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Arizona sun., 1954-02-05
Overflow Crowd
Turns Out To
Church Dedication

"He that laughs last, laughs
best" and there were many smiling
faces, last Sunday afternoon at the
dedication of the new First Insti-
tutional Baptist Church. Rev. L. b.
Nelson, the pastor, wore the big
gets smile of all - and rightfully
so. He said he had been told time
and time again that the prediction
was, he would never get out of
that hole
The new church reported to
hold about thousand people, was
filed to seating capacity and some
standing.
Governor Pyle was main speaker
for the occasion. Several other or
ganizationS heads were there to
bring greetings from their respec-
tive organizations. There were
many inspiring remarks made by
the various speakers.
DIR. David M. Solomon intro
duced the main speaker; the gov
ernor who made one of his tradi-
tionally great talks of which he
is known to be very capable.
The first unit which is the base
ment where the dedication was
held cost in the neighborhood Of
$85,OO0. When the whole structure
is completed the cost will be $780,
600, which Rev. Nelson says he in
tends completing in the next 18
months Or years.
Arizona sun., 1954-02-05
Paving Plans
For School
Discussed

Plans for paving the 387 by 240
foot parking lot at the new Phoe-
nix Comeback High School are
active again.
The plans, which were cancelled
because of tight finances, are be-
ing made once again because engi-
neers now tell the board that the
parking area was intended to be
part of the campus drainage sys-
tenn.
The board members will meet
soon with architects of the school
to see if the district has to pay 6
per cent architects fee to use the
once-rejected paving plans. The
cost Of paving the area is estimated
at $4,000,
Arizona sun., 1954-02-05
Children To Represent LocoI
Churches On UNICEF Proqrom

from First Institutional Baptist
church; and the following children
from Tanner Chapel: Betty Goone,
Barbara Goone, Judy Lucky, JIM
my Mathew, John Wilson, Leon
Wilson, Connie Butler, H. Lee
Stevenson, Shirley Stevenson, Eva
Hunter, Carl, Diane Gail, Nora
Butler, Freddie Johnson and Char
lotte Flipper.
Among prominent members of
the Phoenix Committee are w. A.
Robinson and Miss Arlena Seneca.
Arizona sun., 1954-02-05
DISTURBANCE NOT ANTICIPATED
IN SOUTH OVER SCHOOL RULING
Urban League Begins
Membership Drive

The annual membership drive of
ythe Phoenix Urban League is un-
deIWay and will continue through
February. The drive opened last
: week with the League president,
DIR. Chrnce G.. Salisbury speaking
before the workers in a meeting
at Tanner Chapel "This is an or
ganiZation which is very we'll ac-
cepted in the entire community,
DR.. Salisbury said, land there is
good evidence that the community
is moving toward the goals we
seek for minority people, Alton
w Thomas, executive secretary Of
the League, outlined to the workers
the. Leagues program, its financial
needs, especially from ( the Red
Feather Fund, and. what it would
take to make the League program
go. 49,.
Th. general solicitation phase: Of
the drive will be conducted by the
Urban League Guild, of which Miss
Atlena Seneca is president. Mrs. L.
Butler Nelson, chairman of the
membership drive conducted by
the Guild, stated, "We are conf
dent that among the $4,000 Negroes
in this Valley, we can get 1000 to
join the League"
Rev. ]. D. Daniels, pastor of Shi-
loh Baptist Church, chairman of
the phase of the drive to work in
churches, was confident that the
church would respond to this MEM
bership appeal. His plan is to have,
each Sunday in this month, table
in the churches at which anyone
may take out a League member
ship.
Harry RosenZweig, treasurer of
the League, This is an organiza-
ton that like to back and I think
others feel the same way. We are
trying to make Phoenix a demo-
cratic place in. which to live and
excellent progress is being made in
that direction. There are now more
jobs open to Negroes; there is more
housing and better treatment all
around"
The Leagues goal had been $4,000
for 1854, but according to a state
ment by Thomas to the SUN, "Since
cessful, and all of the agencies had
to take cuts, we must tighten our
belts an drive for more money from
the community. We actually need
$1,000 to do the job We must do
Arizona sun., 1954-02-05
Luborers, Librarians
Wanted

The city of Phoenix, Civil Ser
vice Board have posted eNamina-
ton bulletins for Semi-skilled
laborers and librarians with bene-
fits, opportunities and qualifica-
tions listed. Salaries range from
1854 to $50 per month.
Persons interested may procure
appreciation blanks from personnel
department at City Hall. They
will be accepted through February
IL.
Arizona sun., 1954-02-05
School Bias
Ruling Won't
Cause Riotinq
By EDWARD PEEKS

1--WE here in the deep South are
unnecessarily excited over what
decision the United States Supreme
Court may hand down in the cases
before it involving segregation in
the public schools.
So said DR.. Benjamin E. Mays,
president of MorehouSe College, in
an address in Atlanta, Ca, last
week.
IT believe we are confusing the
ISSUE" Mays declared. "The main
issue before us is this: Can the
United States Supreme Court, re-
presenting the greatest Democracy
on earth, a nation that has as
suned the economic and moral
leadership of the world, announce
to the world in 1854 that it be-
lieves in segregation based on color
and race?
"Can the United States afford to
say billion colored people in Asia,
millions of colored peoples in Af-
rica, the Middle East, South Amer
lea, and the European democracies,.
that we believe in secondclass citi-
zenship for Is million people solely
because their race is Negro and
their complexion colored?
This is not a political issue. This
is not racial ISSUE This is moral
issue"
May said whatever decision that
the Supreme Court makes will af-
feet our leadership in the world
either for good or ILL.," The West
ern world must win the loyalty and
respect of the peoples of Asia and
Africa through deeds and action.
"We are unduly excited because
whether we like it or not the pro-
cess of de-segregation will be much
slower than we think, and it will
be easier than we think" Mays
stated.
He said de-segregation or inte-
grafton will be slow for the fol-
lowing reasons, in the event the
Supreme Court outlaws Segrega-
ton in public schools:
1. The decision of the high court
will apply only to the five cases
involving Clarendon County, SC;
Prince Edward County, Va; Tope-
ka, Kans.; the District of Colum-
bia, and a case in Delaware.
Some localities will move i'm
mediately toward de-segration as
some states have done in the case
of higher education, but others
may have to be ordered to do so by
the courts" Mays observed.
2. Negro parents will move very
cautiously in many parts of the
South.
There will be no run on the
bank" Mays said. Parents will not
risk their children being embar-
raSsed and for that reason they
will not rush in just because the
Supreme Court has voted against
segregation.
He buttressed his point by citing
interstate travel, in which racial
segregation is unlawful. Though
many colored persons ride across
Continued on Page 81
Arizona sun., 1954-02-05
WARNINGS:

Act'S w 3 { c h
our language,
boys an girls
on the streets
and in public
places and ON
the busseS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26
Two Brifons Are Killed
In MaIaya Red Ambush
BY the Associated Press

SINGAPORE, July ~26.-Am-
pushed by Communist guerrillas
as they toured a palm oil estate
in Johore State. two Britons were
killed and three were wounded
yesterday. The wounded included
Christopher Shawcross. brother
Of former British Attorney Gen.
eral Sir Hartley Shawcross.
Those killed were w. A. Glib
son. Sc, manager of the estate,
and p. Gregoiere. 80. an official
of the Colonial and Federal
Building Society. Mr.. Gibson
had been a Malaga planter for
80 years and had planned to re-
tire next year.
Mr.. Shawcross, who is senior
counsel here for British Overseas
Always Corp, was wounded in
his lower back. Two special con-
stables escorting the party also
were wounded.
The guerrillas opened fire on
the Britons as they drove along
a road IS miles from Singapore.
Police fire finally drove on the
Reds.
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Priest Stabbed in Back
By Woman in Church
By the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO. July 90
A priest was stabbed in the
back today by a woman as he
was saying mass at st. Gabriels
Catholic Church. Hospital at
tendants said his condition was
serious.
A member of the congregation
identified him as Father Bernard
Cronin, assistant pastor.
Police took a woman in Gus
tody.
They reported she wouldn't
discuss the stabbing, A language
dificulty apparently added to
the problem, as the officers said
the woman spoke with "a strong
foreign accent"
One of the congregation was
Mrs. Timothy O'Neill. She told
police: This woman just came
along and stood there beside the
priest. She was at the side of
the altar. The priest was facing
the altar. Suddenly he groaned
and collapsed. The woman was
talking. / don't know what she
was saying. I thought the priest
suffered heart attack and she
was trying to help him. Then
she went to the back of the
cANrch. ] saw a small knife"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26
CIoture Is Defeated,
But Senate ToIkfest
Appears Near End
Beggor Falls Dead
On Sidewalk in
Financial District

A panhandler, begging in the
heart of Washington's financial
district, fell dead on Fifteenth
street today shortly after making
two unsuccessful approaches.
Police. identified him from
papers in his pocket as John
Joseph Burke. about sc. of Levitt
town, N. Y.
The last person he approached
was James Fink, "a. of TIA New
Hampshire avenue NV, an en-
ploye of The Star.
Have you got a dime. buddy"
he asked.
Mr., Fink, who had only a
MCKEE in his pocket, said no.
The man walked five or 10
steps and fell dead in front OF
GIT Fifteenth street NV.
Police found 40 cents in his
pocket. Before approaching Mr..
Fink he unsuccessfully begged
from a woman.
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S37.5 Million Requested
To Build Five Tankers

President Eisenhower today
asked Congress for a supplement
tai appropriation of $37.5 million
to finance construction OF five
tankerS.
The White House said the re-
quest was in anticipation of pas
sage OF pending legislation pro-
viding for construction of Is
tankers through private financ-
ing and five with Government
funds.
In another supplemental APP
propriation request. the Presi-
dent asked that $500, 900 be voted
the State Department to finance
additional educational exchanges
with Latin American countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26
1000 Reported Dead
In Tibetun Floods
By the Associated Press

NEW DELHI, India, July 90
Reports from the India Tibet
border say more than 1000 per-
sons died in the floods which
swept the Tibetan trade center
of Gyantse last week.
One report from Kalimpong,
the Northern India trade center
linked to Gyantse by a Hima-
layan road. said the death toll
may reach 1900 in the Southern
Tibetan town of $4,000 inhabi-
tantS.
Information received here in
Dictated the swollen Namchung
River which flood Gyantse now
is sIbSiding.
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Official Report on Attack
State Department Statement
Tells of Interference in Rescue

carrier-based planes Of the
rescue type, while conducting
their missions of mercy and
seeking possible survivors. were
attacked over the high seas by
two Chinese Communist fighter
aircraft, apparently of the
same type as shot down the
Cathay Pacific commercial air.
liner.
The United States planes
returned the fire and the two
Chinese Communist planes
were shot down. There were
no casualties on the United
States side.
The United States plans to
protest most vigorously against
this further evidence of Chi
nese Communist brutality and
their belligerent interference
with a humanitarian rescue
operation being conducted
over the high seas.
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News Delays Senate Debate;
LEGISLATORS Call for II. S. Unity
KnowIund Reads Dispatch Amid Hush;
Nicely Urges Meeting Threat Heod-On

News of the shooting down of
two Red Chinese planes by
American fliers in the Far East
caused the Senate to interrupt
its debate on the atomic energy
bill so members could comment
on the development.
The Senate learned of the in
cident when Majority Leader
Knowland read a news dispatch
in the chamber. Senator H.
Alexander Smith, Republican,
of New Jersey then read the
statement issued by Secretary of
State Dulles.
Democratic Leader Lyndon B.
johnson declared the announce
ment was of tremendous sig
nlf1cance." He said the full
significance cannot be judged
until all facts are available, but
I'VE know that it is an hour for
all Americans to unite"
Senator Johnosn said there.
can be no doubt that Chinese
Communists shot at American
seryicemen who were on a mis-
sion Of mercy and were over the
high seas in a place where they
had a right to be!
Says Feud with Reds Goes On.
Senator Ferguson. Republican,
OF Michigan, told the Senate the
incident demonstrates that in
the Far East the reputed settle
ment. at Geneva did not settle
the great feud between the Com
munists and freedom loving ma
tions."
Senator Morse, Independent,
of Oregon, declared:
I'VE cannot stand by and let
anyone in the world transgress
the sovereign rights of this Ma
ton. The Red Chinese now are
shooting at American aircraft
where the aircraft had a right
to be. We must close ranks. I
do not want my remarks to be
interpreted as saying We should
hasten into war. We must get
all the facts. But we must make
clear to other nations who joined
in the NATO pact that an at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26

Bolton of Ohio, and Jean de La
garde, French consul general in
New York. greeted her at the
airport. Spectators cheered as
she emerged from the plane,
dressed in a white uniform and
blue beret.
She told the crowd her
thoughts still go to those who
were killed at Diem Bien Phu.
AS she spoke in English she
occasionally referred to notes
81 am deeply moved to be
here she said. "and I feel very
grateful for the honor which
President Eisenhower and the
Congress of the United States
have shown me by inviting me
to come this country. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26

Here is the teTt of a state
ment on the engagement today
betDeen American and Com
mLnist Chinese planes, as read
By State Department Press
officer Henry SuydGm:
AS I announced on Saturday,
July "a, the Secretary of De-
Tense has ordered two United
States aircraft carriers to
proceed to the scene Of the
Chinese Communist assault
upon the British commercial
airliner which resulted in the
death of three Americans and
the wounding of three others.
The mission as stated then
of these ships and their planes
was to conduct and protect
further rescue and search
operations in the vicinity OF
the tragedy.
This government is now in
formed that two United States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26
Rhee, Arriving Today, Sees
ThuiIond as Reds Next 7 orqet
Defense Leaders Lunchine With President,
Foced by Pleas for More Aid to Koreu

anthems of both Korea and the
United States.
Then President Rhee and his
party, among whom Is his Aus
trian-born wife, will start for the
White House in a motorcade
headed by a flying wedge of mo-
torcycle police.
Itinerary Of Cavalcade.
The cavalcade will cross the
Potomac River on Memorial
Bridge. go down Constitution
avenue to Seventeenth street. fall
in behind the Marine Corps
marching band and proceed di-
rectly to the White House.
President Eisenhower is to re-
celve President and Mrs. Rhee on
the White House steps at 4:45
pm. The party is to spend the
night there and move to Blair
House tomorrow.
Government and District en-
ployes who work in the vicinity
of the motorcade route will be
released from duty at the dis
cretion of their supervisors.
Mr.. Rhee will remain in Wash
ington until Saturday. when he
will go to New York. On Sunday
he will share the rostrum with
Francis Cardinal Spellman of the
Roman Catholic archdiocese of
New York at the opening of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars ma
tional encampment in Philadel-
phia.
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tack On one of us is an attack on
ALL"
Senator Nicely, Democrat, Of
West Virginia, referred to the
announcement as "the most i'm
portant announcement made to
this body since Pearl Harbor"
He said it should have sober
ing and uniting effect on every
American"
z Senator Nicely said that he
hoped that the President and
Secretary Dulles would act to
meet the threat head on as
would have Andrew jackson,
Abraham Lincoln, Theodore
Roosevelt or Franklin D. Roose-
velt." He added that every
Democrat would back the Presi-
dent and fight with him to the
last drop of our blood"
Asks Arms Budget Review.
Senator Symington said the
Chinese Communists attack en-
phasized the fact that all officials
concerned in Congress should
take another look at the defense
budget to see if sufficient funds
were being appropriated and for
the items needed to protect the
country, He added:
81 do not believe we are TAX
ing the proper steps to defend
ourselves against the growing
power of the Communist threat"
On the other side of the
Capitol. the incident also drew
comment from House leaders.
Speaker Martin said: IF the
Chinese Reds attack rescue
planes over the high seas there
is no other alternative but for
the United States ships to shoot.
We must let them know we are
ready if necessary to protect our
rights"
House Republican Leader Hal
leck told reporters that SO far
as he knew from reports thus
far the shooting was plainly
a case of self defense" He
added that he did not believe
that it would set off a world
conhagration."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26

II wish, first Of all. to express
my thanks with all my heart. !
do not deserve this honor. for !
have only done my duty.
This honor is intended,
through me, for all those whose
life I was proud to share in Diem
Bien Phu, and for the nurses, for
all the nurses. who devote them
selves to the best Of their ability
to alternating the sufferings Of
the wounded.
you can understand that at
this very moment my thoughts
60 to all those who were killed
in that far distant land. to those
who are still over there. all DEF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26

serving much more than ! the
honor which you do me.
MY thoughts are with their
families, so close, under the pres
ent circumstances. to the Ameri-
can families who have gone
through a similar ordeal as the
result of the Korean war"
In New York today the nurse
win have a Broadway ticker tape
parade and a reception at City
Hall. Later Columbia University
win award her a silver medallion
for heroiSm.
Tomorrow she goes to WASH
ington for another round Of cere-
monies, and Friday leaves on a
tour that win take her to Cleve-
lanad. Chicago and San Fran
cisco. ~
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at National Airport. made the
comment as his four-engined
Constellation landed at cChord
Air Force Base in washington
State last night after a 22-hour
fight from Seoul, Korea.
Meanwhile, facing pleas for
help in doubling the 20-division
South Korean army and for q
resumption Of warfare to reunite
the divided country. President
Eisenhower called in his top de-
Tense experts for luncheon today.
Among them we're Secretary
of Defense Wilson, Admiral Ar
thur Radford, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, and re-
tired Gen. James A. Van Fleet.
who recently returned from a
90-day survey of Far Eastern
military needs for the President.
Mr.. Rhee's visit to Washington
was launched on the heels Of
the recent Geneva conference
which produced peace IN Indo-
China, but brought no solution
of the split in Korea, under
which the Communists hold the
northern part of the country.
The White House was report
ed ready to discourage Mr.
Rhee's hopes of resuming the
Korean war. but there was spec
ulation that the United States
is on the verge Of abandoning
plans to cut back :ts troop COM
mitments in the Far East.
At McChord Field, according
to the Associated Press, Mr.. Rhee
described as IAN unfortunate
thing" the manner in which the
Indo-C China war was settled. ut
is unfortunate that we have let
Indo-C China go. What more are
we going to lose?" he added.
With the change in the Far
Eastern balance of power caused
by the Indo-C China settlement,
Mr.. Rhee's visit is expected to
lead off a general reassessment
of free world strategy In the
Orient.
When he arrives here, the
Washington educated Korean
President will receive a formal
welcome at the Military Air
Transport Service terminal from
a delegation headed by Vice
President Nixon.
While there he also will get q
symbolic key to the city from
Commissioner Spencer and hear
the Army Band play the national
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ganda attacks. warned Peiping
is Tightening coastal defenseS.
and said it will shoot down any
approaching Chinese Nationalist
planes.
In north Wet Nam. which for
mally passes into Wet Mimi
hands tomorrow under the
Geneva agreement, the French
got ready to evacuate up to one
million civilians and fighting
men. The giant operation is
set to begin Wednesday.
A French high command
spokesman said the rebel attack
in the south began Saturday. He
said the Wet Mini struck at Mia
Trang, on the China Sea coast.
Rebel commandos sabotaged sew
eral bridges in Mia Trang after
Wet Mimi artillery had bonn
barded the coastal towns de-
lenses.
Rebels Attack Elsewhere.
The rebels also attacked
French and Wet Namese posi-
lions at Qui Nhon, 100 miles
north of Mia Trang, and struck
at Tuy Hoa, midway between the
two towns.
Other Wet Mini forces brought
pressure on Chico REQ, a post go
miles southwest of Qui Nhon on
Central Wet Mans plateau. Gen.
Paul Ely, French commander in
chief in Indo- China, warned the
rebels to stop or face mass air
retaliation.
The stepup of fighting in the
south, just as the cease-fire is
about to go into effect, appeared
based on a Wet Mimi desire to
show their strength to commune
ties which will not be under their
control.
Peiping radio has BROADCAST
fSee INnO-CHINA. Page A-6.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26
Who Does the Work
For D. c. in Congress?

SMALL REWARD - consressmen
receive little honor for work on
District Of coIumbio Iesislotion, but
few Of them do II onywoy. To
Ieorn who hos eorried the burden in
this session Of Congress, turn to
Pooe 81.
sAxAPHoNE JAZz-Thot's the
hobby OF Capt. John G. Winters OF
the second police precinct. To find
out more about him. see Pase 81.
STRING or PEARLs-EIeni soys
ropes Of costume jeweIry ore beck
in style. She expIoins on Pose %.
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so Vessels Open
Navy Moneuvers
OF West Coast

SAN DIEGO, Calf, July 26.-
The Navy today began what it
said was the largest maneuvers
since World War II along the
length of the West Coast.
More than so ships, carrying
$4,000 officers and men. started
moving from San Diego and
Long Beach, Calf.
A condition of total war was
assumed, with a foreign power
threatening the coast and en-
dangering shipping.
The plans called for the force
to shepherd a vital convoy from
Southern California ports TO
Seattle and back. fighting OF at
tacks by enemy warships. includ-
ing submarine packs. and air.
planes.
The exercise will end Aug,kt Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-26
Debate Is Limited
On One Amendment
In Atomic Measure
BULLETIN

The House today passed its
atomic energy control bill.
$50 to 1874. Roll call passage
followed a 222 to 1855 defeat
of a Democratic move to re-
turn the measure to commit
tee. The bill now goes to the
Senate, which is tied up in q
debate on q similar measure.