis Wheatley Y W C A 1000 Mrs Francis was an active worker in the Washington branch of the NAACP P
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Washington, D. C
Bettie G. Francis
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Howard University
Phyllis Wheatley
Francis
Washington
August births lowest infant mortality. June highest
Mortality is lowest for infants born in August and highest for those born in June. Premature infant mortality exceeds term by over sixfold. Among 1000 colored females ten years or older, 389 are employed versus 172 native white females. Detroit expected to lead 1926 convention activity due to conditions across the river. Colored boot and shoe dealers average one per 72,169 of their group. Chicago Defender Prettiest Girl contest winner likely.
Brown's Omaha Royal Giants to Play Summer Doubleheader
Brown's Omaha Royal Giants, Omaha's first colored baseball club, will be a summer attraction with a double-header against a leading colored nine in the National Colored League at League Baseball Park. The Giants, who will base in Omaha on weekends, prepare for series with the Sioux City Ghosts on June 12, 13, 14 and in Sioux City mid-June, with the listed lineup including Smith, Ir, Stewart, Redd, Hines, Brown, Hancock, Giles, Gray, Ragland, Burne.
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Brown
Omaha Royal Giants
Omaha
League Baseball Park
Fifteenth
Vinton Streets
Omaha Giants
Sioux City
Parity in Maryland teacher salaries sparks equalization drive
Maryland colored teachers mounted a campaign to raise pay to match white instructors. The piece notes identical qualifications yet wage discrimination persists, linking equity to broader educational improvement and declining literacy where equalized salaries exist. It cites Governor Coolidge and broader racial themes alongside various anecdotes.
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Columbian Press Bureau
Baltimore
Monumental City
Maryland
Coolidge
Massachusetts
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Harry 0. Atwood
Sylvester Epps
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Othello de W. Branson
Frank J. Herbert
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Chicago Defender
Detroit
By Thornton Fisner
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New York City
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