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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-02-20

A good man to talk about dur.
ing Brotherhood Week. il seems
TO me. is the late Thomas Sugrue.
The earth over his grave still is
soft. still not dry from tears shed
by Jews and non-Jews alike.
Sugrue was a Roman Catholic of
irish extraction. He died only
few weeks ago. I was glad to read
in the news accounts of his last
illness that number of his Jew
ish friends were at his bedside.
Sugrue was badly crippled by
illness, and could get about only
in wheel chair. When the Jew
ish State was established, he had
himself carried over the sea to
Israel and in a wheel chair went
the length and breadth of the
land, seeing things and talking to
the people. He wrote the best
book, it seems to me, about the
new Jewish State to yet come off
the press.
Sometimes physical illness. as
in the case of Roosevelt. makes
man see deeper. Maybe because
Sugrue's illness. could not func-
ton. his soul was all the more
percepiive. I don't know how if
was. but if you want to know
about the soul" Of those circum-
stances in which the Jewish State
emerged. it is Thomas Sugrue's
book which best describes it.
The last few months of his life
brought, l believe, some sorrow
to Sugrue. He had written a little
book, "a Catholic Speaks His
Mind" in which he had said some
things to which objection was
taken by reviewers of his own
faith.
In his book he urged the
Church TO refrain from missionary
work among the Jews and he
went on to criticize some other
things in the church. He said that
European Catholics looked on the
American branch of the church as
too aggressivelY materialistic and
too pressure" minded. He didn't
like the Vatican's support of
France. He was against the send
ing of an American ambassador
to the Vatican. He thought the
Church and the state must be
kept completely separate. and
that the more it mixed in tenn
poral and worldly affairs, the
less of church il became.
Sugrue was the true mystic. The
profound core, the idealism, not
the externals and organization
were for him the important things
in religion. Perhaps it was only
natural that these criticisms were
resented, though the sincerity of
his Catholicism was not question
ed.
It is not for US as Jews TO in
trude into these controversial as
poets of his life. But there was a
Jewish phase TO his life. and for
that we cherish his memory. Ger
tainlY Sugrue is the type that we
think of when we visualize the
aims of Brotherhood Week.
How can the aims of Brother
hood Week be achieved? How can
we create many SugrueS?
am afraid that is a difficult
task.
But l am not disheartened on
that account. If generation can
produce only a limited number of
~nen like him, we should not be
diSnoIira0nd
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-02-20

Member, American Association of English Jewish
Telegraphic Agency, Sigma Delta Chi, Kappa Tau Al
and the Chamber of Commerce
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-03-21

Kansas City Call; J. E. Mitchell,
founder, St. Louis Argus; w. A.
Scott, ST., founder, Atlanta Daily
World; p. Bernard Young, ST.,
founder of the Journal and Guide
of Norfolk; David Walker, editor
of Walkers Appeal; Richard 7.
Greener, first Negro Harvard
graduate who was editor of New
National Era; Frederick Douglass
editor of the North Star, fore
runner of the New York Age used
by Booker T. Washington as his
"mouthpiece."
These few facts will help Wis
ualize the extent of the business
operations of Negro newspapers
and to emphasize that they are a
substantial part of the press of
America.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-03-21
Negro Newspapers Serve
American Democracy

Mr.. L. A. Thompson
The Miami Times
1112 NV 3rd Ave.
Dear Mr.. Thompson:
We were glad to see you carry
ing out your duties with the Mi
ami Times in your usual prof.
cient manner. There has been
much progress, and there is every
prospect for more.
You may be interested in the
Enclosure if it has not already
come to your attention.
y Please extend regards to Editor
Reeves, Mr.. Pieze and other
members of the staff.
Sincerely yours,
James G. Evans
Civilian Assistant
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-03-21

the world in which they Live.
At first sight Negro news
paper may look like any other
daily within the ranges of stand
ard types. One Negro newspaper
will took like Hearst paper, an
other like "a Scripps- Howard unit;
still another will have the layout
of the New York Times but speak
with the voice of the New York
Post. Still another will be strictly
formal in its presentation.
White readers looking at a Ne
gro newspaper for the first time
will soon have their eyes opened.
They will know all about the
Negro and his many accomoda-
tons to American life. The news
concerns the Negro; it is news Of
Negroes winning scholarships, adj
Wancement in jobs or in the armed
forces; of Negroes denied honorS,
running for political office, sit
ung on committees with whites;
of whites speaking up for Negroes
and some whites being exposed
because they have neglected Ne
groeS In carrying out their par
.lcular responsibilities.
The Negro newspaper deals with
the troubles, triumphs and gener-
al interests Of Negroes not nor
mally found In the general press.
Negro achievements get a big
play. A favorite front-page pic
ture tell of Negro achievement.
MARKET FOR ADVERTISERS
Banner headlines 60 to events
Like the Supreme Courts consid-
Grafton of the aggregated
School, cases. The stories of dis
elimination - ''jimcrow" news
should not be dismissed simply
because they are outnumbered by
stories of Negro-White coopera-
ton.
Although the bulk of Negro
population Is Southern, the ma
jority of, and best known news
papers have until recently been
published in the North. N e G o
newspapers are supported solely
by Negroes. Specifically, urban
Negro population is about 81 per
cent, an increase Of rs per cent
since 194O.)
1t Is significant to note that as
Negro newspapers advanced jour-
naIstically, they also sought a
firmer place in the varied market
interests throughout the n i Il
Indicative of this progress is the
advertising space consumed in
national and local publications
covering STEEL Oil, automotive, to-
bacco, beverage, food and CLOTH
ing industries. There Is still much
to be desired, but suffice it to say
that more and more the advertiser
has become aware Of the impor-
lance of a media which serve q
populatin Of more than Is mil
lion people with a collective buy
ing power estimated at over Ia
billions annually.
By supp rti n 6 newspapers
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-03-21
MIAMI TIMES. MIAMI. FLORIDA
PAGE TWELVE SATURDAY, MARCH Fl, 1875;

which retail from 10 to 20 cetL~
Negroes have built an effective
voice for democracy. In the field
of politics, Negro newspapers are
on the whole, independent and are
more concerned with attitudes to-
ward the Negroes goal of first
class American citizenship rather
than with specific party politics.
Today, the combined circula-
ton of these papers represent over
100000 copies per week - in
a 52-week period, IS million dol
Lars.
One of the most significant de-
velopments in Negro newspapers
is the classified ad page which
have become a great source of
revenue
Reading the classified pages,
one also gets an insight into the
improved status Of Negro econo-
mic life with advertisements such
"Down payments on homes rang
ing from $1,000 up" Too, the
investment properties offered In
the Negro market through Negro
newspapers are Of pointed interest.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-03-21

NUOA4GotEOASe AAAGs
Negro. newspapers today are
part Of the heartbeat Of the people
they serve. They are an nA4eSr-
group press whose chief concern
has been Negro progress.
Evoiution of the Negro news
paper over the years since the
publication OF Freedoms Journal
in 1897. frst Of the Negro news
papers, has again proven the case
for American freedom Of enter
PRISE and individual initiative. Re-
butted by the Old new York sun
and told that 1.-THE Sun shines for
white men only" when he took
an item Of general news interest
for publication into that journal,
Jonn Is. huSSWurm, IKE LnoSe
other good A m e C n when
stopped at the line of Scrlmmage,
went out and worked out his
.propIem for himself; in this in
stance. new type of newspaper.
FREEDOMS JOURNAL FIRST
Sensing the need for a medium
by which to report news about
Negroes and voice opinions Of
Nesrues, kuSSWurm, nrSt negro
CoIIege graduate In America, and
the ttev. Samuel r.. Cornish
founued Freedoms Journal.
Many Americans, reStleSS in the
ShaoOw OIL the slavery SySLem,
clamored for an end to this hui
man evil. The first challenge to
the new newspaper was slavery
and Its end.
Like the American colonial
press, the early negro newspaper
sought for improvement in the
status of its puDlic.
1t was In the baclkwaSh Of the
Civil war that Negro newspapers
met the first real challenge. It
was here, too. that the growth of
Negro newspapers was acceIer-
ated. The period from 1900 to
lSVU Was a backdrop against
which the Modern negro news
papers emerged in their present
form at the turn of the century.
Tney were a necessity to cOIored
people and they grew as they full
filed the fundamental needs OF
Colored people for the news OF
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-03-21
NEGRO PAPERS SERVE
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

BY Charles P. Browning
Vice president, Defender
Publications, Inc.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-03-21
ACTIVE IN ORGANIZATIONS

Negro newspapers offer a pat
tern increasingly indicative Of the
definite place they have in the
newspaper business. They are af-
filiated with regular state press
association, are listed in Stan
ard rae and Data and belong to
the Audit Bureau of Calculations.
They have their own press assoc
iatlon which is known as the
National Newspaper Publishers
Association and they have their
own market research and sales
organizations.
Their participation in these or
CARNATIONS pass the mere men,
bership stage. They have n
saluted for the innovations which
they have initiated in their shops
and which are being adopted by
printing equipment manufacture
erS. They subscribe to the wire
services, offer pooled" news ser
vices of their own, maintain over
seas correspondents, purchase pic
lures from the agencies. During
the World War II, Negro CORE
spondents covered the activities
of the million colored men and
women in the armed sreviceS, and
In the Korean war, one CORE
spondent was lost over the sea OF
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-03-21
PROMINENT NAMES

Like any great institution, these
newspapers too possess their
greats, near greats and immortals.
Among them: Robert S. Abbott,
founder of the Chicago Defender;
Robert L. .Vann, who bought into
and inspired to greatness h e
Pittsburgh Courier now known as
the Courier, John H. Murphy ST.,
founder of Afro-American News
papers; C. A. Franklin, founder,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-05
Vets Get Civil
Service Boost

The u. s. Civil Service Com
mission has called attention TO the
|benefits grated to veterans under
Public Law 1z1 enacted by the last
congress. Under this statute veter-
ans who served In the armed for
ICES after June 30, 1850 and who
meet certain requirements are
granted the right to restoration to
registers for positions for which
they had eligibility. These veterans,
during whose service subsequent
Ito June 30, 1850, another eligible
standing lower on such list re.
|ceived 4 probational appointment,
shall be entitled to be placed on
the original or appropriate success
sor register for certification for
PROPORTIONAL appointment.
Veterans In this area discharged
prior to July II, 1858 must apply
TO The Fifth u. S. Civil Service
Regional Office, S Forsyth Street
IN. w., Atlanta, Georgia On or be-
fore October II, 1883 in order t.
be eligible for the benefits Of thil
Public Law. Veterans discharged
after July II, 1853 must apply fol
restoration within 80 days after
Termination of active duty, or ter
mination of disqualification which
lasted for not more than one veal
after termination of active duty.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-05
safety
Notes
~ GILL clBB
Kex West Police Dept.

.sNiRht must fan, but must count
less Key West pedestrians fan with
~"
That question was asked today
by Dave Davenport as he discuss
ed the importance Of the Night
Traffic Hazards program current
" sponsored by the Key West Sa-
fety Council and the National Sa-
tety Council.
Davenport said that from Octo-
Der through March, one-third Of all
pedestrian deaths occur between 5
and 3 .. m, hours that are usually
dusk or dark during these months.
He blamed Q combination OF dark
ness and carelessness.
unfortunately, we cant change
the laws Of nature" Davenport
said. DARKNESS Is here to stay.
But we can do something as far
as human nature Is concerned.
Many pedestrians meet their
deaths IN night traffic because Of
their own thoughtless walking ha-
bits"
He warned pedestrians that II Is
difficult for motorists to see them
at night and urged them to observe
the following safe walking rules:
/. Always walk on the sidewalk.
II you must walk on the left Shout.
der Of the road facing traffic.
Wear light c0lored clothing or car.
ry 0 flashlight Or piece of white
or reflect0rized material.
2. Always assume that the driv-
er Can't see you. Never cross q
street or highway unless you are
absolutely certain you have ample
time Ia reach the other side In
complete safety.
Cyclists are In pretty much the
same boat as pedestrians In the
night traffic picture" Davenport
said. Like pedestrians, they also
are at . great disadvantage in any
encounter with car. So it's just
good common sense for them to be
constantly on the defensive. Here
are some tips for safe cycling al
night:
81. A good headlight and tai
light Cor reflector) are musts.
''2. Add more visibility by trim.
ming your bike with white strip.
ping or some type of reflectorized
material.
-. Wear light colored clothing OF
something trimmed with reflector.
lied material.
q. Ride on the right side of the
road, with traffic.
rs. Obey all traffic laws"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-05
Anman To Die

TOKYO R--Airman 2. C. Sher.
man F. Gravitt, q, was sentenced
to death Friday for the staying Of
a military police officer on Oki.
nawa, the Far East Air Forces an.
nounced today.
The Philadelphia airman was
convicted of numbering LIST 1t.
Bernard Geller on Okinawa last
July q.
Geller's patrol was called to IN
Okinawa village near Naha air
base.
Testimony at the four-day trial
brought out that Gravitt, using q
stolen carbine. had wounded an
Okinawan. He fired at Geller when
the officer ordered him to stop.
Gravitt then took service revolv.
er from the lieutenant and wound.
ed an MP corporal, wilford War.
rem.
The sentence is subject to re-
view all the way to the President.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-05
Paper Printed In
l62l Discovered
To Complete Set
BY JoE MILLER

NEW YORK H-In the fan Of
1921, a London printer pulled
from his hand press a sheet re-
porting news from the continent.
"Corant or Weekly Nerves" last.
ed only a few weeks, vanishing
for a reason no one took the trou,
bic to record. But six issues were
tucked away in the British Mu.
scum, labeled the earliest copies
extant of an English language
newspaper.
Trouble was. one issue was miss.
ing-No. 5, dated Oct. 8, 1921,
Back In 1872, the author Of liter.
ary anecdotes. one ]. Nichols, de,
scribed the paper. But searching
scholars In succeeding years new.
or were able to run down the copy
Nichols saw.
Today q New York rare book
dealer announced discovery of this
missing literary link and called n
the earliest English newspaper ex.
can't Ga word photographers love
meaning that they know it exists
outside the British Museum.
Dave Randall. head of the rare
book department of Scribner's
says It was purchased five years
ago In q collection but its worth
enly recently was established in
correspondence with Folke Dahl
Q Swedish photographer and au,
thority on English corants, as
NE news sheets of those early
Gays were called.
The collection was from the Ii,
brary Of Edison Dick, Chicago
manufacturer. He picked up the
paper at a sale In England but
Knows nothing of its earlier his.
cory.
Randall put a price tag of $40.
900 on the following, SKIP sheet.
The Corant carried only foreign
news because James l. then Kins
Of England, forbade publication d
local affairs. which he called '1av.
ish and hcentious talking in mat.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-05
A Friend Indeed

ST. LOUIS 1-An 1s-year-old
youth gave up his job and trav.
eled more than $500 miles 70 help
a boyhood pal who lies paralyzed
in st. Louis County Hospital
Gail Clark. who was working at
Pocatello, Idaho, recently learned
that his friend, Jerry Hughes Jr..
20. suffered a broken vetehra that
left him without use of his arms
and legs. Hughes was injured Aug.
8 in 4 scuffle with 4 lSyear-old
boy.
Clark and Hughes played togeth-
er as youngsters when their fami.
lies lived at Leadwood, No. Clark
now stays with Hughes from mid.
night till 8 q. m, turning the In
jured youth over every two hours.
getting him water and other needs.
Hughes parents, with whom
Clark now lives, take turns the
rest Of the day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-05
Hickenlooper Denies COP
Is Losing Votes OF Farmers
by JACK REll

WASHINGTON N-Sen. Hicken.
looper (R-Iowal says that Demo
Gratis are off base in their claims
that the farm vote Is shifting away
from the Republicans because Of
lower agricultural prices.
As q farm state legislator who
keeps in close touch with his con
stituents, Hickenlooper said he
found few Of them blaming the
Eisenhower administration for
what he said was q narrowing
margin Of profit on agricultural
products.
"The cost Of implements and
other things the farmer buys Is
going up and he Is getting less
for his own products" Hicken-
|looper observed. "But I think the
farmer Is taking that situation In
stride and is not blaming the Re
Ipublicans."
Democratic speakers have been
contending that farmers are dis
atisfied because Secretary Of Agri-
culture Benson has not yet come
up with q program to supplement
or replace the price support sys-
TEN which expires next year.
Sen. Russell (D-Ga) said recent
ly he expects that to be q para
mount issues In next years cam
paign. He predicted the Democrats
would recapture control Of the
House II there Is DO upturn before
the 1854 election In prices received
by farmers.
Sen. Morse (Ind- ore) told q
group of reporters recently he
doesn't believe Presidnt Eisenhow-
er could wiz the farm vote in Ore
gon IL the election were being held
right now.
Morse, who quit the Republican
party last year TO support Adlai
E. Stevenson, the 1852 Democratic
presidential nominee, said he would
campaign for what he called lib.
|eral' Democrats in next years
congressional election.
The Oregon senator recently said
that, IL the Senate remains evenly
divided after that contest, he win
vote for Democratic control. He
had announced previously he would
side with the Republicans II the
Democrats made any attempt TO
regain control in January.
Russell said that, IL the Demo
Gratis accumulate 4 majority Of -
votes on the control issue. he as
sumes they would accept the re-
sponsibility for organizing the Sen
ate"
II Democratic Gov. Frank
Lausche Of Ohio should appoint q
Democrat to succeed the late Sen.
Robert A. Taft (R-Ohio), the Dem.
locrats would outnumber the Re.
lpublicans ls-l7. n Morse made II
q tie, Vice President Nixon could
vote for continued Republican con-
itrol.
Russell and other Democrat lead.
ers indicated. however, that they
would not ask Morse to side with
them and would not force the
issue unless they should attain q
clear majority.
Deaths or designations could
bring about change In the Lineup
at any time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-05
Birds Die In Boston

BOSTON MLHundreds Ut small
birds migrating south from Can
ada have been killed in collisions
with Boston's taller buildings.
The John Hancock Building, Bos-
toms tallest, has claimed an aver.
age Of 30 to 20 birds . week since
they began migrating.
An Audubon Society official ex-
planned the birds, mostly warblers
and thrushes, apparently don't
Judge distances well and attempt
10 dodge the buildings lighted
tower by flying beneath 1t.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-05
LEGAL NOTICES
UNITED STATES
MARSHAL,a SALE

Southern District of Florida.
BY virtue OF an Order of Sale IS
sued out Of the United States Dis.
trict Court for the Southern Dis
trict Of Florida. on the 29th day OF
September, 1853, notice IL hereby
given that will sell by public auc-
ton, for cash, on Tuesday. the 9th
Noon. At the main entrance OF the
United States Postoffice Building
Key West. Florida, the Gas Screw
ssDottie", her engines, boilers
machinery, boats. tackle. apparel
aDpurtenances, and furniture, a.
she now lies Gulf Docks. Key West
Z. JACKSON BUTLER.
United States Marshal.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-05

3-BEDROOM, 2-bath CHS. house
with porch and car porte. Large
lot Immediate occupancy. 17l7
South st. oct3-tf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-05

BEAUTIFUL 3 bedroom c. B. S.
win sell equity, assume FLA
mortgage. Low monthly payments.
l6l4 South St Phone 5000.
oct2-s,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-05

tiers of state -. which the com.
mon people know not heu to IN.
derstakd."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-05
Help Wanted

WANTED: Janitor for grocery
store. High school boy interested
in learning produce business. Ap-
ply Fausto's Food Palace.
0ct5-3t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-05

APARTMENT House, five apart.
ments, two baths. Annual gross
income $4,000. Cash sale to
settle estate. Phone 2-s2&2.
sept2S, 80; oct2 ,5,7,s,l2-7t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-05

FOR buying or selling any kind
OF Key West property. contac,
Paul Boysen, S26 Fleming ST. e.
tablished 1919. sept2S-S0tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-05
8-Male Help Wanted
CONTINUED,

YOUNG MAN to learn floor GOV.
ering. Key West Floor Covering
Co., 132 Duval st. oct2-t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-05

| 2-BEDROOM Sunshine Home,
fenced yard. carporte, good To-
cation. Equity. $4,000. Terms.
Phone 2-3557. oct5-ti
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-05

2-BEDROOM Sunshine home.
Corner lot. Fenced yard. In.
cludes stove, refrigerator. auto
matte washer. Call 2-2sls after
$50. oct5-6t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-05

LARGE furn. 2-bedroom apt, up
stairs. Private bath. Private
entrance. Phone 2-3449.
ocfS- a