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Evening star., 1953-06-14

Most Neatly Greomed Band.
Leader on TV Today" by the
committee for the Mems Ma
tional Fashion Pageant Awards.
Perry Como, PRESENTED with
q citation making him an hon.
orary citizen of North Carolina,
by 1t. Gov. Luther Lodges Of
North Carolina.
Red Buttons, selected as the
Outstanding television person.
ality of 1882" by the Adver.
tising Club of Baltimore.
Red Buttons, again, present.
ed special Award of Merit by
boy of the Year" John Ed
Roberts, jr., of Knoxville.
Tenn, on behalf Of the Boys
Clubs of America.
Potron Saint
Jackie Gleason, proclaimed
First Citizen of Newark" by
Mayor Ralph Villand of that
New Jersey metropolis.
Bob Hope, named Patron
Saint of the Gagwriters, 1883"
by the Board Of Directors Of
the National Association Of
Gagwriters.
Dennis Day. awarded a de.
gree of doctor of humor from
the Gagwriters' Institute in
September and announced
winner in the Funny Man In
Music" category in April, by
the National Association Of
You-know-What.
Virginia Mayo. named Miss
Picture Page" by the Los An
geles Press Photographers As
Sociation.
Mary Hartline Of Super
Circus" named Queen of
Boating" by those conducting
the Goth annual Chicago Ma
tional Boat Show.
Marie Wilson of MY Friend
Irma," selected as "the most
glamorous woman of the year"
by the $50 members of the Hol-
lywood Business and Profess
sional Women's Club.
Best Engineered
Tippy Stringer, WTOP-TV
singer, named 1.-The Best Engi-
neered TV Star in Washing
ton," by Tau Beta Pi, honorary
engineering fraternity at the
University of Maryland.
Doris Day, elected Queen Of
the 9th Regiment In Korea.
by the men of the same.
Earl Wilson, q columnist.
named honorary chairman Of
the Helping Hand Club Of
Greater New York, by q TV
program called Strike It
Rich"
Rebel Randall, named "Con-
voy Commander" by the men
Of the 337th Transport Truck
Company in Korea.
Carmelita Pope, selected
Sweetest Mother on Radio
and Television," by the Sweet
est Day Committee Of Chicago.
Ron Cochran, CHS WASH
tngton correspondent, made an
honorary member of the Ohio
State Society. by member
Ohioans.
Eddie Cantor, thanked for
creating a better understand
ing for the general public on
the trials and tribulations Of
taxi drivers in his splendid
portrayal Of Make, the Taxi
by Sumner B. Friedman and
Edward Kupchick. on behalf Of
the Boston Taxi Drivers Asso-
citation.
Twenty Questions" take
the Break. Captain Video,"
Broadway Matinee" Pet
Shop" Kitchen Fare" and
"Cavalcade Of Stars" Du Mont
programs all, awarded blue rib.
(see MACARTHUR. Page E-2.)
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-18
PSC Grad First
Negro to Enter
Ark. Law School

L. II. Mahon, philander Smith
college graduate, became the first
Negro student to be accepted and
to matriculate in the Arkansas
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-18
White Supremacy Dying In Dixie
AsNegroes Open Jirlcro Colleges
Two States Open
Doors to Negroes

federal judge opened the door of LOU
sana state supported school Negro for the first time
the undergraduate level And the time the
being opened in Virginia to allow Negro students
Virginia supported white schools the first
legal opinion.
United States District Judge J. S. Kelley Wright granted
a. F. Iureaud, jra son of Attorney A. P Tureaud Of
New Orleans injunction permitting him study fresh
man at Louisiana State university.
The school had denied Tureaud entry Judge wright ruled
solely because of his and color" when equal facilities
were not available at staesponsored Negro schools.
School attorneys said the ruling could be appealed
until Judgment made injunction
young Tueaud and other Negroes apply adnis-
sion
In Virginia Irving Lnwood Peddrew of Hampton Virgin
ready to enter Virginia polytechnic institute military
student His application approved by the school
visitors after the board studied opinion Attor
ey General J. Lindsay Almond r that the states Negro
schools did not offer lin comparable form substance the
electrical engineering wanted
Many southern universities accepted Negroes
cordance with u Supreme Court ruling any separate
facilities must be equal to those the white
Oklahoma Texas and Tennessee admitting
groes to their universities for time
Arkansas has three Negroes who the
bar pactcng law who graduated from her law school,
One Negro woman has completed medical from her
school of medicine
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-18
PhiIander Smith
College, A Credit
To Community

Philander Smith college is Of
fering many special services to
citizens of the Greater Little Rock
area and the state. These services
take the form of making availa-
BILE to civic groups college facili-
ties and aid in various capacities
by Philander instructors and stu
dents.
Some of the services given are
the following: public meetings of
religious organizations, athletic as
sociations (city, state and region
all, county agents (annuaD, Pres
byterian women, pastors school
Of the Methodist church n d
Greek letter organizations; work
shops in health, teacher education,
training conferences for ministers
Of the Methods church, and in
service teachers; exchange service
is given by students who work in
various churches in the communi-
ty as teachers, members Of choirs,
organists, and instructors W h o
speak to church, school, and other
civic groups. The Philander facul-
ty also teach, when needed, in
private and city schools and COL
ieges.
Other ways in which the COL
lege serves the community are
thru Adult education, evening di-
vision, especially offered to the
working public; marching band
See PSC--page eight
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-18
Texas Jr. College
Opens Doors to
Three Negroes

SAN ANGELO, Texas-The San
Angelo Junior college Of San An
gelo, Texas has become the fourth
Of thirty-three publicly supported
junior colleges Of Texas to open
its doors to Negro applicants. DR..
Rex l.. johnson, president of the
college said in a telephone conver-
sation, Our Board of Directors
voted last spring to accept quail.
fled Negro applicants when they
presented themselves. We welcom-
ed that action and decided to treat
all alike, with the same courtesy
and consideration" w h C DR..
johnson was commended for this
attitude on his part and that Of
his faculty, he replied, I'VE do
not feel that we need to be patted
on the back for doing the right
thing. That is what We ought to
do and that is what we are doing.
We have accepted one Negro boy
and two Negro girls and we will
uecept others when they come to
u.s." .....
Those admitted are Benjamin
Kelly, Anna Laura Owens ano
See JR. COLEGE--page eight
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-18
Cairo Schools
Open Second Year
Of IntegratioI,

CAIRO, Ill.--For a second year
more than 100 Negro children are
attending public schools in this
city with white children. The
transfers to the schools nearest
their homes have been made with
out incident despite dire predic-
tons as the Cairo branch OF the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People OPP
ened its drive for an integrated
public school system early in 1852.
Two national staff workers, Les
ter p. Bailey and Miss June Sha-
galoff, were assigned to assist the
branch in its campaign to end seq
regaticn in the elementary and
secondary schools of the city. The
opening Of that campaign was
marked by violence and attempts
to lntimidate Negro parents.
On January %, 1852, after max
ing written applications for trans
fers, "a Negro pupils. accompanied
by their parents, were refused adj
mittance to the all-white schools
nearest their respective homes.
At that time only 81 of the group
See CAIRO-page four
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-18
Negroes Attend
Demo Conference
In Windy Civ

Three Negroes from Little Rock
attended the Democratic confer
ence at Chicago, Monday and
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-18

Mr.. AND MRS. FRANK sHockLEY-are shown after their
marriage September at the home of the brides family in
Little Rock The bride, formerly Miss Willie Mae johnson,
associate registrar Phander Smith college the daughter
of Mrs Nancy Johnson of 1923 South Cleveland and her
husband is the Of James d. Shoclhey of 1000 Sout
Hayes street The douberng ceremony was performed by
Rev. Otto Jones' -Foto by Davy.
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-18

Also enrolled in the law school
is Mrs. Earl Davy. Mrs. Davy was
graduated from Philander Smith
college as honor student during
the 1858 spring commencement.
A native of Jonesboro, she finish
ed Booker T. Washington h i & h
school there as valedictorian of
her class. Mrs. Davy is a mem
Der Of Alpha Kappa Alpha soror-
ity, and organist for Bullock Tenn
pie CINE church. Also enrolled in
the law school, is Miss Sarah
Paschal Of Hot Springs. Miss Pas
chal is now employed as secre-
tary to the president Of Shorter
college. She is a graduate of
Langston high school and received
the B. S. degree in pre-law from
Wherefore university in 1852. She
plans to go in business with her
brother, who is a law student at
Hazard.
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education, but were compelled 10
follow some other vocation dur
ing the day. has for years exclud-
ed Negro students from its stu
dent body
Mr.. Mahon first applied for ad-
mission to the law school in 1851,
He was told that the acceptance
Of Negroes had not been the pol
Icy OF the institution, but his ap-
See SCHoOL--page eight
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-18

work had been done on them. He
expressed the opinion that solu-
ton of these two important prob
lens at the outset of the commit
tees work would pave the way for
highly effective action in other in
dustries.
In the Washington telephone
case, the Company consistently
advertises for telephone operators
but has refused to employ color
ed women for this work even
though some of them have had
practical experience as telephone
operators in other cities.
The Dupont company which is
operating the atomic energy plant
in Aiken and the Carbide a n d
Carbon company which operates
the Acc establishment at Padu-
cab have extensive training pro-
grams, Mr.. Mitchell said, but MI
merous complaints are received by
the association alleging that col
ored people are barred from this
training and shunted into the least
desirable jobs. In few instances
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-18

the director of the bureau said,
some qualified colored persons
have been employed for highly
skilled Jobs in both installations.
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-18
No Violation In
Tugerson Case
Judge Rules

A United States District Judge
in Hot Springs ruled last week,
that the Cotton States League a.
greement to keep Jim Tugerson
from playing in that baseball loop,
did not violate his civil rights.
Judge John Miller dismissed
Tugerson's demand for $4,000 in
damages, which Tugerson sought
after he was sent to a Class d
club by Hot Springs because Of
opposition from the loops other
clubs.
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-18
Murder Charge
Filed Against Mack

David Mack, jr. of 805 Shiller
venue was charged with second
egee murder in an information
ed IN Pulaski circuit court last
~k by Prosecuting Attorney
Fon Downie.
mack is accused of shooting
"'er Snow, Of ll0l West Ninth
SFeA August 81. Mack shot Snow
'uO"hs an argument over a
que OF chance. Snow was shot
We above address. Mack claim
self defense.
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-18
NAACP Asks Contract Committee to
Probe Atomic Energy lob Bias

WASHINGTON-As of the first items the agenda
for its September meeting the Presidents Committee Gov
eminent Contract Compliance has been asked consider
ing complaints submitted by the Washington Bureau of the
National Association for the Advancement People
against the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone company
Washington and the companies charge of atomic energy
facilities in Aiken, S. C. and Paducah KY.
The request presented to Vice President Richard M
Nixon chairman of the Committee Government Contract
Compliance by Clarence Mitchell director the NAACPs
Washington Bureau.
making the request hearing Mitchell explain
ed that these had been pending before the committee
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-18
DIR. J. H. JACKSON OF CHICAGO ELECTED
HEAD OF NATL BAPTIST CONVENTION

The National Baptist Convention held in Miami Florida
last week surprisingly different from what had been
dced More than $4,000 Baptiss attended and expected
heated explosive meeting with outstanding leaders
candidates for the presidency of the NB The meeting turned
out be very orderly and conducted in Chrstanke
manner DR. j. f. Jackson pastor of Oivet Baptist church,
Chicago elected to the retiring president DR.
D. v Jemison of Selma, Alabama Dr. s. A. Owens pastor
of Metropolitan Baptist church. Memphis Tennessee
elected vice president Rev Jeison of the retiring pres
dent elected secretary Rev NJ K. Curry H elected
of the assistant secretaries; DR.. Roland Smith
elected statistieian.
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-18

JWEs TAYLOR EXCHANGE VOWs-In an impressive
CEREMONY performed at 400 p Sunday in Bethel ANIE
church, Miss Alberta Cleo Jones became the bride of Dan
Ernest Taylor She is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Leroy
s 1920 W. 18th street Mr. Taylor is the of Mrs Ere
a Stafford The double ring ceremony performed by
Kew Young pastor of the church. before background
woodWarda fern and baskets of pink and white gladioi
LAM wrought iron candebras holding white cathedral apers
S Jane West organst accompanied Miss Kaheryne Wal
who sang II Love You Truly and Mrs Marlene Smith,
Because Entering with her father the bride dress
[@ JONES TAYLOR EXCHANGE VOWS page eight
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-18
SHRlNERs CONTRIBUTE S2,5OO.O0
TO NAACP FIGHTING FUND"
BY Raymond E. Jackson, Imperial Potentate

A. Inc Imperial Council of the Ancient Egyptian ARABIC
ue Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine of North and South
p %Tnca unreserVedy endorses the NAACP "Flghuns
| iof freedom In recognition of the urgency ana MI
ance of this drive for complete emancipation our or
n aon is happy to make initial contribution OF o.
we recognize further that the need is not alone LOT
Out also for active support of program which WIZ
Fit not only the Negro but also the whole Amerl-
d people To the extent that full democratic rights are
sueo to any segment of the American people we fail
no responsibilities leader of the free world Inc I'M
yIl council believes that freedom is common heritage
tb must be shared equally by all the people This IS
D soa OF the NAACP to the fulment of which we are
p and pleased to make contribution.
sb,r jackson presented the check to Thurgood Mar
\ ' NAACP special counsel at Philadelphia this week
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-18

MR.. BUSSEY
Il don't know why | was invited
but am honored and I'm not
asking any questions
of the Arkansas Negro Democratic
association; Charles Bussey, presi-
dent of the Veterans Good Gov
eminent association; and |. S. Nc
Clinton, president of the Arkansas
Democratic Voters association.
DR.. Robinson has returned and
reports a successful meeting
MR. McCLINTON--" j think
they (state committee members)
shortd be commended for letting
the colored people be represent
ed II Is a step forward
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-18

Team Elect
Sweetheart "

Little Miss Sadie Scott, age II,
was elected Sweetheart" of the
Little League team Of Greater
Little Rock. The team entertained
her royalty at a recent picnic
held at the Junior Deputy play
ground. Miss Scott attends Dunbar
and is the daughter of Mrs. Mil
dred Bell. 37O9 Center street.
Evening star., 1953-12-12
Congregation 10 Install
Rabbi Gold tomorrow

Rabbi Raphael Gold will be
installed as spiritual leader Of
Share Tefila Congregation at 8
pm. tomorrow at Beth Sholom
Congregation. Eighth and Shep-
herd streets NV.
Rabbi Solomon w. Sternstein,
Rabbi Colds brother-in-law and
head of the Lincoln Park jew
ish Center. Yonkers. N. Y. will
perform the installation cere-
mony. Participating will be
Rabbis Solomon Metz, Harry Sill
verStone, Reuben Levine, Nor
rois Gordon and Simon Burn
stein.
Rabbi Gold served Congreqa-
ton Agudas Ackim in New
burgh, N. Y, before coming to
Washington. He is a graduate
of Brooklyn College and of the
Jewish Theological Seminary of
America.
Evening star., 1953-12-12

St. Peters Evangelical Luz
theran - The Rev. Donald F.
Brake on '"The Advent VIII" at
8:45 and IL am.
Foundry Methodist-The Rev.
Frederick Brown Harris on
when Christmas Comes"
Wesley Methodist - The Rev.
c. Stanley Lowell on What
Jesus Christ Means to You" at
9:30 and IL am.
Arlington Methodist - T h e
Rev. Harry Wardell Backhus.
III, on ''The Star That Will
Never Go Out" at $3.50 and II
am.
Union Wesley AME Zion-The
Rev. Edwin Kenney on Until
This Day"
New York Avenue Presbyte-
rian-The Rev. George M. Doch-
erty on "The Advent of Advent"
at 9:30 and II am.
tOn-Temple Presbyterian
The Rev. Eric LandSay Cowall on
"The Idyll of Promise"
Green Valley Presbyterian -
The Rev. Vernon K. Hoover on
Light for the Road"
NOrthminster Presbyterian =
The Rev. William H. Kepler on
Getting Ready for Christmas"
at 9::30 and IL am.
Memorial Evangelical u. B.
The Rev. Paul E. Horn on "The
Book Of the World"
Albright Memorial Evangelical
U. B. The Rev. George w.
Speake on "The Souls Library"
st. Marks Evangelical u. B.
The Rev. George E. Schnabel on
God on Main Street"
Universalist National The
Rev. Seth r. Brooks on 1.-The
Best Argument for Christianity"
Evening star., 1953-12-12
Sunday Services Announced

Ministers Of local churches will
preach on the following topics at
the II am. service tomorrow,
unless noted otherwise:
Bethesda First Baptist The
Rev. John Farmer Gates on "A
Revolutionary Book" at 9 and
IL am.
Chevy Chase Baptist - The
Rev. Edward o. Clark on "Give
Wings to the Spirit"
Metropolitan Baptist - The
Rev. j. Walter Carpenter on
"Will Christmas Be a Pagan or
a Holy Day."
National Baptist - The Rev.
Edward B. Willingham on Love
Makes a Difference" at 8:45
and II am.
PetwOrth Baptist-The Rev. S.
Lewis Morgan. jr., on christmas
I'm Your Bones or In Your
Hearth"
United Baptist Church. Arling-
ton - John P. Graham, adult
class teacher, on "The Hand Of
God."
Columbia Heights Christian
The Rev. Harry L. Bell on "He
Closed the Door" at 1880 am.
National City Christian-The
Rev. j. Warren Hastings on
How God Works" at 1880 am.
First Congregational - The
Rev. Carl Heath Kopf in "The
Book and the Lamp"
Peoples CongregatiOnal-The
Rev. Arthur Fletcher Elmes on
II Join the Church"
WestmOreland Congregational
The Rev. Philip Gordon Scott
on Watch for the Morning."
Plym u h Congregational
The Rev. Jefferson P. Rogers on
"The Burden of History"
Christ Episcopal The Rev.
John R. Anschutz on For Hon
est Doubters."
All Souls EpiscOpal-The Rev.
Frank Blackwelder on Darkness
and Light"
Augustana Luther n-The
Rev. Clarence T. Nelson on 1.-THE
AK at the Root" at 9:3O and
II am.
Georgetown Lutheran - The
Rev. Harold E. Beatty on "The
Old Prisons of the Bible"
Lutheran Church of the Re-
fOrmation-The Rev. Lawrence
D. Folkemer of George WASH
ington University on when the
Foundations Are Shaken" at 8
and IL am.
Luther Place Memorial - The
Rev. L. Ralph Tabor on "His
ReDly and Ours"
Evening star., 1953-12-12
BaiIeys Crossroads
Church 10 Law Cornerstone

Culmore Methodist Church.
near Baileys Crossroads, Va.
will lay the cornerstone for its
first unit at 8 pm. tomorrow.
The church is at Leesburg pike
and Charles street.
Speaker for the event will be
the Rev. John H. Pearson. super
intendent of the Alexandria dis
trict. The Rev. Raymond F..
Wrenn. church extension secre-
tary of the district. will be in
charge of the service. The Rev.
H. M. Elan, pastor, will have
general direction of the cere-
mony.
The church was organized in
October, 1852. The church now
has over $40 members, 227 reg
istered in the Sunday school.
Evening star., 1953-12-12
Clifton Park Chapel
To Be Constituted
As Baptist Church

Clifton Park Baptist Chapel,
1918 Piney Branch road. Silver
Spring, tomorrow will be consti-
tuted a church of the District of
Columbia Baptist Convention.
The Rev. William Millar is min
lister of the church, founded as a
mission of Calvary Baptist
Church.
The Rev. M. Chandler Stith,
executive secretary of the con-
vention, will speak at the II am.
service. He will be assisted by
Howard D. Rees, Baptist Student
Union secretary, who served as
an interim pastor.
The Rev. Clarence w. Gran
ford, pastor Of Calvary Church.
will speak at a 3 pm. service.
The Rev. Chester H. Jones, ssso-
ciate minister at Calvary Church.
will conduct a service of dedica-
tion at 1880 pm. assisted py the
board of deacons of Calvary
Church.
Total investment for the
chapel is $130,000. This includes
land, the old chapel building.
parsonage, and the new chapel
completed in April. The chapel
is the first of three-unit plant.
The church was organized in
1850 with the Rev. William j.
Crowder. director of the de-
partment of evangelism and mis-
sions. as interim pastor. Mr.. Mil
lar assumed his duties in Octo-
Der. 1851. The chapel started
with 81 members and now mas
189 on the church roll. The
church school has an average at
tendance of over 200.
Evening star., 1953-12-12
Wheaton Catholic
Educational Center
Dedicated by 0'BoyIe

The Most Rev. Patrick A.
OBoyle. Catholic Archbishop of
Washington, today dedicated an
uitramodern $475 900 school. con-
vent and auditorium for st.
Catherine Laboure Church,
Wheaton.
The Rev. w. Joyce Russell,
pastor since the parish's founda-
ton two years ago, assisted the
archbishop at a mass after the
dedication. The Rev. Stephen
E.. Byrne is assistant pastor.
The new school plant, designed
by johnson & Boutin, includes
10 classrooms, a kindergarten
room. offices, clinic and combina-
ton kitchen-cafeteria.
The classrooms are octagonal
in shape, with rows of seats
radiating out from the teachers
desk on three sides. Twelve more
classrooms will be added in the
future. The kindergarten room
contains an aquarium and plant
ing box for interior garden.
Side lighting for the one-story,
red brick and concrete building
is supplemented by six plastic
skylights. The school, built by
the Bahen Construction Co. in
less than six months, is of pre-
stressed, precast concrete grid
ers and has attracted the inter-
est of builders and school off,
cials from several States, accord
ing to church spokesman.
Present facilities will accom-
modate $50 students. although
only 420 will be enrolled now in
the lower four grades and kin
dergarten. Teachers of the school
will be the Sisters of Charity
from Emmitsburg, Md, headed
by Sister Gertrude. The convent
has a chapel, community room,
IL bedrooms, kitchen. dining
room and patio.
Included in the new plant is a
750-seat auditorium which will
reduce the burden on the
church's seating capacity. The
parish, one of the fastest grow
ing in the Washington archdio-
cese. has about 5000 members.
A playground and six lots for
parking 500 autos are included
in the nine-acre site.
Evening star., 1953-12-12
Fides House Opens
Plea for Aid to Poor

Fides House, a Catholic neigh
borhood settlement house at 219
I street NV, has opened an
appeal for clothes, food and toys
for the poor.
F'ideS House has distributed
food baskets and other neceSsi-
ties each Christmas for the past
IS years. Four hundred food bas-
kets were given out last year.
Appeals for food have already
come from 500 families this year,
according to Miss Emily c. Mil
burn, assistant director. Warm
winter clothing is particularly
needed.
Evening star., 1953-12-12
Fifth Baptist Church
To Install Pastor

The Rev. Porter H. Harrison,
formerly Of Elizabethtown. KY.
will be installed as pastor of
Fifth Baptist Church, 600 E
street S.W., at 8 pm. Tuesday.
A reception is planned.
Mr.. Harrison attended Howard
Baptist College and the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary.
He is the sixth pastor in the
church's 96-year history.
Evening star., 1953-12-12
New Fuirfux Church
To Receive Charter

Christ Lutheran Church, Fair
fax. will receive its charter at
the II am. service tomorrow in
Fairfax High School. The Rev.
j. Luther Mauney, president Of
the Virginia Synod of the United
Lutheran Church in America,
will deliver the sermon.
The new church was organ
lied in September, with the Rev.
H. Edmund Pfiefer as pastor.
The church will have 60 charter
members.