AllON EYES C. M. E. GENERA CONFEREN 1
ST. LOUIS HOST TO
HIGH TRIBUNAL
VIT AL ISSUES AND ELECTION
OF BISHOPS ENGAGE ATTENTION VOLUME 29
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IKLAN REPORTED OWNER SAID -HE
URBAN LEAGUE IN NEW YORK WOULD MAKE GOOD
ELECTS STEELE INCORPORATED AS THE KNIGHTS ! JUSTIFIES OPPORTUNITY GIVEN
r u:;::·~s~;!~~::~:~~~ I::;' ~·c~:~,~~~~~:::; w.;: ~~~~~;~~~~ :~~~~;~~~~~~:~~ I -.w y~, A~~~~~S cA.~ ~~~.T ~.A~o ~~:~ , Soten.:IC~. and wellknown m D:re:ctor School of SOClal Ad- ed by the legal diVISion of the larly titled organization W:IS In. ing of Jackie Robinson. Branch I: u r:'I e of the International
~UlSVille was elected as ,:,,~u- m~t;"hon. of OhIo S~te Um- NAACP, it was disclosed that corpora ted in New York. Waller White Rickey, president of the Brook· Led!;Ue. T!lc 26-)' ar-old sepia
hve secretary of the LoUJSVillelverslt~. Dunng 1941·194_ he as- I the Knights and Women of the In a letter dated April 11th '. Iyn Dodgers, parent team of th ,'" broke throul:h ba3ebaJI's
Urban League by the Board of SlSted Dr. Charles S. Johnson, In . dul . . Ex""uu, e Secretary of the Na- Royals. sajd down in Daytonia unwritten color line with a daz-
Directors, Tuesday, Appl 12, to Director of Social Rl'Search, Fisk Alderman ClaytOD . Ku.Kl~-K1an, c .. v: as a Y the NAACP was adv~ . by the tional Asrociation lor the Ad- Beach April 2, "He'll makf the zhng 800 batting ~
succeed the late Robert< Bla.ck. University in maIung a survey Who will deliver the principal' recognized membership corpor- DeparUnent of State, DlvlSlon of "ancement of Colored People '. . .
Mr. ~leele was born ' Geerge- of the school system, and its re- I address at the Chestnut Street a Ion wassum I pr orporatlons, m y, IS who as guest columnist writes detin't I " b ' I '_. . . ball
to . n.,ckY aDd, Iais Iatico.osNl to the Conununity in C. M. E. Church Monday night. name under state laws October office is in receipt of your favor on ''The Tennessee Uprising" on ! e ~ IS a Ig eague pros- ,,~ III modern organized
- 1 t ' hich ed 'ts esent C . . Alban "Th' , .fonlreal team thlS year and h Th., first man of his raee 10
- - erern ,~ ' PariS;~the-mate . 'anisPOn.soi'e(fIA"'Mlssor . .. in Ken- 31·. ·~~hY. ·-Y..lk-eonn1ij. 01 t:'I'?,lJ , L·T.I~!>t;. IPage4- ' pec;t. , .. ljl!.'. ..~ ~t.I1re.- hmoer:"",!
Kentucky, graduat' fro m by its State Board of Education. tucky will be crowned and trips , The NAACP in:,estigati.on Women of the ~u-Klux Klan I . fr!e the e~~=,lccam:u~~! =~~ ~t~:"~ya::~ :.":
Kentucky State Colleg with an From J uly 1942 until January to the General Conference in St "as prompted followmg receIpt Inc., a membership corporation, . .. .
A. B. Degree in Socio gy and 1946. he managed the Louisville Louis v.:ilI be awarded. A ban:,?f a letter. threa tening a m~t. ass~ed Its present name o;to- ::ut~~ep7:~~:~ ~:g~~ ;,~ :~~ra ~~~a ~~t~or;"'i.,::
later still received his M. A. de- DiVisiO.n al oWce of the U. S. E. quet will follow the program Img protestmg the recent killing ber ~O, 1925, location New 'I ork I' JUnGE RECOMMENDS . ' ... . '. y.. g~ in :;OCiology at Ohio State S. consisting of a staff of eleven sponsored by the Laymen's ':!e~ ~~~ s;::;,er :'d ~:::: County." -:h~~~~ O~~h~:~~IIl: :~!It~~ ~~ ~ a~~o ba~' In~:!
Un~veTSJty .. ~. Steele tau~ht people.~der the War Manpower League. ~ po po ROUGH TREATMENT Royals trimmed the Dodgers run_ H also wa cbarged with
SOCial studIes m Carver Junlor CommISSIOn and was later pro-) on Feb~ary 5th. 6 to 1. an error.
High .School at Columbia, South moted to th~ position of Minority The ~terest of the ~ ""as WIFE OF BISHOP I -- I Rockey's prediction became 7! ... former U.C.L.A. football
C:,rolina. In l~, he was Inter· Representa.tlve for the U. S. E. TOLEDO GROUP stated III a lette r" SJgrled _~Y PORTER DIES . New York, April 25-Thc good real just 16 cays ago in J ersey j (Continu"'" on pue 4)
vIewer on a CommunIty Survey (Contmued on page 4) James H. Hanley, Grand KII- Mrs. Elnora Porter, wife of old ·"treat 'em rough" technique
KAISER'S CALIFORNIA PLANT JOINS CONGRESS :;;~~:d:~'~~~~":!=d~:::::~ ~~~s~~~:n~:~P~~I~:~~~:;I:~ ;~;:,~n::: j:e:i~:I:e~ WOULD DISSECT • of the Ku·Klux Klan , Inc .. under I an Illness of several years. Fun- linquents when General Ses· I
-. - . laws of the Sta te of New York" eral services were hcld a t the .ions Judge A. Mullen deplor. ,
GIVES VETERAN RAW DEAL REPORT I Toledo. OhIO. April 25-The which received wide notice in I St. Paul C. M. E. Church, J ack· ed the fact on Friday that police
, 1 ~~~s:.::~~"'t,~n~~a~O::!;':~ I ~~~::tY~~ed~~!:~. Cur- :~~~~a)~e~:' !:r~~::.:~ ~re. n.~ lo:;!er a:::!k
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carry RANKIN GROUP Rlchmond. Calif., April 25- Negroes permitted a second J . B. Simmons, th.e first Negro I ran, Secretary of Slate. said nei- Porter by his Louisville friends. r:;::u:s :Ia~~ment c":.me in
John W,,:,ley ~itehead IS prob- te.- . dId not take It I dent of the Dctroit Council, ! shootmg of 1.6-year-old Henry ActiVlti(. Committee wit: be sponsored by numerous nahonal
pe:)~t~ dtl~U:nt'::~~:le~; o~: Irmg down. He got m touch NNC. Dowdy at Fifth avenu and "dissected" by a Co:tgr=an, .. nd local orgafll7.ations, the Con-
:'n.e th ir "'~fish (-('on:mic ~~g' ~.~~::':"n~tc~~r:ae~d i~f ~~ Thc uague. currently engag-' I~~ ~~~ I:i~~u~~!- Har! m "mminer, a :'\Lgro attorn y. an I:H~ ~;iIl OjX'n at noon on Satur-
31 If h h- d K I h Ld in a campalgn to enlISt 10 000 ~ p, .uthor a radIO commentator and d •• ) K ynotc of the conferen"e \\::'td roba;~:"t:, te::: ':'! t: Franc~sco. an~ T. S. J ohnson, members, \\as formed in Ma~ch, ~angs ha~'.e becn ~oddled," Mul- eLi" r s k...,m(n for the Am",;· \ 111 "nefen5l' Against the
p ~ P field _""retar} of th NAACP. I 194.? d that t h len saId. In prevIous years and can people m a public .ession of ET,£mv WIthin" and th eed r
mhdr~~~ In thL follo,,"mg para- ~tern and J ohnson got busy. and c..,..;:;.,:non s~n~:nstant ;I:t f:~ m other sections of the city the two.day Congrr,s on Clnl a c~rdmated natio~ ;rog"":
p .. Kal!er, OfflCl:W finally agreed I the em lovment and un radlll I there have been gangs, but they Righ ts in DetroIt on April 27 t protect CIvil liberties a . t
If blood b<; the price of that \\ hltehead "as entItled to I f N P . d g g I I have been broken up by the us • nd 28th it \V announced y ' ... ell-org . ed ell h~~
Lo;:11 ~od \\c ha,'. paId In "" III a whIte .kln :h:h r)~as ;e::rll'lbl .... ~o~r~~~ pe"ml~~ :0 ;a~. T~e~ \Yer~ • crllary of the confcrence.
de:mocr-c\ d th k 0 egro men an \\omen an I . h -. U 1 d ann , W - eeft."U ~ ~ t il ... l'<."on test e sam ..S \\or - d t . It Is.o. th . of n lg t -sht'ks poll emen were i\1 i Ito n Ka ufman,. cx£"Cutiv(' .... n d Insid ious campaign.'·
Whlt~head used to work as a Ihlghest regIStratIon dnd VOtingl :~~:ce. 0 0 Ir U Y an "'"th ~adlo com,,-..:ntator Will -
welder m H£'nry J KaISer's turn-out of Negroes ever acluev- Jam Gallmor achng:15 narra· THREE SOLDIERS
shlpyard No. 1 In Rlchm nd WOMAN CIVILIAN ed In Toledo. an aclln(y directly le r: Congr"".man Hugh Dd ... c).
::~7ceh:~0~n:b~=r~:~)~'n:: . AID ASSISTANT ~e:!~!anm Sl~!O::'CC Ion ofl LOSES GREYHOUND ~~a~~itc~:,~~o:'n:'~ili~~(P~~~~ GET 85 YEARS
back looking for his old lob. standmg pe150ns ""11l expose the
Federal law says he's entmUed RACE TROUBLE BUS SUIT IT\{"AmtehrodslCanacDdommnatlUttrce °l'n
f athdr~_1 Mdwaukee, Wis.. April 25--
h · Id ' b B th AVERTED IN FRANKFORT Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Goodrich of Ind ianapolis, Ind Iana, have ~.~ ~
to return to IS 0 lO. u t e Washington, D. C., April ~ initlated and complcted and put in operahon " most unique and atic indIctment scheduled for • nr ed Negro soldiers have re-
~~=:;.!~a~~a~:~:'\ i~a~ hirs.t!:n,;; d'~~~~mr:,~e~~~~ co;;;,n:f~ort,~ic~ ~~~: !~~ prais worthy project in th foundmg of The "Parkview Apart- -- Saturday evenint. April 27 m env "total of ~ years in
him a welder's test and flunked smee graduating from Howard outbreak between the ra in ment System": in tJ:'at city located at 338 West Ne . York StreeL nuGeo~~o S~C:f :~w~wa~; the NO.rthern High School audl- P:::':. :;dwas~;D~,!I:t ~
tum. UnIversity in 1940 w ith an M. the section of the cIty called the :!'hey. ~::. ~~ed m thIS mammoth endeavor by Mr. and Mrs. $6,~ against the Gre:hoond to~u~ . U . Disciplinary Barracks here
Threr of the 12 '" \) to.>K the A. d gree in EngllSh was last "Craw" was averted here Mon- erry . n .' Bus Lin as a HSUIt of treat - . c Ion to brmg atout aboh- al ter U:ey had been 10Wld cuiJty
test were Negroes, including week appointed admirustrative day night, and th and ~he truhtullon I ve~ beauhfully loca.ted on one of tJ:'e most ment which he received at th 1I:'r,of the Corrul'llttce .wllI n cb.rg s of mutiny. now..
Whitehead. Not one of the three assIStant to Marcus H. Ray, liquor stores were closed. J ames promment thoroughfares In that metropohtan center. facmg one hands of a d river. May 24. upon p. ' ! the. meelillg au· an a ult
was passed. NO!' were the three Civilian Alde to the Secretary Owens, a student at Keatucky o~ th Clty'S largest and most .beautlful park •. The property con- returning from the Veterans' dlenc '. whIch wl~l. I1lclude tile - muel Jones, 22, of Lalt.
__________ of War. State Colleg was arrested and sls~?f a. city block upon whIch IS located. a large and SpaCIOUS Hospital, Lellington, lost his a pprolllmat )y f"e hundred CIty. Florida ; Leroy Byrd, 2J
FUIfEJlAL DIJtECTOM A native of WasblllgtOn, D. C., charged with d ISOrderly con- bUlldmg m "very way attracttve and beautlluL ? ca last Thursday when " d I~gat . s to the Congr on J a ~ n, Mississippi, _re COD.
OIlCOAJn%E where she attUlded school and ducL H suJIcred cuts ' about This building has 25 or 30 apartments of sev raj rooms 3ch white jury voted against hun C,,;) Rlght$. viet of all thN>e charCes wtru.
The Fun ral Directors and has lived most of her 27 years, the head and faee. At the same and also 25 or 30 rooms for hot I purposes, a modern caf !eria. a IJ to 1. Smith, " World War n Darry Cofem;:,n, 24, of B~
Embalmers of Louisvill met Mrs. Lovell was an employee I time Bl.Xie Fallis, a city fireman sanitary meat markc and delicatessen, a chapel for religious veteran, who suJJers from a ner- ANNUAL RELAY m, Alabama, was found cuUty
Wednesday rueht, April 17, and counselor in the omc of th was found knocked down in th pu.-pose,;, quart ts especially arranged for edueational purposes vous condition contracted dur_ICARNIVAL AT TUSKECEE of rioting and assaull Jone._
organized the LouisvilJ Fun r- Chief of Finance for three and "Craw" community and nt to and a large recr ational space in the basement. ing his 31 months· service was Tuskeg • Ala., April 25-Tus- nteD«