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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28
Carver Stamp
To Be Issued
On January |

washington, ID. C.-The George
Washington Carver Commemora-
dive Scent Postage stamp which
will DO issued on Jan. 5, 1913, at
Tuskogee Institute. according TO
an announcement by Postmaster
General Robert z. Hannegan, Is the
fifth anniversary Of the death of
DR.. Carver and designated George
Washington Carver day In . proc
lamation by President Truman.
According 10 the announce
meRt, the color will be purple.
Il will be slightly larger than
the regular postage stamps.
This is the second time in the
history Of the country that the
portrait Of n Negro has appeared
on a United States postage stamp.
The first was the Booker T. Wash
ington lO-Cent stamp which, like
wise. had its frst-day issue at Tus-
kogee.
The initial printing Of the Car
yer stamp will be 60.O0O,O 900.
For the benefit Of those who in
the past have sought a souvenir or
memento from the Carver Founda-
ton at TuSkogee Institute, a spe-
cially prepared letter will be sent
direct from the Carver Foundation
on the first day Of issue. The en-
Velopes are beautifully engraved
and bears the return address Of
"The George Washington Carver
Foundation, Tuskogee Institute,
Ala, First Day Of Issue"
Enclosed viii bs = block Of four
Carver Memorial Seals and letter
Of appreciation on Carver Founda-
ton lettsrhsAd signed by DR.. Rus.
sell W. Brown, director. The price
Of each letter, completely serviced,
Is 800. A plate block for stamp
collectors Ii SIPS. Proceeds 70 to
the Carver Foundation.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28

Mr.. and Mira. William EversOn.
POT Kent St., announce the engage
nsnt Of their daughter, ElOnHellA
BOthic, 70 William C. Sutherlin. son
Of Mrs. Ada Sutherlin, Sedalia, Mo.
Miss EversOn IL 4 graduate Of
Mechanic Arts high and attended
the University Of Minnesota. Mr.,
Sutherlin II y graduate Of Hubbard
high school, SedAlia, Mo-, and at
tended the St Paul Vocational
school. He served three years In
Europe with the Armed Forces. No
date has been set for the wedding.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28
Field Agent Gets Award
FROM Sec. Of Agriculture

In recognition Of his outstanding
agricultural sTtHnSIon work, r. N.
Campbell, Extension Services field
agent, was presented . supsriOr
SsTviss Award last week By Seers.
tATy Of Agriculture Clinton p. And.
sTn0n.
IN making the presentation 70
Mr.. Campbell, Secretary Anderson
said, "P0F your outstanding sEtsn-
sion work among eolored farm peo.
pie, ] present you this Superior
BsFviss Award. This IL not for just
doing . good Job. but for WORK con.
SIdSrnbly over and beyond the call
Of duty. You have my good wishes
and the rood wishes Of the entire
Department"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28
MRS. Muttie bearing, Administrators
for Edno Boswell Esfofe, Sues
Andrew JohnSons for Property

In q suit In Hennepin County
District Court, Mrs. Matte Dear
ing. SS36 Clinton Ave-. adminiStra-
tFiK Of the estate Of the late Edna
Boswell ~ plaintiff, Is suing 70 re-
cover from Andrew and Florence
johnson. S5S2 Clinton Ave-, prop
srty at S9O4 Clinton. which the
plaintiff claims belongs 10 the es.
tate Of Mrs. Boswell.
Mrs. Boswell died in August,
I945. She had lived with Mrs. Dear
ing for seven years.
Mrs. bearing 10 represented by
Miss L. o. Smith. The JohnsonS
have as their counsel Josiah Brill,
JT.
The JOhnsOas have . quit claim
deed and . warranty deed on the
property which Mrs. bearing
claims they SeeHrSa for . S3I7
loan. The property h now Ap-
praised at 5000.
Mr.. Brill, attorney for the John
sons, pleads that Mrs. Boswell gave
the property 70 his clients. who
were longtime friends Of Mrs. Bos-
we'll.
Miss Smith. attorney for Mrs.
bearing. claimed in her pleAdings
before Judge Arthur SslOver that
Mrs. Boswell gave the quit claim
deed TO the Johnsons as security for
their loan. She also said that the
deed was not returned 10 Mrs. Bos-
well after she repaid the loan.
Mrs. Boswell died without lsaV-
ing n will.
The suit opened Monday in Hen
nepin county district court and con-
tinued TO Wednesday.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28
First Of Weekly
Jazz Concerts
Sunday, Nov. 30

In an attempt 70 revive an In
terest in jaEs In Minneapolis by
using the best Of local musicians,
Bob Smith, Minneapolis Jazz pro-
motsr. and Leigh Kamman. wL0L
disc jockey, are presenting we
Call Il JREE" In the Gold Room Of
the Hotel RAdisson Sunday, Nov.
30.
Believing that there are many
jAzEmen In this city who should be
heard at their best, Smith and KAN
man rounded up . DiTieland unit,
a Goodman styled SeItstte and Q
modern group.
Nxisland Group
Featuring Tommy MeGovern,
Bob Grunenfsldsr, Don Thompson,
and Billie Bastisn, among Others,
the DiIielanders will play some Of
the old favoritss Of jazz, like "JaEs
Me Blues" Chicago" and Royal
Garden Blues"
The - pardon the expression -
seXtstts including several STAFF
musicians from Twin City radio
stations win play The World Il
Waiting for . Ssnriss," "Shins"
and "Limehouse Bl1sa," with
voealovely Patty MeGovern singing
''Travelin' Light" the song made
famous By Billie Holiday.
HRGhss Rand Featured
Percy Hughes Band, the top
modern outfit In the Twin Cities,
assumes charge Of the nsW era In
swing. with originals By aFTanger
Frank Lewis and peEging singer
Judy Perkins In the vocal spot
light on Its Al Simple A. That"
and ~BOBop" . seat-Einging opus,
This Ia the frat such concert,
featuring local mBsieians, 10 b
hsld in the Twin Cities for several
ysGrA
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28
East ~. Louis Fire
Kills Slx In Family

East g. Louis. M. tNNPA)-slH
members Of . family burned %
death last Tuesday night In . Are
caused by the explosion Of . coal
oil stove In thSiT homs at R7S7 To.
dor Ave.
The nro companies woru unable
10 saws the house but they pre-.
vented the flames from spreading
10 adjoining frame buildings.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28
Rucl0eT Busy on
Speaking Engagements
In Sioux E0lla

SIOUX FALLS, s. D,--CliHOrd
2. Rueker. executive secretary Of
the Minnesota Governors Inter
racial Commission, appeared on .
radio program over station KSOO.
Sioux Falls, 8. D.. Tuesday.
Nov. 25.
He also spoke N . joint meeting
Of the Cooperative and Lions Clubs
at . noon luncheon. Other engage
ments here In the South Dakota
metropolis include talks at the Ca.
thedral grade and high schools.
Wednesday he spoke at Wash
ington high school. Sioux Falls col
lege, and at noon the Kiwanis club.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28
PIun $4,000 Golf Tourney As
Midwest ElISs Convention Feature

ing Sunday were: Thomas Adair,
Eugene Anthony, Clyde Johnson,
Freddie Gray, wilbsrt Dugss, Alec
Eason, Otis Woodland, James Smith,
Cecil Taylor, Charles De La Comp
son. Ernest Harris, Johnny Petit.
ford. J. johnson and James LAsslsy,
Popularity Conlsst
AA0lhsF Feature
General Chairman Warren alsO
announced that another feature Of
the convention win be- The naming
Of Miss Midwest, . gigantic popu-
lArity contest open 10 young women
from 10 TO % who live In the eight
states which make up the ElkS Mid
west Association.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28

10 make . bid for the eight dele
gates which Mississippi Republi-
cans will elect TO the Republican
national convention. Because Of
Mr. Towards support Of the
candidacy of Senator Robert 4.
Taft, Republican. Of Ohio, the Mis-
SiSSippi delegation IL regarded -
safely In the Taft column,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28

Midwest Elks who are golf dew
otSes will get q chance ID June 10
participate in q big money tOurna-
ment during the Elks convention
here IN June.
According 10 Reuben Warren,
general chairman Of convention ar
rangemehts, Q committee has been
formed to plan 9 $1,000 inyitationAl
golf tournament.
The committee has named Sol
Hughes, nationally known golfer,
Al chairman Of the tournament
committee and James W. Slemmons,
co-ehairTnan.
Committee members who at
tended the first COMMITTEES meet
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28
HASTE Calls Covenant
CaAR Most Important

Washington. D. G. (NNPAD--
Governor William n. HASTE Of the
Virgin Islands last Tuesday told the
Capital Prsss Club at ltS weekly
luncheon that b considers the rS-
ciAl restrictive covenants now pend
Ing In the United States Saprsms
Court the most important cases In
the nsld u civil rights since the
Civil War.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28

PoRT or SPAIN, Trinidad -
(ANPD--IhersasibK IitiGHtIOn and
q crowded bar has attracted tWs
lawyers from poles apaEt 10 w
their msttis against the Ocal Iunt.
nariss here.
One IL Miss Ivy hsrjsTis Law,
rsnes. center, modern Pertia. and
Canadian born Rrh48Gts u Neon
BniysTAity and Toronto UniVerSity
Lac askSoli The other h Charles
n. MaTkhsm. white. night, . world
War veteran Who attended he
EaBs college o. winston chgEcki1
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28
Civil Rights Text
Il Avoiloble at
Urbdn League

Copies Of the eomplsts tsXt Of
The report Of the Presidents Con-
mittss on Civil Rights 90 Published
IN the November 2nd issue Of Pm
may Be secured 1t the office Of the
NinnsapOlise Urban League, 202
Times Amer, Atlantis It12
These copies wsre made GvailabIs
through the courtesy Of . former
League board member Who felt that
tkis document vHs Of sBch great
significance that every S60rt shOuId
b made TO place IL IN the hands Of
he people who need 10 know The
fnets revealed
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28

MiSS "B," familiar figure 10 fro
qusntsr, young and old. Ht Halle
q. Brown, II going 10 disappear
from bshInd the dsAk at that 50.
Paul Institution this coming No
vsmbsr %. Miss -" L. Mrs. Hazel
Butler, office secretary assistant 10
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28
Ewing Distributes
Annual Thanksgiving
Boskets 10 AGED

Lewis Ewing. rsonesT Mime
spolis civic figure. made his annual
DESTRUCTION Of Thanksgiving has
ksts Monday 70 the aesd ard blind.
For 20 years each Thanksgiving
With the assistance q downtown
bssiness men Mr.. Ewing has bssn
Distributing baskets eOntaining
fowl. butter. -four, and eoGss 10
nssdy families.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28
ST. JAMES BOY SCOUT
WORKERS ATTEND MRwF

Mn. Hazel starks and Ms. L.slla
A. Smith attended ne 81. Paul
Area Council, Inc, Boy Scouts AZ
America, District I annual meeting
and banquet held "a Midway Club.
Nov. 10th. rspraeaniing Cub seoat
Workers Of o. James A.M.R.
Church Cub-Pnek.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28
Booker Ellis kayOes
Eugene RrnMn In 4

Booker Ella, st. Paul boxer night
ing in Council Bluffs. Iowa, knocked
out Eugene Brown Of Omaha at
1907 Of the fourth round, Monday
night
Ellis came back 10 81. Paul Tues.
day.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28

RoAsTt BsufsrG. Sos AISFieh Ava
N, Fstsrnsd bone from PaiFvisw
AospitaL Nov. -. wksSs b Sas e0a-
ansa viii Q be0kan Id.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28

Miss !. Myrtle Garden for II years.
Mrs. Butler 10 rsuIGninG her posi-.
ton effective al the end Of this
month.
Since the day Halle q. Brown
opened liz doorS In 1879. this pleas.
ant woman whom the children nick.
named Miss %" has been on the Job
working In the interest Of the com.
munity hOuSs'S program.
Prior 20 her work at Halle ahs
had served a. secretary 20 Helen
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28

Mr.. EIyirs Red. 80 Bryant
Ave. N. entered General hospital
Nov. 20.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-28

ard praSticsd criminal Law a. Lon.
dOp's historic Old Bailey.
Aiss LawTsnes comes with .
brilliant asadsnie career. She has
. hrst-eiass hOn0rS dsRTss ia hr's.
with distinction IN Prsnrh and EnR.
lish and . bachelor Of laws degree
q TOTonto Law school She went
over % England where abe read
law nt The hiddIs Temple, special
iEiBE In international laU.
~ nsCill, Miss LGWrsnss was
Vtes-prssidSnt u The Debating sod.
sty and crsatsd pEsesdsht ~ king
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-10
SERGEANT WILL GET
CHANCE AT LAST TO
BOSS ONE LIEUTENANT

SAN FRANCISCO, March 9 -
(P- A veteran of Bataan who
turned up alive in a Japanese pris-
on camp, then came home to find
his wife married to another man
will wed an Army nurse Thurs
day.
The veteran, Sgt. Kenneth Mic
haels. was legally declared dead
after the Bataan campaign and his
wife, notified in Oklahoma City,
later reWed.
Michaels, found at wars end in
a Japanese prison camp on Kyu-
shu Island, learned of this on his
return and decided to step aside.
His wife obtained a divorce.
Two weeks ago in San Francis
co.'s Letterman General hospital,
Michaels met 1t. Margaret Har-
mon who just had returned from
Korea. They became engaged.
Looking to the Thursday we'd
ding ceremony, the Sergeant said,
a bit on the side Of reckless opti-
mism:
SAT least I'm going to get a
chance to boss around a Lieuten-
ant
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-10
Along The Cape Fear

Walter Gilman Curtis, state quar-
antine surgeon for the Port OF Will
mington for 80 years, reported.
But the Yankees added more
destruction to the once proud
school building.
RECORDS DESTROYED - The
Yankee Navy under a Captain
Gushing broke into the lodge,
which was located in the school
building. and stole the jewels while
doing their mischief in Southport.
A systematic destruction of all
important records Of the county
also occupied the Federal Nays
time during its occupancy OF the
city.
The building remained in a
sorry state of repair until the
political crisis of reconstruction
was ended and one again a
reasonable amount of security for
both private and public property
was restored.
COME TO AID - Once again
the Masons came to the aid of the
Southport school just as they had
in it's beginning when they con-
tributed $500 with the condition
that the school property would be
put under their charge for Lodge
Continued on Page Two; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-10

STORMY HISTORY - All was
not smooth sailing for the first
school in Southport founded about
1850 with Mr.. jeremiah Murphy
as the moving spirit.
You might recall in Saturdays
column how we told of the en-
thusiasm that greeted MI. Muir
phys proposal to establish a
school in the neighboring city of
Southport, which at that time was
known as Smithville.
The wealthy planters Of the Cape
Fear area donated funds for the
establishment of the school. And
with the substantial aid Of the St.
Johns Lodge No. 10 of Free Ma
sons, the school building was erect
ed on Franklin Square.
YANKEES ARRIVE During
the War Between the States, the
Southport school building %receiv-
ed ve-.y rough treatment as it was
soon taken over by the Confeder-
ates and used as a store house
for commissary supplies for the
army.
At the end of the war, the build
ing was found to be in a wrecked
and delapidated condition. And
to make matters worse, the Ma
sonic Lodge which had SO be-
friended the school in its infancy
had gone out of existence, DR..
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-10
SUFFRACIST DIES
OF HEART ATTACK
Mrs. Chapman Gait Had
%Championed Women's
Rights For 60 Years

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y, March
9-R-Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait,
SO, pioneer suffragist and a cru
sader for world peace, died today
OF a heart attack at her home here.
Miss Aida Wilson, companion to
the aged champion Of women's
rights for the past 10 years, was
with her at the time.
A lifelong champion Of her sex,
and of international amity since
the 1905, Mrs. Gait retained her
interest in both fields until her
death.
Miss Mary Gray Peck, biograph-
er of the suffragist, said that only
yesterday Mrs. Gait was engaged
in preparing a collection Of photo
graph of the women's rights move
ment which she planned to give
the Susan B. Anthony Memorial
at Rochester, N. Y.
In recent years women leaders
from all over the world made pill
grimages to the New Rochelle
home where Mrs. Gait had lived
since 1928. With the coming of the
United Nations to this. country,
virtually all Of the U. N. women
attaches came to see her.
Last Jan. 9, on her last birth
day, Mrs. Gait was honored at a
dinner of the American Associa-
ton for the United Nations, OF
which she was honorary vice presi-
dent. Mrs. Gait was a board mem
Der when it was founded in 1923
under the old name Of the League
of Nations Association.
At the dinner she expressed the
wish that the United Nations
would make a perfect success
She called for international dis
armament. saying:
THE one cause of var these
and the cause of most OF
the wars that have taken place
for hundreds Of years, is the rival
ry and competition of armies"
In 1919 she founded the Nation
al League OF Women voters to
Continued on Page Two, Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-10
Marshall Hopeful On Eue
OF Big -Four Peace Meet:
Middle East Light Urged
TRUMAN TO URGE
HELP FOR GREECE
In Congress To
Meet AT White House
Parley

WASHINGTON, March e-(PH
Leaders of Congress go to the
White House tomorrow seeking a
full explanation from President
Truman of affairs in the whole
Middle East as we'll as Greece,
Mr.. Truman invited them to
hear what he wants to do about
placing American support in
Greece as Britain reduces hers.
He worked today with members
OF the White House staff prepar-
ing the presentation. After the
meeting he probably will announce
how he plans to, submit the mat
ter formally to Congress and the
nation.
Advance comment of Congress
men made it clear they want a.
complete statement of what the
proposals involve for this country
In two ways: o. Relations with
Russia; a. Possible extension of
active American support to Tur-
key and elsewhere in the Medit-
terranean.
Senator V~andenberg (R-Mich.).
chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations committee, is to report
to the full Republican Senate mem
bership at a meeting tomorrow
night. He said he has not known
enough about developments to re-
port earlier despite an initial
White House briefing 10 days ago.
Taft Concerned
Senator Taft (R-Ohio), another
Senate leader invited to the White
House tomorrow, noted that the
Presidential budget lists So, 500, 0O0,-
600 for foreign relief and declared
in a radio talk that this is about
all we can physically give" He
added that the problem is how to
distribute this amount where it is
needed, and expressed concern at
events in Greece.
Senator Wherry of Nebraska, the
Republican whip, urged that Mr..
Truman lay down a consistent
foreign policy that the Republi-
cans a support"
Wherry, who is not among those
to confer at the White House, told
a reporter any decision for direct
or indirect Intervention in Greece
will fix a policy that may have
far-reaching effects. He contend.
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-10
ASSEMBLY FACES
HEAVY CALENDARS
Medical Care, Teacher Sal
aries, Liquor Issue, La
Dor Laws On Agenda

RALEIGH, March (P) -
North Carolina legislators will re-
turn here tomorrow to tackle sew
eral major issues that remain to
be settled before adjournment.
which is. expected the first OF
April.
These issues include the medi-
cal care program, including ex-
pansion of the University of North
Carolina Medical school into a
iour-year institution; teachers sal
aries; the liquor issue; a highway
safety program; and labor legis-
lation.
The joint appropriations COM
mittee last week wound up work
and voted a favorable report to
the regular appropriations bill,
and Tuesday it will begin study
of the permanent improvements
appropriations measure.
A bill prepared by the Advisory
budget commission recommends
S44, sol. 1877 for a permanent i'm
provements program at the states
various educational. mental and
charitable institutions. One of the
first items to be considered in the
bill is the proposed 3d. 100, coo ex-
pansion OF the university medical
school.
Commission Sponsored
The expanded medical school
has. been recommended by the
Medical Care commission as a
part of it's program calling for the
construction of hospitals and
health centers throughout the
state.
Debate on the question of ill.,
creased pay for nearly $4,000 pub
lie school teachers is expected to
come when the biennial appropri-
ations measure is considered in
the House and Senate. The appro-
priations committee last Thursday
added Sc, 1856, 600 to make a total
of $102, 418, 430 available to pay
teachers during the next bienni-
ium bringing the total appropria-
Continued on Page Two; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-10
SUPERIOR COURT
C0NVENES TODAY
] Judge Clawson Williams
OF Sanford To Preside
Al Term Here

A total of rs individual charges
head a two-week mixed term of
New Hanover county Superior
Court which opens here this morn.
ing with Judge Clawson Williams
Of Sanford. presiding.
Chief among the rs cases to be
tried are five murder, one at.
tempted criminal assault, one
criminal assault, n manslaugh-
ter, an ex-policeman charged with
breaking and entering, and the
passing of sentence on a second
former policeman charged with
breaking and entering.
The grand jury is expected to
act on all of the cases, with the
exception of the case Of H. G.
Gurley, who plead guilty to the
charges at the February term OF
court, and had his cas- continued
until this term.
Other cases on the calendar in
clude forgery, embezzlement, as :
sault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill, and several minor
charges.
Chief of the murder cases will
be that against Guy Ganey, charg-
ed with the Staying of Julius Hen
derson over his daughter. This
one case take three days,
court house observers believe.
The store breaking and larceny
cases will be headed by that OF
Roy Grissett, who is charged with
breaking and entering the Anchor
Hardware store, a d the Apple
white Beauty and Barber Supply
Co.
The full calendar and charges
follow: Monday, March 10-A. E.
Bergman, bad check; Walter I.
Dodd, driving drunk; Robert Gar
ner, driving drunk; Eugene John
son. hit and run; Troy Brown, en-
bezzlement; Louis B. Harper, for
gerry.
T. L. Walker. three charges of
giving b a d checks: Earl Fisher,
store breaking, larceny d re-
ceiving; Joe Bellamy, two charges
Of assault with a deadly weapon;
Clifton II. Britt, driving drunk;
Herbert B. Shaw and William L.
Shaw, false claim; E. j. Schadt,
driving drunk; Clifton Henry
Britt, drunk; Randolph White.
murder; j. B. Brown, murder;
Burney Smith, manslaughter: Roy
Grissett, store : breaking larceny
and receiving; Preston Leroy
Canady and Quincy Canady,
fCovfinr,oI mn D, un T1uo r.l 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-10
YOUTH KILLSDAD
TO SAVE MOTHER
Indiana Farmer Slain AS
He Pursued Wife With
Loaded Shotgun

LOGANSPORT, Ind, March 3
-P-State Trooper Bernard D.
Leavitt reported that 13-year-old
Donald Gene Sisson shot and kill
ed his father John r. Sisson, 81,
today at the Sisson farm home
10 miles north of Logansport as
the father pursued the boys moth
err with a shotgun.
Trooper Leavitt and Eugene
Burkett, Cass county deputy
sheriff, said the boy was not held
and that there probably will be
no charges against him.
The officers said Sisson was COM
mitted to the Logansport State
hospital for insane last Nov. Is
but was paroled to his wife two
months ago. They said the family
told them Sisson had been drink
ing since last Thursday and be-
came frenzied today.
The officers gave this account
of the shooting as obtained from
Mrs. Sisson and three children:
"First Shot"
Sisson argued with his wife
against entertaining another son,
Raymond, at dinner today and
handed a 16-gauge shotgun to her
with the remark, before night
one of US will be dead and I'm
going to give you the first shot"
Mrs. Sisson sat the gun in a
corner. Sisson pushed the smallest
children, Glenn Larry, II, and
Jack Richard, 5, through the door
CONTINUED ON Page Two, Col. 81