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Evening star., 1962-01-16
Honnen Swoffer Dies;
Leoend in journalism

LONDON, Jan. 16 (AP).-
Hannen Swaffer, the Pope of
Fleet Street" and a legend of
British journalism, died today.
He was 80.
Mr.. Swaffer had been suf-
fering from an internal hem
orrhage. He improved and was
able to go home last Thursday,
but he became i'll again yester-
day and died in a hospital.
Frederick Charles Hannen
Swaffer was acknowledged to
be a great reporter and a fine
dramatic critic. AS an editor
he helped Lord Northcliffe and
Lord Beaverbrook to immense
power, but it was his person.
ality that became legendary.
Somber in appearance and
always pontificating, Mr.. Swat
fer told Fleet Street how jour-
nalism should be conducted
and the world how to do its
work. His absolute sincerity and
his determination to fight for
any cause in which he believed
brought him the affection of
many. He was convinced that
he-and sometimes only he
knew "the truth"
Evening star., 1962-01-16
John Heide, 50,
Ex-Cur Dealer

John C. Heide, 50, q former
Washington businessman, died
Sunday after q heart attack at
his home in Hampton, Va.
A native of the District. Mr..
Heide had retired from the
used car business in 1859 to live
in Hampton.
He had been in the used car
business for more than 20
years, and owned Heide Motors
on Marlboro pike in Suitland.
Md, before his retirement.
He leaves a daughter, Mrs.
Margaret Cloud Of 6103 Forty
second avenue, Hyattsville, Md;
a sister, Mrs. Robert Childers
of 2502 Henderson avenue,
Wheaton, Md, and a brother,
Thomas, of Waldorf, Md. He
also leaves seven grandchildren.
A requiem mass will be said
at 10 a. m. tomorrow in the
chapel of the Hampton Ma
tional Cemetery. with burial
there.
Evening star., 1962-01-16
Mrs. Van PeIt,
Wife of @. 0. P.
Representative

Mrs. William K. Van Pelt
81, wife of the Republican
Representative from Wisconsin
died of a heart attack today
in her home at 1900 Battery
lane, Bethesda.
Mrs. Van Pelt's body was
found by her husband at 4 am
He called the Bethesda Chevy
Chase Rescue Squad.
Mrs. Van Pelt. the former
Sophie Schmidt of Waupon
Wis, had been here since 1861,
when Mr.. Van Pelt was elected
to Congress.
She was a member of the
Congressional Country Club.
Besides her husband, she il
survived by two children, Will
liam Peter, %. a student al
Oshkosh State College, Wiscon.
sin, and Julie Ann, 16, a stu
dent in Fond du Lac, Wis; one
grandchild. James, 16 months
and five sisters, Mrs. w. C
Smith of Duluth, Mimi; Mrs
Leonard Giebank of Waupor
and Mrs. Arthur Scales, Mis-.
Rena Schmidt and Miss Emma
Schmidt, all of Milwaukee.
Funeral services and buria
will be in Fond du Lac.
Evening star., 1962-01-16
Mrs. FouIois, 80,
Generals Wife

Mrs. Elizabeth Grant Foulois,
80, wife of retired Army Air
Corps Brig. Gen. Benjamin
Foulois, died yesterday at the
Andrews Air Force Base Hos
pital after a long illness.
Mrs. Foulois, a native Of
Ventnor, N. j., had been living
at Andrews with her husband
for several years. An aviation
pioneer, he retired in 1885 as
chief of staff of the Army Air
Corps.
Funeral services and burial
will be held later this week in
Pennsylvania. Local arrange
ments are being handled by the
Chambers Funeral Home.
The family requests that eX-
pressions of sympathy be in the
form of contributions to the
Elizabeth Foulois Memorial Girl
Scout Fund. They can be sent
to Andrews care of the Air
Force Systems Com m a n d
Branch of the First National
Bank of Maryland.
Evening star., 1962-01-16
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Evening star., 1962-01-16

"a reporter should be like a
dramatist," he said. "A drama
tist drops the curtain when he
has said what he has to say.
A dramatist leaves out non-es-
sentials and drops the curtain
on the climax. So should the
reporter"
The Sunday Laborite paper,
The People, gave him a lunch
con party on his 18th birthday
He roundly admonished British
papers for failing to produce
or use any new ideas. He said
they were "aping American
newspapers"
Mr.. Swaffer knew most
great figures Of politics, the
stage and the music world dur
ing the first 80 years Of the
century. He had held every
position in journalism except
that of sports editor.
He fathered the modern
gossip column in 1913, sup.
planting the constant pleasant
ries in style up to then with
pungent criticism.
His wife died in 1856 after
they had been married 81
years. They had no children.
Evening star., 1962-01-16
DR.. Max Cohen,
DermutoIoqist

DR.. Max H. Cohen, 81, a
Memphis (Tenn.) dermatologist
and a native of Washington,
died Saturday in Memphis after
a long illness.
DR.. Cohen, who attended
Eastern High School, was grad
uated from Georgetown Uni
verSity School of Medicine in
1884.
Before entering the Army in
1910, he specialized in derma-
tology at the New York Skin
and Cancer Clinic. During
World War II he was a Medical
Corps lieutenant colonel.
After the war, DR.. Cohen
taught at the University of
Tennessee Medical School be-
fore going to Memphis.
He leaves his wife, Mary,
and four children, all of Mem
phis; his mother, Mrs. Harry
Cohen of 6101 Sixteenth street
NV; two brothers, Victor OF
10801 Lockridge drive, Silver
Spring, and Jack of 1000 Grail
drive, Bethesda and a sister
Mrs. Rose Kramer Of $3.50 Har-
vey road, Silver Spring.
Services were yesterday in
Memphis.
Evening star., 1962-01-16
Ethel Jones, 81,
Retired Worker

Miss Ethel j. Jones, 80, died
yesterday at the Kensington
Gardens Nursing Home in
Wheaton, Md. She had been ill
for several years.
She was a resident of the
Henry and Annie Hart Home
for the Blind, 1850 R street
NV.
Miss Jones came to Wash
|ington in 1917 from her native
Shiloh, Va, to work for Wells
Fargo Co., now American Rail-
way Express.
Services will be at IL am.
Thursday at the Warner Pun
phrey Funeral Home, 8434
Georgia avenue, Silver Spring.
Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1962-01-16
Area Called
Education Hub

Maryland's Republican Rep.
Charles Matthias last night told
a citizen organization that the
Washington area is becoming
the worlds leading educational
center.
Speaking before the Inter
federation Council-an organi-
cation representing Maryland
Virginia and District citizens
units--Mr. Matthias said Wash
ington area educational facili-
ties rank fourth in the Nation
There are approximately
4,800 full-time educators at the
college level here, he said. Ac-
cording to a survey made last
year by Howard University, he
said 5000 of these teachers are
at the Ph.D. level.
He said the area is rich in
special educational facilities,
such as the Library of Con-
gress and the National InSti-
tutes of Health.
Still, scholastic needs are
great, he said.
Student enrolment viii
reach its crest by 1870 and we
must acknowledge and prepare
ourselves for this expansion,
he told the group. If prepare.
ton is made, he continued, oul
area will become both the poll.
tical and educational center o.
the world.
Mr.. Matthias also discussed
the possibility of setting up {
regional forum" resembling
the Metropolitan Regiona
Conference.
This organization would brinl
together governmental and civil
leaders to air common are;
problems.
Evening star., 1962-01-16
1t. Col. Waters,
West Point '43

1t. Col. William Waters, 43,
JSA, Caribbean Command OPP
eraJlons officer, died of a
heart attack early yesterday
shortly after he was admitted
to Gorgas Hospital in the Canal
Zone.
A native of Coalmont, Ind,
Col. Waters was a veteran of
World War II and was grad
uated in 1943 from the Military
Academy at West Point.
Col. Waters had served with
the Caribbean Command for
the last three years. He had
served as aide to Gen. Willard
Wyman, former commander of
the Continental Army of the
United States. He was aide to
Gen. Mark Clark during World
War II.
A veteran of action in Eu-
rope in World War II, Col
Waters held the Bronze Star
Medal with "V" device and two
Oak Leaf Clusters, the Purple
Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
the. Army Commendation Rib
bon and the French Croix dc
Guerre.
He leaves his wife, Miriam;
daughter, Barbara, and five
sons, William, jr.; John, Robert
James and Michael, all of tht
Canal Zone, and his mother
Mrs. S. L. Stone of Indianap.
oils, Ind.
Funeral services will be a
l pm. Monday at Fort Myel
Chapel. Burial will be in Ar
lington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1962-01-16
Miss Harriet Smith,
Ex-AqricuIture Aide

Miss Harriet E. Smith, an
employe of the Department of
Agriculture for 36 years, died
Friday at her home in st.
Petersburg, Fla. She was 80.
Miss Smith, a native Of Leb-
anon, Ohio, came here in 1905,
when she joined the Depart
ment of Agriculture. In 1921,
she moved to the Bureau of
Agricultural Economics, where
she handled transportation
problems and then was q stat
istician for production and
marketing.
She also is survived by an
other niece, Mrs. Walter N
Tobriner, wife of the District
Commissioner.
Services were held yesterday
in st. Petersburg. Burial will
be in Lebanon.
Evening star., 1962-01-16

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Evening star., 1962-01-16
Edgewood Group
Reflects Price

Charles Price of 2403 Third
street NE. was elected last
night to his fourth term as
president of the Edgewood
Civic Association.
Also elected we're Joseph Nc
Leod, first vice president; War
ner Woodward, second vice
president; Startling Freeman,
treasurer; Mrs. Bertha Jen-
kins, recording secretary, and
Mrs. Ann Janifer, correspond
ing secretary.
The meeting was held in
Langley Junior High School.
Evening star., 1962-01-16
Copt. Fronk Hurley,
Noted Photoqrupher

SYDNEY, Australia, Jan. 16
(AP).-Capt. Frank Hurley, rs,
Australian photographer who
accompanied Sir Ernest Shack
leton's Antarctic expedition in
1914-17 and served as the Off
cial Australian war photogra-
pher in both World Wars, died
at his home today.
St. Paul recorder., 1962-12-28

that he win seek economic aid
principally from the United States
and Britain once Nyasaland be-
comes independent.
Meanwhile, the likelihood Of
Northern Rhodesia's break with
Welensky moved closer to reality.
Kenneth Kaunda, president Of the
United National Independence
Party, and Harry Nlulmbula, lead
er Of the African National Con-
gress, have formed a coalition gov
eminent, ending their political dif-
ferences.
Kaunda and Nkumbula, like
Banda, have pledged themselves to
wrecking the federation. While the
government they have formed does
not give Northern Rhodesian Afri-
cans independence or complete In
ternal sef-government, it is none
theless considered as a major pol
itical advance for the territory.
After announcing he would form
a coalition with Kanda, Nkum-
bula said he fly to London to de-
mand a revised constitution. It
turned out that the two national
ist leaders made the London trip
together.
St. Paul recorder., 1962-12-28

SAbLldLeu O11lCldIly "HeH Tie BTU
lsh government said 1t accepted in
principle the secession Of Nyasa-
land from the combine.
The federation, established In
1853 and embracing Southern
Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia and
Nyasaland, has long been a source
of discomfort for African nation
alists. They have often scoffed at
the European-sponsored idea that
the union was a partnership"
Nyasaland, eastermost sector Of
the African grouping, has a pop
ulation which includes $500, 900
Bantu tribesmen and $500 Euro
peans. DR.. Banda's Malawi Con-
gress Party controls the Nyasa-
land government.
The British move brought a
harsh rejOlnder from WelenslIy,
Onetime boxer and opponent of
immediate African independence.
Declaring his government had
been Ignored and side-stepped"
by Britain on the Nyasaland issue,
Welensky accused England Of "an
act Of treachery" and charged the
British government have rated on
U.S."
Speaking in Salisbury, South
ern Rhodesia, capital Of the fed
GRAFTON, Welensky said his govern
ment believes there is little If
any honor left in dealing with the
British government"
Although the opposition Labor
Party in London approved the
governments NyasaIand move,
It Is likely to draw protests from
the right-wingers in Prime Min
lister Harold MacMIllan's Con-
servative Party. Macmillan was
meeting with President Kennedy
I'm Nassau, Bahamas, at the
time Of the action.
In announcing the governments
acceptance Of Nyasaland's seces-
sion, which probably will not be
effected for nine months to one
year, First Secretary Of State R.
A. Butler acknowledged 1t would
mean serious and substantial"
economic troubles for the African
protectorate. Nyasaland and
Northern Rhodesia have British
protectorate status. Southern
Rhodesia is a self-governing Brit
ish colony.
Butler said the Nyasaland
ernment IL aware Of the econ
Omic hazards Of secession and
"ready to adopt policies to min
Imlze them"
DR.. Banda has stated previously
St. Paul recorder., 1962-12-28
Already Mad At Wife, Man
Fatally Shoots Her For
BIoekinq V ProuFumI

Greensboro, N. c. (ANP) -
Robert Edward Kellom had been
quarreling with his wife for sew
eral days. When she stood between
him and a television program he
was watching, he lost his patience
and shot her.
That was the story told by Gull
ford County Sheriff's. Deputies
Alvis Bailey and E. c. Arlington
about the fatal shooting of Mrs.
Willie Olean Kellom by her hus-
band.
Deputies said the shooting oc-
CURED in the living room of the
Kellom house near here, Nov. IA.
Following a hearing of the muir
der charge in municipal-county
court, Judge Herman Enochs, Jr.,
ordered the 45-year-old Kellom
held without bond for Guilford
Superior court. ..
St. Paul recorder., 1962-12-28

zenshp in 1852. He has become conscious Of his
political power and the bargaining which his con-
sumer purchasing power has in the market place,
a mighty factor in a capitalistic society, which
the Negro has just begun to in his quest for
full opportunity to participate in all of the fruits
and privileges Of free society.
Much Of the progress has been lead by the
present national administration Of John r. Ken
nedy who has shown leadership in changing pat
terms which have kept the Americna Negro out
of the main stream Of American life.
Kennedy must be given credit for supporting a
plan Of action in government to at last give the
Negro federal worker the consideration he deserves
the basis Of merit, something the Negro federal
government worker had not fully received before.
His administration began a massive recruiting
program to bring trained American Negroes into
government service for high level jobs He started
right here in Minneapolis where he selected Carl T.
Rowan a former staff member of this paper to as
sumo the post Of deputy assistant Secretary of
State for Public Affairs, the highest post held
by an American Negro in the us. State Depart
ment in the history Of the country.
Kennedy did not just tell the government agen-
ces what to do in this field but he dramatically set
forth his aims and beliefs by adding to his own
personal staff Negro Andrew Hatcher as
socate press secretary, Of the most sensitive
and prestgious jobs in the executive branch Of the
government.
The picture presented TV screens Of the
President of the worlds greatest nation arriving
at a press conference accompanied by a member
Of the NegrO-American group had wide ImpIca-
tons abroad and at home. The example set by the
White House not only effected the position Of the
Negro in federal service but set q pattern which
ls not being lost on American private industry,
where alert management is at last, opening prev
IOusIy closed doors to Negroes Of ability.
The long awaited Presidential Order banning
race discrimination in large Of federal govern
ment housing, which arrived during the waning
year while not everything desired by the US Negro
community was giant stride in the right direction
and may mark the end Of the ghetto system In the
United States, in conceivable future.
In the area of civil rights the NAACP has
continued to do real job aided by the direct action
group Congress Of Racial Equality.
The former organization has spent money tc
assist the school integration program, to defend
Negroes and whites arrested in the sit-in demon,
strations. for picketng place of public accommodation
Confined on Page -
St. Paul recorder., 1962-12-28
MOTHER OF MRS.
REGINA MORRIS BURIED
IN KANSAS CITY. KANS

Funeral services for Mrs, VILLA
Ann Spiller, wife of Rev. A. w.
spiller, Kansas City, Kansas will
be held December %, at the Eighth
Street Baptist Church, Kansas
City, Kans., Rev. I. H. Henderson,
pastor.
Mrs. spiller is the mother OF
Mrs. Regina Morris, All Mackubin,
st. Paul and had come to visit her
daughter and son-in-law Mr.. and
Mrs. B. L. Morris on Wednesday
December 10 for the holidays.
Mrs Spiller was stricken i'll De-
cember % and taken to Anckel
Hospital where she succumbed De-
cember "a. Alexander Funera
Home arranged shipment of re-
mains.
St. Paul recorder., 1962-12-28

III 81 llIllS III Tic LISlOIy O1 the " -.
that an American President has
discussed foreign policy with an
all Negro group.
Not to be overlooked also is that
this meeting signaled a new ap-
proach and gave international
dimensions to the Negroes quest
for civil rights and equality for
all peoples.
Meeting with the President were
James Farmer, national director,
Congress of Racial Equality
(CORE); Miss Dorothy 1. Height,
president, National Council Of Ne
gro Women; Rev. Martin Luther
King, Jr., president, Southern
Christian Leadership Conference;
A. Philip Randolph, International
president, Brotherhood of Sleeping
Car Porters, president, Negro
St. Paul recorder., 1962-12-28
Edward L. Boyd
Resigns officiaI
ST. Peters Duties

Edward L. Boyd, 1888 Fourth
Av. S., Minneapolis pioneer fra,
ternal and church figure for q
years an official at st. Peters
AME church, Al St., and Fourth
Av. S., announced this week he
was resigning his official duties
effective Jan. 1.
Mr.. Boyd stated his advanced
age (he's an active 80 year old
and other duties have been piling
up on him. AS a result he stated
he felt he had to give up his offic-
ial church activities.
Mr.. Boyd said he thought this
holiday season and the New Year
was the logical time to be relieved
of some Of his responsibilities.
Mr.. Boyd has been delegate
from st. Peters AME church to
the annual conference nine out of
ten conference years.
He also has been district dele
gate to two ANIE General Con-
.ferences. =. -~....-- .,...
In making his public announce
ment he stated the church through
the pastor the Rev. Lowell John
son will have his written resigna-
ton by Jan. 1.
The veteran st. Peters steward
said he was extremely apprecia-
tive and proud of the confidence
which the church membership has
shown him during his years as
chairman of the church stewards
board.
Mr.. Boyd stated: The many
kindnesses, the fine cooperation I
have received for most Of the 20
years I have been active has been
most heartwarming.
II shall never forget these fine
acts and gestures Of good will and
Christian charity and brotherhood
shown me by the members of st.
Peters AEIE church, Mr.. Boyd
added.
St. Paul recorder., 1962-12-28

cation because he wants top re-
serve "the purity Of the races" in
America.
Then he proceeded to demon
strate that a Mississippi governor
can be as erudite as a Louisiana
senator:
Everywhere they've integrated
long enough and extensively
enough, it has ruined the civiliza-
ton because you mongrelize the
white race" he declared.
He cited Egypt as an example of
this theory. "At one time," he
said, Egypt had only a white
race.
ut was admired and respected
by all the world, because they ex-
celled all other nations in litera-
ture, medicine, art, law and other
fine arts.
But the Negroes began to go
down the Nile (River)," he said,
"and mix with the white race, in
tegrate, mixing socially, dancing
together.
"It was at that time they started
to go down hill," he said, "and
the people Of the world began to
lose respect and confidence in the
white race of Egypt.
Now" he said, "they have
neither a white nor a Negro race
there"
The governor who has achieved
quite some renown because of his
open defiance of the federal gov
ernment over the admittance Of
James Meredith to the University
Of Mississippi, came here to make
q speech to some businessmen as
sembled to hear him by The Miss
1ssippi Research organization
which Is interested in Turing new
business to the Deep South state.
But his interview which was
staged at a hotel here to show
CCO1tinDed ON Page y
St. Paul recorder., 1962-12-28
THE CHURCHES ON
NEW YEARS EVE
- ST. PAUL .

Watch night services beginning
at 1890 pm, will be observed at
Pilgrim Baptist Church, Rev.
Floyd Massey, Jr., pastor.
The ordinance Of Holy Commun-
ion will be given.
Mt. Ohvet Baptist Church, Rev.
B. H. Hunter, pastor win start
their New Years eve service at
1920 pm.
- MINNEAPOLIS -
At st. Peters AlIE Church,
Rev. Lowell Johnson, Jr., pastor
will be bringing to the waiting
congregation a message on "spir-
itual Inventory" following prayer
service which begins at 1890 pm.
Prayer Service at Sabathanl
Baptist Church, win begin at 1890
pm. after which Rev. Stanley
King, pastor viii bring his mes
sage.
Following the dedication Of the
officers Of the church for 1858,
the New Years eve service Of Zion
Baptist Church, Rev. James r.
Holloway, pastor Of the church win
begin the service at II pm