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ew York, J an. 8.-Outstanding miss.iO;:f the U. . at its meet-I
gains were made m 1947 in th ing in Geneva early in Dece.m- I
continuing fight for full citizen- ber.
ship rights for Negro Americans, Also cited was the June 29
according to reports submitted meeting before the Lincoln Me­to
the annual meetmg of the morial in Washington, D. C1
National AssOC13lion for the Ad- where President Truman deli,,­vancement
of Colored People ered his peech on the rights of
here January 5 citizens to an audience of 10,000
In his report to the gathering. persons and by short wave to
Walter White, N.A.A.C.P. secre- all points oversea .
tary, hailed the anti-segre&"ation An increased amount of radio
secticns of three committee ap- time and magazine and news- _
=~b;r=~n~:U=:'b~lr.=gS~:7~'~;"'!;:t:~~ F 0 UNO 0 E 0 I N ROO M S HAC II and higher education. Radio included Town Hall of
~dTh::: ;::. ~a:\'~::ce~ ~a~l~ :.,~ th:"~~~~~eRO;::'~ \ _
growing recognition of the fact grams. ~
that segregation in itself is dis- More than 300 legal cases
t rinunatory, and that until it is were advised upon or actually I =:~::~;:::::~~~~~~~:-~~-:~~~-~-~::.-_-=~~~~~~~~~~~::~::.::::::===
~~~e::ue!~~ndn~~e:n~~ ~::u~~: :::a':U::":e I~'.:!. E J 71.6 h·1 ::.. rights as American citi- ~';;:;;~U~~~~g ~:n!,~Urgood I nuorse lr.l.arC OJ DeIm es .I I FUNERALFOSRERJVIECESBv~ Ol1l\ EIFRIENDLESS AND
The .A.A.C.P. petition to the In the CIvil rights cases, one I t:nited '"hons, presented last went to the . S. Supreme Court Func.,,1 s. 'I""s " .el·e teic! j,
October, was cited a. recogni_1rrom Mississippi. the Eddie Pat· J ,,'.ph ~J. BlO1lc, hllm", p  ~3t IN POVERTY tion of the importan"" of the 'on cas", where Patton's com' ic- I employee and. plUrnl!le":.l:l """1
Negro qUl.'Stion on an interna- Ii n on a murd~r cbarge was Ihr cl Lan.plon B .. ptlst  "I.u.ch.
1I0nai $C Ie. as indicated by the !Ot a5idc on the ground that ' Tl.l·s~. Y. '.\llh He\' CI.~!.
t\\'o days c! discll!sion devoted '('grof:s h~d been excluded from I I ~~\ .~~d ~: :~':(~v U; l~:l~:~: _
to it by the Hun:3n Right · Com· (Contmued on page 4) 1.11'. Ih .. 1 "el;-.kno , n In,",' , g I A JEO STORY U tOLDED BY DEPUTY
JEALOUS WOMA I
I.t~!;;, ; f:"~ I~:,~:t~s ~;I:r ·r.I~!~ I (CRONER; LAST WORKED AS HOTEL (001[
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!1 ro!;t 'un!a"a Although h-" fat
bl:~n l ~J fUI ".tcvclal • eal". ha".· A. ".. aoC)E.t.t ~to.y (f flllnule~-..: Th, laU to policp cam'" afle:-
SHOOTS HUSBAND
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11' I\' : .. s :It..Ul't tbe ellY dU. r.L"~ tt" I e.Ph Bl'Ck thi.- \\ l~;';. a- hI! re-., he old rna., L., hIS usu;)1 haunts.
("-,y ot ius dC.llh. and h1s suc.:dtn vf::.iled how city pollee. In ::nswerl An lnti"ll~ive ~e-ar(' f r a man
.Jln',:s2 was a :-huck to hts !;,.nl!- to a I rcl:z.J("d tall £.( an unld :1- id£'nt'firo m; George Harnngten .
. ul \\ Ife and relatlve£ and l,fil' i r.elghbor. b .... k do\\ n th. s~n of the d eased, ha been
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friends. hea"il... barred door of Sandy set in motlnn by Ibe coroner'"
An extension telephone and . he was talking to. I Th eorteem in which Mr. Harr~gton, .0, :22 Rcar Wood- I office. H IS last re~rted fA)
an inquisitlVe wife proved to be I l:iurling a charge of " liar" at Boone was held was e\'ldenced blne, nd found r.t  day-old, have worked as a ('00 at the
a "deadly" combination for , Broom. the infuriated woman by the large number o( friends, dead body just a few .teps from I Capitol Hotel in Franll '" In-z.,
p:.~ !3. ..... u.1, :.c, ~34 South I sn..k.hed d t ... dv.,..g iU6e shotgur. I "lui  uI:ccl .. t th~ hoc'"" .. ~~c,c! t! e t."-..... _':~ I ,,,i";_ 1 .. • •• hil .... tJ  d..,...,,,,
Twelfth Street. from its resting place and fired I the funeral, and tbrougb the I Harrington, who is r ,ported to \1 his wherea bouts. George.lS SIIJI-Broom
was shot to death at one charge into his liver and high tributes in culogies. reso- have lived alon i';' tbe one- pooed to . bave visit~ hi~ faUooo
~':t~~e=i~.:.,.~:~:;:g:~t!~ I ::::~~~~ :~o=::o~e::::~~ I lutions, messages, songs and room apartment, whIch the cor- here durin&" the Chrtstma:: beh-his
wife, Odie, allegedly over- j Tbe wife is being held with. HO~~. d:. was the brother- ~~y:,d=i::!d ~iU:'~~~~b:! I da~ County official.- hGpc
heard the victim in conversation out ~nd on a cha~ge of murd ; in-law of Henry Arthur Kean his possession and a cigar box I that one of the lapsed wsuraneo.
with a woma."l on an extension pending court trial Broom s of th ... (acuIty of :renn~ee State filled with I~pserl insurance poli- policies wilJ be in full or par-line.
He is reported to have told ', dm ' eaLothuil~svthl .llee lifrsort lra94cSe
. homicide /. College, Willie Lee Kean of Cen- cies in a dozen or more com- I tial benefit, they fear that th.­tral
High School and Gardner panies. The official said he died body will be given a potter':o
her that he was talking with a I Mr. Broom was a deacon of I Kean of Cbicago. He is survived of natural causes. The body was I field burial Mason Brother:o
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. I by his wife, Mrs. Olive Kean, discovered early Tuesd.y mom· ~eraJ Home will be in charJ(e
Louisville school teacber; a mg. December 30. of mterment.
b rother. George Boone, :md a
WALLACE TO BECOME CANDIDATE , ~:~~~' Mrs. Mary Boone, of Chi-$ 0 FOR PA T
I Interment was in the Loujs- 1 0 0 R
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urged Henry A. Wallace "to gh'e W. E. B. DuBois, Rev. Gordon I N TRITT CASE New Year hope to our people B. H"ncock, Dr. E. Franklin I $150,000 SUIT
and to all other !reedom-lo\'Ulg Fraz.l.:r, Dr. Dietz Lochard Miss I'0l ."U ... I h ..... a ~h UTf,.t' -,upvut' 01 Ule tentb a.onu::t.1 \J J.rcb 01 O.ffi~ J:anl1ilfY 15-30. (i.dt to flg l ' .up 0
Americans by declarmg yourself Shirley Graham, and u.:. An- ro\\ )' ~I.." Thoma.ma JI)IlI~ou. ~linoTlly Group, '~bo", Unoled ;,,:ales t.mp.Hmenl Sen; •• , \ " .lSh - AGAINST AFR
a candidate for ejection 3S Pre!i - drc·s \\'. nnkms and Dr. Arthur Ul,ton D c.: Dr J . A l uthmore, p .es.dcnt. \'3l ional Jl~u:caJ Assodathn. Louis \'ille. Kv.; .U:-:l~
d 1943" Robert \\", JH3.truJo. re;loual dlr~, tor ~.! lloD aJ 'orority 01 PW Udla Kappa. tsar.!1;I'~· ,., "13 .... ( ...
J ;:~isJnr q uest \1:3 trnr~mltt('d I H~~ F~~S:~~ O!ra:~,J~;!~J~~~ I ::~('~~\\ri J/;C:~~...,'~ t~~~''''\~!n~.p~r':~un!;~~-~~ ,tbu~~O:~~!'~;~rlO~it vh~rrr;~.S r~~!;. . ;~tf-;; 0....' ; ,J i, '~t~ , \t;ao::hingt _:1. D. C., J: n. F'-.A At le~t ~(tmethlOg was ~("- whLn I.~ :.~uj talked (r.f·U&h Ie:"
:0 " -alla :£I' 10 he- fl.. rm of for ius . r :. thrtght demand for l)T .. ot.=t \ '"nf"r ........ ... ~ ~ .... · t- "·In··;~ 0." su.t (or laO.OOO w.::s fil,cd In c:orr.plbhcd in the mysterious the d teetlves to make lhf'U
Chnstm~s GrectJngs and a He u."c of governmental power I !jbt.lctC."lu .. th reon Ch:l.;:tm3 ... and k'ng draVtin -('ul Trill rr.ur- case, thf:Y d.TT ted hJm.
New ;,ar Plt'a b\' ,'el:ro Am 'r- I .. protect the d~mocraltc nght,1 Hn~OR DR. CARVER 'LEADERS E S I~~~ \~~'I:~~:n~I~~b~~~H;"~~ ~::I~~!"nlil~f ~~~\~,!~n\:;~:~ e:n:~:~ :"~~e;~~ ~'~ f~;~ :~
ICa.r:S• :.r.d W&S ~('h('dul(-d ~o bel)' O~r pcopk,'": t.15 ··dt:fia.nce of I · AT TUCKI::GEE ' 1 bh:nq Company. a t!«lnst the \"a- fir."d ".1. In Crl·rTlnal
preS .nted formall~' tn Chlcaco I the JIm Co'ow  yste rn durmg J !; C f' U~ told the d tecllves tbat he -
where Wc!l~ ·c announced his your rt:C"cnt trip In the SoUth, .. , ompany 0 Cour~ en. tr.e thilrgc of obstruc· acting for Charles MuGJ , a:nd
c~nddac) . ~ I .nd !.is ""ght fo" an American TU$kE.'g"E.', Ala., Jan. S. - Th" I MR C Repres :ntong I h e pi .. millIs, ttng }U. uce. . 100re ... Id he was askul to COT-Sign"
r. of the message m- ~.)!cl~n hey of peace:' 11:1  t  ond the humble alike A OF DIMES M!s. Ethd MUlla,. her roll, WhIle a co; r:u .... oonan. Mrs. tacl (MCorsn. tmWuoeodd so nf opr a!g:1 I~ 4f)r on.!
POWELL ABLE I JOlnc in trtbute !, Iondav to a Fr, man and hel d"ughter, Mrs. R"na Wood , 2115 Green's Aile "1
TO MAKE SPEECH MEMPHIS JUDGE fraIl, slave-born Negro, George orma Jorgenson. all of 1726 slwas a key wItness In the yet U C PREJJDKE
New York, Jan. S.-Con rcss- (OMMENDC LAWYER' Wash mgt n Carver. who r e to Street,. W., are Henry Lmcoln uruolved murder Gf the "hJte • .1.
man Adam ClayUJn powe~ Jr. .I mtcrnalJonal fame as a scIentISt. I _. Johnson. and Belford V. LaW- youth, Ron,:' Trtll. the case ,III lUI FAOIl
has recovered from hIS illn ' -- !educator. and hum~nttartan. Ne\\ York, Jan. 8.-JUlDtng m Bro"n, Execuhve Secretary son. l0thelwlse dJd not mvolve Ne- ' , .IUU'IA U
fit 1 . . d '11 k his temphis, Jan. S.-Ally. A. A. Government offiCIals, headed a strong appeal for support of Naltonal Negro Busmess League. The plamttJIs charged that the I groes. But egroes were asked --
~tas com':::u!~ty-::d "': e ar- Lattmg, only N"gro lawyer here, by P resident Truman himseU, th tcnth annual March of RIchmond, Va.; Dr. J ohn H I Afro-Amencan Company failed 10 play an "important" rol m I Panama City. Jan. B.- Amer-
. H I Sund J ppe was SIgnally praised by SpeciaJ Jomed in Pr8lSe of Dr. Carver m DImes of the altona I F' unda- Brodhead, PresIdent, Amencan to fulfill an agreement to "re- the case when Altom y W. S. ican ra prejudlce in thlS flr.'. ..
~~ I~e ~;::;en Gaa~ anua Judge Ben Capell. DIvision 2, simple memoTla l ceremonies t I tio~ for Infantile ParalYSIs. 26 Teachers' AssocIation, Phlladel- Vltalize" the Washington T~ib- Heidenbelg asked C bar I e s I tegic cGuntry, which h s a Jart ...
Th . ed CtrCuit Court of Shelby County Tuskegee Instttute. where the nationa l leaders for major na- pbla, Pa.; T. M. Campbell. FIeld une, whIch suspended publi.,a- Moore, 91S West Walnut, and I Negro population was a aajoo-by
fi:e n::an~~::;'~, ~~\'e Monday of last week. The sud: renowned e~ spent most or t iona I organizations urge g ner- ~ent, U. S. Department of Ag- tlon in . ovember of ~ year. weU luioWD. to confer with M.~. facor in th unanimous 4iedIicm
'ts th ''TIl H h C den commendation came at the a long and brillIant career. ous contnbultons to the March ncwture, Tuskegee, Ala.; Ashb) In askmg (or SI50,OOO In dam- Woods about some of her testl- or tbe nahonal assembly .. ~
~ I. ';,';'e, an:;: ~~ conclUSIon of a hearing in which Th program here keynoted of DImes, January 15-30. , B. Carter, President. National ages, the SUIt also asks for an mony in regard to the identity ject an agreement graDtiDc th.-
I~m:;'tte or~ . " Iter I At mcy Latting had argued the I Carver Dav ceremonies across Lead rs issumg the caU for i AlliAnc of Postal Employees. alternative request .that the of the youths she last saw Withl United States an extensien .,
anCongr~U~;eu suffered case of his clienL the naHon -;'n th" fifth ~·. er- March Of. Dimes SUP"".I~ repre- Cbicag? Ill.; M. C. Clark, Presl- plaintiffs be declared owners of Ronnie. leases on 14 eanal clefeme -1'fJ
a severe heart attack in May After ordemg Lattmg to stand" sary of his death. sent . ~usmf$5. f~atemlues and I dent .. " ~ttonal egro Insuran.ce .0 ver cen~ of the stock of the foore IS all ged to have got- on Panam:lniu territery
and was ordered to take an ex- Judg Capell said : "I \"lUlt te Carver, who rose to promi. , soro~I~les. educatIon, the Churcll" Assoc~atlon, Cle\'eland, OhIO: Afr~Ame~1Can Compal'ly, whose ten Patterson to do what veri' Th col l' line has been ' .
tensi res. t.. commend you for the spl ndid len"" through his- researeb work medlcme, clubwomen, news- . Dr. Cnarles R. Drew, Professor presIdent IS Carl Murphy. job h ' hit fri d. H 'd be . riPI1)
ve manner in which you ha\'e han . .n plant life was memorialized papers. insurance, schools, law, ' of Surgery, Howard University, asked IS ~ e to ~~ ";.a~e...! ~ra;;.: b~ ~·.tvS.r'~iaJs. ne
SWEEIfET. B.A.A.C-P, CASE died this case. It is al' ays a WIth the iss'uance of a special I fed ral agenci . labor, teachers, Washing~on, D. C:;. Merl .R. LOUISVILLIABS AT called on Mrs. w~ and of- :~ite a:.~ e51 eem standOlrjl tor
TO C01J1lT OF APPEALS pleasure for this court to hear l-eent stamp. I sports, .nu~., ondus!-'Y, colleges I Epps . DIrector, DIVISIon of HJS- I LEGISLATUBE OPE1fJJfG fered her some money to "talk se e aHon ::':~Jeyes, stTlc:'
Circuit J u d g e Speckman your cases because th y are so I and unl\·erslhes. agriculture and tory and Geography. A.. and 1.1 Among the Lollisvillians who right," according to a statemenl .: g . . Is, elC' , a~ 1
«ranted to Dr. P. O. Sweeney, well prepared. You come dircct- President Truman ~t a tel - I veteran iAterests. S tate Collf'S", Nashv~Ue, Tenn.; 1 attended the K ntucky General all gedly made by the colored ~:::" ~~U~~~~~~tl'
and the Louisville Braneh, Iy to the point and do not was vam of consratula. tl~ to Dr. Among the many endorse- A. u . G ston. ':esldenL Na- Assembly at Frankfort, Tuesd. ay, lady. She is said to hav.e told tives here g ;)-
N.A.A.C.P., the privilege of ap- thc time of this court. I hope F. D. Pall rson. presIdent of ments received ar those from : NL~ro Busmess ~~ . and witnessed the induction of Patterson in so many words that .
peal to the Circuit Court ofl the lawyers at this bar ",ill Tuskegee, and P~lmast r Gen- Joseph F. Albright, Special As- . Ala.; "~rs. Ohvla S. Attorney Dennis Henderson, I the amount was not enough, that III -the--ks--'-- I
Appeals at Frank.!ort in the emulate 'ou in trying th ir . eral J~ Donaldson was pre· sistant to th Administrator Basileus. NaltotUll So~r- Louisville. colored .member of she might ~f. tx it for S5OO." Pat- IlIcIee of .::..e. ; . "'.': .~ n
Park suit 5eCT'I!ption ca!e. I' cases." ~nt to lnaugurat the tamp Veterans' Mairs, Delta Kappa, PhiJa-
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the Legislature who succeeds lerson is said to to have gOlle tioIl whkh . m!fty .-
JudII' Speckman upheld seg- Th U "prised attorn y thank d ISSue. D. C.; M~ BiUi R ~a.~ .1. D~ Jack..-;;:, Attorn. y Charles W. Anderson, hack for more mooey-th S5OO. stucIying.~ _ rt.h
rcptian in making his deci.ion the Judi!!: and sat down. Since d nt Califorrua . . e a ons ~ector, , I were M.r. And rson. Mr. H. C. In the meantime, Mrs. Woods
in tbe suit instituted by Dr. then, Ire has received many con-I Reaching for success is not I Women, Tufan:, Calif.; Beta S1&Jna fraternltv. Russell, 1. Willis Cole, and Mrs. I phoned detectives and had th m Tuesday _ Is u.e ~
SWeftle)' with the support of the telephone calls from n arly so hard on you .as havwg J Brawl . PresIdent, Also. David D. J onl'S, l'resi-· Henderson. wife of the Iecis- hid in her home when Patterson line lOt' news for a curren&
N.A.A.C.P. in December. lu:yers. to take it in your stride. I ge, Atlanta, Ga.; (Continued on pace 4) Ilator. J returned with the 1IIOIIe)', and Issue of the LMoIer.
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