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The Omaha guide., 1947-08-23
NAAcP Will
Defend Vet
Shot By Cop
Demand Immediate
Suspension of Cop
Who Did Shooting

NEW YORK, - The National
association for the Advancement
OF Colored People demanded the
immediate suspension of rooHie
patrolman Francis LeMaire, who
snot and critically wounded LLOYD
curtis Jones, 29-year-old disabled
veteran, in New York's busy Col
umbust Circle a week ago. At the
same time it was as learned that
NAACP attorney Amos c. Bow
man of the Harlem branch had
Deeh retainedto present the young
voice student who is being held
under arrest at Roosevelt Hos.
pitfalls prison ward where he is
still on the critical list.
A statement by the NAACP de
manded the immediate removal of
quick triggered troopers who ask
questions later" was issued by
Walter White, Secretary.
Officials and members of the
NAACP are shocked and mortified
owe the cold blooded shooting of
a d~efenseless, Peaceful citizen by
a man who was sworn to protect
the lives and safety of all OUR cit
i%zetns," he said.
far presented there was absolutely
no provocation for Patrolman Le-
Maire even to have beaten Lloyd
Jones with his nightstick. When
he drew his revolver and pumped
bullets into the daZed veteran he
became a maddened maniac to
every single person in our city.
/. I'VE are Immediately demand
ing that this man be suspended
from our police department and
that he be prosecuted. Quick trig-
gered troopers who ask questions
later can no more be tolerated
in New York City than they can
in Batesburg, South Carolina"
ones, a music student who
had hopes of securing a Guggen-
helm Fellowship, was shot down
by the patrolman at the Columbus
Circle entrance to Central Park,
where discussion groups and park
bench sitters have long been a
feature of Manhattan life. Accord
ing to eyewitnesses produced by
the newspaper Pm, Jones had
been singing for one of these
small groups on the night 6, leav.
ing at IL p. m. to wait for a
bus.
LeMaire, who had became a re-
gular member of the police force
only twenty-five minutes earlier,
approached Jones with another
policeman, ordering him to move
on and jabbing him with his night
stick. When Jones objected to
some Of LeMaire's language, the
policeman is alleged to have at
tackled him with lbs. nightstick.
breaking it on the Negro veterans
head. With blood streaming down
his face, eyewitnesses claim that
Jones lifted his arms dazedly to
protect himself. LeMaire is then
alleged to have stepped back,
whipped out his revolver and
pumped three bullets into the dis
abled veterans stomach.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-23

Valley, La, who lynched by a
mob near Minden on August 8,
1916,
The petition was fled by At
torney A. P. Tureaud of New Or.
leans for Mrs. Jones in behalf of
herself and her 5-yeaEold dau-
ghter, Myrtis Ann.
Mrs. Jones, now a resident Of
California, charged that Oscar H.
Haynes, ST., was duly elected and
qualified sheriff of Webster Par
ish on or about August z, 1916
when her husband, Corporal John
G. Jones was in legal custody Of
the sheriff and was ~incarcerated
in the Parish jail at Minden, La,
and that it was the duty of the
sheriff to provide for the safe
keeping and protection of prison.
ers or persons accused OF crime
placed in his custody.
On or about the night of Aug
ust Z, 1916, the petition contin-
ued, an irresponsible mob of white
men appeared at the Minden Jail
and demanded that Jones be tur-
ned over to them. 1t was -appar-
ent that tie mob intended to in
flict serious injury on Jones, the
Petition stated, and the defent-
ant or his deputies aided and a.
betted the mob by surrendering
Jones without the snghtes resist
ance. The mob placed Jones in a
waiting automobile and lynched
him at Dorcheat Bayou, a nearby
wooded section, on the night Of
August 7 Or morning of August 8.
In her petition, Mrs. Jones
charged that Haynes failed in his
duty to safely keep and protect
juice dllO ty ACdcOlI VI Ills 1dliuIc
he became liable to her and her
minor daughter for the death Of
their husband and father.
Hynes is a Resident of Minden,
Louisiana.
The lynching of John G. Jones
caused nationwide protest last
year after NAACP investigators
learned fill details of how he and
his 17-year-old cousin, Albert Son.
ny Man" Harris, had been seiz-
ed on the threshold of the Minden
Jail and taken by a dozen Or more
unmasked white men in automo-
biles to a densely-wJoded ection
between Minden and Cotton Val
lev known as Dorcheat Bayou.
Jones and Harris were suspected
Continued On Page
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-23
Inquiry Sent to
Legion Fost From
Seey Roy Wilkins

NEW YORK,-The Illinois State
Department Of the American Le-
gion asked if its letter revoking
the charter of the Roy B. Tisdell
post in Peoria, Ill, contained any
mention of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement Of the
Colored People, or any intimation
whatsoever that the NAACF is
communistic."
Reason for inquiry, sent by
Roy Wilkins, NAACP assistant
secretary, to State Commander
Walter P. Kleuskens Of Chicago.
was an Associated Press dispatch
Of August 10 which stated that
the Peoria post commander, c. A.
Hardwood, had participated in
activities demonstrating his as
ISOLATION with those engaged in
dissemination Of communistic ideo.
logies.
Immediately after this quota
ton, the Associated Press placed
a paragraph in its news story say
ing, "Hazelwood is a leader in
Peoria activities of the National
Association for the Advancement
Of Colored People"
In his telegram Wilkins stated:
National Association for Ad-
vancement of Colored People is
not 10Y and never has been en-
eager in spreading communism.
Size it was organized in 1909 its
objective has been to secure the
full citizenship rights Of Negro
Americans under the U. S. Con
stitution and federal and state
laws though legislation, he courts,
and other channels open to Areri-
Rights. Since Associated Press ap-
parently did not quote your en-
tire letter, we wish to inquire
whether it contained any mention
Of National Association for Ad.
vancement of Colored People, or
any statement that Hazelwood's
alleged activities with this associ-
alton entered into the decision to
revoke the TisdeIl post charter,
or any intimation whatsoever that
this association is communistic or
that its activities help to spread
or encourage the ideology of com.
munism. We viii appreciate
prompt reply"
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-23

"A wage policy that made price
reductions impossible would mill
tate against the workers own in
terests. VOL, v.-P.,
AFL.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-23
Report On Hearings In the Senate On
FEFC Bill; Prominent Speakers Present

Hearings on S984, the National Act Against Discrimination in
Employment were completed on July Is. A group of distinguished
citizens including religious, labor, racial and civic leaders spoke
strongly in favor of our bill. Among these were: A. Philip Randolph
Co-Chairman of National Council for q Permanent FEPC; William
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-23
new LYNCHING METHODS Are USED BY The SOUTH
AI|-White Juries Free Killers
In 'SeIf-Defense Murders
As 'JustifiabIe homocides

NEW ORLEANS. La-Dixies "~selfdefense murders in which
white min shoot Negroes in the back and all-white grand juries or
coroners term the killings as Unsuitable homicides committed in
seIfaefense,- are steadily increasing and have totaed four during
the past four weeks, according 10 Daniel E. Byrd, president of the
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-23

Its my first fight since be-
coming a priest."-Maj. Maurice
E. Powers. U. S. Army chaplain,
after knocking out burglar in Ber-
lin. a
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-23
Vets Widow Sues Louisiana Sheriff
Files $4,000 Damage Suit In
U.S.. District Court For the
Lynch Murder Of Her Husband

SHREVEPORT, Le.-Oscar H. Haynes, S, sheriff Of Webster
Parish, Louisiana and his surety company, we're made defendants in
a $4,000 damage suit filed here Thursday I'M the United States Dis
tnct Court for the Westerns District of Louisiasa by Mrs. Carrie Lee
Jones, widow of the late Corporal John C. Jones, resident of Cotton
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-23

Let US civilize the Americans
when they comet'-Reverly Bax.
ter, British MP, advising Ice
water not to be served to u. $.
tourists.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-23
WorId,s First namn

James Figg. who won the crown
as bare knuckle champion in 1719.
retired Ind>faa4ad IN f-2n
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-23

say you Saw it advertised IN Tha
Omaha Guide
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-23
Salt Lake

Salt Lake
Great Salt lake has a salt con-
t"nt Of about 90 pnr cent.
The Omaha guide., 1947-08-23

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STATION WOW, $50 ?. NJ. FAC THURSDAY.
"TUT, TUT. NOTHING BUT B~UTTER-NUT BREAD
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02
Grass Roots Opinion On Closed Shop

(NeW York Sun)
 WHEN GOVERNOR ROBERT D. BLUE of Iowa placed his signature bill ouawng the closed shop his State became the thirteenth such law since 1914 The Iowa statute similar to that in these other States makes it unlawful to prevent any Iowan from working because he is or is not member of labor union It also forgds deduction of union dues through the checkoff without the written approval of the ployee Now in the list of States banning the closed shop Arizona, Arkansas, Florida Georgia Nebraska New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Da- kota Tennessee, Texas and Virginia None of these industrial State although of them do have large industrial interests and urban populations which a- most great the rure It is to such States that po tians have turned whey the wanted to get down the grass roots in quest of public sentiment They find in the action of these Legislatures closer to their stituents in most instances than are members of Con- gress proof of the grass roots opninon the closed shop.
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02

they are likely to meet "back home' may be more gc than the conditions under which they have been lying in Germany.
 Yet what is be done with these persons? Certainly their present status is entirely fuefor the for the land in which they living and for the citizens of the United States Conditions in DIP camps are far from pleasant not through administrators but of necessity They cannot go in that state indefinitely, continue to support them indefinitely
 Europe has had two years to return toward normacy Political economic and social structures beginning normal patterns in spite of pickering in spite of the of The contnNed existence of DIP camps retards rather than hastens the program of mobilization In many instances individuals, returning to their old homes attempting to find homes in Germany will face untold hardship and suffering But the change is which must There is little believe that further posponement of the evil day will soften little, it's tragic repercussions
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02
DIP Camps In Germany
Cincinnati Enquirer)

Cincinnati Enqurer)
 IN THE AMERICAN ZONE of Occupation in Ger many some 53O,000 displaced persons living. For two years they have been there, supported almost tirely by the United States government which, in the final analysis, you, your neighbors and the peo pie who live the railroad tracks few days ago Gen Lucus D. Clay, commander of the occupation area formally notified these people that would providing them with food shelter and other necessities
 On it's face this seems hard-almost brutal-ac- ton. The unfortunate half-million have resources for the most part They have hoes property few friends They have place to go except back to the land from which they fled were ejected The fates
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02
Must We Have A Recession?

(Anchorage Daily Times
 IT LOOKS MORE and more as if the country were going to have business recession before it has any marked price recession President Truman has made several appeals to business and industry for price redc tpns But has noted business and industry falling over themselves in their eagrness to follow the sugges tion.
 Instead affairs continue about as before. The Feb ruary cost of living declined fraction of per over January, but still 179 per cent higher than Febru- any, 1946 The continuing price rise of many items accompanied by rise in unemployment. Womens clothing prices advanced sharply according to the Bureau of Labor Standards But there was an even sharper decline in dress production
 MT. TrunanS suggestion is highly sensible and the response of business seems increasingly puzzng Why must prices continue to climb where buyer resistance has reached such pitch that production has to be tailed? It doesn't make Manufacturers emphasize that labor costs their chief expenditure Yet in most industries labor costs governed by yearly contract This does not explain month-bymonth price advances
 Business paper editors agreed that recession readjustment is the way, probably before next fall It will probably about they say by continu- ation of the present price trend They predict will end when prices reach sensible level in balance with buy ing power.
 That result would be good of But the remedy seems unnecessarily drastic and risky There would surely be unemployment, and this could very we'll be accompanied by resentment and agitation In fact there could be guaranteed safeguard against panic in such a panleSS correction.
 The state of the world at the time this predicted re- cession occurred could unforeseen results. The American economic system for all its accomplishments and promise is the object of many skeptcal looks and hard words today Capitalism isn't what you would call the worlds pn-up philosophy at the moment. Even a mild depression might have profound effect Amer icaS international position.
 This is taking the gloomy view but it is view that ought to be considered A lot of businessmen seem to agree with the theory that prices should be reduced Most of them agree that the higher they go the farther they'll fall Cause and effect have been neatly blue printed many times But too few following the blue print ["
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02
N GEORGE S.BEllsCN President of Harding College
 Searcy Arkdnsos

firmly upon each of us, no matter what may be our economic status or individual social background, to choose out this proper course. There is no way to go, if we should face into a depression, ex-
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02
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WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT

There is one way, and only one way, to avoid a serious depression, and that way is open to the Amer ican people. Responsibility rests
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02
Down With Prices


 Indeed, with genuine whole-heart- ed cooperation from labor and in- dustry. it would be quite possible to increase output as much as 40 per cent generally. This should be enough to bring about a general 25 per cent reduction in prices. This could be done with our pres ent labor force and without in creased working hours.
 This would in fact bring prices down until it would be equivalent to an increase in wages. This is the one sound answer to.the pres ent threat of a depression. Such answer would also give us hope of regaining our foreign markets, which have had little attention paid to them since the war. We must promote these markets if we expect to be able to operate our industry at maximum production for any length of time, thus having hieh employment and high na- tional income.
 Wisdom of "A Sage
 The importance of this thing prompted Bernard M. Baruch to state recently that the whole post war world would "get going only if men work" and to come out for five and half day, 44-hour week. The seriousness of the prob lem we face is such that we may be able to save civilization if we accept the challenge, MT. Earuch said, adding that this would mean greater effort than that exerted during the. war.
 In proposing a 44-hour work week, with no strikes or layoffs to January 1, 1949," as a means Of increasing production, MT. BarucA recognized our present tendencies to put limitations on our work. He. emphasized that way must be found for production to flow smoothly. This achieved, then ga sense of security would return to worker and employer, and the re- action upon the economy of the world would be deep and lasting" Heads Together
 The sage MT. Baruch has more. Until we have unity, until we straighten out and solve our own problems of production, and have internal stability, there is no basis on which the world can renew it. self physically or spiritually" he continued. To admit that we in America cannot do these things is to admit the failure of democratic civilization. And if we fail, there is little in Western civilization that may be salvaged.
 If labor and industry would put their heads together, come to realistic solution of their prob lems, shake hands across the table and go to work in earnest to whip this threat of immediate depres- sion through maximum and whole-hearted production, then no one would have anything to fear. This is the solution that would be best for the public. In fact, no solution will do unless best for all three of these groups. No one of
The Nome nugget., 1947-06-02

cept toward hard work, and the high productivity of industrial peace.
 That's the formula that will en- able us to weather a business re- .cession, provided we begin to use it now. We must all tighten our belts. get our feet on the ground, and go to work. A greatly increas- ed measure of productivity per man-hour is the best answer to the present situation that can be thought up.
Evening star., 1947-03-11
Suit Filed for Reward
In Bernstein 5|ayinq

A suit claiming the 2,700 reward
money In connection with the hold
up-murder last June Of Maurice
Bernstein, drugstore owner, was
pending today In civil division OF
Municipal Court.
Filed yesterday by Mrs. Mary
Glover, 1886 Marion street NV.
through her attorney, John G. Saul
the action names as defendants the
Metropolitan Police Department
Post So of the Jewish War Veterans
and the District Pharmaceutical
Association.
Mrs. Glover claims the defendants
owe her $500, $1,000 and 400, re.
spectively, as a result Of information
she gave police on June II. She
alleges the information resulted ir
the arrest and conviction, on No.
vember 81, Of Reginal j. Wheeler
n, now awaiting execution for the
murder. along with his accomplice
Jesse James Patton, 81.
In the suit Mrs. Glover identifies
herself as mother Of a girl acquaint.
ance of Wheeler. She contends she
learned on June Z that Wheeler was
leaving for Ridge Spring, s. c., and
notified homicide squad detectives
four days later. The arrest was
made in Ridge Spring.
Speaking for the pharmaceutical
association, Leo F. Diegelmann
president, said yesterday the groul
had posted only $500 reward and
that 1t was not paid on the advice
Of the police department.
Evening star., 1947-03-11
Snyder Boys Trial
Opens Tomorrow

Robert Whitlock (Bobby) Snyder
14-year- r-old former Gordon Junior
High School student, will go on
trial in Montgomery County Circuit
Court at Rockville, Md, tomorrow
on charges of murder in the shoot
ing of his foster parents and foster
sister.
The victims were Mr.. and Mrs
Ross H. Snyder and their 12-year-
old adopted daughter, Jane Ann.
Following the Staying November
% in the Snyders' Darnestown farm
house, former States Attorney Jo-
seph B. Simpson, jr.. said the youth
signed a statement that he hac
shot the three after being repri-
manded by his foster father, q
Washington attorney, over being out
too late the previous night.
Since that time the boy has beer
examined by State psychiatrists who
pronounced him Of sound mind both
at the time of examination and al
the time of commission of the
crime.
Counsel for the accused will be
Joseph c. Cissel and John r. Reeves
Walter w. Dawson, States at.
torney, who will be assisted in the
prosecution by Mr.. Simpson, sale
that because Of the publicity giver
the case, he anticipates some prob.
lens" in the selection of the jury
tomorrow.
The boy has been confined to the
county Jail since the crime. .
Evening star., 1947-03-11
Terms Of $4,000, 900 Loan
To Pepeo Approved by PUG

The Potomac Electric Power Co.
todV had permission from the Pub
lie Utilities Commission to borrow
s12. 100000 without asking compete
tive bids, to finance improvements
and refund outstanding notes.
Regulations require competitive
bidding on such loans, b,.t the PUG
said it was in the public interest
to waive the rules in this case, be-
cause the loan agreement proposed
by PEPCO is flexible. would carry
low interest and run for rela-
lively short term.
PEPCO in turn Is to lend $780,
900 of the total amount to the
Braddock Light & Power Co., its
Virginia subsidiary, to build an 3d.
000-horsepower turbine just north
of Alexandria.
Another $500, 900 will be used to
build additional substations and
transmission and distribution lines
in Maryland, while $4,000. 600 viii
be used to refund outstanding
notes.
The loan will be made by four
New York and Is Washington banks.
Evening star., 1947-03-11
zoning Body Weighs
Driye-in Bank Protests

A controversy between residents
OF the far Southwest section and
officials of the Anacostia National
Bank over rezoning a piece of land
for a drive-in branch bank was be.
fore the zoning Commission today.
The commission yesterday heard
testimony from both bank offlciais
and residents.
The property involved lies on the
southwest corner of Atlantic street
and South Capitol terrace S.W.
Bank officials, led by their presi.
dent, w. L. Koontz, and Irving B,
Yochelson, director, told the COM
mission the South Capitol Street
Bridge will open up the area and
pull business away from Anacostia.
The banks main office is at 1000
Nichols avenue Sc.
Owners Of the residential prop
erty In the neighborhood, especially
those In the block bounded by At
lantic street, South Capitol terrace,
Brandyvine street, First place and
Nichols avenue, objected that the
rezoning would depreciate their
property.
Mrs. Charles H. Haggerty, repre-
senting the Washington Highlands
Citizens Association, presented petit
tions opposing the rezoning from
her group and the Southeast Council
Of Citizens Associations.
The proposed bank branch would
be similar, bank officials said, to
that proposed by the Hamilton Ma
tional Bank for Georgia and Alaska
avenues NV,
Evening star., 1947-03-11
Wounded Youth S Friend
Faces Larceny Trial April 3

Five cases were pending today In
Municipal Court against the COM
panion of the youth shot Sunday
when he broke away from police
after his arrest.
Appearing yesterday before Judge
Ellen K. Raedy, Lloyd Gibson, 81
colored, Of the HOO block of New
Jersey avenue, was granted a jury
trial on April on three counts OF
petty larceny from automobiles.
After pleading guilty to two
charges of tampering, Gibson was
turned over to probation officers fol-
report and sentencing March "a be-
fore Traffic Court Judge Thomas D
Quinn.
His companion, Robert Riley. 10
colored, of the 900 block of Fourth
street NE, is in critical condition
in Gallinger Hospital with bulle,
wound in the stomach.
At hearings in both courts, Police
Pvt. John E. Strobel, of No. 8 Pre-
cinct, testified he placed the youths
under arrest when he found them
tampering with a car parked in the
TOO block of Fourth street NE
Police reported Pvt. Strobel fired a
shot at Riley when he ran away
while the policeman was summon
ing patrol wagon at a call box at
Fifth and G streets NE.
Evening star., 1947-03-11
Bert H. Wise Will Head
Child Welfare Committee

Bert H. Wise of Cheverly has been
selected as chairman of a newly
organized Family and Child Welfare
Committee of the Prince Georges
County Community Chest and Plan
ming Council, it was announced to-
day.
The committee, organized by rep
resentatives of various welfare
agencies connected with the county s
Chest organization, will study, CO.
ordinate and make recommenda-
tions on all matters concerning fam
lily and child welfare.
Bernard Tayman of Berwyn was
appointed chairman of a subcom-
mittee to study legislation pending
before the General Assembly on
public welfare, the proposed revi-
sion of State adoption laws and the
Juvenile Court law for the county.