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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09
Six Held In
Negro LYnching
In mississippi

LEXINGTON, Miss.-Six white
men have been charged with the
whipping to death of a Negro
whom they accused of stealing
a saddle, Holmes County attorney
Pat NJ. Barrett stated, according
to press dispatches.
Leon MeTatie's body was found
IN a bayou last week and six
white men were arrested immed-
lately.
According to a statement from
the sheriff, the man had been
thrown into the bayou from a
car and was dead at the time.
1t is further reported that some
of the six men charged with the
crime have admitted whipping
the man Monday over the alleged
theft of a saddle, which was later
found to be untrue, after the
guilty party had confessed.
The accused men are identified
as Jeff Dodd and his son, Vernon
Hale and Spencer Ellis, all Of
Holmes County, and Dixie Rob-
erts, and his nephew, James E..
Roberts, of Greenwood, Miss.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09
Georgia Negroes
Mass Prevent
New Lynchings

Out of Georgia comes the news
that the Negroes in that state
have formed a Citizens Defense
Committee, and have set their
goal to raise 100000, with ap.
proximately $4,000 in hand to
speed up the arrest of these re-
sponsible for the lynching of two
men and two women July 25
However no arrest has yet been
made, and several days have
passed since mob of approx
imately 20 Georgia crackers, un-
masked killed war veteran George
Dorsey and his bride, and Roger
Malcolm and his wife, all Negro
sharecroppers.
Part of the 100000 the COM
mittee is raising will 60 as re-
wards for the arrest and punish.
ment of the lynchers, and the
rest will 60 into a defense func
to prevent future lynching.
Spokesman for the committee
said: I'VE are organizing to stoE
these vicious lynching. Repre-
sentative Negroes from Is Geor
| gia cities are meeting in Atlant;
this week to plan action to pro
test our people"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09
Praises Pioneers:
Flags Superficial
- Valllas''

After extending praise to the
pioneers for a more willingness
to pitch in and help his neigh
borf, the Philander Smith College
President flayed bitterly what he
termed as superficial values.
1--WE have sold our opportunity
for voluntary intelligent cooper
.atien down the river he shout
ed, through cur dedication of
organizations" As a result, be
continued, I'VE have defeated
our own purpose through clashes
between organizations, DR.. Har-
ris stated that he was not at all
against organizations or unions
but he felt that the day of the
Shibboleths is far spent and the
failure to heed the call can only
mean that the moral decay now
upon us will gain momentum. ="
Iilghllghts of the occasion were
the musical selections by the Col
lege Choir, directed by Prof. l.. w.
Robbins, including THE Lord S
Prayer (Malotte), Listen to the
Lambs" (Dett, and The Pill
grim's Chorus (Wagner). In
vocation was by Doctor f. D.
Galloway, Pastor of Pulaski
Heights Methodist Church of this
City; benediction by Doctor Z. T.
Wayland, Editor, The Arkansas
Methodist. Bishop E. w. Kelly,
Trustee Board Chairman paid
tribute to the accomplishments of
DR., Harris.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09
Negro Doctors
Appointed To
Medical Staff

Local 3l4, United Transport
Service Employees of Kansas
City were congratulated this week
for winning the first appointment
of Negro physicians to rail-
roads medical staff. The Negroes
appointed are DR.. John Arthur
Hibbler, Jr., son of Attorney and
Mrs. ]. A. Hibbler of this city,
and DR.. w. W. Andrews. They
were appointed to the medical
staff of the Chicago Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad at Kansas
City, Mo.
The appointment followed a
long fight by Local 314.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09
National Maritime Union Member
Given Taste Of German S Horror
In Pappy 0'Daniels Home State

| asked him on what charges
was | being held. He opened the
cell and tried to kick me and
told me not to be asking any
questions About half an hour
later he came back to the cell
and asked, where is that niger
that was asking me questions be-
fore?" / didn't answer, but one
of the inmates pointed me out to
him. He said to me, Listen,
from now on, when you have any
thing to say to me, say sir. |
told him | could get around that
by not saying anything to him
at all He opened the cell door
as if he was coming in but then
changed his mind and said, Yes,
it will be better for you the less
you have to say to me"
Monday morning l was taken
down and fingerprinted, and after
| was fingerprinted, one of the
clerks who was there the night
| was brought in asked me where
| got the crazy idea about an
interstate bus. l told him that
law had been passed in Con-
gress stating there should be no
segregation on interstate buses.
He told me to keep up that fool
IDEA and | would not live to get
back to New York. l told him
didn't know whether or not |
would live to get back, but had
one consolation-that in the event
something drastic happened to me,
the other brothers that were on
the bus would get in contact with
the proper authorities in New
York and see that whoever was
responsible would get their just
due.
They held me two hours after
they took my fingerprints, and
then they released me. Il was
later told by other men who were
IN the Jail that usually, when they
hold you without charges, they
hold you Tor investigation and
they hold you for II hours.) They
returned my money, but there
was SIS. short. | counted my
money and told him there wasn't
any way | could prove it, but |
knew that | was short. | was
told that the next bus was leaving
and for me to be on it, and not
to show my face in Texas again,
and that the next state / was
going to was bad state too, so
If | didn't want any Jumps on
my head, | had better be careful.
(signeO
John w. Terry
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09
Citizens Civic League Scores In
County Race Despite Opposition

The Citizens Civic League
scored its first victory last Tues
day in the preferential primary
in selecting county candidates in
spite of opposition to old line re-
dictionary leaders.
Spokesman for the League
stated, that all county candidates
on Tuesdays ticket supported by
the League, either won in the
first primary, or stand better than
an even chance in August 13 cleo
ton.
The Citizens Civic League is
less than six months old, but has
proved to weld more influence
among the masses than any other
organization in the city. that has
for its motives to make Little
Rock better place to live.
The success of Tuesdays vic
tory didn't start six months ago
with the official organizing of
the organization, but dated back
to July, 1945, when present heads
Of the League massed forces to-
gether and campaigned the city
from door-to-door forcing" peo-
pie to buy. as well as buying for
them. poll tax receipts, and en-
couraging them to accept the re-
sponsibility Of citizens.
The League has never sought
publicity, neither has 1t accepted
donations. 1t is supported entire
ly from membership fee, and no
member is less significant than
the other. The voice of the
masses is the voice of the League.
The League stands for, and
supports the program that the
masses think is for the best bene-
fit of all, not for what just the
officials think.
The League is thankful to its
members and to those who
worked in conjunction with the
League by accepting the instruc-
tians of the League Tuesday. and
wants to remind all that our work
is not yet completed. The in
struction and the judgement we
exercise Tuesday, August 10 in
the run-off primary, will play ar
important part in the future for
us all. Do not allow yourself te
be swayed by reactionary forces
that have tried, and will try
again, to upset the "apple cart
for personal favors.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09
WDL Sect Has
Jim-Cro Drug
Head Arrested

DIES MONIES, Iowa-(WDL)-
When the assistant manager of
the local Katz drugstore bluntly
refused counter service to William
Worthy, field secretary Of the
Workers Defense League, because
he is Negro and added that this
jimerow policy comes from the
big drug chains St. Louis head
quarters, he never dreamed he
would be arrested.
Yet this is what happened be-
cause Worthy sWore out GRIM
inal warrant against both him and
the drug chain under the states
civil rights law. Trial was post
poned to a later date.
This was not Worthy's only en-
counter with jimcrow in Des
Moines. When he sought a room
at the YMCA, the general secre-
tary got very belligerent and as
serted: your type doesn't appre-
ciate the efforts which ] and my
associates are making to solve
the Negro problem"
However, when Worthy threat
ened a suit under the states civil
rights law, the YMCA general
secretary's attitude changed and
he gave him room.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09
Rev. "A. D. WilIett
AppeoIs To Public
For Hospitol Rodios

A worthwhile gesture, and one
that will make the hours Of hos
pital shut-ins less miserable, was
proposed Sunday night by Rev.
M. D. Willett, pastor Of St. Paul
Church % d00 III Christ ia
and Gaines Street over his radio
program.
Rev. Willett appealed to the
public for funds to place four
radios in the colored ward of the.
University hospital that the shut
ms can find enjoyment from the
various programs coming over
the air.
Contributions are already find
ing their way to Rev. Willett for
this worthwhile program, with
the STATE PRESS making the
first contribution. And it is hoped
that this program will meet no
obstacles from selfish individuals
because they didn't think Of it
first.
Rev. Willett stated this his pro-
gram to place radios for the sick,
does not confine itself to Uni
versity hospital, but is intended
to cover all the hospitals where
entertainment of this kind is
lacking.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09
HERE and THERE,
Ted Hollinsworth

CHILDESS, TEXAS -- T h y
were about IS years old. Each
had previously been married. He
was the father of a girl, age four,
and she had son, age two. They
decided to get married. All the
formality of getting a license
was attended to and they went
before a justice Of the peace in
Childress. Everything went fine
until the man was asked, do
you take this woman to have and
to hold, through sickness and
through health, for richer or
poorer, for better or worse, and
promise to cherish, honor and
protect her for as long as you
both may live, SO help you God "
AT this point the man baked.
Hold the DEAF, he said. Let S
get this straight, I've been
through this routine before.
will If she will" And, say,
judge" he added, you left out
that speech about obey" The
judge said, Son, l only read
what the book says, That's the
best | can do. Take it or leave.
He--and she--took it.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09
Go Elects Negro
President

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. The
eighth annual session of the In
diana State Industrial Council
(CIO) adjourned its session last
week following the unanimous
reelection of James McEWan,
president and Walter Frisbie,
secretary treasurer. The 600 dele
cation in attendance likewise
demonstrated a progressive posi-
ton for equal rights by electing
Patrick Riley, Negro steelworker
from Lake County, as vice presi-
dent.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09
Voeotionins In
California

Mrs. A. l.. Witherspoon and
little daughter Aida Jean, of 521
East 2lst street left the city Tues
day afternoon for an extended
vacation in California. Mrs. L.
N. Bronson of 21st and Pulaski
and Mrs. Myrtle Williams of High
Street also left with Mrs. Wither-
spoon and Aida Jean. They left
over the Missouri Pacific, and
will be gone approximately thirty
days. Mr.. Witherspoon is vice
president of the State Press
Company.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09
Warns of Our Decay
IF We Fail Test

Approaching his subject; THE
Sense OF Belonging And Moral
Decay from the Book of judges,
DR. Harris described the "Shib-
boleth" or test placed upon the
Ephraimites by the Gileadites as
they ran into the stranded group
along the banks of the Jordan. "
He traced the efforts of some
$4,000 men who, striving Ito be-
long but met destruction after
failing to meet the test.
How the individual struggles
ito belong as against the unwel-
coined position of mot to belong"
being a crime in itself was de-
picted by DR. Harris in this man
ner:
To-day we live in an age of
'Shibboleths' Of various types with
our contemporary ,Shibboleths'
taking the form of organizations.
We want to be identified with
that which places US in a posi-
ton of vantage at all costs to
anyone else. Our sense of be-
longing like that of the Gilea-
diteS, becomes a basis for bitter
discrimination and the outpour-
ing of wrath upon our fellow
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09
5. W. P. Demands
Prosecution of
hiqh Officials

la a wire to President Truman
today, James p. Cannon, Nation
al Secretary of the Socialist
Workers Party, demanded that
the Federal Government take
immediate steps to prosecute
Bilbo, Talmadge, Rankin, East
land and all other fomenters of
race violence in high office.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09

at First Baptist Church in 1912.
People from all parts Of the
state came to view one of the
latest and most modern funeral
homes in the state.
The interior of the home was
beautifully decorated. and well
planned for efficient service. The
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09

many flowers throughout the
home showed the admiration
wellwishers held for the popular
team of Ruffin and Jarrett. Con-
Genus of opinion holds that the
funeral home will fast take the
leadership in the mortuary field.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09
Mob Raids Home
Of Clio Organizer

MACON, Ga.---Just one week
after the mass lynching of four
Negroes, mass mob raided the
home of Mike Ross, white CLIO
organizer, who had been a leader
in the fight against the Ku Klux
Khan, and head of the campaign
to arrest and convict the lynchers
of the four Negroes at Monroe,
Ga.
The raiders broke into Ross's
home in Macon the very minute
Atlanta Negroes were calling for
martial law in the Monroe lynch
zone.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09
Dedication Service Of Run Funeral Draws Crowd

The dedication service of the
New Ruffin and Jarrett Funeral
Home, located at 400 East 14th
Street, North Little Rock held
Monday evening, drew one of
the biggest crowds ever to as
semble since the protest mass
meeting of the Foster case held
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09

AMARILLO, TEXAS -- Two
loyal dogs are responsible for
the vacation Mr.. and Mrs. George
Davis, of st. Louis, Mo. are
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09
Fossiliyed Fish

Picks and shoyels ara used 10 0sA
At one spot in Wyomins---a mountain
Of 45-million-year-old fossiliSsd a.
near the western border.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09

spendln this summer. For you
see, the Davis couple is blind and
the two dogs are guide dogs.
They have been travelling across
the country with their blind mas
tiers. The reason Davis can af-
ford the vacation is because of
the extra business Dusty, his dog,
has given him on his paper route.
Dusty, German Boxer, helps
Davis deliver a paper route. The
do gnot only knows IS regular
stops on his blind masters route,
but he also knows where extra
stops are on Saturdays. And it
is Dusty's secret how he knows
when Saturday comes. Neigh
bors of the couple paid for the
dogs when they saw the narrow
escapes Davis had in crossing
busy st, Louis streets.
CLEVELAND, MISS.-Col. Ros-
coe Conkling Simmons, native
born Mississippian who now lives
in Chicago came home this week
and addressed the General Bap-
fist State Convention, DR.. II. II.
Humes, president, Col Simmons
declared that, II recognize no
nacial problems, and refuse to
consider myself a racial problem
II you white folks consider me
Continued from page y
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09
BY James II. Booker

President M, Lafayette Harris,
of Philander Smith College, stood
before a jammed Chapel audience
and told 48 graduates, sWelled by
10 Veterans, that "our over-em-
phasis upon the sense of belong
ing has resulted in a tidal wave
of moral decay.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09
THE
Roundup

! ANOeAA"
U,"u,,'i",,,,,,,n,'i,,i
THIS WEEK finds Little Rock
Negroes assuming a new role.
A role that the contestants lack
the intestinal fortitude to do for
themselves. From East to West
and North to South, covering
both Little Rocks, Negroes are
found campaigning for their
favorite candidates. AT least the
candidates they are being told
best suited for them. Among
some Negroes, the issues seem
to be fragrant law violations, or
destruction to their financial en-
pres. The issues among others
seem Arkansas Free Enterprise
Association or Congress of In
dustrial Organization 1t is un-
likely that these issues will be
written on the ballots over their
identity, which will no doubt
puzzle many a voter as to which
is which. This again calls for
judgement in the superlative de-
greet
AFTER MANY months of setting.
axa doing nothing about the
things needed for the people at
home, the 18th Congress has be-
come history after getting a fifty
percent raise in their pay, $12,500
salary plus $3.50 tax free ex-
pense, and passing the notorious
anti-labor Hobbs bill, plus Grip
pling OPA, killing FEPC, show
ing no concern over minimum
wages, housing, health, anti
lynching and the polltax.
THE COUNTY unit plan was
adopted to give greater political
power to small rural communities
as against the big city counties.
But it will remain monumental
ly undemocratic arrangement
whether or not it shall be invali-
dated by the federal courts
Says a powerful Arkansas daily.
Anytime white people are in
convenienced, it is undemocratic,
but anything to give Negroes
rights is democratic" Remem-
Der the motives behind Act 1912
FROM THE Il don't know. | only
heard department comes this
news, that DIR. Emanuel c. Dyer,
pastor of historical First Baptist
Church has just canned 7. Heinz,
who has been in the canning bus
mess for years, only cans 81, So,
DR. you are not doing badly!
FROM THE department of ex-
pose, | am printing a letter that
was sent to me by Jimmy Higgins,
a white man of Combs, Arkansas
that he wrote to one of the heads
of the Arkansas Free Enterprise
Association. Mr.. Higgins asks
me to find space for this letter
to be published. So here it is,
Read it or leave.
Combs, Arkansas
July n, 1916
Mr.. John l.. Daggett
Box 532, Mariana, Ark.
My Dear Sir;
Your leaflet setting forth the
principles OF the Arkansas Free
Enterprise Association, Inc. has
been received and | note what
you say. ! have been wonder
ing what your gang stood for
and now | see. You are the olrds
that have been opposing the
Roosevelt Administrator because
Mr.. Roosevelt wanted to elimi-
nate some OF the poverty and
suffering here in the South.
1t was your gang or others like
you that tried to torment race
prejudice and turn the people
against the hoosevelts during the
campaign SIX years ago by CIR
culatlng thousands of pictures
showing Mrs. Roosevelt entering
a college with Negro professor
hanging on each arm.
1t was men of your stripe that
took out little Robt. Hunter,
teen-age boy and beat him nearly
to death few years ago because
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09

VA SsiNiA eii iAia
1t was men of your stripe that
took out little Robt. Hunter, a
teen-age boy and beat him nearly
to death few years ago because
they thought he was trying to
organize the tenant farmers.
1t is organizations like yours
that are keeping the poll tax laws
here in the South in order to
keep the common people from
voting. 1t was organizations like
yours that backed the law for a
double primary in this state in
order to prevent the Negro citl-
zens from voting.
You state that after five years
of constant association with labor
you are convinced THAT those
who make up the rank and file
of organized labor are fair
minded, reasonable, law abiding
citizens, embued with the proper
respect for and devotion to
American ideals" And yet you
Join up with, and devote your
time working for this anti-union
gang that is organized for the
sole purpose of preventing any
move that will eliminate the
Continued on page ~
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09
PSC President Denounces - Mere
Membership In Organizations"
Personal Responsibility Urged

man
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1946-08-09
FROM THE Il don't know. I only

FROM THE II don't know. I only
heard department comes this
news, that DR.. Emanuel c. Dyer,
pastor of historical First Baptist
Church has just canned 7. Heinz,
who has been in the canning bus
mess for years, only cans ST. So,
DIR. you are not doing badly!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-27
Alaska Here
 Going South

The Alaska Steamship Company's Alaska, here from 8:30 pm. tc 1l:45 pm. yesterday enroute to Se- attle, unloaded only mail and bag gae and brought the following pas sengers from Seward: Ben Bilbo Harold w. Camper. Doris A Downs, Angelia Englemann, Mrs Terrel A. Holland, Mels Louseth Mrs. Laverne Papuzzu, w. Peters Pfc. Alfred Tonsgard.
 From Valdez: Charles Griffin, P. A. Pawlet.
 Prom Cordova c. Garwood.
 Prom Yakutat: Ethel Edwards.
 Leaving here for Seattle were William Walsh, Mrs. Walter Hell Ian, Mrs. Phyllis Mccormick, Mrs. Mathilda Gilbert, MT. and Mrs. P. B. Fitko, John Veil, E. A. Misoff, Wanda Rowe, Stephen Rowe. Mary Weidner, R. Sandbank, Ellis Rey- holds, Ann Dill, Ed Jensen, Mary Dugard, Fred Martinson.
 For Ketchikan, s. J. Gaudette George J. Nase, J. W. Gucker, Jack Gucker, Jr
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-27
ARMY ENL|5TEE5
 SHOULD HURRY
 GET TWO BENEFITS

Young men contemplating enlist ment in the regular Army should do so before July 1, to assure them selves of two important benefits, Sgt. John Tosney of the Juneau Recruiting Office said this morning.
 The first benefit is family allow ances for dependents. Under the present law, such allowances will be paid for the support of dependents throughout the term of enlistment. provided enlistment is accomplished before July l.
 The second advantage applies to men physically and mentally quail fled who are now in the Army or who have been recently discharged. Up to June 30, one can rejoin the Army within 90 days after honor able discharge, and be enlisted in the grade held when discharged.
 Act now, before June passes" says Sgt. Tosney.
 Transportation will be furnished to qualified enlistees from any point in Southeast Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-27
zAlMAIN GROSS TO BE ACTIVE MANAGER GR055 PROPERTIES
Arrives Here from Los An. qeIes-CharIes Tulketf
 Has Resigned

Zalmain Gross has arrived here from Los Angeles, where he has been on a brief vacation, and has taken over the active management of all Gross properties in Juneau as well as in other cities in South east Alaska, where his father, w. D. Gross, has theatres and other holdings.
 Young Gross consequently also takes over the duties of Charles M. Tuckett. who has resigned to enter private business. Tuckett has been connected with the Gross theatres and property management off and on for the past Is years, his last utilization being the past three years.
 Zalmain Gross has been in Ju- neau before, connected with the Gross theatres. The last three years, however, he has been man ager of the Coliseum Theatre in Ketchikan, but now comes to Ju- neau to take over larger function ings.
 Mrs. Gross and her three chil dren, now visiting in Los Angeles, will join her husband here within a short time and renew acquaint- ances formed during her former residence in Juneau.