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The Cast
BROTHERS,.
to the barn until spring thaws
melt the Oregon SHOWS.

This kidnapping adventure is
led into by one of the better
songs in "Seven Brides" It is a
rousing rendition of "Sobbin'
Women" that Keel delivers as he
explains to his six brothers about
the Sabines and the Romans and
the techniques for getting bride
when demand exceeds supply.
Keel's robust baritone is ap-
piled also to the films first song,
BLESS Your Beautiful Hide"
which he imbues with a great
deal of spirit. He sings with Miss
Powell, too, in when You're in
Love" and she handily delivers
wonderful, Wonderful Day"
and Coin Coffin" This latter
number works up into some high
comedy, with some trick camera
work on the six brothers first at
tempts at dancing.
Seven Brides for Seven
Brothers" is played with the gay
abandon and happy relish that
it richly deserves. Keel, large and
rugged. and Miss Powell, small
and spirited, are ideally matched.
So. too, are the other brides
(Julie Newmeyer, Nancy Kilgas:
Betty Carr, Virginia Gibson, Ruta
Kilmonis and Norma Doggett)
and brother cleft Richards, Russ
Tamblyn, Tommy Hall, Marc
Platt, Matt Mattox and Jacques
d'Amboise). They couldn't have
been bettered.
For that matter, Seven Brides
for Seven Brothers is just about
the finest f1lmusical entertain
ment Hollywood has delivered us
since IAN American In Paris"
won that Academy Aauard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-21

icy cormody. dromo editor Of The
Star. is in Conodo for q look at the
Shakespeare festival at Strotford
on Avon. His report on what he
sees will appear here soon.
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the cinema treats Of the year.
This is an infectiously spirited
affair, intellectually comic. a
treat for the ear in the Johnny
Mercer-Gene de Paul songs, q
treat for the eye in its hand
some Anscocolor. It is played
downright joyously by a tai
ented cast headed by Howard
Keel and Jane Powell.
Seven Brides for Seven
Brothers" was inspired by those
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adventures of the Sabine women
with the visiting Romans. or
more directly, by Stephen Vim
cent Benet's 1.-THE Sobbin' Won
en-" The eldest of the Pontipee
brothers goes to town one day
brings home a bride to Their
packwoods Oregon cabin. This
turns the thoughts of the other
six from farming, hunting ano
trapping and in no time at all
: they are shaved and off coffin
In very little more time they
have kidnapped six prospective
brides and every body is snow
bound. You don't need to know
much more, except that Albert
Hackett, Frances Goodrich and
Dorothy Kingsley have produced
a screenplay which makes the
frolicsome most of the situation
The screenplay serves, how
ever. only as a sort of painless
conveyance from one musical
number to the next in the Jack
Cummings production for MGM
Some fine. exciting song and
dance sequences have been
Photographed by Michael Kidd.
He rates an Oscar for them. even
If the Motion Picture Academy
has to set up a, brand new cate
CORY to fit him in.
The best of these comes up
when the first bride (Miss Pow
ell) gets her six brothers-in-law
spruced up, Winding their man
ners and setting out to cot some
girls at a barn-raising. AS they
vie with some of the town boys
for the favor of the girlsy Mr..
Kidd whips them through some
precision ballet and acrobatics
which reach a feverish pitch.
This all winds up in a high
style donnybrook during which
the barn is raised and comes
crashing right down again in the
midst of the mayhem. Driven
to abandonment of their new
found manners. the brothers
save their collective honor, but
are banished from the town.
That's why they have to kidnap
those girls.
This kidnapping is one of Di-
rector Stanley Donen's funnier
sequences in this fresh gambol
on the Oregon frontier. It is as
brazen a raid on a town as ever
you saw, though it is a lot more
innocent than anything the Sa-
bine women experienced.
The boys raise no end Of pam
demonium, capture their girls.
pile them into a sleigh and take
off through a chorus of walls
and shrieks. Safely through
Echo Pass, they start an ava
lanche which cuts off all pursuit
until spring.
Back at the farm, elated, they
make a sudden bleak discovery
Hey. yells one brother, we forgot
to kidnap the parson. Bride No
One brings the girls into the
house and banishes all brothers
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The Posing Show
Seven Brides, at CopitoL,
A Lusty Musical FroIic
By Horny Macarthur

cnemaScope may have overpowered Of the fables
unreeed it, but it has its Seven Brides for
Brothers" lusty frolic fills that vast expanse
with cheerful fun find for yourself at the
Capitol Theater.
you don't yourself YOU win be missing one Of
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26
Walter White Denounces
byrnes as Smear Artist

White, NAACP executive secre-
tary, in an address prepared fol
delivery at the opening of the an
nual membership drive OF the At
lanta NAACP.
Sharing the platform with Mr.
White was Thurgood Marshall
the Associations special counsel
who headed the battery of law
yers who in five cases challeng-
ed before the United States SUI
preme Court the constitutionality
Of segregation in public elemen-
tary and secondary schools.
Gov. Byrnes had repeated his
charge against the NAACP in a
st. Patrick's Day address last
week in Charleston, S. c. The
NAACP and the xxx, he assert
ed, are an equal menace to
peaceful relations between the
races.
Denouncing this charge as a
smear, Mr.. White accused the
Governor of "mccarthyism at its
worst" Gov. Byrnes, he said,
knows that the xxx had de-
fled the law, violated the consti-
tutional rights of individuals,
sought to be judge, jury and ex-
ecutioner, preached racial intoler-
ance, and debased human de-
cency."
THE NAACP, on the other
hand, has consistently operated
within the framework Of constitu-
tional democracy. opposed racial
discrimination and segregation
which are the concrete expression
of bigotry. and worked for demo-
cratic detectives
Challenges Governor
II challenge Gov. Byrnes to
name one instance in which the
NAACP has been involved in ag-
gressive violence against any in
dividual or group" the NAACP
spokesman asserted. II challenge
him to name any instance in
which the NAACP took the law
into its hands. I further challenge
him to cite any occasion in which
the NAACP has conspired to sub
vert the Constitution or to deny
See BYRNES-page four
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26
|Jenner Comm. Investigates see
ATA Calls School Heads to Meet; viii
Discuss Issues Effecting State Schools

Effective Approaches toward Meeting Current Educa-
tona Issues in connection with school relations
eacherpup welfare services pupils, and implications of
the pending US Supreme Court decision segregation will
be discussed at the district meetings of the Arkansas Teach
ers association April 2.
The Alta day district meetings will be held follows
District No. Is E. Bullock of Warren president meeting
will be held at T. w. Daniel high school, crossett, c. S.
Smith, principal; District No. &c. M C1aye Of Stamps,
president meeting will be held at Lincoln high school, Cam
den S. P. Nelson, principal DISTRICT No. Sc s. Ivory of
Rosston, president meeting will be held at McRae high
school, Prescott A. L. Harris principal; District No. &c
District No. SC T. Cobb of Forrest City, president meet
ing will be held at Lincoln high school, Forrest City,
Cobb, principal District No. 6-Mrs E. M Douglas of Little
Rock president meeting will be held at Gibbs elementary
school, Little Rock, Mrs E. d. Hamilton, principal; District
No. &c NJ Greene of Fort Smith, president meeting will
be held at Lincoln high school, Fort Smith, NJ Greene
principal and District No. g. W. c. Potts of Marion, president
meeting will be held at ]. Phelix high school, Marion
w. c. Potts, principal.
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26
N. ". Gibbs Home Author Of open
10 Open With New The Door Richard
Face: Funds Need'd Dies In Harlem

The M. w. Gibbs home, 29l6
Center street, was closed about
six months ago for repair work.
The funds received for re-deco-
ration came largely from the es-
tate of Mr.. Steel and Mrs. II. w.
Suggs.
The entire building has been
remodeled and painted inside and
outside.
The ladies board of manage
ment is asking friends to make
donations and contributions that
the home may be furnished. An
open house will be held as soon
as the furnishing is completed.
All churches are asked to make
a monthly contribution for the
home.
This home is incorporated un-
der the Interdenominational Min
isterial alliance. Mrs. Alberta
Wlnkle is chairman of the board
of management; Rev. E. c. Dyer,
chairman of the trustee board.
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26

NEW YORK--(GlobaD Clinton
Dusty" Fletcher, known to mil
lions via his smash hit songs,
open The Door Richard" died
in Harlem hospital Tuesday, Mar.
is. He was 48 years old.
The comedian was rushed to
the hospital Sunday night after
suffering a stroke in his Theresa
hotel suite. He was in coma,
but rallied for time and re-
ceived visitors. However, it was
almost certain that he would
have been paralyzed on the right
side even IL he had won his fight
for life.
A native of Houston, Texas,
Dusty" had been in show BUSH
ness most of his life. He was
featured in Lew Leslie's Black
birds" in 1929, and Rhapsody in
Black" in 1881. After two years
doing stock with George Wilt
shire and Sandy ashes Burns,
Fletcher went out on his own.
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26
100000 Forfeited
By Las Vegas for
Local Racial Bias

SANTA MONICA, Calf. - An
invitation to the American Public
Welfare Association to hold its
forthcoming West ern regional
conference here, with guarantee
of equal treatment of all dele
gates, regardless of race" was
extended this week by the local
Chamber of Commerce.
The invitation was issued aft
er the welfare association cancell-
ed plans to hold its meeting an
Las Vegas, Nevada, in September
Las Vegas was written off by
the APWA. an organization OF
Negro and white social workers
when the National Association Tor
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie charged early this month
See RACIAL BIAS-page four
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26
Miss Tow|es 10
Model Toniie
AT Auditorium

Miss Dorethea Towles, New
York. world renowned Parisian-
American model. will make her
first showing Of q nation-wide
tour in the "Fashionetta". which
is being held at the Robinson
auditorium. tonight, and Il spon-
sored by the AKA sorority.
Miss Towles' appearance here
will provide an opportunity for
women In this area to re- IL
best Of the top couturiers' ofSer-
ings coordinated and commentat-
ed by one who has been closely
associated with the best salons q
the Paris Haute Couture sud tor
whom many Of the modes were
especially designed. Her fashion
collection will feature the -
breeze fashion group. which IN
cludes modes for daytime and
evening wear. as well - ''sps-
cial occasion" dresses and accse-
series.
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26
Mrs. Mary Terrell
Leads Delegation
10 Saw Mis-. llqr'm

WASHING TON, D. c. - DR..
Mary Church Terrell, venerable
fighter for civil rights, led a
delegation of 20 Negro and white
representatives to the U. S. de-
partment Of Justice, to petition
for the freedom Of Mrs. Rosa Lee
Ingram and her sons. Mrs. In
gram, Negro woman, and mother
of Ia children, has been serving
a sentence of life Imprisonment
for defending herself against the
attack Of white man. Other
members of the delegation in
Guided Rev. ]. Philpott, of the
Baptist Ministers Alliance Of Phi
ladelphia, Negro women trade
unionists from North Carolina,
the Chairman and several mem
bers of the Sullivan County N. A.
A. c. p, representatives of the
Insurance Union of Philadelphia,
the New York Civil Rights Con-
gress, the American Peace CRU
SADIE and the Emma Lazarus Fed
Grafton.
The delegation met with Arthur
Caldwell, Chief of the Civil
Rights Division of the Criminal
Section of the Justice Depart
ment, and with Maceo Hubbard,
Negro member of the same divi-
sim
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26
T|1eFb| Steps In
700 VIII Hear
Marshall Explain
Bias IN Education

MOUND B AY o U. Miss. =
Thurgood Marshall, New York.
chief counselor Of the NAACP,
is expected to give complete
explanation Of the anti-segrega-
ton school suits when he speaks
before an estimated 1000 persons
at the Annual Meeting Of the
Regional Council Of Negro Lead
ership, which will be held in this
town on May, It'll.
Attorney Marshall, nationally
known as Mr.. Civil Rights"
headed staff Of $50 lawyers and
researchers when the final phase
of the famous school suits was
argued before the United States
Supreme Court last year.
The Supreme Court Is yet to
hand down a decision on the suit,
however, Mr.. Marshall, one Of the
nations most outstanding consti-
See MARSHALL-page four
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26

elimination from Southern life az
racial discrimination and inequa-
Titles based upon religion or color
of all kinds"
Williams said the investigator
was designed to serve the politi-
cal purpose Of certain southern
senators known for the violence
of their speeches on the floor Of
the senate where their opposition
to poll tax legislation, FEPC. and
other civil rights legislation have
provided shocking example o.
how great nation can harbour
great denials within the frame
work Of democracy.
Chief questioner for the com.
See JENNER-page four
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26
Making Fun They
Say But Cook Has
A Name for Il

David Cook. 3llo Pulaski ".
reported that he was walking out
High street between 31st and S1n6
around $50 Saturday might when
he noticed car coming SAosa -
the curb whme ~ W1s welk1n1s
When he attempted 10 81 out ~
way he was struck with : brisk.
which knocked him 70 hi 49,
He stated that the occupan1s -
the car appeared to Be whites
who after hitting him. cheerod
and drove away. Mr.. Cook has
been unable to work since the In
cident and IL under the care e
the doctor. He further stated that
being hit was such shock md
hurt 50 badly that he failed to
get the license number Of the
car. =
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26
Negro Leaders from Dixie Call Jenner
Investigation anAttack on The Neero'

Ihirtywo Negro leaders from Is southern states and the
District OF Columbia last week submitted and open letter to
senator William E. Jenner condemning his attack the
southern Conference Educational Fund IAN attack upon
the Negro community Of this nation.
Senator Jenners subcommittee internal security held
an investigation into the activities of the Southern Conference
Educational Fund Inc last week in the post office building
in New Orleans.
Inc signers OF the letter include and prom
nent in the fields Of Negro education medicine business and
religious leaders
Their open letter to Senator Jenner follows:
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26

Dear Sir:
In the opinion Of the undersign-
ed, the action Of your subcommit-
tee against the Southern Confer
ence Educational Fund, Inc, is
an attack upon the Negro COM
munity Of this nation.
This organization has spear
headed the fight against segrega-
ton in the south. When your
statements and those of your fell
low committee members smear
the Funds leadership. you are
also disparaging the hopes and
ambitions of the Negro people.
1t is ridiculous to impute dis
loyalty of the Southern Confer
ence Educational Fund. Its board
Of directors, composed equally OF
whites and Negroes, includes
many distinguished civic leaders
in southern states. Its sole con-
Germ throughout the years has
been with the evil effects Of ra-
cial segregation in education, hos
pital services, transportation, and
other public facilities. Its goal
Of harmoniously ending all ra-
cial barriers 10 our goal.
How can you presume to sit in
judgment on the patriotism Of an
organization which shares with
Vice President Nixon the convic-
ton that every act Of racial
discrimination or prejudice in the
United States hurts America as
much as an espionage agent who
turns over a weapon to foreign
country"
We vigorously protest the un-
fairness of the hearings. We fur
Their demand that as an act OF
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26
On Reported Ban
of Nat Players

ORLANDO, Fla.-(CNS)-Agents of the FBI, acting
under Attorney General Herbert Brownes orders moved
in quickly to track down the report that Negro play
the Washington Senators club ordered tout of
town by shutdown in nearby Winter Garden.
Acting according to Brownes statement that "civl lib
critics will be protected the Federal Bureau of Investigation
agents quickly questioned officials of the Washington base
ball club just day after the threat"
However of the officials the Senators could
point to who did the ordering and why Said Vice President
Calvin Griffith Of the MATS who admitted couldn't
identify Winter Garden city officials having given
the order They say that if the order given
city official was guilty but someone posing a city
official"
And according Farm Director Osse Bluege who is
in charge of the Senators farm system from where
player affiliated he thought that the to move
given by somebody supposed be the chief police
But the chief of police Maynard Mann denied he is
sued the order He admitted visiting the park during prac-
ce but not for any other purpose watch the team
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26


REGIONAL DIRECTOR---Mrs.
Velma b. Simms, owner and
instructor OF Simms Beauty
college, 8l4 Chester street was
elected regional director for the
state of Arkansas. at the an
nual meeting in Memphis Of
the south central region Of the
Natl Beauty Culture League,
Inc. The meeting was held
early this month. The south
central regional is composed OF
Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Tennessee and Tex
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26
Fla. Whites Ban
Cuban Players

Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles was today asked to inter-
vene in the expulsion OF seven
Cuban Negro baseball players
from Winter Garden, Fla.
The players, members Of the
Washington farm. team Of Char
lotte, N. c. were ordered by Of
ficials of the Florida city to "get
out Of town by SHUTDOWN" accord
ing to story published in the
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26

other religious, labor, and lay
leaders we're elected to the board
of directors Of the NAACP Legal
Defense and Educational Fund,
Inc, it was announced this week
by Thurgood Marshall, director
counsel Of legal defense.
The new members were u-lani-
mously elected at recent meet
ing Of the board held at legal de-
tense headquarters.
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26

Washington Post of March Is. No
charge. other than their race.
was made against the Cubans.
In a telegram to the Secretary
Of State. Walter White, executive
secretary of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement Of
Colored People, said that "this
official act Of bigotry not only
offends our traditions Of fair play,
See HATRED-page four
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26
es SCEF; Eastland Chief Questioner
Investigation Fails 10 Dampen Spirit:
Has Nothing 10 Conceal" Says Head

On March 18th at New Orleans.
La. the Jenner comrAittee staged
a hearing on the Communist
activities of the Southern Conf
erence Educational Fund" Au-
brey Williams, president Of the
fund. asserting that the organi-
nation "has nothing to conceal.
pointed out that Its sole purpose
and effort Is to work toward the
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26


NAV ii-Dock Booker, for
ma, .esioent of this city, who
to,,., ieSides in st. Louis, was
r"una guilty of first degree
rsa. uer by an all-white Jury.
a, a" who fixed the penalty
Ri, sed'n In the electric chair.
ti,l,s er was charged with the
h ing Of Earl Harrison, Negro,
to,s "a alley last August is. He
ono J. policemen that he fired
Hs,,, snot from a revolver at
enas 'on after Harrison threat
vsr,,. nm with a knife. This
ps, s'0n was disputed by a wit
! soos. nephew Of the defendant.
a. ny was known in this CITY
mas. suody' Booker. He was a
| cbu, ,Ter Of Arch Street Baptist
usbss where he served as
Mr. \ he Is the brother of
Booker. '"S0n and Emmett
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26
Carl Murphy Elected to NAACP Legal
Defense and Educational Fund Board

The other new members are
Rabbi Judah Calm, Temple Israel.
Lawrence. N. ~; George X. Hun
ton, national secretary of the
Catholic Interracial council; Mrs.
Daisy E. Lampkin, vice-president.
Pittsburgh Courier and Charles s.
Zimmerman, secretary-treasurer.
Dressmakers union, Local %.
NAACP Legal Defense and
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26

simple decency and common sense,
you make appropriate apologies
any individual his constitutional
rights.
THE Governor knows he can
not meet this challenge because
he knows the record Of the N. A.
A. c. P. II ours were a SUBJ
versive Organization like the xxx
he would have driven us out of
South Carolina long ago. But he
knows that We are an American
organization dedicated to the
See NEGROES-page four
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26

NEW YORK Carl Murphy.
president of the National News
paper Publishers association and
president of the Afro-American
newspapers, Willard w. Allen,
sovereign grand commander, The
United Supreme Council, 80 de-
gree, Prince Hall Masons and
president of the Southern Life
Insurance company. n d four
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26

ATLANTA - The attempt Of
S0S' James F. Byrnes of South
aroma to equate the role Of the
'du0nal Association for the Adj
anee ment of Colored People
:" mat Of the Ku Klux Khan
an instlgator of racial hate was
ks.0unced here today by Walter
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26

Educational Fund. Inc. is the
legal arm Of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement Of
Colored People which waged a
long and uphill fight to establish
the constitutional rights for Me-
groes to vote, to educate their
children without regards to race.
to travel without being discririi-
mated and segregated against. and
See BOARD-page four
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26
Ta|IuIah BanlIlead
Pledges Life
Support 10 NAACP

NEW YORK Mis- Tallulah
Bankhead, internationally known
actress, has made an initial pay
ment ON a life membership In thu
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People.
Miss Bankhead halls originally
from Alabama.
Arkansas State press., 1954-03-26

RECEIVES AWARD-Edward r. Murrow, CHS RADIO ana
cps Teleyon newscaser Center eft receives one of the
ten annual Russwum Awards of the National Newspaper
Publishers association Dowdal H. Davis Center right
chairman of National Negro Newspaper Week On ono
pado broadcast Chicago Defender editor Louis E. Martin
0eft) and New Age general manager Julius j. Adams
rght) join cig Murrow IAN undertaking champion OF
those high principles of citizenship and OF true democracy
that have made the United States great and for Keeping
en constantly reminded of their duty to decency and to
destiny" Among other recipients of the Russwurm Awards
are President Dwight Eisenhower and the Legal Department
of the NAACP.