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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-10-13

Have you ever dreamed of hik-
ing through the wilderness trails
that were worn down under moe
casin clad feet hundreds of years
ago? Do you hear in your imagi-
nation the almost noiseless dip-dip
of Indian canoe paddles in the
streams where you fish? Have
you stopped to think of the pion-
GERS wagons whose great wheels
cut the trails for our present
roads? You can follow those
trails, those streams, those tracks!
You can have your share of that
adventure.
Wherever you live, you r not
too far from the woods and prai-
RE, desert or mountain - the
country where once the Indians
roamed and where the great
scouts of ~yesteryear did their part
in making America. There is
some place where you can go
camping and feel in the company
Of men like Rodgers Rangers, Le-
wis and Clark and Daniel Boone.
This adventure is yours in Scout
ing"
The first streaks of sunlight
slant down over the ridge and
rouse you from a deep sleep to
greet a new day. You stretch and
worm your way out Of your bed
| ding to dress. Outside your lean
| to you pause to drink in the glory
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-10-13

AT a Camporee for the Holmes
district in Jane the Tchula Troop
won first place in all events and
contests and received a Profficien-
ey Ribbon, the highest award to
be given at a district Camporee.
AT the next Court of Honor an
Eagle Scout badge, the highest
honor in Scouting. will be pres
ented to Paul Odom. He will be
the first Eagle Scout Tchula has
ever had, and one of the youngest
an Mississippi. The cooperation
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-10-13

OF the adults interested in Scout
ing in Tchula in a large way has
contributed to the success of the
troop.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-30
Amer Temple To
I~ntertain Elks

On Saturday, April 2, 1919,
Amer Temple No. LOT, will have
as their guests at the club room
at 80 South Broadway, the
Elks and Daughter Elks of the
central and southern districts of
Ohio.
The reception is being sponsor
ed by the Grenadier Club of the
Amer Temple. The Amer Tenn
pie is part of the Ancient Egyp-
tan Arabic Order Mobiles of the
Shrine of North and South
America and Jurisdiction.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-30
Billie Holiday Denied
Cabaret Employees
Gard In New York

NEW YORK. March 30 CAN
P)-Billie (lady Day. Holiday
has been running into some tough
luck lately. Last week she was
denied a cabaret employees iden-
tification card which is needed by
those employed in night clubs.
Miss Holiday was scheduled to
open at the Royal Roost, a rem
devious popular with bebop fans.
She applied for reconsideration of
an application for a card original
ly made and denied last August.
The refusal to issue a card to
the popular singer stems from the
fact that cards are normally de-
MED those with criminal records.
Miss Holiday served a year
and a day in the federal reforma-
tory for women, at Anderson, w.
Va. for possession of norcotics.
Released last April, she was ar
rested again on Jan. % in San
Francisco on a charge of possess
ing opium
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-30
-Four Negroe Vie With
Whites n TOURNEY

NEW YORK. March 80. GAN
Negro players were
among the 29-teams playing for
the industrial team contract
bridge championship sponsored by
the American Contract Bridge
League in the Park Sheraton hotel
here last week. The Negro team
was composed of Mrs. Geraldine
Gibson, New York, Mrs. Doris
Brooks, Mrs. Katherine Gregoire,
Continued on page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-30
City Tax
Starts FridaV

Tomorrow is the last ray that
not afflict those who work in
Dayton or who live here land
work elsewhere where a munich
pal tax is not collected). On
Friday, April l., the city will COM
mence to take one-half of one per
cent of the salaries of the work
ing people of Dayton. Those op-
Grating a business, of course, will
also be taxed, but they will be
better equipped to pay it than
the small wage Garner. At least
the larger industries will be in
that position.
The tax was foisted on Dayton
wage earners under the pretense
that a financial crisis faced the
city government. All last summer
cory pictures of the big city de-
ficit of close to half-million dol
lars were pictured in the press.
Where was the money coming
from? The already overburden-
ed, taxpayer, of course.
The Joker was that after the
tax ordinance was passed it de-
veloped that the city ended the
year with a surplus of some $780,
900. How did this happen? Well
the money came from some mys-
ferrous, unexpected" sources.
Continued on page a.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-30
I Groups Rip
'CapiiuIation"
In FiIihusfer Deal

NEW YORK. March 20. GAN
P)-Blasting the "so-called COM
promise" agreement to end the
senate filibuster as "capitulation",
seven organizations dispatched
kilograms to Sen. J. Howard Nc
Grath, Democratic national chair
man: Rep Hugh d. Scott Jr.,
COP national chairman and SEN
ate leaders of both parties, urging
them to use their influence to
prevent minority rule in the Sen
ate.
"Adoption of the so-called COM
promise would give a self-seeking
minority veto power over theabil-
ity of the senate to discharge it's
legislative responsibilities and thus
represents negation of the demo
cratic process" the kilograms
read.
They we're signed by the Ameri.
can Jewish committee, American
Jewish congress, Anti-D Defamation
league of B'nai Birth, Jewish
labor committee, Jewish War Vet
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-30

The Shriners group has engaged
in many COMMUNICATING pro-
jects in this area, and has won the
respect and plaudits of local cit
izenry. This international affair
is the first that has been given
this year in Dayton, and it rep
resents al example of the good,
harmonious relations which exists
between fraternal groups in Day
ton.
This offering of the Laurel
Wreath, as it were, is an indica-
ton of the strength and character
of Amer Temple No. lot.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-30
First Two Negroes
Seek City Council
Seat In Fort Worth

FORT WORTH, Texas. March
80. (ANP)-Robert l.. Thornton
and H. j. Blackwell became the
first two Negroes in the history
of the city to make a bid for seats
on the city council, when they
filed notices of intention and pc
titions containing more than 1000
signatures with the city secretary
here last week.
Thornton, a native of Paris,
Texas, is, president and founder
of the Fort Worth Business Di-
stributiye Education Junior col
lege. Blackwell is owner and pub
Usher of two magazines A native
of Kansas City, Mo-, he has the
distinction of being the only Ne
gro in the city to serve as fore
man on a petit jury, He was for
merly a real estate dealer in
Kansas City.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-30

NEW YORK. March 80 GAN
Phil Veeck, colorful owner
of the pennant-winning Cleveland
Indians, who was the first to
sign a Negro player, Larry Dolby,
and break down the American
League color line, says that no
organization is as powerful as
baseball in combating intolerance
and juvenile delinquency. His
outspoken comments are contained
in an article in the current is
sue of Look magazine entitled
"What's Wrong With Baseball.
Veeck, who also hired Satchel
Paige, venerable Negro pitcher,
says:
Baseball players are natural
heroes to youngsters. No sermon
the pulpit can be as eloquent as
a baseball team, composed of
every race, creed and color, play
ing in unity and harmony"
He also calls the present type
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-30
0megas Hold ConcIave
In Chicago, DR.. H. I.
Penn Announces.

WASHINGTON. March 3d.
The seth Grand Conelave of the
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity will be
held December % to 80 in Chi
cago, it was announced from the
Fraternity's Administrative Of
flee by DR.. Harry T. Penn, Grand
Basileus, following meeting of the
Supreme Council at 913 U st.
N. w.
At the same time DR.. Penn an
nounced appointment Of Ludlow
w. Werner, former publisher of
the New York Age, and now head
of the public relations firm of
Ludlow Werner Associates, 81 E.
125th Street, New York City, as
the Fraternity's Director of Pub
lie Relations.
Other appointments announced
were: J. H. Calhoun of Atlanta,
Ca. former First Vice Grand Bias
ileus, as Achievement Week Di-
rector; DR.. A. G. Macklin of Vir-
GINA State College, Petersburg
Va, Chairman of the Scholarship
CONTINUED on page A.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-30
Pastor Is Jury
Foremen In Texas

SAN ANTONIO. March 20. CA
NP)-The Rev. T. l.. Sanders
served last week as foreman of
a local jury involving white per-
sons. He became what is be-
lieved the first Negro to head a
jury in the south since the turn
of the century.
One other Negro, Earl Stevens,
served on the six-man jury. The
panel worked in court no. 2,
Judge c. L. Matthews presiding.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-30
Meeting The
Buckeyes

When the Louisville Buckeyes
launch their 1949 campaign in
the Negro American League in
Parkway Field, Louisville, KY,
the fans of the Blue Grass area
will be host to the "Cream of
Sepia. Baseball. No club of the
Negro majors possess a more col
orful and talented combination of
ball players than do the Buckeyes
who have moved their franchise
from the Lake Shores of Cleve-
land, Ohio to the Blue Grass
State south of the Ohio River.
Since 1941 when the Buckeyes
were organized by Wilbur Hayes
prominent sportsman and business
man of the Ohio city and later
in '42 another we'll known bust
ness man, Ernest Wright of Erie,
took over the team and entered
it into the Negro American
League. With Ernie as he is
known by his many friends at the
head of the organization and
Hayes as general manager, the
Buckeyes became the most feared
team in the | eague. Mr.. Wright
saw a great future in the club and
started them on their way by pur-
chasing a car for Hayes and sent
him out on a hunt for good ball
players wherever they could be
found. Among some of the stars
performing on the Buckeye club
were: Parnell Woods, infielder
CONTINUED on page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-30
Bill Veeck Says Baseball
Powerful Tolerance
Factor

Of player contract with it's fam
Gus reserve clause, now under
fire in the federal courts, "out-
NODDED. He predicts that a re-
vision will be made and that the
result will be similar to a moving
picture actors equity contract
providing for a series Of options
at an increasing minimum wage.
He points out that some adjust
ments have already been made in
the contracts of professional foot
ball and hockey players.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-30

Grams of the U. S. Union of Amer
lean Hebrew congregations and
the National Community Relations
Advisory council.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Red Cross, 194o

The elemental principle of American
life is that of mutuality and cooperation.
Our great successes are based upon our
capacity for working together in the
achievement of common ends. Nowhere
is this better exemplified than in the
annual drive for the National Red Cross.
Each of the 3,746 chapters of the overall
organization takes fair and equitable
part in the campaign. The total objective
for 1949 is $60,00O,OOO Each community
obviously must meet it's quota if the whole
fund is to be raised And the entire amount
will be needed.
Such work as the Red Cross does is
expensive. Its services to the armed forces
and to veterans its disaster preparedness
and relief enterprises, its blood program
and other health activities, its educational
projects all are costly because of their scope
and span. The Red Cross is not merely a
peoples fellowship of mercy in terms of
labor and financing. 1t also is universal in
it's application to human requirements.
When its help is asked, there is no stinting
in it's response. People in trouble, distress
and sorrow cannot be dealt with casually
or niggardly. Our civilization is fraternal,
we are members of single family and it
is natural and proper that We should
reflect our association in our reaction to
the Red Cross, often called "the Mother
of us ALL" We give and she distributes.
But, of course, something is added in the
process The Red Cross represents ac
cumulated knowledge and experience. 1t
started with Clara Barton's endeavors dur
ing the War Between the States. Since
1881 1t has been learning-and teaching
the lessons of practical prevention of
suffering and relief of suffering. Its meth
ods and techniques have been evolved day
by day in direct relation with demonstrated
realities. Now 1t is the greatest agency
of its kind on earth, not simply in size or
numbers but in the dynamic force of its
power to serve. The maintenance of the
Red Cross in the present era of turmoil
and confusion is an imperative which need
not be argued with any thinking man or
woman.
Washington's portion of this years cam
paign objective is 1924 ,OOO This is small
sum to ask of the Nations Capital and its
environs. 1t should be oversubscribed
promptly and generously. AS many people
as possibly can give should do so. 1t is
privilege as well as duty to help the Red
Cross to help others.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Support for Police Boys Club

To the Editor of The Star:
should like to add my voice to the many
others which are praising and Whoeheart-
edly supporting the Metropolitan Police Boys
Club of Washington.
The success or failure of society such as
ours is dependent largely upon the calloer
and integrity of its citizens. Just as the
child of today is the citizen OF tomorrow, so
the outlook of our children today will mold
our cities. and tn larger sense, the coun-
try's future.
Those of us who have seen the lot of
the children of other cities can appreciate
the difference here in Washington. 1t is
salutary and inspiring difference. Though we
in Washington have not seen the full realiz-
alton of the dream of unsel1sh Americanlsm.
we can see it's outline. And we cannot
afford to see it fade. 1t will not fade if you
and give our support, in money as well as
in spirit, to the Metropolitan Police Boys
Club of Washington
JUNE KERSCHENBAUM.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
A Pretty Sorry Mess

The District appropriation bill reported
to the House yesterday ought to remove
any remaining doubt concerning the
necessity for prompt action on an Increased
Federal payment and new local taxes.
The Appropriations Committee cut the
bill to the bone and still left deficit OF
about $4,000, 900. The nature OF the cuts
is best illustrated by what was done about
the Spingarn High School. This school,
designed to relieve overcrowding in the
three colored high schools, was authorized
back in 1941. It's estimated cost has risen
through the years from 81 900 to about
$3,5OOOO0. Congress has increased the
authorization but the Commissioners have
never been able to get construction bid
within the authorized cost.
So, in looking around for ways to save
money, the Appropriations Committee
rescinded the $1,187,0 900 actually appro-
priated for the school but never spent.
That rescission amounts to about a fourth
OF the money cut out of the appropriation
bill.
This Is no saving, of course. That school,
must be built. Last year the Board OF
Education was warned by DR.. Garnet C.
wilkinson, assistant superintendent In
charge Of colored schools, that overcroWd-
ing in the three colored high schools was
reaching O point that endangered their
accredited standing. saving on paper
Of the money appropriated for this school
means nothing beyond pointing up the
real emergency facing Washington, not
only in school facilities but in other mu
nicipal services.
The condition is not the fault of the
Appropriations Committee. 1t is correct
In refusing to appropriate money that is
not available But 1t is a shame that this
city's budgeting has got into its present
deplorable situation, where current essen
ual needs are left unmet and there is no
organized attempt whatever to plan for
future, long-range financing.
Provided there is prompt action on the
revenue-raising legislation now in the
hands Of Joint Fiscal Subcommittee, some
Of the cuts made in the appropriation bill
can be restored by the Senate. Provision
can also be made for the local salary in
creases, which the House Appropriations
Committee never even considered. But
unless there is prompt action the money
raising bill is going to run into the sort
Of trouble with which the people Of the
District are already so familiar. Once 1t
becomes involved in the press OF nation
ally important legislation and is therefore
placed at the mercy of obstructionist
tactics, its most carefully considered pro-
visions are subject to hasty amendment
or elimination with the local taxpayer
left holding the bag and months of study
and preparation are wasted.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Flaws in Fleet Defenses

While it is evident that the Navy has
profited by the lessons Of Bikini, 1t Is also
plain, from preliminary reports Oh the
current maneuvers off Puerto Rico, that
continued study must be given the prob
lem of ship protection in an atomic age
The bomb tests at Bikini showed the neces-
sity for adopting feet dispersal tactics and
the battle exercises in the Caribbean area
have proved the value OF such tactlcs.
But the apparent ease with which an
aerial striking force penetrated the raoar
and fighter defenses of the naval task
force is disquieting.
It is true that only one ship, destroyer,
was sunk" and only one large ship, the
carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt, seriously
damaged" leaving two other carriers and
the remainder of the task force free to
execute its amphibious landing mission.
But the failure of radar to detect the
attackers at a range sufficient to enaole
carrier fighters to intercept the enemy
indicates a weakness in fleet defenseS that
could be fatal in time of war. Had all
three bombing planes which broke through
the screen dropped atomic bombs, the
damage to the task force undoubtedly
would have been of graver proportions.
Admiral w. H. P. Blandy, who was IN
command of Operation Crossroads at
Bikini, attributes the indifferent radar
performance" to a shortage of experienced
radar operators in the fleet. He said the
turnover in personnel in the past two years
has deprived the Navy of many trained
radarmen. The less experienced operators,
it was explained were confused by win
dow" the strips of aluminium foil dropped
by planes to give false images on radar
screens During the latter stages OF World
War II our radar specialists learned how
to differentiate between these false images
and the real thing.
The Admiral also sees the need for more
intensive air combat patrol around task
force. Had more planes been on patrol
the chances of a break-through by enemy
bombers would have been less. AS 1t was,
the interceptors did succeed In shooting
down a squadron of planes carrying guided
missiles of the "bat" type 1t is interesting
to learn that the Carrier Roosevelt tech
nically had been sunk" two days earlier
by one of a group of snorkel-equipped
submarines. The disclosure shows why the
Evening star., 1949-03-02
State, War, Navy Building
70 the Editor of The Star

70 the Editor OF The Star:
General u S. Grant, III, is such an excel
lent citizen and has contributed so much to
the we'll being and beauty of Washington
that one hates to differ with him. But he
leaves himself quite open to protest when IN
his annual report in the Park and Planning
Commission he refers to the State, War and
Navy Building as a horrible example of
architecture which should be retained as
an example to all future architects what
not to design.
Really, one must be surprised at the obser-
vations Of the General. The State, War and
Navy Building is one of the imposing and
historic structures Of the Nations Capital.
None is more so. It is an example of the
type of architecture in the Capital which
became prevalent in the Grant era. In view
of the connection of General Grants grand
father with this structure, it would appear
that the General must have some pride in
it and must want to see it perpetuated and
to this end put on an oblique defense to
keep it standing for many years to come.
JOHN LORANCE.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Red Threat in India

Javaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister OF
India, cannot fairly be accused OF reac-
tionary tendencies. He has always been
"leftish" in his economic and social con-
cepts as well as In his political ideas.
Indeed, his theology seems to place him
as q moderate Socialist.
Such is the man who, in his capacity as
Prime Minister, stated categorically to the
Indian Parliament that the Communist
Party in that country is engaged In
revolutionary movement involving organ
lied violence Including murders, arson
and looting as we'll as acts of sabotage.
These activities, during the past year, have
"bordered on open revolt Communist
inspired strikes, especially In vital public
communications such as the railroads,
have have been for the deliberate purpose
of disrupting the national life, causing
famines, and precipitating a general
background of chaos, breakdown OF
administration, and mass uprisings."
Such wrecking tactics are, of course,
standard Communist practice wherever
they can possibly be put into operation
The ominous point is that they are possible
In India, despite that country'S industrial
backwardness and recent enlergence from
economic feudalism. India is, in fact,
suffering from economic growing pains
due to the sporadic implanting of modern
industry, superimposed upon an older pre-
industrial pattern. One Of the results OF
this economic unbalance has been the
emergence of an industrial "proletariat'
with genuine grievances which make it an
easy prey to Communist propaganda.
Indeed, the unfavorable impact of 1ndta's
economic transformation upon the vast
peasant masses has given Communist
agitators the opportunity to stir unrest
even among this traditionally passive and
conservative base of Indian society.
India therefore is not immune to Com
nunist penetration. And the situation is
rendered more serious by the fact that
Communist agitation is growing among
midas neighbors to the eastward, notably
in adjacent Burma, where conditions seem
to be approaching that chaotic state
sought by Communism as the most favor
able medium for the attainment of its
revolutionary aims.
Such a situation obviously calls for
vigorous protective measures by the au-
thorities. And the Indian government has,
IN fact, conducted several roundups OF
Communist agitators, the latest being the
Evening star., 1949-03-02

State should be permitted to govern their
local affairs with ample protection from
control by any Capitalization of power in
the Federal Government in Washington. I
likewise believe that the people of other
States should be permitted the privilege Of
doing exactly the same.
Really. now, it is not my intention to en-
barrass our legislators from the North and
West, but I have learned that these poll
ticians have secured residences in the VOL
unfairly restricted areas of Washington and
in nearby Virginia and Maryland. 1t would
appear that if these gentlemen were sincere
in their efforts to abolish discrimination
they would set an example for those whom
they wish to influence by selecting resi-
dences in those areas populated by the mi
nority groups which they purport to cham
pion. A NORTHERNER.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
An Error Corrected
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star
I have been requested to comment on
your editorial of last Sunday.
Commissioners Hoover, Flemming, Manas-
co and Mead are in accord with the entire
commissions report on the National Secur-
ity Organization with the one exception of
that part of paragraph Cd of Recommends
ton No. 2, which recommends the change
of titles of the present secretaries to under
secretaries Consequently, these commits
sioners would not, as you state in your edi-
torial retain the secretaries lin their
present status. but would retain only their
present titles. Sincerely,
SIDNEY A. MITCHELL,
Executive Director, Commission on Or
ganization of the Executive Branch of
the Government.
Editors Note: In an editorial on this page
today Mr.. Mitchell's point is further clari
fed.