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Evening star., 1949-08-24
Reuther Jumped Gun
In 1945 GM Strike,
Red Trial Is Told
By the Associotsd Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-A de-
fendant at the Communist con-
spiracy trial was quoted yesterday
as having said that Walter r
Reuther Jumped the gun" In the
l945 General Motors Corp. strike
and thereby hurt the workers
cause.
The testimony was given by q
defense witness, Abner w. Berry,
Negro, Communist newspaperman
The witness said the defendant,
Carl Winter, the Communist Par
tvs Michigan chairman, had de-
clared at Detroit meeting in
1916:
This jumping Of the gun by
Walter Reuther. in stampeding
the International Executive Board
of the United Auto Workers to
call the strike, had actually weak
ened the workers IN their fight
for the first round of postwar
wage increases"
HEADED I'm DIVISION.
Mr.. Reuther, now head Of the
CIO union, was a vice president
in charge of the unions General
Motors division at the time OF
the strike.
| Berry, Harlem editor Of the
Worker, weekend edition Of the
Daily Worker, Communist or
gan, quoted Winter as saying Mr.
Reuther was a 'hypocrite" in his
attitude toward Negroes.
Simon w. Gerson, press agent
for the II top Communist leaders
on trial in Federal Court or
charges of conspiracy to advocate
violent overthrow of the Govern
ment, was called as 4 defense wit
ness after Berry concluded.
Nominated Ticket.
Testimony by Gerson, New York
State legislative chairman Of the
party, was intended to show that
the Communists are q legitimatt
political party.
He said the party, complying
with election laws, nominated q
ticket and issued petitions in the
1946 elections. He testified that
party canvassers obtained CISCO
signatures on nominating petit
tions for State offices. but ulti-
mately had only two candidates
The Communists. he said, also
supported Democratic and Amer
lean Labor Party candidates.
!Gerson testified he once had
been confidential examiner in the
Office Of the Manhattan borough
president here.
Evening star., 1949-08-24

post "can provide enough sworn
testimony to make a case against
Cohen" Those officers currently
are being questioned by Mr.. Simp-
son.
Reveals FBI Check.
Sergt. E. v. Jackson, first to
talk with Mr.. Simpson, late yes
terday disclosed that the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation two years
ago began checking on Cohen's S
frequent telephone calls to
gamblers In Eastern cities. Tele-
phone numbers were copied down
by police at the listening post as
Mickey made the calls. Sergt.
jackson said he did not know
what success the FBI had. The
FBI here had no comment.
The FBI was interested, Sergt.
Jackson said, In a fixed" prize
fight involving a friend of Cchen
and in telephone calls made by
Cohen to a West Palm Beach
(FlaD gambler.
Meanwhile. police last night ar
rested Mike Howard, IS, Cohen's
Evening star., 1949-08-24
Nail Polish jar ExpIodes.
Routing Beauty Patrons
By the Assoeiatsd Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-Visitors
and patrons-including beauty
shop customers with their hair
still in curlers-were routed from
the fashionable Hotel st. Moritz
yesterday by smoke from . chem
ical fire in the basement.
Explosion Of q gallon jar Of
nail-polish remover started the
blaze. Thirty-1lve firemen were
treated for smoke poisoning. No
one was reported injured In the
rush Of about 200 persons to es-
cape the thick clouds Of acrid
smoke billowing through the
shop, lobby and first-fioor restau-
rant.
Damage to the hotel. located on
Central Park South, just OF the
Avenue Of the Americas, was esti-
mated by a hotel official as about
$4,000, mostly from smoke and
water.
Evening star., 1949-08-24

At Peoples and all sshsr good drug stores
Evening star., 1949-08-24
Brooklyn Police Station
Scene Of Gun Battle
BY the Assoeiotsd Press


NEW YORK, Aug. "A police
station was shot up In Wild Wesi
fashion and bullets whistlet
through Brooklyn streets last
night as police and . bolting pris-
oner fought q running gun battle
The prisoner, hit BY several bull
lets. was recaptured after q two.
block chase.
Three policemen and q passerb,
were wounded, none seriously. II
the fusilade of 20 shots.
Chairs were hurled around thu
station house as Frank H. Davis
22-year-old Negro, grabbed q po.
liceman's gun from its holster
and made a break for freedom
in a blaze of gunflre.
Arrested for the holdup Of an
80-year-old storekeeper who was
slugged. Davis was being ques-
toned last night in . second-hoor
room at the Classon avenue police
station.
Davis seized q gun from PATROL
man John Slevin, one OF the ON
GERS who had arrested him, and
dashed downstairs.
Several detectives and patrol
men pursued him. firing at the
fugitive. Other policemen on the
ground floor also blasted away.
Davis, firing back, fed from the
building and down the street.
A bullet creased the hip Of q
passerby. Franklin Scott, 26, Of
Brooklyn. Patrolman Slevin suf.
fered a scalp wound. Detective
Irving Kravitz and Patrolmar
Dennis Kelleher also suffered
minor wounds.
Evening star., 1949-08-24
Reuiher Urges JobIess Pa
Al ASK Of Regular Wage
Nv fhs Asseeiaisd Press

Dy me ASSoeioIeo FIess
MUSKEGON, Mich, Aug. a.
Walter Reuther, CIO United Auto
Workers president. would boost
jobless pay to 45 per cent Of resu-
lar pay as a cushion against un-
employment.
Mr.. Reuther made the proposal
in q speech before 1000 jobless
workers in Federal Square here
yesterday. He asserted the cost
would come to no more than a
fraction of the cost of World War
IN.
The. union leader declared un-
employment in Muskegon, listed
by the Government as a distress
area, will not be solved until the
over all problem of unemployment
is settled throughout the Nation.
The meeting marked the forma-
ton by the UAW of q League of
Unemployed among Muskegon
workers,
Evening star., 1949-08-24
|vieiIantes Committee
To Stiff Information
On Los Angeles Vice
by the Assoeiatsd Press


LOS ANGELES, Aug. "a
Mickey (the Mouse) Cohen will
have more than police to contenc
with soon.
A new vigilantes committee yes.
terday charged:
Mickey Cohen is merely 9
Mickey Mouse front man for the
real vice overlords. We are de-
termined to find out who these
vice lords are and name them
publicly"
Then it announced 1t would i'm.
mediately open an investigation
bureau to sift information from
|private citizens on crime and vice
conditions in Los Angeles, and
turn the facts over to State and
Federal authorities.
Mass Meeting Called.
The vigilantes, organize d
recently by a veterans group
called a mass meeting for tonight
and invited local, State and
Federal law enforcement officers
to attend.
Cohen, who has been willing
enough in the past to talk with
|newsmen, yesterday refused tc
talk with District Attorney VII.
liam Simpson. Mr.. Simpson hac
said he wanted to ask the gambler
about reports that Cohen hac
paid $4,000 for a copy Of the
transcript which police, using
hidden microphones, made o1
conversations in his home.
Rebuffed, Mr.. Simpson said hi
is interested in seeing if police
officers who operated the listening
Evening star., 1949-08-24
Side-SuddIer Wins Prize

Sitting side saddle on q former
9th Army officers charger, 81
year-oId Mrs. J. Lewis won second
prize for horse riding at the
Shaftesbury, England, gymkhana.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24

Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Wilson were Mr..
and Mrs. J. M. Wilson and son
Wayne of Pascagoula. and Mr..
and Mrs. J. l.. Wilson of Atlanta,
brothers of Mr.. Wilson. In the
afternoon Mr.. Wilson was hap
PLY surprised by a shower of
Fathers Day gifts from all his
children.
Miss Norma Faye Colt is Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. l. j. Whiting
ton of Moss Point this week.
MI. and Mrs. Cordell Golf of
Kreole were Sunday afternoon
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w, F. Goff.
ODDS Golf of Tanner Williams
visited his mother. Mrs. H. b.
Kennedy, Sunday afternoon. Mrs.
Kennedy returned to his home
for a visit of several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Wilson
and children enjoyed a fish fry
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24
First Presbyterian
Bible School Sturts
Monday Morning

A vacation Bible school for
young people will be held at the
FIRST Presbyterian church in Pas
cagoula next week. 1t will begin
Monday and will continue
through Friday, the session being
opened each day with a worship
hour in the church at 9 a. m. to
be followed by classes in the adj
joining church house. Lessons
viii be interrupted by q recess
at 10 o'clock when refreshments
provided by the mothers of the
pupils viii be served. Study will
then be resumed until dismissal
at II O'Clock.
Mrs. Foster Carson as head of
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24

danes c. w. McGrath. Frank Yer
zal and c. w. Stevens.
This was followed 10y the cleo
ton Of officers with Mrs, Tom S.
Thornhill as president. Mrs. G.. r.
Stallworth, first vice president.
Mrs. NJ /. Hatten. Jr.. second
vice president: Mrs. H. Doyle
Magee. third vice president. Mrs.
J. d. Randall, Jr., secretary-treas-
urer: Mrs. George Noe. Jr.. lion
ess-tamer and Mrs J. N. Carson.
tail tWister.
Meetings are to be held on the
first and third Tuesdays of each
month.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24

the school will be assisted by
Mrs. II. L. Parsley. Teachers will
be Mesdames II. E. Parsley,
and Miss Kathleen Simmons in
the Beginners department, and
Mesdsmes George Harrison and
J. A. Perdue in the Primary de-
partment.
Any child who may care to at
tend will be given a cordial well
come.
On Friday afternoon at about
4 O'Clock all members of tn
church will hold a picnic at
Beach Park. av
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24
Woinon's Auditory
To Lions Club
Organized Tuesday

On Tuesday evening at 7.9o
p. m. the organization of wives
OF members Of the Lions club
INTO a womans auxiliary took
place at a meeting at the Commu-
NIFTY Activities building on 18th
street
AS soon as organization had
been effected the following were
selected as q board Of directors:
Mrs George Noe. chairman. Mes
with relatives and friends at
Cumbest Bluff Tuesday evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Johnnie Christian
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
w. Golf Sunday afternoon.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24
NEWS FROM
Big Point
BY NORMA FAYE coFF

Members of the Big Point
church are glad to welcome the
Rev. James Williamson TO again
serve as their pastor for the new
conference year.
The Rev. and Mrs. Charles F.
Haigh and children of Nashville,
Tenn. attended the Methodist
conference and were overnight
guests of Mrs. Haigh's sister and
brother-in-lsw, MIR. and Mrs. c.
w. Golf. Rev. Haigh serves as
assistant editor of the Church
school magazine. Workers With
Youth. He also works in the
field of Visual Education at the
Methodist Publishing Houses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Lindsey Of
Hattiesburg spent Saturday with
Mr.. Lindsey's mother. Mrs. Ester
Lindsey.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Nelson and
son Carl. Manuel Carter and Mrs.
James Williamson and son, Bud
dy, attended M. E. conference at
Gulfport Saturday evening.
Mrs. Walter Long was treated
at Jackson County hospital Fri
day afternoon for severe burns
received while canning with her
pressure cooker. Friends will be
glad to hear of her improvement.
Miss Ernie Lee Nelson spent
the weekend with Miss Dolores
Cumbest of Wade.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Cochran
and children and Miss Barbara
Jean Vincent we're Sunday after
noon guests of Mr.. and Mrs. r. H.
Young of Mobile.
Mrs. Walter Robinson and chill
dren motored to Lucedale Mon
day where Tommy received med
ical treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Dickerson
and children visited relatives in
Vicksburg over the weekend.
They were accompanied home
by Mrs. Dickerson's father.
Ed Ray Wilson of Columbia.
Mo-, spent last week with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Wilson.
Curtis Eley of H~arleston visit
ed in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Stewart Hubbard this past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norris Roberts of
Vancleave YER Sunday guests
of Mrs. Roberts mother, Mrs. j.
l.. Nelson.
Mrs. w. c. Webb was weekend
guest of her son-in-law and
daughter. Mr., and Mrs. Joe Bing-
ham of Vicksburg.
Several from this community
attended the official opening of
the Hurley Baptist church, Sun
day. Morning and afternoon serv-
ices were conducted by the pas
tor, the Rev. Holloway, the Rev.
Wallace Harrell. county evangel-
list and the Rev. Cooper, visiting
minister from Tennessee.
A series of services are being
held thru the week by Rev.
Cooper. Everyone is cordially in
vlted to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs c. w. Golf and
children visited Friday in the
home of Mrs. Goff's father, the
Rev. G.. A. Broadus of Vancleave.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Brown
and granddaughter. Louise and
Faith, were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. M. Brown.
Miss Annett Wilson of Phila-
delphia spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. J. Nelson of
~Paseagoula and son Ernest of
San Diego were dinner guests
Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Cochran. Other relatives in the
community were visited during
the day.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24

The skills Of the glassworkers
who make fine American hand
made glass tableware are handed
down from grandfather to grand
son. At least ten years of inten-
sive training are required before
a man is regarded as skilled.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24

Making glassware by hand was
Americas first industry. In 1903
a "glass-house', or factory. was
built BY the colony at jamestown,
Virginia.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24
LENA HALL

Mrs. Clara Bowman was host
ess to the Lena Hall circle at 10
m. at her home on Live Oak
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24

street with eight members and
one visitor present. During the
business session, with Mrs. j. H.
Simpson presiding, plans we're
formulated for a Mother augh-
ter banquet to be given soon to
the VIVA of the society. An in
teresting program vas given by
Mrs. Francis Canty. chairman.
assisted by Mesdames J. f. Swift
ger. H. B. Cole, Henry Gautier
and Simpson.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24
NELLA DEAN

The Nella Dean circle had as
guests Monday evening members
of the Frances Roberts circle
when it met at the home of Mrs.
r. G. Bllbo on Live Oak street
at 6 pm. with Mrs. J. c. Graves
as hostess. The opening prayer
was said by Mrs. McVeigh Bow
man after which a program on
Christ the Center of the Home
was presented by Mesdames
Bowman, Ruth Dixon and w. L.
Witchen. Following this. Mrs.
Eley Bishop, on behalf of the cir
Gle, presented the chairman, Mrs.
Kenneth Jaquith, with a farewell
gift on the eve of her departure
for residence in Bath, Maine. Mrs.
Earl Mckee voiced the closing
prayer.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24
JIMMY FOSTER

The Jimmy Foster circle met in
the substory of the church Mon
day at 3 p. m. with Mrs. George
Powell as hostess. Following the
opening prayer by Mrs. J. S. Alb
hey, the chairman, Mrs. c. +. Nc
Clellan, conducted a short bust
ness period. The devotional was
conducted by Mrs. p. K. Walker
and the circle program was led
by Mrs. c. ID. Ellerman, who was
assisted by Mesdames Henry Wa
tiers. D. Y. Smith, Charles Linton,
Mcclellan and Mrs. Walker. who
substituted on the program for
Mrs. J. A. Witchen. The closing
prayer was said by Mrs. J. L. Van
Osdol.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24
EDWINA ROBINSON

The Edwina Robinson circle
met at the home of Mrs. j. E.
Stone at $50 a.. m. with Mrs.
Henry Bogdahn, the chairman in
charge. The time was given to a
circle program under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Ivan Murray who
was assisted by Mrs. Stone sin
presenting it.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24
Missionary Society Units OF First
Baptist Church Meet On Monday

Circle meetings were held bv
members of the Woman's Mis-
sionary Society of the First Bap-
fist church of Pascagoula. Mon
day with some of the sessions TAX
ing place during the morning
hours, other in the afternoon and
still others in the evening. The
sessions were held at the homes
of members and at the conclusion
of the meeting each hostess served
a refreshment course.
ABRAHAM HSu
Mrs. M. l.. Hatten, Jr. was host
ess to the Abraham Hsu circle at
its meeting at $50 at her home
at 204 Lake avenue. In addition
to the IS members present there
were two visitors, Mesdames A.
E. Burdick of Conway, Ark. and
Roscoe Robertson. The opening
prayer was said by Mrs. M. l..
Hatten after which Mrs. E. c.
Buckley directed a program based
on the lives of missionaries and
their work. She was assisted by
Mesdames Burdick, M. M. Flech-
as, Jr., chairman of the circle.
Clara Martin, c. H. Gray, Frank
Newly and E. E. Burns. Visiting
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24
ALMA HUNT

The meeting of the Alma Hunt
circle at $50 a. m. was held with
the chairman, Mrs. Harley Seay,
at her home at col General Lee
street. The time was given to a
mission program under the lead
ership of Mrs. A. w. Pinkston.
The opening and closing prayers
were said by Mesdames T. L.
Cobb. ST.. and S. B. McIlwain.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24

shut-ins was decided upon as this
months community project. The
closing prayer was voiced by
Mrs. Burns.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-10-18

The pamphlet gives a complete
view Of the question of segregation
of higher learning. 1t is based on
several studies on the subject.
Many of the statistics contained
in the study showing the extent
of discriminatory practices and
their results in this country are
both startling and challenging.
1t is pointed out that IS per-
Continued on Page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-10-18

NEW YORK CAMP Voting
unanimously in favor of Walter
White, the board of directors of
the NAACP last week rebuffed the
New York branch, and refused to
fire Walter White as executive
secretary of the association.
The New York branch had sent
a letter to each of the 48 mem
bers of the national board request
ing the permanent resignation Of
White from his post. The branch
had cited three reasons for not
wanting White, now on a years
leave Of absence, to return to Of
flee.
1. The dismissal of DR.. w. E.
B. Dubois from the NAACP.
z. The Juror caused by SO-called
political articles written by White
for daily newspapers during the
1913 political campaign.
3. The recent article in Look
magazine, "Has Science Conquered
the Color Liner" written by
White : : which according to the
local branch has caused dissension
among numerous branches.
Another alleged cause was said
to be the dropping of Judge Jane
M. Bolin from the national board
of directors. Judge Bolin, the only
local branch official on the board,
was one of five members not
listed for reappointment to the
1850 board.
At its meeting, however, the
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-10-18
N AACP Board 0kuys
Walter White

board revealed that Judge Bolin is
being offered a promotion in the
form of being recommended by
the NAACJ nominating board to
a vice presidency.
Among others recommended as
vice presidents are Mrs. Mary
White Ovington, a founder and
former treasurer Of the as
ISOLATION; Sen. Arthur E. Capper
of Kansas, Sen. Hubert M. Hump
hrey of Minnesota, Willard L.
Townsend, head of the United
Transport S Service Employees
union; Ike Smalls, Des moines, Ia.
and Mrs. L. Pearl Mitchell, Cleve-
land, O., Mrs. Ovington is also
being recommended as honorary
treasurer of the NAACP
The five new nominees for the
board of directors, according to
DR.. J. L. Leach, chairman of the
nominating committee, are Kelly
M. Alexander, president Of the
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-10-18

North Carolina State conference
Of the NAACP; DR.. w. Montague
Cobb, professor Of anatomy, How
ard university medical school;
Wesley w. Law, Savannah, Ga.
DR.. Harry j. Greene, Philadelphia,
and Carl Johnson, president ofthe
Kansas City, Mo-, branch NAACP.
These along with II incumbent
members of the board are to be
voted upon by branches through
out the country. Every year, 16
persons are nominated to the 49,
member board.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-10-18
Discrimination
In American
HIGHER Education

NEW YORK (ANP)- The
latest pamphlet issued by the
Public Affairs Committee, a nom
profit, educational organization,
is titled, Religion and Race: Bar
riers to College?"
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-10-18

If worried, perplexed or in doubt
about anyone or anything, un-
decided where to go and what to
do to gain success and happiness,
consult MADAM MAY, located in
house trailer at Hill Top Tavern,
one mile south of Franklin, Route
70. Hamilton or Middletown bus
stops at door. Madam May makes
no house to house calls.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
, 1949-12-27

The establishment of community
dental health programs which will
make dental care available to. all
children is being urged by the
American Dental Association.
In a statement unanimously APP
proved by the Associations House
of Delegates, representing more
than 10000 dentists, it was urged
that children be given priority over
adults for dental health care.
Such programs, it was pointed
out, would permit a practical solu-
tion to the problem of dental dis.
ease in the nation without resort
ing to a federal system of compul-
sorry health insurance which the
Association described as costly
and unrealistic."
Many of these programs arc now
in operation throughout the coun.
try and the dental profession is
urging that one be placed in oper-
alton in each community. The AS
ISOLATION pointed out that the com.
munity is the ideal medium for such
activities as dental care needs and
facilities vary widely. Local pro-
grams, therefore, should be adapted
to the situation at hand.
Dental care for children is the
major target because their dental
health today carries the promise Of
higher general standards of dental
health in the future, dental authori-
tics Sid.
, 1949-12-27
Science Writer Calls
Cold Tablet.
Top'49 Medical News

"When the final score Is In, the
big medical news Of 1919 will likely
be q small red pill =. The red pill
Is aimed ct the least dramatic but
most devastating Of all diseases -
the common cold"
That's how John D.. RatcliR, noted
science writer, begins his article.
"Good-by to the Common Cold" in
Womanss Home Companion for De-
cember, now on newsstandS.
The red pill Of which Ratclif
writes ID called Coricidin. It con-
tains altiny amount of g new, pow
erful antihistaminic (anti-allergy)l
drug, Chlor-Trimeton,. plus small
amounts Of aspirin, phenaeetin and
caffeine. Says Ratcliff:
within minutes the new drug
turns off Tunny noses, soothesI
sInarting eyes, puts an endto sneez-
ing. Nine cases out Of ten it viii
stop . cold inside Of twenty.four
hours III given early enough.
There are no strings attached to-
these blessings -. The drug is safe
and the pills cost only q few pen
MES each. They are widely available
in drugstores right now on a ply
Sician's prescription"
Ratclif explains the symptomatic
relationship between colds and 9TH
er aIlergies such as hay fever. He
cites extensive research projects in
which the antihistaminic drugs used
70 relieve hay fever aborted or
shortened the duration of q great
majority Of colds when taken soon
after cold symptoms appeared.
Coricidin should 60 . long way
toward preventing spread Of colds
through families, schools and fac.
tories, the article states, because il
can stop snee1es and dry up wet
noses, main agents Of cold conta-
gion. The drug IL widely prescribed
by doctors largely because doctors
select this formula as the antihista-
mimic combination best suited to
strike at the cold In the individual
patient.