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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-28
Did First Negro President
OF U. 8. See Inaugural?

Charles H. Houston, Washing
ton columnist asks that question
in his current contribution on
page 4. Houston believes that in
time some American man or wom-
an Of Negro extraction will be
elected president Of the U. s.
Read Mr.. Houston's thoughtful
observations each week in this
newspaper.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-28

two major detectives are:
l. Recovering $50 million dol
lars from the railroads in alleged
excessive freight rates charged
the government during the war.
2. Reorganization Of the feder-
al administrative structure.
In his first interview since be-
coming chairman Of the commit
tee, Dawson said he intends to use
the powers Of the House group
Ito the limit for enlightened leg
islation and administration"
His committee has broad Iegis-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-28
Church Society Will
Present PLAY Jan. SO

The Ursula Missionary society
OF Zion Baptist church is giving
a play at the evening hour Sun
day, Jan. 80, at 8 p. m. There is
very good logic in it. Mrs. Bertha
Smith is chairman Of the play.
Mrs. p. Moore is president.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-28
RUBY PERNELL
OPENS TRAINING
INSTITUTE AT "

Opening the program for the
Volunteer Training Institute at
the YWCA Thursday, Jan. q, was
Miss Ruby Pernell, instructor Of
social group work at the Univer-
sity of Minnesota, who spoke on
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-28
WHAT WAS YOUR
SCORE, BOWLER?

Scores of the first annual Ne
gro bowling tournament held Jan.
IS are found on page 6 of. this
edition Of this newspaper.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-28
MRS. RUBY FARMER
GRANTED DIVORCE

Mrs. Ruby Craig Farmer, 1908
Portland Ave, received a divorce
decree from William Farmer,
same address, in Hennepin coun-
ty district court January IS.
Judge Paul Carroll heard the
case
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-28
ALEX ADAIR DIES

Alex Adair, 5142 James Ave. N.
died Wednesday, Jan. 20. The
Woodland Funeral Home will have
charge of arrangements. No plans
for burial had been completed at
press time.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-28

. Sell that house! You can get .
buyer quick through an nd In the
want-ad section Of this paper.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-28
Next Week -.

The first Of nine articles on
benefits and provisions Of U. g.
Social Security win appear in this
newspaper. Thousands Of the aged
are losing benefits yearly because
Of unfamiliarity with the provi-
sions OF social security.
These articles win clarity many
points with which the Iayman IL
unfamiliar. This paper win carry
these articles as a public service.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-28
JIMMY HUDSON IMPROVED

The condition Of James Jim
my Hudson, exalted ruler Of
Ames Lodge, 507 Bryant Ave. N,
who is in Asbury hospital, is re-
ported improved this week.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-28
Dawson PIuns To Fight Race Bios In Armed
Forces; Outlines Three Main Detectives

WASHINGTON - Eliminating segregation and race dis.
in the Armed services of the three major OBJ
ectve Of Rep William Dawsons 3D. ILL.,, committee on ex
penditures in executive departments
Dawson the first Negro chairman of Congressional coma
mttee made this Saturday Jan o. The other
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-28
Harris Appointed to
Steering Committee

Mr.. Robert N. Harris, $50 Ron
do Ave, city fireman of st. Paul,
has been appointed to the Steer
ing committee for Fred L. Lund-
strom, candidate for State Sena-
tor, And district.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-28
National HOn0rs Awarded For
Outstanding Civil Rights Acts

NEW YORK-Awards Of merit presented to various
agencies and individuals for their important contribution
civil rights of American citizens" Sunday night Jan 49, in
Carnegie Hall.
These awards, sponsored by eight organizations working
jointly presented benefit show Many stage screen
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-28

ChAunoey NJ. Sparks startled
political circles in Montgomery
when he issued q formal state
ment declaring that "civil rights
program for Negroes Is coming
and the south might as well get
ready for It."
Both Negroes and whites alike
were shocked, since Sparks had
long been an outspoken advocate
Of segregation and separation, al
though he also contended for
equality"
Papers Viewpoint
From the viewpoint of the
Montgomery Advertiser, promi-
nent local daily, the statement
was arresting because Of him
who uttered It. The statement will
alarm or offend a formidable ele-
ment in this state"
Its editorial comment on Jan.
Is, continued: But it comes from
thoughtful man. 1t comes from
a man who was known for a gen.
Grafton as the Barbour County
Bourbon! And it comes from a
man who is planning to ask the
people of this state to re-elect him
governor of Alabama presently"
He apparently believes that
Alabamians are aware or can be
made aware that the so-called
threat to southern civilization was
always a fraud, and that changes
are in progress the same as they
have been since this was a sea-
board republic. Maybe Sparks has
miscalculated. 1t will be seen in
1850 for Sparks is betting the
governors chair that he is right. 3"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-28

Sell that house! You can get a
buyer quick through an ad In the
wAnt-ad section Of this paper.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-28

George N. Leighton. Chicago
attorney, recently performed a
hercuIean job in prosecuting the
case against Alabama's Boswell
amendment for 10 Mobile County
Negroes. The case ended January
8, l949. when a three judge tirbu-
nal ruled the twO-year-Old law
was unconstitutional Leighton &C
lively entered the case last March
after q brief, prepared by him,
was filed In Mobile by a white
Chicago Iawyer.-(ANP)
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-28

Rent that extra room. Run q
Want-Ad In this paper.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-28
IN SPITE or

In spite of difference Of soil and cli-
mate, of language and manners, Of laws
and customs,-in spite of things silently
gone out of mind, and things violently
destroyed, the Poet binds together by
passion and knowledge the vast empire
Of human society as it spread over the !
whole world, and over all time.-words-
worth.
Evening star., 1949-11-23
Economic
Continued From First Page.)

low for the offsetting benefits to
which he referred.
Reluctant to Drop Levy.
Senator Douglas, subcommittee
chairman, said much as would
like to be benefactor" to persons
affected by these taxes. he feels a
reluctance to abandon these taxes,
until I know what other sources
you could turn to, if we are going
to try to balance the budget"
Senator Douglas asked both wit
nesses from the CED what .spe-
Icific recommendations they have
for the 1950-51 budget. They said
they are working on a statement
they hope to send Congress In
January.
Earlier, Mr.. Thomson outlined
the long-range program of CED
for achieving a stable economy
He called the present tax structure
"heavy" and "bady constructed
Here again, however, he said CED
is still studying the problem o1
how to improve the tax structure
The CED recommended creation
of commission which could spend
two or three years studying the
Nations monetary, fiscal and
budget problems in search OF the
best methods of dealing with busi-
ness depressions or imitation.
The CED Is q non-profit
private planning agency, set up
by group Of businessmen in 1912
to study and prepare for postwar
problems.
Evening star., 1949-11-23
3Youths Seized After Chase
Held in Taking Priests Cdf,''

Charges of unauthorized use OF
an automobile were placed against
three youths yesterday who were
arrested with the aid Of two alert
Catholic priests.
William H. Baxter, Is, colored.
of the 600 block Of M street NV.
was held in Municipal Court for
grand jury action. Bond was set
at $4,000. His companions, both
II years old, were turned over to
juvenile authorities. %
The youths were arrested Mon.
day night shortly after the Rev:
Joseph B. Coyne Of st. Gabriel's
Church, 26 Grant Circle NV, saw
three boys driving of in his car.
He phoned police while the Rev.
John Roeder gave chase in his car.
Father Coyne's car stopped .
few blocks away. and one boy ran
down an alley. Father Roeder and
Police Pvt. Walter Dawson, who
had responded on a radio call,
soon caught up with the fugitive.
The other boys we're caught at
the car.
Evening star., 1949-11-23
City Orders End
OF Houseboot
IT enements'

The Commissioners have put an
end to something that had prac-
tically vanished anyway-the
waterfront floating tenement" ff
the war years.
In an amendment to the police
regulations adopted yesterday, the
city heads ruled that houseboatso
and other harbor craft may no.
longer be used as other than
single family dwellings.
Col. Thomas j. Hayes III, as =.
sistant engineer commissioner. ex-
planned that, during the war, there
were IS or 20 craft of various
sizes, shapes and riggings that
were rented out to boarders forced
to the waterfront by the housing
shortage.
Col. Hayes explained that only
one such dwelling is still in USE.
the vessel Tech anchored at $50
Maine avenue S.W. and occupied .
by about 10 boarders. He said
the regulation will 60 into effect4
within 80 days, as soon as it cafsf +
be published. taa
Evening star., 1949-11-23
Brifon Questions Methods
OF Trash, Garbage Dispose!

Lack Of uniformity among
American cities In garbage collec-
ton and disposal is the most i'm
portant single health factor re-
vealed today in q month study
by j. c. Dawes of the English Min
istry of Health.
Mr.. Dawes, an internationally
famous sanitation expert, con-
Quoted his study In this country
under the sponsorship OF the
World Health Organization.
1.-The thing I find most difficult
to understand is the great varia-
ton in methods-or lack of meth
ods-in both the collection and
disposal of domestic trash and
garbage"
DR.. Leonard A. Scheele, Surgeon
General of the United States Pub
lie Health Service, expressed sat-
isfaction with the study. When
the fina! report comes in, he said,
II hope that he will pull no
punches in calling attention to
our shortcomings in this all-im-
portant phase of environmental
sanitation"
Evening star., 1949-11-23

award to Westinghouse and found
it proper.
A Westinghouse spokesman at
Pittsburgh said last night that the
company received an Army order
for 800 coolers last month. He
added:
I'VE definitely deny 'Westing-
house sales literature was written
into the specifications. The busi-
ness was secured in the ordinary
routine manner of dealing with
the Government"
Representative Celler said he
would welcome the testimony OF
Maj. Gen. Herman Feldman, the
Army's quartermaster general.
Gen. Feldman was suspended
from his job for a time this year
That was when the so-called five
percenter" inquiry brought out his
acquaintanceship with James v
Hunt, one of the Washington
business agents who help get Gov
ernment contracts for fee. Gen
Feldman later was found by the
Army to have committed no dis
honest act and was restored to
duty with a rebuke for errors of
judgment.
Recessed Until Monday.
The monopoly hearings are in
recess until Monday.
Mr.. Morrison's account OF his
troubles with the Quartermaster
Corps related that he had writ
ten So letters to the Army with
out satisfaction.
No other small refrigerator
manufacturers have had the cour-
age to "open their mouth for fear
of reprisal from the big COM
panies," he went on.
But not single solitary fact
presented by me has been contro-
verted in any manner all the way
up to Secretary of Defense
Johnson's Office"
Evening star., 1949-11-23
Ward
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the charges "trumped up," but
said today it has not received a
report from Mr.. Ward on what
actually happened.
The individual sentences i'm
posed by the Mukden Commu-
nists:
Mr.. Ward, six months imprison-
ment, one-year parole.
Ralph c. Rehberg of Rochester,
N. Y, clerk, and Alfred Kristan,
alien employe. four months i'm
prisonment, one-year parole.
Shire Tatsumi, Japanese-Amer-
ican mechanic. and Frank Cicog-
mia, alien employe, three months
imprisonment. one-year parole.
Extra Pay Demanded.
In Rochester, Mrs. Edward j.
Rehberg, mother of Mr.. Rehberg,
greeted the news with, isn't that
just wonderful"
Her first word of her sons re-
lease came in a telephone call
from the State Department.
Mr.. Ward also reported that IN
addition to being charged with
the assault on a Chinese worker,
he was charged with certain f1nan-
cial obligations, including COM
pensation to the injured, severance
pay and extra salary payments.
The State Department said the
last two charges are in connec-
ton with closing of the Consulate
and discharge of the staff which
had been ordered last May.
Before his arrest, Mr.. Ward had
been denied promised .transpor-
tation facilities for him and his
staff to leave Mukden. The con-
suIar Staff and thefr families
have been detained under house
arrest inside the consular COM
pound since last November.
In his message to other gov
ernments having representatives
in China, Mr.. Acheson pointed
out that treatment of Mr.. Ward
and his staff by Chinese Com
munists "is in direct violation Of
the basic concepts Of interna-
tional relations which have been
developed throughout the CEN
lures"
Mr. Acheson told a news con-
ference last week that the United
States could not even consider
recognition of the Chinese Com
munist regime while they were
acting the way they were in the
Ward case. There was no i'm
mediate comment as to what effect
the release of the Ward group
may have on the recognition ques-
ton.
Any consideration will undoubt-
edly await the safe departure OF
Mr.. Ward and his staff from
China and positive action by the
Communist authorities to make
sure that American officials would
not receive similar treatment In
the future. .
Evening star., 1949-11-23
Widow of Ludendorff
Tried on Nuzi Charge
Rx the Assoeioted Press

MUNICH, Nov. 23.-The widow
of Germany's World War I CHIEF
of staff, Field Marshal Erich Lu-
dendorf, went on trial today be-
fore German denaziflcatior
court.
The prosecution asked that she
be classed as a major Nazi-sub.
ject to 10 years internment.
She is charged with attacking
the Jewish and Christian faiths ir
published articles.
Mrs. Ludendorf, u. denied or
the witness stand that she wa!
anti-Semitic or that she support
ed Adolf Hitlers aggressive wal
aims.
Evening star., 1949-11-23
Girl, I, Identifies Man
In Beating, Assault
Rv the Associofsd presx

CROOKSTON, Mimi, Nov. %.
An unemployed cook was held in
Jail for further questioning today
after a 7-year-old girl identified
him as the man who abducted and
attacked her and then left her for
dead beside a haystack.
The man, identified by authori-
ties as Raymond Dempsey, last
night was brought before Vivian
Shannon of nearby Red Lake
Falls in a hospital where she is
recovering.
II am very sure it is the same
man." Vivian said.
I'm sure not the guy" said
Dempsey.
He was taken back to jail,
where he is held without charge.
Dempsey, Is, is married and the
father of a three-year-old daugh-
ter.
1--WE think we're right in hold
ing Dempsey" said Sheriff Noel
j. Proulx of Red Lake County,
"but we need more evidence.
Vivian was seized by man
in car on the street in Red Lake
Falls late Monday. Early yester-
day she wandered into a farm
home IL miles to the north. The
child was frost-bitten by the 10
degree cold. She was scratched
and her throat bore marks of a
choking attempt.
DR.. L. N. Dale said the child had
been sexually molested before she
was left for dead beside a hay
stack. She was in good condition
at Crookston hospital today.
Vivian told officers her alb
ductor's auto had gone into the
ditch as he drove her about on
rural roads in this northwestern
Minnesota area. She also said
what appeared to be a dog or
deer was in the back seat of the
car.
Sheriff Proulx said he and his
deputies found a man who said
he had helped pull Dempsey
auto out of a ditch.
Evening star., 1949-11-23
Army 10 Back Denial
OF Bidding Favoritism
| Next Week al HEARING
By the Associated Press

Army officials are due to testify
in person next week in support of
an Army denial that its Quarter
master Corps showed favoritism,
or worse, in awarding a 100000
contract.
The denial, and the allegations
which led to it, were given to a
House Judiciary subcommittee yes
terday. The group Is studying
monopoly power in business and
the possible need for antitrust
law revision on behalf of small
businesses.
The subcommittee heard testi-
mony from a Philadelphia manu-
facturer that the Chicago quarter
masters Office allegedly tailored
specifications on a 100000 order
for electric coolers in favor of the
Westinghouse Electric Co.
Claims Low Bid.
Orville Morrison, head of the
Sunroc Refrigerator Co. of Phil
adelphia, said his firm was low
bidder on the order but lost out.
He complained that bid re-
quirements were made to fit the
Westinghouse product by "word-
ing Westinghouse sales literature
into Federal specifications" This.
he said, froze out small COM
panies.
If not deliberate, Mr.. Morrison
told the committee, it was "the
strangest coincidence in history" :"
Calling for an official study of
the allegations by the Justice De-
partment and military authori-
ties, Chairman Celler told report
lers "these are serious charges. "
He added that, if true. it would
be a case Of whats known as
rigging bids"
The Army said in a statement
that it was requested and well
comes the opportunity to be heard
in the matter" It added. with
respect to the complaint of tailor
ing specifications to suit one firm,
that 40 responsible refrigeration
suppliers agreed to furnish water
coolers in compliance with the
specifications"
Contract Was Approved.
Also, the statement continued
the Army judge advocate general
had looked into the contrac'
Evening star., 1949-11-23

A school where textbooks are
not seen for the first three
months, and movies and picture
slides predominant as teaching
methods, was formally shown yes
terday.
The Institute of Languages and
Linguistics of the Foreign Service
School of Georgetown University,
which opened a month ago, is
teaching languages in an unusual
way.
The classes are small, only five
or six in some. and the students
don't even get to read the new
Language during the first 10 weeks.
The instruction is given by audio-
visual methods with oral repeti-
ton, tape recordings and picture
slides as aids in learning and be-
ing able to use at least so foreign
words during the first nine days.
The institute teaches II Ian
guages, but there are only 130 STU
dents in the newly furnished
classrooms at 1719 Massachusetts,
avenue NV. The language courses
run for three years. with a year
spent abroad studying in the ma
tive country of the language.
Allied subjects are studied with
the foreign tongue. The history OF
the country. political and eco
nomic, and the customs and litera-
ture of the people is taught so
students are at home not only
in. the foreign land but in , its
y a I'VE are ! Ii interested in the END end
result, knowing the language" ;"
Leon E. eDostert., director Of the
> examinations are given at the
end OF the year and are compre-
hensive," he said. students are
not graded but only informed OF
their progress.
Demonstrations were given In
the classroom of the school. Desks
with partitions between them
were equipped with a magnetic
tape recorder and ear phones.
Students heard only the unknown
language and repeated orally the
words and phrases of the teacher.
Recordings can be made so the
individual can listen to his pro-
nunciation for mistakes. In
structors speak only in the un-
known language and explain by
pictures, gestures and comparison,
new words and rules of grammar.
Another classroom. resembling
a miniature United Nations As
Evening star., 1949-11-23
No Texts Used for Three Months
In GEORGETOWN Language School

sembly hall, has about 10 seats
with headphones equipped to give
simultaneous translation in five
languages.
Students with only a few months
study of language demonstrated
the complex setup.
Turn a selector switch at your
side to Il" and a simultaneous
translation of a speakers words is
heard in English. Other transla-
tions in Spanish, French, German
and Russian can also be heard on
the system with a flick OF the
switch. Five glassed-in booths In
the room house the translators.
Evening star., 1949-11-23
Consul
Continued From First Page.)

IL ol1l IL OU l oSS.P
courage to take over duties which
few Americans would dare to
face"
Those duties sent Mr.. Ward to
Vladivostok in 1910, where he
opened what was then the only
American consulate in Russia out
side Moscow. It has since been
closed. AS consul general there
MIR. Ward was allowed to speak
to no one but his Russian diplo-
matte contact. The consulate
general, where Mr.. Ward lived,
was bathed in the glare of search
lights all night, every night. He
and his staff were virtual pris-
oners in the cold Russian port.
The Canadian-born diplomat
left Vladivostok in 1914, and came
back to the United States.
He was soon off again. this time
to Teheran, capital of Iran. There
he and Ambassador George VAL
len fought the diplomatic battle OF
Azerbaijan. The two were instru-
mental in keeping that province
within the northern Iranian boun-
Diary, despite a Soviet-supported
movement for an Independent
Azerbaijan.
In 1946, Mr.. Ward left Teheran
(where he had augmented his col
lection of fine rugs for his pres
ent post in Mukden.
Mr.. Ward, who was born in
Alvinston, Canada, is a natural
lied American citizen. He gradu-
ated from high school In Chassell,
Mich, and attended Valparaiso
University.
After serving as a lieutenant In
the Army during World War ]
and engaging for a time In the
shipping and export business. he
worked for two years with the
Bureau of Internal Revenue, be-
fore being appointed a foreign
service officer.
He and his Finnish wife collect
pets and took white duck with
them from Teheran to Mukden
Also part Of the household at Muk-
den were three prize Angora cats.
A fourth escaped and was the
object of an unsuccessful search
in 1947.
Although Mr.. Ward quit his for
NAL education after four years OF
undergraduate work. he is known
to be q man Of unusual culture
and scholarship. He speaks fluent
Russian, German. French, Chinese
and some Mongolian dialects. He
is a top expert on Mongolia.
A former member of his Mukden
staff says Mr.. Ward is mot an
office sitter and stale-report writ
er." He managed to get over much
of Manchuria and "see it for him
self" before the Communist gov
ernment took over.