davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1952-06-13
Bats In A Building

According to biologists, bats do
not make nests. You can get rid of
the bats in buildings by blocking all
entrances and exits through which
they may get in or out Of the build
ing. The nests may have been made
by swifts or swallows, or they may
be mud nests, made by some large
insects.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1952-06-13
Changing Transpo2t.

A century or more ago farmers
brought milk to city homes in cans
hanging from Jokes on their Shout
ders. Today the distribution Of milk
in the United States involves about
10000 motor trucks alone, not to
mention the extensive use OF rail-
road transport.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1952-06-13
Fire-PrOOf

Fire prevention officials warn
against keeping ashes in flammable
containers. They advise using gal
vanized steel ash cans. These con.
tainers have close-fitting covers and
are made Of fireproof metal.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1952-06-13
Coal for Mills

With the steel Industry operating
in excess of 100 per cent capacity
during part of April, the nations
mills were using more than two mill
lion tons of bituminous coal per
week
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1952-06-13
SWITCH TO DODGE SLASH lJPkEEP COSTS

\ Whichever YSGf needs, there's Dodae truck
"Job-Rdted" - N your job, save you money.
Every modeI-h- through 4-fon-is eno;-
neered with the right tood-eorryins units.
h Ev cry modsI-4, $50 lbs. to At, 900 lbs. e.vw
is engineered with the right iood-movno
units for top performance.
b Better weight distribution enables you to carry
bigger Poyoods without overlooking.
Come in today for Show Down Of value
,,,a demonstration and q good deoII
The Right Power. With a Dodge you'll enjoy
Job Rated" power-the right engine for the
job. You'll lower upkeep costs because of such
features as chrome-plated top piston rings and
exhaust valve seat inserts.
Longer Truck Life. With Dodge ''Job- Rated'
truck you'll save on upkeep because of such
advantages as deep channel-type frame sturdy
"shot-peened" rear axle shafts and long, special
alloy steel springs.
Fluid Drive Protection. Depend on gyrol Fluid
Drive to protect vital drive-line parts, keep
upkeep costs low! This power Cushion be-
tween engine and clutch is available on u, "a,
l-ton and Route-Van models!
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-10-04
Crowds Hear National Political
Speakers In Roanoke, Va.

The non-partisian political meeting held
at Star City Auditorium Tuesday night.
under the auspices of the Allied Civic and
Political Council of which DIR. H. T. Penn
is president, drew the largest gathering
of any political meeting held in Roanoke
for many a moon
Responsible for the extraordinary crowd
was the parade and music furnished by
the Lucy Addison High School Band and
TWO national political speakers represent
ing the Republican and Democratic Presi-
dental candidates; namely, Dr. Marshall
Shepard of Philadelphia, Pa, and Attor-
ney Henry Lincoln Johnson of Washing
ton, d. c..
The meeting was presided over by DR..
+. l.. Downing, prominent local dentist.
Seated upon the platform as honor guests
were about fifty distinguished personal
it es who acknowledged theeir introduction
by standing. Among the platform guests
were Vice-Mayor r. w. Woody of Roa-
noke; A Linwood Holton, local Republi-
can chairman; William l.. Martin, local
Democratic campaign manager; Stuart j.
Carter, 9Th District Democratic chairman.
r1ncastie; Atty. Bentley Hite, 9Th District
Republican chairman, Christiansburg; Con-
gresham Clarence G. Burton, Democrat
&c Congressional candidate; Richard IT.
Poff, Republican Congressional candidate
Atty. Ted Dalton, Republican State Sen
ator and National Republican committee
man, Radford; State Senator Earl Fitz
patrick; Attorney Griffith E. Dodson, Jr.
Democratic member House of Delegates
Atty. Julian H. Rutherford, Jr., Demo-
cratic member House of Delegates; for
mer member Roanoke City Council Dan
CronIn; Bear Waldrop, Republican
member Roanoke City Council; Attorneys
Benton o. Billiard, Moss A. Plunckett, G..
P. Lawrence. Also Reuben Clay of the
Federal Housing Authority Richmond and
Rev. F. E. Alexander, editor and publishee
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-10-04
Can Virginia Face The Present Educational Crisis? \

few years and unfortunately greatly in
fluenced by court action. Many loyal, self
sacrificing, well-meaning Negro leaders
led their communities to do what North
ern philanthropy left undone and what
local school boards refused to do
History of Negro education in Virginia
is ripe with stories of struggles unparal-
leled by any people. Buildings were built.
land purchased, equipment bought, buses
purchased and maintained by funds raised
by Negro parents. Many Negro families
have always had to pay to send their chill
dren to high school Today in sparsely set
tied areas, if Negro students attend high
school their parents have to send them
away from their homes. Sometimes with
some help from local boards, and in many
cases without any help.
Local boards have failed to maintain
wholesome public relationships with Ne
gro parents and citizens So many school
officials have been content to work
through hand-picked, self-styled leaders
who turned out to be tattlers and back
door or behind the scene arrangers
Few boards have allowed themselves
to become educated to the educational
needs of their Negro community so that
they could honestly weigh and make de-
cisions for the best interest of all. Educa-
tional officials and administrators have
failed to sell education to meet the needs
of all people to the public. Much indiffer-
ence on the part of the public to educa-
tional problems and needs has been due
to the arbitrary and stubborn attitudes Of
school boards, officials and leaders in not
keeping the public up-to-date on the facts
The money spent in many court fights
in che State could have been saved and
later invested in future program develop
ment if the school boards had been far
sighted enough to provide a program of
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-10-04

good public relations In the background
of most of the litigations in the State has
been the feeling on the part of the Negro
plaintiffs that they were unjustly treated
and dealt with unfairly. This basic feeling
and the feelings resulting from the &C
lions forced by the decisions of the courts,
have in many instances completely di-
vided Negro communities against Their
school boards.
Virginia's rank in the national educa-
tional scale cannot afford what has hap
pened in the minds of Negro parents when
they have accepted the concept that if
differences or problems occur in school
matters their only sane and just recourse
is to seek court action. This feeling, which
is growing, inspite of the millions now
being spent to improve belated Negro
school facilities, is the basic challenge in
Virginia's educational crisis. In the same
vain it is also very serious situation when
local boards or State officials refuse to
take just, honest and democratic action
without forced direction from the courts
Regardless of how Virginia's educa-
'ioh"i VI Poh'i01i i0aooio CoHSiuel uils
matter the States school system is under
fire and these incidents reaching the
newspapers are symptoms that point in
many serious directions. people with
deep feeling having suffered for many
years are showing signs of desiring relief
through legal revenge. Many basic human
elements are involved and educational
leadership has not prepared the people
for changes in our social patterns which
are inevitable
Basically, economically and education
ally democratic Virginia would be better
off with one good educational system
geared to meet the needs of all the peo-
pie, regardless Of race or creed.
Pending in the courts of Southwestern
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-10-04

Virginia now is a suit instigated by par
ents in local county for school in their
own community. The Negro school popu-
:tion is 50 small it would be economical
~ sane in this and other such cases to abb
sorb the minority children and make one
good system. But the State law would for
bid any semblance of move in this direc-
ton. Since such school officials are bound
by legal ties, have they at any time in
vested funds to educate these parents for
the demands they were to make upon
them to provide education for their chill
dren?
The State Board of Education gave
weak leadership to both the consolidate
ed and regional school concepts. White
nor Negro groups have been sold on eth
er. This evident fact is convincing enough
to show Virginia's educational leadership
that something is either wrong with the
product they are trying to sell or the way
it is being sold.
The change in the attack by the NAA-
CP further confused the issue. Many Ne
gro leaders and parents were content to
further explore the possibilities of the
separate put equal 1aclllCIeS movement.
Now many are immaturely and some hes
itantly alerted by this militant move to
do away with unsegregated schools at
once School systems under threat of legal
action are making haste TO build facilities
not knowing what the final results will be-
Other school officials are waiting to see
what fruits will be brought to bear as a
result of militant agitation to complete
ly reorganize the school system.
Is this not serious state of affairs for
such an important business as the care and
training of our democracy's most impor-
tant and valuable asset? Can we as Amer
lean citizens continue to so use our time
Continued to page two)
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-10-04
by FRANZ TRAMWAY

Recent news articles raise certain fun
damental and basic questions in educa-
tlonal circles. The recent action of par
ents in West Point Va in refusing to send
their children twenty or more miles to q
new school is one example This is not
the first or only case of this type. Local
school boards have found it very difficult
under Virginia's legal segregated school
system to economically maintain true
equal facilities, with court pressure, for
very small minority Negro school pop
ulation. An expressed opinion of most ed-
ucators Is that adequate educational ex-
periences cannot be economically given to
q small student group. A high school of
less than rs students poses many admin
istrative and financial problems, not men
tioning the limitations to the students in
volved. Yet many white communities have
refuse to surrender their schools inspite
of expert advice.
Is it fair, then, to force Negro children
into consolidation when white groups mil
itantly refuse to do SO? Would white par
ents permit transportation of their chill
dren the distances imposed upon Negro
children? Would white parents permit
transportation of their children pass two
or more high. schools into another county
for high school education? The school is
always contributing and stabilizing fac
tor in the community. If white citizens
contend and maintain several small high
schools in their community, are not Negro
parents justified in their contention for a
school in their communities, or at least
one in their county?
Some basic factors should be consid-
cred. In the first place, Virginia for some
time lost ground in her awareness of Ne
gro education. It is Ia fact, greatest pro-
gress has been made in the Improvement
Of Negro educational facilities in the last
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-10-04
SINGLE COPY TEN CENTS
Senator Nixon's RESCUE" At Wheelina

Like certain old Pioneer who. with
band OF hostile Indians craving his scaIn
ia not pursuit spurred his charger over a
Cliff where Wheeling CIV. Va.) now
stands and plunged a-horse TO safety into
the Ohio River, SO did Pioneer, Richard
M. Nixon plunge to safety in the arms
OF Pappy Eisenhower in the same old
Wheeling town last week
You've my boy,'' said "Ike" when ba
embraced his 'Prodical Son." who was
being relentlessly pursued by a modern
oand OF American political 'scalp-hunt-
ers"
Nixon's troubles started when the ex-
lstence of his $4,000 "Slush Fund" came
TO hight several weeks ago. "Nicky" had
tried to excuse the matter lightly. but
an aroused public had different views. So
the worried Elephant Boys bought UP
$4,000 worth of radio-TV time to per
NIT their boy to tell his story.
The Senator "courageously barred his
soul' according to General Eisenhower.
for which all was forgiven by the General.
the Republican National Committee and
COP voters.
However, the excuses Nixon gave are
not important The only thing of real i'm
portance is that the whole affair was
morally. if not legally, wrong. Although
the Californian is supposed to have made
"clean breast of the whole mess, he
failed to explain just where he got the
SD 900 he has paid so far on his two
homes.
Like drowning man, Nixon grasped
for every straw that he thought would
save him. Not being satisfied with paraG-
ing his madam before the TV viewers, he
accused Senator Sparkman, Democratic
Vice-Presidential nominee, of keeping
Mrs. Sparkman on his '(Sparkmans) pay
roll. Not much of an argument, especially
If a member of Congress relative actual
~ earns her salary. Certainly it is more
honorable than such ia member having
privately contributed "Slush Fund" at his
Continued to Page 81
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-10-04
An Open Letter

think it is shameful comment on the
shaklness of our own moral integrity if
we cannot, in the face of one set of COM
promising circumstances, retain our faith
in man of Leander Shaw's known char
acter and enviable record of service
Everyone who has had dealings with
Mr.. Shaw has both experienced and
sensed his uprightness. Is there really one
among us who can cast stone at man
like that?
Is there really one who has never done
anything which, if discovered inoppor-
timely and slightly misconstrued, would
not have shown him in a questionable
light?
When I-say ssnlisconstrueof intend 40
criticism of the school board know that
they acted carefully in the light of all the
facts in their possession and that they re-
luctantly reached a necessary decision.
They could net have done other than they
did. But pure facts never give light enough
to reveal whole man.
| do not know what Mr.. Shaw did in
this particular case, or why. But do know
Continued to Page 81
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-10-04

of The TRIBUNE of Roanoke and Char
lottesville.
DIR. Marshall l.. Shepard, who spoke
in the interest of the National Democrat
ic ticket, was introduced by s. w. Hylton
who gave an elaborate account of the
speakers accomplishments
Attorney Henry johnson, Jr., was in
troduced by Mrs. Virginia Y. Lee, libra
rian at Gainsboro Branch City Library
She was eloquent and convincing as she
presented Atty Johnson who represented
the National Republican ticket.
Following the discussion of the plat
forms of the two major parties, Dr. H. T
Penn was nominated to run for one on
the seats to be added to the Roanoke City
Council in April, 1863. No other name was
placed in nomination. This will make
DIR. PENIS third attempt to win seat or
Roanoke City Council.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-10-04

Leander j. Shaw was dis
missed as principal of the
Jackson P. Burley Joint
High School, Charlottesville,
Sept. 25. This action was
taken against the principal
by the Joint Committee con-
trolling the Charlottesville
Albemarle County jo in t
high school when it discov-
cred that he had appropri-
ated 1,245.00 of the school
activities fund to his own
private use.
Shaw admitted Shis mis-
use of the funds but said he
had repa d the entire
amount plus six per cent in
terest. However, neither the
auditors nor the committee
have been able to verify the
accuracy of this contention
due to the condition of the
books, which were kept by
Shaw.
Eugene G.. Mobley, voca-
tional agricultural instruct
or, was appointed by the
committee as acting princi-
pal on a temporary basis.
Shaw, a former principal
of b h @ Lylburn-Downing
High School, Lexington, Va.
for IL years, was employed
as Burley's first principal
during the summer Of 1861,
at a salary of $4,000. This
year his salary was raised to
$4,000.
L. w. w 20 d, Common
wealth Attorney, is studying
the facts in the case to de-
termine If t hey warrant
criminal prosecution.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-10-04
From Behind
The Curtain
Continued from last weef.)
BY A WHITE SOUTHERNER


The second petition to save Albert Jack
son read as follows:
We, the undersigned white citizens of
Charlottesville request that you, Governor
John S. Battle, commute the sentence of
Albert Jackson from death to life impris-
onment
'We ask this because we believe tn at
all just white, as well as Negro, citizens
are in silent revolt against the practice
of inevitably giving the death sentence to
Negro men who rape white women. This
penalty is exacted regardless of the cir.
cumstances surrounding the crime!
s'The fact that no white man WAS ever
electrocuted for rape in Virginia makes
the discrimination so clear that it is d
source of humiliation to all who believe
in democratic principles.
The first person to whom offered this
petition had never heard about either a
discriminatory sentence for interracial
rape or Albert Jackson. He signed at once
when told. ] was shocked at such ignor-
ance in good willed citizen.
The next man read the petition through
then fixed me with "a cold eye and said
81 don't believe that part about re.
gardiess of circumstances Our courts are
not all unjust. Haven't there been cases
in which Negroes convicted of raping
white women were not given the death
sentence?"
I had to confess that I wasn't sure, but
believed there had been no such cases.
NJ I no 6ac Of I, +
many Negroes and no whites had been ex-
ecuted for this crime sufficient proof that
Continued to Page B.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-10-04

Louise Savage
Aoquisit ion Liorar
Alderman LIBRARY
university OF Va
Evening star., 1952-12-14
Santa Claus
To Be Feted
BY Jongos

The members Of the Junior
Army Navy Guild Organization
don't intend to let Santa get away
this year without paying him his
ldue recognition at luncheon to
be given at the Army Navy Coun-
try Club on Tuesday at 1890.
Mrs. James O'Neil, an assistant
of Santa, will address the meeting
on delightful and interesting ways
of decorating and displaying the
home for this Christmas season.
A unit of the United States
Army Band has been engaged by
Mrs. L. George Clarke, program
chairman, to play Christmas music
during the luncheon and a Christ
mas tree will add to the holiday
setting.
Many prizes will be given to
winners of various contests, and
conducting the meeting will be
Mrs. j. Robert Ryan, the organi-
Zation'S president.
Evening star., 1952-12-14
BY Betty BeoIe

One hundred years ago when
The Washington Star was born.
Capital society had already
made its mark on the world.
The peculiar charm of the city
drawn from "its. cosmopolitan
life and its interesting blending
of elements most polished with
others representing the crudest
types Of humanity" ESQ wrote
society writer Helena Mccarthy
a half century later) had al
ready made itself felt in the best
known drawing rooms.
Then, as now, the Capital Of
the potentially rich young Ma
ton drew foreign lions such as
William Thackeray and Gov.
KoSsuth Of Hungary. Then, as
now. politics left it's stamp on
the social life and increasingly
so as the decade before the Civil
War drew to a close, dividing
the city into two heated camps.
Those 10 years. however, com.
prise perhaps the most brilliant
social period of our history. I'm
the 50s," wrote Mrs. c.
Clement Clay, the keen wife Of
the Senator from Alabama,
American hospitality acquired
q reputation, and that Of the
Capital was synonymous with
an unceasing, an augmenting
round Of dinners and dances.
receptions and balls. A hundred
hostesses renowned for their
beauty and wit and vivacity Wed
with each other in evolving
novel social relaxations." It was
a period of reckless gayety, espe-
cially among the predominant
Southerners.
Young Mrs. Roger Pryor, the
Virginia beauty, saw not a
Evening star., 1952-12-14

hostesses played an important
role.
Across the pages of this
social history were written such
names as Mrs. Stephen A.
Douglas. nee Adele Cults, great
beauty; Mrs. John Slidell, wife
Of the Senator from Louisiana
who became famous for her
matinee dances of the sos;
the Countess de Sartiges, wife
of the French Minister, who
entertained on a lavish scale;
Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont,
wife of Gen. John Charles FIRE.
mont, explorer, politician. SOL
dier: Lady Napier who, with her
husband, the British Minister,
was feted at farewell ball given
by the Senators and Repre-
sentatives; Miss Harriet Will
liamS, known as the most beau
tiful woman in Georgetown who
married the Russian Minister,
Baron de Bodisco, and became
the darling of the imperial
court; Miss Belle Cass, daugh-
ter Of the Secretary Of State,
and the most beautiful woman
in all Washington, Mrs. George
E. Pugh. nee Therese Chalfant,
wife Of the Senator from Ohio.
When the Austrian Minister
first laid eyes upon her he
knelt at her feet and offered
her the gift of lace his Empress
had sent for the most beautiful
woman in the Capital. Picture
such a scene at Washington
ball today!
Two famous names loom into
Importance in this period as the
most influential women of their
day. One was Harriet Lane,
handsome. dignified, the per
sonification of a highbred lady"
and the niece of President Bu-
(Continued on Page D-24)
Evening star., 1952-12-14
miss BeIIinger Is ENGAGED

Vice Admiral and Mrs. Patrick
N. L. Bellinger announce the en-
gagement of their daughter
Eleanor to 1t. Byron Alfred Sam
ple. jr.. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Sample
Of New York and Havana.
The announcement was made
yesterday at small cocktail party
given by Admiral and Mrs. Bel
finger in their new residence at
Evening star., 1952-12-14
Exclusively Yours !,
Washington Society 100 Years Ago Enjoyed Brilliant Decode
Famous Names Made Social History Here in the Gov Ffties

shabby and shorn town with
muddy unpaved streets and mar
row. inconvenient houses de-
scribed by some.a She remem-
bered Washington only as q
garden Of delights" with "dia-
phanous wells of green" on its
trees and the Avenue lined with
"blossoming crabapples."
Superb Parties Given
Washington suppers in the
SOS were superb" she wrote.
"One wondered If we might not
some day return to the feast
OF the Roman emperors ;"
"The reign of the afternoon tea
was not yet-at least not in
Washington; but entertainments
included morning receptions,
evening receptions, dinners,
musicales, children's parties,
old-fashioned evening parties
with music and supper and
splendid balls. So many of these
were crowded into a season that
we often attended three balls
in one evening""
And in this year of 1852 as
the Capital readies itself to
greet a new cabinet, it is in
teresting to read in society
letters of 1.-THE wealth
of the present Cabinet, and
their elegant style of living,
sets the pace for Washington
Soirees- equal in magnificence
to the gorgeous fetes of Ver-
Sailles.'
In this high socially paced
society whose activities CEN
tered between Capitol Hill and
Seventh and D streets, around
Lafayette Square and in George
town and especially in the
National Hotel where everybody
worth knowing or watching
could be observed" famous
Evening star., 1952-12-14

2441 California street.
Miss Bellinger was graduated
from Georgetown Visitation Con-
vent. She made her debut in 1948
at party given by her parents in
their home.
1t. Sample was graduated from
Georgetown University and now is
stationed at Goldman Air Base,
Fort Knox, KY.
Evening star., 1952-12-14

Mrs. Edward Porter of White
Plains. N. Y, announces the en-
tgagement of her daughter. Ann p.
Frey, to Mr.. Thomas L. Eagan,
jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Eagan
of Chevy Chase. The wedding will
take place in the spring.