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The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-02-05
Negro Group
FavorS POLICY
OfSegregatio|n

Ala.--An organization Civ
ing it's approval to the segre-
gated pattern, was organized
recently in Alabama. 1t is
called the Southern Negro
Improvement Association of
Alabama. The organization
has also voiced it's disap-
proval OF the NAACP.
DIR. Collier Clay, president
of Birmingham's Union The
illogical Seminary, told some
200 or more Negroes that
outside help in the solving
of southern racial problems
is neither needed, invited nor
wanted. He further stated
that "for every problem of
the South there is a south
ern rer edy.'"
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-02-05
Pullman Porters Donate
$4,000 For Relief Fund

New York--A. Philip Ran
dolph, president of the In
ternational Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters, an
nOunced that his organize
tion has sennt a check for
$4,000 to Tri-City Bank of
Memphis, Tenn. for use in
offsetting the effect of the
would be" terrorists of the
South. The NAACP office
has also made application 70
Maxwell M. Rabb, secretary
to President Eisenhower's
Cabinet and his advisory on
minority problems, to inve;;
tigate the handling of the
Farmers Home Admins
tration. They have received
several complaints that quail
flied Negro applicants are
being refused government
loans because Of their racia
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-02-05
Extra Special Youth-Day
Program At Buchanan
Sunday Afternoon, Feb. Is

The second Sunday of each
month is youth Day" at
First Baptist Church, Buc
hanan. The coming second
Sunday, Feb. I3, will fea
ture a special program sand
rally for the purpose of rails
ing money to buy robes for
the 3O-voice junior choir. A
most interesting program
has been worked out for this
occasion including several
junior choirs from Roanoke
and vicinity. Mrs. Lillian
Guerrant Of Roanoke, is d.
rector of music at the Buc-
hanan church. Rev. F. F..
Alexander is minister.
On the third Sunday at
ternoon the men of the
church will sponsor their
annual Mems Day service.
DIR. III. T. Penn of Roanoke
will be the guest speaker.
Watch The columns of The
Tribune next week for fur
Their details of the Mems
Day service.
The mid-week service at
the First Baptist Church this
week, under the auspices of
the Missionary Socie ty
proved a spiritual blessing
to the church and especially
to those who attended the
meeting. These meetings are
held each Wednesday night
from 8 to 9 o'clock. They
C o n sist of a sermonette,
song service of "Your Fa-
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-02-05

There will be skits, songs
and games.
Explorers in many com
munities will spend part of
a day with conservation Of
ficials to learn how to con-
serve ioday's resources for
a better tomorrow.
TIL e 100000 Explorers,
members of $4,000 Units,
boys Ia years of age and
older, follow a program of
adventuring in the open;
getting along socially with
others; being of service to
others and exploring life
work possibilities.
Boy Scout Sunday will be
observed Feb. 6 in thous-
ands of churches with the
Scouts and leaders attend.
ing services in uniform
Those of Jewish faith will
observe Boy Scout Sabbath
in synagogues and temple
Friday evening and Satur
day, Feb. a and 5.
Traditionally on Feb. 8, all
members recommit them
selves to the Scout Oath or
Promise at 8:15 pm. in the
four time zones.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-02-05
Fire Ravages Home OF
Prominent City Family

Sunday morning around
2 am. the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Fulton of COS
Madison Ave-, N. w. was
swept by fire. Mrs. Fulton
(Gladys) was the first one
to discern smoky fumes and
called her husband to check
it. When he attempted to
open the door to the bed
room leading to the lower
floor he was met by smoke
and flames.
Mr.. Fulton then aroused
his father and with his wife
decided to jump out of a side
window of his bedroom. Full
ton jumped first with the
intention of catching his
wife and father. Mrs. Full
ton was very hesitant about
jumping but finally did and
was caught by her husband.
The father jumped last and
was injured. Mrs. Fulton al
so had to undergo surgery
and due to inhalation of an
excessive amount of smoke
fumes, had to be put in an
oxygen tent.
The fire is believed to have
started from TV connec-
tions. The entire lower floor
was Quilted by the flames
and practically every piece
of furniture was demo,.,
ished.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-02-05
Set For
Mass
SUNDAY

Democratic and Republi-
can leaders in the 9Th Con-
gressional District have &C
cepted invitations to the Ne
gro citizenship rally on next
Sunday afternoon at the
American Legion Auditori-
UNI.
Federal Judge William H.
HASTE will be the principal
speaker and an honor guest
will be q native Roanoker--
Edward R. Dudley, former
ambassador to Liberia.
The rally is to launch q
campaign to qualify 100000
new Negro voters in Vir-
ginia started by DIR. H. T.
Penn, Roanoke dentist. 1t is
part of a national campaign.
DR.. Penn said Republican
Rep. Richard H. Poff also
will speak briefly and Roa-
noke's Mayor r. w. Woody
will deliver the welcome adj
dress.
Guests who have accepted
invitations, DR.. Penn said,
include congressional dis
trict chairmen of both par
ties = Democrat Stuart B.
Carter, a Fincastle attornev
and Republican B e n t | ey
Hite, Christiansburg attor
ney. Also Roanoke's Demo-
cratic Chairman Frank F..
Jamison and the City COP
Chairman Lewis Wolhford.
Also accepting, DIR. Penn
said, are State Sen. Earl A.
F Fitzpatrick, State Sen. Ted
Dalton, Radford, Del julia n
HI. Rutherford, Jr. and Del.
Kossen Gregory, Roanoke
and De-. Ernest Robertson,
Roanoke County.
Attorney o. w. "Chink"
Arnold will be master Of
~~ooios.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-02-05

at the Sunday School install
lation service at the High
Street Baptist Church. They
will also sing for a Mass
Meeting of st. Paul Meth
odist Youth Fellowship on
March "a at which time At
t6rney Belford v. Lawson,
Jr., will be guest speaker.
The Y-Teen Committee
honored the Y-Teens of Har-
rison School with a party,
January %, at the WV for
being the first club to be
paid up 100 percent in men,
Dership. The club is advised
by Miss Veron Holland and
Mrs. Maxine Thomas. The
club is now making plans to
learn to crochet under the
instruction of Miss Holland.
The annual Mother-Daugh-
ter Banquet of the Orange
Ave. YWCA this year will
be held at Booker T. Wash
ington Junior High School,
March Il. Plans for the BAN
quet were presented by the
co-chairman Janice Kasey,
Tuesday at Y-Teen Inter
Club Council meeting. All
mothers and daughters are
invited to attend. Reserva-
tions can be made at the Y.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-02-05
Mississippi Using
New Pressure

The 'vigilantes" of white
southern supremacy are still
at it in Mississippi. AS a new
approach in an effort to in
timidate some of the Negro
leaders. DIR. T. r. M. How
ard, a 47-year-old physician.
was ordered by his local
draft board to state why he
should not be reclassified
la. The NAACP officials
are charging that the Mis-
sissippi whites are using the
induction threat to harass
leaders and asked the Sc
lective Service h e adj in
Washington to investigate.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-02-05

The company official explained that in this amount is
600 which will be used in the rural areas served
by the company. Expenditures slated high voltage
transmission facilities estimated at So 900 900 In.
cluded in this figure the continuation of on the
100000 volt transmission network the highest voltage
network in the nation.
About 100000 is slated for expenditure on office
and service budins Mr. Furr pointed that since 1850
Appalachian has expended $170OOO000 on improve
ments and expansion of it's system in the FL counties
West Virginia and 30 counties in Virginia
Two generating stations completed during
the five years. the Philip Sporn Plant at Graham Sta
ton, w. Va, which Appalachian Jointly with a
sister company and the 100000 kowatt Kanawha River
plant at Glasgow, w. Va. The addition of these two
plants brings the companys generating capabilities to
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-02-05

Appalachian Electric Power Company will continue
its expansion program during 1855 with an estimate
construction budget Of about $22,000,000
In making the announcement G. l.. Furr, vice presi-
dent and general manager of the company said eve
endeavorng to continue to provide the best possible cleo
trio service to 468 900 Virginia
and southern West Virginia Our aim is to keep ahead
of the demands of customers for electricity"
major item in the 1855 construction budget is the
225,000 kilowatt generating unit being installed at
the Glen Ign Virginia Plant Construction for the unit
began late last year. but about SS50000O will be spent
at the plant during 1855 The unit which will cost
S26 900 completion, expected be completed
the latter part of 1856
About 100000 will be spent additional dis
trbution facilities and the enarging of present facilities
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-02-05
Over Three Million Observe 45th Birthday
Celebration Of boy Scouts of America"

Through many varied ac-
tivities the nations 3,66O,OOo
Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Elk.
plorers and adult leaders
will observe the 45th ami
versary of the Boy Scouts
of America during Boy Scout
Week, Feb. 6-12, with it's
theme, Building for a Bet
ter Tomorrow"
Boy Scout Week is the
largest annual single observ-
'ance by young citizens. Since
Scouting's incorporation in
Washington, D. c., Feb. 8,
1910, more than 22,750, O0U
boys and leaders have been
enrolled.
Boy Scout Week completes
the National Conservation
Good Turn the Scouts have
undertaken at the request OF
President Eisenhower, thei,
A., Honorary President. Mem
bers will report to their
sponsoring institutions and
public officials their accom-
plishments in arousing pub
lie recognition of the need
for adequate protection and
wise management of our soil,
water, mineral, forest, grass
land and wildlife resources.
President Eisenhower will
honor in the White House
during Boy Scout Week, the
~ Boy Scouts and Explor-
ers having the most out
standing records of conser-
walton.
Through the nation Scout
Units which qualified are to
receive National Conserva-
ton Coed Turn Certificates
of Merit awarded jointly by
Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary
of Agriculture and Douglas
Mckay. Secretary of the In
terror.
Most of the nations so 900
Cub Packs with 100000
members will hold Blue ana
Gold Pot Luck "banc" cts"
with each family bril- ging
a part of the menu. They
are the 8, 9 and 10-yecr old
members who follow l'ome-
oentered program in their
homes and backyards
The Cub Scouts will have
-''Let Freedom Ring" as their
Boy Scout Week program,
with the February birthdays
of Washington, Lincoln and
the late Lord Robert Baden
Powell, founder of Scouting,
as subjects of their drama
'tizations and story telling.
Cub Scouts will honor their
older members as they grad
uate' into Boy Scout Troops.
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The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-02-05

identity.
The White House has also
asked Secretary of Agricui-
ture Ezra Taft Benson to
investigate charges of racial
discrimination made against
two of it's Mississippi agents.
This action was taken by
Roy Wilkins administrator
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-02-05
YWCA Notes

Glasses in Ballroom Dane
ing are held each Friday a
4:30 pm. at the YWCA
Both adults and teenager
may participate in t h e S e
classes. For information cal
the YWCA, 2-8456. Instruc
tors ara from the Fred AS
taire Studio.
The Orange Avenue Coed
Chorus has a busy season
ahead, preparing Easter mu
sic, and planning for trips
and their Show of Shows
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-02-05

vorite Hymns" volunteer
prayer aid testimony. Thes
meetings promise to be a
highligiit in the church
weekly services. "Come with
us, we will do thee good"
The group will sing Feb. Is
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-02-05
DC. PHYSICIAN
UNDER ARREST

A Washington physician,
DR.. Cary q. Freeman, and
Mrs. Virginia McAllister
were arrested and charged
with performing abortion
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-02-05

louise Savage
.leerman Library
University of Virgfnia
!herlottesville. Va.
Evening star., 1955-07-30
Elevator Operators, BARRIERS
Pose Problems for Congress

adjustment instead of salary
raise" But Representative Le-
Compile of Wisconsin. ranking
Republican on the House Ad-
ministration Committee. de-
nounced the whole thing. Chair
man Smith, Democrat of Vir-
ginia, said he shared that view.
The hearing brought out that
the barbershop situation at the
Capitol is pretty one-sided. The
committee was told that BARRIERS
working on opposites sides of a
thin partition receive different
salaries. Elsewhere in the build
ing, some BARRIERS rely only on
tips.
Job titles of House employees
may mean many things to many
men. Some BARRIERS, for ex-
ample, are listed as "laborers.
Some doormen are classified as
messengers" Elevator opera
tors on the Senate side get
about $4,000 more than those
on the House side. Snack bar
attendants in the House lobby
are paid salaries but can keep
sales profits and tips, too.
When the Rules Committee
finally bestowed modified
blessing on the bill, Mr.. Smith
remarked: well, none of US in
the House could go back to oui
home districts and be elected or
the basis Of our housekeeping.
Evening star., 1955-07-30

Should an elevator operator in
the Senate get more pay thar
an elevator operator in the
House?
Should some BARRIERS at the
House get less salary than other
BARRIERS working just down the
hall?
Should a congressional type
writer repair man be classified
as a "clock repairer"?
Should a Congressman from
nearby Maryland or Virginia
get as big telephone allowance
as a member from the West
Coast who has to shell out much
more money for long-distance
calls to constituents?
These and other momentous
questions may come up in the
House today on a legislative
housekeeping and salary bill
cleared last night by the Rules
Committee apparently with
some reluctance.
Besides raising the pay OF
many legislative employees, it
would authorize each member to
add about $4,000 and an addi-
tional employe to his present
Office payroll. The limit now is
seven employees and 100000.
| Representative Burleson, DEM
ocrat of Texas, defended the
measure last night as "a salary
Evening star., 1955-07-30
Rescue Plane Snotches 18 From CAT
Ditched at Sea 90 Miles Off Africa

wIESBADEN, Germany, July
80 R.--Eighteen persons, in
cluding IA American airmen,
were safe today after a United
States Air Force rescue plane
snatched them from their sink
ing CAT which ditched in the
Mediterrean Sea.
The Air Force transport plane.
en- route from Tripoli, Libya, to
Athens, Greece, ditched approx
mately 80 miles off the North
Africa coast yesterday.
Within Is minutes after it
made a belly-landing on the
water. all occupants were picked
up by a waiting Air Force SAl6
amphibious rescue plane.
Air Force headquarters here
Evening star., 1955-07-30
Teacher Pay Bill
Goes to President

Congress last night completed
action on the teacher pay bill
and sent it to the White House
for signature.
The cost of the raises for
school teachers anG officers,
ranging from 81 per cent to
1873 per cent. is estimated at
SO, 1861
The measure would raise the
minimum pay for teachers with
bachelor degrees from $3.44O to
1900 and their maximum from
$5,204 to $1,000.
Teacher with master degrees
would have a minimum of $4,000
instead of the present $4,016.
Their maximum would be in
creased from $5,791 to $4,000.
Evening star., 1955-07-30
By ROBERT X. WALSH

Congress sent to the White
House today the bill increasing
the Federal minimum wage to
81 an hour and sped toward
final action on a SIG billion
supplementary fund measure for
military projects and numerous
Government agencies.
Adjournment of the session
by Monday night was the latest
goal, but hopes and rumors per-
sisted for possible windup late
tonight.
House and Senate confereeS
continued to wrestle with a dis
puted money bill for expenses
of Congress itself and pay raises
for many legislative employees.
Another conference committee
tried to iron out differences be-
tween House and Senate ver-
sions of housing bill, particu-
larly on the controversial issue
of public housing projects.
This is what Congress had
Evening star., 1955-07-30
81 Wage Floor Bill
Cleared by Congress

accomplShed-or struggled WIFE
this afternoon:
/. A $1,656, ,625 ,802 supplement
tary appropriation bill recon-
mended by a conference commit
tee was approved by the House,
It awaited expected Senate ap-
proval late today. This bill con-
tanned items for numerous build
ing projects of planning in the
District area and elsewhere
/ throughout the country.
2. A ST an hour minimum wage
bill recommended by Senate
House confereeS and already
adopted by the Senate was ap-
proved without comment by the
House. 1t now goes to President
Eisenhower who originally re-
queSted an increase from the
present rs cents an hour to 80
cents.
8. In swiftly passing almost
200 bills, mainly for relief of
individual citizens. the House
failed to act Immediately on a
measure to declare a 4-year-old
girl, Jane Edith Thomas, a citi-
zen of the United States. The
child was born overseas where
her father, an American citizen,
was serving in the United States
Army in Italy.
Although she was born in a
United States Army hospital in
Italy. immigration Service au-
thorities said legal technicality
when she was brought to the
United States prevented her
from being declared an American
citizen. The purpose of the bill
which the House seemed likely
to consider later today was to
make the McCarran-Walter law
retroactive in her case.
A must" measure to extend
the Defence Production Act which
expires tomorrow, is awaiting
action. 1t has been passed by the
Senate and comes up for expected
House approval today. 1t is re-
garded as being sure of enact
rnent to continue the various
powers needed in mobilization
and similar programs.
The highest hurdle to adjourn
ment hopes was the housing bill
that went to conference this
morning. The House passed it
late yesterday in a form that
Continued on Page Ala, Col. 3
Evening star., 1955-07-30
Cool Weather Seen
For Week End

The cool air which interrupted
the July heat marathon prom
ised to keep the Washington
area fairly comfortable this
week end.
A cool front from Canada and
northeasterly winds held the
thermometer to top of 70 de-
grees yesterday for a welcome
respite from heat.
Today was to be cloudy like
yesterday, the first day this
month that temperatures failed
to reach the 80s. There have
been 18 days of 90-plus read
ingS.
A high near 78 again was
forecast for today after a low
this morning of II.
Tomorrow will be mostly
cloudy with a high around 80
according to the forecast. The
5-day outlook yesterday had
called for warming weather,
with a chance of scattered
thundershowers Tuesday or
wednesday.
Evening star., 1955-07-30
BY ROBERT J. LEWIS

The Government today tight
,ened up on housing credit in q
double -barreled surprise action
that will make it somewhat
tougher for both veterans and
'non-veterans to buy homes.
In Joint moves after Treasury
Department conferences, both
the Federal Housing Admins
Itration and the Veterans Ad-
Iministration raised down pay
ment requirements and short
Iened mortgage terms for homes
financed after today.
Out the window. as the result
Iof today's announcement. are:
/. All no-down-payment mort
gage loans for GIs.
2. All 30-year mortgages. This
relatively long-term financing
spread out repayments to allow
for lower monthly costs. Long
est mortgage term that will now
be available is for 25 years.
Anti-Infiationary
Agency announcements called
the actions "anti-inflationary."
For non-GI homes, FHA raised
Its down payment requirement
by 2 per cent. FILA terms cal
for a sliding scale of down pay
ments, each category of which
will be raised by 2 per cent, a
spokesman said. For CT homes
VA imposed a fiat 2 per cent
down payment. VA never in the
past required that a cash pay.
Iment be made. -
Spokesman said the change
in the mcetgage-term maximum
will have the effect of increasing
the buyers monthly payment by
about 40 cents a month on each
1000 of the mortgage amount
Housing Administrator Alberi
M. Cole and FILA Commissioner
Mason termed the deflationary
step "a mild and temporary pc
Icautionary measure which seeks
to assure that the housing mar
ket will not contribute imitation
AIRY pressures to the economy
S240 on $4,000 Home
In the case of CT purchases,
a house costing $4,000 would
require a down payment of $240
Formerly none was needed.
Evening star., 1955-07-30

went into action and picked up
the men. The CAT sank within
"a short time"
Names of persons aboard the
CAT were not released.
After the survivors were
brought aboard the SA-16, the
rescue plane was too heavily
loaded to take off from the sea.
1t started taxing toward land,
an estimated 80 miles away, at
between 8 and 10 knots. Two
sea patrol craft we're dispatched
to meet it and took off the sur
vivors.
The pilot of the CAT was
Maj. G. l. Gore. The rescue
plane was piloted by Capt. Rufus
Taylor Of the 58th Rescue
Squadron based at Wheelus.
Evening star., 1955-07-30

said that "the rescue went of
perfectly. There were no casual
ties.
The Air Force said that the
CAT developed engine trouble
after taking off from Wheelus
Field Air Base near Tripoli.
"Wheelus Field was immedi-
ately notified by radio and the
rescue plane was sent out" an
Air Force spokesman said here
He added:
THE CAT turned back toward
land but apparently began to
lose altitude. BY the time 1t
was forced to ditch. the rescue
plane was on the scene.
within minutes after the
up by a waiting Air Force SALE
Evening star., 1955-07-30
BY the Associated Press

Four Senators said today they
have asked the Soviet Embassy
here for visas to visit behind the
Iron Curtain late this summer
Other Congressman, too, indi-
Gated they will try to avail
themselves Of the recently dis
played welcome from Commu-
mist leaders to look over Russia
Senators Ellender, Democrat
of Louisiana; Sparkman, Demo-
crat of Alabama; Purtell, Repub-
lican of Connecticut. and Ke-
fauver, Democrat of Tennessee,
said in separate interviews that
they will see Moscow and other
Russian points in September
and october unless they are
refused admission.
Senators Young, Republican
|of North Dakota; Mundt, Re-
publican of South Dakota, anc
Frear. Democrat of Delaware
Isaid they are at least consider.
ling including Soviet Russia anc
Red satellites on official trips.
congressman are taking off for
all parts of the world as soon as
the session ends. Capital vet
Ierans say it's the biggest junket-
ing season in years.
Wants to See Country
Senator Sparkman said he
wanted to go to Russia because
frankly, I want to see the
country, the people and what
ever / can see."
He will be among congressional
delegates to the Interparliamen.
tary Union session in Helsinki
Finland, late in August. Mrs
Sparkman will go with him.
He said Russian Embassy Off
cials here had "been very cour-