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Kodiak mirror., 1947-04-05

Here you see a picture of a lit tie boy who did not fare so well as the boy Tn the story. This childs mother is one of the ACC As most ardent membe IS in An
Evening star., 1947-08-14
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DANCES
Senior Dance. $40 o'clock tonight. Jew.
ish Community Center, Sixteenth and
Outdoor dancing for teen-asers. spon.
sored by District Recreation Department
$40 o'cioeE tonight on the Hiiiorsst Play.
ground. Thirty-second and Denver street!
Be, with Ben Franwirth's orchestra, ard
street sn .as ana r Broad Branch road NV With
Nate Breeskins orchestra.
LUNCHEONS.
| District Bankers Association, 1915
0% Ame2Iesn sGmsTroy ovndstion h0ie for Physical,
Handicapped, 1918 pm. tomorrow. Will
lard Hotel -
Catholic Daughters Of America, 8 o'clock
tonight, willard Hotel.
MUSIC
soldiers Home Military Band concert
$40 O'Clock tonight soldiers' Home
SPECIAL EXHIBITS.
| Arts Club Of Washingten. 2017 Eve
street NV, open weekdays II am. to .
pm, Sundays 2 to pm; summer exnini-
ton BY members Of club through Sep
Fish. and wildiifs Service. under ma main
lobby in Commerce Department Building
Fourteenth and z streets NV; open al
and fresh water nsh. for an indefinite
National Gallery Of Art, sixth street
am. to pm. weekdays and 2 to 10 pm
Sundays: exhibition Of chisroscuro prints
through september ID. -
m. weekdays, am. to 9 , m. SATURDAY ss ~
carta, on loan from the British govern;
sS.as until y, osen IL s4s
bioSraphy." both for an indennit. period
80 rare and important BOOKS l.Om .nH .nr. sn.
respondence Of Abraham Lincoln 1or al
Howard University GALLERY e Ar, Ar; q q
am. to 5 pm. Mondays throueh Fr,osys ".
throuEh September ,o7 p.rdo,n,
place NV, open 8 to 10 pm. daily and md
man Cafiee Kaiser. Lazzari, Perlmuttel
anH 6i.triet 'i Public Library. Eighth and
streets NV, open 8 am to pm. Mon
day through Friday; Q am; to l pm sat
ss.in ss5s~ins. % bs Andre rissini' 'hroash Angus
Artists Co-operative Gallery, 1920 =
street NV % open 10 'm snnds,s Is pm sRhbiso da1
inston by Potomac PIein Air Artists Asso
citation, through Monday.
TEEN CLUBS.
Club Ast1S.sls' Te.n, YWci. w siz street NV. be
ginning at 1880 O'Clock tonight.
FOR sERvICENEN.
Penthouse uso, seyentssnth t!s1asp tnn3rh' .nd
ssrssts; asnsins, ss,5sI . osIocF Eoti tonight. CLOCK
p.rty. gso o tSta o'elock Z tonisst. sisss NV"
ois .sf..s saw ess ae. @
library. writing desks, billiard tables. rsdi
and piano. Always open.
Evening star., 1947-08-14
Marriage License
AppIicotions

Under d. C.. Lnt1s couples must
apply TOR a marriage license on
one day, tpait three full days and
receipe the license on the nth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
.fssd Esins sn:I: ss, ssSIs st5 S i; ~: ~,
James msFi I.e pei jr ~ a. SeS M ID and Matte
Maksymyk, 27, Newport News, Va.
John Dsrdsn Is: celnsT sd1a Manor: Nh, MI ant nt
oiIbert cl.spell IS. s21 eir.rd st. ne,
and Mary Mcconnell, Fl, 5736 3rd st
:n Mould sa i2Ss ss f5; 5ss 4 m and
Isaiah Pinkney, a. Clinton, Nd sne
sys. nv, and nis.bsth Montgomery
-sshaa Susie Aesen; Greene. Is, 10 s: s. NV.
and Marie washington. 1s, 75a dirard
oiesus :i !" Sierra, 27, Matters, italy, and Yoll'
Lsvis; ., so' ssv s@ YORK c:n;y. c,sy .,r,or. -
Harlan PI srumweil II. i411 bssa ave. Hill!
side; Nd; ;;.,.sei and 1m0sene 1S Thomas 10
Robert Heath, 10, 1015 21st st: South
4 Arlington. Va, and Nora Bass, 1s, 16O:
Needham Howard, 20, 1928 Holmead pl
NV. and Iris Livingston. 20, 2s40 14tl
i st. NV.
/ and Resale Poston, 20. 1901 Rhod
Thomas Skinner. ~, 1918 Kennedy pl
Richard Emberson. 30. aos1 s4th st. 80.
and Virginia Nicoll, 20. 231 1st st.. ne
Dock Lester, 90, Renick, w. Va. and Anni
Lee. 5S. 1890 T st. NV.
James Wiggins. 81. 41s Irving 1t. NV.
and Mary Brown. 26: 1928 11th st. nv
| both Of S5 Fenton ct. NV.
! Edward Pelham, jr.t IA. 1899 5th 81
I NV, and Mamie Keys, 1a. BOT st
Evening star., 1947-08-14

BENJAMIN Joyner,. jr. 20. .es7 = st. NV.
rusen. ssa S1osn chs..o s.ez md Is v.
non. 90. Arlington. Va,
Ernest Marcuge, 26. 902 Sligo ave. Silver
Spring. Nd. and Elaine Frankel "A, New
James Mann, 20. Waco. Tex. and Helen
Tippett. 10. 4725 Wisconsin ave. NV.
Marion Hensley. 20, and Ruth Grimm, 20,
Paul Bender, 2s. Bethesda. Md. and Mar
ouise Bechard, "a. 1877 C st. Sc
Glenn Berkey. "a. 1907 18th st NV,
and Maria Cara, 26, Arlington Farms,
Arlington
william Hanser. IT,. 10. 1142 Abbey pl
NE. and Betty Harding. 10. 4126 Grant
st. ne.
James Lyles. se; 1920 = st; ne. and Ida
Marcum. IS. Alexandria, Va.
Thomas Devlin, ~, AIS York I'd. Belti-
more. and Stella vorobey. %, 324 sth
st. Sc.
Robert Carr. 81. and Lillian Henderson,
II. both Of $500 32nd st. Sc.
Jean Leclair. 81. Marland. Okla.
Carroll Pope, %, 1912 lockwood rd.. Silver
Spring, Md, and Evalyn Shanks. %,
1907 N. Pershins dr.. Arlington. Va.
Evening star., 1947-08-14
Cupt. Peterson to Lecture

Capt. G. e. Peterson, holder Of the
Navy Cross for heroism in conduct
ing submarine patrols, will lecture
on the submarine in modern war
fare at 8 pm. Tuesday in Building
Evening star., 1947-08-14
It's at the Anacostia Naval Receiv
ing Station.

i Canada's population Increased
from 3,215 in the first census taken
in 1866 to 11,5O6,655 in the 194l
= census.
Evening star., 1947-08-14
DRESSMAkER SUIT

Here's a lody's touch TO q TUX"
with it's wide notched revers and
single button closing. OF Juil-
lords treco twill in black or
brown. Sizes Ii to 20
$7e.75
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-13
Holmes Registrar Gives
October Vital Statistics

During the month of October there
were IL white births and 80 colored
and five white deaths to "a deaths
among the colored, according to a
report released today by Hal A. Gil
liam, County Registrar.
Of the II white births, girls out
numbered boys Is to 2. In the col
ored births the girls also led over the
bows. 40 to 80. On the death side of
the report, of the 5 white deaths,
three were male and two female.
There were Is male and female
colored deaths.
White Births
Below is a list of white births re-
corded and their parents:
Dorothy and w. F. Shrock, Peggy
10; June and Lester E. Brunette,
Lester Eugene; Mary and c. M.
Christian, Janet Virginia; Frances
and c. M. Brown, Alice Virginia;
Gladys and E. A. Johnson, Earlene;
Wilma and William Gnemi Betty
Irene; Malissa and r. r. Temple,
Sandra Lee; Hazel E. and r. G. Pink
ard, Elizabeth Ann; Mable c. and H.
E. Grantham, Betty Jean; Dorothy
and G.. w. Kuykendall. Elva Eliza
beth; Frances and Boyd Thompson
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-13

Mae; Lulie and 7. Durham, Rutha b.
Melvin and Cleo Phillips, S. B.; Car
RE and Virgil Walsh, Pauline; Their
Use and John d. McClelland, Annie
Mary; Mollie Randall, Alice Maej
Mary L. and Willie James Jordan
Mandie; Addie and Walt Caiser'
James Earl; Algo and Enid Powell,
Willie; Annie and Richard Haynes
Charlie; Cleo and Leroy Shaw, Ether
Mae; Inez and Richard Nettles, Annie
CLYDE; Crisbell and Charles Davis,
Carmencita; Elizabeth and L. D..
Stuart, John D.; Minnie Bell and
Bell Collins, Roosevelt; Sut D. and
John Brownlow, Isore; jamie Mae
and Russell Sampson, Russell; Olivia
and Thomas Phillips, Bess Marie;
Lille Mae Taylor, Irene; Alice and
Tom Booker, Mellish; Hualgen and
Len Thomas, Lorraine; Alma and +.
II. Powers, Claudine; Rebecca Ran
die, Elizabeth Lee.
Lulu and Jerry Booker, Sadie Lue;
Rebecca Taylor, Irenia; Lille and
Tim Cross, S. B.; Addie and Tom
Martin, Catherine; Elsie Cade, Betty
Jane; Velma and Emery Barnette,
Emery Jesse; Betty l.. and Joe Hill
Annie Pearl; Willie Mae and John
Mac Hobbs, John Mac; Briddie and
Frank Nettle, Dotha G.: Mary l.. and
|. v. Winters, Shirley Louise; Parilee
and Singleton S. Ship, Larry Jr;
Irene and c. l.. Cooper, Cuberit Like;
Ora d. and w. E. Anderson, Will Ed;
Gertrude and Aaron Adams, Jere
and Jerome Twins; Ruth Mae and
F. w. Williams, Matte Lee; Rosie
Mae and H. w. Page, Sarah Lee;
Juanita E. and Ed Lindsay, Juanita
Mary; Edna and Rozelle Herman,
Glory Slime; Osil and Clenton Red
mond, Ira Jene; Virginia and Ebert
Mckinley, Resale; Leonie and Wes-
ley Redmond, James; Paralee and
Ralph Malone, Jessie Lee; Nina Lee
and Floyd l.. Coleman, Ernestine.
Annie Lee and John Pearson,
Robert Lee; jamie and John Hamp-
ton, Robert Lee; Eliza and Perfect
Gould, Project Jr.; jamie Harris,
Easter Mae; Bette Mae and Henry
Jackson, Roosevelt; Carrie and Ike
Lipsev. Joe Willie; Fannie Mae and
Samson Harris, Roy Edgar; Viola and
! Hurlbert Brunstark, Hubert, Jr.
Amelia and Tommie Kelly, Edward
| Chrisdale and Charles Davis, Tomis'
eta; Susie May and Charley It'd
we'll, Charles, Jr.
Parents: If your baby was born II
the month of October and you dc
not find it's name in the above list
please write to the County Registrar
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-13
GOSPEL TALKS
by Rev. r. G.. Valentine
BUILDING A CHARACTER
(3l The Plan

mot my will, but thine, be DONE
Luke 22:42.
Any sensible person will have
some plan in mind before he begins
to build anything. 1t may vary from
a picture in the mind for some
small object to elaborate blue prints
for a building, but to build without
a plan is one way never to accom-
plish anything. The best of building
materials would simply be wasted
if they were not put together ac-
cording to some plan.
So with a life. To be busy with
various activities but never to know
where one is going is to go nowhere
If ones life is to amount to any
thing, some end must be kept in
mindw, and worked for. But there
are high and noble ends and there
are selfish and low ends. Ones life
can be directed by selfish ambitions
or submitted to divine control.
The character that vii lbe truly
beautiful will be the one formed
under the guidance of God. The life
that submits to His high plan will
rise much higher than the one that
is governed in any other way. Gods
will is always best. His plan for
ones life is the highest plan.
But the builder cannot build ac-
cording to His plan unless the ma
terial is submissive in His hands.
The way to build ones life according
to the Divine plan is to yield that life
as living building material into the
hand of God and let Him have con-
troll. The life that is ''hid with Christ
in Cod must be life of service
bringing glory to God. Are you
saying, mot my will, but thine be
done"? Your character is built &C
cording to one plan Or the other.
Which is it, your will or Gods?
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-13

Judith Susan; Betty J. and T. E.
Young, Josephine; Bess M. and j. w
Laugherty, James William; Ida M
and ]. A. Sanford, Brenda Carol; Mr.
and Mrs. James Leslie Smell, Martha
Ann; Mr. and jesse B. Davenport
Elizabeth Ann; Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil
Horton Rhyme, Bessie Myrtle.
Colored Births
Mae Ida and Norman Woodson'
Mae Alice; Mae Bell and Ed Will
Jams, James; Sonora and Sam Brooks
Samuel; L. G. and Arthur Harris Jrr
Robert Lee: Louie and Ilanda Parker,
Arthur Lee; Edna and Henry Rhodes
Geneva Mae; Leatha and Henry
Haynes, Jerry Lee; Emma Lee and
Lonzo Reade, Clara b.; Lee A. and
Owen Gibson Lille Rec; Sally and
J. w. Smith, Charley B.; Flora and
Will c. Culp. Priscilla; Cora Lee and
w. B. Sargent, Hattie Pearl; Ethel
and Clark Woods, Evaughan; Bertha
and Ohio Erwin, Robert Lee; Geor-
gia B. Thurmond, Glide; Wright w.
and II. Charles Morris, Charlie Jr;
Annie Lee and John Henry Malone
Henry Lee; Cora and Mack Hoskins,
Henrietta; Bessie and Johnson Rus
sell, Elcee; Helen and Cato Edwards
Macarthur: Edora and James Clerk
Alois: Ruby and Dock Moore, Dock
L.; Essie and Joe Middleton, Joe
Willie.
Hattie Lee and Lou Binford, War
dell; Forest and T. L. Howard, Willie
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-13

"The Danube is not blue, but as
muddy as your Mississippi" DR.. Kurt
Won Schusnigg, ex-chancellor of Aus
tria, said recently at the University
of Mississippi.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-13

Graduates of the School of Phar-
macy at the University of Mississippi
are eligible for examination to
practice pharmacy in any state.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-13

Use The Clossifieds-It Pdys
Arkansas State press., 1947-12-26
Riqht of Com unisf
To Council Seat
Contested

New York. N. Y - (Globan 49,
IN what is considered an unprecc-
d-nted move. the Rules Commit
fee, Privileges an Elections Will
hold a hearing next month in the
controversy over whether to scat
a communist in the seat left vac
ant in the New York City Council
by the Communist, Peter V. Gao
hlonc, who died a few weeks ago
The Communist Party has de-
signated Simon Gerson to fill the
se6t, but the Democrats. the Re-
publicans and the Liberals are
fighting the move. Both sides will
be represented next month and
the fight promises 10 be furious
one.
7 AT the present time, Benjamin
J. Davis, President of the New
York Daily Worker, Communist
organ, Is the only Communist in
the City Council
Arkansas State press., 1947-12-26
Petition To IN On
Behalf Of Negroes
Receives Approval

New York-The NAACP petit
ton to the United Nations lis
a superb job" Harvard Universe
tvs famous professor, A r t h u r
Schlesinger, Jr. declared recently.
Il hope it has the effect it should
have in rousing the conscience of
the world and in stimulating our
own government into more effect
i've action"
That no other document on be-
half Of justice for the American
Negro ever focused so effective
and worldwide attention on this
problem is the concensus OF opin-
ion of scholars, editors, diplo-
mats and other authorities. Thom-
as l.. Stokes, in his widely syndi-
Gated column, declares the petition
"a timely reminder for us to take
a look inward at ourselves while
we are declaiming about the short
comings of people elsewhere" DR..
Frank Kingdom in the New York
Post has declared that the pre-
sentation is a masterpiece of re-
search, Recommendation and legal
argument ........ l believe that the
Negro question is the most search
ing moral test of the contempo-
rary United States. We have
evaded, lodged, hushed and con-
fused the issue. We can no longer
do so. The history is in the record.
Those who have put 1t there have
done us the unreasonable service
of making us face it honestly"
The NAACP announced that the
l55-page document will shortly be
published in print form either by
a regular publishing house with
which negotiations are now in pro-
gress of by the Association itself
If funds can be raised for the pur-
pose, it is planned also to publish
IL in various languages for world
wide distribution.
Arkansas State press., 1947-12-26

"The case was argued before the
Supreme Court on December 16.
In the course of the argument
before the Supreme Court, it was
pointed out that Bob-Lo Island
was the end of the underground
railroad and represented freedom
for Negroes throughout the South
during slavery time. Today, under
the practice of the Bob-Lo Excur-
sion Company, no Negro can reach
Bob-Lo Island unless the Supreme
Court upholds the Michigan Law.
The brief filed on behalf of the
three organizations states: "On
the question as to who shall be
transported in interstate commerce
and the manner in which passen-
gers shall be transported, there is
also recognizable difference in the
type of statute involved in the
Morgan case and the type of stat
ute involved in this case The ma
tional interests involved in the
method of handling passenger
traffic are two-fold: Cd there is
the overall national interest Of
free flow of commerce, and CD
there is the national interest that
no distinction because of race, col
or ar national origin shall be per-
mitted in areas subject to national
control"
In conclusion the organizations
argue: This Court in the light of
its recent decisions should deter
mine that the Michigan Civil
Rights Act far from being uncon-
stitutional Cd is in fact an aid TO
the free flow Of commerce; and.
(2) is in keeping with the national
Arkansas State press., 1947-12-26
Truman Promises
Closer Scrutiny Of
Racial Attitudes

New York President Harry S.
Truman this week thanked the
NAACP for calling his attention
TO the racial attitudes of John
Broome, Carl Gray and J. M. Don
aldson about which the Associa-
ton wrote the President on De-
cember LIST, and pledged that ad-
ministrative appointments will lie
made ION the basis of the ability
of the man to do the job
The NAACP had cited the ques-
tionable attitude towards Negroes
of the three recent appointments
and urged that particular atten-
ton be given hereafter 70 insure
that no man is nominated for key
administrative posts unless his re-
cord towards minorities is above
reproaeh.
Arkansas State press., 1947-12-26
HERE and 18Th NHI

Shreveport, La. - Booton Pit
klns, II year old colored youth
w7s seriously wounded by an UNI
identified white woman, when he
was struck by a bullet aimed at
a white youth. Detectives inves.i-
gated but did not find the whi'e
youth nor the white woman both
having escaped after the bullet
went the wrong direction. pitkins
told police the woman fired at The
youth but ii struck him instead.
Fittsburg, Pa. A colored poy.
fugitive from a Georgia Public
Works Camp testified he saw con
viets slain and tortured was free 1
today bv an Allegheny County
Judge who reversed an extradi-
ton ofocr Of Gov. James II. Duff.
james Moreland, % who predicted
he, would not come out alive IL
returned TO Georgia Chain gang
Arkansas State press., 1947-12-26

On December 10th. l947, Mr..
White had written to Governor
Cherry that at Angler, North Car
DINA, on Saturday. November n.
1947, mob OF white men set up
on and killed Negro, Charlie
(Bud Smith. anegedly in reprisal
for an argument which he had
previously had with one Of the
members of the group assaulting
him. A friend of the deceased,
Daniel Lee Bassford, also q Ne
gro, was seriously injured as re-
suit of this brutal attack and IL
presently lowering between life
and death in a local North Caro-
lima hospital.
Mr.. Whites letter went on to
state that summary coroner's in
quest was held and a verdict Of
death at the hands OF unknown
persons" was returned. The let
ter requested the Governor OF N.
Carolina to take steps to appre-
bend the guilty parties.
Governor Cherry's letter, after
stating, "......it seems that the
principles involved in the alleged
offences are known as set out in
your letter" then went on to say
that The offence does not
have the earmarks Of lynching. =
In commenting upon this letter.
Mr.. White stated: 1T is inconceiv-
able that Governor Cherry, after
admitting knowledge Of this inci-
dent. should conclude that the bru-
tai murder Of Negro by a mob
of vicious white men is not lynch
ing and that therefore he can do
nothing"
Mr.. White again called upon
Gov. Cherry to exercise his exec.
utive power and require officera
of the State to intervene and in
vestigate this lynching.
Arkansas State press., 1947-12-26
Reverend Sherman
Made Episcopal
Comm. Member

At a meeting called last Monday
at Bethel AME Church. North Lit
tie Rock by Bishop Geo. W. Baber
who presided over the AME con-
ferences of this state, Reverend o.
Sherman, 802 Hickory street, N.
Little Rock, presiding elder of the
Camden District was elected min
isterial member of the Episcopal
Committee Of the General Confer
ence which meets in Kansas City,
Kansas, this spring. Lay member
elected was DR.. E. w. West Of N.
Little Rock. The Episcopal COM
mittee is the largest and the most
influential and powerful of the
committees of the General Con-
ference. 1t passes the character
and assigns the bishops to the va
rious Episcopal Districts. In case
of charges, this committee is the
trial body. Reverend Sherman left
Wednesday to visit the conference
presided over by Bishop Greene
at Alexandria. Louisiana.
Bishop Baber to The East
Bishop Geo. w. Raber left the
city Monday night after the meet
ing to visit Washington and Balti-
more where he will meet the min
listers under his supervision there.
From Baltimore, the Bishop will
60 to Detroit to spend the holi-
days. Mrs. Baber who visited Lit
tie Rock with him, accompanied
him back east.
See SHERMAN ELECTED-p. 8.
Arkansas State press., 1947-12-26
HENRY A. WALLACE ENDORSES civil
RIGHTS PROGRAM UNRESE'VEDlY
a Merry one, indeed.

NEW YORK-Explainng that the NAACP inquiry of No
vember 18th had not been called his until Deem
Der 18th because of his
unreseedy endoes the of the Presidents
Committee Civil Rights This contained
letter Walter White made public last similar
had een to each individual who has been mentioned
poSbe presidential nominee either political
ticket Replies failures to reply have been previously publish
ed.
Il have commented favoraby the report
speeches both the North
only adverse the
the nchngs certain places the
South that there are many murders taking place which really
should be classified lynchings"
Arkansas State press., 1947-12-26
Negro Soldier Slain
By White JeweIer
By MORGAN w. Tam
For Global lsews Syndicate

Seattle, Wash. The fatal shoot
ing December II, Of Floyd Wyrick,
81, 4Oth Truck Company, Fl Law
ton, by a Jeweler on jackson ST.
has all the earmarks Ct a 'Geor-
gia Event The more so after an
Interview with Jack Edwards,
who was arrested following the
Staying because he had accom-
panied the soldier into r. G.. Gou-
lets Jewelry Store, SIG Jackson
St. to make a purchase. According
to Edwards. 1T was outright MUIR
der" Il had never seen the soldier
See SOLDIER sLAIN--page eight
Arkansas State press., 1947-12-26
Refusal Of Michigan Boat Company
To Transport Negro Passengers
Argued In U. 5. Supreme Court

WASHlNGTON-The right of Negroes to freely from
state under the protection against
cation argued before the Supreme by
the NAACP the American Civil Liberties the Ma
ona Lawyers Guild last week the Excursion
Company against the state of Michigan The Company
BobLo Island park Canadian waters
and excursion boats from the Island 1t has
refused for years to Negro and finally
convicted complaint prosecuted by Detroit NAACP
youth council under the Michigan Civil Rights behalf
of Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Ray
Arkansas State press., 1947-12-26
Enlistment Open
Again For Colored
In u. s. r. Army

Enlistment of Colored Personnel
in the U. S. Air Force is again
open, temporarily, the Recruiting
Office here announced today.
This offer, which Is good only
until 81 December means that
openings exist for Colored Person
mel, who have had no previous mi
litary experience as we'll as those
who are former servicemen.
Arkansas State press., 1947-12-26

won his freedom from Judge Sam.
uel A. Weiss. Moreland testified
that road gang prisoners were
manacled and chained to each
other during his labor camp tenn.
He 1sm he saw two convicis kills
ga ~ guards and others beaten
9TH u ey were bloody from head
e. foot
The defendant reported thhat es-
cared prisoners, wien captured.
were thrown into a unlighted Eols
AMI scme times ns.tr sen again.
C'cc, he said he .a,v guards rnur
gasoline on escaped prisoners and
set them afire.
He had served three years Of
twelve year burglary sentences
when he escaped.
DALLAS, TEXAS - An OFT
See HERE and THERE-pses .
Arkansas State press., 1947-12-26
Fla. NAACP Secures Conviction Of Two
Whites For Rapinq Negro Schoo! Girls

MINIS, Fla-Bl Hagan and w. L. Mcknight have been
victed in Circuit Court and sentenced prison terms of five
and respectively charges of criminal attacks
two Negro high school girls Cpey Florida through the
effort of the Washington County branch of the NAACP The
assaults committed in September Despite the ghness
of the sentences in view of the committed the
tons establish precedent in that all white jures persist
emily refused hitherto convict white charged rape
their guilt.
Arkansas State press., 1947-12-26

Encouraged by the success at
tanned to date, efforts will now be
made to prosecute two companions
of Hagan and Mcknight who sat
in an automobile and watched
while the attacks were being per-
petrated.
Attorney w. w. Flournoy.
courageous white lowyer Of De-
Funiak Springs, was retained by
the Washington County branch of
the NAACP to assist in the prose-
cution and played a leading role