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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-07
President Al C.:,liil
Will BE Among
Stale Officer,
Meeting Here

The JaycCcS announced today
that Il dinner meeting for State
President Al Cahill and Rcd
Powell will be held Jan. 81. This
will be the annual visit by the
state officers and big turnout
is expected for this event The
affair will be mixed social and
the time and place Will be an
nOunCcd later
The annual Island City Fish
ing Tournament IS scheduled to
open this weekend; a committee
composed of JaycccS and Charter
Boatmen arc working out the
details now. An opening prog
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-07
Florida Citrus Growers
To Learn Extent OF Loss
In California From Frost
citrus fruits and trees in. Cali


seitrus-fsuits and trees: in, Cali
fornia. ,
Latest reports say that from Is
to 25 percent of fruit had been
destroyed, and that the j.. loss to
vegetables and flowers will In
crease the damage to 500 million.
Fair: weather: and. warmer tenn
peratures. in, California. have set
in, and growers and members of
the California State (, Board of
Agffcuttre--have Begun an in
vestigation to, determine the ex-
tent of the loses.
The blizzard has died out in
Wyoming, Colorado and Nebras-
ka, and snow plows are. clearing
the highways.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-07
Dinner Meeting January Fl
OF Jaycees' Officials

has been tentatively agreed up-
on and from then on Il viii be-
up 10 the fisherman
The Island City Fishing Tar
nament has been a great success
in the past; the tourists show
keen interest IN the event and
the JayCccS received "A gusl
many letters last year from
various participants. II Is hoped
that this year the tournament
will be even bigger and bette
than last year.
A wide scale project tp bcauil
~ the JayCcc Clubhouse wa
set IN motion last week The iiuni
Of the building has been cleared
and graded and committee
made up Of Jack Appol, Eia
Lopez and Charles WardioW hat.
boon appointed TO complete thr
Job. IT "a
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-07
Report Places Damage
.'To Citrus, SIS To S25
Million; Other Losses
Ups Sum To 500 Million
Cry The Associated prc.sI

JACKSONVILLE, Jan. 7. -
Florida citrus growers are : not
accepting as conclusive the re-
ports that have come out of
California about the damage the
recent frosts had done to citrus
fruit in that state.
Growers in this state have
named a committee to go to
California to ascertain Just what
was the damage suffered by
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-07
Secretary Marshall
Resigns; Dean Acheson
Named AS Successor
James Webb, Budget Director, Selected
- Undersecretary; Truman
Denies Time Story
lnn Thc Assncin fca prrs.l


WASHINGTON. am president announced
the resignation Secretary
of State Lovet appointment
Acheson secretary and James Webb
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-07

SUZANNE HOWELL (above).
l9-Year old blonde coed at the
University of California. is the
l949 Maid of Cotton" and
goodwill ambassador for the
American cotton industry. She
was chosen at Memphis. Tenn.
in the annual contest sponsored
by the National Cotton Coun-
Gil. the Memphis Cotton Car
nival Association. and the cot
ton exchanges in New York.
New Orleans and Memphis.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-07

THESE FOUR MEN ARE UNDER ARREST in New York on
bribery charges after college basketball player
ties they tried bride him fix game Top. right:
William Rvn 49, of New York. Philip Klein a.
lYn Bottom left right; Joseph Aronowii Of Brooklyn
and Jack Levy 40 of Miami. Fla. Bail
$4,000 pending trial. District Attorney Frank S. Hogan
praised the player David Shapiro co-captain of the
Washington University team for reporting the bride attempts
to him. - =. ..- -.' +
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-07

Key West. Florida. hos the
most equoble climate in tho
country. with ON overcge
range Of only Ia Fahrenheit
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-25

us supporting another term of this administration.
We defy any Negro leader another city with equal
taxes and with the Negro population of Little Rock and with
the liberal element of white citizens that Little Rock has and
with Negro business section such blocks
street that is filthy full of holes with sidewalks
and nadequaey lighted and inadequately poced
1t cannot be that the city doesn't have the revenue
boast Of surplus. Then it be interest or lack
OF business ingenuity.
We have pick and have no intention to con-
denim our present but do feel that with present
rate Of taxes paying that many benefits should
be ours enjoy We feel that should have better
feel that streets should have better lights We feel
since we are isolated and restricted certain section Of
city should have adequate police protection and feeling
security from police brutality. We feel that part
the city and should enjoy the privileges protection
the city offers
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-25
Negro Farmers
Need Help Says
Agricultural Expert

The need for farm machines
and more know how" is great
among Negro farmers in the south,
James P. Davis, local Administra-
tive Officer of the u. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, said last
week.
He pointed out that there were
639,2l6 Negro farmers in the U.
s., 205,9l7 farm owners, and 4a2.
676 tenants. Negro farmers own
l6,l32,279 acres of land. Together
with buildings owned, this land
is valued at $456,6l2.417.
Davis recommended that some
large manufacturer Of farm mach
inery could help Negro farmers If
1t would send competent Negro
experts to colored farmers in the
south. Those experts could DEM
onstrate and teach the advantage
of Unchanged farming from a
scientific standpoint.
The could also visit Negro land
grant colleges and agricultural
schools. Such procedure would
prove invaluable in Increasing the
productivity Of the millions Of
acres Of Negro owned farmlands.
Farming is very important to
Negroes, he said, because rs out
Of 100 Negroes get their living
through farming.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-25
PICK-PICKETEER MAY
LEARN SOME DAY

Cincinnati. Ohio--Picking pock-
cts evidently pays very small re-
wards for the veteran 81 year old
Louis Pastori, of Pittsburgh.
Pastori was arrested for the 1902
nd time while attempting to slip
his trained fingers into the pock-
cts Of a man sleeping on a bench
in the Cincinnati Union Terminal.
Police reported his records of ar
rest extend from Seattle to Tampa,
and began in 1905. He has been
picked up Ia "a states for picking
pockets.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-25
Joint Civil Rights
Agency Formed

New York City-A Joint Com
mittee on Civil Rights" has been
formed in New York to coordi-
nate efforts of 81 organizations
concerned with civil rights legis-
lation. Agencies represented in
clude the National Catholic We'll
fare Conference, American Jew
ish Congress. CLIO, ALL, National
Medical Association, Americans
for Democratic Action, National
Council of Negro Women, Ameri-
can Council on Human Rights,
American Veterans Committee.
and the NAACP.
The new group issued an anti
fillibuster resolution calling on
the Democratic majority in the
Senate to lend the national dis
grace of fillibusters" and the
cheap politics being played with
the Civil rights program"
A legislative strategy committee,
madeup of Washington represen-
tatives Of cooperating agencies, is
expected to cooperate through the
Civil Liberties Clearing House, a
Washington coordinating group
which is holding a national con-
ference in Washington, Feb. 1916
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-25
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Atlanta,Ga The great Ameri-
can game of baseball apparently
won round two Of its fight in At
lanta today with the Ku Klux
Khan. The victory came with an
announcement that a legislative
measure prohibiting whites and
Negroes from participating in the
same athletic contest would die.
DR.. Samuel Green, grand dra-
gon Of the Ku Klux Khan, fired
the openion salvo January l4th.
He said he would investigate
Georgia's segregation laws to halt
Negroes like Jackie Robinson and
Roy Campanella from playing IN
Atlanta April 8, 0, 10 with the
Brooklyn Dodgers.
This week, Georgia Representa-
tives Bobby Lee Cook, Alexander
S. Boone, and Hanson r. Hudson
sponsored measure banning
athletic contests and other amuse-
ments involving both white and
Negro participants. Frank Twitty,
floor leader of the Georgia House
of Representatives, said. however,
the bill would still be in a House
Committee when the legislature
adjourns Saturday.
Despite Twitty's statement,
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-25

vance Of Negro Newspaper Week"
from February 27 to March 5th.
Thomas w. Young, President of
the Negro Newspaper Publishers
Association, said this week.
AS members of NNPA were con-
verging on Washington where the
executive board will meet on FRI
day and Saturday. Young announ-
ced also that B. M. McKelway,
vice president of the American
Society of Newspaper Editors. will
discuss with in a radio network
program the topic Does Our De-
mocracy Justify Negro Press?'
The program will be heard over
KARK AIS to 4:30 p. m. Saturday
The defamation in which the
governors joined reads as follows;
Whereas, this Nation and its
people derive all their blessings
from o just God and just Con-
stitution; and
Whereas, the Courts of Public
Opinion among US have always
been ready to hear and grant re-
lief when justified to those who,
rightly or not, felt the need for
such appeal; and
Whereas, their freedom to en-
Joy life has long depended in
large measure upon a free press;
and
Whereas, such a free press, a
valuable to and used we'll by our
minorites as the Guardian Of their
rights and a pleader for justice
for them,
Now. therefore, l thereby pro-
claim Negro Newspaper Week
and ask the people of this State
10 avail themselves of this period
TO become more familiar with this
important Minority press which,
while serving the interests of a
special group, has protected also
the interests of all Americans "a
gainst encroachments, real or po-
tential, upon their civil liberties.
Early signers Of this procIama-
ton were Governors Sid McMath
of Arkansas, Henry F. Schricker
Of Indiana, Frank J. Lusche Of
Ohio, and Oscar Rennebohm of
Wisconsin.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-25
Tan Patrons Crash
D. {. Theaier As
Ticket 1aker Walls

The myth that white patrons of
Washington theatres will not &C.
cept colored patrons in the down.
town houses was shattered Satur-
day February l2th). when two Of
the latter spent the afternoon In
the for whites only" Keith Thea
tire.
They we're In group Of Young
Progressives Of America picketing
the Keith and two other down.
town theatres because Of their
discriminatory policies. A Pro-
gressive Party spokesman told
that Miss Eunice Johnson and Al
bert Criss entered the theatre with
Miss Marsha Whitehead and q Mr..
Goldstein. both white. with tickets
purchased for them by party
members.
Patrons Undisturbed
They took their seats about $3.50
p. m, saw the movie without in
cident, and left at Sis. The party
spokesman stated: Nobody left
the show and the patrons paid no
more attention to the presence Of
Miss johnson and Mr.. Criss than
they did to any other patrons.
Hardie Meakin, Keith manager,
said his ticket taker was alone at
the time Miss Johnson and Mr.
Criss brushed" past him. Two
other colored persons who at
tempted to enter the theatre were
unsuccessful as Meakin called up
reinforcements on the doors. They
were told by the manager: I'VE
reserve the right not to admit
those we don't want To admit"
Commenting further, Meakin said:
I'VE don't want to be the first
ones to break down the segrega-
ton policy which has been estab-
Used here for 100 years"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-25

Since there has been the Negroes let US
question some of these accomplishments.
What visible improvement has been made in our
health department insure the Negro better health? How
often garbage picked from premises? How many
streets not necessarily those Negro sectons city
can show any Improvement from repairs during this admins
traon Where recreatona facilities that Negroes
able to enjoy? Don't the Negro Park Bond
for argument for contend merely political SUBJ
terfuge to overshadow with fantastic reveres support
the administration before you regain your equilibrium and
to the realization that you far
tona facilities were Do have any police
protection in so-caed Negro section Ninth street? Does
the Negro awabding citizen have any protection
the club pistol Of the unframed police he had
two years ago?
These just of the questions would welcome
from Negro trying to sell
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-25

Grand Dragon Green was still
confident this week that there
would be mo mongrelization of
the races in Georgia"
Branch Hickey previously stat
ed in Brooklyn that he would cam
Gel the three exhibition games un-
less Robinson and Campsnella
were permitted to play.
The Dodger executive was told
by President Earl Mann OF the At
lanta Crackers that anyone Brook
Ign sent to Atlanta for the game
would be accepted without ques-
ton.
A man in he street poll indi-
Gated that Atlanta residents were
over whelmingly in favor Of per-
hitting Robinson and Campanella
to play
Advance ticket orders, at the
same time, poured into the At
lanta baseball club. Special trains
from all parts of Georgia were
being chartered to make the trip
for the exhibition games.
The publicity received through
See HERE 4 THERE-page four
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-25
Rape Sentence Reversed; As
Flowers Prosecutes Appeal

The Lee County death sentences
imposed on Wesley Hildreth upoa
conviction Of rape In September
was reversed and remanded fcr
new trial, in a divided opinion a
the Arkansas Supreme Court
Monday.
The opinion Of the Court W.
delivered by Associate Justiee
George Rose Smith and dwelt q
length on the fact that Hildreth
could not obtain q fair trial n
Lee County.
Flowers Prcseeutss Appeal
Harold Flowers, well known
Arkansas lawyer. prosecuted the
appeal from Lee Circuit Court
Hildreth. now In the death house
at Tucker Farm, was repressntea
by court appointed lawyers lesG
September.
The tall. bespsctacled anA s1un.
ageous young lawyer. made =
oral argument to the court Z wslnI
ago. In which he charged thst HI
dreth had been denied : fair -
impartial trial Tlowers has nsvou
ssen his client and eeid ~ u
had no desire to b. haunted WIN
the memory Of one who wae u
near electrocution. Flowers u -
pectsd to represent AiIdrsth whea
the case comes up for trial In Lee
Circuit.
Winning Renswn ~
Criminal Lawyer
In ls47, Flowers. defended ~
wilkerson brothers. who were
charged with the first degree
murder Of two white men IN IT,
ferson county. one . deputy shsr-
III. The death penalty was asks1
for both men and they received
two and twenty-one years On
granddaughter and second degree
murder. Recently before 4 Desha
county jury, Flowers freed . Ne
gro on a charge Of manslaushter.
and Is fast becoming one Of the
outstanding lawyers In the South
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-25
Nation's Bapilsts
To Establish Bath
House and Hospital

Nashville, Tenn.-Ths Extended
Session Of the National Baptist
Convention. u. 8. A., Inc. In go
sion here this week passed = rsso-
luton acquiring the woodmsa
Building Of Hot Sprinss. Arb.
The Finance Commission headed
by DR.. A. M. Townsend recom-
mended that steps be taken 70 ~
sumo all obligations and . Bath
House and Sanatorium be estad.
lished at the Spa. -
Some opposition was encounter.
ed from Arkansas and several
other states, but after . favorable
speech delivered by DR.. 7. NJ
Chambers. ST.. Of Dallas, TexaA
the hundreds of delegates vctsd
overwhelmingly for ownership By
the Convention.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-25

Jr., will be the speaker. DR.. Hay
nes is Dean of Students of Phi
lander Smith College and Profess
sor of Philosophy and Religion.
He is a graduate of Samuel Hous-
ton College, Austin, Texas, Gam
mon Theological Seminary, At
lanta. Ga, and received his Doc
torate degree from Boston Uni
versity, Boston, Mass, making
him among one of the youngest
Phi. DIS in the country. DIR. Hay
mes is a member of the Little Rock
Methodist Council and worker
in Methodism through the state
He is an ordained Elder and a
member of the West Texas Con-
ference. He was recently elected
President of the Directors and
Deans Of Religion Of the II Ne
gro Methodist Colleges. very
signal honor On this day, as on
other Laymans Day. great
See STUDENTS-page four
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-25
Students Dean
At PSC Layman's
Day Speaker

Wesley Methodist Church, along
with Eight Million Methodists
throughout the world, will cele-
brate Laymans Day Sunday
morning at the church located at
18th and State Streets. At II
o'clock, Dr. Leonard L. Haynes.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-25
EDIT ORAL
The PRESS TAKES A STAND BECAUSE
A BURNED CHILD BREADS FIRE

Whenever the Press takes that different from
that OF certain Of powerseekng Negroes be-
gin to spread that the Press being paid And yet the
Negroes are going around telling how much the Negro
citizens have benefited from the present administration They
even far that the Negroes would be ngates
not to support Mayor Wasse for second And when
they penned down cite what the Negro really got
from the administration the "A lot of things
Mr. Wasse wants to do for he has got get along
with the white people,"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-25
lid BIT S.:
BY Jewel Porche'

They're off! Around the turn
and in the stretch;
You're losing your money, now
whatcha bet.
Races began in Hot Springs
Monday and what a change has
come over our little town. Thank
you, Oaklawn Park. for removing
the gloominess from Little Rock.
There are only three things that
ever happened here before the
races: Morning. noon and night. I
told friend of mine that I knew
"a sure way of winning and he
should consult me before placing
bets. Came his reply IT you
know SO much, why amt you
rich?" So I just didn't tell him
what I knew about No. 8 in the
second. A good thing. too. He's
still running. Never mind. For
tunes are made the same way
they are lost-by taking chanes.
If at first you don't succeed, don't
succumb.
Congratulations Leila and Ro-
bert. We're glad you made it.
We're the little people who said
little and hoped much. May you
live long and happy together. and
may you find happiness listening
to the patter of many more little
Bradley feet. We hope we'll be
around when you celebrate your
50th anniversary same as we were
when you celebrated the 5th.
Good luck, kids.
One writer sale, Life begins
at forty" Proof the Ekes For
NAL last Friday night. Grandma
See It'd BITS-page four
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-25

AKAs CELEDRATE-Beta ri Omega and Gamma
Alpha Chapters Of Alpha KAPPA Alpha Sorority
celebrated the 4eGh Anniversary Of Tie csgansatien
with Open Heuse" 1t the Phyllis Whsatley Branch
YWCA Sunday Miss Resslis TeFTeace served -
chsfrnanof Founders Day Activities
The YWCA was decorated with palms aAA flow
ers Sorority ceors Of pink and green used through
out the decorations and the reeahments carried out
the same color scheme. Pink and green ssrwenir
booklets containing facts shout the past achieve
ments Of the Sorority were given 10 al guests.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-25
Governor McMaih Joins In RECOGNITION
Of The Seventh Annual Observance
Of National Negro Newspaper Week

Governors of three states in
which there is a Negro press have
asked the people of their states to
join in the seventh annual obser-
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1949-02-25
Outstanding Civic
and Social Figure
Passes Here

Mrs. Virginia Armstead Sugsa
who ceased her labor in this
world last week. was a nntive-
born and outstanding citizen Of
this state and city.
See MRS. SUGGS--page four
The Valley settler., 1949-07-15
DRINK 1T PURE

DRINK 1T PURE
 From Alaska Department of Health Far too few persons ever give much thought to the purity Of tho1r water supplies. Many believe that if the water is clear and sparll ing it is Isafe to use. "This is the pUrest and Ibest-tasting water in Alaska, and ny family has been using this water for twenty years, and it has never made us sick", are familiar phrases Ito the sanitarian. Do you r remember when you and tta i've boys had that bad "stomach upset" Hast sumner? You blamed 1t on tho. meat, but are you sure? Surface water and water ron un.s-'>~ ,tected wells, or wells too close o ia sewage disposal system, Gro i5}cs7J- ito be contaminated with tatocti4.9-- wastes from birds, man, and. anin7la- Tn henevers surface water is used fo9' Idrinl1ing and household purpoSo7 1T IWhen any question arises concQrr1t tng the safety of your water ;:ort.T: 5ops lshould be taken tC purity tho water. IIf the water is not c..oor, tht saGi- Iment should first be allowed to set tie. Then only the clear water should Ibo purif i ed. Anyone 6f tho following methods may be used.
 METHOD I
 Boil the water. tllow it to cool.If ithe water has flat taste, pour it back and forth between two cont diners for two or three times.
 /. +ETHOD II
 IA. Add one drop of a solution such las c1orox, purox, .hite Sail, B.K. Rainbow (containing 3.5% available lch1orine) to each quart of water. If lit is desired to treat larger amount iof water, add one teaspoon of the Isolution to 50 gallons of water. IB. Or, add four drops of Zonite (l% available chlorine) per quart of
 water. The strength of the solutio on ito be us ed (per cent of available
 Ich1orine) will be found on the label
 Iof the bottle. Liter adding the chlorine solution, the water should be mixed thoroughly, then allowed to
 stand for Is to 30 minutes.
 METHOD III
 Mix three tablespoons of chloride of llime (usually obtainable from a drug
 Tor grocery store) wi a little Wotor , z1ra,o 4l,s
The Valley settler., 1949-07-15
OONT FORGET TIE SAT

DI-7V FOF[OCI TTC oNLT
 Because midwest dairyman didn't when ho was grind ing feed one day, he left it out. Within a few days milk product ion of his l2 Holsteins dropped about five pounds per head , or about 60 pounds less milk each day. When he began hand feeding salt on top of the grain, the COWS came back to normal product ion in only two days.
, 1949-02-17
Russiun Flyers Are
Amazed ut Freedom
In United States

Two Russian air force Lieu
tenants who fled from Russia
several months ago arrived in
New York yesterday. The two
flyers, Anatoly Barsov and Pr
otr Pirogov, were guests of the
State of Virginia for the past
two weeks. They again repeat
ed their desire to become
American citizens.
The freedom of the Ameri-
can citizen to 60 where he
pleases in his country without
permits and hindrances is one
OF the things that impresses
the Soviet visitors most. Lieut..
Barsov said, "You will never
realize what your liberty
means. In the Soviet Union we
are not able to travel even in
our own country without ira
vel permits from the govern
ment.
America was, for the most
part, what they had expected
it to be but they noted one ex-
ception-they were astounded
to see President Truman walk
Continued on page 4
, 1949-02-17
U. S. Forces Will Not
Be Withdrawn
From Jdpon

The United States govern
ment is not planning to with
draw its forces from Japan,
Secretary of State Acheson
said yesterday at his press con
ference. There is no change in
American policy toward
Japan. He knew of no propos-
al or suggestion from any Of
fetal sources indicating a
change.
It had been rumored that in
case of war the U. S. would
withdraw its forces from
Japan.