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Arkansas State press., 1949-01-07

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is destined to become OF the largest Institutions
in America-regardless Of COLOR.
Arkansas State press., 1949-01-07
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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-06
More Information
About Polio

Thus far in Dayton there have
been two deaths from polio. AS
most people know, or should know,
this is polio season. Young chill
dren are the particular victims Of
this paralyzing disease. All cases
this season are young people.
Therefore especial care should be
taken by adults to minimize the
conditions which cause the dread
malady.
Here are some symptoms that
may be weathervanes of polio: A
tired feeling, headache, nauseau,
upset stomach, pains or stiffness
in the muscles, or a fever. These
symptoms may indicate something
else. The safe thing to do is to
Immediately rest and to get i'm
mediate treatment.
To successfully prevent polio,
here are some tips: Avoid crowds,
keep your child from becoming
overtired or chilled, do not swim
in polluted water, keep clean, keep
garbage covered and screen house
against flies.
Above all, lever become pan
icky. The proper mental attitude
is conductive to Tending off the
disease.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-06
Wife S. African
Style, Wants $l500

PHILADELPHIA, July 6. GAN
pail you single fellows who
are tired of the women you know
now, open your eyes and read
this. A ready made wife is avail
able for you right now-if you
hurry.
A cute little miss from Port
Elizabeth, South Africa, says she
wants a husband, and look do not
count. Here's the core. You must
have $500 and enough money to
pay her fare to America. You must
also be a sober fellow, willing and
able to take care of her.
You want to know more? Here
is the story by Miss M. L. A.
herself, as she told it to a Phil
adelphia bi-weekly newspaper last
week:
81 am a 20-year-old young lady
of Port Elizabeth, who seeks an
American husband who could send
me 800 pounds ($1 ,495.75) and
pay my fare from Port Elizabeth
to America by boat.
81 am not concerned about the
looks. He must have sober habits
and also be smart and neat and
must be able to give me a good
home.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-06

League-has been formed in New
York. David Charnay, a former
member of the defunct Tourna-
ment Of Championship 10 Wise
man are directing the ABL.
The new outfit already is in a
rhubarb with the Garden combine.
The ABL says it has the inside
track on a bout between former
middleweight champion, Rocky
Graziano and Young Charley
Fusari.
The Madison Square Garden
group already has announced that
it is dickering for that match, to
be staged In August or September.
Neither group has signed the prin-
cipals yet.
Fusari has a benefit fight
against AL Evans at Newark We'd
nesday. And, here's a note from
Heavyweight Champion Ezzard
Charles. Manager Jake Mintz says
he has an offer of 100000 for
Charles to defend against Pat
Comiskey September %. Mintz
says he isn't interested in the
match at the present time.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-06

With the additional recruits
~dded to the Dayton police force,
me city is better equipping itself
10 deal with the menace of il
legal operators Of various sorts.
Il caution light is being thrown
out to persons engaged in activi-
lies not sanctioned by the law.
The police department is now
operating a vice squad for the
first time in two years on a full
time basis. The new vice squad
will consist of three plainclothes
patrolmen and a sergeant, E. L..
Scheid. The vice squad will be on
duty seven night a week at var
ious places and at various times.
1t will act as a component of the
uniformed patrol section com
manded by Captain R. 7. Shep-
hard.
Vice is not limited to any one
section of a city. But it is true
that the poorer the section, the
higher the vice. The West Side is
the poorest section of the city.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-06
COURT news

NC Of Swing Bar caugkht in
dope dragnet by police.-Police
Sgt. Claude D. Hilman, bet. Sgt.
R. J. Rado, and patrolmen Rich
ard Lucas and Earl C. Bellar
swooped down on Tony Marsh,
master of ceremonies at the Swing
Bar club, in his apartment at GAS
South Main street, and found a
quantity Of loose m~arijuanas, fol-
lowing a complaint by his wife,
Dorothy.
Marsh, who has a list of stage
names is 32 years old and is
known by the name of Ted Merci-
dees, told the Express along with
other reporters that "he was sick
of the drug habit and had urged
his wife to turn him in"
The flashy dressed NC, was sui
len and indignant throughout the
questioning by Asst. Dit. Atty.
James B. Rowe, and Federal Agent
Roy Anderson, when he was ar
raigned before Commissioner
Charles Ozias and his attorney,
Dave Weinberg protested vigor-
[ously at the bond Of $500, was
CONTINUED on mage A.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-06
SPORyRENEw
BY Jimmie N. Jones

BY Jimmie N. Jones
Henry (Hank) Thompson and
Monte Irwin, former members of
the Negro American league and
currently playing for the New Jer-
sey farm club of the New York
Giants have been called up to the
parent club by the front office,
according to releases here.
They will report to the Giants
today in time to play against the
Philadelphia Pills. The entry of
Thompson and Irwin marks an
other milestone in the progress of
Negro ball players into the major
leagues, and they are the first to
wear a Giant uniform, and con-
firms the prediction of the Ohio
Daily Express some weeks ago
when it was announced that the
management Of the Giants were
watching these two stars with in
dications that they would be called
up soon.
There's a lull in boxing this
week. But, starting one week from
July 11-there are three title
bouts scheduled within II days.
Champion Ray Robinson and
Kid Gavilan lead off in their well
terweight match at Philadelphia
on the 18th. Then comes the light
weight championship fight at Los
Angeles between King Ike Will
liams and Enrique (en-reek'-ay
Boh-Lahn'- Yohs) on 21st, and on
July %, Featherweight Champion
Willie Pep takes on Eddie Compo
at Waterbury, Conn.,, in the Nut
meg State Championship special.
There have been rumors Robin
son would have trouble making
the 147-pound limit for Gavilan,
and that Sugar Ray would give
up the title after this fight. But
Robinson will have no trouble
making the weight.
What's more, according to Gain
ford, Robinson will defend again
within five weeks if he is success
full against Gavilan.
Gavilan says Robinson won't
beat him. The Kid claims he has
developed what he calls and "air-
plane punch" And, he predicts,
this r~ight-handed weapon will
knock out robinson.
There is little late news from
the other championship camps,
but there is news elsewhere on the
boxing front.
For one thing, a new promot-
ing outfit-the American Boxing
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-06
Express Hopes War On
Vice Will be Two
Pronged

People living in this area are at
the bottom of the economic scale.
AS we have pointed out before,
all the law enforcement agencies
that can be mustered cannot alone
stop vice. The large and small
plants in Dayton must cease job
discrimination. iMnorities in Day
ton plants must be given a fair
opportunity to advance on merit
and not retained for a lifetime
in such jobs as custodians, char
maids, domestics, etc. Yes, and the
city agencies, including the police
department, must utilize minori-
ties to a greater extent.
The Urban league Of Dayton is
setting up a file Of skilled, as we'll
as unskilled workers. It stands
ready at all times to refer quail
fled applicants. Further, there r
many minority group people reg
istered with the state employment
service.
This may seem far1fetched from
the announcement about the vice
squad. Reflect on it for a moment
and you will realize that it is not.
The Daily Express is seriously
concerned about the prevalence of
vice. 1t welcomes the vice squad
as an instrument to help combat
the influence of illegal activities.
1t is also concerned about the eco
nomic deprivation of a large por-
ton of the population because
this gives birth to vice. 1t hopes,
therefore, that the war on vice
will be a two-pronged affair.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-06

Il am not we'll off, but | am
from a very good and upright
family. My height is five feet,
five inches, a good figure, black
hair, brown eyes. l am very am
bilious, smart and neat. | can
cook and keep house.
"My hobbies are cycling and
going to dances once in a while.
l enjoy goin g to the cinema to
see a good picture. The first of
fer will be accepted.
My address is: Miss N. l.. A.,
Number 573, care of Tiekamader
Bros, Cawood street, North End,
Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-06
Negro Gets High
Post in California

LOS ANGELES, July 6. (ANP)
A Negro, Edward A. Burch, be-
gan operations July l., as head of
the new office for the apparel in
dustry O f the California Depart
ment of Employment, H. R. Har-
nlsh, area manager, announced
this week.
Burch will head a staff Of more
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-07-06

than 60 men and women employees.
William T. Bjorkland and Miss
Dorothy Dieman will assist him
in running the office.
The apparel industry office is
a new department just started by
the state employment department.
Speaking of the director of this
new office, Harnish said:
Creation is a byword for the
apparel field, and Burch is a man
Of ideas who needs no charts to
go by. There is no ceiling for the
services that the California De-
partment of Employment can rem
der this rapidly expanding group
of creative manufacturers"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-01-27

gallon-good Monongahela liquor and
seven years old.
Trade by Barter
Switzer accepted skins and pelts
as money and often settlers would
take part of their corn to the mill
for meal and swap anoher part to
the merchant for supplies. He even
took in whisky in trade, when it was
home distilled and of good enough
grade.
In the winter of 1s11-12 William
Smith, Hugh Moore, James Richards
and Joseph Larwill, all from Wooster,
decided to go hunting and went to
Switzer's store for gunpowder. A
half-dozen Indians were loafing IN
the. store, smoking their pipes of
klllikinnick--a mixture of tobacco,
sumac leaves and yellow willow bark.
That was the original blend and no
modern smoking mixture has equall-
ed it-for strength. No Indian
smoked his tobacco straight" even
though they were the first to grow
it.
Swltzer had the window up to
let out some of the smoke and was
weighing out the powder from a 16-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-01-27

pound keg when the blast came. The
breeze had waited a spark from an
Indians pipe into the powder keg.
Roof Blown OFF
The roof was blown into four
pieces and carried away, the sides of
the little store fell in and the joists
came down. All that remained of
Switzer's store was the wide stick
and-mud chimney outside and the
tangled mass of merchandise within.
Stibbs' mill also was wrecked and
out of service all winter.
Switzer was killed. Smith was
blown through the wall clear over
to the mill and seriously injured.
Richards and the Indians all were
hurt and some of the savages burn
ed badly. Larwill, standing at the
fireplace against the chimney, was
knocked down but other than being
s:nged and blackened, was not hurt.
More escaped injury
Fearing that they might be ac-
cused of purposely wrecking the
store, the Indians asked that an
investigation and trial be held by
the white men. The inquest" took
place in the bottom on Christmas
creek, west of Wooster and the
Indians We're held blameless.
No marker remains over Switzer's
grave at Stibbs' crossroads to keep
his memory green and the grave
itself has been plowed into farm
land. There had been little left to
put into it anyhow.
Switzer has been dead nearly 15C
years-just a small-fry merchant
who measured off Turkey red ano
Merrimac blue calico and started te
weigh out an order for gunpowder
forgotten until some writer chancet
to find few marks of faded ink OF
bits of crumbling paper.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-01-27
Varied Program For Beaverdam
Community Institute Next Wednesday

Interesting and instructive pro-
gram features planned for morning,
afternoon and evening sessions will
feature the annual Beaverdam Com
munity Institute Wednesday of next
week in the Beaverdam school audi
torium.
In addition to regular institute
sessions there will be Judging of
corn, canned and fresh fruit and
vegetable exhibits, with prizes for
the winners.
Miss Bernice Althaus, Allen coun-
ty child welfare director, will give
an address at the 9:30 a. m open
ing session, next Wednesday. There
will be music by the grade school.
AT the afternoon session, begin
ming at 1:30 p. M, the invocation
will be asked by Rev. L. d. Fauyer !;
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-01-27

and an address will be given by DIR.
Walter White. Other features will
include music by the high school and
comedy skit by the Ohio Power
company.
DIR. Floyd Faust, pastor of the
Broad Street Church of Christ, Co
lumbus, will be the speaker at the
evening session, which starts at s
p. m.
Also on the program will be the
invocation hy Rev. Edgar G. Petry;
music by the Riehland Grange quar-
tet; comedy skit by Richland
Grange and group singing.
Officers of the Beaverdam insti-
tute include Frank Hall, president
Clair Moser, vice-president; and
Mrs. Eunice Smith, secretary.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-01-27
True Tales About Ohio
Concluded from page j

Concluded from page j.
was 118 years ago and no marker
nor sign Of a headstone remained and
dwarf oaks Of many years growth
were over some of the graves.
Old Burying Ground
The graves were in regular rows
with avenues between and the heads
of all were placed to the west. A
large number of the graves were
opened and from some remains of
wood still apparent in the earth
around the bones, all had been buried
in coffins.
In one of them there was a skele-
ton with pieces of oak boards and
wrought iron nails. The location of
the skull indicated that the head had
been cut off and in its back was a
hole, made by some weapon or bullet.
Nothing was known of the origin
of the graveyard, since plowed over,
and nothing identified its period nor
any of the occupants. Similar old
graveyards have been found in Ten
nessee and near st. Louis.
That was before the time of news
papers and their vital statistics
and the unimportant but honey little
items carrying names.
Not being persons of note nor
having done great deeds which crash
ed into the pages of history, the
small fry have little chance of
remembrance in years far enough
ahead, even by their own future
descendants. But with a bit of
printers ink here and there and
enough persistence in hunting out
the little "unimportant bits" of news
in old newspaper files tucked away
deep in the archives of big public
libraries, most forgotten persons
stories may be pieced together.
People like you and me-who matter
little.
here is the story of one who
measured off half-yards of gingham
and weighed out pounds Of prunes.
Just a little town merchant.
Pioneer Merchant
Michael Switzer had little clap
board store next door to Stibbs'
grist-miIl, on Apple creek . mile
east of Wooster, Wayne County.
Joseph Stibbs put up the mill IN
1909, when Wooster itself was but a
small log cabin town. The store was
built the same year and Switzer
moved his small stock of merchan-
disc, chosen to supply both the
settlement and the Indian trade re-
quirements, into the one-room shack.
The mill and store were patronized
by most persons living in and around
Wooster and as far up in Medina
County, just north, as Lodi, then
named Harrisville. No store was
nearer than Cleveland, 80 miles
away, and Middlebury, on the Little
Cuyahoga River, more distant, so
Switzer soon had good trade.
He got rs cents to 81 yard for
the Turkey red calico on his shelves
i and for the Merrimac blue beside it
so cents to rs cents. Lead for bull
lets sold at so cents a pound and
gunpowder for 81 a pound He kept
few groceries in stock and no
canned goods, but got SO cents a
pound for salt, 81 for coffee, when
he had it, and always was out OF
pepper. Whisky, and Switzer sold
plenty of it, went for rs cents a
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-15
Edith Sampson
Dimes With
Walter Whites

ROME, Italy, Aug. Is. (ANP)
Edith Sampson, one Of Chica-
COS leading attorneys, now on
tour with the Town Hall Of the
Air in Europe, dined with Walter
White and his new bride, the
former Mrs. Poppy Cannon, re-
Gently in Rome.
Mrs. Sampson, representing the
National Council Of Negro Wo
men, and White are the only two
Negroes on this worldwide tour
of Europe and Asia for the Town
Hall of the Air. They have ap-
peared on several radio programs
in connection with the trip, and
will be featured on others in the,
future.
The we'll known lawyer says the
things she is seeing and doing will
never be forgotten.
Probably her greatest thrill on
the trip is the chance to meet the
leaders of various nations thru
out the world. So far she has
visited Newfoundland, London,
Paris, Rome, Berlin, and several
other European centers. She is yet
to go to spots in the Near East
and Far East.
In Rome Walter White invited
Mrs. Sampson to have dinner with
him and Mrs. White at the Medi-
terrace hotel. In relating how she
enjoyed the company of the
Whites, she described the new
bride as most charming with a
taste for wearing most unusual
fashions.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-15
sary of their sailing for overseas

sary Of their sailing for overseas
service.
During it's combat service in six
European countries, the 761st
fired its guns in five major cam
paigns of the Third, Seventh and
Ninth Armies and wound up with
"a 465-mile drive spearheading the
7lst "Red Circle" Infantry divis-
ion across Germany to a junction
with the Russians First Ukrainian
Army in Austria in May, 1916.
President Truman has sent his
regrets to the 761st Tank Battal-
ion, because he cannot be with
be with former members of the
first armored unit in u. S. Army
history ever to engage an enemy
of this country with Negro per-
sonnet manning it's weapons and
vehicles when they have their re-
union next week.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-15
Khan Chief
Bans Masks

ATLANTA, Aug. Is. CAMP
Klansmen, unmask is the order
given out last week by Grand
Dragon Samuel Green of the ku
klux khan. The imperial wizard or
dered all klansmen to stop wear
ing masks after a gun battle be-
tween a group of hooded men and
Mayor C: L. Drake, of Iron City,
Georgia.
DIR. Green claimed that the
robed figures were not members
of the khan. This order to unmask
was given, he said, to prevent the
xxx from being blamed for the
acts of what he calls a "bolshe-
vik" group from Columbus.
Despite his claim a klansman,
James Beard, Iron City's cyclops,
filed suit against the mayor charg-
ing him with attempted murder.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-15
Bef1veen the Lines-
concluded from page 81

concluded from page 81
vide such other facilities as may
be required.
While the separation Of church
and state was never clear to this
writer, it was nevertheless clear
to the founders Of this great ma
ton and to the writers and adop-
tiers Of our sacred Constitution.
Cardinal Spellman's attack was in
essence an attack on the wisdom
and integrity of the men who gave
the instrument which has been the
cornerstone of one of the might
lest nations in the files of time.
The Barden bill does not deny
Catholics anything but govern
ment support for Catholic educa~
ton; but so are the other denomi-
nations denied support for thei-'
special types of UNCONVENTIONAL
education.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-15
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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-15

FOR notwithstanding room for
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4FOR RENT-Room for 1 man,
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FOR RENT-Room for couple or
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FOR RENT-Large room for man
and wife. HE 6953.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-15
CLASSIFIED ADS

FOR REM - Rooms, day or
weekly rates. Skyline Hotel,
1850 Germantown st. FLU O4Ol.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-15

FOR RENT-Room for 2 men or
or man and wife. Twin beds.
Call between 6 and 9 p. m.
AID 6268. t57