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GROWING WORSE DESPITE STRONG Iv~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ENFORCEMENT AND HEAVY PENALITIES = I
In a It'tt.-r to. County officials approximately 600 mil e s 0 f I T. A. DO\'l r, Samuel Steinlield. highway and pohce som.- 350
Judge Henry Thunnan. Jr. and square miles of t rrlt ry. When
51 phen Watluns of tile State we realize that the entire c.ty
Rtnhw y CommissJonl'rs. Hor· of Louisville occupies only 4
ace M. 8;n'ker. Judge of Jeffer· s qua r e mil S. w c a n b :tter
n County, calls attention to the undenitand the SlZe of that por·
excellent work of the Count" tion of J efferson Cour ty out·
Police, and at the same tint'" side the city.
states thllt he is appaUed at the "Th C 0 u n t y Pol. c e have
;I::~::e.~=:.o:~~~~ ~.· ~~::~~.~0~ar~~!.·::~02 CIT E MER H penalties tmposed. Cop.es of the last ei!:ht""n months. than e\' r
letter were also mailed to GO\" before tn any sllm lar period I
ern 0 r Slmeon S. W.llis and tn the h istory 0 f J e f [ e r s on . T OllCE i:!s~~~\a~:t~ e ~:.:;,~~; ~~! ;~;~~~~. !~rccS::~ well for
~1;;:~::~.;·h:f::U::~S~ Ofli:~~~:c. :=~:::~:F:IREPORT IS MADE ON TRIP FOR LABOR INFORMATION 'SECOND TIME .. , the County Police 15 ren~ted ln C 0 U n t \. C 0 U r l and amu I •
:~~~~;;~~E~:~~;SI~~:;i~~~~:~::~~l::~~~"I::1 ON MASSACRE II IN SIX WEE S dunng the first six months of . ' c\·ertheless. ami In sp.te of
this year. It seems lmposs.ble I strong enforcement and heavy I
that such a small force coull! penaliUes tm! O'ed. I am appall·
~~:\e~:;:'ee:~e~e a~~~Y:: n:~~ I'::w:~ ~~c:I;~o~~\gin~e~~e~~I IHYE('TI"ATION REVEALS FLAWS HA EXECUTED WARRANTS a;:.,:re:,;"i:::""; ~~d~~a~~ ':h:..:la or':n a~~~ I .  U I BUT HE S
~o!oe.:d:e~ea~~~:n;~~: I;;:~~~~·~e:::'::';;'I::~;ti~ IN REPORT ON MURDER Of PRISONERS Theabove fiveUndergraduatesof FiskUni\'ersitY~I;f~~ash. i FrR 31 ARRESTS DURING YfJ~
general pohce work. The new I .tseil a dangerous mstrumen· ville recently on a sy~tematic quest for informahon concernmg
Frequency Modulation system tallty. but tn the hands of a Brunsw.ck. Ga. July 2-1-ln. \ by one of the prisoners, that if trenrls 10 occupational opporturuties for competent egro Although he has executed 5\\ " a.:':'! o"t one. b rxptana·
recently installed and new cars l reckless driver It becomes an \'csugators frcom lhe Brunsw.ck I an escape had been contempla· workers, with special reference to new openings for college warrants of arrests against 31 t ion. t~_ .,ff.chl  ai·' K,,"" has
and motorcycles are pro\'ing of instrument 0 f destruction 0 f l'iAACP branch. \\orking quiet. , ted it wo~ld have been more s:raduates. Front row. left to right: Mis.. Goldie Gibson. Cin· persons ,ince the beginrung " f sworn 'J W3rrants lor 30 per·
inestimable value. Few people life and property. A reckless Iy m an attempt to. assemble! feasable w.th only two guards mnati. Ohio; Mr. 1\1elnn Wilhams, Brooklyn. New York Miss the year. Col e man Rice. 44  on. ,l!'.ce January 1
realize that these men patrol (Contmued on Page 4) the actual fact.;; leading up to , ver them than laler. when th: y oan Banks. Columbus, Ohio; back row, lell to right: Mr. W. State Industrial policeman fell Th .. .,..erchant po!. " ·~"d he
the mass murder "f S(.v,n Neg. , had been returned to camp m 1 1. Phillips, Jr., Waco, Texa .. and Mr. Paul Bontemps, Nashville. afoul of city ofiicials this week had re :e.ved orde"" to "xecute
I ro. prisoners at the state prison trucks. under thl  'luns of sev· tennessee. h ted d b ht n f fj '" f PARK HIT- MASS c mp near bere today indicated en teen guards I ' ~;l';::;~IOv.-= 41. ;;~ S  u~h I ~~ ;~~~n;!:,:!.::~~ ~~ "'~ . I .~.:.t Ih' h~d' n, ""'''I'~'':' ",-V' I fhe t r Ii c k!i -cart)·jng 'tM .""" ':RY GITtr lJlG "'Hff'rYr RIhM' 16th Street for prosecutio!l. I d.-clareu Col. Joseph '\fUf1)hy,
era I dcwls of a r .. ther sensa· prisoners back to camp was ' 1.1 D " "n ,U Th merchant policeman fell I Din'Ctor f Safety to" ) !'am "it
MEETING SUNDAyl~~~~rda;~:~~~~Z,~:~~:th~~i:' I ~;~;:~~tb~~u~ \2F:o::~I; ; INFAHT,I~E PARALYSIS FUND r:~;:~:;t:~~~;r~~o~ ~?~~ ~~I:~2~£r~;:S:~f~~
I !!on 5 latest anl1-hegro ~utrage. low the caravan. N ash v i 1 J c, July 24-Three 1 tile paralysis. They WIll financ(' pull e d a c r 0 S s the ba.r in p(,inl I! !aw. Rice declar.-:'d the
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~~~':;: c~~~~t~~~ o~c~~ I The Negro prisoners were un· checks. tot aI i n g S67,670.00, : a service program in physical' Herman's Cafe, 16~ and W:a1.: cily 11  ;,0: are jealolJ" of his
loaded In front of the barracks I were presented to W M Dun. \ th e rap h y maintenance 0 f a\ nut. to prevent h.m cutlmg record H_ has work('o at Her·
and attorneys of the branch. I ard [ . . , . I . C f t t
A public meeting to discuss I c.hz ns. sc\'eral facts which are consid. where the ":. en or~e;,: ~(' can. TreasurH, Meharry Med. : teaching and service department a man w.th whom he had ar· ~lan S " a .f ': d
or
I = i'r' wo
the . suit by 0:. P. O. Sw~ney I James A. Crumlin, Benjamin , ered highly authenic. have been pnsoners to step ou~. .15 . C ical College. N ash~' i II e. by in orthopedi~ surgery, ~d Wi~1 1 gued. early Saturday everung, } '31". ' : . .... a' lSC o~. ..mes
agrunst the elty of Lo~\'ilIe F. Shobe and Al!red ~1. Carroll. Ire I aye d to NAACP national mbe~ refused ;: d~ ~ ~en .t~: Charl':5 H Bynu~. Director In· I underWrite mstruction In ped.. July . 19. Sergeant Lawso~f ~.' frum I ,d. ~. ~d d150Tderl~tt!:
Department of Parks '\'III ~ i local a ttorneys m the case. ex· headquarters in New York City. 0 v.ous hto t the u g . t Yd pac . terrac13l. A e t 1 V • t. e s of th I atrics for undergraduate and I traff.e bureau . mu;rru
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the, murh, r. }' e. ~e~ ,c~m":l
held at the Broadway Temple ' pressed confidence this week . . group t at e '" ar en '" as Foundation for Infantile Paral· post.graduate students. court to ask if Rice had ,,10 t ,. ml.t~ 0 '- - po , ac·
AMEZ Church. 13th &, Broad. that lhe NAACP would be sue· I . ACCOrd1D~ to ~AACP h:
ves
. reeling drunk. The warden then ysis. representing the organi· Att din th tal' · . right to execute a warrant ".fter I "ul-dmg ,~ Ric".
way, Sunday. Julr 27 at 4 p. m. cessful in Its efforts. 7t.ey "re ~~:to;';a:;; :~;re'=d1ate:; ordered "Pee We .. W~lIie Bell z ali 0 n's pre sid e n t. Basii the :~YSi!1 ~~~:SP'; d:~~~ I
The purpose Of me meeting to be assISted by members of following the shooUng In wh.eh to st~p out ':because 1m gom!: O'Connor. . ment were Dr. Don Clawson TRUMAN SPEECH ~s. to :n. fonn th: PU~lic on lhe the nati!lnal !egal staff of th six prisoners were klUed out. to . k .1I you. ' \~en Be:~ reo . The c.heckS comor.se :~,re~ '1 President of Meharry Med.cai
a.~s and object" es of the NAACP. I r ight and s""en scriou,ly fused th.s ord", lhe \\arden l l~entgrantsfromthe ationa College; 1issMaiorieFrankhn,
Lows\'llle Branch 10 .ts efforts The SUil now pendmg in the woundL-d. there had been no sent for some pick handles. A · Foundation to the college tc IC' W. P reston. and Mrs. Bryanl.
to get ~lpubJic parks reopened Jefferson Ctrcu.t cou.rt, pr,',,· s.t·down strike of prisoners as (Continued on J--~g" 4) I further lhe fight against iroan· ph y s i cal therapist. ~kharry I FAR REACHING ti) all clUzens'. At pre","nt Neg: ded by Judge La" renee Speck· I originally reported. The men Med.c~1 College; H. H. r.llller.
roes are restricted b) a. Park man and IS sH f o r heanng had s,mply refused to go into WAR D[PARTMENT ANNOUNCES RACE Superintendent .. Hubbard Hos·
~ard rul .to Ch.ckasaw park Tuesday morning. J uly 2 at Ihe rattle·snake lDfested swamp ( pltal; and Dr. W.lham P. Hardy. \ '
and c e r t a • n playgrounds set I waters w.thout ooots. They de· Mr. Bynum dlSClosed that h .
aSlde for the usc of the col red 10:00 A ~1. m a nd e d a meeting with the TOT At ARMY Sf RENGlH AS OF MAY I SIdes the recent grant Ul :\le·
____________________ warden where they could ex. harry Medical College. the N \\' York. July 24-Th . " · I pa :~ .. " ~l  l,.,,-ch " ,,--  on·
R BUTE PAID LATE PRE SIDENf OF plain theIr objections but thl ! , ? )J a t 1 0 n a 1 Foundation. S tnC"C I were Indications that p re510( ·nt . ati ('1"( • "!':.t" flf the mor£ unmed· T I I demand Was" fused by arm,' I\ \\ asn.hC;lon. 0 C . July 24- 45.15_ we re s.. tauon ' l th r?ugh . 1939. has gran ed a nd appro. Truma n's speech at the Lmc. In '.I \(· he ·flt,. On.e "amp!" 01 I l: .. ard, \\ hu w ... rc in charg ... of On May I, 19-17. the )leglO • u l . t h " contInental UDl,:-d prial,-d more than SI.I OO.OOO to :llemonal Mass :\~e :l;ng of :'" !;.'Ul,l'r" _ ,mment w~, "" .,ru.
MAMMOTH COMPANY IN EVANSVILlEIL.. ., w rk gaOl:. When the menl ~r;n~h o f, th " AlIny \\a~ St~h'" Of th IS b tler grolOp. 3 ,.5 . (Continued o n Pag. .. 3) Ka tic)ral Assoclat .en forth,·.o\ c!· t I .' 'he Birrt' l n,1 am
I r ... !USt"" i ('n r the swamp the} SI .v8 ,. the \\ ar D\;partmf"nt h3!t were mcmt)crs of tnc \Vomt:n - ,-ancr'm("nt of Colf)re i P {ph' nn U'r.lid •• \.\.h.ich It \\';,_c f L'lted..
Iwer(' told t ••. n In ho' rOold annnunc d. Of thQ olal ~lwn. A'my Corps. BITTER FI"HT OYER J un 2 th would produce f;,1 P',·"d· ... ' Truman w -s at his
E-; ans'lll . Ind . July 2 Th" \hlrty-~' unJ ~nru\", r 'ary y :,- I \\ hJlt.~ onl" u~ the g u.lrds rl •• 82 tu3 '" r~ n. 'm ,-"rs ~t l ht: (~c.-lu';t.od ~n th.... to~tl w('r' " rraC'h lOq ( f({"c - of a b nl'!lcIO:t l lw~t ' .... n'"n h~ addre. d the
follOWIng about H. E. H411 lat~ tcrday. i turn .... u to the cump tu rep It R ;;,u!:'ll'" Arm: ... t!.4~5 v. re 3:-,- I 1.2~£) C't')mnH ·';jon.~d 0 f r 1 C C r s. - nal urp tn d omc:5.1lC r :lCt,' n·la .. I ''\.\ACP .'1 \\-~~hjngton Suoday.
p re.·idcnt of the _ M ~m~()th Llfl:l " ILs Ev:. ~;I~lc offIce :s on~, o~f I:!l ttu:tio .... t the \; nI.'n ...  1 ~ •. ~~{":J t~~~~rl fl~.g.~. I !flC'(orc; 3n~ \·.arr~n t (Jf· ~ EW YORK 'ty" JOB tlons 4:-- \\,(·11 as In ~:.c ~ tHIn.';: 11'.po WIth grp3t s~ri~
}n:,urancc C mp ... n~. "\\ Ith humt. th(· rno t 3('U\ clOthe compa. l~. Onl .... two f!U .... .; rl'!11'lln'u Wlt:l I I (II.: ... ~ . n ()f thb n um~r held fir In tcrralionaI re ...... nn!; Th • ad f, Hn th · S\.b" 'Ct of
ff.c. . · ~n u ,u,s\·ill". Ky .. dP' ,. ... th a S585 w,. ... klr.payroll.Thell.. . e 10'" \,.1, \ .. ·rc · p.:rf,. ..· Uy lorNTIFY MA.' IN le.".:n,.,..or.; as WAC OUIC"", . ,. -- . Pre:;d,nt's,p ech',,,h.ehdu d t'l\d r ii,' ."p~ undNl a
l .... a~ In tho E\"·ans\:.lll~ cou~r. lo~al r~an2r:cr. B. ' ~m"~·l~ ... and' :twa:- .)! tht. iuct thll~ tr~t [\:'1 Z. !i I. ?r~"" il .... It :3!1. {Inc ~h :.t ~~.t~~r. t ~ W \ Ii •• J uly 2 \ \ lth the th' 38th Annual Confercr.cc 0: .. (tt'ldrHH: whkh is
l "r a nd P ~ of J ul} 13. Jld-l hlS \'AO u pcnn.tcnd~n • (a~h-I \(.r" f 1 ftc ... 1 h(,..&\"I!~: annl.J ,",p:~t .~ •• j ES A:-m.!O r-; rsc . \; r-l p .. l of t.·Xt'Cu L\"(' dl.r ' '. t r cC the
d·nt In  ,bservan' " f c 3~ ,eranj I3 acnt.;;h~ndlcaSI" I:: "d ba:k l th"cam p. It .·:u~j '.IYSTERY DEATH n-;l\ .... thth" M"lhc4I Corp . Hrl m. Bra nch Y.\I C.A open
rlnni\·~r • ry of the s cce [ul w,." k I y coB,,," abl" 0 n .. )m(' : ,,,nl c u·. '11 m\"c .. U~4t '"" I In "hth:n th Cor.l",,,ntal C r..t"'; I throu h lh .. d ~th of the r,-cent
J.·egro conc('rn hc:-e m Evan- ~Con tlOu ed (\0 Page 4} t _ -- 'St.:it s_·· .. ~ro ~n hst pcrs.'nn .llldln~t()r. J ..lmf'S C. Arnold. 3
\ 'iIIl':- nf t h,~ p 'rc ·nta~ :-. ' ,at f- : :,: ',,' r, - u r run d." ~ tile I c ·mpll 961 p.:r cent corth ol\t~r :.nd busy hght 15 belOit
''Thi rty-six y t 3 rs ago a Hen- SAYS NEGRO VETS C(.l I~' e \ L'n lower than \h"IO{:Il.n.tlty of a mun v,:hq dl(".d o· n· '\"'··,,11 tr"op concenlratlOn. waged (or prcfcrcnCt! for lh
de rson ma..9"\ t.a ~ 3 n U1SUi· f. r whllc3. ;'qU ' to tht  G"n  I al H'l pI i T r' \ • !J.n h .. t: .S .. A \\- ('IT Job h ,,' 3 n:Jmh r of "c--... ndl forcl~ n pre
anre company and landed 10 I Bankers """,t on :4.('aral. Sunday. · July 12. aftcr lJecommJ dis r.bul : i a m o nl: Ann  Air d~t~." I: ...  d d,·al of edl ton:-.l .pace "',
j ail ha\mg forgo~ten a\l about BEST LOAN PAYERS1 gil t cd~" collateral Gnd pr·\·" \ lOknt a t thr K. & I. R~ .lroad F .rc·· . y Gruund Forc I Strongt',t 10 lne runmng an lh,' ChI f Exccut"'e's d:SCUSSlr,~ .
a ,,?upl of httle • ems such as lous bus. n t . s s xp.:nence.n Termmal yards \\ 3.  d. ·pell"d Armr Areas and the W . • r g· H rb r t ~1,lIer, formerly a t of c,,·.1 rlghts. It was COnS'.d. "'11. PI'!' , c · ·.rch.n.: lor the
taklng out a hcense to operat' l . __ , granun a Glloan. the katuc,·, wh(·n the dead man was .den·l t n:."li~ry D15tnct and Ad· Phllarlelph,a and laer at Carl • • • gn.flcan that h . hort· \\a\·,· .. lI dc ~"r ,( Icrn st !i. Car t·
and confonn1Og to .nsuran"" I Ch.cago. J .... y 2 . l' h 0 ugh explains. And gaming bank ap· 1 ufled 3S En:1n Hayes .. 52. 622 mmlStrauve·Tccbmcal Serv'CI.'S ton a\·e .. In Brooklyn. now with I transmlSS.on of ~lr. Truman'. \\, .ght. -Jce track " ·cr~t.r at
laws. . only on out of e.ght egro I pro"al IS IlKe takmg a beach I ~laf{nolia. a fonner res.dent o( I :" egro troops accoull for 11.89 the mternallon I orgamzauon: speech was mad through d .rect D o u ~ I .. ; s Pa r k. "Who was
~But out o! tl'lat e. perlence , a p p 11 can t s 15 suce fuj in: ht'ad under lire. R.ehmond. Ky. ! per cent of the enhst.! str ngth and Warren Cochran of th I Slat" Department requ t. brvught . . :lto police (JUTt this
an ,nsurance hrm with oblaimng Veterans Admm.stra., For N'egroc. t Is ('ven harder Dr. Roy L. ~"rter . . coron 'r I of AdmmJ.StraUve and Technical Butler !reet Y in Atlanta Although the eff('('t of th I we k \\ .U .. t 0 btack ey~'S, a
current r _ources approachmg I l.on-s~nsored loans. a PhOto., than for whi . tile arbcle con. 'sa.d Hayes d.ed as a results of I Serv.ces and rep~nted 10.46 In Atlanta. Cochran com. speech on foreign u. ten '  5 was  "011 n ~ ad. and. bnu... . "S all
~ mllllOn ollar; and lflsurance story .n August Ebony declares tmues. And m 0 s t loa n s to an old brain mjury wh.ch e\·i· ~r cent " f the enl,sted strength pleted the Atlanta Y alter .t not und  esUll ~ NAACP of. o\'er~ Ca. t'" rl ht d.d "lit reveal
10 force totaltng more than 25
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that th.e percentage. of fa.~u:es colored vets are made north of dently caused softemng of the 10 the vanous Anny Areas and had remamed unf.OIshed for I.. . . lh" .d ntty of hIS 3.(.,r Ker. It
m.llIon dollars. am 0 n colored GI s recelvmg the Mason and Dixon 1mI', brain. The dead man became lD the Washing n {. I. t ar y 0 v e r 20 years. raised more I fle.als were concern pnma
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· "'as pr ' .IDled by . pouc(', tMt
"II's the Iammoth Ltle and , loans IS lower than that for wherea.; 63 P4'r cent of all Neg. so VIOlent that c.ty poi.cem n Distnct. money than any other secretarY .Iy w.th th more .mmcd.aU' I h(' h d '10 alt.ercation lth_
Ace.den Insurance com.pany of v·h.tes. ro , ts li\.., in the uth. A had t.o handcuff h.m to carry 1 'egro troops are assigned in ever 10 the bwldmg and ,,;.1 r ults of a .fo,:"nght [fie. I of hIS 1'110 ··work .~ a: .tbe
LoU15vill ,0 ra enUrely by I "Only wh 4Ild colored survey of the 13 largest c.ties. . six major theaters and depart· creased the membership and . tatcm nt lD areas of th natIOn , tra k Th· beaten fran d bJ.
Neil's. arly all of 1 many , v ts out of 59.450 have [a"ed.~ in MississipPI discloses 0 n 1 y h.m to ja~1 pnor to the tr.p 0 ments ousid 0 f th e Un. ted ro am far be ond th ex . \ where egroes ar constantly I hom,; w ~~ 10 Bel", ,,~ P"",
thousands of poli 'hold rs are says the Ebony feature whlch tv.-o Neg whom VA okayed th hosp.tal The body was S tat e s includ10g the Pacil.c p .r;  y pee und r pressure. Thl fact that . \ H ~ was pTa"" undlr
Ne too. I is enUtled '(;1 Loans.' ThIS IS for loans out of a total of 3,229 claimed by Squire Collins. un· Theater, Alaskan [)Pp:u-lm nt. tabon of th board wh n h many South m n ~papers 'I a 5. pea bor.d and Ole
groes. _~ a I w ~rcentage of only I 6 and granted tn the entire state I dertaker [rom R.chmond I (Continued on Page 3) was called to that dIffIcult SPOL voted part 0 1 th tr edt nal ca con:~'lu"d unl,l !\ugu~ ~
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