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Milford chronicle., 1952-12-19

Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Bradley and
daughter are vacationing in Flor-
ida.
Mrs. Ida Reynolds Of near Will
mingt0n is spending some time with
her sister, Mrs. VIM. Newmon. sr
Sorry to learn William Fleisch-
auer, Sra is confined % LIZ home
due TO illness.
Glad TO hear Miss Grace Draper
was able to leave the hospital and
Is now at home.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-19
Ralniorne Page Holes

Want to reinforce the holes in the
pages Of a loose-leaf recipe book, or
any kind Of loose-leaf notebook,
quickly and inexpensively? Simply
dab teach hole with colorless nail
polish and let dry.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-19
POPULATION GAIN
FOR AUSTRALIA

SYDNEY, Australia (P - The
new permanent gain to Australia
through migration in the three
months to September 80 was 24.554
persons, compared with 22,678 dur
ing the same period last year, ac-
cording to the latest statistics.
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-19
BETHEL
By Mrs. Anna smItA

Mrs. William Williams is spend
ing several days in Norfolk, Va,
with Mrs Fan Wheatley.
The Count On Me Club met Tues
day night at the home of Mrs. Es-
ther Miller.
Mrs. William Davies and Mrs.
John Frazer have returned home
after spending several days in
New York.
John Garrett of New Castle spent
several days last week with Mrs.
RhOda Garrett.
Mrs. George Weaver of Bear was
a town visitor on Sunday.
The Friendly Sunday School
Glass met Thursday night at the
home Of Mrs. Ruth Joyce.
Shop And Save In Milford
Bargains Galore IN Every Store
Milford chronicle., 1952-12-19

Shop And Save In Milford
bargains Galore In Every Store
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-02-02

thus: Be not deceived, for God is not mock,
for what soever man soweth, Sc shall he
also reap.
Rev. Cocker stated that everything bears
Q price and life offers no bargains.
The Pastors Aid Society held its install
lation service on Sunday afternoon. The
service was conducted by the Rev. W. M
Moore and his choir Of the Mt. Moriah
Baptist Church. The officers for 1862 are
as follows: Mrs. Ella Mitchell, president
Mrs. O. H. Gray, vice president; Mrs. Ma
ry Crawley, recording secretary; MI s.
Ruth Wormack, financial secretary; Mrs.
Marian Craighead, assistant financial sec
rotary; Mrs. Aurelia Davis, correspond
ing secretary; Mrs. Bertha Jones, treas
urer; Mrs. Jean Early, chaplain; and Mrs.
Willie Stockton, prgram chairman.
Sgt. Samuel Smith and Cpl David Smith
Jr., sons of Mr.. and Mrs. David Smith of
Patton Ave-, NE, are on furlougf. at pres
ent because of the illness of their mother,
who is patient at Burrell Memorial Hos
pital
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-02-02

UP earh other since that meant less Ne
groes to be handled by society. Today,
this dominant point of view is the strong
est contributing factor for the high homi-
eide rate among Negroes IN the South
The razor wielder or the ice pick artist
or any other variety of the man-killer type
can stalk his prey within the Negro com
munity with the law enforcement officers
who simply cannot be made to understand
that black life is as sacred as white
life
"pll kill you and spend SIX months is
a statement frequently heard when the
tempers of sun-kissed Americans run high
among themselves. They don't give vent
to such expressions because they are more
blood thirsty than are other racial groups
in the South they don't think In terms
of Violence and murder because they were
born that way.
The sad truth is that Negroes are en-
couraged to kill and MAIN other Negroes
by the overall laxity of Southern Courts
that are inclined, by tradition, to regard
crimes against Negroes as less serious than
those committed against white citizens.
And this is most deadly form of racial
discrimination that strikes at the very
roots Of our democratic judicial system.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-02-02
Annual Homecoming Game In Salem
Pits Carver High Against ]. P. Burley
High Of Charlottesville, Virginia

The Carver High School Courtmen of Sa-
lon will be hosts to Burley High of Char
lettesville formerly Jefferson) in Car
ver's annual Homecoming game on Friday
February l, at 8:15 pm
Carver, with a record of six conference
wins and one loss, and Burley, undefeat-
ed this season, are among the leading con-
tenders for the VIAL crown.
Carver's record to date is as follows
Carver 54-Jefferson, Of Clifton Forge. 80
Carver 48--Addison 80; Carver 59--Clf-
Ten Forg re 55; Carver 36--Dunbar, of
Lynchburg, 40; Carver 6O--Dunbar SO j;
Carver 61--Langston, of Danville, 81.
Coach Earl Cannaday's High-flying
Eagles are paced by Captain Juber Pres
ton; Theodore Lewis, leading scorer; and
center Joseph Kyle, with promising first
year eager Percy Monroe and Edward
Cooper completing the usual starting line
up. AmIle reserve strength, including
Richard Dick Bransom and Marion Red
Childress, is available for h e Carver
forces.
The Carverc coach and players do not
under estimate Burley, for the Charlottes-
vile team, under Coach Smith, is noted
for always having potential championship
material and the games between the two
schools are hard-fought
preliminary game will be played by
the girls of the two schools. at 7:15. The
Carver lassies led by Captain Sara Smith,
a e undefeated, having been victorious
ever Clifton Forge (2) and Waynesboro.
During the half of the main game, Miss
Carver of 1852 will be crowned. Contest
ants for this honor are: Patricia Hilton,
9Th grade; Barbara Simmons, 9Th grade !;
Frances Vineyard, 10th gr e; Beulah
Willis, 18th grade; and Patricia Gravely,
18th grade
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-02-02

concerned, and the party took on the at
mosphere of holiday gaiety. Just before
the last contents of the bottle had been
consumed, it appears that t h guest a
very frail girl of some 100 pounds, made
the mistake of making a remark concern
ing the character of relative of the two
well built sisters and tempest hit the
upstairs flat.
Two reporters and photographer az
rived on the scene before the police got
there and the well-built sisters freely adj
mitted that the dozens" had been played
and that one girl had held the lightweight
female guest while the other had about
severed her head from her body with a
carving Knife.
But when the claw" moved in the oldest
sister took the blame for the knitting be-
cause her sister already had police court
record and she did not decide to disre-
gard this bit of sisterly devotion until she
had sobered up the next morning
The officers of the law, the common
wealth's attorney, he investigating de-
tectives and the trial Judge went about
their business with seriousness Of pur-
pose and the sister who had stuck knife
into the back of a much smaller woman
who was being held, received an acquittal
because she killed in SELF DEFENSE
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-02-02

But the older sister, who had taken the
blame for the murder at first, received
three years flat time for something { h e
court and prosecuting attorney called per-
jury.
None of us who sat around the press
table that day knew too much about legal
techniques or the high points regarding
the finer shades of the administration OF
justice in Jim Crow society, so most Of
us concluded what the facts before us IN
dictated, to wit:
That in Dixie It is possible for a col
ored woman to murder another In cold
blood and go free, but there is a penalty
attached to purjury.
Or tC state the situation in somewhat
different terms, lying to a white man ip
the South is a crime that is more serious
than taking the life of a Negro
The case of the boxcm sisters occurred
more than twenty years ago, but it spelled
cut pattern of Southern court procedure
when dealing with all Negro principals,
which is always faithfully followed as a
matter of course.
Back IN the Reconstruction Period, the
W n tie law enforcement officers of the
South actually took the position that il
was good business" to let Negroes kill
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-02-02
Gordon BraxtOn FuneraIjzed

The last rites for Gordon Braxton, we'll
known and respected citizen of Salem.
were held at the First Baptist Church of
Salem, Wednesday, January 16 at pm.
The main eulogy was given by Rev. c.. J..
Smith with Reverends R. w. Coletrain and
j. II. Allen assisting The obituary, mess
ages of coincidence and resolutions were
read by Mrs. Lettie Martin Appropriate
music was furnished by the Senior Choir
of the church assisted by members of Sh;-
loh Baptist Church choir
The deceased, who passed at Burrell
Memorial Hospital, Sunday, January 13
after lengthy illness, was native Of
Salem, the son of George Braxton and the
late Nettie Braxton. He was a faithful
and hard working member of the F t
Baptist Church until the time of his ill.,
ness. For many years he was an employee
of the Norfolk and Western Railway Co.,
where he was held in highest esteem by
his co-workers of both races.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-02-02
HOLLINS NEWS
Rv Estber CaGIa~

Our Sunday morning service was con-
Quoted by the pastor, Rev. T. B. Wright,
who spoke from the subject ''The Saints
of Long Ago" Our newly organized Choir
us, The Sunbeams," rendered two beauti-
ful selections before and after the sermon.
Sunday night Rev. H. A. White, of r, a.
noke, brought us a message from the 133rd
Psalm, subject, sHarmony in Eife''
The Sunbeams Chorus will sing Fehru-
airy at the First Baptist Church, Holins
You will miss a real treat if you fail to
hear them. The chorus will sing for the
Sunday School Department of the First
Baptist Church of Roanoke at a date to
be announced later.
The choir will give Valentine Party
February 16 at the Hollins School. The
public is invited.
Mr.. C. H. Johnson, former superiotend-
ent of the Sunday School has been ILL.,
He is greatly improved now but is still
confined to his room.
The Young Men and Women's Business
Club was entertained at the home of Mrs
JESSIE Langhorne last Monday night 4
most delicious dinner was enjoyed by ALL
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-02-02
SALEM NEWS
By O'delI Burks

Sunday was Mems Day at Bethel AME
Church. Mr.. Roscoe McFadden presided
at the program which went as follows:
Devotions were conducted by Mr. George
Bowles music was rendered by the Can
naday Singers, Echoes were heard from
John Wesley, First Bapt. and Shiloh Bap-
fist Churches. A solo was rendered by Mr.
Harry Richardson.
The guest speaker for the evening was
the honored pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Salem, Rev. c. J. Smith, who
delivered most powerful message which
was inspiring and uplifting to ALL
The Cannaday Singers were guests at
Virginia Heights Baptist Church Sunday
morning.
Mrs. Eva Boyden was guest solcist at
the BTU Sunday evening.
A group of twelve girls met at the home
of Mrs. O'dell Burks Thursday, JAN "a,
and organized junior club Of the Ladies
Sewing Circle. The group was named from
the most honored organizer of the Senior
Continued to page four)
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-02-02
VOLUME xI---NUMBER l
Roanoke Baptist Pastors
Conference Install New
Slate OF Officers

Almost a capacity house witnessed the
installation services of the Roanoke Bar
fist Pastors Conference last week at Ebe.
nezer Baptist Church, Kingstcwn. Rev.
u. r. Powell, the outgoing president and
pastor of Hill Street Baptist Church, de
ilvered the installation sermon. Rev. VIII
liam M Scott, pastor of Slate Hill Bap-
list Church, was master Of ceremonies.
The newly elected officers were installed
by Ref. H. A. White Music was by the
Hill Street Choir.
OFFICERS installed were: Rev. T. B.
Wright, PASTOR of Ebenezer and Hollins
churches, president; Rev. VIM. M. Moore,
pastor of Morning Star and Mt. Moria h
churches, vice president; Rev C. j. Smith,
pastor First Baptist Church, Salem, sec
rotary; Rev. w. S. Medley, pastor of Cal
loway Baptist Church. assistant secretary
Rev. w. N. Hunter, pastor of Jerusalem
Church, treasurer Rev f. E. A eyander,
editor and publisher Of The Tribune ard
pastor of the First Baptist Church, Buc-
hanan, is the conference critic; Rev. viii
liam M. Scott of Slate Hill Church is the
news reporter.
h conference meets at 100 D. M
every Monday at Hill Street Church of
which the Rev. D: r. Powell is pastor
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-02-02
Notes
on -
The
News
By T. j. Sellers
Equality Before The
Law----S0uthern Style

Back in the carefree days when earned
my board and keep by copying items from
the police plotter and reporting h o c
things that l saw and heard in the police
court of q certain Southern city, l ran
head-on into little story which has al
ways remained with me as an example Of
Dixie justice at it's very worse.
On very chilly January day, two well
built colored girls, who tipped the scales
at 100 piece bought large bottle of
fokay wine and invited one Of their friends
TO join them in bit of social slipping.
It was Thursday, half holiday for all
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-02-02

Lit. Patricia A. Doherty, USAF, USA ana
USAF Recruiting Station, 907 Norfolk
Ave-, NV, Roanoke, announced today
that End Lit. Florence T. Saunders will be
stationed at the Recruiting Station in Roa-
noke for two weeks beginning Friday,
February 1.
1t. Saunders is the daughter of Mrs
Neada Saunders, 518 Loudon Ave-, NV.
She attended Lucy Addison High School
and graduated from Virginia State Col
lege, Petersburg, where she received her
BIS degree Anyone interested in the USA
or USAF service may be interviewed by
'Lt. Saunders or 1t. Patricia Doherty at
t h e Roanoke Recruiting Station. Phone
$3.50.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-02-02

STAND, simply be-
cause { h C y can I
read. If p person is
illi'erate it makes
no difference how
plainly A book is
printed or how big
the type is or how
clear the authors
sentences. So a per.
son can be read by
some of his neigh.
bOrS, like a hook in
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-02-02
MT. ZION BAPTIST NOTES
By Ruth WOrr1ack

Our Motto "Under God we will build
In spite of the very inclement weather
on last Sunday morning there was very
fine congregation at the morning service.
Our minister, Rev M. T. Coker spoke from
the subject "You~ Must Pay the Price"
taken from Galations CT, which reads
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-02-02

plain English; to others who are
Just as close to him (close, that is.
measured by foot-rule) he might
as well be written in Egyptian HER
oglyphics for anything they can
make out of him.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-02-02
From Behind
The Curtain
BY A White Southerner

Segregation is America's iron curtain. IT'S
greatest evH has been that 1t prevents as from
understanding each other and from beiao con-
sc'ous Of each Others grovth On both sides of
the curtain zoe are about fifty gears behind in
oar interpretations of the other. Write IN
questions concefaing racial attitudes of the
educated chtfe Southerner of today
Names will be withheld)
Dear White Southerner: In your col
umn last week you mentioned only one
criticism which white Southerners make
against modern Negroes. Aren't there any
others?
INTERESTED
ANSWER: Outside of the few which
have already been covered in this column,
1 can think of none of Importance. Believe
1t or not, we really have lot of respect
and liking for the Negro people How
could we help it, when so many of us were
dumber than we undoubtedly are in order
not to recognize, after so much exposure
to them, the many sterling qualities which
are generally present in Negroes I hear
half dozen expressions of admiration for
every one criticism leveled against YOU.
There is, however, one trivial criticism
of the educated Negro which | sometimes
hear. 1t refers to tendency to overwork
his large vocabulary
But it certainly is only natural as many
of us recognize, for the Negro to react
against the irritating assumption that his
vocabulary is substandard by demonstrate
ing that, on the contrary, it is very high.
The wonder is, not that Negroes of SUI
perior education consistently offer the in
teliectual courtesy Of choosing always the
most simple and familiar word which can
express their meaning.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-02-02
Understanding
Lesson for February 3, 1852

DEOPLE are like books. Some can
read them, some can't You can
put thing down in black and white
and still some people will not under
Evening star., 1952-06-27
OPS Ignores Heat
In Removing Price
Controls on Ice

The Office of Price Sterilization
didn't say anything about the hot
weather but it removed ice from
price controls today.
Then it turned around and de-
controlled some fur coats.
In exempting ice from controls,
OPS said the selling price has
been relatively stable for the last
|20 years. It also said that, be-
tween declining demand the avail
ability of mechanical refrigerators,
there ought to be no price ad-
vances. Anyway, it added. the
job of continuing controls on the
price of ice would be more trou-
BILE to the industry and to OPS
than it is worth.
The furs the agency decon-
trolled are those garments selling
for more than $400 and the furs
from which they are made. OPS
said the garments are generally
above the means of moderate in
come families and. therefore, dc
not involve their cost of living.
L Also exempted from controls
were n canned and frozen fruits
berries and vegetables in the lux
Jury class and generally not car
lried by the average retail grocer
An example Is frozen melon balls
Evening star., 1952-06-27
Again.,
No Pay
An Editors Crime
Is Uncovered
In Warner Film

SCANDAL SHEET" a Columbia picture
produced by Edward Small. directed BY
Phil Karlson. screenplay- by Ted Sherde;
on % novel, 'The Dark Page" BY Samuel
Fuller. At the Metropolitan.
THE CAST,
Evening star., 1952-06-27
Where and When
Current Theuter Attractions and
Time of Showing

Stage.
Arena "The Hasty Heart"
$3.50 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador-"Scandal Sheet,
1875, 3:35. 535, 7::35 and 9:35 pm
Capitol "Outcasts of Poker
Flat: II am, LAS, 4:30. TIE
and 10 pm.
Columbia-"Carbine Williams"
|11:25 am, 1880, 3:35, $40. IA;
and $50 pm.
Dupont-"Never Take No fol
an Answer: 1885, 3:35. 5:35, 7:40
9:40 and 11:45 pm.
Keith's-"Just This One";; 11:4:
am, LAS, $3.50. $50. 1855 anc
9:55 pm.
Little-"The Secret Of Mayer
ling: 6:10. 8 and 9:45 pm.
Metropolitan "The Fighter;
11:15 am. l, 2:45, 4:30, $40
8:05 and 9:55 pm.
OntariO-"Time for Men Only,
LOS, $40. $40. 7:15, OILS anc
1920 pm.
Palace-"Scaramouche";; list
am, 2:20 and 4:50 pm. Premiere
.of 1.-THE Washington Story" Al
$3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1952-06-27
By Harry Macarthur

Crime just does not pay and
you might as well begin to be-
lieve it. Even if you are a big
New York newspaper editor you
cannot get away with knocking
off a woman out of your past.
You may hide all the clues, but
some smart young reporter you
have trained will, thinking at the
time that he is doing you favor.
track you down. This, at any
rate, is set forth in Scandal
Sheet" the new film leaning on
the cooling system for support
at the Warner and Ambassador
Theaters.
No enterprise which lures you
into an air-cooled theater right
now can be condemned completely,
but Scandal Sheet" tries hard.
Moviegoers probably have had
enough of the complaint that
Hollywood presents a fanciful no.
ton of the newspaper trade, but
this sort of thing does get awfully
trying. In addition to everything
else in Scandal Sheet" the head
character, played by Broderick
Crawford, is referred to as both
the editor and the managing edi-
tor of a New York newspaper.
This is somewhat akin, if Holly
wood would like the shoe on the
other foot. to failing to differ
entiate between the contributions
of the director and the head car
penter to the making of a movie.
There are other grounds on
which Scandal Sheet" might be
taken to task. It's a fairly silly
|melodrama, really. Crawford plays
Ia ruthless managing editor whose
only goal is a circulation figure
which will win him a handsome
bonus. John Derek plays young
reporter who thinks the boss is
great stuff. Donna Reed plays a
feature writer who thinks the boss
is a real Stinker.
He does. indeed. turn out to be
something less than a true gentle
man when the wife he wed and
deserted under, a different name
20 years before turns up. He in
advertently knocks her off, then
parks her in the bathtub to give
the impression that she has slipped
and conked herself with a faucet
His bright young reporter noses
around, though, uncovers clues
and it is only a matter of time.
While this nonsense is going on
Crawford does manage an effective
portrait of a man watching trap
Swinging closed. Henry O'Neill il
good, too, as a former ace news.
paperman on the alcoholic skids
Miss Reed is pretty and Derek is
well. he's probably pretty, too.
! Phil Carlson directed "Scanda
Sheet" There wasn't much he (ol
the head carpenterl could do
however, to hide the fact that thi!
; is trite melodrama.
Evening star., 1952-06-27
Hollywood
Diary
By SheiIoh Groham
HOLLYWOOD.

Bette DAVIS SOng-anQ-QanCe
revue on Broadway this fall re-
minds me of when she had to sing
They're Either Too Young or Too
Old" in 1943. Bette stopped the
orchestra with Look, I know no.
thing about music and I can't fol-
low you, so you'll have to follow
me-"
The Gary Cooper-Dusty Miller
combination is beginning to look
serious.
Robert Montgomery, who hopes
to sign Alex Gottlieb to direct and
star in one of his "Tales of Billy
Rose" meets with Alex in New
York next week.
Chubby Charlie Laughton is SC
busy with all his projects, he
begged Metro to let him out OF
the Henry VIII role in young
Bess." But they wouldn't dream OF
making the picture without him
and promised to wait. They
may have to wait longer than they
want to, what with Jean Sim
mons being tied up in so much
litigation.
When John Steinbeck, in Mad
rid, saw Littre, the famed Spanish
bullfighter, gored, then come
back into the ring to finish off
his bull, he decided to write q
book about him. But John called
lit off in a mad rush when the bull
batter screamed invasion of pri-
vacy Frank Morgan's widow,
Alma, came back on the lie De
France with 10 satin bullfighters
jackets from Spain Hotel
rooms in Spain are so reserved ir
advance that not even Prince Ally
Kahn could get a room recently
at the Hotel Madrid. in Seville.
Pat Neal, skinny, brown anc
rather wistful looking, goes home
to see her folks before flying tx
Korea on July IL ;. Nicky Hiltor
came with his cast to see the gir
who cast him off-Gloria DE-
Haven-at her polo patio cocktail
cry at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
| X X X X
Groucho Marx is renting 6
house at La Jolla, and he'll return
to the theater in mo Time fol
Elizabeth" Joe E. Levi!
squelched a bore last night with
"you remind me Of an untippet
waiter" Caught Hedy Lamar
checking back into the Beverly
Hills Hotel, and she in a shape.
less white polo coat. fiat heels, nj
stockings. She was comfortable
at any rate Rita Hayworth'.
"Salome" carries her most expen.
sive budget to date-somewhert
in the neighborhood of $2.5 mil
lion.
George Jessel has agreed Il
Jerry Lewis playing him in hi
movie biog. Now all George ha'
to do is get Jerry to agree.
Yvonne de Carlos Egyptian ad
mirer, Youssef Chahine, followed
her to Hollywood to sign her fol
a picture he'll direct. He has al
his financing, hut De Carlo i.
more likely to sign with the Wolff!
of London for a sequence in limo.
cents Abroad" The "Glas.
Wall" title means the U. N. Build
ing in New York-and here
thought it was the Lever glass
house on Park avenue there.
y X X y
Louis Hayward is vastly relieved
that his throat trouble provet
non-malignant. and he's off tt
Seattle with Mrs. Hayward fol
three weeks recuperation.
The late Alan Hale, ST., would b.
Ipleased with the progress Of hi
IjGnior. who just signed for q
l"Trail Blazers" on TV for Stew
Broidy. Maggie Whiting want
to dance on TV. She's taking les
sons from Ernie Flatt. Ant
Dean Martin gave a Surpris'
lunch birthday party for Write
Ed Simmons at Paramount. bu
Ed was so in the dark, he onl,
came wearing a tux and screaming
surprise, surprise"
(Released by North American Newspape
Alliance)
Evening star., 1952-06-27

"OUTCAsTS OF POKER FLAT" a
Goth Century-Fox picture, produced by
Julian Blaustein, directed by Joseph M.
Newman. screenplay by Demund H. North.
based on story by Bret Harte. At the
Palace,