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Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06
EDITORIAL
RECOGNITION OF THE NEGRO VOTE

August 10, 1913 can become the Day of
Emancipation in the long struggle the Ne
gro in Arkansas has made for full recogni-
ton as a voter.
The full voting strength Of the Negro
should and must be felt if we are to success
fully end the struggle for full enfranchise-
ment.
The qualified voter as an Individual
bears great responsibility. A vote cast in
Tuesdays election means an end to the
quiet, tactful, and latent appeal being made
by politicians who desire to serve the people.
Arkansas, as the rest of the SOUTH has
a problem. It must, and will be solved It
can not be solved by any act of Congress,
and neither can it be solved by pitting race
against race, creating hate, lynch law, seq
regation and other methods devised by
warped minds. A spirit of cooperation I'M
derstanding and unity must be injected in
to our daily lives.
The Negro voter who casts ballot on
Tuesday may expect to feel proud that he
has used his opportunity to help educate
the politician that he must be consulted and
pleaded with as any other voter 1t will
mean the end of self-styled Negro leaders
who have an entree to the sanctum of the
politician. 1t will mean that in future cleo
tons candidates for public office will not
fear asking a Negro citizen to discuss with
them the issues involved. 1t will mean that
the period of experiencing human dignity
will have begun. Politicians will seek the
Negroes for support OPENLY and declare
to them according to their convictions and
understanding the opportunities and obi
cations Of American citizenship. 1t will be
the end of the white politician calling in
few Negro leaders to get out the support he
needs to win elections.
Tuesday may well be the day when the
politician and the Negro voter realize "Peo-
Piles Voice: Voting Power"
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06
League Lands
Mayors Efforts
For Negroes
Taken from the Arkansas)

(Taken from the Arkansas)
Gazette-Note' IANDS'1
The Urban League Inter-ra-
cial group, praised Mayor Was
sell yesterday for his "magnif-
icent attitude" toward develop
ment of recreational facilities
for Negroes.
The leagues letter. signed
by Secretary w. II. Bass, fol-
lowed heated editorial in
Little Rock Negro newspaper
last week, which charged the
city had not kept its promises
to Negroes, if Gillian park is
an example.
I'VE want to express cur
deep appreciation for the mag
nifieient attitude assumed by
you in the development OF rec
reational facilities for Negroes
in the city, wrote Secretary
Bass.
The Negro park question has
been a "tep >alI' for IL years.
the letter lid. "and not until
yOu assumed office was any
real development made"
The league official pointed
out, however, that the one large
park will be inadequate. I'VE
are aware that it is your feel
ing that the large park will
not displace the need for neigh
borhoOd Fairgrounds, he wrote.
The mayor reported that the
new north entrance TO the park
is about half completed. He will
call recreational leaders TO CON
slider plans for development OF
the new area within the next
week.
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06

dominant So forget the Dixie
Gratis Participants in these other
Conventions held in Philadelphia
could afford the moment to think
only in terms Of the National
election But Congress is the
most important branch Of the gov
eminent, and in their meeting, the
members must have the discretion
and courage to act only as rep
resentatives of all the people.
not to satisfy a few "rebelr1ous
rebels, who insist upon a half
free country for a minority group
and a free country for a major
ity group. This is a crucial hour
in the nations history The open
ing of the special session is at a
moment when serious plumbers
caused by shortsighted political
bungling could produce wrang-
ling and maneuvering could re-
suit in worldwide tragedy.
If there ever was a time when
participants in special session
Of Congress should behave as
statesmen rather than politician,
that time Is right now.
See HERE AND THERE--page
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06

Council of Churches. The World
Council of Churches will hold its
CONSTITUTING Assembly in Amster-
dam, Holland, from August % to
September 4.
This historic occasion will bring
together official representatives
from l27 communions in 80 coun-
tries. North America will be rep
resented by 90 delegates from 80
communions. plus alternates and
accredited visitors. At the Assem-
bly, consideration viii be given TO
the four important areas or Chris
tan interest: T h Universal
Church in Gods Design and Mans
Witness, The Church and the Dis
order of Society, and The Church
and International Affairs. The
four topics will furnish the basis
for four sessions
The historic Nicuwe Kerk New
Church, built in 1913 will be the
scene Of the opening service at
which time Dr. John r. Mott pres
ident of the World Council of
Churches, viii deliver the open
ing address All plenary sessions
will be held at the Concertgebouw
Auditorium which holds l,400.
Earphone sets at each seat will
See BLAKELY--page four
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06
Estate EDITION.
Truck Runs Down
Motor Cyc!ist
HATE PROGRAM PAYS OFF!

A Helm Bakery truck ran a
stop sign at 9th and Gaines
streets Monday afternoon, col
hiding with a motorcycle rid
den by J. B. King and fling
ing him to the ground with
gashes ON his head and other
injr,-ies, 1t is reported. Mr..
King was dazed from the shock.
but a medical report on the
extent of his injuries had not
been received at the time Of
this writing. Traffic police and
a police lieutenant, and host
OF passersby stopped and gath
cred around the scene of the
accident. When Mr.. King was
endeavoring TO tell the police
and his employer, who also APP
peared on the scene, why he
did not go TO the hospital, one
policeman from the traffic
is reputed to have said:
Shut up. I know what's the
matter with you. You are try
ing TO be half smart because you
are around here with all these
niggers."
The driver OF The truck was
a white man, according TO the
witnesses.
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06
Philander Smiths
Commencement On
College Lawn

commencement exercises of the
l948 Summer Class of Philander
Smith College were held last Fri.
Gay evening at $40 on the lawn.
An audience of over 800, includ-
ing visitors from out of the city
and state witnessed the exercises
The professional, which started
from the corner of the Adeline
smith Hall, included the faculty
and the graduating class of sixty
four.
After a hymn, sung by the entire
audience, prayer was offered by
the Rev G r Upton, pastor of
Wesley Chapel Methodist Church
at 18th and State.
Music was furnished by the
college choir under the capable
direction Of Mrs. M. r. Smith.
DR. M l.. Harris, president of
the college, delivered a very in
spirational and informative adj
dress on the subject Education
and the Social Crisis"
DR. Garland d. Kyle, dean Of
the College, presented the candi-
dates, and Dr. Harris conferred
the degrees
Benediction was given by Rev.
j. c Jackson Of Missouri.
Honor graduates were: Arthur
Moore, Evcrlyn Shumpourd. Sara
Annette Jackson, Thomas Hamil.
See .PIIILANDER--page four
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06

Rejected by the University wheh
they applied for enrolment on
february 2 for the spring term,
,he students sought the aid of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People The
endents are II n Maxine
Holmes, seeking a Masters degree
in education. Mauderie Hancock
Wilson. desiring to pursue courses
loading TO a degree in social work;
and G. w. McLaurin, working Tor
aph d. in school administration
The cases, presented by Thur
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06
Local Citizen
Special Lecturer

DR.. NJ Lafayette Harris, presi-
dent. Phlander Smith College will
be the special guest lecturer for
the Annual Leadership Training
Conference for the South Central
Jurisdiction of h c Methodist
Church at Mt Sequoyah, August
3 = 10.
The South Central Jurisdiction
comprises the White Methodist
Churches in Arkansas, Kansas,
Louisiana Missouri, New Mexico,
Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas
Top leadership from the churches
in these states will compose the
delegates at this two-week insti-
tute DR. Harris will deliver the
keynote address each morning,
following which the delegation
will divide into Seminar Groups
for study and discussion The 10
addresses to be delivered will be
published in book form, and the
book is expected TO be off press
by February, 1919 To Or. Harris
goes the distinction Of being the
first Negro so honored with this
unique responsibility
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06

good Marshall, NAACP special
couscl. and Amos r Hall Of Okla
homa City, were heard by Judge
Justin Hinshaw in the District
Court Of Cleveland County here
on July 20, Judge 1iinshar, who
also heard the case Of Ada Sipuel
Fisher last spring, reserved de-
cision Mrs. Fisher had sued for
admission to the university's law
school. The court may consider the
three cases together with that Of
Mrs. Fisher.
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06

Ten days afycr The convention,
newspspermen and political OBJ
servers were still talking about
the hard-hitting charges and elo-
QUEEN. phrasing Of Hovrd's key
note address in which me declared
tbst "the plain fact that ! stand
here before you tonight defines
our party For the first time in
my lie, l am experiencing human
dignity
Declaring that Il see no delegate
who will rise to speak for the
Ku Klux Klan .... the Hague
machine .... or the House of Nor
gan Howard said that this is
really only the second convention
10 meet in this election -- the Re-
publcans and Democrats were
merely two sections of the same
convention"
Howard charged that the kill
ing of the anti-lynch, anti-poll tax
and FEPC bills in the last session
of Congress was the joint handi-
work of Republicans and Demo-
Gratis. plotting together in Con-
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06
Henry A. Wallace
On Pres. Humans
Executive Orders

Mr.. Trumans nightmares over
over the rapid growth of the Pro-
gressive Party have forced him to
face the issue of discrimination,
but once again he has made only
an empty gesture. He has written
into executive order the lansua0n
of the south He talks glibly OF
equal treatment" and equal op-
portunity,' lodges always used to
avoid action. but fails utterly to
attack the heart of the matter
segregation. The Presidents order
on equality Of treatment in the
armed services says nothing, prom
ises nothing, does nothing and
leaves segregation intact
He appoints another commission
to investigate discrimination in the
armed forces with no time limit
set for action and no promise that
its recommendation will be bind
See WALLACE--page four
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06
ASKS SENATE TO
CENSUREJ0HNST'N

WASHINGTON, d. C-Chargng that Senator OAn D. john
ston d. CO. in speech the floor the Senate threatens
ed ito risk pungng the the entire world into oite
ratve germ and atomic warfare" rather than to permit enact
ment of civil rights legislation Walter White secretary of the
National Association for the Advancement Coored People,
last week wired Senator Arthur Vandenburg (R Mo urging
the Senate the South Carolnian
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06
vallace's Keynote Speaker Claimed
Best Convention Speaker In Years

NE" fOF<-"Ihe best keynote speech delivered a a
Jor political convention in many years"
That's what New York newspapcpen speaking off the
record said about the address given by Charles Howard Negro
attorney editor and former leading Iowa Republican the
founding convention Of the Progressive Party Philadelphia
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06

WINS SCHOLARSHIP - Miss
Oetayia Deloney. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w, ii. Deloney, 28I7
Rock street, won a $50 scholar
ship at meeting held by the
Court of Calanthe at Arkansas
Baptist College. Her winning es-
say was entitled Parents Debt
To Children. Miss Deloney also
wrote a song. isn't 1t A Lovely
Day, which has been accepted
and is now copyrighted by Cine
ma Song Company. Beverly Hills.
California. An honor graduate =
Arkansas Baptist High School, she
plans to enter Phhander Smith
College in the fall. The audience
was very pleased with the mes
sage presented and the excellent
deliverance.
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06
BIakeIy Attends
World Council
OF Churches

Rev. G. Wayman Blakely. pastor
of Bethel AME Church. 9th and
Broadway win leave the city
Tuesday and sail from New York
on August IA to attend the World
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06
THREE SEEK ADMISSION
TO UNIVERSITY OF OKLA.

NORMAN MISUNDERSTANDING Oklahomas dscrimina
tory policies higher education three graduate Students rep
resented by NAACP attorneys have filed suit to compel the
University Oklahoma admit them to offered
bv the state any other institution.
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06

STATE DELEGATE Mrs. Aus
tine Williams left the city yester-
day as delegate from Arkansas
Coiared Beautioians Association
to attend the National Beauty
Cultsre League, Inc. which con-
yenes in Washington. u. c.. Aug
ust IL. Mrs. Williams is the
newly elected president of the
state association and an ardent
worker i'm Wesley Chapel.
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06

Graphite is found in the United
States, Canada, Norway, Siberia,
Spain and Ceylon.
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06

STUDYING IN CHiCAGO-Aliss Wanda Fl. Wood charming
daughter OF Mrs NJ E. Wood left the city last Saturday
chicago where she will study under the famous
DR. Hartng University Of Chicago Miss Wood graduated
Dunbar High School End received Science degree
from Wherefore University Wbarforce Ohio Fer the PAST
10 months Miss Wood has been employed
the high school at Pine Bluff Before going Pine Bluff Miss
Wood taught in Columbia South Carolina On returning home
she viii be accompanied by her sister Grace Lustcr who is
studying towards Master of Arts degree at Columbia unver
sity, New York City.
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06

The axe was one of the firsttools
designed by primitive man.
Arkansas State press., 1948-08-06
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APOLOGIES TO JUDAS!
The Nome nugget., 1948-10-08
Find Mountain Climber Dead

QUILCENE, Wash. (R-M Noun tain climbers, who scaled the Brothers Peak in the Olympics in an effort to rescue an injured high school student, found him dead in his sleeping bag.
 The boy, 17-year-old Robert Thorson of Bremerton, suffered head injuries in a 40-foot fall 24 hours earlier.
 A companion wrapped him in his sleeping bag at the 6,000-foot level of the 6,800-foot snow-capped peak and then led searchers to the scene. A doctor estimated that Thorson died an hour after being injured.
The Nome nugget., 1948-10-08
Friday. October 8. l948
Recover Body Of Crashed Flier

FAIRBANKS, (P)-Recovery of the body of Robert R. Whistler, 25, from Wreckage of plane sought since June Is, was reported We'd nesday by U. s. Marshal Stanley Nichols.
 Whistler, whose wife lives in Myola, Maine, was killed while searching for three escaped federal prisoners.
 The trio was retaken when, af- ter witnessing the crash, they scratched message in the sand of river bar: "Plane in river, pilot dead"
 Searchers were unable, however, to find the plane until cold wea- ther froze the Panama river, low cred the water level and exposed
The Nome nugget., 1948-10-08
EAST END DOCK WAREHOUSE BEING TORN DOWN

The LOmen Commercial CO. is busy tearing down the East End dock warehouse on Front Street as it is imperiled by the storm ele- ments. This building which was erected in about 1902 by the John Sesnon Co. was used until 1889 for the terminal lightering point from all ships in the roadstead. It was operated by the LOmen CO. from 1927 until that time. Tn 1889 the harbor facilities of Snake River were purchased by the Lomen Co.,, from their competitor the Nome Harbor Lighterage Co.,, from where they have since been oper- ating.
The Nome nugget., 1948-10-08
Truman Blasts At Dewey; Wallace
 Blasts At Both
. Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One) ing to put all the plain people into a company union" run for the benefit of the national association of manufacturers.
 He said the COZ candidates have all their promises wrapped up in package called unity which they guarantee to cure mere ills than any patent medicine you ever saw"
 : DeWey'S associates said he in- tends to keep stressing the "unity" theme in his next campaign toul, which gets underway Sunday night. The COP Presidential can didate is scheduled to make three broadcast addresses on the trip which will take him into Pennsyl- vania, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Oklahoma, Missouri, Minnesota, Michigan and back to New York.
 Gov. Earl Warren, Dewey's run ming mate, headed into Wisconsin after a foreign policy speech in Chicago last night. The Californian called for more public information on the governments handling of foreign affairs. He said the foreign policy program outlined by Dewey is a hopeful and confident ap- proach" to world problems.
 Gov. J. Strom Thurmond, the States Rights Presidential candi- date, said the nations major po- 1 litical parties have been seized" by advocates of totalitarianism.
 Henry Wallace moved his Prog ressive party campaign to Port land, Ore. after long tour of Cal ifornia. Accusing both the Repub- licans and Democrats once again of "war-mongering," he told San Francisco rally Wednesday night:
 Instead of milk, butter, meat and decent housing we are asked to be content with a diet of hat red"
 Another western campaigner the Democrats Senator Alben w. Barkley, shifted his vice presiden- tial drive yesterday to Montana and Idaho.
The Nome nugget., 1948-10-08
Passage To Orient Only By Airplane

SAN FRANCISCO, lP) - Air lines offered the only commercial passage from the west coast to Ha- Waii, the Philippines and the Ori- ent today. The 36-day maritime strike has tied up the last of the Pacific liners.
 The American President lines President Cleveland, at sea or in foreign ports since the strike be- gan, docked yesterday and prompt ly was taken off sailing lists until the dispute between the shipping industry and five maritime unions is settled.
 APL has four vessels idle here the Cleveland, Wilson, Meigs and Gordon. The Matson liner Lurline is at Long Beach, Calif., and the four big ships in the Alas ka trade are at Seattle. They are the Aleutian, Baranof, Denali and Alaska.
 There were no indications of strike settlement.
 The CIO longshoremen's union, largest of the five involved, orig finally asked 21-cent increase from theri base scale of Sl.67 an hour. When the strike began Sept. 2, they cut the demand to Is cents.
The Nome nugget., 1948-10-08
Lewis Birthday National Holiday

CINCINNATI (P) - The united mine workers convention yester- day unanimously adopted a resolu- ton to make John l.. Lewis birth day, Feb 12-a national holiday in the coal industry.
 The resolution climaxed a move ment started several years ago within the union to make Lewis birthday a memorial holiday.
 The anthracite agreement, cover ing about 80,OOO Pennsylvania hard coal miners, already has pro- vision for that observance.
The Nome nugget., 1948-10-08

Irrigation for the desert in the southern third of Palestine is en- visioned in a plan to use water from the Jordan river and pipe water from the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea to replace the Jor- dan supply.
The Nome nugget., 1948-10-08

BLACK 16O II VOTE RS For sound representative government
 elect For Delegate to Congress: E. L. (Bob) BARTLETT For Attorney General: J. GERALD WILLIAMS For Auditor FRANK A. BOYLE For Highway Engineer: FRANK A. METCALF For the Senate: EDWARD ANDERSON
 HOWARD LYING For the House: WILLIAM E. BELTZ
 GEORGE P MADSEN
 ALMER RYDEEN, Nome
 FRANK DEGNAN,
 Unalalleet All of the Democratic Candidates are pledged: 1. To the support of schools and the University of Alaska.
 2. To seek economy in Territorial Government To enact equitable tax program to support our Territorial institutions. 4. To give equal opportunity every citizen in ac- cordance with the rights guaranteed by the Con- sttution and Laws of the United States and the Territory of Alaska
 5. To grant pensions and financial support of the pioneer and needy commensurate with the needs G. To support the right of the people to elect their own Governor.
 7 To the passage of Municipal Airport Act to pro- vide all communities with adequate air service. 8. To work for fair and reasonable regulation of child labor for the protection of our children. g. To the improvement and expansion of high way system in the Second Division TO- To the enforcement of all laws including the liquor laws. H. To work for additional home facilities for pioneer and women.
 12 To work together for the beterment of the Terri tory in harmony and without self-interest NOME DEMOCRATIC CLUB
The Nome nugget., 1948-10-08

Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Police to Curb Horns in Traffic
As Accident Prevention Move

Have you heard" said Inspector
Arthur E. Miller, what the shortest
period of time known to science is?
It's the time it takes the fellow in
the car behind you to honk his
horn after the traffic light has
turned green"
So far as Inspector Miller is con-
cerned, that's no joke. He Is head
of the Metropolitan Police traffic
department, and he is going to see
to it that Washington traffic police
use their full powers of persuasion
from now on to keep the fellow be-
hind you politely silent.
The inspector reached this oeci-
sion late yesterday in conference
with George E. Keneipp, director
of the Department of Vehicles and
Traffic, after The Star had delivered
itself of an editorial broadside
against the city's horn-tootlers.
He agreed with Mr.. Keneipp that
what is needed is not a temporary
police breakdown on persons vlo-
lating the city ordinance which for
bids unnecessary use OF car horns.
Instead he plans to impress on traffic
police, by talking to them at their
roll calls, that the law has been
here a long time, is here TO stay
and should be enforced at all times.
Don't Like Horns.
Inspector Miller and Mr.. Kenelpp
mild men as concerns most SUBJ
iects-have a purposeful gleam In
their eyes when they talk about
horns. They don't like them. Both
are convinced that the unnecessary
beeping and footing that goes on
around Washington tends to make
drivers nervous and jumpy ana
adds to the accident rate here.
Inspector Miller feels so strongly
on the subject that he sometimes
TOYS with the theory that if all
horns. were outlawed there would
me fewer accidents. He thinks
horns give drivers false sense OF
security and that people would drive
more carefully If they couldn't
honk.
The inspector went so far as to
test this idea on recent auto trip
to Chicago. All the way there and
back he never touched his horn.
He says he got along fine.
Cites Accidents.
Mr.. Keneipp's views may differ
slightly from Inspector Miller's as
to just how much horn-blowing is
necessary, but he is in complete
agreement with the police traffic
expert that unnecessary footing
causes accidents. In his Office yes
terday he waved his hand toward
large map of the District. studded
with pins marking spots where auto
accidents have occurred this year.
There is no way of telling just
how many of those pins are there
because some boob with horn got
somebody else strained and nervously
upset" he said. But I'm positive a