Liberian loan burying marks congress setback
Washington observers doubt any Negro benefit legislation will pass after the senate recommitted the $5,000,000 Liberian loan bill to the finance committee by a 42 to 33 vote. The conference drew attendees from far away as Nat. T. Frame and J. L. Banks spoke on agriculture and education while displays highlighted products, poultry and crafts.
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Senate Finance Committee
Simmons
North Carolina
Nat. T. Frame
West Virginia University
A. K. Kapling
Weslyan College
J. L. Banks
H. H. Winters
T. E. McDonald
Storer College
Want Men With Families to Work in Pittsburg Plants
Pittsburg district shows rising industrial activity and a labor shortage says John T. Clark executive secretary of the Urban League. Employers seek southern Negro workers with families to settle in the city, avoiding single men who are seen as unreliable. Clark can place hundreds of married men seeking steady northern employment.
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Pittsburg
John T. Clark
The
Urban League
League
Clark
Woman attempts suicide by swallowing poison in Atlanta
Mrs. Mary Hanes of 50 Gilmer street attempted death by own action last Monday night. Police broke into her home after screams and took her to Grady hospital where a stomach pump was used. She will probably recover.
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Atlanta
Mary Hanes
Gilmer Street
Grady Hospital
Steals Lodges' Funds Sentenced to Two Years
Pine Bluff Arkansas December 7 Z Z Lowe pleaded guilty in circuit court to embezzling funds of a lodge while employed as a collector for the organization. He received a two year sentence to hard labor in the state penitentiary.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Z. Z. Lowe
U S Negroes Rights Scraps of Paper
Moscow reports on Third Internationale discussions of the Negro question. Kolanoff proposes detailed reports to clarify the issue for Europeans while communists push a world congress of revolutionary Negro organizations to unite workers against capitalism. Claude McKay notes denial of free assembly and lynching in the United States amid capitalist propaganda.
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Moscow
Russia
Kolanoff
United States
Claude McKay
New York City
McKay
America
The Female Is Deadliest of the Species
Washington report says Miss Susie Jennifer hit Thomas White in a Southwest Washington dispute last Tuesday night. A policeman took them to the station and the next morning a judge fined each $25.
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Washington, D. C
Susie Jennifer
Thomas White
Jennifer
James Jones Celebrates 104th Birthday in Terre Haute
Terre Haute Indiana December 8 On Thanksgiving Day James Jones celebrated his 104th birthday. He appears spry as a man of 50 and credits his longevity to moderate tobacco use and regular eating and sleeping habits.
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Terre Haute
Ind
James Jones
Democrats Fight Dyer Bill in Senate
The Dyer Anti-Lynching bill faces fierce Senate opposition as southern Democrats, marked by filibuster tactics, resist provisions aiding American Negroes. The Haynes un-American speech is noted, with implicit Klan opposition seen as a major force against the measure.
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Dyer Bill
Senate
Washington, D. C
Haynes
Arkansas to Bar Klansmen from Jury Duty
Petitions circulate in Monroe county asking Judge Clark to bar Ku Klux Klan members from jury service in Monroe County Circuit Court at Clarendon. Reports say several thousand signatures, marking the first open opposition to the Klan in the county.
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Brinkley
Ark
Monroe County
Clark
Claredon
Hold Country Life Conference Near Harpers Ferry
The first country life conference for colored people concluded at the country community center near Harpers Ferry West Virginia last week. Initiated by Prof H H Winters Storer College Agriculture instructor the event proceeded through sessions despite unusually cold weather.
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Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Country Life
Country Community Center
Here
H. H. Winters
Storer College
Man Dies When Train Strikes Truck At Guinea Station
Fredericksburg Va Dec 7 Gable Redmond of Thornburg Va was killed instantly when a motor truck he rode in was struck by a northbound express train of the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad at Guinea Station. The truck was demolished after the collision as Redmond had just delivered a load of excelsior and was returning to Thornburg.
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Gable Redmond
Thornsburg
Guinea Station
Richmond-Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Redmond
Thornburg
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