HALTED BY LACK
OF COOPERATION 5 CENTS
218 STUDENTS ADDEO, BUILDINGS
REPAIRED, WITH MONEY FOR MORE
BUT EFFORTS REWARDED BY THREAT
TO FORCE HIM OUT, SAYS EDUCATOR
Padueah, April 30-Prof r I e!Yorts to the internal develop-nounce !
that he has tendered I have the money, only to lind _
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H. C. Ru ll, PresJdent of the ment of the school, Including
Wet K eo n t u c k y vocattonalll1ew eourses and the erection of
Trainina School since 1943 3Il- much need buildings for which
h is reslgnation to the Slate myself completely thwarted by
Board of Education. to become the lack of cooperation of the
"Iteet,,"e at the close of the State Supervisor of Trade and
school ye3r, June 30. Indll. trial Education. I have not
In comment, Professor Rus- been permitted eve;, to con!:lct
sell said. "St.,te Supermtendent ~~:~!::t~~e o~=:e~~n~:r ~~
::~C:;;t !':'~ti,:u::t~: though the Board authorized I ·ILLIE F ANCIS LOSES FIGHT
and reorganize the school wluch, these Ir3I1sachons more than a I at that time, had only 23 regu- year. ago. Suddenly, Without
Jar dud~nts. b~ildLOgS in grave :~~~!r:\,.~~\'~~~ar~:;p~~m~
.,tate of. dJSrepalr. and an annual lhre~t to force me out of my
appropraahon of $40,000. position because I had failed to
"In contrast today," Rus.'oeU de\l'lop the school. Thereupon.
continued. Uthe enroliment is 301 1 chose to tender my reslgna-
:~:~~ts·n~~. b~~l~~~~; a~:s lObcr: I tiO;;~Sidcnt Rus. ell has SCTVOO
p~ded and approximately. ~20'-1 in ~e\"cral slale and natiotlal
000 are on hand for l uildtng~. educational po!o'ltions. amulg
The four year income has ex- T whieh are, atan of K('nlucl"y
reeded 5125.0 O. Th~ Board and' Stat" College, ! tate Oll'ector of
tne DIVision o[ Vocati(mal Edll-I.·' Y. A. for l\:cgroes. l'residrnl
cation were helpful toward thesf'  \\ lst KC!ltucky ]Ildu!;~nal C )1-
resul • ThIS done, I t .:.rn~d my (Contlnuc 1 on page 4)
ITO CHAIR THE
I SECOND TIME
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'LIFE SENTENCE 1 EFd SEO AGAIN;
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"I'VE GOT TO DIE," SAYS YOUTH
XlW Orlean ... :\; ... .: 1-;\', ' h\.' l'Lld n~ws. Beside Francis ROBES BARRED 'Frh·:C;S. the only u'::m In'1 "II~Y hl~ noontime meal of pol.a-i;,~
r...:1 who e,;cr \\dlked ... ", , I~ and boiled meal. untouchetl,
( n • .." the E"leclric Ch'~~T. Tue.. ,'.Jnd the BJble whtch he alWZ11'S
In the abo\'e picture are prmeipals at th .. Mayor's Emergency Housing CommIttee's public !ost ~pp.~rently hiS last da.; ... " keeps near hun.
IN ALBANY N Y I ~.r,;;,' ~~~ ~h~=.h~~:.I:~~~eE.F. ~~::is,n~~h~.0!u:;~tJ::~··R~~~: ~~tOt:lt:~~~; ~ir!~:e:i ~a~\"o:!da a=~! ~~: ~~~:.: ."!t·s pr~~y toUgt'"lhis inter-
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the Federal liousin&. Administration, speaking; Nichols R.. Dost~. local d.i.l:eclP :; .May,,~ Life In.;llr.mcc Company and :ill:; - _ _. _ ' newer. 501_ co~mg..!:
Leland Taylor and E . E. Pruitt, manager, Bee :her T.,rrace. an early grndl..!.t:e 01 A!:i rn A .• }y. . "Il aan't tough." Willie replied.
, • • and M. C )lleg~. MiSSissiPPi:, ci2 I~":h;~a\·~f:~.~'~al~:; 0: "\'\'e got to die." _________ CONGRESS Ol"'r PARENT.TEACHERS I FFOIRRSMERSTE pCARORARETESDPONDENT WDIIl dddr
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\''''' thth" .F"u."d~r. State Pardon Board had ref" " .UI
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Fronc" was com'icted of 'Y-ay
a ess " t e mstit ution . for the third time to  :omn'"'' mg Andrew Thomas. a druggist, PREVIOUSL Y BANNED BY PEOR" Monday, ;\1.1." :I. his death sentence w hIe a." of St. J\tartlmille in the ~~ • HOLDS 24 fH ANNUAL SESSION I-~~~~t: w;;:.tgt~7~:pr~~:~ ASKS '~D" CHARGE p~~~~m;;i~g to d ie. There a" ,::~~:;"":y B:::;'~:h c~~7:' :;:~7 s:
SAID HE'D BE BACK' SUPPORTS WALLACE Johns Jr PhiJadelph h n RETRACTION anything f can do. l"w go: "I..nd a walch. Last May 3 Fra ....
, By Mamie B. Covington I Desha Barnett, social worker at addila~n i~ hIS Army ;~ti:~ :e~- Detroit, Mich, April 24.-G?v. die." ,IS wa ,trapped and hooded tn
With more than a hundred the Children's Center, as speak- HI as a correspondent for tbe Kun Sigle: of JllichJgan denled Both Louisiana and Unlt-.ll ~ S te's portable el~ cball
Albany, N. Y., May I-A Vice President Wallace who delegates 10 attendance, the OlX-1 ers. AssOCiated Negro Press durmg he?ha~. e'er called the N.A.A. Slates Supreme Courts bave l .. - , .. I SI. Martlll\"llIe. But a W !1'e
scheduled May 9 concert recital lately was subJecled to the most ty-elght of them from out an the On the open 109 night the pres- hiS tour of duty an the South Pa- Ca. communISt .front orgaOl· llIed pleas for clemency. 1"1 was h"", .. , and when the swlkb .
by Paul Robeson III the aJdl- disgraceful abuse by the com- slate, the twenty-fourth annual Ident Mrs. Minnie J . Hitch. elfic, was the first soldier dls - ~:!~:~a' W:r'~';e~.~.~~;=ut~:~ Lowslana the GO\'emor may roOi was lIvown nothmg happened. '
torium of the PhJllp Llvangston mltlee'S sub\erslv., pygmies." session of the Kentucky Con- Kentucky Slate CoUege, Frank- charged fro,,: the Seattle Port of VIOusly~ent a telegram to SI~ler reduce a sen,tence Without Il.r Through hlS lawyer, Bertrand.
high scbool here, Wl\S ruled out In Chicago, Sunday, the s inger gress of Colored Parents and (Continued on page ~J Embarkations nev.ly ach\a ed d d ' f U pardon boards reco:r.mendat"··lr-eBlan  FrancIs began a ye ,...-
Thursday when the school board slated that he would defy the Teachers was held three days personnel center at Fort Lawton eman mg u retraction. Tcd., Ys deciSion of the Uu . long fight against a second ~t-
~~~g~e smger the use of the :a";':lap~~~~e ~:~~c?W~;hlr:t;;~~ ~t~~e~ee~a;:ls~eC~~:~h:h~:i~~ ALICE ALLEN IS onJ;::I,1 ;~o entered the Army ~a:~y A~r~:s;!~t~~o~lt~o~: ::;:, !,::r:re~'~:" u:.~~mou. " ' l:~::'~ tot~Ie;;:~u~a~i : :
The school board's action fo1· ler of da)"S" ac~ompanI('d by a Ville. tn December, 1942, seT\ed In ~ews and covered the trIa] of In FranCIS' cell at New lbr' rl .. heen cdrneci out as prescrlbed
!::n b~y a e~;~maei:II;I!~r P:~~:' ~:~a ~~all~~;a,:s pr~';,';::eb~~~; 1 .. ~~:~~e;a~~O~dou~cAc~:::: SORORITY SPEAKE R ~!ollandlll, New Gumea and 10 the Japanese General Yamasluta La., a newspaperman told Willa : I'y law .
Ill., when they also refused to than me." Earlier Robeson bad lishments, We Behold the Pres- Manila with the I08th Port Com- for the Negro press.
~~~~l::t~,e;~~r~~:~gh With a ~e;la~,,! . .::~~~eCi~;"!~e~~fk~: ~i:~ ::~~u~~~:;::lt~e~a:~gr:~~; The Sigma Ch.aPter .of the RACE GROUP WELL REPRESENTED NAACP BRANCHES j :
The concert was to have been had to speak on the £treel cor- th betterment of Kentucky Iota Phi Lambda Sororaty pre- I
~~~y~Yan~eM;:n;.r BCUl~~ ncr er Sidewalk:' l e~~=t:'s~p'::~e ~:v:'~:~II~~~t~.~.c~e:e~t~~~~:~gl·~::t: AMONG REO CROSS CONTEST WINNERS TOPPING QUOT' AS secretary of the soclely said sbe for t~e re:lSlon of the slate con· April. 24,. with 1rs. Allee Allen
had receil:ed a letter from Dr. DIES FROM CANNED statUti on m . any way possl~I". of Blrrmngh3m, Ala., n~t~onal Tokyo, Japan, April 16.-Ne- \erte, \\'. Va, "Low Rate EII'C-J
ohn W. Park, supermtendent of and dlSSemanatang rnformatlon president. as the prmlcpal groes \\er v.ell repre nled on trac Lights m All Rural DI. -
schools, sayang the concert could through the local P .T .A:s. The speaker. In a well prepared and I ~ list of winners relea,ed an the tracts;" BenJamrn H. Alexander,
not be held. HEAT 0 RINKING7 rehablhtatlon program for han- forcefully d hvered address • . "Star Your S!:lte" COntest con- Cmcinnati. "Purificataon 0 f
• dlcapped persons of Kentucky, lIIrs. Alle~ gal:~ a most splen- ducted by the Ameracan Red IContrnued on a e 4) • ·(W York, lay I-Bran. a.. " ,I ecll'r poanted out, "bLt tnanJ'
~.~~:e!:~; ~;; ~:;kr::::'~i_ presented by Lmdsay Allen, was did and highly Informatave nar- Cross 10 the Far Ea.tern C'lm- p g in the nation-wlde N,vV ·l' '" w t ... nc are being orgaa-oluty
for determinang the pro- With a tubful of empty Sterno endor.ed by the congress. and ratlve c;f the contribution which mand as part of th(' organa7.a-1 m~:'1beT5hlp campaign for.. .. ,- I" d ~ . a result of regional work
heat cans as basis for lh(:ir be- two scholarships were awa.rded women had made to the econ~m- I hon's o\'t!rseas rccrcallunal pro- linn members are t.·xcCt.'t'!·nr I ng ckn by coordtnators Dan-pri
ty of per~lt~ln: ::rson;: to lief. County medical .. uthorati~s I from thl: ~I"ck - Gla .. - Sloan Ie, educatIOnal and general c"'ic gram. Every con es!:lnt submlt- JUDGE REBUKES iqu t..s in r('ports fil(' With fI.c 1 1 E. Byrd rn New OrleaD$,
~orrn In .-C 00 UI angs. thIS week expressed an oplDlon Scholarship Fund. progress of he race and nataon led an essay making a sugg . _ , .... '''.,'3tlon.s Dcpartmcr.t , f , : . ..r.atd Jenes in Columbus. Noah
Said H. WllI.B. that Mrs Le.na Robm:on, 50. H. ighhg.ht of t.he ml'rtang was I ~der th~ theme of t~e meeting. ! taon that would Impr,,\e hiS I WHITE ATTORNEY Br:.nch . Sou h. ern branc "'" I. ' «("vntanued on page 4)
Back In Peorua 1110 Wcst MadISon, dK-d early the Founders' Day banquet on Bu:aness on. Parade. I home slate, and somc .ubmilled of! With as high 3. tbr h, -~ I
Peona IL. :I,~) 1-"1 do not Sunday mornang~, .. ~-sult of Fnday ru ht. \'.Ith H. C. Russell, P.eslded o_er by !\trs .. Anna.J. m Klels or. charts Illustrating I __ ,drt-d per cent mCT(,3.'''' 1:1 "I'." :
intend ; be bulhed in the dnnkmg canned hl:at. The tub pr sident of th W""t Kcntucky Hughes. presJdent of the LoUIS- their Ide,. In each 01 he four R t -d 't~. d I CiI-,· '"port..' i .• lass !.A .. 11, /
shght""t by thc e f~.e· t t h- of pol nous beverage c ns was \'ocatlonal Tr~anmg School as \'llIe chapt r, the followang "ere military areas of the F .. r Last-' , epea ~r U.~\ 0 • . ci:' Iv.or '. BI;. i', membership «re!..l} OFFENSIVE NEWS
niques :md I know that Peoria found under the bed of the dead guest speaker IIIr. Ru..o;seU out- Introduced for remarks and Japan, hma, Kurea and Phillp- •.... ~ . f ',nut;; a ~u R.c~ ~lP-1 . ·"rth Carolina branch,.., " t
CI ,f Lng as I do. will woman. hned_the f u~dlng ~nd develop- ~~tm~~:I~' ~~I~sC~~~t !';es~i I'm""-Okm,,wa-the' entra nt :~a~tto .. ~(y, '(;.onpohe ~o~~~ ".-: \\" k', pace. witb Gn"I.'- STORY REGRETTED
th Ir ov.n feelings Austan Fled. JdTcrse,ntown, mcnts.ofthe ,ngr"" •. Al.oglv- C ' I\1}Lo C Jud~ed t ~ ha\'e submitted th Tuesdav mtJrnmg Aprll29 h" . .. portang 1.350 mcml. 'I
th", un-Amer;can as- told the corn r's office that he ang parts of the history of .the :II mmer~e; LJ;S:; I raan r~lg, best sugg tion fOT hI.!' state was Actl';g Jud , G~y W. Sh :a r .; ... pmg from 300 membc.... "
theIr own way " and l\1rs. Robmson hdd beeniorganJZ3tlon \.as th hlStO~lan, ~tam~o h~ Sf: :u~ance to" grunt.ed a 6-day vacation leave. warned h dt om y tha t such J94S, to, the ne\': figure, t,n....... P.ld,( .r-- Conn. "''Iay l-is
Paul Robeson's reply to drinkjng the Saturd"y night be· Ma . s..ule Turner of DanVille. ..:. ~p La Sc "'r,1 'A I W l.oJ ~'r Smce there was DO d Ignatlon languag · \\a5 oltensi\' to the nil   r VIOUS r ord. for Gre. .. -- '1' { Y .. nk  'etwo',k Bostoa,
city officials who r .... fore her death. She becom ,".io- Tributes w the national and T~u;an~e Co., ~,:ih r~:;:'::"'~; on most of the ys as to court and unbecommg to a m m- bow according to a report t I" 11 '"_ I.... xpr;sed i;' regrets
JaIm pcTmlsslon to stage I nUy III and deliriOUS, dyang stat~ founders wer paid by past Mrs. Mayme Ii. Brock. The whether the "riter was Negro ber of Ihe Bar A.. ;sociati n , after R v D. W. Boo;lon. pastr ".' ",. t!h """ of the tom "N ...
eduled concert in the before he coul~ g t h"~ to the preslden~ ~L .dames Ora K. speaker was Introduced by Mrs. or white, It was In some cases C. Ewbanl s Tucker, • gro at-' the Russell Temple C. r.r I, 1'''' ,. I ;on Item wbich the
Shrine mosque here Friday mght hospital, the wltne S lld . Glass ana Patsle E. loan. A IItmnie H. Cooper. Other mtro- impoSSible to tell. . However. torney, lodged a verbal protest Church of Green boro, . ",I" Y,Hlkee N"h,ork News Servt .e
after the Thomas-Rankin un- . Interment was m lh LoUI~- p u?el" on "The E"eep~ional ductions wue made by Mrs. from tho who Idenhfied them- With th  ourt. . T\ed as general chairman. TI,. I"" .lSI was olfensive 10 =y_
"-rican comnuttee had band- VIII Cemetery Tuesday. Apral C:hlld With audience partl~lpa- Mary A. Geer. Music was fur. I\'es the followmg egro W!n- Ogden's u~ of the w()rd came Durham N. C. bra~ch r JCh," ., , J hn W. Lancaster, Jr ..
the noted ing r as a "Com- 29, With .th~ Burns Funeral tlon was led by Dr. G. D. W~n nisbed by "The J ordan tt ", ners and toPles are lISted: after he futened to a morals 828 Mem~rs whl.ch IS mo th.ll1 ~rt~ .denl of tile Brid«CJ Qt-
Home offic,atlng. ~! t~e. fa~UI~ I~f the ~UI ~~lIe under the dlr ,.;tion of Mrs. lola Pvt. J(;seph W. AdsIde, Home- charg aDSW r;d by a whit and dOtl led I total 0{ last y~.·r ~ I. If rd branch NAACP, •
conversation to unlcJpa 0 ege, an .ISS Acton. Refreshm nts and SOCial Head, Fla., "Transportation an Negro man. Th whit attorn y "At the rate branches thrOUl;n- 1  I.ly. Laneasler had prot.est.l,
in New York, Robeson World War II veterans now Maude E. Brown, assl ant prm- hour followed th progranl. Southern Florida_" was dumbfounded to karn that out the nataon are hill(' l reJ)eated u.se of the wcmL
the Peoria mCldent IS not may name =yone th y ch ~taJ'TCentr~ H~ ~ ~hOOI. :d I \-t. William C. Chatman, the wblte man was th . ggres- que' in the drh-e, It t- £1' rre W. tdl7, vi« presidelit
accld"nt I. It follows by as benefiCiaries of their National J ~ e~. . ;t. ': Sc~ea~ er. Wa hlnglon, 0 C., "Votmg SOr In an act of peTV ~Ion. bl we may reach mor tb.,n a d the Yankee Ne~wol"l . toN
dII the hOU e uD-All'('r- Service Life Insurance poliCies. ac son unlor Ig 00, as PUBLISHER AT RED CROSS Prlvileg s an Washangton" Cpl A rehabl S(;urce declared that Ir,lll.on membeT5:' G I "r {,a ""I r h bad dJSCUSSed 1hI
eommltt 's ,electl"n of me In 1935 there we appr xi· ~;,akers'l an~::;:othcr ~nel.o~ I . Wi.· llas Cole. pubh h r of The S lOW ~, ' veral 1"cg"o runn no. who Cur. nt, dIrector of brand '/ maHer Wi th the editor of tlIeII'
"'" of i~ sp !Cial target~. mately 190 Fed ral ag~nclc. : to- arenla qu ney . Wit Leader. underw nt a riou y am~e . alSOn, ~o"e. work With O!;d n, told him that po,r.:ed out op iml tieally. Uu, n;iff and ev ry dOlt
I feel hon red to be In day there are applol .lmateiy rs. Hortense Perry, Loulsv,lle operation at Red Cross Ho,;PitaJ.! Va" Schools of Tomorrow; T /S they were not going to sollclt ". '0 only are members bo. I~,g ,Jd be in the future ..
company with former 1,150. visltmg tcaeher, and • Irs. Cora Tuesday. Chari W. Hayes, Jr., Ronce- :my mor c&s s for !urn. ('n!; ted in the Association," III I a id !Yen . i
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