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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
Pedestrian Safety Countrywide
Contest Won By Massachusetts,

Massachusetts has been
named undisputed champion
of the United States in the
field Of pedestrian safety for
1854 in the American Auto
mobile Associations annual
Pedestrian Protection Contest,
it was announced jointly to-
day by Registrar of Motor We
hicles Rudolph F. King and
Governor Christian A. Herter.
Winning the Grand Award
for States for 1854 climaxes
the Bay States long climb up
the road of pedestrian safety.
Last year Massachusetts, shar-
ed top honors for 1858 in its
safety group with Colorado.
and 1854 marks the ninth
consecutive year the Common
wealth has topped all other
states in its group.
Registrar King is being pro-
sented with a special award
by the AAA for his "outstand-
ing leadership in pedestrian
protection" The 1854 award
for the Registrar makes this
the seventh consecutive year
that he has been accorded top
recognition for his tireless ac-
tivities in behalf of pedestrian
safety.
Twenty Massachusetts, cities
and towns are cited for
awards in the AAA'S 18th Ma
tional Pedestrian Protection
Contest in their various popu-
lation classes.
AAA honorable mention goes
to Worcester in the 100000 -
100000 class. Other honorable
mentions were won by Bel
mont first place winner the
last two years., Hayerhill,
Fitchburg, and Franklin.
Special citations: Cambridge
for its accident record; NAL
den for no ped estrian deaths;
Pittsf1eld and Quincy for their
pedestrian programs; Taun-
ton for its accident record;
bingham for pedestrian pro-
gram; Amesbury for improve
ment in pedestrian program;
Palmer and Mansfield for Pc
destrian programs; Aver and
Ludlow for improvement in
pedestrian programs; Scituate,
Monson. and Whitman for re-
cords of no pedestrian deaths
or injuries.
Massachusetts, had a 1854
pedestrian death rate much
lower THAI the national aver
age and near perfect pro-
gram devoted to pedestrian
protection, according to the
AAA report on the contest.
Held annually since 1889 to
honor states, cities, and towns
and official who make the
most effective efforts to cut
down pedestrian accidents, the
1854 AAA Contest listed 1855
communities and 46 states
which submitted reports for
nation wide analysis and scor-
ing.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
Heart Disease Deaths
Dropped From Last Year

Both the total number of
deaths and the rate of deaths
per 100000 population from
diseases of the cafdiovascular
system dropped In 1854 as
compared with 1858, accord
ing to figures recently releas-
ed by the National Office of
Vital statistics. Although car
diovascular diseases still take
more American lives than all
other causes of death combin-
ed, the total in 1854 stood at
773,99O or 1902 per 100000
population, in comparison
with 794,12 or SOILS per 10O,-
600 population in 1858.
The decrease in cardiovascu-
lar deaths paralleled a drop in
the total death figures from
1,5l8,600 in 1853 to 1881, 900
in 1854. According to the Ma
tional Office of Vital tatis-
tics, the drop in cardioVascu-
lar deaths was due primarily
to a sharp drop in the Incl
dence of influenza and pneu-
monia during 1854 as COM
pared with 1858, the first two
months of which were mark
ed by a severe and widespread
influenza outbreak.
The reason respiratory in
tections place an unusually
heavy burden on the hearts
and circulatory systems of
people suffering from cardio-
vascular ailments. In year
when respiratory infections
are severe and widespread,
experience has shown that
cardiovascular mortality goes
up. The converse is also true.
No significant change occur
ed in 1854, it was pointed out,
in the number or rate of deaths
from the most important car
diovascular disease, anterios-
clerotic heart disease, includ-
ing coronary artery disease.
The 1854 figures also made
1t plain that cardiovascular di.
Seases continued to take
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
Women's Clubs

Continued From Page One
ton, d, c. The organization,
"prexied" at present by Mrs.
Dora Needham Lee of New
York is holding its seth Annual
Convention and End Biennial
at Boston July 27-30, 1855 with
the Massachusetts, State Union
of Women's Clubs, Mrs. Mel
nea Cass, President as the
Hostess Arganization. The
Convention will bring to Bos-
ton many Of the most dis
tinguished women of our
group, including the National
President, Mrs. Harris B.
Gaines of Chicago. The Con-
vention seat will be at his
toric Peoples Baptist Church,
fremont and Camden Streets.
Boston, Rev. Richard NJ.
Owens the distinguished Pas
tor. Delegates will be housed
in the homes Of members, the
Hotel Gardiner and other IA
nous hostelries of good old
Bean Town" The Northeast
ern Region is affiliated with
the National Association of
Colored Women, Inc. and the
international Council of Wo-
men its program has been
scholarships for aspiring
youth; betterment of the con-
| dition of Women in Industry
Mother Craft, strengthening
Of Family Life; improving the
civic and educational status
of the members of our parti-
cular ethnic group.
Since last February, the To-
cal organization members
have been busy as beavers
as the various committees I'M
der the experienced guidance
of President and General
Chairman Cass, have been
striving to make this meeting
outstanding and memorable.
State and Municipal Heads,
various outstanding Organiza-
tions and Institutions are
/ joining hands with her. Spe-
cial features for each night
to which our friends are cord
tally invited.
The convention banquet will
be held at New England Mu-
tual Hall on Thursday, July
28th. For further information
and tickets contact Mrs. Ra-
chel Saunders, HI 2-1822, Mrs
Florine Woods HI 2-4545 OF
Mrs. M. Brown, HI 2-9O06.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09

A NIMALS in ZOOS offer a real
"A source of exciting pictures,
and the animals can't get away
from you-or at you'll
If you make it a point to visit
the zoo during feeding time or
performance times, your pic
lures will be even more inter-
esting, according to T, 7. Holden,
photo director of Grahex, Inc,
Rochester, N. Y. This tiger,
taken by noted photographer
Joseph Janney Steinmetz with
the new Graphic S5, was shot
at the winter quarters of Ring
ling Brothers, Barnum and
Bailey Circus in Sarasota, Flor
ida.
The Graphic 35 is ideally suit
ed to animal photography since
its push-button focusing system
permits you to stay in focus on
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09

Volunteers are abdly needed
to carry on the work of Red
Feather organizations. Call
the Volunteer Service Bureau
and ask for Miss Parker at
Red Feather headquarters to-
day. The number is Rich
mond $4,000.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09

Mr. Walter c. Issacs, 10 Fo-
rest st., RoXbury.
Mr.. Antonio ]. Pires. 1880
fremont St, Roxbury.
Mr.. Jerome Corbin, rs Craw-
ford St., Roxbury.
Mrs, Bertha E. Pasco, 800
Ruggles ST., Roxbury.
Mr.. Rufus Best, 232 Town
send St.. Roxbury.
Miss Alice M. Holmes, 112
Harrishof ST., Roxbury.
Mr.. Edward A. Williams, Is
DilWorth st., Roxbury.
Mrs. Beatrice Mae Senhouse
169 Ruthevan ST., Roxbury.
Mr.. Albert Monthero Sir,
Fenwood Rd., Roxbury.
Mrs. Alice E. Jones, So
Crawford St., Roxbury.
Mrs. Mildred F. Brown, rs
Moreland st., Roxbury.
Mrs. Harriet Warner, 125
Highland ST., Roxbury.
Rev. David Channer, Al wy
oming st., Roxbuty.
Mr.. Theodore Hampton, SO
Munroe St., Roxbury.
Mr.. John H. Powell, % Wei
lington ST., Boston.
Mr., Arthur c. Sheffield, 1850
Ruggies St., Roxbury.
Mrs. Geneva Brooks, 724
Shawmut Ave, Roxbury.
Mr.. Jesse J. station, 443 b.
wer St., Roxbury.
Mrs. Mary Natalie Adams
1875 Highland St., Roxbury.
Mrs. Margaret E. Colbert
l4A Circuit ST., Roxbury.
Mrs, Enora o. Williams, II
Ebert ST., Roxbury.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09

During the summer whom your
shower is working overtime keep
ing the family cool, plastic shower
curtains are apt to lose their color
and crispness. According to Mar.
ia Mead, home service director for
Whirlpool Corporation, these cur
aims can be successfully laundered
and softened in an automatic
washer. Fill washer tub with warm
water and add ttOice the amount Of
water softener you usually use to
condition the water. Set the timer
for three minutes and complete
cycle automatically. That's all
shere is to It'll
Plastic is not absorbent so cur.
aims may be hung Immediately
after they are removed from spin.
dry cycle Of washer. II you pre-
fer, curtains may be dried in an
automatic dryer providing tenn
oerature is under 1907. The deli
.ate fabrics cycle of the Imperial
electric dryer is perfect for this.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
NAACP, Labor
Continued From Page One


bias, and because it reduced
immigration from the Carib-
bean Islands to a tiny trickle
Both organized labor and the
NAACP supported the legisla-
lures Joint resolution in my
state to nlemorialize Congress
against the law.
have, from year to year
appeared before various COM
mitteeS of the Connecticut
State Legislature on behalf of
the NAACP to support or OPP
pose measures which organiz-
ed labor supported or opposed.
Specifically measures to me-
morialize Congress for higher
minimum wage laws, and in
opposition to the so-called
right to work" law, which the
employers hoped to get in or
der to make it possible to UNI
dermine and seriously weaken
unions.
1t is a fact, also, that the
comparatively small number OF
unions which still practice ra-
cial discrimination is dwind-
ling. Mr.. Herbert Hill, the La.
Dor Secretary of the NAACP
IS doing excellent work alons
these lines, and he has als(
helped greatly in getting al
increasing number of union.
TO give moral and financia
support to the NAACP. boil
nationally and to our loca
| branches.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09

heavy toll among people in
the most productive years, the
ages under IS. In this age
group there were 232, $50
deaths during 1854. This was
35.2 percent of all deaths oc-
curing under the age of IS,
or more than double the num-
Der caused by cancer, the
next leading cause of death
in the under-65 age group.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
BLUE EAGLE NEWS
BY Barber Shop Chord

Owner Jackson is not only
a tonsorialist but also a sp!-
ritual adviser of deep devotion
to religious causes. He listens
intently to topics on Holy
Bible lore and patiently fer
rets out mistakes when the
relaters knowledge backfires
on biblical data unknown to
the modern world.
Your columnist met Owner
JackSon's charming wife on
surprise visit to the fremont
Boulevard emporium. She
highly commended our weekly
news releases as very helpful
to tonsorial advancement, es-
pecially in Greater Boston.
School children are swapping
the artists, many of them Sit
ting in glee awaiting vacation
haircuts Camps in all sec
tons of New England are
modelling scores of these
youngsters, who will be out OF
range and disassociated with
young hoodlums and delin-
quent gangs. Little Charline
Game, of Dennison St, Rox-
bury, left this week to attend
a select camp in New Hamp-
shire. Her mother, Mrs. Gwen
Game, has been packing Char
lines camp equipment prior
to departure with an expec-
fancy of staying the whole
summer An overwhelm-
ing heat wave enveloped Bos-
ton last week. It is still GO
ing strong. The weather fore
casters predict no let-up until
long after dog days in August.
Many tan legionnaires are
scanning travel brochures
trying to get a line on the
national convention of the
American Legion which con-
Venes at Miami, Fla, in Aug
ust They want to see the
deep south at its best!
Below is a belated and va
liable commentator on Rep.
Adam Clayton Powell's mill
tary reserve amendment side
tracked in the House of Rep
resentativeS last week.
The Powell amendment may
not represent the best, the
wisest or the militarily most
practicable way of dealing
with the question of racial
discrimination in the National
Guard of the Southern states.
But the question is not peri
pheral.
| think the amendment has
already rendered a national
service by recalling us to a
realization that compulsory
military duty is in fact a
serious tax, not on property
perhaps but on individual
liberty; that as such il is
bound TO raise issues of human
relationships like those in
volved in the problems of Sc
gregatlOn, and that the state
all powerful as Il is tending
TO beeOme-still has obligations
to the individusl in these mat
tiers possibly as important as
the individuals obligations to
the state.
1t has not been well under
stood; that Congressional and
public comment has not been
Keen in analysis and has suf-
Tered far too much under the
papa knows best" theory form
Of government, and that Rep
resentative Powell, even il
unintentionaly, did a genuine
service by forcing the nation
to stand and take thought in
matter which does not
reach close TO all issues of in
dividual liberty and civil right
In a democratic society.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09

a moving subject and release
the shutter without changing
hand positions.
Flash fill-in on your camera
will also light up dark areas
such as the inside of a tigers
mouth if you are lucky enough
to catch yawn or growl!
This tiger picture is interest
ing because the bars lend an air
of threat to the animal. The ele-
ment of danger is highlighted.
Less ferocious animals might
better be shot with bars not in
view.
Many other photos can be
taken in ZOOS. Children's reac-
tons to various animals make
fascinating pictures - bringing
together the two most popular
photo subjects.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
BOSTON BAKED
Continued From Page One

Continued From Page One
ing many sOuthernerS, Bill
Says. they really don't know
cOlOred Americans, since their
servant class "tell them moth
ing" Consequently many Dixie
Gratis live in a stereotype"
past.
THE SOUTH'S Industrial
revolution says Bill, is taking
the Colored man Of that area"
out of the cotton fields and
putting him on payrolls, and
assembly lines besides white
workers. Managers are learn
ing that discrimination doesn't
pay off; that segregation does
not help efficiency. "Segrega-
ton clashes with economies,
writes Bill, States are hard
pressed to find funds for Just
one school construction pro-
gram. !"
p DUPLICATING the School
construction system will load
down the taxpayer warns the
Look Mag reporter, stressing
a fact emphasized by Tan
Yank editors long before 1861.
Bill Atwood also clarifies the
issue of prejudice and discri-
minatiOn. You often hear
Dixie-crats yelling that no.
body can legislate prejudice.
Nobody can Iegislate brother
ly love. Remember?
TAN YANK DOCTOR in the
Look Mag story answers this
old Dixie-crat smoke screen
about legislating prejudice. II
don't care If the paleface
wants to associate with me
or not. / do care about the
regulations that bar me from
hospitals, etc, and tell me
ever day l am inferior" :.
In other words, the issue is
discrimination. And you can
iegislate on discriminate toni
DISCRIMINATION, not pre-
Judice, is the COlOred Ameri-
cans number one problem.
concludes Bill Atwood. This
conclusion was early arrived
at BY most Tan Yank leaders.
Nobody is going to force Mr..
Pegler and others h love the
Colored Brother. Nobody is
going to legislate prejudice.
But the Supreme Court has
proven that you can legislate
discrimination which robs fell
low Americans Of his First
Class ticket. Look magazine
has emphasized the fact.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09

When you deduct romance
and earning a living, life at
home seems to consist mainly
Of sleeping, doing, dressing,
undressing, eating, shaving,
ripping the cellophane Off CT
garette packs, filling the light
err, reading the news and Cos
sip, parking the car, pouring
a drink, and answering the
telephone.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09

There's change in the weather change the sea when
your family's food
When the temperature hot and heavy foods
fresh and filling salad the mansay of either
or dinner Particularly when served with good hot bread such
these Caaway Cheese Mullins The mullins require just mixing
and quick 20 minutes baking Their avorgvng ingredients
wholesome All Bran cereal. Caraway Cheese
The combination unusual and delicious The
tested the kitchens of the Kellogg Company Battle Creek Mich
igan so you can be sure of exceptionally fine flavor
Caraway Cheese Mullins
l-1/2 cups sfted flour cup Kelogg's Al.Bran
3 teaspoons baking powder teaspoons caraway seeds
12 teaspoon salt egg, slightly beaten
ia cup sugar Tablespoons melted
cup grated American shortening
cheese 3/4 cup milk
Sft together four baking powder sugar Add cheese
ABran and caraway seed stir lightly Combine egg melted cooled
shortening and milk add to dry ingredients stirring only until
bined Fill CREASED muffin pans 2I3 full Bake in moderately hot
OO'F about 20 minutes Yield u mullins 2l2inches in
diameter
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
TO CITE ACTION AS
DEFENSE

Prince Edward is expected
to cite its action as a defense
when it comes up before a
three judge court. Attorneys
said the county could not be
required to integrate in a
school system that was not
even being operated.
The Norfolk school board
statement said the board "as-
Sumed" that state law, which
now provides for separate
schools for whites and COlored
would be changed within the
time and in the manner re-
CURED" by the Supreme Court
decision of May 81.
At the same time the board
said an "unStudied" approach
to the problem of indignation
"Or mere lip service to a prin-
ciple could peOpardize the aims
of all and might we'll lead to
disintegration, rather than
indignation in any form"
Though the Supreme Court
leaves unmarked the road
to be travelled, the objective is
clear" the board said.
I'VE do not believe that To-
cal conditions permit the Gus
toms, habits or prejudices OF
over a century to be abolished
overnight, but rather can be
met or recOnciled only by
prayerful elaboration, by rea-
sOned planning and by the
will and desire to succeed
I'VE believe that our pri-
mary duty is to preserve and
promote the welfare of all the
children involved through edu-
cation, and that any system
by us must be devised
to achieve this end, within
the framework of the law"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
LAUNDRY TIPS

There's lot being said - and
lone - these days about bathroom
laundry combinations. What is
more convenient than to have your
washer and dryer where your
soiled clothes and linens are.
stored between washings? When it
comes to laundering shower cur
tains, it's only a matter of chang
ing tubs. And that is what this
column is about -.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
Public Schools


Virginia's previously solid
front against racial integra-
ton in public schools has been
cracked by the school board
of Norfolk, the states largest
city.
The Norfolk board, in a
statement issued after a meet
ing last night, went on record
approving the principle of in
tegratiOn as laid down by the
United States Supreme Court.
I'VE intend, without mental
reservation, to uphold and
abide by the laws of the land"
said the board.
But it said it was pOwerIesS
to make the shift from Vir-
ginia's historic policy of Sc
gregation until the present
state law was changed.
The school board statement
was the first from any Off
cial body in Virginia to indi-
cate willingness ultimately to
accept the Supreme Court de-
cisiOn that public school segre-
cation is unconstitutional. 1t
came from the school board
in a city of 100000 in which
the ratio of white pupils to
COlOred pupils is not quite 8
to /.
$4,000 ENROLMENT SEEN
Last session NOrfOlk's schools
had 2S,742 white pupils and
11,9S ColOred pupils. By the
l956-I957 session white enroll
ment is expected to be close
to $4,000 and COlOred enroll
ment 1853.
vGO. Thomas b. Stanley an
nounced only last week that
firginia's official policy on Sc
gregatiOn would be to continue
on the basis of Separate but
equal" facilities for the races,
at least for the next session,
The Governor and study
commission named to find a
legal formula for continuing
segregation prOfessed belief
that continuance of segrega-
ton was possible at least
through next year under the
Supreme for the localities to
proceed toward desegregatiOn
with all deliberate speed"
The Norfolk boards express
sion was the first by state
official body that even con-
templated the schools might
be integrated at any time in
the fOreseeable future.
The county that sent the
GUARDIAN-NINE
Virginia school case to the
Supreme Court - Prince Ed
ward - has moved to abandon
public schools by refusing to
appropriate local funds for
their operation next term.
Three other counties have de-
cided to appropriate school
funds on the Installment plan,
with the installments to stop
when segregation ends.
Evening star., 1955-04-05
WhyGrow Old?
BY JOSEPHINE LOwMAN

Home seems a safe. secure
place until you study the statis-
tics about how many accidents
happen in the home. According
to a recent survey by a group
OF foot doctors. you are safer
crossing busy intersection than
you are in your own kitchen.
More than half of all home ac-
cidents are ankle sprains and
foot injuries. from falling of
ladders or from slipping on floors
or stairs.
This survey brought out some
interesting facts. In the first
place, modern living reflects the
trend toward smaller houses and
apartments. This has produced
a vertical kind of living. with
things you use stacked way up
out of reach. It is seay to see.
that il you teeter on a ladder
when wearing an old pair Of high
Evening star., 1955-04-05

heeled sandals, you are asking
for trouble. The same thing is
true when you ere coming down.
stairs or carrying the baby.
FATIGUE A FACTOR
This study also showed that
most accidents occur late in the
day-probably the result of
fatigue The foot doctors who
conducted this survey estimated
that the average woman takes
around 1900 steps in the course
of her at-home marathon each
day, and urged women to wear
proper footwear in order to cut
down accidents as well as ia
tigue.
These doctors warned that
rubber soles in contact with wet
or highly polished asphalt or
rubber tiles, or linoleum, may
skid in the same way rubber tires
skid on asphalt on a wet high
way They recommended low
Evening star., 1955-04-05

for the baby you would have to
hold her unless there are va
cancies. When I made the same
trip with my older girl (she was
18-months-old at the time), the
airline carried milk for her, and
I understand some lines have
special kits for babies which are
on board only by request. On the
larger planes where there are
two or three flight attendants
and the flight is not too rough.
babies get great deal of at
tention.
It is a responsibility travelling
cross-country with children, but
I would go by air again. The
thought of spending the required
time alone in a roomette or
compartment would throw me.
1t can be fun for two adults, but
is a strain on children.
If you will call the airlines
ticket Office in midweek when
they are likely to be less busy,