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Evening star., 1948-10-10
An Improved B-36

Latest news from the Strategic Air Com
mand is reaSsuring to those who have been
concerned over reported failure of the
much-touted B36 bomber to live up to
expectations of its Air Force sponsors.
There have been published rumors that the
huge plane, which dwarfs even the great
B-29, had proved to be so slow that it
would be Sitting duck" in combat, that
1t was SO unwieldy that it could operate
only from special airfields and that it had
other bugs" that affected its value as
bomber. In fact, there have been reports
that the B-36 would be converted into an
aerial tanker" to refuel B-29s and B-5Os
To convince the critics that their fears
are unfounded, the Air Force staged a
special demonstration by the Eighth Air
Force at Fort Worth, Texas, last week
Aviation reporters found a greatly i'm
proved B-36 on display. And they heard
enthusiastic praise of the plane by General
George Kenney, soon to relinquish COM
mand Of the Strategic Air Command to
become head of the Air Force Air Univer-
sity, and from other superfortress experts
The omcerS made it plain that If they
formerly had any idea of using the B-36
as tanker instead of bomber, they have
no such thoughts today.
The apparent change in attitude toward
the great ship arises as the result of
number of noteworthy revisions made in
the plane. Its speed has been stepped up,
through installation of improved power
plants, so that its speed is now rated as
well above three hundred miles an hour in
normal flight and above three hundred and
fifty at its planned bombing altitude of
10000 feet The modified power plants
also have increased the planes effective
bombing range, with prospects that fur
ther notifications within year will enable
1t to carry ten thousand tons of bombs
more than twelve thousand miles. Since
the Eighth Air Force is being trained for
atomic warfare, it is assumed that the
B-36 could deliver an atomic bomb great
distances via the polar regions.
Another of the B-36s limitations has
been corrected by the extension and
strengthening OF its landing gear. This
change, 1t Is said, will enable the B-36
to take of and land on any field now
available for BIO operations. Before this
alteration was made the craft could be
handled on only four fields. We have B-29
fields in Great Britain, Germany and
Japan in addition to those in this country
and Alaska There are fields in other parts
of the world large enough to accommodate
the improved B-3s.
This encourages belief, therefore, that
the eighteen B-36s now in operation and
the others coming of the production line
will materially strengthen our aerial
striking forces at time when air power
is of vital Importance
Evening star., 1948-10-10
ImpIementinq 'Trizoniu'

At the London Conference of the three
Western Powers it was decided against
strong Russian protests, to combine their
respective occupation zones of Germany
for administrative and economic purposes.
This involves two distinct problems. The
FIRST of these concerns the native German
regime to be set up under Allied control.
The second, which has hitherto attracted
little public attention, is the character of
the overall military government which
will follow consolidation of West Germany
into a combined area informally known as
'Trizonia"
The practical importance of this latter
phase is greater than might at first sight
appear. The zonal division of Germany
at the close of the late war entailed the
setting up of separate military govern
ments by each of the occupying powers
And these occupational regimes had prac-
tically free hand in their respective ad
ministrative methods. The result has been
wide Emergencies, alike in theory and in
practice, saddling Germany with costly
foreign administrations, to say nothing of
the numbing effects of those elaborate
alien bureaucracies upon German eco
nomic recovery.
1t is with these unfortunate conse-
quences in mind that our Government has
proposed plan for revamping the whole
system on an efficiency basis. Our plan
Is to make the proposed West German
military government tripartite from top
to bottom while drastically reducing its
size and scope. 1t would abolish the Amer
lean, British and French Zones for all but
garrison purposes, and confine Allied ex-
ecutive Intervention in German affairs to
the central military administration.
The practical benefits from such an ar
rangement are obvious. Drastic staff
reductions would give considerable relief
to Allied taxpayers, especially ours, who
directly or Indirectly, are footing most OF
the bill for occupational costs. West Ger
man economy would likewise benefit nota.
bly, from the cutting of alien bureaucratic
red tape. Lastly, West German public
opinion would be deeply gratified by being
vouchsafed most of the things it hopes fo
from the Occupation statute" which will
define the division OF powers between tn
future West German government and tn
occupation authorities.
Unfortunately, the American plan i
meeting with strenuous objections from
both the French and the British, neithe
of whom want to give up their zonal pow
ers and pefuisites' And there can b
Evening star., 1948-10-10
Communism in Schools

It is hard to see how the Baltimore
School Board could have done otherwise
than approve the dismissal from the teach
ing force of Mrs. Regina Frankfeld, an
avowed Communist.
The complaint against Mrs. Frankfeld
rested, not on any ground Of incompetency
or any showing that she had tried to i'm
plant Communist doctrine in the minds
of her pupils, but solely on the proposition
that an avoyed and practicing Communist
has no place In the public school system.
The correctness of this view was chal-
lenged on various grounds, but there is
no doubt that most people will agree with
the position taken by the school board.
One of the board members read what
he said was an excerpt from an article in
the publication, the Communist, entitled:
1.-THE Schools and the Peoples Front" This
excerpt read: "The party must take careful
steps to see that all teacher comrades are
given thorough education in the teachings
of Marxism -Leninism. Only when teachers
have really mastered Marxism- -Leninism
will they be able skillfully to inject dt)
into their teaching at the least risk of
exposure and at the same time to conduct
struggles around the schools in a truly
Bolshevik manner"
That is typical Communist doctrine,
Perhaps Mrs. Frankfeld never subscribed
to 1t and never practiced it. But when
questioned, she said: Il am member of
the Communist Party. 7 admit It, I am
proud Of It," This statement may be ad-
mired on the ground of It's frankness,
although, without it, there was ample evi-
dence of her Communist aff1liation. The
issue, however, is not a question of Mrs.
Frankfeld's candor. The only question Is
whether an avowed and enthusiastic Com
munist has any business teaching in the
public schools. The answer given in Balti-
more is no, and that is the right answer
Evening star., 1948-10-10

the great violinist,
realizing that his A.
string had broken,
quickly transposed
the composition and
finished it on three
strings amid the
deafening applause Of
the crowd. He did
not pity himself nor
quit. He knew how
to handle the handi-
cap. Life's highest
art is to take second,
third, or even fourth
best and triumphantly
Evening star., 1948-10-10

ance dividend kitty won't be disclosed until
after election day. The national service life
insurance fund now totals 6.959 0O0o o0o Esti-
mates OF surplus to be split up as dividends
out OF this fund run up to $4,000, ,Oo0, ,o0o Early
IN September VA said it probably would dis
close the surplus early this month Now it
says, ofhcially, that rechecking of errors will
delay the statement until mid November.
Evening star., 1948-10-10

The passing of the last of the Ingersolls
evokes many memories of the famed
dollar watch the one that attracted police
to the scene, If wound in bank doorway
after dark
Evening star., 1948-10-10
Spires of the Spirit

Lifes music depends not on the strings which
have snapped, but on what is done with the
strings that are left. Performing before a
rapt audience at concert in Paris, Ole Bull,
Evening star., 1948-10-10

says there's no escape from the atomic
bomb. So don't run to the nearest exit;
you'll only md yourself in a radioactive
alley. r.
Evening star., 1948-10-10
Social Glitter

NEW YORK.-Some Of the orchids-and-
champagne flavor of prewar days will return
with this years debutante season. Several
coming parties comparable to the fabulous
ones that made headlines a decade ago are
planned Most social and select of the group
debutante parties will be the Grosvenor ball in
the Ritz-Carlton ballroom, November e. Big
gest will be the 18th annual debutante cotillion
and Christmas ball, December 20, when some
100 buds will make their bows at the Waldorf
Astoria Capital socialites also look for the
most brilliant and lavish season in many q
year. Tipof was a spectacular reception given
by the French Ambassador and Nine Bonnet
this past week. Expensive, liquors flowed freely,
the food was out of this world and the women,s
gowns and jewels would break a maharajah.
The A4om
LONDON-Prof p M S. Blacklett, who was
q member of the governments recently dis
banded Advisory Committee on Atomic Energy
is coming out soon with book saying in effect
that Russia would be foolish to accept the
American proposals for control OF atomic
energy. He writes that 1t would mean that
Russia would have to pin-point her heavy in
dustries for potentially hostile America"
that Russia would have no guarantee that
America WOulQ QeSLrOy ner own atomic power,
that an atomic authority might retard Russia's
atomic development
Umfcation
= A step forward in armed services unihca-
ton: Each service has agreed to admit de-
pendents of members Of other services to its
hospitals regardless of whether the other
services have hospitals in the same area. And
it will cost fiat rate of SITS per day.
Aviation Briefs
The Air Force would like some of new jet
night fighter to be announced soon by the
Navy, but it doesn't have the money. The
plane is 10000 pounds lighter than similar
type already ordered by the Air Force. The
State Departments aviation division may be
abolished and its work distributed among other
divisions dealing with transportation.
GI Insurance
An informed person in the Veterans Admin
istration says that to avoid any possible use
for poehcal purposes the size Of the GI iJpur-
Evening star., 1948-10-10
Are Noted Here and 4br0ad
(By the World star Of the Associated pres.l

LONDON-With tension growing Britain Is
hustling its plans for protecting the civilian
population If war comes. committee of
experts has just about completed the blueprint
of a comprehensive civil defense bill. It will
be presented soon after Parliament reconvenes
October 26. The work has been under the
supervision Of the Home Office, which had
charge of domestic front problems during
World War us devastating bombings. overall
plans are in three parts: /. Mobile columns of
regular and reserve troops which could be
wheeled into action against invading troops or
disloyal groups. q Regional corps with wide
variety Of duties ranging from heavy rescue
work to manning air-raid command posts
3. Strictly local groups assigned such tasks as
first aid Still unsettled are questions Of safe
guarding children, aged and Ill persons and
nonessential women. Under present plans
they would be taken out of port cities and in
dustrial areas to the country-later. perhaps
overseas to the dominions. This, however, still
Is tentative.
Meat
Don't let the current drop in livestock and
meat prices fool you into believing that plenti-
ful supplies and more favorable consumer
prices are here to stay The current situation
is only temporary. 1t reflects normal fall
increase in farm sales of hogs. Such sales will
continue rather heavy for the next three
months. Then they will slump, with prices
advancing again-perhaps to peak levels No
permanent relief in supplies and prices is ex-
pected before 1850. BY that time farmers will
have expanded livestock production by q large
margin. The Agriculture Department predicts
the per capita supply Of all meats next year
will average possibly five pounds less than this
years average of 145 pounds. This will still
be considerably above the prewar level of 1874
pounds.
Evening star., 1948-10-10
Unifcafion
Aviati0n Briefs
CT Insurance

An informed person in the Veterans Admin
istration says that to avoid any possible use
for pqnncal purposes the size Of the GI iypur-
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-27

National headquarters h V e
been set up on the fifth floor,
1929 Broadway, New York City
Calling upon Negro and white
youth to refuse induction into seq
regated military establishments,
were q outstanding leaders from
the discontinued League for Nom
Violent Civil Disobedience Against
Military Segregation.
Included in this group were A
J. Music, National Vice-President;
Winfred Lynn, Treasurer; Rev.
William Lloyd lines, outstanding
churchman and National Commit
teeman; the Leagues former Ex-
ecutive Secretaries and 10 mem
bers of the national coordinating
committee.
Also pledging support TO the
new Campaign were the Chair
man Of the former local Leagues
Of Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-27
Stare Press
Circulation Agent
Dies Suddenly

Horace Savage, 30l2 State street,
died last Saturday about $3.50 p.
m. Mr. Savage had been employed
oy the U. S. Rubber Company for
twenty years, and had retired last
year because of i'll health. He had
also been a representative Of the
State Press for several months.
Mr. Savage returned from his
Press route in the East End Of the
city about $3.50 Saturday afternoon
and became i'll Immediately, Mrs
Savage stated, ~ tried to get
doctor but was told that all but
DR.. Woods were away attending
the Medical Association DR.
Woods finally came about five
minutes after my husband died.
and pronounced him dead
Survivors are; Mrs H. Savage,
wife; Rev Charles Savage. Hol-
landale Mississippi, and Ed Saw
age, New Orleans, Louisiana. bro
theirs; Mrs Bertha jackson, Chi
cago Illinois, and Mrs. Ann Julia
McClay, Hollandale, Mississippi
sisters; Mrs Blandye Parks. Green
vile, Mississippi, niece: Mrs. Inez
Slaughter and daughter of De-
troit, Michigan, daughter and Lun-
ma Jeaner Smith of Detroit, grand
daughter.
Hubble Brothers are in charge
Of funeral arrangements.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-27
James P. Davis
USDA Officer
Sounds Warning

In Mr.. Davis warning he said:
A master plan is the essence Of
good management in anything
There was a master plan for the
creation of the earth In the be-
ginning was the Word and the
Word gave the master plan in an
orderly sequence of seven steps =
the seventh being rest and OBJ
servation of results,
America and especially the cot
ton south leads the world in waste
a helpful source Of remedying this
costly situation is a campaign Of
education through the church. We
See DAVIS--page eight
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-27
Henry Wallace
To Inyade The
Home Of Dixiecrafs

Henry Wallace, Progressive Par
ty candidate for President, adj
dressed a convention OF the ma
tons largest Negro fraternal or
ganization in Cincinnati Tuesday,
Mr.. Wallace spoke before the
meeting of the Improved and Be-
neyolent and Protective Order Of
Elks OF the World.
Following his Cincinnati ad-
dress. Mr. Wallace flew to Louis
VILE. Kentucky. where he spoke
that evening at mass meeting
sponsored by the Progressive Par
ty of Kentucky.
Mr.. Wallace returned to New
York after the Louisville address
The one-day trip to the Cincin-
nati-Louisville area marked the
second and third major speeches
Mr.. Wallace has scheduled since
his nomination in Philadelphia last
month,
The Progressive Party Candi-
date win open his campaign this
Saturday when he speaks at an
evening, outdoor rally in Bridge
port, Connecticut.
On Sunday, Mr.. Wallace will
commence a six-day trip into the
Deep South. On that trip, during
which he will speak TO only non
segregated audiences, Mr. Wallace
will cover seven states.
Speeches will be delivered in
Virginia. North Carolina, Alabama,
Mississippi Louisiana, Arkansas,
and Tennessee
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-27

Citizens Committee for the Re-
election of President Trurean.
In conference with Mrs. Anna
Arnold Hedgeman, executive di-
rector, at the Committees head
quarters in the Biltmore Hotel,
DR.. Robinson reported completed
plans for gearing his wide
organization to an aggressive cam
paign for the, reelection of the
President. He predicted that al
of Arkansas 9 electoral votes
would be cast for Mr.. Truman.
DR.. Robinson also turned over
to Mrs. Hedgeman a 5000 check
from his organization with an af-
filiated membership of 10000
qualified voters. He made clear
that it was only a starter contri-
button to the Embarrassing drive
sponsored by the National Citi-
zens Committee. He indicated
additional funds would be forth
coming.
These two Arkansas contribu-
tons totaling $1,000 followed on
the heels of 500 check from the
Hon c. Mott Shavers, leader of
New York City's l4th Assembly
District Mr.. Shavers, long iden-
titled with Democratic Party ac-
tivities, is one Of the leaders
spearheading the Truman reflect
ion drive in Harlem.
Discussing the coming cam
paign with Mrs. Hedgeman, DR..
Robinson took to task Henry A.
Wallace, former Democratic vice.
president, and declared that he
should withdraw as presidential
candidate on the Progressive Par
See 5000 vOTEs-page eight
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-27
Observation-Disclosures Observation-Disclosures
Estate EDITION.
Observation-Disclosures
Segregation Takes
Holiday As Legion
Convenes In City

Negro delegates from four posts
of the American Legion were
present at the Legion Convention
which was held during the early
part of this week.
The delegates, who arrived here
Sunday were: S. A. Haley, E. A.
Tooke. Albert Webster, J. B. King
and H. H. Williams, Post No. 40l,
Pine Bluff; Benjamin F. Williams,
Victor Malone, Mr.. Arlington,
Post 407, Camden; L. f. Wiley,
Post 408, Forrest City and three
delegates from Post Ali, Marian
| ma.
The delegates arrived Sunday
morning and registered at the Ho-
tel Marion. Later they attended
joint session of the convention
at the Robinson Auditorium, in
GLIDING the Legion Auxiliary,
Sons Of the American Legion, and
the memorial services honoring
all World War dead. An address
was delivered by National Com
mander James F. O'Neil.
Mr. Haley of Pine Bluff was
appointed on the Credential Com
mittee, and also elected alternate
delegate to the National Conven-
ton to be held in Miami, Florida
in October.
Mr.. Wiley was given a big hand
for sending in the first 194o new
membership card.
The meeting closed after the
election of new officers Tuesday.
The officers are: Joe Hearn. state
commander; Roland Morris, first
vice commander; Jack Coffey, End
vice commander and Rev. J. M.
Workman who was elected chap
lain without opposition.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-27
Pay Your Poll Tax
improved Methods
For Rural Educati'n
Are Proposed

New York City--(G)--Since ru-
raj boys and girls continue to
flock to the urban areas for edu-
cation, the educators comforting
at the closession OF the annual
work conference on the orgeni-
cation and administration Of rural
education at Teachers College,
Columbia University, suggested
the following improvements for
rural education.
a. Provide vocational, health
service, school supervision and
educational leadership.
This could be done they agreed
by training high school students
TO drive buses for long distance
transportation, since these schools
could be the result of pooled re-
sources of several counties; CO.
operative purchase of buses with
state assistance, with adequate
public and liability insurance, or
the possibility of county or in
termediate ownership, maintain
ance and repair Of bus fleets.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-27
ray HOuf roll IaX-
GI Education Now
Made Easier

Washington--(G)--The Veterans
Administration has now torn a
way some of the red tape of the
registration procedure for the G..
l. Bill's training and education
program
On Sept veterans will be re-
CURED TO fife certificates OF ell
gibility at least a month in adj
vance of training.
Under the revised system a VA
claim number will be assigned
as each certificate Is received and
the Administration will be ready
in advance to handle the veterans
claim for subsistence allowance
at once.
Too each veteran will be given
two copies of his certificate for
presenting to the school or train
ing institution.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-27
American Negro
Gets Decision In
Boxing Event

London, England--Eddie john
son, former Kansas City Boxer,
who is now stationed in Tokyo,
won from Basilio Alvez of Uru-
quay in the Boxing Examinations
during the Olympic Games here
in London.
Both fighters were Negroes, and
altho many spectators seemed
displeased at the descision. john
son stated that with his winning
the first and second rounds, and
altho losing the third, anywhere
in the world, he would have been
acclaimed the winner.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-27
Search Ends In
Basfrop. To-.

Mrs Minnie Ola Lewis, wife oil
sherman Lewis, weH-known mu-
stefan around town, was arrested
last week in Bastrop, LOUISIANA
and charged with grand larcency.
Mrs. Lewis, while rooming with
Mrs. Dorothy Allen of 1922 W..
18th street, decided to take a trip
and after looking over her ward
robe and luggage, decided hers
wasn't nice enough so she took
Mrs. Aliens without consent. Mrs.
allen had accumulated an expen-
sive amount of lovely lingerie,
hosiery and h9nkies for the vaca-
ton she had planned, but Mrs.
Lewis evidently decided that she
needed them more than Mrs AL
len-so she took the underwear
and luggage, and absent-minded-
ly left without leaving a forward
ing address.
When Mrs. Allen missed her
things, she notified the police who
sent out an alarm to several adj
joining states for the absent-mind-
cd Mrs. Lewis. She was finally To-
Gated in Bastrop, Louisiana, and
returned last week to face charges
of grand larcency. AT a hearing
last Friday, Mrs. Lewis was re-
leased on bond Of $780, and
bound over to the grand jury.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-27

Walter White and carried in the
Times August II, declares: only
in the armed forces is there a ma
tional policy of segregation. In
deed, the policy of segregation Of
ficially is limited to only a quar-
ter of the 43 states, and in many
states segregation is expressly for
hidden by law. The Army, be-
cause it has always been top
heavy with Southern leadership,
has sought to extend a sectional
pattern to the national level
The NAACP also blasted the
contention of Mr., Baldwin that
Negroes must be segregated be-
cause of their low intelligence
See NOT JIMCRO-page eight
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-27
Soldiers Life
Sentence Reduced

NEW YoRK-The Department
OF the Army has informed theNA
Acp that the sentence of life i'm.
prisonment against former Pvt
Linwood Williams, for allegedly
having attacked German wa.
man. has been reduced to 80 years.
Williams had appealed to the MA
AcP for assistance through his
family in Oakland, California.
Acting upon this appeal, the A.
ISOLATION, through its attorneys,
interviewed before the Department
OF the Army and was successful
IN obtaining the stated reduction
of sentence.