Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1957-08-24 Thaddeus T. Stokes MEMPHIS WORLD The South's Oldest and Leading Colored Semi-Weekly Newspaper Published by MEMPHIS WORLD PUBLISHING CO. Every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY at 546 BEALE—Ph. JA. 6-4030 Member of SCOTT NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE W. A. Scott, II, Founder; C. A. Scott, General Manager Entered in the Post Office at Memphis, Tenn., as second-class mall under the Act of Congress, March 1, 1870 THADDEUS T. STOKES Managing Editor MRS. ROSA BROWN BRACY Public Relations and Advertising ALYSON E. WISE Circulation Promotion SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Year $5.00—6 Months $3.00—3 Months $1.50 (In Advance) The MEMPHIS WORLD is an independent newspaper—non-sectarian and non-partisan, printing news unblasedly and supporting those things it believes to be of interest to its readers and opposing those things against the interest of its readers. Attorney Morrow And His Rights Philosophy Our citizenry was treated on Monday night at the Wheat Street Church with a masterful address by Attorney E. Frederic Morrow, Administrative Assistant of Special Projects Groups in the office of President of the United States. At this time in Washington, when hardly there is an issue of the daily press but what does not carry headlines on the civil rights issue, it was but natural that the bulk of his address would deal with civil rights. His hearers were not in the least disappointed for they gave close attention to the speaker's analysis of that issue. Said he: "The whole nation has watched with deep interest and intense emotion the human drama portrayed in the Senate of the United States as that august body deliberated on the status to be accorded black citizens of this Republic." Going further he said: "When the final vote indicated that the civil rights of Negroes would be given merey token protection and enforcement, instead of positive and affirmative action as requested by the Administration, despair and dismay overtook millions of Negroes throughout the land." The speaker summarized the whole of his address in the simplicity of contending for the rights of Negroes to walk this land unmolested, unrestricted, in a free circulation in a free society. The speaker claimed that the solution was as simple as that and that our group should not be expected to settle for less. Beyond a doubt Mr. Morrow spoke the sentiments of the Administration; fresh from the environment of the chief executive and having access to documents and opinions, he should be a person of unusual authority. His position of contending for the full-enjoyment of constitutional rights by all citizens is quite in keeping with our own. That the group should not settle for less, is also a sound and reasonable contention. But in this hour of struggle, when men are apt to for their own convenience and protection "play politics" a little, we may have to wait a little longer for our full measure. The bill, then in its present diluted form, which is far from satisfactory, will help those million of Negroes in the deep South who would press their claims more vigorously if they had the wherewiths to engage legal aid. While the jury trial would obtain in criminal contempt cases, there is much in he bill which would help the vote situation. If none of the bill passes, then there is no telling where this vote challenge business will crop up. It will be recalled that in the Randolph County case alone in which the Negroes met headon the challenge they were put to great odds and delay in getting counsel adequately equipped for the case. This and many other phases of redress will be taken care of if the bill got by even in its present form; Once the voters of the South are freed, they can obtain much of the provisions left out of the bill. Mr. Morrow's speech was sound; he betrayed the industrious student and-just steward of his people and the nation. His speech will bear fruit and we commend the Postal Alliance for having invited him. Interest Up Again The Federal Reserve Board recently announced it had raised its discount rates at four Federal Reserve Banks from three to three and a half percent. Reserve Banks in Philadelphia, Chicago, Minneapolis and Kansas Cit were affected. The last increase in the discount rate were made about a year ago, when it was raised from two and three-fourths to three per cent in ten of the country's twelve reserve banks. The idea, according to Government spokesmen, is to discourage banks from borrowing from the Federal Reserve banks. This is expected to hold down the amount of money they are able to obtain for loans. At the same time this was announced, Under Secretary of the Treasury W. Randolph Burgess, said Government savings bonds were going to have hard going if money from borrowings remain scarce and interest rates kept going up. Burgess made his statement at a Senate Finance committee hearing. He was being questioned about the possibility that bond sales would not hold up in the current period of rapidly-rising interest rates. Burgess warning that Government bonds might be in for rough sledding is a timely one. Not only Government bonds, but home-building and construction, and in other fields, in which borrowing is necessary, plus capital expansion, all might suffer as a result of the steeply-inclining interest rates. When one realizes that GI homes, for example are down greatly as a result of the Administration's tight money policy — having dropped from more than 250,000 in the first half of 1956 to under 150,000 in the same period of 1957 — the tragic effect of tight money policies is evident. Says Ike Doctrine Harmful To Arabs The Western Allies conferred urgently on the Syria crisis Monday as Syrian Foreign Minister Salah El Bittar charged that the "Eisenhower Doctrine" is aimed at destroying the independence of Arab countries. Bittar told reporters in Damascus that the U. S. wants to hand the Middle East nations over "to Zionism and imperialism and to bring an end to "nationalism." WISHING WELL Registered U. S. Patent Office. H is a pleasant little game that will give you a message every day. It is a numerical puzzle designed to spell put your fortune. Count the letters in your first name. If the number of letters is 6 or more, subtract 4. If the number is less than 6, add 3. The result is your key number. Start at the upper left-hand corner of the rectangle and check every one of your key numbers, left to right. Then read the message the letters under the checked figures give you. NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES EXECUTIVE MEETING — National president, James B. Cobb of Washington, D. C. is shown presid ing over meeting during first day of convention meeting at Butler St. YMCA. — (Perry's, Photo) Postal Alliance Delegates Attend Sessions, See City Hundreds of delegates and visitors to the 23rd Biennial Convention of the National Alliance of Postal Empolyees attended sessions at the Butter Street YMCA Tuesday and saw as much of the city as possible between official business meetings. The convention got off to an interesting start Monday night with a public meeting at Wheat Street Baptist Church, featuring an address by E. Fred Morrow, administrative officer for the Special Project Group in the Executive Office of President Eisenhower. Official sessions of the Alliance Convention will continue through Friday. The convention delegate registrants of Alliance and Auxiliary include: Mrs. Alberta Johnson, Mrs. Altaruth Pinckney, Mrs. Doris Griffith, Mr. Cicero Griffith, Mrs. Bettie Turner, Mr. Volma Overton, Mr. Carson Bobo, Jr., Mrs. Lucy C. Phillips and Mr. Lloyd O. Lewis. Mrs. Carrie J. Willis, Mrs. Robert G. Phillips. Mr. C. P. George, Mr. James Kinlock, Mr. E. Albert Norris, Mr. Horace J. Roberts, Mrs. Ardelia Dixon, Mr. Fred M. Pitts, Mr. Amos Woodard and Mrs. Beatrice Adams. Mrs. Eva Mae Maddox. Mr. Alex Maddox, Jr. Mr. G. L. Adams, Mrs. Helen McNeil, Mr. Arthur McNail, Mr. Phillip W. Holland, Mrs. Mary E. Glenn, Mrs. Jane Yancy Mr. John W. White and Mr. Samuel A. Boyd. Mr. Thomas N. Payne, Mrs. James F. Jones, Mr. Earl D. Mitchell, Mrs. Emma Pearson, Mr. Theodore Roman, Mr. Walter Hollimion, Mr. A. L. Glenn, Mr. Felix E. Wilson, Mr. D. S. Rosebrough and Mr. C. E. Sullivan. Mr. Jesse J. 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Personally, I cannot follow this school of thought I believe that most of the loud lamentations and outcries, claiming the worst for America when total integration and equalization of opportunities for all citizens becomes a reality will destroy America is nothing more than perpetrated propaganda, designed to delay as long as possible the inevitable unification of this the greatest country in the world." He continued, "There are too many good white people who believe in human justice for all, as well as, the many, many Negroes who contend for human justice for all, to allow defeat of the progretssive step by step march toward the attainment of democratic ideals and principals for all mankind. So then, the picture is brighter, the goal is nearer. My appeal to you is as it has always been in the Past, let us ready ourselves and our people to live in an integrated society." After his address, Williams was reelected and presented with a $1000 Swings Bond and a sizeable sum of silver dollars for his "Tanh Anniversary" as Grand Mister of "The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge F. A. M. of Tennessee and its Jurisdiction." The gift was presented by Dr. Thomas E. Poag, of Nashville, director of the scholarship commission and chairman of "The Tenth Anniversary Committee", and Dr. D. M. Spotwood of Pulaski, Tennessee tor of "The Masonic Voice" and co-chairman. Another highlight of the 87th Communication was the stimulating address made by visiting Grand Master Amos Hall of Tulsa, Oklahoma. All elected officers were reelected for another year. The Scholarship Commission approved more than $2500 in scholarships for needy and worthy sons and daughters of Masons, to attend graduate and undergraduate colleges and universities throughout America. Delegates expressed appreciation for the friendly hospitality of Lane College and the citizens of Jackson. 200 Students day and Saturday, Sept. 12-14. Registration for regular classes will be held between 9-12 a.m. while registration for the popular extended day program will be from 6:309 p.m., except on Saturday when there will be no night registration. Classes for all students start Monday morning, Sept. 16. For regular students they begin at 8 a.m. and for those in the extended day program they run from 5:30 to 9:25 p.m. A maximum of nine credit hours, which can be used toward graduation, can be taken in a semester under the extended program. Among courses appearing for the first time in the Owen College catalogue are First-year Spanish, Music Theory, a Laboratory Course in General Biology, Library Science Foundation of Education Human Growth and Development, and Psychology of Learning. Included in the entirely new study programs at Owen College this year is a one-year accelerated Secretarial Science Course which is designed, explained President Watkins, for those students who find themselves unable to remain in school two years. President Watkins also announced that all candidates will receive degrees upon graduation, a change from the former practice of awarding certificates or diplomas to some of the grads. Physical improvements completed during the summer at an established cost of around $20,000 include: Addition of a biology laboratory 3,000 volumes for the library, a new fil ration plant to the tiled, indoor swimming pool (swimming instruction becomes a part of physical education), remodeled the boy's dormitory section of Roger Williams Hall, added stage curtains and partially modernized the electrical system in Roger Williams, remodeled the college snack shop as the first unit of the proposed Student Center, and completely enclosed the campus grounds with a chain-link fence. AME Bishop Sims Restored To Duty Bishop R. R. Wright who presided over the Council has beenbishop over the 16th District. I is understood he will still have supervisory control with Bishop Sims assisting him. The restoration of Bishop Sims who was suspended from office 10 years ago was another chap er in a long and dramatic struggle, none the less dramatic because it has been under cover for the most part. When Bishop Sims was banned from the Council, it is said the chief protagonist was Bishop D. Ward Nichols who assumed charge over his district. Bishop Sims had been known as She "strong man" of the church. The title was transferred to Bishop Nichols who became the strong leader who had to be consulted before any major move. Behind the facade where the bishops dwell however is the new body which has assumed an important place in to denomination, the Brotherhood which set a strict budget under which the church and the bishops are operating. This has been hailed as an effec tive innovation in the church, one which has con rolled to power which had gradually accrued to the bishops. Some bishops are said to feel, however that the Brotherhood is itself taking a leaf out of the bishops' former practices and wielding power and laying down dictation in much of the form the bishops formerly did. The espousal of Bishop Sims cause and the dethronement of Bishop Nichols are said to be due in large part to the influence of the Brotherhood. Formerly when a bishop had been suspended he was not permitted to preach in AME pulpits. Bishop Sims, long regarded as one of the ablest minds in the church before he was suspended, was restored to the status of bishop some say, in the closing hours of the Miami session when most of the delegates had left and his restoration to active service was accomplished without much advance fanfare. The long struggle between the two strong men moves to another chapter. POWER OF BROTHERHOOD Bishop R. R. Wright who presided over the Council has beenbishop over the 16th District. I is understood he will still have supervisory control with Bishop Sims assisting him. The restoration of Bishop Sims who was suspended from office 10 years ago was another chap er in a long and dramatic struggle, none the less dramatic because it has been under cover for the most part. When Bishop Sims was banned from the Council, it is said the chief protagonist was Bishop D. Ward Nichols who assumed charge over his district. Bishop Sims had been known as She "strong man" of the church. The title was transferred to Bishop Nichols who became the strong leader who had to be consulted before any major move. Behind the facade where the bishops dwell however is the new body which has assumed an important place in to denomination, the Brotherhood which set a strict budget under which the church and the bishops are operating. This has been hailed as an effec tive innovation in the church, one which has con rolled to power which had gradually accrued to the bishops. Some bishops are said to feel, however that the Brotherhood is itself taking a leaf out of the bishops' former practices and wielding power and laying down dictation in much of the form the bishops formerly did. The espousal of Bishop Sims cause and the dethronement of Bishop Nichols are said to be due in large part to the influence of the Brotherhood. Formerly when a bishop had been suspended he was not permitted to preach in AME pulpits. Bishop Sims, long regarded as one of the ablest minds in the church before he was suspended, was restored to the status of bishop some say, in the closing hours of the Miami session when most of the delegates had left and his restoration to active service was accomplished without much advance fanfare. The long struggle between the two strong men moves to another chapter. MEALTIME MELODIES! September is going to be a month of plentifuls. Turkeys and Bartlett Pears will be featured. Other plentifuls will be broilers, fryers, vegetables, vegetable fats, oils fresh and frozen fish, dry peas and milk. Summer is fast coming to a close but summer vegetable are still plentiful from local market gardens. These are your best buys both for the table and for that deep freeze. Now that vacation time is about over for most families there is a resumption of more normal patterns of family living. There's more to be done around the house, more members of the family are home, and sono school will get together with under way. Thus, cooler weather, inspires more regularity in meal serving, and heartier eating. All of this makes September ideal for Better Breakfast Mon'h and milk ideal as a drink, with cereals and fruits, in pancakes, biscuits, and other home-baked products. Since a good breakfast plays an important role in helping one to face the world with confidence and integrity, it should be a must. Children and adults alike will reap bountiful profit for time out taken in eating a warm breakfast. Cereals are especially nice for breakfast and they all have one characteristic in common-they are an expensive source of energy. Along with the carbohydrates, cereals also contain protein, minerals and vitamins. Certain cereals contain a type of cellulose or roughage that is helpful in the diet. Prepared cereals are easy to serve but those good home cooked cereals came for their share of praise also. You have to look a long time to find something better for breakfast than. 1 cup rice 3½ cups scalded milk Wash rice thoroughly in cold water Place rice milk and l teaspoon salt in top of double boiler, cook over boiling water about 40 minutes or until rice is soft and milk absorbed. Serve warm with a bit of cream butter or top milk and sugar. Makes 5 servings. RICE COOKED IN MILK September is going to be a month of plentifuls. Turkeys and Bartlett Pears will be featured. Other plentifuls will be broilers, fryers, vegetables, vegetable fats, oils fresh and frozen fish, dry peas and milk. Summer is fast coming to a close but summer vegetable are still plentiful from local market gardens. These are your best buys both for the table and for that deep freeze. Now that vacation time is about over for most families there is a resumption of more normal patterns of family living. There's more to be done around the house, more members of the family are home, and sono school will get together with under way. Thus, cooler weather, inspires more regularity in meal serving, and heartier eating. All of this makes September ideal for Better Breakfast Mon'h and milk ideal as a drink, with cereals and fruits, in pancakes, biscuits, and other home-baked products. Since a good breakfast plays an important role in helping one to face the world with confidence and integrity, it should be a must. Children and adults alike will reap bountiful profit for time out taken in eating a warm breakfast. Cereals are especially nice for breakfast and they all have one characteristic in common-they are an expensive source of energy. Along with the carbohydrates, cereals also contain protein, minerals and vitamins. Certain cereals contain a type of cellulose or roughage that is helpful in the diet. Prepared cereals are easy to serve but those good home cooked cereals came for their share of praise also. You have to look a long time to find something better for breakfast than. 1 cup rice 3½ cups scalded milk Wash rice thoroughly in cold water Place rice milk and l teaspoon salt in top of double boiler, cook over boiling water about 40 minutes or until rice is soft and milk absorbed. Serve warm with a bit of cream butter or top milk and sugar. Makes 5 servings. YOU CAN DIE LAUGHING By A.A. FAIR (ERLE STANLEY GARDNER) By Erla Stanley Regressed by arrangement with William & Co. distributed by King Features Syndicate The well-known Cool & Lam private investigating agency has a troublesome case involving a missing person. After letting drop an indication that his problem is a mineral rights deal. Texan Lawton Corning employs the agency to locate a Mrs. Drury Wells. Donald Lam and his partner. Bertha Cool, find the assignment to be more complicates than Corning had confided to them Upon driving to the home of Drury Wells in Southern California, Donald finds Wells to be both uncooperative and unconcerned about his wife. Wells story is that she walked out on him three days earlier. A neighbor Mrs. Frances Raleigh, tells Donald that she suspects Mrs. Wells was murdered by her husband. After reporting this to Corning. Lam notifies Frank Sellers, of police homicide, of the suspicions. Angered. Corning orders Lam to drop the case. Research in newspaper files by Bertha discloses that a short time previously, Mrs. Wells, the former Yvonne Clymer, inherited California property and $15,000 from an uncle on Texas. Aaron Bedford. The date on which Drury Wells rented his home was a few days after that. Bertha has a hunch there is oil on the inherited property, and tells Donald: "We'll round up this babe and get her mineral rights for ourselves. Then Corning can deal with us." Donald's argument that this would be unethical because Corning was a client, is broken up by the arrival of Frank Sellers... WHAT do you mean, you got my tip too late?" I asked Frank Sellers. He said, "Drury Wells jumped in that old jalopy of his and took off in a cloud of dust shortly after you phoned in your tip. He hasn't been back. We had men casing the joint all night. When he didn't show up, we got a search warrant and went in." "What did you find?" "Nothing." "What do you mean, nothing?" "Exactly that. Nothing. A few clothes. A lot of dirty dishes. Evidences of sloppy housekeeping. A garden full of weeds, a pick and shovel, and no missing rug." "No blood?" "No blood." "How do you know a rug isn't missing?" "It was a furnished-house deal. We got the realtor and he brought put the inventory. No rug is missing. Mrs. Wells is missing. Drury Wells is missing. Mrs. Raleigh tells a great story of murder. Only trouble is, there's no corpse." Bertha and I exchanged glances. "So now," Sellers said, "you tell me why you were interested in the case." "I wanted to find the missing woman for a client," I told him. "Nix on that mysterious stuff." Sellers said. "Who's the guy who employed you?" Bertha said, "I'll cell you, Frank. He isn't any client of ours. He's a cheap phony—" "He's a client, Bertha." I interrupted. "So what?" Bertha said. "He was a client." "This is murder, you know," Sellers reminded me "How do you know it is, Frank?" "That's what I'm finding out." "Find out a little more and come back," I told him. "I'm finding out more right here and now." "Not from us, Frank. We've told you." "You're supposed to co-operate with the police on matters of crime, you know," Sellers said. Bertha said, "His name is Lawton C. Corning. He wanted us to and Mrs. Wells." "That's better," Sellers said. What's his address. Bertha?" "The Dartmouth Hotel." "What else, Bertha?" Bertha said, "He gave us a check on a San Antonio bank for one hundred and fifty bucks for doing a thousand-dollar job. He's a chiseler." Sellers said, "That's better, Bertha. Now, you're being your usual amiable self. What does he look like?" "He looks like the state of Texas." Sellers looked at me, said, "When you were telephoning me, Donald, I thought I heard a little Commotion." "You did," Bertha said. Sellers kept looking at me "What happened, Donald?" "Corning didn't like the idea of the police." "He disconnected the tele phone," Bertha said. "Why?" Sellers asked. I said, "Bertha's the one who is in the loquacious mood, Frank. As fair as I'm concerned, the guy's a client." Bertha said, "He wasn't interested in uncovering a crime. He wanted to get some papers signed or something. He wanted to find her alive." "Didn't care about a murder or two?" Sellers asked. "Not in the least." "Any pictures?" Sellers asked. "Of what?" Bertha asked. "Come on." Sellers said. "Snap out of it. Any pictures of the dame?" I looked at Bertha. Bertha hesitated. "Well?" Sellers said. "This is private." Bertha told him. "This is something I dug up from San Bernardino, but gives a picture. The only thing is, we want the information, kept absolutely confidential. We don't want you blabbing about—" "Come on come on," Sellers interrupted impatiently, "give We'll talk about the rest of that stuff afterwards." Bertha opened the desk drawer and took out the clipping from the San Bernardino paper. Sellers ran quickly through the news part of the clipping, then studied the picture of the girl "This dish should appeal to Donaid," he said. "It did!" Bertha said. "It does!" I amended. Sellers said, "I suppose you went to the tax office and got a description of the property?" Bertha said nothing. "What's on it?" Sellers asked. "Granite." I said. The phone rang. Bertha Cool picked up the receiver, said, "Hello... Who...? Yes, he's here. Hold the line." She put her hand over the mouthpiece. "For you, Frank. Do you want to take the call?" "Sure," Sellers said. "The only people who knew where I was going were the ones staked out on the Wells house. That must mean Drury Wells has come back. I'll go out there and give him a shakedown." He took the phone from Bertha's hand, said, "Yep, this is Sellers... When...? Still there ...? Okay. Sew the joint up. Get rough if you have to but keep it sewed up. I'm on my way out." He stammed the receiver back in place, jerked his head toward me and said, "Come on, mastermind." "Where?" I asked. "With me." "Out to the Wells place?" "That's right." "He showed up?" I asked. "You're the one got me into this," Sellers said. "Now I'll let you use those brains Bertha is always talking about to get me out Put that newspaper clipping in your pocket and come along:" "We don't want to have that leave the office," Bertha said. "That's private and—" Sellers fastened her with a cold eye. "Would you rather have it in Donald's pocket, or in mine?" he asked. Bertha debated that one for about half a second. "In Donald's," she said. "That's what I thought." Sellers told her. "Come on, Donald, let's go." WHAT IS HAPPENING By A.A. FAIR (ERLE STANLEY GARDNER) By Erla Stanley Regressed by arrangement with William & Co. distributed by King Features Syndicate The well-known Cool & Lam private investigating agency has a troublesome case involving a missing person. After letting drop an indication that his problem is a mineral rights deal. Texan Lawton Corning employs the agency to locate a Mrs. Drury Wells. Donald Lam and his partner. Bertha Cool, find the assignment to be more complicates than Corning had confided to them Upon driving to the home of Drury Wells in Southern California, Donald finds Wells to be both uncooperative and unconcerned about his wife. Wells story is that she walked out on him three days earlier. A neighbor Mrs. Frances Raleigh, tells Donald that she suspects Mrs. Wells was murdered by her husband. After reporting this to Corning. Lam notifies Frank Sellers, of police homicide, of the suspicions. Angered. Corning orders Lam to drop the case. Research in newspaper files by Bertha discloses that a short time previously, Mrs. Wells, the former Yvonne Clymer, inherited California property and $15,000 from an uncle on Texas. Aaron Bedford. The date on which Drury Wells rented his home was a few days after that. Bertha has a hunch there is oil on the inherited property, and tells Donald: "We'll round up this babe and get her mineral rights for ourselves. Then Corning can deal with us." Donald's argument that this would be unethical because Corning was a client, is broken up by the arrival of Frank Sellers... WHAT do you mean, you got my tip too late?" I asked Frank Sellers. He said, "Drury Wells jumped in that old jalopy of his and took off in a cloud of dust shortly after you phoned in your tip. He hasn't been back. We had men casing the joint all night. When he didn't show up, we got a search warrant and went in." "What did you find?" "Nothing." "What do you mean, nothing?" "Exactly that. Nothing. A few clothes. A lot of dirty dishes. Evidences of sloppy housekeeping. A garden full of weeds, a pick and shovel, and no missing rug." "No blood?" "No blood." "How do you know a rug isn't missing?" "It was a furnished-house deal. We got the realtor and he brought put the inventory. No rug is missing. Mrs. Wells is missing. Drury Wells is missing. Mrs. Raleigh tells a great story of murder. Only trouble is, there's no corpse." Bertha and I exchanged glances. "So now," Sellers said, "you tell me why you were interested in the case." "I wanted to find the missing woman for a client," I told him. "Nix on that mysterious stuff." Sellers said. "Who's the guy who employed you?" Bertha said, "I'll cell you, Frank. He isn't any client of ours. He's a cheap phony—" "He's a client, Bertha." I interrupted. "So what?" Bertha said. "He was a client." "This is murder, you know," Sellers reminded me "How do you know it is, Frank?" "That's what I'm finding out." "Find out a little more and come back," I told him. "I'm finding out more right here and now." "Not from us, Frank. We've told you." "You're supposed to co-operate with the police on matters of crime, you know," Sellers said. Bertha said, "His name is Lawton C. Corning. He wanted us to and Mrs. Wells." "That's better," Sellers said. What's his address. Bertha?" "The Dartmouth Hotel." "What else, Bertha?" Bertha said, "He gave us a check on a San Antonio bank for one hundred and fifty bucks for doing a thousand-dollar job. He's a chiseler." Sellers said, "That's better, Bertha. Now, you're being your usual amiable self. What does he look like?" "He looks like the state of Texas." Sellers looked at me, said, "When you were telephoning me, Donald, I thought I heard a little Commotion." "You did," Bertha said. Sellers kept looking at me "What happened, Donald?" "Corning didn't like the idea of the police." "He disconnected the tele phone," Bertha said. "Why?" Sellers asked. I said, "Bertha's the one who is in the loquacious mood, Frank. As fair as I'm concerned, the guy's a client." Bertha said, "He wasn't interested in uncovering a crime. He wanted to get some papers signed or something. He wanted to find her alive." "Didn't care about a murder or two?" Sellers asked. "Not in the least." "Any pictures?" Sellers asked. "Of what?" Bertha asked. "Come on." Sellers said. "Snap out of it. Any pictures of the dame?" I looked at Bertha. Bertha hesitated. "Well?" Sellers said. "This is private." Bertha told him. "This is something I dug up from San Bernardino, but gives a picture. The only thing is, we want the information, kept absolutely confidential. We don't want you blabbing about—" "Come on come on," Sellers interrupted impatiently, "give We'll talk about the rest of that stuff afterwards." Bertha opened the desk drawer and took out the clipping from the San Bernardino paper. Sellers ran quickly through the news part of the clipping, then studied the picture of the girl "This dish should appeal to Donaid," he said. "It did!" Bertha said. "It does!" I amended. Sellers said, "I suppose you went to the tax office and got a description of the property?" Bertha said nothing. "What's on it?" Sellers asked. "Granite." I said. The phone rang. Bertha Cool picked up the receiver, said, "Hello... Who...? Yes, he's here. Hold the line." She put her hand over the mouthpiece. "For you, Frank. Do you want to take the call?" "Sure," Sellers said. "The only people who knew where I was going were the ones staked out on the Wells house. That must mean Drury Wells has come back. I'll go out there and give him a shakedown." He took the phone from Bertha's hand, said, "Yep, this is Sellers... When...? Still there ...? Okay. Sew the joint up. Get rough if you have to but keep it sewed up. I'm on my way out." He stammed the receiver back in place, jerked his head toward me and said, "Come on, mastermind." "Where?" I asked. "With me." "Out to the Wells place?" "That's right." "He showed up?" I asked. "You're the one got me into this," Sellers said. "Now I'll let you use those brains Bertha is always talking about to get me out Put that newspaper clipping in your pocket and come along:" "We don't want to have that leave the office," Bertha said. "That's private and—" Sellers fastened her with a cold eye. "Would you rather have it in Donald's pocket, or in mine?" he asked. Bertha debated that one for about half a second. "In Donald's," she said. "That's what I thought." Sellers told her. "Come on, Donald, let's go." CHAPTER 8 By A.A. FAIR (ERLE STANLEY GARDNER) By Erla Stanley Regressed by arrangement with William & Co. distributed by King Features Syndicate The well-known Cool & Lam private investigating agency has a troublesome case involving a missing person. After letting drop an indication that his problem is a mineral rights deal. Texan Lawton Corning employs the agency to locate a Mrs. Drury Wells. Donald Lam and his partner. Bertha Cool, find the assignment to be more complicates than Corning had confided to them Upon driving to the home of Drury Wells in Southern California, Donald finds Wells to be both uncooperative and unconcerned about his wife. Wells story is that she walked out on him three days earlier. A neighbor Mrs. Frances Raleigh, tells Donald that she suspects Mrs. Wells was murdered by her husband. After reporting this to Corning. Lam notifies Frank Sellers, of police homicide, of the suspicions. Angered. Corning orders Lam to drop the case. Research in newspaper files by Bertha discloses that a short time previously, Mrs. Wells, the former Yvonne Clymer, inherited California property and $15,000 from an uncle on Texas. Aaron Bedford. The date on which Drury Wells rented his home was a few days after that. Bertha has a hunch there is oil on the inherited property, and tells Donald: "We'll round up this babe and get her mineral rights for ourselves. Then Corning can deal with us." Donald's argument that this would be unethical because Corning was a client, is broken up by the arrival of Frank Sellers... WHAT do you mean, you got my tip too late?" I asked Frank Sellers. He said, "Drury Wells jumped in that old jalopy of his and took off in a cloud of dust shortly after you phoned in your tip. He hasn't been back. We had men casing the joint all night. When he didn't show up, we got a search warrant and went in." "What did you find?" "Nothing." "What do you mean, nothing?" "Exactly that. Nothing. A few clothes. A lot of dirty dishes. Evidences of sloppy housekeeping. A garden full of weeds, a pick and shovel, and no missing rug." "No blood?" "No blood." "How do you know a rug isn't missing?" "It was a furnished-house deal. We got the realtor and he brought put the inventory. No rug is missing. Mrs. Wells is missing. Drury Wells is missing. Mrs. Raleigh tells a great story of murder. Only trouble is, there's no corpse." Bertha and I exchanged glances. "So now," Sellers said, "you tell me why you were interested in the case." "I wanted to find the missing woman for a client," I told him. "Nix on that mysterious stuff." Sellers said. "Who's the guy who employed you?" Bertha said, "I'll cell you, Frank. He isn't any client of ours. He's a cheap phony—" "He's a client, Bertha." I interrupted. "So what?" Bertha said. "He was a client." "This is murder, you know," Sellers reminded me "How do you know it is, Frank?" "That's what I'm finding out." "Find out a little more and come back," I told him. "I'm finding out more right here and now." "Not from us, Frank. We've told you." "You're supposed to co-operate with the police on matters of crime, you know," Sellers said. Bertha said, "His name is Lawton C. Corning. He wanted us to and Mrs. Wells." "That's better," Sellers said. What's his address. Bertha?" "The Dartmouth Hotel." "What else, Bertha?" Bertha said, "He gave us a check on a San Antonio bank for one hundred and fifty bucks for doing a thousand-dollar job. He's a chiseler." Sellers said, "That's better, Bertha. Now, you're being your usual amiable self. What does he look like?" "He looks like the state of Texas." Sellers looked at me, said, "When you were telephoning me, Donald, I thought I heard a little Commotion." "You did," Bertha said. Sellers kept looking at me "What happened, Donald?" "Corning didn't like the idea of the police." "He disconnected the tele phone," Bertha said. "Why?" Sellers asked. I said, "Bertha's the one who is in the loquacious mood, Frank. As fair as I'm concerned, the guy's a client." Bertha said, "He wasn't interested in uncovering a crime. He wanted to get some papers signed or something. He wanted to find her alive." "Didn't care about a murder or two?" Sellers asked. "Not in the least." "Any pictures?" Sellers asked. "Of what?" Bertha asked. "Come on." Sellers said. "Snap out of it. Any pictures of the dame?" I looked at Bertha. Bertha hesitated. "Well?" Sellers said. "This is private." Bertha told him. "This is something I dug up from San Bernardino, but gives a picture. The only thing is, we want the information, kept absolutely confidential. We don't want you blabbing about—" "Come on come on," Sellers interrupted impatiently, "give We'll talk about the rest of that stuff afterwards." Bertha opened the desk drawer and took out the clipping from the San Bernardino paper. Sellers ran quickly through the news part of the clipping, then studied the picture of the girl "This dish should appeal to Donaid," he said. "It did!" Bertha said. "It does!" I amended. Sellers said, "I suppose you went to the tax office and got a description of the property?" Bertha said nothing. "What's on it?" Sellers asked. "Granite." I said. The phone rang. Bertha Cool picked up the receiver, said, "Hello... Who...? Yes, he's here. Hold the line." She put her hand over the mouthpiece. "For you, Frank. Do you want to take the call?" "Sure," Sellers said. "The only people who knew where I was going were the ones staked out on the Wells house. That must mean Drury Wells has come back. I'll go out there and give him a shakedown." He took the phone from Bertha's hand, said, "Yep, this is Sellers... When...? Still there ...? Okay. Sew the joint up. Get rough if you have to but keep it sewed up. I'm on my way out." He stammed the receiver back in place, jerked his head toward me and said, "Come on, mastermind." "Where?" I asked. "With me." "Out to the Wells place?" "That's right." "He showed up?" I asked. "You're the one got me into this," Sellers said. "Now I'll let you use those brains Bertha is always talking about to get me out Put that newspaper clipping in your pocket and come along:" "We don't want to have that leave the office," Bertha said. "That's private and—" Sellers fastened her with a cold eye. "Would you rather have it in Donald's pocket, or in mine?" he asked. Bertha debated that one for about half a second. "In Donald's," she said. "That's what I thought." Sellers told her. "Come on, Donald, let's go." Porter Tosses ped off at a tavern to celebrate the fact that he soon would be able to bring from the Island of Jamaica the wife and two children he left behind eight years ago. On leaving the tavern, he stopped near a litter basket, drew the kerchief across his forehead and forgetfully dropped it into the basket. He was a block and half away, he told police, before he realized what he had done and ran back. The basket was empty and he ran two blocks after the sanitation truck he saw going the other way. The loaders said they had cleaned out the basket and contacted their supervisor who ordered the truck taken immediately to dump. The truck contents were searched for two hours, but there was not trace of either money or kerchief. Jackson College Faces Concerning the Southern Association rating of the 80-year-old college, President Reddix explained: "For three years, Jackson State College has had full rating by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the association sent a survey committee to the campus to make a thorough appraisal of our program. "The committee found the college did not meet the minimum requirements outlined in the Standards of the Association as followsStandard 4, training of faculty Standard 6, remuneration of faculty; Standard 8, educational expenditure; Standard 9, library; Standard 10, physical plant and equipment; and Standard 17, graduate work. In light of these deficiences the college was placed on probation in Dallas, last December. Dr. Reddix reveals since the committee's report definite improvement has been made in science facilities (Standard 9), library (Standard 9), and remuneration of faculty (Standard 6). Under Standard 10, the college has completed a new science building but does hot have adequate teaching apparatus and equipment. In order to put the college on firm footing, President Reddix has asked the Mississippi legislature to provide for increased appropriation "in order to strengthen the program of the college sufficiently to meet the standards of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools." Word of God "Let my sentence come forth front thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal." Psalms 17-2 Maria Holley.