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sm rl TOA IdVD 3AV1S Aiaioos -1VOIM01SIH 31 VIS July 10, 1952 Rumor of Negro Tenants Causes Riot in Chicago CHICAGO, 111.—Fires were set and furniture smashed at a Chi cago apartment building Tuesday night where some 3,000 persons gathered when rumors circulated that Negroes were moving in. Forty police squads were called i to disperse the crowd. People ^ living in the neighborhood re ported that an apartment in the building was to be vacated and Negroes were seen apparently in specting the premises. The building (at 4544 S. Union Ave.) is about four blocks from the Chicago Convention Hall and1 Interna tional Amphitheatre—| where the National Republican Convention will be held next week. Two small fires were started on a rear porch and front windows it. an occupied first floor apartment were broken by the crowd. The fires were quickly extinguished and caused little damage. The crowd gathered when a sofa and chair were placed in front of the building in the all white neighborhood. The sofa and chair were splintered. Deputy Police Commissioner Philip Breitzke said that Mrs. Bertha Verran, who lives in a sec ond floor apartment, told him that she received notice last Friday that she was to be evicted. Other residents of the area told (Continued on Page 3) ‘Nebr. Greatest Outdoor Event’ Aug. 31-Sept. 5 Lincoln (Special) — When the inquiring reporter asked him why he calls the annual Nebraska State Fair “Nebraska’s Greatest Outdoor Event,” Ed Schultz, Secretary of the fair board, had a ready answer. He said, “Simply because it is Nebraska’s best-attended single : event.” And he’s right, too, because figures show that 75,000 has been the usual attendance figure for each of the first two days of the Fair. And, for the last two years, total State Fair attendance has reached nearly 300,000. As Schultz is quick to point out, there are many new attractions and improvements scheduled for the 1952 Fair. Probably the biggest event scheduled in conjunction with this fall's mammoth exposition will be the National Abredeen - Angus |show and sale, which will take place in the fair grounds Coliseum ,on Wednesday and Thursday of Fair Week. There are several improvements in the physical plant which will ! mean new convenience for State Fair patrons. Included in the | $115,000 building project are new Musical Program to Be Presented Sunday, July 13th E—__* “The Drama Lyric Trio” will present a mu sical program, Sunday evening July 13th at 8 p.m. on the lawn of Quinn Chapel AJtf.E. church. These three young ladies, Collen St Clair, i*t Soprano, Clara Scott, 2nd Soprano, Evelyn ] Parker, alto with their accompanist, Doris Dar ling and a cast of twenty-five persons. They will feature such numbers as “Deep River,” “Ave Maria,” “When Children Pray,” and “The Lord is My Light.” The group is being sponsored by the Trustee Board of Quinn Chapel. 800 Attend Operation Civil Rights Meeting In Chicago Archibald Cafrey To Address GOPs CHICAGO — The Rev. Archi bald J. Carey, member of the Chi cago City Council and pastor of the Quinn Chapel A.M.E. church here, was among the guest speak ers who addressed the Tuesday afternoon session of the Repub lican National Convention. Rev. Carey is considered one of the country’s most dynamic speakers and progressive leaders. and wider roads inside the grounds, several modern conces sion buildings, additional curbing, guttering and drainage facilities, a new hay and feed building and more public rest rooms. “Every cent paid out for these improvements,” said Schultz, “came from State Fair funds — not one cent came from tax funds.” An entertainment note that will be great news to thousands of Ne braskans is the announcement that the musical review in front of the grandstand will be presented all six nights of the Fair, instead of just the first five as has been the practice. Fireworks will follow the performance each night. Dates of the 1952 Nebraska State Fair in Lincoln are Augus 31 through September 5. Confirm 9-Point Plan For Political Parties Owens Voted < World’s Greatest J Olympic Star « LOS ANGELES — (ANP) — 1 Sports writers from all over the ^ nation last week voted Jesse ] Owens by far the greatest Olym pics track star of all time. ] In an Associated Press poll, theH scribes selected him as the top11 man of all time in the 100 meter i asd 200 meter dashes, the broad < jump, and a member of a 400 meter all time relay squad. \ Owens won four gold medals in1: the 1‘36 Olympics by taking the1! two dashes, the broad jump and running anchor on the U.S. 400-1 meter relay squad. Also selected to the all-time squad were Mai Whitfield in the 800 meter run and Cornelius John son in the high jump. Whitefield was an extremely narrow choice over John Woodruff of the 1936' Olympic squad. -- ANP Director Elected to Red Cross Board CLEVELAND — (ANP) — Claude A. Barnett, director of the Associated Negro Press, recently was elected a member-at-large of the board of governors of the American Red Cross at the 27th annual meeting of that organiza tion here. The election of Barnett brings to three the number of Negroes serving in that capacity with the Red Cross. The other two are Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, UN trusteeship | director, and Dr. F. D. Patterson, | president of Tuskegee Institute, j Barnett also is a member of the j board of directors of directors of j Supreme Liberty Lift Insurance | co., the Liberia co., the Phelps Stokes Fund and a member of | President Truman’s Committee for the Physically Handdicapped. i Soloist Studies At Columbia U TULSA, Okla. (ANP)-Mrs. Cleo Ross Meeker, dramatic so prano, left Tulsa last week to at-' tend summer school at Columbia university, New York City. Mrs. Meeker who is soloist for, the Tulsa Civic Male chorus, di rector of Dunbar Teachers chorus - and director of Vernon A.M.E. church’s senior choir is a teacher’ at Dunbar elementary school. Appointed Postal Supt. TUCKAHOE, N. Y. (ANP)— Fred Stevens recently was ap pointed the first Negro superin tendent of the Tuckahoo Branch of the Yonkers Post Office. Ste-j vens’ appointment climaxed some 47 years of local postal service. I The Tuckahoo Branch serves about 20,0000 persons in the northeast part of Yonkers-Crost-1 wood, Colonial and Mohegan Heights and Tuckahoo and East chester. Branch personnel includes 35 carriers and clerks. Last year,1 its colume of business totaled $180,000. !■ CHICAGO (ANP)—More than 800 persons paid $10 a plate “Op eration Civil Rights” dinner and unanimously approved a 9-point civil rights plank recommended to the platform committees of the Republican and Democratic parties. Sponsored by the Chicago Branch NAACP with the coopera tion of 19 organizations, the din ner was held in the Grand Ball room of the Hotel Sherman in downtown Chicago. Walter White, executive secre tary of the NAACP, and a repre sentative from each of the two major political parties were the featured speakers. A 10-minute open question period followed the speeches. Elmer Henderson, head o( the American Council of Human Rights, a group financed by the six major fraternities and sorori jties, served as moderator. Speak ers were Albert B. Herman, exec utive director, National Republi can committee, for the GOP, and Judge John Gutknecht, substitut ing for Gov. G. Mennon Williams of Michigan, for the Democrats. In his address, White called for both parties to adopt civil rights planks with the following nine points: 1. Revise senate rule 22 in order to bring an end to the filibuster. I Give the majority of senators present and voting the right to end cloture. 2. Have a Federal FEPC (fair I employment practices) law with I teeth, setting up a commission able to act. 3. End segregation based on race and color on: interstate transpor tation, in the armed forces, and in all federal government activi ties, including the Canal Zone. 4. Pass a federal anti-lynching law. , 5. End poll tax and discrimina tory registration and election laws. 6. Strengthen the civil rights division of the department of jus tice, making it a full department headed by an assistant attorney general. 7. Form a permanent U.S. Corn continued on Page 3) More Money for Negro Colleges BATON ROUGE, La.—(ANP) —The largest money bill in this state’s history was passed last week by the legislature. Southern university and Grambling college were allocated J462,000 and $400, 000 erspectively in biennial in creases. Previous administrations had refused to appropriate adequate sums for -he maintenance of the institutions. Southern university’s high school program has been woe fully affected because there is not sufficient accommodation for students who have applied for admission. The last session of the legislature dominated by the Long regime, sharply curtailed the apprdpriation for Southern university, but increased the expenditures for the smaller white institutions.