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Evening star., 1952-07-07

Four men were arrested and
charged with two armed robberies
in Arlington today within two
hours after the second crime was
reported to police.
Detective 1t. Dudley Rector
caught the four suspects just after
leaving Arlington Hospital where
he talked with two sailors who
were robbed early this morning
The sailors, Ralph Wymer Dia-
mond, Is, and Arthur B. Taylor
80, both stationed at Norfolk
were driven to a side street ir
Rosslyn and robbed Of about $3.50
police said. Mr.. Taylor was hit
over the head with a bottle wher
he tried to resist. He was treated
at the hospital for cuts anc
bruises.
Met Men In Bar.
The sailors told police they
met the four men in a Washing
ton bar and accepted their offel
for a lift back to Norfolk.
The other robbery with which
the men have been charged oc
Cured last Wednesday. Thoma
Klauder Spencer, a retired Arm!
captain who lives at 1886 Veitcl
street. Arlington, was beaten ant
robbed Of 500 and a watch b!
four men he met in a Washing
ton bar, police said.
He told police he drove to Vir'
ginia with one of the men ant
the other three followed in a sec
Iond car. After they crossed Chair
Bridge, he said the man in hi
car forced him to stop by threat.
ening to hit him with a bottle.
Evening star., 1952-07-07
|Tv Sales Boom
On Eve Of Big
Chicago Show
Repoirmen Busy, Toe
As Heut Plays Havoc
With Machines

Television's big show is keeping
a lot Of Washington people busy
and happy.
They're the ones who sell and
repair TV sets. The heat of poll
tics and the heat of the weather
are combining to boost sales and
service calls.
The Republican National Con-
vention, with the interest high in
the Taft-Eisenhower battle, is
deemed responsible by many.
There's also the All-Star baseball
game tomorrow.
Sales of TV sets have doomed.
Many dealers were plugging the
convention in their advertising.
Distributors were pleased with
the results. Set owners were find
ing their peighbors more friendly
with hopes of an invitation to
watch the keynote delivery.
TV Sets Acting Up.
But a check showed that tele-
vision sets - like bragged-about
youngsters-were acting up all
over town.
It seemed to some the compli-
Gated machines had waited until
the eve of the convention to dis
tort the views of politicians. Re-
pairmen at most TV shops were
Swamped with calls. One repair
man said the heat was particu-
larly tough on machines. "Melts
the wax in the condenser" he
said.
Many Of Washington's 370,570
TV sets are found in about Is per
cent of the Districts 1000 res
taurants. The convention was
being served with lunch and din
ner. The city's larger restaurants
said they were sticking to piped-
in dinner music only. TV sets
were too small, one restaurant
man said.
A television rental store re-
ported it was doing a land Office
business. The manager said he
had been hoping to place sets
in private homes, Offices, hotel
rooms. and even foreign en-
bassieS.
He said a woman had requested
a set IF you are sure Eisenhower
lis going to win"
Congress Gets Sets.
Congressman who couldn't make
the convention could go to the
caucus rooms of both House and
Senate Office buildings. Four sets
in each room have been installed
and all going at the same time.
An advertising agency placed
TV sets in eight of the city's big
hotels. People were forming
around the sets as early as 1890
pm. today. An advertising man
said he expected at least 400 peo-
pile at any one time to be gath
c1cO Ny each SSG.
Another set will catch people
stopping for bite out at the Glen
Echo Amusement Park, where one
was installed just for the conven-
tion.
The big show from Chicago
even had one liquor store man
ager smiling. He said orders were
coming in from private homes for
refreshments tonight.
We're getting orders for tele-
vision parties he said. People
are ordering beer mostly. They
don't seem to want to spend too
much money on the friends who
drop by for the convention.
Evening star., 1952-07-07
Senator Byrd 10 Speak
On TeIeyision Program

Senator Byrd, Democrat, Of Vir-
ginia, will speak on a televiSion
program over Station WTTG at
8 pm. Wednesday. He is a candi-
date for the Democratic nomina-
ton in his bid for reelection.
The teleca6t viii be made from
Swanson Junior High School In
Arlington. The program will come
latter a rally, set for $3.50 pm.
The affair is sponsored by the
Arlington Committee for the re-
ELECTION Of Senator Byrd. He viii
discuss the issues Of the cam
paign.
Evening star., 1952-07-07
3kiIIed in Maryland
During Last-Minute
Holiday Traffic Rush

Traffic accidents in nearby
Maryland claimed three lives yes
terday as homeward-bound holi-
day motorists jammed the high
ways.
The deaths brought to seven the
number of traffic fatalities re-
corded in Maryland during the
July 4 weekend. Virginia had
eight traffic deaths during the
holiday, but no lives were lost
in the northern Virginia area
during the final rush yesterday
Killed in the nearby Maryland
accidents yesterday were:
Messina Hutto, At, of 10 I street
NE, who died in an accident near
Largo. Prince Georges County.
Army Pvt. Joseph E. Darby, 20,
of Gaithersburg. Md, who was
killed in Carroll County.
Raphael Adolph Brown, %, col
ored, of 4720 Rhode Island avenue
Hyattsville, who was killed neal
Glenn Dale, Prince Georges
County.
Police said Mr.. Hutto was rid
ing in a car driven by Robert F.
Gordon, 80. Of 1917 Irving street
NV. The car skidded, crashed
into a bridge abutfnent, and ran
into shallow Western Branch.
Mr.. Gordon was treated fol
bruises and back injuries. He
was charged with manslaughte1
and a hearing was set for July
81. at Upper Marlboro.
Pvt. Darby, who was on leave
from Fort Benning, Ca, was driv-
ing south on Route "a, near Win
field. Two other soldiers were
passengers in his car. Maryland
State police said the car ran of
the highway, crashed into a tree
and spun around several times
All three soldiers were thrown out
Pvt. Darby was killed instantly.
The two other soldiers, Pvts.
Walter v. Mathis of Fort Meade
Md, and Ralph E. Paris Of Indian
town Gap. were admitted to the
post hospital at Camp Dietrich.
Prince Georges County police
said Mr.. Browns car hit bridge
on Route SO about a quarter mile
east Of Glenn Dale. Three pas
sengers in the car were treated
at Prince Georges and Leland
Hospitals for minor injuries. They
were listed by police as Miss Lucy
Lancaster. 81, and Miss Loretta
Thomas, 20, both of 1918 Braxton
place, Hyattsville, and Roscoe
Hayes, 10, of 47O8 Braxton place
Hyattsville. All are colored.
Evening star., 1952-07-07
st. jones' Brotherhood
To Have Fish FN TONIGHT

The Brotherhood Of st. James
Lutheran Church will hold fish
fry from 6 to 8 pm. tonight at
the church, Thirteenth and East
ern avenue. near Silver Spring.
The fry is the result Of q fishing
trip to Chincoteague. Va, during
which TIL fish were caught by 16
members Of the brotherhood.
Evening star., 1952-07-07
Playground Plan to Be Aired

Plans for the Washington PARK
playground will be discussed by
the North Takoma Park Improve
ment Club at its meeting at 8 pm
tomorrow in the Montgomery jun
ior College. New officers viii be
elected.
Evening star., 1952-07-07
MuIt Whitmun Is Topic

Walt Whitma1a's conception of
democracy win be discussed by
the B;psophical Institute It 8 pm.
Friday in the Jackson room Of the
wizard Hotel.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-10-18
CoIorfuI Pageant
To Feature
jackson College
literaryFest

A magnificent and colorful
pageant, "The Spirit of Jackson
College" will be presented at the
College Park Auditorium on Fri
day night, October "a at 8 pm.
With cast of over 800 students.
alumni and friends of the college.
this mamouth production will eli
max the colleges celebration of
the 18th Anniversary of its found
ing.
Compiled and edited by Mar
garet Walker Alexander and pro-
duced under the direction of the
Language Arts Area the college,
the pageant will represent the total
effort of the entire college. Spe-
cial music has been written by the
music department, photography is
being done by the Dance group.
sets and~staging by the art depart
ment while the costumes are being
handled by the Home Economics
Consisting of Seven Episodes,
the pageant will depict, through
narration, tableaux and music the
drama of the To- year his
tor If Jackson College.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-10-18
Owen Dodson To
Direct His Divine
comedyAt
Jackson College
Literary Festival

Not Dante, but Dodson will come
to Jackson, Mississippi to direct the
production oil his own work, "Div-
inc Comedy" which will be a fea-
tured presentation of the Literary
Festival to be held at Jackson Col
lege, October 1925. This magnifi-
cient religious folk drama, twice
presented by the Yale School of
Drama, depicts the influence of
Father Divine, the Apostle of
Light, upon the masses who are
physically and spiritually starved.
This role will be acted by William
Peterson, Instructor of Language
Arts at Jackson College while the
gues| star of the production will
be Caroly.. Hill Stewart in the role
of Rachel.
The impressive ana artistI stage
design, the verse speaking cho;-
and the supporting cast of talented
drama students will combine to
make Divine Comedy" one of the
greatest dramatic productions in
the history of the college. The sup
porting role of Cora is ably handled
by Lois Pelts Spicer, a student
from Bolton, Mississippi.
Owen Dodson, poet, novelist,
was worn in Brooklyn and educated
in the public schools there and at
Bates College, Maine. He took
graduate studies leading to Mas
ter of Fine Arts Degree at Yale.
His Divine Comedy, which he will
direct for the Literary Festival,
was first produced at Yale Uni
versity when he was a student
there. His, plays have been per-
formed in Little Theater groups at
Howard University, Atlanta Uni
versity, Talladega and Brooklyn
Colleges. He has contributed poems
in both traditional and experiment
tai form to several Negro Maya
zines and received a Rosenwald
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-10-18

ser Hewitt of Jackson's Clarion
Ledger; Claude Barnett of the AS
sociated Negro Press; and Era Bell
Thompson of the Johnson Publica-
tons. Representing drama, and the
craft of writing in this workshop
will be Owen Dodson, Carolyn Hill
Stewart, and Mary Elizabeth
Vroman.
Owen Dodson's impressive verse
drama, "The Divine Comedy" will
be presented at p. M, October
% under his own direction with
Carolyn Hill Stewart as guest star
This gala week of literary fes-
tivities will be climaxed on Friday,
October oath, as Founders Day.
On this day, designated as Alumni
Day, hundreds of Alumni are ex-
pected to return to the campus. The
Alumni Dinner, scheduled for 500
p. m. will feature poetry written
and read by Guest poets; Gwendo-
lyn Brooks, Robert Hayden, Lang
ston Hughes, Arna Bontemps, Mel
wing Tolson, Sterling Brown, Ruth
Dease, Margaret Walker Alexan-
der. Owen Dodson, and Moses Carl
Holman. ~
Ending this historically signifi-
cant week will be a colorful pag-
cant, "The Spirit of Jackson Col
lege--75 Years of Progress" writ
ten in honor of the 18th Anniver-
sary Celebration by Margaret
Walker, poet and teacher at Jack
son College. The Pageant will be
produced under the supervision of
the Language Arts Area.
All programs are open to the
public, and Jackson College cor
daily invites Alumni and friends
to attend all events and share in
this memorable festival of liter
airy arts.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-10-18

Fellowship for Creating Writing.
He has taught at Spelman College
in Atlanta and is now on the facul-
ty at Howard University in Wash
ington, d. c. His books include
Powerful Long Ladder, volume of
poetry, AM Boz at the Window,
novel.
Carolyn Hill Stewart, a-tress,
was born in West Virginia AM
educated in the schools of West
Virginia. She is a graduate of West
Virginia State College and of the
State University Of Iowa. She has
appeared in major and supporting
roles at the University of Iowa and
on Broadway. She has worked with
the Howard Summer Players and
the Acting Guild of West Virginia
State College where she has also
served as Instructor of Drama.
During the winter of 1851 Mrs.
Stewart toured the Scandinavian
countries where she was tremen-
dous success as One Woman
Theatre.
Divine Comedy will be present
ed as the Lyceum concert of the
college year on Thursday, October
% at 500 p. m. in Dansby Hall
Auditorium. J..
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-10-18
JACKSON COLLEGE LITERARY FESTIVAL
FINAL PROGRAM
18TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
WEEK OF OCT 1926 1862
THE PUBLIC is Invited TO ATTEND
Literary Festival
Names Speakers

Sterling Brown, one of the lead
ing Negro poets of today. will open
the Literary Arts Festival, held
by Jackson College, October 1925
in celebration of its Diamond Ju-
bilee, when he addresses the Jack
son College community and guests
on the subject, "Seventy-five Years
of Literature by Negroes in Ameri-
ca" at the A o'clock Vesper Hour
on Sunday, October 10.
J. Saunders Redding, recently re-
turned from India, is a distinguish
ed author, lecturer and teacher
who will address Festival guests on
the subject, "The Negro Novelist
and the Southern Scene" on We'd
nesday, October % at 10 O'Clock
Assembly Hour.
Sterling Brown was born, in
Washington, D. c. and educated in
the schools there and at Williams
College. He took his Masters and
Phd Degrees at Harvard. Rich
teaching experiences include work
at Virginia Seminary and College,
Lincoln University, Fisk Univer-
sity, Atlanta University and How
ard University where he is current
ly member of the faculty. He has
been Visiting Professor at Vassar
and University of Minnesota. A
few of his works are: books of
poems, Southern Road and No
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-10-18
Festival Brings
Many Negro
Writers To
Jackson College

"Seventy-five years of literature
by Negroes in America" will be the
theme of the Literary Arts Festival
to be held at Jackson College Octo-
Der 19-25th as the final phase of
the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary
Celebration of the College.
The festival, which will bring
together some of the foremost
Negro writer's of today, will be
opened at 400 p. M, Sunday, Oc-
tober 10Th by Sterling Brown, Pro-
lessor of Language and Literature
at Howard University. He will
speak on the subject: Seventy
Five Years of Literature by Ne
groes in America"
On Monday evening panel dis
cusSion, "The Role of the Writer
in a Changing Culture" will fea-
ture Langston Hughes, poet; Anna
Bontemps, novelist; Era Bell
Thompson, journalist; and Owen
Dodson, dramatist. Another group
of literary notables constituting
Tuesday nights discussion, "Func-
tional Education and the Creative
Writer" will include: Robert Hay
den, Melvin Tolson, and J. Saunders
Redding.
The eminent author, J. Saunders
Redding, teacher at Hampton In
stitute and winner of the May
flower Award, will address the
Jackson College community and
friends during the 10 o'clock AS
sembly Hour, Wednesday, October
22. His subject will be: "The Negro
Novelist and the Southern Scene
At 1880 p. m. all guest novelists
will participate in a symposium:
"The Contemporary Novel and the
Negro-Themes and Writer'S"
A general workshop in Journal
ism, Drama and the Craft of Writ
ing will be conducted Thursday
morning, October %. Participating
as consultants and experts in this
workshop will be such notable news
personalities as: Holding Carter
Pulitzer prize winning Editor; Pur.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-10-18

has served as member of the
staffs of both the University of
North Dakota and Morningside
College, Sioux City, Iowa. Miss
Thompson is the author Of Ameri-
can Daughter, an autobiography
written on a Newberry Fellowship
and published by the University of
Chicago Press, also in England
and translated into Italian. Miss
Thompson resigned the position of
senior interviewer at the Illinois
Employment Service to become an
associate editor of Ebcny Maya
zine. Two years later she became
managing editor of Negro Digest
another Johnson Publication, and
in 1851 she became managing edi-
tor of Ebony. She will be guest on
both Of Mondays programs during
the Literary Arts Festival held at
jackson College October 1925.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-10-18

Hiding Place; An American die
ma, published report of study
of the Negro in America sponsor
ed by the Carnegie Foundation;
The Negro in American Fiction
and Negro Poetry and Drama. In
1887 Mr.. Brown was awarded the
Guggenheim Fellowship for crea-
tive writing.
J. Saunders Redding, novelist,
author, journalist and teacher, is a
man of scholarly interests and aca-
demic habits. Mr.. Redding has
written five books, all about be-
ing a Negro in America. They
have all been well received. A
Mayflower Award and Guggenheim
Fellowship have followed their
publication. He has written with
the authority of first-hand infor-
nation. Mr.. Redding, teacher at
Hampton Institute, is coming to
us directly from India where he
has been recently serving as lee
turer at educational centers and
universities throughout India.
Both men are dynamic speakers
and brilliant personalities who will
not be quickly forgotten by those
who hear them. The public is in
vited to these and all other Lit
erary Arts Festival programs
scheduled throughout the week Of
October 1925.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-10-18
ng at Langston University.

ing at Langston University.
Robert Hayden has ais. Aa5
many rub and varied experiences a,
a poet. While at the University OF
Michigan he won the julie and
Avery Hopwood prize for poetry.
He has also received Rosenwald
Fellowship for creative writing.
His first hook of poems, Heart
Shape in The Dust was published
in 1910 and his second, The Lion
and the Archer in 1913 in collabora-
ton with Myron Higgins; At pres
ent Mr.. Hayden is teaching English
at Fisk University.
A feast of poetry will be enjoyed
on Tuesday night at 7:3G D. m.
when these distinguished artists
read their verse.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-10-18
Era Bell Thompson
Is Outstanding
Journalist And
Author

Era Bell Thompson, journalist
and author, was born in Iowa and
received her early training in Iowa
and South Dakota. She manifested
keen interest in Literary work,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-10-18
GwendoIyn
Brooks IsFirst To
Win Pulitzer Prize

Gwendolyn Brooks. quiet and
stunning publicity, is a famous
personality-the first Negro to win
the Pulitzer Prize in Literature.
This convicted award was made in
1852 for her volume Of verse Annie
Allen. Miss Brooks, who has lived
most of her life in Chicago, was
selected by Mademoiselle in 1915
as one of the ten women of the
year. In 1916 she won Guggen-
helm Fellowship which was renew
ed the following year.
Arna Bontemps, Melvin ToIston
and Robert Hayden are also listed
among the notable literary artists
appearing on the Literary Arts
Festiva:
BVntemps, HEAD Librarian at
Fisk University is bes. kp>wn as
novelist, but is also poet of dis
tinction, having won the outstanL
ing Rosenwald Fellowship for Gre
alive Writing. He will speak on
the Monday night panel and will
read his poetry Tuesday night.
the largest groups of notable Negro
writer's ever assembled for single
event.
In addition to her many duties
as General Chairman of the Festi-
val, Mrs. Alexander has edited a
pageant, 1.-The Spirit of Jackson
College, which will be presented
at College Park Auditorium on
Friday night, October Cd She has
also written "Litany', several
odes and other poetic pieces in
commemoration of the colleges
Diamond Jubilee.
Margaret Walker was born in
Birmingham, Alabama, educated in
the public schools there, in Metho-
dist Church schools of Meridian,
Mississippi, and New Orleans, Lou
isiana. She is a graduate Of North
western University and the State
University of Iowa. Her volume of
poetry, For My People, published
by Yale University in 1912 won the
Yale Award for Younger Poets.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-10-18
Melvin ToIston
Holds Many
Awards For
Speech And
Creative Writing

Melvin Tolston has been the reci-
plent of numerous prizes and aw-
ards for speech and creative writ
ing. A graduate of Lincoln and
Columbia Universities, he won the
National Poetry Prize at the Negro
American Exposition in Chicago
for his poem, Ozark Symphony"
His book of poetry is Rendezvous
With America and he has been
honored by the Liberian Govern
ment with the title, Poet Laureate
of Liberia. He is currently teach
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-10-18
argaret Walker
Alexander
Jackson College
Teacher Is
Prominent Poet

Prominent among the literary
artists to appear in the Literary
Festival being held at Jackson Col
lege, October 1925 is Margaret
Walker Alexander, poet. lecturer,
and at present, teacher in the
Language Arts Area at Jackson
College.
Because of the great esteem in
which she is he'd bJ her contem-
poraries, Mrs. Alexander. DIS Chair-
man of the Literary Festival, has
been able to bring together one of
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-10-18
ALSO INCLUDING

ARNA BONTEMPS, Teacher Poet, Novelist; GWEN
DOLYN BROOKS, Pulitzer Prize Poet of 1850; STER-
LING BROWN, Poet; J. SAUNDERS REDDINC1, Nov
elist, Author, Journalist Teacher; MELVIN TOLSON,
Poet; ROBERT HAYDEN, Poet; MARY ELIZABETH
VROMAN, Short Story Writer, Teacher; and RUTH
DEASE Poet