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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-04
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said he was awakened in his home
by men and asked how soon he
could leave town. He said he saw
the men in the shadows outside his
home. Dressing quickly, he left the
house and spent the night with a
friend.
The hearing on the charges at
tracted a large audience overflow
ing the justice of peace's office.
The hearing was later moved to
the Madison county probate court
room.
Those named as participants in
the forced eviction are Jack Bus
FOR RENT unfinished rooms
for christian couple. AID 1896.
Call between $50 and 1880
p. M, tO1
CEMENT work did of all kinds.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-04

You get better results by adj
ver.ising in our classified section.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-07
LETTER
From Our
MISSIONARIES IN AFRICA
Robert Lichty

Robert Llchty
December IA, 1947.
Dear Overseer Mintern:
We do want to send greet
ings, although I am afraid
they will be late for Christ
mas. We are overjoyed this
Christmas Season as we are
back in the land God has call
ed us to. How we thank God
for His Unspeakable Gift, and
what we are to Him because
of it.
We are all we'll and happy,
and busy teaching and super
vising the natives for our
Christmas program. This is our
summer season and the wea-
Their is anything but Christmas
weather, so while you freeze,
you can imagine us sweltering
under an equatorial sun. There
is generally a nice breeze to
compensate for the heat. We
are looking forward to a great
blessing on the oath as we
hold our program. Natives
will come from all around and
we should have a good crowd.
One Sunday not long ago,
one Of the native boys came
with the milk. He was very
sick when he arrived and felt
that he couldn't walk home
which was about mile and a
half away. Our cook told him
to go to meeting. He had never
been before, but decided to
sit down there to rest. He was
so deeply impressed with the
power of God that he was in
stantly healed during the
Continued on page 10Y
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-07
JOHN NASH OFT TO
ADDRESS ZION LYCEUM
JANUARY IL

CONTINUED from page y
over a period of days, weeks
and months.
Presented in natural color,
Mr.. OFT brings some of the
most beautiful flower pictures
available today, and in addi-
ton, brings the intensely in
teresting story of how they
grow and develop by means of
vivid motion pictures.
Mr.. OFT is recognized as one
of the most noted botanical
motion picture photographers
in the world.
Among some of the inter-
esting things which he will
present in sound and color, are
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-07
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEETS JANUARY 10
Continued from page

Continued from page l.
what this F. M. station can do
in the development of our COM
munity, it's value to Zion bust
ness men and the part Zion
residents can play in present.
ing the program of W.K.R.S.
By means of an actual dem
onstration Mr.. Siegirst will
show how practical and mex
pensive F. M. reception can be
by operating a radio on stand
ard frequency and then by U.s.
ing an adapter, which will
modernize the standard set to
F. M. reception.
To conclude he will present
a 16 nm. color film entitled
NATURALLY, it's F. NJ"
This being the first pro-
gram of the new year, the new
officers will be installed and
committee chairmen will be
announced.
The new officers of the Zion
Chamber of Commerce are:
President, Glenn H. Reinier.
Vice President, VIM. J. Bick-
ct.
Treasurer, J. r. Paxton.
Secretary, John D. Luce.
The time and place are as
usual, Zion Home Gold Room
at $3.50. Tuesday evening, the
18th of January. Be sure that
you have reservation for this
evening with James Anderson,
Zion 581.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-07
MRS. SEFTON'S BIBLE
CLASS WORKERS ARE.
CALLING FOR CLOTHING
Continued from Page ~

Continued from Page u
The urgent calls come from
here at home and the field.
The workers will be glad to
alter, mend, or condition the
clothes so they can be worn.
If you have any such clothes
or shoes, bring them to Over
seer Harwood's office in the
Administration Building, Sec
ond floor, or phone Zion 521.
The workers can be reach
ed by phone, Mrs. Mifflin 2719
and Mrs. Colwell 3178.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-07
CORRECTION

We regret the omission of
word which occurred in the
Bible School Lesson printed in
the issue of THE THEOCRAT
of December 31st. The title of
the Lesson should have read,
"The Fraility of Man and the
Mercy of God"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-07
THE qheOCraf

plants that live on air, plants
that eat insects.
A unique sequence Of dane
ing flowers accomplished by
controlling the light, tempera-
ture and moisture so that the
interrupted growth and un-
usual motion thus obtained is
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-07

in rhythm with a Strauss
waltz. Five years of pains
taking effort were required to
produce this charmingly diff
ferent botanical finale.
Season tickets as we'll as sin
gle admission will be available
at the box office.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-07

:. the latest training methods are
sa~ employed. Here dealers and attend
ants learn the newest ways to care for
the Individual needs of your car. And the
clinics will continue class after class
to train additional Standard Oil
dealers and attendants Let Personal
lied Service" Specialists help you nolO to
guard against starting troubles and other
driving problems that come with winter.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-07

4 Don't let unnecessary starting trou-
20 BILE plague your winter driving! Save
yourself annoyance and expense by re-
lying on the help of "Personalized Serv-
ice' Specialists Standard Oil Dealers
who have satisfactorily completed the
refresher course at Standard Oils clinics
in modern car care. At these clinics :.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-26
Crusade Against
Prejudice
By Connie

If ever in the history of Ameri-
can Negroes and the white man,
north and south, are to get along
togther, it must be on the basis
of democractic practices, mutual
respect and esteem.
This type Of relationship be-
tween the two races has to be
built up in day to day contacts.
Both races can learn more from
routine business like meetings
that occur in everyday life than
a mass meetings and conferences.
And it is about time intelligent
Negroes of this community put up
an end to banter this sort of
thing, it is no longer a laughing
matter, and never have been.
Rather than joke about it, it
would be far more appropriate to
do something about it.
1t has been said a number of
times, the only reason most
American Negroes don't commit
suicide" when faced by humiliat-
ing jim crowism is their sense of
humor. There is no room for
Glowing or ~horseplay in the field
of. race relation.
Race relations is more than just
a matter of fighting violent as
poets such as lynching. 1t is a
fight for everyday campaigning
against the common, routine, al
most minor evidence Of prejudice
in virtually every phase of Ameri-
cans way of life.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-26
TeIephone Head 10
Receive Abbott Award

CHICAGO, April 26. (ANP)-
G. K. McCorkle, president of the
Illinois Bell Telephone company,
has been named as the recipient of
the second annual Robert S. Alb
bott Memorial award, it was dis
closed here last week. The award
is to be made at the 43rd 'anniver-
sary celebration of the Robert S.
Abbott Publishing company, pub
fishers Of the Chicago Defender.
The telephone company was
nominated for the award by a
committee on selections ''for its
policy of migrating Negroes into
it's personnel and in particular of
hiring, training and placing switch
board operators without regard to
color" President McCorkle will be
presented the award at a banquet
May 10, in Parkway ballroom,
where more than 400 outstanding
Chicagoans are expected to be
present.
Last years award went to the
former Mayor Edward J. Kelly
for his work in "integrating Ne
groes in the city government"
Rules of the award state that it
is to be presented to San out
standing individual for civic ac-
Movement and significant indi-
vidual contributions to the COM
munity."
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-26
Urban League
Has First Anniversary

The first anniversary Of the
Dayton branch of the Urban lea
que will be held tomorrow night
at the Central Y, at 8 o'clock. Les
ter B. Granger, executive secre-
tary of the National Urban league
will address the meeting. Granger,
head of the league since 1941,
will speak on "The Balance Sheet
in Race Relations"
The Dayton Urban league, an
affiliate 0 fthe national branch,
was formally organized in March,
1947. 1t is a member of the Com
munity Chest Red Feather agency.
The task of the league is to seek
out job opportunities for Negroes
in the various industries, many of
which presently employ a job dis
elimination policy. The local
branch has it's offices at 400 West
Fifth street, and only recently be-
gan processing applicants. 1t has
an enormous obstacle in front of
it,with the two additionally dis
eliminating plants located in Day
ton, General Motors and National
Cash Register.
Granger, with long service in
social work has been elected to
posts in the American Association
of Social Workers, serving as vice
president in 1941. He is also a
member of the National confer
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-26
NEGRO LEAGUE
OPENS WEDNESDAY

The local Negro baseball sea-
son gets underway this Wednes-
day night at Hudson park, the
Baltimore Elite Giants against the
Homestead Grays. The Giants have
a formidable array in oJhnny
Washington on first; Jimmie Gil
liam, second; Tommy ((Peewee)
Butts, the loops ranking short
stop; and Mike Finney, OF Jack
Cardwell at third. The outfield
has Henry Kimbro in center,
Butch Davis and Lester Lockett.
Bill Byrd or Bob Romby will pitch
to Joe Campini or Red Wright.
Both teams are in the Negro Ma
tional league.
Larry Dolby has been setting the
Cleveland folk atalkin' with his
sensational playing recently. He
got 3 for 5 last Friday, including
a home run in the Cleveland 8 to
2 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
Boudreau is giving Dolby every
chance to make good, and it looks
like he is doing just that.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-26
Express To Carry Sport Views
OF Fans In Daily Issue

Aside from publication of daily
topics, the Express has added an
other feature in it's sport section
known as the views and opinions
of the sport fans under the title
of "What | Think" and written
by Jimmie N. Jones, formerly as
socated with the Cleveland Buck
eyes baseball club as publicity
director. Well known for publica-
tons of various sports through the
pages Of all leading Negro pub
locations pertaining to baseball,
basket ball, foot ball and other
sports, many questions regarding
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-26
TOP fight
CARD TONIGHT

Dayton's ~classfest fight card in
many a year will be presented
tonight at Memorial hall, under
the promotion of Al Menachof's
Hearthstone A. C. Feature attrac-
ton will be the heralded match
between Billy Smith, the much
improved sensation from Califor-
MIA now boxing out of Cincinnati,
and Charley Banks, of Detroit,
who has been twice stopped by
Smith.
In an exhibition match, Day.
toms Shelton Bell will spar with
light heavyweight champ, Gus Les
nevich. Lesnevich dropped Bell for
the 10 count in their sparring
match last week on the Raadik-
Abrams card in Chicago. But the
referee let the bout go through
the 4th round. Johnny Jackson
will take on Jesse Underwood in
the other hereunder scheduled
for the evening. All-in-all, Mena-
chof has 40 rounds of scrapping
scheduled, provided, Of course, all
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-26
Final Report Meeting
Women's LEAGUE

The final report meeting of the
Democratic Women's League men,
bership campaign will be held
Wednesday night, April %, at the
Montgomery County Democratic
club, 400 South Broadway. All
members, old and new, are urged
to attend. Prizes will be awarded
and refreshments will be served.
Co-chairmen for the membership
campaign are Mrs. Myrd and Myr-
tie l.. Crossley.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-26
of Social Work.

0IlCG Ol SOCldl Ork.
In 1915, Granger served as a
special adviser to the secretary of
navy. His work was to tour Eu-
ropean and Pacific naval bases
and make a report of the condi-
tons affecting the Negro in the
navy service. He was awarded for
this service, the nays highest
civilian award, the Distinguished
Civilian Service Award, and the
Presidents Medal for Merit.
Other citations and awards
made to Granger include an hon
airy doctrate of humane letters by
his alma mater, Dartmouth col
lege; he was cited for "service to
the cause of economic and polit-
ical democracy in race relations"
by the New Jersey Organization
of Teachers of Colored Children,
the American Veterans commit
tee and the Schomburg collection
continued on page A.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-26
Gen. Davis To
Retire This Year

WASHINGTON, April 26. CA
NP)-Gen. B. O. Davis, highest
ranking Negro officer in the
armed forces, will retire in June
of this year, according to reports
current here.
The 71-year old military leader,
in good physical shape despite his
advanced years, has been assigned
to duty in the capital since wars
end.
Recalled from retirement and
promted to the rank of brigadier
general, Davis rose from the ranks
to the highest ever attained by a
Negro in the military.
Under rules and regulations,
should the general be retired in
June, he will, be retired at the
rank previously held, colonel, as
a congressional act is necessary
to make his present rank perma-
nent.
In the early days of the war,
Gen. Davis was assigned to the
Inspector generals unit and made
several reports on Negro trops in
troublesome areas.
Gen. Davis base pay since his
elevation has been at the rate of
$4,000 per annum, plus allow
ances. A colonel's pay, infantry,
is $4,000 per annum, plus allow
ances. Retirement pay is a per-
centage o fthe base pay.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-26

participants in the many athletic
fields are asked by the fans. Due
to the increasing interest of Day
toms sporting population with re-
spect to what Horse" will win
the Kentuck Derby; will Joe Louis
defeat Joe Walcot in their return
match in June; is Larry Dolby,
Negro star with the Cleveland In
dams as good as Jackie Rrobin-
son of the Brooklyn Dodgers; can
Alonzo Boone, new manager of
the Cleveland Buckeyes, do as
good a job as Quincy Troupe, now
with the Chicago American Giants.
Where will the Cincinnati Reds
finish this season? And many
more important questions on the
minds o fthe fans who will be CIV
en- the opportunity to express
their own views to the writer.
At every ball game, contacts
will be made during the game
and opinions of "What I Think"
of the game and the improve
ments of the park, are the rest
rooms kept in good order? In the
management doing everything pos
sible to make the fans comfort
able? What about the umpires,
"Hmmmm?"
Your expressions will follow
each day following the games
played at Hudson field, in the
Daily Express aside from the de-
scription of the games, including
the box score.
Don't fail to register your opin-
ions with you Express Sports
writer.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-26
Criterion Club

The Criterion club will hold
their social meeting Tuesday eve
ming in the dining room of the
Wayman AME church. Mrs. Jim
mie billiard Wilson is hostess.
Games have been planned and re-
freshments will be served.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-26

contestants remain standing at the
end of their bouts.
In his last appearance here,
Smith won a TKO over Bob
Amos. In his last fight with Banks,
he caught up with him in the 10th
round. Billy won a smashing VIC
tory over Bob Foxworth, third
ranking light-heavy in the country
Continued on page Al
Evening star., 1948-10-10

1880, -Senator-elect Mar
garet Chase Smith and FFC Com
missioner Frieda Hennock speak in
connection with the opening OF Ma
tional Business Women's Week.
1:45, WEAM- Senator Arthur
Capper discusses Splinter Parties" I"
200, WRC-Piano adaptations of
Bizet's Gypsy Song" and Wagner's
Forest Murmurs" are on the pro-
gram Of the First Piano Quartet.
2:3o. WRC-Theodore Dreiser's
"An American Tragedy" with Film
Actor George Montgomery.
800, WTOP-Dimitri Mitropoulos
conducts the first fall broadcast of
the New York Philharmonic SYM
phony. The program includes
Brahms Symphony No. l." Strauss
Don Juan" and excerpts from Ber-
lioz' "Damnation of Faust"
4:30, WTOP-Henry Morgan visits
"Skyway to the Stars
$50, WTOP-Columbus voyage
to America re-enacted.
800, WTOP-Robert Taylor in
"1ne Long Way Home" a mystery
drama.
100, WRC-The Ronald Colmans
hear about Jack Benny's vacation
in England.
1880, WINX-Attorneys for both
sides argue Should Washington
Permit After-Hours Clubs?"
1880, WTOP-Amos n Andy re-
turn to the air with Freeman Cos
den and Charles Correll in their
familiar roles.
$3.50, WRC-Fred Aliens guest is
Billy Rose.
900, WTOP-Basil Rathbone in
The Amazing DR.. Clitterhouse."
$3.50, WN1AL-"Music in the Air"
starring Mary Martin, Peter Law
ford and John Conte.
10:45, WINX-First in a series of
broadcasts on venereal disease spon-
sored by the District Health De-
partment - Margo in Unborn
Child"
TeleviSiOn.
1:55, WMAL-The Philadelphia
Eagles-New York Giants pro foot
ball game
200, WTTG-The Baltimore Colts
face the San Francisco 49ers.
500, WNBW-Al Capp and Henry
Morgan defend the cartoonist's new
est character against criticism by
Evening star., 1948-10-10
News Broudcusts Todoy

WMAL IA ,WRc VOL WINK wwDc wToP
| s:UUn lZ:oo 100 Every 1870 1900
6i5 ----- on $50
11:on r,.oo ,s:45 the $50 11:00
1900 100 SIS 1900
Evening star., 1948-10-10

Pierre Balmain
discusses Amer
lean women and
fashions.
1880, WTOP-
A special broad
cast marking the
seventh a n n l.
versary of the
+ o u n ng of
Freedom House.
Speakers include
Ambassador to
England L e W is
Douglas, British
Ambassador Sir
Oliver Franks,
Paul Hoffman,
Evening star., 1948-10-10

DR.. F. r e d e rick
Wertham.
$3.50, WMAL-
A mystery melo-
d r a m a, ct h e
Giants Stair, :"
with a cast of
Broadway play
ers.
900, WNBW-
"Rebecca," with
Mary Anderson
in the title role
and Flore n c e
Reed and Bram-
we'll Fletcher.
900, WMAL-
Evening star., 1948-10-10
HIGH LIGHTS TODAY
Radio.

1880, WTOP-A literary discus
sion Of William Allen Whites auto
biography.
1915, WTOP-Parisian Designer
Evening star., 1948-10-10
Audience Shows

The following broadcasts and tele
casts admit the general public. For
tickets phone the station or. in the
case Of WTOP and WMAL, write.
=, WOL-Metropolitan 0012. Meet
the Press 10 pm. Friday.
WWPc-Nationsl ~ 1908; Teen
dLunsh at 145o,% 12;l5 pm, Mon
satyTdas WTnpw. No tickets p,,,,as NECESSARY ~
Play Baseball" 10 Io sm' ssturday
WMAL-TV-National 54OO. ION
Wings of Thought" $50 pm. Tues
WTTG-sterling 5000. Meet Mrs.
Go5nseEyatory Cons pnxnG;is 80 5;3o pm Thursasy:
Winning Bridge" SIS pm. Wednes-
WRC-Republic 1000. Johnny
Bradford, 1880 pm. Monday Friday.
WBUZ- -FM-Hillside $500. Assign
ment Quiz" pm Friday.
WASH H-FM-District 1918. United
States Army Band, pm Wednesday
at Fort Myer. No tickets necessary.
WEAM-Owens ZOO. Songs of
Rsnch ns Saads Gao pm Dm faesdsyrha4ss Sueaiy Rnde
day; Saturday Barn Dance. 1913
pm. Monday Saturday at the Casa
blanca tno tickets necessary:
"Washinston Opera Guild" 6:I5 pm.
Sunday
- WMAL-National 54oO. Quiz Of
Two Cities pm. Thursday.
Evening star., 1948-10-10

The Deep River Charles CorreH.
Boys, Mark Plant, Tony Cazoneri
and joey Adams appear.
1000. WMAL-"The Divorce of
Lady x" with Merle Oberon and
Rex Harrison,
Evening star., 1948-10-10
OTHER AN STATIONS.

WQQW-570 K.-7:30 am. to $50 pm.
WPIK-730 Ke.-6:15 am. to $50 pm.
WARL-780 Kc.-e:15 am. to $40 pm.
WGAY-t,050 Kc.-6:15 am. to $40 =. m.
WBCC-f,t20 kc.-6:1b am. to $40 pm.
WFAx-t,270 Ke.-e:15 am. to $40 pm.
WEAM-t,390 Ke.-6:15 am. to $50 pm.
W00K-t 500 kt-6 am. to 5 80 pm.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-06-24
GMe4t G&1a,iaI
BY. w. S. Meriwether

have letter from Miss Hazel Brannon, publisher of the
Durant News and Lexington Advertiser written from Genoa Italy
In she tells she tour of England Western Europe
Scandinavia and Scotland and invites to contribute guest
editorial for her subject select
The natural this first European tour Of
lady from the Deep South and the impressions she
gathers Here from Maine to California speak the Ian
guage read the magazines the movies and gene
rally have the philosophy of life In Europe when she
mountain like the Alps river like the Rhine she
will find everything different language, IDEAS customs, food
some living in the 18th century, some in the goth.
So and her other armchair travellers looking for
ward to her Of her travels and her Impressions She will
doubtless have opportunity Of observing that part Europe
she is visiting from cot to castle For Hazel girl who would
enjoy Summing party and the kind anyone would be proud
to escort to Ambassadors ball.
So believe that her account when comes will give the
sensation that it had been written sunny weekend and
flown her linotype by joyous canares Or maybe her letter will
fall the literature of dsenchantment contrast between
old world and it's dust and tears and the bright Of her
homeland and its widening horizons.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-06-24
Holmes County Library
Continued From Page One)

Woman's club of Durant secured a
collection of books for circulation
in the rural schools of the county.
Bad roads and other transportation
problems made the project imprac-
teal, and the books were donated
to Durant High school.
In 1880 the county increased its
appropriation to 500 a month,
which continued for three years
while a sum was set aside monthly
toward building fund Then locat-
ed in small room of the Durant
City hall, the library was fast out
growing itself. In 1888 work was
begun on separate library build
ing which was completed year
later. OF brick construction at cost
of $4,000 with ample light and ven
tilation, the building, which houses
the present library of books, was
thought at that time to provide suffi-
cient space for additions for Is years.
As early as nine years ago it began
to be crowded, such was the collec-
ton of books and periodicals, that
were acquired by the board.
Trustees Listed
The board of trustees during this
improvement period was Mrs. w. E