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Arizona sun., 1948-03-19

DO YOU REMEMBER -.
What You Read In the SUN Last Year At This Time ?

Africa. enroute to Pasadena from
the South, visited Prof. P. Landry
and Rev. Allen Johnson, between
trains. Mrs. Legusto Lynch and
Mrs. Leola Dykes attend wedding
of Mrs Lynch's daughter, Gather
inc to Clyde Palmer, in Tucson
DR.. and Mrs. R. B. Phillips honor
eminent scientist, DR.. Percy Julian
at farewell party at their home.
Mrs. Fred Polk and daughter
Mrs. Esther Richard of Flagstaff,
were weekend visitors. Mrs. Polk
purchased a homesite on Lincoln
Drive near East Broadway.-Mrs.
R. B. Phillips recently returned
from the N.A.A.C.P regional con-
ference held in San Francisco
Mrs. George Wilson, Sr. and daugh-
ter Mrs. Jeanette Gaines, of Oak
land, Calf, and George Wilson, Jr.,
of New York, attend funeral of
their mother and grandmother,
Mrs. Frances Moore, resident of
Phoenix since 1913.-Mrs. Addie
Vaughn succumbs to illness at her
home after short illness.
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19
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thawed meat. Slow thawed or fast
thawed meat gives equally good
results in cooking. When thawed,
meat should be used Immediately,
never re-froZen.
Actually, the meat must be
thawed before it cooks, but this
may be node in the refrigerator,
at room temperature, or in the
slow oven. Then proper cooking
will bring out the best flavor. Froz-
en- steaks, chops and outlets may
go directly into the frying pan or
broiler.
Simple, practical tips on cook
ing frozen meat, vegetables, fruits,
fish and poultry are contained in
extension folder No. 48, Cooking
Frozen Foods" which may be OBJ
tained without cost from the local
county extension office.
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19
SUNSHINE.
By Mrs. Nellie Maye Taylor

Hello, there, here and every
where. Spring is just around the
corner. What corner? Don't you
have that feeling of doing nothing,
no pep, all of your vitality in your
head and feet which makes you
Wanta travel, no place in partlcu-
lar Just so you are going, maybe
back home. Yes 1 know how you
feel, you are suffering from a case
of high pressure spring fever. Have
you seen or heard the new guy in
town, known as one of the worlds
greatest scientists? That is a big
statement to make but he is said
to be able to cover it quite we'll.
When such a statement is made by
the Associated Press you can bet
your bottom dollar (if you have
one) that he is albright. Very few
people win that distinction, regard
less of the color. When Negro is
so Distinguished my blood pressure
rises. The tall tan and terrific type,
not the big hurley kind that the
other press likes to speak about.
Last week was National Negro
Newspaper Week. The Negro Press
is one hundred and twenty years
old. Before the end of slavery a
guy by the name of RussWorm be-
gan with a small sheet. Now just
look what a small beginning has
grown too. Every city of any size
in the u. S. has a Negro NeWspa-
per. Many have more, and it al
ways fights for the rights of the
Negro, if it didn't who would. Of
course the press has it's faults; who,
and what hasn't made mistakes?
The going is rough and tough
sometimes, regardless of that each
week we look for our paper, to see
what is going on among us. For
the first time in history Negro re-
porters accompanied the President
of the u. S. on a trip. Let us boost
our press, and those who struggle
so hard to keep it pressing onward
and upward. Isn't it pity the Ku
KluX KlanSmen cannot be stopped
in Georgia. 1t is said they cannot
be identified, what about the grand
dragon? The world knows who is.
1 have often wondered why it is so
hard to identify white person
down there, and a Negro can cas-
lily be identified the moment a
crime is committed, if there is a
crime. It usually takes the F. B. I.
of the State. the F. B. I. of the Uni
ted States and then the crimes go
unsolved. Killers have been caught,
gangsters have been caught, etc.
Yet the powerful government, who
is fighting Communism, seeking
peace the world over could not
find and bring to justice the cow
ard killers of those poor helpless
young people who were lynched
following a war fought for free
dom from Hitler. Congress is try
ing to preserve and guard our
American form of government
from all un-American principles,
yet the anti-lynch is hanging. May
be that is a true American princi-
pie brought over on the Mayflower
maybe you can tell me I would
not know. Don't forget to spread
sunshine, regardless how dark the
shadows fall.
Bye now-so long then.
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19
Well Folks:
March 19, 1948.

Well Folks:
1t seems that lately / have spent
most of my spare time trying to
get "Reddy's Boosters" up in shape.
Wednesday noon and some of the
players attended a meeting down
at the Morris Sporting Goods Store.
We tentatively agreed to join one
of the semi-prO leagues that they
are organizing. That should give
us more recognition among those
who have the booking of the better
games. Maybe we can get up some
real good games for your pleasure.
Because, after all, we are entirely
in that business, supplying you
with what it takes for your re-
freshment pleasures. Whether that
be Soda Pop, Beer, Wine or Whis-
key. We intend to keep as complete
a stock as is possible. Come around
some of these nice warm evenings
and look over our varied stock.
Then when you have need for some
of our observation-disclosures an get
it! We are "Reddy."
Thanks again,
ANNIE MAE VIRLEE
and "REDDY. +"
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19
Phoenix Social
and
Club News
HAZEL PAXTON
Phone 3-9346

Mrs. w. Murphy of 1884 West
Sherman ST., left for Brinkley, Ar
kansas, Monday morning to attend
the funeral Of her uncle. Her stay
is indefinite.
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19

A winter guest at the home of
Bishop and Mrs. Kendrick on East
Broadway is Mrs. Susie Booth of
Csicago. Mrs. Booth is National
Mother of the Bishops Church and
is enjoying her visit here in the
Valley of the Sun.
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19

Rev. and Mrs. w. j. Taylor, Los
Angeles, arrived by plane to attend
the golden wedding of Rev. and
Mrs. J. w. Taylor, parents of Rev.
w. ]. Taylor.
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19
From where | sit by Joe Marsh
Who Are We, Anyway?
w. C. MILLS, Speaker
EAST WASHINGTON AND 18TH STREET
AdveTtisemeae

differences don't matter because
we're self-respecting people, in a
free, united land.
And from where sit, that's
what makes our towns and cities
our America - so strong, pro-
gressive, tolerant. Our champion
ship of individual liberties has
brought us people from all faiths,
all lands-to prove that respect for
one another's rights is the greatest
bond humanity can know!
&e M"4s
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19

Mrs. A. Hall and Niece Miss L.
Freeman of 81 u So. End Ave-, en-
tertained friends last week over
the weekend.
The Initiating Team of the Her.
oines of Jericho of Los Angeles,
California and Jurisdiction, Prince
Hall Affiliation, came here last
Saturday and initiated several ap-
plicants into Olive Court No. II H.
of j., Phoenix, Ariz. 1t was grand
affair. They left for their homes
Sunday afternoon.
The following are those who
came over: Leola B. Wilson, Most
Ancient Grand Matron; Ida B. Rob-
inson, Past Grand Matron, o. E. S..
Calf. and Jurisdiction; Minnie L.
Rideout, Matte V. Gerren, Rowa-
ma B. Lawrence, Leola Tucker,
Mrs. Allen and Wesley C. Harris.
The officers of Olive Court No.
II are: Jennie Lucas, M. A. M;
Moses Jackson, w. j.; Lillian
White S. NJ; Sarah Williams, J.
NJ; Mamie Monroe, S. A.; Lillian
Patterson, J, A.; Canaray Jackson,
o. K; Nola Hamilton, Sec'y; Lucy
Lucas, Treas; Moses Jackson, w.
j.; James L. White, 1st Director;
Jefferson Monroe, End Director
and Ida M. Davis, 3rd Director.
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19

Subject came up at Bill Web.
ster's, the other day, as we were
chatting over beer and pretzels.
Just who are the folks who make up
our town? Where'd they come from?
Well, Doc HOLSTERS Scotch
English ancestry; Will Dudley's
folks were mining stock from
Pennsylvania; Skip Powell's fam
lily were brewers back in Holland.
Guess our bloodstream's got a
bit of every country of the globe
and every section of America. We've
still got differences in taste and
background-whether they apply to
music. history, or beer. Only those
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19
Announcement

The Women's Division of the N.
A.A.C.P. will meet Sunday, March
21 at the First Colored Baptist
Church at p. m.
All women are urged to be pres
ent.
Mrs. Fannie LAMA, Pres.
Mrs. Matte Boyer, Secretary.
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19

Miss R. LeForbes who has been
i'll the past week has recovered and
is back on the job teaching the 5th
grade at Booker T. Washington.
Evening star., 1948-03-03
Aviotion Stunt Publicity

The Congressional Aviation Policy Board
was justif1ably critical of some of the past
"bids for public acclaim" by the Air Force
and the Navy. There have been number
of much-publicized distance and speed
flights of stunt nature since the war that
seemed primarily designed to keep
the respective services in the public eye.
But the board apparently has overlooked
the fact that such undesirable practices"
also are disapproved by Defense Secretary
Forrestal, who has instituted new system
of co-ordinated public relations among the
armed services.
The board is correct in stating that 'it
gives false sense of security to the public
to learn that a military aircraft has flown
the spectacular distance of 10000 miles
when 1t is not made clear that the
distance was possible only because the air
craft was stripped down for the fight
and could not fly half that distance under
combat conditions" Reference appar-
entity was had to the competitive flights
late in 1916 Of the Navy's Truculent
Turtle" (Australia to Ohio aha the Air
Forces ''Pacusan Dreamboat" tHonolulu
Evening star., 1948-03-03
Civilization

The seaman who shot up juke-box Joint
in New York City after listening for one
hour to recording quantity called "Civil-
ization" will not be without sympathizers.
A little "Civilization" may be all right,
especially in juke joints, but solid hour Of
"Bongo, bongo, bongo, I don't want to
leave the Congo" is enough to make the
average person understand why the Congo
might be preferable to life in big city.
It is not only too much "Bongo" that
fills some people with doubts about human
progress. The popping of bubble gum, the
constant repetition of the recorded classic
dedicated to bubble gum blowing, the in
cessant shouting of the "real-gone" school
of modern music-these are just few OF
the reasons why distracted members Of
civilization often have suppressed desire
to be out of this world.
The seaman in New York committed a
crime, of course, and presumably he will
have to pay the penalty. But the court
should not forget that this man already
suffered punishment such as few men could
be expected to endure. 1t would not be
surprising If he should prefer jail to the
prospect of being exposed again to too
much "Bongo, bongo, bongo."
Evening star., 1948-03-03

to Cairo. Those exploits significantly
were carried out at time when both serv-
ices were contending for recognition under
the pending merger legislation.
One of Secretary Forrestaps first moves
when he took over leadership of the
National Military Establishment last year
was to set up close working arrangement
among the public relations divisions of
the three services. Representatives of
these divisions meet frequently to discuss
their mutual policies and problems. This
system, on the whole, seems to be working
well. Mr.. Forrestal's co-ordinating staff
is said to be on guard particularly against
stunt" publicity of the type deplored by
the congressional group.
The board is in error, however, in i'm
plying in its report that either the Air
Force or the Navy has made "the fiat
statement that a military aircraft has
flown faster than sound" There is no
record of either service having released
any statement to this effect If the board
had in mind the recent publication of such
statement by an aviation magazine in
all fairness the report should have pointed
out that the article was unauthorized and
that efforts Of reporters to obtain official
confirmation Of the story for newspaper
publication were futile. As matter of
fact, the Air Force was as upset over the
magazine story as the reporters.
Evening star., 1948-03-03
ERP q Gamble?

To the Editor of The Star:
The Russians really favor the Marshall
European Recovery Plan. They want us to send
more financial aid out of this country than is
good for us, all the time knowing that it won't
be enough-because the Kremlin will cut in
with sabotage, intrigue, etc.
ERP has been called a gamble. But it is
more than that 1t is a dangerous gamble with
a stacked deck and the Russians guns on the
table They figure that when all the chips are
in, then we will be very busy with recovery
plan for ourselves. leaving them to take over
the remaining 16 European nations one by one
The Russians won't show their hand too fast
because they are afraid we might scare Off and
drop the whole mess In their laps at one time.
II that happened, they wouldn't know what to
do with 1t.
AS for the United States, though badly
mauled and maybe bankrupt. we still will be
calling for peace; peace for world that
wants no peace.
Meanwhile, Stain can say: Funny fellows,
those Americans The Communists put up
nothing for all; they put up all for nothing.
They must like to gamble All, me! Yes, I
like those Americans with their short
memories" ARTHUR r. COCHEL.
Evening star., 1948-03-03
The Intruder

Breakers like kittens capered, trtsked and
tore
Scampering up the sand on skitttsh paws
Amid pale naists of da,oning as ashore,
Sleek ripples bending out from bearded
jnDs,
S,pdm Proteus. Presently parting serptle
t1GDeS,
Dashtng bright drops from salt-scurted
tanks he stood,
SaDoring deD-tresh fields, damp moods.
His SLAVES,
Gay dolphins, wondering at his hardthood,
Curuetted through the shallotDs, flashing
fins
Wtnno,0ing doue-gray mater. Warily
A btttern doomed beyond that restless
screen
OF sedge that whispers Uhere the marsh
Unconsciously the Old One posed-the sea
And all her nryriads marked him, shaggy,
lean,
Grtzzled, grotesque Apart, eyes enuy-
s10oIlen,
White yanns ragged to find her entrane&
HAROLD WILLARD GLEASON. =,
Evening star., 1948-03-03
To Correct q Husty Mistake

Congress has approved an excellent bill
to provide the additional and modernized
hospital facilities so greatly needed in
Washington.
But in passing this bill in 1916, the
House, possibly through some misunder-
standing, eliminated one Of its important
parts. Major General Philip 3. Fleming,
public works administrator, has made a
clear and convincing explanation of why
the bill should now be amended to correct
an obvious mistake.
AS reported last year from the House
District Committee, which spent so much
effort on perfecting it, the bill outlined
two main objectives. One was to finance
the construction of great, new 1,500-bed
hospital center, in which Emergency,
Garfield and the Episcopal Eye, Ear and
Throat Hospital will combine their facil-
tiles. Construction on this hospital center
will proceed when the Naval Observatory
is moved.
The secondhand equally important
objective was to assist other private hos
pitals in additions and remodeling which
would provide 1900 beds, overcoming the
deficit in such facilities now existing.
The House left intact the total author
lzation of $35 ,OO0, 900 to accomplish all this
work, but eliminated the provision enabling
private hospitals not connected with the
new hospital center to take advantage OF
the bills terms for loans and grants. 1t
surely should be restored.
For this bill offers sensible, practical
method of overcoming hospital shortages
in Washington and restoring plants that
are dilapidated and outgrown. The Fed
eral Governments contribution Of grants
is based on its realization of the unique
conditions which prevail in its Capital,
where so large a part of the population
works In Washington but lives and pays
taxes in the adjoining States, and where
another large part of the population Is
here temporarily, maintaining permanent
residence elsewhere. Without the type OF
assistance offered in the bill, it is difficult
to believe that any progress can be made
in providing the large-scale additions and
renovations of private hospitals that
deterioration, on the one hand, and popu-
lation growth on the other, have made
necessary.
All of the financing will not come from
the National Government. Local tax
payers will contribute 80 per cent and the
hospitals themselves will participate. An
extraordinarily fine piece of legislation,
offering such a splendid opportunity for
enlightened solution of complex prob
lem, should not be marred by the omission
which resulted from hasty House debate
General Fleming's request for proper
amendment should find ready response
in the House District Committee which
favored, in the first place, the full aid IN
hospital construction.
Evening star., 1948-03-03
ltoIy and the Reds

The free world has good reason to LOOK
forward with anxiety toward the electlonS
to be held in italy on April 10. AT present.
although they won about third OF the
nonular vote nineteen months ago, the
Communists are not in the government
But if they attract heavy support IN next
months balloting, it will be virtually I'M
possible to exclude them. And IN tnat
case. lust as in the case of their kremlln-
serving comrades in Czechoslovakla, their
first aim will be to move into cabinet posi-
tions giving them power to stage coup.
The possibility is by no means remote
Some observers are suggesting that the
italian Communists may win as much as
90 or As per cent of the vote. If they do
thew will be able to claim large voice IN
a new coalition government, and this could
easily mean that they would succeed IN
working themselves into the most strategic
places in the cabinet-places that would
put the police under their control, deepen
their grip on organized labor, and other
wise equip them for an eventual seizure OF
total power that would bind Rome tightly
to Moscow. 1t is not for nothing that
Premier de Gasperi, leader of the Christian
Socialists, has just warned his free coun-
trymen that This is our supreme hour; We
must win this time or we will never vote
In Italy again"
Wholly apart from Italy, moreover, the
prospect raises serious questions for the
United States. When our occupation
troops were finally withdrawn last Decem-
ber. President Truman made special
point of declaring that our Government
would take appropriate" countermeasures
against any future threat, direct or in
direct to Italian freedom and independence.
But what if the Communists. through the
democratic process they seek to destroy,
make strong gains in the elections next
month? What will we do then, or what
will we be able to do, to prevent them from
subverting the country and handing 1t
oyer to Soviet dominance? And II nothing
can be done, If Rome suffers coup like
prague's, what about our strategic position
IN the Mediterranean Will not the con-
seouences tend to cancel out the effort
being made in Greece to check the spread
of Red totaHtarianism?
These Questions, which can be more
easily asked than answered, are enough
Evening star., 1948-03-03
The Pentuqon Tuxicub Racket

Maybe the driver who wrote the current
Saturday Evening Posts entertaining
article on the Washington taxicab racket
was overdrawing the case.
But there is one angle of this racket
that would be difficult to overdraw in any
particular. That is the free-for- all high
way robbery of taxicab passengers who
ride to and from the Pentagon.
During the war the fare was 90 cents
which was higher than it should have been.
But it was the fixed fare and it seems to
have been enforced. Now every driver is
on his own. There is no standard fare.
The Pentagon is in No-Man's Land. AS
soon as the cab crosses the river it passes
from the Jurisdiction of the Public Utili-'
ties Commission. Or, If the trip begins at
the Pentagon, it begins in territory where
nobody seems to be the boss-except, of
course, the taxi driver.
The driver charges anything the traffic,
or the sheep-like attitude of the passenger,
will bear. Some of the charges are out
rageous. A stranger paid So recently for
trip that should have cost him, according
to local rates, no more than so cents. Per-
haps the Public Utilities Commission,
though it lacks official jurisdiction, could
improve matters by asking that passengers
who are bilked report the incident to the
Military Police at the Pentagon, the Metro
politan Police in Washington or to the
Utilities Commission itself. The identify
of the driver could then be sent to the
hack inspector for him to note in his
records.
The Pentagon is not long distance
away. But taxicab passengers are being
taken for fine ride when they make
the trim
Evening star., 1948-03-03
stors, Men and Atoms
EchoIess Room Greeted
In Ordnance Laboratory
Navy Conducting Tests to Check Most
Sensitive of Mines
By Thomas r. Henry

There is weird room. whose inner walls
are like the coat of porcupine, where 1t 10
possible to hear ones own true voice.
Almost everywhere else you actually hear 0
hundred or thousand voices when you speak,
or when anybody else speaks. You hear the
original voice distorted by all the echoes from
all the nearby surfaces and from all angles.
1t is virtually impossible ever to hear pure
sound anywhere-except In the strange echo
less room which has been constructed at the
Naval Ordnance Laboratory.
It Is q large room whose walls are covered
with large fber-glass wedges, each protruding
about five feet which are so arranged that
no sound can bounce" from them. The room
has only one opening and all apparatus tested
in it can be controlled from the outside. Not
only Is the room echoless, but 1t Is a place
of absolute silence until it Is used to deter
mine with extreme precision the effect Of some
pure, absolutely undistorted sound.
From the naval standpoint, the experiments
to be conducted here are of fundamental i'm
portance. Among their applications is the
devising OF more sensitive acoustic mines which
toward the end of the war were reaching un-
canny efficiency. In its simplest form the
acoustic mine is set of by the sound produced
by ship directly above 1t. 1t must be so
by the sound of the ship in any other position.
Up to this point, however. it is rather crude
device. 1t easily could be outwitted by mine
sweeper. The more refined mines will count"
the ships passing over them and explode only
after certain number have registered. Ten
ships might sail over such mine in complete
safety while the eleventh would be blown out
of the water.
But even this is only o starting point for
the future developments which might come
from the scientific study of pure sounds" such
as is made possible by the echoless room.
Tricks of Its Own.
There are other rooms in the country where
echo is reduced to the vanishing point This
one incorporates all their anti bounce" tech
niques and adds trick Of its own. When it
is desired to test the effects of certain tone
on detecting device the experimenters can
be certain that the results are due to one sound
only and not to q thousand sounds with all
sorts of intensities and all sorts of minute time
intervals between them
1t is calculated that the specially constructed
walls absorb 81 per cent of the pressure and 98
per cent of the energy of any sound wave
which impinges on them. This is about as near
complete absence Of echo as can be attained
on earth.
Evening star., 1948-03-03

to make clear that the forthcoming elec-.
tions involve issues of the greatest i'm
portance not merely for Italy but for the
United States and the free world in gen.
eral. If the outcome is against the Com
munists, all will be we'll; but If 1t is for
them, as some pessimists predict, the after
effects almost certainly will be grave. The
Italian voters -27 .O00, 600 of then-have a
fatefu1 decision to make.