YS MURDER lAY DUE TO PROS EROOS 'I ES
NS' GROU'P
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WHY P AY MORE?
~MUBroOOAUHE~TOHMT I =========~~~~====~~~!:~====::::~========~~~~~~::~ SLAUGHTERING; LENIENCY IS (HARGED I VOLUME 31 RIJJIBEIl ..
wave among Ne. , Commonwealth·s office on egro
is traeeable to murder convictiom came to a
and "too much bead last month when a mem-pockets,
u Com· I ber of the city homicidal detail
Attorney Frank openly charged Ropke'5 office
a delecation of col· had been too lenient in the pro­early
Monday eve- secution of Neero murders. The
sources reo homicide oIIker at that time de­clued
no attempt to consider
was reportedly the homicide olIIce in disposing
state olIicial of these cases was beine made
committee I by the Criminal court attorneys.
not be Disclaiming deliberation in
p.,mm,on,veallth's citing a specific case, one of the
the murder wave. delegation which called on the
by :~mt!:;:. !':: I ~~:~~~a: ~~:;~. ~.~~~
since the lxginning of the I a well-known egro political
figure was aCf.'used of murder.
promised to do all in He told Ropke that the victim
to halt the mass I was shot down m cold blood.
charged prosper- That particular case was dl5-
to the "heads" of I missed In police court. Political
colored people, a press~re had been brought to
the delegation said. bear, the delegate charged. The
source indicated that state representatlve In crimlllal l
bead airily ad,'ised I court said that case was settled
"we must be realistic before it reached his court, our
these things." source indIcated.
Aabd POSSlblllty of haVIng more of
rrM:tion between the Lows the cases subnutted to Jury,
JIe Police Department and the (c"ntinued on page 4)
OlE IN GEORGIA I
DESPITE KLAN I
C,HANGES AT CHll HEN'S CE TER
120 G:~J~~OGRAM GENERAL CLEANUP I Nc\': York, April l.-TwE'n.)
I ~:.~ ann::t~~~~1 th~~r~~~i~~~i~~n~ IS PROMISED 000 members they claim tu rrp­rPSent
will s:upporl con;rressn~en
who back Pre~ld{"lIt Truman '~
cl\~;:~7:;s ~ro!~~~ endell WH- AOIOI TAKEN FOLLOWING UP.OSE
kie Memoroal Building U!>OI' th" OF DISCRIMINATORY 'RACT as AT 0IlEI
11~\"1 ~"hcn nt thE' ·:..ttu:mal A __ u- .. "
elation (or tht: Ad ... ~n~ement ell
Colored P pIe, the cielegates Adequate tho ugh separate V. Bastin and his assistant, W'd­urged
. 'egro ,·oter. "tt' ~\'o,d provisions for th" care of de- l liar.l H PyJe into his office.
'lculous scrutln~~ ' made by officials cf the Home the condJ'lon. The children were
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haHy emotIOnal and ""nllmental I pendent and delicqoent colored Pyl>! is m direct charge of the
p.,htlcal declSlor,s" and to .Itldy duldren at the Child ... n ·s Cen- Childrer's Center. •
cdl'dldates' platfor"" "WIth mc- ter, 314 East Chestnut, is bemg ' Bastin promised to clean up
OF tHOSE OUAUFIED GO TO following an expos.' of discrim. ' con!'..c to ne small T-elmpe.i
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WHITE STUDENTS VOTE m tory practlCCS, thi! Leader I roo~.l 'here they were forced to POLLS IN FA(E OF BURNING CROSS learned thl5 week. I eat, sJeq' and reno to their COLORED AOMmAIK LiVIng faCIlities anhn Kleft'r. pC,:"" at a~~~;'~fte: the m~~ro: ;!: The superintendent, H. V •
• tered Negro voters had cast illS, church-gomg people arou-e -- LYTER no 'ALOSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE TATE den I. as " purel~ ~~ expressIon gone, by a fifteen y al' old preg. Bastin, W 0 is head of Orms,by
ballots in the early afternoon. themseh'cs to the monstruus Funeral services were held CE1I."TRAL DE.\IOCRATIC CO'\f '\IITTEE of student oplIUon. nant g,rJ who wanted the child Village and Ridgeway as well
About 200 whites in a reglStra- men2.ce of the Klan. the soont."1 for Dr D. H Turpln, former I . ~ spokesman fOI the student to perform an abnom1al sex act, as the Center, filed a repo~ with
tu,., of 48S bad voted. ' ""U the stat,,'s good name stop I dean of the Dental Department I Gentlem"n . gO~t:~,:t .:!'~~~r ol~d~C~::eu ;,~ aCf.'ordmg to the report. I the Mayor's office declarmg the
, The Atlan. ..~ ConstJ\ut~on. 10 _ < • at MeHarry Co~lege, and presl' l The Third DIStTlCt Negro Democrallc Organizahun directed a P? . , County Judge Horace M. Bar- conditIOn ~ad be~ corrected. 4
~aking of th~ ~effersonvIUe 10- suffenng from inCIdent •. uch a, nt of the NatIOnal Dental As· CommJltee to present to you lhls teshmomal of theIr gratItude ~5t to !! saId ~he~eSUI~ "..O:~d ker, who WIth the yor of the t The board which has charge
ddent saId: that at Jeffersom'IUe" I oclatIon, m Nashville. Tenn, for youI' approval and the passage of measures a!Tect1Og the weI. urn" over 0 e - cIty appoml a tweh l.' man board I of the mstitutions is made up
____ Tuesday afternoon at the FIrst I fare of our people. th"Tltles so that they may bnn~ to SUperVl5e'" the Home, called of Ernest German; Fred Stu-
ELP INGRAMS LAUN(H MOVEMENT TO H ; Baptist Church Dr Turpm dIed our poliCIes IOtO Ime WIth othel th GIS tC!1ld t H. I (Co tin ed 4) almost suddenly f;om a stroke ImmedIately after the Governor's lOauguratIon. we received liberal Institultons. At least they e enera upenn en , n u on page _ _
DI'U RUPONDS TO STRONG APPEAL i I t F 'd Ith h h h d a bId to conler WIth you on the needs of our group. On December WIll know how the student body (HUIlUl u :":VIO~IS a;il ahl ~~~ck e W~ela ~7, 1947, we pre~ented you a program. of our desires for general feels about raCIal bans 10 edu-F E P C ENACTED I known and t~e maker of fnend:' Improvement, VIZ: Increased appropnation for our three State I CAlIon."
appeals for funds to help I Fund, 927 West Chestnut, Lou- the funeral attendance was one EducatIonal Instllutions whIch you readdy approved, and .the Dr. KIefer said the poll ... ·as •
....... Rosa Lee Ingram and her ~'d1e. Ky .. AU contrlbutl?ns I of the largest known to Nash- same was passed. In addItIOn, we recIted to. you the serIo~ sl~u' llrutlated by the studenl< them· I • • •
two sons, now under death sen- will be carrIed In The Leaaer, i ville. Friends, professional and alton of R,,? Cross HOSPItal, and of the presslllg need for sclent~fic .elves and not inspired by the IN PHILADELPHIA 1ences in Georgia, as sounded including the name and amount otherwise, came from all sec- nurse tTammg. For thIS purpose, we ask~ you for an appropna- I college administration. He said
by the national office of the N. contributed. The Fund is started I tions Of. the co t 'th • Iton of S50,OOO. You readIly agreed to raISe the State AId from that he did "not belleve that a
A. A. C. P., the P ittsburgh as follows: tically every m':i:;i :~oof~a:d the mere pltan~e of 4,500 to "a sum that will surprise y<.ou". You . 'ogro has ever been adrOltted
c..uric~ and other agencies, was Chestnut Street C. M. E. I organization. white and COlored' l generously gave us S60,OOO. here as a student. I do not care
resounded here last week-end I Church . ... _ ...... S33.55 1 r",presented. We gratefully acknowledge your support in the passage of to speculate on the futw'e. how-wben
a group of churchmen The esteem in which Dr. Tur- House BIll ~7 which "authorizes hospitals,. by a majo~ity vote of e,·er." Philadelphia, Pa" April I-By paled. •
.-der the leadership of Robert 5 YEARS FOR I (SAULT pm wa, h"ld was testified to thelr ~overnmg bodIes to admIt Negroe~. to instructIOn In Nursing, ' a unanim.ous vote of the 19 , Ar. !'nally passed, : the ordi-
Whlte, young business man, A.J . through the m, 're than 300 floral Medlcme. urge.ry. and related cou,:cs . I TO SPEAK TO members of the city council, ,,= ban s disoiminadoo
fo~~urpo>.e of I ON (OLORED GIRL ~,~~t:::I:~~ i~~~~:;II;I~v~~:~ cord~~I~ ;~~I':'~l":y ';:c~e o~h;~~. trIPS to Frankfort, and were COLLEGE GROUP J . BeDjamin I :~~ :;:~~~~: ::c~~n:~ ~I:'· :~:::I"::"::e,:O=~=
made a strong ap- -- Ihe often vi Ited Dr. J . W. JOhn-I We fUlther acknowledge the refusal of the Go,' mor. tbe Horton . Jr.,· regular se.;sion of that body (€ontinuec1 on page t) •
large audIence at Baltimore, Aprd I.-An un· S0n. a per,,,n friend Among L .., uten. . nt Governor and the Hon. J. Lyter Donaldson, Chairman ar~toerlJsJOrf ngThdie' hhaelSd )Thol'nuedn>dathY'ePrahdankds IPohfiaotthhUSer I ' • .L,
Streel C. ~ E. Church I usual sent=ec was meted (.ul Louls"ille denll>ts who allLnd· c,f thc State oMan CIties which r. 1Mtm.i
a total contributlon of "hen J ph W. Dolxr, 30 was son and. ·S. J ohn.",n. Dr. J . A. [or 'cgroec, and the furth .. r refusal of the above nam(od Chair- fUl~er, WIll , """'e adopted eQ""ble employ- ,I III BlDIAIIAPous
The public 15 urged to g.lVen five years In the Mary- Gay and Mrs. Gay. Dr. P. 0.1 mcn to Join in tbe Southern revolt agamst our PresIdent, the de.ll\~er the ment Opportunllles for mInon y
Ingrams and to send land House ofcorrechons fol- SWc nc·y and Dr. Z. O. BothIC. Honorable Harry S. Truman, because or his CIvil Rlgh program. prinCIpal ad' I o:roups. I . .-- .
to Roben S. lowmg hl5 convlchon of assault I I We hall thl - as the createsl unprecedented act of statesmanship dr~ss at th I Con ideroble interest has been Indianapolis, ind., April 1.-
The Ingrams' on a young egro glrl WhIte . toward rrunority group in thc hi lOry of our 1Ireat Common- "BIgger and I marufested III the bill .In. ce lL' E1wc.'" C. Knox, age 77, 435
men Ul ryland arc seldom' MOTHER OF C. M. E I wealth. Bet ter Busi- mtroduction by Councilman Dou I.·ss S nationally known
lit NEWBURG I ron ... icted m such ca_ s and the BISR~V DIES I We apprt..,ia'e your open.mindedness and your attItude of ness" pro~ Woodte Armstrong, lone 'egrO' for abC'ut th~ee decades as ce-nt
sentence is alwa~s ~Ight where a I forthnght falJ'Tless, and pledge you our loyal cooperation. s~nsored by . the t.a.:nbda Cbl member from the 4th DIStrIct: pool .ncr WIth his father ---
ROAD II6IfT (LUB colored woman 15 Involved. Funeral servl es wcr<' held for I C.lapter of Ph, Beta SIgma Fra· G rge lI1a:'usin manager of the
to County Police. former charge. C .1.E. Church, w"" aU ndcd by £.I: plam the Federal Consllldt n. "1 rousty stated their itjons. "Fr.,. man" wbieb boasted the
~cers refused to re-I Dober, the driver of a fuel hundred The eulogy 'as de.! DENY VOTE TO NEGROES IN ALABAMA The 14. whose applic.tions to tinal adoption had been dclayed lar r, circuJaUon of any He-
Idenltty of the slayer, truc!t. according to testimony, llvered »y BIShop H. P. Porter I I be acccp'."'i as qualIfied voter.! ~t the t regular ion 011 gro n ... spaper In the world
he \Vas known to Ilve I !Zed th 17-year-old maid at of Jackson, Tenn_ Rev. C. L. . . . . " re dented, &aId they felt thaI the body. around the first decade of UUa
city Ibnits. A city- :. a e ent house where he I Floch, pastor of Chestnut Sl,red l\iobll<,. Ala., April 1-.1. J. tUtlon (or more than a year and they had glven satisfactory ~n.... The final debate was COD- century. The paper ceased pu ....
has been spread. ~eli il N 1- C_ !.E. Church was am ng those I Thomas, N ro