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Hartford chronicle., 1947-04-19
Continue Case Against Louisiana University

Baton Rouge, La, Apr 9th The NAACP today appealed the decision of Louisiana district judge who dismissed suits against the Louisiana State University. The Associa- tion's lawyers took the cases of Viola Johnson and Charles Hatfield, who are seeking mandatory writ to obtain ad- mission to the law school and the medical college respecti- vely, to the Court of Appeals, First Circuit, of the Stae of Louisiana.
 The appeal petitions desri- bed the qualifications of Miss Johnson and Hatfield and stated there is no medical college and law school within the state other than those maintained fy the state Of Louisiana State university where they can secure the re- quired education.
Hartford chronicle., 1947-04-19

Middletown you will have a new paper boy. We trust that your interest in the Chronicle will continue. We will con tinue to try to give you the best type of news available in our community. We also trust that as the Chronicle embarks on it's second year of contin- uous publication we may serve you better. It's for you readers to write in and tell us your opinions. If you like 1t say so, if you dislike it let us know. Don't feel that your criticisms are not welcome. We beg you to speak of us when you are buying in the stores of our advertisers. It will be pleas tire for our Advertisers to hear you tell them, "I saw your Ad in the Chronicle"
 Don't forget to send in your contributions to the Hartford Chronicle Fund for the aid of Edward Hamlin our local kid who is fighting for recovery from a severe burn which he suffered last New Years day. If you remember his picture appeared on the front of our April 5 issue.
Hartford chronicle., 1947-04-19
DOINCS OF THE TEEN
 AGERS OF NlIDDLETOWN
By Elaine McArthur

Thursday evening April 3, the Clover Leaf Club. met at the home of Mrs. c. ]. Red dick with Eula and Elaine Me- Arthur, hostesses. At this meeting, final plans were made for the May Festival. Refresh ments were served at the end of the meeting by the two hostesses.
 James Johnson and Joseph Jones of Brooklyn, New York, were weekend guests of Mir. and Mrs. Earnest McArthur.
 The Echoes of True Vine, group of teen age singers, held their first anniversary from Tuesday, April 8, to Sun day, April 13. These girls planned a night each, and each night turned out to be great success.
 Mildred Black, spent the weekend in New York. By the way. Mildred is still talking of how wonderful 5th Avenue looked in it's Easter finery.
 The Junior N.A.A.C.P. met at the Y.M.C.A. Plans were made for an annual party or picnic to be given by our branch.
 Melvin James of Brooklyn, New York, also left the glitter ing lights behind to come to Middletown, for peaceful vacation. He is the guest of Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Blank.
 The Junior Choir and the Sunday School of the Cross Street, A.M.E Zion, will pre- sent the Douglas Brothers of Ansonia, in a musical recital. If our parents and friends will help us support this program as we do theirs, I am sure this program will be success.
 Saturday evening the Car ver's Boys, a group of colored teen agers, played the Red
Hartford chronicle., 1947-04-19

The district judge, who pre- viousl ydismissed the suit, said the petitioners should have de- manded that Southern univer- sity, the state institution for Negroes, establish medical and law schools, He said in the meantime the petitioners must pursue their studies outside the state under a scholarship aid plan provided for in a Louisiana statute.
 This is one more in a series of cases which the NAACP is trying throughout t h e meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment in regard to the duty of the state to afford graduate and professional school training for Negroes.
Hartford chronicle., 1947-04-19

Devils, an all white team, in a basketball game. Although these boys lost this game by a mere eight points, they
 really put up fight.
Hartford chronicle., 1947-04-19
MIDDLETOWN NEWS
By Charles c. Garvin

returned from Orlando, Flor ida last week. He has been i'll for quite some time and spent the winter in Florida with his mother Mrs. E. Henry. It is hard to say whether his arm will allow him to play this season. He did tell me that he didn't think he would play. Anyway it is nice to have him back. The fans will miss him from his key position on first base when the Middlesex County League opens their season.
 Miss Lillian Hamlin of Cromwell, Conn. joined the Bostonians in th e Easter Parade. Miss Hamlin spent the Easter weekend with her aunt Mrs. Susie Reynolds n d attended services and a very elaborate program at St. Bar tholomew's Church in Cam bridge, Mass. of which Mrs. Reynolds Is a member.
 The Echoes, a Choral group of True Vine Church of Port land has just completed a week long celebration of their anniversary at the True Vine church. This group is under the direction of Mrs. Rather enc Davis. Mrs. Davis has done a great deal to help these young people in their work for the church. The harmonies and melodies which they sing stir ones soul when their voices are heard. As MT. ]. DuPlan told me when he addressed a group in Middletown about a month ago, "The way that chorus sang and the feeling they expressed caused tears to come from my eyes. The singing here in America is really different from that in England''.
 While I have just mentioned MT. DuPlan 1 have just re- ceived a letter from him re- questing some more copies of the Hartford Chronicle. He liked our coverage of his visit and wishes to send a few cop ies to his mission and friends in England.
 Saunderson-F Fountaine
 Miss Thelma Saunderson and Muriel (Dick) Fountaine were united in Holy Matri, mony Apri 5 in Portland Conn The couple who hail from Virginia are making theil home in Portland where the groom lived since his arriva in this vicinity. May thei1 journey through life prove tc be a long and happy associa ton.
 Mrs. Margaret Pope Branch who now resides in Philadel phia is spending two weeks with her parents MT. and Mrs Pope of Portland. Mrs. Branch who lives with her husband 1T Philadelphia has been ava. for quite some time and hel friends are happy to have he
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-27
News Program
SUNDAY, JULY q, l941

state ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with It's resources, TO IN
clude public terminals, tobacco storage
warehouses. ship repair facilities, near
by sites for heavy industry and 3o-1oot
Gaze Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough % meet
needs for years to come. ~
Development of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial re-
sources through better markets and food
processing, pulp wood production ana
factories.
Emphasis on the regions recreation
advantages and improvement OF resort
accommodations.
Improvement of Southeastern North
Carolinas farm-to-market and primary
roads, with a paved highway from Top
sail inlet to Bald Head island.
Continued effort through the City's In
dustrial Agency to attract more IN
dustries.
Proper utilization Of Bluethenthal air
port for expanding air service.
Development of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities, especially IN
counties Ia cking hospitals, and includ-
ing a Negro Health center.
ENCOURAGEMENT If the growth of COM
mercial fishing.
Consolidation OF City and County gov
ernments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-27
A Better Highway Record

North Carolina experienced a At per
cent decrease in traffic fatalities during
June in comparison with the CORES
ponding month last year.
This fine improvement in the high
way death record didn't just happen.
1t was the result of greater atten-
ton to two very important factors
education and law enforcement. Ap-
parently the people are becoming more
safety-conscious and are operating their
ears with more consideration for fel-
low motorists.
What has prompted that?
Attention to safety laws enacted
during the last General Assembly is an
important contribution. Efforts to
eliminate the unfit from the highways
and a boost in the cost of carelessness
were among the provisions of those
measures. Enlargement of the State
Highway patrol is also another favor
able factor. Admittedly it is impos.
slble to leglslate safety but sound laws.
with adequate and capable enforcement
machinery, go a long ways toward maxi
ing recklessness mighty costly and un-
pOpular.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-27
n New York With Lait
These Horse-And-Book ie Days.

much they'll nave to SKI"
the top"
Every time I publish ta-s SUI
of item, I get a polite call i'on
the office of the Police Comm,
sioner. . Would l be kind eao1s1
to divulge the sources OF my lind
ments? L am a very No. M.
guy, but l must decline Ian
only because I hope 10 ,.o
further information, but oeco .aos;
don't want a lot of my
knocked off. ,orsl
In a burg as big and cofo .rs,
as New York, millions OF .nr
cross one another every n1''D( .'a
/. Many who have never 'I q.
each other know the intlffa.'
crts of tach others affair. ssi
The minister and the H'cAPl 3g.
may have the same % ~.
yer, broker, accountant in.
err, golf-partner-even o.
law. he
The story l had receH. .5s
four greyhounds who IT, .4ss-
Texas Gilman of hundre5s loved
sands of dollars With ',ord;
dice has never gone o" syet
no official complaint as
CONTINUED on Page ouf'e'N
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-27
War Aid In Past Tense

The I%ndonesian war is another good
example of the inconsistencies RESPONSE
BILE for a good part of the worlds
troubles today.
The United States has denied send
ing arms to the Dutch. Yet, the ROYAL
Netherlands Marines, now taking the
lead in the fighting in Java, were train.
ed in this country at Camps Davis and
Lejeune. While they were preparing,
one with even half an eye on the in
ternational situation had a pretty good
idea of their next assignment.
Whether an individual sides with
the Dutch or the %Indonesians depends
greatly on his Interpretation and at
titude toward the Atlantic charter. But
beyond that principle, it cannot be de-
MED that this country has had an in
direct hand in the current warfare. Aid
to a combatant can be either in the
past or present tense. In this case, ii
was given to the Dutch at the very
time u government was quite busy
trying to place the early foundation fol
permanent universal peace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-27
BY JACK LAIT

Nasty c h a I 6 / being
banded i'll the office of the D. A.
and before a Grand Jury, having
to do with payoffs to the dicks
by bookmakers. . Anyone vino
doesn't think the wager-takers are
kicking in copiously is naive. .
The turnover is tremendous
Figures SO far named are chicken.
feed.
Every detective in every Dor.
ough knows that if he should "col.
lar' a bookmaker he'd wind ur
picking stickers out of his char.
ness" somewhere out So far il
would take him two days every
day to get to his station. . Only
plainclothesmen deal with book.
makers. . These r policemen,
out of uniform, assigned to dis.
trict stations. They work under
the captains of those spots and
answer to them.
No bookmaker can live without
telephones. . No bookmaker can
use a telephone without the phone
company knowing Of it. . There
is an undercover tieup whereby
police know almost instantly when
a line is used in such traffic. . .
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-27

That means a quick and sudden
visit from a plainclothesman.
The charge o shocking the
city Cor the thousandth time) is
that bet-merchant shave to cough
up. . 81. 500 a month each, it is
alleged. L say some come
across with that sum a week. . i.
$4,000 a month is commonplace.
Not all pay the same. but,
like o legal income tax, the
graft is scaled to income brackets.
The gross take is partitioned on
up the line. . It's in the millions.
. . Top city officials, who live
on their salaries, know all about
it, but can't stop it. . If they
did, the system would be rolling
again in a week.
The bookmakers, themselves.
want it that way. . They can
well afford the handout. . They
get protection and not in quo-
tationmarhs. . Being in an I'M
lawful, yes. criminal, racket, they
are prey to every extortionist and
shakedown operator. Against
that the cops see they get i'm
munity. . And, as it is, the per
centage layers know just how
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-27
Now In The Open

The issue of universal military train
ing is now formally before the Ameri-
can people.
Placing it there was the only signi-
ficance in the House Armed Service
committees approval of the bill to es-
tablish compulsory training in peace
time. Coming so late in the session of
Congress, no immediate action was *
pected.
From the standpoint of national de-
Tense, hopes should be that the measure
will be taken up on the House floor
shortly after Congress onven in
January. Today's prediction of it's fate
would be little more than a guess. Com
ing up in d presidential election year,
it is not beneath some members OF
either party to put politics over Sc
curity. Changes in the international
situation will also be Influential on the
ultimate treatment it will receive.
But with the measure going on the
calendar, perhaps interest in it, by both
proponents and opponents, will be en-
livened. The apathy that has marked
the attitude of practically all certainly
has not been in keeping with the i'm
portance of the issue. The Congress-
men will certainly have a better chance,
while at home, to get the feeling of
the majority. Believing that the greater
number expressing their views will be
for UNIT, committee approval of the
legislation is to be looked upon as the
first of many important steps toward
establishing a better state of prepared
ness the United States must have in an
unsettled world.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-27
Around Capitol Square
"7he Lost Colony" Loses Weeks Revenue By Fire
Square
popular.

states furnishing most Of the at
tendance. Other coastal and
mountain resort areas report
patronage from W4der areas than
many years past. This adds en-
basis to the established business
principle that the tourist trade is
Gle of the most valuable &c a S h
crops" for North Carolina.
COURT. - Business may pick
up considerably during the next
three weeks, but presently the SUI
preme court docket book indicates
a light fall session. The court will
convene for the fal, term On Aug
ust IS at which time appeals from
The first. 20 ana q districts will
he called. Cases may be .ilad TO.
hearing on this date up to Argus
y. So far only four cases have
been entered from the first d i S
trict, none from the other two
Activity IN superior courts during
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-27

the summer has been about
normal. Predictions made some
months ago that litigation in both
civil and criminal divisions would
show a big increase this year have
not proven true General employ
ment has held up better than had
been predicted and it is axicmatic
that busy people do not have TIM
to violate the law or engage in
lawsuits with their neighbors.
UNREGISTERED. - The little
book in Secretary of State T:aad
EEure's office in which persons Or
organizations seeking to influence
pubic opinion are required tc reg
Ijeler has acquired no new Games
l:tely. but as the 1913 political
campaign begins tc show sisr.s Of
life there is manifestation of in
terest in that little book. Officials
of the North Carolina, Education
Association were checking he low
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-27
LYNN NISBET

RALEIGH, July 26. Loss OF
weeks revenue by reason o. suS'
nension of The Lost Colony, dut
to fire damage to the stage, is
tough luck for the sponsoring as,
scciation and to the state.
local community, Of course, pene.
fits more directly from the Groves
attracted by the drama, but 1t i
easy to see that the whole state
derives benefit from out OF state
visitors.
FAR-REACHING. A license
plate check o. cars parked near
fife seaside theatey on Roanohf
Island during the fl~st ha't CT JUN
discovered cars from IS states
t9e District Of Columbia, Panama
Ontario and Quebec. Few YER
Soted from west of the Mississippi,
good many from Illinois arc
bhio. with Atlantic seaboaro
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-27
Unattended Birth
By Negro Girl
Is Discovered

SOUTHERN PINES, July 26 -
Mrs. Worth Mcleod, we.1are
worker. today reported that a II
year-old Negro girl gave birth to
a daughter alone and kept the
baby FOR four days in a rag-filled
box in a basement.
Seventeen-year-old Classic May
Watson feared her foster motber
would make her leave home if
she discovered the child, Mrs.
Mcleod said. The girl went about
her work and sneaked downstairs
to feed the baby canned milk.
The girl fled with the baby to
a neighbours house when it was
found, Mrs. Mcleod said. Doctors
reported hat the child was in
good health.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-27

Friday and decided their outfit
would not have to register. Obv;-
ously the furry of interest oc-
casloned by NCEA President
Fritz statement o. endorsement
for Charles M. johnson as COVER.
nor pompted the check-up.
FUTILE. - Although the act is
very specific in its requirements
and description of those VINO must
register, it leaves up to the person
or agency itself to determine
whether the act applies. Practical
i! no provision is made for en-
forcement. So Ear the Communists
Party, the Allied Church Leagu,
NCEA,, the Good Health Assa !
alton and various groups concern
&c with fightin cancer, promoting
health camps, milk funds. anG
what have you, have elected not
teontnned "a Pare yerteeuT
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-27
It could have happened here.

1t could nave nappeHeu here.
That is the thought, and a sad one
indeed for advocates of greater COM
merce for the Port of Wilmington, &C.
companying the recent announcement
that the Port of Charleston has captur-
ed SO to 60 million pounds of Georgia
and Carolina flue-cured tobacco for e x
port to the worlds markets.
The huge consignment, representing
a tenth of the nations 1916 leaf ex-
ports. is one of the most luscious traffic
plums plucked by a port in the post
war period. 1t will release thousands
and thousands of dollars through en-
ployment in Charleston, beginning in
August and continuing for several
months.
Why and how did it get this bust
ness, the largest single movement of
tobacco through a South Atlantic port?
Believing Cotesworth P. Means, vice
chairman of the South Carolina Ports
authority, to be among those most
qualified to answer, we called him
yesterday. Undoubtedly proud of this
achievement, he readily replied:
I'VE obtained the tobacco because
we have adequate and modern ter
|minals. They are the real key to the
whole situation. Without them, we
wouldn't have had a chance"
Then, briefly, he gave the history
of, the $40, 600, 900 Port of Embarka-
ton, now under the jurisdiction and
management of the South Carolina au-
thority.
The story goes back to 1918.
1t was then that the Federal gov
eminent started construction of an
overseas shipping point for World war
|. But the armistice was signed be-
fore the facilities were completed the
following year. The extensive installa-
ton lay dormant, in fact, reached a
state of Junk" and in 1886 the City
of Charleston took over the terminals
and effected the lease of a part Of them
to a large industry. But little progress
was made in either their preservation
and development and, when World war
II broke out, the government exercised
an old recapture clause. It Immediately
went to work to make the property into
one of the best deep-Water terminals
in the country. In 1915, the South Caro-
lima authority began efforts to acquire
the facilities, now larger than ever be-
fore, from the city and industrial con-
cen. It's claim was based on the sound
contention that principal benefits to be
derived through their use would be
statewide and not primarily local. It's
general program was copied, to a large
extent, from the one successfully es-
tablished Alabama in Mobile in the
early 1920's.
The authority formally came into
possession of the Port of Embarkation
last March without paying a cent and
on a rent-free basis. Its chief response
bility is to see that the property will
be, in event of another national en-
Urgency, returned to the Federal gov
eminent in good condition. By it's use,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-27
CATHOLICS ELECT
CETTIER AS HEAD
Other Officers Reelected
AT Annual Meeting In
Belmont Abbey

CHARLOTTE, July 2e-George
L. Gettier of Charlotte was re-
elected president of the North
Carolina Catholic laymen's re
treat association at its meeting
which closed recently in Belmont,
it has been announced.
The retreat, sixteenth annual
meeting to be held was in Bel
mont Abbey, under the direction
of the Most Reverend Vincent S.
Waters, bishop of the diocese OF
Raleigh.
Other officers also were elect
ed to succeed themselves for the
new year as follows: M. Leo
Lacy of Charlotte, vice president
for the western district; L. V.
O'Callaghan of Southern Pines,
vice PRECEDENT for the eastern dis
trict; Bernard A. Lewis of York,
S. c., vice president at large;
Fred C. Ray of Charlotte. secre-
tary; Leo A. Heller of Gastonia,
historian.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-27

1913. He is the most popular
choice with the rank and file OF
Republican voters, Institute polls
have found, but the selection of
the candidate is strictly up to the
convention delegates.
In today's survey Dewey draws
his main strength from profess
s:onal and business and white
collar workers, ard from voters
in the older age brackets. c o n
versely, Truman is strongest with
organized labor, young voters, big
city jewellers, and farmers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-27
A Comparsion OF Ports

it is being maintained better than
through any other means.
With the terminals as it's ace card,
the authority Immediately launched a
development and commerce attraction
program which is fast placing Charles
ton ahead of all other ports on the
South Atlantic coast.
"Within the past eight weeks, we
have obtained eight regular steamship
services" MI. Means said in outlining
the ports accomplishments. These
lines, he added, conect Charleston with
every part IF the globe, with exception
of Australia and South America. And,
he continued, efforts to fulfill that
shortcoming are well under way. The
present well-advertised sailings are on
schedules ranging from weekly to
monthly.
Thus, as he pointed out, Charleston
has brought its facilities and service
into excellent justification with it's
commerce, actual and potential. That
is the foundation for any ports sue
cess. And coupled with it is the theory
that success begets success, as exempli-
fled so we'll along the Palmetto city's
busy waterfront.
Wilmington and Charleston are in
an interesting, but d~iscouraging to us,
parallel.
The now-idle shipyard here is physi-
cally comparable to tie bustling Port
Of Embarkation there. But efforts to
obtain it from the Federal government,
through the Maritime commission, for
use have met with refusal. Offers by
the North Carolina State Ports au-
thority to buy it at a handsome price
have been rejected. Today, a lease ar
rangement for a part of it is being
sought. Meanwhile, it's warehouse and
other facilities could, with little con-
version, be utilized for storage of to-
bacco and other commodities just as
easily as similar structures are being
used in Charleston.
While the Army was most coopera-
tive, in fact, anxious for someone to
maintain it's Charleston holdings, the
Maritime commission has adopted and
followed an almost opposite policy here.
Even though on a standby basis, it is
doubtful if the $685. 1853 shipyard can
be saved from the ravages of the years.
While Wilmington, handicapped by
having this valuable facility withheld
from it, marks time, Charleston races
ahead in the competition for traffic
among South Atlantic ports.
Yes, it could have happened here.
But it, meaning the business which
would come from the accommodation
Of the ports share of the Carolinas'
water-borne trade, will not until Will
mington acquire facilities and steam
ship services comparable to those Of
fered by Charleston. The commerce
is naturally going where it can be
handled best. That is a simple rule of
domestic and world trade and no amount
of persuasion can change it. But mod
ern terminals and regular ship sched-
ules can.