M.E. DELEGATES PUNISH THREE __ BISHOPS
5 CENTS SIMS AND CURRY
ARE EXPELLED
DA~S IS SUSPENDED; COURAGEOUS V~OL~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ST AND TAKEN AGAINST CHURCH HEADS =
By J. A d oD Hill Th· cas e ag,unst BIShop
L itUe Rork. Ark., 0\'. 25 1 Georg E. Curry was for em·
(S pecial to T b e Lou~'ill" l bezzlement, unlawful asse.,.·
Le r)-'.'h~ fi t extra sess.on I menlS and dlSobedlencc to the
~: ~:~~ c.:!e~~~tl~~y~~~ ' ~~u:~o::,:~· 8~et~'·::. expelll'·1 lor " 1\ .\.A C P. w~, at ·\ ing about eIght troopers. pulled
on thlS report~ and It was Buchanan. J L. Madison and .. (' 1~· I. 'v j:"ll(-o In )-1 up In front 01 th~ law-yen,' ('ilr,.
adopted by a vote ot 999 to 32.. 1 E,\oangchs s l\lartha J Keys and ~.l\~i ..... T ~'o.L. \.on a tl l.IHp'\."J-up a.nd ch .. ~rg. eel tilCI11 with cal rymg
vohen a C(dtrmined contmgent In th·n !nn:stlJ;ation for the
So Bishop Suns was expelled. Etta Graham. Ic harge of "drunken drl\'ing" I.,qunr In th.,. ir cal. .nUBble HEARINGS I ~~ ~::~t~~:;!SS~:t~ ~~~~a~ II ::;':;:;:th'~h~~:\U~~f ~.:";;::. _ ~ ill Patrol set out to "get" the law· tere (out the seats, and demanded 'I -. yer who 'de:tended Negroesl that the four m"n subl1llt to -a'
, ~~:~~r~~ls,;V~h F:;:,~~~ting in pe::::~ :"~'C~a~:~i~:~~~n~ ON THE MAN BILBOIJa :::a~h~~g:!:C~"t:~~C'~: I: !:t ~,;;r~~:;~. un~~ a~;~;;,
A. Looby, Maurice Weaver and then produced a J ohn Doc war·
reporter Harry Raymond were rant. charging that liquor w,,"
Washmgton, Nov. 27. - The by Juniper Grove Baptist :~t~~~"W:: ~~i'=i:~7 ~~: ~!n~~~~~~:~":t~I:~~a~~~:~1
::::: ~:rSa~::~~av::;~ ~ou~ ~~r;~~r~m::!~t~il~\';::!~~~ Pa;,o~ cl:':'~'ers were on their Ia~he officers seemed consider- I
Jjc hearings on complaints that tiUe to the parsonage. way to Nash\'llle, following the ably pU1.zled by ti,e presence of'
Senator Bilbo (D., lI1iss,) got end of th" two-day trial of Wil· Harry Raymond. a white man
more than $30,000 and expensive liam P ill"w and Uoyd Kennedy. whom they apparently could not l
gifts from war contractors. REO CROSS FLIE which eulminated in the acquit- Identify.
The hear in!! will open here S I tal of Pillow and a sentence of (Continued on pag~ 4)
December 12 after public hear· !
:~ ~y ~~~::e ~;.~~ WORKERS TO TOKYO 40TH ANNUAL NATlON· WIDE !
~=~it~ i~::m~t:ven~;:; Washlngton.-D. c- ., No\,. 27·-1 CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE LAUNCHED I Negroes from \'oting in the Mis· Nine American Red Cross Negro
·C I A
iFIRST NEGRO ON '·
1 DISTRICT BOARD
FORME R MEMPHIAN DEFEATS ONE OF
MOST POWERFUL LEADERS IN STAT E
C:.ll."ago. ,·0\· 27. - Pu1.1t .• l';") they ale nhth.:t.i t( innn !his
hi:-lul".)" \'0 uS ma.dl' in Chicago l~t· I office:'
\\'l~k \' .. }\,.·rt thl" t(lnc1usi\°C' C(Junt Spc::kinS of Dr :': ... ~1:11 i l.!o ~
of lhl? {.'\t.:nb{ I 5 t'll.">Ctlon :(- the dcct j'Jn, E 1"n(::::~ :.. Rather,
tutns a$~un·d the _t':ltint; n pn:~irien t Qf tht, Cu.u.41g .... Coro. ...
Dt.:(,t:lUbl.'r" 2 of Dr. J o B. :Martin mltt{'l· of ont! hundHtl, whim
"" Ih~ fit,t ~~gro member 0; the endorsed him, stat..., "u Dr •
Sanitary District Board. :'.Iartin, the peop\< d Clllcal!o
Count<'d (lut to "arl~. ret .. = .~ilI h:ive a Crank outspoke.,.
t\'"~t) wittik .. ,.., lIa rtin was Tlu1.i. fC:1r.l.e. ;md ::"ZfrJ!St'"j·,c Jp~
fled :llonday nigbt. November who will fight for a eater Chi-
18. that h · had unseated on of c"go and for t'Qu •. ~ ncht for
the most powerful pobtical per· all its citizens:'
sonalities Ul the Slat~ of Illinois, Intcrvi!!woo in h: .. <1~1 U. F t P (' t
J a:.l<·s .1. Wha len (Democrat), office, the lall, siv-. 'ot, 2! ' ­who
hus served as president of pound, 58 - y<,.lr - nlr., ath1l'ti~­the
S~ nitary D,strict for 16 yenl FOLLOW ALO G
transaction alleged to have been Infantry D,VISIon . He has ~ de· e lat IOn of th ·e cl\'ic.~eaden for l erans on the force. held from November 20 througl: __ I. ad.r .. "Ih., Negro Ikm .':.tIC
entered into by Senator BIlbo gree from Hampton Instttute' l consentm~ to ~rve. Only wIth I Allhough there were cItizens NO\'ember 22, were over 1,000 Washington. Nov. 27.-A Ma' l,otl'WaS Inor than 4,000, \\hj~hl -;- _ ~
~ certain war contractor" 1 Va, and stu. dIed at the IndIana a ucct'.S. S luI dm'e In every mu· who had expected It to happen. delegat s from CIVIC ,..elfare '" tal d . tha IS nothtng to be \\ mked at ID ""I W hmgton, N.OV. 2,-lhou-
Attorneys for the corn.':tt...., Unl\'erslly branch at Gary. His nt~lpahty wttl sufficient funds be I sooner or later, regrct was ex. G~"r"m~ntal, labor ;"'d othe; nL n,e::'~~ Le=IO~~ 1 a ff· yea: ele mm r a l ia­said
the specific- complamts in. ~atly ItIe \\ as spent m thl! Dan-I raised In th" County to carry on I pressed beeause of the number organ17.atl ns which are mter· Jr, of DetroIt, to death for the platt, I IS no' m) understandmg vol\'ed 1Il the tltantl( struggle
elude charges that Bilbo receIved lSI ~_ wdestThl ndles
th
and .t!'lle Vlrgm work .. n ..... es;a~, for th,e coatrol Of. Ne. gro. policemen who had ""ted 1Il tling up a program Catal shootmg of a tentmate in tha t th; P~IV. II g of runnh,n
g
a b. t.wan the overnm".ut of the
$25 000 ( t I Swn s. e 0 ers \\ I be st of tuberculos.. he saId tx.en dismissed from the LouLS I for Immed,ate communIty actton I • rom one war h Phil Jom (). a crap game, IS t e rc· l:Ol ted Stat and tl, Un.'ed COD raClor 0 ta 15 . 0 - t • t e Ippanes, was set aside °a d 0 gI t . f ~ t - W . •
and between $6.000 and $8,000 3SS1S n . , In. a. rec~nt meetmg of t.he ",lie Poltce Department within I WhIte was one of th ongUlaI thIS" eek by Presiden t Truman I \\ r 0<. are 0 rcce.ve ur ,"f' orkcrs unton I epre·
from others in 1941 and 19-42. Auxlhan· CommIttee In the As· a penod of a year, for one causc and a new trial ordered for theIr "upport of the Democratlc nted by J ohn 1.. Ln .. .:..
They added that the commIt· B. OF E DISCUSSION soclalton's offices at 507 S. ThIrd lor another., • YET DIE S FROM Woods. I paI~~hlS Negro Demorratic lc::d I Empr~yed m the . ~f1 - 11
tee bas received allegabons thai ' treet. m 'mber. confid nt of thl' A seIlOUS' mmded veteran The uncovering of new e\·i·· h l\ be!i m",~'S 01 P nnsyl.an.d 4nd W st
aDO~r contractor provtded an TO BE COIIT1NUED . I SU~pol ~ of health-consclou fl.' ml'mber of the force, vi .. bly af· d nee was the official reason I :~;tl~~,~:c:n. c t t to ~~:~ ~b-I VIrgin" th" color<-o rrunel
artificial lake on Bilbo's land The Board of Educal! n race 10'" clllzcOe-
• _ ..... f,or the sen tor on torlal\y m"Tbe Leader of I tl Anyooe d iring to aid In th,s older men can tell the younger -- of the Eighth Army 1tl J apan. browed LeWIS, who owed the
_ WaDd .. uu. 1ake. week, will be continued n xl canlpalgn to promote health and Cellows much of anything." Jeffll Roberts, nephew of _ _ . I GOY romeot by ordprtng the
C..-l ..w. ~r com- week. security should communLCa '"Some of the men dismissed I ?Ir; and Mrs. G. A. Rutherford, r Roberts, who was.a elvllian F '!; T.u~rC'UI081 strike . • '·,.iiI_CIIIt _ .o..f... .. Bilbo sent . . WIth MISS Swain at headquar-I fTom the lorce may not have de· 1714 W Chestnut, died at, th employee at Fort Knox, had .e· Buy Chn&lm:u . ala The la;t ~t:rille, WllJ( h . - t.aen 10 COIl- Be .. fall' IS we are. We mall ters, WAbash 6047. or the com. served the penalty," said an· f.ort Kn x Hospital last F riday I turned rECen tly from overseas ! vt'rted industry war In the
.......... 1IIIie- the paper each _It. Why not mittee ~hairman of your choice ott .. " citizen. "but even com- / nIght as a result of injuries SUI. , where h had seen more than I Qum n Chapel A.M.E. Churcb, sprin~ and wa,