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Arkansas State press., 1952-09-26

How Charles Dennis Jones, a Negro
employed by Robertson Transport, Of Hous-
ton, rsked his life to rescue truck driver
trapped in his burning cab, is told by Elsie
Miller Davis in the October Readers Digest
The Digest gives nationwide circulation
to the story already familiar to many Ious-
ton people-the highway accident last Feb
ruary, the sudden appearance of Jones and
the heroic part he played in eXtricating
truck-driver Roy Gaby
As a feat of sheer courage and physical
strength Jones rescue was almost incredl-
Bile. Several men with crowbars and ham
mers had not been able to free the trapped
Gaby. Jones, 80 years of age and 220 pounds
of muscle, wrenched the cab door off with
Ids bare hands Then, despite the fire, he
Arkansas State press., 1952-09-26
comments
LEE DAVN

Negro club made them excellent material
for white uneups
The Southern Association includes
clubs from Memphis Mobile Atlanta, Chat
tanooga, Nashville New Orleans Brming
ham and Little Rock The fact that few
years ago in the home of the Atlanta Crack
ers, Jackie Robinson's appearance drew over
100000 fans, some sports writer's are Of
the opinion that Atlanta may break the ice
We believe in all sincerity that Negro talent
will be given greater consideration in the
future by Southern Association baseball
Little Rock Negroes are receiving an
excellent opportunity to prove to their fell
low citizens their interest in accepting am
equal share Of responsibility as well as q
desire 10 receive the full benefits oil equal
rights. In this | have reference to the pres
ent Bomber Base Campaign Fund designed
to solicit funds from citizens for the pur-
pose of purchasing an area of land to build
a permanent Bomber Base The donation Of
the property is a Government requirement.
Even though Negro contributors are under
a segregated Sc IN, tho f0c' r7m"ine that
interest shown to such a responsibility is
for an overall good.
Arkansas State press., 1952-09-26
Are You Concerned?-

If there ever were an incentive for the
Negro to pay his poll tax, which qualities
him for voting, it is now News came this
week, that Harold w. Flowers of Pine Bluff
has definitely decided to run for seat in
Arkansas legislature, and viii file next
week with the secretary of state This with
in itself, should be a MUST for the Ark
ansas Negro to qualify himself with poll
tax receipt, since the poll tax receipt is a
prerequisite to voting in the state.
However, all the Negroes in the state
can't vote for Mr.. Flowers if they desire,
only those residing in jefferson and Lin
coin counties, but the mere fact that he is
a candidate for the state senate ought to
concern every Negro to action and every
Negro should be a volunteer worker
Arkansas State press., 1952-09-26

Mr.. Flowers is an able attorney and
no person in Arkansas, white or black can
say that he has not helped the cause oil
the Negro toward first class citizenship.
Mr.. Flowers has led such a militant fight
in Arkansas to lberate his people from the
abuse which is commonly recorded in the
south, that he was threatened by an alleg-
ed Ku Klux Khan. Unlike most leaders,
Mr. Flowers did not relent in his fight and
neither did he follow the advice of the Khan
Ito leave Arkansas or suffer the conse-
quences."
With such a man aspiring for a posi-
ton in the Arkansas legislature, it is in
deed inspiring and should be an incentive
to rally all Negroes-even the gradualists
to this campaign.
Arkansas State press., 1952-09-26

school board, an anti-segregation clause in
the contract is one of the causes 10 deter the
school board from reaching an immediate
decision II is said that the clause would
violate a state law which demands segrega-
ton in the public school. The housing au-
thority comes back with the assertion, ae-
eording to the daily press, stating that the
anti-seeregation clause was not mandatory.
To make it more explicit the authority
meant that federal laws meant nothing as
long as the state had a right TO make its
own law And to speak in the Venacuiar
Of the south the Negro must abide by the
white mans desires, irrespective to law, II
he IS to survive,
Anyone who is familiar with the south
and its treatment of the Negroes will regis
ter no surprise at the housing authority III
its effort to waive the antt-scgregatlon
clause to accomplish its objective, but II
doesn't register any good feeling when the
authority is aided by representative Ne
groes".
Arkansas State press., 1952-09-26
Just One Vote

This is for precinct captains Of both
parties. It's something they can tear out
and show to those lazy citizens who don't
want to bother to vote on election day.
Take the case of a farmer in De kaio
County, Indiana He was torn between
going to polls and to the grist mill. He
went to the polls. His one vote was the
margin of victory for a state legislator, The
legislators one vote was the margin that
sent Edward T. Hannegan to the U. ). Sen
ate. flanagan became Senate president
pro tenn and cast the vote that broke tie
to admit Texas to the L. S.
One senator's vote threw out the i'm
Arkansas State press., 1952-09-26
A Man Don't Know What he canDo Until ~

wormed his way under the crushed roof
and lifted it, by bracing himself and push
ing up, enough to get the driver out. Jones
then disappeared without even giving his
name
Fourteen months before, Jones lad
lost a child and his home in a fire. His
hatred Of fire was so strong, as the Digest
story relates, that is gave him the super
human strength he displayed in freeing
Roy Gaby from the burning trucks cab.
Also, as Jones later said to r. A. Child
ers, Houston businessman who inaugurated
a Charles d. Jones Endowment Fund for
Negro scholarships: "A man don't know
what he can do until another man is hurt
ing"
Arkansas State press., 1952-09-26
observatory
A Realistic View
BY EARL

It is limited that the leaders of some
Southern Association baseball clubs are
considering adding a little color to their
+oar,e next year. Past observations of Ne
Gro and white participation in compeu-
Tive sports in the south without incident
NAV be an important factor in such de
rision We believe that a more realistic view
NAV be seen in the Introduction Of Negro
baliplayers in the Southern Association
lineup, rather than an increase in gate
receipts we see progress.
Texas and Oklahoma have set an eN-
ample in breaking down their racial bar
riers In viewing the opinion of one sports
writer on the matter. he states, There is
no rule against the use Of Negroes in the
Dixie majors today There is no gentle
mems agreement and under the table ar
engagements that b7rtheir participation So
far, however no club owner in the white
supremacy belt has felt that his own
town or league was ready for a mixed
team. The fact remains without doubt
that any Negro player who makes way in
to white lineup has to be a little better
than the average payer on his team. Be
cause of the fact that Jackie Robinson,
Capanella and several others were stars in
Arkansas State press., 1952-09-26
School,
Continued from page one
Page Four


ing a leadership training school at
Bethel beginning Monday zig at
$50 ans continuing through the
week until Friday, October 3 TIL
following courses viii be Of er-
ed. Christian Stewardship, Pro-
fcssor L. NJ Christophe, The
Home and Church Working To-
gether Dean 4. Z. Dryer, Mis-
sloHary Education in the Local
Church, Mrs. Tishalu White, The
Program of My Church, Dr. c..
M May and Enlisting and Davel-
oping Church Workers, Dr.. G.
Wayman Blakely,
President 7 d, Alexander of
Shorter college will be the de.
votional speaker Bishop W r.
Wilkes will deliver the closing
address Friday evening and a.
ward the course cards. Officers
and workers in the Sunday scSoo',
Endeavor League Missionary So
eiety and other young poop rs
organizations are invited J. U.
EIston is chairman of the Board
Of Christian Education of Beth.l;
Rev. J. J. Brown is president Of
the Ministerial Alliance; Rev S.
E Mitchem is dean of the school;
Dr. c. Wayman Blakely, director
and Rev W. r. Wilkes, Bishop.
Pay Your POLL TAX Today
Arkansas State press., 1952-09-26
Held
CONTINUED from page onel

NIoHllnucu iioh pdbc oiSi
ror to the Kings county court
early TINS year.
Carroll was sentenced in 1927
to life term as a fourth often
der Judge Goldsteiu ruled that
the 1918 and 1916 convictions
should be set aside because ne
had not had an attorney, Said the
Judge. These things do not hap
pen today in our courts and
hope they never happen again.
find you have served 26 years
illegally and unjustly and IN view
of that I am giving you a sus-
pended sentence and setting you
free, so that you can breathe The
liberty you so justly deserve
With no bitterness in his heart,
Carroll told reporters that he was
going to try and trace his wife
and son. Ardith, who must be a.
bout 80 if still alive. He thought
though that his wife had remar-
ried. But first he was going to
get acquainted with T-boae
steak" even before going to W0rk
at a $50 a week chefs job which
a Brooklyn-catering company has
offered him.
Pay Your POLL TAX Today
Arkansas State press., 1952-09-26

parchment proceedings against President
Andrew Johnson
California, Idaho, Oregon and Washing
ton all were admitted to the Union by
onc-vote margin.
One vote in Congress kept the draft law
from being iunked a few months before
Pearl Harbor
The Bureau of National Affairs Inc. a
business information organization tells
about these cases in a pamphlet Just One
Vote!' You never can tell. You, too, might
change history with just one vote-Chicago
Sun-Times
Arkansas State press., 1952-09-26
State.
(Conrmued from page one)

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Arkansas State press., 1952-09-26
We Liue On The
BRINK Of 4 NEW DAY
What Can The BOOSTERS Sdy?-
BY St. Clair Roosevelt Hopkins

Government has final responsibility
for the weIl-belng OF It's citizenship, Il private
cooperative endeaVor fails to provide work
for willing hands and relief for the untortu-
nate those suffering hardship from no fault OF
their own have a right to call upon the gov
eminent for aid; and a government worthy OIL
This years debate topic to be hurled
to the roof in heated discussion in colleges
throughout the United States is most time
Iy, but unfortunate, The "rOosters' debate
topic is: Resolved, that the Federal Gov
eminent should establish a compulsory pol
icy Of FEPC. This issue is timely because
it is one of the main planks in each plat
form of the Democratic and Republican
parties. 1t is highly unfortunate because
young Americans, especially those who
must take the negative side in the debates,
should find it necessary to train their criti-
cal minds upon such an obviously fair and
democratic law as FEPC, 1t is unfortunate
that they should find it necessary to cover
over and hide the truth which is the main
reason why the law has not been accepted
today. The truth is the greatest opponents
of the law in congress, the southern host
of congressman, who do not necessarily
represent the popular concensus of its con-
stituents, is bent upon preiudicially main
tanning the "Worn-out-horse7 of outmo5cd
traditionaliSm in a rapidly changing So
cial order
1t would appear to me that only prim-
tive, unciyilized man or animal of a lower
order and intelligence should find need to
debate the acceptance of a law with the
word FAIR as its key term
AT the beginning of 1850 ten states,
largely northern and western and four ma
Arkansas State press., 1952-09-26

Ab9I4A uISp WIN kItAllB5 cts titt Ought W vi
Franklin D. R00@l
building of a more democratic society
times Of peace as well.
In view of the facts l have tried
dig up some of the arguments the rNj
debaters shall widely publicize and suppl
They might say: (a) 1t should be an 4
ployer's democratic privilege to hire Vtl
he pleases. (b) If congress passed ID
pulsory FEPC bill, how would it eno1
it. (c) To pass a compulsory FEPC 4
would be giving too much power to the q
eral government over the states, this VI
lead to communism cd Negroes go1
have to employ qualified white EorSe1
Would they want to? (etc.)
To true democratic Americans te|
are not arguments, but unmatched oyi
worked political "duds" Of southern poI]
clans. For this reason | won't devote A
space to their answer If any average
merican would search the depths Of his y
conscience with sincerity and without P7
udice, there he will, I am sure, find
answer.
Many authorities are supporting
theory that education must precede
such Legislative actions. This theory
ly partially true, l would 60 all the !"
with it if the opponents Of such H1i
would accept genuine, sincere, etiec'
democratic legislation as an integral I
Of such an educational program
The atmosphere surrounding our ny
tutions and the people in them can
shaped and directed out of the traoUIl
listic "white-is-right" rut into the gu.
gether" avenue by making this step Y
ward in congress and in state egSa-,
to make it penal by law for indIWd0a,
infringe upon the suggested constitute .,
rights of American citizens in this Sp /,
The deceased President RooSey" I,
the remarkable vision to acccJ, ana Wv,
In our generation, a new idea mas ',"'
dominate thought about Government 4,
idea that the resources Of the na',o a,
be made to produce a far higher S'a ,s
Of living for the masses OF Inc F MI
if only government is intelligent al" ~
getic in giving the right direction 10 '
mic life" add
Saint Simon, a French writer a"' N
Htical-economic exponent once "IoI c,e
IMAGINATION Of poets hes placed The v'g
Arkansas State press., 1952-09-26

its name must make fitting response"
Too many VINO pirate about saving
mocracy are really only interested in 50
things as they are Democracy should COZ
itself also with things as they aught to
Franklin D Roo9
Arkansas State press., 1952-09-26

rA" 'Uino" express
II ain papo~
Arkansas State press., 1952-09-26

Y. Hudson is pastor Of the
church.
Pay Your POLL TAX Today
Arkansas State press., 1952-09-26

Pay Your POLL TAX Today
Arkansas State press., 1952-09-26

-:Pay Your POLL TAX Today.
Arkansas State press., 1952-09-26

According to a spokesmi
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-15
Bodies Are Found
In Wrecked Plane

SHELTON, Wash. B- The
charred and tangled wreckage of
Navy plane which exploded
against hillside Wednesday night
with IL men aboard has yielded
four broken bodies and the re-
mainder were being sought Friday.
The wreckage, scattered over a
wide area Of the forested Olympic
Mountains foothill Is miles north
west of here, was found by search
parties Thursday night.
They had been directed TO The
scene by residents of the area who
saw the Seattle-baseds four-engined
plane pass low overhead and then
crash with a roar and binding
flash into the 2,200 foot hill.
The plane was found at the 800
foot level. The bodies were burned
beyond recognition and the Navy
said there was mo reason to be-
lieve there had been any sur
vivors."
Included among those lost in the
accident was Capt. G. R. Dyson,
4S, commander of Fleet Air Wing
Four, who had gone along as an
observer. The plane, on a training
mission, was from a patrol squad
ron at Sand Point Naval Air sta
ton, Seattle.
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-15
ar NewsfeufUres
Chapter Is


THE station signs on the Broad
L way-Brooklyn 81" read: sT, ,ori-
mer Street" The train huffed 20
a rolling stop. Devereaux alight-
ed, then began the long descent to
the street below.
He looked around him. be-
mused. It was the same as the
one he had been born to, as all
Slums were the same. He'read the
signs on the store fronts nostal-
gically, as if greater significance
than their mean legend lay in
them. ALLIES POOL PARTOR
CHEAP JOES. CANDY AND
STATIONERY. B ON URA
FRESH FISH. EMPIRE, WIN
DOW SHADES AND AWNINGS.
THE MEMO, a theater showing a
cowboy Western and the sixth
episode of Death in Diamonds.
Right out of my memory book
and brought to life, Devereaux
thought to himself. And un-
changed, as if a quarter century
were a moment. Would frankie
Hughes, too, find it unchanged if
he could re-enter life and walk
these streets Devereaux won
dered.
An aging cop came toward De-
vereaux. The detective eyed him
appraisingly.
Devereaux signaled the patrol
man and then introduced himself
Maybe you can help me-" the
detective said obviously.
what are you after?" he asked
wearily.
Information about someone
who grew up hereabouts twenty
or so years ago"
'Long time ago, twenty years,
the patrolman said chidingly.
"Sure, I know" Devereaux
smiled. 'SThis your precinct as far
back as that?''
"As far back as ten. Before that
! worked out of this precinct some
years, and up in Greenpoint other
times"
Find this area much different
today? Against twenty years age" "
the detective asked. 'EWhat I mean
is, what do you find pretty much
the same, only older?" He ges-
tured toward CHEAP JOE'S,
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-15

patrolman tapped his forehead.
She's dippy. Keeps insisting
Bills sure to come back and be
wanting to get right back into ac-
ton. But if anybody can tell YOU
anything it's Grandma. She's
close on to eighty, about the old
est citizen around"
Where does she live?"
In the rear room, back Of the
funeral parlor."
"Wil she talk to strangers?"
"At the drop of a hat. And
quicket than that if you bring her
a box of peppermintS." A hand
motioned cautioningly. "But don't
let on you're a cop. Cops. land
lords, and anybody from the Gas
company can't get the time of day
around here"
Devereaux nodded understand
ingly.
There's the barber on the
MeSerole Street corner. But Vim
cente's hearing is gone. You'd 60
nuts carrying on a conversation
with i'm"
Devereaux extracted an en-
velope from an inside pocket. He
held a photograph out to the pa
trolman. ''This was the last pic
ture taken of frankie Hughes. It
was taken in Sing Sing. Know
him?"
The patrolman regarded it
blankly. "No."
THE pool hall was a square,
barnlike store housed in a rot
ting one-story frame building.
barnlike store housed in a rotting
one-story frame building.
A man with stringy gray hair
that touched tre neckband of his
grimy. .ollarless shirt was perched
on a high StooI near the confec-
tionery counter. His stomach was
ballooned out and his hands rested
on it in an odd suggestion of piety.
He was browsing.
Devereaux crossed the room
and nudged the browsing pro-
prietor. The hands on the bal
looned stomach drew apart slow
ly, and the face came awake.
Blood-speckled eyes brooded at
the detective. "Huh?" the man
grunted disagreeably.
tie be contlnuedl
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-15
TOUGH COP
By JOHN ROEBURT

CA-TDY AND STATIONERY.
Like that candy store. Does
Cheap Joe date back twenty
years? And other establishments
and neighborhood people. How
many of them are still at the same
old stand?"
The patrolman rubbed his chin
thoughtfully, then Squinted uues-
tioningly at Devereaux. 'sWho is
this someone you're looking TO
find out something about?"
frankie Hughes" Devereaux
replied He grew up around here.
His last address was 261s johnson
Avenue That was in 1928"
A hand Tapped loosely, point
ing a direction. "261s johnson
Avenues three blocks west" The
eyes looked mildly curious. what
about frankie Hughes?"
He was caught il. a payroll
holdup that resulted in the death
of a messenger The Hubbel Elec-
trical Appliance Company. Fran
kle Hughes was convicted and
sent to Sing Sing. Remember the
case?"
THE patrolman shook his head.
1 A hand tapped loosely. "Al-
lies Pool Hall there was big
hangout "
DevereauX nodded distractedly.
Does Allies Pool Hall have the
same ownership today?"
The patrolman's head went I'D
and down affirmatively. "Only
Allies not the same man TODAY
he was tWenty years ago. Used to
be a king lording it over the
young snotnoses who dropped in
to play pool and talk over jons
they were going to pull off. What
the kids didn't know yet, Allie
taught them"
Devereaux grinned. "Any other
oldsters around, like Allie? Some
one who would have a close
knowledge of kids and their fam
ilies?"
There's old Grandma Nc
Bride" he said after while. Her
son ran the funeral parlor at 4llk
Johnson Avenue until he passed
away with pneumonia five years
ago. Grandma keeps the place
spic ani span, ready for business,
just as if Bill was still alive" The
The Key West citizen., 1952-11-15
HAL
BOYLE
SAYS
BY HAL BOYLE

Notes from a travel diary:
Going through Europe builds you
down and tears you up. 1t confuses
an out-0f-tOwner.
As a visitor, your duty is al
ways to go and Loyalty inspect the
famous local ruins, shake your
head and ponder aloud how such
a wonderful civilization could per-
ish.
The next thing is to admire the
local art works.
For some reason beyond his own
actual desires the tourist is sup
posed to be painting to creak his
neck upward at the famous top--of-
the-wall drawings of Michelangelo
and his students.
The brave fact, Of course, is that
most visitors are more interested
in the present day-to-day life of
Europeans than in inspecting some
notify paintings of centuries ago
they have already had to study
since they quit chasing fireflies.
Culture is a grand thing, and
Heaven knows we all admire it,
but there is no particular reason
except tradition for a visiting
American to think the faded gran
deur of a Renaissance wall is SUI
peri0r to the clean Splendor of a
utilitarian Rockefeller Center sky
scraper.
To me, no matter how many
guide books / study, the Sistine
Chapel is no more inspiring than
the cathedral reach of the Empire
State Building at dawn or dusk.
They have their inferiority COM
plexeS about us and we have ours
about them. l say our towering
group art, just because it reflects
group genius, isn't therefore less
worthy than the lofty grope of in
dividual genius that they admire.
Take the painting of "The Last
Supper" a famous relic from the
brush of Leonardo Da Vinci that
was fortunately spared-and acci-
dentally spared-by Allied bomb
ings that crumbled three convent
walls around it.
Time has been less kind to the
efforts of the bold and wistful
brush of long ago. An Italian
friend said:
''Go and see 1.-THE Last Supper.
All that is left is crumbs"
/ went. They were trying to re-
store the flaking strokes of the
vanished master. Throughout Eu-
rope you find this often-the at
tempt to restore a fading color
opus of some heralded maestro of
the brush.
But in many cases the reproduc-
tons we studied in childhood are
better than the remnants left.
Sometimes to see them in being
is sad shock, like leaving your
mother young and fair and return
ing in after years to find her bent
and old. Such was the feeling had
on actually viewing 1.-The Last Sup
per" on / wall in Milan.
Mark Twain once bitterly re-
marked that anything was immor-
tai that was remembered 100
years. Well, l feel culture is only
the nucleus you cling to of all the
things you are exposed to, the CEN
trail hulk with meaning and feel
ing.
And after being exposed to. all
the antique art of Europe, | like to
feel that a hundred years from
now | could come home on a Long
Island train at twilight and see the
swordfish tower of the Chrysler
Building stab a dying sky and still
know a sense of warmness and
belonging. That l think is the ef-
feet of true art.
The thing about most American
art is that we have, in a larger
measure than any people before
us, built our art so deeply into
our daily lives that we, as well