Birthday Tribute For W P Dabney At Hotel Manse Ball Room
A grand birthday banquet was held at the Hotel Manse Ball Room in honor of W P Dabney’s 84th birthday. The Testimonial Committee thanks those who sent telegrams letters or presents and notes the difficulty of listing all participants. The message conveys Dabney’s gratitude and fondly hopes no further public birthdays occur.
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Wendell Phillips Dabney
Hotel Manse
Walnut Hills
Dabney
The
Union
Edward H. Gaither
Loveland
Horace Sudduth
Roscoe C. Simmons
Chicago Tribune
Henry M. Higgins
Colored Orphan Asylum
Armand W. Scott
Washington, D. C
Shah of Iran arrives in Washington for 28 day visit
President Truman greets the Shah at National Airport as about two hundred thousand Washingtonians witness the arrival. A Persian rug valued at $30,000 decorates the District Building backdrop and the Shah pledges to work with the United States for peace in the Middle East. He will stay at Prospect House after Blair House. The long early article also notes oil interests and housing arrangements for dignitaries. The piece also references results from a Democratic Fair Deal versus Republican statism contest and the New York Senate race.
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Washington
Iran
Truman
National Airport
Shah
United States
Middle East
Prospect House
Defense Forrestal
State Department
Blair House
New York
Walking Encyclopedia of Jazz The Onah Spencer profile
Chicago researchers note Onah L. Spencer as a prolific jazz authority and byline contributor to Down Beat and other publications. His works span song histories, European broadcasts, and Mercury recordings, with ties to Morton, Rainey, Washington, and Armstrong, reflecting a lifetime of Chicago jazz scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walking Encyclopedia OF Jazz
Onah Spencer
Jelly Roll Morton
Freddie Keppard
Ma Rainey
Mamie Smith
Onah
Down Beat
Old Music & Rhythm
Direction Magazine
Blue Book
Lionel Hampton
Century of Progress
Chicago
Spencer
State Department
Voice of America
Europe
Stack O’lee
Georgia Jazz Band
Paramount
Johnny Dodds
Chicago Boys
Decca
Hobo
Louis Armstrong
Victor
Lil Armstrong
Lonnie Green
Georgia White
Lil Green
Mercury Records
Dinah Washington
Continued
New York City to grant street cleaners paid holidays
William J. Powell announces the city’s 10 000 street cleaners will receive paid holidays for Thanksgiving and also for Christmas New Year’s Day July 4 and Decoration Day. Davis’s October pay attached with a $10,000 fine levied by Judge Medina. Bojangles Robinson in an oxygen tent due to heart ailment. Danton Walker and Walter Winchell comment on figures in the press. Columbia College fellowship limits and NAACP digs into the truth. Abyssinian Baptist Church hosts Vermonters audience. Mary McLeod Bethune speaks at Riverside Church on race and openness.
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New York
Wm. J. Powell
Sanit
Gate Chica
Gate
Davis
Benjamin J. Davis
Medina
Bill
Bojangles) Robinson
P.S
Danton Walker
Columbia College
Columbia
Jefferson Military College
Miss
NAACP
Welfish
Abyssinian Baptist Church
New York City
A. C. Powell Jr
Our Boy
21St District
Greater New York
Mary McLeod Bethune
Riverside Church
Benjamin Banneker the Negro Genius of Early America
A biographical sketch honors Benjamin Banneker, detailing his life as a free Black Marylander in the 18th century, his clock and almanac achievements, Jefferson’s praise, and his role as assistant to the planner of Washington. The piece highlights his scientific contributions and quotes from a Jefferson letter, noting limited historical recognition.
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Banneker
Maryland
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
Peter L’enfant
Ku Klux Spirit Still a Menace to Entire U S
New York report says the Ku Klux Klan remains a national threat despite internal splits after the death of Dr. Samuel Green. Hodding Carter of Delta Democrat-Times argues Klan violence is an American problem with groups like the Vigilantes of the West the Molly Maguires and White Caps cited as parallels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Mr. Carter
West
Molly Maguires
Pennsylvania
White Caps
Bundists
Christian Frontiers
Women Blast Prison System In Georgia Reform Call
The State League of Women Voters denounces ongoing abuses in Georgia prisons despite reforms. It praises ending chains and corporal punishment and a constitutional board but cites lack of funding for rehabilitation. It calls for statewide probation and stronger punishment and rehabilitation measures.
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Atlanta
State League of Women Voters
Georgia
The
Women’s League
League
Truman Pledges No Retreat On Equal Rights at NCNW Event
President Truman told a capacity audience at the National Council of Negro Women convention that there would be no retreat or retirement on the equal rights program. Diplomats from 32 countries heard the address broadcast by Voice of America as Mary McLeod Bethune was honored for her leadership. Truman praised NCNW for promoting international goodwill and linked its aims to the UN and American trusteeship traditions.
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National Council of Negro Women
Bib
Tucker
Mary McLeod Bethune
National Council
State Department
Voice of America
N.C.N.W
Truman
United Nations
Federal Union
Call for severe justice in sex crime cases
An opinion asserts that sex offenders must face harsh penalties including execution for killers and castration for rapists. The writer blames dope use among offenders and urges hard labor prison sentences for drug sellers with no parole. The piece advocates extreme measures to prevent such crimes.
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Ohio
By Stephen M. Young
By George Hoefer
Herman Rosenberg
Onah L. Spencer
Windy City
Ritz Hotel
Cincinnati Times-Star
Count A. J. Gary
Tion
Walter Winchell
WJZ
Paul Robeson
Benjamin Banneker
Nicholas Klein
Benjamin
Nee
Jefferson
Pendence
Jeffer
Omy
French Academy of Science
United
Africa
Ku Klux, Klan
Sion
Samuel Green
South
Look Magazine
Hodding Carter
Ner
Greenville, Miss
Delta Democrat-Times
National Council of
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