CONDEMNED SECOND TIME TO DIE VOLUME 30 IN ElECTRIC CHAIR IN LOUISIANA = =============================~~;,,;.
ew OrleWlS. La_ Ja-n- . 2-3-.- t-h-e -N-A- .A- C P., s.lid that the as-I
-ew hope that the hIe of Willi S lalton had b .",n barred from
FralK';'. 17. rondI'mned a second the \\',Ih .. Fran~1S case by th"
time to di 'n the "I~tnc cha.. lawyer Sdl",ted by Francis- I
in Louisiana. may yel be spared, fath 'r, who told Wlule, follow-
;'::.~d.t ".~~D~.:~\a~'y:; :~ u~~~il~;:IOf ~~e ~r:.,tfee~1
h .. r... • handling the case hims .. U and I Spea In for th assocIation, id not want the ad"i pro-
Tur .. ud today w red Go,·_ J. H. I"rred b) the associallon at that
Da"ld, poUlhng out that on tIme. ---
Lonme Eaton, ... ·hose XL'Cuhon of Loul",,,na, FrancIS lawyer
dal .. had ~n forgollen by the .enl Ih .. a. ociahon a telegram
'her iff of Ouachita p3rlsh_ demo nding th~t he be gl\'en a
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Stating that a second attempl large sum of money to file a ---:===================,
;e:~;Ui~r.:~:~;~::~I~:~f~' :~~:I~~ ~E~I;~I~a.":,~~dN~ I STROKE FATAL TO {"lnor to commute hzs death sen· A.C.P. 15 In no\\~e responsible
GRADUATES
1 THEME IS, NEW tenee 10 hfe imprisonment. for Ihe legal handhng of the I
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PETRIE OUSTED; MOST FEARED HOME.RUN HIllER I
~ rWORLD,NEW TASKS
Ism WAR AGAINST GREED, IGNORANCE NO REPLACEMENT, ,,,~~:~~~~~ ,~~~~~~~" I.~ ~~~~~,B.~~~"~ I AND PRElHDICE AMON~TASKS AHEAD
J ohn Pt.:trl. who for many T!11~. (k~Plll." thl" filC't tha:. it ~lbso~ $t411"  .:ah:hcf of the vt &bc Ruth. bccau:o;(' f'C hi1i I Elghty.r.. ( Lln!""al . llif!h t th. ".\ ~u}5d50cial( det'.whe!"t )car~ has been Ih,. r ..... "gnize-d had bu,n rumllrN during Ihe Hom~ I"ad GI·ays. one of the prowess as a home-run hIller. I .Cht"I!!:ao~at_~~,.,,:_ePIC;'~IMIJU' "'.IS pr3c~lced. ]c.ve ':" pos-
It.iJdt:r of t.ht: -cgro Dt.'mocratu: I \\.t'('k th"t Pdril" \\'ould be given h'admg t(;;Jms In thl' NatIOnal He W~ known in )'lCXH:O, dip nma. b~ l: u .c.:~_'o .. AILh lCro\ !'-ool ....... n~ phllanth:opy as ua ~ontUlg('n~" in Louin'iIIe and Ihe '·~O and would be suc- Negro League, dIed here Mon- Cuba Puerto RICO and Panama. member of h( L U ':"Illc B',":J 11l l''' .... I~. The kEY to a jUl'1
Jefferson Caunly. was dropped (.{ .. odtd I" L L Oh"e, another day of a slroke. in each uf which euunlnes he of ~duca ton .• _I H •• lleck Hull · and r:l"'I  ':-OUS fUlu:~ 10 Ame.
as chairman of the Colored Or- hard-working race Democral, Born in Buena Vist". Ga., Gib- I.ad thnlled the slX'clators wilh Tuc,da~ . ",!:h The 'hm of II';, :'1 d Ih" world a.,peads on ~anization al the meelmg of Ihe formelly a detecl,,'e m Ihe Com- • son firSI allract~-d Ihe attenlion his performances. He spent the mId) e,lr ~~:nmt~.  ',:,(r.1 ,e - hl' "lll.ly of th. &1 'at lea~e,...
'"~t.i - CouulJ .Lxeculh· DlODV'f\!Ulh C'tt.nrn~Y'f of"5ce. \ ! ~L the be  b:t!! wC"~'ld 3!' ..... e.en: m t cf tJs j:1)'~ a..: a pL.t.j-t.~ ;~. was •. c\\ •• td-. CV_ :!l. w .. ' ot - . ' - t
Committe.., Wednesday nIght. Fnr th., past fe',' years ther" ' ber of Gus Greenlee's famous wilh the Homeslead Gra"s. J a ks. _ _ I" :.Iment of m~norlty ps.
Pl.tric. 'h" has b .en the "cog ha; beeD S0me c.pposition to the I Plltsburgh Crawfords. On . f ~. ltd; f ' I The spca~"r" :., .• r, ~!. "'.my III her ,·aled,~tor.l Mis:; N
m the wh.",'I" In. g('lting oul I.he I:adc",hlp of PeIne among Aboul 38. he had been byin I was ~I:'m~:~ o~~ta~o~~ h~~1: NIchol .. 33~~ Grecn.~rmd:. ""';- ,·h',l:_  :tld. "TIlt' -tasks ahw d
( ... Iort-d ,  ,Ie whIch has contnb- N"gro D''l1ocralie leader,. They semI-pro baseball alm~sl 2~ runs In one ~ame a~ainsl the ~~~ol~:n\V~r~~ i:~l'n~n~\ ":~~:r~ ~all ~III. a war d!:;;iDst gre '(1
Ult-d Iarg, I)' 10 the D.'mocrals \\anled ~nd d('manded Pelne's I years. He was one of Ihe mosl M,'mphis Rt-d Sox of Ihe Amer- \ In the abo,"" p,elure. y.,ncey Allsheler, member of the LoUIS- Irud~ Gordnn I14R C ... 1. r C urt I :~~.run_UI dnd preJudJt~. T~~
, : cess uHr Ihe lea" . was  ('alp. "nd It seems Ihal Tuesday. fealed nght-hand hillers in the iean Negro League: "I Zanes- ville Board of Eduratlon. " pre,.-ntm!! Cenlral 1'lIgh Seh'lOl dlplo-  alulalorian 'on "H, ~;; LI'e ~ ,0 leI- 01. p~ace~me a;:: I
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1:1\'I'n the / '.Ie followmg the n1l!ht they got Ihal and morel :-lallonal 'cgro Le~!!UC and his "i1Ie Ohio mas 10 IWO honor !!radu tes Harold K. SmIth. ~('nl·r. 937 5- B d f S~ glh' '_ 1 GI- d . \"'.'010 ,.1 tooal,W 0 In 0 r"
h.ULnI! out of John F. Dugan. from t h t' while Dl'm(x:ralic I' na.me ","us coupled Uy' baseball I Hi~ wife' sun"jvcs. Pl"c~ton. who was Wlnnl r of' Lhc Prir.e.pars Cll1Lt.mshlp M~al. Ed".: 'ar~s. ,~~ i.,;n~'altl:.-c~~ ~~'I..m. ( Itt}(Olr ngb-u-u] Pla~ ;:
orgamzatlon chairman. who was bo~H'S. \\ho are reported as say. and :\liss Fe! n Lampkin~. 213 E. Ormsby. winner of lhe LouisvlU. - .. t VOOI'" Ci 01. .tomorrow mus
'nmmms. I IZatlon work in the Negro wards TO TAKE CASE OF MISSISSIPPI ' :. er_ _o ~ - a. Ject was ~'The :lllnonty Qu.,'£- spin~l!ally p,..,pared~ ".ecntly su~eeeded by John W. mg that from now on the organ- I -- --- I Le d EfT -t Med I thIrd honor studEnt. .. h""e,u - phYSIcally. mlellectually allM
The sad difTerential. however, WIll be handled ducetly from ' lIOn. the Key 10 Ihe FUlur('. I "The influence ef the bon c
i.- the fa~t that at Democrati~ party headquarters.' "0 SUCH THIHG AS MASTER WHITE Miss Edwont  10 the tuurn h~" long been recognized as a
Headquarters, it IS re. portedlY Petrie, who conlrollc-d Ihe YOUTHS TO US SUPREME COURT or ~er oration s...id th~t "the IX""r!.u!fo
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cein theliIeofth, '~Itl thaI :etne Will nOI be re-, "juk~ ",:x" 10dustry in Louis-J • • . RACE SAYS SHEPARD AT ELKS MEET Christian hope ofnur n •• tl(on n,1 IC"nlmued on page 4)
placed. "Inat the weak • egro I "llIe s ~gro Jomts anrl  '\;;e- .
Democratic "ote in Ihe I""t three where, IS  aid 10 be ",ell pro-I N"w York, Jan. 23.-Nol for Ifrom
London. fr"m th" League ' MAMMOTH HOLDS
I dl'CtlOns wasn't workmg," tl..,te'CI againsl hung :r or thirst. adneOallhh.  :1c' hasiIrx tcyla. Imda "C.sh m'. \l1e1s1 Ttrhue- Afnca n Sludenls' t;",on. Wa,h1Ogton. J an. 23. ;\Iore or e e p, I of Colored People a_nd the Wesl - . _ f 1 ad rshi " . hl. S aled fur-.
- - - -- - - - dell, 16, and James Lewi;;. 15, than 300 Elks and Ihelr I!ut·,l$ Iher. .
GEORGE ROBINSON IS SECOND OF ~~~le:~I~~l~ d::U~~~lua~:r I;h~~~ UR(lES i'OMPLETE ~~:':a"d.I,h;lC,!;~.:~ ~~~;:~~:~ tt;i IS'~~':;:.";';;;: ~~ ~l,.~hba~r;~,~~ ANNUAL MEETIN while employer. U" hIS au(h~nce Monda) mgnt thaI he added.
fAMILY TO DIE WITHIN FIVE WEEKSI The N.AAC.P .• Ihrough its I OUSTING OF BILBO ~:;~e;~,·~'I~~ r:~~\:~;'~a:SL"~ ----. ---
• ,::!,~~5,::~a~:c~e:r~:~~ ~~~~~- I majOrity 01 the peopl' In today's FE PC LAW IS
George F RobUlSOn. Jr. Ihel Sur",vors, besIdes hIS pallnl •• f th M' S g -- world ar. colored pcopi ', and ~ond son of Mr. and :!o1rs- .. ,. hIS '''fe_ who "as lIIh  Ara- rom e ISSISSIPPI, upreme New York. J an. 23-RcveI5 \\e ar member of a grlat rna- The annual ml"'Ung of Ihe / of Director •• officers and dod
George F. Robinson Sr. 10 SUC-lbella Gross of lo\\a CIlV Ia.· CI~urt a star Of
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exccullOn 10 Ca~·ton, executa I' 5  rclary of jorily," PRfDICTED IN 1941 stockhold rs of the ;\fammoth holde"" f~~ thE'1r splendid cc -
~umb WIthin five w~ks: died a l brolher. Dr. Adam Rob~son: :f 0;" 1~70n 0:
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: ae ,~;~p~~a~~r~ the .NalJon~1 . N ·gro Con~ress. The recorder \\', S Ih pnnCI- I Life and Accident Insurance ol  'rahon du~~g 1946, and an-hL 
home m ChIcago Sundav. LoulS"llle phY.lclan now rUdy- I I  ' h U _-' S S early Ih,s "' ek urged P reSIdent pal sl  'aker al Ihe cml-annual -- Company was held In the hom nounc cd d dr,-Ioend of 4 per " t
January 19, at 7:30 a. m_ H',s I 109 lo Baillmor . :lId- 1I0ran ~ I .. nit,,,, lales u- Truman and Se nalOls Taft and mstallalion of officel's of Colum- Washmglon, Jan. 23.-&natur office. LoUISVIlle. Tucrday. Jan- to !'toc;..Iro!dcrs of reeard as of r
body was brought home for Carl Robmson. hrothu of pr~~:re ~r:;'me hoI  ' felt now Barkley. to con~lOue th -ir efT~rts bla Lodge of Elks. Accompany-  :haveL (D .• ~. M ) p~icted Iasl uary H . 0.. ... mbcr 31 , 1946.
burial Tuesday. Ge 'rgt' .. nd promment mUSIc Ihal these youlhs .. !II not have 10 pre,enl ,BIlbo from ~mg 109 hm1 '\ill his deputy record.'r '~eek Iha l ~alr  mploym nl Opening Iht' m ('lUlg. W. C. ,
Fun 'ral ser\'lces "'ere held al InSlruclor at Howard Unlvcrs!l~ a crime committed when under sealed In the 80th Congress. 01 d(~s. Oh" cr T hornton, " pra~l!ce le~!SI~hon wlll_ pass Buford, chairman, said that
the Robln on home, 2332 W . t .md of prlvale students, dll-d 10 a the extreme nail ' for I Wlre~ 10 Tru::nan. :~fl and past exalled ruler of Elks 10 I I Congrc s thIS )ear, fiJ lbusl r or "notwllhstanding th unseltled SERIOUS HOUSING
hestnut Street, Wednesday "'I Ia,t monlh III Washmglon. D. C. IheP / e mosl U S ~13te \aws Bark I('~ read American Ne- Louis. no filibuster. " I ~nomJC condlllun of the world
230 p. m_, "llh Re\,. W. Au- (Conhnued on page 4) pros';ute cflm~all;-. f~:s ;.~::.,h~:~e:,::: b~~nth,::~,::: Dr. Shepard told hIS IIsl~n rs r ;~~r I~O~~d ~~~~. ::I~:~in~ durmg the readjustment penod gusl~ Jone'S, pastor of the FIfth Be'Cause of th denIa l of (,1\'11 th 80th C W I k that '"' c are now 11\ mg m U h h h fi h ,of pea~c wblch taxmj( the SIT UATION TOL St ('(ct Ba I I Ch rch ffi t m e ongre'$s. e 00 f t dt e e"~ts leg t . oon I  is f ' I' I I d
r p I U , 0 cIa -, FATAL SHOOTING rlghls m"oh'ed m th Ir casc,l to vou and mcmb rs of your great aj!~. an ag 0 great rc- 10 be on. ffiln 0 mt rna IOna a rs.
mg. Th J . B. Cooper Funerall I and ~ausc o{ th."r extrem pariy for continued ('fTort 10 Epo"SI~illtles and la,;ks, and A bIll for the: creallOn of "I and Ih nous th:"at to our --
Home had charge or funeral "r- youth, an oUlCry has ~n raISed re" ent the No I en em . of aU l that tms was nOI 19~" but lJl- Fair Em 10"m£nt Pracllce 001- domesllc wel{aH' oy slrikes. !.1~)' r E Leh.nd TlIJ'lcr 10Jd
r .. ngemen and bUrial ,'as In AT TOP HAT TAVERN here and "broad againsl punish-PtA } f stead, "2 A. II .. 1\\0 l('ars aft r p - he shclflthrcatened walkou ~ the gyrn- t e approximately 400 cit1zeD5.
u s.,il\ Cem!ery- mg them by d eath. :::;'';;'';'~edI7n th:h~;~est;:; Hiroshima" . 1~:I:~ar~"';.f~~t :l0ntb~f't.~" "k l i"',IOf 'Cl.l.rllies.da
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aft r day Who. attended the Lovisvi1le
RobUlSOn, \\'~o held an A-B. I __ The GO"ernor of l\IISSISSIPPI ISIa tl\ e body of our counlry." He further ""10 Ihat tt.ereltalkfht on the part of u hem' anl~ ted m w .. n Strcct, our ar  ~ s bwldlng, de.v~ aJ)oi
and a Master s degree from , ,The Top Hat Ta,·ern. 1210 W. bas been deluged WIth leU rs Cayton gI'eett'd tbe acllon of W('re only two gr at nations Sc:nators, flalur maInly b}', romp: ~y had. an e' P 'M"nce In fin::nc.a1 c.:&~uons JD mast
orthwestem Unlverslly. was a V. ainul. owned by Robert WII- and t elegrams or protesl from n Gilnn T3"Ior and sent Tay-I loday. the Unit   I Slat,·s and dISCu!;slons of corrccllon5 '" t~ I 6 ... hJCh "';, rust WIll m .... t mH.tln .. 1 th Clarksd'!le CoJDoo
graduate of Ccntral HIgh hool l1ams, .. ell known as "R"'ers," an outraged pubh \\;wch re- lor the {ollow;ng wir : RUSSia. and that dunng th pa.l!1 Senat Joum"l lour approval muro,ty  A!n: r WednesdllJ', that
~ere ~ form rly taugbt pohlJ- .... s the ~cne of a murdc r ea~IY senls Ih~ Ir nd m somc_ states of "On behaIr of mIllions ~f war, color(od people .aw whll~ I An attempt to invoke cloture Th re~rts o{ the ~r' ry. Lo~"\I11l IS going throucb a
cal "",,,,,ce. and cconomlCS at Sund, y . ~~mmg "hen wIllldmlde~an(hng death pen"ltlcs for American "ern "no "'h,le CIII - """.plc run and dl, and th - to bmit Senate d bate-w33 I
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· E. Ha ~ms, ~~ t r aru~r, cr '~. :n h USlIIg .and that ttl.
tbe LoUISVille MunICIpal Col- W. \ian D}ke, 28, 1210 Wa inul. cblldren under 18. Among the zens, the Nallonal Negro Con_ (wh.te peopi ar no maJOnty, l defealed, and Ihe bIll was nev ri L. T. ~un,nn • . sh~,,'ed an In- sll u_yon  s g~tI.ing woro.e, •
I ge. He bad . also ~_ ~n In- rear, was shot and killed by many protes were two cables gress congratulates you on your I "Ihey are Jus t runDlng around brought to Ihe Senale Ooor. crc~ m both mcom and n v anythmg, bot-" for veteraDs aL I
structor at. Lincoln t;nIV r.ltY'
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Russell Gr gory 24, 520 S_ SIXth. gallant efTorls 10 pre"ent Ihe in other peopl 's she '5." I But now Chav '. o ne of • busmcss- CII,U'r.s_
JeJI rso~  ;=I .y, Mo .• and at th a bartend r a t th Top lIat. TOlllAS AND PATTERSON ating of Bilbo." I Conlinuing, h said that Ih I measure's most acti" ~upport- . In his report, A. D. Doss, Pn o- I J~ph R. Ray, real ed;ltiP
We t 'lilrg.nl3 Sta Colleg. Aceord lDg to Gregory, Ih HAMPTON SPEAKERS 'nited States was No_ I, Whilelers. ~ould consid r the prospect .dent, ealled the s tockholde • dea r who represented the ~eJ-Having
gon to Ch;"ag~ WIth shoolm!! was th r ult o{ an Hampton, Va ., ;ian. 23.-F. D. Adol seen boys burn up as Russia was No. 2, and that h of anoth r F.E-P _C. filibu 'leT attcn~on ~ the ract !!tot the ored. veterans. said in the ~
Ibe War Labor Board ~unng I~e argum :nt which Van D} ke be- Patterson, president of Tusk - mu h as 3.500 calcrJ per day. t hoped his nallon would alw )'$ without 105Jng his smile. prcnuum mcome of the com- f PUs talk ~at th~ ,... IIenI
war. I\oblnson at the time 01 hlS an at 2 a. m. when the l a\l rn ,' g • I", lit", .. , and hanning H. It is essenlial thaI theIr menus be No. I, but h was not SO sure.. "Nineteen fO. rty-e.ght will see ~ was ov r on and a hal! nly ~ family unitl ffW ~
death we studY1l'lg law al Ihe was aboul to close. Tobia dir"~lor of th Phelps- be rich in energy and sall ty, ''The 1 "ding nati n will an F.E.P.C~" he said. '"Th' time mIllion dollars and that the 25 ~ constructed iD tile ,...
Univasity o{ Chicago. The "Iclim was shot ix times Stokes Fund and chairman of but also a godly amount of pro- the one that "ill g l th al~gl' It is going through." per rent increase in production ten:lUl'S, far UIIder tile ~
, lie, !lqwev..... had not ~n at r h had struck the bar-I th Board of Trustees of Hamp- lein, min rals and ,,·jlarmns. once of th majorilY of the pea- Ch.,·..,z sa;d b.. ""pee was evidence thaI the IIeId fo 01 tile Necro ~
w II (or veral months. ltaving nd r and slar behind th ton Ir..stilute. will dellver the pIe, h re In America and else- conf r soon with nalors Taft including ag nts. 5Uperinten- Ray sucgeded tile ~
ere ! a h art altack scm count."., according to Ih report Found r's Day address and th I Be as Ia;r as w ar _ We mail where and strang as It m.ay (R~ Ohio) and Ai (R.. VL) dents and managers gay a ment of thne cr.-" .......
time ~! e d ied froO'! an ~ttacl  In PO.lice Court, Monday. Founder's Day sermon. res~-I the paper ach w k. Why nOllsecm. Russia is bemg looked 10 concerning provisions of the sp~id acc:'?"nt of theIr stew- jKeIlt to Necro ~ ...
{ pn um nia, following the Gregory was held on a murder I ti"elv, h re on Sunday, Fcbru- mall us S2.OO (or n ycar al J y the " ast majority o( people new bill which h said ill be :lrdsIIip dllnJlC 1.... .. - to - -
death at his bro er Carl ~harg WIthOUt bond. ary 2. least? that ba'-e been disfranchise ! placed before the Senate. DoEs COJIlIDCIMIecI the JIoenI orM families. . II
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