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Arizona sun., 1953-01-09
NEW YORK, (GlobaD.-

NEW YORK, (GlobaD.-
"When upon life's billcws, you are
tempest tossed
When you are discouraged, think
ing all is lost
Count your many blessing, every
doubt will fly
And you will be singing as the
days go by"
The above lyrics from the song,
"Count Your Blessings" has been
ringing through my ears for the
past few days. They gave me the
idea for my little sermon for today.
] felt that this was the time for us
to take inventory of our deeds dur
ing the past year and count our
blessings to see what God has done
for U.S. Although we have been
kicked and tossed around, we cam
not become discouraged thinking
that everything has been lost, be-
cause we will be singing and count
ing our blessings as our days go by.
The Dodger Baseball Club can
be thankful for having been blessed
with Jackie Robinson, Roy Campa-
nella and Joe Black and in the
same terms, these stars, who con-
tributed so much along with other
members of the Dodger team, can
be thankful for the blessings God
has given them to become leaders
in their field. Satchell Paige can be
thankful for the strength God has
given him; Luke Easter and Larry
Dolby of the Cleveland Indians for
their comeback.
care you ever burdehed with a load
of care
Does the Cross seem heavy you
are called to bear
Count your many blessings, name
them one by one
And it will surprise you what the
Lord has DONE"
Leo Durocher, manager of the
New York Giants, can count his
blessings for Tank Thompson's re-
turn to form and Monte Irwin can
count his blessings for recovering
from his injury The Chicago White
Sox and Minny Minoso for the help
they gave eac hother, and Sam
Jethro ca ncount his blessings for
having remained throughout the
season in Boston.
The U. S. Army can count its
blessings for having received two
great youngsters in the persons Of
White Mays and Don Newcombe
who can count their blessings fer
Arizona sun., 1953-01-09
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segregation learned from active
participation in different parts of
the United States He will also de-
scribe the opposition to white Su-
premacy policies which he observed
en- his recent travels in Africa
where he had been invited by ma
tive leaders.
Because of his knowledge of in
ternational affairs gained from
travels in Europe, the Near East,
and India, Bayard Rustin serves
regularly as a member of the Fa-
Guilty of the American Friends
Service Committee Institutes of In
ternational Relations. He is Di-
rector of the College Section Of
the Fellowship of Reconciliation
which is sponsoring the Thursday
public meeting.
Bayard Rustin, an American
Quaker by religious belief, was
born in West Chester, a small town
southwest of Philadelphia in the
state of Pennsylvania. After win
ming honors in football, track, ten
mis-, speaking and debate, he was
graduated from the West Chester
Schools.
He attended the State Teachers
College at Cheyney, Pa. the City
College of New York City, and the
University of Wilberforce, Ohio.
During. and after college he did
volunteer work with the American
Friends Service Committee in
America and abroad, having spent
a part of 1941 in Puerto Rico build
ing a school for under-privileged
children.
In 1948 he received the Jeffer-
son award from the Council
Against Intolerance in America as
zone of the Americans who had
done most in the recent past to bet
ter relations between cOlored and
white citizens"
On February Is, 1949, Rustin re-
turned from five-month tour Of
Europe, the Near East and Asia. In
Europe he visited England, France,
Holland, Germany, and Belgium; in
the Near East, Egypt and Iran.
He was invited to India by De-
vadas Gandhi, son of the late Ma
hatma, and was guest of the Con-
gress Party at it's first session after
Arizona sun., 1953-01-09
Sports Closeup
By
Fritz Pollard

having gone to the Army SO early
in life so that they can return TO
their respective teams while they
are still young. This also goes for
boxing champ Sandy Saddler.
Ray Robinson can count his bless
ings for net having been perma-
nently injured during his fighting
career and for retiring when he
did Rocky Marciano for his
timely victorious knockout of Jer-
sey Joe Walcott, who can count
his blessings for what God has
done to keep him at the top OF
The ladder at his age Archie
Moore for his struggle up the lad
der and the winning of the light
heavyweight title after Is years
Randy Turpin for his out
standing victory over Ray Robin
son.
"When you look at others with
Unolr 1dIlu dllU SOlu
Thinks what Christ has promised
you-hiS wealth untold -->'
Count your many blessings, money
canont buy
Your reward in Heaven nor your
home on high"
The United States of America
can count it's blessings because OF
the outstanding track athletes who,
in turn can count their blessings
for wearing the American uniform
at the Olympic games this past
summer in Helsinki, Finland. Re-
mingo was picked winner of the
100 meter dash after photo-finish
Nal Whitfield won the BOO
meter run and was on the winning
600-meter relay team :. 5 boxers
can. count their grand-slam bless
ings for winning in the heavy
weight, light heavyweight, middle
ight, lightweight, and fly
WSlSIlt ultlSlOIlo llC SAAAANA i\oAA
athletes at the Olympic games can
thank their blessings for the won
derful job they did &. Dan fowler
of the Los Angeles Rams for his
football playing T.. Horace Gillom
of the Cleveland Browns =. George
Taliaferro and Buddy Young for
their playing with the Dallas, Tex
ans Dick Lane, the rookie of
the Los Angeles Rams . Emlen
Tunnel for his continued great
work with the N. Y. Giants and
the blessings and good will lof Abe
Sapperstein and his Harlem Globe
TrotterS.
These great athletes are proof of
the great opportunities which
America offers to all races, creeds
and colors. They are real Good Will
Ambassadors and God has given
them the physical strength and
cuorage to become leaders and to
show what America has to offer.
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Arizona sun., 1953-01-09

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Evening star., 1953-05-08

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take many years-and far more
investment capital than Turkey
can raise herself.
For the present the ability of
Turkey to pay her own way de-
pendS almost entirely on her
agricultural exports. And, in
spite Of the almost explosive de-
velopment that has taken place,
these exports will not provide
anything approaching an ade-
quate income within the fore
seeable future. Conservative eS-
Inmates indicate that at least a
generation must pass before
Turkey can hope to support the
military effort that she is max
ing today.
The effort has been supported
so far by the willingness of the
United States to underwrite a
major part of the cost, and by
the willingness TO the Turks to
resist any temptation to improve
the country'S pitifully low stand
ard of living.
II one could sum up the atti-
tude OF those who have taken q
hand in the development of Tur-
key since the war, it would be
this: What has been done here
and what remains to be done
lis well worth the cost. There
Evening star., 1953-05-08


major export crop ia Turkey has
nearly tripled since 194S. Cereal
production has jumped from a
pre-Marshall Plan record of SO
million tons to 1872 million tons
last year. For the first time
Turkey produced an exportable
surplus of cereals.
AS millions Of idle acres come
under cultivation, and as new
methods and equipment begin to
take effect. economists see the
possibility that Turkey may some
day provide the breadbasket for
Western Europe.
Bright Industrial Outlook.
Progress toward exploiting the
country's industrial resources is
no less encouraging for the long
run. Turkey is the only country
in Europe outside of the Ruhr
and the Saar where the essential
ingredients for steel-making-
iron ore and coking coal-exist
in important quantities. Al
though no complete geological
survey of the country has vet
been made, Turkey is also known
to possess a wealth Of strategic
minerals, such as copper and
chromium. The development of
these resources. however, will
Evening star., 1953-05-08

slve. And Turkey is one place
where there has been little at
tempt made to balance the mill
tary effort against the country'S
capacity to support it.
There has been, to be sure. an
effort, to build up the country's
economy as rapidly as possible.
The results of the American aid
program in Turkey! although less
publicized than the military eff
fort, have been no less spectac=
ular. Our economic pump-p -prim-
ing has-been on a relatively mod
est scale-less than $225 mil
lions. But 1t has produced re-
action which no one would have
dared predict four years ago.
Starting From Scratch.
In this country, you don't face
the usual European problem of
putting a workable economy back
on it's feet. It is rather the prob
lem of encouraging basic devel-
opment in a virtually untapped
area. 1t has meant starting from
scratch. But it has also meant
fewer ingrained habits and pref
udiceS to be overcome.
The economists started with
the fact that Turkey survives on
an agrarian economy. Eighty
per cent\of her % million people
live in mud-brick houses and
isolated villages. If production
was to be increased above what
the people could consume them
selves, the first step was to build
up communications and ports to
get rid of the surplus. The con-
struction of some $4,000 miles of
all-weather roads, and the i'm
provement Of existing rail lines,
went hand in hand with the
modernization of the primitive
agricultural system.
The effect has been startling.
The production of cotton. a
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her influence with other Moslem
countries Of the world, has most
Western observers here hugging
themselves with joy.
The revolution that started
80 years ago under Turkeys
gimlet-eyed dictator Ataturk
wrenched the country away
from her tradition of conserva-
tism and suspicion of outside
influences. The result is that
today Turkey is like a huge
sponge, thirstily soaking up as
many new ways of thinking and
doing things as can be poured
in. Ataturk gave his country
the will, but not the means. to
become part of the modern COM
munity of Western nations. In
the last four years, Turkish
initiative combined with Ameri-
can military and economic aid
has produced more dramatic
progress than was made in the
previous century.
Beyond any dispute, the
450,000-man Turkish Army
stands today as the most power
full force directly bordering on
Soviet Russia. Thanks to Amer
ican equipment. it is now
modern fighting force. It is
rapidly developing in the mobil-
ity and f1re-power that modern
warfare demands. The quality
of its leadership has improved
remarkably in the last five years.
It is automatic that the morale
and the fighting spirit of the
individual soldier is the greatest
strength of any army. On this
count the Turks get the highest
marks of NATO. In the proc
ess of modernization, the Turk
ish soldier has lost none of his
glamor. He is as big and as
Evening star., 1953-05-08

frequently illiterate. American
advisors have found it necessary
to spend a major part of their
effort trying to teach him to
read that literary mastermpiece,
the army tech order. We have
discovered in the course of time
that a truck or a tank is of no
use to the Turkish army unless
there is a mechanic to keep it
running. And in this country,
mechanics don't exactly grow on
trees.
Priceless Asset.
In spite of these limitations. it
takes no elaborate argument to
persuade any military man that
Turkeys Is divisions would be a
priceless asset in case of war. In
her control of the Bosphorus and
the Dardanelles. Turkey is in an
ideal spot to block Russian ex-
pansion from the Black sea into
the Mediterranean. BY her ex-
tension into Asia, she directly
menaces any thrust through the
Middle East toward Africa.
AS a base for offensive opera
tionS, Turkey is within easy
striking distance Of the same oil
supplies and industrial areas
which Hitler tried in vain to
capture. The presence of a strong
military force on Russia's most
exposed flank must serve as a
powerful deterrent to any ag-
gressive military adventures in
Western Europe. 80
There is another fact, how
ever. which the NATO countries,
particularly the United States,
must face up to. Comforting as
it may be to have real military
strength in Turkey, somebody Is
going to have to pay the price.
AS armies grow bigger and bet
ter. they also grow more expen-
Evening star., 1953-05-08

brswny and capable-looking in
the flesh as he is in the statistic.
Almost Too COcky.
If military observers here have
any worries about the Turkish
attitude, it is that they are in
cllned to be almost too cocky
and self-confident Of their
ability to take care of anything
the Russians may throw their
way. It may be naive, but it
is also understandable. In the
course of time, the Turks have
fought the Russians a dozen
times. They usually have won.
The much-publicized fact that
the Turkish soldier makes only
about IS cents a month, creates
no recruiting problem. Money,
especially in Turkey, isn't every
thing. What is important is that
the Turkish soldier lives better,
eats better and dresses better
than 95 per cent of his compa-
triots. Few young Turks would
duck the opportunity to wear a
uniform.
Good as it is, there are limita-
tions to the worth of the Turkish
Army. For one thing, 1t is being
built up along purely defensive
lines, designed for the job of
protecting its own country and
fighting on its own ground. If
it should be called on under
NATO's master plan to fight
elsewhere. its present equipment
standards would have to be radi-
cally revised.
The Turkish army is, further
more. strictly limited in the
amount of mechanization it can
absorb. They say-and, for all
this reporter knows, it may be
true-that the Turkish soldier
is never hungry and never tired.
He is, on the other hand, quite
Evening star., 1953-05-08
) Prisoners Tie Up Guard
And Flee al Fort Meade

Three Army prisoners at Fort
Meade, Md. today trussed up a
guard and escaped from a work
detail in the~post hospital area.
Roadblocks in the Fort Meade
sector were set up by the mill
tary and State police.
The escapes were identified
as Wilbur F. Roner. 10, of Bal
timore: John Simons. 81, of
Wytheville, Va. and Herbert j..
Gallo. 40, Of Akron, Ohio. All
three were wearing regulation
military fatigue uniforms.
Evening star., 1953-05-08

are few countries in Europe. and
certainly none in the Middle
East, that offer such exciting
possibilities Of promoting and
strengthening the free world
against the forces which seek
to destroy it.
THE concluding article of
this series, summing up Mr..
NOyes impression of NATO,
will appear In The Star SUN
day.
Evening star., 1953-05-08
Power Use Studied

Tunisia is preparing to utilize
the hydroelectric power poten-
tials in an irrigation project
scheduled for completion next
year in the madjerdah River
delta.
Evening star., 1953-05-08
Be NQRTHCOOL from now on

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great values in suits >. :. great selections
at easy budget terms.
Evening star., 1953-05-08

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Evening star., 1953-05-08

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Evening star., 1953-05-08

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slubbed silk-type fabrics.
Spot-reSiStant, water re-
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Luxury tailoring details
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-05-16
Northern Trips
Miller in Air Quiz

Northern again took the meas
ure of Miller High School last
week. tins time in the third
Quiz Fin on the Ar show by
a score of 65 10 40
Some $50 persons Of the aud
renee last Wednesday also heard
Arthur McGrafh. assistant SUI
perinfendenf in charge OF high
schools. stress the importance
Of world affairs in the high
school curriculum.
Tho radio quiz program is
based on current news events
and is sponsored by the Detroit
News.
Members of the winning team
were Ella Maxwell. Alvin Whit
field. Theodore Brown and Flo
rene Travis.
Miller team members were
Jeanette Finley. Anne Dukes,
Ora Lee Mollette and Bernard
Dickens.
Each school received copy
Of the book Divided We Fought"
by the publisher, Macmillan Co.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-05-16
Local NAACP
Drive Report
Largest Yet

The pace of the Detroit branch
NAACP Dave was. stepped up
last Friday as campaign workers
accounted ior a total Of 1907
memberships and s3l7l max
ing il the largest weekly report
Of the campaign The Friday re-
port brought totals To BOIL MEM
berships and Sl0.66l.75.
Area 8. 10 Leads
Again in the lead OF all other
areas and organizations in the
campaign where areas 9 and
10. which tied in their reports.
each bringing in 3Ss member
ships.
Other area reports were as fol-
lows: Area 3. - memberships
Area 4. "a. Area II. so and Areas
! and ,. 5 memberships 80
In the division Of Business and
Community Organizations labor
brought in the largest report last
week with 204 memberships.
Following labor were Great
Lakes Mutual Life Insurance
Company. -, Metropolitan Sys-
tom. - and Supreme Liberty
Life. 10 The goal Of the CAM
paign IS $500 memberships and
S25.0
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-05-16
Whats i'm q Nome?- Don't
Ask q Certoin Vim. Butler

Judge Griiiihs then inter-
posed Are you married TO this
woman"
mo. your honor" he ranted.
I'm bachelor never been mar
ried. and now / never intend 10
get married"
Mrs Butler then hastily ex-
planned that her "ncglcctiul"
hubby was shorter, SKINNER and
younger az the age Of %
Red-iaeed detectives were
then told 10 pickup the right
man. William Butler. who lived
al 1901 Hancock
Despite apologies OF police Of
ficers. Butler of East Warren.
still was cooling off. tor he had
spent a night in jail after falling
to convince them of his true
idcl.ity.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-05-16
Seeks VindicatiOn
Of Released Gls

NEW YORK. Permission 20
interview released Negro prison-
crs of war al The Valley Forge
Hospital in Pennsylvania has been
requested by the NAACP NJ a
telegram 20 Secretary OF Defense
Charles Z. Wilson.
Upon their return 10 this
country the men assigned TO
the Valley Forge Hospital.
among them a number OF Ne
gro soldiers. we're originally
the victims Of a seemingly Of
ficially inspired suspicion thai
they had suceumbed 10 Com
munisi propaganda while in
the custody OF the enemy.
The accused men have molly
denied this allegation and have
asked vindication.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-05-16
Toledo Council
For Jim Crow

TOLEDO Indirect support 81
!. Llm Grow laws was given here
iast week by the Toledo City
Council when il went on record
as favorine racial segregation in
public housing
This assumpiicS was made
because the COUNSEL has no
legal authority 10 govern occu-
paneY Of the three public hous-
ing projects Of this city which
are in question.
Councilman Ollie Czelusia de-
cldlcd that the action caused this
city 20 slip back about 100
wears IN community relations. "
We've taken the position OF try
ine 20 pass jim crow law he
added
Councilman William Calvin
blasted the g. vote AS the most
"dasiardiv action % his SIX years
in council"
Mayor Lloyd Roulet walked
Out Of the chamber before the
ballot was taken.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-05-16

Approximately $4,000 has
been contributed TO the state
drive as part of a national one
TO give financial assistance to
81 private Negro colleges
throughout the nation.
Jeffrey, vice-president of Great
Lakes Steel Corp. stated that
the drive was entering its most
difficult stage. and that many
more contributors would have
10 become interested " its goal
is 10 be reached.
The Fund seeks 70 provide
professional and business eduea-
tional opportunities to excep-
tional students and thereby raise
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-05-16
BIuefieId State to
Get New President

Dr. Stephen J Wright. dean of
the faculty at Hampton Institute.
viii assume the presidency Of
Bluelield State College, Bluefield.
West Va. July !
DR. Wright will be the fourth
president of Blucfield State Col
lege. which was established in
1895. Those serving before him
were Hamilton Halter and Drs.
r. p Sims and II. l.. Dickson.
Prior TO his present position as
faculty dean al Hampton Tnsti-
tute. DR.. Wright served as a
teacher in the Kennard High
School at Centerville, Maryland;
principal Of the Douglas High
School al Baltimore
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-05-16

Bend County.
In May. 1852. The District Cou,
ruled that Negroes had the right
TO vote in the primaries The
Jaybirds took the case TO the
Court OF Appeals which reversed
the lower courts decision
An appeal from this ruling ~ +,
taken to tic Supreme Court ID
behalf. of the Texas Negro yuics
BY NAACP attorneys.
In an opinion Ycad by Justice
Hugo l.. Black il was stated That
the qualifications prescribed np
Texas permitting voters 20 Vote
at county-operated primaries are
the same as those "entitling cleo
tors TO vote at the Countrywide
Jaybird primaries with single
proviso-Necroes are excluded "
Contend Legality
The Jaybrds had denied that
their racial exclusions violated
the 18th Amendment. They con-
tended that the Amendment ap.
plies only TO elections or pr
maries held under state regula-
ton and that their association
was not regulated by the state.
While il was political party It
was self-governing voluntary
club.
The president of the Jaybiids.
A. J. Adams. admitted TO the
court under questioning that the
party was designed to keep Me-
groes from voting in the county
primaries. All white voters IN
the county. upon paying the poll
tax. automatically become mcm-
bers Of the Jaybirds.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-05-16
Action Would
Aid Function
Of New Ger

Manor CObO was urged 10
end racial discrimination
ard segregation in Detroit s
public housing projects and
employment field this week
by Edward NJ. Turner. De-
toit NAACP president
The request was made upon
failure of Common Council TO
act on an FEPc ordinance for
the last two years. Turner
revealed.
Turnef sd Ia has letter which
also announced his acceptance OF
appointment 10 the Commission
on Community Relations. that ne
SINGLED out these two areas or
racial bias because IT would aid
the nculy created Commission
Ia rs functions
Has Power
While not claiming the MAYOR
faacd 10 push such ordinances,
The NAACP pros dent aycrted
that Cobo had the power and
authority TO end such bias pi ac-
tlccs 40 once.
IN his letter Turner said Il
have singled out these two cas-
OF discrimination. Mr.. Mayor, be-
cause If you desire 10 aid and
/ assist The Commission on Conn
munity Relations m correcting
situations endangering the peace
and welfare of the community,
YOU have the power and au-
ta0rtv 10 do so al once
Determine Policy
AS the Executive head Of our
CITY YOU have the power 10
determine The policy Of the De-
uoY Housing Commission As the
Mayor OF our City YOU have the
authority 10 sponsor the passage
of an FEPC Ordinance
Also for the Mayor consid-
Grafton. the NAACP president
submitted reprint from the
February IL issue of Golfers
Magazine which negaied con-
clusively the racial myth egafd-
inc property value.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-05-16
Churchwomen Tour

Thirty-elghi women members
OF the International Church OF
God in Christ arc making tour
of the Caribbean. visiting the
Bahamas. Haiti. Jam9ics and
Cuba.
As delegates 10 q church CON
vcntion in Miami they flew by
special Pan American World Air
ways Clipper 20 Nassau rucs-
day and to Port-au-Princc. Haiti
the same day. arriving at $50
pm.