The Bermuda Recorder

              fcrcooki e bermuda j hecordet ■ ' r always fresh .» published bi-weeklj price 6d wednesdays 1 saturdays canada's best purvis lte volume xxxii hamilton bermuda wednesday may 16 1956 no 80 • zm wmz w ww\w $ m jamf jjjji mz m l^mrf^r _______________________________________________________________________^ k na jjftk tiisepl ■ x ''■"•'- : :::: v^___e____________y^k__l - v w^w^r _____£- www *^ 41 f ' ; v___*rt£jt £ m i h r m ***^°*- ____________ : kllb w^m pta ' r ~* ' ffit *** __* w r)o ' t c ft - dk j___r l ' k w_________i -^: _________________________________! jpj^ft r^______§l iqk^i v m ibr ▼ • w^dwk *^ 5 l : ii i l*v > w " w»_tf£'33 k5"fi.__^^^^^i8 h h & 1 w.a , aj *' zm^^k jtfw ' pill ff j t ' ■ - v :: v^^a 4fl i * jgp w maf^^mw ii_________________i 4 ■ " : :: .. a^h . i a.m.e conference agrees to transfer bishop nichols and others to new districts u.s armed services *_____&# fl * «* __§_______ & ____ wl.wwww - "*"^^" § sciik ,> ■■■*- h 4 ipif z-z m race integration called a success « 1 :• i uia.ui — v resolution calling lor reassignment ot all in cumhent bishops of the a.m.e church to new district^^j > * adopted at the ijoth general conference of the church hem held here at dinner key auditorium this means that bisho 1 ward nichols prelate of the powerful first district whi.-l includes new york and bermuda will not he returning to thai wa columbia report hails negroes gains cites korea experience an ihe resolution was proposed hy a group called the brother hood in the face of open oppo sition by the majority of the council of bishops who ex pressed the opinion that such a measure was an effrontery tc their integrity the l!).i2 general conte.rcnct or by the council of bishops ir the interim of the f.2-'r.(i gen eral conferences new york may 14 racial integration in the armed forces has been a suc cess according to a 144-page study on the negro poten tial in american life pub lished under auspices of the conservation of human re sources project at columbia university the report maele public this week said that the most spectacular in creases in opportunities fot negroes in the last generation occurred in the armed forces gineering negro women in bol north and south how ever are still confined largeh to service work the proposal carried with il a rider that stated the voti to adopt this resolution shal be by individual ballot _: 1 the number ot negro high school students graduat ing annually could be tripled in the south anel nearly doubled in the north if equal eelucational facilities were available negro high school graduates coulel be increased from 65,000 to 158,000 a year and college graduates from 9,000 to 23,000 annually thus easing man-power shortages - ,-••.: 1 after the motion was sec oneled another proposal that the ballots be counted by the use of the opaque visual machine a new machine whieh enables written ballots to be east on a large screen and make's all ballots visible to all persons in the auditorium wa accepted by the delegate body 1 he proposal came on a mo tion made by dr charles spivey of detroit one of the connection's most re'specteel ministers and a former dear of payne theological semin ary at wilberforce k 1 empire youth sunday parade some of the several hundred uniformed youth wh attended empire youth sunday services at the catheelral anel at st theresa's church hamilton are seen in the march past the cathedral steps where his excellency the gov nor lt.-general sir john woodall took the salute a special message from the queen was rend at each service music for the march past was provided by the xorth village junior band canon manning conducted the cathedral service while bishop dehler offi eiated at st theresa's — photo by supreme studio \\ hen dr spivey maele the motion for the reassignment of all bishops it innneeliately spiked the belief spreading among some of the delegates that this was a proposal being sponsoreel by the malcontents anel misfits in the connection while two world war ii all-negro division the 92d which fought with gen mark clark's 5th army in italy and the 93d which was assigned to non-combat work in thj pacific had poor records the report saiel it has since been demonstrated by non segregated units in korea that integration brought out the a total ot 1,583 ballots were cast as the voting passed the 1,100 mark with the yeas holding a 2 1 4-to-l advantage over the nays bishop sher man l greene senior bishop who opposeel to the resolution moved that in order that tin church remained united and that the future be faced har moniously that the conference move to accept the resolution by unanimous vote bishop greene's motion earned continued on page 2 o crowds expected to flock to thunderjet planes to give demonstrations over colony the brotherhood which sponsored this proposal along with an all-inclusive budget scheduled to be considered by the conference tuesday is led by dr ralph jackson of nash ville tenn personal and social u s bases tomorrow remarkable ability of whites and negroes to aeljust to ne;\v relations with each other mrs ida j smith of hamil ton left the colony over the weekend to visit her brothei who is critically ill iu new york thou>;:tids ot bcrmuelians and visitors will hock to the two american basest tomorrow when they throw their gates open for the animal i.s armed forces open house from 10 a.m to 4 p.m ing of all ships at kindley s wharf and by the eastern ocean district area office corps of engineers which is the supervising agency for the main construction work at kindley aerial demonstrations by an force coast guard and u.s -.-. • p _ ii t •_._..:_-_-. navy aircraft will highlight armed forces day opea house celebrations at kindley afi and the u.s naval station tomorrow dr spivey s motion resolved that the episcopal committee of the 35th general conference of the a.m.e church meeting in miami fla be hereby direc ted that it shall assign no bishop to the episcopal district to which he was assigned by negro soldiers today ire the first negroes in american history to have equal oppor tunities to show what they can do the report said assignment ot bishops will still remain with the episcopal committee which will deter mine the assignments follow ing the election of new bishops * * * mr john g bassett city several f-84-f jet bghtei bombers from langley aii force base virginia will be at kindley for armed forces day and will put on a thrill ing display of speed and maneuverability over thi island during the day rwii . • .. mi ...... started by eisenhower in 5c businessman is elue to return to the colony this . evening from jamaica b.w.i where he went a week ago ihe 1 s naval station > marine detachment will stage a thrilling mock assault on 3 fortified machine gun positioi daring tomorrow's american armed forces day opea house activities at the u.s naval station the 263rd will present a pictorial display of their acti vities and responsibilities and the corps of engineers will also pictorially exhibit the ac tivities of the corps and its construction aud combat capa bilities the survey embracing econ omic educational and worl opportunities for negroes is part of a larger project initi ated in 1950 by president eisenhower when he was president of columbia uni versity it was started as a result of gen eisenhower's concern with man-power wast age in world war ii fifteen industrial concerns and the ford foundation contributed tweed denies using religion as cloak to rob old man * » * leaving last week to join his wife at the a.m.e confer ence at miami florida was mr reggie raynor of south ampton the l . s . army engineers will have on exhibit a beam testing machine which will de monstrate how samples of concrete beams are determineel to be of the right quality for construction the swept wing 1 bunder jets have a top speed of ovei 600 miles per hour aud a s?r vice ceiling of over 45.0(h feet they can be armed with sis 50 cal machine guns and 32 five-inch rockets it is planned to have one f-84-f on display on the grounelso visitors can take a closer look at it the marine assault at the naval station is planned tc demonstrate the combat em ployment and tactics of i marine corps rifle squad — the same techniques used so suc cessfully by the marines in the pacific during world war ii anel later in korea to neutral ize enemy fortified positions dramatic scenes were witnesseei in tne supreme uoun aa morning as fast talking fiery kingsley eugene tweed stout 1 denied that he had deliberately used the cloak of religion am his friendship with an old man to fraudulently obtain 15 from his savings account and converted it to tweed's own us j wal to h hfl p»arh esh sence respeetm hifl thfl hinih caret 11i0h mak^h # * * mr whitfield swan of pem broke left the colony by plane for a holiday in new york also leaving for the states were messrs charles anel wes ley masters of pembroke and miss alice gettons of devon funds visitors to the kindley open house who are interest eel in learning the strength ol their bermuda limestone block or concrete block they may be planning to use in building are invited to bring a sample block along with them the corps of engineers will test the breaking point of the block with their testing ma chiue in other findings the survey showed : at the navy base p.»m*1 martin marlin seaplanes will make a jet-assisted scramble takeoff anel when airborne will fly a v formation welcome guests saint e right echelon and carri"i break the planes will hen approach the reviewing areas separately with one plane making a touch anel go laneling the second perform ing a slow cruise and th final aircraft will make i full-power flyover aftei making one final low pass over the naval station and a wave goodbye to tin navy's guests they will re peat the airshow over kindle afb who is alleged to have been robbed tweeel denied know ing of the presence of the s q in his bible and claims the police put it there to trap him ut 1 __.__! . _ ___ ]_ — *■* * 1 labor shortages in world war ii and anti-discrimina tion practices in industry and trade unions have resulted in significant break - throughs 1 in the semi-skilled job market for negroes in the profes sions opportunities have opened in fields such as en ihe marines will use simu lated artillery and mortar fire to neutralize the unprotected enemy infantry guarding a well-protected assault objec tive then under cover of their own machine guns they will move toward the fortified enemy enplacemenft over j run the position and set up their ov.'ii hasty defense this de monstration will take place at 11 a.m on ,] a old softball field off constitution koad shire • • ■ leaving the island to take up permanent residence in the u.s was mr alfred hall of devonshire \\ ith regard to the writing in the bible mr bacilon said continued on page 6 both kindley afb and the naval station are planning crash fire demonstrations dur ing their open house activi ties the navy's firefighting show will be staged on the seaplane ramp area while kindley s will take place neat jhe display area hundred of gallons of fuel will be set ablaze to simulate crashed aircraft and each base's fire fighting e(|iiipment will race to the scene to show how they quickly put out such a fire mr barcilon told the accused not to be impertinent and to cease interrupting hitn as he had done so many tittles during the morning's hearing he also had to be told by his own lawyer mr a r francis to calm down and was ordered by the judge sir alan smith to answer question properly im >.. : jht tvfcrfflr - * h_____________l 1 -^| pf 9^_^^|ka as a ■■' 1 flfll il__%______l p : h fe"i^3hi&tf v vv ■-^^_________ ' t^j bbpt ' oj^kk _____________________________________ visitors to the kindley afb open ~ house will have the unique opportunity to seeing themselves through the use ot a small elosed-ein-uit industrial i ami 1 1 which will be set up in the televisior 1 weed who has variously described himsdf as a cabinet maker a dealer in antiques and an exhorter of the bible drew laughs from spectator in the croweled court room when this morning he claimed to be a student of ancient greek air and sea rescue demon strations will also he featured at both bases during the opes house activities mam banga a person standing in front of this earners will see his image projected on the screen of a nearby reeeiyer this type of camera has been put to such diversified uses in the united states as long-range baby-sitting in the home checking on assembly-line pro gress in large factories and at the naval station tin u.s coast guard air detach ment wlil demonstrate aerial drops of rescue and survivi eepiipment using pbm5g martin mariner aircraft tin planes will drop smoke float to mark the position of a sur vivor in the water and w ; ll then drop a raft an emergency raelio and other survival gear the survivor will get into th 1 raft and fire flares to a ssi.st the planes in spotting him one of the mariners will then land rescue the survivor take off and return him safely fo bntam held near atom wt i b__i__s_i * - mm^m^±^^^^a rf^**8ifci;i & power lead he made that claim when trying to explain wdiat mr barcilon called the scribble appearing in the accused bible together with a withdrawal notice from the womans shop for 150 from the account of robert scraders the old man washington may 14 sir edwin plowden head of britain's atomic energy au thority said today his country may go ahead of the united states in eleveloping commer cial atomic power because its needs are very urgent _______ • . i guarding the many counters in m ■ a - z.az'a h -, t b v - f v _* - a - ■■ . --;; ■ ■ "■; ■■' - ■■ ■ v xm new jersey pictured on the lawn c^^swyl^wi^fffeswhus pembroke where they spent their bermuda vacation are mr and mrs reginald wells dr and mrs e wells and mrs richard mitchell who arrived by the queen of bermud on april 5 and left on monday via colonial airlines on the extreme left is mr donah smith of the smith travel x\gency photo by ed kelly big department stores ihe i >. army will be repre sented at kindley afb armed forces day activities by the 7283rd transportation terminal detachment which is responsible for all the base's marine equipment and main tains the loading and off-load after paying a courtesy call on president eisenhower sii edwin told newsmen that bri tain quite likely will get intr the atomic power field on a major basis ahead of the united states r 5 ~;.. their rescue procedures in castle harbour during the afternoon first a sc-54 will drop sea marker elye and floating smoke lights to mark continued on page 2 shore kinelley's 29th air reseu squadron will demonstrate ________»•>_ l-<_ftl3 lfw rostiia i _, why not try these two