Champion Ezzard Charles Sued Over Boxing Contracts
Heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles is named defendant in a Common Pleas Court suit filed by three local co managers. They seek an injunction preventing him from fighting without their contracts and request damages of 43518.5 plus accounting. The petition notes a 1948 contract lasting to 1953 with Mintz as matchmaker and 10 percent of purses. it claims Charles signed a Mintz contract as sole manager and staged bouts without the local managers’ signed agreements.
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Ezzard Charles
Common Pleas Court
Charles
Jake Mintz
Mintz
Washington debates three million for sesquicentennial expo
Congress approved three million dollars for a national capital sesquicentennial exposition to mark the 150th anniversary of the federal government in Washington. Critics argued against public funding, with Indiana Democrat Andy Jacobs urging locals to pay, noting the burden on residents and the city’s limited housing and parking.
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Washington
Congress
Andy Jacobs
Indiana
Silver Spring
Communists sentenced to five years and fines in federal case
Justice Medina of the Federal Court sentenced 11 convicted communists to five years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine each, including Benjamin Davis Jr and Henry Winston for conspiring to overthrow the U S government. Appeal notices filed and bail denied. St George Association held its Holy Communion and Memorial Service for founder Rev A continuing on page 2.
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New York
Medina
Benjamin Davis, Jr
Henry Winston
U. S
U. S. Court of Appeals
St. George Association of the
United States of America
Rev. A
Complete New Ballot Sparks Fear of Election Fraud
The Ohio CIO Political Action Committee warns that adopting the Massachusetts ballot would invite widespread fraud. Cuyahoga County statistics show 1,962,000 ballot counting operations in 1948 versus an estimated 20,611,000 with the Massachusetts style, due to a separate X mark for each candidate.
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Columbus
Ohio Cio
Massachusetts
Cuyahoga County
St Louis Achievement House Spotlighted by Edwina W Mitchell
New York City report highlights the Saint Louis Achievement House led by Edwina Wright Mitchell wife of J E Mitchell of the St Louis Argus. The house offers public access for women to display and offer their talents at low fees, with Vanderventer Place as an exclusive location attracting attention and suggesting other cities adopt the model.
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New York City
Achievement House
Saint Louis
Missouri
Edwina Wright Mitchell
J. E. Mitchell
St. Louis-Argus
St. Louis
Achievement Club
Vanderventer Place
New York City Sets Record Voter Enrollments
New York City registers a record 2,783,308 enrollments as New York voters participate in the Fall election in record numbers, reflecting heightened turnout across the state and city.
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New York City
New York State
Birthday Honor for Cincinnati Editor Dabney at 84
Ninety civic leaders sponsor a testimonial dinner and party for Wendell Phillips Dabney, editor of the Union, at the Manse Hotel Ballroom on Thursday evening November 3. Roscoe C. Simmons of Chicago will be the principal speaker. Dabney is praised as a poet, journalist, musician, and political leader with works on Cincinnati and its Black citizens. About 300 locals and 50 guests from other cities attend. The menu promises a wide array of liquors, wines and beverages.
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Wendell Phillips Dabney
Cincinnati
Queen City
Horace Sudduth
National Negro Business League
Manse Hotel
Roscoe C. Simmons
Chicago Tribune
Dabney
UNION
Simmons
Shakespeare
Maggie L. Walker
Rudolph Wurlitzer Co
Senate votes funds for farm telephone service and ship repairs
Washington reports the Senate approved 25.25 million dollars to improve farmer telephone service and 25 million dollars to repair the mothball fleet of merchant ships. The supplemental appropriation bill now returns to the House for approval.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Whites Only Jobs Spark Racial Tension in Cincinnati
Cincinnati officials describe 200 factory positions for women as whites only. The jobs pay 80 cents per hour and require little skill. Negro reporters found the positions labeled for whites, though filling with Negro workers began slowly as the notice drew scrutiny.
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Cincinnati
Atlas
Hildebrand Jones
The
Ohio Unemployment Center
Negro Press
Thief Tries To Sell Chief His Raincoat In Robbery Case
Wolcott New York Charl ie Lewis Smith is serving twenty five years for stealing a police chief s raincoat from the chief s car and attempting to sell it to the chief. The case involves Police Chief Charles Palmer and a failed robbery plan.
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Wolcott
New York
Global
Charlie Lewis Smith
Charles Palmer
Made of Sawdust Brief Claims New Wood From Waste
Donald F. Othmer, chairman of Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute's chemical engineering department, told an international conference at Harvard that he can convert sawdust and wood shavings into first quality new wood. He announced that wallboard production by his process began this week in London using a cheap, readily available chemical.
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Cambridge
Mass
Donald F. Othmer
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
Chemical Engineering Department
Harvard University
Othmer
London
First Negro players in organized baseball traced to 1888
Duke Landgraf and Bill Dinneen unveil evidence that two Negro players, Higgins and Walker, played for Syracuse in 1888, predating Jackie Robinson’s 1946 Montreal signing. Landgraf owns a photo of the men, plans to send it to Cooperstown.
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New York
Syracuse
Montreal
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn
Robinson
Dodger
Branch Rickey
Ernest
Duke) Landgraf
North Atlantic League
Bill Dinneen
N. Y
International Association
International League
Dinneen
Landgraf
Baseballs Hall of Fame
Cooperstown
Cleveland Plain Dealer
National Heart Program appoints leaders to advisory council
Oscar R. Ewing announced the appointment of a well known heart specialist and two prominent public affairs leaders to the National Advisory Heart Council. The 16 member group guides the national heart program, advising on research and control programs and reviewing grant applications for heart research and training.
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National Advisory Heart Council
National Heart Institute
National Institutes of Health
Federal Security
Oscar R. Ewing
Leonard A. Scheele
The
Public Health Service
Council
Surgeon General
Citizenship Greater Than A-Bomb in Santa Barbara
Dr Paul Perigord professor of French Civilization at Santa Barbara College urged student leaders at a Lompoc conference to shift from profit to service as a civic ideal. He praised apprenticeships during school and said true strength lies in citizenship, not atomic weapons.
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EZ Charles
Pat Valentino
By Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Count A. J. Gary
Lou Swartz
Bartow Wilson
Charlie Grant
NEW York Giants
Rickey
National Heart Program
Santa Barbara, Calif
A Stu
Dent Leadership Conference
Lompic
Paul Perigod
Sor
Santa
California
Dr. Perigord
Dakney
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