SOLDIER BEATEN 1'1
IN MIS ISSIPPI
AND IS GIVEN PRISON SENTENCE:
WOULD NOT TAKE OFF ARMY UI IFORM ~27.=====i\c ====~=--
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bNcen by four white men in soldier ..... 1. ~ N"tunUJ" BeD n­Starksvilk.
MIssissippi. ~ause fused and • .....m~ ensued in
M would not tak~ off h:s uniform. ,.. ~ of th ,.hi boys
.:ld. SftIten  ed to 3'-lcWms, 10 b,,, .... ~ cut by thIOI
yeors Ul thO' Sbte peniteDuary by soldier.
a . _ court. ~ ~n Bell . arresu.d and )ai1...t.
ptac..d b..fo s..cretary of War ?o !..tary poha. entM-od into the
Stimson by th Washington Bu- "'" but chd n  t tab Bell into
r u of the NAACP rrulitary ~. leaving him to
P,,-t. Bell. ... ho _ attached t. the l6lder men:!es of the Sbrks- --
a Quartermaster bottWlon at Fort vill .. authonties.
M~'e : StanciL..h •• tassadt~lts , was P,,~~ Bdl's command n~ .,m"."
\1.,1 ti..,. .. p .. n .. ~ts In Starksv,ll ..... -as nobfi,..! CJl 1.:5 prccbcarnent
Th record .ho,.s that on h b t ruU mililarv authoriti ...
f;"'t crung In wwn he ... ·35 chd n)! t.;,lI.(O c:ha ¥e • An eumin­sta."!
d.m.g or til • t co~n{--: atx,a 1nto Lhe ~ "-loS made by
~:;:~f::'!hl tv.:e:I,:,:!.(/~~ ~ru= ~ .C~ ;;~::;:o ~~~d =========================================
O: e   f th"" pusht'd Pvt. B  t1. bu' I." . ·A. CP th",e ,.as ,.,.,..., con·
Bell aid noth.ing.. A 5C.'COnd pu~ fU'Si 11 about :he nv~("3tion t.
".,~ -"'-en b""rr. and ~ .. ~ a..Jtro !Tl.lh~ autborlu
"'y..~re diu )'oO'U get th3t uni- The n('xt Dt~ W'3.S mat
fOrrL ~~ oon\.'1ctior- and
Be·.) reph ! ! u.at Uncle Sam h"d y,aTS m prison
... ~ fer ~lld J,e ~s . bu· a
1 .~ :nd t hn..Tl v.:hat t:".Jgr.:l
• nd .. ' !l. mt('ol') '-. \: ~ l-k--U l-. Id be ...... dS puzz..t:d
had I it a n r-t :"('  ':bow at ~ rd 8. 1. r de and bd::.,.L"r;. -
t ... \1 of \.1 p...... tn .. , t" m J ru. /0 ce uSit"d to
!!'l it ,",lJ t.r ht ,-' (} d rotJ. t:p s:.; ~.. ..and n ", lr at
)G-Jth. c. ; \\ r .... lJ.~ O'lct."tnd·"l'" t.:I tenlpl ·0 ft.'! the u' one. • ~t1!-
lIt grl n'lt ',h"t'" ("1T •• ! tcr. c:;i e'lU':' was "'lvt r.lr:"'.i.~.. r.
th ... U::.t..l i P.Jti, .. '" PO:! ~\,.poUcy ...... d t~ T""C rd (.~ f
.Wl..~'Utr:: ... 10'" • ,""I\.. """" l' l.t LoUU l~.e } ,1J~ L:1 th :  n;..a -
.~ • an .llntit.,..l be- r. J:" N,g ~~. S""ol.."';f.ect. ()T he- .{!'SiCII of the "\},- I~
in,:: up t: 'crv~"" th~· .. t,,"" unti! ty. !~Llyhe-" ~ had r ,t l~d.l"d .'" tor-, \1,. l n poll. Ie,,) h-ddL •• hl:ad.cd ley bt
tht~· had sev~, if CanJo..n N •. Jt:t.!"""!- W(. ..... is ~ .1Jld 4'tr.-~ thl.~ l Jn!e cr:y '""roup 'If N(·gro . . I s'()ry ~ true Amon~ the SlP'vpn - I Re'Jubhca~ \\:hn 3th ndcd the The W(;rit."') LlU IS IdenLJ~ With
5C
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ELECTS .OFFICERS
F YE R
was N~, .... ~U.k:no. .." . R stu- ----- - nnugma.",.r, of G """lor Sim- ~c:;;:= ~I;: ;'::1 Dr "\\11.'On W. BaI~rd fn
cL.-m at ~ Um",-,='v. bUI lIOTED P I ~on S \\'1111" at Fr:mldort the.,.u,;; . ,years one oT LoulSVllles mo.t Cr,,' club dlr.·ct'T
"" t.: t carr, the appe~rance J1 REACHER . £ :.J govern=nen~ SUpeJ"VlS- protrllD Jlt dentists and Clazen. . crpe.-.ed ",;th th ... sinring of ·'Am· ley Loub,ille attorney pTC5-
of ~ youth. NUtleT .... ports tha;. he lIOn ""cr absentee banob.ng by men I passed away 3t hi5 home. 2417 ---- erica," led by Miss Alv"" Holden i~ of the br:llldl. In' closing out
'''':is ~ homo- from ;; mu..';",,' HITS R"'E BIA" I "UISVIL.1E GOP 'Sland -womer. m the En·Ices. W Walnut SI. Wednescby Dect-m· director of music at Madison Jun· the usual two-yeer term, Mr
at, erA  Bea.--grass Baptist Chun:.": "" 4Il ,W ,'L. . . In telegr-..ms to ~ority Leaderl~15 Although h had ~n con· JURY CONVICTS ,or High School 3Dd """""Iary of Burnley D".ado. a iew r""",,1as and
by way of a Wahut Street 'ous _ _ Jom. w .. It :ormack and Minority fined to his bed for only a sbc rt the branch The mvoc:ahon W \S of· then asked tor \be !"rom 01 the
Wlth " tr.=.fer to L' e 16th S~ Cam'r"lg ~ z..., 1S-{~ AN JNA~'GURATION Lea r J.-...ph W. l'.!artin. the NA !penod. and kept up his off",,, peac- ell" la~, S C SHERIFF f"~ ~y .R"" D J. HughJM.t, :ute;, S€Cretary. !ks B »den, :u d treas- WluIe waJUn, g foe me 15th P)-Dr. St.anleo, 'f JOlIet;, white, 'm- I U IACP ....teed that the RanIon ~Ub-ltire and duties ... ,th the Cit}. he •• which 'Lilt Every VOice and Smg. urer. Maston Jones, ,.."""" rflIlOrlo
s.,..,.,. car N~tter SlLid that he ....... tematicmal!y b,mous _",,,,,,,y,1 -- sutule bill def ... u.d. had suffered iline s several month.. __ the Negro anthem w:", ~ Mr. showed IlJllODg other thiDgs, a bal·
grabbed by pohcemom, along WIth tol~ a capacity auch ... "" at Pi!- n.. ma"gurat on of Jwoge Sim." • Dr. Ba1J.ard was B ""ternn of L"C Washmgl  n, Dec IS-A fccl.:r3! Cole ~en gave a b,:,e~ history of 3D.,., of $493.78 as of November 1
"""the  yoW :t man. A while m1Ul fCrirr; Con;;rega ' nal Cnt!rch. also _n b . Wil:is as gov.-mor of Ken- Onr, I sto te \rgI!J~tur s are P!nllipm.  l.llSUrJ'eCtion m ...,h:c.-l, JUry ~ CO l,'lCt  d W J. Ez-skin~ the Natio:;at Association. which The president then Introduced Ly­"'-
ho w-..,; also stancfu.g by \noS nct WhllL'. tha:. both Bntau. and Am- tuclty. Tuesday, 1 ecer:nbe: 7 was schectU.ed, 10 """,t pnor to 1.!H4 ,''''' se~ as ' ..... tenanL .n I r sherifI of Anderson rounty. g CoO "'as organIZed In 1909, and he trac- m.m T. J""'"-, the members!Up
rno s:ud Nu~ He said th~  .'n"" m ..... pradce tn.e dem.x- .. greet day for Kentucky Repuh- elec~~ "'" I the 1' AAPC WIre. !he Sparush-Am..-.can War. H" for brutality to his pri.oorl 'rs. ed th~ work of I."'" local branch. C3mJlQign chairman, who report.ed
polioemeL ask' i .... ere he wu n;cy. ar.d not dem 1C1"1O "y for the beans. Frankfort, (ne capit6l of the le 41 legrJatu:res ..,-e not du.l"bo n;ed ",lin L' e Li , ', ~ n... sheriff ... -..s con~i :ted or. one o!1lanized m 1914 Wlth the late more than 1400 member.  includ
.,"INl and that bef~ he could c:h.,...." few, If I.""" eocp d: to ...m Sl3te .. as a mass of huma.~ty in ;:;:'':'" ur.tD JanualJ·. 1945. or frontier pCltrol. as major '"  '0!"1- count unde-. Section 52. 'I'ltle 18. Dr. C H Parrish as p eSi~ent up ing the 120 3tlC:UI'ed at th~ pro!est
_"':N 'r. !Ley J .d him b tIlP . the petCe aft.eT "'" w;..r rts central -.-uon. and ~ streets ' lnand   f ,Is OO""'·C n.,Cf'. ", II:, U, s. Code. for assau1t.mg. st..,kine .::. the preser.t year. He said thai mass meetlng b interest of Mn
trn:, w;a~ and as th.,..1 dro,~ on H~ ~ the aoolenc~ th.ot tl-.., ~ lir.,' 1 wrll R -,..ublical:s both I 1t "'-.... poUltej out "{l.at ten peT fht. t..:,e Co,1. Cho, c.,:t S Y"IIn-:- ,,' and  n!eD), """ti.'$! a lJriso:-;er y public Sl'IVall, ten: o!1laruzation Juha Mae Woocb, beld seve.r.o
"1:" way they S3ld that u,.,y world's por u4 'on ,  n.~ of ., ",ILle an.l colored. _0 =r. . from ~'" { ..... ~ peT'':)'''' in unifonn an was hIS cJ""" frit'T.d. For !W. ,.. With .. \eath.". st""llP in m-d r to was SU~J to trlUClSIll but that cL.:f!I before the camplign wa..
",,,uld pode up E'Ye:ry n- they tw  -tIurcs rna)  rity ,.1 dark peopw, all sec:u. r1S of Ke tuclc} , ""d I "'.",""'" .."d 11 W"'  d all(ed th.ot nus m UhM";a .'~' '"   "'. _ • extort a amfessn:;n those who saId tho: local branch I i:.u.'\ched. This meeting revealed It
.... w until ey &ad sc. ..e n. &!Id =d If the pr""""t l""dc!-; ,.Jo not f'ra£.kforl.Demo.::rats well. \.  se ' the ciucl ~ ppe ne~ts of \he f.,de"';"""" r of th. . L' ........., ,.. Gc v • The victim is Pvt. Luris C",van. had n  ! d.x:" ""~thmg or ":'35 n~t I the rna than 2,000 perxno pres..
L'wl !hey chd. Nutte SBJd that It prac".lCe true O.risllal.lty ar.d d '. the 1.= l\epubLa:'" I:ovetnor m- voum; bil, (~, Ranlll~ m  nt 01' 1 T ,,{ , 'I'ILVV Se~, 1 Negro. now stmoned at Fon OO1n;: an;-tbinl: w~·(· tmlll.) , In nl },~ bc-'s b reg:vd to the bru-
  "'"nled as U !hey ~ being drh'- mocracy lh.,", Wl!J neWT b.. peaet'. ducted mto office m suet""" year  :md Son..wr Eas-..l.md, both of :It;., 1\1-,.. D- L 11Ia:-d ..... ~ It' Bragg. ~ was in jill {"r .u- th",r ~~ClSm. He Id ""m..u.,"g L'li • till/t of irs. Wood~ by !Iw:
.", all er the CIt;,.. bul fi. ... lly '"The dark people may "" the suf. It was a h.ppy .hy (o. the Ic,ycl sisslp1) are workong prialanIy to ~ or;;..r~. 'I'''' "'a:. actiH ~, ~edJy stealing a watch. worth",hil: had b..en OOW' undN. tw(. whit.· p  licemen and in/Juenc
th "Y ~ed !be hott;e of !.hI' girl fen:..-s for .. f ..... 1tent"Tlrti0lU, but ~ Repul hean and .".. . e v"",,,, k""" ~ soldJen fran. votln& ciVlC and fratern;oJ organizations. This IS the • conVi "" of the adnu:tistratHln (.f ~ery pr", I-,Cd ".,('.-:.1 hundred moTe penlOn"'
..... 1. ...... be and the othrrs f:ocx:d her tUlle and numeri.-al ~ Will 1ft genenl, md ~ e cre Lt- and ·Uws 41 ... go,ldiers Uld sail- l$urvMng Ium are Ills wile, !IOUthern shenfb far the mistreat- ~t of the branch from .n:-' p..,.. , '·,m the N.A.A.CP. during the
__________ b.. on tbei~ Side. 1t ook lobe J~ ably represented m Che pa:ade and ors.,.e IIcm cbsfr.lchi5ed to k l bry Ballard two 1IlstPrs, a bra- ment of prisoners ... ttun the Last nsn down .to S. T. B~e, • • h~ In· (",,~"'-iY"l period. . S~ nbers of the L.,o\d r an"'" a generation t? devek p demonstration !rom down toWn 10 :g ""PItner lind olbcr ""lati:.es. Fune=! 90 dotys. The first .,..., wao a ron. curnbent. mcluding Wilham W, -·1 n. .. fl«tiotl 01 0 1li ft!l
Ir,' y OWe by ma,l or bring It to short of ti to edu w.,..., abo repr ted on the ~,eng r Q:... and who were mter- of Our !II ciful Sa Frida b . Bak • G Offutt. A. E. M.-yzeu. A L Cdr· om ... ,.. of the Loui:'Vi!l~ Brand
":10,,"'" t.O .cm~t the amc-unt western Ideas, but It t  Ok he a the State eapolOl .mene Negroes . ....-vico w.,..., e1d at 11te Churrll victlon of a sheri ;" ... .d his d ..... - Icy, Dr, A. C. Mclnty~ . RP,' W P'I ri"w and then the .. ~ of
\,,'1...- because of the help her %ll4SS03 and today JIbe IS ~y large eoIored delegation from Lou- delega.,.,.. m 1t,. . line of lL'U"ch.jaltrrnooc, Father 'Geo'1!l" .A. FIsh· - Dr. J H. Walls. Charles W. An- n-.. r ......v e b..m tim when~ ~~.( !flcc. sm"" W~ hav .. no ("(.1. .er spa :e me . ea vi 'Wirc and "",,' stand. TheJmi:nltied with ihe whole Lou.sville ... VJOGr. "es III ... I) .a. I Vln. G. P lIu~ r Willi.. Col .... cn atcs a IlJ'f II deal of in! •
s!wrt:.gt--!or whi .. e t1...nJr. literale. The s.m: call happen lD IsvUle th.a.t went to Franldort in led by Rev W P . Offutt.and ..... oIIiaa!Ing. ~t Ul Zach- j If yo~ ow. . for n u ·"O f. dcrs m. Dr. P 0 S"'......"cy. R~\·, el,,,,b"ToS I.,,,• ., been mar ed with
pm C!una and Ind.a. two ~ &. :..nVlIk __ • Wngbt liCJos. aT)' Tayl« N..-l c:eme...ry. I why w,u for a ccllK'..cr7 W. A"il\lStll' J~ and~!r Bum· I (Ccmllnued "n page 4)
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Coopcratl-d WI h Us In Thl" Pa'~ Year
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- Successor To - I BYRNE 8( SPEED COAL CORP. .
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315 Guthrie Str .. t J .. 82U
Everett Daniels, Mrs. Grace Stone, ~~