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Arizona sun., 1949-07-22

WASHINGTON, D. C. = Twenty
five outstanding soldiers of the
month" from the 82nd Airborne
Division at Fort Bragg, North
Carolina, arrived in the Nations
Capital last week for a five-day
educational visit to defense and
other governmental agencies in
Washington.
The paratroopers were one of a
series of groups of 82nd Division
soldiers to earn the trip in recogni-
ton of outstanding performance of
duty. The groups visit here month
ly under the joint sponsorship of
Fayetteville, North Carolina, civic
organizations and the Department
of the Army Troop Information and
Education Division.
Included in the personages re-
ceiving the soldier-visitors were:
The Under Secretary of Defense,
Honorable Stephen T. Early; The
Secretary of the Army, Honorable
Gordon Gray Mr. ]. Edgar Hoover,
Chief of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation; C General Omar N.
Bradley, Chief of Staff, United
Army.
They were received at the Capitol
by Senator Hoey and Representa-
tive Frank Carlisle, both of North
Carolina. Congressman Carlisle is
native of Fayetteville, and Sem
ator Hoey is the senior Senator
from North Carolina.
At the Washington Navy Yard,
Navy ersonn el conducted the
soldiers on an inspection of the sub
marine USS DRUM.
Three Negro soldiers among the
twenty-five soldiers m k n the
trip were: Sergea David M.
Haynes, 167 Allen Street, Randolph,
Massachusetts,; Corpor Lewis
Thurman, Alto, Texas, and Private
First Glass Herbert T. Booker, 2019
Fernon Street, Philadelphia, Pen
nsylvania.
Arizona sun., 1949-07-22
Los Angeles Bank
To Hire Negroes

According to report. by spokes-
man for trade union, representing
the labor committee of the I. P. p.
who called on Charles Griffith,
President of the Farmers and Mer-
chants Bank of Watts to discuss
the labor question, Mr.. Griffith
promises to hire one Negro and one
Mexican-American clerk in h S
bank, in the near future. Mr.. Grit
fifth said he had asked the local
Urban League for reference.
Arizona sun., 1949-07-22
Construction Started
At ASC Campus

The $4,000,000 postwar program
of campus construction is under
way now on the campus of Arizona
State College at Tempe.
Remodeling of the so year-old
Science building, one of the three
original buildings still use, is in
progress, and work is due to start
soon on construction of new main
tenance shops and tennis courts.
The three jobs, approved July 8
by the college Board of Regents,
Continued on Page Sd
Arizona sun., 1949-07-22
Mrs. Woodley Dies
In Local Hospital

Mrs. Pet Woodley passed in a
local hospital last Sunday at the
age of II.
Mrs. Woodley was a native of
Texas, but lived in Douglas, Ari-
zona for the last 80 years until
moving to Phoenix, seven years ago.
She resided with friend, Mrs. Ora
Townsend, 1924 w. Grant st.
Funeral services were held
yesterday at the Chapel in the Val
ley, with Rev. ]. H. Payton Of
ficiating.
Surviving is one sister, Mrs.
Willie Mae Ferrell, of Oakland,
Calf
Arizona sun., 1949-07-22
Trenton Six Leave Death House

The Treton Six, six Negro youths
whose death sentences were re-
versed by the New Jersey Supreme
Court two weeks ago, left the death
house last week. They were escort
ed from the Jail, state prison to the
Mercer County Jail, five blocks
away, under guard of seven depu-
ties and under -Sheriffs.
Standing in the rain to greet the
Trenton Six when they left the
death house shortly after P. M,
was Mrs. Emma English, mother of
Coils English, one of the six, and
mother-in-law of another, Mckinley
Forest. Twelve year old Jean For
rest, the latter's daughter, and his
brother, Ralph, were also on hand.
The other four victims who won a
stay of execution when a new trial
was ordered, are Ralph Cooper,
James Thorpe Horace Wilson and
John Mckenzie.
Mrs. English broke into a run to
greet her son, but a guard moved
hastily to elbow his way between
them.
Shortly after $3.50 p M, the
Trenton Six were brought down in
the state Jail and seated on a long
bench. No one was permitted to
talk with them.
Then they went into the small
room to obtain their mail. Forest
and Wilson were chained together.
The men were smiling and ap-
peared in good spirits. They said
little more than, "It's good to be
here" referring to their scheduled
departure from the death house, in
which they had spent approximate
ly 10 months.
From the state prison on Second
st. to the county Jail on Market
and South Broad ST., five blocks
away, the men were removed in a
station wagon and two sedans.
latives of the six Negro
prisoners raced behind this process
sion to get one more look at them
and managed to catch glimpse
just as they arrived at the county
Jail entrance.
There, Warden George B. Bras
tow, who last saw the men before
they were removed to the death
house, complacently asserted. "It
didn't seem to hurt them any. They
thrived on it,"
Arizona sun., 1949-07-22
left Ellis Passes
After Long Illness

Jeff Ellis, 48, of 1709 Pueblo St.,
passed Wednesday morning after
about year and half illness, in
a local hospital. Mr.. Ellis came to
Phoenix IA years ago from Chic
kasha, Okla.
He is survived by his wife
Jaunita; one daughter, Mrs. B.
Daniels; four sisters, two of Phoe-
nix.
Funeral arrangements to be an
nounced later. Ragsdale Mortuary
in charge.
Arizona sun., 1949-07-22
Band Concerts At
Eastlake Park During
Summer Months

The first of a series Of six week.
ly band concerts was given in the
Eastlake Park Bandshell last night
at $3.50. The concerts are sponsored
by the City of Phoenix Park and
Recreational Department and will
be given Thursday night of each
week for a period of six weeks from
July 81 through September 1.
The concert band is under the
direction of H. F. Edwards and is
made up of group of some forty
to fifty young musicians of Phoe-
nix. Many of these young musicians
are present and former members
Phoenix Technical School, Phoenix
of bands at Carver High School,
College, Arizona State College at
Tempe, Booker T. Washington Ele-
mentary School, and Mary Bethune
Elementary School. Membership is
open to any Phoenix Musician de-
sirous of participating in concert
band. There are several vacancies,
particularly in the reed and brass
sections.
Each program will include STAN
dard classics, semi-claSSicS, sacred,
novel, modern and popular selec-
tions. Plans are to have guest
solosists and additional local talent
appear on the weekly concert. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
A special effort is being made to
make these concerts entertaining,
enjoyable, and relaxing for these
hot summer evenings.
The City of Phoenix Park and
Recreational Department is also
offering free instrumental music
instruction to all youths between
the ages of nine and eighteen who
are desirous of learning to play in
a band or orchestra. These free
classes are held daily Monday
through Thursday from 900 A. M.
to 1900 noon. Special arrange
ments to take instrumental music
at another hour may be made by
students who are working daily or
attending summer school. These ar
rangements may be made by call
ing 3-91O0.
Mr.. w. A. Robinson; Principal
of Carver High School, together
with the Executive Council of the
Phoenix Union High School System,
has made available for instruction
purposes the instruments owned by
Carver High School. Instruction on
these instruments and the use of
them is without charge to. any in
tereSted youth.
Registration for the morning
classes will be held July 25-27 at
$50 A. M. at Eastlake Park.
Arizona sun., 1949-07-22
AMOS MBURN TO APPEAR AT NIGHT,

than $4,000 copies and are still
selling. The magic of the Milburn
voice and piano have made him the
biggest double-threat in the coun-
try. He's a fresh, youthful, new
approach already backed by a
proven to be golden success story
There's only one thing that tops
an Amos Milburn record. That's
Amos Bilburn in person.
Arizona sun., 1949-07-22

That's Amos Milburn, the genii
who sings and plays the blues and
boogie on Aladdin records. Amos
and his group who will appear at
Riverside Park Monday, July 25,
have smashed all sales records with
Chicken Shack Boogie" and BE
wildered."
Although only twenty-five years
old and recently discharged from
Arizona sun., 1949-07-22

the Navy, Amos records of Chicken
Shack and Bewildered have Zoomed
him up to the top of all popular
ity lists. Both of these discs have
headed Variety lists longer than
any other race record of the past
season and there is still no sign of
abatement.
Both of these hits have sold more
Arizona sun., 1949-07-22
Outstanding
ParatrooPers Visit
Agencies in Capitol

WASHINGTON, D. C. Twenty
five Outstanding soldiers of the
month" from the 82nd Airborne
Division at Fort Bragg, North
No~oI:xo o1,,c;x,0I ;Va fIn NofiAVaSc
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-05-19

ters which concerned their common
welfare.
So although each group within
the class worked according to it's
own abilities, interests and needs,
all 81 of the enrollees had basic
common aims and desires. They
wanted to learn to take care Of
their personal business, write
checks, write money orders and
register to vote. They wanted to
be able to write letters and to func-
ton as officers in their clubs and
organizations. They wanted to
learn to read the Bible and to
read the hymns in church. They
wanted to read the newspapers for
themselves and to become more eff
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-05-19

ficient on jobs so that they could
advance and. earn more money.
Some things they wanted to
learn to do involved arithmetic.
They wanted to know how to
compute percentage deductions
from their wages, and taxes on
wages. They wanted ii learn to
compute their own ages. They
needed to know how to compute
sales from their pecans, potatoes
peaches and other farm products.
They wanted to know how to mea-
sure lengths accurately using rul-
ers and how to keep time records.
The teacher ofg this class, Mrs.
Frances Duncan, reported that not
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-05-19
Fort Valley State College Includes
Literacy Training For Adults Now

college, ~ men and 10 women.
The age range was from the late
teens to over 60, however, the ma
jority was between 80 and so.
The 10 women in the group all
earned money as domestic workers
and most of them were, also home
makers for their families.
Of the 81 enrollees, II had had
no previous schooling. They were
absolutely illiterate when they
came to night school. By the end
of the school term they had de-
veloped a reading ability Of about
the second grade level and were
able to write simple sentences.
They were at a point where they
could begin to make. rapid pro-
gress in both reading and writing.
depending on the amount Of time
they would be able to continue to
devote to their newly acquired
skills.
Ten of the enrollees who could
read a little at the beginning of
the term made rapid progress. By
the end Of the school year they
could read difficult material with
much ease and understanding.
The top group who had already
mastered the mechanics of writing
and reading, read and discussed
reading material on {. variety OF
subjectsf They learned to read
better and at the same time they
began to think critically about mat
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-05-19

only did these adults learn to read
and write or improve their made
quate ability to read and write,
but also made advances in other
important respects. Personal ap-
pearance improved. Many of the
class members beautified their
homes and surroundings. A few
people even bought heir own
hons. All Of them gained a GER
tain amount of assurance, secur-
ity and a feeling that they were
better able to take their rightful
place in society.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-05-19
ELLA WASHINGTON GRIFFIN

AAA<A VA0k1AlV0 yin 0NkEE klN
WASHINGTON, May 10. GAN
P)-Adults who are just learning
to read and write do not hesitate
to go to Fort Valley State college
for their classes. They feel that
they are part of the college.
Fort Valley State college, which
is located in the town Of Fort Val
ley, Ga, is in the center of it's
community and has a program
which for years has been commun-
iyt-centered. DR.. C. V. Troup, the
president feels as did his prede-
cessor, DR.. Horace Mann Bond,
now president Of Lincoln univer-
sity in Pennsylvania, that the col
lege campus is an ideal place for
conducting adult classes. The
very fact that the class members
are free to mingle with the many
students and in-service teachers
who are attending classes en-
courages them in their effort to
become functionally literate. These
adults are a part Of an informal
friendly class situation. Learning
to read and write seems no longer
an impossible goal, for they now
possess the feeling of security and
assurance that they can learn.
The Fort Valley community is
semi-rural. There are a few fac
tories. Many of the adults at
tending the literacy training class
earn a living working at the has,
ket mill, the flour mill or the saw
mill as section hands or janitors.
Since it is a peach growing area
many people work in the orchards
or the packing plants the year
round. Following their working
hours, most Of them take part in
various community organizations
such as the PTA, fraternal orders
or church boards and clubs.
Last year 81 adults enrolled il
the literacy training class at the
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-05-19
Gifted Reader
LUCK! Madame Lee
First Time Here
Reader and Adviser

Gives advice on all affairs Of life,
business, love, marriage, divorce,
health and family affairs. Price
in reach of all. Located in trailer
at city limits of Franklin, Ohio,
north on u. S. Is. Look for sign
at Smiths Trailer Camp. Hours
10 a. m. until 10 p. m.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-16
Many Nations Aid Greece

ATHENS - (P) - Greek relief
isn't strictly an American show.
Seven other countries-C Canada,
Switzerland, Britain, Denmark,
Sweden, Norway and Argentina
have been doing a quiet but vital
job of helping this strife torn coun-
try get back on its feet.
Maternity clinics from Britain,
X-Ray mobile units from Canada,
shoes and blankets from Switzer-
land, sanatoriums from Sweden,
and millions of dollars worth of
food are playing big role in help
ing solve one Of EurOpe's toughest
rehabilitation problems.
Corps Of trained health specia-
lists from Denmark, Sweden and
Norway, in a joint Scandinavian aid
scheme. are carrying out a gigan-
tic program Of examination and i'm
munization. This program will in
Clude every Greek child, 100000 OF
which already have been examined
for childhood sickness and tuber-
culOsis.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-16
MistletOe Holds Place
In Many Ancient Rites

In various traditions one finds
lovers plighted beneath the mistle-
toe. In the early days the cere-
mony was completed by giving the
kiss. When all the berries were
picked, there was no more kissing.
Because the mistletoe is slightly
phOsphOrescent in the dark, prim-
tive man gave to it mystical pow
ers. 1t was with a golden bOugh"
(mistletoe) found glowing at night
in a dark wood that the gates of
the lower world, usually closed to
mortals, were opened, in the imagi-
nation of primitive folk.
The Welsh called the mistletOe
"the tree of pure gold" because
the suns golden fire was seen to
shine from it at night.
Two centuries ago mistletOe was
used in church ceremonies, for one
reads of temples strewn with Tau
rel green and sacred mistletOe," I"
and early English church records
show payments for the plant for
Christmas decorations. At a cere-
mOny in York boughs were put on
the altar with the words Liberty,
pardon, freedom for all, even the
wicked"
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-16
sELBYVILLE

The 0yita Council No. 10, Degree
of Pocahontas. held their Christ
mas party on Monday evening In
the Lodge Hall, also a bake on
Saturday, which was very good
success.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lambert Campbell
Sr.. left on FRIDAY to visit with their
daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Bunting and daughter in Fcrt
Lauderdale, Fla, until Jan.
Mr.. Tommy Long Of the U. S. N.
in Washington is visiting his par
ents, Mr.. snd Mrs. w F. Long for
a few days leave. Also their daush-
ter, Mrs. Lee Everett Of KentOn,
Delaware visited them, too over the
weekend.
DR.. Robert E. Mason Of Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore and
Mr.. ard Mrs. John J. Hudson we're
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Holloway and family on Thursday
evening.
Messrs. John Hudson and Isiah
Mumford entertained Dr. Robert 2.
Mason of Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore. at their Cunning Lodge
from Thursday until Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brice McCahe and
daughter visited Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Lcasurc and family near Wash
ington, from Thursday until Sum
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Coddingt0n
visited their daughter, Miss DorO-
thy COddington in Phila., Sunday.
Mrs. Elaine FallOw and son John
William spent the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Savage and
son Bobby in Ocean City, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hamblin
and daughter had as their dinner
guests on Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carol FarlOw and children.
Mrs. Kathryn Browne and Louise
and Van Murray Browne visited MIR.
and Mrs. Charles Browne, Jr., in
Chesapeake City on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Armwell Norris and
Mrs. May McCabe were the guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Arna f. Bunting on
Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luster Lynch of
ROXana were recent dinner guests
Of Mrs c. w. Wilgus and Mrs. Net
tie West.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Simpler en-
tertained several guests on Thurs
day evening in honor Of his mother
Mrs. Jennie Simpler, birthday an
niversdry, and they had as their
weekend guests her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William Hickman Of Up
per Darby.
Mrs. Roy Holloway and son Roy
Jr., visited their daughter and sis.
ter and husband, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Collier in Wilmington, over the
weekend.
Mrs. Ida Townsend entertained
several guests at her TOWNSEND
dinner on Saturday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-16
YULE SAFETY

Christmas, the merriest time of
the year, frequently is the time
Of unexpected disaster
In our effort to have bright and
gay household, we burn more lights
than usual, taxing our electric light
circuits, we use lighted candles and
lots of paper decorations, all fire
hazards.
There are very few Christmas
trees that really are hameproof
safety experts tell us, and the or
binary Yule tree is one of the most
flammable objects known.
If you want to have a safe Christ
mas observe these rules:
/. Keep the Christmas tree out
doors until ready to install it,
Place it in the coolest part of the
house, shutting off the radiator
closest to it. Do not put electric
trains around it. Be sure tree lights
do not burn when no one is in the
house. If needles near lights start
to turn brown change the location
of the lights. When needles start
falling, it is time to discard the
tree.
2. Avoid decorations near chairs
where people may smoke. If lights
are desired in windows, do not use
candles. Keep curtains and other
hammable material pulled back at
least six inches from electric light
I Use nOn-flammable decorations of
/ glass or metal and "fireproof" snow
! in decorating. Dispose of all gift
wrappings and packing materials
after gifts have been opened.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-16
Not "A John Hancock
Listed

WASHINGTON - (H) - Auto
graphs of Rudyard Kipling, George
Gershwin, DR.. Lise Neither and
Margaret Mitchell are among the
most sought after by collectors to-
day, one expert says.
Describing autograph collecting
IS a highly stimulating and prof t.
able hobby, collector Robley Stew
ems writing in the magazine Hob
by Digest" listed other most
sought after" signatures as: Prof.
Albert Enstein President F. D. Ro-
Csevelt, Justice Felix Frankfurter,
the Duke and Duchess of Windsor,
Gen. George Marshall. Cordell Hull,
Charles (not Thomas) Edison.
Commercial autograph catalogu-
es list the following prices: Ge-
orge Washington-S185: William
Faulkner-$45; John Phillip Sousa-
$12.5O; Woodrow Wilson-6.5O; Sin
clair Lewis-$10.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-16
Lampshades Hurt
History

READING. Eng. Pl Lamp
are playing havoc with the
British history 1t. Col. G. E. c.
Malet, registrar Of the national re-
gister of archives, told Reading
University students. He lamented
the custom Of using "old deeds,
with interesting examples Of old
writing and historic signatures and
SEALS" to make lampshades. Every
one Of them tears rent, however
small, in the history Of our coun-
try" he claimed.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-16
What Every Woman
Wants

LOS ANGELES - (H9 Radio
giVe-away programs are popular
because they play the good fairy
in this mechanistic age, says Dr.
Franklin Fearing, y. c. L. A. psy-
chologist.
Fearing analyzed the wishes
submitted Of women on one such
program, and found 35 per cent
wanted special experiences, such
as a date with movie star Oh a
trip to Bermuda: 80 per cent wan
ted partical things like automatic
washing machines or vacuum clean
ers: 18 per cent asked for special
services, such as medical care or a
job; l3 per cent asked for luxury
items like mink coats or television
sets, and only 4 per cent wanted
bizarre or Unrealizable gifts.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-16
India's MoOnshine
Good To Last Drop

NEW DELHI, India Up A
member of the constituent assem-
bly, has complained that prohibition
enforcement officers in the East
Punjab are taking the wrong at
tude toward their job.
Sardar Bhupinder Singh Mann
told the assembly Of several cases
where prohibition police had drunk
illicit liquor they were supposed to
destroy. When asked why they did
II, Mann said, the police replied
that they did not like to waste "a
good thing.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-16
DELAWARE RIVALS SIZE
OF SEVEN MIDGET
NATIONS

Mother Europe has seven
midget sons: Luxembourg
(999 square miles), Trieste
(275). Andorra (191), Liech-
tenstein (61), San Marino
(3S), Monaco ~ and Vati-
can City (1-6).
Delaware could swallow
the lot, and, excepting Rhode
Island, Delaware is the
smallest of the thirteen orig
inal states, and it is the least
populous. Having an area of
1850 square miles of land,
and a total area of 1870
square miles, it is ninety-six
miles long and from nine to
thirty-five miles wide.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-16

Classified Ads get results
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-16
Americans Are Living
Longer

NEW YORK - (P - Population
statistics for the United States
shows that approximately 6.S per
cent are 65 years of age or over
compared with 81 per cent in 1860.
1t is estimated that at the current
rate of increased age the ratio will
have gene to 1872 per cent at the
end of the century
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-16
Passenger Trains

Passenger trains on railroads Of
the United States perform a trans
portation service each hour of the
day and night equivalent to NOV
ing the entire population Of a city
Of 4,1OO,O 900 inhabitants for a dist
ance Of one mile.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-16
Traffic Congestion

Downtown real estate values
have dropped almost SO per cent
in the last 10 years, due to traffic
congestion, the American Automo-
bile association reports.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-16
How We Can Make This
Astounding Offer!

An unusually favorable market for used
tires. An exceptional value from this
famous matchmaker. Both circumstances
plus our mass buying power have com.
bined to give you this exceptional value
for a limited time only.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-16
HOW THIS AMAZING OFFER WORKS

Bring in your old tires regardless
of make! Swap them for the beauti-
full II Jewel BulOva ''Minuteman'' or
Goddess of Time" tfOr Iadies) when
you buy a set of 4 Fisk Air-bOrne
Tires and tubes or Fisk Safti-Flight
Tires.
Evening star., 1949-07-10

ss~ h."ss' Ss:t';'s =. H-'s.s.sa : ts:s" t sswss
Peet Co., 10 based on q formula devel-
oped by University Of Illinois scien-
fists. 1t contains the wonder combine
ton of Dibasic Ammonium Phosphate
and Carbamide, you'vesread about in
Time and Readers Digest.
Evening star., 1949-07-10

Dentists Themselves Use and recommend
ammoniated dentifrices as an aid in
controlling tooth decay. For cavities
already formed, and to safeguard
mouth health, be sure to visit your
dentist regularly.
Evening star., 1949-07-10

Yovw0ssess lovo = - The new Colgate
Ammoniated Tooth Powder foams free
ly, tastes delightfully."- minty, refreshing.
Leaves no metallic after-taste.