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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-11
COURT news
BY Jimmie N. Jones

Wesley Craige, SIS, of 315 Long
worth street, admitted to Sgt. Det.
James B. Hogan and bet. Lucious
Gleaton the fatal stabbing of Roy
Blanton, as, of 1916 Germantown
street, shortly afternoon Satur-
day, at 2:45.
According to the story of Mrs.
Chariot Rutledge, told to Sgt.
Hogan, she returned from a doc
tors office and found blanton
drunk and when she reprimanded
him, he became abusive and struck
her. She screamed and brought
the attention of a neighbor, Louise
Elder, to her rescue, and after
seeing Craige and Blanton in a
struggle both women left the scene
of the incident.
Craige told the police officers
who investigated the cutting that
he was visiting the other side of
the residence which is a double,
and upon hearing the screaming of
Mrs. Rutledge and the arguing
between her and Blanton, he
went around to the kitchen en-
trance to investigate and found
Blanton beating the woman, who
is crippled and under the care of
her doctor. She was trying to es-
cape according to Craig and when
Continued on Page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-11

How low into the mire can one
sink? Listen to this:
members of the white YWCA
attend dinners at the colored WV
CA at the West Side Negro
branch; one can see many of both
races attending the white YWCA
meeting on Sundays where they
hold what is called international
meetings and talk against discrim-
nation. No doubt white parents
would put a stop to this if they
knew what was going on"
And further con top of that,
in a department store just east Of
Third and Main streets, the young
CT Negro janitor leans over the
counter and spends Is minutes
trying to convince a white girl
that he is just as go das any
white man."
This is just a small sampiing of
what fills the lurid pages Of the
local facist sheet, the Dayton In
dependent. The author of the
above quotes, presumably the pub
Usher himself, was venting his
spleen over the recent interracial
marriage between Paul Robson,
Jr., and Marilyn Greenberg. Def
nitely over the lunatic fringe, he
sees, like all race bigots, the "mon-
grelization" of the white race.
Somewhere else in the same
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-11
Discrimination DAYTON
Municipal Pools Should
Be Sought

terfuge to prevent Negroes from
having access to the pools. The
association would not even take g
zone day a week for Negroes So
luton.
1t is in line with the general
inert quality of the so-called lead
ership of Negroes in Dayton
(there is really no leadership here
whatsoever) that not one inkling
of a move has been made in the
direction of following the lead of
Warren in breaking discrimination
in public pools. 1t is the identical
reason why no Negro is running
for the city commission this year.
1t is to be feared that the only
thing which will jolt Negroes in
Dayton out of this state of sus-
pended animation will be a few
painful experiences.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-11

Welterweight Champion Ray
Robinson faces his toughest fight
tonight at Philadelphia. Robinson,
% years old, will be facing Kid
Gavilan of Cuba, 23 years old, in
the fourth defense of the cham
pionship he won three years ago.
Two things make Gavilan Rob-
inson's toughest contender. First.
Rays trouble making weight. and
secondly, Gavilan's impressive rec
ord in the last year.
The Kid surprised boxing fans
by going the route against Robin
son in their only other meeting
last fall at New York. Since then
he has whipped lightweight cham
pion, Ike Williams twice.
Despite that, Robinson would
be considered a cinch, except for
the weight problem. Sugar Ray is
outgrowing the 147-pound limit
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-11
No Negro
Patrolman Eligible
For Exams

A week from today, Monday,
July 10, a civil service exam will
be given for the position of police
sergeant. Although open to all pa
trolmen, none of the Negro mem
bers of the force will be eligible
for none of them can meet the s.
year eligibility requirement. At
present there is one Negro SER
geant on the force.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-11

of the WelterS, and might lose a
lot of strength in trying to sweat
down to the limit. Weight making
efforts seem to have bothered Ray
for recent fights. It's understood
he still weights about 143. Ray
will keep working, in an effort to
sweat off the extra pound. He will
weigh himself privately today.
And, if he still is over lat, he
will work off the excee in a spec
ial session before the official
weigh-in.
There is one other considera-
ton in regard to weight. Should
Robinson fail to make the weight
limit, the fight would go on, but
the title would not be at stake.
However, as it happened in his
last fight with Gavilan, Robinson
would lose another $4,000 forfeit
CONTINUED on Page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-11
A Tableaux of
The West Side

The hot, sultry summer eve
nings is much too uncomfortable
for sleeping. The heat seems to
seep into every pore of the body
driving out the energy with the
perspiriation. Up and down Fifth
street, and all the streets, front
verandas are packed with people
suffering from the heat, pleading
in vain with nature to provide a
refreshing, relieving breeze.
The young ladies traverse the
streets in revealing shorts and off
shoulders dresses, much more for
tunate than the men who dress a
bit more uncomfortably. The males
young and old find a measure of
relief from the oppressive heat in
just gazing at the demure young
female creatures.
1t is midnight, and prema-
turely saturated set comes stag
gering up Fifth street past the
Harris building. He ignores q fel-
low of the lodge who has long
lest the power of self-locomor'on
and is ensconced in a sill o CT
trance beneath the ill:kerin;s ne.'n
LAMP.
On the corner OF Fiji: and
Hawthorne in the brilliant lights
stand the characters who %eternally
seem to have nothing to do, but
just stand some place, any place,
and make noise. Still no breeze.
Just Eeat and heat and noise.
Further on down Fifth street,
t. ward the hotel, q boiI rat en-
phasizes the truth that We are in
the phetto. A woman and a man
pass by with hands clutched, starry
eyed, but no one observers that,
everyone seeks something exciting
to take their mind off the heat.
An eruption finally occurs. A
brave hero slaps a woman near
Fifth and Horace, and all the 9th
Continued on page ~
, 1949-08-23
FDR's SON CALLS
FOR END TO ALL
SEGREGATION

Elliott Roosevelt, eldest son
Of the late great President
FDR, assailed segregation of
minorities, in a speech before
the Fiftieth Annual Conven-
ton of Negro Elks in San
Francisco yesterday.
The fight for civil liberties
is the fight for minority groups
in America, Mr.. Roosevelt
said. He called for equality in
every sphere for these minor
tiles: social, political and eco
nomic. He urged his hearers
to drive out of office all those
who merely give lip service to
civil rights.
, 1949-08-23
SANITARY CODE
EFFECTIVE AS OF
AUGUST 22ND

The Law to provide a Uni
form Sanitary Code for the
Virgin Islands, passed by the
Legislative Assembly at its
last session, became effective
on August %, ninety days af-
ter its approval.
Various regulations required
by the Law to be issued by
the Commissioner of Health
and approved by the Cover
nor with the advice and con-
sent of the Municipal Coun-
ellis, are now being studied by
the District Attorney and will
shortly be submitted to the
respective Councils.
Members of the Board of
Appeals provided by the law
will be nominated this week.
, 1949-08-23
PUrents Heulth To
Give Bus Outing For
Kids On Monduy

com plet e arrangements
have been made by the Pa
rents Health Organization to
give a bus outing on Monday
for about one hundred and
fifty children from the Chris
tianSted Districts to Estate
Grove Place. Three buses
been engaged for the occa-
sion.
Members of the organiza-
ton will act as chaperons.
Each child is required to take
along his or her lunch but
other refreshments will be
served by the Parents Health.
Those going on the picnic
will gather at the Christian
Sted Public Grammar School
Annex; the buses will leave
at 9:45 a. m. \
, 1949-08-23
Governor Here: Hos
No Knowledge Of
Woo Appointment

Governor HaSttie arrived on
the early plane today and may
remain over until tomorrow.
Asked about the appointments
to the Board of Directors of
the Virgin Islands Corpora
ton, he said that he had had
no word up to the present
from Washington.
Local Woo officials have
indicated that they have no
k~nowlegde of the appoint
ments but believe the report
might be substantially cor
rect.
, 1949-08-23
Workers Refuse To
Wulk Out: Finnish
Strike Is Fuilure

The contemplated strike of
Finnish workers inspired by
the communists became a col
lossal flop as the threatened
walkout of $4,000 failed to
materialize and the o.
who quit wrok had little eff
feet, employers said.
1t was the sixth or seventh
walkout called by the COM
munists, who the government
charged, was trying to seize
the government.
, 1949-08-23
Eight congressman
Expect To Visit
Virgin Is. Puerto Rico

Indications are that a party
of seven or eight members of
the House Ways and Means
Committee may visit Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands
beginning about August 25th,
Further details will be re-
leased as soon as they are
made available.
, 1949-08-23
Dutch, Indonesiun
Tolks Begin At The
Hague Conference

In an air of optimism the
Dutch-Indonesian talks have
begun at the Hague. Leaders
pf the Indonesian IndoneSian
Republic, the Federated
States and the Netherlands,
have expressed high hopes of
settling the four-year-old con-
troversy.
The. discussions are aimed
at establishing a United States
of Indonesia. Dispatches from
the Hague indicate that I'M
ion between Indonesia and
the mother country is expect
ed. Three delegates are said
to be convinced that the un-
ion will be stronger through
mutual confidence and coop
Grafton rather than anything
that can be written into the
statute. This is regarded as
, 1949-08-23
No Cuts In Federal
Luxury Tuxes Before
Xmds, Cong'men Soy

Severay members Of Con
gress are getting behind the
drive to cut taxes on so-called
luxury items before Christmas
but they may have to wait un-
til next year before any re-
duction is made.
The House Ways and Means
Committees Chairman has
ruled out the possibility of cut
ting taxes this year, but House
Republican leader Joseph
Martin says they may have to
bring up enough pressure to
get something done,
, 1949-08-23
Small Hurricane Off
ST. Lucia; Moving At
IL Miles Per Hour

A weather advisory said
that a storm is moving 80 miles
north east of st. Martins with
winds at SO miles an hour near
the center.
The probable movement is
west northwest at around II
miles per hour.
, 1949-08-23
Jugo- Slavic Ticking
Precautions Against
Soviet Sabotage

AS the SovietS hurled more
threats against Jugo-Slayia's
Marshall Tito, the govern
ment ordered special precau-
tons by railroad personnel.
The were told to be on
the alert for sabotage which
is the new weapon being used
against their country.
The recent threats hurled
by the Soviets were the near
est to war they have seen since
1889, according to the British.
The Russians have threatened
to take more effective mea-
sures against Tito. There has
also been speculation as to
what the United States would
do if Russian soldiers crossed
the Jugo-Slavian border.
, 1949-08-23

among the most promising
signs for eventual success.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-09-03

40 man over ~ should play IN
SaA. 50 holes Of rci' 'r one tay
n for any ssr
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-09-03
I he " e ekIy
P 0 e m
STOP LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING FOR NOTHING

One half of the people in the Soutr
today most everywhere you meet
are looking for a soft place in
life and house to move on Easy
Street.
Some will move on Easy Street
too lazy to lock their door, will tell
his enghbor to watch his house,
He has some place to go.
When you raise your children
on Easy Street, Nothing coming
for you at all, The w. p A. has
stopped feeding you, Starvation
will be the next call.
Boil Weevi never eating the cot
ton all up, Army Worms stripping
the leaves, Easy Street has no
food on it and yourchildren doing
as they please.
The Lord said train the child
and yet they are having their
way. oYu are failing to obey the
VIII of God and your children are
going astray.
Why try to live alone in this
life, We all need on rfathers care.
When the word of God is preached
20 you. Why not stand in fear
Where there is no training. Ig-
norance has no bounds. You will
receive your diploma and fail to
receive any crown.
A crown of life is waiting for all
VINO obey our Fathers will. Ask
the Father in the name of Christ
Who died on Calvary Hill.
| only want the people to see
you have got to be born again.
Washed in the blood of Jesus mad
cleansed from all your sins.
Evangelist ]. R. Perkins
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-09-03
Natchez Soldier
In Japan

With The Eighth Army in Osa-
ka, Japan Private First Glass
Robert ]. Spencer, son of Mrs.
Rosaline Spence, of 7O3 Madison
Street, Natchez, Miss, has Just
returned to his unit after par
ticipating in 7 day field man
euver which was held at Fukuch.
iyama. The maneuver participated
IN by 400 troops was highlighted
by a field firing exercise combin-
ing all the modern Artillery wea-
pOns of his unit.
He is presently ASSIGNED to 81
Battery, 159th Field Artillery Bat
talon, is part of the 25th Infan.
try tTropic Lightning Division.
commanded by Major General
William B. Kean. His Job is
Cannoneer.
Enllsting in the Army at Nat
chez. on August 30, 194S, he took
MS basic training at Fort Dix.
and arrived in Japan on January
1, 1919.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-09-03
Church Group
Votes to Admit
Regro Youth

Fayetteville, Ark. - Aug %
A resolution amied at opening flu.
ture conferences to qualified Neg
no youth was adopted by delegates
to the annual Methodist Young
Peoples Conference on Mount
Sequoyah last Wednesday.
The delegates asked the Board
of Trustees of the Western Meth
odist Assembly to admit Negro
youths.
Spokesman said they acted on
information that in flew in
stances" Negro Methodist youths
of the eight-state South Central
Juridiction have ben refused adj
mission to attend the conferences
because of assemly regulations.
Not all of the delegates favor.
ed the resolution, notably those
from Louisiana.
The spokesman said the action
was lin Keeping with the general
policy of the Methodist church,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-09-03
Democracy On
March Sports
Editor Writes

New York, N. Y. - ''The sports
world still reeks with intoler-
ance, but the forces of democracy
are on the march and headed in
the right direction with Sport.
dom leading the way" says Dan
Parker, in the current issue of
Sports Magazine.
Today, most sports either are
or-make a pretence Of being
democratic" Parker says, Hbut
the sport of bowling, dominated
by the prejudiced American Bowl
ing Congress still does not per-
nit Negroes to compete in tour
naments.
However, Parker states, that
today steps are being taken to
make bowling an American game
in fact, as we'll as in name.
Other sports. such as baseball,
football, boxing and track, offer
Negro athletes equal footing with
whites, while sports such as ten
ME, golf and swimming, in addi-
ton to bowling, do all they can
to discourage the Negro from par
ticipating.
Parker concludes his article:
In this land of equal opportuni-
ty where man is supposed to
be judged on merit alone, the
world of athletics is still far
short of the ideal"
Complete Prohibition
Kansas and Oklahoma are tbs
MY states that have complete c.n
h,tlCrai mr. ,h,bitj11
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-09-03
A GAIN FOR PARTY RESPONSIBILITY
From: The ST. Louis Post Dispatch

from. me 81. LOUIS Post Dispatch
A blow for responsible porty government wos struck
by the Democratic National Committee in oustno five
Southern stotes, Rights party members The expelled
members violated porty responsibility by opposing the
reelection of President Trumon lost yeor If the very
people who suppose dto be running political party
could leave it ond go into the opposition comp and then
return again TO its eodersh all at their pleasure porty
would be matter of whim and expediency The voters
could not hold it responsible for whot it did and did not
do For party cannot contain its own opposition ex
cept at the cost of responsibility
If the States Fighters were members of British
party they would not only be removed from the notiono
command, they would proboby be expelled from the
party itself Only last month member of the British
Parliament, Lester Hutchinson was expelled from the
Labor party because he had ottocked his porys for
eign policy 1ho is responsible porty government If
man doesn't believe in whot party stonds for and he
won't work for it, he should not receive its help in being
elected or sit in representative assembly as porty
member
When the Porties can exert Of the kind of dis
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-09-03
DO YOU WANT TO BE WHITE?
FROM The St. Louis Arqus

Walter Whites solution to the roce problem as pro-
posed in his ortce in otest issue of Look magazine is
something thon the story of one mons admission
of failure. In larger sense it is also notono trooedy
AS heed of the NAACP, White had become some
thing OF national conscience, constont reminder to
the notion thot its democratic Ideals we're far from its
way of life Now by suggesting that Negroes moke use
of q new chemical which turns the skin white, he Joins
with the diseased South and the Germon foscsts in de-
cIorng that mans worth is in the color of his skin
How How Silly, How Silly, How Silly!
White treasures Americans that they can keep their
prejudice their ignorance hter stupidity and achieve
democratic society By hiding the Negro race with this
magic bleaching cream In this manner, advancing know
ledge to become the ockey of ignorance, and social
progress is to be confined to the laboratory
This is the kind of twisted use of science that men
nstinctNely oppose, and with good reason With his
whitener, bleaching dpIostic surgery, White
could moke notion of peopeI who look like children
OF the some parent He reasons thot discrimination
would be licked in such society
But the truth is not so costly swnded Both Jews
and Catholics white but they the constont tar
gets of American prejudoes The untouchobIes of In
dio the color their oppressors but they suf
fer greater humiliation thon the Southern Neoro Whites
have nohed and burned other whites at the stoke mere
y because of their beliefs
Clearly thon, color is incidental to group dscrim
inotion. The foundomento source of prejudice lies in
economic stotus Both the Negro and the untouchobIe
the epIoited workers of their respective societies
Obviously changing the Negroes color will not chonqe
his stotus worker ond -dweI|er, and there
fore, will not protect him from segregation
In Justice to White it must be sold thot mony Neo-
roes try to gain of greater personal forth BY
getting whittier Without thinking it through they do not
realize thot being white is thon skin deep 1t is
oso set of attitudes such as prejudice against Neo
roes, Jews, labor unions and foreigners.
In suggesting thot Negroes become white he also
osking them to their belief in humon dionty
and democracy He offers in return the illusion of mem
bershp in the master roce Herein is reason ENOUGH
to believe thot the vcst majority of Negroes would
choose to remain coIored.
IT America is to survive, it must continually wage
wor upon the vicious proposition of rocio superiority
Hiding the sickness with whitewosh merely give the il
fusion of health while disease roees unchecked
The bitterness of the incident, is that Walter White
supposed Negro leoder hos proposed such thnq His
proposal fIottes the stupidity of preudiced whites but
insofar it is corried out, it rushes towards deqrodo-
lion
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-09-03
African Stevedores
Work Sans
Clothing


Accra, Gold Coast = (ANP)-
Civilization doesn't move smoe
segments of the natives popula-
ton here; but this disregard for
civilization oes move church and
British officials as we'll as mis-
siOnaries.
There are about 500 natives
loading and unloading cargo ships
here, and more than half of them
go about their. job without stitch
OF clothing on.
This stat of affairs is annoy
ing to white persons, particular
Iy missionary ladies travelling on
SHIPS between Nigeria, Liberia,
Sierra Leone and other points
on the west coast. When a dozen
OF the small native crafts push
up to the ships, the women hur-
rledly make for their staterooms
and refuse to come back on deck
while the ship is in dock.
AS one of the missionary ladies
said, 1T is too much. There is
no reason for this sort of thing"
One Fanti native, known as
Sea Never Dry" countered "If
you do not like our habits, you
do not have to come to our: coun-
try. So what?"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-09-03
Delegates For
Liberia Selects
Delegates For
Fourth uN Session

Monrovia - (ANP) - An
eight member delegation to the
UN headed by Charles D. D. King;
Liberian ambassador to the Uni
ted States with Henry F. Coop
er, minister to France, assistant.
was announced last week, by the
Liberian department of state.
Other members of the delega.
ton to the fourth session of the
UN are S. David Coleman, Sec
rotary OF interior; Henry r. Co.
oper, senator; and the following
representatives: Albert D. Pea.
body, John G. .Kelenky, William
N. Witherspoon, and Samuel D.
George.
The UN meeting will open at
Lake Success, N. Y, Sept II. The
selection of new delegation
each year is in keeping with Pre-
sldent Truman's policy of having
permanent chairman to the UN
but to rotate other members a.
mong leading men and women of
the nation.
After Forty
no man over ~ should play m
Sall. SO holes Of rcis ~ cy,a .n,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-09-03

cipIne which the Democratic National Committee hos
just exerted porN platforms will mean more, and both
the administration dthe opposition forces in CONGRESS
will function with better effect
Evening star., 1949-05-27
Eugene West. Composer
OF Popular Songs, Dies
BY fhe Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK. May 27.--Eugene
West, IS. composer of When
You're Alone" Broadway Rose"
and other song hits. died yester-
day after q brief illness.
Born on a plantation near New
Orleans, Mr.. West attended public
schools and then became pro-
fessional singer and pianist on
vaudeville circuits.
Later as q protege Of the late
Charles K. Harris. composer OF
After the Ball." he worked as
staff member of a New York music
publishing house.
With Composer Jimmy Monaco
he wrote "You Know You Belong
to Somebody Else" which sold
over 1000, 900 copies. Mae West
introduced his Everybody Shim-
mics Now in 1918.
Other West hits included Roll
On. Mississippi. Roll On" Sun
shine Alley" Please Come Back
tom and Don't Say You're
Sorry Again"
Evening star., 1949-05-27
Rockville Funeral Today
For Miss Lillian ENGLAND

Funeral services for Miss Lillian
|C. England Of Rockville. retired
Treasury Department employe.
were 10 be held this afternoon In
Christ Episcopal Church there.
Burial win be In Rockville Union
Cemetery.
Miss England died Wednesday
at her home. IL Wall street. Rock
vile. after q years illness.
A native Of Rockville. she at
tended public schools there and at
one time taught in the elementary
schools at Colesviile and Bethesda.
In l947. she retired from the
Treasury Department after more
than 20 years service as o clerk
in the Loans and Currency Divi-
sion.
She is survived by three sisters.
Mrs. Elizabeth e. Brown. Miss
Elsie NJ England and Miss Maude
r. England. all OF Rockville. and
two brothers. Harrison L Eng
land. Bethesda. and John Arthur
England. Rockville.