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The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-29
GALL TIME FIELD
LINEUP

This is how my team would take
the field, Alvin, and any team would
have it's hands full against them,
he says.
Here goes:
If Cool Papa" Bell. a good lead
off man can field and hit, gfeased-
tightening on the basepaths; 3b-Oliver
Marcelle, good handler of hunts,
great arm, good bunter and cap
able batsman; Oscar Charleston,
one of the "all time" super ball
players irrespective of color, called
by leading White writer's the BLACK
Ty Cobb in his prime, cool smart
fielder. long ball hitter, capable of
making the grade in sandlot or ma
jor league baseball: 1b-Buck Leon
ard, a smart fielder, good arm and
terrific hitter, ideal for the cleanup
SPOT; IS. John Pop" Lloyd, hailed
by the White and colored press as
the equal Of Hans (honous) Wagner
in every essential save the color of
his skin - an American tragedy;
2-b-Dandridge. sensation of the
Mexican league, rated by leading
baseball expert with infielders like
Jimmy Collins, "Pie" Traynor,
etc. - a real big Lacquer who had
everything; rf-'Judy' Cans, great
fly chaser, good hitter, fast on the
bases; catcher-Bruce Petway, bat
terry mate of Wickware who once
whipped Walter big Train) John
son. would have made first-string
backstop on any big league club; and
pitcher-Jose Mendez, Almendares
club, Havana, Cuba, conqueror Of
Christy Mathewson and Nap Rucker
0912) in transforming tour. star
left handler, fit for any major league
outfit.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-29
REVIEW OF NEGRO
GREATS

Mr.. Pollock does much more than
select a nine-man team, which is hic
humble opinion rates with the best,
he sends to me ( in his own words)
a review of colored diamond stars
that / am proud to pass on to base.
ball fans for their person and care
full consideration.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-29
THROWS IN A FEW
FOR EXTRA

You know Alvin there have been
so many great colored ball players
who needed nothing more than
spring trainng-camp opportunities
that it's not even funny. Before l
sign off just run your mind over
this list: Pitchers-Smokey Joe VIII
liams, called Cyclone" also, did out
standing work with the original Lin
coin Giants at Olympic Field, pos
sessed great fast ball; had a far
curve; was a workhorse, would nave
won 20 games a season in big league
company: Willie Foster, brainy;
great curve. fine change OF pace:
any manager would have gone for
him in big way; Dave Brown. pit
cher who had everything. would
have been a second Hal Newhouser;
and Dick (CannonbalD Redding, fast
as Walter Johnson and workhorse
second to none.
INFTELDERS
Jackie Robinson. best second-sack
er in his league; Dick Lundy, would
have done well at short in major
league company beyond the shade"
of a doubt.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-06-01
Georgia Man
Taken Out OF
Jail, Slain

IRWINTON, Ca, June with
no clues or motives to guide them,
investigators searched today for
white men who whisked a Negro
from Jail and shot him to death.
"There's nothing to go on" said
Sheriff George Hatcher. CAT
present we don't even have a def
mite motive"
The Negro, % year old Caleb
Hill Jr., was taken from the Jail
early Monday morning by two
white men. His beaten and bullet
pierced body was found near a
creek a few hours later.
Hatcher said an agent Of the
Georgia Bureau Of Investigation
entered the case today at his in
vitation.
The sheriff said he thinks there
were more than two men involved
in Hills death. ri don't think
two men would try to handle
something like this by themselves"
he explained.
Hill was arrested by the sheriff
at a Negro roadhouse near this
small middle Georgia town about
midnight. While he was making
the arrest, Hatcher said, Hill
Seized the sheriff's pistol and shot
at him. Hatcher subdued Hill
took him to Jail and returned to
look for his pistol which was lost
in the scuffle.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-06-01
COURT news

William Chambers, 20, 1853,
Garst St., is being held to a
grand jury Indictment of obtain
ing money by false %pretenses on
a $1,000 bond for the amount of
$165. Another charge of armed
robbery is pending in the same
case.
Charles L.. Edwards, FL, 1927
Wayne Ave., was held on a $1,000
bond for the theft of a wrist watch
in the Common Pleas Court by
Judge Charles Lee Mills.
Edward L. johnson, 80, a cor
poral in the armed forces pleaded
innocent to the charges Of assault
with intent to rape a % year old
woman before Common Pleas
Ciuort Charles Lee Mills. He will
have a preliminary hearing Sat-
urday morning.
Pleading guilty to drunk char
ges in Municipal Court Tuesday
morning were: Amy Allen, 342. w
Fourth St.; Mae Ola Brown, 1923
Sprague St.; Trammel I. Bender
431 Cash Register Ave-; Osa Lee
Pringle, IS Mead ST.; Paul Hor.
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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-06-01
EMWuyRaMe Winner
Team to MdIanapohs

Little Shirley Garrett picked the
five lucky tickets out of the bask-
ct Memorial Day night on the
clubhouse lawn at the Miami View
Golf Club in the climax of the
Fairway Golf club rattle. The 8
top lucky winners were: Mrs. Hill
bert Pleasant who won the first
prize, a set Of Tommy Armour
irons or cash; Dwight McPheeters
second prize, a set Of 3 Byron Mel
son Woods or cash and Arnold
Braithwaite, third prize, a mem
bership in any municipal golf
course or cash. Apologies to 4th
and 9Th winners whose names we
were unable to get at press time.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-06-01
Catholicism To
Woo Negroes

NASHVILLE, June 1. (ANP)
The Roman Catholic church,
stronger today than it has ever
been, has now reached the place
where it can afford to concentrate
on increasing it's Negro member
ship, according to Harold E. Fey,
managing editor of The Christian
Century. Writing in the current
issue of Message magazine, under
the title Catholicism and the Ne
gro", Fey says:
"For the past 80 years the pope
in Rome have cajoled and com
manded the American hierarchy
to devote it's energies to the con-
version of American Negroes. Dur
ing 60 of these years the church
was occupied in trying to hold the
millions of Catholic immigrants to
this country but with that phase
now ended, work among Negroes
seems ready to begin in earnest"
He points out that the number
of priests giving full time to this
work is now over 500, $50 per
cent greater than it was Is years
ago. Religious orders of men
men working among Negroes has
increased from nine to %. There
are " orders of nuns assigned to
this field, and more than 1900
NUNS engaged exclusively in col
ored missions-.ssall sworn to
make Catholics Of those to whom
they minister in schools, hospitals
and social welfare agencies"
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-06-01
Montgomery County
Senator on Committee

of FEPC legislation in Ohio would
confine the functions of the COM
mission to purely educational
matters. 1t would educate" I'M
ployers into hiring Negroes, Jews,
and nationality minority groups.
AS if such were possible.
Supporters of FEPC are hope
full that a compulsory bill will be
returned by the committee since
supporters Of the enforceable bill
outnumber opponents AZ. This
optimism was felt before about the
entire Senate, yet that body re-
jected a decent bill for the Edo
nothing version.
If the joint committee does re-
turn an enforceable bill, legisla-
tors will be forced to vote eeither
yes or no on FEPC. The con-
ference report will not be open to
amendments or maneuverS. If an
education bill should come out of
the conference, proponents will
undoubtedly do as they have al
ready declared they would do, call
for it's defeat. Which would mean
that FEPC in 1949 would become
a reality.
However, the casualties may not
be limited to the bill, for several
Senators and Representatives are
earmarked for defeat as a result
of their doublecross on the FEPC.
Particularly Senators William
Boyd and Edward Sawicki, both
Democrats from Cleveland (Cuya-
hoga County,
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-06-01
Nutmeg State
Reports Progress.
By SAMUEL PERRY JR.

HARTFORD, Conn.,, June 1.
(ANP)-According to the Con-
~Interracial commissions
Survey, altogether 10 bills design
to outlaw various types of dis
elimination and one to require
human relations courses in the
schools have been introduced in
the current session of the Gener-
al Assembly.
In the field of education, Senate
Bill 692, introduced by Senatorf
Shafner, would establish a state
agency to supervise educational
practices, similar to the one now
operating in New York State.
Such an agency would be admin
istered by the State Board of Edu-
cation. Another bill blouse No.
9O4) sponsored by State Rep.
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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-06-01
Woman Who Wed
Chauffeur Dies

LOS ANGELES, June Last
January, Mrs. Adriana Eugene
Nicholson, thrice widowed and 80
married her young Negro chauf-
feur because 81 want him to have
my property. l don't have long
to live"
She died Saturday at her home
here.
Her husband, Allan L. G. Woods
%, said Of her yesterday, "Mom-
my had been ill for years but it
was pneumonia that finally took
her away-she was a great woman
a great woman"
The interracial marriage issued
to Woods and the wealthy white
woman was one of tn e first af-
ter the California Supreme Court
ruled such marriages were legal.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-06-01
Open Discussion Of
Retirement Plan

All Wright Field employees will
be welcomed to the open meeting
which is to be held tonite at 8 pm.
in the Biltmore Hotel. Survivor
ship benefits of the civil service
retirement act will be the main
topic of discussion according to
v. J. Kozak, president OF the
Federal Employees Union, Local
14S. There will be no admission
charge. All employees are urged
to attend to gain some valuable
points on this important matter.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-06-01

This coming Sunday, approx
mately 40 members of the Fair
way Golf Club and the Golferettes
will travel to Indianapolis to en-
gage in the first of a home and
home series with the Indianapolis
club. Already victorious over the
Greater Cincinnati Golf club, the
Fairway club will make a strong
bid for an unblemished record in
it's inter city matches this seas
on.
It is rumored the club may be
bolstered by a pair of new golf
ers, those who won in the rattle,
McPheeters a portsider has for a
time coveted a set Of lefty clubs.
Now that he has them, say several
Fairway members he may go
places, lower than 100, perhaps.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-06-01

Senator Edward Welsh of Mont
gomery County is one of the 3
members of the Ohio Senate
House Committee on FEPC. On
the committee are 3 members from
each body. The committee is
charged with the task of working
out a compromise between the en-
forceable bill passed by the House
and the educational bill passed
by the Senate.
Senate conferees along with
Welsh, who is a democrat, are
Howard Metzenbaum D. Cuyahoga
and William Deddens, { D., Hamil-
TOM. Representing the House will
be Representatives Ed Wilmer Cd
Starks), Morton Kniep Cd. Lucas)
and Roger Cloud Or. Logan).
All the Democrats on the joint
committee supported a bill which
tho weak, contained provisions
which would make an FEP Com
mission decision enforceable if
backed by the Common Pleas
Court. The two Republicans cast
their vote in the legislature for
the watered-down version of the
Senate. This version which is
vigorously opposed by proponents
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-06-01
W. G.. McCommons
Funeral Thursday

Funeral services for William c..
Me- ommons, "a, 1913 German
town St., who died enroute to St.
Elizabeth hospital will be conduct
ed Thursday at 1 pm. at the Lo-
ritt's funeral home, 636 w. Fifth
st. Burial will be in Greencastle
cemetery. Friends may call at
the funeral home after 4 pm.
Wednesday. ,
: Born in Jacksonville, Florida,
Mr.. McCOmmons had lived in Day.
ton % years. He was a janitor
at Frigidaire's Moraine City plant
for the last three years.
| Survivors include his wife, Anna
Mae, and two sisters, Mrs. Edna
Smith and Mrs. Lula Pitts.
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Cone Named Principal
Of Arlington Junior High

Charles Clinton Cone. a member
of the faculty of Claude A. Swan
son Junior High School. Arlington,
has been named principal of the
Thomas Jefferson Junior High
School there.
Mr.. Cone. who came to the
Arlington system in 1899. has been
assistant principal of the Swan
son School for the past four years.
At Thomas jefferson he succeeds
B. Willard DeShazo. principal for
three years who was not reap
pointed.
A native of New York, Mr.. Cone
was graduated from the New Jer-
sey State Teachers College. His
wife. Mrs. Jane Cone. is super
visor of libraries for county public
schools. They have a 10-month-
old daughter.
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Winners in Home Ground,
Contest Are Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Kellogg Of
4100 Nicholson street. Hyattsville
have been declared city sweep.
stakes" winners in a Home
Grounds Improvement Contest, il
was announced yesterday.
Victor r. Boswell, chairman OF
the Home Grounds Improvement
Program in the city. said awards
were based on judgings in late
April and May. Other winners in
the six districts included the fol-
lowing:
District 1-Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Brad.
Monaco, ,4912 Forty-second avenue. sec.
ond, and MI. and Mrs. L.. c. Reeley
5o9S Forty-third avenue, third.
\. District 2-Mr and IL Mrs: KELLOGG, first:
second. and Mr., and Mrs. J: 3. Burroushs
District 3-Mrs. ". s. Franklin, SOL
sason sso ss sVsane
Forty-fourth avenue. third.
-; District ;Id 4-Ds; J. p; clum, Clio Forty
Ellery W. Baker, 6i16 Forty-third street
J. E. Rymer. 6OO5 Forty-fourth avenue
and M ar and Mrs. N. M. House, 621e
0ita District 5MEd Ed Miller. $500 Jefferson
street, first; Ira J. Dove. 5607 Thirty fifth
avenue. second, and Bernhardt Staats,
s4Gs p,tIe1 5sefson % street Reid sh5d ZOO rbrt.tb
s ariSe. a second and M B. plnt {: Tsl 1905 soo5
Thirty-fourth street, third.
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Rebuilt Marvin Church
To Be Dedicated Today

improvements made possible by
a $4,000 gift to the Marvin Me-
mortal Methodist Church at -Four
Corners. Silver Spring. will be ded-
icated in an II o'clock service to-
day.
The money was given to the
church by Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson
of Teneriffe, on Colesville pike, in
memory of her husband. T. Lamar
Jackson, who was a director of
the Sandy Spring Bank and a
well-known Montgomery County
farmer.
The Rev. Walter M Michael,
father of the Rev Marion S.
Michael. pastor of the church, will
deliver the sermon. DR.. Michael,
who lives in Alva, Fla, formerly
was pastor of Brightwood and Ed
brooke Methodist churches here.
Before the service. Mrs. Mary
Aldrich will play recital on the
rebuilt organ, reconstructed and
enlarged as part Of the program
Of general renovation at the
church.
Other improvements to be dedi-
Gated include. a new minister's
study. two choir rooms, a baptis-
NAL font, a brick bulletin board
and foodlights to illuminate the
white Colonial steeple at night.
The church is located at Coles
vile pike and Old Bladensburg
road. The service will be open to
the public. -
Evening star., 1949-07-24
9 Killed, 765 Hurt
hHome Mishops;
Record for D.

Home was never as dangerous
as it was last week when nine
persons died and 165 were injured
in household accidents, the Dis
trict Red Cross Accident Preven-
ton Service reported yesterday.
The accident toll was the highest
reported in any one week this
year.
Among the deaths were those of
an 18-month-old boy who drank
furniture polish and a 2-month-
old girl who choked while drinking
a milk formula. The other seven
deaths resulted from falls.
A sister and a brother, 2 and 3
years old, were admitted to Chill
dren's Hospital in serious condi-
ton after eating roach powder.
A light bulb, thyroid tablets, kero-
sene and rubbing alcohol figured
in other child accidents. A 26-
year -old man swallowed a nail.
A young woman fell down a
flight of steps and when a loose
heel came of her shoe,. cut her
head. A young girl backed into
q hot stove and was severely
burned. A 2-year-old girl burned
her feet when she turned on the
hot water while standing In a
bath tub. Two women sustained
wounds from crochet needles. Six
persons were bitten by dogs and
one by rat.
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Grand Jury 10 Be Called
August 3 in AGREE Case
By the Associated Press

ACCOMAC, Va. July 23.-A spe-
cial grand jury probably will be
called for August to consider
Virginia murder warrant against
David Acree for the Staying of a
Maryland crab fisherman.
E. Almer Ames, jr.. Accomack
County commonwealth attorney
said today he understood Judge
jeff Walter of the Circuit Court
would summon the panel for the
second Monday in August rather
than August /, as originally
planned
Meantime, Gov. Tuck tentatively
had set 10 am. August 5, for a
hearing in his Office on Maryland's s
extradition request for Acree, 26-
year old Virginia Fisheries Com
mission deputy
Acree is charged both in Vir-
ginia and Maryland with the mur-
der of Earl Lee Nelson. so, former
Crisf1eld (Md) police chief. Each
State contends that the shooting
occurred on it's side of the border
In Pocomoke Sound.
Evening star., 1949-07-24

with green elephants knitted in.
His fishing hat was reversed with
the sun visor to the back of his
head, which prompted the remark
from one of the spectators that
he seemed to be intent upon
looking behind him. rather than
where he was going"
Senator Taft is a determined
man." Mr.. Yates continued.
When he putted, he would watch
the ball roll toward the cup in
a semicrouched position, with his
hands on both knees as though
he were insisting that the ball
go in. Strangely enough. more
often than not it did go in"
Mr.. Yates said he was sure of
a birdie on one hole-and sure
of winning the hole. But Senator
Taft blasted from a trap and
sank long putt to match him.
At this point. Mr.. Yates, re-
called, he thought of how Senator
Taft came from behind with
enough votes to beat the anti
injunction feature of the admin
iStration labor bill in the Senate
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Break in Deadlock
Over Sesqui Fund
Likely This Week
By Harold B. Rooers

An important new break in the
logjam over funds for the sesqui-
centennial is expected this week.
following President Truman's re-
cent announcement he would ask
Congress again for S3,000,000 to
finance the celebration.
The Presidents statement has
attracted considerable interest on
Capitol Hill, although no new
commitments have been forth
coming yet from key members of
either House or Senate. The Pres
idents announcement came at a
press conference last week.
All previous attempts by both
the President and the Sesquicen-
tennial Commission to get appro-
priations from Congress have
failed. The only pending legisla-
ton for the celebration is reso-
luton to authorize the commits
sion to get loan from the Recon-
struction Finance Corp.
No Hearing Scheduled.
The resolution. introduced by
Representative Mary Norton, Dem
ocrat. of New Jersey. is pending
in the House Banking Committee
1t has not yet been scheduled for
"a hearing. The measure would
authorize a loan of $3,00O,0OO
without interest for the celebra-
ton here next year.
President Truman previously
had asked the Senate for a $3,-
600, 900 appropriation, which was
whitfield down by, the Senate tc
81 ,000,0 in an appropriation bill
This was rejected by the House
Other earlier requests for smaller
appropriations had been denied
by the House Appropriations
Committee and the House.
Officials of the sesquicentennia,
commission point out that any
appropriation in reality would be
in the nature of a loan, since re-
ceipts from the celebration are
expected to be more than sufh-
cient to reimburse the Govern
ment for the advance.
Keynote to be Freedom"
With time running out on this
protracted session Of Congress
and sesquicentennial year of 1850
approaching, those in charge OF
the celebration have begun to
worry lest lack of funds virtually
destroy hopes for dignified and
adequate observance of the 150th
anniversary of the founding of
the Federal city.
Designed to demonstrate the
virtues of democratic government
to the rest of the troubled world,
the keynote of the celebration is
based on Freedom, as epitomized
in the so-called Freedom Fair" "
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Fairfax Trailer Park Tax
Ruling Studied by Court

A suit to invalidate the Fairfax
County license tax on trailer parks
has been taken under advisement
by Circuit Judge Elliott Marshall.
Brought against the county
board of supervisors by the Amer
lean Trailer Co.. Inc, which oper-
ates two of the county's largest
trailer parks, the suit claims the
tax is unreasonable The firm has
withheld payment of this years
$18,750 license fee pending the
court decision.
The II other trailer parks in
the county have paid license fees
for this year totalling $19,700.
Court attaches said they did not
expect ruling for several weeks
Judge Marshall, Halifax, Va, is
sitting in place of Judge Paul E
Brown,
Evening star., 1949-07-24
y, 500 Dealers Still Must File
For Cigarette Tax Licenses

costs So a year for retailers and
$40 year for wholesalers.
A vending machine license costs
ST per machine or 5000 for a
blanket license.
Decal tax stamps will be used
mostly by dealers who have stocks
of unstamped cigarettes in their
stores on August l. These clamps
must be applied to the packages
by hand. Wholesalers are eX-
pected to use the metering ma
chimes for the most part. The
meters must be taken to the Gig
arctic tax unit Office periodically
for setting.
1 Both the cigarette tax unit
headed by Emory E. Federline
where the stamps may be OBJ
tanned. and the license bureau are
located in the Municipal Center
! Building.
Evening star., 1949-07-24

Approximately 800 of the city S
$500 cigarette retailers and whole
salers have not applied for the
licenses they must have under the
new revenue act to sell cigarettes
after August /. 1t was reported
yesterday.
F., The cigarette tax provided by
the revenue act is separate from
the 2 per cent sales levy imposed
at the same time on other mer-
chandise
The tax on cigarettes will be one
cent for a pack of 20 or less, in
cluding samples; three cents fol
a package of so and five cents fol
a package of 100.
Before they can obtain the de-
calcomania tax stamps or impress
sion meters which must mark the
packages starting August l, the
dealers must have a license which