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Evening star., 1949-05-09
More Foster Homes
Sought for Children
Al Industrial School

Seventeen children have been
shifted from the Industrial Home
School annex TO private institu-
tions, but there still is a demand
to place others in foster homes 10
alleviate crowded conditions. Ray
mond Clapp. acting public welfare
director. said today.
Since an appeal for foster homes
late last week. the Child Welfare
Division at 462 Indian Avenue
NV. has received 20 inquiries. re-
sulting in two interviews. These
homes are being investigated.
Homes for Colored Big Need.
The greatest need is for homes
for colored children. All those
shifted from the annex are white
children. since there are no pri-
vate institutions for the coloreo
ones.
Then. too, most Of the children
at the annex need only temporary
care and 1t is not practical To
shift them to other institutions
Mr.. Clapp said.
None OF the children Is for
adoption, but the Public Welfare
Department pays DIP to s45 q
month for their maintenance in
other homes and other institu-
tions.
$50 Children on Waiting List.
With about $50 children on the
waiting list. some OF them forced
to remain In unsuitable surround
ings. the department wishes to
make room for them at the annex.
The first 10 children transferred
were sent Saturday to the Chill
dren's Emergency Home. ga In
diana avenue NV. Five others
were sent to the Children's Coun-
try Home. Eighteenth street and
Bunker Hill road NE. and two
TO st. vincent's Home and School,
Fourth and Charming streets NE.
About 8 other children will be
placed tomorrow.
Evening star., 1949-05-09
Board Asked 10 End
Playground Race Ban

The District Recreation Board
was asked today by group OF
Negro and white citizens TO end
racial segregation at public play
grounds here and allow after
hours use of school buildings by
community groups Of 10th races.
A telegram signed by 20 min
listers. attorneys. doctors. union
officials and others Urged the
board to take action ut It's meet
ing tomorrow.
II was sent to the board chair
man. Harry 8. Wender. who on
Saturday issued q statement. as
an individual. suggesting issuance
of permits allowing bi-racial use
Of recreation buildings and school
auditoriums for community gath-
erinas after school hours
DR.. Edward c. Maziqre. chair
man of the Antidiscriminatiola
Committee of the Progressive
Party In the District. obtained the
signatures 10 the telegram. The
Community Interest Committee Of
the District branch Of the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement OF Colored People 50
wrote Mr.. Wender today.
Evening star., 1949-05-09
Reor Admiral Dreller
In Serious Condition

Rear Admiral Louis Drelier. 50,
commander Of the Pearl Haroor
Naval Shipyard, is in serious con-
dition at the Bethesda Naval
Hospital, Capt. L. o. Stone, COM
manding officer at the hospital.
reported today.
Admiral Dreller entered the hos
pital about O month ago and
underwent several o-erations re-
Gently, Capt. Stone said.
An engineering oflicer IN the
Navy almost 80 years. Admiral
Dreller has been stationed at
Pearl Harbor since June. 1885.
Evening star., 1949-05-09
BarkIey to Be Speaker

Vice President Barkley win be
the principal speaker ut q celebra-
ton observing the first anniver-
sary Of the Republic Of Israel at
8 pm. Wednesday In Constitution
Hall. Also speaking at the meet
ing. sponsored by the Jewish Com
munity Council Of Washington.
win be Eliahu Elath. Ambassador
Of Israel 70 the United States.
Evening star., 1949-05-09
VIEW in MuryIond
To Mark 50th Year
~ ne As.s<iassd Press

FREDERICK. Md. May s.-The
Maryland Department. Veterans
of Foreign Wars. held its May
meeting here last night to lay
plans for It's 50th anniversary
celebration.
The three-day observance win
be held In Baltimore. beginning
June 24th.
Evening star., 1949-05-09
Business Association
To Heor w. {. Leonard

Waidren Z. Leonard. head OF
the Veterans Service Center,
Fourteenth street and Pennsyl-
yania avenue NV. viii address
the American Business Assocsa-
ton banquet at Z pm. next sum
day at the National Airport din
ing room. This win be . feature
of the y Am An American Day
program next Sunday IN which
Mr.. Leonard b playing . prcmi-
nent part.
j. A. Kamerow. association
president. announced that Ford =.
young. r.. is banquet chairman.
The 4 Am An American Day
celebration viii Be held at AS
pm. next Sunday on the Capitol
steps with Attorney General
Clark participating.
Evening star., 1949-05-09
Chance for Home Rule
Best in 10 Years,
Kefauver Declares

A District home rule bill has q
better chance Of enactment at
this session OF Congress than at
any other time during the last
10 years. in the opinion Of Senator
Kefauver. Democrat. OF Tennessee,
chairman of a subcommittee that
drafted the pending measure.
He said In q radio interview
yesterday that some latent oppo.
sition" TO home rule for the Dis
trict comes from people who be-
lieve Negroes might be elected,
Senator Kefauver said In a
broadcast from Station WPfk
Alexandria. that he thought
Negroes are entitled to vote
wherever they are" He noted
there is no objection TO their par
tieipating In government in such
cities as Richmond. New Orleans.
Memphis and Atlanta which have
larger percentages Of Negroes than
the District has.
Congress Blamed.
Home rule for the District is q
matter OF logic and justice. Sen
ator Kefauver declared, He said
he still stood by q statement he
made In a book two years ago that
Washington is neglected as an
orphan and treated like the pro-
verbal stepchild" and that blame
rests squarely on Congress.
There cannot be any logical
reason in the world why the
people of the District should not
have suffrage and why they should
not have home rule" he said,
IAN statistics show We have the
highest intelligence here In Wash-
ington. And why the million
people in the District should be
denied the right Of franchise or
self government that Is granted
to all the people under our Con-
stitution. have never been able
TO see"
some bad conditions" In WASH
ington could be remedied II Dis
trict residents had an oppof-
tunity TO do something about
them" the Tennessee Senator
added.
Cites senator support.
He reported that he has letters
from 10 other Senator'S promising
support OF the home rule bill re-
ported out by the District Com
mittee.
DISCUSSING the national poiiti-
cal situation. Senator kefauyer
declared he saw no place for the
states Rights Party In the Nation.
Purely from q viewpoint OF the
South" he said. we would be
much better of In the South In
trying to strengthen the Demo-
cratic Party rather than soma
of into some splinter party.
This Congress as q whole. and
particularly the Democratic Party.
has the best interests Of the
growth and development Of the
South In mind. That does not
leave any ground for the Dlxieefas
Party IN stand on
Evening star., 1949-05-09
By Harry Lever

A parachute jumper who landed
in the crowd provided an unex-
pected thrill yesterday at the
Langley Day Air Show at Mary
land Airport near Indian Head.
Scotty Clark of Baltimore. one
Of five jumpers, had difficulty in
slipping" his chute, due to the
wind. in a "spot" landing. When
about 800 feet up he saw he
couldn't avoid coming down in
the crowd of 5000 persons, and
started to wave his hands for an
opening.
Spectators understood his sig
nal and scattered. except for one
woman. She refused to bulge
even when the jumper came down
within Is feet of her.
Mr.. Clark suffered o sprained
ankle on landing on the hard
dirt near the grandstand. He
won second place in the jumping
event. The winner was Aubrey
Patterson. also of Baltimore who
landed within -i52 feet Of the
spot" The other Jumpers were
James Smith and Wallie Lewis
LOT Washington. and 1t. Michael
Fayad Of Andrews Air Force Base.
their commanding officer. All are
members OF the Maryland Air
Rescue Unit Of the Civil Air Pa
troll here.
3 Plane Races Held.
Three races for light planes
were other high lights. Julian Ze-
nitz, 4303 Eastern avenue. Mount
Rainier, Nd, won the Ercoupe
contest with an average speed of
112 miles an hour over the 4-lap
10-mile course. Second race for
100 horsepower planes was taken
by Louis Barr Of $50 North Pied
mont street. Arlington. Va. with
about the same average speed.
Trailing most Of the way. he nosed
out the competition by tight turns
around the pylons.
| Charles Bauserman OF Pomon-
key. Md. took the honors in a
free -for-all race. clocking e. 1892
miles an hour. All received
trophies. So did Johnny Dorr Of
Potomac Heights, Md. who per-
formed aerobatics In q clip-wing
biplane.
oldest occurrence Of the day
was not on the program. Pilot
Tommy Walker was down for q
performance of comedy aerobatics
late In the afternoon. But he in
formally went on about an hour
early with O simulated drunk"
act. He wandered all over the
busy runway with not very many
persons knowing he was acting.
Performance Misunderstood.
His performance was misunder-
stood by one frantic spectator who
telephoned State police. Two
squad cars arrived but the officers
were quickly informed Of Mr..
Walkers histrionic ability and
kept the secret.
5 At the time he actually was
scheduled to perform, he stole
an airplane. Soon a jeepful OF
Evening star., 1949-05-09
IS, 300 Messages
On Mothers Day
lam Phone Lines

Long-distance lines Of the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Co. were swamped yester-
day with $500 Mothers Day
messages.
Because of the heavy volume.
some outgoing long distance calls
were delayed from two to four
hours, but telephone company Of
flcials said no delays were caused
by mechanical difficulties.
A year ago the company ham
died about the same number Of
calls.
Evening star., 1949-05-09

Illness. Burial win be in the fam
ily plot at Monongaiela Pa.o
Cemetery.
DR.. Elson's message yesterday
was on An ld-Fnsfioned Moth
|er's Message for To-day" He took
his text from ! Samuel l:27-26,
FOR this child I prayed. There
fore have lent him 10 the Lord.
He told how his three brothers
and three sisters were all brought
up In d religious atmosphere. They
al attended Sunday school. and
Evening star., 1949-05-09

p resb y terian
Church because
he felt she
would W a n {
him to do so.
Today t b e
minister was on
his W ay to
Clarion. Pa.
where funeral
services s for
Mrs. Pearl E-
son will be held
tomorrow. She
died Thursday
In Tucson, Ariz..
Evening star., 1949-05-09
ayCareCenter
Funds Restored
BySenate Unit
Subcommittee Votes
Extension for Year;
District Study Asked

A favorable report on a bill to
continue the child day care center
program without curtailment In
its present scope was ordered to-
day by the Health and Recrea-
ton Subcommittee Of the Senate
District Committee.
a The subject is expected to be
considered at meeting of the
full District Committee Wednes-
day.
The subcommittee. headed by
Senator Margaret Chase Smith.
Republican, of Maine, reported
the House bill, but amended 1T
to raise the amount of District
funds used for the program from
$50.000 to $150.000. the same sum
appropriated for the current year.
District Report Asked.
In taking this action, the SUBJ
committee directed District offl-
cials to submit a report by next
November / containing definite
recommendations for the estab-
lishment Of a proper day care
program" for the future. The bill
reported today would continue the
program for only one year more.
This report. under the instruc-
tions Of the subcommittee. would
deal not only with the size sof
the program needed to care for
children of working mothers, but
also with the question Of whether
the program should be admin
istered by the Board Of Education
or the District Welfare Depart
ment.
Both Of these questions were
discussed by witnesses appearing
at a final hearing on the day care
program this morning before the
Smith subcommittee.
Mrs. Smith commented during
the hearing that there doesn't
seem to be much sense" In con-
tinuing the program II the city's
appropriation for the purpose was
to be cut. as approved by the
House.
Wender Protests Slash.
A protest against the curtail-
ment of the sum was voiced by
Harry s. Wender. chairman OF the
District Recreation Board. who
spoke as an individual who had
served at the inception Of the
program as voluntary counsel for
a Mothers Committee. He con-
tended a $50,000 District grant
was inadequate and would a.
mount to "slow starvation" Of the
program.
Lack of support from the
Commissioners for the program
in the past, Mr.. Wender added,
undoubtedly was due to the
financial stringency Of the city
government, but with passage of
the pending District revenue bill.
the Districts bankruptcy" will
be solved, at least for some years,
he said.
The juvenile delinquency prob
lem that might be expected II
there was no care or supervision
of children whose parents were
forced to leave them to their own
resources while the parents
worked, he said, might prove more
expensive to the city than the
fund needed for the day care CEN
tiers.
Charles Beckett, executive Sec
retary of the Washington Urban
League, told the Subcommittee
many mothers would have to ap-
ply for relief II the day care
center program was curtailed or
discontinued.
other witnesses were Miss
Gladys Cook, chairman OF the
Advisory Committee on Day Care
Centers; Miss Helen Farmer,
child teacher at Howard Univer-
sity; Miss Charlotte Sillars. for
the United Public Workers, CLIO;
and Mrs. Kathryn Meese, an en-
,.1ox,n ~ fha American Red Cross
Evening star., 1949-05-09

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Evening star., 1949-05-09

Despite the death OF ms
mother. tho Rev. DR.. Edward
L. r. Elson preached O Mothers
Day sermon yesterday at National
Evening star., 1949-05-09
Sunday Traffic
Accidents Kill ;,
Injure Score
MosoreyeIIst Is Victim;
Mony Hurt os Bus.
Streetcor Collide

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Evening star., 1949-05-09
Youth, 19, and Girl, 1S,
Among Those Indicted
In Long Robbery List

A youth. 10. was indicted today
by the District grand jury on
multiple charges of housebreaking
and larceny in which he is accused
of stealing more than 5000 in
including money. jewelry
and clothing.
The charges were among IS in
dictments returned before Judge
B. Keech accusing APP
proximately so persons Of a
of charges. Among those
indicted was a girl, 18.
The youth is Arthur Jones. COLI
ored. 400 block of w street NV.
His largest single haul. according
to the indictment. was more than
So 900 in clothing. jewelry and
cash, from the York Haberdasher
clothing store at $500 Georgia
NV. on April Is. He also
is accused of stealing radios. movie
projectors, jackets and a clock
from an adjoining store known as
Helen's and Herbs.
In another indictment. Jones is
of obtaining more than
81, 400 in cash, several savings
bonds and a pistol from bowling
alley in the 3700 block Of Tenth
street NE. on January 10 and $50
from a barber shop in the same
building. A third indictment ac-
cuses of obtaining $40 from q
Giant food shopping center, f43s
Rhode Island avenue NE.
Girl Accused Of Robberies.
J The girl, Eloise C. Shelton. who
also is colored. was indicted on
two charges of robbery and two
charges of assault with intent to
commit robbery. She lives in the
1000 block Of Mississippi avenue
NE. She was quoted by police as
saying she needed money for her
self, husband and child.
She is accused of obtaining $27
from Arthur williams. colored. OF
the TOO block of Third street Sc.
In a street holdup. She also Is
accused Of taking only an ignition
Key from a taxi driver who, police
said, jumped from his cab when
she pointed q pistol at him and
money. A second cab
iriver was said to have thwarted
! holdup when he knocked q pis-
,ol from her hand.
Another robbery attempt, po-
ice said. was thwarted when the
yirl fed as woman screamed
when she attempted to rob the
and her husband. The
;ouple was given as Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward j. McCovick. first block
# Chesapeake street S.W. The
loldup attempt occurred near
heir home, police said.
Other Robberies Charged.
Two persons were indicted on
i've charges Of armed robbery.
They were Glenn A. Anderson.
10, colored, the 1000 block Of
Kenyon street NV, and Clinton
;. Fitzpatrick. %. colored, 1900
,lock Of Tenth street NV. They
ire accused of holding up three
groceries, and two restaurants.
Johnnie Hogan, 80. colored. OF
he 1900 block of Tenth street
wv, was named with Anderson
ind Fitzpatrick In three of the
Ernest ". Willingham,
II, colored. of the 1900 block OF
Tenth street NV. was named in
;wo of the robberies.
A woman. Billie Baron Raiter.
of the 1900 black Of @ street NV.
was indicted on charges Of forg-
ing prescriptions for narcotics.
Ralph Flinchum. %. whose last
known address was said to have
been in the 1900 block Of Seven
teenth street NV. was indicted
On q bigamy charge.
The grand jury ignored an
arson charge against Lillian ".
Bartels, 4s, Of the $500 block Of
Lincoln road NE. The grand jury's
action In ignoring the charge ex-
onorates her on an accusation that
she had started q fire at her home.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-05-14
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Stems OF flowers should be recui
when they arrive from the florists.
Recutting q stem removes q seal
and enables fhe flowers to get moro
water. Roses, peonies and similar
lowers with woody stems should
be slit up the stem an inch or two.
This exposes part of the soft inside
wood to the water. Hardwood stems,
like those Of hlacs, should be ham.
mered three or four inches up the
stem. An ordinary straight cut %
sufficient for suceulente.
Nays Monkey Suit
In days gone by, the tight fitting
monkey suit was necessary Tor
climbing the ships rigging. Thelons
collar was a removable affair de.
signed to catch the tar that sailors
used on their pigtails. The necker.
chief Is perversion OF an old black
Sweat rag once used to wipe tar
and grease from the hands. The
white hat was used as q bucket o.
10 bail cut boat
Hitler In Choir
Adolf Hitler as a boy sang In the
choir in the Benedictine monastery
at Lambach.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-05-14
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A N D
D O W N
F A r IS H
S 7 r Z { 7
By PERCY GREENE

PARISH STREET SATURDAY
NIGHT: <Old Jackie Robinson, Do
by, Camponels and them sho is
raising some ssand in them big
leagues. / bet they're making
more money that any other col
ored folks, and they don't have to
do nothing but git out there and
play dat ball, | sho wished that
'as me. Among the Parish Street
ers who gather round their Fish
and Beer every Saturday night
are a few whose dreams of youth,
or at least OF bygone days, are
still fresh and vibrant. This is
about the gist of conservation
that I sat ind listened to about
the growing number of Negroes
in Big time baseball. And as I
sat and listened it came to me that
here of late I've been reading in
the papers about the big white
colleges in Mississippi, and else
where, and the Big Negro Col
leges everywhere else but in Mis-
sissippi, even in Louisiana, where
they have some first class base
ball teams. I wondeded why, Jack
son College, Tougaloo, Campbell,
Rust, MI College, and the rest
of them in Mississippi cant go
back to playing baseball. When
was out at Jackson College for
my two weeks, they sure used
to rave over baseball. And then
we was just playing cause we
liked it, or for the sake of the
girls (What Queens them. No
body had ever heard of a Negro
ball player making as much as
a good plow hand. But they're
up where they're making $4,000
a year and more. Woth so little
actually being taught in the Ne
gro Colleges in the state that
a man can make a good living at
it looks like Baseball ought to
be a major subject because Jackie
Robinson, Dolby, Campenella, and
Ninoso, and the rnmay yet make
more rooney in forr months than
NEGRO doctor will make in
life time, and more than 200
school teachers put together can
make. Whv not start something
you to get baseball at these col
leges, because if your boy turns
out not to have mucch sense as
Won thought he had about science,
and such, he might turn out to
be darn good baseball player
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-05-14

Vinegar dies. those tiny orowx
Mes that seem 70 come out of no
where and hover around overripe
ruit, on fruit Feelings and other
refuse. are q pest the homemaker
must combat According to the de-
partment of agriculture these flies
breed In decayfng vegetable mat
ter and always are strongly at
tracted to fermentfng fruits or fruits
products. To bold them In check.
keep all garbage, overripe fruit.
and refuse cleaned UP. Wine ana
vinegar should be closely covered.
Do should garbage
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-05-14
nnvaL Arch
Masons Plan State
Convention
GreenviIle. july
9rd and 18th

Royal Arch Masons, Heroines
of Jerico, Noble Mystic Shriners,
Daughters of the Sphinx, Master
Masons and Sisters of the Order
of Eastern Star from every sect
ion of the State will attend the
3rd Annual Session of Moses Gran
Royal Arch Chapter in Greenville,
Mississippi, July "a, announces
Companion Clarence Winters
33 degree Grand High Priest and
Companion Steve J. Edwards, Jr.
80 degree Grand Secretary.
Union Royal Arch Chapter No.
and Keystone Chapter No. 10
will be hostess groups. Companion
C. H. Garrett 80 degrees and Com
panion Nathaniel Stubs 33 de-
grees are the respective officers.
Headquarters will be the X. of
P. Hall, Corner of Nelson and
Cately Streets.
Big Parade Sunday, July 3rd,
at HIGH NOON, procession will
begin at the K. of P. Hall, and
proceed to the st, Paul M. B.
Church on Johnson Street. Ser
mon by Rev. E. d. Jackson, of
Vicksburg, Mississippi. Music fur
nished by Jackson Sacred Band
and Little Wynn's Band of Green
vile, Miss.
Companion Clarence Winters of
Jackson, Mississippi will preside
as Grand High Priest. Compan-
ion Nathaniel Stubhs of Leland,
Mississippi and Companion c. H.
Garrett of Greenville, is assisting
him with plans for the convention,
which promises to be one of the
best attended at a similar meeting
On Sunday night at 8 P. M. I'll.
N. H. Harness 33 degrees Eni-
nent Commander of Jackson Com
mandery of Knight Templars of
Jackson, Mississippi will be the
guest speaker a tthe K. of P. Hall
in a special high degree meet
ing.
Moses Grand Royal Arch
Chapter is affiliated with the M.
w. King Hiram Grand Lodge, col
ored, A. F. & A. NJ. of the state
of Mississippi.
Special Tri-State Buses viii
leave the Masonic Hall, 119 IL
N. Parish Street, Jackson, Miss. at
7 A. M. Sunday, July 3rd, re-
turning the same day. Round
trip fare $500. You may get your
tickets early to be sure of a seat.
Tickets are now on sale at the
Grand Lodge office, 119 1-2 U.
Parish Street.
Any information, please write
Clarence Winters, 119 IL N. Far
ish st. Jackson, Mississippi, or call
'3-9181.