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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1961-06-29
A BOOK REVIEW
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we can Joss ASIDE W1CnOuL read
ing. But let Us try to project our
minds.
Who are these jazzmen? Have
we met them before? If so,
where and how2
Back In the 18th century q
child named Nicola of Colonge
is said to have gathered fol-
lowing of 10000 children for
some exciting adventure. Still
within the 18th century a leg
end developed and the child be-
came magician named Bunt-
ing, who played some kind Of
woodwind that was very attrac-
tive to rats, and later to chill
dren.
So Bunting, the Pied Piper
of Hamelin, was the first jazz
man.
A situation arose in Hamelin.
The civil authorities entered
into a contract, accepted bene-
fit, and then tried to dodge pay
ment of an honest debt. Here
the story begins to read like an
exemplum, story contrived by
the Church to illustrate a. doc
trine. Debt-dodging is bad
enough habit in itself. If al
lowed to 60 UNPUBLISHED, it could
lead to neglect of religious OBJ
legations as we'll as civil. Will
man cheat God? Yea, verify! He
will certainly try.
So the young man with the
horn turned into something
mephitic, and it was all over
but the long weeping.
The modern jazzmen are pied
in variety of ways, including
multicolored. Likewise tn j r
music is mixed between light
and dark. 1t is played with a
technique rich in beautiful
dissonances."
"A wrong note doesn't COM
pletely throw me. make some
thing out of it that's right. In
way, there are no wrong notes"
But let us see how the rats
get the call. The a d dict Is
mumbling in his cell:
"They better leave me alone.
They better remember me. They
don't know about stuff. They
don't know about the feelin',
the good feelin'. They don't
know about speedin' with stuff,
when the cocain and heroin sees
like it's a man and a woman
inside you, twistin' on big bed
=. The stiff, no living bastards.
They're dead. They're just dead
bodies"
So far as rats are concerned,
this jazz life is better than q
ton of cheese. Now what do the
children hear? We take you to
a CBS-TV program, in which
the musicians smoked and wore
their hats, if they wanted to,
while on the air.
A writer in Harper's said:
"They are committed to indie
pendence, and a headlong attack
on the cosmos" A lady in White
Plains said: Zone so seldom has
a chance to see real people do
ing something that really mat
tiers to them"
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come the basest of kingdoms"
Ezekiel 29:15.)
Therefore the reader can see
that Mike Marriages" had
nothing to do with Egypts
downfall.
Moses married color d
woman. plumbers 12:1) A n q
his sister Miriam balled him out
for marrying her but God took
Moses part, and caused the lep-
ROSY to come upon his sister for
butting into his matrimonial at
fairs.
Before the children OF Israel
reached the a I'd of promise,
God had Moses to select $4,000
colored girls to 60 along with
them into the promise land to
eventually become wives to the
Hebrew boys. (The 31st chapter
of Numbers).
When Joshua took the city OF
Jericho, Rahab who was a col
ored woman went with Joshua's
army. Eventually she married
one of the princes in Israel, and
became the great-great-grand-
mother of David the king OF
Israel. David m TT e d Bath
sheba who was beautiful col
ored woman. (2nd Samuel 11:3)
To this union four sons were
born. The most n t e d were
Solomon and Nathan The line
age of Jesus mother passes thru
Nathan to David and Bathsheba
proving that the Virgin Mary
had colored blood in her veins.
Therefore, if the Almighty God
chose to have His beloved Son
to come into the world by the
way of this woman, why should
we raise so much hell about in
tegration? The mother of Jesus,
and Eliza b e h who was the
mother of John the B aptist
were very close kin. 1t is quite
natural that John the Baptist
had colored blood in his veins,
also.
There is not q man In the
world, or woman either, that
can take the Bible and knock
down what / have said about
the complexion of the people.
I got my information from the
King James version of the
Bible. l have read this version
thru three times, chapter by
chapter. And at this writing, !
am finishing up the Book of
Jeremiah. Therefore, I ought to
know whereof l speak. 1t is the
segregationist dopes who try to
keep the p cop le in ignorance
and heathenism.
G. A. MILLER
4
Healdsburg, California
Editor
The Petal Paper
Box $40
Hattiesburg, Miss.
Dear Sir:
There seems to be some I'M
certainty in high quarters about
how just ordinary people are
going to behave after the COM
Ing nuclear war, (that Is those
of us that are left.
In his much discussed book,
Evening star., 1961-07-23

one disadvantage Of q news
paper guild is that 'it gives
a reporter the idea he can
thumb his nose at manage
ment and it takes an act Of
Congress to fire him. But If
I see someone loafing on me,
I really pour the work on"
Besides uninspired report
ers, Aggie also dislikes: Un-
cooperative cops, sob sisters
and youngsters who use news
papers as stepping stones. -''I
send them out to get q story.
and they don't even get an
Identification. They don't
even know enough to check
a wallet I'D. and yet they
want to be big shots in radio
or TV."
A few years ago. Aggie was
a surprise guest on This Is
Your Life" As the TV mas
ter Of ceremonies extolled her
many qualities. recalled how
she made her way up from an
orphan, Aggie fidgeted and
smiled shyly. She bluShed as
he told about her five grand
children. Then he finished
with:
And we salute you, Agness
Underwood, as a great lady"
Aggie couldn't take any
more: I'm no lady" she
snapped.
Evening star., 1961-07-23

"Sit there" Aggie thus be-
came city editor.
She tells staffers: Don't
lie to me. If you're drunk,
tell me about it-ai1d I'll re-
place you for that day. But
if you're drunk on the job
watch out"
An errant reporter phoned
in q story-and then repaired
to the nearest bar. He was
startled to get q phone call
from Aggie. "Howdja know
! was here?" he rl1umhled.
II know all the places, dear"
Aggie replied ominously.
II never ball out a re-
porter for making an honest
mistake" Aggie says. at
figure he feels bad enough
about it already-and there's
no need for me to rub it in"
But when q reporter can't
do the job, Aggie adds, "I
fire him myself don't leave
dirty work for an assistant"
New Breed
'They don't have the fire,
the tenacity. the enthusi-
asm," Aggie says Of the new
breed Of reporters. "a lot of
fun has gone out Of this busi-
ness"
Although she's a firm be-
lever in unions, Aggie feels
Evening star., 1961-07-23

ner) and Chandler (Times
and Mirror families. And
these two journalistic colossi
fight like the Hatfields and
McCoys for the circulation
and advertising buck.
Thus, not a few eyebrows
were raised when the rival
Times named Aggie Los An
geles' 1860 Woman Of the
Year in journalism.
A Times columnist wrote
Of Aggie: "She's one of the
most legendary newspaper
men in America" CFor some
reason, in the assertively
masculine world Of news
papering, no top newspaper
woman is called anything
but a newspaperman0
For nearly IS years, Aggie's
been a newspaperman in a
town brimming with sob
sisters, psychos, swindlers,
sex slayers, stars and star
lets, hacks and flacks and
millions of sober citizens
whose only apparent func-
tion is to clog freeways.
Authentic Tales
Many of the stories about
Aggie credit her with we'll
developed powers of intui-
ton. observation and re-
sourcefulness. Some authen-
tic tales:
Police arrested a man for
killing the wife of a church
organiSt. Aggie watched the
organist and the killer pose
together for pictures in jail
(thiS could happen only in
Los Angeles. She saw the
organist wink at the killer
and told it to the cops, who
at first laughed her off. But
investigators later learned
the organist paid the man to
kill his wife.
May God strike me dead
If I am guilty." cried the
organist. He later dropped
dead while being booked at
San Quentin.
Then there was the barber
whose wife was found dead
in a fish pond. Aggie in
terviewed the man, who
yawned frequently. Aggie
told the cops that the barber
wasn't sleepy and . man
Evening star., 1961-07-23
Miss Anne ArchboId
Weds Mr.. Collins

Miss Elizabeth Anne Arch
bold, daughter of Mr.. John
D. Archbold of Foxlease
Farm, Upperville, Va. and the
. late Mrs. Archbold, was mar
ried yesterday to Mr.. Farm
ham Fisher Collins, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Gawtry
Collins of Borrisowle, Mill
brook, N. Y.
The wedding took place at
st. Columbia's Rectory, New
port, r. l., and a reception
followed at The Clambake
Club.
Mrs. Olivier Delaunnay of
Paris. France, was matron of
honor. The other attendants
were Mrs. William j. Evans,
Mrs. Fernando Alvarez de
Toledo, Miss Jeanne Des-
rosters and Miss Anne Col
Inns. Junior attendants were
the Misses Mora and Lucie
Schelling Archbold, sisters of
the bride.
Mr.. Dennis Collins served
as his brothers best man.
The ushers were Mr.. Anthony
Collins. Mr.. E. MacGregor
Strauss, Mr.. James H. Case.
III, and Mr.. Robert N. Ed
wards.
The bride is a graduate of
the Madeira School and
Goucher College. She made
her debut in 1856 at a dance
given by her grandmother,
Mrs. Anne Archbold.
Mr.. Collins was graduated
Evening star., 1961-07-23

ming Herald d-Express and only
woman city editor of q ma
jor American daily, Is a spec
tacular exception.
At first glance, Aggie seems
a bit tame for a job that's
driven many a man to the
bottle or the funny farm.
Aggie (no one calls her any,
thing else) is So, q tiny
grandmother with gray hair,
shy smile and quavery voice.
But under unblinking
lights, immersed in tobacco
fumes and mountains of mail,
surrounded by jangling
phones in a city room that at
deadline time has all the
calm Of a riot in a boiler fac
tory-Aggie is a city editor.
And most agree She'S q good
one, too.
At work-from 4 am. to
2 pm. Monday through Fri
day-Aggie seems a foot
taller. her voice a thousand
decibels louder and her Irish
chin out a foot farther. She
stands much of the time
while working, the better to
oversee her domain and to
reach the copy and tools on
all parts of her desk.
Her Gang
Her gang (about 40 news
men. a dozen photographers
and eight copyboys) claim
their matronly looking boss
can out-run, out-write, outA
Evening star., 1961-07-23
She's NewspoPerrnon And q Grondmother, Too

grieving for his wife isn't
bored. She said he must be
stalling for time to answer
questions because he was
guilty. He was.
A Pasadena postman told
police he escaped death in
q car crash that killed his
wife and kids. Although the
postman claimed he clam
bered up a 1,O00-foot cliff
after trying 10 rescue his
family. Aggie noticed his
clothes and shoes were un.
soiled. She told cops she
thought the postman was
guilty as hell" The post
man is serving q life term.
investigators found q $780,
600 insurance policy on his
wife.)
One time Aggie and q rival
reporter, both assigned to q
murder story, were securing
q house for a picture Of the
victim. Aggie saw the other
reporter sneak q photo into
his pocket. She kicked him
in the shin and - as he
howled helplessly-snatch
the picture and ran.
Another time she got quick
access to a phone in the
courthouse by hanging a
ladies room" sign over an
office door.
After hoodlum Johnny
Stompanato was stabbed to
death in Lana Turner's bed
room, Aggie learned Lana
had written torrid letters to
Stompanato, onetime body
guard of ex-gambling boss
Mickey Cohen. Aggie told q
friend: "Get me those let
ters."
She has never identified
the friend but Cohen has
said it was he who provided
them.
The Herald printed them,
exclusively. A furor arose.
Aggie defended publication
of the letters: without the
public, Lana would never
have made q dime. The
public had q right to know
about her relationship with
this man."
Her Views
Aggie also has her own
views Of domestic and pro-
fessional relationships:
In 1926, she asked her hus-
band to buy her a pair Of
silk stockings. No, said her
hard pressed husband.
"Okay, I'll work and buy my
own hose" snorted Aggie-
and she got a job as switch
board operator on the old
Los Angeles Record. Thus
started her newspaper career.
Aggie and husband were di-
vorced years later. She later
switched to the Herald.
Aggie once asked the man
agement to reimburse her for
a pair of shoes damaged
while covering q fire. Re
buffed, she hung the shoes
on the bulletin board for all
to see.
After she had served IL
years as q reporter on the
Herald, her boss pointed to
the city desk and told her:
Evening star., 1961-07-23
Miss Allen To Be Wed

tended school in Switzerland,
Pine Manor Junior College
and the Georgetown School
of Foreign Service. Miss
Allen is at present with the
Belgian Embassy.
Her fiance, a graduate Of
the University Of Virginia,
class of 1859, is a third-year
medical student at George
Washington University.
A September wedding Is
planned.
Evening star., 1961-07-23
TUE sIINnAX nAA

Mrs. Patrick H. Hume
announces the engagement
Of her daughter, Miss An
thonie Calf Allen, to MIR.
Jerome Stovall King. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ludlow King,
jr. Miss Allen is also the
daughter Of Mr.. Frederick H.
Allen of New York.
The prospective bride was
presented to society in Wash
ington and Baltimore during
the 1859 season. She at
Evening star., 1961-07-23

wit, Outright and out-cuss
any male reporter.
Despite movies and TV,
newsrooms are places where
the motto often seems to be
Walk, don't run-or you'll
wake us up" But when Aggie
has a hot story she hops
around the office like q
whooping crane.
In Los Angeles the four
major newspapers are owned
by the competing Hearst
(Herald Express and Exami-
Evening star., 1961-07-23
By JOE LEWIS
Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES. July "a
In a newspaper city room
traditional nctuary for
male good fellowship, naughty
Jokes and raw language - a
woman can be as out of place
as a prohibitionist at q IL
quor dealers convention.
Agness Underwood, city
editor of the Los Angeles Eve
Evening star., 1961-07-23

Editors Note-ln oil the United
Stotes, enIy one big daily news
paper hos q woman city editor.
Her stoff seems to like it-quite
O compliment for peppery Aseie
Underwood. A rivoI newspaper
paid her an even higher one. 1T
called Assie Q newspopermon.
Evening star., 1961-07-23

from the Millbrook School
and Princeton University,
class of 1857, where he was
a member of the Colonial
Club. He recently completed
three years of active duty as
a lieutenant q. g. in the
United States Navy.
Evening star., 1961-07-23
OPPORTUNITY!
SIS. "GoId Bond" Cold Wave
$3.50

0ong away? Have beautiful time with fresh permanent
And you're home bound what better lift your spirits than
new hordo Come in tomorrow teke advantage Of this most
special event! FIowercIuser hair cut, $3.50
JeIeffs Beouty Salon, Second Floor, Street
Telephone RE. 1890
Our Falls Church Beauty Salon offers the same special
opportunity to Virginia customers Phone JE 2-l2oo
Evening star., 1961-08-23
Girl, 16, Admits
She's Mother of
Abandoned Buby

A 16-year-old girl has beer
identified as the mother o.
an 8-month-old infant aban.
doned by four teen-age girl,
early Sunday at a house in the
300 block of Webster street
NV.
Police Corpl. Jayne T. Rich
Of the Woman's Bureau saio
the girl voluntarily came tc
police and stated she could nc
longer care for the baby. She
said the home in which she
lives with her grandmother is
overcrowded and that she had
lost her job when she became
pregnant.
Police said four teen-age
friends of the young unwed
mother carried the infant tc
the Webster street residence
Police said the infant girl
is in D. c. General Hospital
in good condition. She has
been placed in the custody of
the District Welfare Depart
ment.
Evening star., 1961-08-23
Fuirfux Sells
$1.2 Million
Bond Issue

The city of Fairfax today sold
S1.2 million in bonds to pay for
Improvements for the new mu-
nicipslity.
The bonds were sold at a
special session Of the City
Council. Halsey, Stuart 81 Co.
of New York City was low bid
der on the 30-year bonds with
an interest rate of 4.04 per
cent.
More than half the money,
S67O,000, will go to build and
equip a new city hall, sched-
uled for completion July l, 1862.
Completion of the Goose
Creek water supply system and
replacement of the bridge at
Goose Creek will take 100000,
Construction of sewer lines and
a pumping station for the
Northern Virginia branch OF
the University of Virginia will
take 100000.
Construction of new streets
around the new city hall site
will cost $4,000. The city hall
already is under construction.
Evening star., 1961-08-23
2CoroIinu Men Connected
With Muchine-Gun Cache

ST. MATTHEWS, S. c., Aug
% (AP).-Warrants were be-
ing sworn out here today
against two more men in con-
nection with the finding of a
cache of 107 machine-guns
near, a small Calhoun County
airstrip.
Harry C. Walker, legal aide
to Gov. Collins, said the two
told police a strange tale OF
being approached by two for
eigners," not identified by ma
tionality, who wanted to buy
machine-gun parts.
The two being charged today
are from Sumter, Mr.. Walker
said.
A third man, Frank f. War,
rem, 48, of Silver Spring, Md,
was arrested Sunday and
charged with unlawful possess
sion Of firearms, the same
charge being lodged against the
Sumter men. The latter also
are being charged with trans
porting illegal weapons.
Mr.. Walker said the two told
of contracting two or three
years ago for the purchase Of a
large quantity of machine-g gun
parts, believed to be surplus
equipment.
Evening star., 1961-08-23
I'd Bay Bridge Study
portAsked byMoIkus

CAMBRIDGE, Md, Aug. %
CAP).-Senator Fred C. NAL
kus, jr., Democrat of Dorches-
ter, asked the State Roads
Commission today to report on
a study it had. been requested
to make on the possibility of
building a second bridge across
Chesapeake Bay.
A Senate resolution calling
for the study, introduced by
Senator MalkuS and, passed
without a dissenting vote, dur
ing the 1861 Legislature.
Recently it has been brought
to the attention of many citi-
zens Of Maryland and else
where" Senator Malkus said in
a letter to SRC chairman
John Funk. that the present
Bay Bridge facilities are made
quate.
Il refer specifically to last
week end when many motorists
Evening star., 1961-08-23

District and vicinity-Occa-
sional rain tonight, low about
70, Scattered showers and
thuhderstorms tomorrow.
Maryland - Mostly cloudy
With occasional rain tonight
and scattered thunderstOrms
tomorrow. Low IS in west and
around 70 in east.
Virginia-Mostly cloudy with
occasional rain tonight and
scattered thunderstorms to-
morrow. Low 65 in west and
around 70 in east.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay - Winds mostly
southerly 5 to 10 knots tonight
and tomorrow. Mostly cloudy
With occasional rain and scat
tered thundershowers, high in
low or mid 80s tomorrow. Visi-
bility mostly 4 to 8 miles.
Pollen Count
The D. c. Medical Society
reports a pollen count for the
d hours ending at 9 am. to-
day of less than l grain per
3.6-centimeter square slide rule
area. Count incomplete be-
cause of rain.D
.FIVE-DAY FORECAST
For District and Vicinity
s Aug. 24-2S
, Temperatures will average
Evening star., 1961-08-23
Montgomery Critics
AssoiI 3 Zoning Plans

Critics Of three master plans
for Montgomery County at
tackled the zoning studies from
two angles last night.
The county council heard
about 20 speakers at the second
of three public hearings on the
Gaithersburg- Rockville. Upper
Northwest Branch Watershed
and Upper Rock Creek Water
shed master plans. They en-
compass 80 square miles in
the county's midsection.
Speakers criticized the mas
ter plans treatment of individ-
ual tracts and lots and also
attacked the basic philosophy
of the plans.
Most of last nights speakers
and the group scheduled to
appear tomorrow night are at
torpeys representing land
owners. They we're not salts
fled with the current or the
master plans proposed Zonin2
of their land. and most have
rezoning applications on file.
The attorneys told the council
that the commercial, industria,
or higher density zoning they
wanted fit into the character
of their particular neighbor,
hood.
Many supported Attorne!
David Belts, who said the State
could not deny a man the right
to use his land. Mr.. Belts alst
said county residents living
near the District could not ex.
pect the rest of the county tt
remain pasture. He said Upper
County residents wanted com.
mercial conveniences nearby.
/ Other speakers resumed at
tacks began Monday night on
the county's basic planning
philosophy which they warned
could lead to urban sprawl.
Jerome P. Pickard, urban re-
searcher speaking as a private
citizen, warned the council that
the sprawling "diffuse city" of
the plans destroy the useful
ness of having a city"
He warned that with the ris-
ing income of the county, more
higher price, five-acre estates
should be planned. He said the
purpose of planning was for
people, not for houses and that
the plans offered too little
parkland.
Darius V. Phillips of the
Citizens Committee for Fail
Taxation, urged the council tc
slow up sewer extensions and
Evening star., 1961-08-23

waited for long periods Of time. -"
the letter said, and under
stand from reliable sources
that the waiting line was as
long as 7 miles"
State Controller Louis L..
Goldstein also said today that
more toll booths might ease
congestion on the bridge.
Mr.. Goldstein made his re-
mark in a letter to Louis j.
O'Donnell, chief administrative
officer of the Maryland Toll
Facilities Department.
The controller said a second
solution would be to construct
another crossing from a point
in Calvert County to a point in
Dorchester County"
Most frequently suggested
has been a second bridge in
the Baltimore area to divert
traffic from that metropolitan
area away from the Washington
area traffic using the present
bridge.
Evening star., 1961-08-23
CountyF
Judges Begin
Their Work

The job of judging 5000
farm animals at the Montgom-
cry County Fair got underway
in earnest today, despite the
rain, which generally dampened
enthusiasm in the carnival Sec
ton of the fairgrounds.
But on opening day yester-
day, an estimated 10000 people
attended the fair at Gathers
burg to take advantage of
Kids Day. when youngsters
we're admitted free and many
amusement rides were half
price.
This morning the Judge
began their deliberations to
choose the best entries in sew
eral classes of cattle, poultry
pigs and rabbits, and All Club
girls demonstrated their Prov
ess in the kitchen and the
workshop.
For the first time in the
fairs history. work horses and
the traditional horse-pulling
contest we're not on the pro-
gram. And the tractor is ap-
parently the culprit.
Fair officials said the work
horse events we're dropped be-
cause of declining interest in
the county. They said that the
number of these huge horses
and the number of farmers
owning them has. declined
rapidly in recent years.
Evening star., 1961-08-23
Montgomery Council Joins Drive
For Northwest D. c. Freewoy

In any case, Mr.. Kordella re-
ported, the traffic council also
wants prompt action in getting
the freeway rolling.
Members of still another
group, the Montgomery Plan
ming Board, expressed similar
views last month, indicating
they would take their plea for
action to both the Maryland
Legislature and Congress.
The council also took action
on other matters, including
final approval Of a real estate
sales tax expected to go into
effect about October /.
Graduated Tax
The tax, approved in princi-
pie by the group last month
provides for a levy of l per cent
on the sale of unimprovec
land; one-half of / per cent or
houses worth over $4,000; anc
one quarter of l per cent or
houses worth from $4,000.
$4,000. Houses sold for les!
than $4,000 will not be taxed
Councilmen took no action
however, on the boiling Merri.
mack swimming pool contro'
versy, maintaining that the
matter was now outside theil
province.
Earlier in the day about 6
dozen youngsters and parent!
from the Merrimack area o.
Bethesda had picketed thu
County Office Building in pro.
test against the closing. Tht
order was affected last weel
by a Circuit Court ruling up
holding a decision by the coun,
ty zoning board.
The pool association ha!
asked the court to reconsider
the case.
On still another matter, thu
council approved a request fol