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Evening star., 1951-11-18
Detroit:
By John McMonis
Detroit News Reporter

With Wayne County automobile
registrations pushing the million
mark, Detroit is experiencing a para
dox. Traffic is so bad the city's vehic-
ular death rate is going down.
There are so many cars and trucks
that few drivers will risk the dangers
of speeding. There are more accidents,
but cars involved are going slowly,
so fewer people die.
So many Detroit residents own
automobiles that even the recent two
month street car tie up failed to
bother the city. In fact, the street car
system has never regained the pa
tronage it had before the strike. The
majority Of men and women in this
motor capital of the world ride to
work by car. In the face of this traf-
fic volume there have been few things
done to ease the job of the driver.
Some help has come from one-way
streets. the banning of left turns off
main arteries, and restrictions on
parking. But streets have not been
widened and parking downtown re-
mains a problem.
Two depressed expressways, one
running north from the business Sec
ton to the city limits and the other
bisecting the city from east to west.
will alleviate the traffic situation
when they are completed-but this
will not be for at least five years.
The fastest means of transportation
in suburban Detroit Is railroad
line which goes out north. paralleling
Woodward avenue to Birmingham, Is
miles away. Trains bring passengers
into Detroit in half an hour. To cover
the same distance by automobile
takes 40 minutes, while buses or street
cars take more than an hour.
Because streets to the west are
narrow and heavily congested with
traffic to the Ford Motor Co. plants.
it takes nearly an hour to cover the
10 miles to- Dearborn. The few buses
which serve this area take even
longer.
The greatest requirements for cop
ing with Detroit traff1c are patience,
and an autoa pobile.
Evening star., 1951-11-18

populated at the turn Of the CEN
tury. Today nearly rs million peo-
pie live in the areas surrounding
that city.
The economy OF Los Angeles was
based, during the period of its
greatest growth, on the automobile,
and today there are literally almost
enough cars in the area-over 2 mil
lion-to create an unbreakable jam
If they all should take to the road at
once.
Meanwhile, Los Angeles, sitting in
the middle of vast plain, has ex-
panded until its city limits encom-
pass an area almost half as big as
Rhode Island. From north to south
it stretches As miles; from east to
west, 80 miles. It is a city of homes,
and as time goes on, homes get
shabbier and their occupants
poorer inside the city, as the more
prosperous families move out into
the county where taxes are lower
and there is less smog in the air.
Bumper-to-Bum
Living as much as 80 miles from
work, suburbanites have no choice
but to drive. New superhighways
through the canyons funnel their
autos into narrow downtown streets,
and from there on it is bumper-to-
bumper all the way-and no place
to park when they get there.
What, meanwhile, has been the
fate of downtown Los Angeles?
Never a very pretty section, it has
become progressively more crowded
and down -at-heel as the city's
growth has increased. Years ago,
shoppers began stunning the down.
town area because of the city's
three great lacks-of parking space,
of rapid transit that would make a
car unnecessary, and of room to
move around on foot.
The answer was Crenshaw,
great shopping center-a second
downtown" several miles from the
middle Of the city. This was prob
Evening star., 1951-11-18
Los Angeles Case

But Los Angeles is the outstanding
example of a city growing too big,
too fast and too late. In 1900, the
Southern California metropolis had
only 100000 residents. Today it has
2 million. Its hinterlands were un-
Evening star., 1951-11-18
Giigontisn

symptoms of gigantism in cities
the easiest to study and the easiest
to discuss, because they are the
most noticeable of the woes that
beset town that has grown too
big for its own health.
Other symptoms, while not so
obvious, are even more serious. Los
Angeles, built on what is essentially
desert, is chronically athirst for
more water, brought in aqueducts
from the Sierra Nevadas, hundreds
of miles away. New York counts
its Catskill water storage facilities
in the trillions of gallons. But
recently the city was hit by a water
famine of serious proportions and
long duration. The burgeoning
Gulf Coast of Texas, including
prosperous Houston and Galveston,
is in danger of ground-water con-
tamination because water is being
pumped too fast and the sea is
moving in underground. Philadel-
phia, sick of polluted water from
Schuylkill River, is making plans
to go far up the river for the water
no man and no city can lack and
survive.
In these days of fast motor
transport, city limits, county boun-
darieS and even State lines are
meaningless. Forty-five per cent
of the population of Metropolitan
Washington lives across State lines
from the central city. Most of
these 100000 people owe their live
lihood, directly or indirectly, to the
existence of the District of Colum-
bia, yet pay no taxes to the Capital
other than occasional incidental
levies such as sales taxes. This
situation has developed more rapid
ly in the last 10 years than in all the
previous years of Washington's
existence, and is increasing in
intensity as time goes on. 1t Is
another symptom of bigness-again,
one that is not yet critical here, but
serious nonetheless.
What happens when a precipl-
tate flight from the city" takes
place, as it has to alarming pro-
portions in Metropolitan Boston,
where two out of every three
''EostonianS" live outside the city
limits?
Hole In The Douehnut
The normal pattern is that those
who move to the suburbs are the
people who had contributed most
to the city in taxes and had re-
quired least in fire, police and pub
lie health services. They leave be-
hind less prosperous people, whose
demands for protection are greater
and whose ability to pay for pro-
lection is less. Carried to an ex-
treme-which has not yet occurred
anywhere in the United States
the central city would become pau
perized, a vast slum inclosing
central business district, with mer-
chants taxes so high they would be
hard put to conduct their business.
Many city planners have turned
Cassandra, crying that unless the
very faces of Americas large cities
are changed, these metropolises will
wither and die. Downtown Bos-
ton whose streets Qegend says orig
inally were cowpaths, is so unsuited
to modern motor traffic that the
city has been named the one "mo-
torists most want to avoid" Phila-
delphia merchants have warned
that the center of town is doomed
unless traffic is unsnarled. In New
York, one recent Christmastime, a
handful of motoring admirers of
Radio City's Christmas tree caused
traffic jam that took five hours to
unravel.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20
Greenwood News
BY Rev. John H. Coates

BY Rev. John HI. Coates
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
FOR OCTOBER 81 /. ."Joseph's
part in Gods plan" Scripture:
Gen. 1899; 41-47:5o. Printed. Gen.
47:1-7; 5o:1S-24.
MEMORY SELECTION: And we
know that all things work togeth-
er for good to them that love God,
to them who are called according
to His purpose.
There are only two great
plans" for all nations of the earth.
These two plans run Numerically
opposite each other to different
places. Every living person on
earth is travelling in one direction,
on Gods plan" or in the only
other direction, .'Satans plan.
Gods plan leads to Heaven, peace
full life eternal. The Devils plan
leads to Hell and .damnatiop for
ever. rs
The two sixty-four dollar ques-
lions each and every living person
must answer are these, whose
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20

Mrs. Ruby lee Wilson~was a ~Crys-
tai Springs visitor this week at the
bedside of her mother. We all wish
for her a speedy recovery.
Miss Ruth Mae Greenlee became
the bride of Mr.. James Armstrong
Saturday, Oct Is in Isola, Miss.
Miss Greenlee is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Greenlee.
Terry Gossip
With Frank Summers and his
new girl friend we were looking to
hear that he had changed some of
these girls names into Mrs. Sum-
mers instead of looking for a new
girl friend.
1t sure seems to be love with
Willie Ray and Hattie Ruth these
days.
Robert Benson and Jean Jackson
are strictly on some times. J. c.
Shakespear and William Griffin
are pulling straws over their girl
friend.
1t is real news that Mary Alice
Marshall is the star in Mr.. Powells
eyes.
Say Reania don't dream so much
about Hal and try to keep an eye
on him.
With Clara Mae Gipson on so
much of the time who is the lucky
one.
Sanders Moore and Ned are so in
love. What is Lee Affords story?
Who is the fellow that has tempted
Almedia Bozeman with his dark
brown eyes.
Bessie Mae Hendrix seems to be
the star in Jr. Randels eyes.
Mr.. McClain and Miss Borden are
the lovers of Terry.
What the. good news. Mary Lee
Funcherss is sure carrying the long
straw with Mr. Griffin.
Vernon MCGEE is making love
with all the girls with that car.
Cute chicks Of the week are
Otelia Terry, Doris Buckner, EN-
ma Fields and Lay Jewel Jones.
So long Ito all you cats, kittens,
flying chicks and biddies. We will
try and gossip plenty about the fair
next week SO look for us.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20
All in the Come:
4 RCHERY. now sport, ha

X RCHERY, now q sport, has
- killed more people in warfare
than explosives Athletes as .
group, Prof. Harvey Lehman Of
Ohio University says, are at their
best between the ages of 27-29
Hockey attracts about 15O, 200 spec
tators In normal years Base
ball has been known as t'town ball.
zone old cat" 1.-TWO old cat" !. :.
What was the pitchers name who
famed casey at the Bat? No
fighter ever lost an eye under Lon
dom prize ring rules which per-
mitted gouging, but several have
lost their sight by being gouged
with , gloved thumb under newer
rules In which gouging is barred
There is evidence that chess
was played In Mesopotamia more
than 5000 years ago ;. All Ameri-
cans who desire TO hunt for ducks
must buy = federal duck hunting
stamp which costs 81 Log
rolling is = business or q trade that
has been converted into sport
called bring -. The size Of the
baseball hasn't changed since 1872
Jai alai means ''merry fes-
k1ual - r4.srN
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20
T REMEMBER
By TIE OLD TIMERS

From Mrs. Mollie Harvey, Hico,
Texas: I remember when we had
coffee grinder on the wall, and
my father would get green coffee
for my mother to put in the oven
and brown or parch it. And some
times I'd have to watch it, and
how tired got of my job. Then,
when was young lady. we young
folks would 60 to a picnic on the
Fourth of July The only cold drink
was lemonade. We wore white
dresses with several ruffles on
them, and the sleeves were long
too. l wonder how did we stand
those long sleeves. We didn't have
an electric iron either.
From Mrs. Elsie Traub, North
Hollywood, Calf: / remember
when street cars in Kalamazoo
were drawn by horses. used to
feel sorry for them. And not SO
long ago in 1882 I bought 10
pound ham for 80 cents.
From Mrs. Anna PETERS, Mesa,
Arizona: / remember 60 years
ago our family Travelled from New
York to st. Louis on flat-bottom
boat draw my mules. The men
were on one end of the boat and
the women and children on the
other, with draw rope to sepa-
rate them. My small sister and
would watch them change mules
every 70 miles or SO. It took three
weeks to go to St Louis.
From Mrs. lack III. Lance, Robert
SON, Mo-: remember when the
circus travelled by land. Pappy
would drag me out of bed at early
dawn to see the elephants and
camels. He would say. you better
hurry. Next time you see them
they will be on the train on that
new railroad over there.
From Mrs. F. A. Taylor, Plain
well, Mich: I remember. when
I was little girl / wore leather
shoes with strip of copper across
the toes. I also remember a lam
tern we had with one candle In It.
(Ma1 your memories TO THE
OLD TIMERS. Box $40. Frankfort.
ky)
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20
Terry News

Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Pope visited
in Isola Sunday. ns
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Arthur, Mr..
and Mrs Vernon Cooper of Jackson
were Sunday visitors in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Arthur
Mr.. Sam Hilthers, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Burrage, Mr.. Ed Burrage of
Hazlehurst were Sunday guests in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Burnett as h. .9l3ss8a
Mr.. and Mrs George Burnett of
Hazlehurst were Sunday guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Burnett ard
Mr.. Burnett also visited in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs Eugene Bur
nett. aia s@
Mr.. Albert Porter was a Sunday
guest of his father, Mr. George
Porter and other relatives in Terry.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20
Above AZ ..,uuuulIl - - iiii
Hlu4s5e 80
~ LYLE HILL
By LYTIE HULL

YsHIS WRITER has just returned
: from six weeks in Great Brit
ain, France and Germany. and II
anything could have soured him
more than usual on the theory and
practice Of socialism. it is the ex-
traordinary change In the mental
attitude Of the average Briton Is
he had known him.
It wasn't this writer who dis
covered the fallacies Of state so
cialism. Five thousand years Of
history have demonstrated that it
cannot function successfully. Prog
ress is the result solely Of the
mental and ply steal efforts of man.
Slow down their efforts and you
slow down progress. The British
Labor government was elected up-
on promises Of easy days for the
worker; Of free wigs and false
teeth: of cheap rents and short
working hours, and upon the ridicu-
lous theory that good old Eng
land'' could still maintain her
rank among other nations whose
people worked hard in order to
prosper in their youth and save
something for their old age.
It didn't work! And if the Labor
government is returned in the COM
ing October election, England will
sink well below even her present
position. The men who manage the
great economy of England today
are good men. But their training
is in labor RELATIONSHIPS mana Re-
ment-
The English workingman took
the "easy time" promises literally.
But it has Slapped his stamina and
lowered his morale. He used to be
proud Of British products. Today he
doesn't seem to care--and the re-
suits are everywhere apparent. He
boasts Of his. fortitude in taking
the lower standard of living-and
It is he who maintains it'll Only
ignorance, coupled with 4 sort OF
dislike Tor those who have succeed.
ed, can account for the stupidity OF
one who will elect, for himself and
for his country. such an. inglorious
destiny. y L.
There are enough proud Britons
to lead that grand old nation from
the road to decay which. it is now
following. There will always be
an England is the fervent prayer
and hope Of the whole free world:
an England whose strong arm we
can again depend upon.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20

It's never too soon to start
teaching a child good table man.
ners, including the proper use of
silverware.
OF course, it isn't an easy job.
Parents must show considerable
patience day after day. In addi-
ton, there's no definite age at
which the lessons should start.
II is generally agreed. however.
that a start should be made dur
ing the months when the diet is
being changed from all-milk to
milk-and-cereal.
BY beginning early, routine
manners will have been learned
before child joins grown-ups at
the dinner table.
To aid parents, 1847 Rogers
Bros. now has complete set of
children's silverware. This week
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20
BROWNEL VOCATIONAL
SCHOOL OPENED OCT. Is

zIhe Browney Vocational School
opened IN Greenwood, Miss. Oct
ODER 10 with Prof. Luther B. Buck
ley principal and the following
other teachers, Mesdames Coyetta
Buckley, Mary o. Johnson, Esther
billiard and Georgia Moore. exhibi-
ting: a beehive of activity, classi-
Tying and enrolling large number
OF students. The school has made
great improvement under the di-
rectlon Of Principal Buckley and
the cooperation of all his fine fac
ulty members. They have won the
approval and acclaims of theen-
ii re community and the school
board. w. tss.4@ sS
Recognizing and approaching
the fact that a crop of young peop-
lie is the greatest crop and the
most important, even greater than
King Cotton, the entire Browney
School faculty is dedicated to cul-
tivating the youth in such scien-
tific manner that a great harvest
OF outstanding men and women
will be reaped. .os e
The Mississippi Enterprise, old
est weekly newspaper operated by
colored people in the state can be
obtained at TAYLOR'S DRUG
STORE 205 Carrolton Ave. Phone
895. Delivery Service. Here you
can always get courteous Service.
Pure Drugs and fine refreshments
or at TERRELL'S MUSIC SHOP,
726 Walthall ST., Phone $3.50 or
from John GATES, Staff Represen-
tative, 808 Broad st. s.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20

it is introducing . new baby feed.
ing spoon. Designed after extern
sive research, the spoon is ex-.
pected to go a long way towards
eliminating the messy" condi.
tions so often associated with the
feeding of a baby.
The bowl Of the new spoon is
shallower so the baby can take
the whole spoonful and not just
the top half. The bowl is only
three-quarters of an inch wide.
The handle has been heightened
for easier loading" and handling
by the mother. The spoon is five
and one-eighth inches in length
and the longer handle enables it
to rest against the side of cup
or dish rather than, as previous
ly with smaller spoons, slip into
the food.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20

= & r
If you girls need some hair styles
don't forget the Junior Class has
a licensed beautician, namely c.
Powell. =
M. l.. seems to adore the song,
Come on my house." who's she
asking to come to her house? we
wonder.
= O. B. H. has been looking sort
of blue since her ex-senior has
gone to the Army.
R. Mem. is very sad when o. B..
H. and G. j. wern't at school.
Could it be that one of them is
her secret admirer?
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20

plan am / working on, Where am
/ going. There is no wonder then
that God wrote part of the Bible
the Guide Posts and Beacon
lights and compass to everlasting
life. And the Holy Spirit Of God
dictated the remaining part Of il
to carefully prepare Holy men
God wants us to know that no
matter how dark, rough or rugged
the road of righteousness becomes
His grace has never failed to carry
every one of faith across.
Search the scripture and we can
boldly say, like Abraham. Isaac
Jacob, Joseph and Paul, I'VE
KNOW THAT ALL THINGS work
together for good to them that love
God. We also know that the Devils
Plan leods to Death and He'll
The wages of sin is death :. The
grit of God is eternal life
Choose. therefore, today to, like
Joseph, work on Gods plan.
HIGH POINTS Joseph was
sold into slavery by his brothers
for small fee. God caused Jo-
seph to be exhaulted to Prime
Minister or Ruler of Egypt second
to the King. Jacob and his sons
were reducedto the point of death
by starvation Joseph, still
working on Gods plan, redeem
them, putting them overthe Best
Land in Egypt. We suffer for evil
dolngs sometime, but we are al
ways blessed for good deeds done
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20
It's Never Too Soon To Teach
Children Proper Table Manners

NEW
baby
feeding
spoon,
with
longer
handle
and
shallower
bowl,
makes
easier
for
Mother,
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20

Know and obey local fire laws.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20
Canton News
St. High School News

Cameron st. High School News
Cameron st. has seen wonder
full school year thus far and hope
it will continue to progress
Throughout the year.
We are very proud to have back
on the faculty Mrs M L. Williams,
Mrs. L. H. Wales and Miss Robin
son.
The Tigers of Cameron ST. are
looking forward to their second
game with Lexington. This game
will be played at the Colored Fair
Grounds, Friday Oct 10, we hope
they will be victorious over Lex
ington, as they were in their first
clash with that Thanksgiving team
from Lexington.
Don't forget the parade on Tues
day, October %.
Junior Class News
The Junior Glass was very sorry
to loose j. B. to Uncle Sam. We
believe that with B. r. in the army
the U. S. will win the war.
c. T. and i. H. have been seen
making eyes at each other. 1t
seems as if old love never dies.
t. j. and j. M. have been heard
singing Il Get Ideas" recently, we
wonder what does it mean and
who are they getting ideas about?
v. M. B. is crazy about the way
John Lee Hooker sings I'm in the
mood k-~
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20

Patronize The Advertisers!
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20

Captain Young said applications
may be made by mail or in person
at the Naval Air Station, located on
the lakefront at Pontchartrain
Beach.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20
VETERANS VOICE

Well Veterans your news corner
is about to diminish with the wea-
ther, unless messers, B. Johnson,
Pott Blunt and McElroy makes a
little more noise, things are get
ting cooler, calmer and more coll
lective, but who knows what an
other winter will bring.
We are glad to have Mrs. Louise
Wales, and the wife of MIR. Chau-
Ger Williams out again.
We wish to correct the distance
of the H. S. H meeting from
miles to Is 1-2 miles northwest OF
Flora. 1t is to be held at the
Wilson Grove Church.
Patronize The Advertisers!
Know and obey local fire laws.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1951-12-27
South Hannbden
News by Mrs. H. S. Woodin


Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold and
Jackie flew to Columbus Wed
nesday, Dec. 19, to attend the
wedding of Joyce Lampman and
John Gombar at the Indianolo
Presbyterian church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Lampman
and Jimmie came for the we'd
ding and spent a few days Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Wood
in of billiards. Saturday they
all arrived in Chardon to spend
the Christmas holidays with rel
atives.
Hazel Clemson of Huntsburg,
and Shirley Clemson, who is at.
tending school in Chester, were
home for the Christmas holi-
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Siska
were Saturday evening visitors
with Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Pokorny.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Pokorny
of Cleveland were Sunday din
ner guests there.
Saturday evening Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Pokorny were enter
tanned at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Merritt Woodin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Grey of
Montville visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Wingard Sunday afternoon.