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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
Club Plans
Party. at
Fort McNair

The Army surgeon general,
Maj. Gen. Silas B. Hays, and
Mrs. Hays. will head the re-
ceiving line next Saturday in
the ballroom of the Oficers'
Club. Fort Lesley j. McNair,
when the Women's Club Of
the Office of the Surgeon Gen.
eral entertains at its first
evening party this season.
From 7 to 8 o'clock mem
bers of the club and their
husbands will pass down the
receiving line, which will also
include Mai. Gen. and Mrs.
James P. Cooney-he is deputy
surgeon general-and Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. Elmer w.
Young, the latter the clubs
president.
There will be some very
unusual decorations and the
scheme is being closely guarded
by the committee. The party
is the first of two such affairs
sponsored by the Wives Club.
The second will be a dinner
dance and floor show to be
given in April.
Others assisting with the az
fair who will attend, and their
husbands, include chief Of
the Medical Service Corps, Col.
Bernard Aabel, and Mrs. Aabel;
Col. and Mrs. Thomas A.
Carilia, Col. and Mrs. Albert
j. Glass, 1t. Col. and Mrs.
John P, Ransom, 1t. Col. and
Mrs. Sturgeon H. Neel, 1t.
Col. and Mrs. James w. Dean,
1t. Col and Mrs. Ersel E.
Martin and Mai. and Mrs.
Frank D. Thompson.
Promotion Party
Army Nurse Corps and Med
zeal Specialists will hold the
spotlight tomorrow from 6 to
8 o'clock when 16 recently pro-
NOTED members of the Corps
entertain in the Ballroom Of
the Officers Club, Walter Reed
Army Medical Center.
The honoreeS will wear
white camellias and they in
clude 1t. Col. Alma o. Eidsaa,
1t. Col. Hilda M. Lovett. 1t.
Col. Ruth A. Robinson and 1t.
Col. Dorothy L. Seymore.
Also in the receiving line to
greet the nearly 600 invited
guests will be the newly APP
pointed Majors, Ida B. Aver,
Virginia M. Cook, Iris v. Craig,
Jessie E. Crawford, Anastasia
E. Gianarakos, Anna McCabe
Hays, Josephine M. Ognibene,
Ethelyn M. Preecs, Maud M.
Smith. Ida Strickland, Sadye
u. IraVer and Almyra M.
Watson.
Post Graduate Course
At the Army Medical Center
there will be a postgraduate
course for Army Service Corps
personnel and the Army Nurse
Corps. The course begins to-
morrow and lasts until Friday,
December IA.
On Tuesday from 5 to Z
o'clock in the Officers Club,
at the Walter Reed Army Med
ical Center there will be a get
acquainted party for the visi-
kA~e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
Souteed Almonds

Saute almonds in butter
when you are using them in
entrees and with hot vege-
tables. Stir them often so they
become an even golden brown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
the gift that grows lovelier with use
STERLING FLATWARE
byTowIe

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as it grows loveIier with use.
Whether you're choosing q pot
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Prices shown ore for 6-Piece place
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LENOX CHINA GIFTt

From our collection Of little Gift Jewels"
with famous lenox beauty and trans
Iuscence we show theseiot modest prices:
A. Leof dish, 7" in diameter, white,
trimmed in gold. sos
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B. Small she'll bowl, 6" long, White with
touch Of gold Cos
c. Devon bowl flares out to 6" at the
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White with golden accents. 395
E. Bud vase, 8" high, white with
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sos
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with platinum rim. 7.95
g. 9" Gothic vase, pink or white with
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H. 9" Regal vase, in white or pink with
gold; blue with platinum accents, 1926
j. Colonial pitcher in pink, white or white
with gold SOS
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TODAYS RADIO
HIGHLIGHTS

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phony Orchestra Concert:
Howard Mitchell. conductor;
Beethoven. Egmont Overture;
Mozart. Symphonic Concer-
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War: An eX-vaudevillian uses
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Great McGarry."
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$3.50, WMAL-BeSt Bands in the
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10000, WWDC-Pan American
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l0:05, WGMS-Record Library:
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Mexico: Couperin, Prelude,
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Bouts: Chuck Speiser, light
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Rowan. heavyweight battle at
the Detroit Olympia in a ten
rounder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-11
TODAY'S TV
HIGHLIGHTS

1900, WTTG ~ Dangerous
Assignment: A hate cam
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sends agent Steve Mitchell
into intrigue.
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starring Roddy Mcdowell.
500, WRC (4)-Screen Direc-
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adaptation of Robert Louis
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Betty, Girl Engineer"
900, WTOP (9)-The Million
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900, WRC (N-TV Theater
Edward Arnold costars with
Glenda Farrell. Victor Jory
Elizabeth Montgomery and
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successful businessman and a
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1000, WTOP (9l-U. S. Steel
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enter the arena of televislon
with minor fears in Funny
Heart, Imogene Coca stars
1000, WTTG 80 = Inspector
Mark Saber: In a nightmar-
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her beautiful sister with a
thin strand of wire and be-
comes a suspect when her
sister is actually murdered i'll
that manner. Tom Conway
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1000, WMAL (1-Wednesday
Night Fights: joey Rowan
meets Chuck Speiser in a To-
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from Detroit.
1l:l5, WTOP 81 The Late
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The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-05-19
Eight Chances 10 Win
A.. Council !! I !. Seat
(EDITORIAL)

The two Negro candidates for Roanoke CITY Council
at Ilrst looked upon terrible mistake, now being
haled as blessing in disguise. With four vacancies on
the Cy Council to be filled in the June election one Negro
caddate would have four chances win whereas with
Two Negro candidates running, Roanoke will have EIGHT
CHANGES to elect Negro to the Council
In the beginning nothing could have been more con-
sng TO the voters than to have two Negro candidates
race one would automatically defeat the other When
was MADE plain that each voter will be required to vote for
-FOUR OF the Ii candidates, it like turning light on
III dark ROOM Since each voter has the privilege of
Tor Tour OF the ID candidates. surely every Negro will
oe Tor the two Negroes and then two white candidates.
Is now the talk OF the town. This proof that the Negroes
Irst concern to elect of group to the CITY Council
In the beginning it predicted that the Negro would
never Understand this new turn in Roanoke politics and
would split the Negro vote by voting for one of the
Negro candidates and others would vote for the other
But we had faith in the intelligence of the voters and we
fsked our political future their race pride and
ZION with one seeking to open this of official service
to our people. ~ 80 WV
tuesday June IL, what is wrong with voting for two Me-
groes IL we have 1000 votes here what is wrono
Win gvng each Negro those votes? When he crosses
e ralr0ad 1T is most likely that them and possibly
ut WIN PICK up enough votes to be elected That would
put Roanoke way out in front of every city town or village
throughout the South in her democratic government We
IKE 70 thnk that the early opposition my candidacy was
uue 10 misunderstanding Now that the reader of this
artce as well as all other qualified voters understand
~ oe Inc uuty OF every voter to vote for four NAV re-
dates. = ~ WV WV iNesio caiui-
When am elected there is so much can do for neone
OF consderatlon Therefore, in soliciting YOUR vote
anu influence 90 so in the spirit of Abraham Lincoln
Tno slo - 90 the very best know how the very best
i, can and mean to keep doing so until the end IF
the END brings out all right what is said against me-
won't amount to anything the end brings me ont wron
zen anges swearing was right would make no difference
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-05-19
Former Secretary duplicates Powell

said she had spoken to some
one and that was the way
she wanted her tax filed.
Ford said she told him she
had spoken to Congressman
Powell and then told him she
wanted her tax report filed
in her maiden name.
Ford said that he warned
her that it was wrong, and
then she told, him the. money
did not belong to her and she
didn't want to mix it with
her income. She said she
would only get the refund.
She said the money belonged
to the Congressman.
Ford said he filed two re-
turns for Mrs. Dodson, from
1913 to 1850, adding:
II continued to warn her it
was the wrong thing to do,
especially at a time when a
congressman was indicted for
kickbacks.
Mrs. Dodson was Wash
ington secretary to Powell in
1916. She is the third of
Powelps former secretaries
to be indicted on tax evasion
charges. Two male secre-
taries have pleaded innocent
and are awaiting trial.
Mrs. Dodson also served
as business secretary to the
Abyssinia Baptist Church in
Harlem, pastored by Powell.
This job repeatedly pays
$500 per year.
Congressman Powell could
not be reached for comment
on the affair.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-05-19

chanics and Farmers Bank in
Durham.
Earlier, DR.. Harry T. Penn,
president of Burrell Memorial
Hospital Association, COM
mended the sacrifices of the
community which made the
new building possible" 1t
presents a "real opportunity
to serve" he added.
DIR. L. G. Downing, super
intendent emeritus and CO.
founder, gave a brief history
of the institution which was
started in a two-story house
on North First Street. He
expressed appreciation to the
late j. B. Fishburn and Glen
d. Johnston for their early
support. "'~-
We've had two kinds of
citizens in our Embarrassing
campaign" DR.. Downing con-
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-05-19

Walker with his problem,
they, and several other Ne
groes, went to the registrars
office again. They were APP
parently ignored for a long
time. Finally, Atty. Walker,
who refused to go unnoticed
any longer, walked into the
registrars office. The reg
istrar vigorously protested,
but Walker remained, reply
ing that a registrars office
was the same as a polling
place and should be open to
observes. When questioned
as to why he refused to reg
lister Francis, he replied that
Francis failed to answer his
question on the state con-
stitution, this time substi-
tuting power" for the word
force" Walker then told
him that the question was
improper, because it was one
OF law, but the registrar in
sisted that he was entitled
to a satisfactory answer to
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-05-19

self-sacrificing member. Her
activities in regard to the
church program include at
tending Sunday School, men,
bership with the Senior
Choir, the Board of Deacon
esses, and the Pastors Aid
Club of which she is a former
president. Mrs. Barringer's
membership in these organi-
cations does not prevent her
active participation in the
special projects which are
sponsored annually by the
church.
Her oldest son, E. T., Jr.,
is product of Columbia and
New York Universities, New
York City. He possesses
great musical ability, and
while studying in New York,
worked in the field of music
at the No. 8 Precinct School,
and at the Alexander School
for Boys in Brooklyn. He
served in the armed forces
during World War II. Be-
cause of his deep faith in
God, developed and nurtured
by his mother, he was able
to courageously face an i'll
ness which interrupted his
studies, and is now about
ready to resume them.
James Gilbert received ex-
cellent scholastic ratings
from Lincoln University, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, and
New York University. His
studies wer interrupted by
the Army. This did not prove
a hindrance, because James
too, had received the type
of training from his Christ
ian parents which compelled
him to serve wherever he
found himself. With this
background, and a God-given
talent for music and dramat-
les, James gave the soldiers
of his companies at Camp
Rucker, Alabama, and Fort
Bennnihg, Georgia, healthy
relaxation and something to
look forward to. This was
Continued on page four
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-05-19
BurreI| Memorial Dedication

Dedication of the new Bur-
rell Memorial Hospital was
held Sunday, May 13, on the
hospital lawn. President John
TT. Wheeler. Mechanics and
Farmers Bank, Durh a m,
N. c., gave dedicatory adj
dress. He mentioned the fill
ing of an urgent need in the
life of the Negro, by the es-
tablishment of this new CEN
ter for efficient medical serv-
ice."
Wheeler, who also is an
attorney in Durham, N. c.,
paid tribute to those who "la-
bored with determination
through uncertain and trying
years" to place the hospital
in a position "to render a
highly competitive medical
service to the general pub
lic." He is president of Me-
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-05-19
High St. Baptists Honor Mothers

Mrs. Anna Robertson was
honored as Mother of the
Year" for the High Street
Baptist Sunday School on
Mothers Day. Mrs. Robert
son is the mother of IL liv-
ing children, and z of these
are members of High Street
Baptist Church. They are:
Mrs. Clarence Davis, who
now resides in Washington,
ID. c.; Miss Evelena Robert
son, City; Miss Anna Robert
son, Virginia State College;
John and James Robertson,
Misses Ruth and Joyce Rob-
ertson. The latter four are
enrolled in the Roanoke Pub
lie Schools. The five children
residing in the city are active
participants in the Sunday
School Program, the Youth
Council, the Angelic, Junior,
and Radio Choirs, and the
Church program in general.
Mrs. Robertson is an active
Deaconess of the church, and
an excellent supporter of all
phases of it's activities, as
well as the church projects.
The Sunday School Mother
for 1866" was presented a
beautiful potted plant by the
Church School.
A program, under the di-
rection of Mrs. Azalia Will
liams, and representing each
School, completed the church
schools obser nee of
Mothers Day.
Mrs. Salena Barringer was
honored as the Church
Mother of the Year." at the
IL am. worship service. Mrs.
Barringer is the mother of
two sons, E. r., Jr., and
James Gilbert, whose accomp-
lishments are a credit to
areas in which they now re-
side.
The Church Mother for
the Year" became a member
of High Street Church in No
vember 1922. Since that time
she has remained a loyal
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-05-19

An accountant testifying
in the governments tax case
against Representative Adam
Clayton Powelps secretary
put the dapper New York
minister on "the hooks" this
week when he said that part
of the secretary's 1916 in
come belonged to Powell.
Government lawyers have
called this a "kickback."
PowelPs secretary, Mrs
Hattie Freeman Dodson and
her husband, Howard, are on
trial in Federal court here
on charges of classifying in
come tax returns between
1913 and 1851.
A coun tant Joseph E.
Ford, testifying last Tuesday
during the trial, said that
Mrs. Dodson told him that
her 1916 income belong to
the Congressman. 1t amount
ed to $3,875.
Ford testified that he
helped Mrs. Dodson prepare
her 1916 tax return. He said
Mrs. Dodson wanted to list
her income as congressional
secretary under the maiden
name and separate from her
Joint return with her hus-
band.
Ford said he advised her
that he would have to prepare
an amended return, and he
said she told him to hold it
up for a while because she
wanted to talk to someone
about it.
Later, Ford testified, she
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-05-19
Ceremony Marks Beginning Of AEPCOS Plant

A ground-breaking cere-
mony at Carlo Bend of Clinch
River in Russell County, Vir-
ginia, Wednesday afternoon,
officially signalled the be-
ginning of construction of
Appalachian Electric Power
Company's New 100000 kilo-
watt generating plant.
To be known as the Clinch
River Plant, the new genera
ting station is expected to
be in full operation late in
1868. 1t is estimated to cost
100000.
Speaking at the ground
breaking ceremonies were
State S e n a tor Harry C..
Stuart; Former Governor
John S. Battle and Philip
Sporn, Appalachian's presi-
dent. C. L. Fur, vice-presi-
of Appalachian, was the
master of ceremonies. The
invocation was given by the
Rev. F.. B. Randoll, pastor of
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-05-19
MRS. L. V. JONES
CHOSEN MOTHER OF THE
YEAR FOR BUCHANAN
BAPTIST CHURCH

Mrs. L. V. Jones, wife of
Deacon B. H. Jones of First
Baptist Church, Buchanan,
was chosen as the mother
of the year" last Sunday.
Mrs. Jones has been a mem
Der of that church ever since
she was ID years of age.
They were married August
18, 1909. Mr.. and Mrs. Jones
have six children and 10
grandchildren. Mrs. Jones
has five sisters and three
brothers. One brother, Mr..
Z. 2. Burks and a sister, Mrs.
Mable Jackson, live in Buch-
anan. Mrs. Jones was great
ly surprised to receive this
honor from her pastor and
church. In her brief remarks
she said that she was glad
that her life in the commu-
nifty has won for her this hon
or.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-05-19

the Methodist Church at Hon.
aker, Va. The Lebanon High
School band furnished music
for the occasion and the flag
raising ceremony was hand
led by a color guard from the
305th Engineer Battalion of
the U. S. Army Reserve from
Abingdon.
Also attending the cere-
mony were state, county and
municipal officials, and bust
ness leaders from throughout
southwest Virginia and cas-
tern Tennessee, officials of
Clinchfield Coal Corporation
and the Norfolk and Western
Railway.
The new plant is to be le-
Gated on a 105-acre site on
the south side of Clinch River
at the village of Carlo mid
way between Cleveland and
Carterton and about eight
miles west of Lebanon.
The plant will house two
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-05-19
Negroes Denied Registration
Demand Registrars Dismissal

Enfield, N. C.-Recently,
several Negro citizens of En-
field, n. c., were refused the
privilege of voting. Attor-
ney William r. Walker, of
Weldon, who is handling the
request for four Negroes
seeking office in two coun-
ties of this section, called for
the resignation of a regis
trar for using an improper
examination, which disquali-
fled a Negro who sought to
register. He was informed
that the Board would have
to call a meeting to work on
Walkers request. A citizen,
Louis G. Frances, and several
other Negroes were involved.
The ques tion the reg
istrar is reputed to have
asked is (which has the most
force, the militia or the gen.
eral assembly," Fran i S
says the registrar told him
to come back next year."
When Francis approached
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-05-19

any question he might ask.
Francis then brought in three
other Negroes who had asked
to be registered and were re-
fused. At that point the reg
istrar left the office.
According to the constitu-
ton, all that is required of
a registrant is that the appli-
cant be able to read and write
the constitution.
Attorney Walker is hand
ling the campaign of DR.. j.
A. Tinsley, veteran ply
sician of 40 years practice,
who is running for county
commissioners seat; DR.. Sal
ter j. Cochrane, a Korean
veteran, who is seeking cleo
ton to the county board of
education; and Augustus
Coefield, a mortician, who
is running for the state SEN
ate from the fourth district.
All candidates are from We'll
don, N. G..
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-05-19

identical 225,OOO kilowatt
General Electric turbine gen.
orators each capable of sup
plying electric service to
100000 average h o m s.
These units will generate
electricity at 1880 volts,
which will be stepped up by
transformers to $4,000 volts
for transmission.
Upon it's completion, the
two unit plant is expected to
burn 100000 tons of coal
annually-equal to a string
of railroad cars 246 miles
long. The plant will be stu
ated in the heart of the
Clinchfield Coal Cor poration's
vast south western Virginia
coal reserves. Thai company
has set aside 40,OO0,000 tons
of coal from it's large reserves
to supply the plants coal re-
quirements over a 30-year
period.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-05-19
Roosevelt Scores kefauver"

of his mouth, saying that
"the problem must be worked
out gradually"
"Kefauver's about-face in
Florida was no surprise to
me-" Mrs. Irish said. ''He
has gone about the country
posing as a great champion
of civil rights, yet in the
Senate, where actions speak
louder than words, he voted
against civil rights six out
of eight issues, as recorded
by the Washington office of
the NAACP."
Zone need only compare
Kefauver's statements on
Civil rights when he was a
senatorial candidate with
those he makes as a presi-
Dental candidate to realize
the hypocritical nature of the
man." Mrs. Irish said. "Once
this is exposed, nobody will
be fooled by the Tennessee
Senator"
Mrs. Irish added that Ke-
fauver's sorry civil rights
record must be placed in con-
trast with Adlai f. Steven
sons splendid accomplish
ments on civil rights while
Governor of Illinois and "the
sound and consistent posi-
ton on racial equality that
he has taken throughout this
campaign"
Tn another development in
New York City, John r.
"Tex" McCary, noted teBe-
vision personality, spoke be-
fore a gathering of Republi-
can advertising executives
and boosted that many of the
individuals in the audience