Horace Sudduth Tribute From Testimonial Banquet
Horace Sudduth born August 8 1888 in Covington Kentucky rose from Pullman work to a noted real estate and holding companies figure. He built the Manse Hotel and led the Industrial Loan and Savings Co while serving as president of the National Business Men's League and supporting several orphan and old age homes.
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Covington
Howard University
Heavenly
Industrial. Loan and Savings Co
Manse Hotel
Pride of
Dabney
McGee execution protested by women groups worldwide
The Women's International Democratic Federation representing 91 million women across 60 countries protested from Berlin against the upcoming execution of Willie McGee in Mississippi. The U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Jacksonville rejected his lawyers' habeas corpus appeal. A National Committee to Save Willie McGee planned a White House vigil to urge President Truman to intervene under civil rights law.
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U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jacksonville
Florida
McGee
National Committee To Save
Willie McGee
White House
Washington, D. C
Truman
Fisk Student Admitted to Louisville Medical School
Fisk University senior Joseph L. Alexander, 21, of Anchorage Kentucky, has been admitted to the freshman class of the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He is the first Negro enrolled in the medical school in its 114 year history and is an honor student listed in Who's Who. Alexander won a four year Fisk scholarship through a scholastic competition and was among six Negro applicants this fall.
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Fisk University
Joseph L. Alexander
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Fisk
Anchorage
Kentucky
Alexander
Wright
Red Cross Campaign Backed By Many American Groups
From Korea to the United States Ameri cans are joining forces in endorsing the March 1951 Red Cross appeal for 85 million dollars. Signatures include leaders from industrial racial military and labor groups. Philip Slomovitz urges support for peace security and humanitarian relief through the Red Cross and its aid to armed forces and civil defense programs.
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Korea
Truman
United States
Red Cross
Eleanor Roosevelt Awards Honor at Howard University Dinner
New York city on Sunday March 4 featured Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt presenting the Achievement Award to Dr Franklin Frazier at the Howard University Charter Day Dinner in the Skyline Room. Wm H Brown hosted with remarks by James Nabrit and musical performances by Coletta Warren and J Richmond Johnson. The Howard University Club Scholarship Award of 100 dollars went to Norma McEachron, now studying locally.
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New York
Wm. H. Brown
Theresa
Howard University
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin Frazier
James Nabrit
Howard
Chaplin Johanna Shields
Woodrow W. Carter
Richmond Johnson
Coletta Warren
Howard University Club
Norma McEachron
Glamour Queen Dorothy Dandridge Sparks Hollywood Buzz
Chicago readers learn Ebony hints that Dorothy Dandridge, Cleveland born night club singer and dancer, may become Broadway and TV star after leaving MGM. At 28 she stars in Tarzan's Peril and The Harlem Globetrotters, with Sol Lesser calling her terrific. Her mother Ruby Dandridge is a radio actress.
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Chicago
Ill
Hollywood
Dorothy Dandridge
EBONY
Negro Picture Magazine
Dorothy Dandrige
Harlem Globe- Trotters
Sol Lesser
Miss Dandridge
Jimmie Lunceford
Ruby Dandridge
Oriole
Beulah
Think Less of Politics More of People
A 1949 commentary urges Washington to supply grain to India during Nehru’s U S visit, arguing US aid would aid humanity and bolster Asia policy. It cautions that tying relief to Korea policy risks public resentment and loss of influence in Asia.
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Washington
Nehru
United States
New Delhi
India
Asia
Koreas
National fashion designers hold second annual convention in New York
The National Association of Fashion and Accessory Designers plans a three day convention beginning Thursday April 12. A national fashion show will climax the event at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. President Freddye S Henderson of Atlanta announces. Sessions, public programs, and conferences were drafted by leaders including Mrs Henderson Jeaneatta Welch Brown Ruth Toles Cornele Cuyset and Zelda Wynn Valdez. All sessions at Theresa Hotel.
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New York
National Association of Fashion and Accessory Designers
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Freddye S. Henderson
Atlanta
Henderson
Jeaneatta Welch Brown
Washington
Ruth Toles
Chicago
Cornele Cuyset
Zelda Wynn Valdez
Theresa Hotel
AME Bishops shuffle leaders after Morris Brown dispute
The AME Bishops Council ended a Mid-Winter session by reassigning Bishop R. R. Wright from Georgia to Arkansas-Oklahoma, Bishop William A. Fountain to Alabama, and Bishop S. L. Greene to Georgia. It praises Wright for accountability at Morris Brown College while noting former president Fountain’s ouster amid funds controversy.
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AME Bishops Council
California
R. R. Wright
Georgia
Arkansas-Oklahoma
William A Fountain
Alabama
S. L. Greene
Wright
Morris Brown College
William A. Fountain, Jr
Morris Brown
Bishop Fountain
Fountain
College of Liberal Arts
AME
Bishop Wright
Garrett Honored by Look Magazine
Sherman White, near player of the year, is dropped from Look Magazine 1951 All-America. Bill Garrett of Indiana makes Look’s second team as others like LeRoy Smith and White face gambling disclosures. The quintet includes McArthur, Milkey, Ranzino, Spivey, HutCHins, with Look praising college honesty.
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Sherman White
Look
White
LeRoy Smith
Long Island University
Look Magazine
Bill Garrett
Indiana
Garrett
Big Ten
Bill
Gale McArthur
Oklahoma A. & M
Bill Milkey
Temple
Sam Ranzino
North Carolina State
Bill Spivey
Kentucky
Brigham Young
Mel Hutchins
Townsend Leads Wage Increases For Rail Workers
President Willard S. Townsend and the CIO United Transport Service Employees win a 12 cent hourly wage hike retroactive to February 1, with prospect of 25 cents by year end via an escalator clause. The accord, signed in Washington, D. C., adds back pay for February and anticipates quarterly adjustments through 1951. Covington, Frazier, Weaver, and Cannady are named as the committee assisting Townsend.
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Willard S. Townsend
THE
United Transport Service Employees, Cio
WIN
Townsend
Interracial Catholic Co op buys 115 acre farm for housing
Morganza Maryland St Josephs Welfare Club buys a 115 acre farm to form a cooperative to house white and Negro parishioners in their own plots. The plan begins with crop farming to build cash reserves before constructing housing on plots of one to five acres. Father Michael F Kavanagh notes outside contributions exceeding 1500 dollars.
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Morganza
St. Joseph’s Welfare Club
Michael F. Kavanagh
S. J
United States dares Russia to a UN armed forces census
The United States challenged Russia to allow a United Nations census of soldiers sailors guns tanks and planes to prove which side has the larger armed forces The move follows a Russian note to Britain accusing Western powers of having twice as many men under arms than the Soviet Union Russia has rejected prior calls for such a count
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United States
Russia
United Nations
U. S
Soviet Union
Britain
Court Rules Costonie Not Father Of Baby
A paternity suit filed by Henrietta Tyler was dismissed after a Special Sessions trial. Kiawah Costonie, Jr. is not the father of Tyler's three-year-old son. Justices Miles Paige Frank Oliver and John V. Flood presided over the case.
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Costonie
Prophet Kiawah
Tony” Costonie
Henrietta Tyler
Miles Paige
Frank Oliver
John V. Flood
Miss Tyler
Kiawah Costonie, Jr
Taxman Seizes Nat King Cole Mansion Over Taxes
New York reports a 1949 tax curfew set March 15 with billions paid. In Los Angeles Nat King Cole had his $85,000 mansion seized for alleged 1947 to 1949 tax owed totaling $146,000. Cole disputes the claim, saying he pays income taxes regularly and calls the action political. He notes a Washington letter offering consideration for repayment.
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New York
California
Los Angeles
Nat “King” Cole
Uncle Sam
Internal Revenue
Cole
Washington
Jefferson Jackson Dinner set for April 14 in Washington
The Jefferson Jackson Dinner, a national Democratic banquet in Washington on April 14, features Congressman Wm. L. Dawson as vice chairman. Each $100 contributor gets a complimentary reserved seat ticket. Dabney declines, citing busy schedule collecting debts from subscribers.
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Washington
Wm. L. Dawson
Dawson
Dabney
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New York, N. Y
Women’s
Ternational Democratic Federation
Berlin
Mississippi
Civil Rights Congress
Martinsville
Virginia
RED Cross Campaign
Philip Slomovitz
American Association of
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
Dandridge
England
Atlanta Daily World
James P. Covington
Kavanagh
By Caroline Dixon
Amsterdam
Count A. J. Gary
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