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The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-11-05
United Nations 4th
Birthday Program

Together with other cities in the
nation, October oath Miami cele-
brated the 4th birthday of our Unit
ed Nations.
The celebration in Miami was held
in the Dinner Key Auditorium at
1880 pm. under the sponsorship of
the United Nation Co-Operativ.
Council of Dade County.
The colorful program was high
lighted with community singing, roll
call of the United Nations, groups
representing various countries in
dancing and singing and United Ma
tons inspired fashion previews.
The celebration was we'll attended
and among those present were
Rev. Edward T. Graham, Mr.. Albert
Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Jack
son, Mrs. Iona Edwards, Miss Marie
Mackey, Miss Helen l.. Fisher, Mrs.
Marie Pate.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-11-05
Negroes May Benefit
From Discovery Of
Oil On West Coast

HOLLYWOOD, Calf - CAMP -
Negro owners of land in the Fon-
tana region about 60 miles from Los
Angeles may find themselves rich
overnight if the reports of discov-
cry of oil are correct.
A large petroleum company is re-
ported to be setting up derricks to
find out whether oil reported on lot
IS owned by James Erwing is real
strike. The company is reported to
have obtained drilling rights from
owners of the land if oil is found on
their property.
The area was first settled by the
late Sidney P. Bones about 13 years
ago. A number of colored persons
set up small farms in this area and
formed a village they named Ian
don. Later, Mountain View was also
founded.
Many inhabitants of these com
munities work at the Kaiser steel
plant about three miles from Fon-
tana.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-11-05
Voice OF America To
Beam NCNW Award

WASHINGTON - The Voice OF
A merica State Department in
ternational broadcast will beam
across the world, on the night of
November Is, the National Council
of Negro WOmen's presentation of
awards for distinguished service to
humanity.
The International Night obser-
vance, at which the awards will be
made, will be the principal public
meetings of the Fourteenth Annual
Convention of NCNW, during which
Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethune, the or
CARNATIONS founder and president,
will retire from the active admins
traton of the Council, and from all
official public service.
The Founders address, at the
dinner which will be given in her
honor, in the Interior Department
Cafeteria, will also be broadcast on
the official international program,
as will personality interview, the
date for which will be announced
later.
The embassies of Great Britain,
Ethiopia and Mexico have Joined
those of India, Israel and Haiti, in
receiving visiting delegates and WISH
tors to the NCNW convention.
Vice-president of NCNW will pre-
sent the awards to Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt, Ambassador Pandit, DR..
Ralph Bunche, Judge William Has
tie, Aubrey Williams, DR.. Carter
Woodson, DR.. Claiming Tobias, DR..
Mordecai Johnson, Mrs. Edith Samp-
son, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, and
! to the American Association of Uni
versity Women, through its presi-
dent, Dean Althea Hottell.
| Only those present at the Depart
mental Auditorium will hear the
Presidents informal address to the
convention.
Council headquarters reports that
requests for housing during the
convention are already taxing list
ed facilities.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-11-05
Murrell Branch B.
And p. Girls Attend
State Confab

Delegated from the Business and
Professional Girls Club left this week
end to attend the first Interracial
State b and p Conference which is
converting this year in Daytona
Beach, October 1880.
Delegates attending are Mrs. Eel
ma Black, Mable Thompson, Miss
Helen l.. Fisher. and Me- Vernika
Silva, Mrs. Juanita Kimball. execu-
tive director Of the branch will at
tend also.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-11-05
Guest At Unitarian
Banquet

Mr.. Walter c. Pinkston, executive
director of the Negro Service Coun-
Gil and his assistant, Miss Helen l..
Fisher. were guests of Mrs. Bernard
Ross. at the first monthly Social
Committee" of the Unitarian church
on the evening of October 26.
DIR. Kirk Singer was the main
speaker for the occasion and deliber-
ated on the subject, "The New APP
proach to the Atom Bomb"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-02-24

Copyright. 1919, United States Brewers Foundation
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-02-24
YOU'RE INVITED OVER

Praise, KY, Feb. 10-49
The Dickinson Herald,
Clintwood, Va.
Dear Sirs:
We people on the Russell Fork
of Big Sandy River have formed
fish and game club, for the pur
pose of restocking and protecting
the fish and game on Russell
Fork of Big Sandy. The club is
known as the Russell Fork Fish
& Game Club, Praise, KY.
If any of the clubs i n your
county are interested in coming
to our meetings, we would like
to welcome them to do so. We
will be glad to work and cooper
ate with them in any way we
can.
Clubs are being organized all
over our county for this purpose.
We now have three clubs organ
lied and plan to organize two OF
three more. We plan on doing
lots OF restocking and protection
OF our wildlife and fish in the
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-02-24
FLEMINGTOWN

Mrs. D., P. Mullins visited FIie
Mullins and family Sunday.
Harold Dean Dutton visited at
the home of HE Mullins Monday
night to hear them practice sing
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Campbell
spent Saturday night with Linzie
Mullins and family.
Elder Bill Hall and Ed Kiser
were guests Of Linzie Mullins and
family Friday night.
Shelby Jean Mullins visited her
friend, iona Porter, Saturday.
Mr.. nda Mrs. w. A. Turner Of
st. Paul visited Crit Mullins and
family Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Dutton
visited Bubby Sluss Sunday.
The Skeen store is getting off
to good start and filling long
felt need in our community.
Jetheral Sluss, Ella Faye and
Gretta Mullins attended Sunday
School at Flemingtown church
Sunday.
D. P. Mullins visited Tom Mul
Inns Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Sluss of
Clintwood visited at the home Of
Buddy Sluss Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Olive Mullins
were dinner guests of Earle Sluss
and family Sunday.
Donald Dale Mullins spent
Thursday night in Dickinson
County Hospital.
Bill Hill and family have NOV
ed into one of Joe Bakers houses
and the children have entered
school at Flemingtown.
Tefiil Mullins has moved to the
Tom Mullins property.
Mrs. Wreatha Grimes visited
Jim Hill and family Monday.
A very successful revival has
just closed at Flemingtown Free
will Baptist church. There were
many professions and many bap-
tized at the close of the meeting
Sunday. 1t was conducted by Ed
ers Enoch Rose, Bill Hall and
Fred Taylor, assisted bylocal min
listers.
Roma Jean Grimes visited VI
Wan Fleming Monday.
Mrs. Wreatha Grimes and
daughter visited at the home of
Seldom Fleming Sunday.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-02-24
DIR. Ira Mullins Writes That The
Report of His Death Was .
Somewhat Exaggerated

1t is not often that one is pleas
ed to find that he has made
mistake. In this case, however,
we are glad. The letter from DIR.
Ira Mullins, printed below, is
self-explanatory. Sol and John
Pinkney Mullins tell us that DIR.
Mullins was reared in the Tivis
community, that he was a son of
Preston Mullins, and a brother to
Burb, Sol and Dick Mullins. DR.,
Ira Mullins appears 10 be an ex-
ample Of the great good which
Mr.. Rennines accomplished. YER
lily, the works of a great man go
and on through time and space
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-02-24
THE LETTER BOX
JAILS OR SCHOOLS

Being discussed at this time
by the voters of Dickinson Coun
ty is the question (Which comes
tirst,> our schools or our jail?"
This subject is being debated pro
and con, and a subject for de-
bate always has arguments for
both sides.
All OF US know the many rea-
sons why we shout have money
to improve OUR schools. On the
other side Of this debate the Pen
al Board at Richmond says that
our Jail must meet certain re-
quirements also.
To make it clear to those who
are confused as to which side Of
this debate to enter, 1 hope the
following personal experience
might give them a better idea of
just what could happen here in
our own county if we continue to
neglect our schools and encour-
age the building of a larger and
finer jail.
During the late war, was sta
toned in a certain country of
South America, and during my
tour of duty there my work
brought me in close contact with
all classes of people.
One of my jobs was to employ
the natives who worked on the
base, mostly. young boys and
girls. In this manner l acquired
much knowledge about their So
cial life and environment.
Our base was about five miles
from the city where we obtained.
our supplies. On a high hill over
looking the city was large build
ing, which seemed to be several
blocks long. One day / asked one
of the boys about this building
and he told me that it was "a pris
On for young boys. There were
prisons for girls also. The, most
alarming fact about this country
was, that every town and city
had one or more penal colonies
or prisons.
This, Of course, was not hard
to understand when / learned
that the children had little or no
opportunities to go to school.
Only those that could afford a
tutor Or to go to a private school
obtained an education; those
were a very small percent of the
crowded population. From the
information I could gather there
were about one hundred boys or
girls in these penal institutions
to every one in school.
l do not mean any discredit to
our Latin American neighbors
but 1 have seen what does hap
pen when schools are neglected
and the people cater to building
bigger and finer jails.
JAMES A. BAKER
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-02-24
From where | sit :. by Joe Marsh
How's Your
Listening Time?

Buck Howell and | were in Bale
vile last week. Dropped in at Bob's
diner where some friends were sit
ting around talking about whether
to sell hogs now or wait.
Buck plunges right into the dis
cussion. He's lecturing away when
suddenly they all stand up and
start stomping their feet like it
was an Indian war dance.
I'm flabbergasted. But Buck
only looked sheepish and explains,
Guess was talking again, when
[ should-of been listening. When a
persons talking time gets out of
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-02-24
Hospital Notes

The following babies arrived
at the hospital during the past
week or so:
Sylvia Mary Ellen Stanley,
whose parents are Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Stanley of Herald.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdie Beverly
have named their new son Con-
ME Morris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Mullins are
proud of their eight pound sor,
and call him Teddy Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Kennedy
announce the arrival Of new
daughter, Judy Gail.
Twin girls were born to Mr..
and Mrs. Ellie Phipps. The small
er succumbed a few days after
birth. The other is doing fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Robinson
of Coeburm Rt. 2 are proud to
! present their daughter, born on
Feb. 5th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Dotson of
Wise have named their daughter
Brenda Sue. She arrived Feb. 9.
i, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wiggin-
ton have new daughter, Mary
Katherine, born Feb. 10.
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Baker an
nounce the arrival of 10 pound
son on Feb. IL.
A son was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Smith on Feb. II.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Mullins of
Tarpon have named their daugh
ter Sharon Gale. Her birth date
was Feb. Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy w. Buchanan
are proud of a son, who arrived
ON Feb. Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Suther-
lands daughter also arrived on
Feb. Is. She is named Peggy
Irene.
Luther Charles is the name of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roosevelt Suther-
lands son, born Feb. IS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Counts are
the proud parents of an eight
pound SON, who arrived on Feb.
18. He was named Denver Lee.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Kelly are
proud of their. 8 pound baby girl,
born Feb. 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferd Farmer an
nounce the arrival of daughter
on Feb. 81.
The following patients are re-
covering from recent operations:
Warren Gray Colley, Mrs. Jur
man Robinson, Hadley Hawkins,
Mrs. Fitzhugh Mullins, B. +. Mul-
Inns, Mrs. Noah Taylor.
These are confined for medi-
cal treatment:
Mrs. Vance Miller, Mrs. c. S.
Lane, Mrs. Carlos Powers, Mrs. J.
M. Southland, Mrs. French Turner,
Mrs. Clyde Orick,
Stanley Brooks, Harris Dean
Bronson, Barney Paul Carter,
Mrs. Ferret Childress, Jean
Counts, Mrs. Mary Viers, Glenna
Gale, daughter of K. B. Baker,
Bill Dotson, Mrs. Estelle Keith,
frankie Beverly, Kenova Hopson,
David Short,
Mrs. Henry Rose, Mrs. Merida
Boggs, Tommy Blaine Willis, B.
J. Fleming, Bobby Glenn Collins
Burl Stanley had the misfor-
tune to lose two of his fingers
while chopping wood last week.
Ernie Robinson sustained IN
accidental gunshot wound Of the
hip and was brought to the hos
pltal for treatment. Fills condition
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-02-24
and leave the world much better.
Hominy, Oklahoma
Feb. IA, 1949
The Dickinson Herald,
CliDtWOOd Va

W. - ~ -
The Dickinson Herald,
Clintwood, Va.
want to call your attention to
slight error you made in your
Issue of January 20, 1949.
In the second chapter of your
story, A Great Teacher, you stat
ed: Among the boys from Dick
enson County who studied under
Professor Remines at Dorton
were William J. Artrip, J. c..
Smith and Ira Mullins. The latter
became a doctor, went West and
died there many years ago"
am happy to say that instead
of being dead l am yet alive and
quite active for a man of II years
of age.
After finishing my college ed
ucation at the National Normal
University and my medical edu-
cation in Virginia, 1 came West
and located at Hominy, Indian
Territory. l landed here March
26, 1908, and have been here fight
ing disease, dust storms, drouths,
Indians and grafters ever since.
l brought with me some of the
interest and love for education
instilled in me by Professor Re-
mines.
In 1904, we white settlers or
ganized and by private donations
and volunteer work built the first
white school building in Usage
County. We ran this as a subscrip
ton school until Indian Territory
and Oklahoma were merged in
statehood. The management of
this school was practically left in
my hands. We had no teachers
near here, so l wrote Professor
Remines to send me one. He sent
us a boy by the name of C. K.
Sutherland, one Of Lige Suther-
lands sons. Young Sutherland
taught here two or three years
and then studied law. He is now
one of our leading lawyers and
business men.
volunteered for the first
World War, went to France and
was there when the war ended.
During the Second World War,
| served as an examiner and in
several other capacities for which
l received Selective Service
medal. am still able to peddle
pills, drive a car, ride horseback
and look after my 1000 acre
ranch near Hominy.
AS further proof that 1 am
still living, am enclosing my
subscription to the Dickinson
County Herald.
Very sincerely,
Ira Mullins, M. d.
Hominy, Okla.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-02-24

line with his listening time around
here, the gang reminds him by
standing up and stomping."
From where I sit, that's a good
system. Everyone has right to his
opinions but others have right
to theirs, t0O--whether it's decid-
ing between to sell or not to sell,
apple pie or cherry pie, or glass
of mellow beer or cider. Life's more
interesting that way, and hang it if
you don't sometimes learn some.
thing!
@e M.4<
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-02-24

future.
You may publish this welcome
to the clubs of your county if
you wish.
Yours very truly,
c. r. Anderson, Sec'y
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-02-24

Mrs. Fannie Keel has moved
into our neighborhood, and the
children entered school here.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Bowman OF
Stratton visited at the home Of
Jonas Fleming Sunday.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-02-24

Mail YOUR news In early
Evening star., 1949-11-29
Boards Slated to Select
Hiqh Marine Officers

Three selection boards will be
convened here early next year to
pick officers of the Marine Corps
for promotion to the grades Of
major general. brigadier general,
colonel and lieutenant colonel, the
Defense Department announced
today.
The first to convene will be that
for major generals, on January S.
The brigadiers generals board will
assemble on January IL, to be fol-
lowed by that for the two other
grades on February 2.
1t. Gen. Thomas E. Watson,
commanding feet Marine force,
Pacific, with headquarters in
Hawaii, will preside over the ma
jor generals board.
Evening star., 1949-11-29
TuIsan Pleads Guilty |
To Speed Sentence on.
Bad Checks in ) States

A man who pleaded guilty here
to bad check charges facing him
in several States so he could "get
things over with" yesterday was
sentenced by District Court Judge
Matthew F. MCGUIRE to serve
from to 18 months.
Leland Lamar Jones, jr., 25, of
Tulsa, Okla, was accused of caus-
ing the bad checks totaling several
hundred dollars to be transported
in interstate commerce. He was
arrested here last July.
He pleaded guilty here to "in-
formations" to save the time it
would have taken facing the
charges in the States where he
was accused. He was charged
with passing checks in Oklahoma
City, Okla; Kansas City, Mo-, and
Philadelphia.
He also was sentenced by Judge
MCGUIRE for transporting a stolen
automobile from Missouri to the
District, but that sentence was
ordered to run concurrently with
those on the check charges.
Jones was arrested here last
July by FBI men. Before coming
to Washington. he had been re-
leased from a hospital where he
was treated for a nervous ailment
and alcoholism. it was said.
In another District Court SEN
tence yesterday, Judge Alexander
Holtzof gave John I. Sicily. "a, of
the 3700 block of Thirteenth street
NV, from 20 months to five years
for taking indecent liberties with
a 10-year-old girl.
Milford chronicle., 1949-04-01

highly toxic or otherwise injurious
to personnel, are highly inflamm-
able, and in most cases, self-ignit-
ing, and some have the habit of not
lending readily to storage over ex-
tended periods of time.
"You may eaisly visualize the
problems that a guided missile
service unit would encounter NOV
ing a huge, mobile liquid-air gen.
orator and a train of tank trucks
transporting red, fuming nitric
acid over difficult road-net under
enemy fire"
The weight of a big rocket is
another battling problem. Willy
Ley made some estimates on this
in a recent article in the Ordnance
Magazine" Ley is a German rocket
expert who came to this country
in 1885.
He said rocket shooting CSC
miles or farther would weigh &c
tons with a one-ton warhead, SAC
tons with three-ton warhead
But scientists say that most OF
the. problems are gradully being
solved. The Air Force recently
placed an order with Consolidated
Vultee for rocket which can soar
to attitudes of 100 miles or more
The Army and Navy also have un-
der development rockets which
can go that high. Curtiss-W Wright
recently revealed that it is engag-
ed in secret government research
on a rocket which would have g
speed of 5000 miles per hour.
Gen. Muir S. Fairchild, vice
chief of staff of the Air Force, re
Gently told a congressional com
mittee that within 10 years we will
be replacing present guns ant
bombs by guided missiles"
Within Is years, he added, W,
/ will have guided missiles whicl
can do at least some of the worl
of bombardment aircraft.
Milford chronicle., 1949-04-01
MILTON

On Friday evening, March 25,
Mrs. Layton Jefferson gave Tim"
a surprise birthday party. The
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
Jefferson and children, Mr.. and
Mrs, Harry Marvel, Fred Jensen.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Carpenter and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Noble Har-
ris and son, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Lank and Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Plum
mer.
On Saturday evening Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Plummer and daughter
Elaine were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Sapp in Harring-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Outten, Ray
Murray, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Plum
mer and daughter Elaine, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifford Rust and sons were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. anC
Mrse. Edward Outten in New Cas-
tie.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wajda an6
family visited the latter's parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew KielbaSa III
Milford on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur DOdd visited
their daughter and family, Mr.. anC
Mrs. Louis Sapp in Harrington on
Saturday evening.
Mrs. Amanda Reed and daughter
Mary visited Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Kins
on Sunday. We are glad to repOr
that Mrs. Reed is much improved.
Misses Ora Jean and DOrOth!
, Lynch were guests of Kay MURRAY
on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Hill ant
daughter Patsy visited Rehobotl
on Sunday.
Goshen Methodist Church
Sunday, April
9:45 a. m.-Sunday school. Th
day might be termed "Men an
Boys Day" for the men of the Eel
lOwship Glass will aim to have 9
men in attendance and the class O
Milford chronicle., 1949-04-01

boys will aim to have
perfect attendance. The Mems Fell
lOwship Glass is taught alternate
Sundays by Messrs. John Curtis and
Warren Good, and the teacher of
the intermediate boys is Henry
Morgan. May we be blessed to ex-
ceed our attendance of last Sun
day.
11:0 Ga. Morning worship.
Sermon by Rev. Harold M. Davis.
Choir renditions by the youth choir
led by Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel Evans.
The members of the Woman's So
ciety of Christian Service will wOr-
ship in group Sunday morning at
II o'clock.
$3.50 p. m.-Youth Fellowship.
1880 p. m.-Evening worship
This service affords a beautiful way
to close the Lords Day.
Special Lenten Services
Lenten Services are being heiC
each Wednesday evening at 1880
The attendance at these service;
has thus far been most gratifying
Let us continue the good work
Guest ministers and special music
are a part of each service. Las
Wednesday evening, Rev. and Mrs
Elmer Hooking sang. The public
is invited.
Easter Cantata
Choir rehearsals are being helC
each Thursday evening at 7:0t
o'clock under the leadership y
Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel Evans wh'
are preparing the youth to sing al