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Train Upsets in River
4
After Rock Slide;
Engineer Is Drowned
Special Dispu,eh to The sior

BIG ISLAND, Va, Nov. 26.-
A freight engineer drowned yes
terday when his west-bound
Chesapeake & Ohio train plowed
into a rock slide and overturned
In the James River.
The engineer was W.. A. Hill
So, of Clifton Forge, Va. whose
mother, Mrs. Anna NJ. Hill, lives
at 1922 Harrison street NV,
Washington. Three of his sisters
are Washington school teachers
Mr.. Hills wife was visiting the
elder Mrs. Hill in Washington
yesterday when the accident
occurred. Mr.. Hill had planned
to spend the Thanksgiving holi-
day in Washington, too, but was
called to duty yesterday because
the regular engineer was on va
cation.
Slams Into Rock Slide.
The 83-car train slammed
into the slide as it rounded a
curve at Coleman's Bluff east
off here, according to the AS
sociated Press.
The head diesel unit tipped
on its side and was partially
submerged in the James. Two
other diesel units and three
cars were derailed.
Mr.. Hills body was pulled
from the cab of the submerged
diesel. DR.. e. L. johnson, Bed
ford County medical examiner,
said he drowned.
Fireman j. w. Zell and E. M.
Dwier, jr., head brakeman, both
OF Eagle Rock, were dunked in
the river but escaped serious in
jury. They were hospitalized
in nearby Lynchburg, suffering
from exposure and contusions.
Two other crew members were
not injured.
Near Lynchburg.
No. 81, the Speed West,
rarnmed into the rock slide at a
spot about Is miles west of
Lynchburg. Railroaders call it a
manifest" travelling on a fast
schedule.
A c. & O. spokesman said the
slide came so quickly the rail-
roads electric warning device did
not have a chance to flash a
warning before the train hit the
slide.
Mr.. Hill, a native of Pond Gap,
w. Va, went to work for the
C. & o. as a fireman in 1923. He
was made an engineer in 1943.
The three surviving sisters who
teach in District schools are Miss
Ida Hill of the Harrison street
address, of Alice Deal Junior
High; Mrs. Murat Curtis of the
Harrison street address and
Mitchells, Va, of Western High,
and Mrs. Frank HALEY of Lam
ham. Md, at Coolidge High. A.
fourth surviving sister, Miss
Dana Hill, is a teacher at West
field, N. j. One brother, c. d.
Hill of Hampstead, Md, also sur
wives. Mr.. Hill leaves no chill
dren.
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North High wound conference with 472s
Southwest shorty Patterson
was high with 10 points I'd jackson
M City champions who win play the g. Paul champs at Williams
arena March g.
In other gAmss city South So
No. Dick Robinson 10 points Central
and George Jones also scored
scored points for South.
Vocational rOuncsd Marshall caRfng
points and Stan Gardner Greene hit figure
Just about all of his games this
The MN City Anclty represented by sepa
athstos
On Tuesday Feb 6 Dr. Clarence formerly Paul
and practng dentistry in PHILADELPHIA the
class OF 1901 at Mechanic Arts the
nuai M club banqust the st. Paul Evsshes Iowa
football mentor the main speaker evening
ceivsd the M" blanket for outstanding among
men
The NAACP win sponsor boxing sometime IN
early April Rsv, Del Pine win be the maker.
jules Mccoy strong candidates for the
Al-Big Ten basketball team.
Mon Feb a. Mechanics upset by at Ham
line FisIdhouse.
RE Roberts says BE- few Negro
college the future because cage
talent that made thu house the
Today those boys can't be ed They playing the
large Northern University East Midwest and
the Pacific coast.
won't be long before the ball players swing
In spring baseball training.
Burs yard dash a. Iowa
dssatsd Minnesota in dual track Saturday
February 20,
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CONTINUED from page ~
supported by our experience dur
Ing the past year.
No Progress with Taxi E1Fms
Much time during any year IL
devoted 10 problem areas" In en-
ploymont, In 1893, there was one
interesting experience which
should be observed because u Ia
quite valuable, on January 9, 1903.
a meeting was held with rVpresSn-
tAtives OF the various taxlcab COM
panlea, Discussion Of tho alleged
discriminatory practices In en-
ploymsnt took place, and II was
agreed that the League could refer
qualified people for their oonAid.
GRAFTON. Nothing has resulted from
such referrals. and several Negro
applicants to these companies re-
ported that they filed complaints
with the Fair Employment PrAe-
tlce Commission.
Urban League members and tho
public at large should not over
look the fact that neither the per-
SuaAlve influence Of the League,
nor the enforceable legal tools
OF the FEPC could alter q pattern
Of employment IN the local cab
industry. This was true In Mime
apolls In 1888. although many
other northern cities and Bait.
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Robog9 Edwards
CGlled VuluobIa
UPW.cIo Member

Robert Edwards Is an outstand-
ing member Of Local No. {, Unit
Cd Paekinghouse Workers Of
America. clio. representing work
ers In the Armour packing plant
In South 81. Paul
While the vast majority Of
workers In the Armour plant are
white. Bob IL respected by every
one and has been reelected TO re-
sponsible positions In the union,
the UPwA-CIo, for many years.
Bob has served as chief steward
Of the beef kill department since
1046. He has been a trustee and
member Of the executive board Of
Local No. Z. since 1919. He has
served a. q member Of the griev-
anee committee since 1940.
For the past four years he has
/. ocal No. In national negotia-
always been elected TO represent
tons with Armours. He In now
serving this third consecutive term
as an executive board member OF
the Minnesota state CLIO Council.
In addition TO the above duties,
Bob In chairman Of the VIVA
CTO Area Anti-DiRcrimination
COMMITTEES. This Committee has
worked TO completely eliminate
segregation in the packing plants
In South 81. Paul; also has vigor-
ousIy attacked and corrected any
discriminatory practices brought
10 the attention Of the COMMITTEES.
The committee IN now engaged In
correcting the discriminatory hir-
ing practices Of some Of the COM
panies.
Edwards has worked In packing
plants for 80 years and knows all
Of the tricks Of the trade. He serv-
ed a. a steward In the AT of L and
he was black-baIled from the In
dustry for five years after the
1871 strike.
Mr.. Edwards emphasizes that
union members must be constantly
on guard against attempts to
hrealr tha unlon
According 10 UPw officials In
this area Bob Edwards played q
very active part In rolling back
Job loads In the Armour beef kin
department. Under his leadership
the beef kin department walked
out for a ten day period which re-
suited In reduced Job loads
throughout the Armour chain.
UPw points out that his leader
ship and activity has encouraged
other members Of minority groups
to take an active part In union af-
fairs and has resulted in other
members being elected TO respon-
sible positions. He urges that they
become more active.
In addition 10 his union activi-
ties, Edwards IL q member Of the
NAACP. and states he would like
TO be more active In the NAACP
II he had the time to do 90.
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neapolis. One item In that bulletin
stated that from 1915 through
1862. 1895 rental units were con-
struetsd In our city and that none
has been rented 70 q Negro fam
ily. To the best Of our knowledge,
this fact remained unchanged at
the end Of 1853. The references
made In the April bulletin regard
ing the general inaccesSbIlity Of
new homes for sale remained usb-
stantiaily true at the end Of the
year--the tendency toward great
er concentration through ssgrega-
ton persisted.
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"A. The Ringside
ny LUX Virgil ovsrbsa


Not too much over year ago someone had asked fight
tan who the most promising heavyweight coming along prob
ably would have answered carencs Henry
time he doomed the foremost heavy
panes Of knyoas.
Then something happened 10 him. Hs
and Harold Johnson and Of his nod him
that time he had scored sensational
bob Bakers and others When the went bad Henry
the ring for year.
Recenty he has been despite age
OF ~ he has bean unmpFonsve For against
man no knocked out when he At his Henry barely
iorOund decision and Baker good couple
years ago
Last week. however, Harry hit rock bottom
round decision 10 Jimmy sade Of Norfolk Va In Warrington
Not that Bde not good Ehsho
sade no champion nor does he appear To bo future
ngpin slada Ia man close 10 tho but
IN the sade bout Henry appeared TO b
what punch shy Tie seemed unwilling
When he did hurt Bade he did not In for tho kill
Clarence Henry good fighter possible champ
AZ his worst which against SHADE merely
HE old self. bust
An this rngzdsr Il Honrys best boxing
ring He was good while he had H. but longer
nothing for him 10 ra his for that title possibilities
seem 70 have disappeared
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n ySur hArsnaAy b ne FswaseuR.
ID win eur hrtAaay Ereselngn
e1lsos n sh@1Aa h. SEQ yuur
hArtMAmas % uA Year n m9e me-
saaasy. b~ua m~.4 aay an nsumaA.
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ss'''i' ports
By gmngY 0mEVYm

Thursday Feb H. the Halle Seniors the
White Elephant $40 the time
wen Of Halle high game with 10 points
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-02-26

10000 mile or II mo earlifs policy
on these fine autumohdlaa.
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on the same day.
IFas Prior Inn team beat the Dale g. Merchants
53-41 Prior Inn was led by Lou White.
~ Hamline Feildhouse, Feb. 10. Mechanic Arts
defeated Wilson s7.e0, sundan and Garrett led the
scoring with - and 81 respectively.
On tho same night Central kept pace with the
Trainers as they won 50-37. Jim Walton rang up
- points and Moe Hickman five. II both teams
win their contests next week. the conference race
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-02-26

Fer nsws about ths latest
phansgrnph records. rcd tAls
paper eneh Wesh .. HsaEy RMn-
aAAs -RatAnW TIE Rscoras- b dAse
doPs stralghs froa Shs -hsruss
mSuth"
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EBeouraEing signs

There were, however, some signs
Of encouragement. In each ease
where . willing owner decided TO
sell or rent property 10 q Negro
family, thu furry Of nelghborhood
opposition, common in such cases
was successfully overcome.
During 1858, for example, Me-
gro families bought homes IN one
suburban area that offered strong
resistance to q Negro family IN
1852. Another Negro family
rented q house In the same area.
Community Sensitivity 10 housing
needs has taken q positive turn a.
evidenced In the recent activities
Of the Joint Committee for Equal
Opportunity In the housing field.
other human relations organiza-
tons have similarly accelerated
their interests In housing.
There were other encouraging
signs In the housing picture. One
example II the passage Of legisla-
ton outlawing the registration Of
raeiRlly restrictive covenants In
the state. While laws Of this type
are seldom felt immediately, they
are important In that the public
policy II made clearer In such
questions. This Ia often an essen
tlal prerequisite to sound think
ing as the intent of such laws
takes root In the public mind.
At times when we want TO focus
on how far we are going a. COM
pared with where we have been,
to fail into the trap Of snap Judge
ment can be q serious barrier TO
further progress. Let us concen-
trats on the job that needs to DO
done and bend our efforts in the
direction Of community improve
msnt.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-02-26

cdr. Sedan. A Beautiful Astral
Hue with matching interior. IN
trAmatie Drive. RADIO, Heater Al
ways ssrvtced in cur shop. -
my - tsSo
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more. Nd, with its southern ex-
posure, have been able 10 integrate
successfully, Negro drivers Of
taNicabn.
While this may not have been
an important index Of progress"
or "regrsaGion' ten years ago. Il
was last year and win be for 1864.
The 1853 Annual Report OF the
Governors Intsrraeial Commission
cited this a. ''one Of the few re-
naming metropolitan areas
where there are no non-whitS taxi
cab drivers"
Housing last year persisted AZ
the major problem area. The
Quarterly Bulletin dated April 3,
1853, attempted to spell out the
status OF Negro housing In Min
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bedroom home. stucco, tile roof,
full basement, gas heat, 2 car
garage. 81, 900 down.
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Sc. Louis PAFk-"New" 3 b. r.
$3.50 On.
Spring PaFk-"On Lake" 4 B. r.
Room for Q cabins. Only Sl2,0 900.
S0Oa LOnEfeIlow AV.-- $1,000 dn.
1880 Queen AV. N.-$70O On.
1909 Fifth Az. MI 500 On.
S085 Clinton S.---&8.6OO.
S8AS Fifth AV. S.-Duplex, 3 B. r.
up. . B. r. On. gas heat double
garage. $500 DIN.
b22 GlRArd Av. N. 81, 900 dn.
Many More 30 Choose From
h0h0Fe Z. AAiaea0ll a SEQ
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-25
Irish Sugar Bowl 7ieup Report
Branded False at Both Ends

A committee member, who
asked that he not be named,
said such an offer could be made
only with the sanction of ma
jority of the committee.
Bisher said it was understood
that strong pressure was being
exerted by Catholic forces in
predominantly Catholic New Or
leans for the Irish to accept the
reported offer. This would also,
in effect, establish the Irish as
the home" team for the New
Orleans game. Bisher says.
Only once has Notre Dame
played in a bowl game. that be-
ing in 1925. when the Irish de-
feated Stanford. 27-10. in the
Rose Bowl.
There have been persistent eff
forts since to lure the Irish to
another bowl contest. but the
schools administration has just
as perSistently resisted.
Bisher's column pointed out
that "A steady stream Of New
Orleans talent finds its way to
the South Bend campus each
year." and that Joe Heap. Junior
halfback. played prep football
in New Orleans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-25
Bulge, Loser IS Times, Says
He Needs Only to Break Ice

accurate placements show him
still a master of the game.
"Of course I can't move as well
or sustain good shots as well as
I did in 1885," he said. but I'm
getting the feel of the game now
and I can sustain my top game
for longer periods"
Bulge says he is irked, how
ever, when critics claim he slows
down in late sets because he is
tired.
II haven't been tired once" he
declared.
Bulge gets another chance to
enter the win column tonight
when the Kramer troupe moves
into st. Louis for a one might
stand.
Gonzales is current leader in
matches won with a 1915 record.
However. Segura $3.50 went
ahead in total earnings by TAX
ing the $4,000 first prize in the
Chicago professional tournament
during the week end. He now
has won $14,725 to $14,l45 for
Gonzales. Sedgman has a 1910
record.
Gonzales has won six tourna-
ments Of the current tour, Segura
three and Sedgman two. Segura
has a TT standing in doubles;
Gonzales is 6-8 in doubles; Sedg-
man 81 in doubles: Bulge OILS
IN singles, ST in doubles, and
Kramer, who has not played sin
giles, is 8-5 in doubles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-25
BY the Assoeiosed Press

CHICAGO. Jan. Is. Don
Bulge. one Of the greatest ten
mis- stars in the history of the
game. still is grimly trying to
break the ice" on his profess
sional comeback.
Fifteen times the 38-year-old
veteran of the courts has faced
one of the three other big name
professionals assembled by Jack
Kramer for his 1854 tourname y
tour. and Is times Bulge has
lost.
The lanky redhead, who in
1888 won all four of the world &
major tennis crowns, admits this
IS a miserable record. But he
says he expects to win a fair
share of his matches and indi-
Gates he is far from discouraged.
"All ] need to do is break the
ice." he said. Every night that
I go out there ! think that this
will be the one. But I can't seem
to get the breaks when I need
them"
All the same, the other three
players on the tour-Australia' s
Frank Sedgman, Pancho Con-
zales of Los Angeles and Pancho
Segura of Ecuador-have fire.
.quently been hard pressed to
down their older opponent.
Budge's famous backhand of
old and his court strategy and
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BobsIeds
Continued From Page A-15)

hospital, where DR.. Sergio "a
poll said Driver Franz Capus suf-
fered a fracture of the ninth
vertebrae. He will be in a plaster
cast for two or three months,
DR.. Zapoli said. The physician
said the injured Swiss brakeman.
Henerich Angst. suffered only
minor bruises.
Angst was last-minute sub
stitute for the programmed
brakeman. Paul E. Bernard, who
withdrew because of pains in the
back.
The 16-curve slide down tow
ering Tofana Mountain was de-
clared by international officials
here to be the safest one in exis-
tence.
Scheibmeier hurtled down the
course IN 1:25.17 in the third
heat for a course record, then
bettered the time himself in the
final heat with a sensational
1:25.05 clocking. This was more
than two seconds ahead of the
course record of 1:27.08 set last
Sunday by Petrelli in the Italian
championships.
The jet pilot appeared dazed as
he finished his final run today
and was half carried to an auto
mobile. Minutes later church
bells here rang out in unison
when the Italian victory became
known.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-25
Basketball
: Continued From Page A-15.)

gate. 1910. In other Eastern
games. Seton Hall broke a four
game losing streak by walloping
Vlllanova, 1853; st. Joseph's up
set Temple. 57-56, and Manhat-
tan dumped Army. 1868, snap
ping the Cadets four-game
winning streak.
In the South, Vanderbilt
thumped winless Georgia Tech,
1896. in a Southeastern Confer
ence game and Louisville de-
feated Baldwin Wallace, BITS.
Michigan State won by 1915
over Ohio State. as Julius Nc
Coy scored "a points for Spar
tan record. Missouri edged KAN
sas State, 75-71. in a Big Seven
contest, and Drake whipped Iowa
State, 82-72.
Rice t14-2) swept to its fourth
straight Southwest Conference
win against two setbacks by
trounclng Baylor, 1890.
In the Far West, Oregon
triuinphed over Washington for
the second straight night, this
time 64-48. Oregon State mas
tered Idaho. 69-53; Brigham
Young throttled Utah State, rs
So, and Utah topped Montana,
1862.
AS usual, Bevo Francis Of Rio
Grande and Furman's Frank
Selvy dominated the individual
scoring. Bevo tossed in 40 points
as Rio Grande whipped Creigh-
ton. $500, and Selvy hit for As
in Flrman's 91-63 Southern
Conference victory over The Cit
adel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-25
Find ! 10 7 al CaIiente
For Santa Anita Handicap

Aqua CALIENTE. Mex, Jan.
Is. - The Vanderbilt Stables
Find. one of the early choices
for the Santa Anita Handicap
February q. has emerged as the
7-to-2 favorite in the Caliente
future book on the 100000 race.
Previously co-favored with the
Calumet Farms Mark Ye-Well
at 8 to 2, Find was reduced fol-
lowing heavy play after his VIC
tory Friday in the San Carlos
Handicap. Mark-Ye-Well re-
NAMED the second choice at 8
to 2 and following were Fleet
Bird, to !, and Straight Face,
6 to /.
The book raised prices on sew
eral horses. The largest increase
was on Edgar j. NJ, a 3-year-old
who was upped from 500 to
1000 to /. Hydrogen went up
from 40 to 80 to /; Laffango
from 40 to SO to /: Impasse
from SO to 80 to and Thirteen
Of Diamonds from Is to 20 to /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-25
Veteran Aussies Top
TaIbert and Rosewan;;
Trabert, Seixas Win
sy the Assoeio.ed Pres.

SYDNEY. Jan. 25.-Vic Seixas
and Tony Trabert advanced to
the semifinals in the doubles di-
vision of the Australian tennis
championships today. but the
new team of Bill Talbert of New
York and Australians Ken Rose
wall was trounced by the vet
eran Aussie pair Of John Brom-
wich and Adrian QuiSt.
SeiXaS and Trabert, Americas
unsuccessful Davis Cup team,
easily whipped Billy Knight and
Tony Pickard, English young
sters, 60, 6I3. Ga. The Eng
lish boys had no chance against
the American combination and
rarely were they able to get
even to deuce when Trabert or
Seixas was serving.
But Talbert and Rosewall
were. no match for Bromwich
and. Quist. who showed their
pre-World War II form with a
60. 6I3, 6-3 victory.
Another American entry was
eliminated in straight sets as
Mervyn Rose and Rex Hartwig.
Australia's top doubles team at
present. turned back Bob Perry
of Los Angeles and Hamilton
Richardson of Baton Rouge, La,
Ga, 12-10. 60.
The pickup team Of Talbert
and Rosewall looked almost like
beginners against the canny
veteran pair as they netted doz-
ems of shots and often failed on
easy overhead shots. Talbert
played far below his reputation
of being one of the worlds best
doubles players. He was able to
hold only one of his seven serv-
ices, and that after pulling back
from 0-40.
The veterans couldn't main
tain the pace they had in hold
ing the Australian doubles title
from 1888 through 1850, but
their keen placements and accu-
rate lobs were sharp reminders
Of former years.
Bromwich won all his service
games, while Quist was broken
twice and young Rosewall once.
Give WilderSpil, and Neale
Fraser of Australia also adj
vanced to the semiflnal round,
winning by default from Owen
Williams and Abe Sega1 of South
Africa when Williams hurt his
right knee racing for a ball on
the last play of the second set.
The Australians leu, rs, 60,
when the match was forfeited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-25
Northeast A.C. Hopes
To Grab Novice Title
In Gloves Tomorrow

The Northeast. A. c. will at
tempt to catch up with the
Quantico Marines tomorrow
night in the battle for team
honors in the novice division of
the Golden Gloves boxing
tournament at Turner's Arena.
Seventeen matches are sched-
uled, IL of them in the novice
section. as the second round Of
battling starts at $3.50 pm.
Quantico jumped to the front
in last weeks opening matches
with four novice winners, while
Northeast was right behind with
three winners.
Quantico has only one other
novice fighter yet to see action.
Flyweight Robert PERI who takes
on Charles Driver of Northeast
in tomorrow nights opening
match. Northeast has a chance
to catch up with Quantico right
there, and it also has three
other fighters in later matches.
Ed Burroughs and Marvin
Simms are fighting at 1876
pounds Burroughs against John
Temple of the Northwest Club
and Simms against Richard
Mundell of the Southwest Police
Club. The. fourth Northeast
fighter tomorrow night is Rus
sell Troy. brother of Willie Troy.
the pro middleweight, who meets
Ralph Williams Of Camp Pickett
in the feature novice match.
The five senior division
matches. first of the tournament
for the more experienced fight
ers. have as the feature middle
weight bout between Ellsworth
Gray Of Northeast and Quintin
Thompson of cambridge.
Thompson is one of four Balm
bridge fighters seeking to retain
the senior team title for that
naval station.