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The Nome nugget., 1953-06-17
Finger Ridge Lost To Reds; Eastern Front Imperiled

SEOUL, R-Thousands of Chi neSe Reds Tuesday seized vital Finger Ridge in their big spring offensive and attacked a mountain pass nearby whose loss would inn peril the entire Allied position on the blazing eastern front.
 In the air, IS Communist planes made their biggest raid of the war on Seoul's environs, touching off huge fires visible for 40 miles from the capitals port of Inchon, where a big fuel dump blew up.
 Far to the north, US. Sabres tangled near the Manchurian bor- der with Russian+built Migs in fierce renewal of air battles, shooting down four Red planes and damaging three others, the Fifth Air Force said.
 The powerful new ground punch by 5000 Reds in the east gave fresh weight to an offensive un- leashed while both sides were nearing agreement at Panmun- jom on a truce in the three-year- old conflict.
 The capture of Finger Ridge at the western anchor of blazing 40-mile front in the east gave the Reds one-third of the vital Kyoam Mountain complex. Loss of Kyo- am itself would open the gates to a valley and many miles of Allied territory.
 Fragmentary reports from the front said South Korean soldiers were battling savagely in an at tempt to hold the dominating pos itions on Kyoam.
 Deep behind Allied lines, Com munist guerrillas stepped up their activity They wrecked a freight train laden with army supplies Monday night near Pusan, south east port and temporary capital of South Korea.
 The Red Chinese offensive showed no signs of abating.
Evening star., 1953-09-02

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21
Citizens Group Accepts
World War Defense Fund

The Cathedral Heights Cleve-
land Park Citizens Association
last night accepted the leftover
funds of the World War II Civil
ian Defense Committee of that
area.
In receiving the 1857. 95 from
Waldron A. Faulkner, chairman
Of the committee. the associa-
ton agreed not to spend the
money except for defense needs.
However, the money may be used
for a project to benefit the area,
if it has not been spent by De-
cember 81, 1855.
The fund will be administered
by a committee to be appointed
by Mrs. Walter A. Sellers, preSi-
dent of the citizens group.
The citizens also asked Traf-
f1c Director George E. Keneipp
to see if continuing the present
arrangement of pedestrian cross
ing at Eleventh and F streets
NV: is advisable. It was sug-
gested that the time allowed for
walking be increased and that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21

administrator Of the Defense Air
Transportation Administration,
of the Commerce Department.
The reserve fleet is composed
of civil air transports which, in
time of national emergency and
on 48 hours notice. will be placed
under operational Jurisdiction of
the Military Air Transport
Service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21
Red Cross Preparing
Gifts for Seryicemen

The District Red Cross Chap
ter is now assembling and wrap
ping thousands of gifts for area
servicemen. including those UNI
der hospital care.
More than 10000 Washing
tonians have pledged their sup
port of Operation Santa Claus"
through their respective organi-
cations. Some Is organizations
already have signed up for the
program.
Among the requests from
military installations and hos
pitfalls are such items as Is tele-
vision sets, 20 portable radios,
two pianos, an electric guitar
and a bass violin.
Requests are received by the
Red Cross. which channels the
contributions of private groups.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21
Civil Reserve Air Fleet Gets More Aircraft

The ALLEGATION of more COM
mercial carrier aircraft to the
Civil Reserve Air Fleet was an
nounced yesterday.
The number of four-engine
airplanes to be contributed by
certificated and CONGRATULATED
civil air carriers has been in
creased from 294 to 308, accord
ing to Theodore Harden, jr.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21

pedestrians be allowed to cross
diagonally.
The meeting was held In Sat-
terlee Hall of st. Adams Church,
Wisconsin and Massachusetts,
avenues NV.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10
Texan Heads Drive For
100000 For NAACP

NEW HORKn of the drive of the National Assocla
ton the Advancement Colored People for Fighting
Fund for Freedom Mrs Lula White of Houston Texas has
organized group volunteers $lO0000Oo by their
individual effort and beyond the raised by their
specive branches.
Mrs White launched her drive the st. Louis convention
when she began organizing delegates pledged raise $1,000 each
Among those who volunteered Mrs L. C. Bates Little
Rock, Ark Mrs Ora Lee Terry Houston DR. James Nc
Cendon Detroit DR. Eugene Reed Amityvlle L. l.; Mrs r.
p Beshears, ST. Joseph Mo- A L. Foster, Glencoe Ill; Atty
Benjamin Shade Louisville Abraham Goldhagen Cnennat Rev
Ben Moore Peoria H. Mrs. Alfred Baker Lewis Greenwich
Conn., Mrs Mley williamson Dayton Ohio; Mrs Anne Aid
rich, Great Neck, L. L. Mrs Wilhemena Holman, Joliet H.
Mrs Fannie Cawley Evansville, Ind; Mrs Virginia Kiah Sa
vannah, Ga; Kelly Alexander, Charlotte N c.. T.
Brackeen Beaumont Texas L. C. Boiler Charleston Mo; Miss
Helen Holcomb Vancouver WASH Dr. R N CLANCY Pine
Bluff Arkansas.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10
COMPREHENSIVE RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED AT NAACP SESSIONS

staff members the National Association for the
Coored this week preparing plans
for pementng the comprehensive adopted by the
delegates the convention in ST Louis
recently
In addition to approving 10-year plan complete
cipaton and the setting up Fighting Freedom,
the convention passed establishing national youth
committee setting up procedures for legal action calling for
expansion public relations facilities and approving the call
ing of special meeting promote clergy NAACP relations
Other associations historic fight
against segregation the tactics Of Senator Mccarthy and
others who attempt deprive of his rights liberty
and thought rejected Communism "as andem-
ocrac way called upon President Eisenhower Ito
restrict loyalty security security sensitive
departments of government Department De-
Department Atomic Energy Commission and the Fed
eral Bureau Of Investigation"
Further resolutions endorsed the relations service in
federal housing registration and
voting campaign urged organization civil rights
mobilization called coture Rule %
ierated the Of civil rights legislation
and opposed investigations education being
ried on by the UnAmercan Activities Committee"
on the labor resolution hopefully calls upon the
new leadership Of the American Federation OF Labor to take
affirmative the racial dscrmi
nation practced by affiliated unions and
condemned Of these vicious practices by the
Railway resolution the local
and Of the NAACP against cooperation with Com
munist controlled including
Council
The delegates support of old
age assistance unemployment insurance ehabta
ton programs public facilities adequate hospital
and facilities Stun clearance urban edevelopment
for all citizens a non-segregated basis"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10
Marion Farmer
Winner In Soil
Conservation Test

John Cannon, jr, Marion, was
informed last week by Hollis r.
Williams, state eonservationist of
the Soil Conservation Service in
Arkansas that he had been Sc
lected as Arkansas State winner
of the Southwide Soil ConserVa-
ton Jamboree, a soil conservation
achievement contest for Negro
Soil Conservation district coope-
rators which is sponsored annual
ly by the Log Cabin Community
Hancock county, Georgia. T e
Jamboree is to be held some
time in August.
Mr. Cannon has been a coop
orator with the Crittenden Co,
Soil Conservation district since
March 10, 1852, when he became
interested in making a number
of improvements on his place aft
er attending a meeting in which
Chester S. Durley. soil conserva-
See WINNER-page four
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10
Boycott
Buses
Hurts La.
Jim Grow
Black Riders More
Important Than
White Drivers

BATON ROUGE, La. Ne
groes getting together as one
made their boycott on the city
buses very effective here. They de-
eided to let the bus company de-
eide which one of the two was
more important Black Riders or
White Drivers. 1t is evident that
the company discovered that
the Negroes who rode the buses
were more important than the
whites who drove the buses, be-
cause the Negroes boycott ended
with the breaking down of segre-
CATION in this dixie city as far
as city transportation goes.
AS result Of their unified
fight, Negroes gained the right to
sit anywhere on buses except for
the two side seats in the front.
Whites may sit anywhere on the
buses except the rear seat across
the back of the buses.
The city council OF Baton Rouge
in an emergency action approved
the above plan which it considers
ali acceptable arrangement in an
effort to end week-long boycott
Of the Baton Rouge bus company
by Negroes.
The trouble all started three
weeks aeo when the city council
passed ordinance ending segre-
CATION indirectly on the city buses
in keeping with a campaign pro-
missed made by the city's mayor
went into effect. Under the new
law Negroes could keep their
seats in the front of the bus II
they boarded before whites did,
and would not have to move to
the rear as seats were emptied.
They also could sit UP front If no
rear seats were available.
Because of this law, the COM
paliS WINNIE Jus oiASSAo A~AA
TO take the buses out. They went
on a four-d.y strike. This result
ed in an opinion by Fred S. Lee
blanc, state attorney general. that
the city ordinance violated the
state segregation laws. When this
ruling was announced the white
bus drivers returned to work.
This drove the Negroes, who
make up over two-thirds of the
bus passengers into action. They
refused to ride the bus, making
the demand that the company a.
bide by the new city ordinance.
The company did.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10
Rape of 9.Year.0Id
Girl Gets White
Grocer Sentence

NEW ORLEANS -Merrick Per-
ron, a 47year-old white grocer
man of Metairie. La, was charged
with aggravated rape last week
on a nine-year-old Negro girl.
The girl had been sent by her
mother to the grocery store which
is partly owned by Perron, to
buy clothespins.
Peron is said to have closed the
door, and fastened it and then
carried the child behind a meat
counter and assaulted her,
Two Negro police officers as
sisting in the investigation and
arrest were Patrolmen John Rap
ael and Roland Jeneford Sgt.
Clarence Milinario conducted the
investigation for the district at
torney's office.
The child was the oldest of
seven children, and the attack on
her makes the fourth sex crime
uncovered during the past three
years in which Negro girls have
been victimized by white men,
however, none Of the accused has
been severely punished. In one
case, the accused man was SEN
fenced to IS months for "Carnal
knowledge of juvenile" in an
other the accused was held IN
See RAPE-page five
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10

Miss Edna Douglass, director of
the science department at Dun
bar high school and a recent re-
cipient Of a Ford Foundation Fell
lowship will be the principal
speaker at the First Congrega-
tional church, 9th and State SITS.
Sunday morning at II o'clock.
Miss Douglass has just returned
from a years leave of absence
which took her to colleges, his
toric points of interest, general
travel and observation in the
north and east where she studied
conditions She was enthusiasts
tically received by many church
es and other community groups.
At this service she will give
highlights of her recent experien-
ces.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10
/. Louis Daily Blasts Dulles For
|enova| Of Book by Walter White

|LOUIS-CommentIng caus-
On Secretary of State John
Dulles telegram to Walter
assuring the NAACP lead
/ no order had been issued
hove his books from h e
! Of State Department Ii
! overseas. the st. Louis
kspatch said In an editorial,
b
Foster Dulles owes more
telegram to Walter White,
eppened to be in a position
h Mr.. Dulles apologize abb
Secretary Dulles owes
| than apologies to Alan
Bert Andrews, Gen. Still
langston Hughes, the Lynds
bny other authors. He owes
and prompt accounting to
american people. Never be-
bas there been any such
bng Of freedom of thought
|the authority Of the United
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10
Doxey wiIkerson
CLAIMS Up Before
Joseph Mccarthy

WASHINGTON (CNSl-Profes-
sor Doxey A. Wilkerson, we'll
known Negro left winger, refused
to open up before Senator Joseph
McCarthy's investigating commit
tee on the grounds of possible
elf-incrimination. Wilkerson,
former writer and newspaper ed
itor, only remarked: Il have new
er been interest in combating
Communism"
Mccarthy, in turn, seemed bent
on using Wilkerson as an exam
pie of why ne said the FBl has
been unable to root Communists
out of the government, He dug
into Wilkerson's early affiliations
See WILKERSON-page eight
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10
Fighting Fund
Launched With
$4,000 In Gifts

In response to an appeal by
Roy wilkins, administrator of the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People.
$1,000 was raised for the associa-
TONS Fighting Fund for Free
dom" from the audience at the
closing session of the 44th an
nual NAACP convention in St.
Louis last week Previously, SIS
900 had been raised including an
anonymous contribution of $4,000
AT the conclusion of the meeting,
Mr. wilkins was able to announce
a total Of $l8,20000 for the fund
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10
Suspended
Beating Negro
birmingham

fNGHAM, Ala-Two local
were suspended from the
Phce force because tn ey
a Negro they thought
too much.
lefty commissioner suspend
Fleers J, X. Goodwin and
daughter for Is days each.
Brown, acting police chief,
" commissioner that the
4 stopped a Negro suspect
fEeStigatlon and when the
would not stop smiling, the
oecame annoyed and pull
\ from the car and whip
Brown said later that
9tgfo suffers a facial afflic-
Flch gives him a perpetual
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10
USDA Extends 1852
Cotton Loan Dates

Cotton farmers have been given
new maturity date on last years
crop under price support loans
The new date on upland is July
81, 1854.
This means that farmers can
keep title to their cotton for an
other year and be in position to
take advantage of any rise there
might be In prices.
This extension should serve as
a valuable aid in orderly market
ing Of the 1852 and 1858 crops
Cotton farmers will be able to
sell their equity any time they
want to during the year. Also,
they can pay off their loan, get
title to the cotton and sell IL
on the open market any time
they want to.
At the end Of May, cotton farm
ers throughout the cotton produc-
ing area had almost two-million
bales under loan. In the south
west, Texas farmers had loans on
about 764 thousand bales; Arkan-
sas, around "a thousand; Louisiana,
about 81 thousand; New Mexico.
little more than rs thousand and
Oklahoma, about "a thousand
bales.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10
Texas Traveller
Gives $4,000 to
NAACP Fund.

NEW YORK-Upon his return
from a two months tour of
Europe, DR. E. D. Sprott, presi-
dent of the Beaumont, Texas,
branch of the National Associa
ton for the Advancement of
Colored People, stopped in tn e
national office Of the association
to make a $4,000 contribution to
the NAACP Fighting Fund for
Freedom" DR. Sprott said that as
soon as he learned about the fund
he wanted to do what he could to
see that it gets off to a good start
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10
A New Feature For Our Readers

The publisher of THE STATE PRESS takes pleasure in
introducing readers column known DO YOU
KNOW THE LAW' 1t intent in presenting this inter
estng and educational column acuant readers with
general phases of the law.
The aim OF this column beyond reader interest
tanment is to educate the ayman wide awake attitude
concerning the rules and regulations which govern
cety.
The author has warned that these items be
sdered final any question: he urges
to consult your attorney for final
specific legal problem
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10
Negroes Register
For The First Time
In Thirty Years

SHREVEPORT - A three-year
legal battle by Negro citizens Of
Bossier parish was won Friday,
as Mrs. Mary X. Bryce, registrar
of voters. broke the 30-year ban
against registering Negroes and
qualified two Negroes as voters.
This action eliminated three
year legal fight thru the state
supreme court. Attorneys Jesse
N, Stone and Vance Lacour were
attorneys for the Negroes.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10

States Government. This burning
of the books is the most grievous
of the plumbers since Jan, 20.
and it is not going to blow over.
Mr.. Dulles telegram was in re-
spouse to an inquiry by Mr.. White
when ne learned that his book
"A Rising Wind" had been re-
moved from United States Infor-
nation Service libraries in India
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10

ST. LOUIS-Attending the 44th
annual convention of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People here last week
were more than $50 youth an d
college delegates from every prin-
cipal city and major college in
the country These young people,
Herbert Wright, NAACP youth
secretary reports, discussed ways
and means of increasing their con-
tributions to the fight against ra-
cial discrimination and segrega-
ton.
There are IS college chapters
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10
Youth Group Active
At NAACP Convention

on campuses throughout the eoun-
try the associations national
youth work committee reported
to the convention. The program
of the NAACP, as supplemented
on American college campuses,'
the committee report said, has
had unreasonable effect on hun
dreds of thousands of college
graduates who, but for contact or
exposure to NAACP college chap
tiers, would have received degrees
ignorant of the facts or implica-
tons of our civil rights program"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10

band beautifully played our
National Anthem, The Star
Spangled Banner, and the Nor
weigian National Anthem, ia vi
elsker", then many tears began
to flow and handerehiefs to wave
Everyone remained on deck until
New York City was completely
out of sight On the second day
we had a fire drill Each pas
senger put on his life preserver
and reported to an assigned deck.
For eight long days and nights
nothing could be seen but h e
deep blue ocean and the sky.
999 persons were aboard the ship.
The interior of the ship had all
the resources the passengers could
desire. With the exception of be-
ing sea sick, one would never
know he was on the ocean unless
he went on deck Some enjoyable
activities of the voyage were eat
ing daily three well planned, pre-
pared and served meals, going to
movies, playing cards and bingo,
dancing and listening to band
concerts. Religious services con-
sisted of two evening devotional
and preaching services and eleven
o'clock service on Sunday. All
services were conducted in both
English and Norwegian. Other ac-
tivites were the organization OF
a student chorus, registration, or
ganization of a student council,
See BARROW-page five
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10
Body at Pentagon
Causes Raids on
Number Racket"

WASHINGTON - The strange
appearance Of the body of Ne
gro postal clerk stuffed into the
trunk of his car and placed on
Pentagon parking lot right on
See BODY-page eight
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10
My Ten Days Of
Experience On The
Atlantic Ocean
BY l., G. Barrow

On June Is, among hundreds of
other passengers, l joined a spe-
cial party of nearly 200 Ameri-
can students and English speak
ing teachers en- route to Norway
to matriculate at the University
Of Oslo, The passengers sailed
from Pier AZ in New York City
on the S, s. Stavangerfiord.
Just before the ship slowly
moved from the pier, the ship
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10

torney General T. j. Gentry turned his office
and secretary over to L. A. Davis, ir attorn-
ey general for Boys State Each boy received
a copy of official Senate and House calendar
Shown in the toto, front row, left to right:
E. A. Tookes, instructor Robert Allison, War
len. Chief Justice of Supreme Court; Earl
Hood Lonoke Eddie Anderson Forest City;
Abel Patton, Forest City; S A, Haley, di-
rector. Second row: Samuel Jackson, North
Little Rock, Lieutenant Governor Jeffrey
Vaughns Blythevile James Robertson, Mon
ticello. Third row: L. A. Davis, jr., Pine Bluff
Attorney General; John A. Eason, Mariana;
James Calendar, Parkin; Louis Lacy. Angus
ia; and Wayne Wellington, jr, Governor,
Pine Bluff -Foto by Grice.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-07-10

BOYS sTATERs-12 youths who will be SEN
iors next year in high school took part in
Boys State at AMIN college last week. The
program under the auspices Of the American
Legion was the first to be offered to Negro
youth in Arkansas. In an effort to promote
better citizenship and give youth a working
knowledge of government, members of Boys
State spent a week studying functions and
practicing procedures, They organized their
cities, counties, state and political parties
(Federalist and Nationalist). The boys spent
a day at the state capitol where Governor
Cherry greeted the group, Representative Glen
Walther of Pulaski county demonstrated the
workings of the Senate while the group was
seated in senate chairs, Secretary of State,
Hall spike to the group In his office At
Evening star., 1953-07-26

World War, 100000 ROTC-trained
officers were available.
Since the war, another 100000 have
been trained, and the figure is growing
constantly as bulwark against an
unexpected military emergency.
While the group has been at Belvoir,
Is other classes have been at various
other military posts for training in 13
other branches of military science
infantry, artillery transportation,
ordnance and the like.
When they break camp Friday, there
will be $4,000 more potential officers
with actual field experience.
Evening star., 1953-07-26

important national defense story be-
hind the ROTC that, for some reason
hasn't gotten much attention
According to Maj John P. Dahin,
military science instructor at the Uni
verSity of Toledo on duty with the
ROTC here, many folks are under the
false impression that ,ROTC training
for college students involves only
certain amount of not-too- serious
drilling between classes.
Citing the quick need for trained
officers in times Of national mobiliza-
ton, he points out that when the
Nation was plunged into the Second