Insull as seen by Chicago's Negro community
A historical sketch notes Chicago financier Samuel Insull as a polarizing figure among Black residents. It recalls the 1930 Greater Provident Hospital fundraising banquet at Palmer House, where Insull and Jesse Binga urged large gifts, but neither of those pledges was ever paid. the piece contrasts Insull with Julius Rosenwald and hints at racial and social dynamics of the era.
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Greater Provident Hospital
Palmer House
Insull
Cotton Control Bill Sparks Alarm Across South
Washington reports the Bank head cotton-control bill would empower the Secretary of Agriculture to dictate how much cotton 2,000,000 farmers may sell from their 1934 crop. Secretary Wallace calls it an interesting experiment while Senator Gore warns it risks destroying private property and liberty, likening it to a desert by statute.
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Washington
CNS
Secretary of Agriculture
South
Wallace
Gore
Oklahoma
Negro Republicans seek greater party recognition in precincts
A delegation of Negro leaders headed by Attorney A Lee Beaty met with Charles E Tudor chairman of the Republican Central Committee on Tuesday. They presented resolutions asking the Executive committee to grant Negro Republicans fuller recognition and greater roles in predominately Black precincts and in party appointments. Tudor agreed to bring the matter before the Republican Executive committee.
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Charles E
Tudor
Republican Central Committee
Prisoner Slain in Crowded Texas Court Room
In Crockett Texas Ben Ellis shot and killed a Black man accused of murdering his uncle J M Ellis a white merchant during jury selection for the defendant Frank Brisby District Judge Ben F Dent cleared the room and Ellis was allowed bond set at 2500 after the fatal shot narrowly missed State Senator Nat Patton the defense attorney and others in the crowded courtroom
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J. M. Ellis
Ellis
Nat Patton
Items of Interest Knoxville Norris Dam project and protests
A roundup of civil rights and labor notes from across the nation. Topics include employment for Negro workers in the Norris Dam Section of the Tennessee Valley project, editors traveling to Washington to advocate for Negro labor, protests against hospital nursing discrimination in Los Angeles, a petition drive in Louisville for a new high school, and the Kentucky Negro Educational Association convention featuring Dr. Carter G. Woodson and other leaders.
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New York
N. Y
Elmer Anderson Carter
Opportunity Magazine
Washington
Louisville
Kentucky Negro Educational Association
Carter G. Woodson
Eugene Kinckle Jones
R. B. Atwood
Clyde E Sampson Named District Manager for Supreme Life
Clyde E Sampson, formerly with National Benefit Life and recently with Supreme Life Insurance, was appointed district manager Monday morning. He aims to expand the agency by recruiting new workers across the community to build a larger, well deserved clientele.
Rack justice and race in Crockett Texas court
The excerpt notes a white supremacist view in the Sunny South and describes a Crockett Texas trial where a Negro charged with murder is defended by a nephew who fires at the prisoner, then surrenders after posting a $2,500 bond. The piece lampoons the bias and violence in the legal system.
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Jesse Binga
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Crockett, Texas
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Frank Brisby
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Ben F. Dent
Lovato Ovawada
Knoxville, Tenn
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Frankie Wallace
Kid Chocolate
Los Angeles
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A. M. E. Church
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