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AID PIOSKUllON CONTROVERSY
LeDienc'Y of LowsviDe ftIUl"ts the POV chief, thret 'ere con·
m sent n,,~ 'ecrees attused ",cti!d. by jury, one probated,
of crimes agairut fellow n~ one a . by jury, two dis·
-.nbers was dloclosed in a milIsed by grand jury, one filed
memorandum sent to the Chiel away in criminal court, four sen­of
P olice by homicide detectives 6eneed on pI as of guilty, 11
th;. wtek.. Th list revealed filed away or dismissed in police
court disposition of 29 race mur- rourt and six pendlJlg criminal
den in this city during 1947. court action.
The compilation came as the One high police source." who
~t of differen between declined to be Quoted by name,
city det lives and the Common· expressed an opinion that closer
... alth Attorney's offi~ over the co-operaUon between poliCetween the rooms, against according equ~ oppor- the examinations. Hitherto, the defend the victims of the DOW Circuit Court of Maury ~.
theJr li~lDg quarters at . 508 burned throug~ the floor, and tunity fo.r promot ion to Negro engineers~ve opposed promo- : infamous Columbia, Tenn, ca...s, Tennesset'. The trial resulted.,
South Nmth Street, early Friday dropped down mto the second· fu-emen. lion of N roes [rom one side N.A.A.C.P. attorneys, on Janu· Pillow's atoquittal and KeJIlIeIfJ's
night, ~anuary 23. , story apartments. No estimate The union signified its capi Ij- of the cab to the other. ary 17, filed a peiliion for cer. ::onviction and sentence 10 _
Scantily-clad occu~ants were of the damage hu been released. lation by demandIng that the Between 100 and 300 colored tiorari and brief in support fine for !iv. years in the Sl:ace
forced IJIto ~e street ID the face . The two'~1arm fire was ser:v- I Louis..-ille & Nashville Railroad firemen ar employed by the 1.. . ' thereof in behalf of Loyd Ken' PenitentiBl'J'
of the 10werlJlg temperature, as ICed by nlDe tire comparues and 12 other Southeastern lines & ' . prin 'pally on the southern nedy with the clerk of the Uni· N.AA.CP. lawyers ~
lil hou.. ... tv~· L>sin~ 4,2;;0 feet of l)C5 .. and. '" , g'r1IlIt-pterm> • n;ri..atIci SO!!I:t' 's.Jeoe~. .l!= . _ ~._ ted ....states Supreme C-..rt. he case to. Ile 1IU~ ~
~ !he aged build' teet of la~der. Fire o~cJals~. rights to every fireman, "regard. T The ~r. of events was n e
LoUlSville chap~ ~l pressed dl5gust when It was dIS' . less of race or previous status." prompted by a series of court 11946, in Columbia, Tenn., a Ne: 'onviction was ~ b)' ..
NlIL,J'UD·",,,,an Red .Cross sald It I covered that the building had I The demand asked. in effect, I decisions upholding the Negro gro youth struck a white stan >aid court
would do what It could to re-. no central heating plant The I for repeal or a provision in a fi . h ' ch f c' _ I p roprietor because of the pro- In the pe1.1tion befafs tl.ddiee di n aJt( a. ~. ~ c.........-
•• hood s deman. d, .they WIll an· Am. o.ng . the SUIts pendmg IJI I La Salle Botel, ChI ... o, m Mr. O'Connor told workers the thrlllln, Du 'Mg tho - - h '
rordmg to Dr. James M. Faulk- I of th.""" to be gl\'en, which would ti~n . However, ~other big step one broug~t by Herny Benjamin, :o':...':b'Uo~:.,rr~~t~, ~o"';dCeti~~~~;\:.is =r::.: jury of the thigh resulting from which l!'StJ.mony estab~
ner, dean of the Boston Univer· quaJiJy her to· practice III 46 1 will remam. It will be up to the I (Continued on page 4) Ia the lUlJIUaJ March of Dimes, January 15·30. a pellet from a shotgun. For that for mClTC than 53 ye8l'll"bO
sity School of Medicine, Miss I sbtes where the Nal iona l Board't I this, William P~Uo~ and Loyd Negro bad f'1 served on Il cr-I
=~elth~~e.Boo';:dew~e is ~g~:~ I :~~fi~:ti°g7~e:~e:CC:!':~d ~!: CHURCH GROUP HONORS PUBLISHER '_N ACKU."WlEIlGED DI'!IU"K "SEEKING" Kennedy were IDdlcted for as- or petit JUry in ~
k!'!l! I{ n; sault and battery with intent to (ConbDued on ' ~~ ~t :~yingi:enb:; ~~:. receivlnS her med ical WITH SURPRISE BIRTHDAY AFfAIR FRIEND FA(ES BURGLARY CHARGES
the National Board ot MedlCdl1 The third tc_t will be given to
Exammers. her durtng her internship.
The test. in which Miss Boone, (Continued on page 4)
(Picture next week.) lot Municipa l College: Re,·. W. An acknowledged drunk, who Walnut, told Judge McClellan
Members and friends of the ? Offutt of Cah or), &:>t . .>1 claims he got into tl:" wrong hal toe was looking for a white
~ymcn's Coun~iI or the CJ\1.E. ~urch ::md Rev. A. J . ~ )rr15 cl h ouSE:' see king a f ino. failed to riend. Lonnje Green, when
Cnureh, LoUisville area. 1:rC'e'(d \1;:cs l1err:orial C. :\1. E. CJ.L1rch,1 cor.vincc Ll-tc roll. t ~nd \'::15 fh mas ~1artin (w.) surprised
the o.r~ide;.t of the orga!'1i£ation u:d~:r wh·.Ir:1 Cas ..,re~j())'1;:: ~.dct bound over to If'- .... Fl"bru!" . 4 him in his home at 644 South
I. Vt'"I!hs .:olc. ~ubli~he.r. or the ~f .tPc l,. Uil)\ il.c , Dbh h:'t. tIP grand jury on a charge of bug- Twenty-eighth Street last week.
d;;y party. F nday night. J ,nu- Ih(' publ" her In on the .urp:il.... Fred Ramser 27 2334 West l rdallve when he hard the
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Lc Jder. \\ hh a .bll;. $U!"prl:-~ b.rdt- _ot.;,r.(."ll ~;,-.. :.-. V!"i:;301.Zcd. l'l bfln~ toll y in police court this week. Martin said he was expecting
;,ry 23. ::t The Community £1t- It \'.o.s R.,\,. Offutt, "h.> r'nally' ' , back door open and someone
109 SI.cl'J)C. operated by mem- "01Ir-d,d up .. r.d picked up the Y M (A I'ftOWD HEARC ·ntel. Thmkmg It was his cou. New York. J an. 2!l--A. Phllhp Mr.
be:3 <.f the CowIcl1 at 311 S .• a,! publi,h r a.I'd deli"ered him. II • •• • u( J  ""g. -- out of the house and chased him. of Federal legIslat.tn fa. a per- latJon.
members of the falnlly h", ng of "Happy Birthday to Yo,,". ~l*aJung before an enthusi' lie caughl him at ThJrtieth and . manent FEPC that the), 1llust -+--i-~:'-'"
~ 'oIDcd III its obse" .. ncc at the I (Continued on Page 4\ ,,,llc audience of about two hun· ;"1adisc.n. I eJuninate Communist a.id if they SAYS ... .........
la,Tiiy home. A committee 0: dred Y.M.C . members. Dr. W. Police testified that Ramser are to avoid ''the Jru of dealh.'·
r.<'TIlbe,.,; o f U,C Laymen's oun· NEGRO HISTORY WEEK J . Faulkn r, Dc:", of the Chapel had $23 in bills, four street car In . pr~ing the need for such
~il got Iogethu on the .. surpn"" I . al FISk Umver<;lIy. climaxed the transfers