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Arkansas State press., 1953-09-25
Plan End to Jim Crow In
Veterans Administration

WASHINGTON-The long campaign of the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Colored People to end segre-
cation in the hospitals and other facilities of the Veterans
Harvey Higley, veterans administrator, that his agency Is
moving "as rapidly as possible to eradicate jim crow.
Mr.. Higleys announcement came in the form of a release
OF correspondence between the VA and Clarence Mitchell, d-
rector, Washington bureau Of the NAACP. Mr.. Mitchell had
written to the government official calling attention to segre-
cation practices existing in the VA and urging their elimina-
ton in accordance with President Eisenhowers affirmation
that the administration would not tolerate racial discrimina-
ton or segregation in federal agencies.
In reply, the veterans administrator first said that his
agency has attempted to take the lead in minimizing segre-
that segregation to some degree is necessary for the medical
wellbeing of patients" Later he explained that this state
ment referred to patients in the field of neuro-psychiatry
The NAACP official pursued the issue further and final
~ received Mr.. Higeys assurance that the VA was seeking
TO wipe out segregation "as rapidly as possible" Further, Mr..
Higley said in a letter to Mr. Mitchell, I'VE find any semblance
OF segregation, unsocial, uneconomical and undesirable. We
nope the day is not far removed when there will be no SEM
blance of racial segregation in VA hospitals"
Methods of impementing Mr.. Higleys policy will be
worked out at a meeting of area medical directors of the
agency later this month.
MIR. Mitchell expressed the opinion that Mr.. Higleys de-
cislon to eliminate segregation in the agency is IAN indication
OF a desire to conform with the presidents declared policy of
non-segregation in federal agencies. Coming at this time," he
SAID, the new policy is of the utmost importance with vete-
rams returning from Korea where they have served in inte-
grated units of the armed forces.p
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-25
State Lions Go Thru Finals
Preparatory to Meeting Wiley Oct. 3rd

ely Wildcats October 3 in Pine
Bluff, the fans will be amazed
at the traffic showdown between
the Lions bench and the grid
iron. The reason will be because
the two-platoon system has been
abolished and this years squad
at State is down to a mere as,
Which means a lot less men will
be doing a lot more work all
season.
Coach Moore has 10 returning
lettermen plus five men who re-
turned from the armed services.
The discharged lettermen are
Freddie Piedmont, 1873 pound back
from st. Louis; Herbert Blodd,
1870 backfield man of Pine Bluff;
Herman Bluford, end, who tops
1879 pound of Pine Bluff; Theo-
dore johnson, Isl, from Texar-
kama, and Valvasti Williams, 1863.
pom St. Louis, Missouri All five
rin pl9,ed a lot of football be-
I gc they entered the army.
z turning lettermen from the
1867 squ-d are Felix Sticky, l.
master {: 1852; Robert Johnson
2C3 pouno guard, Texarkana;
Darwin Davis, Mr,-toe of 1857,
from Detroit; Dave Walton, half
back, Il lnois; MCKINLEY Nasn
1876 guard from Shreveport; Jo'
Davis. ri,tthalf, Shreveport; Har-
DIV Thioae r, halfback from ANA
rillo, Texas; Harry Lee, 2O4 pouno
end from Shreveport; John Dill
lar. hafnack, Monroe, Louisiana
ivory Walker, 1870 end from Mem
phis; oscar Wilson, halfback from
Memphis: Johnny Walker, ITO
pound halfback, Texarkana; Frank
Evans. 1893 pound center, san
Antonio; julius Darlington, l8l'
Monroe; Harold Montague l9o
pound righttackle, Memphis ana
Eugene Windbush, fullback, from
East Chicago.
Surprising, the Lions have Just
six freshmen out for the squad
and already they r showing ex-
oe,lent performance in taking their
offensive and defensive duties.
Chosen as captains for the 1898
team are Darwin Davis and Fe-
1ix STICKY. Both men played ter
rifle ball last season and should
retain their balance and play
See LYoNS-page five
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-25
Nearing for Negro Vets
Dr.. John Tyler Caldwell 10 Address
Administrators at Hot Springs Meet

Over 200 administrators are ex-
pected to attend the Administra-
tors department meeting of the
Arkansas Teachers association at
the National Baptist hotel, Hot
Springs. Friday and Saturday.
The main speaker is DR.. John
Tyler Caldwell, president of the
University of Arkansas, who will
deliver the inspirational speech
Friday night. Other top ranking
educators in Arkansas VINO will
participate in the sessions in
clude DR.. Lawrence A, Davis of
AMIN college, keynote speaker;
DR.. Ed Nee QUESTION of the State
Department of Education; DR..
Dolph Camp, president Of South
ern State college; DR.. Imon Bruce,
superintendent of Hot Springs
public schools; DR.. w. II. Pipes.
dean of Philander Smith college;
Dr. Stephan Stephens and DR.. r.
K. Bent of the University of Ar
kansas; DR.. c. M. Clark of tn c
State Department Of Education;
and DR.. Jesse Marshall and C.
w. Dawson of AMIN college; j.
X Haynes, president of the Lou
isiana Education association, ac-
ccmranied by DR.. w. w, Glen,
director of the Division of Ex-
tended services at Grambling col
lege; Dean Lester Cole, coordina-
tor of departments of the LEA;
and E. c. Lamb, president of the
Administrators department of the
LEA.
Group work will be at four
levels with the following topics:
See MEETING-page eight
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-25
Must Increase Vote
10 Hold Racial
Gains, White Says

BLUEFIELD. w. Va. Speak
ing at the closing mass meeting
of the annual meeting of the w.
Virginia State Conference, NAACP
branches here, Walter White,
executive secretary, warned, in
an address prepared for delivery
today, that the Negro must
greatly increase his I / n &
strength if ne is to maintain and
expand the gains made in re-
cent years"
The NAACP leader cited the
associations drive to expand the
Negro vote in the south in 1852
and assured the delegates that
this drive would be continued.
BY 1885," he said, I'VE hope to
have 100000 Negro voters In
the south. Once we have achiev-
ed this goal you may be sure
that southern politicians will have
a different attitude toward civil
rights legislation
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-25
PhiIander Smith
Elects AN-Campus
Commission

Philander Smith college elected
its All-Campus commission for
the academic year of 1853 = 54
this week. Results were announc-
ed by DR.. M. L. Harris, president
Of the college.
The fifteen students chosen by
the student body to the commits
sion are as follows; June Green,
Nellie Travis, Shirley Valentine,
Richard Estick, Eddie Gill, Emery
Washington, Carl Harris, William
Webb, George Wilburn, Betty Sue
Harris, Darlene Terrence, Shirley
Rodgers, Dorothy Martin, James
Nash, and Samuel Drake.
Announcement has also been
made of the staff for the "Panth-
er Journal" student newspaper,
Members of the staff r Oscar
Campbell, editor; Richard Estick,
managing editor; Lee Morris,
sports editor; Willis Holloway, as
sistant sports editor; William Hall,
advertising manager and makeup
editor; Robbie Davis, circulation;
Rowita Shaw, society; Wiletta
Moore, Photographer; Louise Gra-
ham, feature editor; Betty Sue
Harris, Ruth Cravens, Louise Ora
See PHILANDER-page five
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-25
Famous Educator
Speaks at PSC

An address to the faculty and
student body at Philander Smith
college was made Tuesday in
Budlong chapel by DR., s.. E, &C.
rard .Priestly, British historian,
author, and authority on interna-
tional and human relations.
Educated in England and the
United States, DR.. Priestley holds
four advanced degrees in history,
political science, economics, and
theology. He has served on the fac
ulty Of New York university and
as a visiting lecturer in Argen-
tina, Peru, and Chile. AS a lead
err in the field Of international
education, he is currently on a
lecture tour which will take him
on seventy college campuses a.
cross the United States.
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-25
SOUTH CAROLINA NAACP BRANCHES
PRESENT 100000 TO MARSHALL

COLUMBIA, S. C-Accepting a check for $4,000 to
be used in the re-argunent of the Clarendon county school
segregation case, Thurgood Marshall, special counsel of the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie, this week assured the South Carolina conference of
NAACP branches that the associations legal department
is concentrating all its efforts on preparing for the cases
which will again be argued before the United States Su-
preme Court during the week of December T.
The check, presented to Mr.. Macshall represented
money raised by the South Carolina branches of the as
ISOLATION for this crucial case, one of five to be re-argued
before the Supreme Court. Also addressing the meeting at
which the presentation was made were the Rev. James M.
Hinton, president of the conference; Bishop Frank M. Reid,
Of the church and w. E. Solomon.
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-25
Maury Maverick
To Address Naacp
State Meetinq

DALLAS Maury Maverick,
former congressman and liberal
leader during the New Deal days,
will be one Of the speakers dur
ing the 18th Annual Conference
Of the Texas NAACP when it
convenes in San Antonio, Texas,
October % = Is, according to a
A. Maceo Smith, state secretary.
freedoms Fight for Full De-
mocracy", is the theme Of the
three day conference which will
bring together delegates from 100
branches over the state in a g.
day session. Keynote address will
be delivered by Attorney W. }.
See NAACP--page eight
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-25
Mrs. Bates Speaks
At Naacp's County
Meeting at Marion

Mrs. L. G. Bates, state president
OF the NAACP, attended a coun-
ty-wide mass meeting and a
Woman's day program Sunday at
the Rising Sun Baptist church in
Marion. Rev. T. P. Page Is pas
tor of the church.
Mrs. Pearl Elmore of Memphis,
was the speaker for the Women's
Gay program, and Mrs. Louise
Fhelix, served as mistress of cere-
mony.
Mrs. Bates delivered the address
See MARION--page eight
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-25
lie HID Council
IDS 18th Annual
at Abe

fortunately 200 women from
PnlieS attended the Seven
Annual Arkansas State
demonstration council that
PEA at Arkansas Baptist coll
recently. The meeting closed
ne following officers being
10 serve two years 1858 E
y announced by the super
MRS Fannie Mae Boone
kVUNClL--page eight
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-25

The Wesley Cha! ei Methods.
church, 18th and State streets,
celebrates its l4th annual Layman
Day, Sunday, at IL a.. m.
The eminent B. Cortez Upton
of Washington, d. c., supervisor
OF case work of the Bureau of
Rehabilitation, will deliver the
add ess.
Mr.. Upton is widely known,
especially for his tireless efforts
in the field Of social service. In
See LAYMAN-page four
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-25
BY John Howard

The Arkansas State Golden
Lions went thru their first scrim-
mage Saturday, and the impress
sion one gathers from the action
displayed by the entire team is
that Coach Leory Moore's boys
have been doing some hard work
since practice season opened and
might end up in lofty spot when
the Southwestern season ends 3
months from now
AS the Lions open against Will
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-25

SGT. GETS RIBBoN-Capt. Dan H. Bonner of the Army Re-
serve Training center is shown making presentation of Cita-
ton Commendation Ribbon with Metal Pendant to Sergeant
Ulysses S. Parr, j, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ulysses S. Parr,sr,
1871 Ringo street. Sgt. Parr, a chief aid man of Medical COM
pany, 35th infantry, was cited for Meritorious service in Ko-
rea during the period 27 April 1852 to 1 July 1853. Thruout
this period of exemplary service, Sgt. Parr always maintained
an unusual level of professional dignity and poise and was
successful in teaching his men to be interested in their pa
tients, to abstain from profanity in the patients presence
and in general to build up the morale of the men he treated.
His ability to cope with any exigency among the sick and
wounded earned the sincere respect and confidence of his
fellow soldiers, as well as contributing materially to the sue
cess of his units mission. The meritorious service of Sgt.
Parr reflects great credit upon himself and is in keeping with
the highest traditions of the United States Army. He entered
the federal service from Arkansas. Many Of the distinguished
citizens we're on hand to witness the citation of Sgt. Parr.
-Foto by Davy.
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-13
Arthur w. Greeley Named
Alaska Regional Forester

PORTLAND, Ore, R- Arthur
w. Greeley will become regional
forester for Alaska succeeding B.
Frank Heintzleman who has been
named governor Of the territory.
Greeley has been assistant to
the director of the Pacific North
west Forest and Range expert
ment station here and has been
with the US. Forest Service since
1882. His father, William B. Gree
ley, was chief of the Forest Ser
vice from 1920 to 1928, and later
head of the West Coast Lumber
mems Association.
He has served on forests in
Idaho, Montana, and California
as ranger, timber management
staff officer, assistant supervisor
and supervisor.
He received his bachelors de-
gree in forestry from the Univer-
sity of Washington in 1884 and his
masters degree from Yale the
next year.
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-13
The War In Korea

SEOUL, "a Texas jet ace
shot down another Red jet fighter
today as clear weather brought
more battles between Sabres and
Communist MICS.
On Sunday, Allied Sabres de-
stroyed seven MICS and probably
destroyed another.
The ground war continued IN
abated on the 155 : mile front
Allied soldiers and Reds mixed in
20 small fights last night and
early today. One was only a mile
from Panmunjom, where Allied
and Communist staff officers to-
day completed arrangements for
Mondays exchange Of sick and
wounded prisoners.
The battleship New Jersey re
turned to Korea action and I'M
limbered her IS inch guns on
Communist targets in Chongjin,
in deep northeast Korea. The big
guns scored seven direct hits in as
many minutes, destroying Chong-
jin's main communications build
ing, the Navy said.
Maj. James P. Hagerstrom of
Tyler, Tex, ran his MIG destruc-
ton total to 612 in a dog fight
between four Sabres and eight
MICS.
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-13
Allies Stage Dress
Rehearsal Of
Prisoner Exchange

MUNSAN, Up Allied soldiers
and Marines today staged dress
rehearsal covering every detail of
the exchange of sick and wound
ed Korean war prisoners, which
begins next Monday.
United Nations and Communist
staff officers earlier today settled
final details of the dramatic ex-
change. The agreement was signed
Saturday in a ceremony at Pan
munjom.
At the signing the Reds sub
mitted their latest request for re-
newal of full-scale armistice talks,
broken off by the U.N. last Oct.
8. The U.N. has not replied.
Peiping radio announced the
first convoy of sick and wounded
Allied prisoners would change
site today. The % vehicles will
arrive at Kaesong Thursday and
remain there four days before
the actual swap begins. The U.N.
pressed for an earlier start but
the Reds refused.
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-13
Parts Plant Strike Forces
Closing Ii Ford Plants

DETROIT, Up - Assembly lines
at Is of the Ford Motor Co.'S 18
Ford, Mercury and Lincoln plants
across the country were closed
Monday because of a strike of
1900 workers in a Monroe, Mich,
parts plant.
The closing idled $4,000 Of
Ford's 10000 production work
ers, and Ford spokesman said
that "the total idle could easily
reach $4,000 as more of our plants
run out of parts"
CLIO United Auto Workers walk
ed out at Monroe April l, charg-
ing a speedup. Company officials
denied the accusation.
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-13
Former US. Intelligence
Officer Pleads Guilty To
Spying For Russia

WASHINGTON, R-Otto Yer
Der, an Austrian-born former us.
Army intelligence officer, pleaded
guilty today to conspiring to spy
on American defense secrets for
Russia.
Verber, 81, entered his surprise
plea before U. S. District Judge
Alexander Holtzoff.
The judge said he would i'm
pose sentence later. Verber faces
a maximum Of ten years in pri-
son.
James c. Toomey, court ap-
pointed counsel for Kurt Ponger,
SO, Verber's co defendant and
brother-in-law, told reporters that
his client intends to stand trial.
Verber pleaded guilty to one
of the two charges in the indict-
ment against him and Ponger.
This count alleges that he and
Ponger conspired together with
others to collect information con-
corning the us. Army and Air
Force in Austria and in this coun-
try for transmission to Russia.
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-13
Ryan, NY. Longshore Boss
Arrested For Misuse
Of Union Money

NEW YORK, Up - Joseph P.
Ryan, burly boss of east coast
longshoremen, was arrested today
on a 30-count grand larceny in
dictment accusing him Of mis-
using union funds. He was charg-
ed specifically with theft Of
$11,390 from funds Of the LA"
Ryan, a $2O,OOO-a-year lifetime
head Of the union, had been under
grand jury investigation since last
January, when a state crime hear
ing brought out he had used union
money for personal expenses.
He conceded using union money
for a Caribbean cruise, Cadillac
cars, golf club dues and other per
s0nal items, but said he later
made good the money from his
own funds
AS he stood waiting for his at
torney on a street corner this
morning outside the Criminal
Courts building, Ryan was asked
what matters concerning him the
grand jury had been probing.
They're talking about sep
arate fund we had to fight the
Commies," he said. Every time
the Commies were active, we
had to spend money, and you
know how much money they
have"
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-13
North Sea Spring Tides
Overrun Dutch Island

AMSTERDAM, R- The North
Sea, racing through the English
Channel, under the impact of a
storm center, regained complete
control today over the island of
Duiveland, one of the worst hit
areas in the disastrous Feb.
floods.
On the eve Of new spring tide
which reaches its peak next Tues
day, the racing North Sea waters
overwhelmed at several posts an
inner dixie guarding the 2110 acres
Of reclaimed land at the islands
eastern extremity. 1t had been re-
claimed only four weeks ago from
the earlier flood waters.
The North Sea, in the Feb. 1
floods, submerged Schouwen and
Duiveland islands, killing SIG of
the 1873 inhabitants.
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-13
New Red Attitude
Of
Stains Policy

WASHINGTON, Up = Marshal
Tito of Yugoslavia said today
Russia's new soft-spoken attitude
is reputation of Stalin's whole
policy up to this time" but means
no easing of the cold war.
Tito, the only Communist chief
of state to have broken with the
Kremlin, said he believes Bulgaria
and Czechoslovakia are among the
weakest points in the Soviet satel-
lite system in eastern Europe.
Russia's satellites, he said, are
its instruments of the cold war"
and to cling to them the Soviet
might shift its cold war strategy.
This shift, he said, would involve
accepting partial successes i.
within the whole continental
framework of Europe and Asia"
Il believe, nevertheless" Tito
in a copyrighted interview in the
magazine us. News and World
Report, shat they will concen-
trate on Asia. If they come to the
conclusion that it would be diff
cult to be successful both in Asia
and in Europe they might be in
clined to cede a little ground in
Europe but not in Asia.
A real easing of the cold war,
he said, would be signalled by
Russian willingness to unite Ger
many and agree to an Austrian
peace treaty.
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-13
83-Year-Old Father
Shoots Man Who Carried
Off 58-Year-Old Daughter

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Up -
Dr.. Laban Lacy Rice, 83-year-old
lecturer and former university
president, shot and seriously
wounded a man who attempted
to carry off his daughter in a
weekend invasion of their home
in suburban Gulfport.
Joe Ciani, 46, a carpenter is in
serious condition in a hospital
from bullet wounds in the chest
and shoulder but he is expected
to recover
Rice, who used a 5O-year-old
pistol to halt Ciana, also accident
ly shot his daughter, Mrs. RATHER
inc Shaw, SO, in one hand. She
was treated for the wound and
shock.
Sheriff Sid Saunders said Ciani
had been interested Economically
in Mrs. Shaw since she hired him
for some carpenter work three
years ago. Several months ago,
police were called when Ciani
went to the Gulfport home to
press his attentions on Mrs. Shaw.
Saturday night he returned to
the home, Saunders said, and
when Rice ordered him to leave,
Ciani picked up Mrs. Shaw, who
weighs about 100 pounds, and ran
out of the house with her. The
shooting followed.
After being held overnight in
Jail, Rice was released Sunday. No
charges have been filed.
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-13
Some of The Returning
Americans May Sound
Converted to Communism

WASHINGTON, Up - If some
American soldiers return from
prisoner of war camps talking like
converts to Communism, says the
Defense Department, they pro-
badly are the victims of a "pro-
paganda web"
Some 100 Americans are among
the sick and wounded war prison
ers in Korea scheduled to be ex-
changed week from today.
Apparently looking toward that,
the Pentagon got out a ''fact
sheet" last night. It described Red
treatment of prisoners = some
times harsh, sometimes soft - as
one of the Communists propa-
ganda techniques.
Some prisoners may have been
trapped by distorted information
and others may have pretended
cooperation as an alternative to
death or torture, the statement
said.
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-13
Ammunition Supply In
This Country Asserted
Dangerously Depleted"

WASHINGTON, R-A Senate
inquiry into ammunition short
ages was sidetracked temporarily
today by the, insistence of Sen.
Morse Qnd-Ore) that no commit
tees meet during the Senate de-
bate on the submerged oil lands
issue.
Sen Margaret Chase Smith Or
Me-, chairman of the investigat-
ing Senate Armed Services sub
committee, called off today's hear
ing. She said she hoped Morse
would change his position so the
inquiry could be gotten under way
again Wednesday.
Three Pentagon generals, res
ponsible for production, distribu-
ton and stockpiling of Army am
munition, had been called to tes-
tify today, and Sen. Smith had
said that ''broad and searching
questions" were to be asked.
Sen. Byrd DIVA said in an
interview, meantime, that the am
munition supply in this country is
dangerously depleted" Although
current supplies in the Far East,
including Korea, may be adequate
he said, There still is not enough
ammunition"
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-13
Mrs. Roosevelt's Secretary Dies

NEW YORK, R-Miss Malvina
Thompson, 81, secretary to Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, died yes
terday of a heart ailment at New
York Hospital.
Miss Thompson had been Mrs.
Roosevelt's secretary for the past
quarter century.
Her death came while Mrs.
Roosevelt was participating in
ceremonies at Hyde Park, N. Y,
concentrating the eighth ami
versary of the death of the Presi-
dent.
The Nome nugget., 1953-04-13
Three Judges
Uphold Legality
immigration Act

SEATTLE, LR - A three-judge
federal court has upheld the con-
Stitutionality of section of the
McCarran-W Walter immigration act
providing that aliens returning
from Alaska be examined by i'm
migration authorities.
Judges Homer T. Bone of the
Mint Circuit Court of Appeals, San
Francisco, and John c. Bowen and
William j. Lindberg of the federal
district court in Seattle ruled Sat-
urday Congress was within its
rights in enacting the law.
The section had been challeng-
ed by the Independent Cannery
Workers Union. The union con-
tended some of its members might
be excluded from the United
States and lose their property
rights through rigid enforcement.
Many Of its members, the union
said, the F'ilipinos who live in Sc
attic but work in Alaska can
neries.
The judges held, however, that
Congress in putting the law on
books acted under the same pow
ers it has to require examination
Of persons seeking re-entry to the
United States from a foreign land.
The section of the law dealing
with Alaska was the only part
affected by the judges ruling.