Crawford's Old Men's Home Reopens Undernew Management
After storms of lies and slander the Old Men's Home is open again though in debt and with a starving horse, ragged residents, and needed improvements. Mr and Mrs Sydney Brown lead efforts to restore the facility and a public plan statement will follow. Officers elected include W P Dabney president Rev W A Page vice president Atty A Lee Beaty treasurer C E Sampson secretary with Hor a Sudduth Wilbur A Page on the executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Men’s
Sydney Brown
W. P. Dabney
A. Page
Atty. A. Lee Beaty
C. E. Sampson
The Union Aims for Full Economic Social Opportunity
The Union advocates removal of handicaps and broad granting of the fullest opportunities for economic and social betterment. The statement emphasizes inclusive growth and equal access to advancement for all citizens.
Dining room discrimination and assault at the Capitol
Miss Byrd, once an administrator in the National Recovery Administration, fainted after being manhandled by Capitol police at the Senate dining room. She was detained for over an hour, then taken home for medical care. Accompanied by Miss Amelia Sears and Mrs. Clara Call Paige, Byrd faced denial of service due to race, sparking calls for civil action and tensions over two similar incidents in the Capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Byrd
United States Senate
Capitol
Byrd
Miss Byrd
Department of Research and Planing
National Recovery Administration
Pao
Senate
Amelia Sears
Associated Charities of
Chicago
Illinois
Clara Call Paige
Cook County
Board of Public Welfare
Capitol Police
Mrs. Paige
Miss Sears
Miss. Byrd
Race bias in government echoed by pundits in Washington
Observers close to government circles say no influential Democrat has spoken out against the Accounts Committee’s race discrimination or against the Rules unit’s federal sanctioned prejudice. They recall a long history of crude southern influence resurfacing in governance despite Franklin D. Roosevelt’s popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rules Committee
DePriest
House
Warren
Accounts Committee
North Carolina
Washington
Rules Unit
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Southerners Back Costigan Wagner Bill Before Senate Panel
A parade of white Southerners testified in support of the Costigan Wagner bill before a Senate sub committee. About fifty seven witnesses were scheduled, with half from the South or Maryland. A Tennessean group led by Albert E Barnett traveled 700 miles to speak, natives of Alabama and Georgia now living in Tennessee. The National Broadcasting Company aired the hearing nationwide as the NAACP reported letters and calls from San cast. The voice of the hearing was broadcast with few interruptions all day Tuesday and for several hours Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Senate
Costigan-Wagner
Maryland
Albert E. Barnett
Scarritt College
Nashville
Tenn
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
National Broadcasting Company
San Cast
Voewur
Noted Dancer Winfield Dies At 27 In New York City
Hemsley Winfield founder of the Negro Art Theatre Dance Group died at age 27 from pneumonia after overwork. He trained young Negro dancers at his studio at 232 West 135th Street and lectured on dance over the radio, earning recognition as a pioneer of Negro concert dancing in the United States.
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New York City
Hemsley Winfield
West 135Th Street
Winfield
Negro Art Theatre
United States
At The Cross Roads Race Relation Address in Denver
Fritz Cansler executive secretary of the Glenarm Branch Y M C A spoke to over two hundred Denver leaders at Washington Park Congregational church on Monday night. He urged critical examination of traditions shaping race relations during the Federation of Congregational Young People event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colon
Congregational
Washington Park
Fritz Cansler
Glenarm
Flays Bishop Vernon in Session After Acrid Debate
Laymen here last week adjourned after sharp disagreement over W T Vernon a deposed bishop accused of plotting activities that cost Western University Quindaro Kansas to the Church A resolution backed the Bishops Council action censuring Vernon and endorsed Bishop J A Gregg as presiding officer in the district where Western is located
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Vernon
Western University
Quindaro
Kansas
Vernon
Bishops Council
Wilberforce
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Crawford’s Old Men’s Home
Hora Sudduth
Real Estate Dept
Wilbur A. Page
Wade Apartments
N .E
John and
Wade
John C. Hertwig
Melrose
Bombay
Morris Lewis
Oscar DePriest
Rep. Ill
House of Representatives
Lewis
Miss Tyrol
Flays Bishop
Union
Willis Beauty Shop
Poro System
Econ R
Indian Arrow Herb Products Company
P. W. Whitson
Herbalist
Central Avenue
Cincinnati
Ohio
Jefferson
Ebersole Printing Co
Lueders Ave
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