davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-07-02

about. l met him thru his brother,
Gordon Croques, upon whom l bes-
towed the handle Sport Champions
Ambassador" due to his planning
for the comfort of National and
Olympic stars of color Cortez,
was associated for a while with
Mercer Ellington, son of THE Duke
and for while, thought the two
were going to another planet, say
Flash Gordon's "Mongo," on a must
calspace-ship or 'sumpin . . &.
Naturally, the consuming urge of
terrestrial existence for Cortez just
now is his erudite son. Mickey,
and his charming wife The fam
lily name is pronounced Kro-Kay)
the youngster who first made head
lines over ABC, a WhiZ Quiz radio
program, delights his dad when he
says I'm going to be doc
tor. daddy Cortez Croques, is
we'll known to musicians and mem
bers of the professional theatre here
in little Ole New York Village.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-07-02

Louie Armstrong, the Gabriel-like
blowing tooter with "Gravel-Ger-
tie" voice that has thrilled millions
denies thru the NV Daily News
source (that first spread the report)
he is to undergo a serious operation.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-07-02

DR.. RALPH j. BUNCHE is a
name that is spoken with a sort OF
hushed-respect in taverns and griils
on turbulent "Lenox Avenue" near
135th street, just as it is in the sa-
Ions and drawing rooms Of many OF
our country's foremost citizens.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-07-02

PEARL BAILEY, she Of the ex-
pressive hands and sultry-voice' u
a panic of the most frantic order az
Billy Roses showplace where long
sremmed-beauties wiggle and dance
while "Old men hunt" for their
lost toupees.
CORTEZ CROQUES, daddy Of a
chubby S-year-old mental wizard
Michael James Croques Of Oakland.
Calf, has been an intimate friend
of my family since 1885 or there
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-07-02

JOE LOUIS-BARROW, the same
gent who retired undefeated
as boving champion. will be featured
in a Sam Galdwyn film to be shot In
the movie capitol next month early.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-07-02

CHARLES w. ANDERSON Jr
is first Negro member of the Ken
lucky legislature since the Recon
struction period. He has been elect
ed six consecutive terms for a total
of IL years of intelligent represen,
tation of his proud ward constitu.
ents. Also he is a two-term nresi-
dent, of the National Negro Bar AS
ISOLATION which sort of makes the
pattern of his life run to terms,
terms, and more terms ..
.ADIOS.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-07-02

ETHEL SISSLE. who was divorc-
ed from band leader Noble Sissle
about two years ago, is doing quite
all right these days as the housfrau
(wife) of Walter L. Gordon Jr., an
attorney. Yes, she has the two
children she bore Sissle in her Gus
tody by court order (this is in ans
wer to L. B. Hodges, Cary, lndl
Evening star., 1949-04-24

manss. trocps learned tor G. tss
snsps were Rrasasa,
II then apgsaed 70 Ire Esss4aa
Tire familiar lsEs<. sssaa1ay rewsves
fer tAr rnlsrc States. chart a1g
an iupersAisstse yacs With sas
Chinese NasacaA1ls4k
~ Buried MitA Aensss~
In Shanghai. rscarwea4as. - ~
tlss Hr.sssA o<s6 wese es2-asc Ia
Huns 5so cemetery wstss full rna.a-
tAry ncacrs-
British ard American seasaen
ard Marines stood 81 attention
while sA5Ax ~as sounded ARD
British xAilors fts~<s rife sasless
over the xraves.
HEndrecs os foreign fwrgssersA-
taves and civilians tAnnsec tase
florsi-hankec s.is.
ccrspscsaosSs araogag t.ae mourn
ers wAs The Lorssnrs . Caps- j, q
l. Caxales. leaning en q eAne. Tie
was wounded In the attack.
The oodaes os the Amethyst =
captain. Ii, conds b NJ skinner
and ore Amethyst rassng ~fc cies
Of wounds are 10 be buried later
at sea. the RrItlsh navy reported,
They thus would be given the
same sort Of burial as their 10
comrades, who had 10 be oararSi
in the river.
Evening star., 1949-04-24
6ntish MPs: Points
koy Be Less Shiny
D. sAa Assess as~s s'%wss

LONDON --T'ess pasta 9. nssszks
sssesas~ws es Pas3aszsras s&n Ne asss
Army ws~a Ias< Hu@a sss Carn-
asa1a Ia fwss5lss- Tessss ssas psvSsAa-
tsaa q isss Sssow asaS i~Atsss sn-
9Iza1xT MAJ As&rs. sszmssAs~stgFaE CA
sess srata 10 - installed - ssys nsw
Anaw Tss CgaSs2saesss wAs eS-
ssZ0se6 ~ s~arah dagsszx ssss was
Asa1 tew hss2w haa n~sea ras~s4ssg
IN TIE nesase @. txgGA
Saysax II haa asArns<a aag~sagy
ell nx Ase6 0s tfss nsa msaa -.
strad os tire uAc4ssSxEAl Fv<4 seasesst.
tssr magazine ad1eSa Ac1AEsAg
seEs1s naosw SassEsy 10 m&ks sAs
srAis u 3cxs~ss sA1Esy than AL.
sang oa Aeassaes, ssssesaaIay Il tsss
site: aapgxgs 70 be aS3srsr,"
We are ncs s&gsws14n3, tsas
magazine hastily aaSses. thai ttss
activities ef tass nsessaa~ss es Pa
lsaanenG have fc otsssg results than
shiny tfo0asg seais~-e&at tos nss
nasasa Of the time Tie Eassnaess ass
aaglanx.~
Evening star., 1949-04-24
BY Seymour Toppla1

A..ssiat.d pr rer.isn G esnd.nt . !
NAHKNGt Sunday. April "a
In a dingy backroona of Markings
dilapidated Cairo Hot, sits a
weary old man whose job 1t is. to
hand over this Nationalist capital
to <trea victorious Communists.
He is 6Q-year-old Gen. Ma.
Ching-yuan, ia formeri divisional
commander who is chairman OF
Markings Emergency Peace Pres
ervation Committe.
IA telephone call aroused him
shortly after midnight yesterday
morning. It was Gen. Chang
Yao-ming. garrison commander.
who told Ma hastily that his
troops were evacuating the. city.
Chang asked Ma to take charge
during the transition period and
promised him enough police ana
security detachnients for the NJoo.
aDon't Have Enough Troops"
Ma ching-yuan bitterly re-
called that conversation as he sat
on. the edge of his chair this
morning, his hands folded be
tween his keens, and shaking ms
head as he repeated:
eve don't have enough troops.
We don't have enough troops 10
urotect the city against looters.
Rifle shots in the street UNDER
tined his fears. In the old city
section of Futzemiao, looters al
ready had done their work. In
the new part of town. with It's
EMBASSIES and large homes, only
the mayors house and that OF
premier Ho Ying-chin. acting
.Eresident Ii Tsung-jen. and other
hixh officials had been stripped
and looted.
after dawn today. said Ma
dafng-yuan, his committee will
send a delegation out through the
West Gate to Shang sHsiri Ho.
The Reds landed there last night.
three miles west Of the wall, pre-
ufred to march into Nanking.
Earlier, I had seen Mas COM
raittee at work In the broken
d6wn, dowdy. Marking hotel. In
the dining room they sat around
snail tables. composing welcome
iaokans for the Con1munists-to
ID posted and printed In the
Nrers.
The Nanking hotel was the nerve
oenter of the few men which Ma
Ind to keep order In this sprawl
iug city Of q million people,
Police Look Frightened.
Ills few hundred soldiers, vol
Unseer militia, and police could not
handle the job If serious rioting
broke out. His police. with their
white arm bands. huddled near
Their stations. flying the white
nag of the committee. They
locked frightened BY the artillery
6re audible on the south.
Beyond the south edge OF town
Evening star., 1949-04-24

her wounded to Shanghai by train
Friday. SO presumably the men
still aboard remained voluntarily
tTo let the ship fall into
Communist possession or even
to lose it by scuttling would
entail q tremendous loss OF
face and Is unlikely to be done
If any other steps are possi-
ble.)
Aid for Amethyst Uncertain.
A British naval spokesman In
Shanghai said it was not yet de!i-
mite what would be done TO free
the Amethyst.
The Communist radio charged
that on Wednesday two enemy
war vessels" suddenly opened firs
on Communist positions on the
north bank.
It said the Communists ere
turned the fire and hit one OF the
vessels. which subsequently sank
while the other steamed westward
and was half sunk near Chin
kiang. Then another enemy war
vessel, steaming eastward from
chinkiang. reached the spot and
opened FIRE"
tThis reference to 4 vessel
sunk was obscure. Four Brit
ish ships were damaged but
none was sunk. There has
been no indication that there
was any other ship with the
Amethyst when she was at
tacked)
The Communist broadcast was
the first Red reference to the al
fair. -,..,.s-.
1t continued that In all. on
Wednesday and Thursday, "fise
enemy ships were engaged and
that several other vessels nearby
also took part in the battle.
It said that 1t was not until
Thursday night. SO hours after
the first encounter, that the com-
Evening star., 1949-04-24
Aid TO Chinese Reds
By Russia Reported
Shown in Documents
By the kssoeiotsd Press

LAKE SUCCESS. April %
Britain's intelligence service was
reported to have received copies
of captured orders and papers
showing that the Soviet Union is
aiding the Chinese Communists.
A British source who would not
permit Identification said these
papers showed clear coordination
between the Moscow government
and the Chinese Communists. He
gave no details.
The Chinese delegation to the
United Nations heard these re-
ports with interest. There was no
official word Of any course OF ac-
tion, but some u. N. sources said
If the documents were backed with
sufficient evidence they could be
the basis for a complaint by the
Chinese Nationalist government
against Soviet Russia In the q. N =.
Security Council.
The Chinese delegation held an
extraordinary caucus today at
which the reports we're discussed.
There was no sign. however, OF
any change in the policy of wait
and see" adopted by the delega-
ton.
u. N. sources said China con-
sidered bringing up the Chinese
situation last fall during the Paris
Assembly to charge that Russia
had not fully complied with her
treaty obligations. But this plan
was abandoned and 1t has been
noted since that Russia has fol-
lowed a most correct course in re-
gard to the Nationalist govern
ment, these sources added,
On the basis OF present infor-
nation. U. N. observers pointed
out. there is nothing that can be
done In the u. N. about the war
in China.
China has not presented COM
plant. Secretary General Trygye
Lie made 1t clear during the past
winter that he plans not to in
tervene as a mediator. No other
member of the U. N. has shown
any sign of bringing UP the
Chinese situation.
Western delegates say privately,
however. that the incidents in
volving British war vessels on the
Yangtze River undoubtedly will
cause Britain and. the United
States to re-examine their whole
policy, toward China.
DR.. v. X. Wellington Koo.
Chinese ambassador to the United
States. is chie1 delegate for China
at the u. N. Assembly. DR.. T. F.
Tsiang, China's permanent dele
gate to the u. N. and the Chinese
member Of the Security Council, is
second In command Of the dele
CATION,
Evening star., 1949-04-24
Marc Connolly Leads
Lloyd Lewis Rites
D. ssss Aaexsssss ps.ss

LIBERIYvuIE. III. April - ~-~
Friends OF Lloyd Lewis. historian
and newspapersaan. oade him
farewell today In al open air
funeral service led by Marc Con.
nelly. the playwright.
Mr.. Lewis. 81. died Thursday Of
q heart seizure in his rasne.ias
home on a wooded bank Of the
Desplaines River here.
His funeral was held on the
grassy expanse outside his door
Hundreds OF persons sought out
the secluded glade.
They came from far-Mr Con-
nelly from New York and Carl
Sandburg. the poet, author and
historian from Flat Rock. NJ. C..
and they came from close by. as
did Gov. Adlai Stevenson Of nli-
nois. Mr.. Lewis neishbor al .
stones throw distance.
Standing beside Mr.. Lewis cas-
ket. Mr.. Connolly. who wrote the
Pulitzer Prize winning play,
Green Pastures. called his dead
friend the most successful man
I ever knew"
This success. Mr.. Connolly said,
was measured ''in the warmth OF
friendship felt by everyone he
knew and In the gift Of his talents
left as q tax-free inheritance for
everyone In his books"
Gov. Stevenson said Mr.. Lewis
was rich ''in gentleness. wisdom
and wit--a very good neighbor,
quick in time OF misfortune. and
present In times OF mirth and
happiness"
Mr.. Lewis began his newspaper
careeer ut Philadelphia in 1918
after his graduation from Swarth-
more College. Two years later.
he came to Chicago where he
worked for the old Record Herald.
and later, the Daily News.
In ,lsl6. he retired from active
work because Of .
strong urge TO devote himself 70
historical writing. Two OF hts
works, Sherman. Fighting
Prophet" and Myths After Lin
coin" are said by Mr.. Sandburg
"fatsd 10 be classics" b"
Evening star., 1949-04-24

turned back by explosions ana
artillery fire. rsaY ~
Returning to the Associated
Press house. Just down the street
q couple Of blocks from Ii Tsung-
jen's looted residence. Bill Kuan
and I passed through dark and
deserted streets. on to one side
soldiers were firing now and then.
apparently ct looters. aftts
It had not been like that on the
ride to Mas hotel. Then we had
been stopped by q line of eight
soldiers who wanted a ride on our
jeep. They were polite but firm
and pointed their rifles at us.
They piled on the jeep and some
how the 10 of us made 1t up
Chungshan road to the center of
town, where statue of Sun. Vat
sen stared of into the darkness.
The soldiers said they were
going to the South Gate. We said
we had to turn off to 60 to the
Marking Hotel. They climbed of
Evening star., 1949-04-24
British Hint Force
May Be Used 10 Free
Trapped War Vessel
Q, re Asssssssss psss.

SHANGHAI. April =. -- The
British consul general tonight
strongly implied that force would
be used II necessary TO rescue the
sleep Amethyst and its 60 remain
ing personnel from . Chinese
Communist trap In the YArgtxe
River.
The Communist radio in Pei
ping. meanwhile. charged that the
four British ships shot Up By
the Reds since Wednesday we're
fired on because they Joined the
Nationalist in the war.
A British Foreign once spokes-
man in London Indignantly denied
this. stating the Amethyst and the
others which vainly tried to rescue
her "only fired In self-defense and
did not fire until fired upon"
This spokesman also said one
OF the British ships. the 10000
ton cruiser London. was fired on
by Nationalists rs well as Com
munist artillery. He did not elab-
crate on this. British sources In
Shanghai previously had denied
rumors Of Nationalist firing.
Reds Suffer 252 Casualties.
The death toll aboard the four
British ships was officially put
today at 43. instead Of the previous
a. More than 80 British seamen
were wounded. some OF them crit
ically. The Communists said they
themselves suffered 252 casual
ties and damage TO their positions.
The i,375-ton Amethyst, first
fired on Wednesday morning as
she sought to reach Nanking to
supply and protect British en-
bassy personnel. was still pinned
in the river about so miles east
Of Nanking. The destroyer Con-
sort, the cruiser London and the
sloop Black Swan all were hit
and had to withdraw when they
tried to aid her.
. The Communists now hold both
banks and have fred on the little
vessel every time she moves in
either direction. She was badly
crippled by the fire but still has
power.
What the British intend to do
next to help her was not made
clear. Naval authorities said a
Royal Air Force flying boat flew
over the Amethyst yesterday but
did not alight.
In Safe Position.
British Consul General r. w.
Urquhart. in q st. Georges Day
radio address. declared: =,
"Cmcers and men on board the
Amethyst are in good heart but
naturally exhausted. They are In
as safe a position as can be found
for them. ~.
4Naturally every possible means
Of .rescuing them either by 90
orzfation 0r d cease.nr6 dder win
bs.taken. '~s w ss
He did not explain, but IN
operation" could only mean force
under the circumstances.
"It was not clear whether he
referred only to the men or toI
the ship as well. However, the
Arnetfiyst res able VI GIsd VI,
Evening star., 1949-04-24
Paper Marks tooth Year
With 40 Page Edition
sy ihs sAsscsiotsd Pfsss

ST. PAUL Minn.. April 23<.
the ST. raul Pioneer Press VII
observe its Tooth anniversary 20
morrow by Publishing j. 80 page
edition, the largest newspaper
published in the Nation since the
boom days Of the 2os.
Only paper to exceed the cur
rent edition Of the Pioneer Press
was the Miami Daily News which
on July 26, 1928. published . oo4-
page paper. A..
Fifteen sections make up the
Pioneer Press centennial edition
which recounts the growth OF the
State which is concurrently seie-
brating it's territorial centennial.
Evening star., 1949-04-24
Gen. Ma, Surendering Nonking

on Blue FDragQn Hill tWo pat-
talions, OF Nationalist artillery
were firing at Red forces dk&$he
north bank of the Yangtze.
A member of Mas committee
said they were firing aimlessly
and without effect. in an ef1ort
to cover the retreat OF govern
ment troops.
Ma was worried about thescity S
kese Installations the embassies.
and the civilian. population
In his small bedroom. which
is painted a ghastly pea-green.
he was debating what to do about
the small airfield inside the city
walls. He was looking for enough
men and trucks to take away
the gasoline stored there. He said
his committee was afraid the
Nationalists would bomb 1t and
destroy all installations there.
Half Dozen Planes Burning.
He had heard that all dumps
had been blown up at the mill
tary field outside the city wall
and had heard the explosions be-
ginning at 9 o'clock last night
He wasn't treasured when Bill
Kuan OF Agence France Presse
and told him we had driver
over it and found 1t deserted, ex.
cept for half a dozen planes burn
ing on the field.
"You were lucky" he said. "Ths
air force left time bombs on tina
field. just as they did along thu
water front"
He said his committee had triet
to send a man across the river Il
contact the Reds and offer u
surrender but that the man wa,
Evening star., 1949-04-24
Rodio Telephone Hookup
Plonned for Singapore
D. sAs Asses sss~s sssss

SINdAPORE. -~ Singapore wsH
soon be On the world radae lsae-
phone map,
Before the end ef this year,
plans are already atecs 10 link
Slneapoge with tfw unlsed kiax.
dom by telephone.
Evening star., 1949-04-24
ToReds, ,,FeursMore Looting.

reluctantly. Their sergeant saio
they, were the last ssentries 10
leave the Yangtse waterfront,
Evening star., 1949-01-26
OId-Fushioned Kitchen

Oh, sing song OF Kitchens. modern as
can be,
But add a ,oistful coda to the tune for me;
For / see as I ,ptpe Haoleum and chrome,
A big old fashioned kitchen In an old
farm home. ,<
We kept the poodbox fl1sd that sat beside
the range,
Our kitchens glo,oing genie; Ue neuer
thought tt strange
Its open yas both source of Dondrous
things to eat
And hearth for drying shoes and
Darnstng frozen feet.
The ,Dindotp panes iDere steamed as
suppertime began
With tempting odors from each bubbltnn
pot and PAN;
The cupboard doors vere opened and the
dishes spread
Upon the tables damnsk OF checkered
,rtite and red.
The coal oil lamp Das lit, and after
opening chores,
We houered In its rloD that shut the
dark outdoors;
Thouoh haze sinks and stools, and
bright electric light,
A kitchen long ago pas the heart Of
home at night.
LUCILLE JONES sTREACKER.
Evening star., 1949-01-26
Why Hospitals Foce q Crisis

The annual report of the American Hos
pital Association contains some facts which
throw light on why hospitals here and else
where throughout the country are in the
throes of a financial crisis. On the basis
of a survey of 1923 hospitals of all types
except Federal, the association found that
salaries of hospital employees rose 10 per
cent in 1948 over 1947. During the same
period the average hospital work week was
reduced an hour for all employees except
clerks.
General duty nurses today are receiving,
on the average, 80 per cent more than they
did in 1s45. Salaries of practical nurses
and of nonprofessional employees have gone
up by various amounts during the past two
years. The rising payroll costs have COM
bined with rising costs Of plant equipment
and maintenance to produce unprece-
dented deficits at most voluntary hospitals.
Salaries and personnel maintenance costs
account for more than half the total cost
of running hospital.
It is because of these increased expenses,
in addition to inadequate reimbursement
of voluntary hospitals for services rendered
to INDECENT and Semi-indigent patients,
that local hospitals are struggling
successfully in most caSeS-to make both
ends meet. Garfield Hospital for example,
reported a deficit of more than $500 900
last year To forestall a further deficit
this year, that hospital recently closed its
doors to all but emergency INDECENT cases.
Curtailment of other services to public and
private patients may become necessary If
the hospitals are to survive the present
crisis.
The problem is one that concerns the
public no less than the administrators of
the various hospitals. The hospitals are
q community responsibility and only .
COMMUNICATIVE appreciation OF the prob
lem and community support of
measures deemed necessary by hospital
authorities to solve the problem will suffice
to keep the hospitals operating at full
capacity and efficiency.
Evening star., 1949-01-26
Blames Police for Interference.

Blames Police for Interference.
To the Editor of The star
Your editorial praising the police conduct
during the Inauguration is in the same issue
OF The Star containing a news story reporting
arbitrary police interference in the inaugural
parade.
An ofncial apology since has gone to the
Louisville Democratic organization for the ac-
ton OF the police in forcing out Of line and
out OF the parade one of the most interesting
and important floats of all.
Senator Chapman of Kentucky called the
incident an outrage. c. w. A. McCann, presi-
dent of the Nose Green Club of Louisville, ac-
cording to your own story, said: Police laid
hands on the clubmen and forced them out of
the parade"
This is typical sample of Washington police
methods, which The Star always apologies for.
Even its headline over the story was an
apology: COMMITTEE Apologies to Those Who
Lost Places in Parade" The inference is that
the Kentuckians, who should have been treated
with courtesy, just got lost" Intelligent people
are not fooled by editorials when the evidence
is to the contrary. MARSDEN SIENNA.
Editors note: Intelligent people are also
aware that the police were merely enforcing
ruling from the parade oficials-carrying
out orders. in other words)
Evening star., 1949-01-26
CIO and WFTU

As recently. as last June, James B. Carey,
Secretary-treasurer of the Congress of
Industrial Organizations, rejected a. de-
mand by the American Federation Of
Labor that the CIO quit the World Fedora
ton of Trade Unions. He did so on the
ground that the CIO should continue to
take part in order to associate itself with
groups in Europe that "are engaged In
the fight against totalitaranism in all its
FORMS"
Today, however, Mr.. Carey together with
the CIO, is of an entirely different mind.
As he has just declared at a meeting of
the WFTU in Paris, the organization Is a
corpse and the time has come to bury it.
The same sentiment is shared by the
British Trades Union Council, the Dutch
Federation of Labor and every other non-
Communist member. Together with the
C1O, these groups are now taking their
leave Of the WF'TU, though only about six
months ago they were still willing to
belong to it.
The reason for this change is not hard
to find. AS far as the CIO is concerned,
it has learned through experience what
the AFL recognized from the start
namely, that the WFTU, far from being
nongovernmental organization to encour
age cooperation among the worlds free
labor groups, is Communist-d dominated
agency for propaganda and agitation de-
signed to serve the ends of the Kremlin.
When it was first founded at the close of
the war, many union leaders in numerous
countries took the hopeful and idealistic
view that it would play large role in
promoting international good will and
better living standards everywhere. But
the Reds lost little time in Capturing" 1t
and using 1t not to flight against totali-
tarianism in all its forms" but to employ
1t IS weapon in support OF the Soviet
Union.
All this became particularly clear only
about two months after Mr.. Carey had
rejected the AFL demand for tha CLOS