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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-10

Roads was completely destroyed
by fire on December 9th. g., Rev
and Mrs, N. l.. Dove celebrated
their Silver Anniversary on
Christmas Day. Little Mis-
Shirley Cooper and brother, Glen
Allen Cooper spent Christmas
with their grandmother, Mrs,
Lizzie Simmons. Mrs. Vida
White of Ann Arbor, Mich, was
the holiday guest of relatives
here. Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Smith
and son, Clement, Jr, spent the
holidays here with parents. &.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grady Murdoch of
Chicago and Miss Loretta Black
of Fisk U. Nashville, Tenn, were
home for the holidays with par
ents, DR.. and Mrs. W. B. Black.
Mrs. Thadues Rice and nephew,
Jimmy visited her husband in a
Memphis hospital. Then they
went to st. Louis to spend Christ
mas with relatives. Ben Cleve-
land left for Little Rock last FRI
day to recuperate from pneu-
monia. Mrs. Cleveland accom-
panied him. Mr.. and Mrs.
Brown of St. Louis were holiday |
guests of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIII Robinson. "The Tree
of Paradise sponsored by Mrs.
N. A. Manly for the choir of
First Baptist Church was won by
Mrs. Malinda Mitchell. The pro-
gram Melted $4,000. Mrs. A. v.
Smith was the leading contestant.
The Christmas tree sponsored by
the Clark Ward Post was a sue
cess. Let's give these veterans
a boost
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-10

their mother, Mrs, Easter Giles
of Sparkman. The women OF
Sparkman rendered a Women's
Day program on December 18th.
Mrs. Hendrix and Mrs, Utley are
operating new cafes here.
Charlie Perry has repaired his
barber shop, Mrs. Daisy
Hughes did her Christmas shop
ping in Arkadelphia on Deem
Der 23rd. Mrs. Oracle Carr of
Sparkman spent the Christmas
with her parents, Mr., and Mrs,
Walker of Buren,. . Mable Keith
is the queen of Sparkman High
School. Miss Elsie Paxton Wis
tied her friend, Mrs. Uetta Jones
of Hot Springs on December 28th
and 10Th. Everyone is very
sad over the death Of little Q. w.
Matloek, aged -, who was shot
and killed on December 2lst. :.
Mrs. Estella Osborne, who was
stricken with infantile paralysis
is reported improved.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-10

Gladys Mays

Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Williams
and children of Pine Bluff spent
the holidays here with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Williams
and Rev, A. d. Hall, Mrs. j.
Weaver of Little Rock is conduct
ing revival at Church of God
IN Christ. She is the guest of
Elder and Mrs. O. A. Oates. :.
Little Verneda Conley was hon.
ored with a doll party on Dec.
26 at her home. Her doll is five
years old and received many
useful gifts. Little Misses 10
Gene and Charlene Wilson were
honored with surprise party on
Dec. 80 by Mrs. Joe Wilson.
Mrs, Dezzie Reeves visited rela-
tlves in st. Louis during Christ
mas. . Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Will
liams and infant son returned
to their home in Portland, Ore
gon, on New Years Day. Mr..
and Mrs, Lawson and baby,
Dianne and Herman Scott of Lit
tie Rock were guests of the Jesse
Tolerson family during Christ
mas. Miss Dorothy Scott, stu
dent at Philander Smith College,
Little Rock spent Christmas here
with relatives. :. Mrs. A. V. Smith
and nepheWs spent last Friday
in Conway as guests of Mrs. n
A. Manley and mother. :.
Charley Hills home at Cross
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-10
KNOW 1T SOUNDS AWFUL. DEAR. BUT DON'T aAY
ANYTHING TO DISCOURAGE HIM.

Julia {. Greene, Elmer Paul and
Gwynette Mcdonald, Sherry
Oliver, Wendell M. Williams.
Leon Thompson Jr., Lucinda
Wells, Alfred N. Owens, Marva
ann and George CLANCY, Mild
red Jean and Sonny Griffin,
Robert West, Mike Carolina, Leila
Grace, Anetta and Frances Nell
Phillips, Kendard E. and Harold
c. Taft and William r. Keaton.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-10

let the sun catch you cryin' be-
cause you done j. Redie dirty and
he sho' don't want you no more.
l. Walker, please tell the truth
or don't you like J. j.? L. M.
Walker sings Things Have
Changed" since |. l.. Curry came
smile at each other an awful lot
into her life. l.. II. Blake,
in class. Could it be that they
smile at every one like that?
1t seems as if the flame between
S. Jefferson and r. l.. Walker
has completely stopped. C. L.
Dunlap and L. M. Hobson are
making rapid progress. L. Fle-
mons sings Give Me Five Min
utes More" when certain fresh
man is around. Could it be that
his time is short when Miss Kirby
is around? :. And if l.. II. Blake
wouldn't visit Gurdon SO power-
fully much he would be able to
get his shorthand without force.
What has happened to the ro-
nance between l.. Wilson and c.
Murphy? Could the answer be
|. Walker? . Wonder why L. M.
sings please Remember
Me-? Could it be that d. Fle-
mons is forgetting? c. Parker
and r. c. Loudermilk were the
escourters Of L. Charles and A.
Walker to tea given at the
nome of Miss Upchurch on jan
lary 1st in honor of Misses Muir
ohy, MCCLELLAN and Kirby. Il
will see you next week for more
i've.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-10
M B. Wheatley

The Tex Ark city celebrated :
very quiet Christmas with not {
single casualty, The City Court
docket was very light with only
Z few cube rollers to meet the
Judge. The jails We're empty ex-
cept for a few FOLLOWERS. The
spirit of brotherly love seemed
III have a firm hold on nearly
Everyone. The reporter came
aetoSs one drunken man in an
alley on a pile Of snow and he
was a white man. There were
MANY home corners in town to
visit relatives and friends, Saliva
Il, Thompson, Jr, was home from
Prairie View College, where he is
IN his second year, Charlie
Wright, an old citizen of 22l8
W, l4th ST., died last week. He
mad been sick for several weeks
and was member of the Church
OF God in Christ, Lee and Short
Sulphur Streets. He is survived
BY his widow and four daughters.
The pre-Christnas banquet
given by the Eastern Stars and
Masons of West Gate Lodge No.
400 on December 23rd at the
Stevens Court Reception Hall
was grand affair. The Stars
served turkey with all the trim
mings, coke and soft drinks. The
decision of all was that the event
be made an annual celebration.
Miss Leola Warren, who has been
in Los Angeles, California, is at
home with her parents after three
years absence. She Is planning
to build a house while here. j..
Mrs Ethel Puritt of Linden,
Texas, daughter Of Rev VIII War
rem, visited home during the holi-
days Mrs. Effie Hankins,
friend of Mrs. Leola Warren, met
her in the Twin City for a visit.
Mrs. Hankins is from Richmond
California. The Smart Set held
its annual bazaar December u at
the beautifully decorated home
of Mrs, Cargee Butler. Each
member wore a yellow eorsage
tied with blue and gold ribbon
BY $50 every piece Of the ex-
cellent hand work was sold. Mrs.
NJ. B. Mccoy served tea. On Dc
cember 9Th Mrs. McCoy's beauti-
ful and spacious home was the
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-10
" CHARTS AusW

is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. vii
lie H. Watson and the grandson
of Mrs. Julia Piggee. Mr.. and
Mrs. Watson have another SON IN
the Navy. :. Your STATE PRESS
may be secured at the White
Eagle Cafe. Ask for Miss Ger
aldine Miller. Mrs. L. c. Smith
has returned to Dansville where
she is a teacher in the public
school,
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BRADLEY

The st. Mary's Baptist Church
held its regular meeting. Sum
day School was carried out in IL
usual manner with Supt. A.
Burrell presiding. The pastor
preached a wonderful sermon. =.
Rev. M. T. Nelson has proven TO
be wonderful pastor and has
striven very hard to help W i'm
prove our church. ;. Mrs. Jesse
Johnson Of Chicago wan here for
the holidays visiting her father,
Rev. Rich Wilkerson. She was
guest Of Mrs. Callie u. HuFseln
while here. Miss Bertha L. John
son was weekend guest Of hez
grandmother, Mrs. Lizzie John
son. Mrs. Willie Mae Martin
is convalescing after a very bad
spell of illness.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-10

American Express Money Or
ders can be bought at patterson's
Grocery. l4th and Pulaski.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-10

Semper Fidellis Club celebrated
a gala affair December 9th in
the beautiful and spacious home
of Mrs, Gladys Brown. Pictures
were made of the club members
present. Out-of-town guests were
Mrs, Cooper, Mr., and Mrs. Will
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Pauley. Mr.,
and Mrs. Wamble, brother and
sister Of Miss Fancy Rucker, and
Miss Snyder of Kansas City.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-10
SPRARKMAN
Albertine Shugart

The Senior and Junior boys
basketball teams played the Ar
kadelphia boys on December 81
The Arkadelphia boys defeated
the Sparkman boys by one score.
Mrs. Virginia Hughes and daugh-
ter of Los Angeles are visiting
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-10
PRESCOTT
LYela Mae Walker

Rev. w. B. Flemons visited
First Baptist Church on January
9TH and took Sacrament. Gin
ton Tidwell's sister and her baby
left for Chicago on January 4th
after spending Christmas with
her mother and family. Mr..
Draper is reported to be i'll but on
the road to recovery. Miss An
nie B. Walker visited Misses Lu-
venia and Violet Jean Charles on
January 5th. Miss Violet Jean
Charles is on the sick list but
is doing fine now. Rev. 0. w.
Walker, who was i'll, has recov-
cred. Mrs. o. w. Walker Wis
tied Mrs Lock Richardson on
January 5th. George H. John
son is home from Chicago visit
ing relatives and friends.
GOSSIP:-Hello sly chicks and
hep cats. Are you ready to hear
from the jiving chicks around
town? 1t seems that three girls
have nearly lost their eyesight
simply because the Christmas
gifts they received are as follows
R. j. Redie, R. L. Walker, anc
l. Walker. Listen, d. Flemons
please make your decision by the
9th. 1t seems to make youl
subjects a little difficult with al
Of them. Listen all you sly
chicks in and around Upehurch
don't try to force L. H. Blake
into things that are wrong. It:
no use, he knows better-or does
he? E. NJ. Zachery, dom
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Evening star., 1947-05-20
Supreme Court Decision Upset
Askedin in National Theuter Case

Municipal Court Judge Nathan r
Margold yesterday was asked point
blank to rule contrary to two Su-
preme Court decisions which de-
clared unconstitutional civil rights
act of the last century.
The request was voiced by At
torney James A. Cobb, representing
the plaintiff In a $500 damages suit
against the National Theater for re-
fusing to sell two tickets to colored
person last December. Edward B.
Henderson, head of health. physical
education and safety in Public
School Divisions 1913, contends In
the suit that the theater violated the
Civil Rights Act of 1878 by its refusal
to sell him the tickets because Of his
race.
Judge Margold was taken aback by
the request.
Am I to understand you want
me to rule contrary to the highest
court by granting judgment favor
able to your client?" he inquired.
Yes, that is correct" replied Mr.
Cobb.
The Judge directed the lawyer te
present references to case precedents
if any, In which lower court judge
has in effect reversed, a Supreme
Court decision.
The case entered court yesterday
Evening star., 1947-05-20
Writer Tells Of Mems Anger
At Little on Visit to Prison
by Georoe Weller
chissse Dolly News Fersisn s.,vie.

Chieoso Daby News Foreign Service
The charges with which the Navy
confronts 1t. .Comdr. Edwin N
Little are the same ones whispered
to me In September, 1945, when
reached q tragic japanese prison
camp between Nagasaki and Hiro-
shima as the first visitor from the
free world beyond the gates. One
enlisted man after another told me
When I get home I'll get Little
broken If it's the last thing I do"
Other skinny, hollow-eyed Ameri-
cans with equal vehemence and per-
haps more justice said Little had
made himself unpopular, by his
strictness in handling food distribu-
ton, but that anyone forced to deal
with starving, hate-filled men
would. likewise, have gained en-
emies.
Little, 80, Is . medium sized,
sandy haired, thin faced men.
When arrived at Camp II at
Omuta In Kyushu as the first free
American these 1,700 Allied prison
ers had seen In four years, Little
was among those who bombarded
me with questions about the outer
world.
Brought ~ Death Club to U. s.
The actual club with which Ger
tainly one and probably two~pris-
oners were killed by the Japanese,
brought back to the United States
and still have. 1t is . hand-carved
club about 4 feet long and looks
like crude baseball bat. There
are discernible bloodstains on 1t.
Several enlisted men told me that
Little tipped OF misdeeds by erring
American prisoners. However, Lit
tie has an excellent Navy record
and already has been awarded the
Silver Star for action on Bataan.
In this camp 1t was part OF the
Japanese technique to feed the pris-
oners insufIiciently, but to make the
American officers responsible for
distribution. Food handlers had the
prize posts under Little's admin
istration. Around the long, drah
tables, tiny shovelfuls of rice with
a slice Of pickle were given out
Little chief cook was youngster
Evening star., 1947-05-20
Four Men Are Cleared in Crash
or Bus and Train in Bethesda

Arlington, Va. the conductor: OTIS
F. Bartlett, 40, Silver Spring, the
flagman, and Fred L. Reynard, As
who lives at the country club, the
bus driver.
Before passing sentence. Judge
Barbee said there was mo good ex-
cuse for the accident happening"
at is rather shocking that such a
dangerous place is permitted to be
obscured by foliage" the jurist COM
mented after hearing testimony that
vision at the crash scene is handi-
capped as a result OF a number OF
cherry trees planted there and the
crossing is unprotected by gates
bells or witchman.
In acquitting the men on the
manslaughter charges, Judge Bar
bee did not spare them from criti-
cism. He accused them and ''others
not in court" with being negligent
in one form or another.
ITO add up their negligence he
declared, probably would constitute
gross negligence"
Evening star., 1947-05-20

Three train crewmen and the
driver of q Congressional Country
Club bus which was struck by a
Baltimore 81 Ohio Railroad freight
train near Bethesda last Wednesday,
were cleared of manslaughter
charges yesterday. Three persons
were killed in the crash.
The four men were acquitted In
Rockville Police Court by Trial
Magistrate Alger Y. Barbee. who
decided after four hours of testimony
that there was insufficient evidence
of gross negligence" against them
as individuals to constitute man
slaughter charge.
Three colored passengers on the
bus were killed and Ave persons
injured in the collision, which oc-
Cured when the 17-car train backed
into the bus at the Dorset avenue
crossing in KenWood.
Those found not guilty were John
E. Mastin, So, OF the $500 block of
Third street NV. the engineer of
the train: Franklin r. Lake. 81,
Evening star., 1947-05-20
Congress in Brief

SChAtCs
Concludes debate on legislation to
establish National Science Foun-
dation.
Commerce Subcommittee continues
hearings on bill to merge interna-
tional air carriers.
Armed Service Committee meets
behind closed doors to consider uni
fication bill. @
Senate House conferees continue
efforts to reach agreement on COM
promise labor bill. a.
House:
Starts debate on Navy appropria-
tons bill.
Foreign Affairs Committee hears
Gen. Eisenhower on State Depart
ment's cultural and information
program.
Ways and Means Committee recalls
Secretary Of the Treasury Snyder
for further questioning on general
tax revision program.
Evening star., 1947-05-20

n1enI last nlgnh s--'-,s-.
said the main charges against MIN
are.
Maltreatment OF . person sub1ec,
to his orders; conduct to the pre1u-
dice OF good order and discipline and
conduct tnbecoming an omcer ano
gentleman.
No Further Details Given.
The Navy statement gave no fur
ther information.
However, Tokyo dispatches say
Capt. Isao Fukuhara, commander oi
Japanese Camp 17-B at Omuta
testified at his trial on atrocity
charges In February, 1s46, that 9
1t. E. N. Little asked punishment OF
a prisoner for stealing bread.
Fukuhara said the prisoner, Pvt
William H. Knight OF Warsaw, N. x.
was put in the guardhouse.
An affidavit by another prisoner
introduced at the Fukuhara trial
said Pvt. Knight died Of torture In
the puardhouse. The afndavit die
not specify whether this happened
while Pvt. Knight was there on the
bread stealing charge.
Was Mess Ofiicer at Prison.
Allied headquarters In Tokyo said
Little, later promoted to his present
rank, was mess of1icer at the Japa-
nese prison camp.
Alva G. Carpenter. chief Of the
Allied headquarters legal section In
Tokyo, said afndavits from num-
Der Of former prisoners saying
Comdr. Little turned them over to
Japanese guards for punishment
have been sent to Washington.
The Navy said It's tiles here show
Little is 80 years old and gave De-
catur, H., as his last civilian ad-
dress. He was appointed to An
napohs in 1926 after Navy service as
an enlisted man and was graduated
in 1880. He was captured in the
fall OF Corregidor.
The Navy said he was freed from
the Japanese prison camp in Octo-
ber, 1945, and was at the Naval Hos
pital In Oakland, Calf, until jan
uary "a, 1916.
Evening star., 1947-05-20
Cruelty to OvnMenin Jap Comp
|ChorQed to c Officefon rial Here

who told me. Our only meAs Was
dor and dog was rare. I never want
TO chop up another dog.
Two groups Of officers formed war
ring cliques IN the camp, thus under
mining discipline BY losing the mems
respect. One bitter issue was the
|plack market In rice. Only men who
worked full-time In the rotten
|beamed coal mine Through whose
corridors, running with water. have
walked for miles could get full ra-
tions.
Those too sick to 60 underground
got two thirds rations unless they
were confined to the infirmary,
where they got one-thtrd. One
man with whom I talked had paid
another one full dipper OF rice to
break his arm so that he could stay
above ground.
Tried to Break Up System.
As his secret trial undoubtedly Is
revealing, Little was active In try
ing to break up this parallel ex-
change system Of food. This barter,
natural enough In n1oneyless camp
|of famine, undoubtedly made his at
tempts to get more food from the
japanese more difi1cult than they
already were. Little told me how
hard he tried to get the black mar
ket stamped out in order to meet the
recurrent japanese argument: "The
Americans have food enough to
trade with, don't they?"
The strongest case which Little S
enemies have against him centers
around the deaths of William
Knight, who was been beaten to
death with the club In my possess
sion, and of James Pavlokos, who
was starved to death and dehydrated
until he faded away.
Here is what I was told commonly
about these deaths when I reached
Camp II several days in advance of
Gen. MacArthur's liberation teams:
Little was angered because he
caught Knight stealing food and be-
cause Pavlokos was trading food all
the time.
Knight had suffered 50 much in
camp that he had no mind left. Paw
lokos was a wild Greek Marine from
Chicago whom nobody had been
able to discipline.
No Authority to Punish Men.
Little had no authority to punish
these men himself. The Army off,
GERS with whom he was associated
on the American Camp Board re-
fused to turn in similar culprits to
the Japanese. We prisoners never
decided whether 1t was better to
thwart or submit to the Japs.
But Little figured he had to halt
food thievery or else hundreds of
men would suffer rice cuts"
Little's friends claim he never
knew what terrible penalties were
being inflicted on the Americans
and was powerless to intervene.
The United States Navy is proud
of its discipline. Should that dis
cipline be equally stern in an enemy
prison camp? This is the question
being decided In secret by the case
of Comdr. Little.
Evening star., 1947-05-20
Fort Davis Mass Meeting
0nHome Standards S Planned

A mass meeting Of all property
owners In the Fort Davis section to
seek higher building standards will
be held In the near future.
A date for the meeting will be set
later, the Fort Davis Citizens Asso-
citation announced last night.
The association will ask the de-
partment OF Vihicles and Traffic to
have SLOW" signs painted on both
sides OF Pennsylvania avenue and
Thirtieth street Sc, SO children at
tending the Randall School will be
able to cross the avenue with less
peril. 4-~
The last meeting Of the season
was held in the Ryland Methodist
Church, Branch avenue and s
street S.E.
Evening star., 1947-05-20
Weather Report

District Of Columbia - MOSTLY
cloudy. warm and humid with scat
tered thundershowers this afternoon
or early tonight. Highest this after
noon about IS. Lowest tonight
about 60. Tomorrow, cloudy and not
so warm followed by showers.
Maryland and Virginia-Mostly
cloudy. warm and humid with scat
tered thundershowers this afternoon
and tonight. Tomorrow, cloudy and
not SO warm followed by showers.
Wind velocity, IL miles per hour;
direction, south southeast.
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls: Shenandoah clear a,
Earpers Ferry
Temperature and Humidity.
tReadinss at Washington National
Evening star., 1947-05-20
Two House Conferees
Willing 10 Yield on
Labor Bill Of Rights
By ihs As.eeiafsd Press

Two House Republicans en-
ragged in writing final labor dis
putes legislation expressed will
ingness today to yield further to
the Senate.
Representatives Hartley OF New
Jersey and Lands Of Indiana, men1-
bers Of the House Senate Confer
ence Committee, said they are ready
to eliminate workers Dill OF
rights IN the House measure. There
is no such provision IN the Dill ap-
proved by the Senate.
The bill OF rights provides. among
other things, that unions could not
refuse to let members resign, charge
excessive dues OF initiation fees, or
intimidate members families. SEN
ate confereeS are opposed 70 tnis
section, contending 1t would give the
Government too big hand In the
regulation Of unions internal affairs.
Before the conference group as.
sembled at 10 am. for Its third ses.
sion, Mr.. Hartley, chairman OF the
House Labor Committee, said he
would like to retain the bill Of rights.
but that it probably will go out the
window If the Senate delegation ar
CUES that the provision would stand
In the way OF mastering q two third
majority to override q possible veto
by President Truman.
Mr.. Hartley also has predicted
that the House conferees will agree
to drop two other features the Sem
ate group opposes. These are ban
on industry wide collective bargain
ing and authorization to let private
employers seek injunctions against
jurisdictional strikes and secondary
boycotts.
Thus far the conference has taken
no formal action.
While Mr.. Hartley commented
that the House leadership wants
me to be pretty tough" he told a
reporter 1.-The main objective Is to
get bill that would survive veto"
Mr.. Lands agreed with Mr..
Hartley on this general strategy,
and added:
Il don't care very much for the
Bill Of Rights as a whole anyway"
Mr.. Hartley said he still has hopes
that the Senate conferees will agree
to accept a House provision pro-
hibiting mass picketing and violence
in any picketing.
Among provisions the House and
Senate bills have In common are 9.
ban on, the closed shop, under which
employers can hire only union men,
bers; an authorization for the Gov
ernment to seek injunctions against
national emergency strikes, and sec
tions making unions subject to dam
age suits and liable for unfair labor
practices.