davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1949-08-24
By Thomas L. Stokes

The Dixiecrats, or States Right
ers as they prefer to be called,
are preparing to set up head
quarters here. The aim, accord
Arizona sun., 1949-04-08
NAACP News

Babies! Babies Babies! Wanted
for the N.A.A.C.P. Baby Popularity
Contest, titled, "a Little Child
Shall Lead Them. Give your
baby,S. name, etc., to a m l..
Davis, contest chairman, 1910 East
Madison ST., at once, please.
Miss Merdine Motion was crowned
for the second time last Sunday
as Leap Year Sweet Heart of the
local N.A.A.CP. Branch. She held
this high position from 1914 to 1949
and will reign. from 1948 to 1852.
In these two contests, Miss Motion
brought in al mo st $4,000. The
is still placing people in
good jobs. Mr.. Milton Lewis is a
clerk in all the name emplies at
McDougall and Cassou Clothing Co.
The N.A.A.C.P. is interested in
placing qualified Negroes in better
jobs as well as the jobs they have
been doing. Join the N.A.A.CP. and
learn how to become really free.
james L. Davis, Publicity
Arizona sun., 1949-04-08
Much Progress to Be
Made in Arizona;
Imperial Potentate

Moslem Temple No. 79 AE.A.O.
INNS. was host Saturday, April 2
to their Imperial Potential, Noble
Raymond E. Jackson, Buffalo, N.
Y. and his associates, Mobiles Zack
Alex xande r of Charlotte, S. c.;
Genoa Washington, Chicago, Illi-
nois; Booker Alexander of Detroit,
Mich; and Joseph E. Oliver of
L. A., Calf. The Imperial Divan
was greeted at the union station
upon their arrival in Phoenix, by
James M. Christopher, Illustrious
Potentate of the local temple and
his welcoming committee. From the
station they were a k e n to the
home of Noble Irwin Tapp, where
they were served delicious break
fast. After breakfast the Imperial
Potentate and his Divan went into
conference with local officers with
the hope of being helpful in ad-
vancing the community life of the
Colored people in Arizona, after in
quiries about fraternal, social, po-
litical, and the industrial standards
OF the city and state.
Concluding the discussion, It h e
Imperial Potentate stated there re-
mains a great deal of progress to
be made in favor of Negro Citi-
zens of Arizona if they are to
learn the proper approach toward
reaching their goal.
The Imperial Diuan was taken
on a sight seeing tour of the city
and was deeply impressed with the
Valley of the Sun. Moslem Court
No. 116, Daughters of Isis joined
with the Shriners in making the
one day stay of the Imperial Divan
pleasant.
The Illustrious COMMANDERS,
Mrs. M. H. Hagler and her Divan
had the distinguished guests and
officers to a tasty luncheon at the
home of daughter Luther T. Snow.
ClimaXing the day was an open
and closed meeting held in the
Booker T. Washington S h l
auditorium at w whi C h time each
member of the Imperial Di n
made a brief address. The Imperial
Potentate ter efficiency in
profession and work, engage in
politics, work for Civil Rights and
establish industries, in his address
at the open meeting. Rev. L. Butler
Nelson gave the invocation, DR..
R. B. Phillips gave the welcome
address. Mr.. Wade Hammond and
DR.. David Solomon were presented
John Summey, Grand Master of
Arizona Jurisdiction Free and Ac-
cepted Masons gave brief ad-
dress. The Imperial Divan's ap-
probation was expressed by Noble
Booker Alexander for pleasant
day and commended the entertain
ing committee for their charitable
promotions.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-08
Washington
Developments

Highlight of last weeks develop
ments in Washington were hear
ings on the Central Arizona Pro-
ject bills are under way before
committees in the S Sena e and
House, was condemnation by the
Secretary of the Interior of I'm
perial Valleys plan for irrigation
of the East Mesa. Secretary Krug
told Imperial Valley that the pub
lie land on their East Mesa would
not be open to entry. This decision
was based upon the known fact the
Bureau of Reclamation, the De-
partment of Agriculture, and the
University of California have found
the sand dunes which compose the
greater part of the East Mesa un-
worthy of cultivation, using up to
81 acre-feet per acre per year.
This means that the $4,000 acre
feet of water in the California con-
tract over and above the California
limitation of 100000 acre-feet
is, in effect, cancelled.
To further confound the Cali
fornia opposition, appearing before
the Senate committee on Reclama-
ton and Irrigation, E. B. Debler,
for twenty-eight years a Bureau
of Reclamation engineer, told the
committee Imperial Valley could
use not more~ than 100000 acre
feet per year of the 3,850,000 acre
feet granted under the California
contract.
Meantime, California continued
it's dilatory and delaying tactics,
with every effort being made to
confuse the issue.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-08
Delta Sorority To
Hold Conference
In Phoenix

The m m bers of Beta Theta
Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority will be hostess to the Far
w e Regional Conference which
convenes here in Phoenix, April IA,
Is and 16. More than sixty dele
gates and visitors are expected to
arrive in the city to take part in
a series of meetings and activities.
The theme to be carried through
out the conference is "a Sorority
Sets the Pace" Soror Samantha
Lee of Berkley California is Re-
gional Director of the Far West
Region and will direct the con-
ference with workshop meetings
and panel discussions.
Highlighting the conference is a
public meeting to be held Friday
evening, April Is in the Booker T.
Washington School auditorium at
500. Soror Dorothy I. Height of
New York City will be the principal
speaker. Soror Height is an author
ity on interracial and youth prob
lens as she is Secretary of the
Interracial Education N t a l
Board at New York University and
was youth delegate to the World
Conference of Churches in Oxford,
England and Ia d eleg a tie to the
World Conference of ChriStia a n
Youth in Amsterdam, Holland.
Other noted educators attending
the conference will be Soror Vivian
Osborne Marsh of Berkley Cel p
fornia, Regional Ch airman for
Public Affairs Committee of Delta;
Soror Oralee Mitchell, Grand Vice
President of Delta and AN eminent
educator in New Orleans, Louis
ana; and Soror Anna Julian, Ph.D
who is Past Grand President of the
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and
wife of the eminent chemist, DR..
Percy L. Julian. Soror Julian will
deliver the main address at the
Delta Banquet Saturday night.
Activities planned in honor of the
Delta Far West Regional Con-
ference are Western Jamboree at
Bud Browns Barn by the members
of the Omega Phi Psi Fraternity
Friday nj G h t and a Black and
White Formal by members of the
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Satur-
day night. Other courtesies being
extended are luncheons planned for
Friday and Saturday by members
of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
and the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
respectively.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-08
Urban League Holds
Annual Meeting

Thursday of last week, an annual
membership meeting of the Phoe-
nix Urban League was held and
presided over by Mr.. Reginald
Johnson, director of field service
from the national office.
This meeting of the entire mem
bership climaxed a months study of
the Leagues possibility of surviv-
ing here, by Mr.. johnson.
The recommendation by the old
board to carry on, was unanimously
approved by the membership at
this meeting, also the adoption of
ten-thousand dollar budget pro-
motion drive.
The nominating committee head
ed by DR.. R. B. Phillips submitted
the names of the newly elected
executive board with the exception
of few who were nominated from
the floor.
The new board is composed of:
DR.. David M. Solomon, Rabbi A.
L. Krohn, ]. S. Jones, Harry Ro-
senzweig, Miss Othella Ogelsby,
Mrs. Olga Welsh, Mrs. Christina
Small, the Rev. F. D. Mcdonald,
Lincoln Ragsdale, w. Patterson,
Kermit eagle, the Rev. Curtis O..
Greenfield, Mrs. Susie Oby, Milton
Lewis, the Rev. Morton Kelsey,
DR.. Robert Phillips, Mrs. Marshall
Monroe, Carl Muecke, Don Lenz,
Mrs. Art hur Kinsolving, Mrs.
Wade Church and the Rev. L. B.
Nelson.
The new board held it's election
of officers last Wednesday at the
League Headquarters. Officers are:
Rabbi A. L. Krohn, P sid e n t;
Harry Rosenzweig, Vice-President;
DR.. David M. Solomon, Treasurer
and Miss Othella Ogelsby, Secre-
tary.
Mr.. johnson will be here another
week to help lay ground work with
the officers and board of directors
for the success of the organization.
Members are reminded that their
1949 membership subscriptions are
due.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-08
Dick Davis to Open
New Drug Store

Richard Dick) Davis, a we'll
known druggist here, will, accord
ing to reports, build and open a
new drive-in drug store with all the
necessary convenienceS, near 10th
and East Broadway.
DR.. Davis came to Phoenix eight
years ago from Y u m a, Arizona
where he worked as a druggist for
IA years. He established his own
store at 1927 East Buckeye Road
where he did business for six years.
After selling his business there, he
took charge of the st. Monica Hos
pital pharmacy.
DR.. Davis says plans for his new
establishment calls for a strictly
modern, up-to-date, and first class
drug business.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-08
Quiz Program Conducted

NkuIL
Also offered as a feature of last
Friday nights educational program
was a quiz organized and conduct
ed by Amos Chambric and Thomas
Dickey, Jr., game room supervisors.
There was tWo-day tie for first
place between Warren Bass and
Robert Johnson in the over II year
old group. P e e Martin, Carlos
MARQUEE and Willard Brooks Great
ed a three way tie for first place
honors in the II years and under
classification.
All questions were of a historical
or civic nature, and dealt wi h
Phoenix or Arizona.
Westside Quintette Enters Contest
The quintette of the Westside
Boys Club has been entered in the
National Contest of Boys Clubs
singing groups. The contest has
be en- initiated by the National
Headquarters, Boys clubs of
America, wit h the objective of
stimulating boys in singing.
Each club that enters will record
locally, on ten-inch record, ''The
Boys Club Marching Song" This
record is then to be sent to New
York for judging. The winners will
be announced at some future date.
On Thursday the Westside Quin-
tette will make its recording in
the studios of Radio Station KOY,
through the courtesy of Jack Will
liamS, program director.
Members of the quintette are
Lige Franklin, Charles Hamilton,
Ralph Love, Carlos Marquee, and
Andy TautimeS.
The group is under the direction
of Mrs. Lula Gentry.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-08

w.
ddRp of Dan Gaey
No
cC1oudS Sr Vice ComrN T.
L. Q No Norton
Treasure No 1 N bt L. GunnsA ActngC Chaplain
in
under the ndeshipo of KemtP
The at the ENH Gu the
sof the Cover M Mayor
EdwardF Co ente the charter.
The Aub is tabh bhhed a 8 North 1s III
Arizona sun., 1949-04-08
EXTRA! EXTRA!

Watch for the "BIG WESTERN
BARN DANCE" featuring old fash
ioned Square Dance, sponsored by
the Grand Canyon Temple No. 437,
at the Elks Home, 1907 South 7th
Ave-, Monday, April Is, 9 p. m.
till / a. m.
Prize given for the best western
togs.
Prize given for tackiest western
togS.
One dollar per person, $1.75 per
couple. Let's go Western!
Arizona sun., 1949-04-08
Death Ends Brilliant
Business Career

Funeral rites will be held this
afternoon at the Ragsdale Mortu-
ary at 2 o'clock, for Mrs. Henrietta
Walker Cole, %, who died Monday
in "a local hospital after a short
illness.
Mrs. Cole was the proprietor OF
Walkers Cafe at 1903 E. Jefferson
st. and was considered one of Phoe-
nix most successful Colored busi-
ness women. She began her bust
ness career five years ago on 7th
avenue, later moving to the East
side at the present location where
Arizona sun., 1949-04-08

v
she built and maintained a busi-
ness which is credit to her busi-
ness ability and the community.
Mrs. Cole is a native of Beau
mont, Texas. She came to Phoenix
in 1912.
She is survived by her husband,
Thurmond Cole; m o t h er, Mrs.
Marian Boyd; step-mother, Mrs. F.
Robertson; father, Willie Rober-
son; one sister, Mrs. Alice Lane;
all of Phoenix; one brother, Arthur
Robertson of M mphis, Tenn.
brother-in-law, Isaiah Lane.
Elder D. Clark to officiate at the
funeral service. Ragsdale Mortuary,
in charge.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-08
Youth Victim Of
Car Accident

Leo Culver, IA year old lad, son
of Mrs. Annie Mae Culver, 1926
South 18th ST., was fatally injured,
last Tuesday when struck by an
automobile driven by Guy Trip
who told highway patrolmen he
failed to see the boy.
Leo was taken to the hospital
where he died the same day.
The body is at Ragsdale mortu-
ary pending funeral arrangements.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-08
Boys Club
Activities
A Parent Speaks

Mrs. Katherine Bass, the mother
of one of the Boys Club members,
spoke to the group last Friday on
the subject of right conduct. The
speech was given in connection
with the observance of National
Boys Club Week.
Speaking to AN audience of 14O
boys, Mrs. Bass emphasized the i'm
portance of making proper use of
the club facilities. She also stressed
the connection between right con-
duct at the club in relationship to
right conduct at home, at school
and in the community.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-08
American Legion
News
BY Laura Bell

The breakfast which was spon-
sored by the American Legion Aux
iliary, last Sunday morning was
very nice and very successful.
Mrs. Earnest H. Walker flew to
Los Angeles to be with her life
long friend, Mrs. Hebe Mack Robin
son, whose husband passed recently.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-08

Although the hippopotamus gets
it's name from h Greek words
which m "a n "river horse" The
World Book Encyclopedia says that
the animal is relative of the hog
not the horse. -.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-08

Little Miss Maxine Johnson, 6
year old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mckinley johnson, 8 South 18th
Street, and in the Kindergarten at
Booker T. Washington school, has
proven to be quite talented young
lady. Several weeks ago, Maxine
won first place on the Fox Leader
Show, and last week was called
again to be a guest on the same
show. The sponsors m arvel at
Maxine's excellent rhythm, sense
of time, lack of stage fright, and
ability to learn so many words. At
her first appearance, she san g
"Dolly's Lullaby, at the second,
"The Kitten With the Big Green
Eyes.
, 1949-04-09

which no one has successfully
explained. Yet, the explana-
ton isn't q hard one: it's sim
ply a case Of Congressional in
ertia-reluctance to part with
a few million dollars in reve-
nue. which have been tradi-
tionally ours, even though we
keep them unfairly.
Uncle Sam is doing a hui
name and imaginative job i'm
Europe but before we begin
patting ourselves on the back
for our nobility, we might re-
member that the finest grace
is thoughtfulness for the voice
less and the impotent; for
those mute wards whose very
lives depend on an accidental
moment of remembrance by
the crusty old fellow down in
W&2s.es.
, 1949-04-09
The CLERGY SPEAK

On the first Palm Sunday the
King of Men entered His earthly
capital riding on an ass, the SYM
boil of humility and service. He
came offering Himself as the Mes
siah, the Promised One of Israel.
His coming in this manner was a
final test, a last opportunity, a
real judgment. Out of all the
crowds a few welcomed Him glad
~ with hosannas and palms. 9th
ers feared His coming and sought
only to destroy Him. The Majority
knew and cared little.
Jesus comes today in the same
way--to judge. But his coming
forces us to judge ourselves, to
declare our attitude, to bring out
the evidence of what we really
think, and to pass sentence on our
selves. Sometimes we welcome
Him and cry, "Hosanna! Blessed
is He that cometh!" Sometimes
we betray Him like Judas, deny
Him like Peter, accuse Him like
Caiphas, make light of Him like
Herod, or try to wash our hands
and escape responsibility like
Pontius PLATE.
What is our attitude toward
Him? We should be among the
few out Of the crowds who have
seen Him to come to judgment,
"Hosanna, in the Highest, Bless
ed is He that cometh In the Name
of the Lord"
Submitted by:
Rev. Herbert p. Aldrich
Asst. Priest, All Saints Church
, 1949-04-09

blow dealt it by Mr.. Volstead.
Meanwhile we have our pur-
chase-price back and are way
ahead on the deal. The truth
is Uncle Sam bought the is
lands for naval reasons-rea-
sons which are still valid. The
Virgin Islands group constitute
one of the beads of the protec-
tive necklace strung along the
eastern approaches of the Pa
mama Canal. But, instead of
carrying the expense of enter
prise as a measure of national
security, we've MIXED the is
lands dry and reduced the ma
tives to a state just short of ut
ter restitution.
It's a good deal like saying
to your small nephew, I'll set
you up in a lemonade stand,
but I get all the profits" That
is not exactly munificent.
At a time when our diplo-
mats are doing their suave
best to promote political and
social stability in Latin-Amer-
lea and the Caribbean, we are
about to serve notice that the
United States is Indifferent to
a handful of colored people
who have no voice in Washing
ton.
Congress gets pretty frantic
about adjournment time and
decides to chuck all the mea-
sures having no political signi-
ficance into the legislative
, 1949-04-09

Occasionally, Uncle Sam
gets fits of forgetfulness about
his nephews, especially when
they can't speak up for them
selves or give him a sharp re-
minding poke in the ribs. Like
many benevolent fellows, he
suffers from a~stigmatism and
can't see what's happening un-
der his avuncular nose.
:. Any day now he's going to
have thirty thousand paupers
on his hands. What's worse, he
took their money. If he forgets
to give it back, American Col
onial" methods are going to
get an awful black eye-and a
potentially self-supporting ter
ritory will be on Uncle's door
step begging for bread.
The United States bought
the Virgin Islands from Den
mark for twenty-five million
dollars and has received from
the islands in the form of In
ternal Revenue receipts on
rum, more than fifty-five mil
lions, We have spent about
twenty-five millions more in
assistance to the Islands since
1917-assiStance made neces-
sary when we promptly pau
perized them and destroyed
their economy by Prohibition.
In recent years, the islands
have been making rum again
and selling il in the United
States but their economy
never recovered from the body
, 1949-04-09
4 Friend Says 4 Good Word
For the Virgin Islands

The following radio talk was given by a friend Of the Virgin Is
land. George Nc Combs. Commentator. over 4 local New York sta
ton some time ago. during the first efforts TO get the Woo rechaT.
Ter bill through Congress. It was loaned to the Avis with the sg
gestion that it be reproduced for the information of its readers
since il could not be heard in these parts.
, 1949-04-09
THOUGHT

Far away there in the sunshine
are my highest aspirations. ! may
not reach .thsms bat I can look
up and see their beauty. believe
in them. and Try to follow where
they lead.
, 1949-04-09

0SOs HA AAAS04 AAA VAAASAA ~
absolutely essential to the well
fare of the Islands may die of
inaction on June 18th. It's not
a very complicated bill. All it
does is to renew the charter
of the Virgin Islands Company
"a federally-organized COM
pany-Which pumps enough
employment and money into
the Islands to keep the natives
from starving outright. It max
es a little rum, this Company
does, and grows a little sugar
cane and tries to give the peo-
pie a few months employment
at the magnificent sum of two
dollars a day for an eight hour
day. If they're lucky, they'll
make ten to twelve dollars a
week-while they're working.
But, so far, the bill hasn't
been passed. Too insignificant.
Uncle Sam is concerned with
bigger things. The life or death
of a community of his nephews
is of trifling import. They
haven't any money; they have
MT any metropolitan press;
they haven't any highpowered
lobbyists; they haven't any de
legates in Congress. So, unless
the legislative log-jam breaks,
the company that sustains ma
tive life on a marginal basis is
going to expire, a smart opera
tor will come in and buy the
aged rum at sacrifice prices
and the people of the Virgin
Islands will lie down quietly
and die.
People who know them say
the Virgin Islanders are gentle
and resigned people and are &C
cuStomed to the caprices of
their white master in Washing
ton. The chances are they
won't abandon their philoso-
phic attitude even if they see
their last slender means of live
lihood paling and whitening
away in the musty air of a Con
gressional closet, but that
doesn't give us a very good
alibi-that they're too decent
to make trouble.
There's another pretty raw
~ YYY ~ Nj
, 1949-04-09

sTRGnorh
{"
UNIV
Evening star., 1949-04-22
Italian Artists Plan
Cargo Of Art TO Teach
u. 5. Serene Life
by the Assoeioied Press

MILAN. Italy, April 22.-Italian
artists are going to try to teach
America the serene life one
should lead" by sending over q
collection Of unusual modernistic
painting-all aimed at calming
down frenetic Americans.
And just to show how serene
italians are, they are going to try
to get the paintings to America
by sailing them across in a 30-foot
schooner with a three-man crew.
To confuse things a bit more,
this is not the real object OF the
risky journey. The schooner Is TAX
ing to the high seas to collect
exotic underwater plants for the
Milan Museum of Natural His
tory.
To Sail In May.
The schooner is the Pegasus. It
k slated to sail from Genoa en-
route to New York on May rs.
Right now the Pegasus Is here in
land locked Milan, on exhibition
at fair which opened April IL.
It's captain is Vergano Mag
eiora, 43, q former electrician who
turned to art and painting and
made a success of it. He will be
assisted by a 29-year-old naval
officer, Aurelio Matteini. who will
be navigator, and a third man.
whose name is being withheld to
keep his wife from worrying.
The collection of paintings the
Pegasus will carry will be ex-
hibited ut O New York show.
Each painting. Mr.. Maggiora said.
will be o message from one
italian to an American citizen"
They will be mostly 'messages'
appealing to the fantasy Of the
onlookers," Mr.. Maggiora said.
Evening star., 1949-04-22

studies Of Vesuvius and Venetian
gondolas. Another. Mr.. Maggiora
said. portrays q bottle which got
drunk all by itself.
The schooner. commissioned to
get rare underwater plants for the
Milan Museum TO replace q coll
lection destroyed by bombing. viii
stop at the Baiearic Islands. Cape
Verde. Martinique. Florida and
New York.
Mr.. Maggiora said the craft is
q jewel Of Its kind. with q COM
plete set Of sails. an auxiliary
diesel engine. a generator. radio
Evening star., 1949-04-22

The messages are intended to be
an example Of the serene life one
should lead"
As an example. Mr.. Maggiora
said a special "unuseful machine"
painting will be dedicated to the
owner of the Ford factories. 1t
represents an absolutely useless
machine.
Compositions Described.
Among other compositions In
the cargo will be s,irrealistic
Evening star., 1949-04-22

CALL NAtionoI 7733 or our
Spring volIey Store. oRdwoy
z255 and a bonded messen-
ger will pick up your furs.
Fsys, Second Floor
Evening star., 1949-04-22

Miss w. Price OF Belfast. North
ern Ireland. claims a worlds rec
ord for butterfat for the breed.
by her 9-year-old British Friesian
COW craigbet Rosan. which gave
milk containing 1852 pounds Of
butterfat in a year.
Evening star., 1949-04-22

telephone. and even q gas store.
to bake fresh bread every day"
He said he had had many offers
from volunteers TO accompany him
on the adventurous voyage. but
had had to turn down all Of them
because Of the limited space
aboard.
Evening star., 1949-04-22
E|zS. 22 '|yI 2|s.!2Il

Select DESIGN from our collection with the osssones OF
our expert fuuen who will furnish you with sstimass
before work is storted
Evening star., 1949-04-22
e;!!y Z(73

will coll for your fun within delivery limits and o"
scheduled doys.
Evening star., 1949-04-22
!!!.sgs u ~

will help restore the beauty and luse OF your fun
Will help proIono their life.
Evening star., 1949-04-22
29s. 2g!y| |2Z

Your fun will be carefully exomned ond oil repoin will be
mode by our skilled teehnieons in modem doyshs
Illuminated wohrooms.
Evening star., 1949-04-22
gY7y|!E3

ia our scientifically improved modern cold storage .osI's
assures your furs Of indi,iduo honsins space.
Evening star., 1949-04-22
zI |lsI

.. our reasonable rsses automatically deferred snsi
yos ore reody 10 remove your fun sexs foli