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The Nome nugget., 1950-08-04
High And Low
 Mourn Passing Of Capt. A. E.. Lathrop

SEATTLE, (P)-The people Of the Pacific Northwest-the bar Der and the banker, the industri- alist and the housewife, the law yer and the janitor-paid final tribute yesterday to Austin E. Lathrop, an Alaskan who was one of them.
 They came from all walks of life, and from far places, and si- lently and reverently filed past his casket to say their goodbyes to man wh had made his fortune, and had made history, as an in- dustrial builder in Alaska.
 Then Gap" Lathrop, who had died in an accident July 26 while working at his coal mine at Sun trana, was laid to rest in a grove of dogwood and fir trees at For est lawn cemetery beside his par ents and two sisters.
 The service, which had been transferred from a funeral home to Seattle's big First Methodist Church because of the number of people who wanted to attend, was impressive in its simplicity.
 The more than 600 persons gathered in the church in the city in which Austin Lathrop started his almost legendary career 61 years ago, heard him eulogized by the Rev. Cyrus E. Albertson as a man of courage and of daring, who had that most important of all things-"Faith in himself, in the future of this great section of the continent, and in his God"
 "The development of this great Northwest and of the great north land has been led by men of faith," he said. "All these years, Austin E. Lathrop, with countless others, have had faith that this was the land of tomorrow"
 These friends, some of whom had pioneered with the big,gray- haired kindly man in Valdez, in Cordova, in Anchorage and in Fairbanks, also heard it said that Alaska has never known a greater sorrow of its own. And even the years and the passage of time will find hardship in replacing his loss, and softening the sorrows we ex- perience here today"
 The service was the second held for Gap" Lathrop. Hundreds had jammed the Empress Theater in Fairbanks for a memorial serv- i've last Sunday.
 Gap" lay in a big, bronze cas- ket at the foot of the altar. Par
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The Nome nugget., 1950-08-04
ISRAEL TESTS
 AIR RAID SIRENS

JERUSALEM. (P)-Israeli au- thorities are testing Jerusalem's air raid sirens. Police clear the streets when the warning blast goes and require all Israelis to re- main indoors until the "all clear' is sounded.
The Nome nugget., 1950-08-04

SEATTLE, P)-The CIO Ma rine Cooks and Stewards Union officials agreed to provide stew ards for the steamship Alaska and to permit the screening of men by the Coast Guard security officers ended the stalemate which de- layed the sailing of the vessel for more than "A hours. The vessel is rescheduled to sail at 200 pm. today. The agreement worked out with union officials from San Francisco not ,only agrees to the screening, but provides the union will furnish replacements for any men not approved by the Coast Guard.
The Nome nugget., 1950-08-04
Showdown Battle For Alaska Steam And Cooks

SEATTLE, (P) - A probable showdown loomed today for the Alaska Steamship Company and 65 member sof the CIO-Marine Cooks and Stewards Union fired by the company yesterday for re-
The Nome nugget., 1950-08-04
Korean Situation At A Glance -..
Thursday. August 3. 1850 CBy The Associated PreSS)

Newly arrived U. s. Marine and Second Division Army reinforce ments pushed into the front areas in Korea today to use 4715-ton Pershing tanks in the showdown battle.
 The front had Shrunk as much as 18 miles in places as a result of a general three-day Allied re- treat to shorten lines until the time for a counter-offensive.
 Heavy North Korean artillery fire began falling on the main north-south road east of the Nak- tong River at a point only 14 miles southwest of Taegu, .. now the chief inland defense hub.
 The Naktong, the main new de- fense line, flows north and south to withi ma few miles of the south coast where it swings sharply east through swamps and rice paddles to within five miles of Pusan, the Allied base port.
 In that coastal gap before Pu- san 24th Division infantry and tanks still held heights they seized yesteray in bloody counterat- tack within 40 miles west of Pu- san.
 Two Red divisions supported by half of a third still smashed at American positions in that sector with mortar, artillery and infan- try tanks.
 An American infantry -observa- ton force surprised the Reds by penetrating almost to Chinju, 55 miles west of Pusan, fought a roaring road battle and returned with information that the com- munists were building up for a big attack in the area.
 The only other actual fighting reported anywhere on the front was at Yongdok at the opposite end of the line on the east coast 90 miles north of Pusan. The Third South Korean Divi- sion was still attacking there after driving the Reds three miles north of that town battered to bits by navy guns.
 However, a communiue from Eighth Army headquarters in Ko- req said considerable North Ko- eran troop movements were ob- served in the central sector where the U. s. First Cavalry Division withdrew from fire-gutted Kum- chon Wednesday.
 The French government was re- ported debating whether to send a battalion of troops to fight un- der the U. N. flag in Korea. She has to defend Indochina, however.
 For the second successive day Chinese Nationalist warplanes set off from Formosa apparently for targets on the communist main land. The Nationalists resumed air activity after a visit to Gener- alissimo Chiang Kai-Shek by Gen. Douglas MacArthur. V. K. We'll ington Koo, Nationalist ambassa- dor to Washington, said MacAr- thurs visit was a possible step toward ending the naturalization of Formosa which President Tru- man sought when he ordered American military aid to South Korea.
The Nome nugget., 1950-08-04

fusal to undergo a security check. The scheduled sailing of the steamship Alaska this morning
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Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10
Texas Law Suit Questions Legality
Of Sections Of Gi|mer Aiken Law

Lubbock, Textile consttutionalty of certain sections of the new
Gilmer-Aiken school law of Texas, passed in the last session of the
legislature, is the chief question Federal Judge Joseph B. Dooley
of Amarillo will be asked to decide in a lawsuit brought here by ten
Lubbock Negro parents against the local school board.
The petition in the suit, filed here Wednesday, alleges that Negro
children are being Disseminated against in many ways including
transportation, accessibility of schools and curriculum. But mainly the
emphasis Is on provisions of the Gilmer- Aiken law which provide that
children attending large schools (Which most white schools ar) re-
ceive special services such as home counselors, visiting teachers, etc
that are denied children attending smaller schools (Which most Ne
gro schools are) Says the petition
plaintiffs say that defendants and each of them have provided
in the past, are now providing and threaten to continue to provide
unless restrained by the Court, certain special teachers and Or Spec
la services-for the use and benefit of white pupils under their sup
ervision and control in the city of Lubbock and the Lubbock hide
pendants for Negro pupils under their supervision and control be-
cause of the race and color of these plaintiffs and other Negro per-
sons similarly situated"
elimination against Negro pupils, the petition asserts, is the Glmer-
Aiken law, set down in the Texas code as Article 1926, Section 10 Of
the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas.
In conclusion, the petitions asked the Court to center a permanent
injunction forever restraining the plaintiffs from further practicing
discrimination against Negro children in Lubbock and also that "l
or % much of Section 10 of Article 1922 of the Revised Civil Statutes of
Texas as permits defendants to discriminate against these plaintiffs
and other Negro pupils under their control in providing education ia
cLites, opportunities, privileges and advantages for all pupils under
their control be declared unconstitutional and void"
Plaintiffs in the case, all of Lubbock, are Mrs Addie B Butler. Joe
Henry Carroll, Sherman T. Dedrck, Thomas Edwards, Charlie r. john
son, Henry c. Moxey, Samuel H Moxey, Robert L. Scott, Lawyer Terry
and Rev. l. M Woodland Named as defendants were r. W. Matthews.
Superintendent of Schools, and all members of the Board of Trustees
OF the Lubbock Independent School District.
Lawyers for plaintiffs are u. Simpson Tate, NAACp Regional
special Counsel and C. B Bunkey, il. both of Dallas. The cast has
not been set for trial, but the spring term Of Judge Dooleys court the
Federal Northern District Of Texas. opens in May.
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10

kins congratulated the officers,
members and friends of the local
NAACP for their "tireless efforts
in bringing about the indignation
of Negro and white pupils, which
began this week. The Board of Ed
ucation recently voted to abandon
the segregation policy rather than
lose $685., $3.50 a year in state aid,
which. under the law, would be
denied if the local board continue
ed racial segregation.
THE fact that the integration-
took place quietly, effectively. and
without incident" Mr.. wilkins said
in his wire, serve as a hearten-
ing example to timid souls who
claim to be fearful that to end
Jim Crow is to encourage racial
tension and violence. The citizens
of E. st. Louis, Negro and white,
are to be highly commended for
a perfect demonstration of Amefi-
can democracy in action"
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10
FEPC Can Still
Win In House Says
Naacp Secretary

Despite all the tricks and blum
ders of the past two weeks, it is
a well-known fact in Washington
that the FEPC bill can pass the
House and will do so within the
next month if the people will,
keep up pressure for passage.
This was the statement from
Roy Wilkins, acting secretary OF
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
and chairman Of the National
Emergency Civil Rights Mobiliza-
ton, to civil rights supporters a.
cross the nation.
All observers in the capital adj
NIT that FEPC can pass the House
he said. Even the southerners ad-
NIT this. The unfortunate fight
over discharge petitions between
Rep Franklin d. Roosevelt. Jr.
and Rep. Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr., has confused the public and
given some members Of Congress
an out, but the real chance Of
the bill have not been hurt too
badly"
Supporters Of civil rights should
ask their congressman 10 sign a
discharge petition for II. r. 4453.
the FEPC bill. Every device must
be used The important thing to
remember is that, all propaganda
TO the contrary, the bill Is not
lost We are nearer TO victory in
the House than appears from the
headlines, VIZ can win, but we
must not let up for a minute.
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10
Khan Attack Boosts
Naacp Says Secty.

New York-The Ku Klux Klan's
call for militant action" against
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
7eas today termed a compliment
the power and vigor of the
tACP's uncompromising fight a.
=lDiast organized bigotry" by Roy
wilkins, NAACP acting secretary.
The xxx call was issued from
Jacksonville, Fla, earlier this
week.
These fascists are on the rum"
Mr.. wilkins said. "The power of
the NAACP and other liberal or
CARNATIONS was demonstrated
through the National Emergency
Civil Rights Mobilization. The big
OTIS in the Khan know that public
opinion Is turning against them
and that the NAACP has been in
strumental in creating a new cli-
mate of opinion which will no
longer tolerate their lawlessness.
These gangsters could have paid
US no finer compliment than to
have singled us out as an object
of attack"
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10
vancement of Colored People

vancement of Colored People.
Mr.. Spingarn, who succeeded the
late Joel Z. Spingarn as president
OF the NAACP in December, 1889,
Is well known as a collector and
student of the writings of Negro
Americans. Books by Negro Au-
thors, l949," is the fourteenth an.
nual resume Of its kind prepared
by Mr.. Spingarn of The Crisis.
Also featured in The Crisis for
February r What One visi.
tor Discovered About the South"
by Otis W. Coan; "And Forbid
Them Not" an article abou, the
i%nterracial West Cincinnati. 81.
Barnabas Church, by Iris V.
Owens; "A Progress Report"
follow-up on the presentation of
q negro history course at the Col
lege Of Puget Sound, Washington,
by Ralph A. Johnston; and South
Africa and South West Africa" a
report on the doctrines of racial
supremacy in Africa. by Michael
Scott. .
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10
Naacp Gets $500
Membership From
Organization

New Orleans-Completion of
payment on a five hunderd dol
lar life membership in the Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People was made
this week by the National Council.
Knights Of Peter Clavcr.
Attorney A p, Tureaud, nation
al secretary Of the group, indicated
that the January issue Of the "Cla.
verite' carried notice of the life
membership TO ten thousand mem
bers Of the organization. and that
national officers have asked MEM
bers 10 cooperate and work with
the NAACP.
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10
Texan Made Field
Secretary Of
Southwest Naacp

Dallas-Mrs. Lula B. White.
Houston. has been employed as
Regional Field Secretary for the
duration of the Spring Nation
wide Membership Campaign, it
was announced here by Donald
Jones, regional secretary. The ap-
pointment, Jones said, was made
BY recent letter from Roy Wilkins,
national acting secretary.
Mrs. Whites duties will consist
Of organizing and directing MEM
bership campaigns from February
through June in many of the prin-
eipal cities of Louisiana, Arkansas
and Oklahoma. Mr.. Jones mean
while will also be engaged in
similar activity as will Mrs. J. E.
Craft Of Dallas. who will work in
Texas alone in the employ of and
direction Of the Texas State NAA
Cp. More than SO branches will
be given field service during the
campaigning period.
Mrs. White has had close asso-
citation with NAACP work for a
: mber Of years and Is eminently
? alified for her present assign
m mt. For six years, from ls43
until 1913. she was the successful
executive secretary Of the Hous-
ton Branch, and Is currently
chairman of the Southwest Region
NAACP Advisor Board, the body
which determines policy for the
five states comprising the region.
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10
Blasts jimcro In
Nations Capitol

Washington -(Atlas)-A first
hand report of Washington's cruel
discrimination a gainst Negroes is
offered by Howard Whitman ex-
pose of the appalling race discrim-
ination in our Nations capitol in
the Woman's Home Companion.
Whitman quotes from the pro-
posed bill by N. Y. Congressman,
Arthur G.. Klein to end segrega-
ton in the capitol, a bill which
appears TO have little or no chance
in passing. He gave a grim eye
view of the failure Of our States
men and Politicians to close the
gap between the principles Of de-
mocracy to worship God and to
say no to State, and say pre-
vailing practices In Washington to-
day materially impairs the lead
ership Of the u. S. in the cause Of
a Democratic World"
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10
Negro Addresses
Wisconsin j Grads

A Negro addressed a University
of Wisconsin graduating class for
the first time in its l02 year
history. when Freda DeKnight
was the principal speaker last
Thursday at the graduation ex-
ercises Of the Chefs School in
Memorial Union at Madison.
In making her address, Mrs. De-
Knight, food editor Of Ebony and
author Of Date With A DISH"
set a double precedent since the
occasion was also the first on
which a woman has been honor
speaker at the Chefs School.
Another Negro, Carson Gully, is
a member Of the faculty of the
University of Wisconsin Chefs
School of Commercial Dietetics.
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10

Housing Administration does not
have a policy of authorizing local
housing administrators to disre-
gard the law by requiring racial
segregation in housing projects
using funds administrated by your
agency" and concluded that fail
ure to issue these statements will
cause an 'unexplainable conflict
within the housing agencies of our
government
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10
Claudia Jones'


terra. All of these non-citzens have lived in the United States from
20 to IS years. Most Of them have American citizen families from
Wheh they would be forcibly separated. All of them have been ac-
tive in the labor and progressive movement.
Miss Jones has been active for a number of years in the fight
against jim Crow and for the rights of, the Negro people. She was
arrested for deportation on January 10, 1913, on the basis of her
membership in the Communist Party and released in $1,000 bail
Hearings were opened three times in her cas- and three times tho
government postponed them Subsequently, Miss Jones was called TO
the offices of the immigration and Naturalization Service and = do.
mand was made for increases in her bail from $1,000 TO 5000 with
which she was forced to comply.
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10
FLA Jim Crow Rule
Illegal Says Naaep
Senior Counsellor

Challenging the Public Housing
administrators announced Do
Hey Of permitting local housing
authorities to develop segregated
projects, Tburgood Marshall. MA
ACP special counsel, today wrote
to Commissioner John TAYLOR Er-
IN asserting that U. S. Supreme
Court decisions make IL clear
that no state Or federal agencv
-" require segregation in ho,,s.
Mr.. Marshall said that The
bic Housing Administration has
authority whatsoever TO gran.
TO local housing authorities the
power TO s~egregate in housing pro.
5ects."
Mr.. Marshall cited an Official
announcement by Lawrence N.
Bloomberg. PHA chief economis.
that under present in%terpreta-
ton of the Constitution by the
Supreme Court a local housing
authority may discharge the re
quirement Of equitable par,.cipa.
ton Of all racial groups by hous-
ing all families in the same pro-
sect, without regard to a or
by housing families Of different
races in separate projects"
This statement, Mr.. Marshall
said. rs in error-and in clear
conflict with the public policy of
the United States in regard to
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10

cording to an article on Negroes
at the midwestern Catholic school
appearing iii Ebony magazine.
In the past five years IL Ne
proes have entered Notre Dame,
the article states. Two of these
have been graduated, seven others
still attend and two have dropp-
ed out-one to become a priest
and the other because he was
drafted.
Ebony's writer declares that the
color bar was dropped at Notre
Dame as a result Of two pressures:
insistence by liberal Catholics"
on admission of Negroes, and the
wartime Navy viz educational
program under which the Navy
demanded that Negroes be ad-
mitted.
THE color barriers fell by the
wayside easily and smoothly at
the school," according to the ar
ticle. THE change in policy was
adopted by the student body over
night because, as one observer put
it, the esprit de corps of students
is stronger than any racial pre-
JUDGE they might bring with
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10
In East s.. Louis
School Hailed

The part played by the East st.
Louis. ILL.,, branch Of the Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People in bring
ing about the elimination of the
85-year-old z. ST. Louis school
segregation policy was hailed this
week by Acting NAACp Secre-
tary Roy wilkins.
In a telegram TO David Owens,
NAACP branch president, Mr.. Will
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10

d. ]. Wollis Is still on the sick
list The faculty and students of
the Sweet Home junior high
school are happy TO announce the
installation Of a new electric
pump...The female faculty Of the
Sweet Home school is preparing a
play, mot a Man in the House..
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10
MONTICELLO

Mr. and Mrs. N. l.. Dove had
as guest recently. Mrs. Matte
Woren Of Crossett. Mrs. weder
Foley has returned from the hos
pital James Wells passed re-
Gently. The Union singing conven-
ton was held at Pilgrim Rest.
Earnest Orr, president.
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10
PS

Mrs. Bernice Hamilton and Mrs.
Estella are on the sick list this
week President Robert II. Alex
ander Of Shorter college was In
the city last week Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Miller and daughter of Texas
visited friends and relatives here
last week. Mack Young spent
the day in Lewisville last Sunday.
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10
Crisis Features
Famous Authors

Forty-two books and thirty-two
pamphlets written in English by
Negro authors in l949 are listed
and summarized by Arthur b.
Spingarn in the February issue Of
The Crisis, official organ Of the
National Association for the Ad-
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10

New Horizon.
Jones Teen-Timers club was
guest OF honor. A delicious menu
was prepared and served by the
girls with Miss Marion Wallace,
Chairman of the refreshment
Committee.
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10

had a grand time at their Annual
Membership Banquet. In spite Of
the very bad weather more than
fifty teen-agc and Y-Teen adj
visers attended this lovely affair.
Miss Edna Douglas held the au-
dience spell-bound as she talked
so forcibly on 1880 Girls Face a
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10

SETTING PACE IN SOUTHWEST-Pine Bluff
Arkansas-The strong Arkansas AMIN bas-
ketball team is still setting the pace in the
Southwest conference. The five, strong con-
tenders for the championship this season, have
lost only two games, one to Wiley College and
one to Samuel Huston. The Arkansas lads
struck fast and hard here this weekend when
they defeated the Grambling college combina-
ton, IS to 70, and so to 81. The team has won
thirteen games and dropped three, counting
non-conferenee games. They take on the three
strongest five in the Southwest during the
February season when they meet Bishop Col
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10
No Prejudice At
Notre Dame Says
Ebony Magazine

Negroes are becoming a part of
the brotherhood and school pride
which has come to be known as
THE Spirit of Notre Dame" ac-
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10

them Negroes fresh on the "a,
pus were amazed by the Id
lack of prejudice"
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10
Asks Immediate Qualification

Mr.. Marshall called upon Mr..
Egan to issue Immediately "the
necessary public statements to
make il clear that the Public
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10

housing as set forth by the Solicit
tor General OF the United States
and adopted by the United States
Supreme Court"
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10

lege, February 10-11; Southern University
February IT'S, and Langston, February 20-21
Southern and Langston will play in Pine Bluff.
The game with Bishop will be played at Mar
shall, Texas. Left to right (front row M. AMOS
N. Tucker, V. Gaines, L.. Givens, A.. Gray, M.
Moyar, Second row, Coach Rowland Bernard,
+. Taylor, r. Rainer, F. Gipson, Captain; F.
Wiley, Jerry Jewel, and Football Coach Lamar
Allen. Back row: u. S. Grant, trainer; P. Ellis,
NJ. Jones, c. johnson, N. Shells, N. Massey, B.
Cunningham, A.. Nash, and L. Terrence,
trainer. -Foto by Adams.
Arkansas State press., 1950-02-10
AN ANNOUNCEMENT

4. Johnson of J0hnsOn's Barbe-
cue, 1920 West Eighth street, an
nounces that ii was necessary TO
close both his dining rooms last
Saturday and Sunday because of
lack of help. However, he is glad
to be able to state now that The
situation has been remedied and
the dining iC0ms back in service.
MIR. Johnson states that although
he has been In business e0ntinu-
Ously since 1914, he mad to close
his dining rooms for the first tiare
on last Saturday and Sunday.