RACE POLICE TELL STORY TO THl LEADE
RELATE ACTIONS 1--t,~tnl!~~'s-~I~ ~1rIT NIGHT OF MAY 23 , -- ~ ~oy
I\f. ... ~\,)c.~ E ~ ~Ly 5 CENTS
SAY THEY CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY
THEY WERE IMPLICATED IN CASE VOLUMEU==============================;;~;;~~;;~~~==========================================================~~~~
ln " S! .. t m(nt to th Lt ad~r,fch .. nt iX,IiC{mun, who had a l ""'0 (I th th'" t'~lored J ('li('(··l n l bt. ry Crt. ~ for us ~~ t · w{·r~
;n"D. "ho ·e d"ml5S{'d fr  m t rrltd to EI~hth .. r.d \\ ,tlnut b) I
Ihe Lou .. ·llIt P li Dto rt· a Ir, Chad .. Danll ['., a.' Offill·1
ment through a dl'C15Jon made \\'arr'~ C' r \"·"t~ p~rk(-d Oil lhl I
t-). . fet~ DlredoQ J ph. v~nth teH!. ul. "f Jakl"$ ~
.. 1u..-phy_ 'Tul'Sday 01 ).,s \\('''ek. S ,po nl,rth"t.~ tort:lr I
'dId thut th(:~ ctluld not und,,· "(;, :tlnl: ~,,: at th,· filhn~  ta­"
and "hy th{·y h .. d Ix ... n 1m· t\(.r "t EIl:lth :.nd Walnut, w 
pHl..&tl-d In the ebargt· ( f 3l·C(:pt- il)U ld CnJ;t Or 1)(; • 1 ~. on 01 th
Jng ~ bnbt d!- tht. ou1c'UOl(; of mtll-hunt J)(.liC'l wIth two whlt(" __ _
tht nIb tng of t\\O -.. ,-hit ~ol· ()lciJ('r~. SJ.:: ". H Downs w .. :
ditr~ ty t\\O ( lo:t~ "'J.t'-(~11· ~\lth u  Qut'5tlonu ~ th _01· 7 tute ., d1t.r..:. Wl WUl t J, Ih ... t till \
ThtJ £t~tt ocu-.' g lL. tl Thl 1. d drun~. , fifl tit Whl~""t. \­Ltadlr
b,· P tnJrr.nn CIl~rlt~I\'I\h t\,( • Ih.'~ l'~ J.!'lrls 10 tht I
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:~~l':~l'.~~: ~~~~~{Oft~" ~':;l~ ~~~II~:I~ ;"~~!';;dh:\~':/I~.afl~~~ CHAMP FINISHES I "165,397 MORE rtlbb 'lY. 1 tay 23, a~ foll(t\.\!'" m hu- It 2r pant. rll(~Ok(:t. whu.:h I
~}~~:E:D~~~I~~;L~:i:~;:::L'i?,~~;:;i FIGHT I WERE IN NA Y Sixth and s.,venth on Walnut, "C .. , :-10. :l3 ~rrl'"l'd thrct IN THE 8TH I ,\(, \\~nt to Ejghth and Walnut , minut s aft .. r \\. dId and we all
on information gh·"n by a cnb I thou~ht that th., s tOries of th"
driver to Officer Warr, that we lSOldl{'tS wcr~ flimsy . At first
were wanted there by a mer- (Continued on pagc 4) N"w York, June 19,-Wlth a JORph wa· agatn the referce,
--- - - - ----- "tight uppercut and a left hoc.. :' Th. tIming d the champion
t(,rught b :fo r~ .. ('ro\\ d of ap- and "Jm",,! UD ouched, the De-
NEARL Y 8,000 ARMY OffiCERS, 50
WILLIE M(GEE ~~~.':\::'~~~:?anm~:r:;'J~~ ::~'.~~~~~tfi~::~%~~~:~;~~ I NAVY COMMISSIONS, 60 WAVES
GETS NEW TRIALI~~~:~~:t~:'~~::~~h~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~"~,;;~~~~~~~r~'~!~:~1 7~~~ag~gr::'\\{:~·~~~~O~' I~~I~)~;~d D"H:~n s~taU\ed
Stalking hlS f"" throughout ll1m,:, h"l he IS the g[cat,",1 the U. S. Army a t th end tI 5752 ,asualtl{s aDlI receIved a
the bout, w utm the 0 rtun-I w(,tld',' hea\'} w Jght cbampIOL 1 'orld War H, and 165,397 mOrl tot .. ] of 12,096 awards, th pub-
:ty to let go \~Itb h:':cadly cf all time I wer in th N;.vy a«ordmg to hcat ,,'n pomts out
I right. the cnamplon prov d that The &mber too hIS victory Ihe 1946 En ~c1opaedJa Bfltan- Author of the Book 01 the
ew York, July 20 - The] trial, he IS now entItled to h th Louis f Id d Ie calmJy as usual and "hen asked ruca Book of the Year. arly Y~ar arllcle on American Ne-
Supreme Court of MIS3=- .'PP[ n w trial' m an a"."osp?"re an~~ h~" :~ a:'/ deS!':";,!,' a=~ ~hether he w!'uld continue b I dir'l('to~ of tl ,:" Civ' Ril?'ts I 8,000 w.cre Army officer:" 50 h .~ ~.oes, ~m LeR"~ Lock~, p,"
~ ",-'":I .. " .. \.\Jat . 'f:- " .u..... "QnuJ-'t) 'ILI .. )L; If~ the · f Ji - . · .... 1 u·/C ~r, u e . ..... &t \t.4l. ~" figbt for d.,mocrau_ rigbts loffi~"''''~ ~t..Tnmls:'.0t. ill :r.e-l~a ·7 I,.~C. c. pr_90s"I'I,.l' "t I .,,, .. .,..
II 1eGee, 30-year-old "gro of p..rrrut ;;nd WIll not paralyze" rom " nng or \ y  . was not sure as to his future in Lit:1 Jto .-;., office of thc Arlrnnsas Stat" Pre;s, and 60 women w"re enlisted m I UmversHY. l ays, ''In th .last
Laurel, MISS" who was under the development of the case, Lows chance came ID the plans but that he [elt as good as weekJy Negro Both t.' " p:!blish"r and roltor are the Waves, says the Book of th ~tages of the Europ..~n cam-death
sentence for alleged ,",pe Ongmal verdict in the case, fifth round when he first .hook ever lD thc n:ng tonight. app..aiing jail "9"tUft'S im~ becaUS(' the pap..r ~ntieized Year, pn gn, .,.pecJally In the i'u-st and
of a ",hite woman. wh:ch would have sent MeGee Conn WIth a hard rIght and It IS almort certain that h convlctiGn "I C ~p. _ n k"" =d r P-.. ppy O'Donu:l's Antl. Violence lncluded 10 th yenr 's r _ St'HDt." armIes, combat integra_
Th unarumous decision of to th chair on January i, was a/:am m the eIghth who:" he will not put on th" glo\'es agam Law, p  rt on outstandmg Negro c~m. u n of whIte anti Negro troops
th" Supreme Co~ [  .Ilowed an app..aJed by Jackson o~ the was abl to catm. tbe hl~y- th year for vrould gam little Standm-g benind her 6- (~~-old daughter is Mrs. Ena Mae bat records a~ . the ~chiev€ment I ''':is ,uc~""sfully tned."
app..al by th" CIV~ Rights Con- gro~d. that he was hurned to touted challenger Ul close .wlth financially, for his S577,700 share I Campbt,ll, -seeond from left, WIdow of .. 'Iter Campbell member of the 92nd DlvlSl"n m the Eur~ Lock; s artIcle reveals ~~
gr ... , through Its attorneys convlchon under p ressure of a, flurry of punches that finished of t onight's gate places him way of th" Flood and Tobacco We""ers' Unio:t murdered by a strike- p..an tbeater and the 93rd D,Vl- 2,600 Negro volunt.-ers we re m -
headed by Forr.,,;t B. J ackson of mob 4Dd race h~steria, hlffi aft"r 2:19 of th" round, up in th high in :ome tax br"ake, .. t the Sou ~ern Cotitan Oil Co lp Jly where a ~.months' sion in the Pacific which "earned v Ived in. dangeroUll engale-
Ja~kson, Miss, .. The Congress Pub~c feeling tn Laurel, wher.. The odds, 18-5 in fa ... or of group. strik IS stlll ' progJ' ov"rall credltabl . ... rvice and I ments dun~g the Battle 01 the
hallPrl the  l-lSlon as a ~e~t the Cflffie was alleged to have Louis, w"re the same as in the Billy wh~n pl;.,(l with the L  uis Jon ,cenler, sht!  chairra.n of F.T.A. ",,,,",ers at the ~ombat r ·or~ With .nwn~rous BuJg", the siege of Bastogne and
Vlct  .ry .and ~ounced It. IS been commItted and w~ere the last fight as were the weights sam" question regarding his Iis- plant., 15 UDder ~ente1lC'e or Qne year on a frame-ap following mstances "f urut .md indlvidual IContmued on page 4)
makmg Immed~ate preparatIons In.] was h~ld, was SO tnflamed of the fight rs.. Louis w ighed tic future ~imply repljed. -Tm Campbdl's murder. Twe other strikes have .....,.,ived simjlar
for the new. trial. that ~cGee~ attomey~ w~re un- in at 207 and Conn in 182. Eddi ? through:' sl'nl'Ences and thrf'e mc;" are awaiting trial. DENIED In :.n opinIOn prepared by able to obtatn affidaVIts III sup- Mrs. Bel"s, I !t. is utitor of paper of ... Jtich lItr. Bates,
Judge Virgll A. Griffith, the I port of the plea for a change of rigM, IS publi,hpr. B"th "',,,e .en1nK'ed on con!t:mpt charg s for
c~_ur! h .. l~ that, because MeG. ee ,'enu~: : ck.on charged, E~en HOLD COMMENCEMENT AT BLIND pnntmg a ~t(.ry ten day  .... It(.r h.- tr;al Clf J Clnp  ~ othe'r strikers
w nuded . to a change c,f rtJa:~\~. of the d e fendcnt v.:cre ' whlth (Ohargul tnat tl "'rl&JJ jury \\"a!' "handplck«l" by an official SERVICE
SUES THE HOTEL Hnu. ~I th · hm of th (original t (, mUIr.ld"t,d to act, he _!ated. SCHOOL; MISS MINNIS RETIRES ;:~.hl. Fn,,· Fntnpr'" A.'Hocla ',:I,  pl,n.or of tl:e Anti. V".hn,,,
MEDFORD URGES NEGROES TO VOTE I Ail ,:" , t l('n5 • l' bung ,-pp{al,d to ~l' /'r\;an":5 ~t.,tel
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IN PRIMARY [LECTION OF SOUTH the K~ntud,y School for th" I n ' d=ot g: ' e ,"".'ourag~ m~nt m ltL :,·, fin ,,,d mit emg ttl rl.-lEnaant. , t.(, .. ld t,., . ,·nt VI th I
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hd~. In till ,,-wd ' ()r~.m (·1 thl ~ d.U~t-.n~.. a'S It d~d rhl ft {"!lwo I - l P tS~ S.,,·dnJlk~(J-A $.5.600 dam- prohibI t racl .. d di!"cri~"ltjon in t--"t!~nc,gu, T~nn., Jun~9- the pnrr .... n  cf that State a In'''I'UI~r.,,,n Flnn .• or! A\~-I=dllllZ.lr. "ho~lUnd'r"(rr~t,:"u!.JCJ.nw",s.J"'wJ!\lI' ~!J .. =c CHALLENGES THE I.uCto'~ul:o.Ar ... n~tth Amb~s,dor pJbhc plal't.:s .l{Cltz., GaUaghr
Declaring that th( onl~· wa" a I few ~.;('( s oro. and that a white nu~·. . \'1(.nnc~d .. y. J L.li t. 1_. "'·fJK( ·rhfl hiJd (·r\'t.·d thl Ul!tl~utlt.tn lIcJtd. c-harJ.!I.ll)! ruual dL"'CrtmJ- I and MiargolJs law firm is . e p re ..
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