Memphis World
Memphis World Publishing Co.
1950-03-10
Lewis O. Swingler

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, 1879
Member of SCOTT NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE
W. A. Scott, II. Founder, C. A. Scott, General Manager
LEWIS O. SWINGLER Editor
A. G. SHIELDS, Jr. Advertising Manager
The MEMPHIS WORLD is an independent newspaper—non
sectarian and non-partisan printing news unbiasedly and supporting
those things it believes to the interest of its readers and opposing
those things against the interest of its readers.
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New Health Organization
The United States has a number of organizations and
probably represents the most completely organized people
on the face of the globe.
There seems to be room, however, for the newly-organized 
Health Information Foundation, which is to be financed 
by drug, pharmaceutical and allied industrial firms,
Admiral William H. Blandy, who retired from the Navy after 
forty years of service, is the president of the organization, 
which will seek to improve the nation's health program
by developing and disseminating factual information on
health problems.
It is interesting to note that the foundation will avoid
"lobbying," and "propaganda" and will seek to study health
problems in a "positive and constructive" manner. It will
pay special attention to areas where there is reason to believe 
that health facilities are not as fully available to the
people as they should be.

Doctor Edwin Embree
The recent death of Dr. Edwin R. Embree, who until
1948, was the president of the Julius Rosenwald Foundation, 
was a distinct shock to countless thousands of his fellow-Americans. 
He was more than a great American, he
was besides, a great scholar and author and lecturer. Like
the Julius Rosenwald Fund he directed for nearly 20 years,
his life and influence permeated every phase of Negro
life, especially in the South and the rural South.
He was a benefactor to leading white and Negro scholars, 
educators and professional men and women whose training 
had been received in part through the beneficience of
the Julius Rosenwald Fund. Teachers and students and
graduates in the 5,000 Rosenwald schools which dot every
section in our Southland. Fellows, whose education was topped 
off by the fellowships which the fund granted, remember 
him and will mourn his death.
No Single American, we do not believe, worked so hard
and so long in the service of the Negro. His pronouncements
on the matter of race relations were highly valued and
eagerly sought. During the year he directed the Rosenwald
Foundation, Dr. Embree administered the sum of twentytwo 
and a half million of dollars.
He was born in a small Nebraska town. He was graduated 
from Yale University. He served as Secretary and later
as Vice-President of the Rockefeller Foundation. And, until 
his death, he served as director of the Liberia Foundation, 
a position he assumed two years ago.
Negroes, at least, can never afford to forget the work
and services of this great American. His name, like the
Rosenwald Fund, is a household word, in our hearts and
homes. Let the colleges, therefore, which were the largest
benefactors of its gifts and services, institute a special Recognition 
Day for Mr. Embree and the Foundation jointly.

Golden Gleams
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without 
learning is perilous. —Confucius.

MEMPHIS WORLD CIRCULATION CONTEST
HONORING THE LATE SAMUEL ARMOUR
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS WORTH OF PRIZES
WILL BE GIVEN AWAY TO THE BEST PERFORMERS
DURING "SAMUEL ARMOUR MONTH"
In order to use the best grading system in determining 
the best performers the following PRIZES
will be awarded:
FIRST PRIZE—$50.00
SECOND PRIZE—$25.00
THIRD PRIZE—$15.00
FOURTH PRIZE—$7.50
FIFTH PRIZE—$3.50
The newsboy making the greatest percentage of increase in Circulation 
and Collection, First Prize—$50.00.
The newsboy making the second highest percentage of increase
in Circulation and Collection, Second Prize —$25.00.
The Newsboy making the third highest percentage of increase
in Circulation and Collection, Third Prize—$15.00.
The newsboy making the fourth highest percentage of increase
in Circulation and Collection, Fourth Prize—$7.50.
The newsboy making the fifth highest percentage of increase in
Circulation and Collection, Fifth Prize—$3.50.


Hold 28th Session

meeting of the Executive Committee
Thursday, March 23, followed by
the first general session in the college 
auditorium. Departmental
meetings will be held from 8-10 a.
m. and from 1-5 p m. on Friday.
At 10 a. m. on Friday, major convention 
addresses will be delivered
with Friday evening devoted to a
social hour and reception in the
college Reception Hall. Saturday
will be devoted to a business session 
and a meeting of the Executive 
Committee.
Approximately 2,000 teachers are
expected to be in attendance. G.
A. Key, principal of Orchard Knob
School, Chattanooga, is president
of the Association and Dr. G. W.
Gore, dean of A. and I. State College, 
executive secretary.

Horace Buffington

fare leader through his leadership
of the Chauffeurs Service Club,
and the Goodfellows Service Club.
Each of these organizations was
first set in motion by him. He served 
as president of both clubs, and
through them added bountiful joy
and happiness to the under-privileged 
of the city. The Chauffeurs Service 
Club during the "thirties" was
in the forefront of all organizations
contributing to charities, and giving 
financial and moral support to
civic projects.
Mr. Buffington and his devoted
wife, Mrs. Minerva Buffington
made thir home, a well-appointed
home at 128 Angelus Street, headquarters 
for many of their community 
activities. Mrs. Buffington
is still identified with numerous
groups. She shared the same interest 
as her late husband. At his
side constantly for the last twenty
four hours of his life, Mrs. Buffington 
said that she was consoled by
the fact that many of their friends
and associates sustained her with
their manifest interest to the very
end.
A native of Athens, Georgia, Mr.
Buffington came to Memphis during 
his early youth. His parents
died during his boyhood, and he
was reared by his uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mims, of Henderson 
Place.
During World War 1, Mr. Buffington 
served for eighteen months
overseas in France. His return to
Memphis was marked with community 
services, including the contributions 
he made as a member of
Autress Russell Post.
Mr. Buffington insisted that organizations 
with which he was identifi
ed contribute to the less fortunate.
As president of the Chauffeurs,
composed of men engaged professionally 
as chauffeurs, and through
the Ladies auxiliary of that organization, 
Mr. Buffington was responsible 
for hundreds of dollars being
turned over for charities. The same
held true through his leadership of
the Goodfellows Service Club, Isc.
Mr. Buffington, besides his widow,
left a daughter, Mrs. Maron Starks,
of Compton, Calif., a grandson.
Harry Wyatt. Jr., of Evanston, Ill.;
two sisters, Mrs. Grace Lintin, and
Mrs. Verda Johnson, of Lacerne,
Pa.; uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
Albery Mims; and a number of
Cousins.
Serving as pallbearers were Steve
Bell, John Powell; Monroe Jeffersos, 
Will Irwin, Henry Pilcher, and
James Taylor, Flag services by the
American Legion Post were held
Sunday night at 10 o'clock at the
funeral home.

Mayor Overton

pansion work, Mr. Scharff will be

presented by Prof. Hunt.
The program committee for the
3 p. m. ceremonies is composed of
J. T. Chandler, chairman; Prof. J.
D. Springer, Coordinator of Negro
Education for City Schools; and
L O. Swingler, Editor, Memphis
World.

Dr. Bunche Sees
No Immediate
Danger Of A-War
Ralph
Bunche, acting assistant secretarygeneral 
of the United Nations, declared 
Sunday that he did not see
any "specific issue at the moment"
which would lead any nation, east
or west, to begin an atomic war.
Speaking on the university of
Chicago's round table broadcast, the
former United Nation Palestine Mediator 
said:
"No really warlike peoples nor
any government bent on war exist
in the world today, if either the
peoples or the governments are
given reasonable alternatives."
Bunche said he believed that the
United Nations can be a real help
in settling disputes between the
United States and Russia.
He declared that the United Nations 
offers us "real possibilities as
an alternative to war."
Another round table participant,
George N. Shuster, president of
Hunter College, called on the United 
states to open immediate negotiations 
for settling east-west disputes 
by proposing "a real plan."
He Said:
"We should formulate a genuine
peace plan and say precisely what
we sponsor as a settlement. The
time is now "

Factory Workers
At Record High
(Global)
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
said last week that the average
wage of the nation's 11,500,000
manufacturing workers remain at a
record high of $56.44 in January.
The average work in manufacturing 
industries did however decline 
from 40 hours to 39.8 hours,
but hourly earnings rose about one
cent to $1.42. it estimated.

Warrant Charges

last Saturday in a dark passeway.
Trial of the charges will be in general 
sessions state court, according 
to information of Paul Murray,
secretary of the Nashville Police
Department.
Ouster of Bryant from his church
post formed one of the stormiest
periods of the history of the AME
connection. Prof. E. A. Selby succeeded 
him to the position.

Policemen Indicted
In Death Of Negro
Youth In Ala.
A
Chambers County grand jury indicted 
two former policemen yesterday 
for the fatal beating of Willie
Carlisle an 18-year old Negro youth.
The two men are Doyle Mitchum
and James R. Clark, who had served 
ten and two months, respectively, 
on the LaFayette force.
Carlisle died February 19 in a hospital 
and sheriff J. M. Abney said
in a warrant that Mitchum and
Clark beat the youth with a rubber
hose after arresting him for letting
the air out of a police car tire. But
the defendants said Clark fell out of
his jail cell bunk and struck his
head

HANDY
PARK AT TREZEVANT
NOW ON OUR STAGE

with



The Show
That's
Terrific!


Popular Teacher
In Able Address

The superintendent of one of the
most progressive city school systems 
in the United States gives
the following as his judgment of a
parent-teacher organization; "A
parent-teacher association is the
best auxiliary a school system can
have, assuming, of course, that the
managemen of the association lies
in the right hands and that there
is a spirit of genuinely mutual cooperation 
between the association
and the school system." This, I
think, is one of the best statements
that can be made concerning the
P. T. A.
Perhaps you would be interested
in knowing what other Parentteacher 
Organizations mean to
their schools and what they are
doing. A survey of nine states;
namely, Iowa, Michigan, New Jersey, 
New York, North Carolina,
Ohio, Texas, and Virginia, revealed 
that the following were what
they did:
1. Purchased a phonograph for
the school.
2. Purchased uniforms for the
school band.
3. Persuaded a community to
vote a bond issue.
4. Held an art exhibit.
5. Studied the influence of moving 
pictures in the community.
6. Provided hot lunches for
school children.
7. Gave parties or dinners for
the football and basketball teams.
8. Aided the promotion of a Boy
Scout and Girl Scout Troop.
9. Raised funds to carry on the
work of the association.
These worthwhile things are very
good and could be done by most
organizations. However, there is a

larger concept of what the Parent-Teacher 
Organization is and
what it should do.
The parent-teacher association is
an organization where the parents
and teachers meet together to discuss 
problems arising from the
needs and actions of the children;
to give helpful suggestions for improving 
the school program; and
to have fellowship one with the
other. The parents should know
the educational objectives, of the
school, and the fundamental functions 
of the school board. If a fine
parent-teacher organization is to
be achieved, there must be an
agreement on the part of both
teacher and parent as to what is
to be attained and how it is to
be attained, and a working together 
along the same general line of
action toward the realization of
the common end.
As I see it the things a parentteacher 
association can do to
make itself more meaningful in
the life of the school are:
1. Give members an understand
nig of the objectives and methods,
of the school.
2. Under certain and necessary
conditions give school officials
opinions as to where the school
fails or succeeds.
3. Educate the community in
desirable aspects of the school's
program.
4. Make easy the acquaintance
among parents and teachers.
Every parent should make it his or
her business to meet the child's
teacher at the beginning of the
school term, and the teacher should
meet the parents.
5. Study the needs of the community 
and try to help meet these
needs. The parent teacher body
does not have to be and is not a
political organization, but certain
ly it should know the candidates
for public offices. Then each mem
ber should VOTE good, progressive

leaders in and VOTE bad, selfish
leaders out.
6. Raise funds to carry on the
work of the P. T. A.
Is our P. T. A. at South Jackson 
doing what it should do? Only
you can answer this question exactly. 
We know it is not doing all
it can do, but who is responsible?
Mention must be made here of
the help that our P. T. A. is giving. 
In the cafeteria only one or
two persons working there are paid
and the salary is much too low for
the service rendered. The other
workers give their services daily
free of charge. What a grand expression 
of service and interest in
the child's welfare.
Another thing our P. T. A. is
doing is trying to speed up the
work of the city officials in getting 
us a new school building which
we so badly need.
The third thing our P. T. A. is
doing is sponsoring the Girl Scouts
and Brownies.
The survey mentioned nine things
a P. T. A. can do and I mentioned
six. Our P. T. A. is only doing
three. It can do more. It will do
more with your help. Won't you
join whole heartedly and become
an active regular member. Our P.
T. A. can do a better job only
when a larger membership is obtained. 
Every parent should be an
active member.
The P. T. A. needs you.
The school needs you.
Your children need you.
You need all three.

Lane College Celebrates
Its 68th Anniversary
The College at large paid tribute
to the late Bishop Isaac Lane the
founder of Lane College, Fri. March
3. The event was a colorful affair,
with the students and faculty taking
part in placing flowers upon his
grave; many songs were rendered
which had the tendency to bring
memories of the great works of one
who had gone to the far beyond.
Bishop Isaac Lane is a living monument 
in the lives of many men and
women all over the country, who
are working to up lift the Negro
Race which idea a portion of his
great ideas to show man the way
to Christ.
This event has been carried out

similarly each year through years
in order to keep the group abreast
of the history of the School. The
early history; Lane College shows
Mr. J. H. Harper who was recommended 
to us by the M. E. Church
south during our 1st 20 years with
but one exception. The principals
of Lane College were white and
members of the Methodist church.
In 1895, Lane Institute became
Lane College. The prncipal founder
of Lane was Bishop Isaac Lane
whose name it proudly bears; we
were fortunate in having the help
and guidance of this beloved and
saintly bishop during the first 55
years of our 65 years of existence.
In the seven years since the Steagail 
amendment to the Agricultural 
Adjustment Act of 1938, went
into effect, the Government has
spent a total of $495,169,00 for supporting 
the price of potatoes grown
in this country.

POTATO SUPPORTS
The College at large paid tribute
to the late Bishop Isaac Lane the
founder of Lane College, Fri. March
3. The event was a colorful affair,
with the students and faculty taking
part in placing flowers upon his
grave; many songs were rendered
which had the tendency to bring
memories of the great works of one
who had gone to the far beyond.
Bishop Isaac Lane is a living monument 
in the lives of many men and
women all over the country, who
are working to up lift the Negro
Race which idea a portion of his
great ideas to show man the way
to Christ.
This event has been carried out

similarly each year through years
in order to keep the group abreast
of the history of the School. The
early history; Lane College shows
Mr. J. H. Harper who was recommended 
to us by the M. E. Church
south during our 1st 20 years with
but one exception. The principals
of Lane College were white and
members of the Methodist church.
In 1895, Lane Institute became
Lane College. The prncipal founder
of Lane was Bishop Isaac Lane
whose name it proudly bears; we
were fortunate in having the help
and guidance of this beloved and
saintly bishop during the first 55
years of our 65 years of existence.
In the seven years since the Steagail 
amendment to the Agricultural 
Adjustment Act of 1938, went
into effect, the Government has
spent a total of $495,169,00 for supporting 
the price of potatoes grown
in this country.

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KKK Smear
OF Pepper Seen
The Ku Klux Klan and sympathyzers 
will display old pictures of
Senator Claude Pepper talking with
prominent Negroes on the eve of
the May 2 elections here this Spring.
In Pepper's last election campaign, 
they displayed pictures of
him with Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune 
and a Negro minister in Los
Angeles. This time they will bring
out a photo of Pepper flanked by
Paul Robeson and Henry A. Wallace. 
The picture was taken in 1947
during an anti-war rally at New
York's Madison Square Garden.
Friends of Rep. George Smathers, 
who oppose Pepper will connect
the Wallace picture with the former 
Vice President's campaign thru
Dixie during the 1948 Presidental
elections. The Progressive party
candidate assaulted the jim crow
traditions of the South by not
sleeping or eating whereever Negroes 
were segregated.
At the same time, white
supremacy elements have "
Pepper of supporting a strong Fa
Employment Practices bill in Washington. 
Fact is, Pepper has not
come out in favor of any kind of
FEPC.

Mother Of 9 Elected
"BEST COOK"

Raising nine children gives Mrs.
Neely a lot of experience in preparing 
meals. She plans economical 
meals that will keep her family
healthy—and are pleasing to their
appetites.
Mrs. Neely believes the best cooks
always use the best ingredients. She
uses Stokely's Finest Foods because
she knows that only the finest of
prize—quality crops go to Stokely.




Georgia
2 DAYS
(Double Feature)
SUNDAY and MONDAY
MISSISSIPPI AT GEORGIA
William BLYTHE
—IN—

DARING UNDERCOVER CRIMINAL HUNTERS!
—ALSO—

—WITH—
Guy MADISON


ESQUIRE
CARNES AT
MARECHAINEIL

ON STAGE—IN PERSON
Boris KARLOFF'S Double As

3 P. M. to 11 00 Continuous
—ALSO—
"
Starring:
Charles STARRETT as "The Durango Kid"


Starring:
Clark GABLE
—ALSO—


NEW DAISY THEATRE
SUNDAY—MONDAY—TUESDAY
Spencer TRACY James STEWART
—IN—

—WITH—
Sidney GREENSTREET Lionel BARRYMORE
John HODIAK
DAISY THEATRE

Basil RATHBONE Alan LADD
—IN—

Starring:
Bela LUGOSI


—WITH—
Elisson LUNDI

Alderman Presides
Over St. Louis
Council Session
A Negro
alderman, DeWitte T. Lawson, Presided 
over the St. Louis city council 
Saturday as the Council debated 
in closed session the location of a
new $160,000 swimming pool for Negroes. 

During this session the aldermen
voted in favor of action proposed by
a Negro, Alderman Jasper C. Caston 
who wanted the location of the
pool changed from Tandy Park to
Vashon Center.
This session was closed to newsmen 
and the public as the council
met as a committee of the whole
to discuss the question of outdoor
swimming pools. Underlying cause
of the discussion appeared to the
possibility of opening the pools to
all citizens of all races.
In this case Caston did not want
the new pool located in Tandy Park
because it is near the Fair grounds
Park pool in which whites attacked
Negroes who attempted to swim
there when the city's pools were
opened in everybody. After this incident 
the mayor returned the city
to the jimcrow basis.

Lincoln Admitted
To Nat'l Mus. Ass'n
March
1950—It Is reported that Lincoln
university becomes the second College 
operated primarily for Negroes
to attain membership in the Missouri 
Association of Schools of Music. 
The announcement was made
this week by Dr. O. Anderson Fuller, 
head of the Department of Music 
at Lincoln.