Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1954-02-05 Mrs. Rosa Brown Bracy MEMPHIS WORLD The South's Oldest and Leading Colored Semi-Weekly Newspaper Published by MEMPHIS WORLD PUBLISHING CO. Every TUESDAY and FRIDAY at 164 BEALE—Phone 8-4030 Entered in the Post Office at Memphis, Tenn., as second-class mail under the Act of Congress, March 1, 1870 Member of SCOTT NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE W. A. Scott, II, Founder; C. A. Scott General Manager Mrs. Rosa Brown Bracy Acting Editor Charles W. Hairgrow, Jr. Circulation Manager The MEMPHIS WORLD to an independent newspaper—non-sectarian and non-partisan, printing news unbiasedly and supporting those things it believes to be of interest to its readers and opposing those things against the interest of its readers. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Year $5.00 — 6 Months $3.00 — 3 Months $1.50 (In Advance) This Country Can Trust Business In the current issue of the "Nation's Business" there is presented a running story of the men in the Eisenhower cabinet to whom the people of this nation look for their safety. These men, all experienced in the running of big businesses and having to their accounts those accomplishments becoming the pioneer American spirit of thrift and ingenuity certainly can be trusted to run a business government, — the little namby-pamby critics and chronic recessonists to the contrary, not withstanding. The American government as first envisioned by that sage of American Democracy, Thomas Jefferson, as an institution for an agragrian possibility above all else, has left the swaddling clothes of the rugged log-cabin pioneer, whose ambition was to erect for himself a home surrounded by rich pasture and farming land, looking to his neighbors for trade. Neither do we have that America of James Monroe, who envisioned in that primitive age an America securely fortified in its complacency of ocean boundaries. While we still have among us those isolationists who worship around the flesh-pots of those early days before we had the powerful merchant steamers, the aeroplanes and jet propellers. There need be no argument to convince even the most obstinate that we live in a new day; that trade is essential to our big industries and that when it shrinks, we are met with unemployment, disorganization and every disorder affecting the anatomy of a powerful Republic. The picture of these great Americans, heading the President's cabinet, is a wholesome service to Americans and the American spirit. It should lend added influence to the fine set-up we have in Washington. It should put to flight those whose occupation is the casting of unfavorable aspersions at the administration for purely political reasons. Every American who remembers the critical days of the past, when prices slumped, factories closed and the people were thrown into the streets with wealth in abundance all around them, should rejoice that our government has found the remedy. The remedy was the placing of experienced business men at the helm; men with their own interests at stake and surely would not, and could not in reason sabotage their own futures. A political party or parties out of power, that must climb into the favor of the American people upon the dry bones of a few failures, inevitable in a big institution like the American government, in times like these — betray their own unworthiness of a trust in a crucial period through which we are struggling to pass. Yes, the America of William Henry Harrison, the hero of the battle of Tippacanoe, with his log cabin and his cider barrel — is gone forever. The Flaherty Award The Flaherty Award in New York this week to a Georgia Mid-Wife for her outstanding contribution in her chosen field bears a unique significance. This award of Robert Flaherty was presented by the Screen Director's Guild for the best documentary movie of the year. Mrs. Mary Coley of Albany, Georgia is the recipient of this cherished award which commends her to George Stoney, producer-director of the film "All My Babies." The film is an educational feature, designed to improve, existing services to mothers and children. This is a signal honor coming to Georgia and Mrs. Coley, whose claim to fame is the many babies she has delivered from the backwoods of the farms to the large cities. In Georgia, as well as many other sections there is a shortage of doctors; in many of the remote places, with their bad roads and impassable creeks, child-birth is a risky hazard to both the child and its mother. In many cases the people are not able to get doctors from fifteen to twenty miles on short notice. The mid-wives have fitted into this scheme admirably. Many of them are as proficient as the doctors in their line of work and are in constant demand by doctors in cases where they are needed. Far from being a passing relic, the mid-wife is still in evidence; hers is now a scientific profession, requiring certain qualifications necessary for the practice of the profession. The mid-wife has always taken pride in her trade and the highest boast of many, are the babies they can point out — they brought into the world. Many families in the rurals never knew any other medium of birth. The mid-wife in that, was one of the most honored persons in the community. Of gentle hands, painstaking care, self effacement and sacrifice, they have written their names high up across the lintels of public service. WISHING WELL Registered U. S. Patent Office. HERE is a pleasant little game that will give you a message every day. It is a numerical puzzle designed to spell out 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. Modernize Now!! Repair - Redecorate Paint - Plaster - Paper Easy Credit Terms! REMODEL or BUILD now! $5.00 or more per month... 22 years experience CALL DRIVER BROTHERS House Speaker gram was R. Carroll Reese, the honorable congressman from Tennessee who deplored racial conditions across the country, but asked Negro America to work diligently, think constructively, and "live in divine patience." Since his entire University campus had been turned over to the Elks for this affair, it was only fitting and proper that one of the nation's foremost educators Or. Mordecai Johnson, address the banquet. Speaking extemporaneously for over and hour, Dr. Johnson held his audience spellbound while he related some of the difficulties that he as an educator and his institution had gone through in it's long historic existence. At an emotional peak he told them how the federal government had threatened to repossess the entire University campus because any number of buildings were Congressionally financed; and how Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, a Cabinet member, had gone to bat for his institution both on the floors of the Congress and with President Eisenhower to save 'this historic tomb of knowledge." Lt. George W. Lee, Elks Grand Commissioner of Education, prominent Memphis Insurance head and banker, acting as master of ceremonies, awarded certificates of merit to R. Carroll Reese for out standing interracial service, followed by an eloquent bouquet of praise. Mrs. Hobby earliest possible time." A spokesman for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare also denied the statement that the United States Office of Education would run the schools on Army posts if state segregation laws prevented local school authorities from doing so. The spokesman pointed to the provision in Public Law 874 which prohibits the Office of Education from running any schools on military bases. Public Law 874 authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make contributions toward operating costs of the public schools overburdened with increased attendance as the result of Federal activities and deprived of local revenues because of the tax-exempt status of Federal properties. The law requires the Commissioner to make arrangements for the education of children living on Federal property when state or local tax funds cannot legally be used for such education, or when no local educational agency is able to provide suitable free public education for such children. In such cases, the commissioner makes arrangements with the agency in control of the property for its operation of such schools. Under these arrangements, the Armed Forces would run the schools where segregation is to be ended by Sept. 1. 1955. At present 21 military bases have segregated schools operated by the states assisted by Federal funds. Of these the Army has eight, the Navy three, and the Air Force ten. The Navy has avoided the issue at its three bases where local laws call for segregation by not assigning colored personnel, with children to these bases. President Eisenhower last March ordered integration in all schools completely operated by the Federal government. The last of such schools, the one at Fort Benning, Ga., was integrated at the begininng of the school year in September. Military installations on which segregated schools are operated as part of the state school system are: Army—Pne Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Fort Monroe, Virginia. Air Force—Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; MacDill Air Force Base, Florida; Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida; Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland; Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina; Randolph Air Force Base, Texas; Reese Air Force Base, Texas; Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas; Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The three Navy bases where segregation would be the rule if colored children were present are Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.; Naval Air station, Patuxent, Maryland; and Naval powder Factory. Indianhead, Maryland. Mr. Wilson's order, issued with the backing of Mr. Eisenhower, forbids the services to open any new segregated schools. It requires them to end segregation of white and colored children by the 1955 deadline on the 21 bases main taining separate schools. Assistant Defense Secretary John A. Hannah confirmed the Wilson order, issued January 12. He said a "firm order" has been issued to all services to end remaining school segregation by the 1955 fall term. He said some state or local school agencies probably would be "unwilling or unable" to operate unsegregated post schools, due to local laws or "customs." He added that he expects a request for funds to operate these schools to go to Congress from the Office of Education next year. MILITARY BASES earliest possible time." A spokesman for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare also denied the statement that the United States Office of Education would run the schools on Army posts if state segregation laws prevented local school authorities from doing so. The spokesman pointed to the provision in Public Law 874 which prohibits the Office of Education from running any schools on military bases. Public Law 874 authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make contributions toward operating costs of the public schools overburdened with increased attendance as the result of Federal activities and deprived of local revenues because of the tax-exempt status of Federal properties. The law requires the Commissioner to make arrangements for the education of children living on Federal property when state or local tax funds cannot legally be used for such education, or when no local educational agency is able to provide suitable free public education for such children. In such cases, the commissioner makes arrangements with the agency in control of the property for its operation of such schools. Under these arrangements, the Armed Forces would run the schools where segregation is to be ended by Sept. 1. 1955. At present 21 military bases have segregated schools operated by the states assisted by Federal funds. Of these the Army has eight, the Navy three, and the Air Force ten. The Navy has avoided the issue at its three bases where local laws call for segregation by not assigning colored personnel, with children to these bases. President Eisenhower last March ordered integration in all schools completely operated by the Federal government. The last of such schools, the one at Fort Benning, Ga., was integrated at the begininng of the school year in September. Military installations on which segregated schools are operated as part of the state school system are: Army—Pne Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Fort Monroe, Virginia. Air Force—Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; MacDill Air Force Base, Florida; Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida; Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland; Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina; Randolph Air Force Base, Texas; Reese Air Force Base, Texas; Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas; Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The three Navy bases where segregation would be the rule if colored children were present are Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.; Naval Air station, Patuxent, Maryland; and Naval powder Factory. Indianhead, Maryland. Mr. Wilson's order, issued with the backing of Mr. Eisenhower, forbids the services to open any new segregated schools. It requires them to end segregation of white and colored children by the 1955 deadline on the 21 bases main taining separate schools. Assistant Defense Secretary John A. Hannah confirmed the Wilson order, issued January 12. He said a "firm order" has been issued to all services to end remaining school segregation by the 1955 fall term. He said some state or local school agencies probably would be "unwilling or unable" to operate unsegregated post schools, due to local laws or "customs." He added that he expects a request for funds to operate these schools to go to Congress from the Office of Education next year. Rowe Resigns Police Post William Rowe has handed in his resignstion as deputy commissioner to assume the presidency of Federated Films, Inc. The only Negro police commissioner, in New York City Rowe revealed in a letter released yesterday that he was resigning from the $9,000 a year post. 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He said: "I saw members of the post several times while they were look ing for me. I didn't shoot them because they weren't crowding me. If I'd been sleeping and fired tear gas bombs into a hay house. He watched their action and their search. After they did not find him he spent the night there and was not bothered by the lingering gas, he said. The surrender was arranged by Inspector W. C. Grice of the state livestock sanitary board and another official through two Negroes. Grice was to come to an appointed spot— on a lonely country road in an oil field eight miles south of Lexington—unarmed. Grice showed up at the appoint ed time in his automobile. He proved that he was unarmed then Noel came to him and surrendered his trusty 22 rifle. Before starting off to Jackson Grice took him by the home of a Negro woman she fixed the fugitive a fried chicken dinner, then they went to Jackson. There Noel was turned over to Sheriff Richard Byrd of Holmes county, the man in charge of the man hunt. Asked why the shooting Noel answered, "I don't know why I shot those men; I just shot them." His confession statement was made and signed in the presence of the sheriff, three Baptist ministers and Andy Hopkins, head of the Mississippi highway safety patrol identification bureau. He is now being held in the Ninds County Jail in Jackson. Senator Jenner sis of evidence and hot of gossip and the right to be confronted by my accusers. "If you deem criminal procedures in appropriate to the situation, then in all fairness you should step from behind the shield of your senatorial immunity and make your charges directly rather than by inference and innuendo. "I do not believe that you will dare take either of the two courses for you also know full well that the only activity in which the Southern Conference Educational Fund, Inc., has been engaged in has been its fight for the abolition of discrimination against American citizens because of race, color or creed, the ending of segregation in schools and colleges, the opening of hospitals to Negroes and the doing away with all forms of inequality. MEALTIME MELODIES! BY GRACE WILLIAMS It was George Washington Carver who took the lowly peanut, a few test tubes and a lot of chemical know-how and gave it a place of prominence in the American. Cuisine. You too, can take "this same product, a few other ingredients and a lot of culinary know-how and give it a place of prominence in your family meals. Peanuts and peanut butter are oldtime favorites as sandwich fillings among the smallfry. This is an excellent reason to keep a jar on hand all the time — it means after - school snacks in a jiffy. Another good reason is: when you are spending your fifty cent piece you want every penny to count and plentiful foods as peanuts and peanut butter make low-cost nourishing dishes. Peanuts aren't really nuts at all. They belong to the pea and bean family. But like nuts, they're always popular in salads, cookies, and desserts — as well as just plain salted. A good example of how low-cost meals can be served using peanuts as one of the main protein foods is this simple luncheon menu featuring a Peanut-Carrot-Orange salad. Finger sandwiches made with a cheese filling and a glass of milk. A dessert, if you like makes this a wholesome noon time meal. Peanut butter adds a different flavor to many dishes. For a smo texture, use a fine grind; for an interesting "broken nut" effect, use a coarse grind. Because peanut butter is so high in fat, it can take over part of the shortening duties in breads, cakes, pastries, arid main dishes. Carver proved his genuis with another humble product — the sweet potato. Today we're going to test our genius and combine these products and what do we get? Delicious stuffed sweetpotato with Peanut Butter. 6 medium-sized baked sweet potatoes 3-4 to 1 cup milk 1-3 cup peanut butter 1-4 teaspoon salt Pepper Cut hot sweetpotato in half and remove from shells. Mash thoroughly. Add milk, peanut butter, and seasonings. Beat until fluffy and refill shell. Brown on a baking sheet in a hot oven (425°). Chopped Peanuts may be sprinkled on the before browning, if desired. Six servings. STUFFED SWEETPOTATO WITH PEANUT BUTTER BY GRACE WILLIAMS It was George Washington Carver who took the lowly peanut, a few test tubes and a lot of chemical know-how and gave it a place of prominence in the American. Cuisine. You too, can take "this same product, a few other ingredients and a lot of culinary know-how and give it a place of prominence in your family meals. Peanuts and peanut butter are oldtime favorites as sandwich fillings among the smallfry. This is an excellent reason to keep a jar on hand all the time — it means after - school snacks in a jiffy. Another good reason is: when you are spending your fifty cent piece you want every penny to count and plentiful foods as peanuts and peanut butter make low-cost nourishing dishes. Peanuts aren't really nuts at all. They belong to the pea and bean family. But like nuts, they're always popular in salads, cookies, and desserts — as well as just plain salted. A good example of how low-cost meals can be served using peanuts as one of the main protein foods is this simple luncheon menu featuring a Peanut-Carrot-Orange salad. Finger sandwiches made with a cheese filling and a glass of milk. A dessert, if you like makes this a wholesome noon time meal. Peanut butter adds a different flavor to many dishes. For a smo texture, use a fine grind; for an interesting "broken nut" effect, use a coarse grind. Because peanut butter is so high in fat, it can take over part of the shortening duties in breads, cakes, pastries, arid main dishes. Carver proved his genuis with another humble product — the sweet potato. Today we're going to test our genius and combine these products and what do we get? Delicious stuffed sweetpotato with Peanut Butter. 6 medium-sized baked sweet potatoes 3-4 to 1 cup milk 1-3 cup peanut butter 1-4 teaspoon salt Pepper Cut hot sweetpotato in half and remove from shells. Mash thoroughly. Add milk, peanut butter, and seasonings. Beat until fluffy and refill shell. Brown on a baking sheet in a hot oven (425°). Chopped Peanuts may be sprinkled on the before browning, if desired. Six servings.