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•♦II there it BO straggle, then k
M rnpw Those mU trftfeas U
favor freedom, and yet depreciate
agitation, are men who want eropo
Without ploughing op the ground.
.,. Power concedes nothing without
a demand. It never did and neve*
will."
•—Frederick Douglass
San
register
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Pistol-Shooting S.. A. "Peacemaker" Slain
Ex-Judge's Wife
Called Brains of
Holdup Murder
Miami Jury Told
How Woman Planned
Bolita House Holdup
4 By the Associated Negro Frc»-
MIAMI. Via A circuit court jury
wan told last week that the wife of
Miami'* firat Kffro judge waa the
braiiia behind a robbery of an alleged
ACQUITTED
MIAMI—Mr*, hugen.n TImnb-
M, wife of thia rity'i first Negro
judge, waa acquitted of a charge
of murder, last week, on a di-
rected verdict by Dade C ounty
Circuit Judge Robert C. Floyd.
Alao acquitted on a directed
verdict waa Joseph Milling. Jr.,
one of her three co-defendant a.
bolita (number*) houae, supplied the
fuua for the holdup men, and told
theiu if they had any trouble to
"ahoot low."
The accusation again it Mra. Ku-
genia Thorns*, wife of former City
Judge L* E. Thomas, waa made by
Htate Prosecutor Gerald Kogen aa the
firat degree murder trial of Mra.
Thomas and three other defendanta
opened before Judge Hobert L. Floyd
and a 12-msii jury.
Mr*. Thomas and three other de-
fendanta, Clarence Simpson, 2S; Au-
brey Henry, 27, and Joe Millings. Jr.,
$7, are charged in the death of Mra.
Beatrice (Tiny) Dunn way laat Oct.
28.
Aa Kogen traced the caae againat
her in hia opening atatemcnt to the
jury. Mra. Thomaa sat liatening in-
tently.
Kogen said Mra. Thomaa, who op-
erated a luncheonette, found heraelf
•jn financial dlatrese about a week
Wore the murder.
He aaid ahe apoke to Henry and
Millings, who worked for her, and told
them there waa a bolita counting
houae acroaa the atreet from her home
and they could make mouey in the
robbery of it.
The proaecutor aaid Mrs. Thomaa
told them a woman came by the houae
on Haturday to turn in mouey and
there would be nothing to fear in a
robbery becauae a bolita house robbery
wouldn't be reported to police.
Mra. Thomas, Kogen t«4d the jur-
ora, aaid there would probably be
several thousand dollars in the houae
but ahe only wanted about $600 or
ftfOO and Henry and Millings could
keep the rest.
Kogen uid Mri. Thomaa told the
nm tbry only would hint* to shake
up those lu tbr house and she would
provide tbem with guns.
"Khoot l-ow"
"8h* told them," Kogen declared,
"If there is any trouble, make »ure
jou snoot low."
. II* added that Mra. Thomaa told
the men they could uae her houaa to
watch the one acroaa the atreet.
On the morning of the robbery,
Kogen continued, Milling* **d Henry
recruited Nimiwou (alao knows aa
"lloo Hoo" and "Iloobj"), took up
• watch with Mra. Thomaa In her
liar, and at about noon or ahortly
thereafter, the three men went to
raanait the robbery.
Kogen aaid while they were ia the
hone, Mra. Dunaway come in and
the men attempted to rob her. He
■aid Bimpoon fired a ahot and It hit
woman in the face and killed her.
Th« men fled, he aaid, and met that
alght In a bar acroaa the atreet from
*Sm luncheonette.
Mra. Thomaa «u aeated at the
icleai* trble with if, lawyer, for-
mer Judge Vincent C. Glblia. Her
behind her. The other defendant*,
each with hia owii attorney, aat at
wljfevx&i defense
Girl, 14, First
Prize Winner of San
Diego Science Fair
By tha Aaaociated Negro I'reaa
SAN DIBtiO, Cel.—A It-yew-
old girl with an Inventive
mind and unaaual aUIII with
quadratic equation* waa Toted
firat prize winner In Uie eighth
annual tireater Haa IHego Hrl-
rnre fair, laat wee't.
Sh* la Mia* ljuirrn Jonea.
O'Karrell Junior high aehool .In-
dent. who took top honor* In the
content by constructing a ma-
chine on which all* computed
quadratic equations. utilizing the
principle of balancing torque..
A large number of candidate,
were faltered In the science con-
test. held la Italbna park.
285-Pound Man
Sought in Knifing
Of Servieeman
Police, late last week, were seek-
ing a six-foot. Ifflft-pound 4ft.v ear-old
man, in the aerioua knifing of Charles
I>ouia Miller. .'<7. a serviceman of 328
Del Rio, Apartment B, during an al-
tercation. Wednesday night. May It),
In the 2400 block of Kast Commerce.
Stabbed and slashed in the lower
abdomen. Miller'a condition was de-
scribed aa "poor."
The knife wielder, police were told,
had been annoying Miller'a wife. V ed-
neaday night, he had chased Mra.
Miller into the kitchen of Tan's drive-
in. 9400 Kast Commerce.
When Miller came into the bar.
he and the other man became invoiced
in an argument, that developed into a
fight, during which Miller waa wound-
ed. lie waa carried to Brooke General
hoapital.
Police ia*ued a "wanted person"
bulletin for a man identified aa Jean
Jones, 45, 2410 Aransas.
Woman Wins Job
DeniedHerBecause
Of White Mate
fly the Associated Negro Preaa
CHAMPAIGN, III.— A well-to-do
farmer a wife who had charged—with
powerful backing—ahe waa denied a
social work |>o*ition becauae ahe la
married to a white man. la.t week
waa hire4 for the job.
Mra. Anna M. Wall Scott of Ur-
bana, aaid ahe waa informed by Hep.
Corneal A. Davia, and a newaman
that the Ulinoia Public Aid commis-
aion had a|q>ro*ed her for the posl-
tion ahe bad aought for month*.
flavin, a Negro representative from
Chicago, Interceded with Got. Otto
J. Kerner on her behalf and pressed
her caae before the 1PAC.
Mra. Scott'* cam became a "cause
celebre" when It became known that
County Judge Frederick 8. Green,
chairman of the (Itiara* Advisory
committee here which acreena certain
atate Job applicanta. advlaed Mra.
Hcott he would not recommend her for
the poaition.
Hhe aaid Judge Green at that time
implied ahe waa "objectionable" to
the dty'a Negro leaden.
Mra. Scott, la turn, circulated a
petition which garnered aignaturea
from BOO peraooa attesting to her good
character and qualification..
Hhe holda a bachelor'a degree In
wviologr and a master'* degree in
education from the Univeraity of lili-
^ topped the ellgl-
bflltjIlsTTu *WI T&Se Workeri. aM
ra** s.)
DK. GKOIU.K H. BKNNKTf ~
ON FAIR KXBCtTIVK STAFF
—Dr. George II. Bennett, former *f'N
and Urban league official, was named,
laat week, to the executive ataff of
(10644R) New York World's fair,
lie la a member of the international
exhibits section. Formerly a UNKHCO
educational adviser and National Ur-
ban league industrial relations stq/^f
member, Dr. Bennett holda doctorate
degrees from New York university.
Howard AKA
Chapter Banned
Until 1966
By the Assoc ia tec tvegro Press
WASHINGTON — The fouudiug
chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha soror-
ity, the oldest Negro aocial sorority til
the nation, haa been banned from
the Howard university campus in the
wake of charges that chapter mem-
ber* physically abused 10 pledges.
The bun stipulates that Alpha
chapter of AKA aorority may not ap-
ply for recognition on the campus
before September, 11MI, and that the
organisation has been auapended from
all campus activitiea.
The deciaion waa made by the 1,'ni-
vcraity-wide Committee on Studeut
Organizations and Activitiea (L'C-
SOA) upon the recommends tiou of the
executive committee of that body.
Action by the I'C'HOA came after
Dr. Marjorie Parker, national baai-
leua of the sorority, initiated 36
pledgee of the chapter but uone of
the 10 women who had complained to
the university of mistreatment.
The chapter already was under 18-
month suspension by the I'CHOA for
physically mistreating the 10 pledgea
in "flagrant violation" of univeraity
regulations governing pledging proce-
dures. Dean of Students Armour J.
Blackburn reported.
Blackburn and Dr. Parker declin-
ed to explain the npecifu- chargea that
were made. Neither the univeraity nor
the sorority haa acted against indi-
vidual chapter members.
Kvents leading up to the univeraity
ban took thia course:
Late in March, the chapter aua-
pended the 10 women from ita pro-
gram leading to initiation into the
aorority.
A campus ecandul broke out when
a parent of one of the 4f» members o#
the Ivy Leaf dub—pledge organisa-
tion of AKA—aent a four-page tele-
gram to Howard President Jamea M.
Nabrit, Jr., charging that her daugh-
ter and nine other women bad been
forced to undergo "much toriufnt
and suffering" during the pledging.
The telegram alleged that "u»Juat
and unfair treatment" had caused
her daughter and the other young
coeda to walk off the pledge liner
Later these pledgee testified to the
extreme baaing. Other testimony came
from members of the campus efeop-
ter. Both groups felt that the phyfti
cal basing had been extreme.
TEe i^rwTmTen"i■ Li
Riders Pass Each Other,
Going North, Returning So'
Chicago
-
By the Aaaociated Negro Press
As Montgomery segregationists announced that
-they-had tent their first "reverse freedom rider" to the
Chic&fo-tret'and were sending six more, a second Negro cook
from IfiVfa JRock arrived at Byannis, Muss.
0. H. Lancaster, Jr., chairman of the Montgomery, Ala.,
county citizens council, said there that Benny Tolbert, 40. an
uiukillCd' laborer, left for a small 4ty near Chicago with a
tiUMvt. .Uungit • by the scgregation 1st >oungfat brother, landed a job at
group.
•DkndWfVf declined to specif) Tol-
'iVrteV./l^tWwition. explaining, "We
don't want people bothering him. Itut
he haa tf'pl4^*lo go. He has relatives
very happy and grate-
I til for the ride."
^Tnlllerf, If The report ia true, be-
comes #fiwj Negro to take the
"free<lom ride north" from Montgom-
ftfUK «•
The Montgomery citizens council
itfkt fn'fer that six more Negro riders
were sent to Chicngo and another
group to New York. The riders, ac-
cording to the council, ure adult
malea. The council said in the near
future it will give priority to widows
with large families.
Meanwhile,- in Ilyannis, Mass.,
Theopolis Pruitt, 45, a jobless short
order rook with a lengthy criminal rec-
ord, arrived in the exclusive Cape Cod
resort town on a one-way bus ride
epmmorwl by the Capital citisens
council of Little Hock.
However, the welcome for Pruitt
waa far less enthusiastic than thnt
which greeted David E. Harris, an-
other unemployed short order cook
who was the firat Little Rock Negro
to accept the ITyannis offer, llarria.
who was met by n delegation of
some 200 which included Edward M.
(Ted) Kennedy, the President's
Shotgun Rlast Kills
Man Who Fires Pistol
To Stop Argument
i 61-year-old San Antonio man who, reportedly, attempted
■\ to "
>oung«ot brother, landed
Ilyannis on his first try.
1'ruitt. who said in Little Hock that
he waa acquainted with Harris, in-
dicated that wasn't the reason he
accepted the Il.vannis Port offer. He
said he was not too particular where
he went and Amis tlnthridge, presi-
dent of the council, suggested llyan-
nia.
Uutfiridge said the council sent tM
cooks because "we want those, godd
people fit Ilyannis to get used to good
sunt horn fried chicken."
Pruitt has a wife and two children,
but the children were staying with
their grandparents in Memphis, and
his wife was caring for ber invalid
mother in Little Hock.
Ashed if he plnuned to come bark
to little Hock some day, Pruitt
said,."Not particularly, but it's my
homo and if I decide to, I will."
Ho was asked what he thortght
about segregation. "I believe in the..
I tilde." he replied. "It said that 0<sl
created man and He created them all
ci|iiaL" Ho said he didn't like to dls-
cuao the integration problem. "It's too
deep for me," he explained.
(iothridge declined to say whether
any ®r»re Negroes would be shipped to
IlyaMis Port but. asked if Pruitt
and .Harria were the only two who
<6eo RIDKRH. Page S.)
Case Sues for $115,000
By the Associated Negro Press
CITY, Mo—Listed aa tha "other woman" by ref-
erence and inference in testimonies given in the divorce trial
of Mr. and Mr>. Edward H. Pate, Jr., in Jackion county cir-
cuit court, Miss Paula Ann Herrera, office manager of the Pate-
owned XPB8 radio station here, laat week filed a $115,000
libel and slander init against her boes' wife, Mrs. Pate.
The 34-year-old Miss Herrera, who was described during
_»_i frio>w!1 v find Htnk* is their hiitunesa interest, which
ated the charges with few excepffoaa.
» fhf. .executive committee of
*r* '.'*,rVr- kiaefc-
I burn U* Uiru unkvd I>r.
<>f r< SOA umld l>e tieUt.
^4f08sto, »it fir. ma»ia» I !*>»>-- tbarlrr
the trial aa being overly friendly and
(enenraa toward Mra. I'ate'a husbnnd,
charged in her auit, also tiled in Jack-
'•on county eonrt, that Mrs. Pate U-
' Mad her in a telegram aeut her from
. Houaton, Teiaa, on July IT, 1061,
and alao In twa telephone eonreraa-
tbna with other persona an other
aceaaiona.
She if awking *15.000 for actual
damages and *100,000 punitiTe dam-
■ Mra. Pate, 40->ear-cltl former charm
and modeling acliool president, ia the
principnl fis»re in the divorce trial.
Bhe filed auit for divorce from her
itueband, whom nlie married In Ohl-
«!go, Feb. 4, 1949, and the divorce
Is being contested by her husband.
Mr. and Mra. Pate, who have lie-
tome auccetwfnl In business sinW
caning here, have three .hlblrcn
whoa* future ia at ataka. Alee af
stake ia their business interest, which
includes the Twin City Advertising
corporation, parent organization of
the KPIIH Broadcasting corporation.
HdwaKI l'ate ia president of the Twin
City corporation.
Misa Herrera la employed by the
corporation aa office uiupnger of KP-
IIS, hat Mr.. Pat<i chargea tfiuf her
iutereat in h{r hnsbanjl has gone for
beyond her of/iual Jutiea.
Mra. Pate hna testified that Misa
Herrera "ate dinner daily with Pate,
played games auch aa chess, cards
and badminton with him and some-
titnea prepared meals for him."
Bhe has also bought gift! for her
husband anil «hitdren, Mrs. Pate tee
tified under direct eiaralnatlon.
Despite her involvement in the case,
however. Miss ."errcra waa net named
in Mrs. Pate'a divorce petitiai.
Twins, 13, Injured
As Car Struck,
Catches Fire
Auto Fleeing Officer,
Going 75, Hits
Stopped Vehicle „ , ,, .. , , .... . ,
-* to "settle, with a pistol, a ruckus involving members of
Thirteen-year-old t»ins-a b..y an.i a famiiyi and who did a lot of shooting in his peacemaking
bt'ir\T^Zb:Z efforts, was fatally wounded with a blast from a shotgun, Sat
riding was rammed by another ma -; UTu&y night, ill the 200 DlOCK Of FeiTlS.
chine, ruuning from an officer, at Shot at close range, in the lower left side of the chest, witl
liigbeay w>, w»t, and Eidridg-- a i2 gauge shotgun, and dead on arrival at Baptist Memorial
fclr''' '' hospital, was I.eroy Duncan, 01, !HK!7
lite car in which the twins—Albert ] _\-,.j,ra,inr,.,.t
and MaUide Wilson, Soutli».-t ' Am.s'lr<| UM,i 'i„K>t„l f„r murder In
4L>nd Street-were passenger, burst, rnH, w„, , T. Gonsalee, 37,
tntn flames. U15 l>rri,
Thf boy was i.urn.sl about tl..- ,vas ^fKK)
legs, the girl suffered u back injury, | ^|oll(|ny
and they were undergoing further
examination to determine the full ex-
tent of their injuries.
Driver of the car in which the>
were paaaengers was Kail Green, 47,
the Southwest 4.ud stre«'t address.
The exteut of hia injuries was not
immediately ascertained.
The driver of the other machine in-
volved waa Juse Rodriguez, 111, 414
South San Gabriel.
Green's car. going east on Hitch-
way !M>, was stopped to make a left
turn onto Kldridge.
X TTMT "Merlin, driven by Rmlri-
cuea. «ho woo flying from a state
liigbwuy patrolman, and report<Ml
traveling 75 miles an hour, smashed
into Greeu's auto, knocking it <i!) feet.
Green's machine caught fire when it
wns Rtruck.
Each vehicle wns aaid to be a
tai Ion*.''
From police reports, this story was i
obtained.
Gonzales became involved in an ar-
gument with his brother, Henry Mel-
vin Gonzales, and his sister. Mrs.
Stella I>ee James, Palmetto,
about the latter two's "drinking too
much.*'
Larry Gonzales suid that his broth-
er and aister "were mad at him,
atid were going to whip him," but,
he said, he had made up hia mind to
whip Henry Melvin and Stella like
their father "would do if be were still
alive."
As the argument became louder
and more violent, it attracted ti»e
attention of Anthony C. Kouotree, ,'<G,
ltrj Ferris, Larry Gonzales* brother-
in-law.
Rountree reportedly eame into the
Mother Slashed a;
She Defies Threat
To Rout Intruder
! yard at 215 Ferris, where the fnmlly
was arguing, grabbed lvarry Gonzales.
Motorist Slams
DICK WOODS. DON YARBOROUGH Into Stalled Car
ALTHOUGH San Antonio fiegister will have more On Expressway
to say on the candidates in the June 2 runoff pri-
mary election, Register wants to make its position
clear, now, concerning two offices of primary con-
cern locally.
For the office of criminal district attorney of
Bexar county Register endorses RICHARD J.
(PICK) WOODS.
For chief executive of the state, for governor of
Texas, Register endorses DON YARBOROUGH.
Woods, seeking the district attorney Democratic
nomination, is well qualified for the job—he has the
education, training, and experience. He served as
assistant district attorney for nearly ten years—
1949-1959—under three administrations. He has
served three years as night judge of corporation
court.
Woods has been active in civic, as well as profes-
sional, endeavors. He knows, and has served, his
community well.
In the governor's race, all the stops have been
pulled, all the old tricks used, to confuse and divide
the Negro voters of the state. The more divided the
Negro vote, the more reductd is its effectiveness.
Mud-slinging, character assassination, half-truths,
innuendo, all have been used to turn the Negro vot-
ers against Don Yarborough.
•But despite the mud-slinging and the smoke
screens, YARBOROUGH remains the shining hope
for Negroes of Texas—for their realization of first
ciass citizenship, for opportunities, for a better fu-
Tmi —
2 mr:. the best ?i>n. EVERYBODY, it. is DON
YAMiOROUGH for-y^eauexnor. HICK WOODS for
• Mr <»•*.« ««-«*- ,
! and tried to i»ersuade him to leave.
Duncan Takes Hand
At thia point, Duncan ia rf<>orted
to have walked up, pulled a pistol
from hia belt, and forced Rountree
to walk out to the street, with I>un-
can's nnnouneiiiff that he would pot
a strtp to the argument.
After making Ronntree leave. Dun-
can turned around and started shoot-
ing in the direction of Larry Goiiaa-
A '48-year-old man who reportedly lew. hi* firing "three or four rimes"
slammed into s stalled car on the j according to witnesses.
eastboitml Expressway between Alamo i Larry Gonzales dashed into the
and Austin, early Saturday night. I house, and returned to the yard with
atiffered two bruk* n ribs, aud lacer- an unloaded ahotgun.
ui'oua of the fqfe, and other injuries. 1 Duncan again allot at G<mzales,
Hospitalized at Iirooke General hos- , with the latter then loading the ahot-
pital was Scth Franklin, 141H) Kast gun and firing at Duncan at a dis-
Crcckett street. | tance of about six feet.
Roth Franklin's cur, a 1JW) Ply-1 When police arrived, they found
month sedan, and the machine into Duncan lying face down, in the yard,
which he crashed, a 1952 Ford owned a ..'tS-cnlibre revolver clutched in his
by Ernest Lopez Ramos, Route 1, | hand.
Box Cl'-CB, "Converse, were described i The homicide was the city and
a i bring "total" losses. county's fifth of the year Involving
Ramos said that his machine had 1 Negroes.
stalled, and with hia ligbta burning, ; ♦
be had been waving other cars to go
around. Franklin aaid that he did not
see the stalled vehicle, and smashed
into it from the rear.
Franklin had no operator's license.
San Antonio Woman, 32
Hits Housebreaker on
Head With Lamp
A 32-yeur-old woman defied th«
knife and thrents of a prowler, Thurs-
day morning. May 17, to alug the In-
truder with a lamp, and rout him,
although she was knifed on the shoul-
der and abdomen in the struggle.
Mra. Fanny Galloway, .'t2, 184i
Montana, told police that, about 3:1!
Thursday morning, t>he was in th«
kitchen preparing a bottle for hei
baby when an unidentified man stocft
something sharp" in her back, and
told her not to turn around. He threat-
ened to kill her if ahe "made • sound."
He forced her into the bedroom
but there, ahe grabbed a lamp, and
hit him. In the ensuing atruggle. sh«
was alashed on the shoulder and ab-
domen, and waa struck several time*
shout the head, before the man daabed
out the front door.
Hhe has no telephone, and fearful
the man might be waiting outside, she
had to wait until daylight before a!*e
could call police.
The prowler had punched a hole
in the rear screen door to unlatch
it, and then opened the back door,
which apparently had not been locked.
Mrs. Galloway wiih treated at Rob-
ert R. Green hoapital.
NAACP Executive
Bodies to Meet
In Fort Worth
Special Officer
Shoots Self
Stopping Fight
A 43-year-old special deputy acci-
dentally shot himself, Wednesday
night. May 1ft, as he attempted to
stop two women fighting in the 3800
block of Nebraska.
The womeu, one 19 yearn old, the
other, IS, were reported battling over
a 150-> ear-old Lackland AFR airman,
aud 8pecial Officer Evoiae Moore. 4»H,
lNi«0 Montana, was trying to sep-
arate the atruggling pair *hen hia
elbow struck the hammer of his .41-
calibre revolver, discharging it. The
slug plowed through his left leg.
Ernestine Wooda, 1J>, 30ft Rethune,
and Joyce Turbin. 1ft, 306 !>ena
Home, were booked for affray, and
Airman (tirat class) Troy E. I*at-
piun further NAACI'- g-aala fop the iteraon. 20. Lackland Air Force baae.
presi-
The Rev. Emerson Marcee,
dent of the Texas Conference of
Rranchea, NAA1T, haa announced
that the state executive board ami
atate executive committee will meet
in joint aeasion. Saturday morning,
at the Women'a Federated Club home,
Fort Worth.
.The joint session, among other
thing**, will make state-wide prepara-
tions for the national NAACP con-
vention in Atlanta. July 2-tt, and vill
Septuagenarian,
'Young' Man. 56,
Battle OverWoman
coming atate convention to be held in
wu xmifi lu
April 10, aud recommended thnt Dr.
Parker initiate the .'15 pledges if the
10 suspended pledges would be given
the chance to be Initiated. ^
A registered letter informing Dir.
Parker of the committee decision was
sent to her April 11 but waa returned!
undelivered, I)r. Parker initiated thef
35 pledges April 15.
Withdrawal of recognition by I'C-
SOA waa the reault of a "misunder-
standing" between herself and the
committee, Dr. Parker declared laat
week. She planned to meet with
Rlackhurn in hopes that the commit-
tee will reconsider.
Dr. Parker aaid she was too busy
traveling to and froin her homo, here
and Rowie State Teachers college,
where ahe ia director of student tench*
era. Bhe alao Is a visiting lecturer at
Howard.
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«w*-jlwigc5 t'-w
Atlanta Theatres —
Using Unique
Desegregation Plan
ATLANTA—H» Atlanta Jour-
nal aaid laat *»k that daara-
Ihi movie theatre* have de-
aegrrcated under a "two-a-week"
plan negotiated In aaeret bl-raclal
Small troupe »f Nesroea wen
admitted to at taut two \A lb*
four b!f Ibeatree with no alg-
nlflraut Incident, reported, the
newspaper aai.1.
Tops NAACP
Member Drive
tlJU'JWFU.'
President Marcee aaid that ques-
TifitrtTSIVifit" liiU'i' been aent to nuijor
candidate*, of both .Parties. wb:\
w ill ' He Juuc 1! funoff" or No-'T"L
il mnmmi .
/*?f."..p»ir/ftdafesf, |Hn*it>ons .
was bookeil for dnini, and turned
In a "love triangle" fracas, a 71-
year-old man waa pulled from an au-
tomobile. Saturday night, in the 000
block of Sterling, and slashed about
the face and chest with a knife, with
the knifed man's then mauling t^a
Titt-year-old blade wielder with a gar-
den hoe.
The 71-year-old man waa sitting ta
s parked car, on Sterling, with a 51-
year-old woman, when the ?i6-year-old
man, reported to be the woman's
common law husband, opened the e^*
door, and told the aeptuagenarian:
"Thia h what I've bee* look-
ing for."
He pulled the older man from tfca
machine. In the ensuing struggle, tho
older man waa stabbed about tkt
| chest, and alsohed in the face severe!
times.
However, after he wss knifed, tfco
blade victim struck the knifer with
a garden hoe.
TTte 50 3 car old ma*- was arrestidL.
ravatcd asaault
article declined remment.
Under the reported
the film hsoaea were to
two Nffroe* eaeh week until
Jibe 1. After that oat*, there
ww)d Sjm re*trietlaa ou Nrfr*
patron*.
Two Women Slaslu
Each Other in Fight
In • fight involving two women,
Sunday, In the BOO block of South
Pine, Melliasn Napoleon, 2C, 404
Frederick walk, wna alnahed on the
arm with a knife, and Mae Cunning-
ham 22, 017 Poinaettia, ruffereil stolen, Thurwlny, May 17, froin the
lacerations ni>out the head, inflicted i pur* of Mi** Jeaele Mae Hick*, at
with a bottle. Both were booked lor j her Mtiilence, 803 Dakot*. She named
(ightiug and simple aaaault. U
rffeetive Jaat 1 f*r the
on* auburban theatre*, the
MONET STOLEN
Forty-five \ dollar* waa reported
■Wflli tlir annual immbersliiii cani-
patgn of the local chapter of the Na-
tioa Association for the Advance-
ment f t'olored People formally cIok-
iug litis week, R. C. Yatcn, |<erennial
tii|i rarmhersliip aollcitor, made a tor-
.nadi. finish to again lead in wruring
Manager* of the fonr largett i me»hrrnliil« nui ca*h total*. Ynte*
iheatiea named In tha Jaanal e«ol!'d -*23 member*, with hia getting
* H&Vii. rash. Ne«t wan 1. J. An-
drev s 175 members, >434JIO casii.
and Harry V. Burn^ 1«0 members
and 1425-50.
Otli.T campaigner* reporting, and
havinc »t least five members hips.
Hwiiat. had the following totals:
Mis. V'eol.1 Edward*, 15 and I12K;
Mrs Kth.l Hawkins, 82. and $K!.!i0;
Hev Emerson Marcee, 20 and $47.fi0 f"
T. K. (iilmore, 21 and $46.90; Mr*.
Chn! Haker, 7 and |18.B0; Frank
H. »iih«on, 0 and »1S; Mis* LflUrtO*
Ur, *. and $10.30; Mr*. Alfreda
Jan.. 7 an<l I15.50; Mr*. Eddie I.ee
San,I.is, 7 and *14; Miss Marjorie
Stevnrt. 6 aud $12; Mr*. Mjrtha W.
Driver Injured
As Car Crashes
Into Utility Pole
James Ilyaaw, 20, 150N Delgado,
Kiifferwl a fracture«l jaw. and multiple
facial lacerations and bruises, Mon-
day night, when the car he waa driv-
ing craiihed. into a utility pole at
Creek view and Director drive.
Patrolman Norman S. Simmang re-,
purtad that Hyaaw waa apparently
snceding. hia going too faat to make
the turn off Director onto Creek-
view. ujuI alnmmed into a utility pole,
shearing it off.
Damages to Hysaw's 19<V5 sedan
ltte ojjt i iuivifd to be at least $4"0.
He was carried to Raptiat Memor-
ial ho."i>ital.
L A. Officer Cleared
■ --- —.---rfllniVi
Ey the Aaaociatetl Negro Tree*
LOS AN0ELE8—An aU-white coroner 's jury la*t week re-
turned a verdict of "juitifiable homicide in the performaiiM
Duke Ellinsrton
Has Operation
of duty " in the police shooting, April 27, of Muslim Ronald
Stokes, 29.
The jury of four men and three women by their verdict
cleared white police officer Donald L. Weese who testified thai
it was he who shot and killed Stokes during the melee in frool
of the Muslim temple. Weese *lso said
he shot "three or four" of the si*
Muslims wounded In the riot.
It tcok the jury 23 minutes to
reach its decision. One of them told
I reportera the decision on the death
of the Rlack Muslim waa unaniinoua
and without disagreement.
Kight policemen Involved in the me-
lee testified at the inquest, along with
one special officer who was at the
acene.
Nine of the Muslim defendants
subpoenaed to the inquest declined to
testifj on the advice of their attorney.
NEW YORK — Orchestra leader j Karl C. Broady
aid composer Duke Ellington, who' Broady said h< was shocked to
recently underwent gall bladder surg- learn from Weese s testimony thnt
ery. is reported recovering satisfac-1 Weese knew Stokes had no weapon
torily. the Associated Negro Press when he shot him.
(See YATK8, P»0 M
was informed.
All engagements for Ellington have
I bees postponed indefiultel/.
Malcolm X, New York, Muslim lead-
er. crp^^ed his Indignation over the
yerdiofc
"I aat and listened to officers
scribe how they shot down nnar
men in cold blood," he said. 1 Ms*
tencd to a man who admitted he mu^
dered a man in cold blood.
"If the coroner'a Jury calla
justifiable homicide, as s reiigio^
leader 1 can only say that
thankful there is a <*od in Heavd
to give real justice when necessary.
"Since we did not get justice,
will go into our temple and prt
to our God. who will give justinf
In a final warning, the Mualif
spokesman said thst disasters
fall upon the guilty—that justice
come from God.
launcl Inquiry
The gran l jury began a coi
sive inquiry into the riot on
following the verdict. Pr<
(See OKHCFU. Pa*» ftS .!>
armed
I 11*
mu^
Is that
>iigio«
Heave®
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