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Evening star., 1949-03-22
AustroIion Aborieine
To Study Singing in U. S.

MELBOURNE, Australia, Mar
% (CDN) Harold Blair, the first
aborigine to receive diploma
from the Melbourne Conservator-
ium of Music, will leave shortly for
the United States.
The 24-year-old tenor whose
home State is Queensland. plans
to complete his musical education
in America and then return here
to wed a white resident of this
capital city of Victoria. the 20
year -old Dorothy Eden whom he
met while studying at the con-
Servatorium.
Evening star., 1949-03-22
THE'EVENING STAR, Washington D. C** A


Hicks, and the suit was brought by
his widow, Mrs. Lola Annie Hicks,
Tampa, Fla, as administrative OF
his estate.
Filed through Attorney Joseph
D. Bulman. the suit charged neg
ligence on the part of the railroad
for failing to have the siding
closed. The freight train pulled
into the siding to permit the pas
senger train to pass, it was said.
Another train crewman was killed
in the wreck.
Evening star., 1949-03-22

On the lines OF the American
Hospital Association the medical
men of India have organized an
Indian Hospital Association at
Bombay.
Evening star., 1949-03-22
Danish Parliament
Asked 10 Indorse
Move 10 Join Pact
BY the Associotsd Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Mar
22.-Foreign Minister Gustav Ras.
mussen today asked the Danish
Parliament to indorse the govern.
ment's decision to join the North
Atlantic defense pact.
Opening a debate in the lower
house Folketing), the Foreign
Minister asked authorization fol
the government to ratify the
treaty after the signing in Wash.
ington next month.
Praising the Atlantic Pact as
IAN alliance of the worlds most
peace-loving nations" Mr.. Ras-
mussen said:
1--WE now have to choose be-
tween joining this pact or being
left in isolation without any real
means of defense and without any
guarantees of help in case of an
attack"
Scandinavian Pact Preferred.
The Foreign Minister admitted
that the Danish government still
thought a Scandinavian defense
alliance between Denmark. Nor
way and Sweden would be the best
solution, but added that despite
all efforts it had not been possible
to reach such an agreement
among the three countries.
Instead other democratic ma
tions offered to cooperate with
u.s." Mr.. Rasmussen said. "An0
the government finds it advisable
to accept the offer to join the
North Atlantic pact"
During the Foreign Ministers
speech, hundreds of leaflets were
hurled down into the House from
the gallery. They carried sucf
slogans as 1--WE do not want to die
for Wall Street" and Youth
says no."
Police arrested five youths who
were said by police to be members
of the Communist youth or.
oanizatiOn
Evening star., 1949-03-22
Romonion Red official
Blasts Pact and Tito

BUCHAREST, Romania. Mar
% (R.-Teohari Georgescu. Com
munist Minister of the Interior,
lashed out yesterday at the North
Atlantic Treaty and Premier Mar
shall Tito of Yugoslavia.
He told a Bucharest youth
rally that "hideous American i'm
perialism has supplanted Hitler
ism"
"It is Tito" he charged, "who
is drawing Yougoslavia after him
into the hands of the jackals."
Evening star., 1949-03-22
10 Wounded as Italian
Police Fiqht Demonstrators

BARI, Italy, Mar. % (P.-Ten
persons, including three police
men, were wounded yesterday in
Lavello when police attempted to
break up a demonstration against
the North Atlantic treaty.
Police said the parade of Com
munists and Socialists in the
Southern italian city, so miles
west of Bari. was unauthorized.
Sharp clashes ensued when they
tried to break up the demonstra-
ton. Three policemen were
wounded by gunfire and disarmed.
After several warning shots in the
air. police fired into the demon
stratorS, Wounding seven.
Evening star., 1949-03-22
Action on Pact May Delay
Election Call in BeIqium

ACTON on F0Ct may Deioy
Election Call in Belgium
BRUSSELS, Mar. % tP).-Gen-
eral elections in Belgium probably
will not be held until after ratifi-
cation on the North Atlantic
treaty
A call for elections had been
expected because of a split in the
Catholic Socialist coalition cabi-
net.
The pact must be ratified by
the main signatories, of whom
Belgium is one, before it becomes
effective. If Parliament were dis
solved and general elections called,
the pact could not be ratified un-
til after new Parliament took
Office. This might not be until
July.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-07-28
Society Clubs Personals
South American Visitor
Is Honored This Week

Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Herbert en-
tertained Tuesday evening with a
beautifully planned brDdge-sup-
per complimenting Mr.. Harry
Thompson of Buenos Aires who
is a guest in the home of Mr.. Hen
ri Watson.
The spacious RECEIPT ion rooms of
the Herbert home were filled with
summer flowers in pastel shades.
Zinnias and dahlias, with grace
full jasmine and ivy, were used
in the arrangements.
Guests were served a delicious
seafood dinner, following which
bridge was enjoyed. High score
prize was captured by Miss Julia
| Watson, with Mr.. Thompson re-
Heiving second high, and both
winning prizes for grand slams.
Golf balls we're given the honor
guest as a memento of the plea
SAINT evening.
Guests present with Mr.. Thomp-
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-07-28
VIEW Meeting Held
At Jackson Sunday

The new Council of Administra-
ton, Mississippi Veterans of For
eign Wars, met Sunday morning
of last week in the Victory room
of Hotel Heidelberg in Jackson.
The session opened at $50 am.
in a joint meeting with the ladies
auxiliary. In the opening session
Department Commander Bill Jol-
ly of Columbus gave his state
ment of policy for the coming
year.
The v. F. w. recently held its
statewide convention in Vicks-
burg, at which the 1000 delegates
Endorsed a state bonus for veter-
ans. Other state legislation to be
pushed by the organization are an
increased appropriation for the
State Veterans Affairs commits
sion and Veterans Farm and
Home board, a state supplement
for n~on-service connected pension
of permanently and totally dis
abled veterans, and another deal
ing with the formation of more
and improved trade schools for
white veterans who have not the
proper credits to enter college
training.
Those attending from Licking
ton were Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Sharp, Mrs. G.. r. Chennault,
Mrs. Marvin Shanks and Mrs. j.
K. Boatwright.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-07-28

of the wedding party from Louis
vile, and the earliest wedding
for which she's played was at $50
am. Sometimes she's played for
two weddings in one day. or two
funerals, or a wedding and a fu-
neral, and she's played for we'd
dIngs in most all of the Bowling
Green churches. the Hostess
House and residences.
One day, during the war, a girl
from another state, and her fiance
wanted to marry here, with a reg
ular church wedding and there
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-07-28
Legion Auxiliary
InstoHs New Officers

The American Legion Auxiliary
met Tuesday night, July 10, and
installed the following officers for
the coming year. President, Mrs.
Herman Digs; vice president,
Mrs. w. H. Fincher, Jr.; secretary
treasurer, Mrs. J.. G. Robertson;
chaplain, Mrs. Maud Legate; his
torian, Mrs. j. III. Warner.
Mrs. Z. H. Skinner acted as in
stalling officer.
After the installation the new
president, Mrs. Digs, made a
short talk IN which she said '"The
success of the Auxiliary and my
ucces as president will depend
on the support of every member
of this Auxiliary"
The meeting closed to meet
again Tuesday night. August 16.
Beth and Ann Flowers are
spending this week at Charleston
with Mrs. Max Wienstein.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-07-28
Former Lexington Girl
Now Orgonist At
Bowling Green, Ky.

A number of years ago, during
the regime of the Lexington Nor
NAL college, under the manage
! ment of Profs. j. S. and L. t.
Dickey and Bert r. Smith, the
graduates included many of the
now prominent citizens of our
town, the Bealis, Watsons, Lind
holms, OWNS, Hookers, and many
others. At this period there was
born a little girl named Nell
Dickey. Her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. S. Dickey presided over
a dormitory for boys on beautiful
Boyleland campus (now the home
of the d. c. Lundys). No doubt
many of III townsmen will be
interested in the following clip
ping which appeared together
with a lovely picture of Nell, now
Mrs. Bowen, in the Park City
Daily News, published at Bowling
Green, Kentucky, or July 3rd.
Nell Dickey Lowen is not only
a teacher of piano but is also a
gifted and talented musician, with
a special love for her pipe organ
at the First Baptist church, where
| she's organist. A person once said
that Nell loves her organ like a
railroad engineer lover his engine,
and that about hits it.
Nell took her first plano les
sons from her mother, Mrs. J. S.
Dickey, who was a teacher and
church organist, and Nell decided
to follow in her mothers foot
steps. Her piano pupils embrace
all age groups, from kindergarten
to college students and faculty
wives. She has taught, at one
time. as many as four from one
family and she says it's interest
ing to note the difference in tenn
permanent and ability of children
from the same family. One young
boy said he liked to take music
from Miss Nell because he liked
the kind of perfume she used,
which, we think, was quite COM
plimentary.
Nell studied under Romeo Cor
no and Louis Victor Saar at the
Cincinnati College of Music, Alex
ander Raab and Gustav Dunkle-
berger in Chicago, Charles Haub-
riel, composer and teacher, and
later Guy Maier, both of the JUL
lard School Of Music in New York
City, While in New York she also
studied with William Irwin Nevins
of the Guilmont Organ school and
is a graduate of Chicago Musical
college.
"She loves and takes a great in
terest in all of her pupils, young
and adult, but the organ is her
true love and many and varied
have been her experiences as a
church organist, particularly dur
ing World War II when wedding
plans and dates sometimes had to
be changed overnight. A number
of times the wedding rehearsals
would be held without the BRIDE
groom-to-be and his best man but
they were always on hand for the
wedding itself. The latest we'd
ding rehearsal she eve held was
at / pm, due to the late arrival
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-07-28

wasn't much time. Nell unlocked
the church, turned on the lights,
got some flowers and, as taxis
were hard to get, furnished the
transportation. And, of course,
played the wedding music. 1t was
the i~anitor's day off so the church
secretary contributed her part by
hopping the center aisle.
MEL says among her most
treasured treasures are the let
tiers and notes thanking her for
playing for a wedding or funeral
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-07-28

because it means much to her tnr
know that she has contributed
something at a time of happiness
or sorrow, and letters she receives
from her former pupils telling her
how much they appreciate what
she did for them musically. We
know of no person In Bowling
Green who is better liked or more
highly respected than Nell Dickey
Bowen"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-07-28

son were Miss Clara Watson, Mr.
Henri Watson, Mr.. and Mrs. Henri
Watson, Jr., Miss Julia Watson
and Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. McRae.
Mr.. Thompson is the brother of
Mrs. Raford Herbert, who is so
cordially remembered after his
visit with Lexington relatives
several years ago. Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert are expected to arrive
on September 21st from Buenos
Aires for a stay in the States be-
fore leaving for Rio de Janeiro.
Mr.. Herbert is an attache with
the American embassy.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-07-28

Friends of little Linda Gail Rey-
nolds will be glad to know that
she is improving from a recent
illness.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-07-28

Mrs. J. NJ. Martin of Durant was
a weekend guest of her daughter,
Mrs. Floyd McNeer.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-07-28

E. Heinemann of st. Louis is
spending a week with his sister,
Mrs. Bill Young and family.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-07-28

Try the Classified Ads - II paYsI
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-01
BAR DISCRIMINATION IN 'BARDEN'S
FEDERAL AID TO EDUCATION BILL

New York-Greatly impressed
by the statement of Cardinal SPELL
man to $4,000 Catholics on the
Fordham University campus DUR
in Eucharistic Rally in criticism
of Representative Graham A.
Barden, chairman of the House
Subcommittee on Education,
whose bill of Federal Aid to Ed
ucation would limit use to tax
money to public schools, A. Phil
ip Randolph, International Presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of Sleep
ing Car Porters, at the headquar-
tiers of the Organization in New
York City, stated today that he
considered the position of Card
inal Spellman to be sound and
constructive. and calls upon Ne
groes and other minorities. to-
gether with labor and liberals to
express in unqualified terms their
conviction that any federal aid to
education bill committed to the
policy of excluding or discriminat-
ing against children on account of
race, religion. color or national or
igin or ancestry, in any form. is
misrepresentation of the American
tradition of equality of oppor.
tunity. democracy and brother.
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-01
Report On Negro
Health Shows Need
For Federal Aid

An appalling shortage Of medi-
cal care among American Negroes
was disclosed today in a report
issued by the Committee on Re-
search in Medical Economics. II
concluded that the quickest way TO
mike progress in solving the pro-
blem, which affects the white as
well as the Negro population, Is
through national health insurance
The report, drafted jointly by
Michael M. Davis, Ph.D., Chair
man Of the Committee on Research
In Medical Economies, and Huge
II. Smythe. phD Assistant Di-
rector OF Special Research, Nation
al Association for the Advance.
ment of Colored People, found four
See HEALTH-page eight
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-01
Negro Girl Scouts
On The Increase

negro Girl Scouts have increas-
ed their numbers more than 500
per cent since ls40, II was made
known this week at the National
Headquarters of Girl Scouts
Membership figures for l948 show
that Girl Scouting reaches nine
out OF every 100 girls OF Scout
age in the United States, accord
inc TO the national annual report
In 1910, the annual report shows,
foJr out of every 100 girls were
members OF the organization.
Figures for Negro membership
were not available for ls4s, but
the lsi7 statistics showed tina,
there were 33,928 Negro girls in
all-Negro troops at the end Of lei7
as compared with only 6,26e at
the end OF 1910
In addition TO the more than
thirty.three thousand Negro girls
In all.Negro Scout troops there
were approximately 5000 in 1927
interracial troops as of December
81. igl7, whereas there were only
500 Negro girls In the 2O5 inter-
racial troops In 1910.
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-01
Stern Measures
Urged In St. Louis
Pool Fight

New York-Deploring the out
break of violence between Negro
and white youths in st. Louis
swimming pool. the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Colored People wired Mayor JOS
eph M. Darst urging him to use
the "sternest measures" to uphold
his authority and maintain the
pools on non-segregated basis.
Your administration cannot abb
dictate to a gang OF children" the
wire, signed by Roy wilkins, act
ing NAACP secretary, said. we
strongly urge you to close all pools
until all agree to abide by your
order" Mr.. Wilkins continued
The wire. dispatched on June
p, cited the report that the "trou-
BILE was instigated by small unm-
Der of rebellious city employees"
Mr.. wilkins. on behalf of the NAA
CP, commended Mayor Darst for
assuring the non-segregation order
for Fairgrounds and swimming
pools, adding that the Association
feels emphatically that the order
should not be rescinded on ac-
count of the actions OF a small
group of boys"
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-01
naH| 8 a 4 III2H|

Indianapolis 1nd.--The South
has no corner of police brutality
and this proves II. Read IL.
" Early Sunday morning four
colored people sat in an automo-
bile in the 270O block Northwest
ern avenue eating shrimp. A po-
lice prowl car No. IA. came by
nothing unusual about prowl cars
cruising by except that this time
the driver stopped and went TO
investigate the occupants of the
parked car. Their reasons for do
ing this in The first place, accord.
Ing 10 their own statement. was
because they thought two white
women were with two Negro men.
The two men were Mercer M.
Nance, well-known Juvenile court
referee, and DR.. Lucian B, Meri.
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-01

rights and the right to labor will
be Immediately granted.
And Paul Robson could have
been black Patrick Henry as he
demanded in stentorian tones. III
we must die, let it be in Mississi-
ppi or Georgia. Let ii be where
ever we are lynched and deprived
of our rights as human beings Let
this be a final answer TO the war
mongers Let them know that we
will not help TO enslave our bro
theirs and sisters and eventually
ourselves Rather. we will help to
insure peace in our time 1.-The
freedom and Liberation Of the Ne
gro and other struggling peoples
and the building of a new world
where we can all walk in full
equality and human dignity"
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-01

hood.
1T, continued Mr.. Randolph, sis
eminently fair. proper and in the
interest of the American demo-
cratic idea of providing an elem
entary and secondary education
on accepted standards Of adequacy
to American children, that Catho-
lie parochial schools share in
funds furnished by federal taxes
for aid to education"
Realizing that under the social
morse, patterns, stereotypes and
racial myths of Southern states.
federal funds for Hd to education
will not be administered on
BASIS of equality to Negro chill
dren because of race and color, Mr..
Randolph expressed grave con-
Germ lest Negro children become
victims Of the usual discrimina-
ton Southern communities i'm
See BIAs-page eight
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-01
Gestapo Sheriff
On Trial Before
An.white Jury

Memphis, Tenn.,-tAtlas)-an all
white jury in the Federal court
here listened sternly TO testimony
Of Dr. John X. Walsh, former as
sistant resident physician at John
Castor hospital who described the
condition Of John Wesley SCOTS
eye when he entered the hospital
after an alleged beating on De-
cenber 5, l949 by Sheriff Charles
IT. Forgess Of Triton County and
city marshall Robert Gift of Cow
ington, Tennessee.
The officers are charged with
beating the prisoner more than
twenty minutes while he was un-
der arrest, which is violation of
constitutional statues. The doctor
See sHERIFF--page eight
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-01

weather. The two women were
Miss Emile Stuart, public school
teacher, and Miss Catheleen Stu
art. social service worker. PATROL
men Gale X. Darland and Ray
mond Hutchins began questioning
the occupants of the car in such
a manner, the occupants said,
that they resented Il. The police
wanted 10 know why white wo-
men were sitting in a car with
"nlggers.' If II was not wrong le-
gally 10 question the occupants of
the car II certainly was out Of Or
der and bordering on persecution
when officers Gale Darland and
Raymond Hutchins refused to be-
lleve the Stuart girls when they
insisted they were Negroes. They
See HERE and THERE-page s
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-01
conway Board oEducaton Says NO Flowers Says Yes

Negroes. who have served for q
long time as school directors, are
now excluded from such service
through a scheme Of consolidating
the M1rrilton and Conway school
districts. As q result of such con-
solidation Negro voters will be in
a minority and can now never
elect members of their own race
to serve as school administrators.
This court action. designed Is
cqualizc educational facilities in
Arkansas, is the third Of four
such actions already filed in Ar
kansas The defendants in the
other cases are the boards Of cd
ucation Of the Fort Smith school
district. the Dewitt school dis
trict. and the Upchurch school
district Of Texarkana.
Carroll johnson, Of Morrilton
and Griffin J. Smith, jr., son Of
Arkansas Supreme Court Chief
Justice. are attorneys for the Con-
way county directors.
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-01
Naaep Demands
End Of SWIMMING
| Pool Bias In Ohio

| NewYork-The National ASA
citation for the Advancement O
Colored People today protested
the.policy of limiting Negroes Il
one-day-a-week use OF the swim
ming pool in Martins Ferry. Ohio,
as a violation of the civil rights
statutes of that state.
In letters TO Mayor Charles Yo-
no OF Martins Ferry. Attorney
General Herbert Duffy of the State
OF Ohio. and Gov. Frank J. Lau-
sche. NAACP Assistant Special
Counsel Franklin II. Williams as
serted that this discriminatory
limitation upon the use Of a pub.
lie facility supported by the tax
money of all citizens Is obvious
ly a violation not only Of the pub
lie policy and laws Of the State
OF Ohio. but also Of the require
ments OF the United States Con-
stitution.'
Mr. Williams charged that Ne
groes who sought TO gain admis-
sion TO the pool on a day other
than the one set aside for their
Use were met by an array OF
public servants who obviously had
been sent there either for the pur-
pose Of preventing their admission
or creating a disturbance Of the
public peace" The attorney gen.
eral was urged TO take steps to
end the discrimination and to as
sign state police TO protect Ne
gro citizens seeking admission TO
the pool from force, violence or
intimidation either by private
ci,elzens or public officials"
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-01
Mississippi Deputy
Outsmarts Mob

Houston, Miss, -(Atlasl-Smooi
talking an angry mob into letting
me work this out" chief deputy
sheriff 7. A. Bryant of Chickasaw
county saved the life of Robert L.
Gates. Negro from theatened mob
violence and identified the prison.
er as chauffeur who is charged
with assaulting a white woman.
He said several OF the men of the
community got quite high over
reports Of the crime, but that he
die the case because he wanted TO
argued with them to let him han.
be sure he had the right man.
The woman. wife OF a soldier sta
toned in Japan, claims she was
attacked on lonely dark street.
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-01
Naacp Announces
Speakers For la
Conference Meet

Los Angeles-Dr. Rayford Log
an of Howard University, NAACP
consultant on colonial problems.
will be speaker at the 40th an
nual conference of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People to be held here
July 1917, it was announced this
week by NAACP Acting Secre-
tary Roy Wilkins. DR.. Logan will
discuss the disposition OF former
Italian colonies and the application
and implementation OF Point w
technical assistance to unde-
veloped areas Of the world in
Presidents Trumans inaugural ad-
dress.
Other conference speakers in
clude Nine Vijaye Lakshmi PAN
dit, Indian ambassador to the Uni
ted States, who will present the
Spingarn medal for distinguished
achievement to DIR. Ralph ]. Bun
che, acting UN Mediator in pales-
tine; Charles II. Houston, Washing
ton attorney and chairman of the
NAACP National Legal Commit.
tee; Philip Willkie. representative
in the Indiana Legislature anc
son of the late Wendell Willkie
and Loren Miller. noted Los Ange-
les attorney. Roy Wilkins will de-
liver the keynote address on the
opening night and Governor Will
liam II. HASTE of the Virgin Is
land will preside over the clos
ing session. Sunday afternoon, Ju-
ly II.