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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24

ents, Mr.. and Mrs. C, A. Ramsay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack White and
daughter of Hattiesburg were also
weekend guests in the Ramsay
home.
j. P. fairfield of Gulfport was
a recent Sunday guest at the o.
E. Atwell home and later accom-
panied Mr.. and Mrs. Atwell and
Emma 10 to a baptismal service
held on Fort Bayou near the Oak
Grove church.
Opal Walker visited relatives
in Gulfport recently.
Mrs. Odell Ulmer and Floy and
Melva McAllister were visitors in
Back Bay Friday.
Charles Verbeck and Mr.. and
Mrs. c. A. Verbeck and son Bob
by, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Wardrop Sunday, leaving Bobby
as the guest of Wyall until Mon
day.
Rev. Brian Broadus of Esca-
tawpa was a guest in the Hubert
Mallette home on Saturday.
Raymond Mallette made a bus
mess trip to Hattiesburg Friday.
Mrs. Mallette accompanied him
and spent the day with her sis
ter. Mrs. w. d. Murray.
Recent guests in the Jim Mar
tin home were his sister. Mrs.
Laura Parker and son of Wig
gins, and his niece, Mrs. NJ. p.
Johnson of Laurel. Mr.. Martin
has been i'll. but has improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Campbell
of Lafayette, La, have been Wis
iting relatives here and at Van
cleave, since his recent gradua-
ton from Southwestern Louisiana
Institute and have returned to
Lafayette where Mr.. Campbell
will take a nine weeks course in
vocational agriculture prepare
tory to teaching in Louisiana.
Mrs. O.. E. Atwell and daugh-
ter. Emma 10, visited Mrs. At
wells sister and brother-in-law,
MI. and Mrs. Amos Towle of Mo
bile on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs.
Towle are spending a month at
the Tivoli hotel in Biloxi. Miss
Geraldine Atwell was a Sunday
guest of her aunt and uncle.
Joy Walker has been visiting
her grandparents. Rev. and Mrs
H. D.. Walker of Fontainebleau.
E. c. McAllister and son
George, visited relatives in Grand
Bay I'VE the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. Spauldine
attended the Thursday morning
session of the annual Methodist
conference at First Church in
Gulfport. DR.. Albert Shirley Of
Houston, Tex, was the guest
speaker, and Bishop M. A. Frank.
lin presided over the conference
Mr.. Jones of Pascagoula, from
the Production encouragement AID.
ministration, was in Fort Bayou
Friday, discussing pasture i'm
provement and the distribution Of
lime and phosphate among the
farmers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Bryan, Mr.
and Mrs. William Henley anc
Mrs. John Laparka, nee Miss
Bobby Jean Henley, former resi-.
dents of Pascagoula, recently mo-
tored from their new home in
Orange, Texas to visit the o. E
Atwell family and other relatives
and friends.
The V~ancleave community
"sing" has invited the Fort Bayou
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24
DIVERSIFIED cUcUMBERs

II is a known fact that cucum-
berS are Of the same general spe-
Gle as watermelons and the two
cucumbers that were on exhibit
this week by John Woodcock of
East Moss Point really looked
like miniature watermelons. They
weighed four pounds and two
ounces each and Mr.. Woodcock
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24

plans to save them for seed he
said. He planted a row about 200
feet long in cucumbers last spring
he said, most of which have been
put up as pickles. but these two
developed so rapidly even during
the drought that he left them to
see how large they would grow.
If they reproduce true to size
Paul Bunyan would probably be
interested in the crop.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24

MED Captain and Mrs. John
Hicks of Mobile to Orange, Tex.
over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Moore and
daughter, Mary Kate. of Gulf
port spent several days last week
as house guests of the Rev. and
Mrs. NJ. +. Hubert, ST..
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-24

One Of the earliest examples
of Roman bronze is a coin mint
ed in 20 b. c.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12
Echoes From The Stadium

Cleveland daily, says the booing is
definitely of racial birth" Lewis's
opinioncan not be passed off as
that of a "Negro with a chip on
his shoulder" AS far as we know
he is not of Negro origin, and
judging from some of his conclus-
ions, he cannot be called "pro-
Negro" After Lewis avers that
the Easter booers were prejudiced,
he doesn't recommend that they
stop the practice. He puts it this
way: wonder why the peasants
don't boo Veeck instead? He hired
him Confusing, aren't they
these sports writer's!
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12
2 OF CrOveland
Trio Sentenced to
Death.

TAVARES, Fla. (ANP)- Two
members of the Groveland trio
were sentenced to death on one
to life in prison last week after
being found guilty of allegedly
raping a 17-year-old- white wife
and beating her farmer husband
two months ago.
Sentenced to death by Judge
Truman G. Futch were Samuel
Shepherd, %, and Walter Irwin,
%, Charles Greenlee, 16, was
sentenced to life. A fourth man,
Earnest Thomas, was killed by a
white posse several weeks ago.
Judge Futch pronounced sent
ence after denying a plea for a
new trial for Irwin and Shepard.
He said the defens e attorneys
seemed " for more intent upon
injecting the racial question into
the record than in maintaining the
presumption Of innocence"
An all white jury found the
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12
Ezzard Must
Find Mate

CINCINNATI, O. (ATLAS) =
Ezzard Charles, MIA heavyweight
champion, must find a mate who
can give him a family or there
will be no matrimony, that is if
his grandmother has anything to
say about it.
1t is reported that the gray
haired grandmother Of the
famous young fighter insists that
the girl her grand son marries must
give him a family, and disclosed
that any marriage to his current
host Of anticipated admirers is
tabooed.
Reports have been current that
Charles has been quite friendly
with Mrs. Lula Bella Ferguson,
near middle-aged wealthy owner
Of Cincinnati's Cotton Club, but
according to Grandma Charles,
these reports are unfounded.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12
Sex Maniac Throws
Bow Out of Window

CHICAGO CAMP Police
are combing the Southside in
search of a sex maniac who fail
ing in his attempts to seduce an
11-year-old boy, threw him out of
the bathroom window Of a hotel.
The victim, Sincie McLaurin,
was buried Wednesday.
Just before he lost conscious
ness, the boy told his father the
man had said he would kill him
if he did not do what he wanted.
The man had offered him 5000, he
said. He called on the boy as he
was looking in a store window
about five blocks from the hotel.
Only one person, Miss Luella
Cousin, clerk at the hotel, saw
the man with the boy before the
fatal act. She described him to
be about FL years old and weigh
ing about 1876 pounds. He told
her he was a newspaper collector,
she said, and she allowed him
and the boy to go upstairs.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12

trio guilty three days before
sentence was pronounced, but reco-
mmennded ENERGY" for Greenlee.
Testimony revealed that Green
lee did not know either Irwin or
Shepherd before the time of their
arrest. Greenlee also testified that
neither the husband involved nor
his wife could identify him as
one of her alleged assailants.
When the attack was announced
two months ago Negroes in the
Groveland area were subjected to
numerous attacks from the white
people in this area.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12
Biased Postal
Employee Fired
In New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS (ANP) An
employee with the reputation of
being biased against Negroes was
fired from the New Orleans post
office by President Truman, it was
reported here last week.
Miles A. Pratt, collector of GUS
toms here since 1886, was dis
charged, and he will be replaced
by Wesley R. Writ, recommend
ed by Sen. Russell Long.
It is believed that Pratt. lost
his job because he allegedly sup
ports the cause of the Dixiecrats
although he denies it. President
Truman had appointed him for
temporary service during a con
gressional recess, but had never
asked the senate to confirm his
appointment.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12

kOx as u OdSCOdIl RldyCl i0oe WIN
for the first time in his major
r. : : and any other normal
human would have done the sam
thing.
New York Yankee Relief Pitch
err Joe Page not only felled the
Cleveland stalwart with a buster,
but went on to add insult to injury.
Dolby didn't like it and expressed
himself as such. For a while it
looked like the makings of a real
fight, but unfortunately for both
the rhubard fissled out.
Here is an unbiased recap Of
what happened. Put yourself in
Doby's shoes and try to imagine
what you would have done.
The incident took place in Cleve-
land on the night Of August 25.
Larry Dolby came to bat in the
eighth inning with the Indians
trailing in an all-important tilt
with the league leaders. Joe Page
busted Larry with a fast ball that
bounced off the outfielder's arm.
The blow sent him sprawling to the
ground, writhing in agony.
Dolby pulled himself together
and headed for first base. But
was Page sorry that he clipped a
man? No. He didn't even try to
conceal his attitude. Before Dolby
could reach the first sack, the
pitcher yelled, "Why didn't you
get out of the way?" Pages re-
mark was quite audible. The Cleve-
land Press "a white daily also
credited him with the remark.
Before reaching the bag, the us
ually quiet Dolby returned the
challenge. In the same inning the
two men passed third base. at the
same time, they pierced each other
with icicle chances. No fists were
raised for combat, but the emot-
ion for such was there.
During the hectic game, which
the Tribe lost 6 to 3, Page also
hit Johnny Berardino inthe ninth
with a pitched ball. But Page re-
portedly made a distinction be-
tween Barardino and Dolby. Page
told Outfielder Bob Kennedy to
inform Berardino that he was
sorry about the pitch. He didn't
say how he felt toward Dolby.
Maybe he "forgot." Maybe he
didn't. But the fact that a pitched
ball can kill a man or injure hin
permanently remains the same.
Some Cleveland fans can be pre-
JUDGED, too. Both Luke Easter ano
Larry Dolby have been greeted
with lusty boos from the home
towners, on occasions, when they
stepped to the plat. At first, we
passed off the riding of Easter
as that which befalls : man whose
batting average is dragging THE
bottom. But why boo Dolby? HI
was leading the second highes
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12

best-known Negro entertainers
around the globe. Fourteen foreign
editors selected Duke. Seventeen
foreign editors picked Lena.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12
Negro Family
Stays Awhile

NEW YORK (ANP)- Mr.. and
Mrs. Hardine Hendrix and their
little son, Hardine Jr., who moved
into an apartment in the restrict
ed apartment house projects
Continued on Page A.
Evening star., 1949-12-02
famous forstmann's wooIen
coats with costly furs

Special Purchase! Not just fur-trfmmed coots,
but fur-trirned FORsTNANN's WOOL BROAD
CLOTH coots! That means the best in fobrics
lavish with sumPtuous furs- including genuine
Ronch Mink! Black dyed or grey Person Lonb!
Sheored Beover! Even Muskrot copes Black,
toupe, green, wine in fitted or full styles, every
one with the priced Forstmonn lobel Sizes 10 to
l8, but not il every color or fur. Sorry, we can't
mention the manufacturers name. Thots why
these coots are soe-priced at just $68.
Misses Better Goats, Third Floor, Washington:
Second Floor Siuer Spring
Evening star., 1949-12-02
Junior miss COATS in lush
fabrics with fine furs

Almost unheord ofbeover, grey Persian lamb mink
dyed squirrel or sveY muskrot trimmed coats for
less than fifty dollars! Not only tho but your choice
Of fitted styles (they do so much for the junior
fgure) or the flowing boxed or flare coots Black,
grey wine, green teal, toupe; sizes tolls, but not
in every style. Your CHOICE soIe-prced at just $48!
Young Washngonian Third Washington Second ST.
Evening star., 1949-12-02
women's aII-wooI broadc|oth
coats with f|attering furs

Your fovorite furs--ustrous bock-dyed Persian
Lamb Of soft and lovely soble-dyed squirrel! Gen.
erous coors Of foce framing fur! Many styles with
SNORT, warm fuf cuffs, too! Boxy styles with excel
ienty detailed yokes and dressroker touches. Black,
wine, grey, or green oI1-wooI broodcoth, sizes l4A
to 24h in the group, all soIe-priced at just $50.
Better Coats Third Floor Washington Second sver
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-04-02
Cleanup, Paint-up
Campaign Begins
Continued from page u

Continued from page u
Health Movement observed Mrs
Coleman is Cooperate With Your
Health Agencies and Your Neigh.
borhs for Better Health and SAM
tation in Your Community"
'The families in participating com.
munities are urged to clean up and
beautify their homes and premises.
Also, of course, the family should
check individual health habits, seek
proper medical aid, and obtain cor
receive treatment as needed. Child
rem should receive a physical check.
up at school, and fundamentals Of
good health should be demonstrated
through health plays. contests, and
other activities" she concluded.
Officers Of the Friendship Garden
and Civic club are: Mrs. A. M. Cole.
man, president; Mrs. Wilhelmina C.
Rhetta, vice president; Mrs. A. NJ.
Irvine, secretary; Mrs. F1orie Stra-
chan, assistant secretary; and Mrs.
Abertha Carey. treasurer.
EDITORS NOTE: The Friend
ship Garden and Civic club has
sponsored such community enter
prises as the Dorsey Public Library
the Daily Vocational Bible School.
the Service Men Center from which
was given the USO.
Mrs. Coleman, president, is Mother
of the Miami Merge Police; Mother
of the Spiral Club which is COM
posed of the wives of members of
the Miami Negro Police force; chair
man of the Home Service Council of
the Miami Chapter Of the American
Red Cross; member OF the Board of
Directors of the Negro Service
Council; member of the Board of
Trustees of the YMCA; member OF
the Directors Of the Wage learners
Insurance Company; secretary Of the
Trustees Board of Christian Hospit-
al and several other important civic
and social organizations.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-04-02
S-Year Old Hurt
By Mail Truck

Little Sandra Ann Wallace Swear.
OLD daughter of Mrs. Jacqueline
Kirk, of 24S NV 9Th street suffer.
ed one fractured and one broken leg
wednesday morning when she was
shocked down and run over by a
U. s. Mail truck. The accident oc.
CURED at the corner of NV srd ave
and 10th ST., while little Sandra was
on ner way to school along with q
number Of other small children. She
was admitted to the jackson Memo.
Iial Hospital. where her condition
is reported as fair.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-04-02
Elks' Contest
By Arlington Sands

The Elks' Oratorical and Singing
Contest held Monday evening was
real treat. 1t was grand exhi-
bition of high school talent. The stu
dents that participated were at their
best and rendered outstanding per-
formances. But the program did not
scape the usual poor craftsmanship
uproar and accommodation that fol
low each years decisions.
The judges were in difficult
spot. For the contest wasn't an easy
task. All the schools were at then
best. While the judges decisions
were unpopular, they were in our
opinion, just, under the score sys.
tenn used.
In the oratorical contest fouI
schools participated. B. T. W., Dor.
sey, Carver and Douglas High Of
Key West.
Dorsey won first prize with Miss
Sylvia Reynolds. She delivered one
Of the most eloquent addresses In
history of the contest. Her victory
was one of the only two popular de-
, cisions of the judges. The other one
was won by Miss Thommye Lee
Amos Of Carver High. She won the
1st prize for the solo contest. She
has a voice acknowledged to be the
best among high school students.
The other part of the musical
contest, the best twenty minute pro.
gram, contest number and quartet,
ended in dead heat between Dor.
sey and B. T. Washington. More OF
the schools seemed pleased with the
decisions. Dorsey remained calm
while B. T. Washington students
walked out in protest, and Carver
/ students remained to protest to Elk
officials.
In oratorical: Dorsey won LIST
prize "a 800 scholarship; Carver
won the End prize $50 scholarship
Washington was 3rd.
JOSEPH T. WINGATE
For weeks now I have been trying
to tell our readers about Joseph T
Wingate.
Mr.. Wingate has been in this city
Tor more than month, canvassing
the city as enumerator for r. Polk
and Co. That is preparing the 194s
edition of the Miami City directory.
His job is to visit every home in the
eoiored section and to gather the
names of every person in this area
Out of the 25 men here doing the
job. he is the only colored. Mr..
Wfngate is from Plymouth, N. c
He is professional enumeration
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-04-02

In the April issue Of the Readers
Digest there is an article an arth'
ritis entitled, at Learn to Live
Again" Its inspirational message
may well bring comfort and hope to
many Of those who have been
struck down by one of the most I'M
compromising and merciless of cripp-
lers. The author wildly tells how
arthritis gradually but surely over
whelmed his body until he became
totally disabled - no longer able TO
continue his professional and social
LIE. His story is that OF an indomi-
table spirit which not only refused
TO succumb to physical sufferings
and handicaps but built froma
world Of difficulties new life. am
especially proud of this mans &C
complishments and unreservedly
recommend it for reading. The auth
or, Judge Frank Smathers of Miami
is my father.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-04-02
The SPECTATOR
THE NEW RENT CONTROL LAW
By ELLIOTT j. PIEZE

ANAINU ANAIAN4 SV4N 11bVL liza -"
AS this is being written, President
Truman is signing into law the
newly enacted rent control bill. The
law becomes effective Immediately,
thus supplanting the old law which
expired at midnight on Thursday
night.
While it is much better h a n
nothing or no law at all, the new
law fall far short of answering the
vital needs of the people of the
United States. President Truman
asked the Congress for a much
more rigid law than the one he
signed today. but opposition on top
Of opposition from practically all
sources, but particularly from the
powerful real estate lobby, placed
him in a position where he had to
sign the new law, or let all controls
die.
There are objections and com.
plants on the new law from both
the landlords and the tenants. And
that really is the unusual. I for one
predict that there will be more and
more objections on the part of both
groups.
Probably the greatest confusion
that will be experienced by the
people as a result of the new law is
he provision that landlords must re-
ceive a fair net operating income
from investments in rental housing
Just who is going to decide what is
fair and what is not fair" in so
, far as net returns on investments
are concerned. has not been deter.
mined by the Congress.
Another ObjectiOnal provision in
the new law is the condition that
permits cities and towns to get rid
OF federal rent control with the an.
prOval Of the governor, and a state
to toss 1t out by legislative action.
Both Of these provisions are certain
to provoke confusion.
The new law continues controls.
such as they are for another Is
, months. The President asked for n
continuation for another two years.
but Congress said no. The President
also asked for a stronger law but
again the Congress said no.
All things being considered. anv
fair minded person with the best in.
terest Of the nation as a whole at
heart, can't help but agree that it
would be far better for the federal
government to operate the controls
than for any other lower govern.
ment. But Congress evidentallv
places the best interest of a few
above and beyond the best interest
OF the nation as a whole.
AS the matter stands TODAY the
nation is now embarking upon a new
era. An era OF a Is month rent con.
troll - a control which is unpopu.
ar with both the landlords and the
tenants alike. No one will dare pre-.
dict what the final outcome will he
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-04-02

Above is state wide planning COM
mittee of Kappa Alpha Psi Fratern-
ity. Presiding over the meeting
(standing) is Chester r. Cowart of
Jacksonville, Florida State Chair.
man of Kappa Men. The meeting is
being held in the Main Reading
Room Of Coleman Library, Florida
A and NJ College, Tallahassee.
The men of Kappa planned at this
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-04-02

meeting to hold their first Annual
meeting to hold their first Annual
%, 1949 on the campus Of Florida
A and NJ College.
The Honorable ]. Ernest wilkins,
distinguished Attorney of Chicago,
Illinois and Grand Polemarch Of the
Fraternity will address the banquets'
On this occasion the fraternity
will launch its drive to raise funds
for the building Of the Kappa Fra
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-04-02
Your Congressman
Continued from page /

OOnClnued from page !
plans far enough in advance so that
In the event Of an economic crisis
1t would be possible to commence
Public Works program at once.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-04-02
House To Be Moved

$95 total price house 10 W
moved also large trailer $3.50.
Inquire: go NE 3rd Street
Phone 3-0S20
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-04-02
Watch For
"A Date With a Dish %
Coming Soon

tries to help their unfortunate and that's commemorate
our backwards. A-e"' neie IN
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-04-02
doesn't MATTER"

weeks issue of Miami Life The story tells of Negro wo-
(and her picture is shown painfully strapped to
bed
Here is how Miami Life describes the
he thongs were tightly that the
hOOdca be OOzing round them!
Reporter Gary Rogers ho
gained Miami Retreat by TAX
ing job there few days beOe released the woman r"OOeO n ~
with medication and hed friendly
She reacted favOrably in kind.
fought back when she butaly treated Rogersre
Reporter Rogers got linen, and cigare
very the five days he there
she had done she had been the
dangerously there
tOrturing this photograph"
Reporter Rogers tells of another case as follows
admitted the Miami Retreat He found
morning filthy fOulmlng She had multiple bruises
her limbs and body Her left eye was hackened
ched Of who close
considered violent
his to a bwiy attendant
spinning. Later strapped her
securely to
again hospital rules by releasing her.
She declined eat
and she couldn't eat
heavy foods
So Rogers stole some grapefruit juice
patient She devOured both hgy
this Retreats business and head
and thai the wOman's diet be changed
But he told that have to have the doctors order change
the diet
So for the days
left the hospitals and
doesn't know how he
day the dOcOwhOm the
appropriately Vanishing they
the briefe moments visited this
examined Time three minutes Prescription NOTHING
q charity the county She's
classed q Doesn't Matter
writing mseraby-n
HER PITT
And yet another story from Miami Life:
AN UNDERTAKING FOR NEGROES
that working
should their efforts Negroes
phOtOgraphcally revealed by MIAMI LIFE.
patients they
color - AS AMERICANS human beings!
this
civic is up.
vigorously
publicity
social gatherings should their in shame they
trate asng this blot state county, city
Were Americas slaves treated worse?
We know we endorse the sentiments of our COM
munity when we tender to Miami Life Big Thank You
for making this exposure and hope the suggestion
made to organizations will put them the alert
Although it shouldgnot be it far easier for Mi
ami Life get the inside dongs of such crueles than
is for most of1our organizations
Confirming this inhuman treatment in lengthy story
in the Miami Daily News told by Ed Herman, at
tenant at the Retreat who has since been fired because
he information to about the terrible
conditions at that institution.
Following this unfavorable publicity the authorities
should lose time in correcting such nhuman treatment
Will these eases still be considered as Doesn't Mat
ter" Cases?
While we pour millions of dollars into other coun-