Ohio CIO Chief Demands Action After Florida Murders
Columbus leader Jack Kroll urged President Truman to spare no effort to catch the killers of Mr and Mrs Harry T Moore after their Christmas night Miami home was bombed. He warned Congress to pass civil rights laws and pledged the FBI would pursue justice, saying the crimes threaten democracy and national tolerance.
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Columbus
Jack Kroll
Ohio Cio Council Today
Harry S. Truman
Harry T. Moore
Miami
Florida
United States
FBI
CIO
Congress
Kroll
Truman
Thine the Power and the Glory the Student Movement
Lawrence Kan New Year closes the 16th Quadrennial Convention of the Student Volunteer Movement at the University of Kansas with a hymn. Over 2000 delegates from 47 nations heard Rev E H Johnson say the gathering is the opening of the conference not the end. The theme Christ Kingdom Mans Hope frames discussions on world turmoil and disillusion as they return to campuses. Rev Charles Rawson warns the church cannot save civilization, stressing its mission rather than civilizational salvation in a three-lecture set.
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E. H. Johnson
Student Volunteer Movement
Christ
Louis says he can defeat Walcott and plans future in golf and TV
Joe Louis insists in Quick magazine that he could beat Jersey Joe Walcott in a return bout and contemplates resuming boxing licenses only after strict examinations. He says he loves golf more than boxing and hints at becoming a TV disc jockey while continuing as IBC director at 15000 dollars a year.
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Brown Bomber
Quick
International Boxing Club
Patterson in Paris demands UN debate on U.S. crimes against Negroes
William L. Patterson, head of the Civil Rights Congress, urges Eleanor Roosevelt to place a genocide petition on the UN Commission on Human Rights agenda. He cites the Moore murder and argues the United Nations must address crimes against African Americans as a global issue, seeking a personal hearing and UN scrutiny.
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Paris
France
Florida
NAACP
Harry T. Moore
William L. Patterson
Civil Rights Congress
Eleanor Roosevelt
U. S
United Nations
General Assembly
United States
UN Trusteeships Committee
Michael Scott
Scott
Union of South Africa
Patterson
Mrs. Roosevelt
Commission On Human Rights
Petterson
Harry Moore
Carver Federal Savings and Loans Opens New Building
New York carver Federal Savings and Loans Association moved into its new 75 West 125th Street building after passing 2 million dollars in assets. Opening day saw 300 new accounts totaling over 60 thousand dollars and more than 500 visitors. the third anniversary celebration runs through January as the bank pursues 4 million dollars in assets by year end 1952.
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New York
Global
Carver Federal Savings and Loans Association
Joseph E. Davis
West 125Th Street
Savings and Loan Organization
Year’s Best Recognition for Composer Howard Swanson
Howard Swanson, 42, earns top honors from the New York Music Critics Circle for Short Symphony, praised for melody and rhythm. His career spans Cleveland Institute of Music training, Paris study, and work with the Bureau of Internal Revenue while composing at night in Harlem.
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Howard Swanson
Swanson
Cleveland Institute of Music
Paris
Spain
U. S
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Harlem
Marian Anderson
Dimitri Mitropoulos
New York Philharmonic Symphony
Carnegie Hall
New York Music Critics Circle
Manhattan
White Methodists Need Three Churches a Day to Grow
Dr W Ver non Middleton of Philadelphia, executive of the Department of Church Extension, cites a demand for at least three new Methodist churches weekly for four years to serve 700 new communities lacking any church. He notes past campaigns Crusade for Christ 1944 48 and Advance for Christ and His Church 1948 52 boosted building, with Crusade funds around 2 million and Advance total 6 905 457 already pledged.
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W. Vernon Middleton
Philadelphia
Department of Church Extension of Methodism
Board of Missions
United States
Middleton
Crusade For Christ
Advance For Christ and His Church
Inventions by Negro Innovators Highlighted at Booker Washington Birthplace
A historical feature celebrates J. J. Matzeliger and other Black inventors, noting mass production, lower shoe costs, and gains in labor conditions. It details Matzeliger’s life from Dutch Guiana to Philadelphia and Lynn and his impact through the United Shoe Machinery Company. It lists other notable Black inventors and hints at continued contributions to American industry.
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Booker Washington Birthplace
Jan E. Matzeliger
Dutch Guiana
Philadelphia
Lynn
Massachusetts
Matzeliger
Sydney W. Winslow
United Shoes Machinery Company
New York Curb Exchange
Metropolitan Life halts eviction of tenants in Stuyvesant Town case
Albany news notes bipartisan pressure from Majority Leader Wicks and Assemblyman Austin urging Metropolitan Life to reconsider evictions of nineteen white tenants backing a discrimination anti eviction effort. Council President Halley convened a City Hall meeting after which all eviction notices were voided and all tenants, including Black tenants, remained.
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New York
Albany
Senate
Arthur H. Wicks
Bernard Austin
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Rudolph Halley
Hardine Hendrix
Halley
America
Fire at West Sixth Street Tenement Claims Another Victim
The December 24 blaze at 642 West Sixth Street raised the death toll to 10 after Helen Sinclair, 14, died at General Hospital. She was the seventh family member to perish from the fire. Coroner Lyle said she died from a blood disease linked to burns, having burns over 60 percent of her body. Frances Johnson, 54, remained in serious condition.
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West Sixth Street
General Hospital
Helen Sinclair
Herbert P. Lyle
Frances Johnson
Women from North and South Urge Pardon for Rosa Lee Ingram
Eleven women leaders from Northern and Southern states urged the Georgia Pardon and Parole Board at a public hearing on Monday January 14 to free Rosa Lee Ingram and her two sons. The delegation included members of the Georgia Council of Church Women, the Atlanta Council of Church Women, and NAACP representatives.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Georgia Pardon and Parole Board
Rosa Lee Ingram
Georgia Council of Church Women
Atlanta Council of Church Women
NAACP
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Tourna
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Ilinois
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Carvers
Time Magazine
Bohuslav Martini
Benjamin Britten
William Schuman
Judith
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Menotti
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New Jersey
W. B. Purvis
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