Colored Athletes Highlight 1936 37 Track Stars
New York named Jim Herbert John Woodruff Ed Burke Cornelius Johnson Mel Walker Ben Johnson and Bulace Peacock as outstanding track and field athletes of the 1936 1937 season by J P Abramson. Herbert the Curb Exchange ace rose to prominence by midsummer sweeping middle distance races and defeating Eddie O Brien of Syracuse and Charlie Beetham of Ohio State before O Brien edged ahead late season. Woodruff Olympic 1000 meter champion excelled in the half mile and won the intercollegiate half mile title. Continued on Page 3
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New York
CNA
Jim Herbert
John Woodruff
Burke
Cornelius Johnson
Mel Walker
Ben Johnson
Bulace Peacock
J. P. Abramson
New York Times
Herbert
Curb Exchange
Celebrities to Speak at Free Church Institute in Chicago
Col Simmons will headline at the Free Church Fellowship Annual Institute in Chicago April 6 to 8. Other noted figures include Sydney Snow, A W Palmer, W R Amberson, Mann, Jerome Davis, John H Lathrop, James Myers, Ivan Lee Holt, Leon M Kirkhead, Jerome C Kerwin, Preston Bradley, and Charles R Joy. The program hinges on minorities questions and minorities at home.
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Chicago
Roscoe Conkling Simmons
Free Church Fellowship
Sydney Snow
Meadville Seminary
Roscoe Simmons
A. W. Palmer
Chicago Theological Binary
W. R. Amberson
Univer
Tennessee
Rabbi Mann
Sina Temple
Jerome Davis
Yale University
John H. Lathrop
Brooklyn
James Myers
Federal Council of Churches
Ivan Lee Holt
St. Louis
Leon M. Kirkhead
Kansas City
Jerome C. Kerwin
University of Chicago
Catholic Scholar
Preston Bradley
Auditorium of Peoples Church
Charles R. Joy
Boston
American Unitarians
Marian Anderson shines with General Motors Symphony at Carnegie Hall
The world renowned Negro contralto Marian Anderson appeared as soloist with the General Motors Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, marking a historic first for a Black artist on a major commercial program. Her performance of O Mio Fernando from Donizetti’s LElisir dAmore drew thunderous praise as audiences, unaware of her race, celebrated her artistry. Earlier she sang in Cincinnati at the Netherland Plaza Hotel amid sensational reception.
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New York
Marion Anderson
Gneral Motor’s Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
Miss Anderson
Ethel Waters
Clarence Muse
Hall Johnson
Marian’ Anderson
Cincinnati
Hotel Netherland Plaza
Cincy Ranks Third In Auto Accidents
Nine fatalities in eight days mark a surge of crashes as Cincinnati faces a record rate. The Traffic Safety Council warns the city is becoming the nation’s third most dangerous, with drivers and pedestrians ignoring signals and blocking streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
The
Traffic Safety Council
Selassie Protests Again to League of Nations
Geneva report says Emperor Haile Selassie renews protest to the League of Nations over Italy’s massacre of Ethiopians following the attempt on Marshal Graziani. He asks the League to appoint a commission of inquiry to record all horrors attributed to the Italian government in Ethiopia.
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Geneva
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Italy
Graziani
League
Federal Workers Press for Higher Wages
Edgar G. Brown of the United Government Employees praised the Negro press for backing the drive to secure a $1,500 minimum wage and wage increases for all federal and district workers earning under $3,600 annually.
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Washington
$100000 Man Achieves 100K Production in 1936
Nickens, manager at Victory Mutual Life Insurance New Rochelle office, plus C C Gales of Harlem, reached the 100000 production class on individual merit. Nickens, from Decatur, studied business at Wilberforce University Calvin Service.
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Victory Mutual Life Insurance Company
North Avenue
New Rochelle
N. Y
C. C. Gales
Harlem
Nickens
Decatur
Wilberforce University
Calvin Service
Picket Italian Consulate Aid Sent To Spain
Harlem protests Italian fascist actions in Ethiopia and supports Spanish aid. Ghvet Imru leads 500 Ethiopian fighters in Spain against Franco Mussolini and Hitler. Medical supplies collected for Ethiopia are redirected to aid Spanish democracy via American Friends of Spanish Democracy. A mass meeting at Mecca Temple backs Harlem picket plans.
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New York
CNA
Harlem
Addis Ababa
Ghvet Imru
Ras Imru
Ethiopia
Spain
Franco
Mussolini
Hitler
United Aid
Friends of Spanish Democracy
Mecca Temple
Girolamo Valenti
la Stampa Libera
Massachusetts State Job Named Bullock Supervisor of Case Work
Matthew W. Bullock was named supervisor of case work in the Department of Correction by State Commissioner Arthur T. Lyman last week. He succeeds Frank B. Howland after nine years on the Parole Board, a position now held by Silas F. Taylor.
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Boston
Mass
Matthew W. Bullock
Department of Corrections
Arthur T. Lyman
Bullock
Frank B. Howland
Parole Board
Silas F. Taylor
Lincoln University Nursery School's First Anniversary
Jefferson City report notes the Lincoln University Nursery School marked its first anniversary last week. The school is a WPA project and reflects ongoing New Deal efforts in education and community programs.
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Jefferson City
Lincoln University
Star Agent Wins Ten-Year Success With Calvin Service
The Star Agent, manager of production for Victory Mutual Life in New York, 2303 Seventh Avenue, is one of two from the agency to hit the $100,000 yearly class last year. Gales of Marshall Texas, educated at Texas College, lives by three rules: work, work, work. Former Pullman employee fired for union support, now after ten years he found success in Calvin Service.
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New York
Victory Mutual Life Insurance Company
Seventh Avenue
Gales
Marshall
Tex
Texas College
Pullman
Calvin Service
No Color Line in Crime Sparks Race Tensions
In New York a 27 year old Black porter Doran Roach was arrested in Plainsfield New Jersey for the murder of Celia Kadesh and the stabbing of her daughter amid a sweep that also saw six white men in Brooklyn charged with offenses against children. Police allege Roach confessed to the killing for theft. Ossido Salvatore a white barber is charged with the child’s murder in Queens. Sporrer beat the girl with a claw hammer and disposed of her body. The incident is tied to a broader press controversy over race and crime reporting.
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New York
CNA
Doran Roach
Porter
Roach
Plainsfield
N. J
Celia Kadesh
Betty Green
Brooklyn
Major Green
Queens
Hearst Press
Hearst
New York Journal
Salvatore Ossido
Ossido
Einer Sporrer
Auto Union Seeks Equal Pay Across All Workers
Detroit CNA reports the United Automobile Workers union reiterates its pledge to Negro workers and calls for equal pay for equal work regardless of age sex color or locality. GM has conceded most demands but resists a national minimum hourly wage and nondiscriminatory equal pay.
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Detroit
CNA
United Automobile Workers Union
General Motors
Religion Must Evolve With Modern Times Says Preacher
Dr. Harry Granison Hill spoke on Emerging Religion at New Thought Temple, arguing religion cannot remain static amid upheavals reshaping politics, morals, science, and social life. He warned against complacency while affirming faith endures through selective change and enduring teachings.
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Harry Granison Hill
New Thought Temple
Hill
Baptists plan Bahama Island Community House opening
A leader group of prominent Baptists led by Rev. T Theodore Lovelace will depart in April to establish a Bahama Islands Community House. The project will include a Day Nursery and Educational Center with Miss Mattie Fisher in charge of education and Mrs M B Donaldson as matron.
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Chicago
ANP
T. Theodore Lovelace
Home Mission’ Board
National Baptist Convention, Inc
Bahama Islands
M. B. Donaldson
Islands
Mattie Fisher
Olivet Baptist’ Church
Rareface
W H. Harris
George W. Robinson
Des Moines
Iowa
I. M. Coggs
Wisconsin
Women
Home . Mission Board
Simonette
Bahamas
Armstrong Beats Spoldi In Madison Square Garden Fight
Henry Armstrong, the California featherweight, won a ten round decision over Aldo Spoldi at Madison Square Garden before 9 852 fans who paid 21 202 dollars. Armstrong led eight of ten rounds but was judged to have won nine due to a fourth round low blow. Sports experts likened the bout to a Louis Pastor marathon as Armstrong chased Spoldi throughout.
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New York
Henry Armstrong
California
Aldo Spoldi
Madison Square Garden
Armstrong
Spoldi
Sit-Down Strike by Breast Milk Workers Demands Raise
In Chicago six of seven color ed women employed by the Health Department who provide breast milk staged a sit down strike Tuesday to press for a raise from four to ten cents an ounce. They also receive carfare and a quart of cow's milk daily.
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Chicago
Health Department
Hearing on anti lynching legislation set for March 31
Congressman advises editor W P Dabney of Cincinnati that a Judiciary Committee hearing on his anti lynching bill and related measures will be held next Wednesday March 31 at 10 30 a m in the House Judic iary Committee Room. He urges all interested to testify.
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Dabney
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
Sit-Down Strikes Net Wide Gains
New York reports the sit-down strike as labor’s rising tactic under CIO leadership. Recognition of collective bargaining rights in auto, rubber, steel, and other sectors has yielded wage increases for thousands, with Chrysler seen as poised to broaden benefits. The movement challenges AF of L leaders and prompts White House discussions on federal action.
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New York
NYA
Chrysler
A. F. of L. Executive Council
Roosevelt
Ford
Faculty drive raises five thousand in Wilberforce
Under chair Prof Tressie Clark Daniel the faculty student and employee workers in the Founder's Day Drive raised 5460.31 last week.
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Wilberforce
Oil
ANP
Sensational racial views surface in Dabney era text
The dated passage attacks colored citizens and Jews, praising racist schemes and discussing supposed criminal acts. It frames violence and sexual assault as racially charged issues, arguing manipulation of groups and finances to uplift certain races while degrading others.
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Dabney
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Col. Simmons
Marian Anderson
Sam E. Heyward, Jr
O Mio Fernando
Donzetti
Jesus
Berlin
Stuermer
Julius Streicher
Christ
Federal Workers Land Press
G. William Nickens
Valenti
Massachusetts
Star Agent
Cc. C. Gales
Auto Union
Tive
Theo
Baptists Community House
L. K. Williams
Olivet Baptist Church
National Baptist Association, Inc
Congress of the
United States
Washington, D. C
W. P. Dabney
Cincinnati, Ohio
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