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Evening star., 1950-08-20
Ben Ames Williams
American Scene
OWEN GLEN

OWEN GLEN
BY Ben Ames Williams. (Houqh-
ton, Mi67in Co.; $3.75.)
"Owen Glen" will please fol-
lowers of Ben Ames Williams
handling of the American scene.
This more than 600-page novel
credits the Spanish-American
War with United States maturity
and traces the birth of the CIO
from the more ethical Knights
of Labor organization. Scene:
The coal fields of Southern Ohio.
JEANNE ROGERS.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-12
to the ground.

to the ground.
The first department came too
late to save him. Earlier in the
week the building had been con-
demned by fire inspectors.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Martha Bivins, to whom he
had been married Is years, and
his children, Robert, IL, Leroy,
10, John, 7, twins Mary and Mar
win, 3, and Oscar Jr. 1.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-12

suppested the change. In the spa
cious conference room he con-
ference room he continued they
would be able to sit through the
conference, and he would be bet
ter able to see and har each of
them. Everybody is opposed to a
change at first, he added.
"But you don't believe in too
much change regarding the elect
ions next fall, do you?" asked Do
ris Fleeson ofthe Bell Syndicate.
This is a matter for the people
to decide, replied the President,
but he added hastily, he will try
to convince them that they have
the best they can get.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-12
Battalion Reunion
In Chicago

In Chicago
CHICAGO (ANP)- Veterans
ofthe famous 761st Tank Battalion
crack Negro World War II arm
ored unit and first such unit over
to fight inthe U. S. armies : will
meet here August rs, 26 and 27
to hold their second postwar re-
union.
Last year, the tankers met in
Cleveland, Ohio, where they form
ed the 76lst Tank Battalion AS
ISOLATION and decided to meet in
Chicago in 1850. This year, Of
ficials ofthe association disclosed
that Negro frontline fighting men
from the 92nd and 93rd Infantry
Divisions, as we'll as former MEM
bers ofthe 758th and 784th Tank
Battalionus, want to make this
years 761st reunion a joint at
fair.
Major G.. Norman Adamson, M.
D., who was battalion surgeon for
the 761st and is now president Of
the Cook County Medical Associa-
ton, is in charge of arrangements
and planning for the tankers' re
union. Other 761st officials are
Herman L. Taylor, Washington,
D. c., president; Charles P. Ash
by, Inwood, L. l., N. Y, secretary
treasures, and Trezzvant w. An
d~erson, Pittsburgh, Pa, business
manager.
The 761st was, the first Negro
/ armored unit ever to engage an
! enemy of this country, went into
battle with General George s.
Patton's famous Third U. S. Army
inthe ETC. The Negro tankers set
a record of 1873 straight days of
combat without relief, and fought
five major campaigns in six
European countries.
They cracked the Wanted Sieg-
fried Line withthe 103rd Cactus
Infantry Division, then command
ed by Major General Anthony NJ.
McAuliffe, hero of Bastogne.
where he had commanded the
| famed 1O1st Airborne Division in
the "Bulge". The Siegfried opera.
, ton was done intwelve hours ano
thirty-five minutes by the clock.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-12
Presidents Press
Conference,
Stumps News1nen
By Alice A. Dunnigan


dent Truman has devised a new
set of rules for his weekly press
conferences : : rules that went in
to effect last week. Under these
NV rules, applied to a new confer
ence room, the capitals boldest,
most brazen and inquisitive news
men appeared shy at last weeks
meeting.
In contrast to the customary
White House conferences held in
a crowded room with most of the
reporters standing, correspondents
entered a spacious conference
room at the state department..
They took seats among II rows
of folding chairs arranged in front
of a speakers desk.
While waiting for the Presi-
dent these newsmen took time to
observe the splendor of this his
toric old chamber. They gazed at
it's ornate ceiling, it's gold trimmed
panels inset with rich moss a
BILE contrasted by a background of
pinkish-buff walls.
Ebony angles bearing three
large cut glass balloons above their
heads jut from the corners as
light globes. Circling the room is
a wrought-iron balcony with a Pc
gasus in the center.
The unusual shyness exhibited
by the reporters resulted from a
rule calling for each reporter to
stand and identify himself before
asking a question.
Under the original setup of
press conferences, reporters con-
gregated in the White House lob
by, concentrated around the door
leading to the Presidents private
sanctuary. At the exact moment
the secret service officers opened
the door, reporters herdd into the
office with their admittance cards
high above their heads for the Of
ficers to e them.
Once inside of the Presidents
private office, the newsmen would
push and shove, each trying to
get the best spot where he could
see the President and hear clear
ly every word. Everyone in the
crammd office with his note pad
= tightly clinched in the palm of his
hand, or sometimes rested on the
back of a reporter in front OF
him.
Screaming newsmen fired ques-
tons at the President without one
bit of hesitancy. In the new at
mosphere the situation was alto.
gether different.
Some reporters seemed resent.
full at tn change, as they request
d the President to speak louder
or even asked him to comment or
what he thought Of the new sys
tenn.
Truman replied that he has
long wanted to make the report
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-12
CHICAGO WOMAN FIRST

concluded from page p
Gwendolyn Brooks stated writ
ing at the early age of seven. En-
couraged by her parents, it seem
ed that she always wanted to be a
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-12
Killed On Street
As Building
Caves In

CHICAGO (ANP)- Falling
bricks, stones, and rubbish from a
condemned building last week
an unemployed father of six chill
dren as he passed by on the street.
he dead man is Oscar S. Bill
wins, 35, whose wife is expecting
another child. He was walking
down Pershing road around the
corner from his home when the
parapet along the upper floor of
the Thompson-Hayward Chemical
company collapsed, pinning him
people in small groups. Very of
ten in the course of a conversa-
ton she will job down some state
ment or comment made. "That's
wonderful she will say, cpl use
that in a short story"
Currently she is at work on a
book of short stories which will
be called "The Branzeville Sky"
On being told that she won the
Pulitzer award, Miss Brooks ex-
claimed, ooh; It's too wonderful
to be true"
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-12

wilson Junior OClIege all IN Cnl-
cago. Her first poem was accept
ed for publication when she was
thirteen.
Modest and retiring, Miss
Brooks has won many awards and
prizes. She received two Guggen-
helm Fellowships, Grants from the
American Academy of Arts and
Letters andthe National Institute
Of Arts and Letters. Mademoisel
lie Magazine chose her as one of
it's 10 Women ofthe Year in 1916
when her first slim volume of
poems, "a Street in Bonneville"
was published by Harper Brothers.
This book was enthusiastically re-
ceived, and she was recognized by
many as a great new writing tai
ent.
In 1949, "Annie Allen, her
second volume came off the press.
This collection of poems told the
tsory of a woman as daughter,
wife and mother. Rave reviews
were published concerning this
work in all of the major news
papers and magazines. The New
York Times described Miss Brooks
as writing of her people with hon
esty, and noted that when she
writes out her heart,ou of her
rich and living background, out
Of her very real talent; then she
induces almost vulnerable excite
ment."
"Annie Allen" caused a stir in
literary circles by it's sophistica-
ton of thought and phrase and by
it's vitality. Miss Brooks was judi
| ged nationally as a master of poe
tic form whose work had rich and
deep content. Eevery one then had
agreed that the slim brown girl
from Kansas had arrived.
! Miss Brooks is not, as n nigh
imagine, a bespectacled, stiff and
scholarly personality. She is a
, warm human being who has a deep
love for, and interest in, people
a redy wit and keen sense Of hui
NOR.
For relaxation she plays the pi-
ano occasionally, mostly boogie
woogie, New ORLEANS jazz, and
ballads. She has done some sket-
ching and has a fine sense Of line.
Miss Brooks husband Henry
Blakley ST., is also a poet of no
mean ability. ct was that com
mon interest that brought them
together), Feeling that n family
could not afford two poets Blake
ly, an auto mechanic. is part own
err of a Northside garage repair
shop.
Their son, Henry Jr., 81 a bright
and active pupil in his fifth grade
class. Since poets win more glory
than money, Miss Brooks has beer
working in recent months as secre
tary for the Southside Community
7 49, oCn4o- - CL;oo~o on ,octi+,,
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-12

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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-02-08
Horlem GIobetroffers
Play House OF David

The Harlem Globetrotters are
celebrating their 23rd Annual
Tour They will appear in Yakima
against the House Of David Feb
ruary Is 1850. The first half Of
the twin bill will be the Kansas
City Stars against the N. Y. Gel
ties. The Western Unit of Harlem
Globetrotters are made up Of;
Samuel Gee, Captain Detron Bold
Bule. "The worlds greatest one
arm star" is from Pine Bluff. Ark.
Bob Hall is from Detroit. Vertiz
ziegler is from Detroit also. Bob
Knight, Hartford, Conn; Frank
Washington. Louisville, KY. George
Sonny Smith, Cincinnati, Ohio,
and Coach Inman Jackson, "the
greatest ball handler of all times. :"
halls from Chicago. III. More
power to all the ball playersl
The above games will be played
at the Armory.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-02-08
Recital

Camilla williams, brilliant
young soprano in concert at the
University of Portland, Wednesday
evening, February 1, warmed the
hearts of several hundred music
loving concert goers with her
fresh, clear naturally beautiful
voice.
Miss Williams was the first of
eight artists to be presented in
this seasons Cultural Series spon-
sored by the University of Port
land.
The rarely gifted girl" Camilla
Williams, made her opera debut
the night of May Is, 1916 on the
stage of New York City Center in
Madame Butterfly"
Her program of six excellent
groups included Butterfly's en-
trance song and I'm Bel Di Zone
Fine Day. from Puccine's Ma
dame Butterfly" She concluded
with such spirituals as when
I've Done My Best" "River Jor-
dan," and others.
Miss Williams was born in Dams
vile. Virginia; she graduated from
Virginia State College with honors
in music. Among her first honors
was the Marian Anderson award.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-02-08
Hubby Cuts Womon's
Shoes to Ribbons to !.
Keep Her ct Home

DUNN. N. c. = amp = John
L. Cobia didn't want his wife 10
leave him by himself, 50 he liter
ally slashed her shoes to pieces to
keep her from going to church.
That was the story his wife told
City Judge H. Paul Strickland in
court when cobia was arraigned
on charges of drunkenness and
disorderly conduct. Cobia pleaded
guilty to charges of malicious in
jury to personal property and to
the disorderly conduct charge. He
was sentenced to 60 days on the
roads, which was suspended on
payment of $40 fine and costs and
the condition that he does not
mistreat his wife again.
The judge advised cobia: In
stead of trying to prevent your
wife from attending church, it
might be good for you to go along
with her"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-02-08
BirthdoY Dinner

A pioneer celebrated. her birth
day with a big dinner. Mrs. Belle
Evans enjoyed a lovely birthday
dinner Wednesday, January 25. at
her home. She received three birth
day cakes. Her daughter, Mrs.
Mamie Roberts, came down from
Ellensburg. Mr. and Mrs. John
Woods and others attended. Mrs.
Evans also received many beauti-
full gifts.
A belated Happy Birthday to
persons born i'm January: Karen
Chandler January 1; Miss Ethel
Hampton, January 3; Rev. C. p.
Williams, January s. MIR. Charles
spearman, January 8; Mr.. Chester
Malone, January 10; Mrs. Ben
jamin Chandler, January %; John
r. Carter, January %; and Teddy
Spearman, Jr.. L. Mcintosh and
Mr. Nathan Evans.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-02-08
Bishop Holds
HYsteric Fear
Gripping Land

Echoes of the Carey McWilliams
episode of last week and the school
boards refusal of the Benson Au-
ditorium to this California author
and civil rights speaker were
heard at Fridays meeting of the
City club in an address by Bishop
Gerald Kennedy.
Under the title, What Is An
American ?" the bi hop spoke
against the kind of hysteria and
fear that is sweeping the country"
under the guise of saving the ma
ton from communism.
There is pressure in this COM
munity which bothers me very
much" he declared. This trend to
force Americans into the kind of
conformity that is seen in a flock
of sheep-with dogs on the out
side to get anyone who tries to
go out on his own"
There have been times recently
when have been tempted to keep
silent, because there are those
who would call me a Communist
should I speak," he declared. God
give me strength always to speak
out"
Bishop Kennedy said he at
tended the McWilliams lecture,
found nothing Un-American about
it unless it might be "the fact that
he took the bill of rights of the
Constitution very seriously, and
seemed to think it meant what it
said"
He referred to American history
saying, Most great patriots of
this country, had they lived in this
time, would be branded as Com
munists.
IF Communists publically have
said anything and anyone says the
same things, he automatically be-
comes a Communists Communists
officially profess to believe in the
equality of man; and so does the
New Testament" he said.
IF anyone once begins saying
that the next war will mean suicide
for America as well as Russia, you
are a Communist. But another ha.
said that with the words, He whC
lives by the sword shall fall by
the sword"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-02-08
MCKEE AVENUE
BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. ]. 1. Holllday. Pastor

Rev. j. L. Holiday, Pastor
Sunday, January 30, was Mis-
sionary Day. Rev. Holiday prea III.
ed from st. John 8:1-3 Jesus went
up to the Mount of Olives and the
scribes and Pharisees brought un-
to Him a woman taken in adult
cry. And when they had set her
in the midst, the people were COM
planning against the woman, that
she had sinned The Master said,
HE that is without sin among
you, let him first cast stone at
her" And they which heard 1t.
being convicted by their own con-
science, went out one by one, be-
ginning with the eldest even unto
the last; and Jesus was left alone
and the woman standing in the
nidst. When Jesus lifted Himself
up and saw none but the woman.
He said unto her Woman, where
are those, thine aceusers? Hath no
man condemned thee?" She said
mo man, Lord" And Jesus said
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-02-08
AVG Protest

The refusal by Portland's school
directors to allow Carey McWil-
1iams, Los Angeles, to speak for
the Citizens Committee for Civil
Rights in Benson Auditorium jan
uary 20 brought criticism from
Portland Area council of the
American Veterans committee,
meeting Friday night.
The school ards action
brought this statement from Ralph
w. Colby, council chairman:
The Portland school board COM
mitted error in denying the use of
a public school auditorium to
Carey McWilliams and the Civil
Rights committee. We have no
knowledge of the politics of either
Mr.. McWilliams or the committee
but we do know from the reports
published that their application
was rejected on the sole basis of
the recommendation of one man,
acting in his individual capacity.
The issue here involved is not
whether the individual and organ
cation in question are or are not
subversive. The real issue is
whether the school board should
rely upon the Recommendation Of
a private individual in denying the
use of school auditorium to any
group. We thing it should not.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-02-08

A Brotherhood Dinner will be at
the First Christian Church. The
Executive Secretary of the Urban
League of Portland will be the
guest speaker. The dinner will be
co-sponsored by the Council of
Churches and the Elite Hobbyites
Club. The dinner will be served at
6 p. m. The speaker will be pre-
scented at 7:30 p. m. The public is
invited to attend. Mrs. L. e. Bry-
ant is chairman of Ways and
Means.
The NAACP will meet at Bethel
AME WEDNESDAY evening at p. m.
The Youth group will meet at the
YWCA February IL at 8 p. m.
Anita Gall is president; Anita
James is secretary. Mrs. William
Watson is president and supervisor
of both groups.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-02-08
Your Part in This

1. Fully acquaint yourself with the
issue and the salient reasons for
passage of this Ordinance.
2, Discuss it with family, friends
and acquaintance. Urge their
support.
3. Get other organizations to which
you belong, to go on record as
supporting the Ordinance. and
communicate their action to
members Of the City Council.
4. Please discuss this matter with
your minister, priest or rabbi.
All churches and synagogues
must be on record with the
Council.
5. Write or visit each member of
the City Council. Your letter
should be brief. original, and
should state simply your reasons
for favoring passage. Get others
to do likewise.
6. If you have not sent your con-
tribution to help defray our part
in this campaign, please do. We
are the agency which Is expected
to take leadership in the educa-
tional aspects of this program.
Our BALANCE SHEET and
TIPS TO TAKERS are being
distributed in great numbers.
This is good, but it costs dough.
We need your help in order that
the Urban League doesn't fall
down on its part of the bargain.
Your gift can be anything from
one dollar ($1.00) upward
THANKS!
If you do these six things, the
cannot fail.
Members of the Council and the
dates their terms expire are: The
Honorable Dorothy Mccullough
Lee, Mayor 1882, Kenneth L.
Cooper (1950). Ormond r. Bean,
(1950), William A. Bowes 1882,
Fred L. Peterson 1882.
Address them at the City Hall,
Portland A, Oregon.
What are you going to do
about it? We would like to
know!
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-02-08
Funeral Services
MRS. CINDERELLA WISDOM

Mrs. Cinderella Wisdom was
born July 81, 1881 at Ottawa,
Kansas. She died January 81, 1850
at her home, 712O N. E. Union
Avenue. from heart attack. She
had lived in Portland 48 years; 80
years of which she spent in the
employ of the Meier and Frank
Department store.
Surviving relatives are two sis
tiers, Mrs. Lettie M. Polk in Port
land and Mrs. Myrtle Clark Car
rington of Los Angeles, several
neices and nephews.
Funeral services in charge of the
Colonial Mortuary. Mrs. Beatrice
Reed, attendant. Service was held
at 100 p. m. Friday at Bethel
AME Church where she was a
member during her long residence
in Portland.
Rev. ]. e. Roberts, pastor, Off
ciated, assisted by Rev. J. F. Smith
of First AME Zion and Rev. ]. D.
Leftridge, assistant pastor of
Bethel AME. Household Ruth con-
Quoted ritualistic services. Burial
was in Rose City Cemetary.
Betheps Senior Choir sang God
Will Take Care of You" Mrs. Cliff
ford Dixon sang Hell Understand
and Say Well Done" A white
friend of the family for many
years, Mrs. Elfrieda Ittner, sang
Sunrise"
Bearers were Messers E. L.
Jamison, ]. w. Ingersoll, Loomas
Harris, Ross Newly, Sam Golden,
George Holiday.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-02-08
Ban ON Speaker
Protested ot Lecture

Endorsement of a proposed city
ordinance on civil rights and pro-
tests against the city school board
and Capt William D. Browne OF
city detectives for allegedly abet-
ting Thought ontrop were
adopted without dissent Sunday
by some $50 persons who heard
Carey McWilliams at Red Men
hall.
Sponsored by the Citizens Com
mittee for Civil Rights, the meet
ing voted 20 demand that city
authorities ask resignation of Cap
tain Browne from the police force
Browne. who also heads the
American Legion's subversive ac-
tivities committee, led the school
board to deny use of Benson Au-
ditorium to McWilliams, widely
known Los Angeles speaker on
minority rights.
The civil ri g h t s ordinance
backed by the gathering was
urged upon the city council which
has scheduled hearings February
81. The resolution added:
1--WE believe that all law-abid-
ing people should have equal
rights to patronage in Portland's
restaurants, hotels, hospitals,
theatres, skating Kinks and other
places of accommodation that
have been licensed by the city
to cater to the general public"
McWilliams termed the school
ban one instance of a nationwide
"witch-hunt aimed at nonconform-
lists to distract attention from real
dilemmas we don't want to face
and cannot solve without a world
wide solution"
Alarming signs of a possible
police state" are visible in Amer
lea, McWilliams said
After his speech, the crowd Of
about $50 men and women voted
without dissent one resolution re-
buking the school board for its
ban on McWilliams, and another
urging the city council to pass the
nti-discrimination ordinance now
before that body.
Then Homer Owen. Reed College
student and overseas war veteran,
proposed from the floor a resolu-
tion demanding that city author
tiles ask the detective chief to re-
sign his post.
The school board protest singled
out Wendle Gray to commend him
for his courageous attitude, the
only member of the board who
refused to submit to intimidation"
Civil rights in America, Nc
Williams expanded, ARE in high
paradoxical state. Definite pro-
gress has been made for religious
and racial minorities, so far as
courts and public expression are
concerned. but basically relations
between whites and Negroes are
the same. Any lowering of bars
has been only for selected individ-
uals, and not for the minority
masses"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-02-08
Home from Visit

Mrs. James Cantrell is home
after five weeks in sunny chimes
Tejuanna, Mexico, shopping and
sightseeing; San Diego, Los An
geles and other southern California
cities where she. as Grand Lee
turer, OES, California and juris-
diction, spent considerable time
holding schools of instruction and
setting up a new chapter.
These official visits entail many
social gestures and occasions for
doing honors. Mrs. Cantrell con-
fides that she has been recipient of
both, plus numerous gifts.