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Evening star., 1950-06-24
By Cosoor Nonnes

The Takoma Park Presbyterian
Church congregation will have
cornerstone laying at noon tomor-
row for it's new $225,000 educa-
Evening star., 1950-06-24

appears in sew
eral churches
tomorrow. DR..
Boegner is one
Ct the presi-
dents Of tn Q
World Council
Of Chur C h e S
a n d is presi-
dent Of the Nc
tional Council
of the .~efn- =
ed Church of
France.
At II am he
will share the
plIlpit of the
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Chevy Chase Baptist

The last message of the series
on THE Prophet jeremiah" will
be given at the Chevy Chase Bap-
tist Church tomorrow at II am.
by DR.. Edward o. Clark. It will
be entitled: Jeremiah and Jesus. ~
Miss May Haslacker will tell a
story-sermon to the Junior con-
gregation.
Evening star., 1950-06-24

Ghrthtailrlrhtan
cHRlSTADElPHlAN CHAPEL
~? Webster St NV. Public Invited
:. 5. t0Ih AM. Service, ll:In An.
'Christadelphian Ecclesia
1919 oth 81, NV Srd Fl Public invited
S S, 10 am Service, IL am.
Evening star., 1950-06-24
Rev. Frank BIuckweIder
To Observe Anniversary

The Rev. Frank Blackwelder,
rector, All Souls Memorial Epis-
copal Church. has as his topic on
Sunday, Fifteen Years in the
Christian Ministry" to mark the
fifteenth anniversary of his Or
dination.
Mr.. Blackwelder was ordained
by Bishop Henry j. Mikell in St.
Georges Episcopal Church, Griffin,
Ga. June 80, 1885. He has been
at All Souls since 1948, having
previously served six years at St.
Simons, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-04-05
Negro Firemen Win
Seniority Suit
In Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. LAMP
Negro firemen barred from the
white Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen won a
seniority rights suit here last week
when Federal Judge Clarence Null
Inns ruled against contract be-
tween the union and the Gulf,
Mobile and Ohio Railroad.
Judge Mullins said the present
contract does not properly repre-
sent the Negro firemen.
The case reached the federal
court when three firemen sued
both the railroad and the union
charging that they had been de-
MED their seniority rights by being
classed as "unpromotable" in the
agreement. Under this classified
ton they were not eligible for pro-
motion from fireman to engineer.
In his ruling the judge indicated
he would enjoin the union from
enforcing its present contract I'm
sofar as it deprives Negro railroad
firemen of their seniority rights. /"
Judge Mullins added that he was
not satisfied as to whether or not
the railroad was involved in any
conspiracy as charged.
Attorneys representing the fire.
men were Jerome Cooper and
Hugo L. Black, Jr,, son of the
u. S. Supreme Court Justice
Frakn Davies and Charles Turner
represented the railroad. James
A. Simpson and Ralph NJ. Hoyt,
special counsel from Milwaukee,
represented the brotherhood.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-04-05
LAST TO BE HIRED,
FIRST TO BE FIRED
By David j. Rethea

NEW YORK = (Atlas) = Jim
Crow is a dangerous old boy in
any economic set-up. and the
amusement world is not escaping
the results of it. If the present
business slump is affecting niteries
and other branches of show bust
ness, the spots always hardest
tapped are those who draw Negro
trade.
Atlas News Service spoke to a
number of mite club owners,
though none of them wish to talk
outright about the problem of the
business striking the hardest at
the Negro, it is a known fact that
such hot spots as Birdland and
Bop City are finding the going
tough these days. These spots
cater to both white and Negro
customers, and employ top-notch
bands and performers.
During the last forty days of
Lent, which is always a dull sea-
son along the main show stems of
dig cities, business has slumped
to a new low, and the Negro has
felt it more than anyone else.
Many of the big named bands
have had to cut down to small
combos. There are more musicians
in New York today than you can
shake a stick at. Not that the
white performer is not denied by
the slump, it is that he is the last
to go. and the first to be hired,
whether it is a club or theatre.
And it is all because of that old
boy" we call Jim Crow.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-04-05
Army Orders Recruit
ing of "Quolified"
Sons Color Race Bar

WASHINGTON - (ANP) -
The third link in the chain to-
ward complete indignation of Ne
groes into the army was forged
here last Saturday when a tele-
type order from Army Secretary
Gordon Gray. ordering the removal
of all racial quotas, went into eff
feet The message, signed by
Adjutant General Witsell, was
dispatched to the commanders of
the IL major army areas.
Dated March 81, it read in part:
Effective with the month of
April, all enlistments in the army
within overall recruiting quotas will
be open to qualified applicants
without regard to race or color"
The April male recruiting quota
is 1O,O51.
AS it presently stands, the army
has opened training schools to all
qualified personnel, an action
taken last fall; and revised its
utilization policy, permitting Ne
gro technical personnel to be as
signed to overhead units wherever
vacancies occur The latter move
was made last January Is.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-04-05
Oscar Ewing Donates
Aword To Needy
Students

WASHINGTON - amp -
The $1,000 which was recently
awarded to Federal Security Ad-
ministration Oscar r. Ewing by
the Sidney Hillman foundation for
meritorious public service, has
been presented to a loan fund
which Mr.. Ewing will donate for
assistance of law students.
The administrator was honored
for his fight for human beings,
for civil rights, broader social
security and national health in
surance. Mr.. Ewing, who was not
born with a silver spoon in his
mouth and who became a highly
successful lawyer, expressed his
philosophy in his acceptance
speech when he said, I'VE do not
want to hand life on a silver plat
ter to every newborn child in
America it would not be a
good thing if it could be done.
But we do want to make sure
that every person in the United
States is given a fair chance-a
fair chance at education, a fair
chance at health, fair chance to
enjoy his declining years, a fair
chance to keep his home together
in times of economic distress"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-04-05
AUGUSTA. GA. TO JOIN LIST OF CITIES
IN SOUTH WITH NEGRO COPS

AUGUSTA, Ga.-(ANP) = The
trend toward employing Negroes
as policemen in southern cities
received another convert here last
week when the city councils
finance committee decided to en-
ploy six Negro officers late in
1850 on a special probationary
period of one year. The plan, which
goes before the full council for
approval. has the blessings of the
city civil service commission.
The civil service board had petit
toned the council for funds to hire
Negro policemen to reduce the
incidence of ernie and juvenile
delinquency among Negroes in the
CITY. The board said this action
had been recommended by the last
two grand juries and by leading
Negro citizens. They pointed out
that the use of Negroes in other
cities had worked well.
The committee agreed, but with
some reservations. First, they
asked extension of the present
probationary period in the civil
service law from six months to a
year Currently the law provides
only six months probation for
policemen before trey become reg
ulars and subject to the tenure
act. City employees not usder civil
service must work a year before
gaining rights under the tenure
act.
Both the committee and COM
missioners will petition the 1851
state legislature to extend the
probationary period to one year.
If the system, as far as Negro
policemen are concerned, does not
work out satisfactorily, it will be
abolished before the one-year per-
iod expires. If the plan is begun in
October, it will give the legislature
time to act on the proposal before
the six-month period expires.
No motorized equipment will be
used by the Negro officers. They
will be assigned to walking duty
only and in Negro areas. They will
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-04-05
$4,000 SWEEPSTAKES WINNER
LED MERRY CHASE

BROOKLYN, N. Y. - CAMP
Life has become like a merry go
round for Henry v. Watkins, SUBJ
way conductor, since he won $70.-
900 on his ticket on the favorite,
Freebooter, in the Irish sweep
stakes.
Happy in his newly acquired
riches, but quite upset by poster
ings of individuals seeking to get
in on the money, he has been al
most afraid to come home from
his job.
When caught slipping into his
home on the upper floor of a three
story tenement in the heart of
Brooklyn, he was reluctant to re-
veal any of his future plans to a
representative of the Associated
Negro Press. He did say that he
intends to at least get a decent
place to live, but other than that,
plans to continue on his job.
Watkins, a World War II veter-
an who was in the European cam
paign, is 81 years old and single.
He resides with his mother and
father, two sisters and a brother
He will receive approximately $685.
900 after taxes when his check is
delivered about two weeks hence.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-04-05
HARLEM FIRE VICTIMS
SHARE HOMES WITH WHITES
IN STYVESANT TOWN
H. ux,aIx,,. I1Iai,a
By Evelyn Plains

NEY YORK - (Atlas) - The
fight against Jim Crow in styves-
ant Town, giant Metropolitan
Housing project in lower Manhat-
tan, as well as in other sections
of New York City, took on new
Importance last week when white
tenants in the project opened their
doors to thirty of the eighty fami-
lies out of 120 stranded last Mon
day morning when fire destroyed
three tenement houses.
Members of the Town and Viii
lage committee to end discrimina-
ton in the city is giving the fire
victims temporary shelter urfe
the city can provide homes f
them. More than that, a commi
tee of tenants in the project, CO.
lected clothing and funds to al,
them.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-04-05
Conviction of Com
n1unist Leaders
Upheld by Court

The UNFOLDING of the so-called
contempt conviction of the Com
munist leader who challenged both
Congressman Rankin's right to sit
in Congress and the denial of the
vote to millions of Southern Neg
roes 'fs part of a pattern to stop
the fight for civil rights for the
Negro people,. William L. Patter-
son, Executive Secretary of the
Civil Rights Congress has charged.
The Communist leader, Eugene
Dennis, General Secretary of the
Communist Party, refused to APP
pear before the Un-American Com
mittee in April, 1947, charging that
the composition of the committee
was contrary to law in that a
member, John q. Rankin of Miss
issippi, is not a legally elected
member of the House.
Dennis explained that because
of its conspiracy to deprive Ne
groes of the vote, the State of
Mississippi is not entitled to seven
seats in the House under the 14th
Amendment and that therefore,
the tenure of Rankin is unlawful.
The statement by the Civil
Rights Congress, issued by Will
lam L. Patterson, Executive Sec
rotary, stated:
by upholding the so-called
contempt conviction of Eugene
Dennis, the Truman-appointed
Supreme Court is attempting to
take reprisal on the Communist
leader for challenging not only
Rankin's right to sit in Congress
but the whole Dixiecrat denial of
the vote to millions of disfranch-
Used Negroes in the South.
1.-The Dennis decision, written by
Truman's newest appointee to the
Supreme Court, serves as addition
al proof to the Negro people, that
dependence on a Truman Court has
become tantamount to- dependence
on a Rankin.
Added to the betrayal of FEPC
and the Civil Rights program, this
decision once again confirms the
acknowledgements alliance of the
Truman Administration, the Rep
ublicans and the Dixiecrats against
the Negro people.
The Negro people, and their
millions of progressive White allies
will answer all these betrayals by
insisting on cloture in the Senate
FEPC battle, and by helping to de-
feat the Mundt Bill, which is de-
signed to make the fight for civil
rights 'subversive' y.
Mr.. Patterson called for letters
to the Supreme Court asking re-
hearing on the Dennis case, and in
classification of pressure on all us
Senators for cloture on FEPC anc
for rejection of the Mundt Bill.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-04-05
THE POPULAR
INTERNATIONAL"

The popular international
smorgasbord' dinner introduced
last year as a feature of the an
nual meeting of the jackson Street
Community Council will be repeat
ed again this year at the business
meeting of the organization to be
held at the Buddhist Auditorium,
1927 Main Street, on Thursday
evening, April 81.
The dinner menu which created
great deal of interest last year
both in this area and throughout
the city, will include, Chinese, Fill
Pine, Japanese, Jewish and South
ern cooking, planned under the
supervision of a trained dietitian
SO that the food will blend into a
tasty and well-balanced meal.
Some of the more popular dishes,
such as tempura Japanese fried
shrimp, southern corn bread, and
apple strudel will be repeated by
request otherwise, the menu
will consist of a new selection to
provide variety and an opportunity
for guests to sample other types
of food.
In addition to the dinner the
program will include election of
Council officers, main speaker,
awarding of trophies to the Win
ners of the Council basketball and
softball leagues, and the presenta-
ton of the Chairman's Award for
Outstanding Community Service
to the Man of the Year."
Tickets, which sell for only 81
per plate, are now on sale and
may be purchased at the Council
office, Ala 9Th Ave. So, or from
members of the Board of Trustees.
Deadline for the sale of tickets
will be Monday, April "a, to allow
time for the volunteers who pre-
pare the food to determine how
many guests will be served and to
purchase accordingly.
The meeting is open to the pub
lie, but persons desiring tickets are
urged to secure theirs well in
advance of the deadline. Last
year we served 285 people. but
more than $50 We're turned away
because of lack of space" Mrs
Ruth Manca, executive secretary
OF the Council, said. I'VE are hold.
ing the dinner at the Buddhist
Auditorium this year to accom-.
'nodate a larger crowd, but even
SO we can serve only 400. The
safest way to be sure you get a
ticket is to buy yours early"
Yoshito Fujii is chairman OF
the Annual Meeting committee
and is assisted by Mrs. DAME
Burse, in charge of the Dime,
preparation; Rev. P. ]. Daba, in
charge of tickets: Don Chinn. anc
Arthur Solomon. Serving on the
dinner committee with Mrs. Burse
are the Mesdames James Matsuo.
ka, Yoshito Fujii, James Graves
U. u. Graves, P. J. Daba, r. j
Aronson, and Samuel Candiotti
Mrs. Robert Chinn, also a membe,
OF the committee, will be unable
TO serve since she has been called
10 California because of illness ir
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-04-05
Sorry Ethel Waters Did Not
Win Academy Award


This years Academy Award
program at the Pantages theatre
was the greatest of all the years.
but we were disappointed because
Ethel Waters did not win an
award for her supporting role in
"Pinky." In fact Jeanne CRANE
and Ethel Barrymore, also of
"Pinky," lost out in bids for
awards.
1t was $50 near and yet so far"
for Miss Waters, who rose from a
spot at a small cafe in Chicago
to become a great singing star and
later a great actress both on the
stage and screen
A crowd of 1000 people jammed
the inside of the theatre, and more
thousands sat in temporary stands
or stood up to peer at the CLAM
orous stars who passed in review
before them as they entered. Many
colored movie fans were among
the spectators.
"All the Kings Men" took most
of the major awards-being de-
clared the best picture of the year
with its star, Broderick Crawford,
voted the best actor and Mercedes
McCambridge, appearing in her
first movie role, the best sup
porting actress. Olivia DeHavi-
land for her work in "The Heiress"
voted the best actress, and Dean
Jaeger, in "12 O'Clock High" the
best supporting actor.
Your columnist attended the
fete with Miss Essie Mae Seabron,
his attractive, smiling Girl Fri
day." who looked as glamorous as
the stars that night.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-04-05
FISK PRESIDENT APPOINTED
TO FOUNDATION BOARD

NEW YORK = (ANP)l - DR..
Charles s. johnson, president of
Fisk University, last week was
named to the board of trustees of
tne John Hay Whitney Founda-
ION. This foundation has been set
up to award grants to deserving
students of all races.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-04-05

not have authority to arrest white
persons. White squad car partols
will continue to cover the entire
city
The finance committee author
lied a sum of $4,000 to hire the
men and buy them uniforms. How
ever, the employment of the six
will depend upon the ability of
the commission to find applicants
to meet the requirements.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-04-05
GOSSIP OF THE
MOVIE LOTS
BY Harry evette

fdOIzL1 WOODf 1dlll. AM -
Hasty headlines say that beautiful
popular socialite favorite of the
musical and show crowd viii d.
vorce generous. but none too de-
sirable, hubby after exceptionally
huge pile of Easter finery and
jewelry has been safely delivered
and stashed away.
Herman Hill, out after 13 years
with Coast Courier, is said to be
headed for Sentinel, following J.
Robert Smith, with Smith going to
Watts Star-Review, owned by
much-indicted H. A. Howard.
Whisper from MGM says that
Lena Horne's stay ended partly be-
cause of alleged affiliations with
leftist groups while living here.
She is so accused because of ap-
pearance on same programs as
Caleb Peterson, John Howard Law
son, Rex Ingram, and others ac-
cused by the House un-American
activities committee. :.
Charges of playing too many
politics have been flung at the
Rev. Clayton d. Russell. He has
opened general political headquar-
tiers in spacious offices of the In
dependent Church of Christ built
up by the late Rev. N. P. Gregg.
Sugar Chile Robinson is slated to
appear in a new pic at Twentieth
Century Fox. !. George Jessel gave
screen test to the seven-year-old
daughter of Tex and Alice Thomas
| for a musical feature. Curtis
Mosby has moved to Frisco 70
operate a cabaret of his own.
Sarah Vaughn and her manager
husband, George Treadway, dined
at the home of Daryl F. zanuck,
head of Twentieth Century-Fox.
which may mean movie contract
for Sarah with the studio thai
made 'Pinky" and mo Way Out"
Real bop has stopped according
to Billy Eckstine in a radio inter-
view. Mr.. b. told the radio au-
dience from station KLAC that
bop has died out because it all
sounds alike now. Somebody will
have to create something new" he
told Johnny Grant, land right
now there are no pioneers" :.
This columnist is predicting an
early screen debut for Domita 10,
new personality gifted with a
beautiful voice. She has been held
over by popular demand at the
Club Oasis. The films need some
one like her.
Joyce Bryant, featured vocalist
at the Band Box, has done so well
that she has been signed to a To-
week contract. Her rendition of
Drunk With Love" is a top fav-
orite. lit was recently branded
vulgar by a critic or two when
sang at local theatre recently.
Other commitments await her at
Las Vegas.
A trip through four studios will
await the Walter Dix excursion of
1000 fans from Oakland to Los
Angeles to see the July 4 game
between the Oakland Oaks and
the LA. Angeles at Wrigley Field.
Here is a hello to the Levette
Movie Gossip club in New Orleans
and an invitation for members to
just send the mail man or come
in person to Harry Levette at 727
E. Second ST., Los Angeles, II,
C,a1if.....
Smyrna times., 1950-01-05
STOCKLEY HOME CHILDREN
HAVE BIG HOLIDAY SEASON

of the festivities. The Superintend-
ent, Howard T. Ennis, desires to
thank all of the many who contri-
buted. MIR. Clyde M. Spargo, of
Wilmington, a friend of the insti-
tuition and a member of the Com
mission, and Mrs. Spargo have Civ
en- television set together will all
installation costs to he used in the
auditorium. Another set and costs
of installation has been given by a
relative of a patient for use in the
infrmary. Both of these sets will
supplement the entertainment pro-
vided for the children. A third set,
which is available and offered by
a relative of a patient, presents a
problem. This set is offered to q
specific cottage, and while it is
most acceptable, installation is be-
ing withheld, possibly, until the
other cottages are provided for in
a like manner, since the policy OF
the Commission and the Superin.
tendent has been to avoid any form
of preferment among the cottages
or the patients.
Smyrna times., 1950-01-05
INSURANCE HEAD HERE

William j. Parry, Jr., Philadelphia
Insurance Executive, Visits Mother
William ]. Parry, Jr., of Delan-
co, New Jersey, assistant secretary
of Daniel J. Walsh and Sons, an
insurance organization in Philadel-
phia, and manager of the life, ac-
cident and group department of
that company, was the guest of his
mother and Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan
Parry, last week. Mr.. Parry spec
ializes in pension planning and has
been instrumental in the design of
pension plans for many national
organizations. He has been presi-
dent of the Accident and Health
Association of Philadelphia and
was responsible for the promotion
in the building of that group while
its president and chairman of the
membership committee. He is now
a director of that organization.
Mr.. Parry is an active member of
the Executive Association of Phil
adelphia and predicts a bright out
look in the field of pension plan
ming programs.
Smyrna times., 1950-01-05
SAILORS IN AUTO MIsHAP
Five Sailors From Chincoteague,
Va. Naval Base Injured Near Here

Five Sailors From Chincoteague,
Va. Naval Base Injured Near Here
Five sailors from the Chinco-
league, Va, naval base were in
jured Monday in a crash one-half
mile south of Smyrna, when the
car in which they were riding
struck a tree. The most seriously
injured was the operator of the
car, William E. Worthing, p, of
Flint, Michigan, who suffered a
possible fractured skull and sever
al decorations of the scalp. Donald
Kritzberger, 21, home address un-
known, suffered a fractured leg.
The other three passengers, Don
aid Owens, 81, High Point, N. c.;
Donald Rinthin, 10, Cincinnati, o.;
and Albert Brown, 26, Lexington,
KY, all suffered lacerations and
abrasions. The injured were taken
to the Kent General Hospital, Dow
er, for treatment, in the American
Legion ambulance.
Smyrna times., 1950-01-05
TO ADDRESS
CENTURY CLUB
VIM. Kruchen, Town Council
man, to Outline Plans for
Town Improvement
CLUB CHORUS MEETING

The first meeting of the new
year will be held on Friday, Janu-
ary 13, by the Twentieth Century
Club at 2:30 pm. The speaker will
be William Kruchen, member of
Smyrna Town Council, who will
outline plans for improvement in
the town of Smyrna during 1850.
Following his talk an informal dis
cussion will be held on civic mat
ters, in which members of the club
may take part. A business session
will start at 2:30 pm. presided
over by the president, Mrs Joseph
Ennis, and Mr.. Kruchen's talk is
scheduled for 3 pm. Preceding the
business session, meeting of the
proposed club chorus will be held
at 1:30 pm. under the direction of
Mrs. Carl Wright. Prospective
members of the chorus are urged
to be present at that time. The
program which was arranged by
Mrs. Ralph Lange, will also include
the reading of poems. Tea will be
served. Mrs. Grover King is the
hostess for the month of January