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Evening star., 1952-03-08
Woman 5hopIifter
Gets Long Term

A woman who police said used
oversize bloomers in which to stow
away clothing which he stole
from stores. was sentenced to three
years and nine minths in prison
in Montgomery County Circuit
Court yesterday.
She is Willie Mae Norris. 80.
colored, Of the 500 block ef
Twenty-third place NE. A.
Sentence was imposed by Judge
Charles w. Woodward after the
woman pleaded guilty to stealing
two women's suits valued at $50
from the Hecht Co.. Silver Spring
store on March IL, 1851.
A store detective said the de-
fendant was seen stuffing the
suits into large bloomers tied
around her waist under her skirt.
In another case Earl Kenneth
Rogers. 28. of near Rockville was
sentenced to Is months in the
House Of Correction after he
pleaded guilty to stealing about
SIS worth Of tools and overalls
last December 8 from the Wash.
|ington Vault Works on the Rock
vile pike.
Sentence In a third case In
volying the theft by an Army
private Of an automobile and o
revolver from the Shipley Motor
Co., Rockville, was deferred pend
ing an investigation by q parole
officer.
The defendant, Pvt. Robert Lee
Shipe, 20. who is AWOL from
the Army. pleaded guilty to break-
ing into the company's used car
lot last November "a.
Evening star., 1952-03-08
Fairfax Delegate S Bill
To Tax Trailer Camps
Awaits Battle Signing
81 J s,uff { cor,,pond.c, q N. s,or

RICHMOND. Mar. "a new
law authorizing Fairfax County
to tax trailer camps was awaiting
the Governors signature today.
The measure. 10y Delegate Ed
win Lynch Of Fairfax, was among
a number Of bills passed by the
General Assembly yesterday which
affect Northern Virginia areas.
A 1850 act Of the Legislature.
under which Fairfax imposed q
tax on trailer parks. was declared
invalid last December by the State
Supreme Court of Appeals. The
court held that it was special leg
islation Of q type prohibited by
the Constitution.
Gives Power to Counties.
The Lynch bill, which was
passed by the Senate, would give
trailer park taxing powers to al
counties.
Already passed Is another bill
which permits Fairfax to refund
tax payments collected under the
invalid law.
Also passed and sent to the
Governor were these measures:
BY Delegates ]. Maynard Ma
lgruder and George Damn Oi
Arlington, authorizing q referen-
dunn in their county on the ques-
|tion Of whether there shall be a
county attorney and. If SO,
whether he shall be appointed by
the county board or. elected. !.
The Magruder-D Damn bill
authorizing q referendum on es-
tablishing q department of real
estates assessments in Arlington
On Board Increase. 4
A Magruder-Damm bill call
ing for a referendum in Arlington
on whether the county board
members should be increased
from five to seven and whethe,
they should be elected every year
as at present, or every other year
A Magruder-Damm bill impos.
ing a S. license fees on branch Of.
fees Of dry cleaners establish.
mentS.
BY Delegate Stilson Hall oi
Loudoun, to abolish the Leesburs
school. district and merge it witt
the Loudoun County distric,
adjacent to the town.
Evening star., 1952-03-08
7 Policemen Capture
Safecracker in Act

Two Arlington policemen maxi
ing a routine check of Columbia
pike business establishments early
this morning arrested a man they
said was trying to open q safe
in a delicateSsen.
The man, identified by police
as Frank jackson Brackens, 80,
a painter, Of Route !, Clifton, was
charged with housebreaking ard
was lodged in the county jail in
lieu of bond.
Capt. r. s. Cole said Police
men Robert s. Payne and John
j., Nesbitt noticed about 1880 am.
that the rear door was open al
the D & s Delicatessen No. 2,
1912 Columbia pike. Mr.. Nesbitt
raced to the front door and saw
a man inside working on q safe
Mr.. Payne went in the rear door
and captured. him.
He had eptered the store by
use Of a pinchbar on the rear
door, police said.
Evening star., 1952-03-08
I Maryland Men Reach
Seattle From Far East

Seven Marylanders were listed
by the Defense Department as be-
ing aboard the Navy transport
Gen H B. Freeman. which docked
in Seattle yesterday with l.139
passengers returning from mill
tary service In the Far East.
The Army listed them as:
Capt. Charles x. McHugh. Beth
esda: MfSergt. Harry q. Wells.
Towsons Sergt. Norris Stafford.
Church Creek: Pfc. Omer q.
Reed. Williamsport. Sic. Albert s.
Bradley. Whitman: Sergt. Willie
II. Brown, Baltimore. and Sergt.
Robert T. Ritter, Baltimore.
Evening star., 1952-03-08
III MIstown 5 Citizens Mobilize
For Traffic Safety Inspections

garage owners also have Joined the
plan.
Police Commissioner M. e. Ell
linger said the drive has the back
ing Of service clubs. churches. busi-.
nessrnen, industrial firms, the
Board Of Education. Boy and Girl
Scouts. school children and the
general public to an extent unique
in his experience.
Maryland discontinued Its COM
pulsory inspection system at des-
ignated private garages during the
war. The system. although author
lied by existing law. was never re-
established.
Most garage owners were re-
luctant to accept responsibility for
ordering mechanical repairs as
long as there, was q possibility q
competitor might overlook the de-
|fectS and issue inspection stickers
regardless. it was said.
Under the voluntary plan here,
yellow stickers shaped like police
badges contain the names Of ga
Erages which issue them. along
with names of the inspecting
mechanics and dates Of inspec-
ton.
On Rear Windows.
The stickers are placed on rear
windows rather than the wind
shield.
Garage owners report the plan
has developed an impressive
lamount Of new business. although
Ino effort is made to sell repair
services during inspections.
One leading business man, with
Ian expensive automobile less than
la year old, telephoned Mr.. Ellin-
Iger to thank him personally for
the voluntary inspection plan.
He explained q mechanic found
Ibis brakes were on the verge of
total failure q condition he had
lno reason to suspect until he re-
lceived the warning.
Evening star., 1952-03-08
US. viii End Program
On Foreign Apple Sales.
~ ths Assoeiossd Press

An Agriculture Department pro-
gram for selling fresh apples
abroad at cut-rate prices = de-
signed to maintain growers for
eign markets ends March 81.
Under the program, the depart
ment pays export subsidies equal
to half the sales price up to $l.25
Q box. It reported export during
the past IL months Of 2.6 million
boxes at cost Of about $3.50. 600
Evening star., 1952-03-08
Prince Georges Plans
To Restore Recreation
As County Function

Prince Georges will restore rec
reation as q county function and
viii provide funds this year for
q program operated Jointly with
the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
That appeared virtually certain
today after the county commits
sioners and the planning group
reached an informal accord.
Two vacancies on the county
recreation board will be filled soon,
Commission Chairman Thomas E.
Latimer announced at Hyatts-
vile. He added that q majority
of the county heads favor includ-
ing funds for recreation in the
next budget.
Decide TO Cooperate.
A spokesman for the planning
commission said later that Its
members discussed the matter
yesterday and decided to CO.
operate.
Neither group would forecast
how much money they would pro-
vide but it was learned that tenta-
tive plans CALI for q summer
schedule for children and teen
ayers costing $4,000 to $4,000.
Ratification Of the preliminary
agreement would end a. contro-
versy which began last year when
recreation was stricken from the
county budget. The planning
commission took over at that point
and has since conducted q limited
program.
The battle was about to flare
again yesterday when Mrs. Joseph
S. Yuill presented an advisory
council resolution asking q strong
er voice in recreation affairs.
Reveals Joint Plan.
Mr.. Latimer smoothed the
waters by revealing the joint plan
He suggested that the council CO.
operate with the reactivated rec.
Ireation board. Mrs. Yuill and the
delegation with her agreed tx
do so.
In other business, the commits
sioners asked Police Chief F. Aller
Richards to study traffic condi.
ltions at Northwestern High
School and referred to the boards
advisory committee a request fol
sidewalks along approaching
roads.
Another request for traffic safe
guards was presented by James e
Daisey on behalf of the Glenn DALI
Citizens Association. He asked fol
an automatic gate at the Penn.
sylvania Railroads Glenn Roac
crossing.
A spokesman for the carrier
said his company viii survey the
need for a gate which he estimated
would cost $45.000.
Reject Sidewalk Proposal.
The commissioners rejected 1
proposal that would have per.
United a Chillum Terrace devel.
loper to avoid building sidewalks
Iov, kIraa cfroofc The y.onoyayrnon,
ldation was offered by Arthur Tay'
imam. head of the county depart
Iment of public works, with the ex.
lplanation that the walks woult
lextend only halfway along th'
streets.
/ A request for a $20.l50 appfo'
Ipriation for the county's 80 vol
lunteer fire departments and II
rescue squads was taken uhdel
Iadvisement.
Evening star., 1952-03-08
D . s.eil cen..,.pIendsnt q i Is. So

HAGERSToWN, March 3. The
whole community here. county as
well as city. has been modified
for traffic safety drive unusual
In Maryland history.
"A mass meeting was in progress
at astheater here today to pledge
popular support to campaign
for the voluntary safety inspec-
tion Of every motor vehicle in
the county by the end Of the
month.
Hundreds Of automobiles con-
yerging on Hagerstown now
carry yellow stickers to signify
they have passed the voluntary
inspection Of brakes, steering gear,
lights and horn.
Sponsors Of the drive hope II
viii spread to other sections OF
Maryland.
Should Have Appeal.
A guest speaker today is Paul
e. Burke, executive director Of the
Maryland Traffic Safety Commis-
sion, with headquarters in Balti-
more.
Mr.. Burke said he believes tho
campaign sponsored by the Ha.
|gerstown Police Department is I
type which will appeal to Other
Maryland communities.
B The safety commission at pres.
ent Is preparing a plan for State.
owned and operated inspection
stations to be presented to tht
General Assembly next January
In the interim period, however
some form Of inspection should b'
provided at private garages. Mr.
Burke said.
Discontinued During War.
At Hagerstown all ~ member
|of the Washington County Auto.
mobile Dealers Association volun.
teered to give the free inspection
this month. Several independent
Evening star., 1952-03-08
Gas Strike Is0ff,
But Dc. Supply
Is Sill in Doubt
Workers in Section
Serving City Plan
TO Ignore Orders

"A threat to Washington's nat
ural gas supply remained today
despite action Of union leaders in
ordering an indefinite postpone
Ment Of q Nation-w wide oil and gas
industry strike set for tomorrow
midnight.
Top officials Of 20 CIo. AFL and
independent unions bowed to Pres
ident Truman's request for post-
p0nement Of the walkout while
the Wage Stabilization Board
hears the dispute over wages
But In Charleston. w. Va, .
representative Of the CIO OIL
Workers Union insisted that as
far as his State was concerned
there lis no postponement" Of the
strike.
1000 TO Leave Jobs.
The official. Harmry Drenner.
said that 1000 natural gas work
ers in West Virginia viii leave
their Jobs as, originally scheduled.
The workers are employed by COM
panies which furnish gas To the
Washington Gas Light Co. and
Rosslyn Gas Co., which supply the
Washington area.
washington Gas Light Co. buys
the fuel distributed to District
area homes from the Atlantic
Seaboard Corp, one Of several
Columbia Gas System subsidiaries
involved in the dispute at Charles
ton.
Negotiators for the companies
and union met until late last night
and scheduled another session for
this afternoon. the Federal Media.
ton and Cancellation Service re-
ported. The parties had been
reported as close to agreement on
wages.
o. A. Knight OF Denver. Colo.
president Of the CIO Oil Workers,
was not available for comment on
the West Virginia situation. He
was the last Of the top union Of.
|ficials to agree to postponement.
Negotiated Five Months.
"We are reluctant to agree to
another delay" Mr.. knight stated
earlier. "in view Of the fact that
we negotiated for five months
before setting the strike dead
line. and because we have once
previously delayed the strike for
a week at the request of the Cow
ernment.
However. we realize that this
strike could have an extremely
serious effect on national security
and in view of the fact that our
Government has asked us for o
delay and has assured US Of an
impartial hearing Of our case, we
have agreed to postpone the
strike )"
Evening star., 1952-03-08
Green Speoks Monday

Senator Green, Democrat. OF
Rhode Island viii speak on
George washington and the Soci-
ETY. Of the Cincinnati at . meeting
OF the Alexandria Association for
the Preservation Of Antiquities Ct
|s:i5 pm. Monday In Gadspys
Tavern, Alexandra.
Evening star., 1952-03-08
Dean Of Longwood Resigns

FARMvuLE. Va. Mar. 3 lR).--
The Dean Of Longwood College.
DR.. William w. Savage, has re-
signed to accept . new position at
the University Of Chicago. Be-
ginning May I. he win become
co-ordinator Of consultaut sery-
ices for the Midwest Administra-
ton Center.
Evening star., 1952-03-08
Virginia Editor Told
He Cant See Narrows
Traffic Case Records
BY the Associosed Press

PEARISBURG. Va, Mar. g.
The editor Of a Giles County week.
~ newspaper said today he had
been refused permission to exam
Inc the court records of the Mar
rows police justice.
The Pearisburg Virginian editor,
Malcolm Donald Coe, said Narrows
Police Justice w. L. Dillow told
him Monday the records of his
decisions would not be open to
Mr.. Coe as . newspaper reporter.
The justice said he was the last
person to withhold information
about worthwhile stories," but
for such offenses as speeding and
drunken driving he, the Town
Council, the Mayor and the town
attorney all agreed the violations
should not be advertised"
Told Not to Release Names.
Mr.. Dillow said city officials in.
structed him not to release the
names Of such violators.
He said the practice Of giving
out the names of persons arrested
for speeding and drunken driving
had been tried, but the towns.
people did not approve Of it anc
did not want to read about sucl
things.
Mr.. Coe said in q front pag,
story in his weekly newspapel
that 1T is the opinion of severa
county attorneys that the decis.
ions handed down by Mr.. Dillov
enjoy public record status ane
that an editor or q private either
has a legal right to examin,
them"
Conducting Campaign.
The young weekly editor, /,
former journalism professor
would not disclose what action
II any, he planned. but said ii
his story that presumably h,
could ask for a writ Of mandarin
from the Circuit Court to restor,
the right to inspect the records"
The editor currently has cam
Ipaign under way against trafn'
violators. Mr.. Coe wrote he onc'
was arrested for speeding and /
twas published in the paper witt
1.-THE others that week.
Evening star., 1952-03-08
Foes Of Segregation
10 Appeal Virginia
School Decision
BY the A.soeioted Pres.

RICHMOND, Va, Mar. 8-Vir-
ginia Negroes have lost the first
round in what they promise viii
be a continuing court battle
against State laws requiring sep
arate public schools for whites
and Negroes,
A special three judge Fedora.
tribunal ruled unanimously late
yesterday that present statutes
calling for separate but equal
facilities for the races do not vio-
late the United States Consti-
tuition. :
But hardly had the decision
been handed down before attor.
neys for Prince Edward County
Negroes. who challenger the seq
regation laws. served notice they
will take the matter to the United
States Supreme Court.
Almond Halls Decision.
Oliver Hill, chief counsel for th,
plaintiffs. said "unqHestionably'
the case viii be appealed.
The decision was hailed by Vir.
|ginia Attorney General j. Lindsay
Almond, jr., as one which bolster!
the course Of public education II
Virginia for both races"
While the Prince Edward Ne.
groes, patrons of the r. r. Motor
High School at Farmville, lost or
the larger issue Of segregation
they won one point in their suit.
School Planned.
Their contention that Negro
school facilities in Prince Edwart
County. represented by the Motoi
School, are unequal to facilitiel
afforded whites In the county
was upheld by the special court
The judges found that the facil
tiles were, in fact, mot substan
tally equal and ordered tn,
county school board to maxi
them so with all reasonable dill
gence and dispatch"
County school officials said the,
were already doing this by draw
ling up plans for a new $500. 90
Negro high school. When tn
school Is completed, they said
Negroes viii have better facilitie
that white children.
i The three jurists who sat 4
the week.long segregation sui
we're ArmiStead Dobie Of tn
Fourth United States Circuit Cour
of Appeals and Federal Distric
Judges Sterling Hutcheson an
!. Albert v. Bryan of Alexandra
, who wrote the opinion.
Evening star., 1952-03-08
Sunday School Dedication

HARRISoNBURG. Va. Mar. 3
F1 Bishop D. T. Gregory Of
Pittsburgh win speak here Sum
day morning at the dedication Of
q $40. 900 memorial hall and sum
day school unit at the First
Evangelical United Brethren
Church.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1952-03-15
Is MORE 70
ENROLL AT LSU

NEW ORLEANS, La - Louis
lana State University, Baton Rouge,
last week, made known its policy
to admit Negroes in the extension
classes being held in various parts
of the state.
General Troy H. Middleton, LSU
president, informed Atty. A. p
Tureaud of the policy.
The policy announcement as
sureS enrolment of eighteen Ne
gro college graduates who applied
for admission to extension classes
in Ruston, La.
The applicants are Mrs. Augusta
j. Clark, 0. w. Owens, Miss Maude
L. Caroline, Nathan Taylor, Jr.,
Mines. Maude w. Richards, Mary
B. Sims, Thelma A. Wilson, Josie
w. Cleveland, Odessa w. Wilson,
era P. Davis, Sophie ]. George,
Earline Mute, Marion Watley, Vel
ma Rodgers and L. M. Davis; Tho
mas NJ Brim, Miss Charlean v.
Townsend and Leonist valley.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1952-03-15

Seminar.
Other program dignitaries will
be Mayor Allen C. Thompson who
will give the Welcome Address on
Thursday morning, 1890 a. M; DR..
Flemmie p Kittrell, Professor of
Home Economics, Howard Univer-
sity who will speak to the Magno-
liza Vocational Association on Fri
day, at 1870 p. M; DR.. Shirley Coop
er, Assistant Secretary. The Amer
lean Association of School Admin
istrators, Washington, D. c.. who
will give the Feature Address in
the Friday morning session, 1920
a. M: and DR.. Kara Vaughn Jack
son, National Supervisor of Jeanes
Teachers, Grambling, Louisiana,
who will serve as consultant through
out the day on Thursday.
Among the other distinguished
visitors will be DIR. Robert A. Hatch
President of the American Teach
ers Association, Montgomery, Ala;
Mr.. j. H. Brooks, also of the Alta
and Montgomery, Ala; and Mrs.
Pearl Headd, Director, Audio-vis-
ual Aids, Tuskegee, Alabama.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1952-03-15
Naichez Negroes
Register to Vote
In Large Numbers


NATCHEZ, Miss. The city
clerks office reported today that
Negroes were registering to vote
in large numbers here.
Negro voting is expected to be
felt heavily here in elections this
year if the number of registrants
and those qualified so far is an in
dication.
No exact number of Negro regis
trations was available.
The city election commission has
completed work en- the first ward
pool book in anticipation of the
Democratic primary in May.
The book shows eight Negroes
qualified to vote
Heaviest Negro registration and
qualification, however, is expected
in the second ward where most of
the Natchez Negroes reside
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1952-03-15
The Record Speaks
For Itself

We do presume tell readers how, when or
where spend their money but the of who has
contributed much TO the general welfare and webeng Of Ne
Jackson and surrounding offer following
information that READ and then ACT aeeording
PAYNE BUS SERVICE The first and only BUS SERVICE TO
dedicate itself completely the eonvenenees and service Of
NEGROES;
The First Only BUS SERVICE to give employment. TO
NEGRO BUS DRIVERS
The Only BUS SERVICE, show appreciation Of your pat
by contributing EVERYONE OF YOUR PROGRAMS,
sTITUTONs YOUR NEGRO NEWSPAPERS
During the past week. we have attempt made
put PAYNE BUS SERVICE BUSINESS We do not argue
the point that other buses offer quicker service
fence in travel WE ONLY SAY way Of seeing things
NcRATITuDE awful thinssnd feel that many you
riders could the extra minutes you may have WAIT
PAYNE BUS in remembering how this bus took you
wilderness, to speak, and brought you civilization how
this bus service made possible for you bring your products
for sale; how this bus possible safe
for your children TO attend better schools shows
other forms Of that necessary werounded
life.
This little talk solicited by the management Of the
PAYNE BUS LINES They will know nothing it, until il
appears this ISSUE We only ask that readers THINK
WHAT WE HAVE WRITTEN.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1952-03-15
Segregated Schools
Backed by Federal
Judges In S. c.

) This week, in hree-iudge fed
eral court, racial segregation in the
South Carolina public school sys-
tenn was upheld, with the court
holding that sepapration of white
and Negro students does not violate
the United States Constitution.
However, the court did enter an
order specifically directing the
to equalize educational facilities
and opportunities for both races.
The unanimous opinion was writ
ten by Judge John j. Parker, of
Charlotte, and concurred in by
Judges George Bell Zimmerman,
of Columbia, and A. M. Dobie, of
Richmond.
The ruling followed the line adj
opted in decision in June %, 1851,
in which the segregation principle
was upheld. At that time the court
directed the state to Immediately
equalize facilities and curricula.
The decision last June was APP
pealed to the U. S. Supreme Court,
but the high court refused TO con-
slider it, holding the appeal prema-
ture. 1t ordered the case back for
the lower courts views on the
states action to equalize.
In the opinion handed down the
tribunal found the state had moved
promptly and in good faith to COM
ply with the 1851 decree.
Referring to arguments of the
National Association for the Adj
vancement of Colored People at
torneys that segregation be abolish
ed because facilities ARE not now
equal the court observed:
"A sufficient answer is that de-
PENDANTS have complied with the
decree of this court to equalize
conditions as rapidly as possible,
and :. No good would be accom-
plished for anyone by an order dis
rupting the organization of the
schools SO near the end of the scho-
lastic year"
The court found that curricula
in white and Negro schools have
already been equalized."
The ruling was the second fed
eral court decision within week
upholding segregation in the South.
A federal court in Richmond ruled
that segregation in irginia schools
did not violate the federal consti-
tuition.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1952-03-15

A late season wedding of wide
spread interest in Vicksburg was
that Of Miss Dorothy Mary Sweet.
lovely daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E. M. Sweet and Lawrence r. Hay
es, son of Mr.. cl-G .,I-s. Rcben Ealy
of Jackson, Miss, which took place
at 8 o'clock Friday evening, March
7, at the home of the brides parents.
The vows were exchanged in
the arch of the living room in a
setting of white carnations and
green ivy, before an arrangements
of white gladioli and fern in floor
baskets. which were illuminated by
white tapers in altar candelabra,
which were lighted by Miss Letitia
Bass and Freddie Chambers, who