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The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-04
A. And M. Credit
Union Big Success

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida
A and M. College Federal Credit
Union ltlc its annua meeting re-
Gently in the Faculty Dining Room
on our Campus. AS stipulated in the
bylaws, this meeting is held each
year in January so that reports nay
be submitted covering activities Of
the previous year.
Since 1885 this organization has
done an excellent job in helping
members solve financial worries. J..
r. E. Lee, Jr., president Of the
Board Of Directors, reported that
there were outstanding loans from
members in the amount of $8,293.02
and that $4,000 was invested in Tai
lahassee Federal Savings and Loan
Association Certificates, and $500
in United States War Savings
Bonds.
The Board Of Directors recon-
mended at this meeting that divi-
dends in the amount of Az 20 be de-
clared on all outstanding shares as
of December 81, 1949.
Mrs. Irene DeCoursey, chairman
of the Credit Committee reported
that IA applications for loans in the
amount of $13,763.4S were approx
ed during 1949.,
]. C. Timer and J. v. Anderson
of the Supervisory Committee re-
ported that no irregularities have
been found and that the organiza-
ton was solvent as of December 81,
1949.
The members Of the Board Of Di-
rectors are: j. r. E. Lee, Jr., presi-
dent; L. H. B. Foote, vice president;
Miss Hortense Thompson, treasur-
er-clerk; Mrs. Susie X. Russell, as
sistant treasurer-clerk: George w.
Conoly and J. Luther Thomas.
Miss L. NJ. Fleming was elected TO
serve on the Credit Committee and
]. o. Carter, was added to the Super
visory Committee. Elected also to
serve for two years on the Educa-
tional Committee were Mrs. L. b.
Clark and u. G. Nixon.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-04
NAACP Official
Visits A. and M.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - E. Fred
erick Marrow, field secretary OF the
N ational Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People spoke
to the student body and faculty Mt
the noon assembly Wednesday, jan
uary 25 in Lee Auditorium. His
speech was the elimination Of a
three day visit on A and M Col
lege's campus during which time he
had occasion to meet with the local
chapter and visit several classes.
In beginning his speech Mr.. Nor
row averred, Through the years We
have insisted that the Negro is the
acid test of democracy - the Ameri'
can way of life. If it cannot work
for him it will not work for others,
and it is foolish for us as a nation
to hold up our way Of life as q so-
luton for the ills of down-trodden
men around the world If it can not
solve our own problems at home. An
honest analysis will prove that ours
is not a separate problem. If we
should fail in winning full and COM
plete equality. democracy itself Will
fall
In his concluding statement Mr..
Morrow speaking as an ex-soldier
declared - Those of us who COM
manded Negro troops in the last
struggle still feel the stigma OF hav'
ing trained men to die to give to re-
mote areas of the world a way OF
life our men had not been able TO
enjoy themselvs."
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-04
Minister Made
Newscaster For S. G.
Radio Station

. COLUMBIA, S. C. - (ANPGThe
Rev. William Mckinley Bowman,
pastor of Second Nazareth Baptist
church, was appointed to the news
staff of Radio Station WNOX Of the
Mutual Broadcasting system, here
recently.
A newspaper writer, the minister
will serve as newscaster on a To-
minute-a-day program. He formerly
handled a similar program over an
Orangeburg, S. c. station.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-04

Q - What did you think Of the
guest who threw a right-handed
punch at Branch Hickey, Dodgers
prexy. after Rickey's Hotel Astor
speech on the FEPC? What Negro
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-04
WE'VE GOT YOUR ANSWER

NEW YORK - amp - Readers
bear with us for it is question and
answer time again.
Dear AL Moses:
say that it was in San Francis
co where Stanley Ketchel made his
great stand against heavyweight
champion Jack Johnson. Would the
year be 1908? Didn't Ketchel stay
10 rounds??-Virgil Hayes.
(A) The affair was Selma, Calf.
in October, 1909. Ketchel was kay
oed Tor Is minutes) by 210 pound
Johnson in the 18th round after the
slashing White fighter, who scaled
40 pounds less, dropped ILL Artha"
for a nine count in this, round,
which was the final one.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-04

Q - Do you think any Negro
kegler can bowl we'll enough to keep
Our World magazine from losing
$1,000 should champion Johnny
Small, ABC king, accept the chal,
lenge AL? - Leroy Stokes, New
Haven, Conn.
A - Only the three screened by
Major Robinson. Our World sports
researcher. has a chance. They are
Jack Marshall, Bill Robinson, Bill
Rhodman, and William Hampton
all from Chicago.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-04

O. Riddle-me-this AL: A says that
it was Friday. July IA, 194S
that Satchel-foot Paige of the Cleve-
land Indians. won his first game 1T
Shibe Park before As, 900 fans, b says
it was no such thing that $4,000 fans
were packed in and the date was
July is might game) 194S. WHO is
correct?
A B is right. other facts on
that historic happening that night
save you future postage are: Ken
Keltner hit a looping homer that
sewed the game up for Leroy" who
had relieved starter Bob Lemon IN
the sixth inning. Paige gave up
three heats from the sixth to the
finish. It was a twilight doublehead-
er. The Athletics having won the
first 6 to 1 and were tied-up in the
second when "Satcher' tok his 6
feet 8 inches slowly to the mound.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-04
Beating The Gun j u
BY AL MOSES

sports figures were in attendance?
- Eugene Hampton, NYC.
A - The unidentified assailant
was entirely wrong as I saw it. Ray
Robinson, Jackie Robinson, and a
number of colored writers attended
the dinner most Of whom considered
Rickey's Tolerance plead" eloquent
and most timely. However, you
can't place all the people all the
time you know, Gene.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-04

@ - See where good-looking John
ny Bratton suffered a re-fracture VI
his broken jaw by Beau Jack in the
Ike williams fight which you pre-
dicted would result disastrously for
deaf mute Hairston's conqueror. Do
you think Bratton should continue
boxing Alvin? - Tony Stills, Balti-
more, Md.
A - No.
O - Does Bob Uncle) Douglas
schedule the wrestling attractions
at Renaissance Casino or Is 1t the
NY state Athletic commission? -
B. H., Harlem, NYC.
A II know that Bob Douglas
brother is an official OF the wrest-
ling setup there but hef Bob Douglas
plays no such role as you imply.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-04

ON his first two seasons In the
majors how many stolen bases were
credited to Brooklyn's Jackie Rob
inson?-L. H. Troy, NY.
A - 81 bases. :.
@ - Was Roy Campanella a great
athlete before joining up with the
Negro league? Has he children.
Clement Whitaker, Barlow, Fla.
A - The bullet-pegging Brooklyn
backstop was a four-letter athlete
while attending Simon Gratz High
school in Philadelphia. The Campo
nella's have four Riddles; namely.
two boys, David and Roy Jr.. and
two girls, Beverly and JOY.
Evening star., 1950-09-10

Here's luxury at price! Fashionable, deep
WILDWOOD, sculptured- type carpet like this does
usually cost pretty penny. Yet, thanks to new
weaving methods ;. Bigelow is able to bring you
this sumptuous quality, fit for penthouse, at
dollars-less- per- yard than you'd expect.
The Bigelow label on this new carpet or any
carpet, means it's made of finest imported wool,
specially treated to keep ''lively'' and lovely
looking year after year.
Ask your Bigelow dealer to show you these
Evening star., 1950-09-10

colors :. Dover Grey, Powder Green, Spicetone
Beige, and Woodland Rose. g and ~ widths.
No matter what pattern and color you want or
what you want to pay, Bigelow gives you wide,
wide choice of unbeatable values Convenient
terms at most dealers.
Consult ''Bigelow Home Decorator This
booklet tells, sho,Us how to achieve beautiful
rooms. Get it from your Bigelow dealer, or send
25f to Bigelow's Home Service Bureau, P o. Box
92l, New York 46, NY.
'Prces subject to change Slightly higher IN the West
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-06-10
By james NJ. HosweIl

TT SEEMS WACS are too fat. The
l. male messes in Army camps offer
too many calories. The girls don't resist
food as they should.
If they put aside the bread, cereal
and potatoes, the WACS are liable to
double up on cakes. pies and puddings.
And those girls who get by the cakes,
pies and buildings often fall for the
candies. soda-pop and ice cream in the
Post Exchange snack bars.
What with the breads, the cakes and
the candy, the WACS are just too beefy.
The Army has been worrying about them
for months and the Quartermaster Gen.
eral has drawn up proposed master
menu revision for subsisting women in
the Army and Air Force
The essence of the QMG's paper is
that women don't need the 5000 calories
a day which the Army provides for men
on active duty. Women doing sedentary
work can get along on as little as 2,400
Galleries a day.
And then the QMG. with the devilish
thoroughness Of the military mind. pro-
ceeds to tell the girls exactly how to
eat in order to grow slim
Unsweetened fruit juice; one egg. not
two. Hot cakes only once a month, hot
breads only once a week. only half pats
of butter-the 'QMG knows. all right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-06-10

In a small cottage in nearby Mary
land, busy man has gone into retreat
of his own devising.
He is reading.
What is he reading?
Gibbons Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire" Hugo's LES Miser-
ables," Boswell's Biography of DR.. john
son" and the plays of Henry James.
He has finished the first volume Of
the six of Gibbons gigantic work.
He does not find 1t easy reading.
The elevated" style in which the man
wrote makes for tagging attention.
Is there any other literary work more
discussed and less read?
A whole list of books Of that order
might be drawn up, perhaps with star
ting consequences. Others who hap
pened to have read them might wonder
over the list.
Have you read so and 500"
It is an easy question. The answer is
not too easy, because many have read
books without knowing 1t. They have
heard so much about them. read so
many articles about them, they think
they know the book very we'll Perhaps
they do. Even "digests," II we'll handled,
give the reader more than fair knowl-
edge Of book
It Is something. undoubtedly. for q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-06-10
By Charles (. TroceweU
Wilmer A. Eisenhart.

How many great books, in the best
sense, has one not read?
And, more pertinently, how many Will
one never read?
A solemn thought. not so sweet. for
booklover.
Boswell's tome on DR.. johnson has been
read by most persons. at least insofar
as quotations are concerned.
Recently new papers were discovered,
and the reading world has been prom
ised a new edition of the Life" with the
cut portions put back in again.
Hence our reader wants to hurry up
with the old version. so that he may, IN
due time, compare the new one with 1t.
AS for the plays Of Henry James, he
paid $40, so he has to read 1t, to get his
moneys worth. A canny fellow, with
Scotch blood in him. he feels that way
about books. too. One Of the wonderful
things about books is that they take in
both the low and the high human nature.
the alpha and the omega Of man. Books
are all things to all men, and that is as
it should be. They are complete, because
they hold the good feminine Of life as
well rs the raw masculine.
Every reader. at some time or other.
has to ask himself the question: What
books am reserving to read In the Great
Beyond?" Let him not keep too large q
list!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-06-10
This and That

work to have hung on since 1776, as Glib
bon's Decline and FALL has.
Many persons want to cali it Rise and
Fall" but the proper title is 1.-THE Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire"
Mostly this great work today goes by
the title of Decline and Fall although
sometimes on the backbone Of the vol
umes it is given simply as Gibbons
Rome" Usually the full title, THE
History of the Decline and Fall Of the
Roman Empire" Is given on the title
page.
It was at Rome, on october IS, 1854,
"as I sat musing amidst the ruins of
the Capitol, while the barefooted friars
were singing vespers in the temple OF
Jupiter, that the idea of writing the de-
cline and fall Of the city first started in
my mind" Gibbon wrote.
In the year 1776-famous for many
reasons-the first volume Of his great
work saw the light of day.
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables" is so
well known that most people think they
have read it even when they haven't!
Our Maryland reader knows he hasn't.
Somehow he had been putting 1t OF all
these years. Now he realizes that 1t Ii
later than he thinks. THAT idea applies
to books as well as to politics)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-06-10
Contempt in Louisiana

The chances are that little, if anything, will
come of the so-called contempt proceedings
which have been initiated against the New
Orleans Item by special committee of the
Louisiana State Senate. But the principle at
stake involves the right of newspaper to criti-
CHE the performance of a Legislature, and the
Item is entirely right in standing by its guns.
An editorial in the Item took exception to
the withdrawal of bill at the request of the
Governor And it described legislators as
trained seals" and 'lackeys" of Governor Earl
Long, brother of the late Huey Long.
From this distance, it is not possible to Judge
the merits of the controversy over the particular
piece of legislation. Nor is there any way of
knowing, as matter Of fact whether the legis-
lators are trained seals and lackeys Of the Gov
ernor
These are questions, however, that are beside
the point. The real issue at stake is whether
newspaper has right to criticize, and even to
ridicule, member of the Legislature. The paper,
of course can and should be held to the truth.
If it makes false and damaging statement
legislator, like any other citizen, can sue for
libel But 1t is quite another matter when
Legislature attempts to silence critics by raising
a threat of contempt action. To permit that
would be to invite the worst sort of political
corruption. and Louisiana, in the light of past
events there is hardly the place to begin
political experiment in the gagging of the press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-06-10

orally of race information Of legitimate interest
to them. The Federal Communications Act
already requires wire companies to discontinue
service to subscribers shown by law enforcement
authorities to be making illegal use of the
facilities. Lacking such showing, the COM
panies have no authority under law to act on
their own initiative.
However, blinking at apparent "bookie" wire
traffic is one thing; actually cooperating to
the point of splitting the winnings is something
else again. In fairness to Western Union, it
should be stressed that the company promptly
dsavowed knowledge of any split winnings or
other gifts to its employees and is making an
intensive investigation with a view to taking
appropriate action" II any of the company's
employees have allied themselves with the
gambling fraternity, they are subject to prosecu-
ton under State laws. And it is hard to see how
the Senate investigators can find any material
in all this to support demands for Federal anti
gambling legislation. There are plenty of local
laws to cover Notwithstanding partnership
in gambling enterprises by telegraph employees
or anyone else.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-06-10
industrial Accidents

AS one who for the past several years
has actively participated in the preven-
ton of industrial accidents in this city.
I wish to express my appreciation to
The Star for the editorial, "Inexcusable
Industrial Accidents"
Your statements that "big business
has shown that safety devices and safety
regulations save lives and money" and
that little business can Ill afford to
ignore this lesson" will, I know. help
business realize the Importance of es-
tablishing effective accident prevention
programs.
Periodic editorials or articles in the
press on the need for more labor-man-
agement cooperation for accident pre-
vention and the natural benefits to be
gained from an effective safety program
would, I believe, render a worthwhile
public service by stimulating greater in
terest in this important and humane
endeavor. and would be an effective
contribution to the efforts of those en-
deavoring to reduce the annual toll OF
$4,000 deaths and 100000 industrial
injuries. The District Of Columbia's con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-06-10
A Tip That Paid OFF

1t looks as if the tip which the Governor Of
New Jersey gave the Governor of Missouri hit a
jackpot. The telephoned advice has resulted in
indicating te-up between an interstate race
gambling syndicate and some employees OF
Western Union. The revelations should be of
interest to Senate investigators of nationw wide
gambling operations.
The payroll came when Missouri State
Highway Patrol officers, acting on instructions
of Governor Forrest Smith, raided an alleged
gambling headquarters in a small suburb OF
st. Louis and seized Office records. The
papers, it is reported, showed that managers
of Western Union offices throughout the country
had been offered Is per cent "cut' for CO.
operating in handling telegraphed bets The
cooperation was to include actual solicitation
of bets. An instruction sheet to the managers
listed bookmakers to whom wagers could be sent.
Found also were messages, allegedly from several
telegraph managers, thanking the syndicate for
certain gifts The original tip from Governor
Driscol of New Jersey had its origin in a grand
jury investigation of betting through the
Bridgeton, N. j., office of Western Union. The
company and its Bridgeton manager have been
indicted on charges of conSpiring with others
to operate a bookmaking establishment.
In the New Jersey case the telegraph COM
pany contends it has no legal alternative but
to accept gambling messages in the absence of
q law making their transmission illegal. Such
O Federal law is proposed in bill now pending
IN Congress, but there is strong opposition to
the plan because it would deprive citizens gen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-06-10
Wonnen's Army Corps Increasing in Size

serving. three ounces of vegetables. two
ounces Of salad. half cut of dessert.
and stay away from those candy bars.
girls.
1t seems the QMG discovered three
problems in the care and feeding Of
wACS. During basic training. the girls
lead fairly active life. and maybe they
need the standard $500 Galleries day.
he decided.
The second group of girls are those
who lead q more sedentary life doinS
ONCE work in an Army center which
maintains a separate WAC mess. The
new rule is going to be that WAC must
sit on the camp mess committee. and
see that the food supplied WACS is
At for them. But not fattening for them.
The third problem" says the QMG
report. involves female personnel who
subsist in a mess for male personnel.
The chief objective in the last named
group would be to have the female
personnel make their own selection OF
foods within a 2.400-calorie limitation.
It was suggested that this might De
accomplished through the Distribution
of a food selection bulletin. written IN
non technical, popular style"
Eat and grow thin. Ell? Read 1t ana
weep. Ell? The WACS are just goins
to love the dear old QMG.
(Cheaso Daily News Seryice)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-06-10
Fuirfux Finance

Your attention is directed to the
following excerpt from story in the
columns of your newspaper Of June /,
anent the sos million school bond ref
erenduan held in Fairfax County:
School officials believe, however. that
little If any tax increase will be rieces-
sary because q reassessment of land
values may bring in about $40 million
annually"
Aside from the question whether land
can be reassessed upward without in
effect increasing taxes. need only point
out that the present school levy Of $2.65
yields SIS million (see 1950-51 budget
and that. since $40 million is nearly
seven times SIS million, the assessed
valuation would necessarily have to be
increased sevenfold Cat the same tax
rate to bring in $40 million. Reductio
ad abSurdum!
Earle T. Mutersbaugh.
Editors Note: Our error. The word
annually" of course, should never
have been tackled on that sentence.
What was meant was lover a period
of years.'D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-06-10
Letters to The Star -,

on the same street. One mailman ar
rives at the usual hour. 1t is now after
noon and the other one is en- route.
Half the people have their mail. The
other half is just loving Economy.
OF course. Mr.. Donaldson doesn't
know anything Of the above inanity,
but the whole thing points up the
question as to whether any department
head. however sincere, can ever defeat
the bureaucrats in his own department.
Charles W. Caulkins.
number of years ago, the Postmaster
General was John Wanamaker, one of
the outstanding businessmen of the Ma
ton. I was living in Philadelphia at
the time, and I remember he gave us
five deliveries a day AS well as can
now recall. letter postage was then only
2 cents.
Wanamaker did it. And it can be
done again. under competent man.
Nella Fontaine Buckley.
X
If the Government paid the Post ONCE
for all the free" official matter carried
for all the numerous and astronomically-
increasing offices, officials, departments.
bureaus and what have you mot to
mention cabinets and kitchen cabinets>
the deficit would quite possibly be con-
verified to profit.
j. w. Edgerly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-06-10
Invoice

And so there comes time for taking
stock.
To set your house In order for the
night: 2"
Debris to cart at0ay. and gems to lock,
And shards to hide, and plates TO
burnish bright. -,s
A life can leape lot of broken gear:
So many useless things man acquires,
And noto he tDonders hotD they happened
here.
And quite torosts that they mere once
desires.
And some are relics OF his early pride;
The days he fought the ioorld tcithoat
q olope,
And some are skeletons OF dreams that
died,
And some are tokens OF forgotten iocs.
And many things are found that nsver,
fit:
The books piH neper balance: Whats
the odds? as
He speeps the hearth. and tides up &
bit,
To satisfy the neichbors and the eoda
EARL BYRD.