davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-03-29
Positions Open On
State olice Force

Colonel c. w. Woodson. Jr,
superintendent of State Police.
today announced that Is vacan-
cies now exist in the department
for young men of good character
and who are in tip-top physical
condition At the same time. he
added that additional appropria-
tons will create IS more openings
July |. 1857
Minimum requirements. in adj
dition to excellent physical condj-
ton and good moral character
are attainment Of age 81. a high
school education or its equivalent
as approved by the State Depart-
ment of Education, possession Of
Virginia drivers license and
good driving record plus willing
ness to serve anywhere in Virgin
ia.
A recent salary increase, he
said, permits a young man to en-
ter the service as a trooper at an
annual salary Of $3.936 which
may be increased by yearly steps
to S4,920 upon completion of five
years Of satisfactory service. Two
years service as a trooper are re-
quired before consideration for
promotion to sergeant.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-03-29

and analysis. Then the word
mysterious eliminated Martha
Jane Christian 13-year- old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Ernest
Christian of Andersonville, leav-
ing the two finalist to battle it
out.
A. J. Steger 14-year-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs A. J. Steger, ST.. Of
Manteo, misspelled the word
precious" and Pam Hurt came
along to give it correctly Then
Pam took the championship by
spelling the word enormous"
Judges for the event were Miss
Lucy Adams, Miss Halle McCraw
and Mrs. Nell Buck of the Farm
vile Elementary School
The program ended with the
pledge of allegiance and Gerald
Stinson played Taps.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-03-29

professor of English at Longwood
College started calling the words
to the contestants.
Before the contest began the
audience joined in singing Amer
ica' led by Karolyn Sue LeSueur,
and Martha Alice Smith read
The Gettysburg Address The
Fourth grades led by Mrs. Gillian
presented musical selection.
The first word to be mispelled
was false. Others that stumped
the various school winners who
FABRICATED in the countrywide
event, were imagine, actual, dairy,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-03-29
Pamela Hurt Wins,
A. ]. Steger n ext
In Spelling Be

Pam Hurt. u year old daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. N. Fl. Hurt Of
Buckingham won out over seven
other contestants in the Bucking
ham county spelling Bee Thurs
day night at Dillwyn Elementary
School.
a large audience was present
as Foster B. Gresham, assistant
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-03-29
NO SPEED LIMIT

Topeka, Kan.-While it has been
decided that the Kansas turnpike, a
236-mile four-land toll highway re-
Gently opened will have no speed
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-03-29


they b make
be Illegal 0 0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-17
Worse Than Bombers

Teen-agerS are in vehement
agreement with Gov. Daniel that
narcotics smugglers and peddlers
are selling murder. rape and rob-
berry"
AS Chicago youth put it. ANY
corrupter of young people under
mines the next generation. If they
are permitted to get of easy there
won't be any need for hydrogen
bombs to wipe us out-well have
done it ourselves"
Contrary to what you may think.
teen-agers are not the main target
of dope peddlers. Although 1856
figures are still incomplete. the Fed
eral Narcotics Bureau reports that
preliminary tabulationS show that
teen-age addiction is undergoing
gradual progressive decline. The
highest bracket for addiction still
remains in the 21-30 age group"
And while most youngsters were
coenizant of the terrifying fact that
dope torments the body. enslaves
the will and cripples the intellect.
they regarded the problem as rela-
lively remote from their own set.
Only 26 per cent of the boys and
19 per cent of the girls-almost all
of them in large cities-thought it
was a dangerous problem to youth
at the moment
And it is interesting to note that
today's young people, while nearly
unanimous on the death penalty for
peddlerS and pusherS. would be
more lenient with their contempo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-17
By EUGENE GILBERT
Gilbert Youth Research Co.

Practically every teen-ager in the
country agrees with Congress that
the death penalty is justified for
anyone caught selling narcotics to
children under 10.
The new law. signed by President
Eisenhower last July, was intro
duced by former United States Sem
ator Daniel, Democrat of Texas.
then chairman of the Senate Mar
cotics Investigating Committee and
now Governor of Texas.
It permits juries to recommend
the death penalty for persons con-
victed of selling or giving heroin-
the most deadly of all narcotics
to children under 18 and drastically
increases penalties for other mar
cotics violations.
The death penalty is not manda-
tory under the Daniel law-but if
teen-agers had their way it would
be.
Dope peddlers should get the
chair" asserted one 16-year-old
high school junior who took part
in our Nationwide survey of teen
aged attitudes toward the narcotics
problem.
His feelings were echoed by 90
per cent of the girls and 96 per
cent of the boys interviewed. Sell
dom has any question presented by
our researchers evoked such a
unanimity of opinion from this
country's younger set. This gen.
eral agreement among tOday's
young people-Who will be tomor-
rows jurors-on the fairness of the
maximum sentence should cause
dope puSherS to think twice before
offering their wares to the younger
generation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-17

But from the Ford outlook. this
is no slam against the capital.
Milton has tried New York and he's
happy to be back.
Actually. 1 never left" says
Milton. who continued to hold
down a disc jockey spot here at
the same time he was emceeing an
all-night TV show in New York.
That was too much. 1 left the
house here around pm, flew to
New York. got there at 10. then
went on at l am. 1 was on from
TO Z am, then I'd fly back here,
catch about four hours sleep then
go on the air here at 2 pm. 1 saw
by kids maybe one hour week.
Even on a full time basis with
out the committing New York holds
a limited attraction for the VOL
disc Jockey There's no serenity
and there's no security" he says of
New York radio-TV life. "One
thing doesn't lead to another. The
spots are on a 10. 26 or 39-week
contract basis and you can't count
VII dry IAIiilS OliSC lIiC blAtiC luis
out. On that basis New York isn't
worth it.
Il think l solved the New York
mystery. says Milton. who achieved
a coed measure of success there be-
fore he came back to Washington
fulltime when people told me
what it was like l didn't believe
them. When someone pointed out
what l had here and asked why
wanted to go to New York. l still
said it was what / wanted to do.
Then after got some of the glamor
and all that. l realized it wasn't
what l wanted. so I stopped. But
l had to find out for myself
Milton paved the way for his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-17
Fovors Prison Terms

A New Orleans youth favored
outright prison terms. explaining:
Maybe ii enough of them have it
real tough in prison. more kids won't
be so anxious to take a chance with
narcotics"
II think that the narcotics habit
should be treated in the same way
as Alcoholics Anonymous. said an
18-year- old Little Rock ark girl.
Isn't there an association for it?
It's a disease"
Had any of the teen-agers we
questioned ever been approached by
a dope pusher?
Yes. answered a shocking 5 per
cent of the boys and per cent Of
the girls. 1T once happened to me-"
claimed a 19-year-old Springfield
(MoD boy. Il called the police and
gave them a description of the man
right away"
Would other teen-agers do the
same?
No. regrettably.
Only SO per cent of the boys and
46 per cent of the girls void know
enough or be brave enough to call
a policeman after being approached
by a dope puSher.
1t is impossible. of course. in
answers about actual experience
with dope peddlers to tell where
teen-aged Imagination ends and
reality begins. but the caliber of
the answers indicates that while
most young people are aware Of
the dangers of narcotics less than
half of them seem to realize how
important it is for information
about dope peddlers to be relaycd
quickly to the police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-17
WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE THINK
Death Penalty Backed
In Dope-SeIIing Cases

raries who are found out TO be
addicts.
In fact. most teen-agcrS taking
part in this survey regarded a
young dope addict as a candidate
for both reform school and hoSpi-
tai. In the QUESTIONABLE we asked
these youngsters to check whether
a young dope addict should be
sent to reform school. a hospital.
turned over to his parents OF pri-
vate doctor. or TO suggest an alter
native 1t is apparent from the an
swer tabulations that most teen
ayers who check "a reform school
also checked hospital. indicating
that both punishment and treat
ment we're needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-17
MEET THE DISC JOCKEYS
Ford CorroIs the zen Listen-In

present spot in his home town Of
Memphis. Tenn His ambition was
a career in law. but radio announce
ing had a certain appeal. too. A
part time job as a disc jockey and
sports announcer while he went
through the University of Tennes-
see Law School combined the two.
and at the end of it all. law had
lost out to radio work. This was in
1945. Two years later, Milton got
an offer to come to Washington.
Sometime after his arrival here.
Milton picked up a partner The
boss thought I ought to have an
other voice on the show, but he
wouldn't hire anybody, so l got
Richard" he recalls.
Richard is parrot. He provides
1.-The other voice" doesn't demand
a high salary Gust a private room
in the Ford home1 and he's Milton
Q'S own trade mark
But" says Milton, who knows?
Maybe one of these days I'll strike
out on my own
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-17
Second in a SerteS)

Milton O. Ford is a disc jockey
with a dilemma.
How can you keep both an
adult and a teen audience when
grown-ups won't listen to rock and
roll and that's what the kids want
to hear"
The VOL record spinner is the
first to admit he doesn't know. Il
go into peoples homes and the kids
all tell me I'm square. When l
ask them what they'd like to hear
they name lot of artists their
parents haven't even heard Of, and
If they did they'd tune out"
A kind of compromise Milton has
worked out for his daily show sup
poses the heavy teen listenin falls
between 3 and pm. and that the
older set tunes in from to Z, many
of them on the way home from
work. He picks his tunes on that
basis. so the first two hours of his
show features the heavier beat
treatment for the teen-aeers' bene-
fit
Not a rock and roll fan himself.
Milton still won't play the most
extreme numbers of the breed.
His own preference runs to
such as Ella Fitzgerald sing
ing Cole Porter, Sarah Vaughan
and maybe some of the old Glenn
Miller and Tommy Dorsey arrange
mentS, he says.
But Washington isn't town
where a disc Jockey can cultivate
people to his own tastes" says
Milton "A few have tried it and
they just don't make it. In Wash
ington you've got to play what the
people want TO hear. This isn't
New York"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-17
Record Hop Going
On Daily Schedule

Milt Grants 'R ecord Hop"
(WTTG. Channel S. goes across
the board" tomorrow.
The popular teen show featuring
teen guests. record stars. hit tunes.
prizes and contests. will go on the
air Monday through Friday at S
pm in addition to its regular slot
Saturday afternoons from to
o'clock.
The every day show is a two and
a-half year dream come true for
Milt and should provide an added
opportunity for area teen ayers to
participate on q live TV show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-17
Quick Quotes

The ambitious youth of today
has only to be alert, study hard
and not get nervous i'll the iso-
lation booth Francis Rodman)
A movie has to have love in
tereSt to be success. In other
words. there must be a chicken in
every plot. Maurice Setter .
Grade school exam question: What
kind of sports take place at the
OlympicS? Answer: Jumping. run
ming. hurting biscuits. and throw
ing the java. Cincinnati En-
quirer)
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-22
Tusksgss Rspors Soys
New Order Energies
I'm u. 8. Southland

Tuaksgee. Ala. -.s amp -r- A
new order u business for race re-
iatlons In emerging In tho South
~ result 81 tho removal of racial
barriers previously written into
law. states tho a3rd annual Tus-
kegse Institute Report. Race re
lations In the South 1858"
The report released laat week by
Dr &. " Foster. prsaidsnt ~ Tus-
kcgee claims:
Race relations In the South in
1904 may no, be- measured by acts
Of obstruction by the segregation
iats or by the aggressive moves OF
the deaegregatloniats The situa-
tion may he judged more accurate
iy by assessing tbs degree 81
orderhness In activities affecting
some incidents OF violence. deneg
regatlon activities during the year
were generally orderly. which was
a most encouraging expression Of
tho vitality Of American demo.
eracy"
Tho report emphasizes the Inn
portance Of legal deaegregation
N asserts that
Patterns ~ race relations with.
In the states and their suh-divl-
stons have been developed within
The framework Of law These pat.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-22

ned h. observed Nm even
more important factor which must
bs eqnaized 10 that ~ educational
opportunities.
citing Individual differences
Dr Clark pointed out, There are
individual Negro children who arc
40 intelligent ~ thu most lntelll-
gent white child In fact. studies
~ children with extraordinarily
high Intelligence have, bslieye,
turned up In higher proportion
u Negro children than one would
expect"
On oct 10. 1864. eighteen prom.
inSnt social scientists deacribed by
tho New York Times ~ among
tho nations recognized authorities
In the fisld'' Issued q Joint state
ment snaiyzing theories ~ white
superiority AZ scientifically an.
justified
The lower achievement ~ Negro
children when schools have been
migrated. this group asserted
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-22

terms have differed because OF
variations in state and local laws
The non-segregation principle laid
down by the United states su-
prems Court would make these
laws uniform and consistent with
the citizenship guarantees Of the
federal constitution
Referring 20 tho violent cpl
sodes and public demonstrations
against compliance with federal
law. Or Forester pointed out that
these occurred mainly in commun-
tiles where public officials appar-
entity condemned them and did
not take place, or were promptly
suppressed, In communities whose
public officials discouraged them"
Re stated further that. Citizens
~ nearly every community refused
70 respond in large numbers 10 in
flammatory appeals or excitement
TO violence The people relied on
the law and It's orderly processes
a. a major resource"
The ti-pags report describes
the Qualification Of the principle
Of non segregation by the Supreme
Court in 1860 and cites the legal
action taken by Legislative. judi
cisi and executive branches Of fed
eral, state. or local governments
that influence relations between
the races In education, employ.
ment, transportation. voting and
recreation Cited also are the ac-
tons by local governments that
express defiance or refusal to
comply with the non segregation
principle
Activities 81 organizations and
pressure groups 10 influence com.
pilancs or prevent compliance with
desegregation court orders are re-
ferred TO with special mention OF
the dramatic passive resistance
technique in the Montgomery bus
situation that IL being adopted In
other localities"
Seeking 10 clarity the issues in
deseRrcgstion, the report main
thained that
Great reliance was placed on
democratic processes a. people In
the South began 10 deal with the
practical task OF adjusting public
activities To the principle Of non
segregation The principle Of non
segregation neither directs nor
restraints the individual In his per.
sonai relationships. beliefs. or atti-
tudes Freedom 81 choice in these
personal matters remains an In.
divltiual right"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-22

was to be ascribed more To poor
educational facilities of the past
and lack ~ cultural opportunities
than To any innate intellectual dif.
fcrences.
The social scientists said that
the Intelligence quotients Of Ne
gro children from the South I'M
proved markedly after a period of
years in unssgregatsd schools.
a few days later. writing in the
Oct. Is issue Of the Harvard Law
Record. Prof ". = Ashley Moniae
gri further refuted the notion that
The Negro Ia racially and innatsiy
Inferior in intellectual capacity for
education.
Dr Montague. a leading inter
national authority In the fields %
ethnology and snthropology. and
ths author ~ dsfinitive studies on
race and racism. devoted his ar
ticIs ~ the demolition Of DR. Nc
Gurks views.
Dr, MontagI accused PROT. Nc
Gurk Of basing his position solely
on the validity Of intelligence tests
~ measure Of innate lntslii-
gsnce. and Of deliberately omit
ting a vast body Of evidence and
opinion contrary 10 his views
For example, psychologists and
socioIogists today do not regard
tests as tnfaIllble guides To innate
ednoabtHty but rather feel that
individuals whole envirOnmentai
histories. are significant dstermin.
ants In test performance.
Further. he quoted studies made
by the worlds leading anthropolo-
gists and Reneticsts 10 show that
whatever group differences there
are ara not racial or biological in
origin. and that changes there are
not racial or biological In origin.
and that changes In economic and
social background will improve
capacity for learning
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-22

II think" Dr. rfaffmann said
that In terms % the evidence, Dr
McGurk's conclusions are unwar
ranted This man IL taking test
differences al face value Most
psychologists are sksptical ~ taxi
ing any test differences At face
value"
Another reply to MrfIurk
cam. from Dr. Kenneth Clark.
associate professor % p-ychnio-
~ nc thu College 81 the city ~
New York. and tho author Of
one ~ the studies used by tho
Supreme Court ~ . basis for lie
anti segregation ruling.
Most psychologists who have
studied the problem carefully"
Dr Clark stated, believe that the
Negroes test lower on intelligence
tests because they are subjected 10
an Inferior environment and are
given inferior schools.
Or McGurk does not know
what viii happen when social and
economic opportunities are equal,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-22

and World Report
immediately disputed by tho Rhode Island Psyche
conclusions ~unwATrantad"
Speaking Association Pfaffmann II Brown uni
very possible the basis Of avail
evidence Negroes inherently capacity
which have been
employed intelligence influenced by
envronmsntaI experiences asking perform Not
In involved but also sven the
general which approaches the test
Ito u not test
frequently most important
how theses scores ygersln interpreted
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-22
NEW CITY MANAGER
SAYS NO BIAS ~
HIRING o. PERSONNEL

Toledo, o - AMP Russell w
Rink, new city manager for Toledo
made II plain last week that his
administration would not tolerate
bias In the hiring OF personnel
Holding his first session with
department director and division
Mr.. Rink declared.
Il do not want any appoint
ments that are based on knowledge
Of q mans party politics. his re-
ligion or his race"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-22
No Job Is A
Permanent institution

Cathedrals and capitois endure
through the ages Little or nothing
threatens their existence, short OF
war or earthquakes. But bust
ness firrn---any business nrm--en-
Joys no comparable security. II
dosen't have to exist.
A busineas--and all Its jobs 49,
can go out OF existence for rea-
sons far less spectacular than wars
or disasters. Who remembers SON
ora monographs, Chalmers auto
mobiles, Goblin soap? They're
gone and all but forgotten
The only way that any company
can stay in business and provide
jobs is 10 get its share OF the mar.
ket for the products IL makes.
Which means, Of course. pleasing
the customer. Now the average
American isn't born hard 10
please But with numerous pro-
ducts tclamoring for his attention
he's got TO ignore some Of them.
Some employees think competi-
tons Is for executives and sales
men only. But no job u safe from
competition, and every job can
help win the competitive battle.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-02-22
Scientists and Scholars DemoFsh
The Myth Of Negro Inferiority

the SCOUT
school
dence'gu bmtd has been the rpot
and scientifically pudlaea
, 1957-04-06
Local Legionuires
To Meet on Monday.
April 8 at $3.50 PM.

Members of the Alexander
Hamilton Post No. IS of the
American Legion, will hold a
meeting on Monday night,
April 8, in the Police Court
room in Christiansted at $3.50,
it was announced today by
Commander Ejnar Boiling.
All members are asked to
attend and on time.
, 1957-04-06
Alien Lumbertis. st.
Thos. Fire Inspector,
Vdcutioning Here

Allan Lambertis, Fire In
spector of St. Thomas, is
spending a few days of his va
cation in st. Croix. While
here he is also representing
the Virgin Islands Carnival
Committee, working h
Mrs. Anna Brodhurst, to make
final arrangements for assist
ing those in st. Croix who are
DESTROYS of taking part in the
Carnival.
Mr.. Lambertis is staying at
the Rosedale Guest House,
and plans to depart on Mon
day for st. Thomas.
, 1957-04-06
''MutinY Of the
Bounty" ut Csted.
Theutre SunduY

The Christiansted Theatre
will present on Sunday night,
a reissue of the great Metro
Goldwyn-M Mayer picture "Mu-
tiny on the Bounty" star
ring Clarke Gable, Charles
Laughton, Franchot Tone and
other notables of the screen.
"Mutiny on the Bounty" is
a page from British Naval His
tory, telling of the voyage of
H.M.S. Bounty under COM
mand Of Captain Bligh, sent
to the South Sea islands to
transport breadfruit seedlings
to the colonies in the West In
dies for use as food for the
slaves there; of the cruelty of
Captain Bligh, leading to mu-
tiny by the crew; of the set
ting adrift of Bligh and his
officers in the ships longboat
and the landing of the mutt
neers on Pitcairn Island.
, 1957-04-06
Inter American Conf.
Of Life Underwriters
To Feat. Sules Clinic

Eight different sales clinics
presented by experienced life
insurance underwriters will
be a feature of the workshop
of the first I~nter-American
Conference of Life Under
writers from May 18th to May
10th next in San Juan, Puer-
to Rico.
Luis Battle, a prominent life
insurance supervisor in Puer-
to Rico, is in overall charge of
planning the sales clinic.
Life insurance men from
North and South America, in
Guiding the Caribbean, will
attend this pioneer event
which will also feature talks
by delegates from different
Continued on page ~
, 1957-04-06
WoYne, Susun
HdYwdrd Top Cast in
The Conqueror

With John Wayne and SUI
san Hayward co-starring at
the head of a big cast, Howard
Hughes $4,000, 900 Cinema
cope -Technicolor production,
'T h e Conqueror" is an
nounced as the special attrac-
ton at the Alexander Thea
ter to be presented Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday April Z,
8 and 9, 1857.
Recognized as one of the
biggest films ever to come
from Hollywood, this film
tells the story of the virile
and hot-blooded Mongol lead
er whose conquests changed
the face of the world, and of
the beautiful Tartar woman
who melts his fire with ice
until he succeeds in taking
her for his bride. Two years
were devoted to it's making
and not only does it present a
spectacle Of barbaric splendor
in its quieter scenes but eli
makes them with some of the
Continued on Page ~