davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Arizona sun., 1951-08-03

5. When a cOlored surgeon re-
ported for duty at Fort Lee the
commanding officer of the hospital
told him he could not be placed IN
, charge of a ward at Fort Lee be-
cause it was in Virginia. He had
to protest to Washington before
he was given charge of ward.
6. Three WASs, one colored and
two white girls, were raped at
Fort Lee last December by white
soldiers, one of whom was a CT
bus driver. Only one of them has
been convicted. But officials here
should not, or would not, tell me
whether or not the man who is
saulted the colored girl had been
punished.
7. A colored officer had to go
to the Inspecting General of the
Fort in order to get government
quarters for his family on the post.
When he received it, it was in
barracks now occupied only by
colored people.
8. A colored captain now at Fort
Devens, and a scolored WAC Off
Ger whose location is unknown,
called on General Graham to pro-
| test racial discrimination at the
base. They were transferred less
than a week later.
9. A colored officer demanded
admittance as member to the
ORC and was presented when the
governing board acted on him. He
was given a membership but trans
ferred few days later.
10. There are more than a
thousand white officers who are
members of the ORC and white ci-
villains are permitted to join also.
But there are only five cOlored
officers who are members of the
ORC and they do not take full par
tlcipation in it's activities. A col
ored officer was told by his COM
manding officer that if he applied
for membership he would fail in
his course in the Quartermaster
School. He applied = and failed
his course. Nor did he get the
membership.
Now let's go to the proof of the
above charges:
Up to the time of the second day
when I found large group Of
colored officers together I had
been admitting to officials at Fort
| Lee what I was seeing was i'm
tpressive. 1 told Colonel Mcnamara,
the acting base commander, and
| Colonel Roman, the chief of staff,
that I would be happy to write
what I had seen because it was
good. They left me with the sug-
gestion that if anything came up
later about which I wanted to
talk, they'd be happy to give me
another interview.
While I was in this frame ')f
mind anyone I wanted to see was
available and I was whisked all
1 ever the base meeting high Off
GERS. But after talking with the
majority group of colored officers
that night, 1 met the PIO officer at
nine am, the following morning
and told him that I had encoun-
tered some things which had
caused me to revise my thinking
on the conditions at the base and
that I would like to talk with
either General Graham, Col Nc
Mama, or, Col. Roman if they
Arizona sun., 1951-08-03
POLICE CHIEF SPEAKS
AT Ell PASO

Police Chief Earl O'Clair was
the guest speaker this week at a
meeting of command officers of
the Ell Paso Police Department.
The occasion was the installation
Of a new chief of police in the
Texas city. O'Clair's subject was
supervision of Motorized PATROL"
Evening star., 1951-10-07
By the Associated Press


BALTIMORE, Oct. 6.-Libby
Holman. the torch singer, today
was awarded her sons Sc million
share of the Reynolds tobacco
fortune.
The son, 18-year-old Christie
pher Smith Reynolds, died in a
California mountain climbing &C
cident on August 7, 1850.
He had inherited about Is per
cent of the r. j. Reynolds tobacco
millions. He was born soon after
his father, 20-year-old Zachary
Smith Reynolds, was found shot
to death under mysterious cir
cumstances in 1882 at his home
in Winston-Salem, N. c.
Judge Jacob France signed
today's award in Circuit Court
as the result of a suit brought by
the Safe Deposit & Trust Co.
of Baltimore, financial guardian
for the boy.
1t had asked the court to de-
termine whether his estate should
be distributed in compliance with
the laws of Connecticut, where
his mother maintained her home,
or in accordance with the 1885
decree of the Circuit Court at
Winston-Salem which gave him
his share of the fortune. The
decree provided that should young
Reynolds die before coming of
age his money should go to his
nearest kin on his mothers side.
Judge France upheld the North
Carolina agreement. The effect
is to save some taxes that Con-
necticut could otherwise have COL
lected.
Evening star., 1951-10-07
ThisW Leave You Breoth|ess: Libby Holman Given
District Backs Clean Air Week Sons Tobacco Fortune

Throw another log on the fire,
If you like, but don't let it smoke.
The Commissioners have pro-
claimed Cleaner Air Week" for
October 21-27, inclusive. and have
called for a little intelligent &C
ton to prevent air pollution.
The slogan is:
Support Cleaner Air Week for
1851 for a Better Place in
the Sun"
Indicating that they're ready to
throw the damper on unnecessary
dirt in the air, the Commissioners
pointed out that polluted air is
menace to men, women and chill
dren-not to mention damaging to
property.
They said their proclamation is
to call attention to "the costly
damage of destructible smoke.
Evening star., 1951-10-07
Malaga Draft Dodgers
Create Labor Crisis
BY the Associated Press

KuALA LUMPUR, Malaga. -
The Associated Chinese chambers
of commerce are worried lest
draft dodgers" will cause a grave
labor shortage in Malaga.
President H. S. Lee estimated
that 10000 Chinese youths, in
cluding many skilled dlworkers, had
left Malaga during the early part
of 1851 to avoid being called up
under the manpower draft.
He reported some mines, plana-
tions and other industries are so
short of labor that they have i'm
ported Gurkha workers from
Burma.
Evening star., 1951-10-07

Isoot, fy-ash and other air pollu-
tants, and the ways and means of
abating this nuisance"
The idea of Cleaner Air Week
was smoked up by the Air Pollu-
tion and Smoke Prevention Asso-
lciation of America, Inc. The
Commissioners said everybody
should cooperate.
The national group sent a special
message to American Airlines
officials, urging that a stewardess
in each of the principal cities
served by the airline be chosen as
Miss Clean Air" 1t was hinted
that any of the pretty steward
eSSeS might win in a breeze.
Cleaner Air Week once was
known as National Smoke Abate-
ment Week, but officials believed
"a more positive name was needed.
Evening star., 1951-10-07
Colonel Reprimonded
For Taking Fight Tickets
BY the Associated Press

DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 6.-An Ali
Force colonel has been reprimand-
ed for accepting a ticket to the
Sugar Ray Robinson Randy Tur-
pin fight September u, Air Ma
teriel Command said yesterday.
The AMC did not reveal the
colonerS name because of his
prior record" 1t said the COM
pany which gave him the ticket
was a transportation concern.
One civilian has been fired and
several others have resigned re-
Gently rather than face charges
of receiving gifts.
Evening star., 1951-05-24
The FIuorinotion Problem

District Commissioner Donohue, with COM
mendable frankness, has announced that he was
wrong in opposing the proposed duorination OF
Washington's drinking water. He now has be-
come convinced that fuorine-treated water is
an effective deterrent of tooth decay, especially
among children, and that there would be no
harmful side-effects for any one. He has come
to this conclusion he said, after reading articles
on the subject by the United States Public Health
Service the American Dental Association and
other authorities.
It is perfectly true that many of these au-
thorities have Endorsed water huorination as
preventive of tooth decay It is also true that
technical studies of the use of fuorine in this
connection are still in progress and that some
health experts have advised communities to go
slow in adopting the process pending further
tests Only a few cities so far have had any
experience with f1uorination. Other chemicals
are being investigated as possible substitutes for
sodium fuoride.
Under the circumstances The Star believes
the Commissioners would be justified in deferring
action on fiuorination until there has been more
chance to observe results of experimentation.
While 1000 is relatively small investment
to make in preventing dental carries, it might be
wiser to save this sum out of this years heavy
budget and await the outcome Of current studies
with duorides and other chemicals.
Evening star., 1951-05-24
This and That

Reading in public places requires some
sort of cover for the book.
A simple dust jacket is not enough.
Not only does such cover attract
curious eyes, not pleasant to a reading
mind, but also it permits the jacket to
become Soiled.
Those who love books know that
fingers are oily.
Even just-washed hands will deposit
some oil.
These smudges, within several hours,
will deface a good jacket.
Some believe that such jackets are
made for just that purpose. and that
alone, to take the soil that otherwise
would go on the hard cover.
That is true. but in some cases the
jackets are things of beauty, too.
Sometimes the only true art work in
the book is on the jacket
More than that, however, is keeping
the cover neat.
1t is an amazing thing, how simple
holding of a book can tear 1t. and
wrinkle it, and soon put in such con-
dition that it is only fit to be thrown
away
Every one has seen such jackets re-
duced in few readings to pulp, almost.
Public libraries meet this problem by
doing away with their dust jackets en-
tirely.
Commercial lending libraries use good
Evening star., 1951-05-24

the overwhelmingly greater force that we have
unleashed on the ground, at sea and in the sky.
Against this, relatively speaking, the enemy has
been able to throw little more than wave after
wave of poorly armed terribly vulnerable human
flesh. The waves have beaten their way forward,
one after another, with kind of frenzied, half
insane courage. but thus far each of them has
been broken and sent reeling back.
One of these days, of course, the Chinese
Communists-with the help of the Kremlin-
may succeed in matching or approximating the
u MS f1repower. Unless and until they do, how
ever, their strategy will continue to seem worse
than senseless-a futile, inhuman, criminally
callous expenditure of troops whose bodies are
used as mere fuel for the furnaces of aggression.
The Korean casualty rates thus serve as further
confirmation of the profoundly evil nature OF the
enemy Beyond that they are a striking reminder
to the free world that if it looks to its weapons
if 1t spares no effort to keep well ahead in the
ornaments race, it will be able to do better than
hold its own in the future against the superior
quantity of cannon fodder that the Red totali-
taranS have at their disposal.
Evening star., 1951-05-24
The Casualties in Korea

From last Wednesday through Sunday as
the Defense Department has reported, the Red
offensive in Korea cost the United Nations forces
a total of 1913 casualties, including 1874 Ameri
cans killed and 1876 wounded. In the same period,
the Communists lost between 10000 and 10000.
The disparity between these figures is almost
unbelievable, but it is none the less true-a
gri,nly perfect example of what modern war
can mean for prinitively or inadequately armed
hordes when they engage numerically inferior
army that is equipped with far superior firepower.
Our American and allied U. N. troops are
vastly outnumbered by the Chinese and North
Korean Communists. But the latter-up to now,
at any rate-have had nothing to match or offset
the devastating fire of our hand weapons our
mines, our tanks, our artillery, our aerial bonn
bardment, our naval shelling, and in general
Evening star., 1951-05-24

stout covers. constantly renewed: these
take the wear and tear of the constant
readings.
So the reader in motion must do
something to preserve his books.
Some sort of stout cover Is needed.
There are on the market variety of
leather jackets, into which what Is called
standardized volumes may be slipped.
These have their uses. but are not so
good when the book is off-sized.
Here the stout paper jacket still reigns
supreme. It should be of paper, heavy
and large enough to give a good fold
back at each cover.
In making these jackets. some little
care is necessary to see that they fit
perfectly.
Bad fit here is as bad as in suit.
The suit that almost fits is very bad
one, and so with the book jacket; it
must be cut to size, and then trimmed
down, so that nothing extra is left over,
to crumple at the edges.
This crumpling business is very dis
tasteful.
Best readers most resent others look
ing over their shoulders, reading, too
Why should this be?
Shouldn't the good reader like to have
others read with him?
The answer is, No, he doesn't.
This phase OF reading in public must
Evening star., 1951-05-24
Sketch by Newman Sudduth.
Scotia quit toolin' around"

"GOttG quiz Jootan' around"
until they were hoarse and dancing
until they fell.
Send them down shower" said
Mercury. land spoil their fnery." Zeuss
rainmaker gave the order and the happy
mortals on a particular section of the
earth were drenched-that is, all save
one.
This fellow heard the thunder, cov-
cred his head, and took off for the near
est shelter. When the sun reappeared,
the dry one walked out into the market
place. The soaked idiots there hailed
him with the epithet of fool when they
observed his comfortable condition.
They pelted him with sticks, tore his
gown, plucked his beard and abused
him with foul terms that would have
twisted the jaw of Aristophanes.
To wiggle out of his predicament, the
poor man used his wits. "Oh, sagacious
asses" he said to the angry crowd, have
patience and I'll prove I'm not such a
fool as you think" He turned his face
to the heavens: "Oh, wise father of witty
and witless, vouchsafe to send down
upon me deluge for my peculiar and
individual use"
The earthbound ones giggled and
snickered. But zeus heard it all and
nearly drowned the chap who asked for
a pin-point shower medium. The gods
rolled with merriment. I'VE have
spoiled this fellows robe" said Zeus,
"but we will also make his fortune
It was quickly arranged. Zeus whis-
pered In the ear of the ruler of the
Evening star., 1951-05-24
BY Charles E. TroceweN

be faced and met. Probably the reading
mind, as we call it, finds this more diff
cult than just plain everyday minds
bent on the story, let us say.
The fact that the unlimited overtime
shoulder reader is a stranger must be
the answer. -
If he were known, there would be no
feeling of discomfort. Sometimes this
grows to the point where the sensitive
person must close his book.
1t does not often result in the reader
facing around, and demanding:
well, sir?"
Turning slightly sidewise, and holding
the books slightly up, with the cover
as much to the side as possible, is a
solution. II
Perhaps one reason the sensitive read
er feels uncomfortable in such a situa-
ton is that his rate of reading may be
far in excess of the others, so that
he must leave his companion far behind
If he reads naturally.
Speaking each word in the mind, as
1t were, as one goes along, is not the
way to read, but it is very common
one, and undoubtedly better than not
reading at all.
q Television has publishers and some
readers fearful that in time nobody will
read. This might be true, if it were not
for the reading mind, as we call it.
AS long as there are reading minds,
there viii be books.
Evening star., 1951-05-24
Falls Church Schools

We are having a political campaign in
Falls Church, and there have been meet
ings where candidates have praised,
criticized and made promises about the
schools and school board 1t was at one
of these sessions that got my first look
at Madison School since the school
board took it over and remodeled and
made various changes They are to be
commended. The building was mess.
The decorating job now is one of the best,
beautiful blending of colors, and good
lighting in the auditorium. The bumps
that were in the old floor have been
Strengthened out, and the flooring is
good sturdy covering that absorbs sound.
This would have made big impression
on me, and I would have been led to
believe that some people have been very
Evening star., 1951-05-24
Battling Is the Word for 1t

It is reliably reported that the House Sub
committee on District Appropriations has voted
to kill $275,000 District budget item for transfer
of the public golf courses from private con-
cessionaire to the Recreation Board. If this is
true, it is false economy move that is decidedly
against the public interest.
It is false economy because the Recreation
Board contends that the appropriation would be
tantamount to a loan that eventually would be
repaid by fees from the of the golf courses.
1t is against the public interest because public
golf courses ought to be run primarily for the
benefit of the public and not for the benefit of
private operator. Under the present arrange
ment between the Interior Department and
S. G. Leoff1er the courses have taken on the ap-
pearance of a concession operated on Government
property largely to provide profits for Mr.. Leofer
rather than to provide up-to-date links Tor
Washingtons golf fans Certainly there is good
reason to doubt that the gofing public is getting
as much under the oft-criticized Leoff1er man
agement as it would under Recreation Board
control.
defender of Mr. Leoff1er told the subcom-
mittee at recent hearing that Harry S. Wender,
Recreation Board chairman, was inexperienced
at operating golf course and, anyway, he would
not have time to run the local courses unless
he relinquished his other duties. The abSurdlty
OF this argument Is apparent from tne 1acG VlaI
Mr. Wender has never had any intention OF run
ming the courses personally. The board has
emphasized that it would employ experts to do
the job It is confident that much of the money
now going into Mr.. Leofder's pockets would be
turned back into the courses in the form OF
long-needed improvements.
Representative Poulson, Republican Repre-
sentative from California. told the subcommittee
he was "baff1ed" by Mr.. Leofier's demonstrated
capacity for having things pretty much his own
way, year after year. lot of other people are
equally baffled. 1t is about time that Congress
gave some consideration to the public, as we'll
as to Mr. Leoffer. He has had his own way too
long here.
Evening star., 1951-05-24
By Irving F. Losh

THERE was some excuse for raised
l. eyebrows the other day when Maj.
Gen. Harry Fl. Vaughan politely turned
down an invitation to make Memorial
Day speech before veterans group.
1T seem to get into trouble" said the
Presidents good friend and military aide.
$50 I think 1t is better to just refrain
from making speeches"
AS a matter of fact, the general quietly
gave up speech-making long ago.
But the statement above was his first
pronouncement that he had retired from
the field of oratory, and the mild sur
prise at this news was because it seemed
out of character.
Perhaps they are jumping to conclu-
sions. but certain observers have taken
this rather plaintive declaration of policy
as an indication that Gen. Vaughan,
disillusioned by his relatively brief try
out in Ni1e role of White House court
jester, may be preparing to doff his
cap and bells and play it straight from
here on in.
To- tell the truth, the general never
really seemed to get into the swing of
the jester job as did, for instance, for
mer District Commissioner George E.
Allen, his illustrious predecessor, who
played buffoon for the Roosevelt admin
istration. The job clearly requires
special kind of talent.
Someday, somebody may produce a
valuable critique of the political and
sociological factors which underlie the
phenomenon of the modern court jester
"a study which would be required read
ing for future aspirants to the role. That,
1,@r se 1, - -.
Gle, which will merely delve into some
of the roots of court testers, as a re-
search aid to more ambitious students
who may follow.
The question is this: Whence come
these public-life professionals in the
game of wits, ever ready with a joke,
bawdy tune. bit of verse-anything
that may bolster his majesty's sagging
morale after hard day spent rafting
around in a gloomy castle?
Nearly century ago, in 1858, an in
defatigable sleuth, a DR.. ]. Doran of
London, attempted to satisfy his curl
osity as to how the professional fool got
his start. DR.. Doran finally wrote nice
book on the subject, but he never quite
succeeded in his quest. He had to settle
for a neurological explanation which
went something like this:
In the days of old it happened that
all Olympus was dull and Zeus COM
planned, yawning the while, that there
was not fool amongst the gods with
wit enough to keep the divine assembly
alive, or kill its members with laughter.
Mercury suggested that the sport
lacking on the mount of the gods might
be found on earth-which was alive
with folk in holiday gear. enjoying the
sunshine, eating sweet melons, singing
Evening star., 1951-05-24
Thot Mon Holmes, Aeoin

Again The Stars Sherlockian criti-
cism is somewhat less than perfect. In
his description of the forthcoming ex-
h1bition of mementos of Sherlock Holmes
at Baker Street, as part of the Festival
OF Britain, Mr.. John Roderick (Sunday
Star, May 20) mentions Holmes ref
erence to gasogene, the nature of
which he believes to be a mystery.
Actually, as an unabridged dictionary
will testify, a gasogene is late Vic
torian soda syphon. Signaling to
gasogene in the corner was merely
Holmes off-hand method of offering
his visitor friendly glass. The use of
the term for one Of the chief officers
of The Baker Street IrregularS, the
American followers of the works of DR..
Watson. Is a mildly esoteric reference
to certain Of their non-scholastic ac-
tivitieS.
Holmes did once use a word which
scholars generally presume to be non
existent In 1.-The Adventure of the
Empty House" he spoke of his knowledge
of "baritsu, or the japanese system of
wrestling" To my knowledge the term
is unique.
Finally, Mr.. Roderick states that mo
problem was too obscure, no case too
difficult" This is a grievous overstate-
ment. Holmes failures were frequent
enough to cause him considerable con-
sternation. Perhaps the best known
example is the tale "The Yellow Face"
and we may well cite the charming list
of unsolved cases at the opening of 1.-The
Problem of Thor Bridge"
George w. Hilton,
Department of Economics, University
of MARYLAND.
Evening star., 1951-05-24
Nurse Shortage

1t Is unfortunate your reporter, WAL
lace Clayton, interviewed only the man.
agement of hospitals In this area. If he
had interviewed a few nurses, maybe q
clearer explanation could be found for
the shortage of nurses.
Certainly small salary plus few
incidental services are no inducement
to nurses for three to five years of
preparation. This is only one of the
disagreeable factors, but it is the most
important. The public, doctors, and
hospitals require considerable attention
to duty from nurses, which is as it
should be. However, satisfaction for
work well done is not sufficient reim-
bursement for any job. In my opinion
nurses are very devoted to their work
but only because they like it above all
else, and I can we'll understand why no
new members are added to the depicting
ranks.
Many hospitals are money making
institutions, and as such they will pay
as little as possible. Yet If the nurses
were to strike, they would be immedi-
ately ostracized by society.
There are cures to all situations and
feel sure one could be found for this.
Not by asking the Federal Government
to remedy the situation, but by the
hospitals themselves, where the trouble
fundamentally began and where it can
end.'
Male Observer.