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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-09-17
Green Pledges
Mississippi Vote
To Harry Truman

"The 10-thousand qualified Me-
gro voters in Mississippi will sup
port President Truman in the
coming November election not
only with their votes but also
with their money" Percy Greene,
editor and publisher of the jack
son Advocate, this week fatty
predicted,
Greene pledged his full cooper
alton in the financial drive spon-
sored by the National Citizens
Committee for the Reelection of
President Truman. He told Con-
gresham William L. Dawson,
chairman, at the Committees
Headquarters in the Biltmore Ho-
tel that "the more than l, 125,o00
Negroes in Mississippi, to an ex-
tent unsurpassed by any other
group, realize that the stand
taken by President Truman on
civil rights exemplifies the high
est ideal of the Nation itself and
puts America in step with grow
ing opinion"
Greene said that despite the
Lincoln tradition, Negroes in
Mississippi and throughout the
South see the Democratic Party
as the real party of people" He
stated that this conclusion has
been reached by them after l6
years of social security benefits,
improved housing, federal aid to
education and fair wage STAN
dards achieved and maintained
through the Democratic Party.
He also told Congressman Daw-
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-09-17
.Tri.Staie Fair
Leaders Set For
Record Attendance

Memphis, Tenn.-Inspired by
the outstanding success in all de-
partments of the 1947 exhibition
the Colored Tri-State Fair Asso-
citation is pointing ~ an even
greater record next month when
the Thirty-Fifth Annual Exhibit
ton will be presented at the Mid
South Fair Grounds Thursday,
Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
October 9TH through 10th.
Greater emphasis will be placed
upon the Agriculture, Livestock
and Poultry Show with premiums
doubling the l947 money. Rev. J.
l.. Campbell, President of the
Association and Prof. r. j. Roddy
of Lucy, Tennessee. Manager,
stated that in Beef and Dairy
cattle classes first place money
has been increased from $500 to
Szo.00 and money on County eX-
hibits have increased from $500
to $500.
Cash attendance prizes offered
to County All Clubs bringing the
largest crowd to the Fair and
prizes to the rural Church, p. T.
A. or Lodge selling the largest
volume of advance sale tickets
have stimulated enthusiastic in
terest in the 1948 exhibition in
the rural areas of the ri-StateS"
Manager Roddy added.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-09-17
Preliminary Faculty
Meeting

Final preparation was made for
the opening which took place
Wednesday when the faculty gat-
hered at eleven o'clock Monday
morning to complete plans for the
opening Wednesday All members
of the faculty except one were
in their seats when the time for
opening came Rooms were assig-
ned, college and theological sched-
ules completed, heads Of depart
ments announced, and committees
appointed for the incoming year.
The new president, Robert H.
Alexander, had his agenda we'll in
hand and moved from point to
point without loss of time.
Late additions to the faculty are
Mrs. Yvonne Hawkins Douglass,
holding Masters of Arts in Psy-
chology from Iowa State UNIVERSE
~. and Mrs. NJ M, Marshall with
bachelor in public school music,
and a bachelor in piano, Mrs. Mar
shall is outstanding in both.
In addition to the president,
there are two other former chap
aains on the faculty. Carlos c.
Blake, Dean of Jackson Theologi-
cal Seminary, is former captain
chaplain, as is also Professor C..
M. May; one holding a Masters
degree from Boston University
and the other from Columbia.
-Pav y0ur pail Ta~
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-09-17

of Colored People, declared, ut
was both shocking and surprising
to this organization to read your
very frank and blatant statement
that eolored youths will not be
admitted to the Salesian School
AS the result OF this breach of
New Works public policy. of the
Pope's clear pronouncement a
gainst racial discrimination and
of the well-known philosophy of
the Catholic Church, Mr.. Williams
assured the director the Thompson
family was seriously and CREW.
ously injured. Father Rinaldi was
urged by the NAACP to effect
a change in the schools discrim-
nation policy,
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-09-17
Your Poll Tax.
Pay Your Poll Tax
NAACP Youth Meet
Set For 81. Louis

st. Louis-During the second
week of November. this city will
be the scene of the tenth annual
youth conference of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People. More than two
hundred and fifty delegates, rep
resenting the $4,000 members of
the NAACP's youth councils and
college chapters, are expected to
attend the conference sessions,
Nov. 1913.
The conference, called each
year to stimulate the interest of
young people throughout the
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-09-17
Florida Educator
Closes Natl Urban
League MEETING

Provide cooperative direction
of professional. vocational, and
technical educational programs
for Negroes, and provide a pro-
gram of employee training" Will
liam H. Gray, Jr., Florida A. and
M. President, told the Urban Lea
que Conference in its closing ses-
sion at Richmond, Va, on Friday
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-09-17
New Discharge
For Ex.Servicemen
Asked By NAACP

New York-The legal depart
ment of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People has petitioned Secretary
of the Army Kenneth G. Royal
to change the discharge of Albert
w. Nolen from dishonorable to
honorable, Nolen, while a private
in the Army, was sentenced to
dishonorable discharge and con-
finement at hard labor for five
years for refusing to obey the al
legged lawful command of a SUI
perior officer to prepare his
equipment and 60 on bivouac.
The NAACP's petition indicated
that Nolen, as claimed by him,
was suffering from chronic
stomach disorder and was physi-
cally unable to respond to the
order. Since the former soldier
has served his five year sentence
and has returned to civilian life
bearing the brunt of a dishonor
able discharge, the NAACP urged
the Army Secretary to examine
the substantial injustice evident
in Nolen's record and to change
his dishonorable discharge to hon.
orable.
Pay Your Poll Tax
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-09-17

country in the NAACP. will
stress such important issues as
segregation in the armed forces,
the necessity for equality of edu-
eational opportunity and the inn
minent need for action to secure
the present unstable peace among
the nations of the world. Discuss
ions of these issues will be led
by authorities in each field. How
ever, in keeping with the NAACP
youth slogan, Youth on the
Team-Not on the Sidelines,' the
delegates will actively participate
in every conference phase,
D,y Vars Doll Toy
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-09-17
State Congress Of
AME's Hold Meet
In Muskogee, Okla.
BY Rev. J. NJ. Turner

NV.
The Annual State Meeting and
Youth Congress of the Twelfth
Episcopal District AME Church
met in Muskogee. Oklahoma Aug
ust cath through Aug 9th. The
meetings were conducted by Bis
hop William A. Fountain. A. NJ,
d d., Of Atlanta, Georgia who is
Senior Bishop of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church. A
huge number from Arkansas and
Oklahoma attended the meetings.
Among those who played major
roles in making the meeting a
success were DIR. S. E. Kolen, host
pastor of Ward Chapel, DR. r. ].
Straughter, host presiding Elder,
Doctors w. d. Miller, p. w. De
Lyles, j. j. Webb. J. B. Miller, II.
c. Rowell. J. H Shelvin and r. C.
Douglass.
The meeting was. formally OPEN
cd Tuesday with Rev. J. M. Tur-
ner preaching the opening SER
mon, A Welcome program follow
ed with the Mayor welcoming out
OF town and out of state guests
and a response by Bishop Foun-
tain.
Wednesdays sessions included a
sermon by Bishop Fountain, solo
by Mrs c. Benford, Scripture les
sons by Rev. J. H Whitmore and
Rev. W. II. Hunter, Decalogue by
Rev H. M. Greene, and introduce
ton OF the speaker by DR.. p. w.
DeLyles. Assisting the Bishop in
consecrating the Lords Supper
were Doctors w. D. Davis, II. M.
Greene, p. w. DeLyles. Doctors S.
Z. Kolen, j. S. Johnson, and l.. c.
Browning lifted an offering of
S5387.
The organization of the Con-
gress was clarified by the Bishop
DR.. B. H. Hill and DR.. E. M. John
son announced its procedure.
DIR. S. s. Morris, Jr., rendered
ms resignation as president of
shorter College. He will accept a
position at Boston University and
further his education. A gift of
$4,000 was given him as a token
OF respect. DR.. Robert Alexander
OF Georgia was elected president
of Shorter College.
Among those introduced to the
Congress were Mrs. BERTHE L. De
Lyles, editor of the Women's
Missionary Recorder, Mrs. Will
liam A. Fountain. Missionary Su-
pervisor of Arkansas and Okla
homa and DR. E. d. Hughes.
Speeches were made by Bishops
j. H. Clayborn. A. M, D. d., w.
Il. Wlks, A. NJ. d. D. and C. A.
Gibbs, A. NJ, d. DID
Congress Officers: Directors
and co-directors-Religious Edu-
cation, Rev.|B. H Hill, Rev. z. z.
Driver, State Supt. Sunday
Schools, Prof. w. j. c. Hunter
Prof. W. S, Pogue; Episcopal Lea
que Supervisor, Rev j. H. Clip
son, Rev. J. ~ Cranberry: Scout
ing, Rev. F. j. Strauther: Youth
Council, Rev. II. NJ Nelson, Rev.
j. X. Lowrey; Chairman Resolu-
tions, Mrs. Essie Long.
PAY Y0ur Poll Ia
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-09-17

Walter Mason and Mrs. Helen
Divers were Joined in marriage
Monday afternoon. The bride was
crossed in a blue draped dress and
wore black accessories Tuesday
might the couple were compliment
ed with dinner at the home of
the groom's mother, Mrs. Sarah
Mason, 8l6 Hazel street Other
guests present were Mr.. and Mrs
F. Mason. Mr. and Mrs. NJ. Black,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Hill, Mrs. Laura
Smith and Miss Reva M. Hill.
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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-09-17
OBITUARY

DIR. ID. S. Witherspoon, husband
of the late Katherine Witherspoon
VINO passed May 5.died September
18th at lies a. m. He was born
in Saratoga, Arkansas, March 3.
1893. He graduated from Fisk
University at the age of 10 and
attended Meharry Medical School
at Nashville, Tenn. After complet-
ing his schooling, he took up prac-
tice in Wynne and practised there
until his illness. He left to mourn
his loss five brothers: G. S. With
erspoon. Saratoga, Richard With
erspoon. of Nashville. Tenn, j. V.
Witherspoon, Guthrie, Oklahoma,
Alonza Witherspoon, Saratoga, A.
l. Witherspoon. Little Rock. and
a host of friends. Funeral services
win be held at Wynne Sunday.
D-- v~u- n~ul T.w
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-09-17

pocrisy of the Dixiecrats cries of
States Rights and Southern
Traditions.
Organized labor had made
greater progress in bringing vari-
GUS groups of the American peo-
Pile together said Father O'Con-
nell, than any other organization
had been able to make.
THAT is because our labor I'M
ions send their roots deep into the
hearts of the American people"
na.x Van. Dill
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-09-17

Mt. Galilee Baptist Church--The
Sunday School was conducted by
the superintendent, and the pas
tor, Rev. A. M. Jefferson, preached
a splendid sermon ......-... Deacon
Humphrey was back after a week
OF illness ...... Mrs. Humphrey and
Mrs. Homes have returned from
their vacation ..... Everyone is
invited to attend the revival now
process ...... The BTU welcomes
all visitors ...... Miss Rebecca Will
liams. reporter.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-09-17

Pay Your Poll Tax
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-09-17

Pay Your Poll Tax.
Evening star., 1948-09-19

''The day after got the dentists
bill, | made the first withdrawal
from our savings account, paid
the bill and was happily surprised
that we still had a tidy balance.
Evening star., 1948-09-19
Home Show Exposition
To Open Oct. Is With
$50 Exhibits Planned

More than $50 exhibits of con-
struction items and fittings for the
modern home have been arranged
for the Washington Home Show Ex-
position opening in the National
Guard .Armory October 16, accord
ing to Clarence w. Gosnell, presi-
dent of the Home Builders Associa-
ton of Metropolitan Washington
A. Milton Talbert will be chairman
Of the show.
One of the features of the exposi-
ton will be the selection of the
queen" of the show. One OF the
first entrants was Miss Eual Mae
Neel, %, of 35l1 Davenport street
NV, a telephone switchboard .op-
orator. The queen will be selected
from 1913 finalists on sthe closing
night of the show, October "a.
A completely furnished four
room all-aluminum vacation cot
tage worth $500 will be given to
the queen, who will be selected in a
beauty contest open to single or
married young women. An element
of selection will be achievement in
home making, club work. church,
community or civic activities.
Evening star., 1948-09-19
South Is Told Time
.HasCome 10 Chance
By the Assoeiofed Press

ATLANTA, Sept. ia group Of
Southerners today told the South
the time has come to change its
ways.
The group-the Executive Com
mittee of the Southern Regional
Council-also charged the regions
politicians with grossly" misrepre-
senting proposed civil rights legis-
lation.
It asserted that States rights
means States responsibilities and
the rest of the Nation was uncon-
vinced that Southern States have
exhibited any.
The Southern Regional Council
is an organization made up OF edu-
Gators, civic leaders. newspapermen
professional men and church lead
ers of both the white and Negro
races.
| Members of the Executive Com
mittee, which unanimously approved
the statement, are:
DR.. Charles johnson, Nashville
/ L tIl1l. VI L Ion
Paul Williams, Richmond. Va, pub
Usher and president of the council
DR.. Gordon B. Hancock, Richmond
professor of economics, Virginia
Union University; Msgr. T. jaime:
Mcnamara, Savannah, Ga, rec.
tor of the CATHEDRAL Of St. JOIN
the Baptist; DR.. Rufus Clement
president of Atlanta University
DR.. Guy B. Johnson, professor o
sociology. University of Nortf
Carolina; Leonard Haas, Atlanta
attorney; P. B. Young, sr.. publishel
OF the Norfolk Journal and Guide
Charles Gilman, Atlanta. Georgis
CIO Director; DR.. Harold Trigg
Raleigh, N. c., president of st
Augustine's College; Miss Josephin,
Wilkins. Atlanta, Citizens Fact
Finding Movement Of Georgia, ant
Evening star., 1948-09-19
Harried Hitchcocks OF
For Honeymoon in Rio
BY the Associoted Press

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 18.-Franci.
Hitchcock and his bride from the
Pennsylvania coal fields left today
for a honeymoon in Rio de Janeiro
Delayed by bad weather and har-
ried by church and legal criticisms
the polo player and wealthy law
student. 80. and his wife, Stephana
%. boarded a clipper plane "a hours
after their originally scheduled de-
parture time. They posed for pho
tographers before the plane took off
The honeymooners had flown from
Fort Pierce in Mr.. Hitchcock's pri-
vate airplane. They arrived at
Miami's international Airport only
5 minutes before the Pan American
clipper was scheduled to take of for
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Clay of Deland,
Fla, close friends of Mr.. Hitchcock,
saw the couple aboard the clipper.
Evening star., 1948-09-19
Red Cross Organizing
Adult First Aid Class

The District Red Cross is organ
izirg a standard first aid class for
adults, it was announced yesterday
The class will open at 7:30 pm.
Wednesday at the Walsh House
202O Massachusetts, avenue NV
and will meet regularly on Mondays
and Wednesdays thereafter from
7:30 to $50 pm.
There is no charge for the course
Further information may be OBJ
tained by calling Hobart $500, Ex-
tension 8.
Evening star., 1948-09-19
PIdy, Punch and Sewing
Aid Child Polio Fund

Four schoolgirls have raised s1l.34
for the Polio Ward of Children's
Hospital.
During the summer, Janet Linder-
wood, 10, Carol Isaacson, II, Mary
Callas, 10, and Louise Morris, IA.
obtained the funds by making and
selling woven pot holders, putting on
a neighborhood play and selling
punch. The girls are students Of
the Rudolph Elementary School and
Paul Junior High School.
Evening star., 1948-09-19

Carter Wesley, editor, the Houston
Informer.
The committee told the South to
cool off bit and it told the rest OF
the Nation to withhold its blanket
condemnation as productive of lit
tie good. 1t told both to listen to
reason.
Evening star., 1948-09-19
Deaths Reported
From the D. C. Bureau of Vital Statistics.

tFr0m the u. Z. bureau Oh Vlldl otatiSIies'
Jacques o'Bitz, ~, Blue Plains, D. C.
Hattie Olinger, "A, 1913 e st. ne
Bertha Troshnsky. 20, 4S21 9th st. NV.
Minnie Phillips, 81, 644 F st. s.w.
Mortimer Donoghue, 5S. 1902 Kansas ave
NV.
Phillip Donnely 50, 1915 14th st. Sc.
John Fanney, 4s, 733 9Th st, NV,
Barbara Scruggs, II, Bethesda, Md.
Ruby Balderson, ), 81 Oglethorpe st. n
Robert Butler. -, Baltimore. Md.
James Colbert, IS, 2l51 L st; NV.
jamie Staten, 81, 1925 sth ST. NV.
John B. Rusten. 65, 1922 Clay st. ne.
Cora Taylor. 65, Stanton rd.. sc.
James Patterson, 3S, 24l7 Nichols ave. Sc
emma McKelvin, 35, 3133 Hayes st. ne.
Alice Gholson, 33. 1910 Morris I'd. Sc.
italians laughed heartily when
highway bandits near Pisa held up
a truckload of policemen.
Evening star., 1948-09-19

can members
fo E.
eight
taft
Evening star., 1948-09-19

China has started a campaign tt
crack down on price Yiolators.
Evening star., 1948-09-19

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Evening star., 1948-07-04
A Short Story

DAwLEY JUSTIN noticed the girl about half
l. way down Platform 49, Grand Central
was jammed with weekenders coming back to
New York on warm June Sunday night.
Pawley, pushing and jostling his way toward
the exit, found the girl being thrust closer and
closer to him by the crowd and hoped that
kind fate would bring them together, he didn't
care how close. Ever so slightly, Pawley be-
gan doing some pushing of his own
She was the kind of girl he was always
longing to meet. She had class Slick blonde
class - clothes and manner and skin and
hair-do that advertised a background of
wealth and advantages Probably had car
and chauffeur waiting for her. Probably COM
ing back from some place like Newport Big
house. Lawns. Buffers. Glass; Was there
anything in Hollywood that could touch the
real thing when you saw it in the fleshe
FAWLEY stared so intently that the girl
turned her head slightly. He caught the
flicker of her eyes, saw flash of recognition
thought she was going to speak to him. Paw
ley felt kind of breathless anticipation
but after all, he was a decent guy and would
mt want to embarrass her She would discover
at once that she didn't know him, and that
would bring freezing detachedness into her
face which Pawley didn't want to see He
looked away into the milling, jostling lam
of fellow New Workers.
Not that any girl wouldn't have been glad
to have Pawley around for fun, frolic or
tervor. He was quite tall, very nice to look
at in homely way; he had been college golf
champion at Pacific Coast university had
two years and half in the Navy, and was
IN New York doing his best to be one of the
bright young men of the advertising world -
he wrote copy at BLM&P for sixty dollars
week
The thing about Pawley was that he
had casual way of wearing good old clothes
that made him look as if he, too, were coming
back from big house on big estate, instead
OF from visit to his Aunt and Uncles cottage
in New Canaan.
He glanced toward the girl again, knowing
perfectly well that he was going to see the
back of her head. As matter of fact the
crowd was welding them together to go up the
ramp. The suitcase that pressed against
Pawleys leg was the girls suitcase, and she
was 50 close that he caught the sudden init
mate scent of her perfume.
Evening star., 1948-07-04

rem was native New Yorker, wise and cyni-
cal. He was rather fiat chested, and his
clothing ran to points - long points on his
shirt collars, deep points on his vests, pointed
lapels on his suits. And stripes, on everything
from pajamas to underwear to sox to ties to
pin-striped double-breasted college-cut hard
worsteds. Warren w. Warren used hair
gloss, and affected high polish He worked
downtown in brokers' Office. For sixty dol
lars week, like Pawley.
Il TELL you, Warren" Pawley sid. Il
never saw girl like this before She was ex-
pensive. Well, look at the bag - that shows
you the kind of thing. She handed it over to
me as if it didn't mean anything. A perfect
stranger -. and she trusted me-
Sucker" said Warren derisively. How
do you know what you're getting into? Take
my advice, and let the police handle the thing
from here. Turn the bag in, tell them your
story - and whatever it is at this 81 East
9th Street, it can be their headache
Pawley snorted with evaporation What
could it be, anyway? tell you, the girl had
date and wanted to get rid of her bag"
That's what you think Listen, this bag
is probably hot. 1t could be dope case 1t
could be robbery. The girl is messenger.
She sees detective following her, and knows
she has to get rid of the bag somehow She
picks you out as lively looking sucker >.
and you're going to play right into her hands
and do what the gang wants."
What gang?"
Her gang. You yokels from the West
will never learn that this town is one big
racket She trusts you, does she? Sucker"
''You didn't see her"
- Warren w. Warren stood up, and began
making gestures as if he had finished his law
course and were arguing case before the
jury. Il am working in the interest of only
one person in this case" he said, with force
full emphasis, ''and that is my friend, Pawlev
Justin, who is unfortunately so susceptible
and gullibe that he wouldn't know enough to
come in if it was raining muddy canal water.
Did it ever occur to you that you might take
a look inside this bag?"
What do you think am poking around
girls clothes and things? Anyway, it's
probably locked"
a. said Warren w. Warren impressively,
have got one dirty worn but perfectly good
one-dollar bill that says this bag is not full
of ladys garments, but contains some other
object or objects of value unknown - and