davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-08
National Park Program

Federal government program for
the year 1949. which started July l.,
calls for 5000, 900 for new construc-
ton in the Blue Ridge parkway Of
North Carolina and Virginia, and
So, 600, 900 for the Natchez-Trace
parkway in Tennessee. Alabama and
Mississippi. Expenditure for the
Great Smoky mountains national
park in North Carolina and Tonnes
see is to be $685., $50.
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-08
Flashless Powder for Explosives

A lashless propellant powder COM
position has been invented by a
New Yorker. 1t is described as pro-
viding a plasticizing agent for ex-
p~losives, such as Of the nitro
cellulose type. better adapted than
other substances for the purpose Of
reducing the flash resulting from
ignition Of the powder, without adj
versely affecting its moisture re-
sistance.
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-08

"South African Lions"
Lions no longer exist in South
Africa.
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-08
THE N OF CHRIST
FORETOLD!

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The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1948-04-15
STATISTICAL REPORT

The following is the statistical re-
port of the March Board. If this
report does not tally with your re-
ceipt as of March "a, 1913, this re-
port had been compiled and sent to
the press.
We have done everything human
ly possible to get out an accurate
report.
We wish to thank each of you for
being so considerate with the office
since the March Board.
M. L. Larkin.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-03-03
Iowa History Journal
Devoted to Negroes

DES MONIES, March 3. (ANP)
January issue of the Iowa
Journal of History and Politics is
devoted solely to the history of
the Negro in Iowa, a we'll docu-
mented study by Leola Nelson
Bergman. The account goes back
to the settlement of the region
and it's Incorporation into the re-
public as the Northwest territory.
Although slavery was never
legally permitted in Iowa, some
few slaves were brought in. The
conflicts of the various white
groups of settlers and the later
immigrants make interesting and
informing reading. The article
brings the story of the Negro in
Iowa up to 1947.
The Journal is published quar-
terly by the state historical So
ciety of Iowa City.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-03-03

write puts over one big success
he may be wealthy for life.
Some of our most successful
playwrights r women. Rachel
Crothers who wrote "Old Lady
Thirty-one," "The Three Of U.s."
and "The Little Journey"
We note another playwrite.
Iaroline Thompson, who wrote
"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"
and many others I could name.
Then we have the poet. Each
century produces a few great
poets, and although we are living
in a practical age, poetry still
holds it's own and poetry is more
in demand today than it has been
for some years. But the poet of
today cannot merely write of bab-
bling brooks and sunny glens. But
must have individual style and say
something that will attract the
public.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-03-03
Wife Charges Divorced
Italian Mate with
Perjury

NEW YORK, March 3. CAMP
-Bernice Inc Cassano, the Har-
lem beauty salon owner whose
handsome Italian husband divorced
her under unusual circumstances
in 1941, charged last week in
general sessions that her mate did
SO by falsely submitting ~affidavits
in which he presumably had not
seen Mrs. Cassano in seven years.
Her husband, Frank Cassano,
went on trial before an all male,
all white jury in Judge Bohan's
court room under an Indictment
charging perjury.
Cassano, an EXCL, and the
shapely, chocolate brown beauti-
clan yer married in 1887 in the
presence of a host of their friends
and relatives and it was freely
predicted at that time that, if ever
an interracial romance was going
to work, the Bernice Inc-Frank
Cassano affair would. !.
They had been teen-age sweet
hearts, Frank was the son of the
neighborhood's ice man, was good
looking and appeared to have ex-
traordinary talent for business. (.
Ironically, Bernice was born in
New Rochelle; the same little city
where Alice Kip Rhinelander and
her white husband made the ma
TONS headlines two decades ago.
But Cassano began ~"acting fun
ny" after they had lived together
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-03-03

three years, Bernice told the 'jury
last week and when he had spent
a. couple of years in the army she
learned to her surprise that, some-
how and in some manner, he had
obtained his final papers.
1t was strange, indede, Mrs.
Cassano intimated because she had
seen him on many occasions while
the divorce was pending but new
er once did he hint that things had
reached such a point. Once, she
testified, he handed her some sort
of summons and when she inquired
as to what it mean, Frank laughed
and said it was all a joke.
"a friend of mine is studying
law" Bernice quoted her hand
some mate as saying, land he's
asked me to pass these things to
test whether he is serving the
papers right"
Mrs. Cassano, not to be out
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-03-03
A
Woman's
World
By Nellie c. Jones
By Nellie c. Jones
Writers

The expression is often made,
that school teachers are born not
made. If that be true, the state
ment can also be said a thousand
fold more truthfully of writer's
writer's are born and not made.
The ability to write seems al
most like a heaven given gift, just
as a beautiful voice is a gift. The
person endowed with the ability
to write must develop that power
to the grestest extent, just as a
person possessing a voice must
work over it, train it, and then
give the full beauty of it to a
listening public.
There has been so much said
on this subject-whether or not
a person not really endowed with
the ability to write can be taught
to write-to write fiction, drama
or poetry, that it will merely raise
another discussion to dwell on the
subject at any great lentgh here.
When a person wishes to write,
nothing in this world will keep
that person from writing. Writing
is a game, the game of being able
to furnish the publishers with the
kind of material which they want.
Everyone who has ever started
to write has been determined that
he would write what he wished to
write, and educate the public up
to his standard.
But the public does not wish to
be educated; it wishes to be
amused. Writing then is not a
profession which can be taught,
but a gift which can be developed.
The ability to write saleable stuff
depends upon the authors imagi-
nation, and unless a girl, woman
or man, possesses Imagination, she
ca never be a writer no matter
how many courses may be taken
or how many years may be spent
trying.
Playwriting is perhaps the most
precarious branch of the whole
writing field and yet if a play.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-03-03

done by what shedsescribed as the
"wrost trick ever pulled on an
unsnspecting housewife" appealets
the divorced proceedings in vain
and finally went to- Congressman
Adam Powell who repeatedly adj
vised her to take the matter to
District Attorneys Hogan's office
on the ground that Frank had
committedsperjury.
She did, and Cassano was later
indicted, but, as strange as it
seems, none Of the New York
dailies is paying any attention to
the story because, as one reporter
explained to Associated Negro
Press newsman, "they don't like
to bother involved ~interracial love
stories Of this nature. Now, if
the woman was white, it would
perhaps be different"
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-03-03

Read it in the Daily Express.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-14
Tar Heel
Gardener
BY John H. Harris
N, c. State College

Now that the rush IN garoen-
ing is over, we had better start
thinking about next year. Take
the first opportunity to plow
your garden. Leave it in the
rough this winter. If you don't
want to plow your entire garden
because of cover crops or eros.
ion, pillow a small portion for
plowed area can be gotten in
shape early next spring for peas
carrots, cabbage, lettuce green's
and other cool weather crops.
Quite often it's impossible to get
unbroken land in good shape
early enough for these early veg
etables. Reminder how it rain
ed this past spring?
Anothr suggestion IS to draw
up a garden plan. Sketch off
on a large piece of paper the
outline of the garden plot. Then
draw in the locations Of the var
ious small fruits and vegetables
that you plan to grow in your
garden during the coming season
garden during the coming season
Keep the perennials and ber-
ries on one side Of the garden
strawberries, dewberries, aspar-
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-14

ing price increases"
AS a result of recent improve
ments, about 3/4 Of the
rural homes in eastern Carolina
have fire-proof roofs. Another
three fourths have linoleum on
kitchen floors; two-thirds have
insect-proof screens and the in
terror walls improved with paint
paper or plaster.
DR.. Hamilton says that not
only have rural families been
busy improving their homes -
they have added much new
equipment and conveniences.
During 1947 almost one-fifth OF
the families bought new radios
five per cent bought new auto
mobiles; another five per cent
installed electric lights; two per
cent installed running water and
sanitary sewage disposal; and
about the same number installed
tub or shower baths and added
power laundry machines.
As a result of these recent
improvements, about eighty ou'
of every ten farm homes in east
ern Carolina now have radios
About two thirds OF the homes
have sewing machines; more
than halt have automobiles, sani-
tary sewage disposal and electric
lights; and more than a fifth
have electric refrigerators and
gerators and running water.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-14
Cornelia Lassiter
Named President
OF FHA At Meet

Scotland Neck -Cornelia Las
sitter of Rich Square was INSTALL
ed as president of the Halifax
Northampton Future Homemak-
ers of America following an ell
ection at a meeting of the two
county group here.
Other officers installed were
Mildred Draughn of Roanoke
Rapids, vice-president; Patty
Phillips of Scotland Neck, secre-
tary; Barbara Cooke OF Sea-
board, treasurer; and Nancy
Revelle Of Woodland, reporter.
Following nominations and
tryouts, June Morris Of Wood
land was selected as Halifax.
Northamton candidate for state
song leader.
The next meeting of the grour
will be held in Roanoke Rapids.
Roanoke Rapids also had
charge of the program at the
last meeting in which So mem
bers representing six chapters
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-14

aaus, etc. They will be there
a long time and have to be han.
died differently from the anual
vegetables. Keep the quick-grow'
ing crops together so that al
ter they have been harvested
the whole area can be worko
up for another crop.
Plan to make several plant
ings Of vegetables such as spi'
mach, lettuce and turnip greens
This will provide for greens and
salad over a long period OF
time. Indicate on the garden the
dates of planting for the different
vegetables.
Keep the plan where you car
see it and refer to it and you
will have a much more efficient
garden than if yu merely 60 ou'
and plant when you feel the urge
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-14
Farm Livin~' Level In State Has Been
Raised Consu. .erably Since Wars End

farm families had made one or
more Of 81 listed home improve
mentS.
"Of the rural homes surveyed
l8 per cent had actually been
built since 194O," DR.. Hamilton
pointed out. About four homes
out Of every hundred were built
during l947. This rate of build
ing is high," he continues" con-
sidering the war and the result
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-14

Raleigh, October - The farm
living level in eastern North
Carolina, as measured by the
number of new and remodelld
home and new furnishings, Las
gone up considerably since the
end of the war. In a recent
sample survey, DR.. c. H. Hami-
lton, head Of the Rural Sociology
Department at State College,
found that 40 per cent Of the
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-14
were present.

were present.
Election Of officers followed
nominating speeches from the
floor by campaign mana.
gers, with Paula Ann Pegg az
acting president for the meet.
ing. Barbara Ann Cooke was
in charge of the devotional.
Members spread their lunches
and were served refreshments
by the Scotland Neck chapter
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-14
PAGE TWELVE

Leftover cooked veal may be
made into a cold loaf for sand
wichcs. Grind the meat with
little sweet mustard pickle; add
salt and pepper to taste and a
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-14
Local Man Serves
In Mediterranean

Sherman M. Deaton, gunner's
mate, third class, USN, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah G. Deaton
of Route 2, Roanoke Rapids, N.
c., recently arrived in the Medi-
terranean Sea aboard the heavy
cruiser USS Columbus.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-14

little melted butter or margarine.
Pack the mixture into a small
loaf pan that has been lined with
waxed paper and chill overnight
in the refrigerator.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-14

The California Automobile AS.
sociation advises that electricity
in the ignition system of a cal
will leak away if spark plugs are
improperly capped or have
cracked insulators.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-14

More than a billion passeng.
ers were carried by London sub
ways, buses and street cars in
a 12-month period recently, es-
tablishing a record, British Rail
Ways reports.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09

charges that the southern daily
press has refused TO print letters
by her In which she defends human
rights as enunciated by the Presi.
dents Commission on Civil Rights.
The entire letter is reprinted
here;
To the Editor Of The New York
Times:
As a Southern woman, am
deeply shocked that our liberals
are putting up no real fight for
human rights In the South. II IL,
Of course. the same battle We are
losing all over the world. Each
day more ground 10 lost. In Czech.
osloyakia--now in Italy We may
soon he hearing the same old story,
Caution. vRciIlStion. no real pro
gram, no strong aHirmations Of
human freedom -- these are poor
weapons IN use against real en-.
emieR
For weeks the front pages Of
our newspapers have been full Of
dsmaEogic race fear, Yankee hate,
Affirnstions u the great belief
Of White Supremacy, while South
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09

eTn liberalism maintains ita old
grim silence. Not one SoutherBsT
has taken = strong stand In q
southern newspaper against ser
regRtion; not one has affirmed tho
proud fact that we S0uthsTBeTS are
also Americans. not one has said
that human rights today are not
only tho nations but the whole
worlds business. and It's first bust.
ness. Even those u us who want
IN speak oUt are not permitted %
! cannot he heard In Georgia even
IN the letter columns. II there are
honorable exceptions 90 this solid
Eileocs. ! do not know them.
II 10 hard 10 understand such
timidity at q time like this. unless
we remember that Georgia, u. s.
A., still has = lot In common with
Georgia, Us.sR. TotalitariRniErn
IL An old thing 10 Use down home
We know what II feels like. The un.
Questioned authority u White So.
prsmAcy. the tight political set-vT
Of one party. nouriShsd on poverty
ard Ignorance, solidifisd the South
tC0ntinUed on page ~
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09
Bethesda Choir
Present Cleveland
Singers April IL

The Senior Choir of the Bethes.
da Baptist Church under the d.
rection Of Mrs. bessie Gresham IL
presenting the John Howard Choir
Of Cleveland, Ohio. In . Great M.
steal Feast on Tuesday evening
April IS Rt the Bethesda Baptist
Church, Ills 9Th Street So. al
q pm,
The public Ia cordially invited
10 come out and enjoy the many
Soul-Stirring numbers by this great
choir The managers Of this great
ehair are the Hickman Brothers
The John Howard Choir under
the direction ~ Mr.. J. n. Ogletrec
have been heard In many Of the
cities in the United States.
Admission IL free,
Rev. Jerome Tate IL pastor u
Bethesda: Mrs. Dessis Gresham,
directress Of Senior Choir. and Mrs.
Eddie Jefferson, president
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09

President. Arrangements ars also
b~iRR made for the organization
~ . ehlldTsH's chorus.
Officials 81 the Twin Cities Tn.
lon invite the public % CamphSf
10 hear tho eitisH' cboiTs Rnd ebOF.
uses ~ 500 pm, on April goth.
They empress gTatsfulnsas for the
cooperation given by thu Local min
istsra"
During The convention thsFs viii
be board msstinRa daily, With mo.
seal programs saeh night.
Friday night, April ~. win b.
artist night ~ the Zion Baptist
Church. IIth ard LyBdSls Avenue
No. Minneapolis This program
wili be put on by nRtI0nAl u.
hsinls. Some u thsss officials Wh9
wiIl attend are;
Thomas A, Dorsey. PrssidSntj
hagnSiia l.. Butts, Let -PTsai.
ssnt. LoeiiIs Jones'. Treasurer u
sehoIaFEhip, NyTtIs Crvmp, Re-
sssdiss Secretary; n. J. caTTVth.
sEs, BuiidiRG Ygnd Treasurer! BE-
STREE Brown, Supervisor u Youth;
Yannia Foster, Chaplain; WlliIs
May TOrd Smith. sopSFyisoF II
Bololsts and Ted r. HTvs, Treas.
Hfsg.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09

she said. On tire previous Sunday,
she said. he had visited her apart
msnt and picked up some Of his
clothing. including an oyercoat.
Mrs. Faulkner declared that she
would resist any effort on the part
Of her husband 10 obtain custody
Of their two children. Matthew X,
I, and oran, 2. She denied she had
ever dated Louis but admitted she
had been at the same place where
Louis was on a number Of coca.
siOnE. Their meetings, she added,
were purely accidental, Once. she
said. when she visited her three
sisters IN Chicago. shs BEARD Louis
was scheduled to he out there bat
she did not see him on that occa.
sion.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09
Juvenile Parole Violafor Flashes
Gun; Escapes From So. P0vl
Police at SofofY Buildinu

fOg the frsat dose 81 the builA-
lag.
A Dispatsh police reporter, ITV-
ing Lp0vs, wan about 10 enter
his Office In the police depart
nsnt ~ The youth msds Ms break
fer frssd0m. He said The yOuth
pushed past him and rsrsd Down
the hallway 10 tie front door q
the Pubic Safety bSiIding. A. Ne
rsaehsd The door. the yOgth turned
and waved the weapon thrsatsnIng.
ly-ths first infOrmatiOa Dssk Ser
gssnt Frnnk TylsT and several d.
tsetivss standing nsaFby had that
anything Vas wrong
Stsns hSA wsst On Tsuth street.
and thSu norfh On BGissssOta %
ward Eleventh street, with Dssse-
tivss Melvin Piummar. Cor5sn
Blsds. and L. Psank MsnSEks ana
SolOnoa h pursuit-
seOnsS Jgvumils record knelaSss
. Ioax Est e ear thafls and buE-
GiastaA. poliss sad
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09

A. PHILLIP RANDOLPH
he claimed was the direct result ~
segregation, The camp commander,
no said. declared that Negro sol.
disTa train beltsr whom they have
access Ia sexual Intercourse, thus
. house u prostitutes was permit.
tod 10 operate In the area Of the
camp, aud no sanitary facilities al
any Kind were provided,
Elwood \, Mekennsy. commits.
Aionsr on the Massachusetts, FEPC,
gave very snliEhtsnlng testimony,
~ did Jesse q, Dpdmon, secretary
~ veterans affairs, NAACp. Miss
v, Pauline Myers, director Of Pro.
visional National Committee 10
Abolish Segregation from the Uni.
VprsAl Military Training program.
was scheduled 10 testify In the
morning session, but due 10 lack
u time, her 27.pags prepared
statement was inserted In the rec
ord without oral hearing,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09

BILL YATES X. THOMAS
our conditions can be bettered. |
wouldn't want to be so bold as
TO say that ! wouldn't fight, but the
Army sure would never get me
willingly"
WILLIS CLARK, exsoldier in
the Asiatic- Pacific theAter. Gs6 Car.
roll:
Randolph Is right, for there
Is lot Of that sentiment among
Negroes. certainly wouldn't want
to 60 through the same thing for
democracy we gained. There will
be a good percentage who will re-
fuse 20 fight"
KENNETH n. THOMAS. ex-
sailor, $50 W. Central. appeared
. BIT moved by the query. Il guess
they wouldn't want me this time, /"
he said. Then It was apparent that
he had lost q hand (hs had lost
Il due TO 4 war injury. The equal
rights that were supposed 10 come
after the last war haven't arrived.
So even II they wanted me ! would.
MT 70. To even ask such would be
quite unjust, and I'd prefer a con-
centration camp"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09

JAMES COOK. university Esa-
dent, BSS lglehArt;
Il see no major improvements
which the Negro has gained in any
Of Americas conflicts: II they can
better conditions we stick by our
country; but IL il disgusting the
way vets in the last war and the
one before have been treated. Our
Interpretation Of government Is
swell In theory. but when put into
practice II Is something different"
A. GUTHRIE. $50 Marshall:
Phillip Randolph Is correct and
has my backing 100 per cent. Right
Is right and right never wronged
any man"
MINNEAPOLIS
ROBERT LYLE. university stu
dent. 1888 Fifth Avenue s.:
This proposal offers a chance 20
play up the injustice Of the thing,
but ! think II could be more sub
tie. A terrific loss can be suffered
from a frontal attack. This thing,
however, will have a tremendous
appeal--there are those opportun-
lists who will say give US what
Is coming 10 US or we will have
a showdown"
CLYDE JOHNSON. 5S2 Aid
rich:
III the Negro will stick to-
gether. won't fight, In fact, even
II he won't will not fight, Too
much Is just too much"
COZELLE BREEDLOVE. 622
Fremont Avenue N:
The Negro II certainly justi-
fed in refusing 10 fight. They'll
take him just 10 have him, but they
won't utilize him. suppose II the
occasion arises they will herd him
of, though, even II he only sweeps
floors"
DONALD CAssIUs. AO2s Gin.
ton Avenue:
"If I'm not entitled 10 civil
rights, have no duty 20 fight.
II they're going to Jim Grow me
and SegregRte me. I just won't
hght."
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09
Woman i'm Joe Louis Suit
will Resist Husbands Effort
To Coin chiIdren'S Custody

NEW YORK. Apr-(NNPAD--
Mrs. Matte Faulkner, a model
known professionally as Carol
Drake Faulkner, said last Monday
she had not seen her husband. the
Rev. Matthew. c. Faulkner. q min
lister Of Atlanta, Georgia, since the
Wednesday before Palm Sunday
The Rev. Mr.. Faulkner IL suing
Joe Louis, the world heavyweight
boxing champion, for damages Of
500. 900 for the alleged alienation
Of his mates affections.
Mrs. Faulkner said her husband
had come TO her apartment at the
time and demanded admittanee.
She refused to admit him but
talked with him through the door.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09

Alfred (B0ddyD Stone. o lS-year.
cid youth Of 600 Carroll Ave-. who
was 10 Be returned 70 Red wing
Boys Training school for violating
bis parole. flashed q gun In s. Paul
polics bsadquagtRra. thrsatsnsd .
Dispatch reporter and escaped Sat-
urdsy. Apr. q The yOuth has .
lSag Juvenile record dating baSk
70 1894 whan NJ vas 0Aly II
ysArs cd. police Aaid
Mrs. Evslyu AShby. -, Ais moth
Or, and TIE youth were pieksd ~
as his k0ma and drivsa 10 poliss
hsadgaart<rS shortly before IlsSe
an Saturday and ordered 10 WAit
IN . eogTi8oE OstHida he Jgvsnils
oKSes-
Mr& Aahhy tolA asssstivSs her
son hard soms~us IN he 0FSes
rsmnrk: -Hs1l have 70 b Ioeksd
- and hsIA-
sssms InmsdlAasly paIad .
bAws- ~assl FSSsawSE frum hAs
psrksa. SD. IN ~ assaBg
yea lnaMr. MSA.- ana hsa8sd
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-04-09

The Usher Club 81 S. Peter
A.ME, church will sponsor Elder
A, /. KIRK. well known saloist, In
. unique program of Sermon In
SonEs." at ST. Peter church sun.
day. April II. at $3.50 pm. The
program. which will comprise Of
about ten different sonRs, will not
consist Of single spoken word, -
Mrs. Thelma Wade. chairman Of
the program committee, said,
A large crowd IL expected 10 at
tend the affair ~ the doors are
opened 10 the public. You are urged
10 cooperate with the uHhsrs by be.
ing prompt In attendance.