Demands and Athletics Mix in City News update
COUNT A. J. GARY continues with reports of charges against Donald J. Phillips of the Consolidated League for alleged misappropriation of league funds. Dodgers star Jackie Robinson and coach Clyde Sukeforth face fines tied to bench conduct as Umpire Henline officiates a Dodgers game against Pittsburg. Alice Coachman arrives in New York after a celebrated Olympic high jump title with a historic Georgia welcome for a Black athlete.
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Donald J. Phillips
Consolidated League, Inc
West 125Th Street
Alice Coachman
Albany
New York
Georgia
Remarks on race prejudice and citizenship in postwar remarks
A column laments racial bias in the United States and abroad. It cites Henry Wallace’s candidacy and warns of hostility in North Carolina. It notes Miss Parimal Das’s statements in Cooperstown about untouchables versus Negroes, and Arthur W. Taylor’s renunciation of citizenship in Paris, his WWII service, and eventual Army reinstatement refusal.
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Henry Wallace
New Progressive Party
United States
Henry
North Carolina
Cooperstown
N. Y
Paris
Arthur W. Taylor
Pittsburgh
Taylor
France
577Th Engineers
Normandy
U. S. Army
Army
Jennie LeGon Cast in Easter Parade Comedy Role
Jennie LeGon, a noted Negro singer and dancer, appears as a comedy maid in Irving Berlin's Easter Parade starring Fred Astaire Judy Garland Peter Lawford and Ann Miller at the Hippodrome Theatre. Once with M G M nine years ago she left for England and later returned to assist on Panama Hattie and to propose the song Sping later used by Lena Horne.
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Jennie LeGon
Irving Berlin
Fred Astaire
Judy Garland
Peter Lawford
Ann Miller
Hippodrome Theatre
Miss LeGon
M-G-M
England
Hollywood
New York
Arthur Freed
Panama Hattie
Sping
Lena Horne
Miss LeGond
Columbus Ohio bids on 2.5 million in highway work
Federal aid and State highway projects totaling about 2.5 million dollars were offered for bid at the State Office Building on August 31. Highway Director Earl L. Reed announced the sale includes 22 projects broken into six Federal aid State, 15 State construction, and three State maintenance items. Estimated State work costs 1,298,601 dollars. The Federal aid work carries concealed estimates. Mileage for all work exceeds 83 miles. Nine structures are included.
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Columbus
Earl L. Reed
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Les Starrett
Alan Ladd
Lotus Long
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Mexico
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Count A. J. Gary
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Jackie Robinson
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Ford Frick
Pittsburg
Walter
Butch) Henline
Cincinnati
U. S
Roosevelt Theatre
Central Avenue Parkway
Technicolor
Port Said
Gloria Henry
William Bishop
Rita Hayworth
Larry
Lincoln Theatre
Fifth and John Streets Parkway
Donald O'Connor
Marjorie Main
Percy Kilbride
Fussin
Charles Starrett
Smiley Burnette
Eleanor Parker
Alexis Smith
Fighting Mad
Leon Errol
Joe Kirkwood, Jr
Wild Bill Elliott
Regal Theatre
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Fort Apache
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Pedro Armendariz
Keeper OF the Bees
Guntown
Color Carto
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Louise Allbritton
Robert Paige
Evelyn Ankers
Ghost OF Frankenstein
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Ralph Bellamy
Lionel Atwill
Chaney
Denver
Dragnet
Henry Wilcoxon
Mary Brian
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Pierce & People’s Funeral Home Ambulance Service
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Elizabeth Pierce
Stegall Notary Public Morticians
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