davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1949-09-05
Only Six Crosses Burned
In KKK's Robson Protest

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Sept. 8
|! P.-A Ku Klux Klan non-vio-
lence protest against Paul Robe
son land communism" had ga
thered little force today but its
spokesman said it soon will.
National Adjutant" Bill Hen
dirk could count only six flaming
crosses in a Nationwide show of
pyrothechnics decreed by His
Majesty" Samuel II and Imperial
Wizard 100000.
But, said the Spokesman under
the seal" of the Southern and
Northern Knight of the xxx"
This is only the beginning
The crosses will begin to burn
north of the Mason-Dixon line
''' as soon as the order gets
through"
The "adjutant" explained that
"the order" went out by mail and
it would reach the Northern
knight" somewhat later than
the Southern.
Even 50, Adjutant Hendrix
had reports of displays last night
only in the vicinities Of Talla-
hassee, Jacksonville. Crawford
Evening star., 1949-09-05

was a man found with 512-ihch
hunting knife strapped around his
leg.
Asked for Contributions.
When the concert was over
Howard Fast, the author ano
chairman of the affair. asked the
audience for contributions Ito
combat the un-American filth
marching up and down out there.
A Joint statement on behalf OF
the veterans was issued by three
local officers of the Veterans OF
Foreign Wars, the Jewish War
Veterans and the Catholic Wal
Veterans. .'Is
It said:
1--WE are not protesting freedom
of speech. We do protest his
(Robeson'O Communist speech
which does advocate violent over.
shrow of the United States Gov-
eminent and which Is illegal"
John thinner. chairman Of the
parade. dismissed the veterans
after about an hour of demonstra-
ton and told the men. Return tc
your homes. You'll help US in our
cause as we'll as not help those
people in theirs"
Evening star., 1949-09-05
late Mayor Fiorello La Guardla.
was injured when q rock broke a
window in his car.
.AP Wirephotos.

late Mayor Fiorello La Guardla.
was injured when q rock broke a
window in his car.
Mr.. Ross wife also was hurt and
a friend in their car, Diana Ga
sarch. had to be taken to a hos
pital, the House member said.
Peekskill Hospital said that 80
persons were treated for injuries
and four were kept for further
treatment. One patient was sent
to nearby Grasslands Hospital
with a serious eye injury.
He was identified by the hos
pital as Sidney Marcus of Brook
lyn.
In New York II persons received
treatment at hospitals after re-
turning by car or bus from the
concert site. Police said one OF
those treated was a woman who
had lost a finger from her left
hand.
Concert Goers Stranded.
About $50 concert goers were
stranded In the golf course
grounds until after 10 pm. hours
after the concert. because they had
no transportation.
Finally. local authorities re-
cruited four buses to get them
out.
George Fanelli. Westchester
County district attorney, said
about half a dozen bus drivers
had refused to take their vehicles
back to New York City. They said
they had been hired to take pas
sengers to a picnic, and that this
was mo picnic"
The district attorney COM
mandeered their buses, placed
volunteer drivers in charge, and
sent them out. Three, Mr.. Fanelli
reported. were forced to return.
-Four regular drivers were sworn
in as deputies by Fred w. Ruscoe,
Westchester County sheriff. and
sent out in company with police
escorts.
One Bus Driver Hurt.
One bus driver taking a crowd
of concert-goers home was injured
when q rock thrown through the
windshield struck his head. The
driver. Harry Cisera of Dumont.
N. j., had two stitches taken in
the wound and was taken to a
hospital.
New York City police said two
buses not connected with the con-
cert had been stoned in Peekskill.
They were carrying Negroes on a
trip from Hyde Park, where they
visited the Franklin D. Roosevelt
Memorial Library.
One of those seized by police
Evening star., 1949-09-05

Colombo Museum. Ceylon, has
been given a set of Stone Age
elephant molars found in a pit
80 feet below sea level. /
Evening star., 1949-09-05
Johnson S Suggestion
Not a Crackdown on
Congress, Aide Says

Secretary of Defense Johnson's
suggestion that a Congressional
committee travel on commercial
planes was not a breakdown" but
merely a recommendation that
alternate modes of transportation
be used where military planes do
not operate, a defense department
official said yesterday.
He declared that Secretary
johnson, in a letter last week to
Senator Elmer Thomas. Democrat,
of Oklahoma did not threaten to
halt use of Military Air Transport
service planes by Congressional
groups on official business.
The Defense Secretary suggest
ed, he said that Senate appro-
priations subcommittee of eight
should use commercial airlines
from Cairo to Tokyo because
MATS does not operate regularly
scheduled flights over that leg of
the proposed around = the world
trip.
Noted Savings.
Secretary johnson, he added,
noted only that it would cost
$25, 1000 for big four-engine plane
to make the Cairo to Tokyo,
whereas commercial airline tickets
for the stretch would cost about
$1,000.
The Johnson Thomas contro-
versy, however, continued un-
abated. Senator Thomas has
asked Secretary johnson to study
costs of letting officials use Gov
ernment planes. The Senator
limited broadly that administra-
ton as we'll as congressional Of
ficials would be told to use provite
plane service if it could save
money.
A House member told reporters
today a breakdown on use of mil
itary planes for other than strictly
military business might stop most
of the official trips Congress men,
bers make abroad each year on
expense accounts. The money
would have to come from the con-
tingent funds of each branch of
Congress.
Sees Cut in Travel.
Use of military planes. he ex-
planned, is not charged to the
members congressional expense
accounts. Use of commercial air
lines would cut down on the
amount available for such trips
he said.
Another veteran House member.
who has not missed a trip abroad
in years. has predicted that about
half of the members of the House
will be out of the country on in
Ispection and study trips before
the end of this year.
Evening star., 1949-09-05
Powerful Typhoon Sweeps
Pacific, Felt in Two Jima
By the Assoeioted Press

TOKYO, Sept. 5.-One of the
most powerful typhoons in recent
years swept across the Western
Pacific today. 1t surged 100 miles
east of the American island base
of Two Jima and apparently will
miss Japan's main islands.
The typhoon carries winds up
to 130 miles an hour. Velocities
of nearly 95 were recorded on Two
Jima, 780. miles southeast OF
Tokyo. There were no reports OF
damage from Two Jima.
Weather observers followed the
typhoons course carefully in case
it should change direction and
move toward the japanese home
islands. Tokyo, Yokohama and
other areas of Central Honshu
still are clearing up after de-
structive typhoon that hit Au-
gust 81.
Another typhoon has blown it
self down to just another storm
several hundred miles east OF
Tokyo. Weathermen said this one
is no longer an operational
hazard"
Evening star., 1949-09-05
Stepson Kills Policeman,
Saws Mother Was Beaten

SANTA ROSA, Calf, Sept. g.
Albert D. Lundy, 81, San Fran
cisco policeman, was shot to death
yesterday by his 17-year -old STEP
son, Coroner Vernon E. Silver
shield reported.
Sheriff Harry Patterson booked
Milton G. Eib on charge Of
murder. The coroner said the boy
declared he killed Mr.. Lundy with
a deer rifle to stop him from beat
ing the youths mother, Mrs. Hazel
Lundy, Al.
Evening star., 1949-09-05
Mrs. Had|eyG Greets BarkIey
On Visit 10 St. Louis
By the Assoeioted Press

ST. LOUIS, Sept. S. - Vice
President Barkley was back in st.
Louis-on his fifth recent visit.
And again he was greeted on his
arrival by an attractive 37-year-
old widow, Mrs. Carleton S. Had
ley.
Mr.. Barley said his trip was
only a Labor Day holiday, but
added
I've been coming to st. Louis
for years, but never paid much
attention to it until the last few
weeks"
Rumors Of a romance between
the 71-year-old Vice President. a
widower, and Mrs. Hadley had
persisted. Friends say they def
nitely have not discussed marriage
plans.
Mr.. Barkley flew in from his
Paducah. KY. home yesterday.
Mrs. Hadley and her 14-year- -old
daughter, Jane. waited at the air.
port through a heavy rainstorm
for his arrival.
Evening star., 1949-09-05
Air Races
Continued From First Page

Becker Of Toledo, Ohio. is out Of
the race because of an engine
failure after he qualified at Ala
M.P.H. last Thursday. His plane
is owned by Cleland, who quail
fled at 406 M.P.H. Cleland has
been tinkering with his big Cor
sair almost every minute and
took it up for some practice turns
around the course at the end of
yesterdays program.
Veteran Joe de Bona of Beverly
Hills, Calf, won the 2,010-mile
Bendix Trophy race Saturday in
the record speed of 470.136 miles
per hour. The stocky pilot said
his F-51 Mustang hit top speed
of 498 miles an hour at one time
during the hop from California to
Cleveland. Trailing De Bona
were Herman Fish) Salmon of
Van Nuys, Calf, and Stanley II.
Reaver of Glendale, Calf.
Evening star., 1949-09-05
Robson
Continued From First Page)
= fCOntlnu6G FTOm FIfSC FHge.J
several numbers over loudspeak-
ers for an audience of 10000 gath
cred from a number of States.
So Singer Whisked Away.


Singer Whisked Away. :,
tact with the demonstrators before
or during his concert-then was
whisked away in an automobile to
New York. There were reports
that his automobile reached New
York with it's windshield smashed.
The demonstrators paraded
back and forth on a road at the
entrance of the concert grounds.
Their bands, drums, bugles, horns,
jeers and motorcycle backf1ring
created a terrific din.
Police conflscated rife bolts and
bayonets from many veterans be-
fore the well-publicized protest
parade.
Baseball bats and sticks were
taken away from scores OF the
Robson throng. Police formed a
human wall to keep the opposing
factions apart before and during
the concert.
Public indignation was at a high
pitch in a large part OF this sub
urban area 40 miles north Of New
York, and there were untold num-
bers of anti-Robesonites aroused
in addition to the 1000 paraders
Anti-leftist placards and signs
were displayed in advance.
The protest parade was spanked
by veterans groups including the
American Legion. Veterans of For
eign Wars, Jewish War Veterans
and Catholic War Veterans.
The concert was billed as 8
benefit for the Civil Rights Con-
gress' chapter in New York's Har-
lem Negro quarter. The Congress
has been listed as subversive by
former Attorney General Clark.
Sponsors of the concert were
the Peoples Artists, Inc, and
specially-formed committee.
Robson sympathizers said one
of the injured was Irving Potash
one of II top communist leaders
on trial in New York on charges
of conspiracy to advocate violent
overthrow of the Government. He
was reported hit in the eye by a
stone thrown through an auto
window.
Representative Vito Marcanto.
nio, left-wing American Labor
Party Congressman from New
York, annonced he had sent Gov
Dewey a telegram last night pro-
testing police action at the rally
Mr.. Marcantonio charged "ccm-
plicity of State and local officials
in failing to halt assault and rock
throwing upon guests leaving the
concert"
La Guardia Aide Hurt.
Mr.. Marcantonio also said that
Paul Ross, once an aide to the
Evening star., 1949-09-05
Taft Calls Communism
Threat 10 Liberty as
He Starts Ohio Tour
BY the Associated Press

CLEVELAND, Sept. 5.-Senator
Taft, Republican, of Ohio began
1OO-day tour of his home State
yesterday with a speech denounc-
ing Communism as the worlds
greatest threat to freedom.
1t was talk before the State
convention of the Polish Legion
of American Veterans.
The Republican leaders politi-
cal aides call Senator Taft's
scheduled tour into every one Of
Ohio's 88 counties a report to
the constituents" They say his
campaign for reelection to third
consecutive term in 1850 will not
begin until he has filed formal
petitions for his candidacy.
His tour will consist of short
trips through city and rural ter
ritory, luncheon and dinner en-
gagements and an occasional dash
back to his Office in Washington.
Senator Taft called Communism
greater than the threat OF any
monarch of any nation, because
it attacks the whole philosophy
of freedom and attempts to sub
stitute a new ideology with all the
fervor of a revivalist religion"
It denies individual liberty,
community liberty. economic lib
erty. 1t denies liberty of thought" "
he said. 1T denies everything for
which the United States was set
up in 1776 Most important OF
all, it denies liberty of religion.
1T has violently attacked the
Catholic Church and its repre-
sentatives in all the countries
which it dominates. Unlike any
other economic doctrine, it insists
that the economic doctrine shall
be the religion, and the only re-
lioion of all its adherentS"
Evening star., 1949-09-05
FOUND.

fOR LOST or unwsnted animals. call
IA Q o. NV. NO. b73o.
Evening star., 1949-09-05
Kennebunkport Theoter
Burns as Season Ends
By the Asxoeiofsd Press

bf Ihe ASsoSboIed FTtSS
KENNEBUNKPORT, Me-, Sept.
5.-The century-old barn that
housed the Kennebunkport Play
house has been razed by fire.
The blaze, of undetermined
cause, broke out four hours after
the 1949 summer season ended
Saturday night.
Owner Robert G. Curriers' once
estimated the loss at $65. 900.
The barn, remodelled as
theater in 1910, was the scene Of
the annual Booth Harrington
drama festival. Mr.. Harrington,
who died in 1916, supervised sew
eral of these festivals. He sum-
mered at Kennebunkport.
Evening star., 1949-09-05
Germans Hear Pope
Hit Communism for
First Time by Name
ey the Assoeioted Press

CASTEL GANDOLFO. Italy,
Sept. 5.-The Pope publicly de-
nounced Communism by name
yesterday for the first time in
his 1o-year reign as head of the
Roman Catholic Church.
Previously he always has used
such phrases as ''materialism,"
"totalitarianism" and enemies OF
the church" in referring to Com
munism.
The Pope speech, delivered in
German by radio to half a million
German Catholics gathered for a
church conference, was the first
papal explanation of the Vatican
decree communicating Com
muniSts.
He emphasized that the decree
had nothing to do with any diff
ferences between rich and poor,
but was promulgated to save both
from "atheistic Communism"
New Drive on Reds Seen.
"It concerns the conservation
and purity of religion and the
Christian faith. the liberty of
their action and, with these. the
well-being and dignity and the
rights of liberty of workers" he
said.
Observers viewed the Pope's
frank attack as the beginning OF
a new and more vigorous cam
paign against Communism.
That he chose to address Ger
many, torn between East and
West, was considered highly sig
nificant. He sought to bolster
religion among workers and Or
ganize them into an effective
force against Bolshevism.
The church has now entered
the struggle on more decisive
and common level than ever be-
fore, observers believe.
Pope Plus also addressed the
faithful in Switzerland and Italy.
He told a conference of Swiss
Catholics, gathered for their first
meeting in IS years, that "a most
insidious danger threatens to dry
up the springs of faith in God
and his commandments"
Scores Attacks on Poland.
This danger, he said in his
radio address to the conference at
Luzerne, is "materialism" which
seeks to destroy the freedom to
serve the true God.
only in God is man free" the
Pope said.
In his addresses to both the
Swiss and Germans the Pontiff
referred to the 10th anniversary
of the outbreak of World War II.
1T is proper in these days." he
said, "to record that 10 years after
the start of this horrible apocaly-
ptic event the peoples and states
have not yet been able to over
come it's fatal consequences"
Although speaking to the Ger
mans the Pope denounced Hitler's
Germany for attacking Poland
without pity"
Later he spoke to a group OF
Italian high school teachers. He
told them that no persecution will
ever make the church stop teach
ing Christianity.
The teachers he praised as
direct assistants of Divine Pro-
yidence."
Evening star., 1949-09-05
MoImedy
Continued From First Page)

Kefauver, Democrat, of Tennessee
The questioning was led by the
committee counsel, Justice M.
Chambers of Rockville, Md.
There are more than so of the
Malmedy convicts still serving
sentences in the war crimes prison
at Landsberg. Six are under
death sentence, but their execu-
tions have been stayed until the
Senate investigation is finished.
Originally 43 were sentenced to
hang. But 81 death sentences
were commuted to prison terms.
Some of the combinations were
granted because of a possibility
that their confessions may have
been improperly obtained.
Evening star., 1949-06-13

Misunderstanding lIas Q aa<ns-
aan6- -Asy ssg ns tai On ansry
eaeAsnass6 10 very nsscs, aae
hope ~ wxkans With sns I vn
learn - miniature. 90 ss sps&A.
hew 10 handss larger ananaAa
Asl<r isss esensAszn6- wsn tass
60 Q exs1S0s. Ars9 aftss tAs e<AEs-
eog O sassian1 ncny. ane a.tsr
The Shetland pony Q eow ny LAe
time I eel 10 AA9gs1- I kses2A9 10
rwAey - eater iAs arena wfsA
perfect ecaA6e0ee eenfosnl that
Ire crcw6 ell es ecee6 10 6eatA
While Tn he,nx scswc 10 osata.
have made nc plans for Rons
or Paris because ! kncw wnai 10
Eesnx 20 aargser 10 me tAers !
arr goans 10 be run ever AID
,ranpled ~ 2s.ace AmsFsean
school teachers spendtnx o 5sas-
arety@ tee O. three weeka sesraa.
] promise 10 extnx every single
che Of nv readess Q ncQvsnlS II
any 81 yoa wani Q Cysrsy. lss me
know the sass yea wanl Frank-
". believe the eesi an-rcun1 stss
II two-feo9 -twe. syes ef Als But.
Of course. your tAsas In rygmiea
may not be the same a. rnine
,Tsasx&Astss ~ Msssasaa Mya9sssa. fas \
Evening star., 1949-06-13
Strange Case of Gillette
Party Stray Explodes Because Truman
Named Judge Without Consulting Him

bar associations are predominant
ly Republican.
They also declare that last fall
Senator Gillette agreed to support
Mr.. Switzer for o Federal Judge
ship to be created because the In
cumbent Judge was becoming in
Arm. But that judge agreed TO
retire. The position Of local Dem
ocrats Is that MIR. Switzer was q
logical choice then for the vacan-
cy and that Senator Gillette was
morally committed to him.
The President was forced TO
choose between supporting the
choice Of State leaders and the
purely personal preference OF one
Iowa Senator. It Is suggested
here that the timing was bad and
could well have awaited the out
come on the labor bill. But no.
body expects to see Senator Gil
lette too often on his party's side
Iowans also mention that he
speaks often Of his great personal
admiration for Senator Byrd. the
Virginia conservative Democrat.
They would like to drop the
subject since they hope for har-
mony and a successful fight
against Republican Senator Hick-
enlooper next fall.
released by the Bell Syndicate. Ine.)
Evening star., 1949-06-13

UlUC.
The United States Navy. for in
stance, will ask Congress for addi-
tional funds with which to put
in operation at least another three
aircraft carriers now In the
"mothball fleet" This will make
up, to some extent, for the de-
ficiency which exists In our air
defense until the Air Force reaches
the 70-group strength which Is
considered essential for our de-
tense.
Our commitments extend. even
with the Atlantic Pact still un-
ratified, to most parts Of the
globe, and in order to avoid Q
major surprise-in the Pacific,
Atlantic. Indian or Arctic Oceans
we must be prepared to meet
any attack at least on an equal
level.
Practical Defense Matter.
This Ia no longer q question Of
rivalry between the two sister serv-
ices, but is q practical matter Of
American defense. Until the Air
Force can obtain the necessary
land bases In all regions where
there is q potential threat, we
must hang on to our floating
bases, 1. e. our carriers.
The likely failure Of the Paris
conference also will require haste
in Congress to appropriate sums
necessary for implementation Of
the Atlantic Pact BY providing the
member nations with a limited
quantity Of ground equipment and
possibly some fighter aircraft.
Congress, which Is becoming in
creasingly concerned over spiral
ing government costs and fears 1t
will have to appropriate sums to
cope with growing unemployment.
is loath to spend money for such
purposes.
Many leaders in the Senate and
House feel, however. that the
Evening star., 1949-06-13

Today. high In New York's
chrysler Building. I booked q trip
on Pan American World Airways
which viii take me 70 the Belgian
Congo. the home Of the pygmies
Now why In the world did I do
that? Don't ask me. I don't know
! have lived q years without pyg-
mics. and all OF q sudden ] fee!
that I must meet some Of the little
fellows. II wouldn't be quite 80
absurd II pygmies were to be
found as close. say. as Chicago.
Detroit. Los Angeles. or Dallas.
But I am going all the way TO
Leopoldville. which is an over
night trip from New York on tae
map alone. to watch pygmies skip
and prance in the jungle.
To Leave Early In July.
Why couldn't have felt an
urge to meet some Three e-Eye
League baseball players, or some
street sweepers7 could have gone
and seen them and have been
back home in . week. but this trip
I've arranged won't get me home
until 1t is almost time 70 hang
up my stocking for Santa Claus
to f1ll.
I'm taking OF early In July, and
the first town ! will horrify will
be Lisbon. I understand that Lis
bon Is Just about the most expen-
sive city in the world today. and
that q man Is lucky II he can get
by on 50 American dollars q day.
AS my budget for the entire trip
Evening star., 1949-06-13

10 scarrely more than that I have
been gy.ng 20 aTurs cot hc~
eeald ASord % Say Tn iAsoor
more than - minutes. and ] think
have tae perfect plan.
lAseon. a. yca doeesles anew
Ia the worlds center Of espionage
90 I an gcsns 70 poss - sn Amer
lean. asgn u a.orne bomb esreles,
and &c, foreign agents 70 wEas
and dine with ne IN the Scpe os
extracting . secret OK iwe :rcrr
me,
shall register ai Lisbon lead
!ng hotel under ihs name O. Pvcf
Henry Plafonsara Meieraoge. and
give nv address as Oak Rlaxe
Tenn And when dining and wtn-
ing In the most paGsh cafes, ]
shall continually refer 10 B-ss,
B-3s. the B-i yttArnln and al
other BIS imaginable, ! trust that
the foreign agents Who seek me
out viii be well -heeled and ready
to spend freely on the saeey
American Professor
From Lisbon 60 TO Dakar. then
70 Leopoidvtlle and nv pygny
friends. then 10 Johannesburg
where ] hope 10 root around IN
those diamond mines and pick
myself up q poeketful Of earaIs
After wearing cut my welcome In
South Africa. ] hop 10 Madrid.
where ! hope an ofyer 10 ngh, q
few bulls viii bring me In enough
money 10 continue on 20 Rome
Florence and Paris.
Ts Start On Daehahuna.
I have never fought . bull. but
between nov and my departure
] am gotnS to take up the art
Of being o matador. No, ! am mol
foolish enough 70 start rtsht OF
practicing on . real grown-up
bull. am going 70 start learn
ms by waving Q cape at . small