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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-07-04

tatHer WIN ltS'H's ~ low MAR
shall Street,
The Velvatex Beauty College
and Graduating Glass was honor.
ed last Monday evening, at Bul.
locks Temple, CME Church with
II timely address by the guest
speaker, Rev c, ID. Pettaway
subject "Do Something and be
Something
The invocation Was rendered
by Rev. J. w, Parham. pastor of
Bulocks Temple CINE Church.
The gradutes responded beau,
TRULY with Mrs. Elizabeth Facen
giving the welcome address, Mes
DANES Josephine Johnson and
Lou Dora Yancy singing With.
out A Song The graduation
theme, Enterprise, the Chal.
lange of the Common Man was
GRATED by Willie Banks.
The Junior Glass sang a med
ley of songs.
Mrs. d. d. James, in the place
Of Mrs. II, w, Suggs, (who was
unable to attend awarded the di
plomas to the graduates, who
were as follows Johnnie Marie
Alexander, Willie Banks. Gloria
u. Bratcher, Rosie Ann Butler
Penn Doris, Elizabeth Faeen
Lizzie b. Howard josephine NJ
Johnson, Germaine Kendall. Jose
phiue MCGOWAN, Ada Powell, Lit
Tie Mae Robertson, Willetta Shell
Curlie J. Thompson, Electa A,
White and Lou Dora Yancy.
The rostrum guests included
well known social leaders OF the
city. Mesdames ID. y. James
John a. ilibbler, G. W. S. Ish, r
C. Childress and Miss Z. Williams
Mrs.. Faris, secretary of the
Board of Cosmetology, attended
with friends.
Mrs Lena Jordan, founder OF
Lena Jordan Hospital, presided
over the program, Music was un,
der the able direction Of Mrs
Elizabeth Johnson.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-07-04
MODERN TTES

The Modernetts were enter
tanned at the HON of Mrs. Mary
Fields, 500 Hazel N. Little Rock
Thursday June 2G. Games were
played and a very delicious menu
was served by the hostess. An
enjoyable evening was had by
all
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-07-04

ton being held at Congregation
al Church, Wednesday at P M.
Mrs. p. ]. Collier of Hot Springs.
president in charge Thursday
afternoon the high points of the
meeting We're the general discue-
sion Of problems that confront
the wives of professional men
serving the public the report of
the treasurer; and the election of
officers. 1t was voted that the of
fetal staff remain the same
the coming year. AT P NJ.
The Ladies Local Auxiliary was
hostess TO the nurses and visitors
at a garden party at the home of
DR.. and Mrs ] B. Woods.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-07-04
-RETURN HOME

Mrs. Ella Vera Clayborn Evans
who was called to the bed side
of her mother Mrs. ]. II. Clay
born. returned this week to Los
Angeles to her husband.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-07-04

Mrs Talmadbe Body of College
station Is taking electrical treat.
mauts I'm Chicago. Illinois and is
reported doing fine. Mrs Body ir
the wife of Talmadge Body, re
preventative OF the STATE Press
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-07-04
TEACHING CONFERENCE

A Teaching Conference of the
Colored Missions of the Episeo-
pal Church of the Diocese of Ark
ansas will be held at the st.
Phillips Nj ion. 10th and Gaines
Sunday and Moniay. The Confer
eHce will open with the Celebra-
ton Of the Hoy Communion at
II a. u Sunday. The Ri. Rev.
K Bland Mitchell D. d. Cele-
brant assisted by the Rev. J. H
King At 3 p. III. there will be a
meeting of the women and young
people At p. m. there will be
special Laymens meeting with
a special speaker in charge.
l.. l.. Mcdowell, chairman Of
the Conference Committee and ].
Henry King, dean of Negro Work
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-07-04
VISITING IN CONN

Mrs. Hattie Williams arrived
here Sunday for q two weeks
visit with her cousins, Mr.. and
Mrs. n. W. Boone, zoos Victory
street, Mrs Wjllilms Is resi-
dent Of Waterbury, Connecticut.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-07-04
VACATIONlNG

Bonnie l.. Kamack and his
grandmother are spending their
summer vacation with his mother
in Los Angeles, California
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-07-04

Angeles next May.
DR.. Blakely attended the Pen
sion and Sunday School Union
Boards in Nashville Tenn. this
week and visited with Mrs.
Blakely and the children.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-07-04
COMMENCEMENT AT VELViA
BEAUTY SCHOOL

The Nelyia Beauty School viii
hold It's sixth commencement ex-
eraise Thursday evening. July 10
at S.1a. a the Drcamland Audi
t0rlum.
Members of the graduating
class are Theodore Bright, sec.
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VISITING IN CALIFORNIA

Rev. V. NJ. Townsend, Presiding
Elder Of the Little Rock District,
AME Church loft Tuesday night
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-07-04

Wrieht's Business School, 1917
Valentine Street, Little Rock,
Arkansas. Shorthand and Typ
ing. Hours 5 to 9 p. m. Enroll
row For further information
Call 1922. Mrs. L. N. Wright
Proprietor. ADV.
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for Los Angeles. California to
spend a few days with his son
Atty Y VI. Townsend. Jr. and
other relatives.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-07-04

ANNOUNCE ENI-- NJ l.. ar
Mrs. Evans Bryant, Conway
announce the marriage OF
thetr daughter, Miss Marie
Ruby Anderson to RosaI Alex
ander Matri.on The marriao
teok r ace Jlre il hr. Ma
tson is the son Of M. and
Mrs. William Mattison. c nway
Mrs. Mattlson is the niece of
Mrs. Waiter Bennett of Little
Fock. She att need hM&N Col
leee at Pine Bluff ard Philan-
der Smith College at Lite
Rock where she took a pre-
med. course.
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VISITING FATHER

Miss Mary f, Clayborn, daugh-
ter of d. 7, Clayhorn, is home
for a few brief moments with her
father who resides at 1900 Mar.
shall Street,
Evening star., 1947-12-25

u o W ey Qt-
manded audience with the President
during which he called for the head
of Interior Secretary Krug or, as
a minimum compromise. the scalp
of Secretary Krug's Reclamation
Commissioner, Michael Straus.
He has also reviewed the reclama-
ton program in Central Valley to
which he objects in a well-docu-
mented book, "They Would Rule
the Valley" which in a pinch would
make a good COP campaign hand
book in the West.
Roosevelt Backs Krug.
This Is more than the rebellion
of a Senator. Senator Downey has
been asked by Edwin w. Pauley to
take his place as national commit
teeman. Mr.. Pauley has been feud-
ing with State Chairman Roosevelt
and to say that Senator Downey
shares his dim view of the late
Presidents son is putting it mildly
Mr.. Roosevelt having taken the sidf
of Secretary Krug and Mr.. Straus:
President Truman has so far stood
pat. Secretary Krug, Mr.. Strau!
and the Central Valley acreage
limitation, crux of Senator Downey's
attack. still stand. The issues the
Senator has raised, however, will
certainly be heard from again in the
next Congress. .
This is cold comfort to Chairman
McGrath and Mr.. Sullivan. They are
already faced with an impressive
collection of political problem chill
dren: Henry Wallace and his third
Evening star., 1947-12-25
Ewes on California
Democratic Feuds in State Viewed
AS Giving COP Is Electoral Votes

party enthusiasts; Gilman Pauley,
who feels greatly aggrieved by the
national lack of appreciation of the
services he insists upon rendering,
and James Roosevelt who feels he
has made a good deal of sacrifice
in trying to knit his turbulent
adopted State organization together.
Mothers Role Important.
Mr.. Roosevelt is In a sense the
newcomer. But he is the late Presi-
dents son and his mother, who has
showed in past crises that she takes
his part strongly, is one of the
party's most potent political figures.
The situation is the more ag-
gravating because California has
been so strongly Democratic
State and still shows about 750,-
900 more Democrats than Republi-
cans IN its registration figures.
Governor Warren's '46 success in
winning both party nominations for
Governor shows, however, that the
situation is extremely fluid.
Gov. Warren and California S
junior Senator, Senator Knowland,
are said by embittered Democrats
to be sitting on the moot
Central Valley proposition, waiting
for the Democrats to make the
wrong move. They concede the issue
is hotter than a firecracker in Cali
fornia and that somebody may get
very badly burned.
Evening star., 1947-12-25

swept over me Henry McLemore.
when I saw him being led up the
steps of the Baptist parsonage in
Dalton, Ga, still fingers about my
spine. With a great burst OF
imagination I named him Billy,
right on the spot.
How my family ever managed to
keep Billy's presence a secret even
the day before Christmas remains
an unsolved mystery. Because any
one as far away as Chattanooga
who took a good, deep breath was
aware that Billy was residing in
Dalton. A red cart came with Billy
but they became mortal enemies on
sight. Many an hour Billy stood
hitched to that cart, but he never
pulled it so much as one inch. He
spent his time butting members OF
the family and any deacons who
came to call.
Alligator Came Next.
The alligator came the Christmas
after Billy. He was shipped to us
UOyS NY pidy u1 4CAoV1SS hFhA6 AAA
Florida, and was a good 5 feet
long. If the devil had slid down
the chimney head first, Mother
couldn't have been more Mortified
than when we started uncrating the
alligator in the living room. Bap-
tist parsonages are so seldom
equipped with living quarters for an
alligator that my parents insisted
upon giving it to the city. The city
accepted the gift and placed the
alligator in the public park pool.
This just about finished my
brothers and me. We took turns
guarding the pool and trying to COL
lect money from children who came
to look at it, insisting that 1t was
still our alligator. I don't recall
that any of us was able to retire on
what we took in. In fact, I believe
we took in more black eyes than
money.
The generals suit was purchased
Evening star., 1947-12-25

ing in those Constantine brown.
nrovinces and to arrange for their
emigration to Birobijan." The
broadcast adds with cynical humor
that this decision was received as
a new wonderful proof of the care
which the Communist Party, Soviet
government and, in particular
Stain, give to the question OF the
further development OF the JEWISH
statehood"
The Moscow broadcaster neglects,
for good reasons, to say anything
about the forlorn Birobijan republic
created as kind of super concen-
tration camp for the Russian Jews
in Siberia at the border of Man
churia. The country with an area
of $4,000 square kilometers is ARID
with subzero temperatures during
several months of the year. the
winters are long and during the
short summer months BirobiJan is
a mosquitoes paradise.
Log Huts and Scanty Food.
In 1885 the province had a popu-
lation of about 10000 gathered from
amongst Jews from the various
sections of European Russia who
were persistently clinging to the
regular practice of their religion.
Since that time the population
has been increased, but no statistics
on the growth are available. 1t is
known that during and especially
after the war many Russian, Polish
Evening star., 1947-12-25

to the polls 1CS Io~eh ".S
utter weakness was revealed. 1t
mustered 100000 voters, of which
some must have been merely SYM
pathizers, not party members. TO
estimate the political strength OF the
Communists, keep in mind that
more than 100000 votes were cast
in that election. Keep in mind also
that Communist Party members are
supposed to be strictly disciplined;
that they must get out and vote or
else. -,
So this is the group that is said
to contemplate overthroWlng the
strongest Government on earth by
force and violence. And there are
some citizens so jittery at the pros
pect that they propose to dispose OF
the threat by overthrowing the
Communist Party-by force and
violence. They would outlaw" the
party. They would force it off the
ballot, where it has yet to demon
strate that it can do any damage
And thereby, according to some
constitutional lawyers, would do real
violence to the United States Con-
stitution.
What Better Safety Valve?
The Constitution is presumed to
protect any citizen In his right to
express his political views at the
polls, no matter how unpopular
those views may be. So we have had
in our history all sorts Of minority
parties bidding for the people S
support; the Barn Burners, the
Know Nothings, the Populists and
Prohibitionists, for examples. None
succeeded in getting so few votes as
Evening star., 1947-12-25
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. G. A


with my own money-money earned
selling papers at Camp Jackson,
S. c., during World War I. I re-
member one incident connected with
that paper-selling venture. L was
too small to carry and sell the heavy
Sunday papers, and thus missed the
chance to make as much money as
my older brothers. So, I reported
to my father that thought it was
wicked for a minister's children to
be selling papers on Sunday. For
tunately for my brothers bank ac-
counts my parents saw through my
Righteousness"
Last Word in Uniforms.
The generals suit ! ordered was a
whole paragraph past the last word
in military uniforms for boys. 1t
had four stars on the shoulders,
medals for so various deeds of
valor, enough wound stripes to quail
ify me as dead and gone, and, best
of all, swagger stick. With the
stick I could fend off the attacks of
other boys who either envied me
my suit, or realized I looked as
silly as I must have.
The dollar watch was my first
watch. When it was given to me my
heart and feet leaped up, and I tore
out the door to show it off. tripped
on the top step and landed on the
gravel walk, breaking the watch be-
yond all human repair. One of my
brothers also had been given SINH
lar watch, and I Immediately made
the claim that it was his watch I
Evening star., 1947-12-25
This Changing World
New Wave cf Deportation of Jews
In Progress in Southwestern Russia

Yugoslav, Romanian and Baltic
Jews were sent to the Soviet Jewish
home whence they are not allowed
to return.
From the Moscow reports it ap-
pears that a good deal of work is
being done in Birobijan. The So
Wet government wishes to give the
impression to Jews outside the
U. S. S. R. that the new deportations
are the result of clamor of the
Birobijanese Jews themselves. The
inhabitants of that portion OF the
Soviet empire have. according to
the Russian broadcast, intensified
their political and constructive ac-
tivity and pledged themselves to
new and greater successes in the
realization of the postwar five-year
plan. Preparations for the new
arrivals are being made throughout
Birobijan so that they should feel
themselves at home in a comradely
community"
There is no question that they will
feel themselves as much at home as
have their predecessors who live in
log huts with only scanty food and
scantier heat.
Two Pogroms Reported.
According to reports which have
been reaching Washington for some
time, there has been a new wave
of Jewish persecution in Russia re-
Gently. According to testimony of
Red Army .deserters who are now
in the American and British zones
of Germany there have been two
serious pogroms this year in the
Ukraine-the most bloody one hav-
ing occurred in and around Kiev.
There seems to be no logical
reason, except anti-Semitism, for
the unexpected and arbitrary trans
fer of the Jewish population which
settled many years ago in the pro-
ductive and pleasant area on the
eastern shores of the Black Sea.
This new mass deportation of
Jews from Western Russia to ST.
IBERIA appears to be linked with last
weeks decision Of the Romanian
government which has strengthened
it's frontier guards in an effort to
end the trickle of clandestine Jew
ish emigration to Austria whence
they hope to reach countries where
they can escape treatment similar
to that suffered in the prewar days
under Hitler,
Evening star., 1947-12-25
On the Other Hand
Violent Argument Arouses Fear
Congress May Pass 'Outlaw' Law

the Communists, but they weren't
banned from the ballot.
What is to be gained by making
it impossible for Communists to run
unsuccessfully for office? What bet
ter safety valve can be provided for
citizens who are so mad at the old
parties that they must release their
feelings in some fashion? What
would we have them do, instead
actually resort to force and violence?
OF course, if they should go in
for force and violence-all 100000
of them-they wouldn't get any
where, Forty million people car
be wrong, but, right or wrong
they can't be licked by 100000;
certainly not while they control
the Army and the police. But
if the Communists were driven to
attempt the use of force and violence
we might find ourselves with an un-
pleasant, If brief, business on our
hands. And in the end we would be
no better off than If we had allowed
them to continue pulling the wrong
levers on the voting machines.
Safeguards In System.
How much. harm we could inflict
on the Communists. even accepting
the theory that all Of them are
agents of a foreign country" in fact
or in spirit, is problematical. But
the harm we could do ourselves Is
fairly clear. We could drive a hole
through the Constitution and break
down one of the safeguards of our
democratic political system.
This Government has now all the
protection against actual force ane
violence that any government coulc
possibly need. While it cannot pro.
tect itself against any belief" it can
prevent dangerous beliefs from being
carried into action. 1t can do 81
without kicking any holes in the
Constitution.
These thoughts grew out of listen
ing to a radio forum the other night
in which two Congressman arguec
with a Senator and liberal lawyer
The Congressman, both favoring q
bill to outlaw the Communist Party
got so angry at times that it seemed
the proceedings might end in force
and violence" And it Is the un-
happy fact that a great many men,
bers of Congress are equally violent
in their views. They may pass that
law.
Evening star., 1947-12-25
Air Force Tightens
Standards After 189
Fatal Crashes in Al
By Robert S. Allen
North American Newspaper AlIianes

Norm American newspaper Atitohcs
The Air Force Department has
ordered a drastic Tightening of per-
sonnel qualifications and standards
for both aircraft operations and
maintenance as a result of 189
fatal crashes up to December II of
this year.
Department officials revealed that
q large percentage of these crashes
are officially attributed to pilot
"rror."
'fne following breakdown has
been compiled by the department
on the causes of these crashes: 20
per cent due to errors of crewmen;
18 per cent, supervisory errors; 7
per cent errors by other personnel;
20 per cent, failure of materiel;
8 per cent air base and other
distractions; 81 per cent unde-
termined causes.
DemobilizatiOn Cited.
Mai. Gen. st. Clair STREET., newly
appointed air inspector of the new
Office of inspector general, has been
put in charge of enforcing the new
drastic regulations. Gen. STREET.
has been chief of the Air Force
Recruiting Service, in which capac-
ity he rejected thousands of appli-
cations which failed to make the
grade on AF tests.
Air Force officials explained that
the lack of experienced personnel
was directly due to the large-scale
rehabilitation after the war.
When demobilization came" a
high Air Force official stated, 1--WE
lost most of our crack mechanics
and flying crews. These men had
been trained under combat condi-
tions, when carelessness meant
disaster. The war-trained person.
mel learned how to do things the
hard way. When rehabilitation
deprived us of thousands Of these
experienced crewmen, we had to
bring in young recruits and train
them.
Calls for More Training.
1T is obvious that this training
has to be more intensive. Every
ship must be overhauled with the
same precision and thoroughness
that attended the maintenance of
planes assigned a combat mission
Also, operational procedures will
have to be more rigidly observed
There is no question that num-
Der Of crashes were due to the
failure to observe instructions and
regulations. Lack OF training, in
experience and carelessness have
cost lot Of lives needlessly."
Despite the large number OF
deaths in recent Air Force crashes,
officials declared that this years
record actually is much better than
the preceding year. In 1916 there
were 258 fatal crashes. The Air
Force flew 3,624,792 plane hours
in l946 as against an estimated
total of 3,515 ,226 hours this year.
The worldwide Air Force acci-
dent record this year is as follows
January 81, February So, March 81,
April 81, May AZ, June 33, July Al
August 43. September 38, October
29 and November %.
Air Department authorities de-
clared that they have found no
evidence of sabotage in the recent
crashes that took total of SO lives.
Reports on these crashes have not
yet been completed, but on the basis
Of know information 1t is indicated
THAT the crashes were due to care
1essness and disregard of regula-
tionS.
Evening star., 1947-12-25

t 70 m MOSCOW
announces that
thousands Of
Jewish families
living in the
Crimea, Kher-
son and Nikolaev
provinces have
received W i t h
Joy tn e a n
nouncement that
1.-The Soviet gov
ernnaent has de-
cided to comply
with the wishes
of the Jewish
population liv-
;,p in + hnSe
Evening star., 1947-12-25

d1llSoCOl, d oo1-
lar watch or a
generals u n l.
form for a
Christmas pres
ent today.
AS I look oack
over the years
these were the
most outstand-
ing Christmas
presents I ever
received.
The goat came
first. I was 5
years old, and
the thrill that
Evening star., 1947-12-25

Sullivan prepare
to head West.
Senator Sher-
idan DoWney,
the States SEN
ior and sol e
Democratic Sen
ator, who had
been going along
placidly with the
a d m inistra ton,
h as suddenly
erupted WlIn d
rousing attack
on Interiors rec
lamation poll
CT eS. Senator
Evening star., 1947-12-25

to overthrow the
Uni t ed States
Government by
force and vlo-
lence.
The Conmu-
mist Party may
or may not have
some such pur-
pose. If it has it
is a secret pur-
pose, which it
naturally denies.
And it is an
absurd purpose.
The last time
the party went
H. a~~11e Stc
Evening star., 1947-12-25

Payments on your home are
made easy by renting a room.
Renting a room is made easy
by advertising in The Star.
Call National 5000. Open 8
am. to 9 pm.
Evening star., 1947-12-25
In Progress in
Br Constantine BrOten

Another wave of deportations OF
Jews living in the southwestern por-
ton of the U. S. S. r. Is now In
progress.
An official broadcast in Yiddish
Evening star., 1947-12-25
Rv L0weII MeHeft

There has been, there still is, and
there will continue to be lot OF
talk in this country concerning the
nurpose of the Communist Party to
Evening star., 1947-12-25

had in my hand when I fell. and
that he had mine intact In his
pocket.
Again, q merry, merry Christmas.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate. Inc.)
Evening star., 1947-12-25
Rv Doris FIeesOn

CALIFORNIA; Is electoral votes are
receding further and further into
the Republican distance as Demo-
cratic peacemakers McGrath and
Evening star., 1947-12-25
.cLemore
Recalls Goot, Alligator
And Generals Suit

By Henry McLemore
A merry, merry Christmas to you
all.
I hope that each and every one
Of you got either a live goat, live