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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-21
CORRECTION

The report carried in this news
papers last weeks story on the
suicide death OF Harold Ripper,
which stated the victims throat
was cut from ear to ear was in
correct
The marks ON the deceased
mans neck from ear TO ear were
rope burns.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-21

Recorder papers last week signed
the guest register. Some did not
because Of the sometimes crowded
line Of visitors lined up to sign
up.
Among those who did register
were:
Kenneth v. Stevenson, Mrs
Naomi Wilson. Mrs Matte Hence
of Marties Barbecue; Randy Hob
art, Minneapolis Star. Harry r.
Hall. Chamber Of commere {,
Charles L. Horn. Federal Cart
ridge Corporation: Ralph Mueller,
Mpls. star, William Green. Richard
jacobson. Donald Warren, Joe
Cook. Coon Rapids. Douglas Han,
ID. p. Black. Tom, Moore IT. Coca
Cola Co: Fred Well Arch Pease
and sam ClAsen. Anoka Union
Luke LAskOw Minneapolis Brew
ing Co. Jim McGOvern, KsTP.
And Lawrence Dooley, Alice
FoSz, and Albert Heimbach al
Farmers a Mechanics Bank. Mrs.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-21
Lompllghfers To Give
Awuy Milf SGT

Lamplighters awards for Phiico
Ho-F set. Phyllis wheatley House,
800 Aldrich ~, December IA,
pm. Need not be present TO win.
Donation Csc. Tickets available at
Young Brothers Barber Shops, 4O3
Il. 80 st., 612 No. Seventh ST..
Matties Barbecue, 1925 Fifth Av.
s. and 1896 Nlcollet Av.-Advt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-21
DISCUSSION PLANNED
AT GUIDANCE NETTING

The Twin Cities Vocational
Guidance association win hold a
public discussion meeting ON dis
crimination in the Twin Cities:
Progress and Problems" at 7:3O
Tuesday November Is. in Coffman
Memorial union.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-21
Burn Cross On
Lawn Of Newly
Elected Member

Houston. Tex. CAMP - Mrs.
Charles White, who was elected
the first Negro member OF Hous-
toms school board last week re-
ported that a cross was burned on
her front lawn Monday night.
Mrs. White said three Of her five
children noticed the flaming cross
about 9 pm. Her husband. an OPP
tometrist, said the cross was 5
feet tall, He extinguished the
blaze.
Mrs. White said she did not
think the cross burning reflected
the general feeling OF the Houston
public Il feel that the persons
who did this are ashamed OF their
act as they did not show them
selves" she said.
Demand Recount
The board received a petition IA
recheck results OF the election q
few hours before the burning cross
was discovered Mrs. white pollet
$4,000 votes, 5000 more than hel
nearest opponent, incumbent John
Glen.
George Polk, judge OF precinct
SO and one Of the slgners OF the
petition, claimed that many Of the
voting machines were not operat-
ing properly. Louis Buchner, sup
erintendent OF the voting machine
department denied that many Of
the voting machines were not
working properly.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-21
A. p. Director Reports;
NeWSman Visits In
French Africa; Life Is
Vivid In Senegal
A. p. Director Reports;
BY CLAUDE A. BARNETT & ALvIs L. TINNIN

DAKER SENEGAL, French West Africa-Dakar which
we visited last week. city of 100000 Africans and 81
Europeans is the capital of Senegal and Of the entire West
African Federation found the westenmost tip Of north
west Africa.
1t is after lie Havre and Marses the third largest port
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-21
Open House AffrGefs Crowds;
Open House AffrGefs Crowds;
Spokesman & Recorder
Well WiSherS Thr0ng
Building At Opening

People from all walks of life, section of Twin City
area crowded the open house the home Of the
Minneapolis Spokesman and St. Paul Recorder newspapers Nov
a. Is and 10th
Many of these who attended the three day open house
the new buding plant and offices Of the Spokesman and
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-21
Ns~man NOmsd Meeting Piunnodi
Civil Rights Commission
Advisory Group Named;
To Meet In Minneapolis

Washington, D.C-Dr. John Hannah chairman Of the Us.
Civil Rights Commission announced here Thursday that members
of the newly named advisory committee of four viii
in Minneapolis for organization meeting Wednesday
November 20 at the Curtis Hotel from 10 am to pm
The advisory committee for Minnesota which was named
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-21

become a Moslem than to become
a Christian. With a few Arabic
formulas, belief In one God and
acceptance Of the Ramadan fast,
the African can declare himself a
Moslem by DOMINIC his white robe.
Christianity is not so cheaply
bought. This is not the Islam Of
the scholarly Moslems Of the
North. The African variety by con-
trast is quite impure. II satisfies
great need though for II tends
to unity the floundering city dwell
lers.
Seydou Nourou Tall, the great
Moslem leader Of Dakar, told US
that the African Moslem remem-
bers that the slave trade was
started by the Arabs There II a
great distrust OF the Arabs and
this serves undoubtedly TO relegate
Nasserism TO the bottom Of the
hit parade.
When one rides through the
teeming, congested African area
near Dakar. with its squalid huts
and tumbledown shacks, II comes
as something Of a surprise 10 find
an almost total lack OF cynicism
and bitterness.
Proud OF Being French
The aIl-pervading sentiment Of
these people who, despite the fact
that their rather miserable dwell
ings are within gunshot Of the
magnificent new, ornate air-con-
ditioned buildings. Ia that they are
French and proud Of H.
selibou Dake MDonou, a kind
Of shanty-town chieftain. told US
in his living room: II am a French
man as my mother and father be-
fore me were" over selibou's bed
hung the picture Of a young sene-
galese corporal taken in 1917. The
citation underneath stated that he
had been thrice wounded in the line
modernity, Of charm and evil, Of
Of duty.
Dakar Is a place Of progress and
wealth and poverty. the nerve
fiber, the very pulse Of French
africa
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-21

Get your news and ads for next
week into the office early. Be
cause Thanksgiving falls on our
usual press day we must print
the paper one day earIier.--Advt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-21
US. Negroes Not Top Dogs

The growth Of old Negro nations and
the birth Of new ones, have given the Ne
gro status as wen as responsibility The
American Negro fighting his battles
against discrimination and second class
status is no longer the envy Of his brothers
across the sea With Kings, Prime Ministers
and Representative delegates in the UN. the
voice Of the Negro in international affairs
is not that of the American Negro but our
brothers from william o. Walker,
President National Newspaper Publishers
TWENTY -FTFTH WEAR M NJ
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-21

COMnNGilI Ruth Brown and
Paul Williams Orchestra ON sun
day Nov. 30. Matinee dance 4 10
9. MAriEold Ballroom. Mpls,--Advt
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-21

The average man Is always apathetic
until leader a,irs him into action. Today
the best test Of leadership = whether Il
gets him 70 register and vote. We have
no problem in this country we cannot solve.
There are many ways and methods. OF an
the ways 80, the right to vote, the right
TO secure passage Of civil rights legislation.
and the right to get elected or appointed
70 office are the most challenging Char
ence M. Mitchell
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Islam IL the great obsession Of
about s5 per cent Of the Africans
In Senegal The African prefers 70
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-05-29

evening. On Tuesday evening,
Mr. and Mrs. Raj Hall feted the
Gehrmans at a dinner party.
Mrs. Talbot entertained at d
family dinner gathering on
Thursday evening; and on Friday
evening, Miss Ella Plummer was
hostess at a farewell dinner party.
Mrs. Eva Gehrman plans to re-
main for a time in GaitherSburg.
joining her son and daughter-in-
law in the near future.
Mrs. Earl Williams was hostess
on Thursday evening to members
of her bridge club.
Mrs. A. Gwinn KirIxman is now
settled in her new home, the for
mer Redding house on Brooks
Avenue.
Mrs. Jack Schumacher was
hostess on Wednesday to the
members and guests of the Neigh
borhood Garden Club. Joint host
esses were Mrs. William X. Pace
and Mrs. William Ward. The
guest speaker was Edward L.
Stock of Stocks Nursery, who
spoke to the group on "Continu-
Gus Bloom in the Garden" A
lavish display of spring flowers
was exhibited by various mem
bers of the club.
Miss Jane MuIIican, whose mar
riage to William Brodrick will
take place next month, was re-
Gently honored at miscellaneous
bridal shower given by Mrs. Law
renee Perry and Mrs. Jane A5ra.
ham.
We are sorry to report the
death last Wednesday of the Rev.
William ]. Elliott, former pastor
of the Grace Methodist Church,
who made his home in recent
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-05-29

years at Sherwood Forest. Serv-
ices were held on Friday at the
Glen Burnie Methodist Church
with interment in Glen Haven
Memorial Park.
eliminating their very active
season, the members of the La
dies bowling league held their
annual banquet on Friday eve
ming at the Peter Pan. First
place honors went to the team Of
the First National Bank, while
second and third places were won
by Ruth's Beauty Salon and Dia-
mond Drugs, respectively.
The officers of the ladies'
league are: Mrs. Lorena Gloyd,
president; Mrs. Laura Clagett,
vice president; Miss Alma Kaiser,
secretary; and Mrs. Edith Cross,
treasurer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-05-29
TvinbrOOk
Tl0inbrOOk
1000 to Dip
At Festive
Pool Splash
BY Joan j. Stern
Garden 1857

In gesture of neighborline $
Twinbrook Pool members will
share opening day with all resi-
dents of Twinbrook and the sis.
ter-subdivisions of Silver Rock,
Rockcrest, and Halpine Village.
Chairman of the Board, Al
Stoughton, has invited residents
of these communities to attend
the II Am. ceremonies to be held
at the pool, and to enjoy swim.
ming for the rest of the day, with
no admission fees charged.
Representing the Presidents
Council on Youth Fitness, Rich
ard Caswell will give a short
speech on the contributions of
community pools to youth fitness.
The American Legion Colcr
Guard from the Rockville Post
will present the flag which will
be raised by Rockville Mayor
Alex Greene. Immediately after
the flag is raised, the gates will
open for the first day of the
swimming season.
Members will not be required
to sign the registration book on
opening day, but guests will sign
when they leave the pool, thus
averting the annual traffic jam
at the desk.
Stoughton estimates 1000 peo-
pie will use the pool the first day.
On July A, 1857, a record 5000
people swan.
Today the pool is in the midst
of its four-day filling project.
water was turned on at Z AM.
and will continue to pour into the
pool for four days and nights be.
fore it is filled to its 100000 gal.
Ion capacity.
Although only one life member
ship is available, so of the 100
summer memberships are avail
able.
Democratic ranks are quickly
drawing together following the
bitter primary battle. Not all
feelings are completely soothed,
but attempts are well under way
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-05-29

for all factions to work with at
least superficial harmony on the
November election.
How successful these attempts
will be cannot be determined at
this point, although a safe bet
would be that supporters of the
58ers will give only nominal
service to the November slate
which is dominated by United
candidates. Primarily, it will be
the work of the United Support
ers to put through the November
slate.
First main mountaineering prof.
ect will be a win, Lose, and
Draw" party, planned before the
primary with both factions
agreeing to it. Plans now indicate
it will be money raising picnic,
probably at Alice Hostetlers
home.
Both Trudy and Ruth promise
to bury all hatchets smack into
the Republican slate.
Mrs. Hayes, chairman of 4.6,
reports that Corrine and Hank
Enders, who were on Jim Mann's
staff, have agreed to work with
her for the November election.
Alan Morse, 13, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Malcolm Morse, will make
his third European trip this sum.
mer as one of the % American
delegates to the Boy Scout jam
boree in Israel.
The four-day iamboree will be
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-05-29

held at Mt Carmel and the boys
will spend the rest of a seven
week visit travelling the country
staying with Israeli boy scouts lr
youth hostels, and in pioneer set
Elements.
In January of this year Alan,
representing the paper carrier
boys, went to Switzerland. In
1856, with his family, he visited
France and England.
The boys will leave Idlewild
Airport, New York City, in early
June and will return in mld.Au.
gust
Meanwhile, as Alan tours
Israel, his family will move from
their Twinbrook home to Chevy
Chase.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-05-29

running of the Aitcheson-Gales
Memorial Timber Race over a
three-mile, cross.country course
dotted with post and rail fences.
Final event of the day will be
the sixth running of the Paul Cur
ran, jr., Memorial, a flat race of
one-and-a-quarter miles.
Championships will be decided
in junior, open jumper, green
hunter and hunter divisions.
j. Carroll Curran, of Silver
Spring has been initiated to
judge. Parking is first.come.
first.served and refreshments will
be available throughout the day.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-05-29
.43 Restaurants
Haze Dropped
Racial Bars

AT least 43 eating places in
Montgomery County now serve
food without discrimination to
race, according to a statement
this week by the Montgomery
County Branch of the National
Association for the Advancement
Of Colored People.
Some places still discriminate,
the release said, "but these now
are in the minority"
The release followed a pro-
longed survey started by the
NAACP last year. OF the 43, 10
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-05-29
Iron Bridge
Hunt TO Be
Held Friday

Fifteen show classes and two
races will make up the program
OF the Iron Bridge Hunt Horse
Show Friday at the ], Letter
Aitcheson farm on Rt. 1893 be.
tween Laurel and Burtonsville.
Post time is at 8 AM.
Feature event will be the l4th
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-05-29
Gaithersburg
Motor Firm
Holds Gala
Opening
Gaithersburg
BY Mollie w. Christie
Gaithersburg $50

Amid the fluttering of numer.
Gus pennants and bedecked with
baskets of flowers from well
wishers, the Becraft and Bean
Motor Company was officially
launched on Friday and Satur
day as it held its grand opening.
This newest of our towns bust
ness establishments, operated by
Herbert Becraft and Everett Bean
holds the distributorship for the
Rambler automobile and features
the line of Gulf Oil Company
products. Free call-for and, dc
livery service are among the fea-
lures it offers.
The early deadline caused By
the holiday this week prevents
out listing the names of the grand
prize winners; but all who
dropped in were entitled to free
soft drinks. balloons and lolli
pops. Next week we'll let you
know the names of those who
won the portable television set,
the clock radio, and the free lubri.
cation jobs. Our very best wishes
to MIR. Becraft and Mr.. Bean in
their new undertaking.
For those Sentinel readers who
have moved to distant places but
still like to know what's what on
the Gaithersburg scene, we'd like
to tell you more of our towns
growth. The large tract of land
between the B. and o. tracks and
the former Schwartz home now
displays large sign announcing
it as the site of future shop
ping center. Leases are now
available for businesses desiring
to locate there.
And moving vans have been
busy in recent days as the new
est secion of Hutton Street homes
became ready for occupancy
With about a dozen beautiful
Holly Street homes in various
stages of construction, it's hard
to believe all we hear about an
economic recession.
Pvt. Walter Keir and Pvt. Irwin
King have both been home on
furlough from their Army duties
at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Mrs. Richard Perry entertained
on Wednesday morning at stor!1
shower in honor of Mrs. Paul
Bowman.
Warren Perry has been at In
diantown Gap, Pennsylvania, for
the past two weeks at the en-
campment of the 462nd Engineers
Battalion of the U. S. Army Re-
serves.
Members of the high school
library club and their sponsors
enjoyed a picnic at the Agricul-
tural Center last Thursday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert HOugh
were in Philadelphia several days
last week, attending the conclave
of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon.
Mrs. Martha Cross was hostess
on Monday evening to the MEM
bers of the adult classes of the
First Baptist Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. IvOr Gehrman and
family moved from Gaithersburg
on Saturday to make their home
in Orlando, Fla, where Mr.. Gehr-
man is associated with the Mar
tin Company. Last week was a
busy one for the Gehrmans as
they tried to sandwich packing
and last-minute business affairs.
between the social activities held
in their honor. Mrs. Helen Tai
5ott entertained at a bridge party
for Mrs. Gehrman on Monday
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-05-29

changed their policy against dis
elimination after the survey
started, the NAACP claimed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-29
Hart Appointed
To District Court
On Recess Busis

Attorney George L. Hart, jr.,
was named to the United States
District Court bench here in
a recess appointment made to-
day by President Eisenhower
The President announced the
appointment in a swift follow
up of Senate failure in the last
hours of the 85th Congress to
approve Mr.. Harris nomina-
ton. The move had been ex-
pected since influential mem
bers of the Senate Judiciary
Subcommittee stated a desire
to see the nominees perform
ance on the bench before con-
firming him.
Subcommittee Chairman
Carroll, Democrat Of Colorado,
said he also wanted a hearing
on Mr. Harris qualifications to
determine his views on the
Mallory decision and on laws
governing search and seizure
Mr.. Hart fills a vacancy
created by the death last year
Of Judge James R.. Kirkland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-29
Mother Sues Husband
ToPoyforChiIdN Not His

for the greater amount because
her former husband. civilian
employe in the Navy, earns
more than $4,000 a year.
Judge Munter granted the
husband the divorce on grounds
his wife deserted him while he
was working in Baghdad.
The former husbands brief
contends his wife actually de
serted" him when she removed
her wedding ring in November
1852, and refused to permit him
to come near her. although they
continued to live together.
Can a husband then be held
for support of child ad-
mittedly not his Just because
he contributed toward his wife's
support land incidentally to the
child's) for some period of time
while he was still endeavoring
to effect a reconciliatlon?"
asked the husbands attorney,
Mrs. Katherine M. Staley.
"A habit of charity and for
giveness should not be welded
into a claim to bind him to OBJ
legations in which regard he
has not had and never can have
any correlative right, privilege
or enjoyment" Mrs. Staley
added
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-29

Sunny skies and gentle wind
promised today to make the
Labor Day week end ideal for
the beaches and all other out
door activity on the tradition
ally big windup of the summer
season.
Gone were the threats of
Hurricane Daisy IN this area as
thousands of city folk prepared
to hit the roads, rails and air
ways this evening.
The Weather Bureau looked
for temperatures in the S0S
throughout the nearby coastal
area, with only a chance OF
scattered showers the first OF
the week.
Only the specter of death on
the highway marred the out
look. From the Washington
area alone. $4,000 cars were
expected to carry 285,000 per-
sons over the highways.
( Issuing its usual warning, the
National Safety Council pre-
! dicted 400 of the Nations mo-
florists will have their holiday
end IN death. That toll might
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-29
Labor Day Weather:
Its Going to Be Ideal

be cut at least in half if the
motorist would observe the
three C's-caution, courtesy
and common sense" the Amer
lean Automobile Association
said.
tanning airlines, trains and
buses to capacity will be addi-
tional thousands pouring into
the Capital for sightseeing and
visiting.
Besides picnics, swimming
and boating. stay-at-homes can
see a Monday doubleheader be-
tween the Baltimore Orioles
and the Washington Senators,
after a three-game series with
the league-leading New York
Yankees beginning tonight.
High on the list of more
serious events is the sixth an
nual Labor Day mass at lC
am. in the Shrine of Sacred
Heart, Sixteenth street and
Park road NV.
More than 1000 will attend
including Secretary of Labor
Mitchell, Undersecretary James
See HOLIDAY, Page A.!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-29

A woman who admitted in
court that her 4-year-old
daughter was fathered by an
other man, sought today to
have her former husband pay
5000 a month support.
Now living in New Jersey
with the child, the woman
already has been awarded $50
a month support for the child
in a hotly contested trial before
Domestic Relations Judge God
frey L. Munter last February.
In quest of the larger set
tlement, she had carried the
case to the Municipal Court
of Appeals.
While admitting in the trial
that the child was not her hus-
bands, the plaintiff contended
he was responsible for support
because she did not leave him
until about six months before
the birth.
In awarding the $50 a month
settlement earlier, Judge Mum
ter observed that from the
time the husband and wife
were separated in 1853 until the
divorce last February, the hus-
band had voluntarily con-
tributed to the child's support.
The mother justified demand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-29
Transit Fares
SET at2OCents
Pupil Charge Up,
Passes Dropped
BY JAMES G. DEANE
Star stan Writer

Washington transit riders will
pay higher fares starting at
4 am. Sunday.
D. C. Transit System yester-
day won Public Utilities Com
mission approval for a new fare
schedule providing a straight
20-cent regular fare and a 10
cent school fare.
Tokens will still be sold, but
at five for 81, the same as the
cash fare. They are now five
for 95 cents. The cash fare
is 20 cents.
Weekly permits. now 80 cents
with each ride costing 10 cents,
will be abolished.
The fare changes, except for
the tokens, conform to the
company requests. The COM
pany wanted to drop tokens,
but the commission ordered
them continued at least for
four months.
In December a decision will
be made on whether to keep
them longer, the commission
said. This will be based on pub
lie reaction to making them
the same price as full fare.
First Since 1855
The fare rise will be the first
for the transit company under
its present management and
the city's first since 1855.
1t will give the company an
operating return of some $685.
900 in the next year, or slightly
over 6 per cent on the COM
miSSion-set rate base, the COM
mission said. The company's
franchise says a 61a per cent
return would not be unreason-
able. but the commission noted
that the company did not re-
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