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VICTORY DINNER FOR REPUBLICANS The largest assemblage of colored leaders and workers seen in Louisville for a time gathered at the Brock Building, Tuesday night for the annual Victory Dinner of the Third District Republican Organization, Colored Division. A number of white Republicans were scattered through the crowd and at the speakers' table, led by Gov. Simeon S. Willis, who came down from the State Capitol at Frankfort for the occasion. Reginald Tolbert, chairman of the Young People's Division, acted as master of ceremonies. The guests were welcomed by Eugene Clayton, alderman of the Tenth Ward. Remarks were made by Jouett Ross Todd, chairman, City and County Executive Committee, and Edward C. Black, chairman, Third District Congressional Committee. Governor Willis was then introduced by O. M. Travis, Monticello, Ky., Negro member of the State Central Committee. Charles W. Anderson, former member of the State Legislature, now assistant Commonwealth [Attorney?], introduced
  J. L. Leake, division chairman of the Third District. Following Mr. Leake, remarks were made by Thruston B. Morton, Congressman-elect, Third District; Charles Brown, State Director Alcohol and Beverages, and Mrs. Luvinia Larkins, chairwoman, Women's Divisional Committee, who later was also called on to present gifts from the workers to Mr. Leake. (Continued on page 4)
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DeWEESE WANTS EDWARDS IN COURT The Courier-Journal of Thursday morning said that, "Police officers who fail to appear in court to testify against persons they arrest drew the ire of Prosecutor Foster DeWeese Wednesday." And the Courier report continued: "DeWeese said he would notify Police Chief Carl E. Huestis that Sgt. Wilson Edwards, Negro, in particular, has neglected to follow cases in court in recent weeks. Several cases this week have been dismissed because Edwards was not paign for the new Collins Chapel present." Of course, Foster DeWeese, himself, has drawn the "ire" of colored citizens because of his reported "nasty" attitude toward certain of those who have appeared in Police Court as witnesses and otherwise--but this is beside the point. Wilson Edwards is the last of the three Negro sergeants appointed under the administration of former Mayor Wilson Wyatt. - Invest your money in savings bonds and stamps.
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FRANK SPEAKER [Photo] Horace Cayton Author and sociologist, who was quite frank in an address which he recently delivered as a speaker on the Jewish Public Forum series. See editorial.
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WIFE OF DOCTOR PICKETT DIES Mrs. Lucy S. Pickett, wife of Dr. W. H. Pckett, prominent physician, died at her home, 421 East Chestnut Street, Friday night, December 13. Funeral services were held at the Fifth Street Baptist Church Tuesday, December 17, at 11 a. m., with the pastor, Rev. W. Augustus Jones, officiating, assisted by Reverends W. P. Offutt, H. W. Jones, J. W. Ramsey and R. M. Wheat. Besides her husband and her son, Steward W. Pickett, executive secretary of the Colored Division of Boy Scouts, Mrs. Pickett, the daughter of the late Rev. W. H. and Mrs. Mamie Steward, is survived by a brother, William H. Steward, Jr., Los Angeles, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Nettie Black and Mrs. Carolyn Blanton, and several nieces.
BISHOP MEETS WITH CHURCH LEADERS Bishop H. P. Porter of Jackson, Tenn., was in Louisville Tuesday of last week for the purpose of holding a meeting with ministers and lay leaders of the Kentucky Conference C.M.E. Church. The meeting was held at Phillips Chapel, Rev. J. L. Tellington, pastor. - IN RECITAL AT SOUTHERN "U" Miss Tella Marie Cole, young Louisville pianist, who was recently graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, was presented in a recital by the Music Department of Southern University, Baton Rouge, La., Sunday, November 30, in the University Auditorium. Miss Cole is a member of the faculty.
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REV. SYKES GIVEN PROBATED SENTENCE Rev. C. C. Sykes, pastor of LaGrange Baptist Church, and promoter of the recent appearance of Roland Hayes, at the Auditorium, was given a probated sentence of two years by Judge Lorraine Mix in Criminal Court last week. Rev. Sykes pleaded guilty to five charges of grand larceny in connection with taking more than 500 letters, most of which contained money, from radio station WHAS, where he was employed as janitor. - If you want to make headway in this world and keep what you get, you mustn't be too clever. - Buy Christmas Seals
COLLEGE WINNER [Photo] Chester [J.?] Higgins Who won the top $150.00 prize over all other student-entrants from Kentucky colleges with essays on improving conditions in the State. See article.
HOLD FUNERAL FOR ALONZO MALONE Funeral services for Alonzo Malone, former Louisvillian, were held at the Merciful Saviour Episcopal Church Monday afternoon. Malone, who died at a Washington, D. C. hospital late Wednesday night, December 11, was brought home by his brother, Claude, who also lives in Washington. Father G. A. Fisher, rector of the church, officiated. The Hathaway-Clark Funeral Home was in charge of funeral arrangements. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery. Other survivors are another brother, R. E. Malone, Louisville business man; two sisters, Mrs. Edith Ward, Chicago, and Miss Ethel Malone, Louisville school teacher on leave of absence in Washington, and other relatives. Miss Malone was prevented by illness from making the trip home. In Louisville, Malone was formerly a member of the Fire Department and connected with newspaper work and in politics.
IN NEW YORK FOR PIANO RECITAL Mrs. Pearl B. Bell, of East Burnett Avenue, returned from New York City last week end, where she went to attend the recital of her niece, Miss Alberta Grant, who at 13 years was presented at Carnegie Chamber Music Hall, Sunday afternoon, December 8. Miss Grant, who began her music study at 4, rendered numbers from Bach, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Loewe, Thompson, Ginastera and Rimsky-Korsakoff. - I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help Ps. 121:1.
RACE STUDENT CONTEST WINNER LEADS COLLEGE GROUP IN STATE - AWARDED $150 WAR BOND FOR ESSAY ON HOW TO IMPROVE KENTUCKY The Committee for Kentucky, a state wide organization composed of white and colored institutions formed in 1945 for the purpose of studying major problems of the State and to work toward improving social and [illegible] in Kentucky, made awards last Sunday over WHAS to the three winners in the Committee's first annual students' essay contest. The first prize of $150.00 in war bonds was won by Chester A. Higgins of Lexington, Ky. Higgins is a student in journalism at Kentucky State College. He was sponsored by Mrs. Helen F. Holmes, head of the English Department, and who in the past has been connected with the Philadelphia Tribune, a leading colored weekly newspaper. Mrs. Holmes was awarded a $25.00 war bond as a sponsoring teacher The two other winners of top honors in the contest were Miss [illegible] [Kendell?], a Louisville Girls High School senior, who led the high schools and received a $100.00 bond and Miss Wanda Smith, Lawrenceburg, who led the junior-high contestants and received a $75.00 bond. Their sponsors also received $25.00 bonds. The essays, written on the question, "What can the Committee for Kentucky Do to Improve Conditions in Our (Continued on page 4)
PIANIST DIES IN WASHINGTON Funeral services for Carl Robinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Robinson, 2223 West Chestnut, were held at the home of the parents, Monday afternoon at 2:30. Robinson, a brilliant pianist, who studied at Julliard School of Music in New York and in Paris and London, was assistant supervisor of music in Washington, D. C., where he died Wednesday morning, December 11. He taught at Howard University at night and also had his own private studio. Beginning his study of music with Miss Emma Minnie at an early age, Robinson left Louisville for Washington several years ago and is said to have been the first to be honored as an Eagle Scout among members of the colored division in Louisville. Rev. W. Augustus Jones, pastor of Fifth Street Baptist Church, officiated at the funeral with the assistance of Reverends W. P. Offutt and R. M. Wheat. Miss Gloria Thompson played several of the deceased's favorite hymns. Pallbearers were Mr. Robinson's Central High School mates and of his class of 1922. Besides his parents, Robinson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Beatrice Robinson; two small children, two brothers, George F. Robinson, Jr., Chicago, and Dr. Adam Robinson, Baltimore, Md., and other relatives. With the J. B. Cooper Funeral Home in charge, interments was in the Louisville Cemetery.
ARREST HUSBAND IN WIFE'S DEATH The death of Mrs. Katherine Zimmerman, whose body was found in her burning home on LaGrange Road near Anchorage, with the apprehension and arrest of her husband, Roosevelt Zimmerman, 33. According to County Police, Zimmerman confessed that he struck his wife in the head with an ax and then set fire to the house. Zimmerman was held to the grand jury.
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