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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-07-27
Langston Hugghs'
Freedom Train"
Presented To Fisk

NEW YORK CAMP DR.. and
Mrs. Ernest R. Alexander enter
tanned in honor of Langston Hugh
es on last Sunday at their coun-
try home, Screen Pastures" in
Greenwood Lake, New York.
The occasion was the formal ac-
ceptance of the manuscript of the
now famous poem, Freedom
Train," from Langston Hughes by
Mrs. Alexander to be placed in
the E. R. Alexander Collection of
rare books at Fisk university.
DR.. Charles S Johnson, presi-
dent of the university, vas present
to accept the gift on behalf of the
school.
Mrs. Alexander presented Mr.
Hughes who talked about the or.
igin and significance of the poem
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-07-27
Miami Police
Sentenced For
Extortion

MIAMI, Fla. CAMP The two
white Miami policemen convicted
of extorting money from a Negro
hotel clerk were sentenced to 18
months in State prison in spite of
their attorneys plea for leniency
or a suspended sentence.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-07-27

Judge Ben Willard said, "It
has always been my policy never
to excuse any convicted official
without them doing some time"
The maximum sentence each could
have received would have been II
years.
The men were charged with de-
handing $500 from Leonard Role
after they found him in a compro-
missing position with a young wo-
man. His alternative was Jail.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-07-27
Southern Authors
Award To Lillian
Smith

NEW YORK (ANP)- Lillian
Smith last week was granted the
Southern Authors award for 49,
40 because Of her novel, "Killers
of the Dream" Irita Van Doren,
chairman of the award. committee,
the most outstanding book about
said she was honored for writing
the South by a southerner.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-07-27

Switzerland is a gem Of a
country, beautiful, clear and
high, he said. "Kinda snooty too,
but they could never be as hard
as Georgia or Florida, you know,
he smiled.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-07-27
Education News
By AMP
kirkendol Heads

By AMP
KirkendoM Heads
Lane College
JACKSON, Tenn. CAMP
Chester A. Kirkendoll Jr., direct
or of leadership education of the
Colored Methodist Episcopal
Church Department Of Religious
Education, has been appointed
of Lane college, it was announced
here recently by the board of
directors.
A native Of Kansas City, Kirk
endoll has lived in Chicago since
1910 when he took his present
position with the church. He is a
graduate magma cum laude of
Lane from the class Of 1888. He
received his M. A. from North
western university in 1941. At
present he is working toward a
Ph.D.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chester A. .Kirkendoll Sr. of
Kansas City, Mo. AS supervisor
Of leadership education he is in
charge Of the CINE Church's 20
regional leadership education
schools.
In this work he conducts con-
ferences which bring together g.
000-2,500 church leaders to study
theory and methods of religious
education, and he develops curri-
cula, selects textbooks, and certi-
flies deans and instructors for both
regional and local schools.
President Kirkendoll is the
author of a book, Improving the
Educational Program of the Lo-
cal Church," and is co-author of
two religious pamphlets, "Christ-
ian Youth Building in a New
| World" and witnessing fol
| Christ"
He lives with his wife, the
former Alice Singleton Of Mon
roe, La, and three children
Chester Arthur III, 8, Loretta
Jean, 6, and Kapel, 8.
He belongs to the Alpha Phi
Alpha fraternity.
Lane is an ga" rated college
by the Southern Association o.
Colleges and Secondary Schools
supported by the CINE church. 1
has an enrolment of more thar
600 students.
Evening star., 1950-08-31

The Hecht Co.,
Washington
Open Friday
and All Day
Saturday
$3.50 aim. to 6 p.m.
Closed Labor Day
Evening star., 1950-08-31
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31.-Dr.
Frank Oppenheimer, former key
atomic scientist who has admitted
Ihe was a Communist for more
than three years. testified at the
perjury trial of DR.. Sidney Vein
baum that he could not say
whether Weinbaum was Com
munist.
DR.. Weinbaum, formerly a re-
search engineer at the California
Institute of Technology top-secret
jet propulsion laboratory, is
charged with perjury.
The Government claims DR.
Weinbaum. So. was member OF
the "Caltech branch" of the Com
munist party but stated under
oath at a hearing before the Gov
ernment's Industrial Employment
Review Board that he had never
been a Communist.
DR.. Oppenheimer. now
rancher at Pagosa Springs. Colo.
told a Federal jury yesterday
that he Joined the Communist
Evening star., 1950-08-31
OppenheimerFoiIst to Identify Weinboum as Red

Party in 1887 while he was stu
dent at Caltech.
did you have a party name?"
A Government attorney asked
him.
YES" replied DR.. Oppenheimer
who is a brother of DR.. J. Robert
Oppenheimer, noted atomic scien-
tist. "It was Frank Folsom"
DR.. Oppenheimer said he at
tended meetings of the Commu-
mist Party in Pasadena, where
Caltech is located.
"Was Sidney Weinbaum pres
ent?" he was asked.
YES" the scientist replied.
"You don't know whether DR.
Weinbaum was a member of the
Communist Party or not, do you?'
asked Federal Judge Ben Harri-
son.
st couldn't say-no sir" replied
the witness.
Two other Government wit
nesses testified they were re-
cruited into the Communist
Party by DR.. Weinbaum.
! DR.. Gustave A. Albrecht, now
Evening star., 1950-08-31

One of the oldest of the NCP
employees in years of service, Mr..
Devlin has been recommended by
Supt. Edward J. Kelly for the
Interior Departments Citation OF
Meritorious Service. Letters OF
appreciation for his long service
with the Interior Department will
be presented at the party from
Secretary Chapman, Newton B.
Drury, director of the National
Park Service and Mr.. Kelly.
Born in Washington on August
z, 1889, Mr.. Devlin went to work
for the Geological Survey at the
age of II. He had received school
ing at Business High School and
strayer's Business College. He
remained six years with the Geo.
logical Survey and transferred in
1918 to the Commerce Department
until this country entered World
War I.
Mr.. Devlin served as an am
bulance driver with the 49th Am
buiance Company during most OF
the war. He returned to enter
the Burean of Internal Revenue
in 1919 and also worked in the
next few years under the Con-
troller of the Currency.
His long tour with the National
Park Service began in 1923 when
he was employed at Mesa Verde
National Park in Colorado. In
1925, he became chief clerk of this
park. Mr.. Devlin returned to
Washington, however, in 1885 to
ecter the service of National Cap
ital Parks. He has held various
clerical positions, having been
designated administrative assist
ant in January. 1947.
Mr.. Devlin lives at 4508 New
Hampshire avenue NV.
Evening star., 1950-08-31

head Of the physics department
at Chapman College here, said
that after many discussions on
the Caltech campus DR.. Vein
baum persuaded him to join.
Richard A. Rosanoff, an adver-
tising man, testified that while
he was a student at Caltech in
1888. DR.. Weinbaum persuaded
him to join the party.
Evening star., 1950-08-31

Of Federal Serv-
ice.
Associates in
NCP and the
National p ar k
Service, where
he has worked
for u continu-
Gus years, will
give him a
farewell party
at 4::30 pm. IN
the Old George
town Hospital
ity Club, Twen-
ty-sixth and D
L.~Aa NJ HIY
Evening star., 1950-08-31
U. S. Stowowoy on Botory
Is Deported by England
BY the Associated Press

SOUTHAMPTON, England. Aug
31.-Howard Elmer Campbell, 26,
of New York and Des Moines. was
deported last night on the Polish
liner Batory on which he arrived
from New York as a stowaway,
August Is.
The liner called here on its
return trip to New York. Camp
bell had been held in Winchester
Prison since his arrival.
Evening star., 1950-08-31
Bookie Reports $40, 900
In Gems, Gosh Stolen
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Aug. 31.-Bookmaker
Jimmy Knode reported last night
that burglars took two strong
boxes containing f25,000 ($70,-
000) in jewelry and crisp bank
notes from his suburban home.
"The idea of having it near
me was always to be able to pay
If I had a bad day." Knode said.
Evening star., 1950-08-31
R. A. DevIin, "A Year
In Federal Services,
Leaving Parks Post

Raymond A. Devlin. 81, admin
istrative assistant in the National
Parks Office, will retire from the
Government today, after Al years
Evening star., 1950-08-31
CUSHION-FOUNDATION SHOES

They'll zip back school looking their best feeling their best
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good for youe growing feet Each and every pair featuring
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enough provide real protection for active ee In sizes 81 g.
all priced q thrifty, low 4.95.
The Hecht Co., Chadrens Shoes,
Washington Spring
Evening star., 1950-05-31

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Evening star., 1950-09-29

A member of the probation Office
since 1912. Mr.. Conner is a native
of Toms Brook, Va. and operated
an insurance business before COM
ing to the court. He is married
and has three children.
Evening star., 1950-09-29
Court Asked 10 Block
Paper From Refusing
Any Merchant S Ads
By the Assecioied Press


CLEVELAND. Sept. 20. The
Government yesterday asked Fed
eral Court to forbid the Lorain
Journal from refusing or discrim-
mating against advertising from
merchants who advertised with its
competitors.
The Governments request that
Judge Emerich B. Freed sign a
statement of relief imposing a
series of restrictions on the Jour-
nal and four of its executives re-
suited from a decision the judge
made against the Journal month
ago.
On August 20. Judge Freed
found the Lorain Journal and four
of its officers guilty of violating
the antitrust laws and of trying
to establish a business monopoly.
The newspaper has said it would
appeal the decision to the United
States Supreme Court.
| NOulU DdE nCIuSdASs
If Judge Freed signs the relief
decree sought today, the Lorain
Journal would be prohibited from
refusing to accept advertisements
from any person or organization,
including the competing radio
station, WEOL and WEOL-FM Of
nearby Elyria. except for bona
fide, lawful and uniformly adhered
to" policy on the part Of the
newspaper.
In the long Federal Court trial
here it was brought out that the
Journal had refused to carry the
radio stations daily program log
either as news or as paid adver-
tiSing.
The order sought also would
forbid the Journal from fixing
discriminatory lower prices for
any advertisement or from can
ceiling advertising contracts be-
cause the advertiser intended to
use other media.
Mansfield Included.
Another section of the requested
relief decree forbids owners of the
Lorain Journal from acquiring
business interests in any news
paper or radio station competing
with their own enterprises. This
section also would apply to Mans
field. Ohio, where Isadore HorvitZ.
president of the Lorain journal
Co.. and his brother. Samuel A.
Horvitz. publisher and vice presi-
dent, own and operate the Mans
field Journal.
Samuel Horvitz testified last
March he had opportunities to
buy WEOL and the Lorain Sunday
News, a weekly, but turned them
down.
The order would require the
Journal, within Is days after the
judges signature, to advertise
terms Of the judgment In a news
paper once week for IS weeks.
The company also would be
obliged to maintain all books, rec
ords. correspondence and memo
randa pertaining to the judgment
for five years. Justice Department
officials could examine these rec
ords at any time,
Evening star., 1950-09-29

Mr.. Conner. 48, Of 719 North
Jackson street. Arlington, Va.
succeeds Irving Cooper, who took
over ais director at the same time
Evening star., 1950-09-29
Conner Takes Office AS Probation Aide

Robert J. Conner was sworn in
as assistant director of probation
in ceremonies at Municipal Court
yesterday.
, 1950-02-15
LOOK and LEARN
by A. G. Gordon


l. How many teeth are there in
ones baby set, and in the adult
set?
2. What is the most important
factor of earth erosion?
8. What reutile spuirts blood
from its eyes?
4. Which is larger, the Mediter-
ranean Sea or the Cult Of Mexico?
5. In what famous short story
is the conclusion left to the read
er's Imagination?
Answers on back page
, 1950-02-15
NOTICE.

Effective February 20, 1850,
the price per case of all
N POINT
will be $40
per case, cash, and $3.50 credit.
Sandy Point Products.
Frederiksted
, 1950-02-15

CONGRESSIONAL COUNCIL 10Th ANNIVERSARY

OoONCAL III ANNIN EhSAh4
THE OBSERVANCE Of the Twentieth Anniversary Of
the Virgin Islands Congressional Council here on Monday
should have struck a note. Of pride and satisfaction mingled
with gratitude and satisfaction in the hearts of all citizens
as the Honorable James A. Bough, guests speaker, indicated
IN his opening remarks. to the gathering. 1t was one of the
few organizations which survived through twenty long wears,
either because or in spite Of the many difficulties which face
groups whose objective is to do good. Unfortunate as it might
sound, yet it is true that organizations are short-lived here,
and many are the ones that have made their appearance
only to fall by thewayside before long. Not SO, however, with.
the Christiansted Branch Number 2 of the Virgin Islands Con-
greSSional Council. So f-l
TTMAY BE WELL to look briefly at some of the causes
which have made possible the existence Of this organization
through twenty long yaers. To begin with, its. aims and obiec-
tives are sound and constructive. Then, following closely is the
memberships group of serious, outstanding citizens whose
determination to stand together cannot be shaken. Mere men
ton OF those who have served should be sufficient to make
our point clear. These have included Alfred Francis, president
Gustav Simmonds, vice president, Miss Sarah Dunbavin
treasurer, Miss Jessica Beckes, secretary, Mrs. ClotiIda Mar
tin, chaplain, and Alonza Browne, sergeant-at-ar1ns.
1T WAS TWENTY years ago that L. f. Harrigan, then
vicepresident Of the Virgin Islands Congressional Council in
New York, along with Mrs. RedaHa Matthews. second vice
president and Leander Holder, visited the Islands, conducted
pubic meetings throughwhich the general idea OF the organi-
zation was placed before the people. A small group was or
ganized in Frederiksted, known as Branch No. ], and one in
Chistiansted, known as Branch No. 2. After twenty years this
latter group, now grown larger, paraded proudly to St. johns
anglican. Church to hear a special sermon BY the Rev. Fthr.
Hubert Pigott, back to the Bandstand on the wharf for the
open ali. ceremonies, later congregating in their hall for al
luncheon in honor to their special guests. It should not be-
anss to mention here that this branch Of the Congressional
Council, through foresight, diligence and thrift can boast
ownership of the hall which bears its name.
H AVIS takes pleasure in extending congratulations to-
, 1950-02-15
OF FIl9AL ~AccoUNTING.

Pursuant to an Order of the District Court Of the Virgin
Islands dated January 6, 1850, the undersigned Adninistra-
trix, c. 7. A. hereby gives notice that she will render her
Final Account in the above entitled. estate at 1000 a. m. on
February %, 1850, at the Office of the Clerk, in Christian
sted. Anyone having objections thereto should then and there
show cause why said accounting should not be approved.
Dated: January IL, 1850.
William F. Moorhead BerYl E. Hansen
Attorney Administrators, {. T A.
Evening star., 1950-06-07
Mrs. Strong

Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong certainly was one
of the great women of her time. She possessed
a keen, ncisive intelligence which in itself was
noteworthy. More important however, was the
gentleness of her spirit and the essential kindli-
ness of her heart.
The number of her benefactions went beyond
reckoning yet Mrs. Strong personally directed
and managed many Of them. Knowing by expert
ence the value of money, she gave with due
consideration of the efficacy of her gifts. When
ever opportunity afforded she taught young men
and women the lessons of thrift, instructing them
not only in the conservation of their finances
but also in the wise employment Of their energies
and talents. She endowed education particularly
because she believed, as the Greeks did, that
knowledge is power in application to human
problems. Her contributions to George WASH
ington University were noble offerings, and the
same observation may be made with regard
to Rochester University, Keuka Salem and
Rollins Colleges and other schools. But she
gave likewise in terms of hundreds of individual
scholarships scattered all over the world
Mrs. Strong in her own idealism was close
to the Moravians. Their simplicity appealed to
her, their earnestness pleased her. In recent
years, she had spent many months among them
and it was among them that, long sick, she
finally found rest. Here in Washington she long
will be remembered as a neighbor and friend
If she is to have formal monument it should
be inscribed with a sentiment which she fire.
quently quoted with approval: "To preserve our
democracy, we must improve it."
Evening star., 1950-06-07

Supreme Courts California decision. The presi-
dent vetoed the bill and his action stood. Some
other attempts along the same line are pending
Doubtless they will be pushed now with new
vigor. The Supreme Court gave the Government
and the States affected until September Is to
submit DEGREES carrying the opinion into effect
In the California case, an endless array of testi-
mony on such collateral questions as where the
low-water mark should be set and the marginal
seas begin is in process Of being taken before
Special Master named by the Supreme Court
Future generations of Americans even more
accustomed than we are now to the inevitable
expansion of central Government will doubtless
applaud decision which gives them all part
ownership in the riches that may lie buried under
the marginal seas. When the needs for orderly
conservation of oil resources become more visible
than they are now, the wisdom of the decision
may become more generally accepted. But for
the next few years, at least, California, Texas
and Louisiana will be fighting rear-guard action
on the line of States rights, with most of the
other States joining them on the principle of
hanging together.
Evening star., 1950-06-07
Can They Really Tell When You're Lying?

worked very well indeed and scored some
dramatic successes In the field Of crime
detection. Until his death last year. ne
did o thriving business In Chicago by
hiring out his machines and his services
to banks and other business establish
ments interested In keeping tabs on the
honesty of their employees. He claimed
a high percentage Of accuracy for the
polygraph in catching the guilty and
clearing the innocent-a record that
ranged upwards Of 90 per cent.
Other polygraph experts have denied
any such accuracy for the machine. The
FBI. for instance. has one Of them ''for
experimental purposes" but considers it
too unreliable for use In the kind Of
cases it handles.
Police departments, WaShingtons in
cluded. have no such qualms about the
polygraph. Hardbitten detectives know
that the record Of the machine Itself
which can't be used In court ANYWAYS
often secondary to its psychological ef-
feet on q suspect.
In the recent double murder here at
the Lansburgh Department Store. homl-
eide squad detectives took turns ques-
tioning William A. Tyler for hours be-
fore it was decided to test him with
the polygraph. After that it was q mat
ter of only a few minutes before they
had q statement from the suspect, ad-
mitting the stabbing of the two guards
It was brought out later that, in fact,
not one question had been asked while
Tyler was attached to the machine.
Police are aware Of the polygraph's
Evening star., 1950-06-07

disappointed when the device became
generally known as the lie detector.
Most people think the idea of a lie
detector is just about the latest thing
in the business of crime detection. Ac-
tually, it's older than the rubber hose
Three thousand years ago, the Chinese
used to feed a suspect rice powder. If
he could work up enough saliva to swal-
low it. he was innocent. # he couldn't,
he was a goner.
More complicated and probably more
accurate, but based on the same prin-
ciple. Keeler's lie box has been making
splashes in the crime news since 1t
was developed in the 1920s.
The 1850 model Of the polygraph is
60-pound portable" box filled with q
mass of electrical and mechanical ap-
paratus. Attached to the box is an in
f1atable rubber tube like the kind used
by doctors to measure blood pressure; a
corrugated hose that goes around the
chest of the subject to measure the rate
and depth Of his breathing, and cou-
pie of small electrodes which, attached
to the subjects hand, will measure the
activity of his sweat glands. The in
formation taken down by all these in
struments Is recorded by automatic pens
on a moving chart.
The theory Of the lie detector. like the
theory Of trial-by-rice-e eating. is that a
man who is lying Is more nervous than
a man who is telling the truth, and that
subconscious physical reactions to this
nervousness can't be controlled. 1t cap
italics on all the old cliches about
Evening star., 1950-06-07

"bated breath" and "cold sweats," and
hearts standing still"
A suspect to be given Q lie detector
test Is taken to O quiet room where he
can be alone with the operator. who has
figured out his list of questions ahead
of time. All the questions are phrased
so that they can be answered with q
simple "yes" or no
Before the machine Is hooked up, the
operator may read over the list of ques-
tons to the suspect. just to let him know
what he's in for. Some Of the questions
are completely innocent. Others are
loaded. The suspect who knows what's
coming will start building up tensions
before the loaded question Is popped. The
lines on the graph will record this ten
sion. reaching peak when the question
finally comes and dropping of suddenly
afterward.
One favored method Of questioning is
to ask key questions that will produce q
reaction in guilty man and leave an
innocence one unaffected. For instance.
Evening star., 1950-06-07

BIRD brains are really marvellous" says
r. D. of Arlington. Otherwise how did
a young robin who had been flying about
q week learn to come to my second-story
window and tap on the glass when there
were no raiSins there?
''I am obliged to put out supply at
bedtime so that the tapping does not
start too soon in the morning. A pair
of mockingbirds with nest nearby have
been fed all spring at the same window.
TN fact, the male had his free board
all winter and I was glad when he
brought his mate to the window this
spring and further repaid me by building
nearby.
TN the back yard is a feeding station
for all the grain eaters. Yes. we have q
blue jay family. Papa, mama, and three
young ones. All big and beautiful and
squawking with Joy.
From q nest high in treetop have
come forth two baby squirrels. Already
they have learned to lick peanut butter
from a cracker. The cracker is then
dropped, and soon a jay swoops down for
that. Good combination. no waste.
IT could go on indefinitely about the
colorful cardinals, the towhees, titmice.
sparrows and all the rest, but this sample
will give some indication as to how for
tunate am to have all this entertain
ment in return for small investment in
the foods the animals like
H. B. of Brandywine, Nd, writes:
Although not an experienced bird
watcher, was able to see something to-
day which. am told. is very rare, and on
]. its way to extinction
"A bird the size Of q small owl few