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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-10-25
Officers Elected
For Girls Chorus

The officers of Buckingham
Central Girls Chorus were elected
recently as follows: Vivian Wars
ing. president. Eunice Fender,
president. Gladys Marie Poe.
reporter. and Betty Jean GOWN,
librarian.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-10-25
Wood Takes Course
In Conservation

George B. lBucky) Wood. Buck
ingham soil conservation aide re
Gently attended three-week
course in soil and water conser-
walton at Coshocton Training
Center, Camp Muskingam. Ohio.
Training consisted of funda-
mentals of sod water ways. ponds.
drainage, strip cropping, and var
ious- types of soil and water con-
servation practices. Eff tiv c
training was provided at the
camp by actual practices being
conducted in the field and net
work of flood prevention dams
demonstrating progress in water
shed work
With several new members the
girls group is practicing on q
three part chorus
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ting such information. He wanted rich
wife - you. rather think he urged Sam to
go on that cruise and that he suggested the
plan Of driving Sans taxi for him = isn't
that right?" l saw by her eyes that it was.
went on, He knew that Sam was COM
ing home last night. He hung around your
house in his taxi and followed Justin here.
Justin was in rage; Henry guessed the
quarrel he'd hoped for had occurred. When
Justin left here, Henry was waiting with the
taxi. Justin recognized him, Of course;
there was struggle before Henry managed
to shoot him. In the struggle, Henry
brushed against Justin's coat and unin-
tentionally detached one of Bcrtha's hairs"
Henry laughed. Il knew nothing Of
Justin's new will"
''Oh, think you did," l said. you
asked Willie Brown why he'd come into
this house, and he told YOU
Tie backed away to the fireplace,
staring at me. upon which Bertha made the
tactical error Of descending to Henry's
shoulder. Happy saw his chance and sprang.
Henry flung up an arm and Happy's jaws
closed on il instead Of Bertha which was,
everything considered, just as well. dived
into his right-hand pocket, pulled out his
gun and shouted at Julia, telling her to open
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and told him all about it.
Then a fare came along
and took Willie's cab.
Willie can identify him."
This confirmation of
my reasoning relieved me
considerably, although ]
said merely that Henry
had to know, somehow,
that the moment for
murder was obvious.
"And Henry had to have
a reason for being at that
corner this morning.
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the door and scream at the top Of her voice.
She did so, quite adequately, and my
police Official friend rapidly came in, fol-
lowed by several policemen. Bertha made
a flying leap onto the floor; two small
tables, three lamps and, believe, one
policeman went over with resounding
crashes. The battle then streaked for the
stairs while gave the police both Henry's
gun and Sans gun, which ! had found
among the leaves in the gutter - it later
proved to be indeed the murder gun, stolen
from Sam. My friend informed me that
Willie Brown had told Henry of the will.
willie says another taxi driver stopped
him, asked for matches, got him talking.
Willie thought it was an interesting story
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03

When told Julia and Sam and Desiree
this morning that -er-k knew which one
Of the four was guilty, knew they would
tell Henry and that he must attempt to
remove me-"
The police took Henry away as the battle
raging above suddenly came into full view
again. Bertha slightly in the lead, Happy
fighting gamely.
Oulia waited for lull, then calmly
scooped up the cat, deposited her uncere-
moniously in the basket, kissed me and
went away, Bertha in the basket uttering
some shocking comments.
Happy wagged his tail and grinned at me.
wilkins said, coolly, behind me. Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
ARTh RlTlC,
RHEUMATIC
PAINS

II your pains of arthritis, rheuma-
tism. bursitis, sciaiica or muscular
aches are severe If they come
back day after day ;. see your doc
tor. But. il your arthritic pains are
moderate. annoying. cursory ;.
just a real nuisance you should
try DOLCIN tablets. EaSy-to-take,
easy-to-buy. easy-on-you DoLCTN is
the worlds best-known. WM
most widely-uSed prod |I''|
uct specially-made for - ,--I
fast relief of such pains. .--. ;ks
Try tiane-tested. medi- sx= ,e1
cally-proved DOLCIN - E. iRsi
tablets whenever such
pains occur.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03

COOlly, Oenlno me,
CHANGED to stroll past the
house. 1t occurred to me
that you might care for a
little supper, SIR"
j replenished the
aquarium, at what l con-
sidered a ruinous cost.
A month ago an invi-
tation came to the mar
riage Of Julia and Sam
Haythorne.
Written on the margin
was: i've got him at
last" The End
Arizona sun., 1957-03-21

Backed By
King Saud

CAIRO An official Egyptian
source said Friday night the
United Nations emergency force
will withdraw from it's present
Gaza position within 48 hours
and take up new stations on
the Egyptian-Israel truce lines.
The source said Egyptian de-
mands that the u. N. troops be
deployed along the GAIA truce
lines were taken up at a meet
ing in GAIA attended by U. N.
undersecretary Ralph J. Bunch;
Maj.-Gen. E. l.. M. Burns, NUEF
commander; and Brig. Amin
Helmi Egyptian liaison officer.
Bunche and Burns also were
reported to have conferred with
Egypt'S new GAIA Governor,
Maj. Gen. HaSSan Abdel Latif,
on the stautus of the new Egyp-
Uld11 dO111111IOU1 dO1O11 dA4O 1GS 1C-
lationShip to the U. N.
The GAIA developments were
disclosed as the Egyptian press
defied a stern Israel warning and
renewed Cairo's claims to the
Tiran straits which guard exit
and entry to the Gulf of Aqaba.
Egyptian newspapers charged
a "plot" was affot to interna-
tionalize the Gulf. They de-
manded that the Narrow straits
be declared part of Egypt's ter
ritorial waters.
The Sharply-worded editorials
were regarded as a possible open
ing gun in a new Egyptian cam
paign to keep israeli ships out
of the Gulf of Aqaba.
This could set off another
Middle East shooting war. Israeli
foreign minister Golda Meir
warned Thursday night that Is
raeli ships would shoot their
Continued on page 81
Arizona sun., 1957-03-21
3 APPOINTED To new ORLEANS
GRAND Jury

New OrleanS.-Three Negroes
were appointed this month on
the Orleans Parish Grand Jury.
Many suits have been filed for
voiding sentences of those tried
where there were no Negroes
on the jury or grand jury.
At present seven Negro teen
ayers have asked to have indict-
ments quashed because Negroes
were systematicall KEEP off jur-
les.
The three appointed were Hal
del j. Christophe, president of
the Peoples Life Insurance Co.;
Willis j. Mishore, manager of
the Geddes Willis Insurance Co.
and undertaking firm; and A. G..
Chapital, postal clerk in the New
Orleans Post Office and preSi-
dent of the New Orleans NAACP.
Arizona sun., 1957-03-21
COMPULSORY ETIQUETTE
BILL PROPOSED

Columbia, S. C.-Etiquette has
entered the realm of Segrega-
ton through the mind of South
Cardinals Rep. John Hart who
proposes to introduce a "com-
pulsory etiquette bill" in the
general Assemly which would
maintain segregation in seating
on this states trains and buses.
State representative Hart's
bill would obligate a male pas
Senger to obtain permission from
a female passenger on public
conveyances begore being allow
ed to occupy a seat next to her.
The Dixie legislator said the
purpose behind the bill is to
keep Negro men away from
white women. However, the mea-
sure fails to mention race, he
said.
Arizona sun., 1957-03-21
Arizona Sun Publisher
Undergoes Surgery

D. F. Benson, Publisher of the
Arizona Sun, submitted to sur
gerry Tuesday night at Memorial
hospital where he has been con-
fined for the past IL days.
Hospital reports his condition
as satisfactory.
Arizona sun., 1957-03-21
Williams Pitching, Robinson Batting
For NAACP Fund Drive

SAN FRANCISCO-WeSt Coast
civil rights leader Franklin H.
Williams has been appointed by
NAACP Executive Secretary Roy
wilkins to Spearhead the Or
ganization's Freedom Fund Cam
paign for 1857, G.. L. Dellums,
West Coast Regional NAACP
chairman, announced this week.
According to DellumS, Will
liamS, who will retain his posi-
ton as West Coast secretary
counsel, will return to his post
here in December.
Williams appointment follow
ed closely his nationwide tour
former baseball star Jackie Ro-
binSon in the interest of the
NAACP. Jackie was appointed
chairman of the Associations
Freedom Fund earlier this year.
The Robinson Williams team"
was received with marked res
ponse across the country, rails
ing thousands of dollars in life
membership nd contributions
in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit,
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pitts
burgh, st. Louis, Oakland and
Los Angeles.
In their public appearances,
Jackie was "up to bat" for racial
equality and Williams was
pitching" for greater financial
support for the NAACP's pro-
gram, Dellums declared.
"These two champions, each
in his own right, will comprise
an unbeatable team" DellumS
added.
Williams will leave for New
York and his duties on March
25.
In addition to his NAACP ac-
tivitieS, Williams serves on the
Citizens Advisory Committee to
the Palo Alto Board of Educa-
ton, is a member of the board
of directors of the Palo Alto
Consumers Coop, and is a men,
ber of the membership commit
tee of the American Association
for the United Nations in the
Bay Area.
Williams, an attorney with
offices in San Francisco, resides
in Palo Alto with his wife Shir-
ley and their two sons Frank,
Jr., and Paul Anatole.
Cited by mademoiselle mag
azine as "the nations future
leader in the field of race rela-
tionS," Williams has argued a
number of important civil rights
cases before the u. S. Supreme
Court, notable among which was
the infamous "Groveland, Flor
Continued on page 81
Arizona sun., 1957-03-21
Attorneys Clash Over Testimony Regarding
Negroes Rights to Vote

WASHINGTON An assistant
United States Attorney Genreal
and the Louisiana Attorney Gen.
eral clashed recently over testi-
mony regarding the rights of
Negroes to vote in that state.
The conflicting statements
were made trough correspond
ence sent to the House Judiciary
subcommittee by Warren Olney
III, Assistant Attorney General,
and recently released to the
press.
Olney's statement, based on
FBI findings in Louisiana, dis
puted testimony given before
the committee by Jack P. Gre
million, the attorney general of
Louisiana regarding the denial
of Negroes right to vote.
Gremillion was questioned by
the committee about testimony
previously given by Attorney
General Herbert BroWnell to the
effect that more than 5000 Ne
gro voters had been purged from
the registration list in Ouachita
Parish; thus being deprived of
the right to vote in the Novem-
ber 6 election.
The Louisiana attorney gen.
eral admitted that there was
some difficulty in Monroe, Qua
chita Parish with respect to
voting. "But that is definitely
not a \general rule throughout
the state" he declared, "and /
think that is more or less an
exception"
He urged the committee not
to attach too much significance
to this Monroe affair because
an occurrence like that is typ
ical in any state where political
battles are involved. He claimed
that this was a local fight over
the race for mayor. One candi-
date had the Negro vote, he said,
and the other used this means
of getting them off the roll un-
til election was held.
But he claimed, that SO per-
cent of those purged had been
replaced on the registration list,
He further claimed that two
grand jurieS had investigated
these alleged discrepancies of
purging of the rolls.
All of these statements were
disputed by the Justice Depart
ment official. To prove that this
condition existed throughout the
state, the Justice Department
offered figures to show that Ne
gro voters had been challenged
in large numbers in at least 10
parishes.
In Beinville Parish County,
$50 Negro registrants were chal-
lenged; Caldwell, $50; DeSoto,
383; Grant, 1853; Jackson, 953;
LaSalle, 345 Lincoln, 1875; Qua
chita, 3,240; Rapides, 1,058; Un-
ion, 600. These people were not
put back on the roll before cleo
ton day, November 6.
Olney further denied that two
grand juries had investigated
ibis matter, as had been stated
Continued on page 81
Arizona sun., 1957-03-21
DENIES RACIAL 0VERT0NES IN
NCAA CAGE FEUD IN DALLAS

OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma
City University officials hotly
denied that any racial overtoneS
were involved in OCU's unsuc-
ceSSful effort to beat Kansas in
last Saturday nights regional
NCAA basketball finals at Dal-
las.
Abe Lemons, OCU coach, had
charged that the officials were
trying to protect Wilt Chamber
lain, Kansas 7-foot Negro cent
er, but said at no time did he
order his team to deliberately
dump" Chamberlain or call him
"big Niger"
Arizona sun., 1957-03-21
Briefs Of
The News

With the unrest in the Mid
die East between the Arabs and
Israel United Nations Under
secretary Ralph Bunche is ex-
pected to sound out President
NaSSer on Egypt's plans regard
ing the GAIA Strip and the Gulf
of Aqaba. DR.. Bunche was in
Ghana as a UN representative
during their celebration of their
independence.
The new African State of
Ghana expects to be the 81St
member to be formally admit
ted to the United Nations.
John KaSper during an inqui-
SitiOn before a Florida legiSla-
tive committee finally broke
down and admitted that he had
attended mixed parties in New
York and had danced with Ne
gro girls. His statement is said
to have caused him the loss of
Frank P. Hockett a part-time
Missouri Carpenter who helped
him to form the council in Wash
ington, D. G.. Hockett is quoted
as saying that Kasper had mis-
represented certain" things to
him and that he would have no
further association with him.
The Alab a m legislature
threatens to take away a state
appropriation fro m TuSkegee
Institute if a Negro student is
admitted to any white college
in Alabama.
The United Negro College
Fund will open it's 18th annual
appeal in a series of radio and
TV programs on Sunday, March
31St over ABC. The Houston
(Contin11nd on nape ~
Arizona sun., 1957-03-21

Abe Lemons, OCU coach, had
charged that the officials were
trying to protect Wilt Chamber
lain, Kansas 7-foot Negro cent
er, but said at no time did he
order his team to deliberately
Dump Chamberlain or call him
''big Niger"
Apology Demanded
Ed Nall, OCU's athletic bust
ness manager, demanded an
apology from one official for
what he termed stirring up racial
trouble and pointed out OCU
had Negro students, including
some on the baseball team.
At Salem, Or, the official, AL
Lightner, reiterated his charges
that Lemons before the game
told him that if Chamberlain
we're to go up to stuff the ball
in the basket and "if that big
Niger comes down on any of
my boys, they're going to beat.
him.
81 don't think I owe an apol-
ogy to anyone" Lightper said
from Salem, where he is sports
editor of the Oregon Statesman.
'I don't know whether there
is racial prejudice there (OCU
or not" Lightner said.
Anticipated Trouble
He said that after Lemons
told him about Chamberlain, II
told him that was not a good
attitude but he was not interest
ed. I told another official what
was said and added I thought
we might have trouble"
Lightner pointed to his rec
ord of IL years officiating in
the Pacific Coast Conference,
six NCAA regional tournaments
and two national championships
as speaking "for itself. We did a
good, honest job"
Lemons said "I've never called
a colored boy a Niger in my life.
We've been playing teams with
Negroes for years and never had
any trouble. That is an unwar-
ranted statement on his Uight-
ner's) part"
OCU was charged with 25 fouls
and Kansas 10.
OCCU, the nations No. 9 rank,
ed team, lost to Kansas, the No.
2 club, 81-61.
Admits Kansas Better
Lemons said Kansas was the
better team but "if you touch
Chamberlain, it's a foul, but if
he touches you, it isn't a foul"
Nall said that racial preju-
dice "does not exist" at OCU.
He hit at Lightner's state
ment that OCU was trying
deliberately to foul Kansas
Chamberlain and Maurice King.
another Negro player, and Light
ner's comment that "the real
trouble seemed to be that Cham
IN NCAA CAGE FEUD .- - 80.
berlain and King were dark
Continued on page 81
Arizona sun., 1957-03-21

The new African State of
Ghana expects to be the 81st
member to be formally admit
ted to the United Nations.
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He Enjoyed Just Seeing Cyd Move
Soys MomouIion of Silk Stockings
BY WARD MOREHOUSE

NEW YORK (NANA).-The
legs question is vital and end
lessly controversial. Some say
Marlene Dietrich has the
prettiest legs in the land;
others vote for Betty Cradle.
Reuben Mamoulian, the dis
tinguished director, casts his
ballot for dancer-actress Cyd
Charlse.
ITO me, Miss Charlse has
the most beautiful legs in the
world" he said. They are
slender, long and perfectly
moulded. She has a lovely
figure, too. in spite Of the
fact that she's had three
children - she's married to
Tony Martin. you know. I
enjoyed just watching her
move around the set Of our
recent picture.
Mamoulian. who put on
"Porgy" in the late 1920s as
his first production for New
York, is still a two-medium
man, the theater and the
screen. Active in the Aims
since his last Broadway play.
Lost in the Stars" he is
currently represented by
MGM's silk Stockings"
Two Great Dancers
This is a musical picture
based on the subject-matter
Of the play, but 1t Is not q
film version Of 1t by any
means. In Fred Astaire and
Cyd Charlse We had two
great dancers as leads. This
has been q great year for
Fred, since his picture,
Funny Face with Audrey
Hepburn. was released only
a short time ago.
MY excitement came in
using the dancing to promote
the story and show the prog
See MOREHOUSE, Page E-2
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that they would dub in the
taps and obscure the lack Of
technique with long camera
shots"
The movies have become
the greatest medium of the
dance, in Vera Ellen's opin.
ion.
That. she says, is because
time is available to achieve
as near perfection as possible
and there is unlimited space
for an adequate setting.
Compared with motion pic
lures. Broadway musicals &C
tually are amateurish, she
says.
AS for teleVision, she adds,
the small screen just can't
properly present q dance Sc
quence. and there isn't
enough time for preparation.
once when / danced on
television there was no script
for me. They told me. You
know, just dance
We'll. you don't Just
dance I remember when
Fred Astaire and I Just
danced for three weeks for
one picture"
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PORTRAIT OF A GREAT MOVIE ARTIST
Shun Hollywood for Movie Career
Is Vero-EIIen's Advice to Dancers

shows. is the place to go.
Success there will open the
doors of Hollywood. Actually,
a Hollywood studio has never
developed a dancing star who
had no previous experience
and reputation"
Vera Ellen, who has been
dancing % or her 81 years,
says it's Just as important
for a young dancer to de-
velop acting ability as to
perfect dancing technique.
There is no place at the
top in Hollywood for q
dancer who can't act and
sing" she points out.
Demands of the movies
upon dancers have changed
q lot in the last Is years,
she observes.
1T used to be that movie
dancers fell into two cate
gories-a girl and boy team
or a single show-stopper.
Now much more is required.
You have to be able to sing
and act, and that makes sue
cess much more difficult.
There are more real
dancers now. It used to be
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she was OF on that we'll
publicized tour of the town.
There undoubtedly are
stars who would consider an
excursion of this sort far too
undignified. Miss Mansfield,
however, being largely the
product Of publicity, took to
it intellectually.
The Ideal Girl
She is the ideal central fig
ure for this old-fashioned
ballyhoo. She thinks a movie
star should be a movie star
different and surrounded with
some glamour and excite
ment. IF you want to see the
girl next door," she says.
you can look next door. you
don't have to go to the movies.
I'm not the girl next door.
Do I look like the girl next
door?"
Whether this thought orig
mated in Miss Mansfield's
mind or in Miss Mansfield's
press agents mind doesn't
really matter. Nor does it
matter which is the au-
thor Of her new through
with-cheesecake approach.
THAT has served its pur-
pose" she says. Nov I want
the people to differentiate
between the girl on the
screen and the real girl"
The girl on the screen, she
differentiates. is a flamboy-
ant sex-pot and the real girl
is serious, q mother and an
aspiring actress. She studies
hard and she wishes to play
Hamlet-not the whole play,
just the rogue and peasant
slave" soliloquy.
Manner Is Frank
You may subsequently note
that Miss Mansfield doffs a
box-like jacket in favor of a
sweater that is anything but
box-like when she is in it.
You may note that she uses
the same wording whenever a
question requires that answer
about differentiating between
the girl Of reel and real life.
You may at the same time
recall that she has admitted
See MACARTHUR. Page E-3
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BY JACK LEFLER

HOLLYWOOD P.-Petite
dancing star Vera Ellen has
some advice for the thou
sands of ambitious young
sters who, between tap and
ballet lessons, dream of a
movie career.
Boiling it down, the ad-
vice is:
Don't come to Holly
wood"
It's not, the slender blond
says, that she and other top
movie dancers are afraid Of
competition from a younger
generation.
It's just that, in her opin-
ion, the proper route to
Hollywood is circuitous. sss. :
Stay home and study"
she says for the benefit Of
aspiring dancers. Dance be-
fore every group that will let
you shake a toe. If the audi
enees respond and tell you
how much they enjoyed your
dancing, then it's time to
make q move.
New York. with its stage
musicals and night club
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11
BY HARRY MACARTHUR

The movie-makers have
discovered q new weapon in
the battle for your time and
money. Actually it isn't new.
1t has just been unused so
long that it seems new. It's
plain. old-fashioned. free
wheeling showmanship.
Movie showmanship in re-
cent years has seemed to
confine itself largely to ads
concentrating on torrid ro-
nance, promising much that
never turns up on the screen.
So the reversion to the old
brand was both welcome and
refreshing.
1t was put into use Just
this past week 70 bring Jayne
Mansfield to townaon q wave
of .ballyhoo. Old p. T. Bar
mum. himself, would have
given full approval of the
way it was brought of. Few
literate people along the
Eastern Seaboard can be I'M
aware that Miss Mansfield is
on display in q movie called
"Will Success Spoil Rock
Hunter?" (now set for Loew's
Capitol Theater on August
23.
She Was Welcome
Newspapers, hungry for
diverting stories to take your
mind on world affairs, the
H-bomb. the drought. in
fiation. etc. welcomed Miss
Mansfield with open camera
shutters. You would have
thought she was the first
movie star to get east Of the
Mississippi River since 1853.
Film persons lities are
turning up here with fire.
quency. Of course. especially
those who have financial in
terest In their pictures and
want them to make money.
They have lunch with col
umnists, are interviewed on
radio and TV and 60 their
way.
Miss Mansfield's visit was
a happy II hectic departure
from this norm. 1t was sur
rounded by excitement -
more manufactured than