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The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-03-17
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Booker Washington Birth
phse, n Va deliberations, OF
the 10Oth Anniversary of the
great American educator and
builder of goodwill between
the races, Booker T. Wash
lngton, who was born slave
in 1856, will begin here April
9Th, it was announced today
by Sidney j. Philips, Presi-
dent of the Booker T. Wash
lngton Centennial Commits
sion.
President Eisenhower to
Get First Cachet
First Official Booker T..
Washington Centennial Post
marked Cachet with album of
SO stamps will be presented
to President Dwight d. Eisen-
hover. Members of the Cabi-
net, the Senate and House of
Representatives will receive
first-day covers, as we'll as
Governors of the forty-eight
States, said Mr.. Phillips.
Issuance of the Sc COM
memorative stamp begins a
year-long celebration of pub
lie service events designed to
rekindle an interest in the
life and contributions of one
OF Americas foremost cham
pions of inter-racial harmony
and goodwill.
Special Cachets
Following the announce
ment today by the Post Office
Department that the stamp
will be sold first at the birth
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-03-17

%, at 500 pm, the Adult
Department will sponsor a
Night of Games bridge, Pr
nochle, w hist plus table
games). Prizes galore, with
food and a special door prize.
G eorgia l.. Cheatham.
Adult Pro gr a m Director !;
Grace E. Moore, Teen-Age
Program Director, Orange
Avenue YWCA, phone 2-8456.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-03-17
Local Chapters Links and

hOSdi SudptcIS LINKS anu
Girl-Friends Sponsor Program
On Thursday mornin g,
March %, at II o'clock, the
r o anok e Chapter of Girl
Friends, Inc, and the Roa-
noke Chapter of Links, Inc,
will present at the Lucy Adj
olson High School, Roberta
Basnett, soprano, in song re-
cital.
Roberta Basnett is a native
of Philadelphia, Pa. Her nat
urally appealing voice early
attracted favorite notice in
solist work with chur C h
choirs, civic and school
groups.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-03-17
"A Closeup View alabama
Editorial in the CoroIino Times)
COPY
COPY

COPY COPY COpv
A Preview of the Declaration of Segregation
When IN the of human events it becomes neces
Say TO abolish the Negro proper methods should be
used Among these guns bows arrows sling shots
and knives. e '''
We hold these truths to be self evident that all whites
are created equal with certain rights among these are life
liberty and the pursuit of dead niggers
In every stage of the bus boycott we have been op
pressed and degraded because of black. smy uicv
bearaby sinking niggers The conduct should be dwet
upon because behind them they have ancestral
ground head hunters and suckers
My friends, it is time wised up to these black devils
ten you they are group of two legged agators per-
SiSt IN walking and down protrudng their
black lips. If don't stop helping these African flesh
eaters we will wake up and find Rev. King in the
White House. 49, 100 49, WV
Let's Get the Ball White Citizens
The Book Declaration of Segregation will appear
April 1886 If this appeals to be the book
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-03-17

DR.. E. d. Downing is in
Chicago, ILL.,, attending the Ma
tional Council of Presbyterian
Men. The organization, in it's
eight years, has 240O chap
tiers and over 100000 men.
DR.. Downing, a member of
the Executive Committee, re-
presenting the nine Southern
States, will address an area
section during this convoca-
ton. The meeting dates are
March 16, IL, Is, 1856 at Chi
cago, Illinois.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-03-17
Mother& Daughter Banquet at YWCA

The annual Mother-Daugh-
ter Banquet honorin g
mothers and daughters of the
C o m m u n t y, will be held
Thursday, March %, at the
Booker T. Washington Junior
High School from 700 until
to Rev. Hunter with lovely
gifts because, as one member
put it, che has done much for
us and at great personal sac
rifice."
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-02
Politics Will Not Ignore YOU
BCWC Members Are Told By SnOddy

John R. Snoddy. Jr., Of Dillwyn.
president of the Fifth Judicial Cir.
cult Bar Association. was guest
speaker at meeting of the Buck
in2ham County Woman's Clu b
Thursday. October IS. The meeting
was arranged by the welfare de-
partment CT the club with Mrs. r. j.
jones chairman.
The main speaker was preceded
by song rendered by Carolyn Lee
Sueur.
The subject of Snoddys address
was The Woman's Vote.
They are just natural born house
cleaners and they take that habit
with them to the polls said the
plllWyn attorney. referring to wom-
en- voters He pointed out that Wom-
en- may be registered in one party
but will vote for the popular candi-
date regardless of party, thus caus-
ing political ''house-cleaning :"
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-02
Caben Memorial
Changes Name

AT recent meeting of the Caben
Memorial Association it was decided
to change the name OF the Caben
Memorial Foundation The commit
tee of DR.. william Cabell Moore. of
Washington. D. c.. president, Mayo
Cabell. Of Charlottesville. treasurer.
and Randolph Cabell. of Covington.
secretary. were reelected
The foundations purpose is to re-
store and preserve the Cabell GENE
terry on Liberty Hall farm, where
Dr. and Mrs. William Cabell, the
first Of the Cabell family to settle
here. are buried
They came from Warminstar.
England, about 1924 Dr.. Cabell. an
English physician, received the land
by grant from the king. II is still
in his descendants possession. The
two Cahell homes in this vicinity.
Liberty Hall and Edgewood, have
beth been destroyed by fire. The
town was named for Warminster,
England where Dr. Cabell was
born
This was trading area with an
old mill. part of which still stands,
some business houses and re S j.
donces. q church and a Masonic
Lodge The village was destroyed
and never rebuilt when Sheridan
made his raid up the James River
valley during the War Between the
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-02

month and is available to the
public. David Newton is editor Of
the paper
The following delegates from
| the S. c. A. will attend the S. c.
A. district meeting in Farmville
November 9: Jack Blanton, Ruby
Higgins, Edith Peasants. Charles
| Womack, Gwen Foster. Louise
Johns. Betty Jones. Margaret
Johns and Judi Duncan. the dis
trict secretary.
Glass officers include. senior
class: Richard Brannan. presi-
dent: Drue Noel, secretary. Judi
Duncan, treasurer; and Edith
Peasants, S. c. A. representative
Junior class: Kelly Riddle, pres
ident; Bill Peasants. vice-presi-
dent; Freddie Carnage. secretary:
Jean Rowan. treasurer; Betty
Jones. S, c. A. representative;
and Barbara Johnson, reporter.
Sophomore class: Edmund Gar
nett. president Johnny Asal
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-02

Baker as Ed Brushett, and Bob
by MuIphey as Frank Marstcn
are reporters. and Charles Wom-
ack is the attendant.
The remainder Of the cast is
made up of witnesses Mary Vo-
gel. DR.. Freda Milgram; jimmy
Cooke. Captain Thomas Quinn Of
the police department.; David
Stuart, manager Of Hotel May
dell: Gwen Foster as Minnie
Strausson. hotel maid: Margaret
Ann Jefferies. Eve Vuonne, show
girl; Joyce Ortel, Rose Malone;
Pat Joyce. Policeman Irene Holt;
Frances Warmer. Mrs. Sarah Lor-
riSOn
The prompters are Betty Jones
and Ruby Higgins. The rest of the
Dramatic club members are on
the jury or are spectators.
This year the Seniors are pub
fishing school paper. The Duke
Echo" 1t is being sold on the first
and third Wednesdays of each
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-02

and patient fight on the part Of
women e d erS The nineteenth
amendment was ratified in August,
1920 to allow women the right to
vote. The rest of the qualifications
as to voting. such as age. literacy
test and poll taxes are left to the
States Snoddy added quickly as if
to jealousy guard the rights re-
served to the states.
After the long struggle to obtain
suffrage rights. it is somewhat
ironical that so few women take an
interest in politics.
Few Women Voters
Sncddy said that the population
Of Buckingham according to the
1850 census was 1928 people. In
1858 there were only 800 women
voters who had paid their poll
taxes, and some OF these were not
registered. 80 you can see that
there is much to be done by the
women of this county if they desire
to have their proportionate say in
our government. county. state and
nation
On the brighter side. Snoddy stat
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-02

ed that since January OF this year
los citizens have registered. OF the
total. 81 were men and 48 were
wcmen. In the county there are
1913 white women registered and
l54 colored women registered for a
! total Ct 1912. However. many Of
these have not paid their poll tax
In suggesting what can be done
by the local clubs, Snoddy made
several suggestions. He said that
The chib members should not be
afraid to approach the local elective
officeholders. delegates and sena-
tors. However said Snoddy, These
gentlemen are all busy men and
they would like fer you to n O "
whereof you speak and have some
thing constructive in mind to rec
ommend to them"
STAY Informed
Another suggestion by Snoddy
vas to appoint member Of the
Club to keep the members informed
as to pertinent legislation in the
General Assembly.
Remember. warned the speak
e.. you cannot escape politics. II
| involves you whether you wish it Oh
not-reaching into your pay enve
lope for weekly tax. reaching into
your city water and into your
child's education and your parents
security, reaching into the way vol
run your business. the speed witt
which YOU drive your car, the agt
your son is drafted. the safety
your daughter may enjoy on the
city streets. Ignore politics if yot
will but politics will not ignore
you' he concluded.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-02

vice president: Ann Agee, secre-
tary-treaSurer, Rice Hoe. S. c. A.
representative. and virginia
Moore, reporter.
Freshman class: Norris Wood.
president, M argaret Whitlock.
vice-president. Byron Agee. sec
rotary: Aubrey Collins. treasur-
er, Patsy Carnage. S. c A. rep
reSentative. and Coleman Good
man, reporter.
Eighth grade: Joyce Martin.
president: Ann Reynolds. vice
president; Lee Weatherford. sec
rotary: Dot Goodman. s. c. A.
representative ana Betty 10
Rousch reporter.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-02
Cumberland High
School News
BY BETTY JONES

The Dramatic club play. The
People Versus Maxine Love-" will
be presented November I6.
In the cast are Mabel Cooke
as Maxine Lowe. the defendant;
Eldridge Blanton as Hathaway,
defense attorney; David Newton,
as Cas-, states attorney; Judi
Duncan as Jessalyn Meredith, as
sitant to the states attorney:
Tommy Reynolds as John Wes-
ton, judge Dickie Vaughan, as
court clerk; Kitty Farmer as court
reporter; Penny Harrison as Alice
Jackson. prison maSron: Latane
States.
A total Of 1886 50 from about Is
contributors has been received for
the restoration. repairs and upkeep
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-02

The 20 per cent rise in consump-
ton OF coal by electric utility com
panies in 1855 emphasizes anew the
economy and dependability of coal
as fuel and recognition that U S
coal reserves are adequate to meet
any and all future demands.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-11-02

Snoddy pointed out that suffrage
or women came only after a long
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18

Democrats for 90: Republicans for, So;
total voting for. 1871.
Democrats against. 20; Republicans
AGAINST, 90; total voting against, 172.
Total voting, 1888.
Paired for t34): Hays, Ohio; Edmond
son; Mccormack; Celler: Mcdowell:
Landlord; Kirwan; Aufuso; Buckley;
Mollohan; Bowler; Roosevelt Donovan;
Sheppard; Tumulty; Walter; Keogh:
Miller, Calf; Moulder; Powell; Byrd;
Flood; Eberharter; Feighan; Boiling, and
Perkins (Democrats): st. George; Saylor:
Taylor. and Hoffman. III. Republicans.
Paired against t34): Alexander: Rog-
ers. Texas; Williams, Miss; Barden.
Chatham; Fountain; Durham; shufford;
Garlyle' Rivers; Winstead; Bonner:
Deane; Davis, Tenn; Davis, Ga; Long.
and Thornberry (Democrats); Jonas,
N. c.; Wilson; Hoffman,; Allen; Dondero;
Scudder; Gamble; johnson; Kearns;
Velde; Rogers, Mass: Miller, N. Y, and
Gwinn (Republicans).
Absent or not voting, SO; vacancies, !;
total membership, 436
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18

sition and questioned The Stars
reporting that Representative
Broyhill, Republican of Virginia,
had agreed with question from
Representative Hinshaw. Repub-
Ilican of California, that lit
would almost appear there had
been afoot a conspiracy to cause
a revocation Of the franchise of
1.-THE Capital Transit Company.
Mr.. Heselton said. II do not
think he did" He asked if The
Star was charging that men,
bers OF Congress are en-
gagged in a conspiracy"
Mr.. HeSelton declared, "Who-
ever in that press gallery wrote
that story or whoever rewrote it
downtown wants this bill
passed SO much that they are
attempting to smear and lie
about the members of this Con-
gress or there has been gross
negligence"
BrOyhilI Agrees
! Mr.. Broyhill said he had
agreed with Mr.. HinShaw there
was a conspiracy and that he
was referring to the District
Commissioners, the Public Utili-
ties Commission and the union
BOSSES"
Representative Dingell, Demo-
crat of Michigan, asked Mr.
IBroyhill to name the conspira-
tors. saying. "I'll like to join
them"
Mr.. Broyhill said he had
identified them and declared, II
can add several other groups
Including one of the newspapers
here in town, namely, the WASH
Iington Post and Times-Herald
who have been just as anxious
as any one else to get the man
agement of the Capital Transit
ICo. out of town"
Mr.. Heselton also accused The
Star of disappearing him by
saying he was leading the
House fight" against the restora-
ton bill. Il am simply express
ing a lone dissenting voice here,
and ! was the only one signing
the minority report and they
know it," he said.
Despite his sponsorship of the
public ownership bill, Mr.. Hesel-
ton also accused The Star of
misrepresenting him by saying
he was supporting public
ownership"
He insisted he was against
public ownership" and hoped
that we would find a satisfac-
tory and competent and financi-
ally able and experienced group
+. who would come and take
this over and operate it."
Then he asked, "Why are they
lying? I do not know. Maybe
l am too reSentful of it,"
Apparently referring to tele-
phone call by a Star reporter
to an acquaintance who is a
Washington correspondent for
Boston newspapers, asking about
Mr.. Heselton's labor record, Mr..
HeSelton declared:
They went into my district
(the first congressional district
of Massachusetts, to try to find
out whether I was a tool of
labor unions. Well, they found
out l was not"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
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wrecked, three by explosions.
The fourth merely crumpled "like
a tin can you'd step on" a fire
man said. Also destroyed were
IA barn behind the storage depot
and an Office building.
Fireman Decapitated
Levin Steele, a volunteer fire.
man from Galena, said that as
he headed for the blaze he was
showered with debris. Trees
were knocked down and glass
fell all around me-" he said.
State Police Corpl. Walter E.
Kulley said Mr.. Loller was nearly
|decapitated by flying debris and
Mr.. Brice was fatally burned in
the second big explosion. Mr..
Brice's wife was at Kent-Queen
Annes Hospital awaiting an OPP
leration at the time of the ex-
Iplosion. The operation was post
Iponed.
Bill Usilton of the Kent
County News identified the in
jured as Mr.. Steele; Noah Skin
ner, Sudlersville: Walter Long,
Chesapeake City; w. C. Cooling,
Chesapeake City; Harry Caleb,
Chesapeake City; Merritt Col
Inns. Chesapeake City; Aston
Wright, Galena, and Herman
Boshell, Millington.
Treated at the Kent-Queen
Annes Hospital for minor in
juries were George Hough, a
school teacher who was burned
while helping to fight the fire,
and Susan Cochran, 4, Mr..
Cochran's daughter. Mr.. Coch-
ran ran back to his restaurant
to get his family out when he
saw the high octane tank was
about to blow up. Susan fell as
they fled from the restaurant.
Several other persons were
treated for lesser injuries by a
doctor at the scene.
Nearly two years ago, on July
"a, an explosion and fire
wrecked a fireworks plant at
iChestertown, killing IL persons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
Blinded RieseI Asks Probe
Of Labor Underworld

NEW YORK. May ID o.
Victor Riesel, crusading labor
columnist blinded by an acid
attack, urges a congressional
probe of "the underworld of the
labor movement"
At a hospital news conference
yesterday, six weeks to the day
after an unidentified assaillant
threw sulphuric acid into his
eyes. the 4l-year-old syndicated
newspaper writer said:
There has got to be a Federal
investigation of labor racketeer-
ing which infests unions.
1T should be by friends of
labor. like Senators Paul Doug
las, Irving Ives or Styles Bridges,
or their counterparts in Congress.
If it is carried on by men of
good will it will command the
respect of both sides and the
mobs can't say they're being
prosecuted by the Government"
Can Hear and Feel"
Wearing white surgical pads
over his eyes. Mr.. Riesel gestured
vigorously as he talked with
some so newsmen.
I'm not sensitive about the
fact that I'm blind" he said. Il
can't see but I can hear and l
can feel"
Mr.. Riesel, saying he expected
to leave the hospital early next
week. added:
THE day after I leave will
return to my Office and my type
writer and will bang out my COL
umn as l always have"
For the past 10 years Mr..
Riesel has been labor columnist
for the New York Daily Mirror
and about 100 other newspapers
throughout the Nation.
Il will write my column as
long as people will read it," Mr..
Riesel continued. THE same
underworld crowd that hit me
will be the same underworld
crowd will continue to fight.
They have not scared me.
They blinded me, but it will not
keep me from writing the same
type of column as before"
Praises Meany
Mr.. Riesel said he was not in
dieting all unions, and he praised
George Meany, president of the
AFL-CIO. Mr.. RieSelS column
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18

has been continued by his staff
while he was in the hospital.
THE waterfront is not the
only place you have a tough
mob" Mr.. RieSel said.
He specifically mentioned the
Union of Operating Engineers,
the construction trades, and the
garment and teamsters' unions.
Early April S Mr.. Riesel had
Just emerged from a Broadway
restaurant, accompanied by Miss
Betty Nevins, an assistant, when
an unidentified assailant threw
acid in his face.
Only an hour earlier, Mr.. Rie-
sci, in a guest appearance on a
radio broadcast, conducted inter-
views with rebelliods members of
a Long Island Operating Engi-
neers Union local. The union
assertedly has a long record of
extortion and dictatorial rule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
TITLE OF MISS AMERICA 1888
AT STAKE IN $4,000 SUIT

ATLANTIC CITY. N. j. H9-The Miss America pageant
Mrs. Marilyn Meseke Hume and Clare James is
the official Miss America 1885,"
legal squabbe has cropped up the title with Mrs
Hume seeking to enjoin Miss James from using Miss
America 1888" in indorsing cosmetic.
Mrs. Hume now married to arlines pilot also has
filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court for $4,000
damages.
Lenora S. Slaughter director of the pageant said yes
teday Mrs. Hume recognized by the beauty contest
quarters Miss America 1898.
"Marilyn Meseke was chosen Miss America by legit
mate panel of judges, Miss Slaughter said. Miss James
the runnerup."
The current confusion Miss Slaughter sad stems from
involved ixup after Marilyn Meseke selected
winner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
Senators Call
For Speed on
New Airport

The Commerce Department to-
day was under a directive" from
the Senate Interstate and For
eign Commerce Committee to
adopt a high speed program"
for construction of second air.
port for the national Capital.
A Commerce Department
spokesman said it would comply,
but questions Immediately arose
as to whether this meant an ap-
plication Of funds for the Sec
ondary airport site near Burke,
Va.
On this point the Senate
Commerce Committee statement
was somewhat vague, although
10 of its Is members signing
the majority report agreed with
the statement of Gen. Milton w.
Arnold. of the Air Transport AS
ISOLATION. that the site at Burke
was the ideal site.
Senator Monroney. Democrat
of Oklahoma, head of the Trans
portation subcommittee of the
Commerce Committee, said he
regarded the action of the SEN
ate committee as a direction to
the Commerce Department to
proceed with the construction of
the needed extra airport for
Washington.
He said the Senate committee
had not specified just where
this should be built. He noted.
however, that it had vetoed
suggestions that it might be
Andrews Field. and that the ma
jority of the committee had
agreed the site at or near Burke
was the best available"
All Is members of the Senate
Commerce Committee agreed
there was urgent need for ex-
pansion of air travel facilities
for Washington.
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Washington of continued public
transit service after August IA
Opponents commended it would
serve only to reward an investor
who had made 339 per cent on
his investment since 1949.
Representative Harris, Demo-
Icrat of Arkansas and chairman
of the Commerce subcommittee,
said enactment of the bill was
the only chance to smooth the
way for possible purchase of the
Wolfson interests by a local
syndicate headed by Daniel w.
Bell, president of the American
Security and Trust Co. Mr.. Bell
has suggested that etc buy out
Mr.. Wolfson with the proceeds
of a bond issue on CTC real
estate. Representative Brown.
Republican of Ohio, insisted the
etc franchise should be allowed
to die, and suggested a new fran
chise could then be issued to the
Bell group after it buys etc
equipment.
Illinois Split
Illinois Democrats split on the
issue, with Representative Yates
denying a suggestion of Repre-
sentative Mack, a member of the
subcommittee, that he was OPP
posing the restoration because
he had regarded it as an at
tack on the Chicago Transit
A u t h GRITTY. Representative
IOHara, Democrat of Illinois,
branded the measure as the
most aStrocious piece of traction
legislation ever presented in a
legislative body" The measure
would grant several concessions
which supporters commended were
offered earlier by the District
Commissioners to any other pri-
vate operator.
Representative Smith. Demo-
crat of Virginia and chairman of
the powerful House Rules Com
mitee. as well as a senior men,
Der of the District Committee,
backed the bill, warning that
I'VE shouldn't set up a system
under which Congress would be
supervising all the details of a
public authority" He contended
that, whenever a bus driver lost
his job, he would be on the Hill
trying to get it back.
Representative Hyde, Republi-
can of Maryland, opposed the
House restoration measure, in
sisting that Capital Transit wants
to sell out and has no inten-
ton of operating" and that the
Nationwide pattern is toward
public ownership, since private
operation can no longer yield a
profit.
Mr.. Heselton, a member of the
House Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Committee who had
filed a minority report dissenting
from the groups plan to restore
the etc franchise. also failed in
an effort to substitute for the
measure a version of the Senate
passed interim public ownership
bill.
He accused The Evening Star
OF twice disappearing his po-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
With Pleasures?

BOSTON (P. Depends on
your business The booking
!sergeant's desk in a Dorchester
police station has this sign-in
large letters-facing the public !:
Smile.