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The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-07-21
Many Tickets Sold
For Cotton Ball
BY DIT, EsTELLE BROWN

The Daughter Elks of Greater
Miami Temple No. 769 are quite
busy selling hundreds of tickets
for the much talked about an
nual Cotton Ball to be held Fri
day, July 81, $50 pm. at Harlem
Square Ballroom.
Dts. Hester Rivers, Gertrude
Smith and Sarah Smalley are talk
ing care of reservations which
should be made now. "Mr. Good
Time Johnson" and his band will
furnish music for the occasion.
The brothers from Greater Mi
ami Lodge No. 1113 will serve as
host. A kitchen will be set up by
the mistress of social session and
delicious eats will be on sale.
Three cash prizes will be awarded
to the ladies wearing the pref
test cotton and is adjudged by the
committee. y
We are very happy that DIT. Enid
Reese is up and out, and very
sorry that the Temple was not
notified of her illness. We were
glad to see DIT. Meline Fitzpatrick
last week. Don't stay away so
long, DIT. Fitzpatrick. DIT. Myrtle
Davis made an excellent talk
converting the National Assoc
iation of Colored Women's Club.
We salute the entire group and a
special salute to our DIT. Myrtle
Davis who is the state president
DIT. Lille Isom and DIT. Thessie
Robinson took a bus ride with the
Eastern Stars. SO did Sister An
mis- Thompson. Sunday, July %
will be the birthday of DIT. Dep
uty Marie White. We are plan
ming to call on DIT. White about
pm. Sunday. DIT. Ruler Ellen
Taylor keeps very busy both day
and night. Now briends, if you
have not purchased your ticket
for the Cotton Ball you better dc
so now.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-07-21

On June % Olive Virginia
Smith and Roland Livingston
Johnson were united in marriage
by Rev. Nathaniel F. Clark at the
home of the brides mother.
The brides waltz length gown Of
white French chantilly lace, NY
lon over satin was styled in a W
neck with Scallopes, the skirt was
flared with a wide row of chantilly
nylon lace in the center with a
wider flare at the bottom. The
bride wore one string of pearls
and carried a bouquet of white
carnation and pom-poms design
ed for her by Flower Lane.
Mrs. Beulah Horton was matron
Of honor for her sister. Her b.l-
lerina length gown of baby blue
net taffeta had lace shirred
bodice and a matching lace demi-
Jacket. She wore pink acceSsor-
les and carried pink carnations.
,Lakue, sister of the bride and
Maxine Johnson, sister of the
groom were bridesmaid. Lakue
was attired in lime nylon and
lace over taffeta with yellow ac-
cessories, while Maxine wore
pink nylon ruffles over taffeta
with blue accessories.
The wedding party stood before
an altar of palms, candelabras
and baskets of pom poms, fern
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-07-21

Mr.. Eugene l.. Cooper purchased this beautiful g.
bedroom CHS home for his mother while he is away in
service The property is located in that lovely
at 2431 NV 59th ST. The sellers Mr. and Mrs. An
drews. Mr. Grafman and Mr. Martin cooperated in
pletng this transaction thru Fair Realty PL 71645
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Theodore Roosevelt the Presi-
dent: 81 told william Mckinley
it was a mistake to nominate
that wild man at Philadelphia.
asked him if he realized what
would happen If he should die.
Now look, that damned cowboy
is President Of the United
States"
And what did happen? It
was entirely due to the resolute
action Of that damned cow
boy" that the worlds greatest
engineering feat, the Panama
Canal. became a reality, and,
during his incumbency, those
wise economic policies we're
adopted which gave birth to
the industrial giant that this
Nation has become today.
We should not repeat Han
mas error and sell Richard
Nixon short because Of his
youth. Old Reactionary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
Worst?

Motorists probably will al
ways complain about roads.
just as they do today and as
they did a half a century ago
when the automobile was COM
paratively new. On August
"a, 1906. The Star reported:
Augustus Post, a New York
millionaire, arrived in Wash
ington yesterday in his steam
touring car. (He) came
directly from Richmond, trav-
cling a distance of 1876 miles.
Mr.. Post said that the roads
between that city and WASH
ington were the worst he en-
countered in all his automo-
bile travels throughout the
United States. The object Of
his expedition is to locate a
good highway between the
capital and Norfolk, and it is
Mr.. Posts intention to find
the most practicable and easy
route, without consideration
of the distance. For this rea-
son he and the members of his
party will return to Richmond
tomorrow by the Harpers Ferry
and Shenandoah Valley route.
which, it is said, affords fairly
good roads over the entire
distance, although this round
about way measures $50
miles. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
Lost Cause

One would think that any politician
other than Harold Stassen-with the
possible exception Of Harry Truman
would be ready to throw in the sponge
and abandon his Herter-for-Nixon cam
paign.
A Gallup poll earlier this week showed
that "a per cent Of the Republican voters
favored Mr.. Nixon, while IA per cent pre-
ferred Governor Herter. In view Of this,
how would 1t make sense, politically
speaking, to drop Mr.. Nixon?
A little later came an even more
devastating blow. Governor Herter is
sued statement saying that the contin-
ued use Of his name as candidate for
Vice President was entirely unaccept-
able" TO him, and that he would ask TO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19

President Theodore Roose-
welt was showing enthusiasm
for simplifled spelling, at least
in Government documents, so
years ago. On August "a. 1906,
The Star reported, in a dis
patch from the summer White
House at Oyster Bay, N. Y:
President Roosevelt has in
dorsed the Carnegie spelling
reform movement. He issued
orders today to Public Printer
Stillings that hereafter all
messages from the President
and all other documents
emanating from the White
House shall be printed in &C
cordance with the recon-
mendations of the spelling re-
form committee. headed by
Brander Matthews, professor
of English at Columbia Uni
versity. The committee has
published a list of 100 words
in (which the spelling is re-
formed. The list contains such
words as thru and tho as
the spelling for through and
though -"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
Beer and Baseball

Beer is being sold at Griffith
Stadium for the first time in
many years. What ! cannot
understand is why good clean
game that so many people en-
Joy has to be spoiled in this
way. The people enjoying the
game who drink beer but who
have been going to the ball
park would have continued in
the future as they have in the
past even II no beer were sold.
1t is those who do not drink
beer who must suffer. There is
nothing worse to me than the
odor of a beer breath.
Another thing. Often during
the playing Of a game the COM
petition reaches q high pitch.
Persons, excited over the game
and spurred on by the alcoholic
content Of the beer which they
have taken, can become very
unruly and sometimes a haz-
ard to those around them who
do not think as they do. Does
this contribute to the good
sport Of our national pastime?
Sarah B. Lynch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
IWhew!

Washington was having
weather troubles a half a CEN
fury ago. On August 6, 1906,
The Star said: Like the hot
breath from furnace was the
brief but vivid description of
the prevailing heat wave as
given by q crossing policeman
today as he stood in the middle
of the roadway with perspira-
ton streaming down his SUM-
redeemed face. Following the
intense heat of yesterday. when
the thermometer at Affieck's
Pharmacy reached the 100
mark at 4 o'clock in the after
noon, sleep was rendered al
most impossible last night by
the oppressive conditions, and
many persons remained in the
open until this morning. Set
tees in front yards we're utilized
in a number Of instances, while
a number Of persons spent the
hours Of darkness in the pub
lie parks. AS soon as the
sun arose this morning. the at
mosphere commenced to warm
up in a much higher degree.
The story said that by 2:30
o'clock that afternoon. the
mercury rose to 103 degrees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
Experiment in Industry

Some old and honored names In
American industry are Joined in an UNI
usual working arrangement by the agree
ment worked out between Curtiss-Wright
Corporation and Studebaker Packard
Corporation. The former, product OF
merger in 1929 Is one of the Oldest and
biggest firms In the aircraft and engine
manufacturing industry. The latter, rep
resenting a two-year-old merger in the
automobile industry, traces its ancestry
to a wagon-building shop established
more than century ago. In their pres
ent form, as well as in their earlier ones,
all parts of the new combine have suffered
periods of economic crisis. At this point,
Curtiss-W Wright is enjoying a period OF
record-breaking prosperity traceable to
new management and production diver
sif1cation policies inaugurated in l949.
Studebaker-Packa reSorting to its
merger in 1854 as means Of combating
the overpowering competition of the Big
Three, has been fighting steadily losing
battle in it's field.
Under their new arrangement, Cur
tiss-Wright will pay $35 million for pur-
chase or long-term lease Of several
Studebaker Packard plants In these, the
aviation company expects to place about
5000 million yearly in varied defense
orders. In turn, the automotive company
will concentrate its own operations in its
South Bend plants-using the $35 million
primarily for operating capital and draw
ing upon Curtiss- Wright for additional
management counsel. AS further factor,
Studebaker will have access to research
material and techniques developed by the
Daimler Benz company of West Germany,
while the latter will be given production
rights on certain Curtiss- Wright products.
There is no assurance, perhaps, that
this rather complicated relationship will
succeed in one of its detectives, that Of
keeping Studebaker- Packard alive as a
corporate enterprise In the automobile
industry. There are, however, several
favorable factors-including the quality
Of Wright management, adequate
capital and the beneflt Of the German
developments. 1t is, In any case, an mag
NATIVE effort to combine strength with
relative weakness, to combine new skills
with old and to keep some well-known
names in business. The results will be
watched with interest by many others
than the stockholders In the concerns
involved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
Research

Washington was getting a
reputation as a scientific CEN
ter so years ago. On August
Z, 1906. The Star reported an
other step forward. The story
said: with the completion Of
plans and the formal issue Of a
building permit today from the
Office Of Building Inspector
Ashford, a long step forward
was taken toward realizing for
Washington the new institu-
ton for scientific research
growing out of the Carnegie
Institution Of Washington.
Ground for the proposed group
Of buildings was purchased
some time ago on the heights
near the intersection Of Twen-
ty-ninth and Upton streets
northwest and the permit is
sued today was for the first Of
the group that will ultimately
ornament the site. In the
plans It Is specified as the
geophysical laboratory. and 1t
Is TO cost t75.946. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
Stowuwuy

The problem posed by q
stowaway on a tramp freighter
so years ago was indicated in
the plight Of the captain of a
schooner unloading at the
Washington docks. The Star,
on August Ia. 1906. reported:
Joseph Williams. a native Of
the West Indies, who came to
this city as a stowaway, es-
capped from the schooner upon
which he was being held. pend
ing his return to Trinidad. at
about ! o'clock this afternoon.
The engineer OF the boat
FASTENED to the fourth precinct
station house and reported the
matter to police. The latter
sent out a general alarm to all
the precincts OF the city. After
being returned to the schooner
yesterday from the fifth pre-
cinct station house. Williams
was put TO work under guard.
What TO do with Williams was
a problem Capt. Mohr was en-
deavoring TO solve this morn
ing. in view Of the fact that
the schooner will not sail from
this city for fifteen days. Capt.
Mohr consulted United States
Commissioner Arson s. Taylor
as TO what he should do. It
was explained that when 1t
sails from here the schooner
will carry q cargo OF coal 70
Boston. 1t Is not known where
the boat viii be sent from
the Hub. 80"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
Foreigners Perspective

We Americans take our po-
litical campaigns and national
conventions, with all their good
and their bad, to be Just part
OF our great American way Of
life. Yet, have we stopped TO
think what the effect Of these
conventions might be on a for
eigner?
I recently overheard a Mex
lean diplomat say this in re-
gard TO our national political
conventions:
I'm these troubled times 1t is
most important that the
United States maintain her
valued prestige among nations.
Propagandists. though. using
certain parts Of the wide COW
erage given these conventions.
could easily convince the un-
educated masses that there II
political unrest and disunity In
America. which, Of course. Is
untrue" Richard 3. Lykes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19

a worthwhile message but with
q skinny margin.
Now, like an ideal book, your
life and mine win depend for
It's richness and for its use
fulness not only upon what is
written at the center of each
page. but on the kind of mar
gins we keep. OF course, to
have ample margins around
life's pages something worth
while has to be written at the
center. For instance, a margin
of leisure finds its significance
in the toiling objective to
which a life is dedicated. If
margins are to be significant
there must be work which
keeps faith sane and strong;
there must be put into the
fugitive fragments Of every
day such quality of work as
snail make us unaShameQ
when the day is over and all
the days are done.
OF course it goes without
saying that even in the midst
Of relentless schedules there
must be kept a margin for
reading. With all the enrich
ment that comes to the fami-
lies Of the Nation through the
modern hearing and seeing
miracles of radio and televi-
sion. there is no more perth
nent question to be faced than
What is all this doing to the
reading habits Of our people?"
1t is nothing less than a tragedy
when no wide margin is left
for books with beauty and
power to strengthen the soul,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Measuring Margins

Each man, each woman, is
an author. The title Of the
book that is being written by
each Of us is This Is My
Life" AS in every volume.
it is being produced one page
at a time. The record Of each
day is a page. For conven-
fence, as the leaves are so
swiftly added, one after
another. the period of q year
is usually thought of as con-
shutting a volume. But the
new page which each dawn
turns is the paramount thing.
So far as all the preceding
pages are concerned, they are
finished. What we have writ
ten we have written. No re-
greet or remorse can cancel
half a line. But the glorious
thing about life is that each
day is a new beginning. When
morning gilds the sky it is an
unmarked page which lies
there, waiting for us to write.
Now there is nothing more
important about that first
page than the margins which
encircle it. There is no more
searching or revealing ques-
ton than How wide and bright
are the margins you keep and
guard?" AS tall a spiritual
stature as America has pro-
duced in the past 100 years is
Phillips Brooks, the kindly
preacher who belonged to
Boston and to the world. AS
just a little overflow of his
rich life we have the loved
Christmas hymn, 20 Little
Town of Bethlehem" Several
churches in the National Capt.
tai have recently lifted him
up in pictured glass or in
carved figures. OF that one
whose influence seems to grow
year by year, though it has
been more than four-score
years since his voice became
silent and the mourners went
about the streets, somebody
said Phillips Brooks kept the
margins to his life and did
not crowd its pages to the
very edge" All acquainted
with the record of that glor-
ious life know that he toiled
terribly. But because he jeal-
ously guarded the margins he
managed to escape the entan-
clements Of work which so
disastrously crowd the lives Of
too many Of us with slavish
devotion to routine.
The statement that this
spiritual genius did not crowd
life's pages to the very edge
somehow brings us a glimpse
Of the sort Of books one loves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR

His story said: Travelling in
space carries with it a peculiar
fascination. OF all the fields
of human activity, there is.
perhaps, not one to which
there is attached so much
charm, or in which the adven-
lures are more varied and
thrilling. ! do not mean to
imply that travelling in the air
is a dangerous sport. AS a
matter of fact, it is anything
but dangerous. ! know men
who have made, one OF them
600, another almost 900. and
yet another $500, ascensions
and all these yet live to tell the
tale. Statistics show. that in
proportion to the number en-.
gagged in the two sports. there
are more persons killed in
yachting than in balloon
ing. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19

DDS (all schools differ; little
uniformity in the SYSTEM.
administrators. the binding.
inflexibility of our school
budget, etc.-let the committee
find it. and then let's hope
that Congress follows through
to make necessary changes to
improve our school achieve
ments. Parent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
Good Start on Suez

Although the world would be well
advised to keep on keeping its fingers
crossed, the Suez crisis definitely seems
to be yielding to the counSels of reason
and common sense. At any rate, judging
from its opening sessions, the 22-nation
London conference has had promising
and hopeful start. Thus, in terms of
language at least, verybody-including
Soviet Foreign Minister Shepilov-has
spoken in a mood of moderation and CO.
operation, and if this temper continues
to prevail, real progress toward a peaceful
settlement should certainly be possible,
If not probable.
Speaking for our own country, Sec
rotary of State Dulles has led off the
discussions with persuasive proposal
that would establish an international
operating uthority-aSSociated with the
United Nations-to maintain dependable
guarantees insuring against any inter-
ruption to free passage of shipping
through the Suez Canal. This idea, which
would give Egypt key role in running
the vital waterway and which would also
amply protect that country's sovereignty
and economic interests, is basically in
President Nasser-who is boycotting the
London talks, though he has a personal
observer in attendance-is fatty opposed
to such an arrangement, and Russia and
India have indicated that they are
generally In agreement with him.
However, despite what may seem to
be the irreconcilable differences involved
in the issue, the significant and encour-
aging fact is that all the contending
parties have given the strong impression
that they earnestly desire to find COM
promise that will be mutually satisfactory.
The position of Egyptian President NasSer
remains vague up to this writing, but it
has not ruled out the possibility of
reasonable solution. And at least equally
heartening q Is Mr.. Shepilov'S attitude
despite his somewhat chilling rejection of
the proposal for an international board.
Certainly, If his words may safely be
taken at face value, the Kremlin Is as
anxious as our own Government to find
a solution that will head off the danger
Of an explosion in the Middle East. And
midas views-even though at odds with
our own and those of Britain and France
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the troubled SueZ waters.
It is important, of course, to keep in
mind that the present improved situation
could take turn for the worse within
a matter of hours. Yet the fact remains
that the current conference has had an
suspicious beginning, particularly because
of Mr.. Shepilov's temperate attitude and
his emphasis on the Soviet Unions desire
to cooperate in working out sound
settlement. Such settlement, of course,
would be in the best interests of all the
nations most concerned, whereas none
would gain from a continuing disagree
ment that could lead to armed violence.
That fact, if it really dominates the think
ing of everybody at the London talks,
should be decisive enough to pave the
way, sooner or later, for mutually salts
factory guarantees. In any event, reason
itself presents interchangeable arguments
on that score.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19
THE GAME OF POLITICS
Fading Light Of Two Stors
BY FRANK r. KENT

of candidates, there were plen-
ty who heartily disagreed with
the greasy eulogies that ap-
peared in the press and went
out over the air.
For example, while there
probably we're many who ap-
plauded the description sent
out of Mrs. Roosevelt's smile
by the Associated Press as re-
sembling a searchlight. illumi-
mating the dark rooms and
warming the hearts of those
able to bask' in it, there were
a good many Democrats, be-
sides independents and Re
publicanS, who regarded that
smile as the self-satisf1ed
smirk of a female politician
who has done a great deal OF
harm to the country. In the
same way, Mr.. Truman was
pictured as a great statesman.
a great President and an as
tute, discerning party leader.
To many Democrats, inde-
pendents and all Republicans
he seemed not only, as Mr.. B.
M. Baruch once remarked, a
rude, crude, ignorant little
man." but an extremely con-
ceited and i'm m cd st one.
rather reckless as to facts and
full of vindictive prejudice.
Basked in Limelight
Yet these two figures cap
tured the headlines for fully
half of the convention. Now
that it is all over it can be
seen that neither really exerted
anything like a determining
influence upon results. True,
they stirred things up" and
they got wide and favorable
advertisement, but they did not
run the convention or dictate
the ticket. In all probability
this will be their last taste of
public political sunlight. They
have practically basked in
their last. Four years from
now Mrs. Roosevelt and Mr..
Truman will both be rs. They
"shot their bolt" in the recent
convention and it turned out
for neither of them to be
much of a bolt. In 1960--if
they are here-the procession
will have passed them and
their publicity value will have
greatly shrunk. OF the two, it
must be said that Mrs. r. has
more political influence on the
whole than Mr.. T. because her
voice is the most potent
in the country among the
Negro voters. And it should
be. This is a pregnant fact
which white Democrats of the
South never seemed properly
to realize.