African Academy of Arts and Research Formed
The African Academy of Arts and Research aims to educate Americans about Africa. Kingsley Mbadiwe announces the new body with a temporary office opened in New York. The first project is an African Dance Festival at Carnegie Hall on December 13 with Mrs. Roosevelt as guest of honor.
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Africa
United States
African Academy of Arts and Research
Kingsley Mbadiwe
Mbadiwe
West Forty-second Street
Academy
Carnegie Hall
Kaiser shipyard policy cited in Portland hearings
Edgar F. Kaiser testified before the Presidents Fair Employment Practice Committee on November 16 that its shipyard employment policy is not discriminatory. The two day session in Portland-Vancouver drew about 300 attendees of both races, with broadcasts of opening counsel speeches. Complaints over a year alleged Negro hiring refusals, threats of discharge, and union agreements discriminating by race.
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Portland
Ore
Edgar F. Kaiser
Henry J. Kaiser
Portland- Vancouver
Bennett College selects three emphasis areas for growth
Greensboro N C Bennett College has chosen earning a living communication and health as focus areas for this year after conferences with Dr Wilford M Akin curriculum consultant and director of the Hight Year Study The college aims to measure progress in these areas and may adjust the curriculum if needed while not neglecting other important areas.
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Greensboro
N. C
Bennett College
Wilford M. Akin
Poll tax filibuster blocked by cloture call from NAACP
Washington bureau of the NAACP urges citizens to write senators to adopt cloture on the anti poll tax bill. Sixteen southern senators threaten a long filibuster, NAACP says. Cloture would limit debate to one hour per senator and require a two thirds Senate vote.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
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NAACP
Bilbo
Senate
Decree outlines postwar relief in liberated USSR regions
Moscow issued directives by the Council of People’s Commissars detailing a short term program to restore agriculture, railways and housing in districts freed from German occupation. The decree notes extreme destitution with livestock depletion and orders the return of about 600,000 cattle to collective farms, to be moved on foot over long distances.
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Moscow
Council of People’s Commissars
Asia
Alcia
Reward Offered for Sunday Sermon Remarks on Dabney Stowe
A newspaper offer promises 2.50 dollars to a preacher who provides an accurate copy of his Sunday remarks about Dabney and Harriet Beecher Stowe. If the sermon is deemed truthful, the reward increases to 5.00 dollars. The address given is 238 E Fourth St.
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Dabney
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Reading Jesus Exposes Hypocrisy in Churches and Nation
A columnist argues that Jesus challenged temple hypocrisy and that true believers must oppose church failings. He contrasts American democracy and NAACP critique with Russia’s church policy and praises a secretary of state, urging continued scrutiny of religious institutions. (Continued on Page 2)
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Jesus
God
Moses
NAACP
Russia
Turn on the light
Descriptive patriotic column praising universal home lights as symbols of freedom across Europe. It emphasizes lights in urban and rural homes, on trains, along coastlines, and in various dwellings, asserting they signify liberty and the right to live and teach children common truths.
C I O Convention Outlines Goals At Deshler Wallick Hotel
Ted F Silvey announces six annual convention of the Co I O Council concentrates on labor political action, social security improvement and post war planning for full employment. The meeting runs November 22 to 24 in Columbus with reports from Workmen's Compensation and Anti-Discrimination committees. Ohio C I O membership tops 350000 on war plants, not counting those in armed forces.
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Co. I. O. Council
Ted F. Silvey
Deshler- Wallick
Columbus
State Council
Workmen
Silvey
Ohio
Trolley Bus and Train Segregation Faces Elimination
Richmond editorial calls to repeal state segregation laws in public transportation. Times Dispatch editor Virginius Dabney argues in lead piece To Lessen Race Friction that the time has come to do some action to reduce racial friction in trolley cars and buses.
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Richmond
The
Times
Dispatch
Virginius Dabney
Foreign Students Speak at Bennett College Observance
Six foreign students from Greensboro Guilford and Woman's College highlighted International Student's Day at Bennett College. Participants represented Czechoslovakia Greece China Vienna Puerto Rico Brazil and include singers Joyce Picot from Ahoskie and Janet White from Columbus along with Betty Ann Artis Alice Holloway and Nancy Pinkard as other students.
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Greensboro
N. C
Guilford
Woman’s College
Bennett College
Countries
Trudie Enter
Czechoslovakia
Mary Mavronicolos
Greece
Kyung Tsoo Woo
China
Gerda Ungar
Vienna
Sisi Heyn
Puerto Rico
Anna Rocha
Brazil
Joyce Picot
Ahoskie
Janet White
Columbus
Ohio
Betty Ann Artis
Alice Holloway
Nancy Pinkard
Mayor Stewart Promotes Play Week Ad
A fragment notes Mayor Stewart's publication of Play Week and praises his improving status. It recalls his council speech in a church pulpit moment, where he opened the Bible and spoke forcefully, attributing blessings to the Lord.
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Stewart
A Stamp in Every Stocking War Stamp Corsages
The Treasury Department plans nationwide sale of two stamp corsages for Christmas. A $3 corsage uses eleven 25c stamps with pine cones and decorations. a $1 corsage features nine 10c stamps with green leaves and berries. Advertising campaigns and a slogan will appear in newspapers, radio, movies, and store displays.
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Treasury Department
Improve Brooklyn to Eradicate Crime Plea from NAACP
A wire from NAACP secretary Walter White urged City Hall to address crime by confronting racial segregation in Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn. White argued the grand jury report ignores law abiding Black citizens and the realities of housing, rents, and employment that push residents into ghettos. He urged action to remove the conditions fueling crime and to treat Black Brooklynites as full citizens with rights and opportunity.
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New York
N. Y
Bedford- Stuyvesant
Brooklyn
Harlem
LaGuardia
Walter White
NAACP
Kings County Grand Jury
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Greater
New York City
When Greed Becomes God in Public Life Poem
A reflective poem warns that greed governs society and public life. It predicts war as power and selfishness dominate, noting that even justified battles arise from the urge to fight. The verse emphasizes cyclical strife unless selfishness is tempered.
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