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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-02-17

branch is a small section which
represents the Negro Collection.
Tho much is left to be desired,
there are still some extremely in
tresting volumes there. Every cit
izen in Dayton, white and Negro
should make use ofthis collection.
1t is appropriate during this Ne
gro History Week to suggest some
works which are fairly representa-
tive of Negro culture, both in con-
tent and style.
If it lacks continuity, if it fails
to draw the thread connecting
events, Carter G.. Woodson's, the
Negro in Our History. Any one
of Woodson's other numerous
books at the Library are musts.
important book is Black Recon-
struction, by w. E. B. Dubois.
This amends some of the historical
distortions of white historians Of
that period of American history.
Another Dubois book, famed
for it's lyrical style, is the Soul
Of the Black Folk. This is a series
of essays "from behind the veil"
as Dubois expresses race oppres-
sion. Also by Dubois is his auto
biography Dusk of Dawn.
The best anthology of Ameri-
can Negro contributions is the Ne
gro Caravan. This contains the be
gro Caravan. This contains t e
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-02-17

NEW YORK (ANP)- Mrs.
Marjorie Joseph Robinson, first
wife of the worlds welterweight
champion Sugar Ray Robinson,
filed suit in supreme court here
last week, asking that the fighter
be compelled to support the child
in accordance with his wealth.
The suit charged that while Ro-
binsor made approximately $780,
900 last year, he is paying only
So a week for the support Of their
son, Ronald, II.
The petition states Ray receiv-
ed $33,138 from the Steve Bell
Disc encounter at Yankee Stadium
last Aug. "a and another $780,
600 from the Kid Gavilan bout
lat July II in Philadelphia. In
a ,dition, the fighter is worth
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-02-17

intoxicated was onthe short end
of a fine of $50 and cost and a
six months in the workhouse a.
long with his drying rights sus-
pended for a period of 2 years.
Jesse Williams, Ola Washington
st., and Peter Fox, 115 N. Will
liams ST., were fined $50 each for
driving while under the influence
of alcohol.
Clarence Yarbrough, 20, of &C.
O3 Germantown st, and Walter L.
Evans 81, also, of 1908 German
town st, were, held to the grand
jury under $4,000 bonds, charged
with an attempted robbery of
Continued on Page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-02-17
Sugar Ray Robinson S Ex- Wife
Sues for Increase in Support
Child

more than $150,OOO as head ofthe
RIGS. Realty corporation and an
additional $4,000 as president Of
the Robincrast Sporting club. He
is also owner of a prosperous
tavern, three apartment houses a
cleaning and dyeing establishment
a barber shop, a laundry and an
11-room house.
Mrs. Robinson says her income
is only $35 a week. She did not
stipulate any definite amount for
the increased allowance, but ask
ed court appointment of a referee
to take proof of Robinson's earn
ings and income and fix the
amount for child support ac-
cordingly. In addition, she is
asking $4,000 counsel fees for her
attorney, Samuel Berger.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-02-17

best of all types Of writing and
orations. The next best is Wat
kins' Anthology of American Ne
gro Literature. Another top auto
biography is James Weldon John
sons Along This way.
To list just authors and sub
jects whose books shold be read:
Poets; Langston Hughes, James
w. johnson, Gwendolyn Bennett,
Counte Cullen, Claude Mckay,
Sterling Brown and, of course,
Paul Dunbar. Writers; Charles
Chestnut, Rudolph Fisher, Rich
ard Wright, Jesse Fausett, Fora
Hurston and Arna Bontemps. Lit
erary critics: w.. S. Braithwaite,
Sterling Brown, Alain Locke and
Bontemps. SocioIogists: Dubois,
E. F. Frazier, c.. S. johnson,
Woodson and Allison Davis.
This is just partial. They are
named from memory so perhaps
many important persons have been
omitted. But just a reading of the
works of 3 or 4 of these writer's
will improve your knowledge of
Negro history.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-02-17

To stamp out this dreaded dis
ease, children by parents must
not be allowed to do as they
please; for indulgence breeds in
gratitude and produces children
both thoughtless and rude.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Gas and Oil Rationinq
Seen as Unlikely Now
BY the Associated Press

Unless the Korean fighting
grows into greatly expanded
war, you need have no worries
that there will be rationing of
gasoline and fuel oil.
That's the latest word from
both Government and oil indus
try officials. 1t comes from the
Interior Departments Oil and
Gas Division, the American Pc
troleum Institute and the Inde-
pendent Petroleum Association of
America.
Officials of the three organiza-
tions agree that the American oil
industry is in position to step
up production sharply if military
demands increase.
THE oil industry is in a very
comfortable position to take care
of reasonable increase in re-
quirements," the Oil and Gas Di-
vision reports. There is nothing
in the picture now to indicate any
current need for curtailment of
domestic use of gasoline and fuel
Foil."
Spokesman for the other two
groups said they see no possibility
of rationing under present condi-
tions.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Mrs. MiIIhoIIand, 50, Dies
D. T.. Resident 40 Years

Mrs. Woodward Blunt Millhol-
land, 83, a Washington resident
for nearly 40 years, died yesterday
of a heart attack at her home,
1905 California street NV.
She was the widow of James
Allaire Millholland. She came
here following his death in 1911.
For many years she was a board
member of the House of Mercy.
She also had been active in the
National Society of Colonial
Danes and st. Margaret's Epis-
copal Church.
Born in Montgomery County,
Mrs. Millholland was the daugh-
ter of William Williams Blunt and
Elizabeth Dorsey Blunt. After her
marriage in 1897, she moved to
Cumberland, Md. where her hus-
band was a railroad executive.
Surviving are a daughter, Miss
Cary Blunt Millholland of the
home address, and two sons, Will
liam Blunt Millholland of On
tario, Canada, and Paul Douglas
Millholland of Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.
Memorial services were to be
held at 4::30 o'clock this after
noon in st. Margaret's Church,
Connecticut avenue and Bancroft
place NV. Burial was to be in
Cumberland.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
District Guard Packs
Equipment for Trip
Homeward Tomorrow
By William J. WheotIey
Ssor Staff Correspondent

FORT MILES, Del, July 22.-
District National Guard troops
here today are packing their field
equipment in preparation for re-
turning home tomorrow. The
question uppermost in the minds
of both officers and men is how
long they will remain there.
While reports from the I'd
Army field inspectors, who have
had them under close observa-
ton for two weeks, indicate that
they have made excellent prog
ress, they will need additional
field training in the event they
are mobilized.
The troops are not divisional
units. Reports from Washington
have indicated that the Guard
would be called out by battalions
and special units as needed. This,
officers believe, points to the
strong probability that they will
be among those early taken into
the service.
The only formal exercise of the
day was a parade and review of
the 163d Military Police Bat
talon. commanded by 1t. Col.
George o. Weber, who in civil life
is business manager of the Uni
versity of Maryland.
Members of the 260th Anti-Air-
craft Artillery Gun Battalion will
spend most of the day loading
their heavy guns and tractors on
fiat cars at Selbyville, Del, for
the return movement to Wash
ington. The personnel of this unit
will return overland with other
troops in camp here. The rail
of the heavy equipment
was decided upon to keep it off
of the heavily Travelled highways.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Zoo Chef Prepares Recipes Fit for Any Animal
BY Corter Dowson

Benjamin Stopper is one 'tfa-
nous Washington host" whose
recipes never get in the favorite
recipe column of Washington So
ciety.
It's pot that his bear bread isn't
delicious, or his monkey rice pud-
ding as smooth as jello, or his
horseburgers horsey enough. It's
just that the animals at the Wash
ington Zoo aren't talking about the
man who's been their chef for 27
years.
"Just in time for dinner" Mr..
Stopper told the reporter and pho
tographer who went to the big
stone kitchen behind the Reptile
House to discover Mr.. Stepper's
secret of a green thumb with q
cook pan.
With a big hunk of raw horse
meat in one hand, the 61-year -old
"cook for the Gagged" hurriedly
waved his visitors through a po-
tential tossed Salad-crates of tree
trimmings and grass dresh from
the zoo lawns) and outer leaves of
lettuce and celery donated by
Washington grocery stores)-to the
six-foot, coal-burning stove in the
basement.
Even for bears, you don't let
the bread burn" he said, taking
12-pound loaves out of the stove
with the help of a stove poker and
gunny sack pot holders. "You see,
the 5000 animals around here are
more important than the men,"
Mr.. Stopper mixes 800 pounds of
bear bread dough (from an old
Barnum Circus recipe) in a huge
vat the day before he bakes it.
"Just like your old grandmother
did," he explained. Each of 25
bears will eat from eight to 20
pounds of the bread.
And for those who have bears
around the house, Mr.. Stopper
quotes his recipe:
rs buckets bran.
7 buckets flour.
5 pounds salt.
Grease pan with horsefat. Bake
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Two Vice Squad Raids Bog 80
Crap Shooters and Card PIuvers

Vice Squad police went on the
prowl last night and came up with
a bag of 80 prisoners after two
raids.
The first stop was at a vacant"
house in the 900 block of F street
S.W. Inside the bleak looking
exterior, the raiders found a large
table set up. Around it were 16
men, intently engaged in a game
of craps, police reported.
So intent were the players that
the entrance of 1t. Roy Blick at
the head of his 11-man squad
caused no interruption in play.
One man calling fervently on
"Eighta-from-Decata" kept right
on rolling, police said, finally turn
ing up a six and two.
BY that time, 1t. Blick and his
men had charge of the money
$4,000 in cash. The lucky winner.
police said, didn't give a hoot
who paid him, but wanted $3.50
from somebody" He and the
other Is men were escorted to the
First Precinct, where they each
forfeited $25 on disorderly charges
In addition, the man named as
the ringleader, William w. Beach,
80, of the 1900 block of M street
NV, was charged with setting up
q gaming table and permitting
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Hatch Act Too Tough
lon Little Fellows,
Mitchell Complains
By the Assoeioted Press

Chairman Harry B. Mitchell of
the Civil Service Commission feels
the Hatch "Clean Politics" Act is
too hard on the little fellow, while
letting the big ones get away.
Mr.. Mitchell, who is charged
with enforcing the act. said in a
letter to Representative Wood
house, Democrat, of Connecticut,
that the law hits cruelty at:
/. The chatty mail carrier who
likes to talk politics with persons
along his route. If he does it
often enough, he must be re-
moved from Office.
2. The Federal employe who
allows his name to be used as a
member of a precinct political
committee. He must be fired even
if he never heard of the Hatch
Act.
8. The young women who have
never before been interested in
HO1kO1CS, Oub VIII d11OW G11C1l
names to be used on the urging
of friends or from a desire for
local recognition. Out they must
go.
Mr.. Mitchell wrote to Mrs
Woodhouse to protest against the
recent imposition of what he
called a rather heavy minimum
penalty" for violation of the
Hatch Act.
The act prohibits political &C
tivity on the part of Government
employees.
"The commission has nothing
to do with violations of the big
fellows" Mr.. Mitchell said.
Under the law and in actual
experience, the commission deals
only with violations by the little
fellows Generally speaking, our
experience shows clearly that
these violations are minor in
character"
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Rites for Mrs. Bonifanf
Held at HyattsyiIIe

Funeral services for Mrs. Melvin
Bonifant, 81, who died Is DAYS
after giving birth to her third
child, were held this morning in
the Gasch funeral home, Hyatts-
vile. Burial was in Rock Creek
Cemetery.
Mrs. Bonifant died Wednesday
at Washington Sanitarium. She
lived at 106 Fifth avenue, Takoraa
Park, Md.
Mr.. Bonifant, whom she married
nearly 10 years ago, is partner in
AIS Tree Service, 143 Grant ave
nue., Takoma Park, Md.
She is also survived by a son,
Carl, 5; a daughter, Dixie Lee, 8,
an infant daughter, Janet Lynn,
and her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert B. Leizear, sr.; four broth
ers and five sisters.
Evening star., 1950-07-22

lir the flour barrel, the mice and
rats running around. the white
worms that are cultivated in the
refrigerator for the tropical fish
and the smell and the heat.
"My wife came to my kitchen
once IL years ago. She said, Air
lit out! She's never been back. u
But there are two nice things
about Mr.. Stepper's cookshop he
wouldn't trade for the most de
luxe modern kitchen.
II don't have to worry with
people wanting to lick the pan or
raid the icebox," he said with a
smile. land no one hounds me for
nay recipes"
Evening star., 1950-07-22
3 Faculty Members
Shifted al MARYLAND

The University Of Maryland to-
day announced changes in assign
ment Of three faculty members.
DR.. Joseph M. Ray. present head
of the department of government
and politics, will become dean of
the college of special and continu-
alton studies; DR.. A. D. Fucker,
head of the department of Ian
guages, will 60 to Europe to head
the European program, and DR..
Franklin L. Burdstte. professor in
the department of government
and politics, will become head Of
the department.
DR.. Ray has been at Maryland
since 1946. Besides heading the
Department of Government and
Politics he was director of the
Bureau of Public Administration.
In his latter job he published Gov
ernment surveys for Hagerstown
Cumberland, Dundalk, Pocomoke
Salisbury and Silver Spring.
DR.. Fucker was head of the De-
partment Of Languages for 15
years.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, July o.
Porpoises are scooting around
Chesapeake Bay again and the
Tidewaters' Fisheries Commission
is trif1e concerned.
Commission Chairman David H
Wallace said today "A considerable
number" of the marine mammals
have been reported in the bay
this year and they "seem to be
more abundant than usual"
The porpoises, which Mr.. Wal
lace branded as destructive" be-
cause they eat large numbers OF
fish, may have been instrumental
in an unusual haul of croakers
netted by Tidewater District In
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Mother CoIIapses and Dies
After Police Question Son

A few hours after her son was
questioned by police in connection
with a window breaking incident
a 45-year-old mother died from a
heart ailment at Emergency Hos
pital last night.
Mrs. Anne Irene Alpert col
lapsed on the street after her son
Larry, IL, was questioned with
other neighborhood children about
a report of a window breaking in
the vicinity of the Alpert home. in
the 400 block of v street NV,
police said. None of the children
were arrested.
Helped to her home by Pvts.
William T. Taft and Frank Floyd,
Mrs. Alpert was taken to the hos
pital, where she died about six
hours later.
A native of Brooklyn, Mrs. AL
pert lived in Washington for 26
years, helping her husband Henry
operate a grocery store near her
home. A second son. Sydney, and
a daughter, Dolores, also survive
Evening star., 1950-07-22

gaming. He was released in $4,000
bond.
Later the squad was in the 140C
block of Fourteenth street NV
when sounds of enthusiasm start
ed coming from an apartment To-
Gated over a store. On investiga-
tion, detectives found a room
strewn with cards, and % men
wearing expressions of innocence
1t. Blick said.
The second group was conveyed
to No. 2 Precinct, where the mer
decided to pay fines ranging from
$5 to $25 on charges of disorderly
conduct.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
LoncosterPo -Shinnying Shows
How to Climb to Stordom
Film Actor Proves
He Actually Does
Acrobutic Copers
By ChorIes J. Yorbroueh

MIR. Burt Lancaster of the NOV
les was late on location here yes
terday.
The script had it like this:
Scene-The Mall at Sixth street
and Adams drive S.W.
The time-2:30 pm.
The principals--Mr. Burt Ian
caster and his partner, Nick Cra-
vat, who acrobatted for the circus
and stage before stardom came.
The eXtras-Anyone who hap
pened along, including those en-
ployes Of the Civil Service Com.
mission, Office of the Housing
Expediter, the State Department
ETC., who work in Temporary
building ''E."
The plot-To prove that Mr.
Burt Lancaster actually does those
high-pole capers he apparently
does in his movie. 1.-THE Flame anc
the Arrow" opening next Thurs
day at the Warner Theater.
Way 1t Really Went.
This is the way it really went:
Same scene, same extras. Time
2:45.
One starry-eyed extra to an
other: II wish he'd hurry. This
is the first time I've ever been
stood up"
(Trafflc policeman arrives tc
weed out double parked cars on
Adams drive).
Time, 2:58 pm (Sirens in the
distance. murmurs of anticipation
among the extras, rattles of prep
aration among eameramen).
Time, 3:01. Murmurs tinted
with off-stage giggles among the
extras. Sirens from police escort
drown everything.
In the distance, a blue CONVEX
tible, distinguished by what ap-
pears to be a man wearing mop
on his head, swings around and
comes back up Adams drive the
wrong way.
Convertible draws to movie
style bowling stop and The Mop
leaps over the side, lands on a
soft cushion of "oh's" and "ah's.'
Enter Mr.. Lancaster.
Same extra to the other: my
he just breathes virility!"
Extras crowd about while vigili-
ant policemen strive to hack a
path through them for newsreel-
men.
Insists 1t Is Ballyhoo.
Mr.. Lancaster brushing the un-
rufy mop back out of place.:
"This is ballyhoo to some people
1t is ballyhoo. I'm in show
business" Reference is made tt
those who won't believe their eyes
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Alexandria Policeman
To Go to Comp Leieune

An Alexandria policeman is
among members of the 5th In
fantry Battalion, Marine Reserves
who will report for active duty
at Camp Lejeune, N. c., by
July 81.
He is Pvt. Thomas r. Phillips
rs, a member of the police force
for the past Is months. A vet
eran of four years service with
the Marines during World War
II. Mr.. Phillips is a corporal ir
the Reserves. During the war, he
served with the 4th Marine Di-
vision.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
1 Convicted, 7 Freed
In Robbery Of Union

Two reputed members of the
"Pimple-Faced gang" Of armed
robbers were acquitted yesterday
while a third member was con-
victed of holding up a union local
here last March.
Wilmer D. Campbell, 81, of De-
fense Heights, Md, was found
guilty by a District Court jury
after 80 minutes of deliberation
In the verdict returned in the
same trial, the jury acquitted
Joseph c. Danner, 26, and Byron
Heslop, %.
Campbell was identified during
the three-day trial as triggerman
for the S1.500 stickup of the Sheet
Metal Workers Local Offices at
1017 K street NV. Danner, who
lives in the 1900 block of Evarts
street NE, was described by
Prosecutor Frank Reifsnyder dur
ing the trial as the "brains" OF
the gang, and Heslop, who lives
in Defense Heights, was called the
lookout for the union job.
Attorneys for the two acquitted
men argued that their clients hao
nothing to do with the offense
and that oral confessions report
ed by police, and later repudiatec
by the men were obtained BY
force.
Edward T. O'Connell and Johr
B. Diamond III represented Hes.
lop, while Saul Lichtenberg de.
Tended Danner.
While the jury's verdict, re.
turned before Judge James r
Kirkland, sets Heslop completely
free. Danner and Campbell still
face charges that they held ur
the Fruit Growers Express Co
at 1101 Vermont avenue NV. or
April IL.
In this armed robbery of the
growers ninth-foor office, $34s
was taken.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Anacostia Plane
Crash Killing ;
Probed by Navy
Two Others Injured
AS Croft Burns
In Pennsylvania

The Navy today opened an in
quiry into the flaming crash of a
twin-engined airplane, which
brought death to three Washing
ton area men and seriously in
jured two others.
Those who died as a result of
yesterdays wreck of a Beechcraft
JRB transport near Willow Grove,
Pa, were:
Comdr. Ernest Arnold Rust, At,
of 1902 Harling lane, Bethesda,
Md. a Reserve co-ordinator for the
Maintenance Division of the Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics; Mechanic
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Fathers Club Carnival
To Be Open Tomorrow

The second annual carnival Of
the Men of st. Johns will be open
from 2 to 9 pm. tomorrow,
Brother Dominic Luke, moderator
of the fathers club, announced
today.
The carnival, being held at
"Airlie", Twenty-seventh street
and Military road NV, originally
was scheduled to be closed on
Sunday. The show will be open
through next Saturday.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Porpoises Abundant in Bay;
Fisheries Commission Worried

spector George L. (Ted, Ball, near
the mouth of the Severn River.
Mr.. Ball spotted a huge school
of the silvery gray fish near the
surface of the water. Croakers,
or hardheads, are bottom feeders
and they have never been known
here to swim higher than a couple
of feet off the floor Of the bay.
Mr.. Wallace and the inspector
believe scavanging porpoises may
have frightened the croakers away
from their regular haunts and
caused them to mob near the
surface.
In any event, Mr.. Wallace said,
the Commission is seriously con-
sidering methods to drive the
hungry porpoises back into the
ocean.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
House Probers Move
To Press CONTEMPT
Action Against Heiress
By the Associated Pres.

The House Un-American Activi-
ties Committee has started con-
tempt proceedings against Mrs.
Louis Bransten Berman, West
Coast heiress.
The committee disclosed today
that it voted at a closed-door ses-
sion Thursday to recommend Mrs.
Berman be cited by the House for
contempt of Congress.
The action grew out of Mrs.
Berman's appearance before the
committee on November 7, 1949.
She refused to answer almost
all questions on constitutional
grounds.
The committee also voted to
bring contempt proceedings
against Frank Panzio, an official of
the United Electrical Workers. The
union was expelled this year from
the CIO on grounds that it was
following the Communist Party
line.
Mr.. Panzio, assistant chief
steward of a u. E. local in the
Pittsburgh area, refused to tell the
committee whether he is or was
a Communist.
The committee earlier this week
initiated contempt proceedings
against James Matles: U. E. ma
tional organization director, and
julius Emspak, national secretary
treasurer. It now has voted to
launch contempt proceedings
against SO unco-operative wit
nesses.
Full House approval is required
before the cases can be referred to
the Justice Department for prose-
cution. Members of the commit
tee said they expect to start bring
ing up the cases individually as
soon as the situation in the House
| nerrnitS
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Mrs. Sachs Will Head
Cerebral PuIsy Group

Mrs. Florence Sachs has been
elected president of the Prince
Georges County Cerebral Palsy
Association.
Other officers are William j.
O'Mahony. vice president; Mrs.
Grace O'Mahony, recording secre-
tary: Mrs. Laura K. Schwartz, Sec
lretary, and James Maximow,
treasurer.
Evening star., 1950-07-22

8 or 4 hours. Cool 3 days and
serve at a distance, cold and dry"
For a meal fit for a South Afri-
can earth pig and Gene, the 7
month-old offspring of hybrid bear
parents who wasn't supposed to
live so long, there's roast horse
meat, garnished with eggs, oat-
meal and milk.
Deer and cattle go for Mr.. Step
per's chopped carrots, beets and
potatoes and his a la carte item
for the birdhouse is Is dozen boiled
eggs or ground rotten eggs and
oyster shells.
The animal cooks recipe for