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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-19
Former jackson
Lawyer In Sensa-
tionaI Washington
Shooting Seeking
Release From
Insane Asylum
JURY DELlBERATES ONLY 35
MINUTES TO REACH vER-
DICT OF INSANITY.

Washington, d. c., March Is -
| (SpeciaD-Dan Williams, 41-year-
old former Jackson, Mississippi,
lawyer, who came here and ap-
piled for license to practice in
District Courts, after disbarment
proceedings had been filed against
him in Jackson, and who shot and
killed two white men, and wound
ed two others in an argument
over the return of his application
fee, sought to be released from
st. Elizabeth, an insane asylum,
here last week.
He asked the u. S. Supreme
Court last Wednesday to enter an
order directing the U. S. District
Court to change its verdict of
lunacy against him.
He further asks that the Dis
trict Court be ordered to dismiss
indictments charging him with
first degree murder and assault
with intent to kill.
Williams contends that he is
being restrained of his liberty
and illegally confined to st. Eliza
beths. He says he is DESTROYS of
returning to the practice of law.
He has been confined in st.
Elizabeths since November 10,
1947, as mentally incompetent.
Williams fatally shot Ray De-
venderf, a clerk in the office of
the committee of admissions and
grievances of the District Bar
Association, and wounded George
wv. Delzell, secretary Of the COM
mittee in the municipal court
building. !?
Cornered by Cecil A. Claig, a
municipal court guard, and Po-
liceman Hubert Estes, at the
corner of Fl and Sixth Sts., NV,
Williams killed Estes and wound
ed Claig. He himself was wound
ed by Estes.
Conspiracy Charged
At the hearing into his lunacy
in the U. S. Court for the Dis
trict, Williams, a disbarred Mis-
sippi lawyer, took the stand to
declare that the story of the STAY
ing was conspiracy against him,
and that they had never occurred.
Psychiatrists testified that he
was suffering from a mental dis
order involving persecution COM
pick, and decisions of grandeur.
They said Williams, five days
after the shooting, Exhibited a
complete lack of concern" be-
lieved he was one of the "great-
est lawyers practicing," and told
them he was sure he had seen the
two dead men serving him food
at the Gallinger Hospital.
The jury deiberated only 30
minutes before reaching a ver-
dict that Williams is insane.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-19

Georgia Bill
Collector CHARGED
With Shooting
n Wo Women

Milledgeville, Ga. - Two Negro
women, identified as Marie Jean
Harrison and Emma Jonekin, re-
portedly were in critical condition
at local hospital Tuesday after
allegedly being shot by Marion
Stembridge White business man.
Stembridge was being held in
Jail.
According to Police Chief Eugene
Ellis, Stembridge had gone to the
woman's home tocollect a debt Cor
another person, identified as John
ny Cooper. There were reports
that a scuffle ensued.
The White merchant claimed he
shot the women in self defense
after they attacked him. A witness
to the shooting was listed as Cor
oner Sam Terry, an employee o.
Stembridge.
A warrant of assault with in
tent to murder was sworn out
against Stembridge to county Jail,
later releasing him on bond. He
was rearrested bf Night Chief
Jack Peckum and placed in city
jail on charges Of disorderly con
duct shooting and resisting ar
,est.
According to Chief ELLIS, when
po''ce went to st .hhriite's place
Ct business to oaest'on hirl .on.
cerhing the shooting the mer-
chant resisted being taken to head
STARTERS and attempted to draw a
pistol from his coat pocket.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-19
4. B. c. viii Keen
White Only Rule

Louisville, KY. Mar. IL - A
motion to admit Negro members
to the American Bowling Con-
gress was voted down yesterday
at the groups annual convention.
Rev. Charles Carow. head Of the
Catholic Youth Organization Of
Brooklyn made an impassioned
plea to the membership for what
he called "justice and charity"
Ut was DR.. Carow who made
the original proposal for a change
in the ABC amendment which
reads membership Is restricted
to individuals OF the White male
sex"
In the midst Of the heated dis
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-19
Famed Washington
Attorney
Disappears

Washington = Atty. Leon A.
Ransom, 40 Year old chairman Of
the local committee for Racial De-
mocracy and former acting dean
of Howard University law school
mysteriously disappeared in busy
downtown Washington about noon
last Thursday and has. not been
seen since. What might be the
reason for his disappearance was
told by his wife, Mrs. Villa Ran
som. who said her husband return
ed home late Wednesday night and
told her nervously that he had
been threatened at a meeting OF
Local IA of the Hold Carriers and
Building Labor Union.
To give the mystery an added
boost, Saturday morning an uni
Identified man tried to pass chack
bearing the forged signature OF
Ransom in a downtown store but
fled when the check was question
ed.
According to Mrs. Ransom her
husband was "very nervous.
"He told me that one man had
grabbed for his brief case during
the meeting and threatened him.
I told him not to worry and put
him to bed"
Ransom had appeared at the I'm
ion meeting to represent John Par
ker and Harry S. Brown, Jr., who
had been expelled from the union.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-19

cussion, Rev. Michael Wasniewaji
of Denmark, Wise. resigned as a
member Of the A. B. Cts Execu-
tive Committee. emphasizing that
he took the action because Ut
is matter Of principal"
: The congress considered st.
Paul, Mimi, as the site for its
1851 tournament. It has already
designated Indianapolis, Ind, ~
the site for next years cham
pionships.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-19

message from Governor Field
ing L. Wright will highlight the
sippi Association of Teachers in
annual convention of the Missis-
Colored Schools, which will con-
vene for three days, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, at Lanier
High School here, next week.
The governor is slated to adj
dress the convention at 2 o'clock
Friday afternoon.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-19
States Chief Executive Expected To
Renew Advise To Negroes OF State
Dr.. Kara v. Jackson To Address
Meeting
Salary Equalization Still Top Teacher
Issue

Officials Of the association have
given no indication of the subject
ON which the governor will speak.
However the question of the equal
lzat1on of teachers salaries is
known to be uppermost in minds of
the teachers despite the reluc-
tance and fear of open discussion
Of the question on the part of most
officials as well as rank and file
members of the association. The
suit for equalization of teachers sal
aries filed here last MsFcE by
Mrs. Gladys Noel Bates. is still
before the court.
There is also the question of
civil rights as posed in the Presi-
dents Civil Rights Program,
which is occupying a most promi-
nent place in the public mind and
on the agenda of the present Con-
gress. The Civil Rights program
met its bitterest opposition from
the Diriecrat movement, of which
Governor Wright is one of the
founders, and among its outstand-
ing leaders.
There is a widespread belief
that the Governor will include
both the question of equalization
of teachers salaries and civil
rights in his message and that
on the question of civil rights, as
in his previous statewide radio
address to Negroes, he will again
advise all who are not satisfied
with present civil rights in Mis-
sissippi to leave the state.
Prof. w. Milan DAVIS elected
here last year for the two-year
term to succeed Prof. A. l.. john
son, of Prentiss, will preside oV-
err the association for the first
time in the meeting here next
week.
The principal address of the
meeting, aside from Governor
Wright, will be delivered by DR..
Kara V. Jackson, National Jeanes
/ Teacher, a native of Mississippi.
and leader of National Educa-
ton Authority. The address of
DR.. Jackson is expected to bear
many points of interest and in
formation to the members of the
association. DR.. Jackson holds an
ALB. degree from Southern Uni
versity and doctorate from
Columbia University, New York
City.
Other speakers on the three-day
program include Mrs. Gladys Noel
Bates, principal in the salary
equalization suit, and her attor-
ney, ]. A. Burns, of Meridian; and
Percy Greene, editor and publish
Ter of the Jackson Advocate.
One of the outstanding features
of the program will be the duo
piano recital by George A. Smith,
of Jackson and Mrs. Bernice New
man Hunter of Columbus.
The Mississippi Vocational As
isociation, part of and meeting
lin conjunction with the State
Teachers Association, will meet
Friday at Jackson College.
Early this week demands fok
rooms and other accommodations
indicated a record attendance fos,
the associations 1949 meeting.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-19
A. B. C. To Debate
Negro Question

Atlantic City - The American
Bowling Congress has decided dur
ing their general converting here.
The question revolves around an
A. B. c.. law which allows only
"Male Whites" to compete in A..
B. u. sanctioned leagues. This
of course forbids the rights of
negroes to enter into the CON-
potion.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-19
Labor Secretary
Urges law
Against Job And
Wage
Discrimination

Washington, d. C. Mar. Is =
Especially = Maurice j. Tobin.
secretary of Labor urged enact
ment Legislation to end Job and
wage discrimination against min
ority groups in interstate indus
tries in his annual report to con-
gress last week.
The ahpr secretary recommended
the enactment of a sound fair EN-
ployment practice law.
His report stated: During the
war. considerable progress was
made under the wartime powers of
the President and through decis-
ions of the National War Labor
Board in the direction of elimin-
ating discrimination in employ
ment based ON race creed, color
and national origin. The progress
mad Elm this field during the war
has continued, but at a slower
pace.
saNhile net accepted, the prin
.ciple that the freedom to earn
living without being Disseminated
against because of race, creed,
color, was as important in our
modern economic year system a.
the more familiar civil rights an
freedom guaranteed by the Bill Of
Rights was widely accepted by tt
American people. During recen
years, several States have enact
ed legislation dealing with thi
problem,
discrimination
Discrimination suffered in seel
ing and obtaining work and o
the job imposes special hardshi
on minority groups, has the effe
of imparing the relations betwee
workers and employers, leads t
labor disputes, and constitutes or
ever present threat to he mair
enance of wage levels necessar
to sustain an American standar
of living.
AVAILABLE TO ALL
"The free enterprise system
which we value so highly canno
function effectively for the W
fare of all unless free entry in
all economic fields and equal Z
portunity to earn a decent liveli-
hood are available to ALL
For those reasons the Depart
ment of Labor has urged the Con-
gress over a period of years to
enact legislation which would
make it an unlawful practice for
employers to discriminate employ
ment because of race, creed, color
and national origin or ancestry,
and an unlawful practice for la
Dor unions to discriminate, limit,
segregate or classify their mem
bership so to have an adverse
effect upon the opportunity for
employment of working persons
or seeking work.
Legislation to accomplish this
purpose and to establish a National
Commission against discrimination
in Employment was introduced in
both houses of rongress during the
fiscal year and was reported ia
vorably by the Senate Committee
on Labor and Public Welfare.
. "The measure thus reported
would place primary reliance upon
peaceful persuasion as the most
effective method for dealing with
discrimination employment prac-
tees. Legal sanctions would be
provided for cases mhere persua-
sion is unavailing The Department
of Labor is in agreement with
such an approach
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-19
Dr.. c. :. Bucker
Is Death Victim

Vicksburg, Miss. Mar. Is = DR.
c. E. Buckner, we'll known local
dentist and wildly known in state
fraternal circles having served
for a umber of years as Secretary
of the State Association of Elks.
died suddenly here Sunday night
His death was attributed to heart
failure.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-19

Cut Preducsiou Tfms
In 1909 It required l2.7 man hour,
b grow IN acre Of wheat Today
takes - man hours.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-19

2a1 An1ls and b1e1aes are =
6npestant ad6lti6n 70 the home ear
6sD-they an vissI moods r. ne a.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-29

Geneva Woodson, rs, of 1902
Hayes Drive, Xenia, Ohio, told
Detectives R. Schlagan and A. T.
Zennis Of the Dayton Police de-
partment how she was attacked
and raped by two rapest fiends
onthe west side September 18th
while waiting for her escorts in an
automobile near Ken's Rib House
on Dunbar ave., According to the
story of the victim, she was in
the company of Joseph Hayes, Jr.,
Of 425 E. Church st., and Carl
Scott of Ill E. Main st. both of
Xenia, Ohio who parked their car
in front Of 361 Mound st, and
the two men went through an
alley leading to Ken's Rib House,
on Dunbar ave., where they pur-
chased some sandwiches. While
they were gone two men approach
ed the car where Miss Woodson
was waiting the return of her
escorts, and demanded she get out
and go with them. Refusing the
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-29
Republicans
Meet Tonight

The West Side Republican Club
will meet tonight at 8 pm. at the
Masonic Hall at Fifth and Mound
Streets. Election of officers is the
main business on the agenda.
Following the melting there will
be a social get together with
plenty Of refreshments for all.
The meeting will hear discussed
the Block Registration plan which
will be undertaken this fall to
swell the vote. The registration
drive will be the Republican eff
fort to obtain a record vote come
November s.
Also at the meeting will be pre-
scented the program of the club
for the remainder of 1949 and
the beginning of 1850. The pro-
gram which is aimed at civic
betterment as we'll as at political
achievements was prepared by Mr..
Gilbert Walters, president; Mr..
STANDBY Bell, seventh ward COM
mitteeman; Roger Prear, program
chairman; and Mrs. Merchant, in
charge of the social program.
All members are urged to be
present tonight by MI. Walters.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-29
Truck Plunge
Into River
Kills Six

. NEWAYGO, Mich (ANP) A
truck loaded with farm workers
ripped through a bridge railing
and plunged into the Muskegon
rive here last week and caused
six persons to meet Their death by
drowning. The truck, enroute from
Baldwin, to onion fields at Grant,
was carrying FL men and women
when the accident occurred.
The vehicle failed to straighten
out after it hit a sharp turn ap-
preaching the bridge.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-29
Victim Of" Double
Rape" Describes Act
OF"

demands of the couple, n of
thems told her thatif she didn't
"they would kill her" they climb
into the car and began beating
her on her face and body and
finally one of the thugs told the
other to stop the beating, that
she was "loosing too mush blood.
They then took her outof the car
and forced her to the ground in
thealley, stripped her under cloth
ing and both preceded to rape
her in their turn. After finishing
their fiendish act, they left her
lying on the groung in the alley.
regaining her strength from the
attack, she picked up her clothing
and wandered back to the mouth
of the alley on mound street where
her escorts found her and they
went back to Germantown and
Dunbar ayes. where they found
Thomas Peters of 372 Mound st.
who took them to the st. Eliza
Continued on Page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-29
From the Police BIotter
BY Jimmie N. Jones

ciple Court before Judge Paul
Sherer this morning. Others fined
for the same offence were: Alfred
C. Bell Of AZ Mound st., Robert
G. Dakin Of 26O Henry ST., John
F. Stanton, of 715 Kirk Lynne
DR.. Gene Jones of 1924 Dodson
ct. Oscar Rice of R. R. 1, Dayton,
Ohio and Robert L. Burns of
Greenvelle, Ohio. All were fined
$50. and cost.
Ruth Wallace of A Grosvenor
ave., told police that a burglar
broke into her home and stole $40
in what she termed a "secure
hiding place" but the theft found
it in a "clothes hamper" just to
prove that it was not secure. T.
James Caldwell. 1889 w. First
st. employed at the Send Special
Depot as guard was cited in NUM-
ciple court for violation of traffic
signal ordinance had his case set
Continued on page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-29
Many City Traffic
Problems to be Solved

The city commission announced
yesterday that the Dayton traffic
situation is in a great state of
confusion and that some steps
should be taken to clear it up. In
the discussion several examples of
the inconsistencies were pointed
out.
For example, there are "No
Left Turn" signs on Ludlow st.
at Second, Third and Fourth
Streets, yet cars coming onto Lud-
low St. from any one of these
streets may make left turns. An
other item was the green arrows
permitting right turns; it was dis
cussed whether or not it would
be feasible to allow police to per-
NIT the traffic to turn when there
is no pedestrian traffic even tho
the green ROY is not on.
The mayor admitted along with
several commissioners that if he
were a stranger in town he would
frankly be confused about the
traffic signs. He doesn't have to
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-29

L IG. Phillips, principle of Dun
bar high school told police that
burglars had entered the school
and had attempted to break into
the safe. No suspects had been
named by either the police nor
the school officials but a charm
bracelet had been found near the
safe in some debris bearing a
name of a student who's name is
being withheld for the present.
earle Bell, owner Of the Bell
Market, of 834 Dennison ave. told
police that his store had been en-
tered through a toilet window, but
nothing was reported missing by
the management. bet. Sgt, James
B. Hogan and bet. John Allen n
investigating the case.
Samuel Hitchcock, Of 817 Dear
born ave. was fined $50 and cost
and had his driving rights sus-
pended for a period Of five years
for driving while drunk in NUM-
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-29

Congressman Stephen M. Young
Of Ohio introduced two bills in
the House Of Representatives on
Monday which are designed to
gain redress from the Cleveland
postal employees who susp-
ended from their jobs because of
alleged disloyalty. Tho all federal
employees are covered by the bill,
the Cleveland cases are the parti-
cular ones which promted the in
PRODUCTION of the two bills.
In a statement, a copy of which
was issued to the daily EXPRESS,
Congressman. Young said: can
drew Cunningham of Cleveland
and other postal employees in
Cleveland and elsewhere who are
thoroughly loyal American citizens
have been condemned in loyalty
quiz proceedings on the basis of
evidence with which they have
not been confronted and concern
ing which they are not informed.
The loyalty program should
be revised. Surely, fairness would
compel the Review Board to fol-
low the rules of evidence estab-
lished for Federal courts. There
should be the power to subpoena
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-29

be a stranger. Old drivers from
Dayton can get confused. For ex-
ample, there are many streets
which have stop signs at every
other intersection for quite a dis
lance. So that when driving you
stop at one intersection, but at
the next onethe cross traffic must
stop and you can go thru. This
is confusing, to say the least.
Another traffic hazard the COM
mission should consider is the one
caused by the car tracks on West
Fifth Stret. Car tracks in almost
every other section of the city
have been covered, but those thru
the heart of the Negro ghetto are
still exposed.
And. of e ; the now in
famous death track on German
town Street. That, too, should be
considered.
These are only a few. Many
more could be named. But if some
thing is done about these prob
lens great progress will have
been made.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-29
West Side Group
To Attend State
Convention

The Ohio Federation of Repub-
lican Women's Organizations, will
convene in Columbus, Friday
morning Sept, 3Oth. Mrs. A. M.
Heard the president announces
that she has received credentials
for a number of our West Side
group, namely Mrsr. Little the for
mer Lucy Dixon, Mrs. John J.
Johnson, Mrs. George Ellis, Mrs.
Alma Anderson and Mrs. Charles
Rodgers.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-29
Ohio Postal Workers
Defended
Young Bills

and evidence should be available
to the accused employee. An en-
ployee should not be- summarily
dismissed upon suspicion and
whispering"
He went on to point out that
his two bills are aimed at provid-
ing that the Loyalty Review
Board shall conduct the proceed
ings in accordance with the rules
Of evidence prescribed in the Fed
eral rules of criminal procedure.
The overwhelming majority of
those who have been fired by
Loyalty Boards are Negroes and
Jews who have been militant in
fighting Jim Crow. In most in
stances the N. A. A. C. p, the
Civil Liberties Union, the Civil
Rights Congress and the Negro
press have come to their defense.
In Dayton, almost every Negro
in government service who has
been known to be outspoken
against Jim Grow has been investi-
gated for disloyalty. Two are said
to have been fired.
The Young bills have been re-
ferred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-02

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-02

NATURALLY, not every item IN Our
stock will be Iotvsred in price, but
sss ProDstss you sOtde array Of sac.
ines az tkrssSk beth sssess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-02

This is the result of a combination of things. First,
thousands of dollars worth of merchandise stimulate bu
prevailed many of lquate their surplus in
The result is January Sale Program packed with srpr
and housewares fashions chdrens and accessories
merchandise You'll find lowered prices of items in
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-11-10
Advisory Council a

Farm Bureau Council number
four met Nov. in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Mitchell, %
members responding to roll call
with current events. Announce
ments were made as follows:
Home and Community Commit
tee, Nov II; Union County Farm
Bureau Meeting Tuesday evening
Nov. 8, in Pharisburg school; an
nual State Farm Bureau conven-
tion, Nov. $3.50, in the Neil
House, Columbus, with evening
sessions at Memorial Hall.
DR.. B. o. Skinner led the dis
cussion on the topic, "How can
we help city people understand
farm problems better"
Business of the evening in
cluded reports of Officers and the
nominating committee. Instead
of a gift exchange at Christmas,
it was decided to again send
money to the State Hospital, for
gifts for the patients there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Tossey,
active members of the Council,
were absent, owing to the illness