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Evening star., 1949-02-17

A tip from Richmond police and
discovery that Pvt. Harris and two
victims in a Washington theater
holdup were slain with rifle led
to a break in the case, according
to Alexandria Police Inspector
Russell Hawes, who directed the
investigation.
Pvt. Harris. policeman less
than three weeks, was killed about
2::30 am. last September II while
making routine property checks
with a fellow officer, Pvt. George
w. Jordan.
Companion Heard Shot.
He had gone behind the Howard
johnson restaurant at North
Washington and Montgomery
streets when Pvt. Jordan heard
shot.
When Pvt. Jordan reached the
scene, he found the rookie police
man lying face downward with
his gun nearby. Pvt. Harris
moaned. I'm shot in the right
side" and before lapsing into un-
consciousness. added "he went that
way" The officer died less than
an hour later in Alexandria Hos
pital.
Police said Hunter had been
questioned in connection with the
Staying Of Pvt. Harris after his
arrest for the Washington shoot
ing. but they were not able to
prove any connection with the
Alexandria Staying at that time.
Despite the negative results of
Hunters first questioning. police
said, they never discounted him as
a suspect. He was one of three
persons Alexandria police consid-
cred good suspects"
Months Of investigation pro-
duced no results, Inspector Hawes
said, until about 10 days ago
when tip came from Richmond.
To the Virginia capital went
Alexandria Detective Sergts.
Thomas Woods and Francis john
son. who were assigned to the case.
They had been aided by District
Robbery Squad Detective Edwin
Crandall and Paul Clarke.
The two Alexandria detectives
were told that two weeks ago a
restaurant owner in Richmond
had overheard a conversation in
which colored girl mentioned the
murder of Pvt. Harris.
Detectives Woods and Johnson
interviewed the girl and obtained
several leads. They returned here
and talked to Hunters relatives
and friends. After 10 days. they
pieced together the case. When
confronted with the facts yester-
day, Hunter broke down and con-
fessed, according to Maj. Edgar
E. Sims, Alexandria police chief.
Stole Two Rifles.
Police said that, in the confess
sion, Hunter stated he went to
September 10 to buy
ammunition for two rifles stolen
in housebreaking in Southeast
Washington. He was told by the
dealer to bring them in "for size"
Hunter returned to Washington
for the rifles, one a Remington
.35 caliber and the other a Ger
man 9 millimeter. On returning
to Alexandria, he decided not to
buy the ammunition.
He had been in the habit of
keeping the rifles in the deep out
side pockets of the CT mechanics
trousers he wore and hiding them
by wearing his overcoat. But on
visiting beer parlor Hunter said
he found he could not sit down
because of the weapons, so he hid
them in a parking lot.
After remaining in Alexandria
until about 2::30 am, September
II, he went to the bus stop near
the Howard johnson restaurant
Evening star., 1949-02-17
Wushinqton-Lee PTA

The Parent Teacher Association
of Washington-Lee High School
Arlington, will meet at 8 O'Clock
tonight. DR.. H. F. Kilander OF
the United States Office of Educa-
ton will speak.
Evening star., 1949-02-17

MS QuLleS as
county mana
ger of An n e
Arundel Coun-
ty on March /.
Born in Sa-
vannah, Ga, 46
years ago, he
h a S h a d 18
years expert
ence as a civil
engineer. H e
was appointed
by the Anne
Arundel County
G. mmiSSionerS
after an inter-
Evening star., 1949-02-17

rookie police
man.
Police said
the man, Jo-
seph w i'll i S
(Pudey) Hun
ter, 26, colored,
of the 1900
block of Union
avenue S.W..
confessed the
Staying of the
policeman after
b e ing ques-
toned for two
hn1,cc
Evening star., 1949-02-17

view on January II.
He served as executive secre-
tary of Chesterfield County. Va,
and in 1941 was clerk to. the
Augusta County CVaO Board of
Supervisors before going to Giles
County.
Evening star., 1949-02-17
Will Study Cob Ordinance

Albert A. Carretta a member
of the Arlington Public Utilities
Commission. has been named by
the commission to make a study
of the county's taxicab ordinance.
Evening star., 1949-02-17
Coburn Assumes Duties
As County Head March |
speeioI pispateh 10 The Stos

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 17.-W. S.
Coburn, former county engineer
for Giles County, Va, will assume
Evening star., 1949-02-17
Staying of Rookie Policeman
In Alexandra Solved by Tip
Star Staff Photos.

A man held in District could down agai
third pending arrival of the bus he
he hid rifle fence
of % not far from tn
oreca,np nd broke The othe
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-05
Bunche, Man of the Year

Although don't pretend to understand, or to know
much about what he is trying to do in the famous Pale
slime Situation" Dr. Ralph Bunche, the acting United
Nations mediator is, for money, 1.-THE Man of the
Year"
Just getting to be peacemaker in a dispute between
white folks, comparatively speaking, is achievement
enough to make American Negro not only "Man-oft
heYear," but possibly the greatest black man since
Booker 7. Washington if that is possible.
Our understanding of international 'whatsis is, adj
mittedly microscopic but convinced Bunche must
have something and something obvious to the white
folks up yonder trhat nobody else for sheer ability
within miles of him. To echo the sentiment of
ndisputabe truism Negro has to be 10 times as good
as white to get half far.
By that SCORING Bunche must be about 20 times good
a diplomat and international whats-what General
George C. Marshall
That being the case can see no logic In America
putting up with anything but the very best.
So, since this seems to be the Negroes year Con the
best advice from Washington that President Truman
in mood to do right by the black brethren) then why
don't just ask that Bunch be made Secretary Of State
After all, the way it adds up, it's only logical
How about it Harry? Tribune
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-05
CAA ORDERS
END TO RACE BIAS

WASHINGTON (ANP)-- the
Civil Aeronautics Administration
issued an order here for the COM
plete end to race segregation at
Washington Nataional Airport. To-
Gated on Virginia soil across the
Potomac River. The CAA, oper-
ator Of the airport. ruled that
'.henceforth there shall be no dis
elimination or segregation as to
race, color, or creed, in any of the
airport facilities"
According to a CAA spokesman,
Negroes have not been admitted
to the Terrace restaurant or to
the airport coffee shop, since both
are operated by private conces-
sionnaires. However. Negroes
can eat at a small snack bar or a
restaurant in the basement OF
the administration building.
D. w. Rentzel, CAA admins
trator,r said the justice depart
ment advised he had authority to
issue the new regulation. thus
overthrowing the long-standine
belief that the CAA and depart
ment of commerce could not pro
hibit segregation in view Of the
apparent incorporation of the vir-
ginia segregation statute in the
federal law governing the air
port"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-05
RACIAL LINES
TO DISAPPEAR
in HAWAII

HONOLULU - (ANP) - There
will come day when all racial
lines and distinctions have disap-
peared. Dr. Andrew Lind of the
University of Hawaii predicted
here last week.
Increasing -interracial marriages,
he said, will cause the vanishing
of races here. There is a grow.
ing tendency towards building a
single people," he pointed out.
Figures reveal that the percent
age of interracial MARRIAGES has
increased from IA percent rs years
ago to 39 per cent.
THE time is not far off," he
said, when 1t will not only be
impossible to maintain racial dis
tinction. but will be desirable to
use different basis for classifi-
cation"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-05
CATHOLIC NUNS
ARRIVE in AFRICA

NEW YORK-(Specsial) THE
first group of Catholic Sisters of
the Maryknoll Congregation as
signed to mission work in Africa
have arrived at their posts In
Kowak Tanganyika, British East
Africa, it has been announced.
The four Sisters left for Africa
early in December via American
Overseas Airlines.
In Kowak, which is on the east
ern shore of Lake Victoria. the
Sistersr will establish school
for native children. They hope
also to train African young wom-
en- who want to become Catholic
Sisters.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-05
Two Lynched in 1948;;
One Borderline Case;
Seven Lynchings Prevented

TUSKEGEE, INSTITUTE, Ala.
(ANP)- The year 194S shows
that two persons were lynched.
seven were saved from lynchings
by the Intervention of officers of
the law, one made borderline
case, and four who participated
in lynch acts were convicted. This
information was contained in the
annual report. issued by the de-
partment of records and research
Of Tuskegee institute here last
Wednesday.
The two persons lynched were
William H. Turner, 26-year-old
white farm tenant of Meriweather
county, Ca, charged with steal
ing cattle, and Robert Mallard.
37-year-old Negro of near Lyons.
Ga, for the apparent reason that
he encourred the enmity of his
white farm neighbors because of
his prosperity.
The seven lynchings prevented
were all in southern states. A
total of 10 persons, all Negroes,
were saved from death at the
hands of mobs.
The one borderline case was
that of Isaiah Nixon, 20, who
insisted on voting in Georgia's
primary election after being adj
vised not to do so. He was fatally
shot by two white brothers.
In the Turner incident, one per-
son was given the death sentence
and three others life imprison-
ment.
The number of lynchings for
194S is one more than for 1947;
four less than in 1916; one more
than in 1945, and the same num-
Der as in 1914.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-05
COLORED GIRL HAS
INTERNATIONAL
REFUGEE POST

FRANKFORT, Germany-(A amp
Appointed recently to the IRO,
International Refugee organization,
Eta v. Barnett of Chicago, the
daughter of Eta Moten and Clau-
de A. Barnett, is adding to her
experiences in Europe. Miss Bar
nett served with the American
Red Cross until that organization
closed its clubs in Germany. then
accepted a brief contract with the
army, which she resigned when
it was completed to go with IRO.
Interviewed here Miss Barnett
said: "IRO you know is the orga-
nization which was created when
UNRRA was closed out. It is set
up to rehabilitate displaced per
sons, one of the most challenging
social service tasks in Europe.
MANY Of the people" continued
Miss Barnett, ARE religious or
political persecutees who were
here as prisoners OF the Germans
or as their slave laborers. Many
Of them do not wish to go back
to their own countries either be
cause of fear OF through a reali-
cation that conditions there are
almost unbearable.
"Some of the more stable, |. e.,
economically and politically desir-
able countries of the world have
offered to take some Of these
people in, those who are capable
Of working or who have something
to offer. Belgium for example
takes people who win work in
the Belgium mines. Some other
countries have taken a quotas Of
CONTINUED on Page A.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-05
NEGRO KLAN'
BEATS COUPLE
FOR COSSIPPINC

C0NfERS, Ga. lamp
Tobe and Ida Lee Kelly, tenant
farmers and parents Of five chill
dren. reported to Sheriff w. L.
Mozart here last week that four
persons who called themselves
members of the "colored Ku Kluz
Khan" attacked and beat them
with pistol and rifle butts on a
deserted county road recently.
In assault warrants sworn out
against the Negro Kluxers, the
Kellys named Carl Brown, his
sister-in-law, Dolly Mae Brown;
and two others.
According to the story the vic
Tins told. the Browns lured them
to a deserted county road where
several robed but unhooded Ne
groes pretended to hold us up
The robes resembled those worn
by the xxx, and one of the party
said they belonged to the "coIored
Ku Kluz."
The Kellys charged they were
forced from the automobile and
beaten by the "colored Kluxers"
The attack ACQUIRED one night
after a flare was burning in the
yard of the Kellys' home.
Bill Farmer, on whose land the
Kellys live, said he understood
the couple had been blamed fol
gossip about the Browns.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-05
Louis Summoned to Appear
in Court in Love Suit

Chicago, = (ANP) = Joe Louis
will defend himself against diff
ferent kind of trial here soon.
Last week he accepted a summons
for a suit filed months ago in
Superior court by a minister from
Atlanta, Ga.
The Rev. Matthew c. Faulkner
has filed suit for 100000 against
the heavyweight champion. He
charges that the boexr stole the
affections of his wife.
According to the minister's suit,
Louis maliciously won the affect
ions of his wife, Matte, 26, a
professional model in New York
known as Carolle Drake Faux
ner.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-05
RumOrs Are Flying
NOtre Dame VIII
Present Some Negroes


NEW YORK = (ANP) = Re-
ports reaching Manhattan say that
Coach Frank Leahy of Notre Dame
university has several dazzling
colored footballers in the squad
which viii wear the green in the
1949 season.
If this is true and there is
reason to believe 1t is, Notre
Dame will establish a precedent
which symbolizes the real practic-
ing of the tenets of the Faith
witch Catholics now lead other
denominations in doing.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-05
N. Y. Girls Picture
Appears on Scout Calendar

NEW YORK = (ANP) = The
pretty brown skinned girl on the
girl scout calendar for 1949, is
11-year-old Joan Mckinley, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L.
Mckinley, of this city.
A girl scout for several years,
Jean was selected for the calen-
dar and for other scout pictures,
because she is highly photogenic.
as we'll as having an outstanding
service record.
A junior-high school student of
good scholastic ability. her hobbies
are sewing. painting and drawing.
Jeans father is a probation Of
ficer in the city's courts and her
mother a social security bureau
employee. They are both from
Richmond, Va.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-05
DODGERS SIGN
MONTY irwin
FOR ST. PAUL
BY 1.-THE scoREKEEPER"

NEWARK = amp = Mont
ford Monty" Irwin became the
second Negro from New Jersey
to be signed up for organized
baseball last week when he was
signer by the Brooklyn Dodgers
to play with the st. Paul Saints
of the American association.
The ex-Newark Eagles star was
signed after his excellent showing
in the Cuban Winter league in
which he is setting the smuggling
pace with six homers, five triples
and 11doubles.
In 1916, he led the Negro Ma
tional league in batting with a
mark of 1889. Last year because
of illness and slow start his
average slipped to .313.
1t was first as a high school
athlete at Orange high in Newark
that Irwin first blossomed in his
sports. He starred in football
baseball, basketball and track. His
ex-coach Carl Seibert described
his feats there as legendary.
After completing high school in
1888 Irwin went to Lincoln (Pa.)
university for year. He started
with the Eagles in 1889. In 194l
and 1912 he played in Mexico, and
in 1943 he entered the army.
Upon leaving the service II
1916, he rejoined the Newark
Eagles. He remained with tbs
club until it disbanded a few
weeks ago.
The right hand slugger stands
6 feet 2 inches and weighs I'll
pounds. With the Eagles he was
teammate of Larry Dolby, the
first New Jerseyite in organized
baseball, now with the worlt
champion Cleveland Indians.
He is now one of several Ne
groes in the Branch Hickey Dodg
ers chain. These players include
Jackie Robinson and Roy Campo
nella, Brooklyn Dodgers; San Jetn
rec and Don Newcombe, Montrea
ROYALS; Dan Bankhead, ST. Pau
and Charles Hall of Three Rivers
of the Canadian-American league
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-05
Report Ming Slated
For Illinois Post

CHICAGO = amp = Political
rumors hare say that incoming
Illinois Governor Adelai Steven
son may appoint Prof. Robert
w. Ming to the Illinois Commerce
commission, one of the most i'm
portant commissions under state
control. Prof. Ming, the first Ne
gro member of the University of
Chicago Law School faculty was
active during the recent campaign.
He could not be reached for
comment because he is vacation
ing in the Virgin Islands with
Mrs. Ming.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-05
BLACK PRINCE TO DISCUSS
COLOR BAN ON WHITE WIFE

Union OF South Africa. = Seret-
Sc Khama. heir to the Barmang-
wato tribal throne. is off for Lon
don to tell his English bride his
black tribesmen are dead set
against white queen.
VIII he give up his throne for
the woman he loves?
That is the question uppermost
in the mind of his 24-year-old
wife. the former Ruth Williams,
whom he married last fall
Besides seeing his wife. Khama
will talk to Colonial Office Off
cials about the deadlock.
The tall-mustached chief-elect
is 81. He met his bride, London
typist, while studying law in Eng
land.
When the folk back home in
their mudwalled villages heard
about 1t, they called Khama to
Bechuanaland and put him on the
tribal carpet.
When he got home. one old
chieftain made 1t plain to Khama
that a white queen just would
not do.
The British attitude has been
that the question OF the chief
fancy is concern of the natives.
Khama's uncle presently is ruling
the 100000 Bamangwatos under a
regency.
If Seretse insists on taking Ruth
to Bechuanaland there'd be lots
OF complications:
All farm labor is done by the
women and Ruth would have to
do her share, or more. of hoeing
potatoes and Mealies (corn) I'M
der the broiling sun. AS a chiefs
wife she'd be expected to work
harder than the others-to set an
example.
And If she visited the Union
of South Africa or Rhodesia with
her husband she'd be up against
the rigid color bar, unable to
stay in white hotels, eat in white
restaurants ~or travel in white
trains.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-05
STATUE HONORS
FATHER FLANAGAN

BOYS TOWN. Neb. Especially
Indicative of the fact that
there are no rarcial or rationale
ty barriers at Boys Town, famous
home for homeless boys. a Negro
and Japanese are among the
four boys depicted with the late
Father Flanagan in a mammoth
statue unveiled here in his honor.
Father Flanagan. who founded
Boys Town with sos and five
boys, died in Europe six months
ago.
The statue was unveiled by
John H. Harris of Pittsburgh,
founder of the Variety Clubs In
formation, which donated 1t. The
statue was blessed by Archbishop
Gerald T. Bergen of Omaha. Msgr.
Nichols H. Wegner. who succeed
ed Father Flanagan as director of
Boys Town, accepted the monu-
ment on behalf of Father Flana-
gan's family, the men of Boys
Town" and in his own name. A
crowd of more than 500 persons
attended the dedication rites. in
Guiding delegations of Variety
Club members from Chicago, New
York, Dallas, Des Moines, Kansas
ICity and Omaha and the 500 citi.
zens of Boys Town.
The memorial statue is the
work of Prof. Eugene Kormendi
/ internationally known sculptor IL
residence at the University o.
Notre Dame.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-05
PARENTS HIT
ON DELINQUENCY
OF JUVENILES


OLYMPIA, Parents took a
verbal flashing last week as olym
pia residents attacked their juve
nile delinquency problem en- mas.
Sc.
A public meeting scheduled for
the Courthouse had TO be moved
to the High School Auditorium to
accommodate the crowd.
More than 800 persons showed
up. despite heavy rain.
Public officials and law-enforce-
ment officers were called on the
carpet and questioned closely by
the ordinary people they serve.
The meeting stemmed from the
recent Staying Of an Olympia
youth and the subsequent report
Of "car-of-the-month club" whose
youthful members were required
to steal an automobile each
month.
Officials generally blamed par
ents for the acts OF their chill
dren.
Superior Court Judge John NJ.
Wilson said parents who deprive
their children Of moral or re-
liglous training should be prose-
cuted when the children go
wrong.
A minister cross-examined a
state acknowledgements officer
1sncerning taverns in town where
high-schooI children congregate.
The officer promised to prose-
cute if proof were presented but
said parents. thus far had failed
to cooperate in getting the proof
against the taverns.
A woman asked Chief of Police
Roy Kelly what he was doing to
enforce curfew law requiring
children under 16 to be off the
streets by II pm.
He replied that about 40 juve-
niles had been picked up within
the past week or SO but the
kids parents gave us 40 Of the
worst bawling outs we ever got"
Deputy Sheriff Ed stearns cited
a recent arrest Of several juve-
niles speeding in family car at
night.
I'VE took the kids into the Of
flee and telephoned their par
ents." Stearns said. But their
parents wanted to know why we
awakened them to tell them that
Send them home they told u.s."
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-05
NEGRO IS FIRST
SOLDIER TO HANG
IN OCCUPIED JAPAN

TOKYO, Japen, - amp =
Pvt. Stratman Armistead of Thorn
asville, Ala, became the first
member of the American army OF
occupation in Japan to die by
the gallows here recently.
Armistead, 80, was convicted
and sentenced to hang by an
eight army court martial for the
hammer staying Of a Japanes
father, two sons and a girl near
Yokohama, Oct. %, 1947.
He was also convicted of beat
ing three other japanese and
stealing a watch. The death SEN
tence was confirmed by President
Truman on Nov. 16.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-05
Carver Day Observed
In Network Broadcast

CHICAGO = CAMP = George
Washington Carver day was cele-
brated by its sponsors and origin
ators, the National Achievement
clubs, inc. on the night Of Jan.
S, at $3.50 .. m. (CST) over the
Mutual Broadcasting system.
Featured speaker was DR.. Alma
Illery, president and founder OF
the sponsoring organization. IL
was her work and the groups
work that gained the Presidents
approval and a congressional sane
ton of Carver day as the first
holiday for Negroes in Pittsburgh.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-05
March Of Dimes
Leaders Named

Organization for the Seattle l94s
March of Dimes was completed
last week with the naming of IL
committee chairmen, it was an
nounced by Thornton X. Shaw,
chairman.
The annual Embarrassing cam
paign for the National Founda-
ton for Infantile Paralysis viii
be held January IA to 81.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-05
CATHOLIC STUDENT
QUEEN AT BLUES BOWL

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Special) -
Queen this year at the tenth an
nual Blues Bowl game was Erne-
slime Jones, senior at st. Angus
tines Catholic High School here.
Miss Jones was chosen for the
honor after competing with girls
from five city and county high
schools. The Blues Bowl game is
held annually to sponsor Christ
mas baskets for needy colored
families.