The Ohio State news (Columbus, Ohio), 1951-09-08

              ari.ir 8t.u Mumuio FDaTHE PEOPLE Vol. 17 No. 35 COLUMBUS, OHIO SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1951 Price 10 Centi I MB AM! ffilML . : . 1 Barbara Hendricks Cops NEWS Contest Says Estate Property, Purchase Slows New Building At Garfield Construction Barriers Listed For NAACP Reporting for committee which recently conferred with N. G. Fswcett. superintendent of tchooli, the Executive Committee of the Columbui NAACP, in ita meeting regular month' ly meeting last Tuesday evening, heard thii Matement: II the public could only know the magnitude of the building program (there are 81 projecti) and the many difficult barrien which operate from time to time. tl.erf would be lew un-neces- lary and un-informed criticiim of the program." The committee reported that Superintendent Fawcett discussed the building program and other school matter! with the committee with a welcome degree of lincerety. In pointing out the barrier which hold up various project he listed as the principal ones (1) locating a suitable site for new building (2) obtaining that site (3) obtaining sufficient steel (4) union disputes (9) court procedure. WITH REFERENCE TO Gar- THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE BEEN WAITING FOR I ! I . These lovely young ladies walked away with top honors in the NEWS 1 7th. Annual Bathing Beauty Contest Sunday night at Rollerland Ballroom, while a capacity house shook the foundation with enthusiastic applause. The heated contest wound up in a three way tie for first place honors; but by audience acclaim, shapely Barbara Hendricks emerged the winner of the coveted title, "Mis Ohio State NEWS Of 1951". Adjust your glasses and read from left to right Miss Katherine lye, third place, Miss Iras Lucas, second place and the "SI" Queen, Miss Barbara Hendricks. Evening School Regisfra.ion Set; Schedule Given Registration for Columbus Evening High School has been ncheldned for Wednesday, Sept. 12, and Thursday, Sept. 13, it was annouunced this week by Principal Frank D. Mason. The time will be from 7 p. m. to 9 p. m. Classes will meet every Monday, Wedne.day and Thursday from 6 until 10 p. m. Classes for the ecnd semester will start Monday, Sept. 17 at 6 p. m. Offered will be a program of academic and commercial subjects Wa ling to a high diploma. The regular curriculum of the school includes work in English, Journalism, Spanish, Public Speaking, Psychology, Social Studies, Buisiiness Law, Mathematics, Scienee, Art, and Com mercial subjects. The school will again offer non-credit courses in elementary English and Arthmetic for those not yet qualified for high school work, and course in which persons of foreign birth are taught to upeak English. All' new students and those who have not graduuated from high school bring a record of completed high school courses when they register. I Registration fees for residents 'of the Columbus School District I are $5 for one class period, $7 for two,. $9 for three and $10 i for four class periods. In addition students must pay $1 deposit for each book required. AH j fees must be paid at the time ! of registration. OSU Medic Writes On Autopsies Following wide-spread publicity of the policy of University relative to performing autopsies on bodies prior to embalming, Dr. Emrich Von Hum, pathologist for the University, wrote letter to an undertaker explaining his position. He said that he had read the article published in The Ohio State NEWS in which undertakers complained of the treat- field Elementary, Fawcett point-lment they "are allegedly reed out that all of the property I ceiving at University Hospital." on the site has been obtained He declared that he was not in-with the exception of one parcel. I formed la. a telephone ronver-That piece of property is in a'n'sstlon with member of The estate and we cannot purchase j NEWS staff as to what the it until the court sets a sale charges of the undertakers were, price and court procedure is not In the conversation with The always as fast as we would like NEWS. Dr. Von Haam went In-it to be." i to detail, explaining why an In commenting on other mat- autopsy, prior to embalming, was ters discussed, the committee re-! naeessery. He said that eanbal-ported that the Leonard Avenue !" destroys valuable evidence School will be a one unit school 01 diseases and poisens. The doe-with about the same faculty as ' farther said that only under-laat year. i takers using antiquated methods The new head teacher is , eomplalnlng. former member of the Olentan- The undertakers had com-gy School faculty. Previously plained that pathologists at Uni-Leonard has been a situation of j versity severed so many blood two schools in' one building. ' (Continued In Adjoining Column) Nobel Peace Award Winner, Dr. Ralph Bunche Receives Honorary Degree, 3 Receive Pi.Ds Columbus, Ohio, this week, has had its share of historical events. Perhaps the most prominent event took place in the educational field Friday, Aug. 31, when Ohio State University, at its Summer Quarter Convocation, awarded an honorary doctor's degree to Dr. Ralph Johnson BurtW4Jnited Nation official and outstanding American winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Dr. Bunche is shown in inset superimposed over scene of graduatee and audience, as he received the degree from General Carlton S. JJargusch, chairman ot the Hoard of 1 rus- tees. Among those receiving Doctor of Philosophy degrees were "top inset) Raymond Wilbur Hopson, physical education, Hampton, Vs.; (right lnsetl Samella Sanders Lewis, fine arts, Columbus; and ;bot-tom inset) Joseph Carl Dacons, chemistry, Cleveland. Among those receiving masters Indian Vet Case Basis For Study Forest, Sunset Policy Bared Samuel DeShay Recital to Open Concert Season Loll Caery Convention Raises SI 02,000 in Annual Session TAKES JOB IN MIAMI DAYTON Herndon Sims, until recently employed as a postal clerk her, left last Tuesday for Miami, Fla., where he has been appointed instructor of band music at Dor-sey high jchool. . Steaii of The Week':! Self's Van Dyke In Bath lo School Effort cn Avenue One Van Dyke, manager if Rh'fl's Slioe Store, 1050 ML Vernon Ave., Columbus, currently is in the mid.-'t of a "Back to School" program to assure near-Ea:;ts de familes that their children w.ll be wearing proper footwear when they return to iclioo'. T. otigh Van Dyke is the ma-raser "f the store, The Ohio State NEWS has designated him "Salesman of the Week" for his knowledge of the fact good fitt.ng and quality ihoes are among the prime requirements for a successful school year for any child. AIDING ffo:tt at VAN DYKE in his Srhiffi ML Vernon Lxffl iktu. tuie ia Eddie Anderson, GENE VAN DYKE popular near-Eastsider, who Is serving in the capacity assistant manager. Part-time members of the sales staff are Joe Kelley, Mrs. Viviar. Hairstnn, active in American Legion Auxiliary affairs; and Don Glover, Ohio j S ute Univiis.ty it ilcnt. Vu DjKe hits been tilh DURHAM, S. C. Executive Secretary Wendell C. Sommervjlle, Washington, D. C. reported $102,000 collected from all sources for the Lott Caery Foreign Mission Coven-tion in its 54th annual sejsion at ML Vernon Baptist Church here. Aug. 28 through 31. Rev. E. T. Browne is pastor. Elected as president of the Lott Caery Convention was Dr. U. G. Wilson of Portsmouth, Va. The retiring president is Dr. O. S. Bullock of the First Baptist Church, Raleigh, N. C. Mrs. A. B. Randolph of Washington, D. C, was re-elected to head the Women's Auxiliary, and Mrs. C. E. Griffin ot Norfolk, Va., wrs chosen supervisor of the Young People's Department.Mr. Sommerville reported that plans have been completed for a pilgrimage to Liberia where a large portion ot the conven- linn wn.L la in r. i r,- m . . r A th supervision of Rev, John Wright. The pilgrimage is slated to leave in November. Rev. E. A. Parham of Trinity Baptist Church, Columbus, gave the opening message on Tuesday, Aug. 28, and made a stirring appeal for continued support of the Lott Caery Conven tion, Trinity Church contributed I more than 11.000 for the continuation of the convention. The contribution wis among the largest amounts reported. Dr. R. F. Hairston. . minister ot Refuge "Baptist Church, delivered the inspirational message on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 30, to more than 1,500 delegates. Dr. Hsirston said that his section of the state has pledged 100 percent support ot the organization and was loud in his praise for the late N. L. Scarborough of Columbus, former president of the convention. THE PRINCIPAL address of the session was delivered by the honorable C. B. D. King,! Liberia ambassador to the United Ststes. The honorable ambassa-j dor said, 'American Democracy must not fail; for if America fails, there will be a dark day for the human race." Mr. King was given the key lo the city by the Mayor and Lily Manager. Other speakers were Dr. John M. Ellison, president of Virginia Union University. Richmond, Va. President Ellison told the convention that American civilization is on trail and the far east has a watchful eye of our actions. i Dr. J. M. Strassner, president of Shaw University, Raleigh, I N. C. addressed the body Thurs-j day. Aug. 30, at Hillside School. Alson on the program were Dr. Timothy Body of Shiloh Baptist, tnurcn or Baltimore, Md., Dr. I O. S. Bullock of Raleinh. N. J Dr. W. L. Ransom of Richmond, Va., the Honorable T. C. Walker, of G I ouster, Va. and Dr. J.' Vance Mclver of New Jersey. I Music was under the super-, vision of Rev. J. P. Shipworthi of Richmond, Va., and Professor Patterson of Norfolk, Va., who J directed a 300-voice choir. Next year's session is slated at the Sixth ML Zion Bandit Church, PitUburgh, Pa. Rev. S. C. Hairston is minister. The concert season will open degrees were: James K. Anthony, on Tuesday night, September 11,! geography, Cleveland; Frank Page at East High School when Sa- j Bolden, physical education, Tsko-muel DeShay gives a piano re- j ma, Md.; Mildred Carlton Col-citsl. Mr. DeShay will be pre-1 er home economics, Dayton; sented by the Linketts and his j0hn James Cook, history,Grif-co-artist will be Miss Anna Sueifjn Ga.; Harold Preston Coop-Chambers, soprano. I er, education, Gary W. Va.; Ir- DeShay is well known to Co- m Dorothea Foster, education, lumbus music circles and has white Plains, N. Y.; Francis Leo-appeared in several presents- nKjj Grandison, psychology, tion with great success. Lsst . Houston, Tex. season he gave a recital at the j Edith Greenlee Hodge educa- Columbus Gallery or r ine Ans. tion, Dayton, Arthur Chester Ma Shotgun Blast Begins Autumn Shooting Season A survey of Columbus cent eteries shows that two hold to) the pelicy practiced by the S o u i x City, Iowa cemetery which refused burial a week ago of an American Indian, a Korean War casualty. The Iowa cemetery would not let the widow of the soldier, Mrs, Evelyn Rice, bury her husband, Sgt. John Rice in the cemetery , because he w not white man. Thr tw cemeteries which aaid that burials are definitely rev stricted to members of the Caucasian race only are Forest Kawa Memorial Gardens, 5800 E. Broad St., and Sunset Cemetery, 6959 N. Broad St. Officisls of each association said burials are confined to whites only. W. H. Culthard, managing trustee of Sunset Cemetery, said that the colored people have Evergreen and that the whites have Sunset He continued by ssylng: "We den t lake business from them and they don't take business from us." James W. Williams, owner of the Evergreen Cemetery, ssid, however, that Evergreen Cemetery does not discriminate and that there are white persons buried there. Wrfc.Mi G. Cuenther, bookkeeper for Creenlawn Cemetery Association, said that there Is no discrimination at the cemetery at all. When asked about a possible segregation policy, she said that there is no segregation at all, that colored persona are buried all over the cemetery. She did say thst there as policy to group individual grave in certain places but that family plots can he bought any place, regardless of race. - ? AGUDATK ACHIM CemetasT and Beth Jacob Cemetery burr The autumn round of shoot ings in Columbus beg Satur day morning when Howsrdl King, 2188 Groveport Pike, struck John Cook in the sto-; onIy member, 0f the Jewish faith, msch with a shotgun blast. , ,... William Cmtbr. manasnr Cook, who roomed over the ! of Agudath Achira Cemetery, waa store by King, had gone into the , ,sked whlt the polls would b the store to get a bottle of pop. I in buryjng , oni. person claim. King said that Cook handed jng the Jwilh He aU him 26c to pay for the pop and that they would rltd to th he gave Cook the proper change , Cemetery in "certain places." but Cook contended that he gave According to Fathe LeBlaae, Mng ouc. A vioiem argumem miM0 . lamh'. Tl,. , nlhrl r,ionit uraa for- J-.. .J. 1, !,.,,, .ill. ri. I CnSUCd and COOk IS alleged tO rlhU,- mmmlmrlmm dm M merly a student of U. Clevelsnd ; Sldney Roscoe Waters, fine arts, Poured the PP. on the floor I discriminate. Contrary to soe re-Lemons but now studies at aiRnokville, Tenn.; James Edward , ,nd ,ent ? " P"P 1 port that persona of mixed star. New York Conservatory. He is Williams, education. Youngstown. secured another bottle and threw ri ctBnot burtwl m c best known for his masterful Ohio; Elizabeth Leona Barnett, " ,l Kln- tholie cemeteries. Fains- LeBlasM interpretation of etudes. The jocjgi administration, London, W, concert begins at 8:15. Va.; Doyle Shackleford, Jr., so- THE PROPRIETOR I said there are burial plots b flss) reached cemetery whera persons of Ca nal administration. Cincinnati: under his counter, got his gun j thollc Fsith and Prostsstant faith arteries and parts of the body Charles Augustus Clark, zoology, ; "nd snot Look wno is reported Csn be bunsd side by aid. in the autopsies that it made embalming very difficult, the embalming having to depend on blood links tn get fluids through the corpse. Belhaven, N. C; and Clarence to have lelt the store, wanted Burgess Owens, agronomy, Smith- short distance down tfe pike ville, Tex. j a"d then fell to the grnai.d. He One StudenL Gerald Edsel , was discovered by an unknown Starkey, of Bedford, Ohio, was; woman. awarded three degrees: Master of j King was arrested, bound over nn vna uiiu u-.nt futher i Science, Bachelor of Mechanical to grand jury on $2000 bond in his letter to say that he wish-! Engineering and Bachelor of Me- ahd was released on Monday. ed to reiterate that he would tallurgical Engineering. be glad to receive the complaints 1 IN PRESENTING the honorsry demic csreer as a member of the and try to come to a solution degree t o Dr. Bunche, General faculty at Harvard University, the mutually acceptable. He went Dargusch stated: University of California, and at on to say that he thought the j I have the honor to present for Howard University where he was settled some tnree ; ine oegree oi uoctor i un, 1 neaa or tne jjeparimeni oi ro- litical Science. He has been constantly called upon for public service of a delicate and exacting character in international matters, as Territorial Specialist for the Department of State, and as Assistant Secretary of the United States delegation at Dunbarton Oats. At the most serious point in the tense and dimerous crises between Israel and the Arabs, he wai called uwn to mediate and negotiate a peaceful settlement of their differences. By his wis matter was years ago when he met with . Ralph Johnson Bunche, educator, some Of the profession. awicsman, ana innnuaaui puo- In the dolor's conversation lic servant, with a NEWS reporter, he said ! Dr. Bunche Is a native son of that he had called all the un-1 Detroit, Michigan, and was edu-dertakers in and they had agreed cated there in the public school, to the plan of autopsy operation He received his baccalaureate de-prior to embalming. None of the gree from the University of Call-Near East Side embalmcrs had fornia and his graduate degrees known anything of such a meet-1 from Harvard University. His de-ing, and two said that in their i veloping interest in anthropology, conversations with Dr. Haam, he ! colonial policy and international had promised the undertakers relations led him to post-doctoral could embalm before theautopsy. Schiff's,, the largest retail shoe corporation in America, for four years and has been selling and IConliaueC C Psg I S) 1 Physician Treats Father After Auto Accident Mauric, Duggar,' 68, 809 E. Long St., Columbus, was struck by a car at the corner of Buckingham and Cleveland Ave. Tuesday evening. Duggar had Just left the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, where he is employed, and was on his way across th( street when a 1941 Dodge, driven by Charles R. Harper, of West Jclf.'rson, turned into Cleveland Ave. ana itrivk him. work in these fields at North western University, the London School of Economics, and the University of Capetown, South Africa. He has held research schol- f.j Uliimia Ia llAtitiiil rehipi end fellowship from many en0 nOmail 10 nOSpllaL foundations fotthe support of his Bad Credit, Three Shots studies. He has had a distinguished aca- James Twyman Shot James Twyman, 2, 246 N. Garfiejd Ave. was shot in the Wilbur McNabb, of Williams and McNabb Funeral Horn, said that the regular public cemeteries aeU lots to colored peoplc without snsy segregation. Although Agudath ia eonfinsd to burial of people of Jewish faith, Mr. Crosby, the managsr said that cemeteries all over tnsj country should b investigated fof possible discrimination poUctesj. Brazil Prohibit?' Any Race Bias The Ohio Legislature sum studied proposed FEPC legislation for several session and has failed to pass a bill requiring that there be no discrimination practiced relative to hiring help. Strong business lobbies have blocked the legislation. However Brazil has tihtened up on laws prohibiting racial discrimination in that country. Its laws prohibit turning down dom, his vision and patience, and help because of race and has his deep understanding he achi- passed a law recently setting a eved this notable result, and won fine of $1,000 and a three months the grateful appreciation of t h e sentence in jail for a disenmina-world which was symbolized by ! tfon violation, the award to him of the Nobel i Visit Relatives Mrs. Ida Early, of 207 N. Gar- tireless efforts to promote har-; f'eli Ave- ,nd grandson and mov .n .mrferstandine amrns : two granddaughters, visited re- peoples and nations, snd of his lativet nd 'end 'or the past faith in the ability of man to two weeks in Pulaski, Va. Peace Prize in 1950. In recognition of his accomplishments snd his service, of his Miss Katherine Williams, 25, Macon Hotel, Columbus, was sitting in a car Sunday night with an Anthony Moses, 51S Lehman St., when James Brown, 228 N. 18th St., spproached the car and demanded that she give him tl. Miss Williams reiusea. T.hor n.tf mBht dur,n , Brown is slleged to have fired arBum.nt with thre. men at the ultimately live in reace, I Pre- three shots at the car, none of , corner 0f 18tn and ml Vernon, sent Ralph Johnson Bunche for returned home after an mjoy-which struck anyone. Miss Wil-1 p0i,c, officers were unable to ! this honorary degree. able two weeks motor trip. Hams was taken to SL Francis eBrn who nad (lred the shots1 While gone, they visited re'utives Hospital and treated for shuck, but were holding James Mc-' MRS. EDITH MCCANN, Mrs. ! and friends in Canada, New Yov Brown was arrested and bjuud Cuidv, 3U2 SL C'lHir Ave. for Helen B.inks, Mrs. Esteilt Giles. ' City, Niagara rul'.s and AlLjr.v, AQi to tiand Jury on 10U0 bond ; questioning. e)l bit, Bessie JttlisiVea haveN, Y,