Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1951-11-09 Lewis O. Swingler INTEREST TO END GOV'T. CORRUPTION HI-LIGHTED Sharp public determination to end corruption in government stands out today as the highlight of Tuesday's elections. The corruption issue swept Rudolph. Halley, former chief counsel for the Senate Crime-Probing committee, into office as president of the New York City Council. Halley ran as an Independent in a five-way race. His chief opposition came from Tammany Hall. In Philadelphia, the voters tossed out a Republican city administration tagged with the "corruption" label, and elected a Democrat mayor for the first time in 68 years. Boston's voters spurned, once powerful ex-Mayor James M. Curley, who has served time in a federal prison, and retained John B. Hyhes as the city's chief executive. In Indianapolis, the electorate turned a deal ear to the pleas of new Democratic National Chairman Frank McKinney and defeated Mayor Philip L. Bayt, who lost by a sizeable margin to Republican Alex M. Clark. Republicans won in at least 71 Indiana cities and the Democrats in only 29. The Democrats were forced out of at least 34 cities including eight of the largest in Indiana. An intense, nationwide drive to wipe out official corruption on the local level was evident in an astonishing upset of mayors. In New York state alone, more than 20 mayoralties changed hands. Democrat Lawrence W. Wetherby, who had President Truman' backing, was elected governor of Kentucky, but Hugh White, an anti-Trumanite, won the Mississippi governorship. The forces of Sen. Harry F. Byrd, a Truman foe within the Democratic party, captured Virginia's legislature. GOP National Chairman Guy George Gabrielson declared that a Republican trend was evident "wherever national issues were at stake." The Republican pilot pointed to the victory of Paul F. Sehenck, of Dayton, in Ohio's Third Congressional district. Sehenck lost to his Democratic opponent a year ago by 15.206 and on Tuesday was the winner by nearly 13,000 votes. Schema's triumph gave the GOP one more House seat. NOW SHOW CLAUDETTE COLBERT ANN BLYTH IN "THUNDER ON THE HILL" THEATRE AUTO-HOME AND $2,000 BURN Fire swept the, automobile-home of Alexander Kreutzer, severely burning him and causing him to lose $2,000 of $7,000 in life savings. Kreutzer lived most of the time in his 1937 automobile equipped with a gasoline stove for heating and cooking. After, the fire was out, a cigar box containing $5,000 was removed from beneath the front seat. 5 KEYS OPEN AT HANDY TONITE; ROY MILTON FOLLOWS NEXT FRIDAY "Mr. Blues" himself brings his great California show to Handy Theatre stage Friday, following the Spizzie Canfield "Glory of Love" unit with the 5 Keys, Now at the Handy. Sawyer Describes South With "Virtually Everything" Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer described the South Wednesday as a region with "virtually everying needed for a balanced and growing economy." And, he added, "almost unlimited opportunities exist for the furure development of this area." Sawyer addressed the third annual Atlanta retailing, clinic. He confined his remarks to a summing up of the South's economic development in recent years. The cabinet member declared the south has Important markets, raw materials, water and power resources, transportation facilities and "most important of all, it has men and women with confidence in the future of this nation and of their region." Sawyer said: "The per capita income increase in the south was 156 per cent (between 1929 and 1949) as compared with 96 per cent for the United States as a whole. Industry expanded faster than the national rate of increase." The record shows, he said, that the southeast moved in that period from fourth to third place in manufacturing employment, from third to second place as a produced of coal, from fifth to third as a producer of all non-fuel minerals. Sawyer estimated that private industry has invested about $16 billion in the south since the end of world war II. That figure does not include private investment in trans portation facilities or federal investment in roads, airports, housing or defense department and atomic energy commission projects. He urged that particular attention be given to development of water resources in the south, Water, Sawyer said, is the "raw material used by every industry in greater amounts than any other single material." Tuskegee Students Win Trip To New York City Miss Dorothy Comer and Miss Jacqueline Ross were the winners in an Oratory Contest given by the Commercial Dietetics Department at Tuskegee Institute recently. The winners will spend one week m New York City representing the Commercial Dietetics and Institution Management Department at the National Hotel Exposition November 5 through November 9. Miss Jacqueline Ross, daughter of Mr and Mrs. C. J. Ross. Sr. was born March 3, 1931 in Birmingham. Alabama. Upon graduating from kindergarten she entered the Carrie A. Tuggle Elementary School. Following a grade school education she entered the A H Parker High School where she finished with a 2.9 average and was crowned valedictorian of a class of more than three hundred students During elementary and high school attendance she was affiliated with the Y-Teens. Red Cross, and school choir. She served as secretary and assistant secretary of class organizations and was selected, during her junior year in high school, as one of Jefferson County's twenty-nine students to go on the first colored Citizenship Tour to Washington, D. C. On March 3, 1949. Miss Ross entered Tuskegee Institute as a freshman in Institute Management. She's doing a satisfactory job and is a member of the Associated Women Students and the Commerical Dietetics Club. After completing the course hero, she plans to do further study so as to qualify for membership in the American Dietetics Association. Miss Ross, a member of the Metropolitan AME Zion Church of Birmingham. Alabama, has served as secretary of the Sunday School and as a member of the Junior Choir and Usher Board. In September of 1948 she represented her district in the United Christian Youth Movement held in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Besides Mist, Ross, Mr and Mrs. C J Roes are the parents of another daughter and two sons. Labor Chieftain Asked To Help In Strike Case The President of Tennessee Coal and Iron Company Wednesday asked, a top national labor chieftian to intervene in a two-week old strike which has completely closed the plant Arthur V. Weibel made the request in a telegram to Philip Murray, head of the CIO and president of the United steelworkers of Ametrica The strikers are members of the USW Some 26,000 workers have been off their jobs a week in the walkout which started as a wild-cat strike by 100 coke workers nearly two weeks ago. The work stoppage has not been approved by the union. Weibel said the workers are losing more than $2 million a week in salaries while the company is losing production of 9,000 tons of steel daily. ESQUIRE Double Feature: Kirk DOUGLAS Virginia MAYO —in— —also— —starring— Susan HAYWOOD Dan DAILEY COLORED FARMERS MEET NEED FOK MORE ACRES Many colored farmers are meeting their need for more land by increasing the productivity of their present farms, say officials of Soil Conservation Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The average size of all farms operated by Negro farmers in the South is only 46 acres, as compared with 157 for white farming of the region. Like a number of colored farmers, John R. Crawford soil conservation champion of Tennessee, has quadrupled his cotton and corn yield within the last six years by following recommended soil and water conservation practices. "Doubling your yield is even better than doubling the size of your farm," says Mr. Crawford, "because it takes less work in handling a few acres than it does to cultivate and harvest crops from more land." Mr. Crawford first learned the value of sound soil and water conservation practices several years ago when he was sharecropping from farm to farm. He noticed that one of his landlords got bigger yields by planting cover crops, terracing, and by rotating his crops. And he made more headway on this farm as a cropper than ever before. This made him want to stick to farming and get a piece of land of his own. But progress up the sharecropper ladder was too slow. Mr. Crawford moved his family to nearby Milan in 1940 and took, a job in the arsenal to help speed up his pace toward farm ownership. By the end of 1943, he and Mrs. Crawford had saved $1,500. With half of it they made the down-payment on 75 acres of gullied, poor land near Jackson. The first year, plowing, planting, chopping, and picking 15 acres of cotton brought them less than four bales, and their corn yield on eight acres totaled only 80 bushels. Today they get 15 bales of cotton off 15 acres, and 675 bushels of corn off another 15-acre crop. "We owe it all to better soil conservation practices," says Mr. Crawford. At an Extension meeting he heard his county agent, A. M. Dobbins, explain that conservation aid could be obtained from the Madison County Soil Conservation District office. Immediately, he applied for help, and SCS technicians, assigned to the district, made a study of his farm, took soil tests, and measured the rise of slopes. When they had finished, he was given a map of his farm with notations as to how each plot might be used. The map called for some terracing on 50 acres, contour cultivation of some of the slopes., and for taking a few acres out of Cultivation altogether and putting them into grasses and trees. A colored SCS technician, James Hughes, helped him put the plan into effect. And aid from the Production and Marketing Administration took care of part of the cost of lime, phosphates, vetch, crimson clover, fescue, and lespedeza seed, and enabled him to build -8,000 feet of terraces. Last August, Mr. Crawford was selected as the No. 1 Negro soil conservation farmer of Tennessee for 1951. He received an award of $100 from Dr. B. F. Hubert of the National Association for the Advancement of Negro Country Life. The Crawfords now have 30 acres in improved pasture, 10 in woodland, 15 in cotton, 15 in corn, and five in a home site, strawberry patch, and home garden. Grazing in the pasture are seven milk cows and 33 hogs. "Our 75-acre fawn is about all we can handle even with, a tractor," says Mr. Crawford, "and it gives us a good living." The Crawfords have two daughters — one at Tennessee State University, and the other in high school at home, Mrs. Crawford does some canning, but she counts most of her deep freeze unit. Life is fuller for this family now that they have more farm on the same acres. Johnny Bright's Grid Days Ended By Broken Jaw Drake's All-American halfback Johnny Bright has played his last college football game. Drake officials said examinations of Bright's broken jaw Tuesday showed it was knocked slightly out of position Saturday when he led the Bulldogs at a 35 to 0 victory over Great Lakes at Moines. Dr. A. M. Marts, Oral surgeon who examined the bulldog bulldozer, advised Bright not to play football again this year and the nation's leading ground-gainer reluctantly agreed that his playing days for-Drake were over. Drake has filed an official complaint, with the Missouri. Valley Conference charging Aggie lineman Wilbanks, Smith with three "vicitus, malicious and intentional" assaults on Bright. The bulldog ace has a career total of 5,903 yards gained, a new collegiate record. He has led the nation in total offense since his first game as a sophomore and averged 236.1 yards per game. South In Saddle In 81sf Congress Paul Wooten, Washington correspondent for h daily paper here, last week sent along the following: "Southern legislators are well satisfied with the first session of the 81st. Congress. No serious effort was made to brine up objectionable civil rights legislation. "By cooperating with conservative Republicans, southerners have controlled most of the important votes. On major roll calls the result was decided by Southern members." In conclusion Wooten wrote: "They have demonstrated that they (The South), are a factor that must be reckoned with in the handling of national issues. The political prestige of the section never has been, as high since the War Between the States." KEROSENE FUEL OIL NO GASOLINE IS EVER CARRIED ON OUR TRUCKS WHEN WE PROMISE TO DELIVER OIL, WE DELIVER IT! PHONE 2-2185 2184 CENTRAL Peddlers With Their Own Trucks Wanted!! Three Flee With $100,000 In Bank Robbery November 7— Three armed men robbed the North western branch of the first Wisconsin Bank in Milwaukee Wednesday and fled with cash estimated at $100,000 bundled into a bedsheet. The same bank was robbed in 1924 of $285,000 in bonds and $10, 000 in cash. Twelve employes and six customers were in the bank when today's holdup occurred The bandits fled in a 1946 black sedan toward Chicago in a snowstorm. Road blocks were set up between Kenosha, Wis., and Chicago but there was no immediate trace of the bandits, two of whom carried shotguns. One bandit scooped the currency from a teller's cage into the sheet while the other two herded employes and customers to the rear of the bank. The bank is located in the center of a large residential and shopping district. SAVOY SUNDAY and MONDAY Johnny (Boy) SHEFFIELD in POLICE CAPTURE $3,000 WORTH OF LOTTERY The local numbers racket got another jolt Wednesday when police captured an estimated $3,000 worth of original lottery books in the biggest haul made since the new federal gambling tax law went into effect. Vice Squad Detectives R. A. Boone and J. E. Sikes said the haul netted books of from 250 to 300 lottery writers, some of them dated for Wednesday. A "WalkieTalkie" was used in closing in on the suspects, police said. Arrests were made at approximately 12:45 p. m., Wednesday after police witnessed an exchange of lottery books from an unidentified women to a man, who was later arrested. The arrested man was listed as Robert Hale, 32, of 1027 McDonough Boulevard. The woman met Hale on corner and handed him a large paper, sack, police said, which he placed in the grill work of a 1939 model Ford coupe near the radiator. The man went, into a nearby house and remained for a few minutes, police said. The officers stated they waited until he came, back out and attempted to drive away and then blocked his path. The sack contained several original lottery books each worth about $25 worth of business, according to Det. Sikes. Hale was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct lottery. His case was set for 3 p. m., today. Detective Sikes quoted Hale as saying he had obtained the books from a white operator who had gone out of business. ACE THEATRE MISSISSIPPI AT WALKER SUNDAY ONLY 2—FEATURES—2 Rod CAMERON —IN— —ALSO— OPEN 1:30 DAISY STARTING SUNDAY 3 BIG DAYS IS ANY GIRL SAFE THESE DAYS? Blasting Drama of a Victim of Attack! Presented by THE FILMAKERS Distributed by RKO RADIO PICTURES, INC. AN IDA LUPINO PRODUCTION Introducing MALA POWERS and TOD ANDREWS —PLUS 2nd HIT— Jon HALL in "WHEN THE REDSKINS RODE" PALACE ON BEALE STARTING SUNDAY 3 BIG DAYS LOVELY PAGANS VA. WHITE MAN'S EVIL! EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS starring JOHNNY BRENDA JOHNNY WEISSMULLER • JOYCE • SHEFFIELD WITH STEPHENSON • DU • M • B "TARZAN AND AMAIONS PRODUCED BY SOL LESSER - ASSOCIATE PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR EU PEAT BY MANS JACOST AND MA L. PL • BASED UPON THE CHEATED BY LOCAL new DAISY 2 BIG DAYS STARTING SUNDAY THE STORY OF THE GREAT SANTA FE STAMPEDE! CATTLE DRIVE COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR Starring JOEL McCREA • DEAN STOCKWELL • CHILL WILLS with LEON AMES • BOB STEELE • A UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SCORE BY PERIODS: Ollie Matson great fullback of the University of San Francisco peeled off runs of 63. 54 and 47 yards Saturday and scored three touchdowns to lead the Dons in a 26-7 victory ever the Santa Clara Brancos. A crowd of 32,635 sat under a warm sun in Kezar Stadium as the use ot USF flash turned in a perfeet final appearance in the home, town stadium. The undefeated Dons still have two games on their 1951 schedule both away from home. Matson, going into the game he had a season total of 1,501. This afternoon in 31 carries he averaged 7.4 for a total of 223 yards, boosting his season mark to 1,279, highest in the nation. There are no plans to release organized reservists sooner than the 34-month active duty term specified in the Universal Military Training and Service Act, according to Army officials. All, enlistments which expired before June 30, 1952, have been extended 12 months from date of expiration but no man's enlistment may be extended more than once unless he consents. RESERVISTS Ollie Matson great fullback of the University of San Francisco peeled off runs of 63. 54 and 47 yards Saturday and scored three touchdowns to lead the Dons in a 26-7 victory ever the Santa Clara Brancos. A crowd of 32,635 sat under a warm sun in Kezar Stadium as the use ot USF flash turned in a perfeet final appearance in the home, town stadium. The undefeated Dons still have two games on their 1951 schedule both away from home. Matson, going into the game he had a season total of 1,501. This afternoon in 31 carries he averaged 7.4 for a total of 223 yards, boosting his season mark to 1,279, highest in the nation. There are no plans to release organized reservists sooner than the 34-month active duty term specified in the Universal Military Training and Service Act, according to Army officials. All, enlistments which expired before June 30, 1952, have been extended 12 months from date of expiration but no man's enlistment may be extended more than once unless he consents. DeLIGHT fully Dry Smooth, Never Bitter Truly Mellow MR. 51 enjoy EXTRA AGED 51 BEER EXTRA AGED, taste delighting. . . BALANCED FLAVOR, so exciting TENNESSEE BREWING CO. MEMPHIS TENN.