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Evening star., 1951-12-09
BY the Assoeioted Press

Uncle Sans tight squeeze is
forcing Virginia gamblers to pur-
sue more lawful means OF earning
a living.
A spot check across the State
last week elected the same in
formation in practically every city.
Numbers racketeers are going
out of business. horse betting
parlors are tacking up the wa
can't" sign. and the sport pools
are vanishing.
The Virginia policemen in most
cities think there's a good chance
OF putting the skids on the big
boys-the real operators.
Gamblers Must Come Out.
The reason, of course, is the
new special Federal tax on gamb-
ling operations. The law, by re-
quiring a 10 per cent levy on gross
gambling earnings, drives the
gamblers into the open. And
gambling is illegal in the Old Do
minion.
Thus If the gamblers ignore
the Federal tax, they face prose-
cuiton by Uncle Sam. If they
come into the open and purchase
the tax. they face State prosecu-
ton.
In Virginia. gambling penalties
may range up to IL months in
Jail and fines of $1,000.
IS Seek Applications.
It's known that rs persons in
Virginia have applied for the ap-
plications that go with the new
stamps. The Internal Revenue
Bureau has released the names of
10 of the applicants and will give
out the others as soon as the ap-
plications are processed.
But that's only the beginning.
The Bureau has promised to re-
veal detailed information on the
of the gamblers, infor-
nation that must be included in
the applications. Names of part
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Traffic in Maryland
Claims 407th Life
By the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 8.-Mary-
land had it's 497ti highway fatal
ity of 1851 early today, equalling
the toll for all of 1850.
The 497th victim was Walter
H. Higgins. %. of Ferndale, who
was found dead beneath his
wrecked car after it failed to
make a curve and crashed near
the intersection of Dorsey and
Hollins Ferry roads, at the south
east corner of Friendship Interna-
tional Airport.
When last years death count
was equalled. the Maryland Traf-
fic Commission issued statement
pleading for extra care in driving
and walking.
Paul E. Burke, director of the
commission. said his records show
there have been $4,000 highway
accidents in the State so far this
year. About 10000 persons have
been injured. ...-
Maryland had 40 per cent re-
duction in highway accident fatal
tiles for the month of November,
although the rate in other States
climbed. Since December l, how
ever, there has been a rash of
fatal accidents in Maryland.
Evening star., 1951-12-09

ity. 272 enrolment: Tyler, 756
capacity, 583 enrolment; Eastern,
206 enrolment.
Colored grade schools line up
like this:
: Pierce. 288 capacity, 3o4 enroll
ment; Hayes. 288 capacity, 355
enrolment; Taylor, 288 capacity
313 enrolment: Lovejoy, 720 ca
pacity, 932 enrolment; Logan, 684
capacity. BAL enrolment; Lenox
288 capacity. 1852 enrolment plus
remedial reading clinic for all
colored schools and Offices for GER
tain administrative officials; Gid
dings. 756 capacity, 949 enroll
ment: Payne, 288 capacity. 4sC
enrolment; Van Ness, 2S6 ca
pacity, 324 enrolment; Van Ness
Annex. 288 capacity. 466 enroll
ment: Webb. 288 capacity, 3Os
enrolment; Blow, 288 capacity
BOT enrolment; Maury, 288 ca
pacity, 389 enrolment: and Lud-
low, 288 capacity, 1856 enrolment
Buildings Transferred.
The school buildings. trans
ferred from white to colored
within the past five years were
Pierce, Taylor. Hayes, Blow, Webb
Lenox. Ludlow and Maury.
Further indicitive of the chang
ing situation in the area are the
following list Of school buildings
discontinued as schools because
Of shifts in population that left
them stranded where they no
longer were needed.
Dent School was changed to a
maintenance shop. lexington. Hill
ton and Carberry became ware
houses. All these were white
schools. in the crucial area where
the Payne school is located.
Wallach. Tyler and Cranch were
abandoned as schools when the
new Tyler school was built at
Tenth and G streets Sc. for white
pupils. Wallach and Tyler were
torn down for playground space
and Cranch sold by the Commits
sioners to a private owner and
now is being used as an office
Lincoln School was
turned back to the Commissioners.
1t was a colored school, located
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Fires Follow Families
IWho Attend Funerals
By the Associoted Press

PAYSON, Utah.-While MFR. and
Mrs. Orson Lance were out Of
town attending a funeral, fire de-
stroyed their home.
Eleven years earlier Mrs. Lance's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Zachariah
Ewell of Genola left town to at
tend funeral. When they re-
turned they also found their home
burned to the ground.
Evening star., 1951-12-09

the Young Elementary School. 9
icolored school. and the Wheatley
Elementary School, a white school
are not being considered. Both
are just north of Benning road
and both serve partially the area
under consideration. Elimination
of the two leaves the general
conclusions unchanged.
The rapid change in the proper
ton of white and colored resi-
dents in the area is the direct
cause of the current school strike
Specifically, there are SOC
.colored pupils at the Payne Ele-
mentary School. Fifteenth and c
streets Sc. Pupils of grade 4,
and 6 who should be attending the
Payne are at the Webb School
Fifteenth and Rosedale streets
NE.
Corning Solution Rejected.
The Board of Education voted
last week to shift Madison School
Tenth and G streets NE. to CO.
lored pupils. 1t rejected an alter
ate solution of School Supt
Hobart NJ. Corning that the Byran
School, Thirteenth and B streets
Sc. be swapped for the Payne.
Bryan has 18 rooms while Payne
has eight.
The Payne Webb Parent
Teacher Association called the
strike, claiming the Madison
School was not the answer. They
asked that the Bryan School be
transferred; that the Payne re-
main colored; that the planned
eight-room addition to Payne be
constructed.
OF the 500 students at Payne
School. 273 are on part-time
classes. The School Boards cur
rent solution would shift some
Payne students to Maury School,
seven and one-half blocks away.
To make room for them at Maury,
some children would be shifted
from Maury to Lovejoy School.
two and one-half blocks away.
From the Lovejoy School. some
children would be transferred to
the Madison School.
Call Facilities Inadequate.
The colored parents claim they
have not been given adequate
facilities. The bare facts of en-
rollments versus capacities bear
Evening star., 1951-12-09
'Skepticism Voiced
On Darden Plan 10 LET
Slow Pupils Drop Out
By the Associo,ed p,ess

RICHMOND. Va, Dec. ga
new educational concept was
broached to the public this week
with every prospect that its thesis
will be debated for months tc
come.
The proposal by Colgate w. Dar-
den,, jr.. president of the Univer-
sity of Virginia. was this:
That the State drop its COM
pulsory education law for students
who are in high school.
| If a student wants to go te
high school, well and good. If he
doesn't-if he. his teachers ano
parents agree he's getting nothing
out of school, then let him drop
out and go to work.
Thus far there has been nc
overwhelming rush to join the
Darden plan bandwagon.
Practically Is Doubted.
Most educators. Government Of
ficials and editorial writer's have
commended the university presi-
dent for commenting on the sub
ject, but most of them have ex-
pressed reservations of the plan
They are skeptical of its practi-
cality.
From the standpoint Of prac-
ticality, it has been suggested that
if the present 16-year compulsory
limit is discarded the plan would
not be feasible for the following
reasons:
/. If student drops out of
school before 16 his chances of
getting a job are rather slim
State and Federal labor laws, IL
is contended, would prevent him
from getting many jobs.
2. Crowded school conditions
would not be relieved because the
bulk Of the students are in ele-
mentary grades.
/ 3. A student 13 or IA years old
doesn't know what he will do
when he grows up Should he
drop out, he may find years later
that position to which he aspires
requires a hign school education.
Battle Is Skeptical.
Gov. Battle said he did not
), think the Darden plan would COW
er many children because a ma
jority of them don't enter high
school until about Is. Thus, said
the Governor, it apparently
would have little effect on the
school population
But State Education Supt
!. IDowell j. Howard posed the Dar-
J den plan in this light:
! DO we want the IS per cent of
high school students who do not
enter college to quit school and
,Itry to earn a living, or do we
want to keep them in school and
see If we can help them earn a
better living?"
DR.. j. Earl Moreland. president
OF Randolph-Macon College. said
he would hesitate to think of
diminishing in any way the en-
phasis on the American high
school which has come to be
known as the American univer-
islty' in many ways"
Evening star., 1951-12-09
at Second and c streets Sc.

at Second and c streets Sc.
This all adds up TO one thing
Dr. Corning and the Board OF
Education apparently have been
trying to keep up with rapidly
changing. situation in the trouble
area. 1t actually is a game of leap
frog.
Each year, as the colored popu-
latlon showed an increase. some
thing would be done to relieve it
the transfer of one or more
white schools. The very next year
it was found that the color
ed population had leap-frogged
ahead again.
From the trend established by
the enrollments over the last few
years, it would appear that the
school officials are going to have
to take one big leap soon to end
the losing game. The colored popu-
lation in the area shows no signs
Of leveling off.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Shifting Population
In Southeast Area Is
Basis Of School Strike
By Colt Hendley, Jr.

District school officials for five
years have been playing game
of leap frog with the rapidly ex1
panding population between the
Capitol and the Anacostia River
and now find themselves one jump
behind.
The real trouble area is wedge
bounded by the railroad tracks,
the Capitol and South Capitol
street on one side: Florida avenue
and Benning road NE on the
other, and the Anacostia River on
the third.
The conflict that has arisen is
an old one in the District. Colored
families have moved into the area
in great numbers while the white
population has declined in most
instances. and held fairly steady
in others.
The sociological conflict between
the colored and white families
burst into the open last week with
the strike that has kept 800 col
ored children out of classes since
last Thursday.
Restoration Movement.
There is definite movement
to restore the Capitol Hill section
of Southeast Washington such as
has been done in Georgetown.
White civic groups like the South
east Washington Citizens ASSoci-
alton and the Southeast Business
mems Association are doing every
thing they can to stop the selling
OF homes to colored families They
have underway an active campaign
to persuade white residents to stay
In the area. restore their property
and help halt the population shift.
The basic conflict between the
white and colored residents-and
the shifting population in the
AREAS seen best and first in the
public schools located there.
Nearly every colored family that
moves into the area adds one or
more children to the already over
crowded colored schools. Nearly
every white family that sells and
moves to the suburbs takes one or
more children from the white
schools.
A study made by school off,
cials of part of the general area
under consideration gives a clear
idea of what is happening.
Within this general area the
study takes a specific section
bounded thus: The railroad
tracks on one side; Anacostia
River on the other; Florida ave-
nue. and Benning road NE. on
the north, and Massachusetts |
avenue on the south. That's little
less than half of the trouble area.
School Population Rises.
Since 1915, the total school
population in that smaller area
has increased from 4,169 to 4,846
at present. White enrollments |
have declined steadily while COL
ored enrollments have greatly in
creased
In 1945. the white grade schools
had an enrolment of 2,411. To-
day they have 1,451, a decrease
of 1913 per cent.
On the other hand. the colored
grade school enrolment was 1853
in 1945. 1t jumped to 1895 this
year. That is an increase of 93.1
per cent.
Taking the whole area, includ-
ing that section south of Massa-
chusettS avenue, the picture is
more clearly given when the
changes in utilization of school
buildings is considered.
In the last five years, eight /
elementary schools. once white.
have been shifted to colored
pupils.
13 ColOred Schools.
Right now there are 10 white
elementary schools in the area
and 13 colored schools. Five years
ago, there were l8 white schools
and five colored.
For the DurnoSas of this article Il
Evening star., 1951-12-09

them out. The bare facts do not
take into consideration the other
sociological conflicts existing.
If the Board of Education goes
through with its plans to trans
fer Madison School to colored
pupils on February l, it will be the
ninth school SO transferred in the
past five years.
With the Madison School used
by colored pupils, the situation in
the greater area will stack up
something like this.
The white grade schools now
have combined enrolment of
3,483 pupils. With Madison shift
ed. the capacity of the white
schools will be 1914. This figure
is arrived at by assigning an arbi-
trary 288 pupil capacity to the
Eastern Elementary School, housed
in one wing of Eastern High
School. There are 206 pupils there.
Using School Board standards and
Ialloting eight rooms. the capacity
of Eastern Elementary would be
288. Actually more children could
be handled as there are other
vacant rooms at the high school.
Excess of $40 Seats
In other words. after Madison
is transferred. the white grade
schools in the trouble area will
have an excess of roughly $40
seats.
The colred situation is much
different.
The present enrolment in the
colored grade schools is 6,316. The
capacity of the schools is 5.128.
This is shortage of lib spaces.
After. Madison School is trans
ferred. the shortage of seats will
be cut to 900 And even after
the planned addition to Payne is
built-1953 being the optimistic
date of its completion-the short
age Of seats will be about 900.
1t is these figures that have
convinced the striking parents of
the Payne Webb students that
they have reached a point where
talking is of no avail.
School Officials Viewpoint.
DR.. Corning and the Board of
Education feel they have been
aware of the problem and have
done everything possible to meet
it. They point to the transfer of
the eight buildings and the con-
templated transfer of the ninth
to colored pupils.
1--WE have been planning for
this" DR.. Corning declared. But.
the tremendous increase in the
colored population admittedly isl
more than we anticipated"
He pointed out that the addi-
ton for Payne School was re-
quested first in the 1948 budget
when money to draw plans wasI
appropriated. This meant that the
board and DR.. Corning had beenl
considering the problem as farI
back as 1946 when work on theI
1948 budget began.
Money was not appropriated forl
the construction until this summerI
and $539,000 is in the current
budget. It will not be completed
until 1858.
Colored parents point to the
fact that every white school in the
area is under capacity.
White School Enroliments.
This is so. The white grade
schools. with capacities compared
to enrollments, follow:
Blair. 288 capacity. 220 enroll
ment; Madison. 288 capacity, 1873
enrolment; Kingsman, 648 ca
pacity, 498 enrolment; Edmonds,
28S capacity, 278 enrolment; Pea
body, 432 capacity, 357 enroll
ment; Bryan. 648 capacity, 466
enrolment; Buchanan, 720 capac-
ity, $50 enrolment plus use of
several rooms by certain admins
trative officers; Brent, 288 capac-
Evening star., 1951-12-09

nerS, agents and runners, along
with places of business, must be
listed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-13
{ alsT0pHER FILM RECOMMENDED BY
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Tae r7oqie about the Christopher mot mat being shown to various civic CT ganizations was warmly re ceiyed iy the Taku Post Veterans Of Foreign Wars at their meeting Thursday evening. The post rec ommends the film to those orga4i- izations that have not sesn r.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-13
ADAMS JOINS STAFF
 ALASKA ROAD COMM

William B. Adams and Mrs. Adj ans are new Juneau residents, Adams coming here from Seattle to join the staff of the Alaska Road Commission.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-13
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Assembly Of God

Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Preaching service at II a. m.
Young peoples service Thurs
day at 7 p. m.
Mid-week praver and praise
Thursday at 8 p. m.
Rev. K O | a n d A. Murphey,
pastor.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1951-10-05

they do other interesting things
in these places.
Today this type of chieftain
has vanished-no longer in the
Park hotels to entertain as did
Turtle and group. A younger
group are not available to re-
place the sturdy fullblood Braves
of earlier years.
Turtle was one of a group of
IL elder Blackfeet, who went to
Hollywood about Is years ago
and took Fart in the making of a
movie, "Susanah of the Mount
ies." Shirley Temple took the
leading part. Martin Good Rider,
a Blackfeet youth, took the part
opposite Shirley.
The Blackfeet group were in
Hollywood for more than three
months and when they returned
each of the chiefs wore gold
shield badge bearing the words
in raised letters, Shirley Tenn
pie Guard" Turtle wore his
continuously from that time to
his death.
Reiss's portrait of Turtle ap-
pearing on this years Empire
Builder calendar is presented as
that of Angry Bull" Turtle
was never known as Angry
Bull" and it is presumed that
the artist, Reiss, used an
artists privilege of naming the
chieftain to suit himeIf with a
name which appealed to him.
The Blackfeet people, W h c
have seen the calendar. know
i Turtle and recognize him, but
have not known of his change
of name. Others, who have seen
the calendar portrait. would not
know the difference.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1951-10-05
Turtle, BIackfeet
Chieftain, Dead
Continued from first page)

(COntlnueQ from f1rSt page)
took pack horses to carry camp
outfit and supplies and on their
return to bring out the meat
from the hunt. She tells of TAX
ing with them other In d i a n
friends from time to time, for
they liked to hunt with Turtle,
who was always a lucky hunter.
Dog Takes A Gun tells of be-
ing with him on one occasion
when they encountered a big
bear. 1t showed fight at first.
but when wounded tried to get
away and they trailed it to den,
a big cavern in a mountain. Tur-
tie followed it in, alone, killed it
and came out for help to cut it
up and bring out the hide and
meat.
Turtle was with the first group
of Blackfeet, after the opening
of Glacier National Park, to be at
the entrance hotel to meet and
greet the tourists and to enter
tain them with Indian dances and
songs and tell them Indian stor.
les that for many years had been
one of the attractions of Glacier
National Park. The Blackfeet
entertainers, besides Turtle, in
cluded Heavybreast, Bird RAFT
Ter, Three Bears and Medicine
Owl.
Today the very fine pictures of
these Braves appear in many
places in the big hotels in the
Park. Visitors study them as
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1951-10-05
It, the Man Behind
The Wheel

The man behind the car wheel
makes the rates.
In 1850 more people drov
more cars more miles at greater
speeds than ever before. A n d
there were more smash-ups.
The total of fatal and bodily
injury accidents rose from 937-
900 in 1910 to 1,2O6, 900 in 1850
an increase of 20 per cent.
But that is only half the pic
ture.
In 1850 repair costs and medi-
cal charges continued to whirl
upward, caught in the imitation
airy spiral. The bill of expense
resulting from accidents-parts,
labor, hospital charges, medical
fees and court awards-reached
the So, 1000, OOO,0 (3billion)
mark.
Since these are controlling fac
tors, such an upswing has a
strong impact on existing prem
ium rates.
This years accidents are a fac
tor in next years rates. You can
help reduce the traffic toll. In
surance companies are doing ev-
erything they can to help keep
premium charges down through
highway safety programs. They
maintain competent accident pre-
vention stats of their own and
wholly support or contribute to
great national organizations that
promote safety.
The extent to which accidents
are decreased will determine fu-
ture rate charges. The cost of
accidents is reflected in the in
surance cost. In the final an
alysis, the man behind the wheel
makes the rates.