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The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-03-05
Gy Dean Gordon B. Hancock
THAT LAST
BEATING!

IT was the boxing profession
that first uShered the Negro into
the "Hg money. circles, and his
latest, Lift into monetary. realms
comes by way of baseball. Cur
rently Willie Mays is. the rage,
and even as: a youth is pulling
down big money as a baseball
great. We are hoping on hope that
the overwhelming praise will not
make him dizzy-headed. If he
can really be spoiled, he is on bis
way; for there is no end to his
praises.
But back TO boxing. Negro box
ers and prize fighters seem to run
to pattern such as rise, reign
and ruin. The ruin of course
means financial ruin, such as
that which overtakes the greater
names and plumbers of Negro pro-
fessional fighters, who have won
international acclaim for their
proves. For some reason the
Negro champions insist on COM
ing back for the last terrible
beating and worst of all they in
sist on going to the financial
dogs, before it is all over.
Let us take the tragic case of
once great Joe Louis. The rise
and reign Of this heavyweight
champion startled the world. Not
in the long and brutal history of
boxing has there risen anywhere
such phenomenon as Joe, Louis
from Alabama. His course was
a knock-down drag-out one, and
to his credit be it said, he made
his course through boxing's realm
a respectable one.
Not in all his halcyon days did
Joe Louis make one major mis-
take, nor did he say the wrong
thing. His modest "T-glad-I win"
or another lucky night" mark
ed him as young Negro of such
becoming modesty that the world
in its heart cheered the Brown
Bomber to the echo.
His earnings, some say. amount
ed in toto TO about So million,
none Of which seems In tangible
evidence. Joe was pitifh In his
last ring appearances. He insist
ed on coming back for that last
beating. He insisted on being q
fallen, broken idol, on being re-
membered not as on pedestal
but low In the dust OF defeat.
Then came @Sugar Ray. the
worlds "Sugar Ray" about whose
pugilistic prowess reamS have
been written. Ray, the perfeca
lightning machine, insists like Joe
on going back for that last beating
OF course, Joe was not supposed
to be overtaxed with financial
abilities; and when he came upor
financially evil times. we coulc
understand, but Sugar Ray wa
different. He was not only sup.
xaac<d On no financially xxypx1I nf
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-03-05

humiliate and embarrass their
admirers. They insist not only in
going down; but in way to let
their admirers down. How diff
ferent with the White ex-cham-
pion such as Gene Tunney and
Jack Dempsey who retired at the
peak of their careers and remain
in the minds of the boxing pub
Lie as great heroes. 1t is doubtful
if Dempsey at his greatest could
measure with Joe Louis; but
Dempsey like Tunney retired
when retiring was good. And so
in the twilight of their great ca
reers they look good in the eyes
of the public. Why do Negro prize
fighters insist on going broke
and coming back for that last
terrible beating?
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-03-05

Mrs. Campbell and her family
have just recently moved In this
lovely home which they purchas-
ed thru Fair Realty. The Camp
bell family originally resided in
Tuskegee. They came to the Mi
ami area for a vacation and fell
in love. with our town, disposed
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-14
Mary Strong

What do you like to hear
about best of all? What is
the Notwithstanding subject
a person could take to please
you? I'll tell you, yourself.
Yes. Go to the world over
and you will find people ev-
erywhere interested particu-
larly in themselves.
This being a fact, you will
realize that if you would be
pleasing, you must take a
subject that appeals to your
nearer, namely, himself. If
you grow weary of this line
of talk, just encourage him to
talk of himself In fact, hold
your tongue. Now we have
made a full circle and come
back to the starting point. =
The art of pleasing. If you
would be devastatingly
pleasing just Hold your ton
que. Voltaire puts it like
this: "Do you possess the art
Of holding your tongue? Then,
you possess all the talents of
pleasing"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-14
Phony Money
Coshed Here

Be on the lookout for stolen
money order forms Nos @
92,279,605 thru 2-92, 27O,sOO
Several have recently been
passed in amounts from
$500 to $4,000 in Mass
achusetts. Various names have
been used. Usually a New
York Chauffeur's license bear
ing a picture of the passer
is presented as Identification.
# one Of these orders is pre-
scented, keep the order and
Identification, detain the per-
son and notify police at once.
If not possible to detain,
follow him and try to obtain
auto license number. Notify
local Post Office Inspector at
once.
MILWAUKEE The largest
percentage of beer drinkers
81 per CENTS found in the
2l-to-40 age group, q new
study shows. This is also the
group that consumes beer
most frequently. Fify-three
per cent in the 40-to-60 grour
and SO per cent over age &C
drink beer.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-14
Hints
BY NINA TEMpTT

BY NINA TEMPLE
If you would Danish your
wrinkles you should know
what causes them. One thirg
the years, old age. The skin
dries out, becomes thin and
brittle. Loses its oils and sue
cumbs to folds, and folds
make wrinkles.
Now, if you would have the
smooth, firm skin of youth
you must put oil into it. The
best way to put it there is
through massage, always using
an upward and rotary move
ment.
With this information, you
can move forward to the COM
ing years with confidence
composure and security as
you will be armed against
the encroachment of beauty's
great enemy wrinkles.
WISE SAYINGS
Il grow old learning some
thing new every day"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-14

Williams, that he wanted
his good luck message
read to the players. Or at
least to have them in
formed he had sent the
wire.
Higgins did neither.
And you can be sure that
Williams wonders why.
Higgins has already made
some of the mistakes he pro-
missed. For example. He bench
ed Faye Throneberry for a
couple Of days when he was
red hot. and has kept him
in there after he has become
stone cold.
He ordered Piersall to take
two strikes with the bases
loaded the other day, with
weak-hitting Billie Klaus on
deck. Piersall took two as or
dered, and was then called out
on a controversial third strike.
The Sox have not suffered
seriously by either of these
managerial mistakes, and
many others.
But when he crosses tenn
peramental Ted Williams, the
consequences could be severe.
Baseball needs Williams, if
only for the excitement that
enters the game when he ap-
pears on the field.
From the Red Sox point
of view exclusively, right
now he's worth his weight
in gold.
Ted's bat provides ter
rife psychology in favor
of the Sox. Whether he
hits a homer or strikes
out, he gives the rival
pitcher the filters.
And the filters is some
thing rival pitchers haven't
had for sometime when
they look over that feeble
list of Red SOx hitters.
Piersall and Jensen admit
their batting average zoom-
ed forty to fifty points last
year after Williams had cor
rected their weaknesses.
The other day Piersall was
talking about it again. I'm
doing something wrong but
the one guy who could cor
rect 1t isn't here to help"
Yes. for all his faults the
Sox do need Williams bad.
And knowing Mike Higgins to
be a nice guy, let's hope his
bad judgement in handling
the Williams incidents does
not make up Ted's mind to
stay in retirement.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-14
MUSIC CIRCLE
BY PsUEDORA
CUNNINGHAM

one OF the most unusual
happenings in this concert
season was a young artist who
got Boston critics excited. And
exciting Boston critics is real
ly something! And the artist
who aroused lin them that
Where have you been all nv
music review life feeling "
was the brilliant Mezzo-So-
prano, Ruth Ellison, who made
her debut with the Cecilia
Society in Jordan Hall on Nav
q Miss Ellison has that Iu-
minous quality of greatness
and love for her art which
makes her a Joy to behold on
the stage. I have seen only
a few artists with that same
aura of greatness which she
possesses. They are Roland
Hayes Lily Pons and Myra
Hess. And like them her in
born musicanship, gift of in
depreciation and unusual ease
of performance capture and
entrance all who hear her.
When she walked on stage
with the Chorus, her queenly
carriage and the Joy of mu-
sic in her face readily gained
attention Of the audience. The
first utterance of her rich,
warm tones in Vivaldis Clio
ria Mass compelled responsive
ness in each listener. Her rare
gift of confidence is I'M
matched. When Miss Ellison
sang Grenados' GoyescaS in
duet with Mr.. Dewitt, she
draped a red shawl around
her shoulders which added a
dash of color in coincidence
with the flamboyant music.
A superb actress as we'll as a
distinctive artist, Ruth Ellison
gives music a new flavor. Her
joint recital with her hus-
band Henry, Bass-Baritone.
next season in Jordan Hall
promises to be grand event.
CLARENCE CAMERON
WHITE, eminent composer,
was a recent guest in New
Orleans, La, where his Hal
tian Opera Ouanga was per-
formed in Xavier Auditorium,
New Orleans. Mr.. White,
whose music is being program
med by orchestras, recitalists
and opera groups received i'm
pressive ovations from capa-
city audiences. Delta cas-
Air Lines set up a "Ouanga"
window display at their off,
ces a week before the two
performances. An exhibition
of poetry and student and
African art in the library foy-
er were viewed by many pa
irons attending "Ouanga".
ROLAND HAYES, world re-
nowned tenor, who has just
returned from a highly sue
cessful concert appearance in
Jamestown, NY, is scheduled
for Boston Symphony Hall in
October
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-14
Does Williams Still
Like Mike Higgins !?


doesn't like a guy, all the
rocks on Gibraltar couldn't
change his mind.
He's hated Boston sports
writer's for years. and
never once mellOwed from
his bitterness.
If possible, he hates Lou
BOudreau even more. Ever
since the day BOudreau
conceived the Williams
shift, their friendship was
a thing of memory.
This shift not only cost Ted
a lot of valuable base hits, but
it hurt his pride to the core.
Boudreau defed him to hit
TO left field, and William could
not face the challenge.
He was too intelligent to ad-
NIT defeat forever, of course,
and before long he was bounc-
ing them with authority of
the left field wall.
But the injury Boudreau did
to his baseball average was
still Seething inside. Anc
when Boudreau came to man
age the Sox, Williams greet
ed him with a GOODNESS that
never lost its sting.
Boudreau was the kind OF
guy who would not mess
around with prima donnas.
He made him play in
double-headers; shifted him to
second spot in the lineup.
and even benched him on one
occasion when he wasn't pro-
ducing needed hits.
For all Of this, Williams
vowed he would never again
play for Boston while Bou-
dreau was manager.
Under one pretense or
another, BOudreau was re-
leased and Higgins was
called up to succeed him.
Everything looked ROXY
after that. Williams lauded
Higgins in off -season con-
verSation as fine gentle
man and a smart man
ager. 1t would be a plea
sure, he said, to play I'M
der him.
But how does Williams
feel about Higgins now?
It's hard for Higgins to
explain why he failed to
show his players the wire
from Williams wishing
them good luck.
And if he preferred not to
use 1t in a locker room
pep talk, how simple it would
have been to release the con-
tents to reporters.
It will be recalled that
Bobby Doerr sent a similar
message to Fenway Park this
spring and the front office
lost no time releasing the en-
tire contents of Doerr's letter
to everybody in the Sox or
ganization, including the play
ers.
Well. there was the first
press conference that Hig-
gins held with the scribes af-
ter signing his contract to
manage the Sox.
"The big leagues are new
to me as a manager" Hig-
gins told them. "I've got to
feel my way around, and
while / am learning the ropes
I am certain to make mis-
takes. I hope you will over
look them. I promise you ]
will not make the same mis-
take twice"
Making a mistake in
handling tempermentaI
Williams, however, is far
different than making the
wrong decision during a
game.
There's no doubt in the
minds of those who know
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-14

LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO
- Bound for the ionosphere the
Nays Viking Rocket #12 blasts
off the floor of the New Mexican
desert at White Sands proving
ground near here. A blast Of steam
is created when the rocket engines
exhaust hit a deep cement pit
(partially filled with water) near
the launching stand. This Viking
scared l44 miles during a primary
experiment conducted to investi.
gate the thermal barrier, which
has succeeded the sound barrier
as a major problem in supersonic
fight
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-14
Wealthy Once Had
Painted Snuff Boxes

During the heyday Of snuff
contamination, a great many
containers were necessary to
carry ones snuff in, so that,
they were made in the form
of pockets, bags, mulls, bottles
and lastly boxes.
The Indians carried their
tobacco in small skins or lea
ther bags sometimes decor
ated with colored beads pain
ted pictures or colored thread
ed motifs.
In Europe, however, snuff
was first carried about in
small snuff bottles.
These were made of a va
riety of materials such as
bone, wood, ivory, silver OF
gold, horn, walrus tuskS, pot
terry or other metals.
Snuff boxes vary in size, de-
pending on the user. Milady
carried a tiny delicate box in
her handbag while snuff
boxes kept on the parlor table
were rather large.
They were rounded or OBJ
long in shape, sometimes they
were oval. They were also
made to represent various
objects like tiny shoes and
boots, cats, human heads,
fishes, turtles, flies, bellows
fans and kindred articles.
Artists of world fame were
often hired to paint minia-
lures on the covers of snuff
boxes for special orders.
During the Queen Anne pc
Rod, many snuff boxes ap-
peared in beautiful designs,
TortoiSe-shell was q naterla,
used a great deal for making
snuff boxes and they were de-
corated with many designs,
some including events OF To-
cal interest.
In Paris, a snuff box APP
peared dated in 1773 portray
ing a particular bai!on ascen-
sion. Papiermache was anoth-
er popular material used for
snuff boxes; it was light vel
durable.
It's surface was adaptable
to the painting of designs and
proved most popular. Papier-
mache is made Of layers upor
layers Of thin paper paste
with lacquer and some china
clay mixed in for strength.
The material is pressed and
moulded in desired forms, and
is then finished with rotten
stone and given a coat Of var
nish.
In 1740, two brothers by
name of Martin, went from
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-14

POLIO is nearly licked. Now
let's all pull together and give
a donation to lick cancer.
1t can be done.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-14
Continued From Page One

Continued From rage One
This may have been so last
March, when Williams was ex-
pected to arrive in Sarasota
with the coming of every
plane. General Manager Joe
Cronin was waxing enthusiasm
along those lines and encour-
aged the baseball writer's To
believe that Ted's family pro-
blems would soon be over.
But Mike Higgins appar-
emily does not possess the
tolerance and patience of
boss Cr0nin.
When weeks went by,
and brought no sign of
Williams, Higgins could
stand it no longer.
He expressed his open
disappointment at Ted's
delay in reporting to the
S0x camp and made it
known he would not wait
much longer.
BY waiting, Higgins ma
turalIy meant that the day
was close at hand when
he would cross Williams
from his scheme Of things
and get himself set with
another left fielder.
This pop-off by Higgins was
soon suffering over the news
service wires to all corners of
the globe, and eventually ar
rived, you may be sure, at
Ted's fishing camp in south
ern Florida.
1t must have hurt his pride
to read that Higgins was set
ting a time limit on his re-
turn to action. But publicly, at
least, he said nothing.
Then came the more recent
controversy over Williams
good luck telegram to the
Red SoX players.
For reasons of his own, If
there really was a reason,
Higgins neglected to show
Ted's telegram to his team.
1t was only during a
chat with sports writer's
about Williams that Tom
Yawkey mentioned the
telegram, as sort of proof
that his 100000 star was
still interested in the Red
SOx fortunes.
Mention of the telegram
sent the scribes rushing
to Higgins for ~ con-
firmatiOn and ~ for some
explanation why the man
ager had not read it to
the team.
Higgins brushed of the
queries by saying he had stuck
the telegram in his pocket
and had intended reading it
In the locker room some day
when the team was out west.
But the team has finished
their tour of the west and 30
far as the players know, viii
liams' telegram has never left
pocket.
These two incidents may
not have the slightest bearing
on Williams decision to play
baseball or remain in retire
ment.
You may be sure, however,
that the attitude of Higgins
does not set well with a player
of Ted's well known tempera-
ment.
When Ted decides he
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-14

IT'S A FACT that local news
paper ads bring the best
results.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-05-14

Germany to Paris at which
time they joined a paper-ma-
ker and they made some love-
ly snuff boxes and by 1854, a
particular type Of durable
translucent and brilliant var
nish was produced by the
firm.
They kept their secret of
manufacture however and the
product became kno as Yer
mis- Martin. There were a
number of snuff boxes in the
Essex Institute of metals,
others of horn, papier- mache
and ivory.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-11-01
Mrs. Hambleton
Dies In Columbus

Word has been received here of
the death of Mrs. Sara Paulsen
Hambleton of 1901 Olentangy
Blvd, in Mt. Carmel Hospital,
Sunday. Mrs. Hambleton, a for
mer West jefferson resident, was
a native of Santiago, Chile, and a
graduate of Santiago College in
1890. She was the widow of James
Chase Hambleton.
Surviving are four sons, Wal
lace of Col lum bus, James of
Brookville, Md, Edison of Wash
ington, D. c., and Carlos of Day.
ton; four daughters, Mrs. Frank
Warner and Mrs. H. l.. Van Bus
kirk of Columbus, Mrs. Paul
Logan of Camden, N. j., and Mrs
Hugh Pohlman of Spencerville.
o.; IL grandchildren, and six
greatgrandchildren. Funeral serv-
ices will be held at 2 pm. We'd
nesday in Schoedinger funeral
home, 229 E. State ST., Columbus,
where friends may call after 2
p. m. Tuesday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-11-01
Two Break-Ins On
Weekend In Area

The Sheriff's Department re-
ported two more break-ins over
the weekend, with losses amount
ing to more than $500.
The Thomas Equipment Co. at
Lafayette was entered sometime
Sunday, and the thieves made off
with hand tools valued at an es-
timated 5000. The exact amount
of loot was undetermined, but
the thieves were interested only
in tools, according to the report.
At Plain City, the B and B
Grill was broken into sometime
after / p. m. Saturday night. The
thieves smashed into the music
box and the cigarette machine.
Owners estimated the loot at $10O
in cash.
The sheriff reported the inves-
tigation still in progress on both
lohberies.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-11-01
1949 Accident
Case Settled

Common Pleas Judge Gerald A.
Baynes directed the jury to return
a verdict in favor of the defendant
in the case of Charles A. Hunter,
administrator of the estate of
Clarence Leo Weese, deceased, VS..
Wendell Mckinney, on Tuesday,
November /.
The case arose out of an accident
which occurred at $50 am. on
June 19, 1949 Mckinney and
Weese were riding in a car which
crashed into tractor-trailer truck
on the S curve on Route 142, 6
miles east of London. Weese was
killed outright and Mckinney suf-
fered serious injuries. The suit was
originally filed on May Is, 1851, %
days before the statue of limita-
tions would have affected it. On
December ID, 1854, the case was
dismissed for want of prosecution.
On December 81, 1854, the case
was reinstated and finally came to
trial on October 81, 1855.
The plaintiff based his claim for
S25,00O on the Guest Statute" in
Ohio law, which provides that in
juries or the death of a passenger
in an auto must be caused by the
misconduct of the driver.
Judge Baynes pointed out that
the plaintiffs case did not prove
this misconduct, and that such a
case could not be based on "a mere
error of judgment"
The plaintiff was represented by
Jackman and Nichols, the defend
ant by Richmond and Richmond.
A further case is pending in the
same accident for funeral expenses
arising out of the death of Mr..
Weese.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-11-01
GiIIivan Named
Jury Commissioner

Common Pleas Judge Gerald A.
Baynes has appointed Ralph F.
Gillivan, life long resident of West
Jefferson, who recently retired
from the hardware business, as
the republican member of the Jury
Commission of Madison County to
succeed the late o. J. Ray, Sr., of
Mt. Sterling, who held the post
over 26 years. At one time Mr..
Gillivan was Deputy Clerk of
Courts, during the term of Wilbur
Hume of London who with his
partner operated mems clothing
store in London.
Due to the fact that relatively
large number of persons have re-
Gently requested the judge to ex-
cuse them from jury service, Judge
Baynes is directing The Jury Com
missioners to notify all persons
drawn from the jury wheel to re-
port to them for the purpose of
ascertaining the prospective jur-
or's qualifications and their ability
or inability to serve as a juror.
The statutes provide for the
commissioners investigation, but
it has not been the practice in this
and most other small counties
heretofore. Common Pleas Judges
throughout the state, because OF
the request of prospective jurors
to be excused, are requiring Jury
Commissioners to pass on the right
of a person to be excused from jury
service. This practice has long
been followed in the larger, many
of the medium and few of the
smaller counties of the state.
Madison County Jury Commiss-
toner's have been receiving $4,000
a year as their compensation.
Judge Baynes has changed the
compensation to $500 per diem.
1t is estimated that the commiss-
toner's will receive six to seven
days pay per year or a compensa-
ton between $4,000 and S175.OO
annually in the future.
Harry P. Beathard of London
has served as the Democratic
member of the Jury Commission
since 1914.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-11-01
Judge Directs Verdict For
Defendant In Jury Trial
Mary B. UmpIeby
Dies On Monday

Miss Mary B. Umpleby, 70 years
of age, died on Monday evening at
Grant Hospital in Columbus at
about 6 pm. She had been taken
to the hospital from her home at
113 North Walnut ST., London, at
about a pm. Monday.
Miss Umpleby was born in Jack
son County on March %, 1882, the
daughter Of Jackson H. and Chris
tina Offenbacker Umpleby. She
had been a resident of London
since 1920, and with her sister,
Myrle, operated a seamstress shop
here. She was member of the To-
cal Methodist Church.
Survivors include the sister, two
nieces, Mrs. Ora Smith of Grove
City and Mrs. Harold Higgins of
West Jefferson; and two nephews,
Mr.. Herman Christman of Grove
City and Mr.. Herbert Christman of
near London.
The family will receive friends
at the Schlechty-Fichner Funeral
Home from to 9 pm Tuesday
and from to and 7 to 9 pm.
Wednesday. The funeral will be
held at the funeral home at 1920
am. Thursday, the Reverend Shen-
efelt officiating. Graveside services
will be held at Beaver, Ohio at 2:30
pm. Thursday.