Florida Negro Business League hears Sudduth in Tallahassee
Horace S. Sudduth, president of the National Negro Business League, declares the race’s spending power an unharnessed economic force as he addresses the Florida State Negro Business League convention in Tallahassee. The meeting featured leaders from nearly twenty Florida cities and emphasized American owned enterprises run by Black businessmen.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida State Negro Business League
Horace S. Sudduth
Cincinnati
Sudduth
National Negro Business League
Florida
J. H. Dickerson
Orlando
State League
James O. Mobley
Tallahassee League
Renew Bail Demand For Collis English Trenton Six
The Civil Rights Congress renewed its demand that Governor Alfred E. Driscoll grant immediate bail to Collis English, one of the two Negro victims in the Trenton Six case. English suffered a second heart attack and a heart specialist warned his future is uncertain as a public appeal urged letters and wires to the governor for bail and get well cards to the bedridden youth.
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Trenton
N. J
CRC
Civil Rights Congress
Alfred E. Driscoll
Collis English
English
Bessie Mitchell
Driscoll
State
Capitol
United Negro College Fund Campaign Opens in New York
In a Terrace Room speech at the ninth annual United Negro College Fund drive, W Stuart Symington urged solidarity between American ideals and practices to win foreign loyalty. The fund aims to raise 1.5 million dollars for 32 private accredited Negro colleges and universities. The event featured Harold L Trigg and other officials including C D Jackson and John D Rockefeller Jr. with several division chairs introduced.
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New York
America
W. Stuart Symington
United Negro College Fund
Harold L. Trigg
St. Augustine’s College
C. D. Jackson
Fortune Magazine
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Fund
National Council
Chauncey L. Waddell
New York City
Stanley C. Hope
Louise Morris
Uptown
Anti Tuberculosis League Elects Officers for 1953
Officers named at the ATL 45th annual meeting in Cincinnati include President Wm D Dickerson M D First Vice President John F Locke Second Vice President Laurence Mitchell Treasurer Louis A Hellming Secretary Bleecker Marquette. Trustees listed with multiple named physicians and professionals. Two board vacancies to be filled soon.
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Anti-Tuberculosis League
ATL
Hotel Vernon Manor
Cincinnati
Wm. D. Dickerson
M.D
John F. Locke
Laurence Mitchell
Louis A. Hellming
Bleecker Marquette
The
Anti- Tuberculosis League
President Moron Returns to Hampton Campus
Hampton Institute president Alonzo G Moron returned to the campus after a year in a New York State sanatorium. Acting president Robert Ogden Purves will continue admin duties through June 30 while Moron remains relieved of responsibilities. The welcome included a student council president address, performances, a bouquet, and a standing ovation.
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Hampton
Alonzo. G. Moron
Hampton Institute
Moron
Channing H. Tobias
Stephen J. Wright
Robert Ogden Purves
Dr. Tobias
Purves
Alfred E. Brown
Aliquippa
Penn
Henry N. Switten
Faye Robinson
Pine Bluff
Ark
Memorial for Bob Church Leader in Republican circles passes
Robert Bob Church a nationally known figure and sage of Republican leaders died last Thursday from a heart attack at the Lumpkin Hotel in Memphis. He was a prominent party veteran and influence in national politics. His death marks a notable loss for the party in Memphis and beyond.
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Robert
Bob) Church
Sage
Lumpkin Hotel
Memphis
Ethical Culture School Parents Required to Join PTA
New York city readers learn Ethical Culture Schools require automatic PTA membership for all parents of students at Midtown Fieldston and Fieldston Lower. The PTA Handbook stresses shared growth, home school collaboration, and active parental participation.
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Ethical Culture
PTA
New York
New York City
Felix Adler
Olive A. Adams
School and Home News
Midtown
Fieldston
Fieldston Lower
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Adams
Mary
Johnny
National Urban League Announces Major Reorganization
The National Urban League unveils three new senior posts to address defense impacted communities amid the Southern Negro migration. Western Field Director will direct Pacific Coast and Mountain States defense work from Pasadena starting January 15. Housing Director takes July 1 role in coordinating with public agencies and 60 affiliates. Community Services Director shifts to New York with Nelson Jackson overseeing local League activities and Southern Field Office.
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National Urban League
Lester B. Granger
Equal Economic Opportunity
League
Western
W. Miller Barbour
Denver Urban League
Pasadena
Calif
Pacific Coast
Mountain States
United Community Defense Services
Housing Department
Reginald A. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Nelson C. Jackson
Southern Field Division
Urban League
Atlanta
New York
Jackson
Southern Field Office
Johnson
NUS
Turmoil and upheaval shadow a restless world
In a turbulent era nations scheme for power and food while the United States envisions international control. Republicans anticipate a sweeping victory as the Sunny South wages social subjugation of the colored population amid professed Christianity.
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South
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Office of Price Stabilization
Moss H. Kendrix
MBL
Washington
George W. Gore, Jr
Florida A. and
M. College
Richard V. Moore
Bethune-Cookman College
Daytona Beach
Collis
Symington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
Missouri
Henry W. Backus
Halsey G. Bechtel
Wm. E. Bell
Paul Cassidy
D.ds
Edwin C. Faessler
Robt. R. Pitzpatrick
Sol H. Freiberg
Wm. S. Groom
Paul E. Heckel
D. W. Heusinkveld
M. D
Fred Lazarus
Ill
J. Stewart Mathews
J. P. Owens
Virgil D. Parish
Murray M. Shoemaker
Hubert T. Unger
Chas. H. Urban
Frank J. Ward
Carl A. Wilzbach
E. W. Mitchell
Wm. Muhlberg
Wm. L- Schneider
E. H. Schoenling
Dabney Seriously
W. P. Dabney
Union
President Moron
June L’rhue
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