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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-12-17
Oakland Personals

Miss Frances Lamparter, of Me
keesport, Pa, spent the Weekend
here rs a guest Of Mrs. Emma
Specht, on Second street
Mrs. Anna A. Hawkins, Deep
Creek Lake, has gone to visit her
daughter, Nh. Evelyne Rogers, ut
ShaIimm, Fla, for three weeks.
Mrs. w. \. Barton, Greer, S. G.,
is visiting her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert T.
Hoffman, until after the Christmas
holidays
The Ruth Enlow library viii be
closed ON both days, Friday and
| Saturday. December 25 and %, it
was announced By Miss Edith
Brock, librarian.
Members of Brownie Troop 10.
/ ,, of Oakland. will be dinner guests
Of the Oakland Rotary club at the
Wilium-James hotel on Friday
evening, December Is, Al O'Clock.
Mrs Dan McAllister formerly Of
Oakland. has been confined 10 her
home in Rising Sun the past few
days because of illness. She be-
came i'll while shopping in Elkton
with her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Donald McAllister.
Helen Harmed, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Harold II. Harmed, Second
street, Oakland, was recently initi-
ated into the Bowling Green State
University chapter Of Kappa Delta
Pi, honor society in education Miss
Harmed also is treasurer of her
sorority, Delta Zeta
Verna Harvey began work today
in the office Of the Department Of
Employment Security as a senior
typiSt. Mrs George NJ. Browning,
who has been employed in that
office for a number Of years as an
interviewer, resigned hen position,
effective November 3d.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-12-17
Given Promotion

Ronald L. Bittner, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. II. L. Bittner, Second
street, Oakland, was given a meri-
torious promotion to the rank Of
sergeant in the L. S. Marine corps
for exceptional performance Of
duty. Sgt Bittncr is now serving
as reporter to special courts
martial at the Marine corps base,
Camp Pendleton, California.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-12-17

vile; and Louis Hanft. Salisbury,
Pa; and five grandchildren.
The body was due to arrive iu
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-12-17

Cumberland on Friday when it
was to be taken to the Right
Fmela homo.
Evening star., 1953-12-03
Georgia Mother, Il,
Freed by Kidnapers;;
No Ransom Paid
BY the Assoeieied Press

COLUMBUS. Ga, Dec. s.
Pretty Mrs. Gloria Bullock
Weaver, %, mother of an infant
son, is safe at home today and
FBI agents are hunting for two
men accused Of kidnapping her.
Found unharmed on a street
near the Chattahoochee River
bridge last night, she said she
was released by her kidnapers on
the Alabama side Of the bridge.
Her husband, Arthur H.
Weaver, a building contractor,
spotted her shortly after she
telephoned home from a nearby
drug store.
Mrs. Weaver said an unidenti-
fled man entered her home in her
husbands absence Tuesday night
and ordered her into an automo-
bile. She said he did not use
force.
BlindfOlded With Scarf.
She related she and the man
who entered her home got into
the back seat of the car with
another unidentified man at the
steering wheel. While once held
her arms, the other blindfolded
her with her own scarf. she said
While they rode for what
seemed to her like hours. they
told her she would not be harmed
if she made no outcry. Finally
they stopped and she was put in
a room of a house. The men
occupied an adjacent room, she
said.
After dark last night, Mrs.
Weaver continued, she was blind
folded again and put back into
the automobile.
$4,000 Ransom Asked.
The blindfold was removed
when they reached the outskirts
of Phenix City, Ala. just across
the river from Columbus. The
men let her out with instructions
to go home.
Mr.. Weaver received a tele-
phone call yesterday from an
anonymous man who demanded
$4,000 for her return. But no
ransom was paid.
The FBI took charge of the in
vestigation under direction of
Special Agent H. o. Hawkins of
Atlanta. FBI agents declined to
comment on the case.
Police identified Mr.. Weaver
as a nephew of Henry Crawford,
who is in jail at Blakely on a
murder charge in the death of
James G.. Bush of Phenix City.
Mr.. Bush was slain in the Craw-
ford home at Blakely on No
vember IA.
Charged in $123,O0O Theft.
Crawford also is charged with
burglary in the theft of funds
estimated at $123.000 from a
safe in the hardware store of
j.. H. Dorminy, jr., at Fitzgerald,
Ca, October 81.
Police said they have evidence
that Bush was killed in a dispute
over the stolen money.
Muscogee County Police Chief
w. F. Tuggle said he has heard
that the unidentified man, who
demanded SIS, 900 of Mr.. Weaver,
believed Weaver was in posses
sion Of part of the money stolen
in the Fitzgerald robbery.
Shortly before Mrs. Weaver
disappeared from home, her
husband had left in response to
a telephone call from a man who
asked him to come downtown
and discuss a business deal.
Evening star., 1953-12-03
Wronq-Woy Mayor

GALLUP, N. Mex. (P).-At the
suggestion of the Mayor, en-
forcement of Gallup's new one
way street regulations were de-
layed a few days until every one
could get used to them. II got
confused myself" said his honor,
D. F. Mollica. Found myself
going the wrong way the first
day and had to back up"
Arkansas State press., 1953-01-02
Says Initiation Has Its Good Points
BY lauren White

The plethora of information in the public
print concerning the economic condition of our
country is misleading. The economists state
that we are in an inflationary period That is
a period when there is a shortage of goods and
an excess of money. This condition is bad be-
cause there is a tendency for buyers to try to
outbd each other and force merchandise out
of reach of all. If there were not enough food
TO supply the nations needs, it is easy to see
how a mad scramble for food would naturally
result in increase Of prices of food That goes
for everything else we want or need
We are in a period that to some extent
is inflationary. However, it definitely is not
as inflationary as some would have US believe.
There is not an overwhelming supply Of money.
Neither is there a great dearth of goods. The
wealthy might have a large supply of money
on hand but masses of people do not
A little initiation is good for the masses,
in my opinion, because it is only when there
is a little initiation that many people are able
to have a fair standard of living, During
normal" times, then, there was very little
importance attached to he average worker
During nflationary periods when there is
scarcity oflabor, laborer gains in importance.
Economists and statisticians, when com
pairing the purchasing power of a dollar twenty
years ago with the purchasing power of dol
lar today, seldom give the entire picture We
must admit the dollar has decreased in value
but that is not the whole story. Wages for
Arkansas State press., 1953-01-02

This means the March of Dimes must en-
list more campaign workers to collect more
in contributions than ever before in March Of
Dimes history.
In addition to assisting four out of five
of the record number of polio patients report
ed in 1852, the National Foundation continued
to aid 10000 patients stricken in previous
years. And all of this at time when science
is poised on the threshold of epoch-makng
discoveries in the field of the prevention Of
paralytic polio.
The National Foundation has allocated
huge sums in March Of Dimes funds to finance
field trials in three epidemic areas to test the
effectiveness of gamma globuln as a possible
preventive of paralytic polio. This blood frac
ton was shown to give marked protection in
temporarily immunizng humans against paral-
ysis even though the real job the develop
ment of a vaccine still remains
1t is imperative therefore that the 1853
March Of Dimes exceed all past records. For
the National Foundation must press its gains
in research while at the same time coping with
the surging pattern of polio a pattern that
exceeds anything previously experienced The
campaign will continue thru January 81.
Arkansas State press., 1953-01-02

York lawyers will remember Dick Westbrooks
we'll 1t was back in 1887 when a former Chi
cago night life figure who had migrated to
New York, was picked up for allegedly trans
porting a white girl across state lines for inn
moral purposes. He was indicted under the
Mann Act and held for trial in New York fed
eral court.
The best legal brains in the big city were
hired to spring the defendant, but they were
defeated at every turn. A New York lawyer
now a New York Magistrate, who took part in
the defense at one point, finally threw up his
hand, admitting he had run into a stone wall.
When local counsel told the defendant I'VE
have run out Of motions and there seems little
else we can do" the prisoner advised them
Get Dick Westbrooks from Chicago" The
rest of the story is history Dick came and
when the matter was heard. the defendant
walked out Of court a free man. The New
York mouthpieces were amazed Members Of
the local bar invited Dick 10 move 10 New
York but he politely declined and returned
to his familiar surroundings on the banks of
Lake Michigan
Yes, Dick was a great guy and an even
greater lawyer, He nearly lost his life in an
automobile accident ON a highway near Chi
cago and the story is that besides other in
jureS, he received a broken hip which left
him lame for the rest of his life Dicks fav-
orite drink was sweet milk and even when he
visited a bar or cocktail lounge with friends
the bartenders knew without asking what to
serve the noted criminal lawyer
Several of his contemporaries have athiev-
ed public office among them Judges Wendell
+. Green, Herman f. Moore, Henry c. Fergu-
son, Irwin c, Moison and Fred Duke) Slater,
but none has contributed more to the prestige
of the Negro lawyer than Dick Westbrooks
Perhaps Dick made the difference between the
stature of lawyers in Chicago and Cook county
in comparison with the lawyers in other COM
munites He was a big man. His city, state
and nation, and his race, have lost a good cit
zen; and for me, personally, l have lost one of
my best and most genuine friends
My deepest sympathy to his widow, Esse
Arkansas State press., 1953-01-02

the vast prestige and influence of the presi-
dency be thrown on the side of equality of OPP
portunlty for minority people whose prog
ress in the last half century has been little
short Of marvellous.
Judging by their reports, Mr. Eisenhower
responded warmly and, we would guess, of ne
cessity noncommttaIly. But he went a step
further He promised a commission TO find
and marshal the facts as to discriminatory
treatment of all minority groups And al
though appointing commissions is sometimes
the recourse of those who would procrastinatc
on touchy issues, we are not inclined to
throw down its use in this area.
Particularly not if, as We would expect,
Mr., Eisenhower sets up one of those prestige
bodies which command headlines and invite
confidence. For here, as in any human relation
ship, an ounce Of education is worth a pound
OF compulsion. And these t1p level commissions
have way Of lifting controversies n bin out of
the heat and into the light where reason can
take hold Christian Solomon nr.rit-r,
Arkansas State press., 1953-01-02
Richard E. Wesfbrooks-
BY Julius J. Adams

Attorney Richard Z. Westbrooks, who be
came Chieagoan by way of Texas and achieV.
ed the distinction of being one of Americas
greatest criminal lawyers, is dead.
They used to speak of Dick Westbrooks
and Clarence DarrQw in the same breath, some
arguing that Westbrooks was the greater Of
the two
Few Chicago lawyers or newspaper men
have not been aided by Dick Westbrooks. lie
was the young lawyers friend and those who
did not learn their profession in his office,
were wont to make beaten path to his 30th
and State streets office any time they had
legal problem they were unable to untangle
AS a young cub and later a police and
criminal court reporter | knew Dick West
brooks well. | covered many of his eases, prac-
tically all of his major ones between 1881 and
1898. He had some big ones, perhaps the big
gest was the Franklin bank robbery case i'll
which three men went to the electric chair
and three others were given life terms in pris
on.
l recall the night the first two Lafron
Fisher and Leonard Shadow were electrocuted.
Dick, Attorney Euclid Louis Taylor, Attorney
Claude w B, Holman and DeFrantz Williams
sat in the death chamber and watched the
awesome events. Fisher went to the chair
first. He had to be carried, as his body was
paralyzed from hips down 1t was said his in
jures resulted from third-degree treatment he
got from the police in their efforts to wiring a
confession from him
WestbrookS represented Leon Brown, an
other of the robbery sextet He had been SEN
fenced to die along with his companions, but
the redoubtable Dick had saved him time and
again, through delays, reprieves and writs of
habeas corpus, In the end however, Brown was
also executed. Again, / was a witness on that
Thanksgiving night when he paid the supreme
penalty. Dick was not present that night He
was still working to save his client even as
the executioner was throwing the switch.
But Dick never lost many cases, and he
is credited with making more new laws" thru
appeals and other decisions than any other
lawyer practicing at the Chicago bar New
Arkansas State press., 1953-01-02
Commission On Segregation

group of Negro clergymen represent
ing indirectly through Is Protestant denomi-
nations some 7,00OOOO Of their race. called on
Mr.. Eisenhower the other day They asked the
incoming Chief Executive for his aid in abol-
ishing racial segregation and discrimination
wherever it is still tound--in the armed forces
in federal employment, in employment gener-
ally, in housing, transportation and hotels
They named specifically conditions in the
District Of Columbia and the Senate filibuster
They surely know as does Mr.. Eisenhower
that direct action is open to the President
only in such areas as the armed forces and
federal jobs-and then within limits Congress
imposes. They and the general were certainly
aware that only The Senate can restrict its
own debate, and that the Supreme Court will
soon hand down a decision which should, at
the very least, spell out how much latitude
the states may have under the Constitution 10
write their own definitions Of equality.
What these Negro leaders were seeking
of course, was that the moral Leadership and
Arkansas State press., 1953-01-02

some have increased much more than prices,
nav '''e+' cl
Twenty years ago, there were many me :,
earning from $40 to SIS a week There were =
also women who worked all day as domestiea1
for S. a week. There were families in which,
both husband and wife were working and hadN
a take home pay of less than $50 a week There,
were no 40-hOur weeks then.
During these sO-caled "inflationary times"
it is Illegal to pay an employee less than $50
for 40-hour week, In fact, do not know Of
nor have I heard of any competent individuals
who earn less than $40 a week these days T
There are many who earn from $50 to 500
a week.
The amount of initiation we have at thisic
time is good for those who work for a living
When money is flowing and business is gooda
a worker has more worth. He is not chained to
one Job. When there is a scarcity of Jobs andS
an employee feels he has been treated uniustly ,
there is very little he can do, or would do ,
Working and living under such conditions isst
bad for the personality of men. 1t Warps theirJt
outlook and destroys their faith in the systemS
under which they live In the past the onlya
economic condition that elevated the worker {
from the status of drudge to the estate Of at
dignified citizen, was called inflationary
If the leaders of our government have nO.L
worked out any other system in which people
can work and live with dignity, pride and sew
curity, l hope initiation continues
Arkansas State press., 1953-01-02
IS March Of Dimes Drive Opens
After Worst Polio Year.

The 1858 March Of Dimes of the National
Foundation for mfantile Paralysis opens to-
day. Thousand of volunteer workers are need
ed TO wipe out the debt incurred by last years
record polio epidemic and to grid against the
expected financial demands of the coming
months
With more persons stricken with infan-
tile paralysis in 1852 than ever before and
with the prospect of a staggering patient care
bill, the 300 county chapters of the March
of Dimes organization are preparing to match
the record polio onslaught with record 1858
March of Dimes In 1852 the National Founda-
ton:
Supplied more iron lungs and other
lifesaving equipment than in the previous three
years combined.
2-Met the cost of transportation sala-
ries and maintenance for hundreds of recruited
polio nurses.
3-Spent S28,000000 for patient care,
figure over S5.0OO,000 more than was ever
expended for this purpose in any one year
4-Aloeated vast sums to scientific re-
search.
5--Awarded more than 200 scholarships
and felowships in its professional education
program.
Arkansas State press., 1953-01-02

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dent of the Miami chapter of the
NAACP, asked Howard W. Dix1,
the attorney for Miami group to
investigate the shooting.
Dixon told newsmen, IF there
Is any possibility Of violation NJ
the Federal Civil Rights Act. the
NAACP may 60 beyond the state
courts to ask the Federal Bureau
Of Investigation to come into the
case"
Gordon Everett, attorney repre-
senting the Jeffersons said tn
shooting was unnecessary an d
that the woman forced off the
road told him jefferson was not
the man involved
Arkansas State press., 1953-01-02
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Of Detroit, editor Of the Pogfll
Alliance:
Il appreciate having you VITA
US tonight. When I become a CO.
worker latter Jan. 90 1889 I am
sure shall be seeing you and
Mr. Grigsby more often.
The new Postmaster General To-
designate was obviously impress
ed by the fact that Of all the ma
tion's postal organizations, only
the National Alliance Of Postal
Employees was represented at the
testimonial
Il intend to see the restoration
to the postal workers of respect
for themselves and the Depart
ment,' Mr. Summerfield said. It
is believed that he will restore
the two-delivery-a-day scrvic @
which was cut by Jesse M. DON
ALLISON, now Postmaster General
Mean while, President Garter,
and Editor Grigsbv were lavish in
their praise Of DR.. J L. Leach,
Flint civic leader who rendered
invaluable service and many cour-
tesies to the NAPE officials when
they visited the Michigan city Dr..
Leach was also most to the two
Alliance officials during their stay
i'm Flint
Arkansas State press., 1953-01-02

Isaac Hunter spent a night with
Harold Loggins Mrs. Robbie
Hogan left for Mansfield, Louis
lana last week to spend the holt
days with her parents L. w.
Loggins, a student of Baptist col
lege, has been visiting his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Loggins,
Arkansas State press., 1953-01-02

ped from important committees
such as Senate armed services
and governmental affairs, espa-
cially after he resigned from the
Republican party, He had also ex-
pected this demotion to b. tn
District committee and if so, his
vote on segregation would help"
President-elect Eisenhower * eep
his promise to eradicate seEregl -
ton in the nations capital.
Arkansas State press., 1953-01-02
Mother.
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er OF DR.. Rufus f, Clement. pres
ident of Atlanta university.
Mrs. Clement was named Moth
err of the Year in 1916 by the A
mcrican Mothers Committee of
the Golden Rule Foundation in
New York.
She was also one Of Is persons
named to the 1916 honor roll of
race relations The following year
Mrs Clement received an honora-
ny degree Of doctor of philosophy
from Livingston college in North
Carolina, the college where she
graduated in 1898
Arkansas State press., 1953-01-02

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handling funds At that time he
was presiding bishop over the 18th
district comprising Arkansas and
Oklahoma
In 1876 he was restored to his
position by the Bishops council
but later the same year he was
unfrockcd on original charges filed
against him at an extra session
of the General conference held mt
Little Rock, Arkansas.
Bishop Curry was one Of Jack
Arkansas State press., 1953-01-02

during the Christmas holidays
Namon Barnes OF Junction Cit,
was called to the bedside of hi
brother, Charles Barnes Rev
and Mrs. c. p. Jensen of Gram
bling, La. were guests of Mrs
Jenson's parents, Prof. and Mrs
S. M Griffin on Christmas day.
Arkansas State press., 1953-01-02
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trict committee. As he put IT, this
is zone Of the lowest committees
where you aren't a Senator but
an alderman And then Tn vote
to end segregation in Washington"
The Senator has said all along
that he would probably be drop
Arkansas State press., 1953-01-02

SonviIle's outstanding businessmen
and owned considerable property
Arkansas State press., 1953-01-02
Wessor
d. J. Loggins

ID. J, Loggins
Mrs, Myrtle Hendricks loft for
Cleveland, Ohio last week
Evening star., 1953-03-03

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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-05-22
Bainbridge, Georgia
To Our Friends and Advertisers

Isadore Weekly. and
Der Of the executive of Better Business Bureau Of
the Chamber of vicious
racketeering by various publications.
Tr against
whom unsaied judgment held for nefaous and unlawful
actions has been showing friends and supporters their adver
appearing Weekly obtaining
from them under the false impression that he affiliated
with this publication and securing the ads for this weekly
which this for the 10
T has been working with Joe Gngr who has been operating
of post office with only Jewish
families.
Galinger
ill will throughout Florida Georgia. Alabama and Mssis
sppi by their tactics in promoting their advertising scheme
Merchants pub
locations which have been flooding the Southern territory with bills
emanang The American Jewish MAIL
other rackets.
We have been asked bring these pbcs attention
that advertisers will lend their support only approved
publications.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-05-22
JEWS IN ITALY TO HONOR
VESSELS WHICH CARRIED
ILLEGAL" IMMIGRANTS

ROME, (JTA) - The Union of
Italian Jewish Communities has
announced a completion for
Italian Jewish architects and
sculptors for the design of a me-
mortal to the Italian vessels
"Fede" and "Fenice" which sailed
out of the Italian port of La
Spezia with thousands of visa1ess
Jewish immigrants bound for
Palestine when that country was
under British administration. The
city of La Spezia has set aside a
portion of land for the site of the
memorial.