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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-12
Named to L. l. Post
NEW YORK, May IL. CAMP

-Moxie Rigby Of Freeport, L. 1.
was appointed last week senior as
sitant district attorney of Nassau
county, marking the first time in
the history Of the county that a
colored man has been so honored.
Rigby, heretofore a junior assist
ant district attorney, was promo
ted by Dist. Atty. Gehrig because
of his excellent work.
participation of a member of the
VFW in this campaign of race
hatred and intimidation and that
they assist in identifying and that
the WV discipline the member
involved.
Among the next steps to be tax
en- by the CLIO council will be to
participate in a delegation to the
sheriff's office being arranged by
the Los Angeles Negro congress
to insure that adequate steps are
taken to give full protection to
the Beckles family.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-12
Boys Sue Greyhound
Bus for $4,000

CHICAGO, May II. CAMP
A suit asking damages totaling
$4,000 was filed last week in the
United States District court
against the Greyhound Bus COM
pany by two Chicago boys, George
Edgar Wallace and John Wesley
Grant.
According to their claim, the
boys charge that they were at
tackled on a Greyhound bus by the
driver and forced to suffer false
arrest and fines in Tennessee when
the driver tried to make them sit
in the rear of the bus. They had
purchased a ticket from Detroit to
Clarkesdale, Miss, December Is,
1947.
One boy was forced to sell his
~overcoat and other valuables to
pay the fine, the claim charges,
and the other said he had to be
hospitalized Immediately. Both
claim that this incident impaired
their health.
Their case was recommended to
Atty. William Henry Huff by an
ex-member of the Illinois state
legislature.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-12
King Coles Pressing Of
Mature Boy Hit
lin Four Minutes

NE WYORK, May IL. (ANP)
Mature Boy" the sensational
overnight song hit written by a
comparatively unknown musician,
owed it's sudden rise to popularity
to Nat "King" Cole and his group
and two employees of Radio Sta
ton WNEW here.
1t all happened last November,
when rumors started circulating
around the trade that King Cole
trio had cut one of the grea discs
of all time. But what this disc was
remained a secret until March %,
when All Trilling, custodian of the
100000 record library at WNEW,
handed the record to Jerry Mar
shall to play over the latter's disc
show at 2:16 p. m. Four minutes
later, according to Marshall, 1--WE
were swamped with telephone
calls-people wanting to know the
name o fthe haunting melody"
Mature Boy is very beautiful
its almost o tone poem," Trill-
ing said here recently. "The words
and music answer the longing in
everyone's heart"
Author of the song is Eden
Ihbez. Although other recordings
have been made-by Frank Sinat-
ra, Dick Haynes and Sara
Voughan-the Cole waxing is best
liked by listeners. The trio, unlike
the mother artists, had the back
ground music of Frank De Vols
orchestra. The others, due to the
instrumental recording ban inn
posed by Petrillo January l., S a
capella choirs.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-12
Attorney Only Sfassen
Delegate Elected in
Northern Ohio.

CLEVELAND, May IL. CAMP
Cleveland attorney, Chester
K. Gillespie, was the only Stassen
candidate to win in northern Ohio
in his campaign for delegates to
the Republican convention against
Sen. Robert A. Taft.
The ex-governor of Minnesota
sought the election of six dele
gates in three northern districts
covering about 100000 people.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-12
Better Trained Youth Needed
For Medical Schools

in basic subjects. It was agreed
that some method Of financing
students who had adequate ability
and adesire to study medicine but
lacked the means to meet the high
costs of medical education must
be found. Nc commitments were
made but it is hoped that founda-
tons may show an interest. Five
years ago there were less than 20
students in northern medical
schools. Today, including GI's,
there are 90 which is just a drop
in the bucket.
DR.. Will Alexander, vice presi-
dent o fthe Rosewald fund which
has been a potent factor in assist
ing the work of Provident Asso-
ciates, said that if Negro physi-
clans competent to fill the great
need and to meet the advancing
standards of medical practice with
it's specialties are to be developed,
something must be done. DR.. AL
exander pointed out that the Ros-
enwald fund which has been fl
nancing postgraduate fellowships
for especially brilliant and sspir-
ing young physicians, has left
enough money as lit closes it's
operation, to finance these fellow
ships for another year. It is hoped
some other foundation may carry
the effort on.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-12
Offer Protection 10
coIored Home Owner

LOS ANGELES, May IL. IAN
PA pledge of support in her
fight against a restrictive cove
nant eviction was made to Mrs.
June Beckles by a Los Angeles
CLIO council delegation headed by
Council President William S. Law
renee who visited her at home.
Just the day before covenants
were outlawed. Mrs. Beckles, who
recently purchased a home at
1850 East Goth street, was re-
Gently called upon by a vigilante
group who intimated that harm
would befall her and her family
if she did not move within 80
days. She was alarmed and would
have yielded.
Participating in the delegation
with Lawrence were Judy Dunks,
United Electrical and Machine
workers; Sidney Moore, United
Public workers, and Oscar Castro
and Robert Sombrano of the Uni
ted Furniture workers.
Lawrence offered the assist
ance and support of the council
to Mrs. Beckles in her fight. He
stated that as in the King case of
last December the CLIO council
would direct a personal communi-
cation to all CLIO members living
in the neighborhood of Mrs. Beck
les pointing out the un-American,
anti-democratic ,anti-union char
acter of restrictive covenants and
calling upon all CLIO members to
support the right of all citizens
to live where they choose.
One of the leaders of the vigil
lante group who called upon Mrs.
Beckles to move out of her home
Identified himself as a spokesman
for the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Lawrence announced that he was
directing communications to both
the Los Angeles county and state
commanders of the VFW asking
them top ublicly repudiate the
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-12
Atty. Sarah Speaks
Accuses Harlem Police
Shakedown

NEW YORK, May ~. (ANP)
-Workin on the principle that
claw enforcement officers should
not only enforce the law but keep
it themselves" Atty. Sarah Pei
ham Speaks, veteran Harlem law
yer, took another one of her digs
at the law in Justice Wielbold's
court here last week by accus-
ing plainclothes police of shaking
down Harlem night spots.
She told the court that the
plainclothes officers were getting
huge protection feesf rom Harlem
night spots and that alcoholic bev-
erages were being sold over the
counter after stipulated hours. She
said the take was as much as
$1,000 a month in some cases. Not
only were the night spots paying
off, but numbers runners and 9TH
ers as well.
1t is reported that a large scale
investigation has been launched
by Commissioner Murtagh and
that there may be some changes
in the West Harlem vice squad.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-12

qualified young Negroes going into
the field of medicine and particu-
larly of candidates seeking en-
trance into the leading medical
schools of the country. Now that
doors have been opened and OPP
portunities made available princi-
pally through the efforts of Provi-
dent Associates here in Chicago,
it has proven almost impossible to
find young men interested in pur-
suing medical careers and whose
basic undergraduate training has
been good enough to enable them
to meet the stiff admittance re-
uuirements of the first-class medi-
cal colleges.
Some few students who have
shown exceptional ability in the
sciences have turned away from
medicine for other fields because
they wanted to get into jobs which
would produce money faster or
else did not care to face the long
and arduous grind which medical
school, intership and residency i'm
pose. This was especially true if
the student was ambitious to go
really to the to pand qualify as
a specialist.
It is only during the past two
or three years that many of the
top ranking medical institutions
have agreed to admit Negro stu
dents. A score of years ago their
doors started closing as stand
ards set up by the American Medi-
cal association for medical educa-
ton mounted. Among these were
clinical clerkships which required
during the last two years of medl-
cal training, hospital ward serv-
ice in teaching hospitals. Many Of
these hospitals preferred not to
accept Negro students.
Drs. Franklin MasLean of the
University Of Chicago and the late
indian Bousfield spearheaded the
efforts O fthe Provident associates
which proved so fruitful that 20
or more high grade northern medi-
cal schools agreed to accept Ne
gro candidates who met their en-
trance requirements. When the
group set out to find the students
they discovered that despite the
wailing which had been going on
for years regarding discrimination
in medical education, they could
not find applicants 70 rthe places
which had been opened up.
A case in point is Northwestern
university where no Negro medi-
cal student in medicine had been
admitted for many years. Great
difficulty was experienced in find
ing an applicant who could make
the grade. Finally a billiard grad
uate was selected and he is a
member o fthe freshman class now.
Last week in Atlanta a grou of
college presidents, members of
medical school faculties and rep
resentatives of foundations, sat
down to discuss remedies for the
situation at the call of President
Rufus Clement of Atlanta univer-
sity. 1t is understood that the
college presidents faced frankly
the necessity for better training
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-05-12

You get better results by ad-
vertising in our classified section.
Evening star., 1948-01-20

electric telegraph, Chester Harding, Alvin
Fisher and Thomas Doughty were just as
truly American, If not actually more SO in
that they discovered the beauty OF the
Hudson Valley, the great plains Of the
Midwest and other notable portions of
the national terrain. Asher Brown Durand,
John F. Kensett, Thomas Cole and the
brothers William and James McDougal
Hart were the equivalents In picture
making of James Fenimore Cooper,
Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe
in prose and verse. They asserted America
grandly and gloriously and they prepared
the way for George Inness, Frederick E.
Church, Albert Bierstadt, Alexander H.
Wyant and the impressionists Ralph A.
Blakelock and Albert Pinkham Ryder.
Meanwhile, Charles L. Elliott, George P. A.
Healy, Thomas Eakins and other portrait
lists were busy immortalizing the features
of Presidents, generals and other eminent
individuals typically American.
Mr.. Williams in his booklet has proved
this evolution, set forth evidence of the
native principle in action. That in itself
was well worth doing. If incidentally 1t
also has the effect of bringing visitors to
the Corcoran Gallery to see the canvases
in his care, it will afford pleasure and give
helpful instruction.
Evening star., 1948-01-20
The Corcorun's Americans

The richness of the Corcoran Gallery of
Art in American paintings is demonstrated
by a booklet of ninety-six pages recently
issued under the editorial guidance Of the
~gallery's new director, Hermann Warner
Williams, junior. A hurried glance over
the text and illustrations sufices to engage
the enthusiasm of any susceptible behold
er. The pictures represented in the collec-
tion are American not merely because they
reflect a native impulse. A history of the
United States might be written in terms of
strictly creative expression-the graphic
media, including printing; the domestic
crafts, including architecture, interior
decoration and gardening; literature, in
cluding the DRAMA and music, including
dancing.
What Mr.. Williams has done is to suggest
such work by example. His catalogue Is
more compact in exposition than the larger
books of Charles H. Caffin, John c. Van
Dyke and the National Gallery collabera-
tors, John Walker and Macgill James. It
therefore is more usable in the hands of
average people. With 1t for guidance
even a child would learn the important
historic fact that the American folk have
possessed an esthetic instinct equal to
their purpose and techniques equal to their
need ever since they have possessed
nation Of their own. John Singleton Cop
ley, Benjamin West Gilbert Stuart, Rem
brandt Peale and good company of less
famous but not necessarily inconsequential
painters were contemporaries of George
Washington and Thomas Jefferson and,
though admittedly they were Influenced
by Europe, they established independence
quite as definitely as the political and
military leaders of the age established 1t.
Thomas Sully, Samuel r. B. Morse (who
was an artist long before he invented the
Evening star., 1948-01-20

Justice, reason. the free expression of
honest opinion, representative govern
ment, the vote according to once's con-
science-these things are obsolete in the
Communist empire. What counts there,
what works, is sheer. brutal terror-the
politics of bullies, gangsters and killers
developed to fine art.
In the year of Our Lord 1e4S. after a
terrible war to wipe out the black tyranny
of Hitlerisnl. this rise of new tyranny
the tyranny of Red totalitarianism-has
become the most towering menace of our
time. The Dimitrov formula is the Com
munist formula for death to all liberty
everywhere The wonder is that there are
still those in the free world who are blind
to it or who fooHshly suppose that it can
be appeased.
Evening star., 1948-01-20
MANAGEMENT of the Armory

Since the National Guard Armory was
turned back to the District-after its war
time use by the FBI-two omissions have
become evident One is the provision OF
enough exits to conform to local regula-
tions on capacity audiences. The other is
legislation defining ownership and methods
of operation of the armory for community
purposes.
Both omissions can be rectifled by any
one of three bills introduced by Repre-
sentative O'Hara, by request, on which
hearings were scheduled for today.
One bill comes from the National Guard,
another from the District Commissioners
and third from an advisory committee
of citizens appointed by the Commissioners
last summer. The last-named was de-
signed as a compromise between an
original National Guard proposal and the
Commissioners bill.
What is needed, of course, is legislative
authority under which the armory can be
fully utilized for community purposes after
meeting the needs of the National Guard.
Whether the Commissioners operate the
armory themselves, or whether they dele
gate It's operation to board-as proposed
In two of the measures-is not of vital
Importance.
If it's operation is to be placed in the
hands of board, however, the so-called
compromise measure is preferable. The
National Guard bill, which stipulates a
board to be composed of the president of
the Board of Commissioners, the COM
manding general of the Guard and the
presidents of the Board of Trade and Of
the Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation, raises questions which would make
such board impracticable And while it
is doubtful If any money can be made out
of the armory over and above the mainte-
nance expense, receipts from the building
should go to the District, not to the
National Guard.
The important objective, however, is to
set up machinery for utilizing the fine
National Guard Armory in the interests of
the community. Those interests include,
of course, an adequate home for the Guard.
But they also mean great place of
asSemblage in Washington for such athletic
events as the recent Evening Star games,
for the display of exhibits at conventions
or for such affairs as the better homes
show last fall. Having paid lot of money
to build the armory, the people should get
something out of it. ANY necessary en-
largement of exits should be made and any
funds collected from rentals should go to
the District. The existing condition,
which finds the Commissioners and the
National Guard in sharp disagreement over
ownership and control of the building, can
not be permitted to continue, for it ad-
versely affects the interests of the real
owners-the taxpaying public of Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1948-01-20
BriIIiunce Into Brooks

Today the toorld is 1or1pped tn celIophane
And tied NTH ttnsel Note hon skiIltully
The sleet enueloped root and aotndo1opane
In trigid, bitter r-brioht Transparency.
And note Nth 1otGt precise artistic Derpe
The blizzard hung glass candles In the
pines
RoD after roto OF them, curue after curue,
In saraying, shifting, everlasting lines.
Remember all this splendor. Photograph
1t mentally, for soon the spring t0tH tear
The tinsel from the ground and, Utth
laugh,
Stre,o hope and fragrance, green and
daisies there
And sooner still inUade the tOooded hills
And pour the crystal tapers into rtllS.
JOHN NIXON, Jr.
Evening star., 1948-01-20
The Dimitrov Formula

Premier Dimitrov has foolproof for
mula for assuring unanimous democratic"
action in Bulgaria. 1t consists solely and
simply of threatening a quick death to
anybody silly enough to criticize or oppose
his Kremlin- dictatorship.
Mr.. Dimitrov has recently been at pains
to make his position very clear. Addressing
himself to the Bulgarian parliament" he
has warned the Opposition pitiful
minority of nine Social Democrats-that
they had better stop objecting to his
program if they do not want to suffer the
fate of Nikola Petkov and the Agrarian
Party.
This is another way of saying that they
force the Sofia dictatorship to murder
them and terrorize their followers out of
existence. That is exactly what happened
to Mr.. Petkov and his Agrarian supporters
AS Mr.. Dimitrov has put it, "They broke
their heads, and their leader is under the
ground"
So Mr.. Dimitrov has told the Social
Democrats to beware Think this over,"
he has said to them, "and do not follow
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agents and Bulgarian enemies. If you are
not wiser, you will get from the nation
such lesson as you will remember as far
as St. Peter" In other words, If it does
not mend its ways and say "yes," as
ordered, the Opposition" like Mr.. Petkov
will be put to death after fake trials on
trumped-up charges of treason.
Nor will the Social Democrats. If they
persist in risking their necks, be helped
any by diplomatic protests from Britain
and the United States. Certainly, such
protests did not save Mr. Petkov. On the
contrary, as Mr.. Dimitrov has now re-
affirmed, they sealed his doom. They
sealed his doom because the Sofia die
tatorship-which might have let him live
otherwise-felt impelled by the Anglo
American notes to show itself to be unin-
Inundated and to assert its sovereign right
to kill off Bulgarians at will.
It can scarcely be doubted that the
Social Democrats will heed Mr. Dimitrov's
words. The new democracy" of Bulgaria,
the new democracy" of every land behind
the iron curtain, the new democracy" of
what Mr.. Dimitrov envisions as an even
tual federation of Soviet satellite states,
knows how to achieve unanimity of action
to ADVANCE the aims of the Kremlin.
Evening star., 1948-01-20
Mr.. Buruch's Program

Bernard M Baruch has put before the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee what
might well be called bold design for peace
and security, both abroad and at home.
1t is a plan which eschews politics in the
fore it has virtually no chance of accept
ance in this intensely political year.
Mr.. Baruch wants to tie together our
European program and more drastic effort
to stabilize our own economy, reasoning
that they are intimately connected and
that one cannot succeed If the other fails.
The soundness of this assumption is almost
self yevident. Mr.. Baruch also wants this
country to take a position which would
give real assurance to nations joining with
us that we will go to war, If necessary, to
insure them against aggression. Here
again is a proposal the soundness of
which is attested by reason and experience.
But we will not do these things, not, at
least, at this time. For to do them would
entail sacrifices and the assumption of
risks, and such things as sacrifices and
risks are not considered good political
medicine in an election year. Instead, we
will muddle along, hoping that somehow
we will not be overtaken by the things
which threaten us in whatever direction
we turn.
This policy of doing nothing, or doing
very little, in the face of danger also
entails the assumption of risks. But the
risks are not quite so obvious and the
sacrifices which it ultimately may impose
upon us can be put off little longer. So
we will drift along, seeking the most
expedient political course and hoping we
will bypass disaster. Maybe we will be
able to do this. And again, maybe we will
not.
Evening star., 1948-01-20
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

Q. Why are fiagstones in garden called by
this name?-L. c.
A. A fiat slab of any fine-grained roR which
may be split has been termed flag since 1904.
Two suggestions have been advanced as to the
derivation of the word. The shape of the stone
suggests in most cases the familiar outline of
flag. The more likley one is: the word flag is
from ME fagge, meaning turf" or sod" The
Icelandic word flag means the spot where
piece of turf has been cut out, flaga, flag or
slab Of stone, literally flake.
@. Is the composer OF "Iiawatha" and
Moonlight and Roses" still living?-V. M.
A. The composer, Neil Moret died on Janu-
ary %, 1943. He was famous song writer for
nearly so years. His real name was Charles N.
Daniels.
@. What famous American was given the
nickname Silver Heels"?-G. w. G..
A. The soldiers and fellow Officers with
whom John Marshall fought in the Revolu-
tionary War from TITS to Tito nicknamed
him Silver Heels. The occasion which gave
rise to this sobriquet was foot-race between
Marshall and one Of his soldiers. Marshall
ran In his stocking feet. The legs of his
stockings had been knit out Of blue yarn by
his mother and the heels out of white yarn.
His heels, therefore, had the appearance OF
silver as he ran. and this fact. in addition
to his having won the race, caused his COM
rades to give him this nickname
Q. What is the most popular breed Of dogr-
O. A. H.
A. The cocker spaniel has led the 1l3
breeds recognized by the American Kennel
Club for q number of years. In 1946 approx
mately 10000 dogs Of all kinds were registered,
an all-time high.
@. Are colds more prevalent on Mondays
than on other days Of the week?-T. C. 9.
A. It has been found that colds are more
prevalent on Monday than on any other week
day In December 194l, one weeks survey
indicated that there were colds in one-third
of American homes with an estimated 1S000, 900
persons afflicted.
@. How many outlying towns are included
In the Boston Metropolitan Area?-L. L. o.
A. The State census OF lS45 recognized 43
municipalities In Metropolitan Boston The
Metropolitan Area Of the 1910 Federal census
included SO cities and towns.
Evening star., 1948-01-20
Praise for Miss Thompson

TO the Editor OF The Staf.
Anent the recent adverse criticism OF Doro-
thy Thompson, wherein it was implied that
she is a pursuer of ethereal objects, should
like to add my bit in her defense by stating
that I have read Miss Thompson for years.
along with other fine, outstanding writer's and
commentators, and that I admire her very
much for her courage and good sense.
see her as pounding with naked fists against
the walls of the citadel of oppression-and
causing concern to those within.
LEO R. KING.
Evening star., 1948-01-20
The Plight of Officers

To the Editor Of The Star:
Re: Army Officers in ls4S, General Sherman
wrote to a friend discussing the Gold Rush:
None remain behind but we poor devils OF
officers who are restrained by honor, honor
and poverty well mixed. have never been
20 hard up in my lfs.' MRS. Il. N. LOWRY.