INITIAT
HONOR PRESIDE
OF INSURANCE CD.
Wll111er of the "ML S Central" contest sponsored by the Central Hall Geta Birthday S u,..
High School Athletic Department. Miss Nicholas is the daughter prise Following Lon g
of Mr. and MIl;. Thomas icholas of East Roselane St., and is a Illn_
member of 12ABe. "Miss Central" and her four attendants ob-served
the Thanksgivmg Day game between Central and Attucks The Louisville District of-from
a special platform built near the sidelines. flce at 422-24 S. 6th Street was
___ _ the scene of a well planned and
By Fletcher P . Martin I half. takmg the ball on Attucks' an appropriately appointed s ur-
Befor a crowd that filled rune wormed his way across the prise birthday assemblage in
Central Stadium Central's Yel- goal Ime for the second touch- honor of Presid en~ H. E. Hall
low Jackets kept intact a Tur- down. D WhIte place kicked of the Mammoth Life Insurance
key Day winning streak that Ihe conversIOn. Co.. Wednesday everung, No­began
in 1927 by defeating Cris- Attu ks got its lone touel.- vember 22 .. The full Home and
pus Attucks of Indianapolis 13-6. down when Sleet. 190 lb. Dan- DIstrict offIce force~ were there
Central scored in the initial ville boy. plunged O\'er from with their wIves, !tusb ~ nds,
quarter when Booker Thornton, Central's two after the l ndia- sweethearts.
Central lin~:nan. reco\'ered An- napolis team had marched 'Iown When. President Hall e!\ tered
derson's, Yellow J acket quarter-I the field. The c onv rsion kick the bUilding, he. was made
back. short punt which had been v:as blocked. awar of the surprise to follow
~~c~~o:~ : r~l~t~~~ ~~y;~ Col man. Central's ~rilhant ~~ee~::: ~:u:in~fin;Oi'~~e ~i~!
vaders' end zon e. I end. was the outstandmg line a song of praIse to thee, P r es-
In the second quarter Nelson man on the field. Glover and ident, our President!
Clay, Central's great running Sleet were Attucks' threats. After being seated, Mr. A.
____________________ ! Douglas Doss. DIreCtor made
M~DERSij~~ TAKES ~~h:em~~~:r effec:
- show their appreciation of, and
have a few t .. lurs of gayety with
BRID'E'l~ CANADA ~~~:~~r~~~~3t~:~:=~1 Iy an Informal party. He srud:
"We do not need to enumerate
what President Hall has done
. . . . -- --- . for you. me. for all of us. and
~ulsvllllans were gIven what I as Georgia s only .NegrO Collec- for the race. He has recently
might be termed a Thanksglv- tor of Internal Re\enue, and her recovered from a long illness,
ing surprise this week when the grandfather, the late J efferson (Continued on page 4)
announcement by 1I1r. and Mrs. Long as the first United States I
Walter Henry Aiken of Atlanta, :-;"gro Congressman. ----
Ga., of the marriage of therr Mr. Anderson is one 0{ Louis- SANDERS ON ROAD
sister. Ann Rucker. to Charles \'iIl,"s progressl\'e young attor- I
W. Anderson, Jr .. local attorney neys. and since beginning the TO RECOVERY MRS. ANN
ar,d legi.lator, leached the city. practice of law here in 1933, he Librarian at Kentucky
The ceremony was performed In has taken an active and prom i- -- of Char les W Anderson Jr
Montreal. Canada on August 20. nent part in the legal, civic, W. L. Sanders, well known I August. See' announcedtent~
by Rev. Roy P. Stafford of the political and SOCIal hIe of the business man, whose severe ill-
St. James United Church. city and state. In 1935 he was ness kept him confined for sev-
The bride is an alumna of At- elected a member of the 1)en- eral weeks at Red Cross Hos- N A A C P MEM
lanta University and the Hamp- tucky LegISlature. and has the pital, is well on the r oad to com- • • • • •
ton Institute Library Schoo!. i distinctlon of being the first Ne- plete recovery. In the past few • 0
P rior to ber present position as gro ever elected to a public of - weeks he has been seen on num-librarian
at Kentucky State Col- I fice in the city of Louisville; r e- erous occasions enjoying a
lege. she was employed at F isk cently having been re-elected drive WIth some of his friends .
University and the Carnegie i for hiS third consecutive term as in the brisk autumn air. It is The 1939 camprugn
library in Atlanta. Her family State Representative. He is a expected that he will be "cir- local . b~anch of the
many years ago was quite active I graduate of Wilberforce Uru- culating" among h is many as- I Assoclalton for the
in Republican circles i n t h e versity and the Howard Uruver- sociates and acquaintances in ment of Colored
South. her father having served I sity School of Law. the near future. under way Monday
Commenting on his good for- ? ~~ s~ . whe~ an
LEXINGTON JURY AGAIN GIVES =-~ ~n~~~~r!e:eal:; ~:~~~c::g~::;~~:ns feeling that the thOUghtful- I b h ' dri DEATH PENALTY AFTER 16 HOURS =o~!~~y m=yim!!~t -;.: ~r~:niza~:~ plans
tor in his successful fight to by the steering committee
Lexington, Ky~ Dec. I-His- Mr. Tucker. regain his health. The cards, the ~ampaign were draW?"
tory was written here in the Starting at 9 a.m. Friday. Dowers and telephone calls to ~clude a procedur..
trial of the now historic case four hours were spent in quali- which were received daily at reaching ~eral th~
of the Commonwealth vs. Eu- fying jurors. The his bedside are sincerely and sons who .w~ be .as th
gene Burnam, charged with asked in examining the jurors gratefully apprecia~. the organLUltlon In e
rape. For the first time in were based largely on the John 1.. ~ak~ld
Fayette county's history Ne- question of racial prejudice and progressive young men under I the camp31gn, _ ..........
~ were empanelled on tolerance. the leadership of Messrs. Pow- ers that , h~ ."""""-
grand and petit juries. This Mrs. Hazel Perki ns. state's ell and Lester as eo-cllairmen. make a d~tnlte report
came as the direct r esult of (Continued on page 8) Mr. LiUin is program chair the ·campaIgn closes.
motions tendered by counsel ----- man; Mr. Moore, secretary of E. Frederick Morrow,
for , the defense. C. Eubank SENATOR DUFFY a UINN Lyceum Board; Mr. Starks, co-ordinator of the
Tul;ker, C. W. Anderson. Jr., CHAPEL LYCEUM SPEAltEB treasurer and Mr. Cooper, gartization. arrived
and Prentice Thomas, f irst to The initial Lyceum hour chairman of Speaker's Bur- Saturday and
quash the indictment and sec- Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Church eau. Rev. W. Augustus Jones, over the ~ob of
oq4 t.o dismiss the entire jury Sunday, December 10, at 4 p. m., pastor of 5th St., will offer the ~50 camprugn
par¥!I on the grounds that Ne- affords tt. Louisville public the invocation and Rev. G. Horace mg to the group.
groes have been excluded from opportunity of hearing Senator Jenkins, pastor or Quinn, the Mr. Morrow ~id,
jury service. W. H. Duffy, State Director of benediction at the Lyceum, never been a time
Whet the case was called Social Security. who will speak Sunday afternoon, December tory of the ~untry
Friday Judge Swope dismissed on "Social Se -urity in Ken- II. needs and nghts
two grand jurors and appoint- tucky:' The famous Fifth Street groups could be
cd R. C. Hogan and William Baptist Church choir, directed "The Lincoln Institute Choral greater possibility of
Buchanan, egro citizens of by Miss lola J ordan with Rob- Society, presented at Chest- rair consideration."
Lexington. About 15 race m n ert Purdy a the organ. will nut St., C. M. E. Church, Tues- He said that the
were called for pet it jury rv- furni h th music. day, Dec. 12, brind to Louis- d ' th past three
ICC but none were seated be- This n w featur at Quinn is ville a new treat, and a rare unng e
u of "having contributed I the point of a knif criminally treat. See "Leaderville On has advanced the statua
the Defense Fund," informed being promoted by a group of Exhibition" on page 7. - egro to 3 new high..
Makes Elunt Statement To
Bzitain About Waz And
Democracy
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Bombay, India, Dec.1 (CNA)-
Mohandas K. Gandhi told Bri- FULL AND tain bluntly this week that the FRANK DISCUSSION OF STATE'S
RESPONSIBILITY HAD, SAYS REPORT r esignation of eight of India's
eleven provincial governments
meant that the Indian people
~O~d not, part icipate in Bri.: Frankfort, Ky., Dec. I-Plans In the absence of President
am s war 'to save democracy for equalizing higher education- McVey. on account of illn"'lS,
s~ long as der:'ocracy was de- al opportunities for Negroes in the Committee elected President
rued the ,~ndlan people. H~ KEntucky were init iated here R. A. Kent, University of Louis­~
emanded complete freedom today/by the Governor's Advi- VIlle. Chairman, and President
or Indi~: sory Committee on Negro edu- R. B. Atwood. Kentucky State
GandhI s . statement was made cation, in session in the Cham- College. as Secretary.
:~yCOmn;:~~e~~~t::a;Ot:g~: be: of the Houseof Representa- .Following a full and frank
cuss the country's attitude to- tl\ es. Th~ Committee. composed dISCUSSIon In which the state's
ward the European confliCt. tors, was appointed by Gover- equal educallonal opportuni-
. . IOf both \\ hlte and egro educa- responSibilIty for providing
TenSIon pre\'ailed throug~out nor A. B. Chandler as an out- ties for all its citizens was
the . country as the committee I growth of a rr.eellng eIght stressed. the Committee voted,
co~,ened as a result of a . cam-t months ago relative to the to limit its work to the high­palgo
laun~ed by.the BrItISh to United Stat Supreme Court er levels and to set up a sub­crush
India s resIStance. Con- decISion in the case of Lloyd committee of its membership
gress leaders ch ar~ed the BTI- Gaines in Missouri, and continu- with the assigned duties as
dlSorders-& a I ed by G'overnor K een 0 nsOn. follo,,' s:
~:~' 1u!~r ~~I:e of t roops a- with Pr~sident Frank 1.. McVey. 1. To draw up plans for con-
Twenty-one persons were Unt~ersl ty of Kentucky. as tinuation of present out-o' ·
killed and scores injured in I Chrurman. (Continued on page 8)
two days of violent clashes
~;~::nin :!iC:'ndu:~al ~:~~~~I HUSBAND SCALDS of Sukur thiS week. MartIal
law was immediately clamped i
~~;~;. "~;~;~;;;I WIFE TO DEATH
PASSES AWAY Mrs. Thelma Orndorff, 25 from the stove and dashed tbe
of 1716 W. Chestnut. died at boiling water on his wife and
last Mrs. Frances Weathers. well the City Hospital, Tuesday as I\lrs. Baker then fled the h ouse.
known church and civic leader the result of burn~ rece ived The wife managed to d rag
passed away at her residenc.. when her husband. Charl .. s herseli to the phone and called
1911 W. Madison Street last Orndorff, 32,. alleg ;dly threw the police. Both women W,r.
Sunday afternoon after an ill- a kettle of boiling water on her. rushed to the hospital wher
ness of several d ays. Mrs. Wea- Also scalded was Mrs. LlZZle Mrs. Orndorff d ied three days
thers was an act ive member I Baker, owner of the house foJlowmg . he scalding. Mrs.
and leader of the Missionary where Mrs. Orndorff lived. Baker IS m a sertOUS conru­Society
of her denOmination./ Orndorff has n~t been ap- tlon
afternoon at 3:30 of the Jefferson County Sun- prehended by police as The The police court record shows
.W.C.A., the .branch day School Association, and of Lead r goes to press. the wife has had the husband
a mass meetmg to the Parent -Teacher Associah on. Bemg speerated. Mrs. Om- arrested r epeatedly for molest-members
and inter- She was a delegate to the dorff was living with Mrs. Ba - mg her. Each time he was
are invited. "The General Conference of the A. ker wh n she met her dea th. put under bond to keep thp
will be the sub- M. E. Zion Church. The funer- Witnesses claimed the husband peacp
an address by Mr. Mor- aI services were held at 15th slipped into her room Satur- The dead woman's employ or
St. Memorial Church where she day where she saw h im and said, on viewing the body at
the many civic-mind- was a prominent member, fled. into the ki tchen and tripped The G. C. Williams Funeral
who are cooperating Wednesday afternoon, Rev. D. aCCidentally over :I.frs Baker, Home, that the escaped hus­membership
drive are J. Hughlett officiating, assisted both faIling to the floor. An band on numerous occassion. 
A. Clark, Mayor of by Rev. B. N. Hemingham, A. informed source said as the two had harra.. Sed the woman on
and vice chairman; W. Jackson and A A. Perry. women cowered on the floor, her job.
Wilson, Vice MIl;. Weathers is survived the man with the remark, "I Police are making an extens-on
page 8) by twelve children, Edgar ought to scald you to death," ive search for the alleged mur­John,
Dee, James and Marshall jerked the steaming tea kettle derer
POLICEMAN ~~M~=:S ::eD~::r":!: SHUMAKE
2ND AWARD =:S~~~dH~~ RAPE CASE ENDS
- . ~~~~~,,:;.:!':ee::,,:~; WITH YEAR'S JAIL SENTENCE
York Dec. I-DetectIve brother. In ct.arge of Uooer- ___ _
Robens, who last ye~ taker S. L. Taylor the remains Charges of rape against James These boys had been Iocatea
tile fir:'t N .. gro to -..,m of MIl;. Weathers were carried I Shumake, 3433 Virginia, and and efforts were being made
~tal Medal to Maud, Ky., for burial. William PoweJl, Parkland, wert' to apprehend them, Mr, Vaa
received last week ___ amended to assault and batterY Arsdale said.
Honora:;:e M~ti;:; 3 METED "-II' and eacll received a one y";" Ruiing on the affidavit for
two 0 her co 0 te- Pleading guilty to drunken jail sentence. The defendants a continuanee, Criminal Court
sams:u, ono;; ~ driving three defendants receiv- were charged with being two Judge Lorraine Mix said, "tile
ey San! ..; ed the '9-19' penalty from Po- of five men who criminally 3$- court would be unable to make
Cusberth, R~ lice Judge John Bracbey Tues- saulted Emma Roberts, 23, of witnesses testify because they
1m w day. Those sentenced were 1625 Congress, last September. ar tried on the oame offense.
patro
d
an en fir William F. Donald, 1127 South Before the compromise de- It would be trifl ing with just~e
un ~ = bar~ 12th, William McDoweJl, 1510 fense counsel H. 1.. Van Ars- to grant a continuance.
____' " ....w. .:_ .o. furniture Arthur and Collier Payne 1622 dale asked a continuance on Politics rumored to be CD-friend
~ ~e W. Madison. ~:in ~::~:atR~~ .;.::~ ::~be:~n ~~~ase th~~:!o!
Johnson IS Clt- dits who were attempting t01 man, John 'Bookie' Thomas, r eached in the compromllle
assisted two other hold up a cellar apartment in ami Robert Thomas, wer fu- seemingly pleased both 1IIe
killing three ban- Harlem. JOtives. defen.~o and the prosecution.