Perry Resigns NAACP Capital Post
Perry Resigns, Mitchell Named Head of NAACP Capital Bureau
NEA President To Make Keynote Address at ATA Convention
TWO KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED IN AUTO WRECK NEAR GEORGETOWN Mrs. Jennie Chambers, 65, and Marilyn Mack, 6, were killed Sunday afternoon in an automobile collision on Dixie Highway about two miles north of Georgetown, Ky. The injured were: M. Mitchell, polio victim from Columbus, Ohio, who suffered severe shock and leg bruises; Frances Pace, who received head injuries; Alberta Wilson, who received laceration of the face and shock; Sallie Mack, mother of the dead child, suffered a leg injury, and Roger Ferguson suffered a fractured arm. Death came to Mrs. Chambers instantaneously, having had one leg and one arm completely amputated. Occupants of the other car, William Reynolds, his wife and child, (white) received minor injuries. The accident was described as one of the worst to occur in Scott County for several years. The injured are reported in fair condition at St. Joseph Hospital.
University of Texas Admits Heman Sweatt
Milk Company Becomes Life Member of NAACP
FOUR ARRESTED FOR PEDDLING MARIJUANA Four Louisville Negroes were arrested in Georgetown, Kentucky, Sunday for having in their possession a large amount of marijuana. The police believed to have been "tipped", intercepted the automobile of the four as they were driving from Camp Nelson. The four were listed as William Joe Edwards, Norman Stevenson, Cleo Lindsay, and Theodore Brown.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Announces Convention Plans
Deep River Boys Make Hit In British Empire
Piana Recital Announced Misses Virginia and Marie Murphy will be presented in a piana recital Sunday, August 13, at the Baptist Church. Miss Betty Gleaves will be the guest soloist. The recital will begin at 8:15 P. M.
Pinball Costs Eye
The man or woman who is able to control desire and restrain appetites will not need old age pensions in later life.
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Celebrated 15th Anniversary
Dr. and Mrs. S. R. Gholston, Richmond, Kentucky, recently celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary at their home "Hut" on First Street.
Catholics Protest Police Obscenity And Brutality in New Orleans
KENTUCKY STATE COLLEGE RESERVISTS ARE ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY The Korean conflict, which has been thrown into sharp focus throughout the nation struck at Kentucky State college recently with the ordering of two reservists to active duty. William H. Smith, a 1950 Kentucky State College graduate, and Walter H. Brown, who will complete graduation requirements August 5, became the first known Kentucky State College reservists ordered to duty since the beginning of the present struggle. Smith, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smith, 854 South 14th Street, Louisville, Kentucky, received his degree in Business Administration and is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, and Kentana Men's Honorary Society. Both young men are veterans of World War II, having served overseas in combat units. Brown is returning to an active status in the grade of Master Sergeant while Smith is returning as a First Sergeant.
Husband Wants Alimony
Saved Her Carrots
Marriage Announced Mrs. Ada Southerling, 761 F Gaddie Court, announces the marriage of her daughter, Annabelle Allen to Willie Savage. The ceremony was performed in Jeffersonville, Indiana. A shower will be given for the bride Saturday, August 12, at the home of the bride's mother.
Forced to Load Loot
Louisville can solve some of its problems if the people here will get together and thinks of the common good.
Sarah Vaughn Accepts Appollo Engagement
Best U. S. City for Negroes
4-H Campers On ABC Network Saturday
WOMAN SETTLES CLAIM OUT OF COURT TOBACCO COMPANY PAYS $8500.00 HUSBAND FATALLY INJURED BY FALLING MACHINERY WHILE AT WORK Mrs. Annie Moxley, 422 Clay Street, this week, settled her claim out of court against the Liggett and Meyers Tobacco Company for $8500.00. Mrs. Moxley in a Compensation Claim against the Tobacco Company through her attorneys, Charles W. Anderson, Jr., and Harry S. McAlpin, alleged that her husband Shelby Lee Moxley had been fatally injured on January 17, 1950, when a heavy piece of machinery at teh Company's plant fell on Moxley, known as a "tow-motor," at the entrance of the warehouse. According to County police who investigated the accident at the time reported that the "tow-motor" an apparatus used for hauling hogsheads of tobacco throughout the warehouse fell off the bed of a truck and struck Moxley; that the apparatus weighed about 3800 pounds and pinned Moxley to the ground before anyone could successfully rescue him. Moxley had been widely known throughout Kentucky as a baseball pitcher, and was until last summer, a coach for the Lexington Hustlers baseball team. He was 47 years old at the time of the accident, and had prior to the fatal accident resided in Shelbyville before leaving to work for the Tobacco Company. The amount awarded Mrs. Moxley is the full sum allowed under Kentucky's Compensation Law.
Labor Secretary Tobin Directs Accelerated Employment Program
PLANS ANNOUNCED FOR THE NEGRO SOIL CONSERVATION JAMBOREE
Dr. Benjamin F. Hubert, Executive Director of the Association for the Advancement of Negro Country Life stated that S. J. Phillips, President of The Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial who was selected as General Chairman for the 1950 Southwide Soil Conservation Jamboree, was here last week to make all the necessary arrangements for the program which will be held August 18th.
In commenting on the 1950 program, Mr. Phillips stated that the following states had submitted the first prize winners: Alabama, Georgia, Flordia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. The winners from each one of these states will receive $100.00 in cash made available through the Log Cabin Center by different Georgia business firms. The Georgia Bankers Association has agreed to give each one of the state winners a Certificate of Award, as being "A friend to the land." This will be the first time in the history of the Negro Soil Conservation Jamboree for winners to receive these awards.
A special feature during the 1950 program will be the presentation of The Burning Bush, a Mobile Unit carrying a dramatic life of Booker T. Washington, a program of the Booker T Washington Birthplace Memorial.
Murder In the Boxing Ring