Forum Speaker Hits Spending of Huge Sums
FOR DANCES AND OTHER AFFAIRS - TELLS GREEK LETTER LEADERS TO CONTRIBUTE TO WHOLE RACE WELFARE Mrs. Jean Murrell Capers, torney of Cleveland, Ohio, was the guest speaker on the last program of the season of the Louisville Pan-Hellenic Council, at the Plymouth Congregational Church, Sunday afternoon, May 25, at 4 o'clock. The program was sponsored by the Alpha Alpha ma Theta Sororities. Mrs. Capers proposed that the members of the Greek letter organizations take a more active interest in the lot of those who have not had the same privileges as they tem- stead of spending huge sums on their money with the underpriviledged by giving scholarships to deserving students and otherwise contributing to the welfare of the race group as a whole. As far as education is concerned, Attorney Capers stated, "The individual who is not prepared has little chance to secure any kind of employment. It is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it." Scoring discrimination within the race--"intra-group prejudice," Mrs. Capers said, "There is loud applause when speakers lash out against interracial discrimination, but whenever any- segregation enthusiasm is body lashes out against class noticeably absent." She added, that it is just as right for the whites to teach their children that they are better than Negro children to teach their children that they are better than other Negro children. She pointed out the fact that when we have our tea parties and other social functions we draw the line with "those who rate." Said Attorney Capers, "So long as the least member of the just so long do all of us suffer She ended with the statement that "Everything we need as a people can be our if we have sufficient will, courage, and tenacity of purpose." The speaker was introduced by Mrs. Edith Wilson Bristow. Mrs. Mary G. Leake was the mistress of ceremonies.
MYSTERY DEATH STUMPS POLICE Who stabbed George Gilliam? Did he die a natual death or was he the victim of an unknown assassin.? City and county authorities this week sweat over the answer to these questions in the mysterious stabbing and death of George Gilliam, 40, 515 York Street, found dead in his kitchen-bedroom apartment with stab wounds of the right shoulder, late Saturday, May 24. His common-law wife, Dora, 31, of the same address was arrested and charged with murder. She denied any knowledge of the alleged crime, it was reported. The woman said that she and her landlady had gone out after Gilliam came home earlier in the evening complaining of not feeling well. He had been drinking but was otherwise all right when she left, the woman declared. A post-mortem examination revealed a large quantity of liquid, presumably whiskey, an irritated stomach and a swollen intestinal tract, the coroner stated. An authoritative source who refused to be quoted by name declared that the stab wound, credited with being the cause of death was only 1 1/2 inches in depth, "not sufficient to cause death." Competent sources said the murder charge would probably be changed to one of malicious stabbing and wounding as evidence of motive and time to commit murder is weak against Dora Camp. According to Miss Bertha Cook, 515 York Street, the landlady, the first she knew of the unusual happenings, was when she and Gilliam's common-law wife came back to the house and her attention was attracted by the hysterical calling of Miss Camp. The body was shipped to Madisonville, Ky., late Tuesday evening. Burns Funeral Home is in charge.
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HOUSING COMMISSION ANNOUNCES PLAN TO REMOVE INELIGIBLE TENANTS A statement on the removal of ineligible tenants from public housing was released to the press this week by the Louisville Housing Commission, from which the following is extracted: "The City of Louisville Municipal Housing Commission is beginning a program to restore Louisville's Public, Low-Rent Housing Projects to their original purpose, viz: to provide decent housing for low income families for whom private enterprise cannot provide homes at rents they can afford to pay. "All tenants of the Louisville Public Housing Projects have, from the beginning, been selected from the lowest income groups, but many have become ineligible because of the sharp rise in family incomes, due to war, and to post-war conditions. The removal of these tenants during the war, and in the reconversion period, until now, was postponed by Administrat- ministration building. The melee grew out of an article ap- ive Action of the Government, because such removals of families having larger incomes than were contemplated by the United States Housing Act would have been disruptive of war production, and of the orderly demobilization of the (Continued on page 4)
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CHOSEN FOR "AN ALMIGHTY MISSION" [Photo] Roland Hayes Noted concert singer who said in a statement in "Guidepost" that "God sings through me" and that he was chosen for "an Allmighty mission". See article on this page.
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MAMMOTH LIFE PRESENTS AWARDS A cash prize and certificate of honor will be awarded to the most outstanding boy or girl Commercial graduate in every high school in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana where Mammoth operates, it was announced this week by Mrs. M. Mae Street, Public Relations Counselor of the Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Company. The Mammoth realizes the need of the great service demanded of it in the communities where it serves, says Mrs. Street, and she adds: "There is an ever increasing need and demand for efficient and specialized trained men and women in business, and it is up to business to help the youth of tomorrow meet these (Continued from Page 1)
"God Sings Thru Me," Says Hayes
CHOSEN FOR AN ALMIGHTY MISSION
INSPIRED TO USE VOICE TO PROMOTE BETTER RACIAL UNDERSTANDING Pawling, N. Y., May 29.--"God sings through me," declares Roland Hayes, internationally famous concert singer. This statement headed an article appearing in the May issue of "Guidepost," in which the singer traces his career from a teen-age boy working in a Chattanoogra, Tenn., window factory, to his present success. Mr. Hayes attributes his success as a singer to the fact that he has been inspired to use his voice "as an instrument to promote better racial understanding." His decision to take up singing as a career came while listening to the recorded music of Caruso and Melba as played for him by another musician. Hayes said, "I have never been able adequately to describe what happened to me when I listened to those records. It was a religious conversion, for a door seemed to open, reevaling to me the dim outline of the purpose which is now my whole life. "I knew suddenly that my goal was to become a great singer but it went deeper than (Continued on page 4)
Convict 2 in Bus Bias Test Case
FINED $40.00 Roy Wilson, 943 South 6th Street, was fined $40.00 in police court, Monday, May 26, on an amended charge of operating a handbook.
DENIES LACK OF FUNDS RUMOR Two Negro sergeants of police will be appointed "not later than June 15," a spokesman for the Director of Safety's office declared this week. The statement was issued after rumors were circulated that the police department would not appoint any Negro sergeants because of fund shortages. Officials stoutly denied any truth in the rumors and said the budget is ample to provide for all necessary increases in personnel for this year and next. "I have been back at work since the first of Ma, 1946, and the police department has ot made any ranking officers in that time, Miss Laura B. Lewis, head of the Civil Service Commission said. She explained that four names out of the eligible six passing the recent police examination had been sent to the Director's office for certification. The board head expected appointments to be made "any time."
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