Ohio House rebuffs Senate FEPC bill in close vote
In a tense session the Ohio House refused to concur in the Senate FEPC bill by 63 to 65, sending amended H. R. 106 to a conference committee. Republicans mostly opposed FEPC while several Democrats supported it, with debate sharp and partisan as supporters decried the Senate version as weak. The conference committee is expected to craft a compromise FEPC measure.
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House of Representatives
House
Senate
FEPC
Conference Committee
Employment Service reports 18,846 jobs filled in April
Columbus Ohio The Employment Service Division of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation filled 18,846 jobs last month an increase of 21 percent over March. Frank J. Collopy said demand rose for railroad laborers domestic help and construction workers while 172 000 job seekers were active through April up six percent from March the highest since June 1946.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
BUC
Frank J. Collopy
Cleveland Woman Sues McKesson Robbins for 25000
Mrs. Ethel Ridgeway of 6107 Hawthorne Ave Cleveland sues McKesson Robbins Co for 25000 alleging Westsal salt substitute poisoned her. She says she used Westsal in January 1949, suffered coma muscle contractions and weight loss, and lithium intoxication. Westsal was withdrawn February 18 1949 by FDA order.
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Ethel Ridgeway
Hawthorne Avenue
Cleveland
Ohio
Common Pleas
Cleve
McKesson- Robbins Co
McKesson-Robbins Co
Chester K. Gillespie
John G. Pegg
U. S. Food and Drug Adminstration
Airplanes replace hand labor in cotton fields report
Dr Frederick Addicott of the University of California told a Little Rock conference that cotton is rapidly adopting airplane spray defoliants such as cyanamid. He noted small planters delay mechanization but are gradually converting and plane defoliation aids even hand pickers.
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Little Rock
Ark
Frederick Addicott
University of California
Catholic Council Urges Action on Segregation Report
The Catholic Interracial Court in Washington urges using a National Committee on Segregation report on racial conditions as the starting point for renewed efforts to end segregation in the nation's capital.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
National Committee On
Bunche Lauded For Palestine Mediation Role At UN
New York and Washington react to Dr. Ralph J. Bunche as mediator and potential assistant secretary of State for colonies. Bunche’s message to the Presbyterian Church assembly in Buffalo highlights UN progress in Palestine and world hopes for peaceful settlements.
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New York
Ralph J. Bunche
The
Palestine Commis
Sage
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Buffalo
N. x
G. Lakemes
Baltimore
United Nations
Palestine
Washington
Drew Pearson
Europe
Asia
Africa
Beyond
Dr. Bunche
O’dwyer
City Hall
Bunche
Moron Elected President of Hampton Institute
Alonzo G. Moron, a 1927 Hampton graduate who had been acting president since October, was unanimously elected by the Hampton Institute Board of Trustees to the post. Dr. Channing H. Tobias praised the nomination committee for its serious work and noted Moron’s Brown University Phi Beta Kappa honors, Pittsburgh Master’s, and Harvard Law School degree along with his extensive service.
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New York, N. Y
Hampton Institute
Alonzo G. Moron
Board of Trustees
Moran
Brown University
University of Pittsburgh
Harvard Law School
Change Name Urged by Allentown Sculptor
Dr Suzanne Silvercruys, sister of Belgiums ambassador and wife of a retired Army colonel, urges the Republican party to change its name to Constitution to win a presidential election. She argues the GOP should be the party of the Constitution and proposes the name change today.
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Allentown
Penn
Atlas
Suzanne Silvercruys
Republican Party
Defends Race Tags in U S Press Policy
Syracuse University Professor Roland E. Wolseley argues in the Negro Digest that omitting race in New York Times and Chicago Daily News reporting is as unfair as overemphasizing Negro criminality. He says Negroes merit fair treatment and proper identification, not biased framing.
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Chicago
New York Times
Chicago Daily News
Syracuse University
Roland E. Wolseley
Negro Digest
Professor Wolseley
U. S
Washington Senate boosts appropriations amid housing crisis debate
The Senate, seen as the upper branch, increased several key funding bills. House votes trimmed or raised figures, with Senate amendments pushing Treasury and Post Office funding up by forty million and deficiency and other allocations rising substantially. The piece also condemns high rents and calls for public housing legislation to resolve the national shortage.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House of Representatives
Treasury
Post Office
House
America
Publishers 10th Convention Set in Washington DC
The Negro Newspaper Publishers Association will hold its 10th annual convention in Washington DC from June 16 to 18. Simultaneous meetings of the Editorial Circulation and Advertising Societies will occur, all at Carver Hall, with key chairs named for each society.
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Norfolk
Negro Newspaper Publishers Association
Washington, D. C
Thomas W. Young
Association
Carver Hall
Charles Loeb
Cleveland Call and Post
John T. Belden
Norfolk Journal and Guide
James H. Murphy
Free 1949 Ohio Highway Maps Now Available
Director T J Kauer of the Ohio Department of Highways announced free new 1949 highway maps for Ohio citizens. The detailed atlas includes highway types route numbers county seats municipalities parks airports and a downtown inset for Columbus Akron Youngstown Toledo Cleveland Canton Cincinnati and Dayton. To obtain write a post card to the Director of Highways State Office Building Columbus 15 Ohio.
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T. J. Kauer
Ohio Department of Highways
Ohio
State Conservation Division
Columbus
Akron
Youngstown
Toledo
Cleveland
Canton
Cincinnati
Dayton
Kauer
Negro Students Win in Education Fund Contest
In Los Angeles two Negro pupils won prizes in the Youth Education Fund poster and essay contests. Winners include Robert Ross of Holy Name school and Rabona Matt of St Patrick's School.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Youth Education Fund
Robert Ross
Holy Name School
Rabona Matt
St. Patrick’s School
Georgia Ann Bell Wins Intercollegiate Honor at 31 Colleges
Georgia Ann Bell a 19 year old senior at Samuel Huston College Austin Texas won this year’s intercollegiate contest sponsored by Westinghouse and the United Negro College Fund to honor the standout student among 31 private accredited Fund colleges Judges included Mrs Howard Cullman and leaders from Westinghouse and ABC The prize is a $100 U S Government Savings Bond donated by William E Cotter Bell maintains a straight A average and overcame many obstacles to education The announcement came from Fund headquarters 38 East 57th Street New York City
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Georgia Ann Bell
Samuel Huston College
Austin
Texas
Westinghouse Corporation
United Negro College Fund
East 57Th Street
Howard Cullman
W. T. Grant
W. T. Grant Company
Theodore Poston
The
New York Post
Agreement to Boost Negro Job Placements Between Agencies
A new pact between the National Urban League and the U S Employment Service aims to raise job placements for minority group applicants. This first of its kind federal agency and private placement collaboration seeks more effective matching and wider opportunities.
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National Urban League
United States Employment Service
Student pictured with Archbishop in Boston Pilot
Miss Winifred Scott, a pupil of St. Joseph Academy in Roxbury, appears with Archbishop Richard J. Cushing in the Boston Pilot. She is among the first students to be X-rayed under a Health Department program run with local Catholic schools.
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Boston
Mass
Richard J. Cushing
Boston Pilot
Winifred Scott
St. Joseph Academy
Roxbury
Miss Scott
Boston Health Department
Medical groups clash over National Health Service plan
A doctor warns in a waiting room display at a busy clinic that NHS style reform harms care standards. Supporters back government control, while proposed higher postal rates threaten small newspapers.
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National Health Service
England
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