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Laurel outlook., 1948-03-24
Kiwanis Makes Plans
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Rosselot will be in charge of an
Appropriate motion picture exhibition.
A Key club meeting was set for
Thursday evening of this week at
the office of DR.. Mccormick to
discuss the first Key club conven-
ton soon to be held in Billings and
the program for presentation of a
charter to the Laurel Key club.
Members of the Laurel basketball
team of the past season will be
of the Kiwanis club at din
ner next Wednesday evening.
Laurel outlook., 1948-03-24
Real American Nus

Pecan nuts are North Americas
greatest contribution to the worlds
nut market. Although the species
has been introduced into many for
eign countries, production is not i'm
portant outside Of the United States
and northern Mexico.
Laurel outlook., 1948-03-24
Key to Open Matter

Scientists of an electrical COM
pany are pressing a research drive
to unlock the secret of what holds
matter together. The answer, they
say, could be "a hundredfold more
significant than the atomic bomb it.
self"
Laurel outlook., 1948-03-24
'E!!![;IEN12E
Waiting
For Something
By
TED M. RIDER

]NCLE JAN twisted in his wicke:
chair on the front porch whel
he heard Carols heels clickin,
swiftly on the sidewalk. Bax Ham
mond lowered n step behind hel
and was pretty mad because thu
thin scar on his cheek looked TWISTED
under the blazing light of the stree
lamp.
Then the storm broke. "What's
gotten into your niece, Jan? Yester.
day, she insisted on buying her own
ticket to the barn dance. Tonight,
she paid her W way into the NOV
les. Now, 1 ask you"
BaX paused to settle his blue eyes
Indignantly on Carols bowed red
head, but she
said in a very
. Minute bored tone, "Girls
EieYion are becoming
pretty independ-
ent nowadays,
aren't they, Uncle JAM"
"Well, for the luvva Petel" Bax
gasped explosively. "We're engaged
aren't we, Carol? And you'll be de-
pendent on me for the rest of your
life, won't you? Why, that's taken
for granted, and that's the way I
want it,"
rot, you do? Well, thanks for letting
me knoW that, Mr.. Boss Hammond. NoW
III tell yoH something. Here's your ring
back"
She jerked the sparkling diamond
from her finger and showed it into
the stunned young mans palm, then
slammed through the screen door
with a speed that made Uncle Jan
blink.
"Bax, why didn't you and Carol
get hitched right after your army
discharged"
"How could 1 marry her, then,
Jan? l was stone broke and had to
start my automobile agency on a
flyer. And you know how things
went. First, 1 couldn't get any stock.
Then, my garage burned down and
1 had to start from scratch again.
We're through"
NCLE JAN stopped his depar-
ture by quickly asking for a
match. He had to untangle things
someway. Why, Carol had always
wanted to marry Bax. Even two
years ago she'd come right out and
asked if marriage wasn't a partner
ship where each person shared rain
or shine as it came.
BaX hadn't wanted her when
were going bad for him, so
she was wondering why he wanted
her now when he was a success.
After five long years of waiting, fear
had replaced confidence, and her
sudden desire to be independent was !
nothing but a cover-up to hide that
Maybe she was fearful that
Bax just considered her another
step up the ladder for himself,
something to be bossed around be-
cause he was paying the bills. She
wanted proof of his love.
Suddenly, he had an idea for a
cure. 1t would be a pretty drastic
,ne but it would show them how
much they really cared for each
II TURNED to the door and bel
lowed, "Did you say Carol
Won't marry you because of that
,ullet scar on your cheek, Bax?
Laurel outlook., 1948-03-24
Iowa

Iowa ranks fourth in railroad
mileage, exceeded only by Texas,
Illinois and Pennsylvania.
Laurel outlook., 1948-03-24
Display Advertising
RateTO Be Increased

Because of increased produc-
ton costs, display advertising
rates of the Laurel Outlook will
be increased 5 cents per column
inch, effective with the issue of
April Z.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31

make big stir in the CONNER
cial press, but they evaporate
with the first breath of fresh
air, the noise dies down. and
there is no residue left in YOU
but the feeling of having been
fooled and cheated, and there
is no mark left in artistic his
tory other than a speck of dust
upon the records.
IN ''The Medium" there is
absolutely nothing which in
any way deals with the life and
struggles of our times; it enun-,
ciates no rational idea, artistic
ally or otherwise.
Three people come to seances
to hear the voices of the dead.
The medium has a daughter
who loves a deaf-mute. The
deaf-mute is a lackey around
the house, and like the daugh-
ter, a prop in the seance hocus-
pocus. Why do they love each
other? Why do they remain in
the house, accepting the bru-
tally Of the medium? These
fons~sf must remain q mystery
to the audience, for the an
swers are not in the opera.
came to the theatre pre-
pared to and eager to enjoy
''The Medium" precisely be-
cause it had been heralded as
a new venture in American
opera, bringing this art-form
closer to the people. Precisely
because it had no real content,
because it did not bring this
art-form closer to the Ameri-
can people, am I SO brutal with
it-and justifiably so. Better
not to have written an opera
in English if it is not in the
peoples idiom or in their in
terest.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31
The defense
BY MIKE HEIGHT
WORK on the stage, to

WORK on the stage, to
be a vital work of art,
must give the person who sees
it keener and deeper insight
into, and understanding of, him
self and the social forces of
the world and times in which
he lives. This is my tombstone
to the theatre.
For generations, the CONNER
cial critics of the drama, opera,
and literature have showered
upon us criticism which sepa-
rated craft and content.
The commercial critics like
nothing better than to praise
an attempted work of art that
is well-done, or even superb
cially well-done; that has sur
face tinsel and gilt-edge trap
pings, but whose content is de-
void of everything and any
thing except irrationality, es-
capism, pessimism, and cyni-
cism.
FOR NE. production, a
work of art, is unity wherein
there can be no separation of
content and form-and where
there is no content to begin
with, I don't think the curtain
should go up; and if it does, I
feel it my duty to warn and
urge people to save their
money.
"The Telephone" can be
called opera only by the wild
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31
The complaint
To the Editor:

The well meaning Mike
Hecht is blind to the tremen-
dous importance of the operas
1.-THE Telephone" and 1.-THE
Medium" (And they are oper-
as, though billed as musicals
for commercial reasons.) Does
he compare Menotti's works to
Verdi's 'sOtello," or to 'sOn The
Town." or waiting for Lefty"
Menotti's works are probably
significant steps in the devel-
opment of possible flu tur e
American opera. Opera till now
has not had wide American au-
diences, and largely for these
two reasons: ',------
l. Operas are rarely done
in English. so cant be under
stood.
2. Few operas are emo
tionallY acceptable m osf
have bad plots. and are act
ed as badly.
Menotti is a pioneer. in bring
ing this art closer to the Amer
lean people.
Elaine Ravel
To the Editor:
I'm sorry that Mike Hecht
saw no merit in "The Medium"
and ''The Telephone" While
Carol Menotti is not another
Marc Blitzstein or Harold J.
Rome, he is at least very tai
ented writer, his music has mo-
ments of great beauty, and the
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31

ton special recital, Thursday,
Feb. IL, $50 pm. at the Eighth
Street Theatre.
Studs Terkel, Chicago Sun
Times columnist, disc jockey, cur
ator of the radio show "Wax Mu-
scum" will act as master of cere-
monies.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31
THE MEDrUMis,a phony

THE MEDIUM fS-aS Pnohy
as its title and central charac-
ter. 1t is utterly escapist in
conception and handling.
Is there a mood, an atmos-
phere created by the drama
and sustained by the music?
Undeniably, yes. But what is
it a mood of? Of sheer emo
tionalism, the supernatural for
the sake of the supernatural
(and the box-office), tricks to
horrify, stupefy, or shock.
The purpose of art is to re-
veal, not to shock. Moods,
emotions, unaccompanied by
rational revelation of charac-
ter and theme are worthless.
They may hold you temporar-
lily in the theatre and may
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31

A recent play review by
Mike Hecht in the Star cooked
up tempest among Star read
ers. Some of the pros and cons
are presented here.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31

Employment among screen act
ors is at its lowest in history, with
only 600 out of $500 actors under
contract to studios.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31
Plan LincoIn's
Birthday recital

The Civil Rights Congress is
presenting Earl Robinson and
Woodie Guthrie in an Abraham
Lincoln Birthday commemora-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31
Telephone and Medium get re-coun

librettos are clever and orig
inal. It's certainly not a case
of Hstinkeroo."
Alfred T. King
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31

In the first half Of 1947, food
products companies had return
OF $21 on every 500 invested.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31

est stretch of the imagination.
1t is not even musical comedy
"a singing skit is the closest
description I can find for it.
Boy loves girl. Boy wants to
propose marriage. Girl is in
cessantly talking on the tele-
phone. Boy can't get a word
in edgewise. Illustration. Boy
must catch train. Crisis. Boy
leaves. Boy calls girl on the
telephone. (Smart, huh?) He
proposes. She accepts. (They
live happily ever after. Cur
tain.
Upon a stupidity of this sort,
I don't think a critic is justi-
fled in cluttering up space.
What does it matter? Who
cares? Suffice to say this two
minute contrivance lasted 20.
1t was 50 overdrawn, the boy
and girl had to go through all
sorts of senseless and unmoti-
waited stridings and motions to
cover up with artificial action
the lack of plot, theme, and
character portrayal.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31

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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-07-16

Sunday, July Is at HOO a. m and
745 p. m. A special invitation is
extended to Missionary workers
on Sunday evening when the pro-
gram will be built around Chris
tan Missions.
A graduate of Howard Univer-
sity, B. A., Yale University, and
holding an Honorary Degree of
B. d. from Morris Brown College,
DR.. Coan is an outstanding preach
err and a traveller has given nine
years of devoted and self-denying
service in the South African Miss
ionary Field. With a knowledge
of the languages, customs, prob
lens and needs Of the different
African tribes, and the govern
ment policies regarding them he
has repeatedly run great risks
and accepted horrible dangers in
order to fulfill the divine mission
of visiting his brethren in the re-
mote and backward sections Of
South and Central Africa.
He has lifted the standard Of
work at Wilberforce Institute,
South Africa to unprecedented
heights. increasing the enrolment
of students from $50 to 1926; in
creasing the faculty from II to
AZ; adding courses in masonry,
shoemaking. tailoring, agriculture,
home economics, and higher teach
er training; erecting and equipp-
ing a home economics center,
trade center and Post Office Ad-
ministration Building costing over
$4,000; installing a modern sy-
stem of electric lights and running
water; and purchasing 100 acres
of land for a school farm.
DR.. Coan is author of Daniel
Alexander Payne: Christian Edu-
Gator and Editor of Leadership
Training Bulletins of the Depart
ment of Religious Education.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-07-16

The telegram, which was sent;
to James Roosevelt, chairman of
the Democratic Committee of
California, Jacob M. Avery, chair
man of the Cook County Demo-
cratic Committee in Chicago,
Mayor Hubert Humphrey, Mimi
eapolis and Chester A. Bowles.
expressed the appreciation of Ne
gro Americans for the continued
support given by these five lead
ers to civil rights legislation. In
view of this support, The NAACP
secretary declared himself at
loss to understand the planned
coalition. recently announced in
the nations press, between these
men and southern Democrats. in
an attempt to prevent the renom-
ination of President Harry F.
Truman at the Democratic Ma
tional Convention, inasmuch as
the Dixie leaders had openly bas-
ed their opposition on the issue
of civil rights.
Experience has taught u.s."
wired Mr.. White, that coalition
with such elements means COM
plete sacrifice of all civil rights
measures. How do you propose to
press for inclusion Of a civil
rights plank in the Democratic
party platform while working
hand in hand with these southern
politicians who have openly de-
clared they would rather see the
party defeated than permit inclu.
sion Of plank unfolding equal
ity of citizenship for all Ameri
cans? How can you as a liberia
collaborate with avowed enemies
of liberalism.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-07-16
WOMEN CLUBS
FAVOR EQUAL
RIGHTS PROGRAM

Fort Worth, Tex, tG)--Leave it
to the women. Despite revolt by
five delegates from Alabama, and
thirteen others from various states,
the National Federation Of Bust
ness and Professional Women's
Clubs. voted overwhelmingly to-
day TO support an early passage
of the Equal Rights Amendment
in the next session of Congress.
and to work for its prompt rati-
fication in the State Legislatures
Support for such an amendment
has been source of hot conflict
in Women's organizations 70 r
many years, was finally given,
and the Legislative program was
forcefully advocated by Miss Sal
ly Butler, Indianapolis lawyer,
and the Federation's president
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-07-16

BISHOP GREETED-Shown above is Bishop
W. A. Fountain, senior bishop of the AME
Church end from right, first row. now pre-
siding bishop of Arkansas and Oklahoma and
ministers of the Little Rock ANIE Alliance, who
welcomed the bishop in a meeting of the AL
lance at Big Bethel AME Church, 9th and
Broadway, Tuesday evening. Reading from !.
to r. (first row. Rev. J, M. Watkins, pastor
Of Ward Chapel, president of the Alliance; DR..
S. S. Morris, Jr., president Shorter College; DR..
G. Wayman Blakely, Big Bethel AME Churchs
pastor; Bishop W. A. Fountain; DR.. V. M.
Townsend, presiding elder Little Rock District.
Second row: DR.. w. p Muldrow, Moody Chapel
Rev. w. p. Wellington, Union AME Church;
Rev. j. L. Long st. Paul AME Church; Rev
J. f. Tillman, st. Andrew AME Church; Rev
Carl d. Rodgers, Conner Chapel; Rev. F. j.
Stewart, Allen Chapel Back row: Rev. S. j.
Holly, st. Peters ANIE Church McGehee Bish-
op Fountain was introduced to the meeting by
DR.. V. NJ Townsend. Dr. Townsend stated that
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-07-16
Ingram's Defense
Fund Continues
To Mount

New York $360.18 was added
to the Ingram Defense Fund this
week, bringing the total amount
OF money contributed to the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People for its
defense of Mrs. Rose Lee Ingram
and her two sons to $39. 1892. SO.
OF this total, $27 ,44294 has been
received from NAACP branches;
Sl,5l6 has been donated by indi-
viduals; S1,39575 has come from
churches; and organizations have
contributed $9,oo751. Among the
organizations sending in contribu-
tons during the past week were
the Utility Workers Union of
America (San Francisco, Calif) =,
Les Femmes' Jamaica, N. ",
University Chapter (Austin, Tex
and Emanuel Lodge No. $3.50
Charleston, S. c..
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-07-16
ALABAMA YOUTH
GETS REPRIEVE

Montgomery. Ala Scheduled
for execution early last Friday.
Samuel Taylor, 20-year-old rape
charge victim, was at the last
moment granted a reprieve on or
der of Justice Wiley Rutledge of
the United States Supreme Court.
MIR. Justice Rutledge issued his
order to stay execution in re-
spouse to an appeal by Frank
Reeves, NAACP attorney in Wash
ington.
Taylors long fight to escape
death in the electric chair fol-
lowed conviction by an Alabama
Jury in Mobile on November 10.
1916, Arrested with three other
-.-egro youths, he was charged
with rape of a l4-year-old wl7ite
s@ifl II the small south Alabama
town OF Prichard. Beaten and
threatened by police. he confess
ed to the crime. Later he repu-
dated this confession.
The NAACP, through local
white attorney, Nesbit Elmore.
undertook Taylors defense appeal
ing first to the state Supreme
Court then later to the United
States Supreme Court. The NAA-
CP petition charged that the
youths conviction was obtained
through the use Of a confession
extorted by force, violence and
fear in violation of the Fourteenth
Amendment The petition was de-
MED.
Following the petition Of the
United States Supreme Court
NAACP lawyers sought writ of
habeas corpus in the United States
District Court. This appeal was
denied by the district court with.
out argument. Justice Rutledge's
order granted stay of execution
pending appeal
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-07-16
Sunday Set Aside
As Prayer Day For
Draft vioIators

Negro and white clergymen
throughout the nation were urged
last week by the League for Nom
Violent Civil Disobedience Against
Military Segregation to set aside
Sunday. July rs as a Day of Pray
er in behalf Of all young men
who plan to violate the Selective
Service law because of racial seq
regation. A. Philip Randolph, the
chairman of the League, in issu-
ing the Call to ministers, said the
purpose of this day is to ask
Almighty God to give these
young men the strength to endure
prison and the other difficulties
that they shall face in that spirit
which removes the occasion of
violence and injustice.
For we are faced with posi-
BILE prospects Of hatred and vio-
lence unless young men who take
such a stand do so with a real
sense of humility and non-vio-
1ence,"
Bayard Rustin, executive co-sec-
rotary of the League, indicated
that ministers throughout the ma
ton would be asked to advise
resisters and the people Of the
nation to consult God" in the
See PRAYER--pagc four
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-07-16

E, Thompson of Georgia demand
ing state action against the Khan
for ''its campaign of terror against
Wallace supporters"
The fiery cross was planted in
front Of Marshall's house at Ii
p. m. Wednesday night, June 80,
Baldwin said, a few feet from
Marshails door while he was
asleep. 1t was bolted together and
wrapped in burlap soaked in old.
Marshall was awakened by some
one tapping on his bedroom win
dow and rushed out in time to see
a truck driving off.
Earlier in the day, Baldwin said
Marshall had paid off the mort
gage on his house On Monday h,
had been told he would be fore
closed unless he quit the Wallace
movement and withdraw his SEN
atorial candidacy.
1t was the second cross planted
by the Khan in Macon. Two weeks
before, Baldwin said, the Khan
had burned a cross in front of
See KLAN--page four
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-07-16

Baldwin revealed the secret Khan
intention after the Khan burned
fiery cross in front of the home of
Larkin Marshall, Negro newspaper
editor Of Macon, Georgia, and the
senatorial candidate of the Peo-
pies Progressive Party of Georgia
He is the first Negro to run for
the United State Senate in Geor-
gia since the Reconstruction era
Immediately following the Civil
War.
Baldwin said that Grand Drag
on Sam Green of the Khan had
sent half a million copies of a
fiery summons" to xxx men,
bers throughout the country, in
viting them to attend the national
"klonvocation" ceremonies atop
Stone Mountain, Georgia. Green
hopes to have 1000 new members
to "induct into citizenship in the
Invisible Empire dedicated to war
against Negroes Catholics a n d
Jews" Baldwin said.
At the same time, Baldwin sent
a telegram to Governor Melvin
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-07-16
War Or Peace
For Us Says
Harvard u. Prof.

Wellesley. Mass. (GD-The cold
war with Russia has made the
American people easy victims of
demagogues, according to Prof.
Ralph Barton Perry of Harvard
University, in a speech delivered
at the Summer Institute for So
cial Progress at Wellesley College
The United States, said Prof.
Perry, has two broad alternative
strategies, committing ourselves
to a holy war;, or resorting TO
peaceful measures that will re
quire an epoch, not year or
even a decade.
Since the cost Of war is so great,
it should be accepted only as a
last desperate resort after every
peaceful alternative has been ex-
haustpd
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-07-16
|Asa 3 a || n l.! THERE

Washington, ID. C.--Here is the
United States Moral Commentary
just released by the Federal Blu
reau Of Investigation: Fifteen mil
lion sex magazines read monthly
by a third Of the nation; more bar
maids than college girls; three
times as many criminals as col
lege students; one million girls
infected with social diseases; one
hundred thousand girls entering
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-07-16
Negro Killed When
He Objects to Being
Called Boy"

Airport Funeral services for
Herman Dolphin were held here
last Sunday in the First Baptist
Church.
Herman Dolphin, veteran, ope-
rated a service station at Leke-
view, about Is miles from Helena.
1t was reported that on June %.
Milton Stewart (white) in truck
driven by Negro stopped at Dol
phin's service station. Stewart
was moving gin equipment. and
the load had shifted on the truck.
He hollered to Dolphin. and some
men who were there at the time.
You boys help me move this load
back in place
Dolphin replied. There are no
boys here
Stewart cursed him and said.
Don't get smart it is reported.
When Dolphin cursed him back.
he started for his truck as if to
get weapon With that Dolphin
started in his station, telling Stew
art to get out of his station. Stew
art stated that he would be back
with his gang
Later he returned with Deputies
L. ID. Weaver and Clay Oliver.
They arrested Dolphin, searched
his place, and the deputies slap
ped and kicked Dolphin while he
was handicuffed, it is reported.
Dolphin then asked permission to
close up, and when he went into
the station (still handcuffed), the
door closed behind him. it is said.
The deputies turned their atten-
ton to James Eiland who was
washing his car, and asked him
where he was from. Eiland told
them he was from California.
4 want you to get that water
bucket inside the station door"
When Efand opened the door.
Weaver stood with shotgun in
hand and it was clear that the
deputy was going in the station
after Dolphin, but wanted to use
Eiland as shield. Dolphin then
shot Weaver over Glands head,
and Deputy Oliver shot and kill
ed Dolphin Stewart picked ur
Viewers gun and fired II int
Dolphin's body, it Is said. Whe1
the report reached Helena. IN
cars loaded with polies - -
rangers came to the scene, but !
was quiet when they arrived.
Two fine citizens were dead be
cause one man did not respect IL
rights Of another. This, Stewar
should remember until his dyinl
day.
Rev. T. R. Redmon, pastor d
the First Baptist Church preached
See DOLPHIN-page four
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-07-16

white slavery each year; one mil
Ion babes born in illegitimacy
yearly; one in five marriages end
ing in divorce; sixty suicides ev-
cry day; one murder every min
ute: one major crime every %
seconds; and one hundred thous-
and unapprehended murders walk
ing the streets. Seventeen year
Odds represent the largest criminal
See HERE AND THERE--page 4