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Evening star., 1953-05-17
Armed Forces Day Speakers
Urge Unity Against Red Threat

Pentagon leaders. in a series of
Armed Forces Day speeches yes
terday, called for national unity
in the face of aggressive Com
munism.
Speakers throughout the coun-
try hit hard at this theme as
the Nation took time out to
honor all those who donned uni
form in the country's defense.
"Out in Korea every day
is Armed Forces Day" said Sec
retary of the Air Force Talbot
in st. Louis.
Here, at home, we can cele-
brate this day best by keeping
before us constantly the example
of our fighting men in Korea, by
resolving to strive for more effec-
tive unif1cation among our armed
forces everywhere and for greater
unity among ourselves as a
people,"
Gen. Twining Speaks.
In a speech at Milwaukee, Gen.
Nathan F. Twining. the acting
chief of the Air Force, likened
the sacrifices of United States
fighting men in Korea to the
valor of Civil War soldiers.
He cited particularly Wiscon-
sins Iron Brigade of Civil War
fame and said it distinguished
itself many times because of
strong support from the people
at home.
Urging the same spirit today,
Gen. TWining questioned:
How strongly do we feel about
the job we have given our fight
ing men--to protect us against
the most challenging threat in
all our history?
Assistant Secretary of the
Army James P. Mitchell. in an
address at Miami, Fla, urged
middle course between over
rating the Communists, spend
ing too little and too much for
defense.
II do not think" Mr.. Mitchell
said, I'VE can be defeated un-
less we defeat ourselves by al
lowing our determination to
soften, by giving way to fear and
distrust, by permitting disunity
to destroy our ability to resist. "
Manpower Need Cited.
H. Lee White, Assistant Secre-
tary of the Air Force. said in a
speech at Newburgh, N. Y, that
America never was in greater
need of trained manpower in its
Armed Forces.
Too many officers and enlisted
men are leaving the services. he
said, because of dissatisfaction
with the military as a career
He said this must be remedied by
better administration. more lib
eral pay and allowances and a
more hospitable citizen attitude
toward uniformed personnel.
At Norfolk, Va, John F. Flo
berg. Assistant Secretary of the
Navy for Air, cautioned that the
United States cannot and must
not stand idly by with our hands
in our pockets and allow any ag-
greSsor the choice Of time and
place to cause us harm"
1.-THE Communist mind is Ca
pable of accepting only the logic
of power" Mr.. Floberg said.
ANYTHING less is construed as a
sign of weakness, and any ne
gotiations with them are so
much wasted effort unless we
are prepared to back up our
words with a well-conditioned
fist"
Secretary Of State Dulles, now
travelling in the Middle East,
said much the same thing in a
statement issued by the State
Department. THE most effective
diplomacy" Mr.. Dulles said. "is
that which Is backed by
strength"
Mr.. Talbot said the air forces
new goal Of 100 wings will be
maintained until a more definite
program is adopted following a
review Of United States military
requirements.
| IT have confidence" the All
Evening star., 1953-05-17
5000 Attend Par|ey
OF Oriental Shrine

About 5000 members Of the
Ladies Oriental Shrine of North
America, representing 81 courts
in the United States and Can.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-12-15

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is the delight of every junior. Sizes IL, II, Is,
a. 16, 18. Size IL, AS yards of 35-inch ma
terial; IA yard contrast
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-12-15

Below. No. soss-If you're the pa
jana type, you'll be delighted with
this yoked style. Sizes II, ii, Is, 18,
20; 40, AZ. Size IA, long sleeve, SIS
yards of 39-inch material; 112 yards
lace to trim.
Evening star., 1953-01-15
Protes Proud of New Flock OF Boys May Stay in Cellar

Braves. and Dick Manville, a
former member of the Cubs.
1852 Candidates Return.
Returning are Bill Macdonald,
after two years in the service,
and several youngsters used SPAR
ingly in 1952-Bill Bell, Jim
Dunn, Cal Hogue, Jim Waugh,
Paul Lapalme and Ed Wolfe.
Bell, 10, authored three no-hit
games at Bristol in the Appa-
lachian League last year. Lindell,
who returned to pitching when
he discovered he could throw a
knuckleball, had a 24-9 record at
Hollywood. Lapalme had a 1.29
earned run average with the
same team.
Brown. the apple of Rickey's
eye, hung, up a phenomenal
strlkeout record at Hutchinson,
Kans., of the Western Associa-
ton. He famed 209 and allowed
only 1913 hits in 1874 innings. But,
alas, he gave up 152 bases on
balls.
ODonnell, a long, rangy right
handler, posted an 81 record at
New Orleans, yielding only "a
walks in 80 innings. Wolfe had
a 1913 mark at New orleans.
Like the pitching staff, the Pi-
rate outfleld and infield is over
run by inexperienced youngsters.
Evening star., 1953-01-15

Such players as Paul Smith, Car
los Bernier, Gail Henley, Dick
Hall. Brandy Davis. Frank Tho
ma and Bobby Del Greco will vie
with veterans Ralph Kiner,
George Metkovich and Cal
Abrams for outfield positions.
O'Connell Key Man.
Hickey figures Shortstop
Danny O'Connell will be the key
man on the Pirate team. O'Con-
nell is due to be discharged from
the Army next month. He won't
be rusty. as he played for two
years with the Fort Myer team
and was voted the outstanding
player at the Wichita (Kans.)
tournament last summer. He
batted a respectable .292 for
the Pirates in the final 70 games
of the 1850 campaign.
Al Grunwald, 6-foot-3 left
handed batter, will take over
first base. although he has yet
to appear in a major league
game. He was due for a big
league trial in 1851 after batting
1888 for Indianapolis and 800
for New Orleans in 1850, when
Uncle Sam stepped in.
Gair Allie, a fancy-fielding
shortStop from New Orleans;
Dick Cole, Lee Walls and Sonny
Evening star., 1953-01-15

I'm highly in favor Of it," Will
kinson said the two-platoon sys-
tenn had made "the big teams
better, the little schools weaker" +"
TulSa's j. o. Brothers ex-
pressed an opinion that prob
ably will be echoed by many
smaller college coaches. He said,
Il never favored the tWo-platoon
system, but I was forced into it
by competition"
Coaches to Work Harder.
Everybody agreed that coaches
must work harder now.
Coaches will have to adjust"
said Dartmouth's Tuss Nc
Laughry, a member of the Rules
Committee. They can't follow
the line of least resistance any
more. They'll have to get busy
and develop men who can play it
both ways"
McLaughry was strongly in
favor of killing the system that
had revolutionized football IL
years ago.
There was wide disagreement
among coaches as to whether the
new rule meant better or worse
spectator football. Some thought
the two-platoon game was more
exciting because the various spe-
cialists were more expert in their
departments. Others felt the
fans would get a bigger kick out
of watching all-around perform
erS.
But one thing was sure
coaches are going to have to
throw their present programs
overheard and start building
again. The usefulness of the
highly-specialized player who
can do nothing but punt or kick
an extra point, for instance, has
been virtually destroyed.
Change in Organization.
This is going to mean a great
and sudden change in organiza-
tion," said K. L. (Tug) Wilson,
Big Ten commissioner.
Crisler. added that coaches
are going to have to start con-
sidering now who their best II
players are"
Almost overlooked in the ex-
citement of the new substitu-
ton rule were a number of other
rule changes voted by the COM
mittee.
Probably m response to a plea
from 90-year-old Amos Stagg
Evening star., 1953-01-15
Baseom Will Fight
Only as Light-Heavy
After TK0 by Charles
BY the AsSocioted Press

ST.LOUIS. Jan. 15.-A batter
ing Ezzard Charles, throwing
each punch like a knock on the
door of opportunity, has ended
the heavyweight career of young
Westbury Bascom. a strong
hearted lad who hopes to do
better among the light-heavies.
The 23-year-old Bascom
reached that decision last night
after taking a terrific beating
from the ex-heavyweight cham
pion in a scheduled 10-rounder
that ended abruptly when
Charles won a ninth-round tech
nical knockout.
It was another in a string Of
comeback victories Charles hopes
will lead to another crack at the
title.
Survives Rough Second Round.
The fight, which was televised
both nationally and locally from
the st. Louis Arena, was stopped
by Referee Dick Young after 2
minutes and "a seconds of the
ninth. The defeated East st.
Louis (Ill) Negro. almost con-
tinually on the defense. carried a
bloody face to his corner at the
end, the victim of jarring, sting
ing rights and lefts thrown as
hooks and uppercutS.
Charles was ahead on points all
the way. from his first confident,
determined punches in the OPEN
ing round until the sudden halt.
But while Bascom was in trouble
in every round, he refused to go
down. In the second, when
Charles delivered whipping left
and right. Bascom held out
through the final 20 seconds of
the round by hooking his arm
over the ropes.
The 31-year-old Charles had
the upper hand in both expert
ence and weight. Bascom
weighed 1872 pounds to Els 1873
in what was only his Goth pro-
fessional ring appearance.
Charles Wants Crack at Title.
Tom Tannas and Jake Mintz,
co-managers of Charles, thought
their fighter looked good. They
figure Charles will get a shot at
the winner of the Rocky Mar
ciano-Jersey Joe Walcott re-
match sometime next summer.
Paul Daumit, Bascom'S man
ager, officially shifted Bascom to
the 175-pound class after the
bout. "It's silly to put the kid
in with those heavies," he said.
A crowd of 1886 saw the bout
and paid a gross gate of $9.672 so.
Charles, who was contracted for
35 per cent of the net, received
about $4,000. Bascom picked up
about $1,100.
Evening star., 1953-01-15

not to make any rule change
which would add strength to
the offense, the committee re-
jected a proposal to make T
quarterbacks eligible to receive
forward passes after handling
the ball from center.
Almost lost in the shuttle was
the controversy over the So
called sucker shift" The COM
mittee said it felt the present
rule on false starts" covered the
situation and Crisler declared,
"it's just a matter of the Of
flcials' calling it,"
The old false start rule out
lawed any shift which Stimulates
a play" In an effort to clarity
it for the benefit of the officials.
the commission made it read
g. shift or movement which
Stimulates the beginning Of a
play
The change was intended to
restrict movements by linemen
after they have assumed start
ing positions.
There's nothing illegal in a
backfield shift" Crisler said,
"but any movement by a line
man that looks like a charge is
illegal and ought to be called"
Evening star., 1953-01-15
(Another In a Series.J
By Joe ReichIer
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK. Jan. 15.-Still
bent on pursuing his youth pro-
gram, Branch Hickey has
brought up another flock of
beardless boys who. according
to the Pittsburgh general man
ager. will bring the Pirates 20
more victories but may not lift
us out of the cellar"
High on the list of newcom-
ers, which will include Is not
on the roster, is 20-year-ol
Jackie Brown, who Hickey says
is faster than Ronnie Necciai"
(who famed q men in a minor
league game) and George ODon-
nell, young control artist with
a side-arm knuckler Cthe first
I've ever seen.")
Other new Pirate pitchers for
1853 include Johnny Lindell, the
former Yankees outfielder who
was a sensation on the mound
in the Pacific Coast League last
year; Paul Petit, the 100000
bonus baby who had a 1873 rec
ord at Hollywood; Elroy Face,
a 15-game winner at Fort
Worth; Johnny Hetki, former
Cincinnati hurler: Bob Hall. who
once toiled for the Boston
Evening star., 1953-01-15
Pro Rules
Continued From Page CID

Houston, on alternate plays to
carry the word to Otto.
The Redskins employed a diff
ferent kind of platoon system
successfully during Ray Flaher-
tvs regime here, particularly in
1912. when they dropped only
one game in winning Eastern
division honors and went on to
humble the Chicago Bears, 14-6,
in the championship playoff.
That setup differed from the
more recent variety, however, as
Flaherty used his platoons on
both offense and defense for a
full quarter. Sammy Baugh, for
example, quarterbacked the first
period team and stayed IN on
defense, while Frank Filchock
quarterbacked a different team
at the start of the second quar-
ter.
McCann pointed out that the
Redskins caught the New York
Giants and Cleveland Browns
Evening star., 1953-01-15
Pro. Cage Team Denied
PAYMENT for Exhibition
By the Assoeiated Press

SOUTH BEND, Ind. Jan. Is
The South Bend Optimist Club
announced today it has stopped
payment on a check to the Ro-
chester Royals of the National
Basketball Association, who
played an exhibition game here
Monday night.
James E Keating. attorney for
the club. said he had telegraphed
Les Harrison of the Royals the
check would not be honored as
the Rochester club had failed to
keep an agreement to have its
star players appear in the game.
The Royals defeated a South
Bend all-star team. 96-67.
Keating said the Royals had
agreed to have Bob Davies. Arnie
Risen and Bob Wanzer in their
lineup, but none of them ap-
peared.
Evening star., 1953-01-15

mapping a couple Of times last
season by slipping their offen-
sive units into the game on third
down and running play before
their opponents could make their
usual changes.
McCann said he doubted If
such a controversial matter
could get a four-fifths vote at
the meeting, much less unani-
nous agreement. He named a
half dozen clubs, including the
championship opponents, Detroit
Lions and Cleveland, who would
oppose such a move.
The Redskins manager also
doubted if the owners will re-
duce the player limit.
Our trouble hasn't been too
many players but not enough
customers" he said. There's
nothing to prevent any coach
from reducing his squad to as
few as 25 men, but most of them
carry as many as 38, counting
those on the injured list"
. Art Rooney's willingness to
transfer his Pittsburgh Steelers
out of the American Conference
into the National, to avoid a
prolonged argument next week
about the NILS division of clubs,
didn't surprise Bell.
"Old Arthur fooled them,
didn't hep" Bell chuckled. IT
don't blame him. though. The
boys in that other conference
are picking up bigger checks than
in the American. It used to be
the other way around, and I
guess Rooney noticed the
change"
Evening star., 1953-01-15
Football
Continued From Page CID

leges to abandon football, was
building up to a high pitch
among college presidents and
administrators.
But the coaches. in a recent
poll. had voted Al to keep the
system alive, and it was generally
believed that if the coaches were
to be overridden. it would be
gradually and not by such a sud-
den reversion to the old style of
play.
1T was a radical action" said
Columbla'S Coach Lou Little,
who attended the Rules Commit
tee meetings in an advisory role.
But when we thought it over,
we decided we could have as good
a game as we have had before.
and this is going to help the
colleges with financial problems.
Committee Chairman H. o.
(Fritz) Crisler. Michigan athle-
tic director, said the momentouS
decision was reached with the
best interests of football in
mind"
Il have never known a single
topic to be discussed so thor
oughly and from so many an
gles," Crisler said. I'VE had a
free exchange of views from all
sections of the country-from
coaches, players, administrators,
spectators, officials and the
press.
1--WE were gravely concerned
about those schools that have
had to abandon football. In the
end. after three days of serious.
unself1sh discussion, we decided
1t was necessary in the interest
of footballs future to bring an
end to the two-platoon system"
Crisler called it an historical
meeting, the most important
since 1906. when the committee
.made drastic rules revisions le-
galizing the forward pass in a
move to cut down injuries to
players and end a threat by
President Theodore Roosevelt to
outlaw football in the United
States.
The new regulation, which re-
stores the era of the Iron man"
football performer. states that
players removed from a game
during the first and third quart
ers may not return to action
during those periods.
Players pulled out before the
last four minutes of the second
and fourth periods may go back
into the game only in those last
four minute periods before the
half and the end of the game.
Players removed during the
final four minute periods of the
second and fourth quarters can
not be used again during those
periods.
Legalized in 1941.
Two-platoon football was le-
galized in 1941, with adoption
of a rule permitting unlimited
substitutions any time the clock
was stopped and single Substitu-
tions between plays while the
clock was running. Before then.
no player removed from game
could be sent back until the fol-
lowing quarter.
Yesterdays action struck like
thunder in the country's coach
>lg ranks. Reaction ranged from
tnger and dismay to an occa-
sional soft voice of approval.
Alabama'S Red Drew said it
returned football overnight to
'the horse and buggy days"
Murray Warmath. Mississippi
State. said it set the game back
IS years.
On the other hand, Okla
homa's Bud Wilkinson said he
felt the decision was "in the
best interests Of the game and
Evening star., 1953-01-15
Ex-Biq leoquer Dies

LEWISTON, Me-, Jan. IS (P).-
Charles Small. At, former major
league baseball player, died here
yesterday after a long illness. He
was a member of the Boston Red
Sox in portions of the 1880 and
1881 seasons.
Evening star., 1953-01-15

Sonerchia also will get trials in
the infield. Veteran Catcher
Mike Sandlock was purchased
from Hollywood to handle the
tricky knuckleball deliveries Of
Lindell, Lapalme and O'Donnell.
Evening star., 1953-01-15
FIGHTS Lost Niqht
Ry the Associated Press

by the ASsocIoted PreSS
ST. LOUIS-Ezzard Charles. 1873,
Cincinnati, stopped Wesbury Bascom,
l7s1zs E Eas ss St. Lous, III a,,s 2; o,pov
144h, Old Orchard Beach, stopped Larry
Grimm, 144h, Lewiston, Me. 9.
Jackson advocate., 1953-03-21
White Candidate
WithdraWs From
Macon Race

MACON, Ca, Mar. 15.-William
H. Dunn, candidate for water COM
missioner will remain in the race.
Meanwhile, w. w. Grant, one of
the 16 white contestants has with
drawn. The ballot will GO to the
printers Monday with only 16
names including Dunn's.
The raising of the white suprem-
acy banner by E. L. Dyer, another
contestant, failed to remove the
49-year-old Negroes name from the
list but a man described as a very
influential member of the Negro
race was quoted as saying "the
leading Negroes are not in favor
of Dunn"
Dyer first called a meeting of
the white candidates and asked
them to narrow their ranks to pre-
vent the possibility of Negro bloc
vote. White opposition was Of
ficially labelled as reaction against
an alleged police record Dunn was
said to have.
However, the Negro business
man, who asked that his name not
be used, said there was little dan
ger of Negro bloc vote. He add
ed, however that Dyer has hurt
himself-killed himself as far as
the Negro vote is concerned"
But others said that Negroes will
vote for Dunn, "glorifying in his
spunk, nerve to get out into the
race" But others were quoted as
saying that Negroes "are very
sorry that he entered"
T. B. Hooper, president of the
Middle Georgia Democratic Club,
a Negro political group, said that
1--WE eventually will go into the
record of Dunn" He added, "next
week we will be in position to
say something in regard to his
candidacy"
About 80 Negroes met with
Hooper and charted plans to in
crease Negro registration before
the May II deadline. This regis
tration will not apply to the Water
Commissioner ballot because an
old list is being used for it.
Jackson advocate., 1953-03-21
President Eisenhower Greets
National Negro Newspaper Week

NEW. YORK, Mar. 18.-Presi-
dent Eisenhower joined IN observ-
ance of Negro Newspaper Week
last Saturday in a telegram to
Louis E. Martin, president of the
National Newspaper Publishers AS
sociation.
81 am happy to congratulate you
on this years observance of Negro
Newspaper Week." Mr.. Eisenhower
telegraphed Mr.. Martin, adding:
Exactly 125 years have passed
since publication of the first Negro
in this country. And
throughout that time, the Negro
press in speaking for the rights of
its people has helped to inspire
the spiritual progress of the Ma
tion. Please extend my warmest
greetings to the editors and staff
of Americas Negro newspapers"
Mr.. Martin, editor in chief of the
Chicago Defender, said: "As a
means of emphasizing to American
citizens the part they play in maxi
ing democracy meaningful and
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate., 1953-03-21
.Afro-American
Hospital Anniv.
Sunday, March 29
At Yazoo City
DR.. Blair T. Hunt
Of Memphis, Tenn,
Is Guest Speaker

Yazoo City, Miss, Mar. l6 =
(SpeciaD - All roads Of Missis-
sippi will lead to Yazoo City, Mis-
sissippi, Sunday, March 20, 1858
for the Twenty-fourth Annual
Celebration Of the Afro American
Hospital, Mississippi's First and
Largest Negro Fraternal Hospital.
The meeting will be held in the
spacious Auditorium of the Yazoo
Negro Fair Building, Calhoun Ave
nue. extended and the big Pro-
gram will begin promptly at 1900
noon.
Officers and members of several
hundred local lodges Of the Afro
American Sons & Daughters will
advance on Yazoo City, Miss, to
celebrate the achievements of their
Temple of Health. All lodges will
make cash donations as well as
practical hospital gifts. All ex-
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate., 1953-03-21
Jackson College
Holds Annual
Scholarship
Contest

Jackson College will hold it's an
nual scholarship contest Saturday
March 81 at 1000 a. m. simultane-
ously at thirteen (13) different Sec
tions of Mississippi. Other than
special scholarships as music, art
and athletics, all general scholar
ships will be awarded on the basis
of the tests results.
The scholarship committee who
workout this procedure stated that
more high school seniors will have
an opportunity to secure such aid
while attending Jackson College
than by the former method used.
Centers selected where tests will
be administered are Alexander
High. School Of Brookhaven, Wes-
Continued on Page Three)
Jackson advocate., 1953-03-21
White Candidates
Get Together! To
Stop First Negro
Seeking Public
Office In Ga. Town
Macon Negro Is
Candidate For
Water Commissioner

MACON, Ga, Mar. 16 - The
announcement that a Negro would
run for public office in this south
ern city for the first time since
Reconstruction days, set off a
wave of protest from Is other
candidates who met last night in
a move to end or decrease his
chances.
William r. Dunn, 47-vear-old
electrician and father of eight chill
dren, announced Tuesday that he
will be a candidate for Water Com
missioner in Macon's March 25
municipal elections.
Mr.. Dunn's announcement came
as a bomb shell on the local scene
and an immediate call was sent
out to stop an alleged Negro bloc
vote which would sweep a candi-
date into office.
The stir was begun by E. l..
Dyer, himself a candidate, who an
nounced plans to challenge the
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate., 1953-03-21
Unknown Negro
Soldier Korean
Battle Hero

NEW YORK, N. Y, Mar. 16.-
(DSN)-An unknown Negro SOL
der was given prominent mention
by United Press Correspondent
Wendell Merrick, in dispatch from
Seoul last Tuesday which described
the Negro soldier as the hero of
a Korean battle witnessed by the
1852 Democratic Presidential can
didate Adlai Stevenson, and 1t
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor.
The battle came from a Red at
tack on the famous Little Gibraltar
Hill sector in which some 1000
Chinese troops were engaged.
According to reports and as yet
unidentified a lieutenant colonel
turned the tide Of the battle by
personally leading reinforcements
into the fight through a heavy
barrage Of enemy artillery.
The officer fought until he col
lapsed with wounds. Then an un-
identified Negro enlisted man killed
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