Col McCormick Deems East Visit A World Newspaper Icon
A Chicago Tribune editor Col Robert R McCormick visits Tokyo and meets Emperor Japan with praise for the 24th Infantry and MacArthur. The piece links his influence to postwar policy and GOP prospects for 1948, noting his stance alongside Taft and MacArthur. Also covered are Fisk University's new president Charles S Johnson, and Mississippi politics with Senator Stennis.
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Tokyo
Col
Robert R. McCormick
The
Tribune
Japan
Union
Col. McCormick
24Th Infantry
MacArthur
Colonel McCormick
Taft
Dewey
Senator Martin
McCormick
Dabney remembered by Carl G. Roberts in tribute letter
Dr Carl G. Roberts writes a heartfelt birthday tribute praising Dabney as a statesman and universal friend. He reflects on Dabney’s influence across professions and generations, noting loyalty, generosity, and the broad reach of his public service. The letter fondly imagines future memorabilia and biographies.
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Carl G. Roberts, M. D
Newark elects Coroner Dabney with 81 635 votes
John M Dabney Jr a Newark mortician previously of Richmond is elected coroner of Newark New Jersey city receiving 81 635 votes in the recent election He is a well known figure in funeral service in the area
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John M. Dabney, Jr
Richmond
Newark
New Jersey
Housing headlines urge action on city slums and segregation
Charles Abrams charges in Negro Digest that despite new housing facilities interracial housing fails in practice as homeless and overcrowded Negroes are pushed back into unlivable ghettos. He cites nationwide developments where segregation persists under social sanction and official approval.
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Chicago
New York City Housing Authority
Charles Abrams
Negro Digest
PCA Rallies Draw Record Crowds Across East Coast
Henry A. Wallace closed an eight state peace tour with a PCA rally at Baltimore’s Fifth Regiment Armory drawing more than 8,000 inside and 1,500 denied at the door. The mixed race audience marked Baltimore’s largest paid political gathering, echoes of similarly jammed PCA rallies throughout the region.
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Palestine
Henry A. Wallace
PCA
Baltimore
Fifth Regiment
Girl Scouts Promote Balanced Diet in Cincinnati Area
The Cincinnati and Hamilton County Girl Scouts emphasize healthy eating as part of their program. Supported by the Red Feather services via Community Chest contributions, the Scout program offers girls a balanced diet of fun, learning, and community responsibility.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Elks Sports Make Good Elks Sports Make Good
This fragment discusses the growth of the IBPOE of W under Grand Exalted Ruler Dr J Finley Wilson. It recalls past denigration of Elks as immoral and notes strong leadership and expansion, with a continuation hinted on Page 2.
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Elks
Dr. J. Finley Wilson
Wen dell Dabney Reaches Eighty Two Birthday Milestone
The Union of Cincinnati Negro weekly notes Wen dell Phillips Dabney turning 82, still publishing the paper after 41 years as publisher editor and poet. He started the Douglas League of Negro Republicans, served 20 years as city paymaster, and remains active at his East Fourth Street office amid portraits of leading Negro citizens. Dabney, born in Richmond, studied at Oberlin, taught school, and built a national reputation as a banjoist guitarist and author. covered by Ebony Chicago Defender and other outlets.
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Cincinnati Negro Weekly
Wendell Phillips Dabney
Dabney
East Fourth Street
Douglas League of Negro Republicans
Cty
Richmond
Oberlin College
Chicago Defender
Ebony Magazine
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Negro Digest
Cincinnati Times- Star
Memorial Day tributes mark Booker T Washington week
Count A J Gary notes nationwide events honoring Booker T Washington with President Truman and 48 governors paying tribute. Radio commentators praised him. In Brooklyn, Benjamin Davis chaired the funeral of Peter Cacchione as Democrats Republicans and labor leaders eulogized. We note a New York State bonus program opens January 2 for WWI veterans with 1.6 million eligible.
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New York
Booker T. Washington
Truman
America
Brooklyn
N. Y
Benj. J. Davis
New York City
Peter V. Cacchione
Labor Party
Livingston Hall
New York State
Albany
State Bonus Bureau
Army
Navy
Marines
Charter group defeats Republicans in local election
The Charter group won over the Republicans as Mr Theodore M Berry lost and under the P R System his votes went to others. Charterites secured most of them and were listed among the victors. Locker the Colored Republican will again be sitting pretty despite prior uncertainty. Negro voters hustled and rustled for the two colored opposition candidates, but the battle is over and all's well that ends well. Dabney.
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Charter Group
Theodore M. Berry
P. R
Charterites
Locker
Dabney
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Roscoe Simmons
USA
the Tribune
General MacArthur
Byron
Charles S. Johnson
Fisk University
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Themistocles
Broughman
Cravath
National Cemetery
J. C. Napier
Booker T
Margaret Murray
Erastus M. Cravath
God
Mississippi
Judge Stennis
Stennis
Kemper
Bilbo
Vardaman
Percy
South
Henry S. Foote
Jefferson Davis
Senate
Lucius Q. C. Lamar
Hiram R. Revels
James L. Alcorn
Hernando Desoto
Carl G. Roberts
Chicago, Ill
Wendell P. Dabney
Ohio
Ffvs
Mortician of
Newark, N. J
Wallace
Seaboard
Charles E. Hall
Grand Lodge
IBPOE
Elkdom
Count A. J. Gary
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