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Detroit evening times., 1945-04-08

enough Of the poison TO have pro.
duced death. Mrs. Boulton was ar.
rested and charged with murder.
A very thorough search of her
home disclosed no trace of any candy
and no sleeping tablets.
"Of course she wouldn't have left
the candy, or any of the stuff She
put in it, lying around the house
after the boy was dead" the prosecu.
tor Paley Scott, argued at the trial
she was too smart for that. And
don't be fooled by lack of evidence
that she had actually purchased any
sleeping tablets.
THE fact is that Mrs. Boulton was
employed in a doctors office. and
she had plenty of opportunity to take
as many tablets as she wanted. How
simple it was to insert them in pieces
of candy and give them to her SON"
Mrs. Boulton denied that she had
put anything in the candy she gave
Colin while the nurse was watching
1t was just some toffee that |
bought on the way TO the hospital"
she declared emphatically and added
Il didn't give Colin any more of
1t after the nurse came into the room
because | was afraid there might be
some objection to his eating sweets
while under care"
Prosecutor Scott made no attempt
at any time during the trial TO estab.
llsh motive for the murder:
Il have no idea why she killed
her boy" he said. Maybe she lust
didn't like him. A lot has been said
In song and verse about mother love.
but it's not an unfailing quality"
Gunner Boulton, permitted to re-
turn home on leave for the trial, was
sure his wife was innocent.
"Of course she didn't Kill Colin"
he said. Why should she?"
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-08

drowsy afterward but that was all
The mother came TO the hospital
three more times, but each time a
nurse remained near the bed
Finally. after a thorough check.
the doctors decided that Colin was
CO m p | e't e Y recovered from his
strange affliction and he was sent
back TO his home
Two days later he fell into an.
other coma, from which he failed 10
emerge. The coroner, unable to find
any cause of death, ordered removal
of his vital organs before the burial.
Examination by a toxicologist
disclosed traces of a poison found
in a chemical which is contained in
sleeping tablets easy TO obtain.
From then on, events moved
swiftly. The body was exhumed and
experts determined the presence of
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-08
LONDON


%OLIN BOULTON. who was
sickly during all his five years.
~ is dead. a jury at Leeds As.
sizes decided his mother poisoned
him. But nobody knows why.
Standing upright in the dock with
her head held high, 29-year-old Mrs.
Vera Kathleen Boulton listened TO a
death sentence without a change Of
expression. Throughout her trial she
had denied vehcmently that she had
murdered her son. or had any reason
TO murder him.
AS the black-capped judge pro
nounced sentence, there were tears
In the'eyes Of the all-male jury, which
had made the strongest recommenda-
ton for mercy. The jurors were
convinced that Mrs. Boulton had fed
poisoned candy TO little Colin, but
they admitted afterward that not one
of them had the slightest idea why
she had done IT,
And yet the recommendation must
have had some effect, because the
lother day Home Secretary Herbert
morrison commuted the death edict
TO lie mprlsonment, which actually
means that Mrs. Boulton could be re.
leased after serving only thirteen
years and four months.
Colin looked like a normal. healthy
child. He was sturdily built, with
curly blond hair, chubby pink cheeks
and twinkling blue eyes But from
the day he was born, he cried fire.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-08
The London Authorities Charge the
Handsome 5-Year-oi Boy Was
Poisoned When Mrs. BouIfon Visited
Him in +he HosPifoI-But Why?

quently and took
little interest in
what was going
on around him
III G sleeps
too much" his
m OF h er often
had CONF .ained.
One afternoon
she called York
County Hospital.
not far from her
home in Ample
forth, Yorkshire.
and re porte d
that she wasn't
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-08

she came there.
Colin was per-
( e city NAL
when his mother
came" the nurse
testified at tn e
trial. Il stood out
side a window Of
the ward where I
could see his cot.
Mrs. Boulton sat
and chatted with
him for a while
and then she took
out a box of candy
and opened il for
him. Colin took a
piece and ate it,"
The nurse en-
tered the ward at
I h at point and
Mrs. Boulton put
the box away. Co.
lin was q little
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-04
OAR. Meets March 3

Preceding the Saturday per-
formance Mr.. and Mrs. Truman
Strong entertained at dinner
honoring their house guest, Mrs.
Matthews Morse of Kenosha.
Wis. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Dwelley asked II guests for
deSSert-and-cnttee proceeding
this performance and after the
play Saturday night Mr.. and
Mrs. w. c. Scott were hosts
10 several friends. as were Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Genung.
Members of the Piety Hill
Chapter of D. A. r. are meeting
March 13 at the home of Mrs.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-04
Joan Baker Leaves

Joan Baker is leaving this
Sunday for Washington. d. c.
where she will receive her new
assignment for overseas duty as
a Red Gross club worker. She
has recently returned from II
months in Australia.
Mrs. Donald Stanton was
hostess on Wednesday at one of
the series of bridge teas being
sponsored by the Birmingham
Musicale to buy a phonograph
for the Baldwin public library.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-04

BIRMINGHAM, March 3.
Much entertaining was oc-
casioned by the performances
Friday and Saturday evening of
The Little Foxes" given by
the Village Players. Mr.. and
Mrs. James Grier and Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren PeaSe gave dinner
parties before the Friday night
performance. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Mccall invited a group
TO their home following the
Friday performance.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-04

William L. Graham. whose as
sisting hoSteSses will be Mrs.
Isaac Unger, Mrs. William A.
Coombs, Mr.. Charles Kuthe and
Mrs. K. X. Leavenworth. Special
guests will be the Good Citizen
ship Pilgrims from this district,
Ruth Harrell having been voted
by faculty and students of Bald
win High School as the winner
for Birmingham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Draper Allen
are spending this weekend in
Memphis, Tenn, with their son,
Seaman 1/c Tom Allen.
Mrs. Donald Bell was hostess
at a tea on Friday at her house
in Monhegan for her mother,
Mrs. Lawrence 4. Day.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-04
Arlene Epstein S
Troth Announced

ABRAHAM A. EPSTEIN Of
Clairmount avenue announces
the bethrothal OF his daughter,
Arlene June. to Edward F. S.
Frank. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Frank Of Lawrence ave-
nue..
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-04
Elizabeth Cass
Chapter TO Meet

ELIZABETH CASS CHAP
TER, OAR, will meet on Mon
day at / 80 p. m. at the Women's
City Club TO hear an address by
the Rev. John Parrish.
Mrs. Walter r. Fruit will pre-
side.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-04

over last weekend Watts en-
tertained his classmates: APP
prentice Seamen John Skouber
of Kalamazoo, Stanley Wilcox
of TucZon, AriZ.. and James
Waldron of Crosse Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Free
man of Rockford. Ill. have
spent the past week with their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Warren Pease. They
saw their new grandchildren,
Donnell Matthew Jr. and David
Stuart White. Mrs. Matthews
and Mrs. White are with their
parents while 1t. White is in
India and 1t. Matthews is at
Terry Field Fla
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-04
Watts Wacker Visits

Apprentice Seaman Watts
Wacker1wt1o has been on5fur.
Tough from Western Michigan
College the last week with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Wacker. spent Tuesday and
Wednesday with his grandfather
Charles F. Watts of Waterville.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-04
Gardners TO Meet

The Bloomfield Hills branch
of the Woman'S National Farm
and Garden Club will meet
March S in the Guild Hall of
Christ Church. Cranbrook, with
Mrs. Charles Burton leading the
round table discussion on per-
ennials. Mrs. Leroy G.. Vande-
veer is in charge of arrange
ments. of forced branches, and
Mrs. John Lovett will be in
charge of the tea following the
program.
Mrs. Glenn Douglas who has
been with the Red Cross in Eng
land for two years has arrived
TO make an indefinite stay with
her brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Craig.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Heath
announce the birth of a daugh-
ter Barbara Ellen on Feb. %.
Mr.. Heath is a member of the
Cranbrook faculty.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-04
Betrothol Parties

Additional parties have been
scheduled honoring Lucille Way
man. whose marriage TO Arthur
Elliott Jr. has been announced
for March 10. Mr.. and Mrs.
Elliott Sr. on Tuesday will en-
tertain at an open house at
their home on Avon Lane. Mary
Lloyd Benson of Washington,
d. c., who is attending the
University of Michigan spent
several days this past week
with Lucille.
A few members of the board
of the Junior League met for
luncheon Thursday at the Bloom
field Hills Country Club. In the
group were Mrs. Paul Hoffman,
Miss Romayne Thompson. Mrs.
Carleton Higbie, Mrs. Fred
Ward, Mrs. Fritz Hyde Jr., and
Mrs. Harry Hoey. Mrs. Henry
S. Booth was also present, and
Miss Ethel w. Finn, president
of Detroit Junior League, joined
them, as did Mrs. J. Mott Raw
lings. recently of FL Paso, Tex.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-24

BY EARNEST E. JOHNSON
WASHINGTON, July "a (ANP)
Endorsement Of and active par
ticipation in a Pan-African confer
ence by the NAACP is being held
up while committee of b O a r d
members designated to play with
the question makes up it's mind on
policy, it is learned exclusively.
Meanwhile, hope grows dim that
such a conference can now be held
simultaneously with the September
meeting of the World Trade Union
conference in Paris, as had been
the original plan. If it is, it may be
without broad American support in
view of the unsettled position of
the NAACP.
The idea was Matched last Febru-
ary when several Negro delegates
to the WTCU in London, convening
in Birmingham, England, subse-
quently, mapped general plans for
the meeting. DR.. w. Burghardt Du-
Bois, NAACP consultant on such
matters, who himself pressed for a
similar conference in 1919, heartily
took up the idea and has been es-
pousing here.
A committe of the board was ap-
pointed in April but owing to the
incidence of the San Francisco con-
ference, did not have opportunity to
meet until very recently. The mem
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-24
TRAVEL RESTRICTION
CAUSES MUSICIANS TO
POSTPONE CONVENTION

ST. LOUIS, July "a (ANP)-
The 23rd annual convention of the
National Association of N egro
musicians will not be held in De-
troit as scheduled because of gov
ernment restrictions on travelling.
That announcement was m d e
here by Clarence Hayden Wilson,
president, after an exchange of let
ters between himself and officials
of the organization. The conven-
ton, which was to be held in De-
troit on Aug. 19 to %, would have
brought together large groups from
Baltimore, Knoxville, Indianapolis,
Kansas City and other cities.
Efforts will be directed toward
making the convention of 1916 big
er and better, he said.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-24
STORE GIVES $1,000
TO COLLEGE fund

PHILADELPHIA, July "a
(ANP) = John Wanamaker store
has contributed $1,000 to the Unit
ed Negro College fund campaign.
The check was presented to Gra-
ham Patterson, Philadelphia pub
lis h and chairman of the cam
paign local committee, by John
Scroggins, Wanamaker employee
for 54 years.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-24
DILLARD JEWETT PROMOTED
TO STEWARD, SECOND CLASS

ABOARD A CARGO SHIP IN
THE PACIFIC-Dillard Jewett, 20,
$40 Homestead ave., Dayton, Ohio,
has advanced to steward, second
class, USNR, aboard this cargo
ship. He is the son of Mrs. Estella
JeWett.
Jewett is veteran of two major
invasions aboard this ship. He took
part in the landing in southern
France in 1914, and in the invasion
of Okinawa. His wife lives at 4136
Rose Hill ave., Cincinnati.
Jewett joined the Navy in No
vember, 1943, received his recruit
training at cambridge, Nd, and
has been at sea for Is months. He
was employed at Federal Air Depot
Patterson Field. He has brother
Charles Jewett, %, in the Army.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-24
HEALTH RECORD RATED HIGH
IN DAYTON AREA

Despite the dangers of abnor-
mally hot weather, Dayton's health
record is being maintained at an
unusually high standard.
This was the report of DR.. H. H.
Williams, director Of the division of
health, who declared communicable
diseases are at an exceptionally
low ebb here.
However, the Ohio health depart
ment yesterday reported five new
cases of infantile paralysis, includ-
ing one in Montgomery county. All
told, there are 70 cases of polio in
the state, nine more than there
were at the corresponding time last
year.
DIR. Williams, however, warned
parents here to be on lookout for
cases of whooping cough or infant
diarrhea, inasmuch as there are
seven cases at the county detention
home of these two diseases.
AS result of this outbreak, no
more dependent children will be
admitted to the detention home for
an indefinite period, Mark Esh-
baugh, chief probation officer, said.
Dayton now has less than 10
cases of communicable diseases, ac-
cording to DR.. Williams, who
pointed out that the rate usually
run 10 times this amount.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-24
LANDS IN Jail IN SEARCH
FOR big MONEY"

CHICAGO, July "a (ANP)-A
search for the ''big" money led
Mississippi lad into jail here last
week when 100 persons complained
that he had accepted money under
false pretense.
They told Municipal Judge Cor
man that the lad, 23-year-old Abra-
ham Cooper, had taken from S. to
$50 from them for apartments he
failed to deliver. According to tes-
timony against Cooper, who had
left his $40 a week job in Missis-
sippi to come here, he received at
least $1,000 by the simple method
of putting a sign in his window,
reading:
Apartment for rent"
Cooper's haste to '.get int the big
money" will cost him two years in
the house of correction, Judge Cor
man ruled.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-24
NAACP HOLDS UP OK ON
PAN-AFR0 CONVENTION

bers of that committee are Arthur
B. Spingarn, NAACP president;
DR.. Louis T. Wright, NAACP
chairman; Russell Davenport, DR..
Charming H. Tobias, Ralph Bunche
and William H. HASTE. Both Secy.
Walter White and DR.. Dubois are
CONTINUED on page 81
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-24
WHEREFORE STATUS
UNCHANGED; BILL
BURIED IN COMMITTEE

COLUMBUS, O., July "a (ANP)
The measure introduced in the
last session of the legislature which
would have changed the administa-
tive control of Wilberforce Univer-
sity, died in the rules committee
when the assembly adjourned.
There thus will be no alteration in
the relations which have existed
between the church and the state
departments of the school.
The bill had for, it's purpose the
giving of the state side the right to
set up any courses of study it
thought necessary. This was inter-
preted by the university or church
side to mean that the state group
could operate parallel courses rival
ling the school of liberal arts. The
other purpose was to give the state
the right to vote the dismissal of
the president of the university IN
case the university should wish to
do so and the state did not desire it..
Sen. Theodore M. Gray of Piqua,
O., who introduced the bill lessened
his pressure, it is said, after he
found the Negro people throughout
his district were not favorable to
the change. The matter threatened
for awhile to become a statewide
issue with the Republican legisla-
ture seeking to strengthen the
hands of the state side which is con-
trolled by Republicans and the
church seeking to retain it's control.
The church leaders in the school, S
area are principally Democratic.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-07-24
NEGRO MARINES WIN
HoR0Rs FOR COMBAT
ACTl0N IN The PACIFIC

CIF (DELAYED) July "a (ANP)
The Third Marine Ammunition
company has added new acts of val
or to it's very highly acclaimed Pa
cific combat record. Behind this
fact are stories of their heroism and
gallantry in operations.
Pfc. Eugene Harris of Jackson
vile, Fla; Pfc. Eddie L. johnson
of Wildwood, Fla, and Pfc. James
S. Colbert of Washington, D. c.,
have been recommended for the
Bronze Star" award for perform
ing an act of unwavering bravery
during a fierce japanese air-attack
in the vicinity of their area.
Pfc. Harris, johnson and Colbert
saved a vital ammunition d u m p
from total destruction w hile in
grave danger of being injured by
spasmodically falling anti-aircraft
fragments. During an early stage
of the raid, one section of the am
munition dump was struck by fall
ing anti-aircraft fragments and be-
gan to burn, threatening other am
munition and making it inevitable
that the entire dump might soon
become a hellish inferno. T h e e
three Negro marines, disregarding
their own personal safety and fully
aware of the fact that their volun-
tary task was beyond the call of
duty, erased the threat of the loss
of the ammunition dump by carry
ing the burning boxes of ammuni-
tion a safe distance away.
Sixteen members out of the sec
ond platoon were assigned to as
sault troops of a marine division
that made second amphibious
landing on a japanese held PENN
sula. This was another mission fol-
these Colored leathernecks w h r
they hit the southern part of the
great island. Aboard a navy
manned Lei, their duty was to erec
a small ammunition dump on th'
beachhead. Their ship was sched
uled to go in behind the assault
waves but as they slowly approach
ed the beach, they were turned back
by heavy japanese artillery fire.
Delayed for hours, it's second rur
was success and the 16 coloreC
leathernecks, under the expert di
rect of divisional ordnance
sergeant, set up the dump on record
breaking time, muscling all types
of ammunition from the Lei to thu
beach which at the time was scene
of undescribable wreckage. T h
night, mortar and artillery shells
rained down all along their dug il
positions. Once more the marines
had landed and the situation wa
we'll in hand. Needless to say, the.
survived the devastating n G h
Continued on Page ~
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THE GIMJI SHIMBUN

Tie solitary plane appears overhead wheels slowly dgorges
less blue.
Down below perhaps steaming Jungle twenty thousand
bas of Japanese spot the plane and follow the falling bombs
Halfway down each bomb bursts exploded by intricate
timing device of $1,000 $4,000 freshly printed
newspapers
The latest edition of Gimji Shmbun being delivered!
The Gimj Shmbun only of Japanese language
newspapers distributed regularly the aps by Psychological
Waae Dvon9 The Parachute News dropped enemyhed
parts of Philippines another. One into
Burma dropped China, and flown to the
Japanese homeland.
Made UP look like typical Npponese newspaper, and
complete pictures comic editorials and the latest war
news newspapers proving immensely effective lighting
Japan.
At the beginning the Burma campaign for example only
one in aps the others preferred fight and
die flyers initiated their newspaper bombardment
among every 20 Japs began to lay down their
All through the Pacific increasing number of aps be-
ginning And millions of copies of the Gm Shimbun
the Parachute of the other helping
them O make their minds
The Army discovered that laps who surrendered also
talked giving military information that saved untold American
lives
Your wastepaper helps make the Gm Shimbun possible
Save everp scrap of The Boy Scout paper drive in a
gerstown will be held Saturday July 7.
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Church of the Brethren
e. Washington and Mulberry st

The Sunday morning worship
service will be broadcast over radio
station WEI from II until IL
o'clock. Rev. Paul M. Robinson, the
pastor, will have for his subject,
'"The Gods of our Enemies" The
Temple choir, under the direction of
Mr.. c. M. Cassell, with Miss Grace
Bowman at the organ, will sing the
anthem, Holy, Holy, Holy" by
Grinka.
At the Vesper hour, 7:3O, the
pastor will begin series of sermons
on Fathers of the Faith" the sub
ject for Sunday evening being,
Paul, the Preacher to the Gentiles." "
A special number will be sung by
a male quartet. Evening services
will be continued throughout the
Summer months. Youth Fellowship
meetings have been discontinued un-
til September.
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First Church of Christ Scientist
235 North Potomac Street

Christian Science" will be the
subject of the Lesson-Sermon on
Sunday, July 1st.
The Golden Text will be from
Hebrews IL: IL, 13-"Lift up the
hands which hang down, and the
feeble knees; and make straight
paths for your feet, lest that which
is lame be turned out of the way;
but let it rather be healed"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bib1e-John 14:12
Verify, verify, l say unto you,
He that believeth on me, the works
that / do shall he do also; and great
er works than these shall he do;
because I go unto my Father"
The LeSson-Sermon also will in
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures, {"
by Mary Baker Eddy, among which
is the following, page 448-'If the
student adheres strictly to the teach
ings of Christian Science and ven
lures not to break its rules, he can
not fail of success in healing"
The globe-independent., 1945-06-28

The following ministers will con-
duct the Morning Devotions over
WEI (1O:15) for the ensuing week:
Friday, Rev. DR.. H. A. Fesperman,
Christ's Reformed Church; Satur-
day, Reader, First Church of Christ
Scientist; Monday, Rev. H. c. Gonso,
First Church of God; Tuesday, Rev.
G.. l. Rider, Grace United Brethren
Church; Wednesday, Rev. Paul NJ
Robinson, Church of the Brethren;
Thursday, Rev. DR.. F. Berry Plum
mer, st. Paul's United Brethren
Church.
The globe-independent., 1945-06-28
10000 NAVY MEN
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS

Approximately 10000 members
of the Navy, whose education was
interrupted by the call to the col
orS, have received diplomas after
completing off-duty classes and
correspondence courses offered by
the United States Armed Forces
Institute at Madison, Wis.
In the past two years, the Navy
has established schools in every
part of the globe On Midway Is
The globe-independent., 1945-06-28
The Presbyterian Church
w. Washington and Prospect SITS

Sunday School meets at 9:45. The
guest minister at the IL o'clock
service will be Rev. DR.. F. Berry
Plummer, pastor of the st. Pauls
United Brethren Church.
The annual Presbyterian Young
Peoples Conference is being held al
Hood College, Frederick, this week
lasting through July End. The dele
gates from the hcurch are-Mary
Katherine Mckay, Nancy Alvey and
Charlotte Miller. The minister, Rev
C. Aubrey Young, will serve on the
faculty and teach course.
Boy Scout Troop meets in the
recreation hall Friday evening al
7:30, with Howard C. Smith, Scout
master, in charge.
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brother, Barton Stouffer, recently
spent week end at the home of MI.
Weaver's parents in Virginia.

Word was recently received from
Chief Specialist John Kerr, who
has been an instructor at the Great
Lakes Naval Training Station for
the past two years, that he had ex-
pected to get home to Maryland on
leave on July 1st, but that owing
to the station being extra busy
right now, he doubts that his leave
will come through. He also wrote
that the last company he drilled
came through with high honors,
with a picture of the company earn
ing a place in the stations Hall of
Fame.
About two months ago all the in
structors at the station were sched-
uled for overseas transfers, with
Fleet instructors taking over at
Great Lakes Chief Specialist Kerr
was slated for transfer to China,
but at the last minute his transfer
was cancelled and he is to remain
at Great Lakes as an instructor, for
the present at least
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Grace Brethren Church
First and Spruce SITS.

The guest pastor for the Sunday
morning service at IL o'clock will
be Rev. Stanley Hauser, Bible
School meets at 9:45. Reverend
Hauser will also preach at the even
ing service at 1880.
The Wednesday evening prayer
service will be in charge of Mr.. c.
K. Perry.