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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-04-17
B'way's Marvellous
Swingsation
BY FLOYD sNELsoN.

NEW YORK - The new edi-
ton of Club loony again scores
formidable high recognition ad-
mired and favored by the metro
politan critics unanimously.
The remarkable "catch-on" Of
Club Ebony is the result Of a long
line tradition that has answered
the demand for Sepia shows dat
ing back to the days of the late
Florence Mills of the 1920'S.
Moreover, sepia entertainment IS
definite fixture on Broadway,
always highly appreciated and al
ways glorified significantly. Club
Ebony sponsors are alert in comb
ing the whole country seeking
new acts, new thrills, new hits
that are unique and startlingly
outstanding. Walter Winchell,
nationally famous columnist had
this comment in his column: Club
Ebony, one Of the most popular
Tonight spots is the talk Of
Broadway"
The new vehicle being present
ed at the swingsational Club
Ebony is as follows: The petite,
demure and. talented Una Mac
Carlisle, pianiste deluxe, COM
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-04-17
Joe Louis Back
Begins Training

NEW YORK - Joe and Marya
Louis returned Monday from
their European trip. Joe's exhi-
bition series in London ended
the latter part of March but he
and MarYa went to the CONT
nent for a second honeymoon
lasting a week.
Joe will Immediately begin
training for the defense Of his
title against Jersey Joe Walcott
in a return bout at Yankee Sta
dunn June %. From April is to
May Is the Champs headquar-
tiers will be Bloomingdale, Mich.
where he will do his roadwork
a n d general conditioning.
Thereafter. for the five weeks
until June %. Joe will do his in
tensive boxing at the tradition
al Pompton Lakes Camp.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-04-17

ventist Church, last Sunday, was
indeed a feast o Emusic and litera-
ture.
Following an invocation by
Fred Hamilton, the Daughters Of
fered vocal selections by S. Boyd,
Fedora Manning, Ernest O'Ban-
youn, Una Bell, Elder T. L. Davis;
trumpet duet by c. Cluff and E.
McBrayer; readings by Helen
Watts, Elma Lewis and George r.
Margetson; Piano selections by
Ernest O'Banyoun and Lillian
Murray; William Towards Jubilee
Gospel Chorus, Gladys Berry
man, Directress, and Edna Berry
man, accompanist; remarks by
Elder Davis. Accompanies were
Morris Small, Hugh Lyon and c.
Cluff. Sister Robinson exhibited
interesting works of art, submit
ted by Ben Richardson. Helene
Collier, Mary Ayler and Joseph
Gaines.
Refreshments were served im-
mediately following the program.
by a committee: Julia Vines,
Chairman, Emily Riggs, AlbertIa
Bowen, Lulu Pride, Elise Skeets,
E. o. OBrien. Committee in
charge of flowers were: Chairman
E. Skeets, Mesdames Lulu Pride,
E. Q. O'Brien, Mary Wynn. Ush-
ers were: Mesdames M. Peay, Lois
Hart, E Russell Ruth Brown and
President Sister Edith Kinds.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-04-17
Jobs For
Elevator Men

There are openings now for pro-
bational appointment for veterans
to the position of Elevator Oper-
ator, CPc-2 $1,000 in the Boston
Labor Market.
Veterans with at least three
months experience as an Elevator
Operator and interested in a pro-
bational appointment in hte class
fled Civil Service should file APP
pication Form 60 with the Board
of U. S. Civil Service Examiners,
Cambridge Field Station, 23O AL
bany ST., Cambridge SO, Mass.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-04-17
Berea Daughters
In Festival

The Anniversary Festival, spon-
sored by the Daughters Of Berea,
at the Berea Seventh-Day Ad-
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-04-17

Icer Of the oath Infantry at Camp
Gifu, Japan.
Private Harold L. Dennis, son
OF Mr.. Harold Dennis Of Al Dale
st, is a member OF the oath M
fantry, now stationed at Gifu,
Japan. Before entering the SER
vice Pvt. Dennis attended Bos-
ton Technical High School.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-04-17

served free in the Dining Room,
President Florence Lesueur OF
the NAACP Boston Branch was a
participant In the discussion OF
Prejudice and Civil Rights" at
a seminar at the First Unitarian
Church. Cambridge last Satur-
day and Sunday. The conference
was sponsored by the Claiming
Foundation.
/ CALLING ALI BRIDES-A
Gorgeous Display of Bridal
Gowns win be held on Thursday
evening, April ~, 194S at 8 pm
at the First A. M. f. Church (OId
Charles Street Congregation
Elm Hill Avenue g. Warren
Street for the benefit OF the
ROOF RALLY. All Brides are
invited to join in the Grand
March. ANY granddaughter wish
ing to display her gradmother's
gown will be welcome. All brfd-
es please enroll at once by send
ing in your name and address and
number Of attendants. Husbands
are also invited to join their wives
in the Grand March. Please write
to the Bridal March Committee of
First A. Nj. E. Church, Mrs. S. d.
Turner, Chairman, 81 w. Rut-
land Square, Boston Is or Rev. o.
w. Childers, Minister, n Dale
Street ,Roxbury 10.
The Samuel Coleridge Taylor
Association win meet at the
home Of Mrs. Irene Olney, II
Westminster st, Tuesday, April
20 at $3.50 p m. A talk on operas
viii highlight the meeting. The
association is seeking new mem
bers. Music lovers are especially
asked to join.
Capitalism, Stalinism and
Socialism" will be discussed by
Paul G. Stevens at a meeting at
the workers Educational Cen
ter. 80 Stuart st. tonight at $3.50.
The meeting is held under the
auspices OF the Boston Local Of
the Socialist Workers Party.
Mrs. Florence A. Nelson, SIS w.
Lenox st has returned from a de-
lightful visit with relatives and
friends in New York, Philadel-
phia and Baltimore.
The Resthaven League will eel
citrate its 9th Anniversary with
an appreciation day program
Sunday, April IS, $3.50 PM. al
A.M.E. Zion Church. Guest speak.
er Rabbi Joseph S. ShubOw Of
! Temple Bnai Mashe, Brighton
Mass. Special music by the Zior
choir, piano selection by Bucknei
Candy and solos by Harriet
Jackson Young (soprano).
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-04-17
CITY NEWS

A Testimonial Concert to Glad
Va Pierce, conrraito, will be given
Thursday, April ~, S:15 PM, al
Peoples Baptist Church, Camden
and fremont Sts., Boston, Rev. r,
M. Owens, Pastor. Among the tai
emit: EIIastsne Broadnax, Angelync
DeYaughn, Earnest O'BanyOun,
Marian McCree, Ina Braithwaite,
Gladys Perdue, Josephine Taylor,
william Sexton, Jesse Reddick,
Agnes Vanderzee Emma Williams.
Sponsoring Clubs: Samuel Col
eridge- Taylor, Liberal Arts, Clar-
ence Cameron White, Mu-So-Lits,
John Calvin, and Artists Bureau.
Committee: Lillian Williams,
Clara Christian, Irene 0nley,
Fred w. Riggs, William Friffen.
Subscription IS cents.
Mrs. Lillian Williams Of Col
umbus ave was called to Detroit,
Mich, last week by the sudden
death of her brother Cromwell
Ross. He was fatally injured
when hit by an automobile on
his way home from church.
Mrs. Harold M. wilkinson of
Pawtucket, R. /. came up Satur-
cay afternoon for a visit to her
West Medford relatives,
A Galaxy Of Brides OF the years
will be the attraction at First A.
NE. Church Thursday, April %,
at 8 p m atthe church, Warren
st at Elm Hill ave. Subscription
81. Reception in the Sunday
School Room. Refreshments
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-04-17

poser and peronality gal is 'clean
GAVIN" and takes her tremendous
applause and bows gracefully.
The Shoaergud, Ballanise and
Javanese Dancers, the first time
attempted by race performers, are
really something to see. The
comics, Stump & Stumpy, return
ed from the midwest with some
new stunts in their bag of tricks.
Pete Nugent, the royalty in taps is
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-04-17

LOIS JORDAN, Soprano, in
song recital at Jordan Hall, Sum
day, May is, at $3.50 PM. Tickets
S2.4O--$1.SO--$1.20 at Jordan
Hall box Office and members Of
the committee Comments: Miss
Jordan is an intelligent and sensi-
tive musician. Her command of
phrasing, gently accentuatiOn Of
underlying expressive subtleness
and continuity Of line is both de-
pendabIe and extensive."-(The
New York Times.)
aside from her fine vocal
materials she impressed by the
earnestneSS and dignity Of her
singing and her musical feeling"
- (Musical Americal
Her command of languages
was also admirably demon
strated." - (NIusicaI Courier)
miss Jordan has a voice Of rich
and varied sound that is both ably
produced and steadily maintained
She effects a warm and free re-
sOnance over an unusual extent
Of pitches and has a dependable
delivery."-(New York sTribune)
The recital win be under the au-
spices of united committee Of
BOstonians. St Clair Kirton,
Business Manager, HI 2-5556.
Tickets on sale at Douglass So.
Pharmacy, 1902 fremont st.
Herman CAN'T of the New
England Conservatory of Music,
will play the part OF God in
Marc Connelly'S "The Green
Pastures to be given by the
Conservatory Drama Class in
Jordan Hall, April &c, at BIS
pm. The public is cordially in
vited; tickets without charge
on application to Jordan Hall
Box office.
Gourdin'S Dress Shop has
moved from los Worcester st to
1567-A Washington st, opposite
Franklin Square House, where a
cordial welcome is extended to
old and new customers and ser
vice with smiles prevails at all
times. The shop Specializes in
both new and slightly used cloth
ing for all the family. There are
Real Bargains at Gourdin's. Ask
anybody who knows.
The Ladies Aid Club of st.
Marks will give a musical tea
Sunday, April 10, at $3.50 pm.
with Leila KeyeS as soloiSt.
Interested in joining a young
women's club? Contact Miss Al
ice Ross. s01 fremont st, HI q
1899.
Fred Henderson, for several
weeks under treatment at Boston
City Hospital, was on Monday
to the Rose Haw-
thorne Lathrop Hospital, Fall
and he will be pleased
10 have his friends visit him
there.
The Liberia College Club Of
America, Inc. cordially invites
you and your friends to a Coffee /
Hour at the International Insti-
Institute, 100 Beacon st,
Boston, on Sunday, April 10, at |
$3.50 p IN. Guest speaker, william
Harrison. Subject, Henry Wal
lace and Foreign Policy Geo.
George Adams, soloist.
Samuel G. Smith, Pre- J.;
Phyllis Mann. Secretary. Bring /
any book to each Coffee Hour.
Joseph H. Calender, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Calender,
8 Dlworth st, is the recipient Of !
an award from Opportunity
of the National Urban
League. A senior at Clark Uni
versity, Worcester, he is man
aging editor Of the senior year
book. During the Second World
War he served overseas for the
three years in the Army.
Technical Sergeant Robert E.
Jones, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
shall Jones of 10 Wellington st,
has recently been assigned as as
sistance Public information on
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-04-17

keen as the proverbial kittens
eyebrow. Dickie Wells, emcee.
Buster Harding's Band is right
in the groove from start to stop
and the dapper Joe Curbellos
Cuban Rumbas, with the curva-
cious MACHITO are the greatest
of the clan in Latin American
terpsicorean art. Henry LeTang
and his tantalizing tan Ebonettes,
eye-fillies of the show.
Evening star., 1948-04-01
Nurses Association
Splits, Elects 7 Rival
'SIaies oi Officers

K A rift among members Of the Dis
trict Association Of Undergraduate
and Practical Nurses has resulted In
election Of two states Of officers, 1t
was learned today.
Mrs. Lena Whitman, who heads
one group Of officers. said q letter
had gone out to Mrs. Owen g. Stilley
Of Bethesda. president on the other
slate. requesting that Mrs. Stilley's
group not hold meetings In the
name of the association.
Mrs. Whitman said her group
holds the charter OF the association,
and was installed Monday night at
a meeting at the District Medical
Society. Several members there at
tempted to stop the installation, she
reported.
Slate Held to BE Legal.
Mrs. Stilley could not be reached
for comment, but Mrs. L. B. Gee, a
member, declared the slate Mrs.
Stilley now heads, except for the
treasurer, was elected at the annual
meeting in January in accordance
with the bylaws.
Mrs. Gee said Mrs. Stilley was ap-
pointed to the presidency by the
executive board after Mrs. Whitman
refused to function as head Of that
slate.
The officers under Mrs. Stilley
include Mrs. Margaret Rogers, first
vice president; Mrs. Sadie Carey,
second vice president; Mrs. Lottie B.
Diggs, recording secretary; Mrs.
Ethel Washington, corresponding
secretary, and Mrs. Merle N.
Thompson, treasurer, Mrs. Gee said.
Second Slate Listed.
Mrs. Thompson, she added, was
appointed to succeed Mrs. Nellie
Vert, who resigned recently.
The officers of Mrs. Whltman's s
group include Mrs. Edwynia Hud-
son, first vice president; Mrs. Fern
Jacques, second vice president; Mrs.
Margaret French, secretary and
treasurer, and Miss Blanche Van
Dusen, corresponding secretary.
Evening star., 1948-04-01
Purse Snotcher Shoots
Woman and Takes $35
ey The A,,oeicted press

" the ASSoe'ofed PTess
BALTIMORE, April LA, y54-
year-old woman WAS. IN. a critical
condition at City Hospital. today
after being shot in the back twice
by q purse-snatcher.
Mrs. Elizabeth Telljohann told
relatives she was shot after she
resisted q man who escaped with a
purse containing $685..
Evening star., 1948-04-01
vinson Pays High Tribute
To Late Chief Justice Stone

Chief Justice vinson, at Supreme
Court memorial services yesterday,
paid high tribute to his predecessor
the late Chief Justice Stone.
The court also officially remem-
bered the late Associate Justice Nc
Reynolds.
The Chief Justice said of Mr..
Stone:
"The high place of Harlan Stone
in the history of this court and of
this Nation is well assured. Ameri-
can jurisprudence has been enrich
ed by his creative touch. His life
and character were in complete ac-
cord with the finest of democratic
traditions"
Attorney General Clark and So
licitor General Philip B. Perlman
addressed the court at the memo
rial services, which started at noon.
Resolutions relating to the personal
and professional careers of the two
deceased jurists were read to the
court.
Chief Justice Stone died April 20.
1916. while Mr.. McReynolds died
the following August "a
Evening star., 1948-04-01
D. {. Area Club Managers
Elect Dyer as President

The Board Of Directors of the
Greater Washington Club Managers
Association yesterday elected Charles
Dyer association president for the
coming year.
Mr.. Dyer is manager of the Metro
politan Club and a charter member
Of the association. He succeeds
Max Beck, manager of the Columbia
Country Club, as president.
Other new officers elected yester-
day are James B. Montfort, manager
OF the National Press Club. vice
president, and Vinton Lee Of Lee,
White g. Co., secretary-treasurer.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-11
Mammoth Insurance
To Hold Dinner

The Mammoth agency group in
their regular meeting May 10,
made plans TO rtheir formal din
ner to be held at the Farmdele at
the close of National Negro In
surance week. N. johnson, was
made chairman of the program
committee. L. Williams, chairman
of transportation committee; Mrs.
Cladine Baker, chairman of the
food committee.
C. J. Francis, manager of the
Mammoth Life Insurance company
express satisfaction of the results
obtain thus far in the Nationa.
Negro Insurance week.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-11

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, widely
acclaimed as the First Lady OF
the world, and Thurgood Marshall,
leader of the progressive and mill
tant legal staff of the NAACP,
will receive the Alpha Phi Alpha
Medallion award in a ceremony to
be held in their honor at Lincoln
university (Penn.) Thursday night
May 13, 1913.
The Medallion, an exclusive
function of the Alpha Fraternity
chapter at Lincoln university, is
given annually to individuals who
have made outstanding contribu-
tons to humanity during the cur
rent year.
Previous Medallions have been
awarded to Marian Anderson, Har-
old L. Ickes, and Paul Robson.
The Forum in connection with
which the awards are made was
inauguarted in 1916 with Canada
Lee as guest speaker.
Mrs. Roosevelt will be honored
in recognition of her Jealous eff
forts in behalf of worldwide free
dom for all peoplew it'll the United
Nations organization. Her name
has been frequently associated
with the far reaching Interna-
tional Bill of Rights which would
insure fundamental human rights
to all peoples Of the world. Chief
prepayment Of the bill, Mrs. Roose.
welt is also an outspoken advocate
for the extension Of democracy
to all minority groups in the Uni
ter States. She will be awarded in
absentia.
Thurgood Marshall will be hon
ored for his aggressive and sue
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-11
Dunbar Wins More
''Firsts" But Lose
To Springfield

Springfield once again beat out
Dunbar in a relay carnival. This
one, the Miami university invita-
tional, held at Oxford, followed
the pattern of the others.
Dayton won most "firsts," but
were unable to match the depth OF
the Springfield team. Springfield
won only three firsts, but piled
UP many seconds and thirds to
win on So points to Dunbar's 38
The only record breaking per
Torrance was turned in by the
Dunbar mile relay team which
ran a creditable 1929. The ole
record established by lakewood il
1886 was 1926.
Dunbar's winners were Vernon
Stroud who leaped 5 feet IL
inches; Lyn Owens in the $50
Frank Kilgore in the mile run
| the $50 and mile relay teams wol
the other two events.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-11
Two Men Charged With Rape
OF Women In Alabama

WETUMPKA, Ala, May IL. CA
MP = Two white men, charged
with rape of two colored women,
waived preliminary hearing last
week before Judge w. E. Strick-
land. They are now being held
without bon in the Elmore county
Jail.
The accused are John O. How
ard, Jr., 80, and Jack Oliver, 80.
They are being held on two
counts, armed robbery and rape.
On the night of April %, ac-
cording to police, they stopped an
automobile in which Sam Gray
son, Jr., rs, and his wife Annie,
%; Willie l.. Jackson and his wife,
Malinda, and Charlie McCloud of
Wetumpka were riding by firing
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-11
Mrs. F.D.R. and Marshall
Receive AWards

cessful battles against discrimina-
ton and segregation in the courts
of the South. Outstanding among
his many fights in interest Of JUS
tice for minorites in the South is
the famous Columbia, Tenn, case
in which he scored a major vic
tory. He is currently engaged in
lagal battles againstd iscrimina-
ton on the grounds of race in
higher education.
The presentation will take place
in the Mary odd Brown chapel
on Lincoln university's campus.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-11
Boy, IA, Asks Court
Backing 10 Enter
White School

WASHINGTON, May II. GAN
PA 14-year-old high school
student petitioned the district
court here last week for permits
sion to enter the white Central
high school. The youth, Robert A.
Whisonant, attends Dunbar high
school.
The suit, filed by Carlton Whis-
onant, the boys father, asked the
court to rule that school officials
had no authority to set up segre-
gated schools. Members of the
board of education, Supt. of
Schools Hobart M. Corning, and
Principal Lawrence Hoover, of
Central, are named as defendants.
Young Whisonant points out in
his suit that when he graduated
from Garnett-P Patterson Junior
high school last February he was
refused permission to attend Cen
trail, the high school most conven-
lent to his home.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-11

In ancient Rome whenevr the
muse of music struck the EN-
peror Nero, he summoned all his
subject peoples, the patricians as
we'll as plebians, to sit in the am
phi theater and listen alternative
ly while he played. Nero was the
Jack Benny of Rome, his playing
was the most exquisite torture he
ever devised. But his subjects were
disposed to listen, on pain OF
death. All exits we're guarded and
guards passed through the audi
ence with knogged rods with which
to rap those who dozed, or yawned.
But for all that, the incommod-
ed subjects managed to minimize
the demoralizing fiddling. Some
managed to scale the walls and es-
cape, others faxed illness and got
themselves carried out. Though it
has not been recorded, it is rea-
sonable to assume that some even
preferred death.
Now we are not in Rome, but
we can certainly take a lesson
from these embattled Romans.
Had we done sol asst Friday night
in a situation where there was nc
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-11

into one 0 fthe tires.
Then the men are said to have
forced the women from the car at
gun point and to have taken them
to the woods and raped and rob-
bed them.
A white woman living on the
highway near the scene, heard the
shot and called the highway pa
troll. The three colored men walk
ed to Wetumpka and reported the
incident to Sheriff Lester L. Hol-
ley. The sheriff caught the white
men with the women and arrested
them.
Solicitor U. G.. Jones, the prose-
cutting attorney, and Sheriff Hol-
ley both say they will prosecute
this case in open and oppose all
delays.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-11

journed TO rthe day late Thursday
evening after seeking vainly all
day to successfully seat the epis-
copal committee, the upper coun-
Gil Of the convention. Another
cause of irritation is the indae-
quacy of convention quarters.
Bishop Noah W. Williams, pre-
late o fthe Fifth Episcopal dis
trict and host to the conference,
preached theopening sermon. Bis
hop R. R. Wright, Jr., of New
York, and Kentucky, delivered the
episcopal address Immediately
thereafter. The latter was a mas
terly document which ordinarily
would have been delivered after
the convention had been formally
organized. Despite a mild protest
by Bishop Tookes that the con
ference was not formally set up
and therefore not in position to
receive the episcopal address, the
bishops decided to proceed. The
assumptio was evidently that the
address, the keynote of the confer
ence, contained som any suggested
reforms and improvements, many
of them answers to the questions
and complaints which have been
raised by clergy and laity, that it's
reading would allay the pronounc-
ed unrest.
That assumption proved to be
untrue. Bishop Wright took three
and a half hours to deliver the
address, the longest in the history
of the church. The delegates sat
quietly but chatting while he read
continued on page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-11
Writer Commends Elks
Oratorical Contest

compulsion, except the compul-
sion of an excellent community
building program, had we flocked
to the Elks oratorical contest as
eagerly as the Romans flocked out
of the amphitheater we would be
much more advanced than we are
today, and we would have con-
tributed to the advancement of
our youths.
The Elks went to great trouble
and expense to sponsor this af-
fair, to encourage and inspire the
young high school students to ov-
ercome the many obstacles they
will have to face in this life on
earth. Mrs. Sarahward George
worked tirelessly to make a sue
cess out of something which, in
the long run, will help the Negro
people, and all people, to break
from the ball and chain of preju-
dice and oppression.
The response was terrible-but
the program itself and the purpose
for which it was being held were
so powerful and compelling, it is
a certainty that the contest will
1continued on page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-11
Meet In Crowded Quarters

KANSAS CITY, May II. CAN
P)-The 33rd session of the Gen
eral conference o fthe African
Methodist Episcopal church open
ed here Wednesday morning but
by the end of the second day con-
fusion and tumult were still in
evidence and actual organization
of the conference had not been
completed. The conference ad-