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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-22

present spfred building with its
stately towers, including the 329-
foot one housing Big Ben, was
built from 1919 to 1867.
It is still something of mys-
terry how the House Of Commons,
which covered an area 90 feet
wide and ITO feet, long, was 50
completely destroyed. It has new
er been established whether it
was done by a high explosive
bomb, an oil bomb or a string
of bombs.
Whatever it was, it was thor
ough.
Work on the foundation and
steel framework of the new
House already has. been COM
pletcd. The stone work win take
about three years and cost an
estimated $5,OOO.OO0 to complete,
Small Size Retained
The new building, designed by
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, will be
constructed of warm cream col
ored stone quarried at Clipsham
;; Rutlandshire. II will be the first
large London bliding using such
stone.
Except for air conditioning and
an improved simplifying system
there will be no changes in the
new House of Commons. It will
have 456 loud speakers but only
some 437 seats for its $40 men,
bers.
AS before it will be an oblong
chamber with government and
opposition members seated fac
ing each other.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-22
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session 81 his home and fus~s~n&
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them were sittiag around Ed's nr4
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-22

LoNDON-The Labor Party
Is turning its attention to re-
building the bomb-wrecked
Mouse Of Commons in Westmin-
ister Palace.
On the night Of May 10, 1871
one Of the heaviest blitz nights
for London . German bomb
fell smack on the House of Com
mons. reducing It to rubble. The
bomb. which carved the Conn.,
nons Hall out Of the extensive
Westminster building. left the
rest Of the Palace relatively UNI
harmed.
This Maxi depreciation, how
ever, historically nothing
ncw for Westminster Palace. It
ms seen worse in its day.
canu1o DUilt NE First
Canute. the Great. who was
Eneland's Mr.. Big hack in 1910,
was the first to build a palace
~ Westminster. But Edward
the confessos Of the next gener-
ation founded the palace at its
present location.
william the Conqueror carried
out extensive engagements and
Westminster continued to be
used n . royal residence until
1912. In that year it suffered 50
severely from fire that royalty
decided 10 find another home.
Westminster was soon renovat-
I'd. however. and was used by
birth the House Of Commons.
Another fire in 1884 destroyed
the whole place, making that
Luftwaffe bombardier of l07
years later look Nike a piker. The
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-22

a Dsssnry. Nevessheless, he still god
iiss - Tie sloag the asbestos parasol
wkes yus go L :. OLIVIA De HAKl.
lind ~ ealy walked 81 with the
A<sisnfs ''oocoS'' bek juse 10 prove thst
oskss aieuaja bosidB 0elly Cssble's le6b
ssn come = poin, she wss seiecled - stas
n ''saahs ~ j. JON HALL hes beedI
sieasi ~ Produces Sam Ksismaa 4
ske kuak q aaseuliaily 10 "Priaee e
Th;eves" vkieh will b ssleased y
Colsmhis; sksotiae viz start abouf
Asy 'ss .
VIM John GARFIELD by.paSsei
Nightmare Alley" q 10th ceatusysfox
b ssiIl . myseesy. Looks like JIMMY
DUNN Will take over :. BETTY HUT.
TON screamed fus the ksemen. Nobody
heard NJ. 8 Detty put on her owa littil
I'D No - sztlaGuished he blase alone.
clsysoom +. BARBARA. STANHYCK
and 800 TAYLOR ore sailias hone q
Ne S. Asssie.
he 80 up. ssd coming" RENT
SAITH vho did % masni6eently ia
''seissi Soaimass" and "Nosa Pssafiss.' :
he psojsc.st - iaaesestiae md uusSydl
skeosy. "Aa scsos o. sttress", says IL
s'sbosll - ssally h love with HE a 81
seeeeo oone." The ''tfeosy" PAT my
Sherk. Dsssss sead he whole propagation
bsfk - ~ Csmmistee On CsmpiieaticHl
Coz fssshss sssey; j.
sos MONTGOMERY was ia tn.
ssasss ne eshes Day when Presidenl
Tunaa st6seuoe1 shs Solcsu =. Soa,l
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-22

Three years ago Ed Smiths luek
went bad. His crops failed. and &
wasn't long before Eds heme an
furnishings were up for asetiem.
! Half the town turned out, and
Ed must have thought his neigh
bors were q bunch Of hungry vul-
lures buying up all his prseious
possessions for song.
when it ~ ever. ~ The aue.
tioneer had left San Alternately
turns to the crowd and says: IAN
right, folks, let's take time out fer
. glass Of beer, and then pat thls
stuff back where it belonGs!"
lfsr
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-22

A shower was held Tuesday
afternoon for Mrs. John =. Dyson.
22l3 Staples avenue, at the home
Of Mrs. Ida Gates, $50 Angela
street. There were about 20 per-
sons in attendance. Luncheon
was served and games were
played.
The basket Of gifts was brought
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-22

Oss % MARIA MONTEZ end with enviable regularity too
Ss cvss beautiful specens Of ordceae everyday-one
iron ~ sdo publicity Department and anoer from the crew on
~Adsae" Afse being ceesd doubecheced cr and recu
~Du h The Sum" he finally received green light from de Legion
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-05-22

and Mrs. Ralph Bancells, Mrs.
Daniel Lopez, Mrs. Armando
Rodriguez, Mrs. Julio Lopez, Jr..
and Mr.. and Mrs. Humberto Ra-
mirez.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-10-17

ton of the report only to the ex-
tent of establishing separate bat
talions, companies. etc, for Negro
troops AS a result, the Negro
American citizen desiring to serve
his country, either in the United
States Army or National Guard,
is segregated and can serve only
in certain limited categories sole
ly because of his race. This policy
not only denies to the Negro e.
quail status with white servicemen
and national guardsmen, but also
interferes with the success Of the
Army's and National Guards re-
cruiting campaigns.
We urge you, therefore, to L.
sue directive establishing a uni
form policy for the three arms
of Americas defense consistent
with the policy presently effec-
tive in the United States Navy"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-10-17
Va. Censors Hold
To Original Ban

The Virginia State Board Of Mo-
lion Picture Censors last night an
nounced refusal to rescind their
original ban rejecting Screen
Guilds The Burning Cros'
In face Of the Boards action,
Jack Cartwright. Screen Guild
publicity chief, who made the APP
peal in Richmond, pointed out TO
them that Virginia is now on rec
ord as the first and only State TO
completely ban this picture which
is mainly an indictment of the Ku
KluX Khan and other types of un.
American organizations.
Cartwright also reports the pos
sibluy that THE Burning Gross"
might be screened for members of
the Congressional Uu-Amcrican
Committee headed by Rep. Par
neil Thomas of New Jersey. The
picture will be offered TO the
Committee as conclusive evidence
that some producers in Hollywood
are aware Of un-American activi-
ties in the nation and that this
picture is an all out indictment
of such sub-versive groups
A special screening for the hun
dreds Of newspaper columnists,
correspondents, and reporters in
the National Capitol was planned
October 2 with very definite pos
sibilities n would be held at the
National Press Club, Cartwright
said
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-10-17
$4,000 Vets Receive
Farm Loans Thru FILA

over $1,000 white and colored
veterans received farm ownership
and farm adjustment loans last
year through the Farmers Home
Administration of the U, s. De-
partment of Agriculture, 5ccord-
ing to the year-end summary of
the agency loan activities.
A breakdown of the loans tl
veterans shows that 2365l receiy-
cd q total OF S3ol59037 in adjust
mcnt loans TO help thCn got their
farming operations ON sound
footing, and 5000 received loans
to either buy, improve or develop
family type farm of their own.
Overall, $4,000 loans, totaling
Sl37700,0O0, were made to farmers
last year by the FILA. or these,
23,297 adjustment loans went to
new borrowers, including 23.654
veterans, 70.0l0 went to farmers
who were already on the program,
and one year loans went to 76.776
farmers.
Ownership loans went to 5.8O7
farmers, including 5000 former
scrvicemen, and water facilities
loans went to 1.064 farm families
in Western States. OF these loans.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-10-17
Walter White
Lists 10 Ways To
Fight Prejudice

New York-Listing ten ways in
which Americans can fight racial
and religious prejudice, Walter
White, NAACP secretary spoke
over a nationwide ABC network
october 9TH on Americas Town
Meeting Of the Air"
Mr.. White urged his listeners to
first judge their fcllowmen not
by color or creed but as men, TO
watch their words in labelling
whole groups with catch phrases;
to observe fair employment prac.
tees; TO support legislation to stop
tynching, Acknowledgement and ed
ucational inequalities; not to be
lullcd TO inaction by trust IN the
slogan the slow process Of cdu-
cation; fight segregated housing
through property holders coycn-
ants; write letters TO newspapers,
film makers and radio stations on
racial and religious slcrotypcs,
join a church on other commumt,
organization which opposes dis
elimination; lacc squarcly the
question of intermarriage and
recognize 1t for a red herring;
aud steer clear OF the gcncraliza.
ton that everything is all right
in the North and all wrong in the
South.
kilograms and letters of congra-
tulation reached MIR White from
Missouri, New York, Texas, Con.
necticut, Illinois, Alabama, Iowa.
Maryland and California
Other speakers on the program
were Charles p Taft president
Federal Council of Churches; Mrs.
Glare Boothc Luce, former Con
gresswoman from Connecticut.
and Max Lerner, chief editorial
writer for the newspaper PM.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-10-17
Attack On Blind
Veteran Referred
To Justice Dept.

New York-The NAACP today
forwarded to the u S. Depart
ment of Justice the affidavit Of
Joseph w. Robinson, a blinded
veteran of World War II. Robin
son. while riding a car being tow
cd by his brother to Lake Charles,
La, was attacked on the Beau
mont highway by State Police,
one of whom struck Robinson in
the face breaking his glasses. Rob-
inson's brother, Ernest, was also
attacked and both were returned
TO Houston where charges of
drunkness were placed against
the men.
The NAACP in forwarding the
affidavit to the Justice Depart
ment stated, 1--WE feel that If the
facts set forth therein prove TO be
true there are grounds for federal
Intervention and prosecution by
your office"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-10-17
Negro Youth Wins City
Wide Poster Contest

Joe Louis is kingpin of the
worlds prizefighters, and Jackie
Robinson seems to be the baseball
phenomen of the year, but Willie
Daily, IA, is the present poster
sensation of Little Rock That
means that when poster contests
are PACED, Little Rock answers
the call as the outstanding expon-
ent of democracy, no holds bar
red
Some time ago the Chamber of
Commerce promoted a fire pre-
vention poster contest. Letters
We're sent to all schools asking
them to participate. Gibbs elemen-
tary school, A. A. Arnold princi-
pal, and Mrs. Irene Shropshire,
special art teacher, was one of the
schools which responded.
Mrs. Shropshire gave papers to
her students and asked them to
sketch each one his idea for
poster emphasizing fire proven
ton Some drew men in bed smok-
ing Chose boys knew their dad
dies); some drew children play
ing with gasoline (Wise huhD;
some drew houses burning; some
drew children burning leaves, and
so on. Willie Daily drew a picture
of two children playing in the
fire and standing over them
good fairy, red elf, saying, "Nev-
er play this game The poster
was colorful and brilliant and
caught the fancy first of the tea
See DAILIE WINS--page four
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-10-17
Anna Douglas
Rejjoins Staff
Natl CP, FEPC

Washington--The appointment of
Mrs. Anna Belle Douglas of New
Orleans to serve as field repre-
sentative of the National Council
for a Permanent FEPC was an
nounced today by Elmer w. Hen
derson, Executive Secretary.
Mrs. Douglas, former teacher
a I'D newspaperwoman, worked
with the National Council in l945
and 1916. She will work prinei-
pally in the South servicing local
councils and mobilizing public
support for the Fair Employment
Practice bill, S. 984, now being
pushed in the 80th Congress.
Mrs Douglas will augment the
Councils staff which now includ-
es Henderson, Paul sifton, Direct
or Of Legislative and Public Re-
lations; Milo Manly, Director of
Field Operations, Elise Hopson,
Office Manager and Ruth ]. Dean.
Secretary.
The knowledge, experience and
spirit Of Mrs. Douglas. already
well-known throughout the South.
will be devoted to organizing peo-
pie OF goodwill behind our bill
and making effective the voice of
the new South Henderson said.
Negroes and other minorities
can no longer be written off as
political factors in the South, not
withstanding the poll-tax and o.
1her means of Acknowledgement
Our campaign in the South is part
of our nationwide fight to pass
our bill early in 1913
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-10-17
Dunbar H. s.
0utp|ays J. c.
By Felisa j. Taylor

The Dunbar High School Bear
cats defeated the Dunbar Junior
College Bears 1870, before about
800 fans at the Little Rock High
School Stadium in the game call
ed Saturday night at eight o'clock.
The kickoff had to be made a
second time by the Bears, was
caught by the Bearcats and an in
complete pass was made. In the
next play the Bearcats gained 4
yards then five. after which the
Bears were penalized yards. AT
ter time was called. the Bearcats
made pass which was intercept
ed and the Bearcats fell back five
yards. but rallied when Jackie
Wright caught a completed pass,
and 1. v. Thompson ran first
down. The Bears were penalized
and the first score of the Bearcats
was made by Harry "Ecky"
Thompkins.
Soloman Drake kicked off and
the Bears caught the ball but
made no gain, and were penalized
Is yards. The Bears punted and
recovered the ball In the mex
play, Ecky Thompkins missed a
pass, then punted and the Bears
were penalized for clipping AT
the end of the first uqarter the
score stood 60 in favor of Dun
bar High.
AT the beginning Of the second
quarter, the Beareats played down
field, were penalized 10 yards, and
fumbled a pass. Then the ball
was punted out of bounds on the
30 yard line. After the Bears
made an incomplete pass and
fumbled, punt was made. Van.
nette johnson. Bearcat, caught it
and gained fifteen yards. Another
6 yards were gained and Ecky
Thompkins ran first down. I. V.
Thompson gained yards, and an
incomplete pass was made by the
Bearcats. Then w. j. Duck"
Brown carried the ball for five
yard gain. The Bears were pena-
lied five yards. V. johnson gain
ed 6 yards in the next play. At
the half, the score still stood 60
in favor of the Bearcats.
AT the beginning of the third
quarter, the Bearcat kickoff was
caught by Ray Mumford, Bear,
but no gain was made Another
complete pass was made to X. V.
See BEARCATS OUTPLAk-p. 8
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-10-17
Secy. Forresta| Asked To
Abolish JC In Service

New York In a letter of con-
graduation to James V, Forrestal,
Secretary Of Defense, upon the
assumption Of his new duties, the
NAACP recalled that while Seere-
tary OF the Navy he abolished
discrimination in that service and
called upon him to make this
policy for the entire armed for
ces.
The NAACP letter, signed by
Walter White, pointed out that
War Department Circular No. ia,
which was based on the Gillem
report ton the use of Negro Man
power in the Army is effective
only until October 81, l947.
This directive" said the NAACP
letter, called for an lmplementa-
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-10-17

The nation has been stirred by
the car lottery in many parts Of
the country. In Louisville, Ky.
the Alpha Kappa Alpha conducted
a car lottery with a new car as a
winning prize. A white man won
the car and il was awarded with
out protest. In Arkansas near or
around Helena a Negro won a
car in a lottery sponsored by a
white organization; it was award
ed without protest. In Clarksdale.
Miss, a Baptist Church pastored
by an aged minister near rs years
old has been selling tickets for a
Chevrolet car, SO they can build
a new church. Now here is the
super-loitery. In Kansas City, Mo.
Attorney j. c. Oliver of Chicago.
Ill, called the graduates of Ark
ahsas Baptlst College together to
meet the president of the College,"
With the president of the college
sitting to his right Attorney Oliver
put out books Gas president Of the
National A. d. c. Club to sell
tickets for car to be given away
on the campus of that Christian
institution, made sacred by the
heroes named and unnamed Of
yesterday, to be given away Dec
ember !, 1947. A halo of protest
came from many parts of the
country. Among them was a strong
See HERE and THERE--page q
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-10-17
TuSkECEE BOWS
To WHEREFORE:
BEF0RE 10000

Chicago, Hl-Continuing its
powerful onslaught ON the grid
iron, Wilberforce College of Edu-
cations mighty pigskin acres
trouneed a scrappy Tuskegee ele-
ven 10 the score Of 20 to 6, before
an estimated crowd of 10000 in
Comlskey Park, Friday night I'M
der brilliant Kleig lights, Final
score; Wnberforce. 20; Tuskegee,
8. ruskegee started off the scor-
ing in the first Of the second per-
iod, while the Forceans scored
once in the second period and
twice in the last of the final quar-
ter.
Tuskegee's touchdown march
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-10-17
College In Good
Shape, Reports
Board
By John Howard

Pine Bluff - The AMIN Col
lege Board of Trustees meeting
here Tuesday, reported the insti-
tuition in the best physical and
financial condition in the history
of the 75-year old school.
In a business session here Tues
day morning, the Board studied
the institutions needs and growth.
The afternoon was devoted TO an
inspection of the new buildings
nearing completion, the infirmary,
dining hall, high school building,
agricultural shop, trade shop and
music studio are now being erect
ed on the south side of the camp
us.
Chairman IL l. Holderness of
Pine Bluff declared in an inter-
view that never in his 10 years
as a member of the board had the
college been in better shape.
Chairman Holderness is the oldest
member Of the Institutions board
and has the distinction of attend.
ing every meeting for The past 10
years. Despite his age he remains
loyal TO the institution and is pre-
sent at each meeting.
DR. Paul V. Galloway of Fay
ctieville, a trustee, asserted in
special chapel exercise, that the
board is behind the administra-
ton, faculty and student body in
their expanded and progressive
program
Speaking to students in the
chapel exercise, Dr. Galloway re-
lated his impression Of Europe.
lie spent three months abroad last
summer, touring war-torn ooun-
tries.
Other trustees present were G..
b Franks of Ashdown, board sec
rotary; c. +. Larson of Portland.
and DR., Ed McCuistion of De-
partment of Education, Little
Rock
A guest of the board and col
lege was a Pine Bluff attorney
jay w. Dickey a member of the
University Of Arkansas Board OF
trustees
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-10-17
Youth Launches
Great Play

Charles Patton, 1911 10 West
Eighth Street telephone l-0OG3.
member of Arch Street Baptist
Church, and President of the Ro-
yal Ambassadors, a club of Is boys
organized for missionary training,
is going in for drama in a big
way. He announces that on Octo-
Der 20, 10i7, at 9 o'clock. he is in
wiling two hundred persons OF all
ages to come to Arch Street Bap-
fist Church. Rev. r M. Chambers.
See YOUTH LAUNCHES-page
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-10-17

granted a writ of ceriorari in this
case on June 90, l947, acting up
on petition filed by the NAACP
on June II, l947
Patton, Negro youth of Laud-
erdale County Mississippi, was in
dicted in February 1916 for the
alleged murder of Jim Meadows,
white resident of the county. He
was tried in the Circuit Court of
Lauderdale County on February
"a and was represented at the
trial by local appointed white
counsel. His trial was concluded
the same day. He was sentenced
to suffer death by electrocution.
The arguments raised by NAACP
attorneys, and which will be pre-
sented before the Supreme Court
of the United States, are that
constitutional guarantees were
violated at Pattons trial because
Negroes in Lauderdale County
were Systematically exclud e d
from jury service solely because
of their race. Further, it will be
argued that portions of an alleged
confession which were admitted at
the trial constituted reversible
error because they were obtained
by force, threats and intimidation
The brief pointed out that
though the population of Laud-
erdale County as between Negroes
and Whites is approximately so
30, the facts show that for at least
thirty 900 years prior to the trial
of Eddie (Buster) Patton, no Ne
gro had served on the grand or
petlt jury in Lauderdale County;
that it was matter of common
knowledge that there were many
Negroes in the county qualified
for jury service. and that Negroes
were consistently being selected
to serve on juries in the Federal
See WHITE LISTS-page four
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-10-17

OFF TO CONFERENCE-Ocie
Lee Smith. State Special Repre-
sentative, Farmers Home Admin
istratiOn, city, leaves for the ma
tons Capitol this week end for
10 day conference with agricultur-
al officials. The theme of the CON
ference is How Can the Farmers
Home Administration improve its
services TO Ncgr't borrowers SO
that they might achieve the under
standing and cooperation necessary
for SUGGEST" Mr.. Smith who has
headquarters here has been
connected with the FILA for seven
years and has a thorough know
ledge of sOciO-economic conditions
in the South which affect progress
ed with regard to the proposed
of Negro farmers. When interview
ed with regard to the proposed
visit to Washington, he made this
statement, 1T is my sincere hope
that my contribution in this con-
ference with people who make
policy will rebound to more a.
bundant and happier living for
common people
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-10-17
State College
Expands Faculty
by John Howard

Pine Bluff = President Law
renee A. Davis announced last
week in the initial faculty meet
ing that the college faculty had
reached an all-time high of log
members with the recent appoint
ment Of thirty new members for
the current year. The additions re-
present an expansion in faculty
needs and not requirements.
The college entire enrolment
has gone over 400 with $50 reg
istered in the college department.
$50 are sub-college students and
100 high school students with 40
veterans enrolled.
Completion of the new unit
which will house the high school
See STATE COLLEGE page 8