CRUSADE FOR FREEDOM MEET AT CENTRAL Y
ORGANIZATION PLANS DISCUSSED
GEN. EISENHOWER'S LABOR DAY SPEECH TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGN
The Crusade for Freedom campaign for the Kentucky-Tennessee region began to take on definite shape this week with the dinner-meeting of officials at the Central YMCA Monday night.
Thomas Bullitt, Louisville chairman, said the campaign "will give every American who believes in freedom a chance to participate against Communist propaganda. . ."
The Crusade will be launched with the nationwide-radio address of General Ike Eisenhower Labor Day and run through October 16. A giant bell-weighing about 20 tons--is being constructed for tour of the United States before being flown to the Tempelhof airdrome in Berlin to be placed atop a shrine during the celebration of United Nations' Day, October 24. A wooden replica of the bell, symbol of freedom, will tour this state, Bullitt said.
Neal Dalton, deputy chairman of the Kentucky-Tennessee region, said the Crusade is designed to counteract "the big lie" told by the Kremlin castigating the U. S. over 250 radio transmitters daily.
A Crusade for Freedom petition will be circulated during the campaign, Bullitt said. The Kentucky quota of names will be 306,000, Guthrie Crowe, state chairman announced. A contribution of from a penny to a dollar will be requested from each signee, he said. Donations, however, are not compulsory.
Money collected during the campaign will be used to expand a present "Radio Free Europe" broadcast. The contributions thus, will offset the Communist lies that the present broadcast is "financed by Wall Street backers". The signed petitions will be flown to Germany and placed at the base of the airdrome shrine.
W. C. Buford, official of the Mammoth Insurance Company, and Charles T. Steele, executive secretary of the Louisville Urban League, are among the Negro members of the general campaign committee.
SEARCH ON FOR DEATH WITNESSES
ONE SLAIN, ONE WOUNDED IN PISTOL DUEL
City police this week were searching for several witnesses to a gun duel which ended in the death of one person and the wounding of another one.
The identity of the witnesses are not known, police admit, but state there is "evidence" of one or more eye witnesses to the brawl which ended in the death of Benjamin E. Franklin, Jr., 49, who was fatally wounded in front of his home last Saturday night by Arthur Lee Ford, 44, of 1815 Magazine.
Ford was given treatment at General Hospital for gunshot wound of the left arm a laceration over the left eye.
Detective Sgt. Henry Riebel, chief of the Homicide squad, gave this version of the story as told by Ford:
Ford, a former employee of Franklin, proprietor of a cleaning, and pressing shop at 24th and Madison, went to Franklin's home to collect money the latter owed him.
The two men got into a fight on the street in front of Franklin's home. The victim pulled a pistol and slugged Ford over the head and shot him. Ford then pulled a 38 calibre revolver and shot Franklin three times.
Franklin was dead upon arrival at General Hospital. Deputy Coroner William Kammerer said death was caused by gunshot wounds of the heart and left lung.
Mrs. Julia Franklin, 53, wife of the deceased, told police she saw several unknown persons who witnessed the fight. Her statement started the police search for the witnesses.
Franklin was found with a .32 automatic in his hand which seemed to bear out Ford's story of shooting in self defense. The wounded man, however, has a long police record, including one of manslaughter in 1943. The record shows he shot and killed Johnson Greer, 38, 701 W. Magazine, Sept. 3, 1943. The case was filed away.
The present case was continued until September 16, in police court this week, and Ford's bond set at $3,000.
Opens Real Estate Agency [photo] W. H. Gladdish Mr. W. H. Gladdish, for 29 years a representative of the Mammoth Life Insurance Co., announced this week his entry into the real estate business. Confident of the suppport of many acquaintances and friends acquired during these years, Mr. Gladdish has opened offices at 209-11 So. 12th St.
A Liberal is always that way with the taxpayers' money.
Sharecroppers Turn Farm Into $100,000 Plantation
TO FIGHT RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA
[Photo]
Posters like this will be displayed prominently all over the country during the Crusade for Freedom campaign beginning Labor Day and ending October October 16. Here W. C. Buford, Mammoth Life Insurance official and Charles T. Steele, executive secretary of the Louisville Urban League, look it over.
WIFE HELD ON MONEY THEFT CHARGE
Lexington - A case of unlawful conversion of her husband's money against Mrs. Sarah Pearson, was held to the Grand Jury in Justice R. L. Jackson's magisterial court, last week.
Mrs. Pearson was arrested on a warrant sworn by her husband, Leonard, who charged that $4500 he had worked years to save was misappropriated by his wife.
Magistrate Jackson ordered the case to the Fayette Grand Jury. Mrs. Pearson is suing for divorce on grounds of cruelty.
B.T.U. CONVENTION
The Howard's Creek District Educational Sunday School and B.T.U. will meet with the New Vine Baptist Church, Fort Spring Aug. 30131 and Sept. 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Duckworth of Cincinnati, Ohio were the recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Smith Harris on Breckenridge.
CHEROKEE STATE PARK TO OPEN LABOR DAY
The Cherokee Sportsman Club, co-sponsors of the state park for Negroes at Kentucky Lake, is preparing a Labor Day celebration for the grand opening of the park.
Located just west of Eggners Ferry bridge on U. S. highway 68, the park is a large wooded area with a picturesque view of the lake.
The park was recently set aside for Negroes by Henry Ward, state commissioner of conservation. It has been opposed by some Negro leaders who declare it is just another form form of segregation in that it will be used exclusively by Negroes.
The Sportsman club expects a large turnout for the opening celebration. There are a large beach for swimmers and sun bathers, natural trails for hiking, a boat dock and bath house under construction. Ready for immediate use are outdoor ovens and picnic tables.
FILM BANNED BY UNEASY CHICAGO
EVICTION, PARK BEEFS
FAMILIES ASK CITY HELP FOR HOUSING
WHITES SAY THEIR CHILDREN WON'T USE PARK FACILITIES WITH NEGROES
Two veteran gripes - Central high school site families and Elliot Park dissenters - were aired at the mayor's weekly beef session for the ump teenth time this week and for the umteenth time no real settlement of eitheer problem was reached.
Mrs. Jimmie Burks, 1113 W. Magazine, headed a large delegation of men, women and children now living on the Board of Education property between 11th and 12th streets and Chestnut and Esquide alley, urged that something be done for the people who must soon move to make way for construction of the multimillion dollar Central High school building.
Mrs. Burks, who has led the fight against eviction of the tenants until suitable housing elsewhere could be found, declared that many families in the area have been unable to find living quarters in other parts of the city. Many of he families have received orders to move.
A blind woman, Mrs. Frances Gardner, 1127 Pearl alley, a member of the delegation, brought along an eviction notice. Mrs. Viola Board, 1128 Magazine, wife of a World War II veteran, and mother of three children, testified that many landlords refuse to rent rooms or apartments to families with children.
Richard Piatt, assistant City Welfare Department director, told the delegation that although Emergency Housing Bureau, branch of the department, "has no official position" in the matter, all potential evictees should check with the agency for help in securing housing elsewhere.
Marshall F. Dumeyer, chief housing manager, said the problem is acute in that there is a serious housing shortage in the city.
"Our record will show, "he said," as will these of the Emergency Housing Bureau's that every month for the last three years about 100 families a month have recieved eviction notices in the city. . . these families (Central site evictees) should present applications for units in the new housing project and they will be given first priority."
In the meantime, he said, families of veterans should apply at the vets' housing center, 38th and Grand, Non-vet families were urged to apply at the Municipal housing center and the Emergency Housing Bureau.
Mrs. Genevieve Hamilton, 2918 Magazine, led a white delegation to session. She asked George Hendon, assistant to Mayor Farnsley who presided in absence of the mayor, when Elliot Park will be converted into a public square, as proposed. She said white children refuse to use the park facilities now that Negro children are using them.
The delegation is part of a group of white residents in the
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HELD TO GRAND JURY IN SLAYING OF NEGRO
Richmond, Ky. -- John B. White, white waived examining trial Thursday, Aug. 24, for the knife slaying of Clarence Bates, Negro, and will face trial during the October terms of court in Richmond.
White is accused of stabbing Clarence Bates, son of Rev. Dewey Bates of Lexington, Saturday, Aug. 19, at the corner of Irvine and Sycamore St., Richmond, Ky., a heavily populated mixed section.
Bates allegedly laughed at the attacker. He denied this however shortly before his death. White has remained silent through out.
RETIRED PRINCIPAL FETED BY WIFE
Prof. G. H. Brown, retired Douglass School principal was given a surprise birthday party last Saturday afternoon by his wife Mrs. Ella Brown.
Those who helped Prof. Brown to celebrate were, Messre Carl Barbour, C. A. Liggin, T. J. Long, A. E. Meyzeek, C. H. M. Morton, George Mills, and John Kendall and Louise C. Brown, son.
After the guests had enjoyed games Mrs. Brown invited them to the dining room where a most delectable repast of cooling ices were served. The guests later reluctantly took their departure wishing Prof. Brown many more happy birthdays.
DEATH CLAIMS RICHMOND CLUB WOMAN, TEACHER
Richmond, Ky., -- Funeral services for Mrs. Vivian Miller, E. Main Street, were held Saturday, Aug. 26, at St. Paul Church here. Mrs. Miller, a former teacher of Richmond High School was an active person in all civic and church affairs of [the?] community. A native of Chicago, she was a graduate of Wilbeforce and did graduate work in Chicago.
Mrs. Miller is survived by a husband, Mr. T. F. Miller, mother, Mrs. Carrie Wooten and six children.
NEGRO HOUSING SCARCE HERE
SCHOOL ISSUE SPLITS RACE
CENTRAL HIGH SITE AREA POINTS UP CRUCIAL SHORTAGE
by CHESTER HIGGINS
"Housing here, especially for Negroes is scarce. . . . . .
This criptic remark by M. F. Dumeyer, chief housing manager, last week came at a time when tenants living in the Central school site area -- between 11th and Chestnut and Esquire alley -- were desperately casting about for homes to move into in order to beat the September deadline of eviction.
The housing official declared a July 1 raising of income limits for families seeking to enter public housing projects "has helped some" but by no means solves the desperate housing situation for whites or blacks.
"Of course," he continued," this situation is worse for Negroes for they are simply are destitute for housing. The proposed 650 units to be built for them will be a help but occupancy of this project cannot take place for at least a year."
To date the Municipal Housing Commission has received 64 applications for public units in the project from families [living on?] the Board of Education property. Twenty-five of these were ruled ineligible for consideration and 16 placements were made.
The plight of the 162 families threatened now with court eviction notices has been a thorny issue with the city administration and various civic organizations which have sought substitute housing for families in order that the school site can be cleared and work begun on the [sorely?] needed $3 million [Central?] high school plant.
For more than a year tenants have been on notice that they would have to vacate their homes. These families, some with five and six children, live in dwellings that are old, dilapidated and unsanitary. They live doubled up in apartments many of which do not have running water or indoor toilets
Yet they are forced by conditions beyond their control to fight to remain in these squalid homes for the simple reason they can find nowhere else to live.
This situation vigorously points up the glaring lack of housing in the city for Negroes, many Negro leaders say, and splits the colored populace into two hostile camps--those and their sympathizers, who must move without any available housing to move into and those
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DR. R.P. DANIEL TO BE INAUGURATED OCT. 14
Dr. R. P. Daniel, President of Virginia State College, will be inaugurated on Saturday, October 14, as 5th president of the 68 year old State supported institution according to a recent announcement by the State Board of Education. Dr. James A. Moore, Chairman of the Inaugural Committee said today that tentative plans would include inauguration exercises at 10:30 a.m., a luncheon at 2:00 p.m., and R.O.T.C. formal parade and review at 3:30 p.m., and a reception at the President's Home at 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Daniel was elected to the presidency of Virginia State College on December 15, 1949 and assumed the duties of his office on February 1, 1950. He was elected to succeed Dr. L. H. Foster who died suddenly on July 6, 1949.
President Daniel has had over twenty-five years of successful experience in the field of education both as teacher and administrator. From 1924-1936 he was on the faculty of Virginia Union University where he rose to the rank of professor of education and chairman of the Division of Education, Psychology and Philosophy. As Director of Extension he supervised the establishment of the Norfolk Unit of Virginia Union University which recently became the Norfolk Division of Virginia State College.
From 1936 until he was elected President of Virginia State College he was President of Shaw University. His admini-
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$20,500 DAMAGE SUIT SWORN BY HIT VICTIM
A suit asking total damages of $20,5000 was entered this week in the Jefferson Circuit court in behalf of a four year old girl who was struck [ba?] a automobile, July 22 at 12th and [Side?] streets.
Mrs. Nellie Lee, 119 Side Street, entered the claim against James A. Nelson, 3029 W. Chestnut street, for injuries sustained by daughter, Delana, when the car Nelson, was driving struck the child as she was crossing 12th street. The child suffered injuries of the head, body and limbs, the petition said.
[Attorneys?] Charles W. Anderson and Harry S. McAlpin are handling the case.