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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
Hits Record With
800-Pound Tuna
By the Associated Press

WEDGEPORT, Nova Scotia,
Aug. 12.-An 800-pound tuna,
largest so far this season, was
landed here yesterday by
Chester I. Edwards of Miami,
Fla, after a hour and SO
minute battle. He used a 39-
thread line.
At the nearby south shore
town of Liverpool, George E.
Clarke of Darien. Conn, hauled
In a 532-pound tuna.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
Ann Gray Is Beaten

BURLINGTON. VT. Aug. H.
Top seeded Peggy Eby of Hous-
ton, Tex, Is the Vermont Women .
Open tennis champion after dis
posing of Mrs. Ann Gray OF
Washington, D. c., GA, ST, 6-3,
in the final yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
MA Girls Net Tourney
SemifinuIs On Today
~ Ne Assoslatsd Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 12.-First-
seeded Elaine Lewicki Of Ham
tramck, Mich, today was set for
the seminal round in the Middle
Atlantic Girls Open tournament
after breezing through the quar-
terminals.
The Michigan girl yesterday
downed Mary Vassely of st. Louis,
81, 60. Other semifinalists
include Toby Greenberg of Chi
cago, Bonnie MacKay Of Gin
cinnati and Ruth Marshall OF
Norristown, Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
Fore AND AT
By Malcolm lomborne, Jr.

Arthur Carnduff, spring series
champion here, and Norman
Schaller. last years fleet champ.
race tomorrow and Sunday on
Magothy River for the right to
represent the Dixie district in the
international championships of
the Lightning Class.
Top skipper from more than a
score expected out this week end
will be eligible for the. title races
in Miami over Labor Day. De-
Tending national champion is
Dick Betram Of Miami.
Potapskut Sailing Association
will serve as host for the four
race series this week end. Shippers
may pick their best three races
for. total points. The district
comprises Washington, Maryland,
Virginia, West Virginia and North
Carolina.
Meanwhile, a fleet of cruising.
racing and Delta class yacht
started out. this morning from
Baltimore Light for the annual
Gibson Island-O oxford race, open
ing Oxford Race Week.
Potomac River sailors Of the
Comet, Penguin and Thistle
classes are expected in good num-
bers for a three-race series to-
morrow and Sunday of Oxford.
Comet shippers race for the Pa
nola Trophy and the Gaetina
Bowl.
The races are sponsored by
Tired Avon Yacht Club and
Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club. The
regatta rates as one of the Bays
best of the season.
The National Sweepstakes Re-
gatta at Red Bank, N. j., prom
ises to draw no less than five
Washington area outboarders and
at least one inboard driver to-
morrow and Sunday.
The cupboard drivers are Hud-
son Moses, Ike Hale. Dean Wor-
cester, Jimmy Baden and Dick
Bowers, a newcomer here who
drives a B hydroplane. Joe Pal
mer, who has come back strong in
the 135-cubic-inch hydro class
after engine woes earlier in the
season, hopes to be on hand with
his Tommy Boy. Joe won the 1855
event at Red Bank last year.
At least two Gold Cup drivers
have signed up for the National
Sweepstakes Trophy and the Red
Bank Gold Cup. They are Guy
Lombardo, sweepstakes winner in
1916, and Harry Lynn, who came
close to winning the Presidents
Cup here last year.
And speaking Of the Presidents
Cup. there will be an informal
rowing regatta of Potomac Boat
Club Sunday, starting at 1880 pm.
Both Old Dominion B. c. and Vir-
ginia B. c. of Richmond will enter
oarSmen.
PIC Coach Charley Butts re-
ports there1l be about 10 races.
They will serve as a warmup for
two major rowing events in this
area over Labor Day. On Sep
TENDER 4 the Middle States rowing
regatta will be held off Alexandria.
The next day oarsmen compete
here in the rowing phase Of the
Presidents Cup.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12

In last tuesdays column we
sounded off about Triadelphia
Reservoir. issuing a challenge to
certain anglers of national repu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
Free Fishing Guide

Yachtsmen planning to cruise
the Chesapeake Bay area with an
eye toward landing some Of the
Tidewater's scrappy bluef1sh,
trout and perch, now may obtain
a free guide book on fishing In
Chesapeake waters by writing to
Fishing Fair, Preston. Md.
CENTRAL LEAGUE,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12

TIP FOR BOATMEN-Start-
ing Monday. boats using
Georgetown Channel will have
to pass through, the east Tor
Washington side of drawspans
of the railroad, bridge, Four
tenth Street, bridge and the
new span between the two, be-
cause OF construction work UNI
derway. Army Engineers report
the bascule span of the new
bridge will be raised by Monday
and viii remain open until
about December l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12

up to a pound ana a half. All OF
these fish were utilized.
We could cite many more in
stances, but these should give you
an idea.
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04
Texas Schools For
White Students
And White Only

Houston, Texas-The question
whether Rice Institute will admit
Negro students was abruptly set
tied this week, when the contents
Of letter from DR.. William v.
Houston, president Of the Institute,
was made public in the student
newspaper, THE Thresher".
The letter points out that Rice
was founded and chartered for
white students only, and there
fore the question was not as he
quoted zone for administrative
consideration"
The subject of admitting Me-
groes to the Institute has been
hot issue in the student publica-
ton for the past several weeks,
and DIR. Houston said he wrote the
letter because it appears the news
papers staff and its correspon-
dents were quite unaware of the
traditional policy which protects
White Supremacy in Southern in
situations Of higher learning and
particularly, the provisions Of the
charter which reads, For White
Students Only"
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04
Kansas Negroes Following Pattern Of
whifes-EIevated To Bank Robbinq

Alma, Kansas-Seven young To-
peka Negroes launched an ambi-
tious, dramatic venture tod a y
when they raided the First Nat
ional Bank of Alma and fled with
s3,405.
The youths We're identified by
Shawnee county sheriff Bill Coas-
ties as Meryel Allen. Oliver Tuck
er, Dennie d. Little, Jr., Richard
Brown, Lawrence Smith, Clifford
Dennis, and Vernon Jones, all %
years old or younger.
They drove into Alma in two
cars and proceeded to raid the
bank at IL a. m Coates said all
were armed with pistols with a
pair apparently working as look
outs equipped with rifles.
O. j. Hess, bank president, was
comforting with the cashier when
the five youths walked in. They
forced the bank officers into the
rear room. Other employees and
one customer were not molested.
They scooped up the money from
drawers and fled. Roy Maynard,
a bystander, pursued the gang in
his car despite gunfire from the
bandits which smashed Maynard S
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04
Walter White Asks
Opportunity For
Negroes In Radio

New York-Members of the
Radio Executives Club of New
York were today urged by Walter
White, NAACP executive sccre-
tary, to make full use of available
Negro talent both as artists and
technicians.
While some stations and net
works have used occasional Negro
singers and actors, Mr. White
pointed out, none have fully uti-
lized this source of talent. A few
Negro disc jockeys have been en-
ployed internationally by stations.
However, he added, practically no
announcers, program directors. or
technical workers have been en-
ployed in the industry.
Following Mr. Whites address
several radio executives expressed
interest in his proposal for more
regular and extensive use of Ne
groes in the industry.
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04
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Miami, Florida--The Miami City
Commission this week outlawed
the wearing Of masks and burning
of crosses in Miami. An Ordinance,
unanimously adopted as an "emer-
gency measure, provides a fine
up to $4,000 or go days Jail penal
ty or both for violations. Recently
a white minister had invited a
Negro minister to speak to his
congregation on Brotherhood and
the Klu Klux became enraged
and burnt crosses in front of the
white and Negro churches as a
protest of Negro preaching to
white folks" In Florida. The Gov
ernor of Florida denounced the
hooded mob as a group of hooded
towards.
Frankford, neutrality-suspicious.
barring Negroes from the City
Golf Course, that Is supported by
the Taxpayers money in Louis
Vile, were upheld here this week
by the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
The resolutions were passed by
the former Board Of Parks Com
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04

car windshield.
At the same time two state high
way commission employees, who
were in Alma at the time, used
their two way radio to direct state
and county officers.
State Troopers were ordered by
radio from Topeka into the chase
and they blocked highway K 10
east of Paxico Junction. A Gays
Ter convertible, one of the Two
cars used by the bandits, pulled
up short of the blockade and two
men surrendered when the troop
ers fired a warning shot.
Two miles back down the road
the second bandit car was aban-
doned in a ditch and three men
ran from it into muddy pasture
The civilian pursuers directed A.
am officers and state police INTO
the pasture after them.
Later the remaining two bandits
were captured near a spot where
they had leaped from the sedar
Money totaling S3,405 was re-
covered from the men. They had
stuck it into their shirt fronts or
crammed it into trouser pockets.
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04
Nearly $500 For
March Of Dimes
Is Negroes Record

Pine Bluff-Dr. Lawrence A.
Davis, president of Arkansas State
A. M. and N. College and chair
man of the l949 March of Dimes
campaign among Negroes in JEFF
ferson County, has turned in to j.
c. Reaves, county chairman, 81,
7644l, as the amount received
from Negroes in this county dur
ing the campaign just ended This
amount does not include funds
collected from Negroes from other
sources
This marks the first time Ne
groes have been asked to take
charge of a phase of the campaign,
and the amount raised this year
See J. G. NEGROES-page four
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04
lid BIT S..
By Jewel POrche'

I have promised myself and two
or three other responsible people
that each night | will pray that
Negroes will study the records of
candidates running for public Of
flee as thoroughly as they study
the records of entries at Oaklawn
Park before placing bet. 1t seems
to me that your life as a citizens
in Little Rock should be more i'm
portant to you than that bucks.
II you missed the Gamma Gam
ana Chapter of the Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority's JabberwoclS FIJI
day night, you missed the treat Of
the season. It's an annual affair
to raise money for scholarships
for students. Aside from the fact
that money was raised for wor-
thy cause, the program was uni
que and most entertaining. Much
credit is due the Planning Com
mittee which, I'm sure, spent
many sleepless nights in prepar-
alton. 1t was good to see such
faces as Misses India Elston, Mar
jorie Johnson Marjorie jenkins,
Dorothy Watson, Mesdames Lu-
ellie Parker, Dora Williams Kicks,
Alice Perry, Ercell Ish and Ber-
nice Bass participating. Many,
many others did their share to en-
terrain the large audience. You
should have seen Elijah Coleman
as "the tramp" and John Scar
brough as DIR. Ralph Bunche',
And did you see Mrs Minnie b.
Hicks do the split? OUCH
See It'd BITS--page four
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04
Big 3" Basketball
Tournament at The
Bapf. College Gym

The member schools of the Big
Eight Athletic Association will
send their basketball teams here
to vie for the coveted champion
ship. The teams will engage in a
two day meet, Friday and Satur-
day at the gym of the host team,
Arkansas Baptist College.
The Big Eight tournament marks
the debut of Negro College tour
nament in Greater Little Rock
The six teams participating are
very evenly matched and for this
reason the tournament should
prove a most interesting as well
as entertaining spectacle for the
basketball lovers of Greater Little
Rock.
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04

The issuance of special COMMITS
sions by the sheriff was brought
into the open during the famed
Wilkerson case in which a white
deputy sheriff was killed by AL
bert Wilkerson.
Dade Employed Flowers As
Counsel
Dade who charged that William
son accompanied by two Negroes,
George Ashley and Finn Nichols,
overlook a truck in which he was
riding with John Gray, Ed Pleas
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04
Bishop Fountain
In Fellowship
MEETINGS

Plans have been recently per-
fected for series of fellowship
meetings to be conducted in the
twelfth Episcopal District of the
a. M. E. Church under Bishop
William A. Fountain, D. d., Senior
Bishop of the A. M. E. Church
and presiding Bishop of the Twel.
fth Episcopal District, according
TO announcement made by DR.. G.
Wayman Blakely, Pastor of Bethel
A. NJ E. Church. Little Rock. who
Is secretary of the committee
Bishop Fountain suggested these
meetings in order to create great
er interest in the work of local
churches and to stimulate greater
activity on the part of the law
men in general. Plans called for
the discussion Of three topics by
laymen in each of the meetings as
follows: What is Wrong With MY
Church,, What is Right With My
Church," and What is the Obiec-
tive of My Church," Meeting
places have been designated as
follows; Bethel A. M. E. Church,
Little Rock, Friday, March II. CO.
operating Presiding Elders, Drs. v.
M. Townsend, B. w. Banks, F. d.
Gipson; Bethel A. M. f. Church.
See FOUNTAIN-page four
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04
Joe Louis Quits;
Turns Promoter:
Still Undefeated

1t was announced Tuesday in
Miami Beach, Florida by the un-
defeated heavyweight champion,
Joe Louis. that he was through
with the ring. The announce
ment was made in the form of
letter Of resignation to the Ma
tional Boxing Commission.
1t was announced that Lopis
has become a partner in a new
tight promotion alliance, and
Will promote the Charles Wal
colt fight in June.
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04

Founders Day will be celebrated
at Shorter College. President
Robert II. Alexander, on March
o, Wednesday The regular pro-
gram will be held at eleven o.
clock. j. j. Simmons, realtor Of
Muskogee, Oklahoma. being the
principal speaker. At eight p. m,
a skit will be presented portray
ing the past, present and future
Of Shorter College. At this time,
there will also be given a play
let entitled Listen America.
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04
SHORTER COLLEGE TO Celebrate
FOUNDERS DAY, MARCH Ninth

Officials, ministers, and key
laymen will be present from all
parts of the Twelfth Episcopal
District, including Oklahoma and
Arkansas. Visitors will be served
without charge in the school din
ing hall. The entire day will be
in charge of Bishop A. Fountain,
ST., presiding bishop of this dis
trict. Statements relating to the
financial drives now In progress
in the interests Of the school will
be given to the public at that time.
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04

mission and adopted by the de-
partment Of parks and recreation.
1t was also voted that Negroes
could not use the amphitheater In
Louisville, another unsupported
building. This is the home State
of Vlce-President Albert Barkley.
of Vice-President Albert Barkley.
saltwater Oklahoma--Two Negro
students from Langston University
gave the white Regents Of A. and
M. College some head-scratching
worry this week when they SUBJ
mitted their transcripts and asked
to be enrolled at the Oklahoma A.
and NJ. College. The two were
Henry Floyd and Miss Jane Eli
son. This is the first time in the
history OF the college that Negroes
have attempted to enroll at A. and
M. College. 1t is not known what
disposition will be made Of tho
applications.
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04
Seek Dismissal Of
Lynch Damage Suit

Greenville S. C.-In an effort to
evade payment of $4,000 damages
for the lynching of Willie Earle,
attorneys for Greenville and Pick
ems counties this week served mo-
tons to dismiss the complaint of
Mrs. Tessie Earle, the lynch vic
TINS mother, filed last month by
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.
Argument on the motion to dis
miss is scheduled TO take place at
the County Court House here on
March 81. The NAACP suit, filed
at the request of Mrs. Earle, seeks
5000 damages from each of the
two counties involved in the lynch
ing of Earle two years ago.
The young Negro was murdered
by a mob of white men for the
alleged robbing and fatal stabbing
of a white taxicab driver. Follow
ing spectacular trial held here
the accused slayers were acquitted
by an all-white jury.
Early this year. NAACP attor-
neys Harold r. Boulware Of Col
umbia, S. c., and Thurgood Mar
shall and Franklin II. Williams of
the National Office filed suit for
damages under Article VI, Section
6, of the South Carolina Constitu-
ton, which makes the county in
which a lynching occurs liable in
the sum of $4,000 to the estate of
the lynch victim.
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04
Case Of Army
Segregation To
Go To Court

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the de-
NAL last week by Federal District
Court Judge j. Cullen Ganey of a
motion to dismiss the complaint of
DeVreaux Tomlinson against the
Selective Service Board, attorneys
for the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie announced they are preparing
See ARMY JIM-CRO--page four
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04
RECENT PISTOL WHIPPING
'EARmARkS THE FAMOUS
W|LKERS0N BROS. CASE
BY GRACE DONALDSON

=. Pine Bluff-A suit for damages will be
filed in the United States District Court as a
result of the dismissal of charges of carry
ing pistol and aggravated assault by
Judge Coy M. Nixon in the Municipal Court
Monday morning, according to Harold Flow
ers, we'll known Pine Bluff lawyer and presi-
dent of the Arkansas NAACP.
Prosecutor Files Information Against White Deputy
Carlton Currie deputy prosecuting attorney inorma
lions against N williamson white special deputy
Moscow the by L. G. Dade Moscow that
had been beaten with pistol the night February
Belmont Road between Moscow and Tamo.
Shadows Of The Wilkerson Case Hover jefferson
Williamson appeared in Judge Nxons
special deputy sheriff holding a
ster sheriff of Jefferson county Charges
Segrs lawyer
been settled
until the agaos
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04
WasseII .Lawhon
victors In Race
For MayoraIty

Incumbent Mayer Sam Was
sell defeated his opponent,
Franklin E. 10y in Tuesdays
city primary for the city's high
est office.
Mr.. Wassell polled 1926 votes
while Alderman 10y received g.
9O7.
In North Little Rock, former
mayor, Ross LawhOn defeated
incumbent Mayor EldOr Johnson
by a vote of 2,948 to 2,2l8.
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04

ant, and Charles Scull, beat him
over the head with his pistol after
ordering all Of the occupants out
of the truck.
Dade reports that all occupants
were ordered out Of the truck, ana
in compliance with the command
Dade was the first to attempt to
leave. and was struck by William-
son with his pistol before he de-
boarded the truck.
Driver Charged With
Drunken Driving
Frank Winston was charged with
drunken driving by Finn NichoIs
a Negro who was riding with the
deputy sheriff. according to an in
formation filed almost two week,
after the incident. Also charged
with disturbing the peace was
Charles Scull, an occupant Of thu
truck.
Special Deputy Makes
Nc Arrests
Despite the fact that williamson
reported that he was an officer IN
Judge Nixon. the record revealed
that he made no arrests and filed
no informations against either or
any of the occupants.
Flowers Makes Statement
In statement TO the Press, Mr..
Flowers, who for many years has
been connected with liberal move-
ments in Arkansas, declared that
the handing out Of special COM
missions to individuals as deputy
sheriffs has caused much trouble in
our time and that the sheriff will
be asked to cease such a practice"
Asked whether the sheriff would
be party to the suit for damages
Flowers would not comment, but
1t is believed that the action which
will be instituted will be for the
purpose of determining the liabil-
ity of the sheriff on a deputy's
commission
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04

The average temperature In Mos
COW In January Ia Q degrees
as In Bismark, N, D.
Arkansas State press., 1949-03-04

Hot Springs-"WANGA DOLL the fast-moving story of
Orleans voodoo by John NJ Ross head the department
speech and drama Arkansas State AMIN College, will
presented Friday evening the WOU Auditorium The play
being sponsored in Hot Springs by the Young Mems Business
and Progressive Club One of the leading being played
Jacqulne Price daughter of Mr. and Mrs John Price There
about IS in the cast Other Hot Springs students
nected with the Pauline
Evans both juniors who voodoo Laverne
Lotion sophomore, who manager and Clara
Belle Sarard freshman who has charge of the wardrobe The
production will be staged designed and lighted by the author
and Eserlyn Ross This will be the first the college
matte group has been presented in the
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Evening star., 1949-12-04
Margaret Rose Is One
of Royalty's Few
Cay Members
By WiIIiom McGoffin

LONDON.-When a member Of
royalty is a gay person. it's news.
At least. that appears to be the
case so far as the British royal
family is concerned. Since Vic
toria assembled the throne 1l2
years ago you can count on the
fingers of one hand the gay ones
King Edward VII, King Edward
VIII. better known as the Duke
of Windsor. and now Princess
Margaret.
OF course, If you went farther
back you'd come on people Ike
Henry the Eighth and Queen Bess.
Or II you looked back into the
old courts of Europe you'd find
gay royal ones a franc q dozen.
Here in England the folks have
gotten used to dignified, reserved
types like Margaret's grandfather,
King George v. and her great
great-grandmother. Queen Vic
toria.
Some of Margaret's friends.
however, are distressed at num-
ber of the stories being printed
about her these days. "Of course,
she is gay" they say. 1T would
be silly to deny it. But the fuss
that was made recently when she
smoked a cigarette in public! You
would think she was taking
opium"
Parents Aren't Stuffy
And when she danced the
French can-can with Sharman
Douglas, the American Ambassa-
doris daughter. at an embassy
party, appropriately garbed In
lace panties and long black SILK
stockings-having been expertly
coached by her friend Danny
Kaye (who calls her Honey
some papers made it out that her
father and mother were terribly
shocked and surprised.
Actually the King and Queen
were in on the stunt. The Queen
even helped supervise it. She
would never do thing like this
without their approval. They are
a very united family and If there
is one thing that predominates IN
Margaret's character. it is love
for her parents.
The King. who will be 54 on
December IA. and Queen. who is
40, are not old fuddy duddies IN
spite of their serious demeanor
in public and their fervent devo-
ton to duty. Margaret's friends
remind you. At party in Buck
ingham Palace the other night
the Queen asked the orchestra to
play, Baby, It's Cold Outside"
and the King requested, True to
You in My Fashion"
Mummy. Daddy and Lilibet
(now 23) and 19-year-old Marga-
ret have always enjoyed playing
Jokes on one another. But from
the very first, Margaret has been
the mischievous one. Once as a
little girl, she was going to a
fancy dress ball garbed as an
angel, complete with halo. The
wreath she was wearing slipped
askew as she presented herself
to mummy for inspection. You
don't look much like an angel.
said Queen Elizabeth, with q
laugh. mo, mummy" Margaret
replied. I'm a holy terror"
It's the phony stories that have