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Evening star., 1949-10-30

down. Philadelphia sleuths call
this the "Shoplifter's Shuttle.
Some lady shoplifters carry a
bag attached to a pleated skirt
with a hidden Upper or slit. The
longer skirt has brought back
another once-outmoded device
- an elastic band, fastened above
the knee, with attached hooks.
Stolen items are swept under the
long skirt and hung on the hooks.
A Quick Fxisk
A 62-YEAR-oLD Massachusetts,
woman recently arrested for shop
lifting concealed four pounds of
steak and six veal chops in her spe-
cially made canvas bloomers which
had long pockets.
A New York detective coping
with the New Look says. IF wom-
en- had to wear slacks instead of
skirts, our job might be easier"
When a cop is in doubt about a
shopper, he may contrive to lean
against him or her in a crowd or an
elevator and frisk the suspected
section.
The law can be tough on
shoplifters whom police book
under ''larceny." Since Connec-
ticut law doesn't distinguish be-
tween petty and grand larceny,
shoplifting is serious crime there.
A convicted shoplifter loses the
right to vote. Under New York's
fourth offender law, a shoplifter
was handed a life sentence.
Evening star., 1949-10-30

fingered folk think twice before
trying anything, many food stores
now post conspicuous "Shopifters
Will Be Prosecuted" signs. They
also install huge mirrors into which
store personnel constantly peer.
Trained checkers, stockboys and
salespeople closely watch custom
ers with shopping bags, umbrellas,
loose-fitting clothing. bulging
purses and those in a great hurry.
Some self-service stores have peep
holes behind wallboards in corners
to trap shoplfters.
Jewellers are also alert to this
menace. Most jewelers. make sure
their trays are full before being
placed on the counter, never turn
their backs, close drawers prompt
ly, show only one watch at a time.
and have a colleague pretend to
clean stock when an expensive
gem is being looked over.
Locking for Material
DESPITE all the ingenious light
fingered gimmicks. shoplifting
never pays. You can't win for long
at it. Every 50 often. a man or
woman is picked up - while try
ing to pick up something - who
claims, "I'm writing a story about
shopifting and was trying to get
some firsthand material"
didn't try it, though. Some
body else would probably have
written the last chapter - entitled
Guilty" The End
Evening star., 1949-10-30
THE WAR ON SHOPLIFTERS
CONTINUED from preceding page

SUSettssSS~ ysV"s FsSSS'eo F~o~
In the old days some stores
maintained lurid crying rooms"
They were glass-enclosed booths
where culprits were parked for
several hours before being tried"
Today stores are constantly
looking for newer and more
effective methods of curbing
shoplifting.
A prominent department-store
official recently told me, IF news
papers would publish shoplifters'
names, we could cut the practice
drastically." In Lincoln, Neb.. the
Better Business Bureau launched
an effective police-supported plan
with Is retail merchants. They
hired a free-lance detective un-
known even to salespeople.
Over half a billion dollars in
goods and money are stolen annu-
ally by crooked employees, the
Continental Casualty Company
recently estimated.
Employees must be protected
from temptation, too. Dishonest
clerks can slip expensive items to
friends and ring up phony sales.
A tall. snobbish saleslady in a
New York speciality shop ex-
planned, MY salary was not COM
mensmate with my position in
life. l Travelled with cultured peo-
pie and had to dress well. That is
why I stole"
Your corner merchant is now
actively warning against shoplift-
ing, too. To make these light
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-22
Building Trades Unions
Opening To Negroes

WASHINGTON, March %. GA
NP)-Samuel B. Danley of the la
Dor departments division of labor
standards disclosed here last week
that Negroes are being accepted
into the building trades unions to
a greater degree than ever before.
Speaking or current trends in en-
ployment of Negro craftsmen be-
fore 1000 Phelps Vocational high
school students at the opening
session ofthe locally sponsored
National Urban leagues oppor-
tunity campaign, Danley said:
"In New York, Chicago, Phil
adelphia and especially in New
Orleans, Negroes have recently
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-22
Crime Roundup

Henry L. Sewell, %, 1913 Ger
mantown street, and Bartlett
Ramey, %, TIT West Fifth street,
were arrested early yesterday I'M
der suspicion of illegal possession
of drugs.
When searched by police who
arrested them at Germantown and
Mound streets, Sewell was carry
ing II marihuana cigarettes and
Ramey had two hypodermic need
les, a syringe and a spoon. Accord
ing to the police Sewell said his
nickname was Daddy Head" and
Ramey's was "Mud Turtle"
Mrs. Alberta Stephens Of 1923
Bolander avenue, admitted, ac-
cording to the police, that she
stabbed her husband fatally dur
ing an argument Sunday morning.
The stabbing took place at their
home just after they returned
from a dance.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-22
Postnan Finds Stolen
Gems; Is Lauded for
His Honesty

PHILADELPHIA, March %. "a
NP)-William T. Lloyd, Sc, a
postman for rs years was COM
mended last week for the return
of $7,485 worth of jewels which
he found in a letter box.
Lloyd turned the gems over to
the superintendent Of the Mt. Airy
station from which he works. The
superintendent notified police.
The jewels belonged to Mrs.
W. Morgan Churchman of Cest-
nut Hill. They had been missing
since the Saturday before when
her home was ransacked.
Police concealed Lloyd'sp art in
the recovery of the jewels on the
pretext that they wanted to keep
the mail box under watch to see if
the thief would return.
However, Postmaster Joseph F.
Gallagher revealed the role Llyod
played bypublicly commencing
him. He referred to him as a man
with exceptional record in our
department"
Very modestly, Lloyd said it
was the only thing to do.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-22
Editorial Charges !.
Truman With Neglect

NEW YORK, March %. (ANP)
Declaring that the Senate has
s'voted to put states wrongs ahead
of civil rights" the New Republic
editorially blames the absence of
President Truman from Washing
ton at the time the cloture vote
was taken as the cause for admin
i~stration defeat.
"We believe that" the editorial
asserts, chad the President stayed
at his post, the result could have
been different. Had he even en-
sured good staff work in carrying
out his general order to break the
filibuster, the showdown vote
could have gone to the Demo-
Gratis"
The current New Republic ap-
plauds Vice President Barley's
ruling that a motion to invoke
cloture was applicable to a mo-
ton to take up a bill as well as
to the pending bill itself. He COP
ened a patch which any reasonable
man could have followed with
HONOR" it says. "Yet," it con-
tinues, 1913 Democrats have joined
with % Republicans to seize con-
troll of the senate"
According to the New Republic
editorial, the Lord High Execu-
toner" of the ham-stringing of
the civil rights program was Ar
thur Vandenberg. "He was all for
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-22

made great advances in gaining
membership in construction un-
IONS"
The trend is a result of the
great demand for building trade
workers, the demand exceeding
the supply. He said that unions,
employers and established COM
munity patterns are junking dis
criminatory practices as a result.
Danley, however, stressed the
need for intensive training and
said good opportunities for skilled
workers in the building,
printing, machinist, radio and
%electronics fields will be available
in the next few years.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-22
Opera Premiere Set
For South Bend

SOUTHBEND, Ind, March %.
(ANNP) = The Burleigh Opera
company here will present the
world premiere of DR.. William G..
Whites Haitian opera Ouanga in
the Central high school auditor
ium, South Ben, on the evenings
of June 9 and 10.
Mrs. Josephine Curtis, who has
directed for the Burleigh company
a string of annual operate sue
cesses, has been rehearsing her
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-22
Celebrates IO0th
Birthday; Belong 10
Church 81 Years

COLUMBUS, March 20. (ANP)
Mrs. Anna McSimpson, of this
city celebrated her Tooth birthday
last Tuesday, at a reception in the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Grace
Liverpool.
Mrs. McSimpson, who is quite
alert, was born in Columbus and
has spent all of her life here. She
is the mother of four children, all
of this city. They are, Mrs. Grace
Liverpool, Mrs. Lenora Stewart,
Miss Mamie McSimpson and JOS
hua McSimpson.
Mrs. McSimpson, the widow of
DR.. John McSimpson, comes from
a family with a long life line. Her
grandfather lived to be "a; her
grandmother, who celebrated her
18th wedding anniversary, died at
96; and her mother and father,
who had SO grand children, lived
to be "a and So respectively.
One of the most outstanding
facts about Mrs. McSimpson's long
life is that she has been a mem
Der of one church, the Second
Baptist here, for 81 years. When
she was guest of honor at the
Mothers day services last May,
she sat on the rostrum and took
part in the program by delivering
a short message of greetings to
the congregation.
Commenting on Mrs. McSimp-
sons long membership in the
church, the Rev. C. F. Jenkins,
pastor of the 113 year old church,
stated, "she doubtless has the long
est record of continuous member
ship in one church of any person
in this country" Mrs. Matilda Da-
Wis, another member of the church,
will celebrate her 103 birthday
this year. She belonged to another
church before joining the Second
Baptist.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-22

revision of the rules, but only by
methods which effectively prohib-
tied any revision" the editor
writes. They go on to say that
Vandenberg gave his colleagues
"a happy naturalization for be-
traying the, 1948 Republican plat
form"
The possible result of this vote
on cloture, says the editorial, is
whether the President can regain
command of the situation-even
on general, foreign and domestic
matters. 1t depends on the White
House.
To salvage his program, New
Republic concludes, the President
must give central direction to the
work of his party through a legis-
lative staff. "He should call on
the wisdom and courage of Bark
ley wherever possible. He should
make it clear that the senate has
only delayed consideration of the
civil rights program and that it
will be held in session until the
legislation is passed."
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-22

Thelma Oldham, who knocked
aside prejudice to obtain the posi-
ton of anesthetist at the Ohio Val
ley hospital in Steubenville; Mrs.
Melissa Bass who has done such
fine work with the West Side day
nursery; Joseph Tapscott who re-
Gently completed his 550th year
at the aMlleable Iron company;
William FAINT, salesman of the
Rike Kumler company, and jean
nette Campbell, Wellesley college
student who was a winner this
year of the Delta Sima Theta ma
tional sorority scholarship.
Lloyd Lewis, vice president Of
the board of directors of the Day
ton Urban league, made the pre-
sentation of the awards. Speakers
e. DR.. Charles Leander Hill,
president of the Wherefore uni
versity, and Miss Mary j. Druc-
ker, assistant supervisor of voca-
tional guidance of the state edu-
cation department.
All those connected with the
program phass of the Vocational
Opportunity are to be praised for
the fine work they did in making
it so eminently successful. The
community, particularly the young
people were the beneficiaries of
the stimulating activities. Many
were made more aware of their
responsibility in detecting and de-
veloping their vocational aptitudes
at an early period in their lives.
Special commentator goes to
Charles Washington, executive
secretary of the Dayton Urban
league, and his able assistant, Jo-
seph WINFIELD.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-22
Vocational Opportunity
Week a Success

The Urban leagues second an
nual Vocational Opportunity week
in Dayton ended Sunday in a
blaze of success. A week of ac-
Invites was highlighted Sunday by
a meeting at the Bethel Baptist
church.
The meeting was marked by the
awarding of nine certificates of
merit to individuals in Dayton and
vincinity who have risen, or
shown promise of rising in the
particular vocations they have
chosen. The winners were chosen
by a committee of the National
Urban league.
The winners were: Robert
Davis, a promising young high
school student; Elwood Parsons,
we'll known sports promoter and
business man; Orestes Minoso,
sensational third baseman now
burning up the Cleveland Indians
baseball camp and Jose Santiago,
classy pitcher who aided the Day
ton Indians in winning last years
pennant along with Minoso.
cast since last October. Reinforce
ing the, local cast will be dancers
from Chicago and native Haitians
from New York City. James
Lewis Casady, noted director, will
handle costuming and staging.
"Ouanga". is a native voodoo
curse, and the theme of the opera
deals with the conflict between
the spirit of the voodoo and the
spirit of the new Christianity that
has invaded the islands.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-30
New JerseyT Throws
Switch, Collins
lis Executed
By Mark Lyman

TRENTON, N. j., Aug CA
NP)-Alfred Collins, 81, Of Phil
adelphia, went to his death in the
electric chair almost laughingly
Tuesday night for the Staying of
white Alberta Sharpe, 16, last Sep
TENDER 5.
He spurned the prayers offered
him by Rev. H. C. Van Pelt, and
asked him to confer them on his
wife and baby instead. He showed
no signs Of worry as he walked
the last mile. He told the guards
not to talk about him after he was
dead or "I'll come back and haunt
YOU"
The death ritual was the run
of-the-mill electrocution. Collins
eyed Detective John McCrory, the
officer who arrested him in phil
adelphia, and said, "I can still
smile, Mac" The switch was
turned on. A few minutes later,
| Albert Collins was dead.
Thus ended one of the most
mixed up and controversial cases
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-30
huitians in Raitian Death
Valley Strut Life Anew
Two Years

however. Literacy through the ed
vocational centers and the newspa-
pers has increased greatly among
the native population.
When a UN mission came thru
the area about a year after the
UNESCO project started, it re-
ported hat''the efforts of the To-
cal peasants had been so remark
able that the project should GER
tainly be carried through"
Today, education is progressing
in Haiti. Through the aid of the
Rockefeller foundation, DR.. Rob-
ert Hall, professor of romance
languages at Cornell university, is
now working out a standard alpha
bet and grammar for the Haitian
Creole language. The language
has been a stumbling block in edu-
cation here because it has about
four different dialects, and has no
alphabet or grammatical system.
It is a mixture of French and
African languages. DR.. Hall is has,
ing his new work on a study he
has made of the Creole grammar
and photography.
! Today, a new man is taking
over the Pilot Project, M. Albert
Fernandez Ballesteros Of, Spain,
| In leaving it, DR.. Metraux wrote
"My sojjourn in Haiti is coming
to an end. I shall leave Haiti with
regret but-with a good director
on the job and with the support
of the director general Of UNE.
SEQ the Haitian project will not
have to remain the burden and the
worry it has been for more thar
two years. The baby will soor
walk and will no longer need E
solicitious nursemaid."
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-30

in the history of this area. 1t was
the fallof last year when three
states, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
and New Jersey, started the hunt
for an alleged Negro who was
"shrewd, cunning, and brutal" be-
lieved to be the culprit in . series
Of roadside attacks on couples and
women riding alone.
The climax of this series of
crime came September 7, 1913,
when the lifeless body of the Pit
man, N. j., high school girl was
found in a gravel pit. A week
later William Jackson, 35, was
picked up by Philadelphia police.
People poured in from Delaware,
New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
towns to positively" identify
Jackson as the man who had at
tackled them.
While Jackson was still in Gus
tody, Collins was arrested, and in
a week had confessed" Despite
work by his attorney, Abraham
Needleman, it was several weeks
before Jackson was freed by po-
lice.
| The trial at Woodbury., N. j..
! reached the fever point as the
! county solicitor and Collins at
| torney argued continuously wher
Collins shouted, "Why don't they
let me tell the TRUTH"
AS Collins told it, the "truth'
was that he and Alberta Sharpe
were in love and had agreed to {
suicide pact because of her con
dition (which would have brought
shame and disgrace to her par
ents and herself" There was M
"rape," he said. He shot her thru
the skull with a .22 caliber bullet
but lost his nerve to shoot him
self, he said. Then he left her ly
ing on the gravel pit.
When the jury pronounced hin
guilty, and the judge sentenced
him to death, his wife's voice
chilled the courtroom as sh'
screamed, "My baby has lost
good father"
All efforts to have his sent
ence reduced or to hold a retria
failed. Last week the story ende'
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-30
Negro Bonk -

concluded from page q
Jesse H. Mitchell, Thomas w.
Parks, and j. Franklin Wilson.
The picnic and dinner party is
an annual affair given by the
bank for it's employees.
Other large Negro banks are
the Mechanics and Farmers at
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-30

81. (ANP) - An Impoverished
group of 10000 Haitians in the
Marbial valley today have a new
and optimistic outlook on life af-
ter two years Of constructive help
from the United Nations Educa-
ton, Scientific, and Cultural Or
ganization (UNESCO) for slightly
more than two years.
When the UNEsCO first took
over the job of trying to help the
valley, DR.. Alfred Metraux, noted
anthropologist selected to head
the project, called it the "Pilot
Project" The area became known
as "The Death of a Haitian Val
ley"
He found the people not merely
diseased but starving. More than
90 per cent of the persons were
~illiterate. It was also overpopula-
ted. DR.. Metraux, himself, fell vic
tim to malaria. An example of
what his mission saw is described
in a letter by an assistant, DR..
Frederick Rex, fundamental cru
cational specialist, who wrote:
"The rain had failed and some
families had begun to eat the seed
corn that was all they had to pro-
vide next years crops. A few wild
mangoes were often the only food
a family could offer in exchange
for a cup Of millet or corn.
"Seven out of 10 people had
malaria. The swollen stomachs and
the spindly legs Of the children
spoke of hookworm and malnutri-
ton. Yaws, with it's horrible. dis
figuring effects was apparently
common"
At this time UNESCO was al
most ready to give up the pro-
gram, but DR.. Metraux from his
sick bed wrote:
eve cannot pull out from Haiti
We cannot abandon these people
If we do, we shall break THEN
spirit completely Whatever has
been done in the field of educa.
ton will collapse. This will be 9
complete disaster-the UNESCC
Pilot project is an experience
which is worth all our energy"
This letter seemed to inspire
numerous interests. The Worlc
Health organization (WHO) has
Joined in with a health program
A Joint American-Haitian GROUP
known as SCIPA is conducting al
agricultural program for the area
Most important of all, however
is the fact that the natives, them
selves, have demonstrated initia
tive in trying to improve them
selves. They formed cooperatives
built a road, sank wells for pure
water, and set up community AM
educational centers. They ever
started a newspaper Of their owl
which was first hand written AM
illustrated, but today is printed
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-30

as the executioner pulled the
switch and turned the current on.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-30

Durham, N. c., with assets of
$780, 40, and the Citizens Trust
company of Atlanta with resources
of $4,O3S,968.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-29

For the last 35 years, we have
dedicated ourselves to the Progress
Economy and Good Health of our
Communities, by serving Highest
Quality Groceries, Choice Meats,
School Supplies, and Varieties of
Right Prices. Good Health is the
source of all happiness.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-09
Coach Tom Binion
Gives KiWanians
PrevieW of Team

Coach Thomas Dutch" Binion
said the Pascagoula Panthers Will
field a good team this year al
though handicapped by lack OF
experienced players, in a preview
at the Kiwanis luncheon Tues
day.
Binion said that out of a 20
man squad there are only nine
holdovers from last years squad
with five of these having seen
much previous action. He made
no promises as to a winning sea-
son, but expressed pride in the
Panthers.
Equipment which will be used
by the Pee-Wee league of the ele-
mentary schools was passed
around for examination am
Coach Binion explained the or
g~anization of the league designed
for boys under IA years and lis
pounds in weight throughout the
elementary schools.
The club will be host to the
Rotarians Tuesday, President Will
bur Dees announced.
Guests were Coach James Ran
dali, coach Pascagoula backfiele
and II. c. Ezell.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-09

terest Mr.. and Mrs. Florence,
Mrs. Raby and son returned
home.
MI. and Mrs. W. E. O~verstreet,
Newton, were Sunday guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. U. S. Coburn and
others here. Mr.. O~verstreet filled
the pulpit at both morning and
evening services. He is a student
at Clark college.
Fondrens Visit
Mr.. and Mrs. James Fondren
and daughter of Mobile, were
guests Of his mother, Mrs. Flor
ence Fondren, Monday.
Carmel Roberts visited his ia
ther, j. R. Roberts of Agricola,
in Providence hospital, Mobile,
Saturday.
Mrs. Leona Deaton is visiting
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-09
I~nvitotion Issued
To Cub Scout Meet

All Cub Scouts and boys be-
tween the ages of eight and II
who are interested in Scout ac-
tivitieS are invited to attend a
meeting for Cub Scouts at the
YMBC club house at Z p. m. Tues
day, Paul Caruso, Cub Scout mas
ter, announced Thursday.
All boys must be accompanied
by a parent. The invitation is is
sued to all interested boys in the
area including Kreole, East Moss
Point and Escatawpa in addition
to Moss Point.
The present Cub Scout pack is
composed of three dens in Moss
Point and one in Kreole.