WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15. 1949
PHILLY COPS !
HUNT EDGAR |
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PHILADELPHIA (ANP) j
Wh?n Judge Frank Smith!
called last week for tliA!
Commonwealth’s case against]
the. bearded Edgar G Brown j
the latter did not appear mi
room 653 of City Hall
The judge looked about foi t
Brown's attorney, Theodore:
Spaulding but to no avail j
Then Smith said that the j
commonwealth would sue for
bail meaning f lih t Edgar
Brown, who heated up South
Philadelphia's corners in]
March, is wanted in this
state and if he comes bark trt j
Philadelphia, unl es s the
herdsman forks up enough
money to satisfy the courts,
he will be promptly picked
up.
Brown was ai rested at
Broad and South Street, on
the '•light of March 23 as he
spoke through an implJier
to a crowd who had gather
id to heai him speak •"> civil!
rights. ;
The talk on civil titbL*;
was ai! right, according to I
police, hut when Brown so-1
lie ted money without a city j
permit • well, that was in I
violation of the law
So two plaincioth;. patrol
men from the Sped.al Srrwo >
hauled the president of the
National Negro Council o;i ;
Washlriftou. D C.. to the po- j
lice stati’ n -Vhere he «* w ;
until three ■ : tire morning
Be v'a r - dated and released ]
on tall pending hr- hearing;
the next morning
When he appe->r"d before i
Magi: irate David 'Ct M 1
the ,ime j'at u, the next :
morning. Bi ow •••as held :
$590 bail for ccuii f oe. :'■ •1
wes.iatei scheduled for court ]
for October 5
Before Brow, ■ avrdst. at •
least, by six months posters
in City Hall and all police]
district hud alerted f(it •• •>
if he attempted to licit :
to grab the v-ivac -a- Brown
funds
PAY PUN HIT
IN MISS, VOTE
•JACKSON. Mi:... A.NPT -- •
The proposed, plan to •eqv.il*
ire Negro and white teach
ets' salaries, by fixing wages
according to training expW
it nee and results of the Na
tiona.l Teacher exam nation
was greeted wi*h an o*’e>
whelming opposition by the
affected persons here last-
Week
Negro teachers, voting in ;
the distirct of the Mississip
pi Association of Teachers m
Colored School;:, ballotied
1,570 to 208 against, the plan
White teachers rejected the
plan by 5,520 to 34«2. There
atv about 6.000 Negro teach
ers Mid 10,000 white teachers
: n the state.
The plan drawn up bv a
300-tncmher education com
mittec made up of educator?,,
school teacherr end legist.) •
tors appointed by Gov.
W .•"•., ht. was presented to th“
teachers at a cries of meet
ings. The committee arid the
teachers were warned in
front that if the plan was not'
accented som c - other single
salary schedule •>• mid hare
to be placed ; n effect
Main objection of both
groups was <nat under the
qualifications provision some
of the teachers - most nt
them Negroes might be
shoved down into the lower
dbv brackets
In presenting the pit*’-.. the
ummittce sa d th«t only ore
of three methods or a v»rUt
Hem of one of the three, "’as
possible
These were the rejected
plan, a seal? based on train
ing and experience alone,
and i score-card rating cd
teacher performance
The'state’s efforts *o equal
ue salaries v is prompted by
tbfe Gladys Noel Bates suit
now pend ng in federal court
'The case is set for hearing
In November and any action
by Gov. Wright would have
to tax? place soon if tog
state does not wish to face
possible court decision so
favor of Mrs Bates
APPOINTED TO;
FRIENDS’ POST!
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -~i
CALF) Dr T. Ruth Brett, 1
associate Personnel dweetor!
at Tuskegee l r Muf* and h.
Kenneth Knight, recent grad-.
Date of Colorado University. (
sailed for Germany last wtfek ■
where they will work with j
the American. Friends .Ser :
vice committee
Dr. Brett and Mr. Knight {
will be working with three of
the neediest groups in Ger- j
many today - refugees, dis |
placed persons and students ’
A&P,VTOO, TAKES OFF ITS HAT
as"" f '\F\ y- 1 / «• w
TO MR. V C. WHTT BLOUNT
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X OF WAYNESBORO, GEORGIA
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-AND TO ALL OUR OTHER GOOD
QCOMPETITORS WHO j a Wofd ' '~ ..
HAVE TAKEN A SIMILAR STAND / IkeZt tot
I . n "> aci "CkaCo. I
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JT Editorial From The Atlanta Journal, 11 i sff o y ®mral §
11 Thursday, Sept 19.1949 .If / - 1 kotina tatHm A . 'td <t* m f
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Competitor Denounces / * he a «p Co., h H I
W A I mpmor ■ h* o L ly ow >S« I
•s\ Suit Against A&P f j \ min *»*»«,. f nppin *- *h m I
“* "hstllint And IxpaiHUm w , I
/ «/o» mo J quaht y whandise l 9 : We do §
THE BOLD three-column n d vert i semen lin j Qr 9w and selling Cff g §
the current issue of the Waynesboro True j so ** rtiaryin m
Citizen catches the reader’s eye. We quote / die 4«p , ,rus> fcusie/c" , L ' J
i( in full. i an J _ <0 " ,r ol S OWe , !,r 9 e that m
I ° n, ' n 7 ent/j 0 f sh .' the Podmion f
To our notion that adv ertisement by C. Whit ; rwu 't- they ho u 7 m ,oa <l
Blount states the economic and govern- j hods, ** he test m
mental aspects of the ease against A&P A . Wf * OH §
with a clarity and forcefulness that most W f W HAT'S WROUr t
of the editorial comment has lacked. | I ,f A * P bids the ] mH m?7 I
Also it strikes us as a fine example of sports- * upp,ie '* bad , heir it §
manship in business. • ■ j jpy e ] t 0 m
Incidentally, it is about as effective an ad* j JVf f ' m
vertisement as could have been written for I We i men j. I
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Makes you sort, of wish you were in W a.vnes- / '° "° v « fom pe ti ti ., \ * 0,50 will »»«». i
boro to trade with him, doesn’t it? I b> it e Prices. ’ ’ * Jf
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SECOND SECTION
WKEK E>jT)ING SATVuiD XY. OCTOBER 15
,"PREJUDICE"
jO. S. TOWNS
New York i'r>P) .A
wovle probing Use causes <-t
prejudice In i h i/nHH
a t at.es xtr i>ny - her else "Pie..
! Judies,” wl): ’ip viewed by *!ts
] public In 10b r v i°r. OH 17
On this date cities through. -
| out the United and
I Canada and lu Uondon. Bug
» land, will pr.- ■ <:nt lt;B; j #
I before church. civic, ccliord.
I and fra tern Ml 'irgiiniyjrinn ■
| as well an regular thosier <n,
I dlencefi. «• cording to Paul i
, Heard eftoenti> ■<> ,•»«• retar* of
j the Protestant Kllri romoii.'
j Slot!
I The PFC produced the mo
vie, and t,ltc Mot Pm f'i■ ■ rur
Sales corporation is d!.-tr
bitting it to t.ln nter . and the
Religious Hillil .ia/pcPo' lon Hj
non-commercial irroups The
motion picture In.m -r ■< will
have the
| films, and various group/.,
the Ifi mm. film ;
“Prejudice'' r. tin th'i i
movie made by Pi'r I yon
deal not only with the can: c,-,
of hate, but a’-o •>'i 11 deal
with the ntte ‘. -n 'l].- does
! religion help ■ overi.omc or
j prejudices"
j It was produced in coopera .
j tlon with the Ant T! defy urn
! t(on league. It features Holly
j wood player? I mid Bruce.
1 Mary Marshall, Tommy Iv>-.
j and Bruce Udw .rds
The PFC i" supported b 1 1
| major denominations and 1"
j Interdenominational agent te ••
PARENTS FILE
Wa:.hiro%oi: s AN'Pi Two
District our* uts were fii 1
Last week against the school
board and the superintend-c
of. i'chools by pert r*t* oi Ne
gro pupils brio
One suit wa fP ! od jointly
by the parents • f t ■ r pupils
at the Cardoza O :b S- i ot>!
The -uit charges that 1h •
school is inferior in fscili'W
and accuses the boo tv. of race
prejudice In refusing either
better facilities or turning
over surplus whit:- / hoot. to
Negroes.
The ether cv" v 1 filed . t
tbs behalf of 1 it"- year oi 1
who was denied adminrnn 1
an element n v school be,-;
of oven rowdln?
School officials ;n tin ;
1950 budget rvoueyts erf
that there arc 2 MTU
children of kindergarten ng,
lack o! faci Us iOr.
year of white jv.ippiJ? wa.s ab
sorbed thi- ye- by pi.f -)vs
the children the lower yrad i
WOMEN TOLI!
WASHINGTON' 1 ANP)
Strides must be made in the
extension and preservation of
rights to ail people whether
they be in minority or major
Ity groups, declared C iao k
Clifford, special counsel for
President T rumßii, in a
luncheon addre/v last Mo l *,
day for the Woman'.' Na
tional Democratic ;lub
H* enufneiv. led the five
goals of President Truman'
Pair 1 »'•«; program no tt •
attainment of > human
rights; Til) concert atibn of
hitman resources. (At ccniser
vaf'on of nr, turn I resources,
(4) expansion of economy;
and *5) attalnn;cut ■>! wot id
peace
Clifford.' who i.; tiroultv
•hough* oi ay Hie o. 1 be
hind the pen. writing a ; l of
h» President A soe , 'vdo
?la red t'od fb p t ■' > tT■ 1
■Phrase wan coined Hv the
President himself I! ,':>a
written t> the 1913 State of
he Union Message fa i’h
’resident's own ha writing
vhtie he tva? pitllisg the d’
il touches to the d> tit
The sentence wi t . by
he President Mated »P • •
‘Every citizen of f b' com-, Y
,0 entitled to a fail d> d t, ni
tl* government'', dvlared t -•
•eunsey. Ih* teriT' n-w i r
he basic policies ate not. ',
aid. “People don't lose tin- i •
reedom lai 1 a 1 u !>■'
trengxh and tV ffQ f ( 11 f , |
uc.h a program
Although tmiov of .o t
m d ~ ideas might have tv-at,
ixpvn.ssed to thr nation thru
he mouth of the President
"he luncheon address w’.»» his,
list public utterance since
is went inf.!) the White Mouse*
our years ago.
IALEI3H MAN
HOW IN JAPAN
GIFU, Japan Sergeant
i.uthur L. NoJlie, son of Mrs,
,ucy Good of fill Cannon
tree! Raleigh, North Care
na, is a member of the 24th
if an try Regiment, now sta*
piled at G’-fu, Japan,