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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-07-14
SIum Clearance Grant
A Boon To West Side

The grant of $1,347.080 by the
federal governments Housing and
Home Finance Agency yesterday
was hailed as distinct advance
ment by many citizens of the COM
munity. The money is to be used
for much needed slum clearance.
There are many wrinkles which
must be ironed out before actual
work begins on slum clearance
with the federal grant. 1t is known
that the city has for some time
had several west side areas ear
marked for improvement. 1t is
also known that it has been a most
difficult task to obtain funds for
improvements on the west side.
For example, West Fifth Street
through the heart of the Negro
district is the very last main
horoughfare scheduled for repav-
ng. Work has been started to re-
ave the street up to the west
side of the bridge.
Already word is out that new
urvey will be made before any
decision is made as to the districts
to be cleared. The City Planning
Board sponsored survey in 1916
7, but the plan is to make the new
one.
This is a matter which should
be discussed by all citizens. Every
body should make known their
views and desires. We should like
tosee our ministers make it an is
sue of. their Sunday sermons.
In this way it can be brought
tothe attention of authorities just
which areas are in special need
of aid, which are on the verge Of
needing aid, and which are far
from it. 1t is our contention that
slums in Dayton are concentrated
on the west side. This does not
deny that white areas are in dire
need of assistance, but it does
mean that the slums on the west
side are more prevalent than else
where.
Let us hope we are one step
further to the time when Dayton
will really be the "City Beautiful
for all of her citizens.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-07-14

marriage. These and many more
are the reasons why, according to
Sgt. Teeter. No formal charges
have been filed against Jett.
In Municipal Court, Judge Paul
Sherer, levied several fines for
drunken drivers, improper opera
tions and violation of the drivers
license laws: They were as fol-
lows: Herman Clarence Murray,
1887 w. Fifth street, lost his right
to drive in the state of Ohio for
period of three years and fined
$50 and cost. Two others received
fines for $50 and cost for the D.
w. l. ofefnse. They were: Clar-
ence Casey, 544 Pontias street,
who pleaded guilty to the charge
filed March 7 and Ronald Mar
shall, 503 Mia ave. charged with
improper operation of their cars
involving accidents, were; Jack R.
Wore, R. R. 4, Of Dayton and
Charles Frye, 1904 Bolander ave.
lost their driving rights for 80
days and ordered to pay the cost
of court. Alphonso Thornton, COS
Germantown street paid fine of
l$25 and cost, while Richard A.
Smith, 542 Forest ave-, was fined
the cost of court. Charles Wilson,
314314 S. Montgomery street,
pleaded guilty to the charges of
violating the drivers license law
and ordered to pay the cost of
court. Added tothe D. w. l. Of
tenders were the names of Phillip
Edwards, 958 Rutledge st., en-
ployed at the Dayton Castings Co.
$50 and cost, Byron E. Snort, r.
R. II, Verona, Ohio fined 500
and cost, 90 days in the w. H. and
his driving rights suspended for
period of 3 years, only to use his
car in the course of employment.
Richard William Tyree, 1853 Nor
gan St., 500 and cost and 90
days in the w. H suspended, on
condition that the damages to an
other car involved in an accident
be paid by him.
Police are looking for Juvenile
Vandals" believed to be respon-
sible for the breaking and enter
ing the Dunbar High school and
ransacking the athletic room where
several boxes of athletic equip
ment has been broken open and
several articls taken. The theft
accurred Wednesday night.
Haskin T. Clark, 1915 Roosevelt
ave. was assessed $3.50 in cash
Wednesday by Judge Paul Sherer
when he admitted he passed off
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-07-14
from Police Rkotter
BY Jimmie N. Jones

Fletcher E. Mosley, alias Sam
FletchmefH
Fletcher, 23, 243 Barnett street
trigger happy" gunman, who shot
two men thirty minutes after he
purchased a 38 caliber revolver
from Robert Ward, 121 S. Will
liams street, was held to the grand
jury on a bond of $500 in the
court of Common Pleas by Judge
Don R. Thomas, Thursday morn
ing and charged with shooting to
kill.
According to the charges,
Fletcher shot Riley Young, 23, of
266 Hawthorn street, three times,
twice inthe back Of the head and
once in the back. Riley is report
ed still in a serious condition at
the St. Elizabeth hospital. Young
was shot at IL Barnett street dur
ing a drinking party. Following
the shooting at the first party,
Fletcher moved to another house
on the same street and shot Ralph
Monterief, 10, of 16 Barnett. in
tn right shoulder and he was also
removed to the St. Elizabeth hos
pital but has been released. Ac-
cording to the record, Fletcher
came to Dayton just three months
ago from Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Police are still checking the
fatal shooting of Gertrude Jet,
40, 353 Mound street, Wednesday
morning by her husband Joseph
Jett, Jr., at 10 o'clock. According
to Det. Sgt. Charles M. Teeter in
charge of homicide, there are
many angles involved leading up
to the shooting. Many witnesses
are to be questioed regarding the
married life" of the couple dur
ing the short period of three
months. Jett is 60 years old and
has son Joseph Jr. age Is. He
heard the shots from the back
yard and found his stepmother ly-
ing face downward onthe floor of
their bed room. Along side of her
body was As caliber army auto
matte revolver which had not been
fired.
From the records come the re-
port that Jett was a semi invalid
and was suffering from sugar di-
abetes. He owns some property in
the city.
From unconfirmed sources were
allegations, that all was not well
between the couple regarding the
distribution of the property be-
tween the 'snewly welded wife"
and the son of Jett by a former
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-07-14

Baptist church of Cincinnati,
Ohio.
He will appear in two public
services at Bethel Baptist church,
401 South Summit street, Rev. G.
w. Lucas, Pastor, on Sunday, July
18th namely, at 10:45 am. and
at 600 pm.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-07-14

DR.. Miles Mark Fisher, Phi. D.
DR.. Miles Mark Fisher received
his ABB degree at Morehouse Col
lege, Atlanta, Georgia his Masters
in the field of Church History at
Chicago University, and in April
1949, he was awarded the Phi. D.
Degree on the dissertation "The
Evolution of Slave Songs of the
U. S. Al.
DR.. Fisher mas pastored it
Huntington, West Virginia, and
at Durham, North Carolina, where
he is at present the Pastor of the
White Rock Baptist Church. He
has also been an instructor at
Virginia Union and ow is a in
structor at Shaw University
While in this area, DIR. Fisher
served as special lecturer and re-
source person in the Western
Union District Association Chaut-
auqua and as guest of the Union
bad check on the wife of a
grocer. According to the charge
Clark first passed the rubber
check" for the amout of Sc. 1t
bounced and then he issued an
other check of $40 to pay for the
Sc. received $4 in change from
the sympathetic clerk. Again the
second check came back from the
bank marked "No Funds. He was
arrested and charged with issuing
fraudulant checks. Judge Sherer,
put the checks together and fined
Clark $40 and cost and sentenced
him to 80 days in the w. H. but
suspended the fine on condition
that he make restitution for the
amount named.
Evening star., 1950-11-07
McAIeer 10 Succeed
Pratt as Head of
Equitable BUILDING
By Donald B. HodIey

Walter S. Pratt, jr., retired yes
terday as president of the
Equitable Cooperative Building
Association after serving the
association for more than 81
years, during which its assets had
grown from less than 81, $3.50, 900 to
more than $13 million. He had
been president for Is years.
The associations board of di-
rectors elected as his successor
Edward L. McAleer, past president
of the District of Columbia Build
ing and Loan League. who has
been with Equitable for 35 years
and has served as secretary for
the last Is years. Mr.. Pratt will
remain as director.
The retiring president is widely
known for his many civic and
philanthropic activities here. He
has served for two years as the
first layman president of the Dis
trict of Columbia Division, Amer
tcan Cancer Society, and has been
a trustee since the division was
founded.
Heads Home and Clinic.
AS president of both the Wash
tngton Home for Foundlings and
the Warwick Cancer Clinic, he
was instrumental in affiliating
them with the George Washing
ton University Medical School.
He is past president of the
Montgomery tuberculosis Associa-
tion. vice president of the Wash
ington Sanitary Housing Co., and
q director of the National Union
Fire Insurance Co. and the Wash
1ngton Loan & Trust Co.
MIR. Pratt came to the associa-
tion on June 4, 1899, first as a
junior clerk, and served success
sively as receiving teller and as
sistant secretary. He was secre-
tary for nine years preceding his
election as president on August
5. 1885. to succeed the late John
Joy Edison, who founded the as
sociation in 1879. Mr.. Pratt was
born and educated in the National
Capital and received law degree
from Columbian College, now
George Washington University.
He is a member of the District
Bar.
New President Is Native.
Mr.. McAleer, the associations
new president, also is native of
Washington and was graduated
from Georgetown University Law
School in 1919. He is a director
of the American Fire Insurance
Co. and is on the advisory board
Of the American Security & Trust
Co.
Milton r. johnson, who has
been with the association for 80
years, was elected to succeed Mr..
McAleer as secretary. Mr.. John
son has been assistant SECRETARY.
Other officers elected include:
Charles H. Doing, vice president,
and John P. Birchy, Phoebe E.
Tyrrell, Wilhemina S. Ludwig
and Frank c. Addison, jr., assist
ant secretaries. Directors include
Ralph P. Barnard, Fontaine c..
Bradley, Donald Buckingham, Mr..
Doing, Richard F. Green, Arthur
B. Heaton. Alfred H. Lawson,
Robert L. Lewis, Mr.. McAleer, Mr..
Pratt. Frank j. Stryker and VIII
son L. Townsend.
Bank Auditors to Meet.
The Auditors Section of the
District Bankers Association will
hold It's monthly dinner meeting
Evening star., 1950-11-07
Legion Gets Charter

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 7 P.-
The State Corporation Commits
sion yesterday granted a charter
to the Department of Virginia
American Legion as a stock,
non-prof1t corporation. Officers
and directors of the corporation
are listed as officers of the depart
ment.
Evening star., 1950-11-07

at the Burlington Hotel at Z pm.
Thursday.
Arthur Kershaw, auditor, and
James R. Bannister of the Equi-
table Trust Co. of Baltimore will
have charge of the program. Their
subject will be Deferred Posting.
Tudor Whitman, chairman of
the section, will preside at the
meeting.
Evening star., 1950-11-07
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Evening star., 1950-02-14
On the Other Hand
Concerning One Man Who Means
Well, Another Who Thinks Straiaht

some of our valued democratic
institutions. One is our system OF
free education.
The problem faced by educators
in this respect Is discussed by Earl
James McGrath in his annual re-
port as United States Com
missioner of Education, just pub
lished.
"As we fight communism" he
says, 'let us beware lest we create
our own kind of police state. If,
IN our efforts to defeat totali-
tarianism, we become totalitarian
we have lost the battle. Consider
some of the features of totalita-
rianism which are most re-
pugnant to democratic values: the
suppression or liquidation of dis
sident groups; Imprisonment for
political opinions; spying and in
forming on private citizens;
censorship of newspapers. radio,
books, education: abrogation of
the rights of free speech and free
assembly; arbitrary adherence,
either voluntary. or involuntary, to
a dogmatic party line.
Must Avoid Evils.
I'm the name of democratic
liberty. with its necessary re-
sponsibility, American educators
and the American public must
avoid these evils. The noncon-
formist teacher must not be at
tackled and his character be-
smirched merely because he differs
from others. Teachers rightly
Irepudiating the Communist Party
line must not be subjected to the
line OF some other party or OF
a pressure group or class or race,
A free society must be made up
OF free men. There Is no other
way.
"And since there is no short cut
to democracy and freedom, but
only a continuing, never-relentine
struggle for the truth that makes
us free, the teaching profession
must be alert to every infringe
ment of the traditional rights OF
teachers under a democratic form
of government. Defeatism born OF
fear, conformity which masks
Illustration, and allegiance blindly
and uncritically given to whatever
ideal or objective have no place
in American education. Cool ex.
amination by dispassionate judg.
ment marks these degradations ot
the human spirit as the basic
enemies Of the American heritage
Of freedom.
\ This needed to be said. Let III
hope it does not cause Mr.. Nc.
lGrath's wire to be tapped.
Evening star., 1950-02-14

to continued American occupation
of japanese territory appeared
in a housing discussion. Gen. j.
Lawton Collins. Army chief of
staff, declared the Army had "a
definite tWo-year plan to construct
1000 sets of quarters in Japan"
It was being worked out now with
Gen. MacArthur's staff, he said,
and would largely alleviate the
shortage of housing in Japan
proper.
May Solve Problem.
Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman
OF the Joint Chiefs, agreed that
1000 to 5000 sets of houses
constituted the current shortage
and that the new program about
to get under way would solve the
problem.
A two-year housing plan de-
signed to care for existing Ameri-
can forces at the least indicates
that no changes are contemplated
for two years and probably more.
This is the first break in a dixie
of secrecy with which the State
Department has surrounded the
question of a peace treaty with
Japan. The department says only
that the interested parties" have
put their ideas on paper; beyond
that. no comment.
Evening star., 1950-02-14

virginia and on Henry McLemore.
the west coast of Florida near
HomoSasSa Springs.
Down here they ride the hounds
in trucks and jeeps, in the dead
OF night, and the pack is just as
likely to jump a bobcat as a fox,
a coon as a posSum.
Difference in Dress.
Quite difference in dress, too.
No pink coats, no fancy hats, no
spit-and-polish boots. An old
sweater, pair of blue jeans, and
the roughest pair of shoes in the
closet is the standard haber-
dashery.
And for guides tough, woods
wise crackers. and for hounds 10
to Is redbones. blueticks. black
and tans, walkers and julys. Well
after dark you pile into a spe-
cially-built truck along with the
dogs and take off through the
f1atwoods. You jounce and joggle
and swing and sway along the
rough trails until one or all of the
guides spot a track on the road,
and they can spot track so yards
away, even in the dim and dancing
light of the truck.
The best two dogs, known as
strikers" are released. If their
noses tell them it is q hot trail,
and they go to work, then the
rest of the pack is turned loose.
AS the dogs go baying off. the
hunters Chamber out of the truck,
build campfire, and relax with
drinks and supper and listen to
the music of the hounds.
The guides know every voice in
the pack. They can tell which
hound is in the lead, how hot
the trail is, and can come within
a hundred yards of telling you
where the dogs are every mo-
ment.
Then the sound of the pack
changes. They have the fox, or
the coon or the possum or the
cat freed. down here the gray
fox goes up a tree like a cat
when the going gets too hot.)
Then everyone piles into the
truck and goes to the dogs.
The other night we couldn't
tell what was up the tree. Couldn't
Evening star., 1950-02-14
On the Record
Worlds Refugee Problem Called
More Deadly Than Atom Bomb

The U. N. General Assembly In
creating the Palestine Cancellation
Commission laid down that "refu-
gees desiring to return to their
homes and live at peace with their
neighbors should be permitted to
do so and compensation
should be paid for the property
of those not choosing to return
and for the loss or damage to
property"
Wishful Resolution.
This is another of the wishful
resolutions of the United Nations
which avoid honest facing of sit
uations. Vast amounts of prop
erty have been destroyed. All in
habitable houses are occupied by
impoverished Jewish immigrants.
The largest number which the
Israel government has suggested
reabsorbing is 100000, and in this
the government would probably
be defeated by public opinion. And
it is dubious whether either Arabs
or Israelites would be secure with
a considerable Arab minority in
Jewish Palestine.
Movable property looted and
damaged by Israel troops from
the government Arab college alone
amounted to $4,000 (U. N. source)
There are tens of thousands of
such cases, which may be put down
to the misfortunes of war. The
losses must run into millions.
1t should. therefore, be clear
that with all the good will in the
world (and there Is little of ID
Israel and the Arab states would
never agree on evaluation or re-
settlement. let alone be able to
finance them.
Essential, therefore, is q great
o. N. plan for systematic reset
tlement, outside Jewish Palestine
which would also involve land
reclamation.
The refugee problem, of which
this Is but small segment, is, in
my opinion, more deadly than the
atom bomb. Life in mass camps,
barely at subsistence level, breeds
criminals, terrorists. and extremes
OF radicalism, passing on hatreds
and resentments through genera
tions. It is absolutely incompat-
ible with peace or order.
And one day it will all blow UP
In our faces unless something fun
damental Is done-not for holy
shrines, but for living people.
(Released by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1950-02-14

United Nations, inherent in their
decision to partition Palestine?
My Jewish friends have every
reason to know that have low
threshold of pain to the sufferings
of others, and this tends to
heighten my voice when I speak
of the homeless and dispossessed.
But the facts are these: When
Israel was founded there were
within it's frontiers as delineated
by the U. N. $4,000 Arabs, the
great majority of whom had fled
by June. 1948. AS fighting ensued
from the attack by external Arab
forces and more Arab territory
fell into Jewish hands, raising the
number of Arabs indigenous to
Jewish Palestine to 1862, 900, these
refugees were joined by others
from the lowland towns and West
ern Galilee.
81 Per Cent Are Refugees.
The most reliable of conserva-
tive estimates now place their
number at $4,000, of whom AGO.
000-nearly one-third of the orig
inal Arab population of all Pales-
tine-are still in Arab Palestine
in the GAIA and Central Palestine
areas. The others are in tempo
rary refuge in surrounding Arat
states.
AS the frontiers stood in Sep
tember. 1949, 54 per cent of the
total Arab population of all Pales.
tine were refugees. OF the Chris.
tian population of all Palestine, IS
Iper cent are displaced.
| OF these refugees, not more
than 3 to 4 per cent have anything
whatever except u. N. supplies, in.
definite continuation of which
cannot be assumed. Their living
lconditions are indescribable.
~. N. census of February, 1949
found 100000 living in caves, ane
not even receiving U. N. help. Ths
majority live in semi -organizet
mass camps. And the U. N. is no
empowered to do anything what.
lever toward their rehabilitation o.
lresettlement.
| Within Jewish Palestine onl,
about 10000 Arabs remain
| Zionist Review has estimated
them between 10000 and 1863.
o0o.)
Evening star., 1950-02-14

blockade with one in Vienna.
Our position in Vienna is more
delicate than it is in Berlin. An
airlift is difficult. Two airports
are located in the Western sec
tors of Berlin, but the only air.
port available to Vienna is about
IA miles from the capital and is
reached by going through Rus
sian-held territory.
The Russian-controlled road is
dominated by hills bristling with
rifles and machineguns. The So
viets for some time have main
tanned road blocks and OCCASION
ally the checking detachments
delay traffic from the airport to
the city.
They were bothersome at the
height of the blockade of Berlin
in 1948. But until last week, when
they started getting technical
about travellers papers, the Rus
sian authorities paid little atten-
! WILL w bIiOOC WllC HCIlG w
from the airport.
Brisk Trade Grows Up.
One of the reasons Soviet Off
cials were liberal" about COM
munications between Vienna and
the West was that Austria was one
of the most important centers
through which "smuggled goods"
reached Russia and her satellites.
In spite of the defiant attitude
adopted by Moscow. which claims
it needs none of our industrial
products, a brisk trade is reported
to have grown up between some
of the Marshall Plan countries
and those behind the Iron Cur
tain.
According to available reports
about $500 million worth of con-
sumers' goods during the last year
have found their way from several
of the Marshall Plan countries to
the Soviet satellites and, in some
instances. to the USSR itself. It
must be borne in mind that what
Evening star., 1950-02-14
This Changing World
Indications Point to Soviet Blockade
Of Vienna Within Next Few Weeks

civilians regard as consumers
goods sometimes are classified by
military men as products necessary
for armed preparedness.
The Marshall Plan countries
have agreed to our request not to
dispose of large trucks for any
reason whatsoever. But since
nothing was said about smaller
trucks, they feel free to sell them
to Eastern European. countries.
The same thing applies to tractors,
which many French and Belgian
landowners are selling at high
prices to agents of countries be-
hind the Iron Curtain.
Western industries and agri-
culture have picked up consider
ably. A number of items received
from the United States last year
thus can be disposed of advantage
ously to Eastern consumers. A
brisk unofficial trade is in prog
reSs, despite the virtual standstill
of official economic intercourse
between East and West.
Regarded With Favor.
In some ECA and diplomatic
quarters this exchange is regarded
with favor. 1t is considered an in
dication that through trade we
might ease the present diplomatic
deadlock. Moscow has permitted
this trade up to now. provided it
was carried on surreptitiously.
The vast Soviet industries are
geared for war, and many of its
agricultural products are being
stockpiled for an emergency.
Under these conditions there seems
no harm in taking advantage of
the greed" of Western nations,
which, for the sake of profit, are
willing to provide Russia and her
satellites with goods which other
wise would have to be provided
by Eastern industries themselves.
Present conditions recall to
certain extent the economic boy
colt decreed in 1885 by the League
of Nations against Italy as re-
taliation for its attack on Ethiopia.
All commerce between the men,
bers of the League and Italy
ceased; that is, officially it was
supposed to cease. But the roads
across the Alps were crowded "a
hours day with trucks and mule
carts carrying "embargoed" goods
to Mussolini.
There is no official embargo to-
day against trade between Russia.
her satellites and the West. But
the aims of the Kremlin are far
more threatening than any the
Italian dictator ever had.
The blockade of Vienna, If i'm
posed by the Russians, will indi-
cate that Austria no longer is con-
sidered an important leak" and
the game which the Soviets now
are playing in Berlin will be ap-
n1ied fn thof ro,Ypfrx, &c wall