Memphis World
Memphis World Publishing Co.
1950-06-02
Lewis O. Swingler

Memphis World
The south's oldest and Leading Colored Semi-Weekley 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 of congress, March 1, 1870
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.

Year $5.00—6 Months $3.00—3 Months $1.50 (In Advance)

White Ministers Speak
In answer to the plea of an interracial group in Savan
nah for the establishment of an all-Negro court, as is now is practice at Miami. Florida, a group of white ministers of that City has filed a protest against the move, because, as they
word it, "the time is not ripe."
Beyond this time-worn excuse, the ministers failed to
give any reasons why they think the idea is not a good one.
Can it be that they do not think that Negroes of Savannah
do not possess the native intelligence and training for such
a court? Are they presuming that an all-Negro court would
not command the respect of Negro citizens? Or, are they
fearful that people like them, would not be willing to go far
enough in their thinking to accord to Negroes a fair and
equitable part in shouldering the obligations and opportunities 
which local government demands and provides?
Personally, we are in doubt, as we pointed out earlier
during the week, whether an all-Negro court is a good thing.
We hesitate to recommend separate anything for Negroes
and whites when they must live and be governed by the same
laws and standards. But that is far from believing that we
do not have Negro lawyers who possess the
knowledge and temperament for becoming a judge. But
they should not be chosen to preside over some segregated
Negro court. They should be named to preside over and to
administer the law to all groups who come into their court.
That is a very different approach, however from that of the
white ministers. They are afraid to give justice a chance
to come into play. They want to follow the course of grad
ualism, which is another way of saying let things remain as
they are, at least for the present. That course is a long ways
from that pointed out by Jesus, whom some of these would
probably term a radical today.

Looking Ahead In Florida
The executive Committee of the Young Democratic Clubs
of Florida are studying the applications of three Negro
groups for membership in the state organization. Two of
the applications were sent in by Negroes at Jacksonville.
while the third was from Pensacola, Florida.
Perhaps it will be some time yet before the group will
take final action on the applications, but there is a possibility
that these Young Democrats will act favorably on the plea
of the Negroes for effective representation, which can only
come by affiliation with the work, planning and program of
the organization itself.
In South Carolina, the Democratic Party has been instructed 
to open its membership to Negroes, since they are
professed Democrats and have a right to sit in its councils
and help work out the plans which the organization deems
wise and practicable for the section.
Aside from the Florida and South Carolina situation
there is not another state in the Deep South which has as yet
done any thinking on the applications of Negro members.
But if southern Negro voters are going to be effective and
exercise any influence in the party they are going to be compelled 
to have a voice in the planning. And to undergo the
trouble of setting up separate organizations, such as are too
frequent already all over the South, is simply delaying the
time when they must declare themselves in readiness to work
out the problems of democracy within the framework of the
party councils, rather than undertaking to set up little independent 
organizations among the Negro groups, which in
fact, have only a nominal affiliation with the policy-making bodies.

Contend Motion Pictures
Need Free Press Protection
NEW YORK—Arguing that motion 
pictures are entitled to the
"free press" protection of the First
Amendment, the American Civil
Liberties Union Monday urged the
New Orleans. La., to reverse a decision 
of the Atlanta, Ga., Federal
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals in
District Court upholding the Atlanta 
Censor Board's banning of
the film, "Lost Boundaries."
The statement was contained in
a "friend of the court" brief prepared 
by ACLU general counsel
Morris Ernst, staff counsel Herbert 
M. Levy and ACLU attorneys
Newell G. Alford, Jr. and Charles
H. Bchenck, III of New York. and
Bernard P. Deutsch and George
A. Dreyfus of New Orleans and
William V. George and Austin T.
Walden, in a vitaltes of the movie
censorship power exerted by state
and municipal bodies. The case
brought by the film's, producer.
Louis B. DeRochemont, and the
distributors, Film Classics, Inc., after 
the Atlanta censor board refused 
to permit a showing of the
film that deals with the effort of
a Negro family to pass as white in
a New England community. The
board claimed that the picture, in
the words of a city ordinance,
would "adversely affect the peace,
morals and food order" of the
city.
In dismissing the original action,
the District Court said it was bound
by a 1915 Supreme Court decision
which held that films were "entertainment" 
and not entitled to the
"free press' protection of the First
Amendment. The ACLU brief filed
today asserts that "it U the duty of
this court to lay the ghost of that
precedent, to undertake its re-examination 
and to vindicate the
fundamental constitutional princeple 
that EVERY vehicle of ideas is
 from censorship." It adds
that the potentialities of motion
 for the dramatic presenta 
have been both real 
and " since
 offers a

"concrete example, of censorship
operation that hardly could have
been presented to the Supreme
Court" 35 years ago. The Supreme
Court in the Paramount Pictures
case in 1948 stated that films are
included in the free press guarantee. 

"Unless the First Amendment is
to be enshrined in some museum of
18th Century antiquities, along with
the hand press that first printed
it, its protection must be extended
to the media of communication
which the technology of our age
has developed. The hand press is
protected because it can be a conveyance 
of ideas to numbers of
people. The so-called mass media,
and specifically motion pictures,
must be protected just because they
are more effective, more graphic
and reach a wider audience."
Declaring that the Atlanta censorship 
ordinance itself is an attack 
on a free press, the ACLU
contends that censorship in this
case "is repugnant to the First and
14th amendments because by it the
repression of unconventional ideas
is made immeasurably extensive.
No restriction could be more sweeping 
in its effect Every motion picture 
must be submitted to a censor
at whose direction its public exhibition 
may be barred."
The ACLU brief also attacks the
standards established in the ordinance, 
claiming they are "an open
invitation to discriminatory enforcement." 
If motion pictures are
protected by the First Amendment,
"it is because of the principle that
it is fundamental to our form of
government that all of men's problems 
should receive public answers
of the greatest variety Moreover,
if the Ideas disseminated are unconventional 
or novel or intemperate, 
causing dissatisfaction with the
present "good order," for this very
reason they must be protected . . .
It is inescapable that the extreme
breadth of the ordinance as applied
by the Atlanta censors permits, and

indeed, invites the discriminatory
suppression of motion pictures by
administrative whim."

PROTECTION NEEDED
NEW YORK—Arguing that motion 
pictures are entitled to the
"free press" protection of the First
Amendment, the American Civil
Liberties Union Monday urged the
New Orleans. La., to reverse a decision 
of the Atlanta, Ga., Federal
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals in
District Court upholding the Atlanta 
Censor Board's banning of
the film, "Lost Boundaries."
The statement was contained in
a "friend of the court" brief prepared 
by ACLU general counsel
Morris Ernst, staff counsel Herbert 
M. Levy and ACLU attorneys
Newell G. Alford, Jr. and Charles
H. Bchenck, III of New York. and
Bernard P. Deutsch and George
A. Dreyfus of New Orleans and
William V. George and Austin T.
Walden, in a vitaltes of the movie
censorship power exerted by state
and municipal bodies. The case
brought by the film's, producer.
Louis B. DeRochemont, and the
distributors, Film Classics, Inc., after 
the Atlanta censor board refused 
to permit a showing of the
film that deals with the effort of
a Negro family to pass as white in
a New England community. The
board claimed that the picture, in
the words of a city ordinance,
would "adversely affect the peace,
morals and food order" of the
city.
In dismissing the original action,
the District Court said it was bound
by a 1915 Supreme Court decision
which held that films were "entertainment" 
and not entitled to the
"free press' protection of the First
Amendment. The ACLU brief filed
today asserts that "it U the duty of
this court to lay the ghost of that
precedent, to undertake its re-examination 
and to vindicate the
fundamental constitutional princeple 
that EVERY vehicle of ideas is
 from censorship." It adds
that the potentialities of motion
 for the dramatic presenta 
have been both real 
and " since
 offers a

"concrete example, of censorship
operation that hardly could have
been presented to the Supreme
Court" 35 years ago. The Supreme
Court in the Paramount Pictures
case in 1948 stated that films are
included in the free press guarantee. 

"Unless the First Amendment is
to be enshrined in some museum of
18th Century antiquities, along with
the hand press that first printed
it, its protection must be extended
to the media of communication
which the technology of our age
has developed. The hand press is
protected because it can be a conveyance 
of ideas to numbers of
people. The so-called mass media,
and specifically motion pictures,
must be protected just because they
are more effective, more graphic
and reach a wider audience."
Declaring that the Atlanta censorship 
ordinance itself is an attack 
on a free press, the ACLU
contends that censorship in this
case "is repugnant to the First and
14th amendments because by it the
repression of unconventional ideas
is made immeasurably extensive.
No restriction could be more sweeping 
in its effect Every motion picture 
must be submitted to a censor
at whose direction its public exhibition 
may be barred."
The ACLU brief also attacks the
standards established in the ordinance, 
claiming they are "an open
invitation to discriminatory enforcement." 
If motion pictures are
protected by the First Amendment,
"it is because of the principle that
it is fundamental to our form of
government that all of men's problems 
should receive public answers
of the greatest variety Moreover,
if the Ideas disseminated are unconventional 
or novel or intemperate, 
causing dissatisfaction with the
present "good order," for this very
reason they must be protected . . .
It is inescapable that the extreme
breadth of the ordinance as applied
by the Atlanta censors permits, and

indeed, invites the discriminatory
suppression of motion pictures by
administrative whim."

Housing Forum

I live in a sub-standard house?
2. Where will I move? 3. Will
I have the opportunity to move
back when it is developed? 4. May
I build my own house? 5. If so,
how may I finance it? 6. May I
build my own house? 7. If so, how
may I finance it? 8 Will I be paid
the full present market value?
This forum will enlighten the
public on the new loan provisions
of the FHA and GI agencies. Mr.
Estes declared. The aspects of "Fanny 
Mae" (Federal Mortgage Association) 
will be discussed with understanding, 
he asserted.
The Veterans Building Corporation 
is a mm profitable corporation
with its chief aims to encourage
and develop adequate homes and
businesses for the necessity of the
community, officials stated.
Matthew L. Gray is president of
the corporation and Muttic A. Lewis
is secretary. Attorney Estes serves
as its legal counselor.

Travelers Aid

reports which indicated that board
members had been in intimate con
tact with some of the cases handled
by the Society, and likewise by the
publicity given to the work of the
institution through display of placards 
and news letters.
Last year Mr. Donelson served
as laision man between the Negro
and white boards, and in this capacity 
learned first-hand about the
scope and nature of work of the
Colored professional members of
the Travelers Aid staff and the
board which works with them. He
was presented by Editor L. O.
Swingler of the Memphis World.
Presiding over the session, regarded 
as one of the best since the
formation of the Negro Advisory
Board, was Prof. B T. Hunt, chair.
man, and principal of Booker T.
Washington high school. Professor
Hunt has been associated with
Travelers Aid since 1942 when it
served military personnel through
ing reports were Miss P. Theresa
Bolden in the absence of the
Chairman, Mrs. Rose Branch, of
the Case and Service Committee;
Mrs. L. E Brown, chairman of the
Public Relations Committee; and
Mrs. Marion Johns, professional
member of the staff, who gave an
overall resume of the year's work
as secretary of the board.
Refreshments were served under
supervision of Mrs. Dozzie Hill,
chairman of the Social Committee 
with the assistance of Mrs. Calverta 
Ishmael, part-time worker on
the professional staff. Other board
members present were Rev. Wiliam
A. Watson, pastor of Second Congregation- 
Church; Attorney Benjamin 
Hoots and C. R. Lawrence.
The two-full time Negro workers
on the staff are Mrs. Johns, and
Mrs. Alpha Joe Beauchamp, who
is assigned to Grand Central Station. 
Mrs. Johns is situated at Union
Station.

Dr. Wright To Work
With Scholars, Writing
Greek Text
Dr. Leon
E. Wright, Associate Professor of
Testament in the Howard University
School of Religion, has been appointed 
to the commission on an
Editorial Board composed of American 
and British scholars who are
engaged in preparing a new edition 
of manuscript evidence for the
text of the Greek New Testament,
it was revealed today by Dr. Frank
T. Nelson, Dean of the School of
Religion.
The work of this Editorial Board
will extend over several years and
their first volume Is expected to
appear in 1954. Dr. Wright is assigned 
to the Commission for the
Study of Patristic Quotations.
Dean Wilson also revealed that
the Committee of the Harvard Historical 
Monograph Series of the
Department of History. Harvard
University, had announced that Dr.
Wright's doctoral dissertation in
the history and philosophy of religion 
has been selected fop publication. 
This study was chosen in
competition with several other
scholarly manuscripts submitted to
the committee.
In addition to his teaching responsibilitles 
as Associate Professor
in the School of Religion Dr.
Wright is an active member of the
Society of Biblical Literature and
Exegesis, the National Association
of Biblical Instructors and the Na-'
tional Council of Religion in Higher 
Education. He is advisor to the
Class of 1950 in the School of Religion 
and  representative
on the Howard University Council.
Alter completing his graduate
work at Harvard University Dr.
Wright Joined the Howard University 
faculty in 1945. Previously he
had taught at Morgan State College, 
Baltimore. Maryland, and
Pendle Hill Graduate Center, Wallingford, 
Pennsylvania.

Attorney Aspers
Discloses Reply
To Mayor Overton

EDITOR'S NOTES. . . Communications 
or news releases from Attorney 
Anthony A. Aspero or any
other candidate fur public office
does not mean endorsement by this
publication. The Memphis World
is non-partisan, and independent
in its views. However, it owes it to
the citizens at large to present the
viewpoints of any individual
whether he's an office-holder, candidate 
for a public office, or just
plain "John Doe" interested in the
community's general welfare.
Attorney Aspero raises issues in
his letter of public interest. Mayor
Overton is at liberty to use the
columns of the Memphis World in
reply or for discussing any question
of community interest:-
Attorney Aspero's letter follows:-
May 27. 1950
Hon. Watkins Overton, Mayor
Court House
Memphis, Tennessee
Dear Mr. Mayor:
I am in receipt of your letter of
May 23. which I do not consider an
answer to my letter of May 20. You
are in error when, you- say that I
sent you a copy of the letter received 
by the newspapers; the reverse 
is true The original of course
was mailed to you, while carbon
copies were furnished the newspapers, 
since this matter is of
prime importance to the citizens of
Memphis.
You have asked me for examples
of the misuse of City Automobiles
and I am prepared to furnish
them. At the last meeting of the
Scottish Rite. I observed an automobile, 
with City of Memphis
Parks Commission emblem pointed
thereon, in the parking lot of the
Cathedral At the close of the
meeting. I saw three men get into
the front seat of this vehcile and
drive away. Automobiles with "City
of Memphis" painted on the doors
have been seen parked at Sardis
Dam, Mississippi, on Sundays,
where, no doubt, the city employee
had taken his family for an outing. 
Why is it that the taxpayers
are called upon to furnish a station 
wagon with uniformed chauffeur, 
resplendent with gold buttons, 
for the Memphis Light Gas
and Water Division officials?
Your letter. with your usual platitudes 
concerning the fine record of
public service, surely is not meant
to convey the thought that these
employees are rendering public
service when using City-owned automobiles 
in the manner described
in the foregoing paragraph. You
like to assure the people that
there is no graft here. I ask you. is
it not a fraud upon the citizens to
allow thousands of dollars to be
spent in the wast of gasoline, oil
tires and repairs with resulting replacement 
by buying new vehicles?
Is this not a form of graft being
practiced by .some employees with
implied consent of the "boys" who
run the city?
In spite of your statement that
employees are encouraged to use
their private automobiles on city
business, with the city's paying a
certain mileage fee. a survey conducted 
by the Commercial Appeal
has revealed that forty-five auto
mobiles 
are used in departments
other than the Police Department,
the Light and Water Division, and
the Park Commission.
Surley you do not mean to contend 
that catastrophies are so frequent 
as to require the twenty-four
hour use of a City-owned vehicle
by such employees as the Chief
Clerk, the Assistant as well as the
Superintendent of the Garbage Department, 
the Sidewalk Inspector,
a chemist, the Superintendent of
Weigh and Measures and the head
of the Research Division.
Why is' it that city employees
are commanded and forced by the
administration to register during
their working time, instead of before 
or after the hours for which
the taxpayers pay their salaries?
As a private citizen and as a tax
payer, I again call upon you to order 
the Commissioner of Police to
authorize the Chief of Police to
assisting the investigation of this
misuse of taxpayers money and to
apprehend by arrest, if necessary,
the operators of City-owned cars
parked near theatres and places of
entertainment during the day or
night in order to ascertain the
reason therefore. I further call
upon you to discharge such employees 
and to publish the names of
those so apprehended In both the
daily newspapers of Memphis.
I ask you, again, to give a detailed 
report of this investigation
prior to the election on August 3,
so that the citizens of Memphis
may be guided in the casting of
their ballots.
Very respectfully, yours,
Anthony A. Aspero

McGee MAY DIE IN 30
DAYS WITHOUT ACTION
Willie McGee, Missippian 
charged with rape in December. 
1945, "may die within 30
days unless an aroused Negro and
white America acts to save him from
a legal lynching by the State of
Mississippi," an emergency appeal
by the Civil Rights Congress declared. 

"The Supreme Court has refused
McGee's final appeal". William L.
Patterson, Executive Secretary, declared. 
"Although there are still possibilities 
of legal actions in Mississip
pi courts, the people of America
and the world are McGee's main
hope."
Mrs. Rosalee McGee, his wife has
just arrived in New York to launch
a campaign to save McGee. On her
arrival, she said. "The people saved
Willie three times before. I pray to
God they will save him again.
The CRC appealed for "tens of
thousand of letters, wires and long
distance calls" to Gov. Fielding
Wright, State Capitol, Jackson, Mississippi, 
asking executive clemency.
He also suggested wires and letters 
to the three leading churchmen
in Jackson asking them to convey
messages for executive clemency to
the Governor. Their names art
Rev H. B. Shaefer, Bishop R. C. Gerow 
and Bishop Duncan Gray.
Mr. Patterson also said that funds
are urgently needed for legal fees
in connection with habeas corpus

proceeds which are being undertaken 
in Mississippi.
McGee was convicted three times
for allegedly attacking a middle-ag
ed white woman. The first two convictions 
were reversed after the
intervention of CRC. The third was
upheld by the Mississippi Supreme
Court.
At the trials, the woman, plaintiff
admitted that a sick child was in
the same bed with her at the time
of the alleged attack arid that her
two children and her husband were
in the adjoining room.
At no time did the plaintiff identified 
McGee as her attacker. The
only "Identification" she gave was
that the man had "kinky hair
and wore a T shirt."
At all three of McGee trials, the
Court houses were surrounded by
lynch mobs.

WIRIS TO CHURCHMEN
Willie McGee, Missippian 
charged with rape in December. 
1945, "may die within 30
days unless an aroused Negro and
white America acts to save him from
a legal lynching by the State of
Mississippi," an emergency appeal
by the Civil Rights Congress declared. 

"The Supreme Court has refused
McGee's final appeal". William L.
Patterson, Executive Secretary, declared. 
"Although there are still possibilities 
of legal actions in Mississip
pi courts, the people of America
and the world are McGee's main
hope."
Mrs. Rosalee McGee, his wife has
just arrived in New York to launch
a campaign to save McGee. On her
arrival, she said. "The people saved
Willie three times before. I pray to
God they will save him again.
The CRC appealed for "tens of
thousand of letters, wires and long
distance calls" to Gov. Fielding
Wright, State Capitol, Jackson, Mississippi, 
asking executive clemency.
He also suggested wires and letters 
to the three leading churchmen
in Jackson asking them to convey
messages for executive clemency to
the Governor. Their names art
Rev H. B. Shaefer, Bishop R. C. Gerow 
and Bishop Duncan Gray.
Mr. Patterson also said that funds
are urgently needed for legal fees
in connection with habeas corpus

proceeds which are being undertaken 
in Mississippi.
McGee was convicted three times
for allegedly attacking a middle-ag
ed white woman. The first two convictions 
were reversed after the
intervention of CRC. The third was
upheld by the Mississippi Supreme
Court.
At the trials, the woman, plaintiff
admitted that a sick child was in
the same bed with her at the time
of the alleged attack arid that her
two children and her husband were
in the adjoining room.
At no time did the plaintiff identified 
McGee as her attacker. The
only "Identification" she gave was
that the man had "kinky hair
and wore a T shirt."
At all three of McGee trials, the
Court houses were surrounded by
lynch mobs.

54 Openings For
Fulbright Awards
There
are 54 openings for American
teachers for Fulbright awards for
the 1950-51 school year, according
to Mrs. Frances P. Bolton, Ohio
representative.
Teachers wishing to take up advance 
research or teach in Egypt.
India or Iran during the coming
school year must apply before June
15. Applications should be in the
mail by this date.
They should be sent to one of two
places:
For teaching in elementary, secondary 
or normal schools— U. S.
Office of Education, Federal Securty 
Agency, Washington, D. C.
For university lecturing or advanced 
research—Conference Board
of Associated Research councils,
2101 Constitution Ave., N. W.,
Washington, D. C.

BLOOD on the STARS

by BRETT HALLIDAY
Beautiful Celts Dustin is-musing on now
perfect marriage is to her husband. Mark
a lucky gambler, when her pleasant musing
is shattered, for he seemingly has forgotten 
their second wedding anniversary.
Celts overhears part of a contestation between 
Mark and the not of her explain,
following which Mark drives her posttest ply
to a new place for unch, Mark hasn't
forgotten, however. The "new piece for
lunch" turns out to be an exclusive Jeweler's, 
where Celia chooses a 25,000 ruby
bracelet as an anniversary present.
THAT'S about what it looks
like," said Mark, with elaborate
tolerance, when the clerk said the
price of the bracelet was $25,000.
He waved a smooth sun-tanned
hand toward the two trays. "You're
wasting our time with Junk like
this. It you've nothing better than
this to show us, we may as well
go elsewhere." He started to get
up, but the flustered clerk forestalled 
him with rapid jerks of
his Adam's apple and an outstretched 
band.
"I understand perfectly, sir," he
stammered. "Perhaps you'd like
to see Mr. Voorland himself.
Rubles are a personal hobby with
him and I'm sure that if he hasn't
exactly what you want in stock,
he'll be happy to have it made up
for you."
Mark said, "I came in to buy
something; not to order it for future 
delivery." He took another
cigarette from the humidor and
lit It. 'Tell your boas that," he
added, and took a deep draft of
smoke into his lungs.
Celia sighed and her wistful eyes
followed the clerk to the rear as
he carried the trays away, "I
thought the bracelet was perfect,
Mark. Did be say twenty-five
thousand !"
Mark chuckled, showing strong
white teeth. "Maybe he meant
Mexican pesos," he teased. "That
stuff was Junk, baby," he went on
tolerantly. "Why do you suppose
I haven't bought you any Jewelry
these past two years? I've been
waiting until I could afford the
best. When people look at you
I don't want them to feel sorry
for me and whisper, 'Dustin must
have hit a streak of bad luck.
Look at that cheap little bracelet
his wife is wearing.' You let me
worry about the price," be went
on confidently as a tall, solid man
approached them from the rear.
Walter Voorland had been designed 
by nature for the position
he held as manager of the most
exclusive and expensive jewelry
shop in the most exclusive and expensive 
resort center in the United
States. He carried his well-fleshed
body with an air of dignified respectability 
which held none of the
subservience of the common shopkeeper, 
yet with no trace of the
insolent hauteur too often found
in such an establishment. He was
a big-boned man, wearing a conserivative 
brown business suit, a
soft white shirt and a subdued
owered .  hand 

completely bald and pink, and ms
ruddy tace glowed with health and
intelligence. His heavy brows were
bleached a light tan by the Miami
sun, and his gaze was direct and
pleasant and friendly. He had a
firm handclasp for Mark Dustin,
and his voice was strong and warm
with only a taint touch of his native 
Holland accent sounding
through the cultivated tones:
"I'm very pleased to meet you,
sir, and will be happy to be of
service to you if I may."
"My name is Dustin," Mark told
him. He had risen to greet the
manager. "Mark Dustin. from
Colorado," he added, "and this is
Mrs. Dustin."
Voorland bowed stiffly from the
waist as he took Celia's hand.
"Delighted," he said in a tone
which made them believe hi was,
indeed, delighted. "I am at your
service." He drew up a chair to
the opposite side of the table and
lowered his solid bulk into it,
planting his feet together in front
of him and placing the palms of
his hands on his knees.
"We were told." said Mark,
"that your store carries the finest
stock of good jewelry in Greater
Miami. That's why we came here."
Mr. Voorland said, "Naturally."
Dustin spread out his bands in
a half-humorous gesture. "I had
rubies in mind. Perhaps a bracelet 
But your clerk brought only
one cheap one for us to look at."
"Rubies?" Voorland studied
Celia, intently, nodding his bald
head. "Perfect With your hair,
Mrs. Dustin ... and your exquisite
complexion. Rubies, definitely.
Are you a connoisseur, Mr.
Dustin?"
"Not a bit of it" Dustin laughed.
'T'm just in love with the most
beautiful woman in the world and
this is our anniversary and I'm
looking for something very special 
to celebrate the occasion."
Voorland lifted his right hand
from his knee and reached inside
his coat to get a pack of chewing
gum. He pulled two of the sticks
out and offered diem in turn to
Celia and Mark Dustin. When they
declined, he gravely slid one stick
from its paper and thrust it in
his mouth.
"My only major rice," be confided. 
"I find that I think better
and more clearly while chewing
gum. It was very trying for me
during the war when gum was so
scarce."
Neither of them said anything
while be munched meditatively.
Mark was beginning to look bored,
and Celia was losing some of her
bright expectancy to disgust and
irritation at his smacking.
Presently Voorland said, "Precious 
gems are my vocation and
my avocation, Mr. Dustin. They
are my life, I know them all, have
studied these all, from the for
places whence they come through
the great  and 

centers of the world. It is curious
that you should come to me for
rubies. On perhaps it is not curout 
at all. Perhaps you came to
me because you have heard I am
the greatest authority in the world
on rubies." He rolled up the rumpled 
lids of his deepset eyes and
looked at them inquiringly.
Dustin shook his head "We just
happened to drop in." he said with
a touch of asperity. "It that dinky
bracelet your man showed us is
the best..."
"I am about to tell you about
rubies. Mr. Dustin," Voorland interrupted, 
holding up a smooth
beefy hand to silence him. "Rubies
are the most royal at gems. Diamonds? 
Bah! Cold and glittering
on the surface. Emeralds? They
have color and brilliance, but without 
warmth or vitality. Green is
an unpleasant color. It betokens
jealousy and hatred. A dangerous
color. The sapphire? Better .
yes. One could stand to make
friends with s true blue sapphire
and live with it. It has brilliance
and depth and a certain warmth.
But the ruby?" His voice changed
like that of a lover whose beloved
suddenly appears on the scene.
The ruby is alive," he continued, 
shifting his eyes from Ceha
to Mark. "Caught within its depths
are the fires of passion, the red
glow of eternal desire, the crimson
hue of the rising sun. There is a
strength and a fierceness and a
clean burning fury in the bloodred 
flames that mark the true, perfect 
ruby. Formed by nature in
the roaring cauldrons of hades
itself."
"All right, Mr. Voorland," Dustin 
interrupted, "you don't have to
sel' me on rubies. I'm here to buy
some. If you haven't anything in
stock, we'll go along."
Voorland sighed deeply. He
skinned another piece of gum and
put It between his Jaws and
munched ruminatively for a moment, 
then said, "I'm afraid you
don't quite understand, Mr. Dustin. 
The true ruby is far more
rare than any other stone. There
are no Cullinans, no Kohinoors.
Two of the largest known to history 
are those belonging to the
King of Bishenpur in India. Fiftyfour 
and three-quarter, and seven
teen and one-half carats, both of
which are priceless. The bracelet
you were shown is a beautiful example 
of selection and design.
Each stone is perfect and uniform,
the result of yean of years
seeking among the great markets
of the world. The price you were
asked..."
"That may all be true," Dustin
interrupted him with a careless
gesture, "but it doesn't took like
much. Nobody except an expert
will glance at It twice. I want
Celia to have something that will
make people sit up and take
notice."


SYNOPSIS

by BRETT HALLIDAY
Beautiful Celts Dustin is-musing on now
perfect marriage is to her husband. Mark
a lucky gambler, when her pleasant musing
is shattered, for he seemingly has forgotten 
their second wedding anniversary.
Celts overhears part of a contestation between 
Mark and the not of her explain,
following which Mark drives her posttest ply
to a new place for unch, Mark hasn't
forgotten, however. The "new piece for
lunch" turns out to be an exclusive Jeweler's, 
where Celia chooses a 25,000 ruby
bracelet as an anniversary present.
THAT'S about what it looks
like," said Mark, with elaborate
tolerance, when the clerk said the
price of the bracelet was $25,000.
He waved a smooth sun-tanned
hand toward the two trays. "You're
wasting our time with Junk like
this. It you've nothing better than
this to show us, we may as well
go elsewhere." He started to get
up, but the flustered clerk forestalled 
him with rapid jerks of
his Adam's apple and an outstretched 
band.
"I understand perfectly, sir," he
stammered. "Perhaps you'd like
to see Mr. Voorland himself.
Rubles are a personal hobby with
him and I'm sure that if he hasn't
exactly what you want in stock,
he'll be happy to have it made up
for you."
Mark said, "I came in to buy
something; not to order it for future 
delivery." He took another
cigarette from the humidor and
lit It. 'Tell your boas that," he
added, and took a deep draft of
smoke into his lungs.
Celia sighed and her wistful eyes
followed the clerk to the rear as
he carried the trays away, "I
thought the bracelet was perfect,
Mark. Did be say twenty-five
thousand !"
Mark chuckled, showing strong
white teeth. "Maybe he meant
Mexican pesos," he teased. "That
stuff was Junk, baby," he went on
tolerantly. "Why do you suppose
I haven't bought you any Jewelry
these past two years? I've been
waiting until I could afford the
best. When people look at you
I don't want them to feel sorry
for me and whisper, 'Dustin must
have hit a streak of bad luck.
Look at that cheap little bracelet
his wife is wearing.' You let me
worry about the price," be went
on confidently as a tall, solid man
approached them from the rear.
Walter Voorland had been designed 
by nature for the position
he held as manager of the most
exclusive and expensive jewelry
shop in the most exclusive and expensive 
resort center in the United
States. He carried his well-fleshed
body with an air of dignified respectability 
which held none of the
subservience of the common shopkeeper, 
yet with no trace of the
insolent hauteur too often found
in such an establishment. He was
a big-boned man, wearing a conserivative 
brown business suit, a
soft white shirt and a subdued
owered .  hand 

completely bald and pink, and ms
ruddy tace glowed with health and
intelligence. His heavy brows were
bleached a light tan by the Miami
sun, and his gaze was direct and
pleasant and friendly. He had a
firm handclasp for Mark Dustin,
and his voice was strong and warm
with only a taint touch of his native 
Holland accent sounding
through the cultivated tones:
"I'm very pleased to meet you,
sir, and will be happy to be of
service to you if I may."
"My name is Dustin," Mark told
him. He had risen to greet the
manager. "Mark Dustin. from
Colorado," he added, "and this is
Mrs. Dustin."
Voorland bowed stiffly from the
waist as he took Celia's hand.
"Delighted," he said in a tone
which made them believe hi was,
indeed, delighted. "I am at your
service." He drew up a chair to
the opposite side of the table and
lowered his solid bulk into it,
planting his feet together in front
of him and placing the palms of
his hands on his knees.
"We were told." said Mark,
"that your store carries the finest
stock of good jewelry in Greater
Miami. That's why we came here."
Mr. Voorland said, "Naturally."
Dustin spread out his bands in
a half-humorous gesture. "I had
rubies in mind. Perhaps a bracelet 
But your clerk brought only
one cheap one for us to look at."
"Rubies?" Voorland studied
Celia, intently, nodding his bald
head. "Perfect With your hair,
Mrs. Dustin ... and your exquisite
complexion. Rubies, definitely.
Are you a connoisseur, Mr.
Dustin?"
"Not a bit of it" Dustin laughed.
'T'm just in love with the most
beautiful woman in the world and
this is our anniversary and I'm
looking for something very special 
to celebrate the occasion."
Voorland lifted his right hand
from his knee and reached inside
his coat to get a pack of chewing
gum. He pulled two of the sticks
out and offered diem in turn to
Celia and Mark Dustin. When they
declined, he gravely slid one stick
from its paper and thrust it in
his mouth.
"My only major rice," be confided. 
"I find that I think better
and more clearly while chewing
gum. It was very trying for me
during the war when gum was so
scarce."
Neither of them said anything
while be munched meditatively.
Mark was beginning to look bored,
and Celia was losing some of her
bright expectancy to disgust and
irritation at his smacking.
Presently Voorland said, "Precious 
gems are my vocation and
my avocation, Mr. Dustin. They
are my life, I know them all, have
studied these all, from the for
places whence they come through
the great  and 

centers of the world. It is curious
that you should come to me for
rubies. On perhaps it is not curout 
at all. Perhaps you came to
me because you have heard I am
the greatest authority in the world
on rubies." He rolled up the rumpled 
lids of his deepset eyes and
looked at them inquiringly.
Dustin shook his head "We just
happened to drop in." he said with
a touch of asperity. "It that dinky
bracelet your man showed us is
the best..."
"I am about to tell you about
rubies. Mr. Dustin," Voorland interrupted, 
holding up a smooth
beefy hand to silence him. "Rubies
are the most royal at gems. Diamonds? 
Bah! Cold and glittering
on the surface. Emeralds? They
have color and brilliance, but without 
warmth or vitality. Green is
an unpleasant color. It betokens
jealousy and hatred. A dangerous
color. The sapphire? Better .
yes. One could stand to make
friends with s true blue sapphire
and live with it. It has brilliance
and depth and a certain warmth.
But the ruby?" His voice changed
like that of a lover whose beloved
suddenly appears on the scene.
The ruby is alive," he continued, 
shifting his eyes from Ceha
to Mark. "Caught within its depths
are the fires of passion, the red
glow of eternal desire, the crimson
hue of the rising sun. There is a
strength and a fierceness and a
clean burning fury in the bloodred 
flames that mark the true, perfect 
ruby. Formed by nature in
the roaring cauldrons of hades
itself."
"All right, Mr. Voorland," Dustin 
interrupted, "you don't have to
sel' me on rubies. I'm here to buy
some. If you haven't anything in
stock, we'll go along."
Voorland sighed deeply. He
skinned another piece of gum and
put It between his Jaws and
munched ruminatively for a moment, 
then said, "I'm afraid you
don't quite understand, Mr. Dustin. 
The true ruby is far more
rare than any other stone. There
are no Cullinans, no Kohinoors.
Two of the largest known to history 
are those belonging to the
King of Bishenpur in India. Fiftyfour 
and three-quarter, and seven
teen and one-half carats, both of
which are priceless. The bracelet
you were shown is a beautiful example 
of selection and design.
Each stone is perfect and uniform,
the result of yean of years
seeking among the great markets
of the world. The price you were
asked..."
"That may all be true," Dustin
interrupted him with a careless
gesture, "but it doesn't took like
much. Nobody except an expert
will glance at It twice. I want
Celia to have something that will
make people sit up and take
notice."


CHAPTER FOUR

by BRETT HALLIDAY
Beautiful Celts Dustin is-musing on now
perfect marriage is to her husband. Mark
a lucky gambler, when her pleasant musing
is shattered, for he seemingly has forgotten 
their second wedding anniversary.
Celts overhears part of a contestation between 
Mark and the not of her explain,
following which Mark drives her posttest ply
to a new place for unch, Mark hasn't
forgotten, however. The "new piece for
lunch" turns out to be an exclusive Jeweler's, 
where Celia chooses a 25,000 ruby
bracelet as an anniversary present.
THAT'S about what it looks
like," said Mark, with elaborate
tolerance, when the clerk said the
price of the bracelet was $25,000.
He waved a smooth sun-tanned
hand toward the two trays. "You're
wasting our time with Junk like
this. It you've nothing better than
this to show us, we may as well
go elsewhere." He started to get
up, but the flustered clerk forestalled 
him with rapid jerks of
his Adam's apple and an outstretched 
band.
"I understand perfectly, sir," he
stammered. "Perhaps you'd like
to see Mr. Voorland himself.
Rubles are a personal hobby with
him and I'm sure that if he hasn't
exactly what you want in stock,
he'll be happy to have it made up
for you."
Mark said, "I came in to buy
something; not to order it for future 
delivery." He took another
cigarette from the humidor and
lit It. 'Tell your boas that," he
added, and took a deep draft of
smoke into his lungs.
Celia sighed and her wistful eyes
followed the clerk to the rear as
he carried the trays away, "I
thought the bracelet was perfect,
Mark. Did be say twenty-five
thousand !"
Mark chuckled, showing strong
white teeth. "Maybe he meant
Mexican pesos," he teased. "That
stuff was Junk, baby," he went on
tolerantly. "Why do you suppose
I haven't bought you any Jewelry
these past two years? I've been
waiting until I could afford the
best. When people look at you
I don't want them to feel sorry
for me and whisper, 'Dustin must
have hit a streak of bad luck.
Look at that cheap little bracelet
his wife is wearing.' You let me
worry about the price," be went
on confidently as a tall, solid man
approached them from the rear.
Walter Voorland had been designed 
by nature for the position
he held as manager of the most
exclusive and expensive jewelry
shop in the most exclusive and expensive 
resort center in the United
States. He carried his well-fleshed
body with an air of dignified respectability 
which held none of the
subservience of the common shopkeeper, 
yet with no trace of the
insolent hauteur too often found
in such an establishment. He was
a big-boned man, wearing a conserivative 
brown business suit, a
soft white shirt and a subdued
owered .  hand 

completely bald and pink, and ms
ruddy tace glowed with health and
intelligence. His heavy brows were
bleached a light tan by the Miami
sun, and his gaze was direct and
pleasant and friendly. He had a
firm handclasp for Mark Dustin,
and his voice was strong and warm
with only a taint touch of his native 
Holland accent sounding
through the cultivated tones:
"I'm very pleased to meet you,
sir, and will be happy to be of
service to you if I may."
"My name is Dustin," Mark told
him. He had risen to greet the
manager. "Mark Dustin. from
Colorado," he added, "and this is
Mrs. Dustin."
Voorland bowed stiffly from the
waist as he took Celia's hand.
"Delighted," he said in a tone
which made them believe hi was,
indeed, delighted. "I am at your
service." He drew up a chair to
the opposite side of the table and
lowered his solid bulk into it,
planting his feet together in front
of him and placing the palms of
his hands on his knees.
"We were told." said Mark,
"that your store carries the finest
stock of good jewelry in Greater
Miami. That's why we came here."
Mr. Voorland said, "Naturally."
Dustin spread out his bands in
a half-humorous gesture. "I had
rubies in mind. Perhaps a bracelet 
But your clerk brought only
one cheap one for us to look at."
"Rubies?" Voorland studied
Celia, intently, nodding his bald
head. "Perfect With your hair,
Mrs. Dustin ... and your exquisite
complexion. Rubies, definitely.
Are you a connoisseur, Mr.
Dustin?"
"Not a bit of it" Dustin laughed.
'T'm just in love with the most
beautiful woman in the world and
this is our anniversary and I'm
looking for something very special 
to celebrate the occasion."
Voorland lifted his right hand
from his knee and reached inside
his coat to get a pack of chewing
gum. He pulled two of the sticks
out and offered diem in turn to
Celia and Mark Dustin. When they
declined, he gravely slid one stick
from its paper and thrust it in
his mouth.
"My only major rice," be confided. 
"I find that I think better
and more clearly while chewing
gum. It was very trying for me
during the war when gum was so
scarce."
Neither of them said anything
while be munched meditatively.
Mark was beginning to look bored,
and Celia was losing some of her
bright expectancy to disgust and
irritation at his smacking.
Presently Voorland said, "Precious 
gems are my vocation and
my avocation, Mr. Dustin. They
are my life, I know them all, have
studied these all, from the for
places whence they come through
the great  and 

centers of the world. It is curious
that you should come to me for
rubies. On perhaps it is not curout 
at all. Perhaps you came to
me because you have heard I am
the greatest authority in the world
on rubies." He rolled up the rumpled 
lids of his deepset eyes and
looked at them inquiringly.
Dustin shook his head "We just
happened to drop in." he said with
a touch of asperity. "It that dinky
bracelet your man showed us is
the best..."
"I am about to tell you about
rubies. Mr. Dustin," Voorland interrupted, 
holding up a smooth
beefy hand to silence him. "Rubies
are the most royal at gems. Diamonds? 
Bah! Cold and glittering
on the surface. Emeralds? They
have color and brilliance, but without 
warmth or vitality. Green is
an unpleasant color. It betokens
jealousy and hatred. A dangerous
color. The sapphire? Better .
yes. One could stand to make
friends with s true blue sapphire
and live with it. It has brilliance
and depth and a certain warmth.
But the ruby?" His voice changed
like that of a lover whose beloved
suddenly appears on the scene.
The ruby is alive," he continued, 
shifting his eyes from Ceha
to Mark. "Caught within its depths
are the fires of passion, the red
glow of eternal desire, the crimson
hue of the rising sun. There is a
strength and a fierceness and a
clean burning fury in the bloodred 
flames that mark the true, perfect 
ruby. Formed by nature in
the roaring cauldrons of hades
itself."
"All right, Mr. Voorland," Dustin 
interrupted, "you don't have to
sel' me on rubies. I'm here to buy
some. If you haven't anything in
stock, we'll go along."
Voorland sighed deeply. He
skinned another piece of gum and
put It between his Jaws and
munched ruminatively for a moment, 
then said, "I'm afraid you
don't quite understand, Mr. Dustin. 
The true ruby is far more
rare than any other stone. There
are no Cullinans, no Kohinoors.
Two of the largest known to history 
are those belonging to the
King of Bishenpur in India. Fiftyfour 
and three-quarter, and seven
teen and one-half carats, both of
which are priceless. The bracelet
you were shown is a beautiful example 
of selection and design.
Each stone is perfect and uniform,
the result of yean of years
seeking among the great markets
of the world. The price you were
asked..."
"That may all be true," Dustin
interrupted him with a careless
gesture, "but it doesn't took like
much. Nobody except an expert
will glance at It twice. I want
Celia to have something that will
make people sit up and take
notice."


SARAH ANNE'S
COOKING CLASS
Now that hot weather has arrived, 
frozen desserts will be more
in demand. These hot weather
dishes may be prepared with the
greatest of ease. All the hostess
needs In order to be calm and unruffled 
when her guests arrive is
to have a tempting recipe, all the
necessary ingredients and a few
hours before the frozen dish is
needed.
Frozen Apricot Shortcake
2 1-2 cups water
1 cup dried apricots
2-3 cups sugar
Salt
1 teaspoon gelatin
1 tablespoon cold water
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg beaten
1 cup cream whipped
Sponge cake
Cook apricots in water until
very tender about 25 minutes.
Add 1-3 cup sugar and pinch of
salt Heat to boiling, remove
from heat and beat to a mush.
Soften gelatin in water 5 minutes 
and dissolve in hot apricots;
cool Add 1-3 cup sugar and vanilla 
to beaten egg Beat until
thick. Fold in whipped cream. Arrange 
a layer of sponge cake about
1-4 inch think in oottom of refrigerator 
tray. Spread with apricots 
and cover with, whipped
cream mixture Freeze. Cut in
squares and serve cream side up.
Strawberry Mouse
1 quart of strawberries
1 egg white
1 cup sugar
1 2-3 cup evaporated milk
chilled
2 tablespoon vanilla
Salt
Wash berries and hull. There
should be at least 3 cups. Mash
strawberries and beat with egg
white and sugar until very stiff
(about 5 minutes with an electric 
mixer and about 15 minutes
with hand beater.) Chill milk
thoroughly whip until stiff, add
lemon juice gradually. Fold into
berry mixture and add vanilla and
pinch of salt. Freeze until firm.
Mint Meringues with Chocolate
Ice Cream
2 egg whites
3-4 cup confectioners sugar
Salt
Few drops green coloring
1 or 2 drops peppermint extract 

Chocolate ice cream
Whipped cream, peppermints
Beat egg whites until nearly
stiff and add sugar gradually,
beating until stiff. Add salt, color
ing and flavoring and mix in light
ly. Drop by tablespoons onto
cookie sheet covered with heavy
paper Bake in an oven 275 degrees 
30 to 35 minutes or until dry

on surface. Remove from paper an
cool. Place ice cream on top
meringue. Garnish with whipped
cream and place a peppermint on
top.
Chocolate be Cream
1 ounce chocolate
3-4 cup condensed milk
2-3 cup water
1-2 teaspoon vanilla x
Melt chocolate over boiling water, 
add milk and stir 5 minutes.
Add water and mix well. Pour into 
freezing tray of refrigerator and
freeze until ice crystals form
around sides of pan. Add vanilla
Whip cream until thick enough to
hold a soft peak, fold into chilled
mixture and freeze. When mixture 
is half frozen, scrape from
sides and bottom of tray. Beat until 
smooth. Freeze until firm.
Lime Sherbert
1 cup sugar
3 cups water
l cup corn syrup
2 teaspoons grated lime rind
2-3 cups lime juice
2 egg whites beaten stiff
Dissolve sugar in water with the
corn syrup and grated rind. Bring
to a boil and boil 5 minutes without
stirring Cool. Add lime Juice Strain
Tint green; freeze quickly until firm
Remove from tray to chilled bowl.
Beat with .rotary better s to thick
mush. Add egg whites, Return to
tray and freeze.

Will Dedicate

Melrose Stadium which is identified 
with Melrose School.
Other public officials will be on
hand for the dedicatory ceremonyies. 


Honeycutt Receives
Second Guilty Verdict
Twenty-four minutes after being
charged by the court here last Wednesday 
a Jury of all-white men returned 
a guilty verdict against Edward 
Honeycutt, who allegedly raped 
a white woman, the mother of
three children. The death penalty
is mandatory for the offense.
For Honeycutt, It was the second
time that a Jury had rendered such
a verdict. He was found guilty last
year and sentenced to death, but
the supreme court set the sentence
aside and remanded the case to the
trial court on th grounds that that
prosecution had failed to offer sufficient 
rebuttal to Honeycutt's claim
that he was forced to make a confession. 
However, the confession wad
not introduced at the second hearing.