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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-13
U.S.O.-N.C.C,.S.
1921 DUvAL STREET
Daily Program


SUNDAY
loo PM. Picnic on Keys
Beaches Sign up
in advance.
300 PM-Square Dance.
900 PM-Dance. Tune Toppers
Orchestra.
MONDAY
7:30 PM Spanish Conversation
Group. Is
500 PM Boxing Training.
go PMSpcial Hour.
TIE DAY.
Zoo PM-Club open To- Pool.
NJ ShoWeis. Sewing
Machine Musical
Instruments, Box
ing Training.
7:30 PM - Party, Naval Hos
pital end Tues
day..
800 PM Movie Feature.
WEDNESDAY,
loo P.M.--Fishing Trip, Hos
pital Patients.
9:15 P.M.--Dance, Tune Top
pers Orchestra.
THURSDAY
zoo PM to 1000 PM = Club
open for use of all
facilities, Library,
writing room, pool
tables, punching
bags, table games.
FRIDAY
700 PM-Beach Picnic. Sign in
/. advance.
200 PM to 1000 PM-C u b
open.
SATURDAY, - 7-sy
Zoo P.M.--Golng kotha Beach?
DrHssing "a 3 ON S,
showers, checking
1 at Club. ~
800 PM--Juke Box dancing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-13
Thumb l,6l6. Miles

MOBILE, Ala.--Mrs. Hattie E.
Thompson, 54-year-old grand
mother, and Mrs. Pearl Empey,
50, of Ottawa, fulfilled a life
long ambition to take a hitch
hiking trip by thumbing their
way from Ottawa to Mobile, a
distance of 1916 miles, to visit a
brother, w, W.. Mackie, at near
by Theodore. They hadn't seen
each other in Al years.
The trip took five days and
cost them a total of $l1.75. They
plan to make the trip home the
same way-via the thumbing
route.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-13
Lunch Causes
Arrest
(R Wirephoto

WASHINGTON - Three safe
crackers, who entered the South
ern Ventian Blind Company's of
flee to crack its safe. decided to
enjoy lunch first.
While they ate sandwiches AND
drank beer, police surprised them
Two were captured but one got
away.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-13
Hastings Thinks

sroiisnd Yard found a man
wanted iuT murder standing in
ifunt uf = police station reading
b nutiNe saying he was Wanted"
y y
Oue u the unsolved mysteries
"a nature u how the mosquito
iinliA i pprsbn a. bite. Mosquitoes
afr almost entirely blind. Any
unf Who has tried 90 swat and
wnissed a mosquito may find that
hard to believe, bat the mosquito
Is much easier % hit than the
~ who has many little eyes in
ftFsd az one big eye. One might
thInk ihe mosquito goes by smell,
bui irsis have shown that Odor
h. apparently not the answer.
one theory Is that the mosquito
h Euidgd By temperature be-
rauss almost anything at normal
ts,iy temperature attracts mos
Qaiiocs. But on the other hand,
tbe moaquito rs able to come to
refann from a fairly long dis
tanrr. and body temperature
Eniild hardly bc noticed from
very tar away. Somehow the
muequiio finds the target. but
the ncthod Is still a puzzle.
The ~ pcrcent on travel tickets
can b. avoided by mailing the
order iof tickets TO a Canadian
uiiirr 1T the travel company.
Tho Bureau oi Internal Revenue
admits me method is legal but
hupus that Congress closes the
luuphule
y
Athletics "a Miller High School
in the Negro slums Of Detroit
NNfv ~ such low ebb in 1910
that thC track team was beaten
b. d sc0rc of l0i 90 ,. Leroy Dues
asked iog the iob of coach be-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-13

/ Beer was brewed by most of
the inconsistencies of the Dark and
Middle Ages. The development of
the brewers art owes much to
superior cleanliness of the monks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-13

The first American mint" was
he glass factory founded at
Jamestown, Virginia, about 1921
to make the handmade glass
beads essential to trade. swith be
Indians. This "mints Was des-
troyed in the Indian massacre Of
1922.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-13

Women began to wear slgnet
rings early in the Middle Ages.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-13

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Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1949-06-25
New MANAGER For
Phone Company

Alfred Tennyson, new mansg.
er Of the Kodiak Telephone Co..
has arrived with Mrs. Tennyson
and their son. They have rented
the former territorial employ.
ment Office and the apartment
behind it az living quarters.
Tennyson has worked for the
Sitka Telephone Co., also owned
by Mrs. Martha Gushing, and
recently attended a special
school at the Ke!log Switchboard
Co in Chicago.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1949-06-25
Flown From kekak
For Operation

Miss Evelyn Miller, employe
of Mainland Fisheries at Kukak
Bay, was flown to town Sunday
for an emergency appended
omy at the hospital.
A Gren Collins plane brought
her in. She was ACCOMPANIED by
Mrs. AL Christensen, trained
nurse, who is at the cannery
this summer. Mr.. Christensen,
who operated Thorsheim's barb.
err shop last winter, is also at
Kukak Bay for the season.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1949-06-25

boats one truck and one euso
TIE \ 1ssslAap !, viii n dock As Donnslley
aud Acheson and the city dock.
Five of the boats are foz
Southwestern Flsherles at Iron
Creek. The truck is a new gar.
bage truck for John Gibbons.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1949-06-25

Tbs AlasiA Steamship freight.
or Square Y 4 K g Iett Seattle June
~ and is due here around June
9th. as Mariar. agent, said
yesterday.
IA
Aboard the freighter are All
tons for town. including seven
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1949-06-25
NOTICE

The Informal Group Of Chris'
tan Scientists meet for Sunday
services in the main floor of tho
Bank Building every Sunday at
ii am.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1949-06-25

MIR. aaa IRE. A. L Ee@ne
have moved from Bvooklya Ass
to their new home on MSasAsa
Road They recently purcaasUa
the G. W. Bubendorf property
there.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1949-06-25
NOTICE.
United States

Department of the IDteTIor
Bureau of Land Managemeae
District Land Office
Anchorage, Alaska.
February 10. 1919
Notice for Publication
Notice is hereby given tAa&
John B. Stiles, has made aDph.
cation for soldiers additiOnaa
homestead, Anchorage SegsM
09694. for a tract of land eaa-
braced in U. S. Survey 2508. sse-
uate on the west shore of C;hap
Cove in Moser Bay, and arrn OF
Alitak Bay on Kodiak Island, A.
laska, containing l3 1856 acres.
latitude $40 or 81" N. longitads
1910 09' Is" w. and it is now
in the files of the District Land
Office, Anchorage. Alaska,
Aay and all persons claiming
adversely any of the above men-
toned land should file their Rd-
verse claims in the district land
office, Anchorage, Alaska, within
the period of publication or thir-
ty days thereafter, or they vii
be barred by the provisions Of
the statutes.
George A. Lingo.
Manager.
Date First Publication: 1000
Date Last Publication: 6 25-4s
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1949-06-25

William Thomas, formerly of
Wenatchee, Wash, is a new EN-.
ploye at the post Office.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-13
Dope Handlers
Held by Police
BY Jimmie N. Jones

Dayton police continue their
drive on 'dope handlers" as three
more "Joy-Poppers" n taken into
customdy according to bet. Sgt.
Rudolph J. RADIO, in charge of
narcotic investigation.
Those arrested by Patrolmen
P. T. Stewart and J. L. Brown,
were James B. Day,20, of 1870
Germantown street; John J.Hol-
comb, rs, of HOG West Fifth
street, and Earl J. Bassie, 27, Of
Chicago. All are being held in the
city Jail on open charges accord
ing to Sgt. RADIO.
The trio were apprehended at
2:4O Tuesday morning in an alley
at Fifth and Saratoga Line. The
officers reported finding a hypo-
dermic needle, eye dropper syringe
on Day, who admitted to police as
being an addict.
Bassie has two previous arrests
for possession of marijuana, ac-
cording to police records.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-13
Youth Drowned AT
La Reside d ke

Death from drowning in an I'M
guarded section claimed another
life yesterday as Douglas Rake
straw, 13, Leroy street, drowned
in Lakeside lake about 3 p. m.
The tragedy followed less than "a
hours that which occurred to an
other Negro, Calvin Lawrence, "a,
in the Great Miami river in Mia
misburg.
Although Lakeside lake is re-
stricted to swimmers, many youths
swim there for lack Of some place
else to go. One it apt to find
swimmers, especially youngsters,
using the facilities of any pit,
quarry, lake, river, ETC.. with
enough water in it. The oppres-
sive heat thus Tar this summer
has acted as an added stimulant to
drive persons to swim for relief.
The, only place for Negroes to
go swimming in this section is
such places as those which claimed
the lives of Calvin Lawrence and
Douglas Rakestraw. Municipal
pools in Dayton are barred to Ne
groes although taxes paid by Ne
groes contribute to the support of
the pools. Discrimination, it can
be said, caused these deaths.
While the Express has been
urging the NAACP and Negro
ministers, civic and fraternal lead
ers to initiate action to accelerate
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-13
Scottsboro Case
Good Example
For Research

NEW YORK, July 10. (ANP)
The old gag in the Miller and
Lyles shows eve all want to know
where the moneys gone" may well
be applied to a number of cases
in which Negroes have been So
licited for funds, says Morris l..
Ernst, in a recent article on De-
mocracy published in a weekly
Continued on page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-13
End Drowning
In Two Days
By Jimmie N. Jones

For the second time in two days,
drowning has taken the lives of
swimmers in nearby ponds. The
latest victim was Douglas Rake
straw, ID, of 25 Leroy street, who
lost his life while atteptinmg to
swim in the Veterans Administra-
ton lake on Gettysburgh avenue,
near Lakeside park about 2 p. III.
According to Mrs. Bessie Allen,
224 Shiloh avenue, who was fish
ing nearby, told Sheriff Deputy
Otis Crane, she saw Rakestraw
and two companions set out to
swim from the Lakeview side to
the Gettysburgh side of the lake,
and that the victim became ex-
hausted halfway to the sore. He
came to the surface twice and dis
appeared according to Mrs. Allen.
The victim is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Myrtle Rakestraw,
two sister, Annette Z, and Johnnie
Ruth 1, and his grandmother, Mrs.
Annie burden, all at home.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-13
Post Office Loyalty
Firing Up to Six

PHILADELPHIA, July 10. "a
NP)-Two more post office clerks
here have been suspended from
their jobs by the government on
the grounds that they were, eds
loyal to the United States" This
brings the number up to six.
June %, John C. Yymas, 48,
and Reese J.. Brown, 80, were
suspended. Lymas had over %
years in the service and Brown
had IL. It was a matter Of months
before Lymas would have been re-
tired after having entered the
postal service in 1920.
June %, Edward Allen Smith,
a 24-year-old navy veteran, and
a clerk of four years was sus-
pended because of alleged COM
munist connections. He was
CONTINUED on Page A.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-13

a struggle to fight discrimination
in the Dayton park pools, citizens
must be warned about the great
dangers Of swimming in areas
where there is no protection. Life
guards have saved many lives in
pools and swimming places that
are patrolled, where swimming is
legal. Lifeguards take special
courses in life saving. They know
what to do in an emergency. But
even a good swimmer can get
panicky during a crisis. Because
he swims good, anyway, does not
guarantee knowledge of life saw
ing tactics.
. Swimming in illegal or unpro-
tected areas should be discouraged.
A human life is worth more than
the temporary relief from the
heat. There is always the double
hazard of swimming in disease in
tested water. Not only is it un-
healthy, it is hazardous. The fact
that the percentage of Negroes
who have drowned is so much
higher than the percentage in
the population should make read
ers even more apprehensive about
using such places.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-13

1t suddenly appears in the To-
cal dailies that a committee known
as the West Side Educational
committee has organized, met and
decided that Walter Wiley should
be chosen by the Dayton Board of
Education as principal of the Paul
Laurence Dunbar high school, to
succeed Frederick MacFarlane,
recently.
1t is not known who has ap-
piled for the position, although
that should be made public so that
the Negro people could express
their choice. That is to say, some
of the candidates for the the posi-
ton are obviously known, but all
of them are not. Dayton school
officials meet practically in secret
and decide who will best fit the
pattern they establish. This pat
tern, of course, does not neces-
sarily conform to the wishes of
the Negro people. In fact, the way
the school officials have given
Negroes the run-around on the
new grade school which was prom
ised years ago, little, if anything
can be expected.
On the other hand, the so-called
west side committee was formed
evidently without the knowledge
of the overwhelming masses of
Negroes. The only name mention
ed was that of Russell Carter,
county prosecuting attorney, who
"acted as spokesman"
Walter Wiley may be the man
for the position. The argument is
not so much with the choice, but
with the secretive manner in
which the selection was made.
The progress of Negroes is not
going to go forward by a few
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-13
New Principal
For Dunbar?

LEADERS" working through whites,
but by the concerted effort of all
Negroes working in unison toward
the goal of complete equality in
Dayton. The fact that Dayton has
so many qualities Of a southern
community is proof of that asser-
ton. Were there more cooperation
between the so-called leaders and
the people, there would be a Ne
gro running for the city commits
sion this year.
West Side Committees are
urged to let the Negro people
know what is going on first. Don't
always run to the "great white
father" Individually, to a few, he
may seem the source of much
profit. But one thing should be
remembered. What helps the
masses, helps the individuals. And
what hinders the masses hinders
the individuals. And while "fath-
er" may feather a few individual
nests, he certainly has nothing
for the majority. That is, until the
majority, with the proper leader
ship, shows through it's unity that
it cannot be stopped in gaining
it's just demands.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-13
COURT news
BY Jimmie N. Jones

Clifford Ransen, 81, of 1913
Mound street, told police officers
that he was attacked by one Ray
mond Young also 81, and that he
was cut several times with a knife
by Young in front of his home
after which young escaped by 60
ing east on Fourth street. Ransen
was taken to the hospital by
Chuck Dickens private ambulance
and treated for the wounds and
was being held for further treat
ment.
Marquette Veal, 25, of 638
Randolph street, told police that
she was attacked by a man on
Horace street in the vicinity of
107 and that he grabbed her bill
fold containing SO in bills and S.
in change.
According to the attack victim,
she had been to the Crystal Lounge
which closes promptly at 2:30 a.
M, but the report Of the attack
was received at police headquar-
tiers at 4:O5, and at when time
Diets. j. J. Herman and L. A.
Gransen, investigated the call
The officers were unable to get
a good description of her "assail-
anti due to her intoxicated con-
dition but neighbors in the vicinity
who witnessed the Gene from their
windows told the officers that they
saw her carried across the street
in front of 1O2 Horace street by
her attacker.. bet. Sgt. James B.
Hogan and bet. Lucious Gleaton
are Investigating the complaint of
Miss Veal.
A flood of tears beginning at
the desk sergeant of the police
headquarters and ended at the
other end of the city building in
the city prosecutors office where
Mrs. Marry Ann Miller filed an
affidavit for assault and battery
against her husband, Marion, a
taxi driver, for the Service Cab
company, charging him with beat
ing and abusing her in the early
hours of this morning. The flood
of tears continued as she told the
desk sergeant her troubles and in
sisted that her husband be ar
rested at once as she was not safe
so long as he was in circulation.
When questioned by the Express
regarding her depressed moments,
she told the reporter that the only
thing she wanted most was to be
let alone and continued to shed
tears on the desk of the clerk of
Continued on page ~
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-08-13

st. Louis now faces lies at the door
of many, many people - public Of
ficials, civic, religious, business and
labor leaders, not because of what
they did, but because of what they
failed to do.
More than anywhere else, the re-
sponsibility for the tension and mis-
understanding must be placed at the
door of Missouri's segregated school
system"
In his report, Schermer listed %
recommendations on race relations,
chief among which was the one ask
ing enactment of state statutes end
ing mandatory segregation in public
schools. The investigator pointed out
that the state constitution provides
for a segregated school system but
also carries "a provision permitting
the abolition of segregation by sta
tute."
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-08-13
Recommend 22-Count
Race Relation
Program

ST. LOUIS - (ANP) - Segrega-
ton in parks and other municipality
operated public facilities is a "vio-
lation of civil rights and contrary
to law" according to a 46-page re-
port handed Mayor Joseph M. Darst
here last week by the Mayors Coun-
Gil on Human Relations. The report
was compiled by George Schermer,
director of the Detroit Mayors Inter
racial committee, who was investi-
eating an outbreak of race violence
at a local swimming pool last June
81.
Schermer, brought here by the To-
cal council, reviewed in his report
the history of race relations, ten
sions and attitudes in st. Louis for
learly half century, and observed
that citizens "have no real knowl-
edge of the problem in race relations
although a great majority are de-
cent and law-abiding and wish to
see justice and fair treatment pre-
vail" IS
Immediate blame for the park dis
turbances was laid upon "a loosely
organized gang of older boys and
men," but Schermer cautioned that
all the attacks upon Negroes by
Whites were not the work of this
gang.
Actually, the responsibility for
the incident and the dilemma which
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-08-13

Yvonne's Beauty Shop reopening
Monday, Aug. 9Th. New location in
Liberty City 6532 NV 18th ave.
Efficient service to all. But we must
celebrate ladies, so on Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday for two weeks
with every shampoo and press, your
hair will be styled FREE.
For appointment:
Phone 78-5723
Get off one block east of pool.
Eva Grant, Prop. aug. 10
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-08-13

RAIFORD, Fla, August 3 - AS
sistant Special Counsel Franklin HI.
Williams Of the National Associa.
ton for the Advancement of Color
ed People announced today, on his
return from an on-the-spot investi-
cation of violence and race rioting
in the Groveland, Florida area, that
the three young men charged with
attacking Mrs. Willie Padget of
Groveland have retained the NAACP
TO handle their defense. Retainers
have been signed by Samuel Shep-
herd, Walter Lee Irwin and Charles
Greenlee, the prisoners; Henry
Shepherd and Charlie Mae Shep-
herd, parents Of Samuel; and Mrs.
Della Irwin, Walters mother.
Citing evidence that has convinced
him that the three youths are "en-
tirely innocent" of the charges
against them, Mr.. williams charged
that all three we're "brutally and in
humanity" beaten by police and
civilians in the Jail at Tavares be-
fore being transported to the state
penitentiary at Raiford. Shepherd,
%, and Greenlee, 16, confessed or
ally only after being dashed with
rubber hose, fists and billy, but Ir.
vim. although beaten into uncon-
seriousness, has at no time said he
had anything to do with the crime.
None Of them. has signed a confess
sion,
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-08-13
BODIES MUTILATED

Although more than two weeks
have passed since the boys were ar
rested" Mr.. Williams said, "the
lash scars on their bodies and cuts
on their heads made by these beat
ings are still clearly visible. They
have severe cuts on their wrists, in:
flicted when they were hung with
handouts from a pipe to coerce
them into making a confession. The
sole Of Greenlee's left foot was cut
with glass, and Shepherd has three
broken teeth and possibly a frac-
tured jaw" The NAACP attorney
further indicated that the boyh had
not been supplied with prison cloth
ing and were, at the time of his in
terview with them, still wearing the
same dirty clothing, blood-stained
from the beatings" in which they
were attired when they were ar
rested. No doctor has seen them and
no x-ray has been taken of Shep-
herds jaw.
Signed affidavits by the prisoners
assert that Shepherd and Irwin, who
are friends, had never seen Green
lee before being thrown into Jail
with him. Greenlee, who halls from
Santafe, Fla, was picked up for va,
grancy and later charged with the
rape when Mrs. Padgett alleged that
-four Negroes" had attacked her.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-08-13
GROWING ANTT.NEGRO
SENTIMENT

Testimony given in an affidavit
by Samuel Shepherd pointed out
that anti-Negro feeling had been
growing in the county because of
the apparent prosperity of some Ne
gro families. Numerous threats had
been made against Shepherd and his
family, and white neighbors had al
lowed their cattle to roam through
Shepherds property to destroy his
crops. Resentment was mounting
among Whites because Negroes had
refused to work at harvesting crops
at starvation wages.
Mr.. Williams indicated that riot
ing had subsidized in the Groveland
area. although scores of automobiles
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-08-13
NAACP TO GO ALLrOUT
IN DEFENSE

The NAACP announced that as a
result of investigation its local
branches, the state conference of
branches, and Mr.. Williams, they
are convinced that the "trumped-up
race charge" the burning of Negro
property, the open participation OF
the Ku Klux Khan, and the contin-
ued intimidation Of Negroes in the
area is "all a part of one great plot
to intimidate the Negroes in the
community, to force them to. work
for little or no wages, and to stop
them from being so 'uppity. -"
For these reasons" stated Mr..
Williams and NAACP Special Coun-
sci Thurgood Marshall, 1.-The re-
sources of he Association will be
thrown behind the defense of these
boys, and at the same time we will
insist upon protection Of other Ne
groes in the area.
John P. Ellis, president of the
Orlando branch of the NAACP, and
Harry T. Moore, executive secretary
of the Florida State Conference Of
NAACP branches, have announced
that a mass protest meeting will be
held in Orlando on Sunday, August
II.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-08-13
| MIAMI TIMES, MIAMI, FLORIDA
PAGE TEN SATURDAY AUGUST 10, 1949
st. Louis Park Bias
Against Rights Law

with out-of-county license plates are
still seen in the vicinity. Clippings
from the Orlando Morning Sentinel
and other local papers reflect the
spirit of vengeance still flaring to
terrorize Negroes in the community.