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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-12
Chamber Puts Out
New Leaflet Here

A new leaflet, Whats Going
on In Key West, Is now being
distributed by the Key West
Chamber of Commerce. Prepared
as a hand-out to tourists visiting
the Chamber office. the leafIet
lists things that vacationists can
do while in the Southernmost
City.
All phases Of fishing are de
scrIbed, the golf course is men
toned, swimming facilities point
ed out and tennis and shuttle
board equipment at Bayvlew Park
Is described. Those who like roller
skating are advised where and
how they can engage in that &C
tlvity and plcnicing facilities IN
Key West are mentioned.
All baseball and softball games
Of all leagues here are listed Tor
those who follow that spectator
sport.
Under the heading 81 Other
Amusenents" the Aquarium is
mentioned, also the Art Gallery,
Sightseeing facilities. theatres and
night clubs. Key Vests three mu-
seums, East Ma-tcllo Tower. the
Convent Museum and the Oldest
House also appear on the lcaflet
The purpose Of the publication
is to show vacationlsts what they
can do 10 while away Their vaca-
ton hours in the island city
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-12
Today In History

l690-Battle OF the Boyuc -
Orangemans DAY.
l808-The Missouri Gazette
first issued in ST. Louis. town
of some 1000 population
l8I2-In second war with Eng
land, an American army of some
1000 nVades Canada
1870 - Women clerks put on
same basis as men in Government
service.
l87l-60 die in Oraneeman S
Day parade rioting in New York.
l9l8-Gcrman chancclor's state
ment that President Wilson's
speeches force Germany to con
tinue war
l936~-Kentucky, Oklahoma and
Georgia added to Federal list of
states requiring aid because Of
the drought
l939--W.PA. workers strike and
thousands dismissed.
1914 - Brig. Gen. Theodore
Roosevelt, a Presidents son, dies
in Normandy
l947-l6 nations open confer
cnce in Paris to implement Mar
shall Plan
1913 $780, Democratic National
Convention opens in philadcl-
phia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-12
ISRAEL SCHOOLS AssAILED

TEL AVIV-tPJ.-Fo ruty seven
delegates representing $4,000 pu-
pills from IS schools in Israel met
in conference in the coastal plain
town Of Hcdcrah TO demand more
modern instruction from their
teachers
They did not oppose the cen
trail role the Bible is playing in
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-12
PARISTAN OFFICIALS
STUDY DEMOCRACY

SYDNEY -GP).- Twentv-one
PaklStan Government servants
have arrived IN Australia to learn
various aspects Of running a
democracy country. they want to
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-12

learn ways of handling traffic.
how to prevent erosion. how to
curb the black market and how to
bring culture to backward areas.
We're building brand new
nation, a friendly natien, and
we're in q hurry, said Shsfiul
Azam, spokesman of the party.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-12
TOd0y'S Horoscope

Those bosn IN thu morning
hours partake much of the tend
ency of Yesterday, but as the day
advances the nature becomes
more gentle. with a taste for
music, in which a position as
leader may carry great Oppor-
tunities, if the strain of irritable
ity is kept in check and under
control. The day generally car
ries reputation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-12

Hebrew schools but they said
except in so-called religious
school" Holy Book of the
Books should be read and explain
ed primarily from historic, Scien-
tific and literary aspects.
They also charged their school
curriculum with neglecting bio
logy, psychology, sociology and
history of art.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-12

One of the largest national mill
itary parks IS at Chickamauga.
Ga, near Chattanooga. Tenn,
marking the site Of the battle of
Chickamauga in the Civil War.
1t covers 1927 acres.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-12

The u S, Catton textile indus
try is Surpassed only by that of
the United Kingdom
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-12
Interesting Notes

Towers on San Francisco s
Golden Gate bridge are each TAG
feet tall.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-12

The three basic, raw materials
of the commercial fertilizer i'm
dustry. are potassium, phoSphor-
us, and nitrogen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-12
Taken From The Files
OfThe Key Vest Citizen

10 YEARS AGO

Capt. Fred Marvl. command
ing officer of the newly-formed
state defense force IN Monroe
county, today appealed to local
employers to release guard mem
bers among their employees Mon
day night for an hour-lone cere-
mony in which they win be must
cred into the force.
Major J. Z, Rousseau. repre-
senting the adjutant generals
office at St. Augustine. viii be
here Monday night between s
and 8 o'clock to conduct the must
ering ceremony Guard members
and all other citizens have been
invited to attend the ceremony at
the national guard armory.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-12

Bertran Roberts who had been
spending several days IN Fly
West left yesterday for his home
in Miami
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-12

County Commissioner E, r.
Ramsey left yesterday over the
highway for Miami for a few
days business visit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-12

Charles Roberts, employe at the
First National Bank, left this
morning over the highway for a
few days visit IN Miami
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-12

Operators Of Casa Marina hotel
yesterday We're granted two per
mits for $5,250 TO be spent in
general repairs 10 the hotel and
for the erection OF a canapy at the
tennis courts.
Permits issued by Building In
spector Y D. CarboneH during
Thursday and Friday amounted
to $6,525, with eight permits filed.
Judge William V. Albmy this
morning drew the names of so
Key Westers for jury duty Mon
day in the criminal court of rec
ord's July session.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-12
We WANT TO GIVE THIS COMMUNITY
4 MORE INTERESTING NEWSPAPER

We are now preparing to do our part, and we in
vite your cooperation. Heretofore handicapped in
cramped quarters we are now in plant with suf
cent space and we have made plans take of all
needs.
This town, Gas well as the communities about IT'D
is interesting to it's people, and to people outside We all
have our problems, and solve them easier by
working together. live weekly newspaper is one OF
the greatest forces to help community OF course it
is impossible any person to newspaper to please
every person in every respect all the time Not even
merchant teacher preacher can do this.
But we believe we know enough about the news
paper business to give you paper good as the sup
port you give it. 1t costs money to produce newspaper,
and it must have income We therefore solicit your pat
rOnage and invite not only your subscriptions and ad-
vertisng business, but you are completely
equipped to serve all your printing needs for the mer-
chant the farm other business well as the indvid
uaL and we carry complete line of office supplies and
sell equipment and typewriters.
WE HAVE LIBERAL PROPOSITION to offer
PTA Groups Church Societies and other groups who de-
sire to raise money for their work. To those who wish to
raise club of subscribers to this newspaper we will
give liberal share of the income Please write direct to
the editor Of this paper.
When news occurs, we will appreciate hearing
from you promptly The aid of the readers is essential in
informing us of the news in your community.
We wish at this time to thank you for your pat
rOnage in the past.
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30
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official.
The winners, first. second and
third places in that order were:
Landowner, general farm prac.
tices-Willis Albright Of Route |,
Sheriff.; George Bibb of Route
Sheriff.; Roosevelt Reed of Hum.
phrey.
Landowners, home Improvement
Alex Tucker Of Tucker: Wade
Horne Jr, Of Route |. Sheriff.; Eu-
gene Matthews of Humphrey.
Tenant. general farm practices
James Perkins Of Route Sheriff.
Mckinley Mallett OF Route 3, Pine
Bluff: Virgil Witherspoon OF Route
!. Althcimer.
Tenant, homo improvement -
Walker Dukes OF Altheimer: Dan
Brooks OF Tamo, Joe Isom Of
Route 2 Altheimer.
Sharecroppcr George Melon.
ley Of Route 3, Pine Bluff: John II.
Taylor Of Route |. Altheimcr; Lew
is Holmes of Route |, Altheimer.
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30
Pearson



Pearson, who also opened
Amilar campaign last year a
RAinst the Stockholm Peace Peti.
iion which would have banned the
A-bomb, declared that I'VE
Charge Genoeide' is Communist
propaganda book and that it will
be followed by Communist
charge before the United Nations
chat "our southern states are gull
~ of mass murder.
In a letter answering Pearson,
william l.. Patterson, executive
secretary of the CRC, asked. WAS
flne murder of John Mitchell, the
louisiana Negro who dared file
q court suit for his right to vote.
Communist propaganda No, it
was an act Of genocidel
WAS the exoneration of Sheriff
Mccall and Deputy James Yates
In Lake county Florida. the lynch
.ers in sheriffs uniform. Com
<nunist propaganda? This murder
too. was an act Of genocidef'
Patterson continued. "Our petit
.tion does not only charge lynch.
ings in southern states. We assert,
and prove with hundreds of cases
which occurred during the past
five years. that under a conspiracy
Of government, Negroes in every
section Of the United States are
Unched legally and extra-legally.
solely because they are Negroes"
I'VE challenge you as we'll as
those state department officials
who are obviously behind your
propaganda Give, to refute one
charge in our petition. 10 find one
case in our gcnoeide petition
f, which can be challenged for its
eNeHdCsty.
The CRC leader added. Among
she petitioners are Mrs. Rosalie
MCGEE. widow of the martyred
Willie MCGEE. and Josephine
Grayson. widow Of Francis Gray
son. OF the martyred Martinsville
~~ven Will Won dare tell these
widows that the legal lynching OF
their loved ones solely because OF
their color was a fiction9"
patterson's letter added. Meth
er the State Department nor It's
hired apologists. Negro and white
will stop the filing Of this historic
petition, nor It's circulation
throughout the United States by
the tens Of Thousands
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30
Naacp Urged To
Act; Anger Mounts
Over Shootinqs

AS anger mounted throughout
the nation over the ruthless kill
ing of Samuel Shepherd and the
wounding of Walter Irwin by
Sheriff Willis Mccall of Lake
County, Florida, branches of the
National Association for the AID
vancement Of Colored People Ee
gan swinging into action aaI re-.
spending to a call from the Asso.
cations national office for pro
test which can be heard around the
world
No more brutal and BASTARD,
flouting of law and decency has
occurred in America within lan-
ory.' declared Roy wilkins, MAJ
CP administrator, in a letter to
branches This is bloody defiance
OF law and ORDERLY an Officer OF
the law! 80 We must leave no
stone unturned to see to it that
the entire Nation learns the facts
about this cold.blooded murder of
a boy in shackles. We must bring
every possible pressure to Dear 70
the end that these legal lynchere
are brought to justice"
Branches were urged to ar.
range protest meetings, to send
speakers to churches to tell the
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30
Mistrial Declared In Case Of Man Who
Was Sentenced To Pen For Looking"

deliberation, two of the twelve
jurors held out for acquittal and
ten for conviction of Mack In
gram, 44-year-old father of nine
children, who both sides agreed
was never closer than seventy
five feet to Willie Jean Boswell
Attorneys for the National
Association for the Adyaneene9t
Of Colored People, who were de-
tending Ingram, did not place him
on the witness stand because it
felt that the State lad no eddence
that could convict him.
Ingram had been previously con
vieted of assault and sentenced to
two years at hard labor. When he
appealed and was released on bail,
Caswell County Solicitor Ralph J.
Scott called a grand jury which
fe-indleted the Negro tenant far
mer, this time on a charge of as
sault with intent to rape, which
carries a fifteen-year term.
NAACP attorneys yesterday
won a motion for non-suit with re-
gard to the intent to rape"
charge, but we're denied the mo-
ton with regard to the lesser
eharge-assault on a female It
was on this charge that the Jury
began elaboration at 1920
and after being locked up
beration next morning. announced
nounced that coull not reach a.
greement
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30
toto by Davy
Rev. 6. n. Collins
Addresses Shorter
Convocation

The Rev, G. N, Collins, pastor
of Avery Chapel AME church Of
Oklahoma City was guest speake :,
at the Shorter college annual con-
vocation held in the college audi
forum last week,
Introduced by Robert H. AK
ander, president of Shorter col
lege and master of ceremonies FOR
the occasion. Rev. Collins spoke
on the subject: Christian eduea-
ton for our disordered society"
Platform guests at the occasion
were Bishop w. R. Wilkes. pre-.
siding biship of the 10th AME
district; r. L. Lawhorn, mayor, r.
p. Hall, secretary of Chamber of
Commerce, Ben Hill. pastor and
Mrs. Porter jenkins.
President Alexander was con-
graduated for an excellent Job
at Shorter college.
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30
Prof. :


litical Thought of the Negro, 1915.
l940' will be off the press on or
around December 10. The book
is published by the Exposition
Press, Inc.
Showing remarkable scholarship
and research, DR.. Tatums book
attempts to analyze the causes and
consequences of the changing poll
ueal allegiances of one of the ma
Jor voting groups in this country
The book is well documented
with quotations, tables and statis-
tics.
Much of the 1928 presidential
campaign and the Hoover admin.
stration along with the F. d. r.
and the New Deal is discussed in
the historical survey. A number of
interesting letters are included,
explaining the personal stands of
several individuals on political is,
sues.
DR.. Tatum is a graduate OF Ho-
ward university, university of II.
linois and Loyola university
where he received his Phi. d. de-
gree in 1916. He was instructor of
history at Langston university, as
sociate professor of political
science at Morgan state college
and Stowe teachers college. He
came to AMIN college in 1919.
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30
Lynch
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Continued from page one)
he put Mrs. Boyd in the trunk
and kept her there until state
troopers halted him to check his
drivers license. II was then that
Mrs Boyd is supposed to have
been discovered, She told troop
ers, that Miller had come to their
house and shot her husband with
d II gauge shotgun.
Authorities whisked Miller SIS
miles from here to Wilson, ~ c.
TO Keep him safe" from the mob.
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30
Big Don Rejected
At Fort Jay

Brooklyn, N. ". CCNSl-The
dope here is that Big Don New
combe has been rejected at Fort
Jay by the doctors there. However
his papers have been sent to Wash.
ington, ID. c. to office Of the sur
geon general.
Now the surgeon general may
decide to summon Newcombe for
another physical. The Brooklyn
office is not divulging information
yet, but Newcombe's outcome fig
ures pretty heavily in their trad
Ing deals.
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30

This incident, coming close on the
heels of the killing ana shooting
IN Eustis, Fla, warrents special
and immediate attention Of your
office"
In an action letter to NAACP
branches throughout III country,
Gloster b Current, director of
branches, urged them . mobilize
local support against the reeur-
renee of slayings by 'ae enforce.
ment Officers as in the Florida
and Louisiana cases,
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30

Mitchell was slain by special
Deputy Sheriff David Lanelos ear
IL Monday morning, Nov, 3D. in
front of a night spot from which
he had been ordered by the of
ficer. Claiming self-defense, Lam
clos said that Mitchell was rowdy
ana disorderly and was shot in a
seuffle.
Coming on the heels Of the MUIR
0er of Samuel Shepherd by Flo
rida sheriff, the killing of Mitchell
bas aroused bitter resentment a.
mang Negroes throughout Louis
Jana. according to reports reeeiV'
"a here.
The slain man was one of three
Negroes on behalf of whom the
9AACp had filed suit in the Fed
.sral District court against eiectoh
officials who, they alleged in their
c,,nulaint had denied them the
right TO register solely on the
ssssis af their race in violation oi
the Fifteenth Amendment A hear
ing on preliminary motions IN the
case was set for the week Oh NO
vember 49,
I'VE believe this incident re-
.auires a thorough investigation by
the Department of Justice" MI
Marshall said in telegram TO Al
terney General J. Howard Me-
Grath. IF your investigation d
closes a connection between the
x,it and Mitchells killing, a clear
violation of the Civil Rights Act
would appear to have occurred.
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30

ing the meeting were Mrs. NJ. A..
Shaw and G Bum Of Little Rock
Mrs. Holt Of Pine Bluff: Mrs,
Maxine Brooks Malvern. Mrs.
A. johnson. Helena; Mrs. II Arm.
strong, Camden; Mrs. John Back
er, Crossett; Mrs. Idell Steele,
Little Rock and Mrs. l.. Redic OF
Hot Springs Mrs. l.. c. Woods was
host
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30

teachers, the living stars are
bright and they are ours"
Miss Douglas has just returned
from a weekend trip to Daytonia
Beach. Florida where she flew via
CAS- and Eastern airlines. She de.
livered an address to a capacity
audience in historic Mt. Zion AM
E church. Her subject was World
Tensions and You.
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30
FB| Preraredl,'
Act In Shootillu,

The Federal Bureau Of n
cation announced, it is u,,l
&c take prompt and efteetv.|
ton If it finds any "violst1
federal criminal law" in 81
cent Staying of Samuel Ss.,l
ard wounding of Walter mi
Sheriff Willis Mccall Of }
county, Florida, on the ev.
retrial ordered for them D.
United States Supreme cult|
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30
Jackie Wants
Fifty Grand
For SIS Work

Brooklyn N. Y.-(CNS)-The
Jackie Robinson bid for $4,000
mex. year has just reached here to
the Brooklyn office and they
seemed quite surprised" that
Jackie has in mind so much,
which represents $500 over his
present salary.
"The Robinson Business is all
new TO us" announced Bavasi, v.
p Of the Dodgers.
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30

Yaneeyville, N. C.-The strange
case of the man accused of "as-
sault' for looking at" a l7-year-
old white girl from a distance of
rs feet, ended in mistrial today
as a jury of eight whites and four
Negroes told Judge j. A. Rous-
seau that they could not reach a
verdict. Judge Rousseau announc'
ed that the case would be put
on the calendar for retrial at a
subsequent date.
The hung jury resulted when,
after five and a half hours of
specting Negro can accept lying
down, the brutal murder of Sam
uel Shepherd and the Waunding
OF Walter Lee Irwin, the trial
OF Mack Ingram for looking at
a white girl, or the murder of
Lester Mitchell in Opelousas, La,
one of the plaintiffs in the suit
to secure the right to vote" de
Glazed { loster B. Current. direc-
tor OF branches of the National
Assoc atiln for the Advancement
of Co'creo People, in an address
here Sunday at the Southwest
regional NAACP conference.
Mr.. Current told representatives
of NAACP branches in Oklahoma
Texas. Louisiana, Arkansas, and
New Mexico, that these recent
denials of civil rights point up
the significance of the continuing
fight being waged by the NAACP
for justice and equality in Ameri-
Ca"
AT time when representatives
of the United States in the United
Nations are on the defensive De.
cause of the denial of human
rights and justice to Negroes in
this country" Mr.. Current said.
we must step up our crusade for
democracy by increasing our fl.
nancial and moral support to the
work Of the NAACP."
Other speakers at the meeting.
held at the Trinity Baptist Church
in Shreveport, were NAACP
Southwest Regional Counsel U.
Simpson Tate, and Assistant Field
Secretary Bernard Brown.
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30
No Segregation In
Hawaii Schools

According to a report made by
U. S. officials Hawaii has no seq
regation in its schools. Negroes
and whites attend the same pub
lie schools without any friction.
This report caused the United Ma
tions to praise the Hawaiian sys.
tenn for its sense of common
citizenship" among peoples Of
many races and culture.
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30

story to release the f.,,. n
newspapers and radi, ~. .'a y
organize citizens eor.s a''''
sponsor local protest n
buttons demanding i,s,,s Wv
case and to call uuo.
Metals to join in these 10y
10 secure statements f..
sfessmen and senators
recess, and to wire resia''
man and Attorney.Gene,,ll'
ward McGrath, condenaI,,
Killing and demanding y
moval of Sheriff Mccall e.,
flee and his trial for ru,,s.'
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30
Negro Killed After Filing Complaint
AGAINST Election Bosses In Louisiana

thorough Investigation by the Department of justice
into the killing John Lester Mitchell Negro complainant
a voting by special deputy sheriff in Opelousas La
urged week by Thurgood Marshall special counsel of the
National Association for the Advancement Coored Peope
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30
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women's clubs Of Hot Springs.
Words Of welcome and short talks
were made by the presidents Of
Ho, Springs. Among those attend
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30
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Speaker
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Of boys and girls. She stated The
stars are bright and they are ours
II we will choose 20 see them For
Arkansas State press., 1951-11-30

IN ooNeERr--pin, :,
m," famous Re.., a'' !
VIII be presented in : W.
M, ing concert at Merril, s s,'p
sunday at 500 D. M Nv a'h \
is being sponsored ~ We m
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Milford chronicle., 1951-10-05
Thirty Years Ago.

aiken from September 80, 1921 Issu
A v0ung daughter was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Strahle
of Milford, at the Emergency
Hospital on Monday night.
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With Governor Ritchie of
Maryland, and Mayor Wright
son of Easton, and Bishop Dav-
export of the diocese of EastOn
among the guests Of honor,
nearly 100 members and friends
of the Maryland Press Associa-
ton and the Delaware Press
Association, which organiza-
tions held a joint meeting at
Easton, Md, participating in a
banquet given in honor of the
two Press Associations by the
Easton Publishing Company in.
the Hotel Norris, Monday night.
soS
News has been received here
of the marriage Of ]. Raymond
Baker, a prominent young bus
mess man of DagsbOro, to Miss
Hilda Short of Bridgeville.
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Some time late Wednesday
night thieves broke into the
restaurant of Julius Green, in
the rear of the court house at
Georgetown and carried away
cigars and other stock to the
amount of ten dollars. They
gained an entrance through a
window in the back room.