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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-04-13
By Alvin Moses

NEW YORK (ANP)- Dear Alvin
Moses:
While I failed to see Ray Ro-
binson, master boxer, prove to
any skeptic that he was tops to-
day against X. O. George (Su-
ger) Costner in their recent Phil
~ bout, I enjoyed your superb
article on same. I contend that
Jake LaMotta gave Ray Robin
son his toughest fight and my
friends claim that "Robby" told
white newsman Kid Gavilan had
provided the stoutest opposition?
What I want from you, Alvin, is
your personal listing of "Robby's"
toughest fights and not in any
special order Thanks a lot,
fella. (Signed) Eddie Slaughter,
Harlem, N. Y. c.
(A) Jose Basora, Jake LaMot-
ia, George Levine, Tommy Bell,
Kid Gavilan.
(Q) How much does Ford
Smith weight now that Leo Duro-
cher likes him? P. T. H. Newark,
N. J.
(A) 220 pounds. '
(Q) Would Ezzard Charles with
that ailing (heart section COM
plainly been likely to have col
lapsed in a Joe Louis meeting?
Archibald Turner, st. Louis, Mo
(A) Absolutely
(Q) Is it true that from 10 to
20 plant life species are danger
Gus to livestock. l have a bet on
this and a scarf awaits your re-
search, Gal" Thanks, Bob Rit-
ter, (farmer-sportsman), Little
Falls, Mont.
(A) Department of Commerce
tells me there are 40 such poison
Gus species. Four have a toxic eff.
feet on swine; seven on goats
eight on horses; 29 on sheep anG
80 on cattle is that enough
toei,able you to pick up the mar
bles okey? = -
(Q) When does Jackie Robin
son present that eight-foot-lone
bat tothe Baseball Hall of Fame
chapter at Cooperstown, N. Y.
Paul Bass. Biloxi, Miss.
(A) This month during premier'
of the movie, "The Jackie Robin
son Story"
CO.. Wasn't Jack Johnson thu
best fighter who ever lived? Lu
ellie Smith, Railway, N. J.
(Al Well. bless vo1r heart if vo,
haven't a perfect right to say so
If johnson was not the best fight
7er for my part, he was so darl
close to being so that a lengtl
Of your hair wouldn't separat,
Jeffriey' conqueror from othe.
selections like; Dempsey, Louis
Jeffries, Tunney, Langford, Pete:
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-04-13

James J. Corbett.
(Q) Calling the City College
Beavers" the greatest team in
Basketball history seems to me
like saying : there is no difference
between pros and amateurs, Al
vim. I think the "Rens" of 1928
would have left them in the
"bucket" yum-yum, and that the
1850 G~lobetrotters and Mikan-
Lakers would whip them by 20
points. Looks like Nat Holman
merely is blowing the Holman
oaching-technique-bugle". Am l
so wrong =? =? say something
please 49,? Prescott Walters,
Harlem, NYC.
(A) Well, you said a lot of
words, buddy. The City College
1850 team is the best college un-
it | ever saw. Holman is a master
of words though / fail to see how
his modesty can prevent the
searchlight hitting him f~ull-face.
The "Rens" and "Celtics" were
too good for them -. The "Globe-
trotters'', really out in a shoot
ing-match, are the nearest thing
to basketball superman l have
watched.
(Q) Will Floyd Land and Ed
Warner go to Buenos Aires in
the PAN American Basketball
Olympics? S. T.
(A) If thy do not, the whole
matter should be dumped. These
two tan skinned boys are basket
ball wonders whether Holman says
it or we do.
(Q) List the biggest salary these
baseball stars drew, Rogers Horns
by; Hans Wagner; Ty Cobb; Chris
ty Mathewson; Walter Johnson
| Bill Ttate, Scranton, Pa.
(A) $4,000, $4,000, $4,000,
| $4,000 and $4,000 j.. respect
lively.
co. Between Chuck Copper
Duguesne university, and Sher
man White, Long Island univer
sity, whom would you prefer?
C. H. G., Brooklyn N. Y
(A) Cooper
co. With no Satchel Paige
around inthe year of 1850, how
old was he, Alvin, when he go
his belated-major league chance il
1948.
(A) My records show him bor1
in 1907. Maybe brother Paig'
was born in 1900 like the write
of this column was Chew-on
that back for a second or so I'm
til we get back.
(Q) Do Negro and white team
(sandlot Variety play agains
each other in prejudices St. Peter
burg, Fla, like a guy would hav
me digest or think? Quincy Jete1
Philly, Pa.
(A) At the st. Peter "Negr
ball parks" this actually occurs
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-04-13

I checked this with the editors of
THE SPORTING NEWS, 2O12-18
Washington Avenue, st. Louis, 8,
Mo.
(Q) When did Hazen (Kiki)
Cuyler die? Bob Morse, Racine,
Wis.
(A) Feb. II, 1850, at Ann Ar
Dor, Mich. He was born on Aug
ust 80, 1899, at Harrisville, Mich.
Was warm admirer of such Negro
players as Lerop Paige, Josh Glib
son, "Bizz" Mackay; "Flash" Ray
cambridge, Willie Wells, "Jud"
Wilson and Cyclone Joe Williams.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-09-11
By Jimmie N. Jones

The legal battle between At
torney Robert Schroeder, defence
attorney for J. B. Belcher, charg-
ed with the fatal shooting of Les
lie Williams on August 27, and
Assistant Prosecutor John Hoover
ended with the reduction of
charges of first degree murder to
that of second degree when with
the recommendation of the Pro-
secutor, Common Pleas Judge Cal
vim Crawford accepted the lesser
charge and fixed Belcher's bond
at $4,000. Veteran defence at
torney Schroeder moved to dis
miss the charge of first degree
murder in the preliminary hear
ing Thursday or to reduce it on
the grounds that their was not
sufficient evidence to show first
degree and that all the testi-
mony given by bet. Lit. Fred B..
Smith and bet. Sgt. Lucious Glea-
ton, was "hear say" and that their
were many angles in the case
that were not disclosed to prove
the charge Of first degree. Schro-
ader in his stern defense, pointed
out the attempt of Williams to
shoot Belcher with an old fashion
pistol, given to him by another
member of the household. He
pointed to the scars on the back
of Belcher's neck as the result of
the stabbing of those in the house
at the time Of the shooting.
The prosecutor, while opposed to
the motion of Schroeder for dis
missal on the charge, agreed their
was reason for a reduction to that
of second degree, according to
Judge Crawford. The Court add
ed" the evidence offered during
the preliminary hearing Thurs
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-09-11
Offered Dayton
Attorney For Freedom
Of Holiday

by me Judge This reporter
learned recently, that a jury has
been paneled for the trial and it
will be tried before the jury . be
ginning October Is. 1t is known
that Holiday has a criminal re-
cord, and that he is a non re-
sident of Dayton.
Marbury being a resident of
Dayton for more than 35 years,
and Holt being a veteran of world
war I, and a member ofthe AM
erican Legion for more than
twenty years =. He was shot down
in cold blood in his own home fol-
lowing a week long gambling game
at 1873 Mound ST., and Marbury
killed in front of the same adj
dress, because he "knew too
much" The failure of the po-
Continued On Page 2
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-09-11
Louis Seeks
Licenses For Next
Taxi Firm

CHICAGO (ANP) Another of
the business enterprises of Joe
Louis and associates, a new taxi
cab corporation, is all ready to go
into action as soon as the final
phase of it's operation is settled.
The outfit bears the name of
"The Champion Cab company"
The final obstacle to the open
ing is the matter of securing IL
censes for it's cabs a feature
which the corporation hopefully
looks to being solved on or before
Jan. l., 1851. On that day, pre-
sent cab licenses in the hands of
southside jitney owners are up for
renewal.
1t has generally been concluded
that many of the present license
holders will not receive a re-
newal at the end of the year. The
taxi group hopes it will be able
to secure these licenses and begin
operations.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-09-11
From Police BL0tter
By Jimmie N. Jones

II year old girl, Mary Harrison,
of 1862 Home ave.,
According to the police investi-
cation, Spurlock was at the adj
dress of Miss Harrison, when she
returned at $40 Sunday morning
with another boy friend, Jason G..
Johnson, %, Of 33 Weller ST.,
Spurlock is said to have threaten
ed, the girl if he caught her with
any other man accept him.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-09-11

Conflicting details concerning
the accidental death of James
Smith, 33, Of 72O Randolf ST., are
not clear as to how he struck a
parked truck in front of 1868
Lakeview at 9:45 Sunday morn
ing -. He was dead an arrival at
the st. Elizabeth hospital.
David Spurlock, 25, of 45
Mead St., is being held by police
charged with the shooting at a
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-09-11
Wins Battle In Reduction
OF Murder Charge

day, did not show generalization,
and recognizing the case is not
solely tried in a preliminary hear
ing, | acted in accordance with the
prosecutors recommendation on
the evidence presented by the
defence"
According to the testimony as
related tothe police officers byBel-
cher, he learned of Williams and
his wife being at 1918 Miami
Chapel Rd. where she had moved
on Saturday morning, August 26,
Belcher is said to have gone there
seeking his wife but was met at
the door by Mrs. Belcher's brother
in-law Genois Easter and told he
counldn't come in Later, ac-
cording to the report, Belcher is
said to have left and came back
again and watching his chance to
entered followed another member
of the household, Robert Williams,
no relation to the victim, into the
house when Easter opened the
door for Williams, who had re-
turned with some beer. Entering
the front door, according to Bel
cher's story he saw his wife and
Williams standing in the center of
the living room. He told the Of
ficers, Williams pulled a "shiney
instrument" out of his pocket
which later resulted in being the
the pistol, and attempted to shoot
him. 1t was then, according to
Belcher, that he fired one shot
at Williams, and when his wife
ran from Williams into the Gre
cess" nearby, he fired again hit
ing her in the right shoulder, and
fired another shot at Williams who
went down with the second shot
MORALLY wounded.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-09-11
By Jimmie N. Jones

The price of, fifteen grand has
been promised for the complete
freedom of William Holiday, 40,
Of Chicago, charged with the
double murder Of two Dayton
mas, according to Jack Patricoff,
we'll known Dayton attorney, who
told this reporter of the proposed
deal in the offering from a Chi
cago syndicate, who made the Of
fer in the following manner: The
Syndicate told Patricoff, they
would pay the amount of $4,000
in addition to the $4,000 already
given the attorney on the guaran-
tee that Holiday be set free from
the charge of murder for the al.
legged killing of Tommy Deed
Holt, 81, of 1873 Mound st. and
Lawrance Marbury, As, of 7O5 S.
Western ave., on the night of
June 1.
July 25, when the first pre-
liminary hearing was held in the
court room of Common Pleas
Judge Don R. Thomas, the ques-
ton of how the coming trial was
to be conducted could not be
settled, sinceit was understood
that another $4,000 was to be
added to that already in the hands
of Patricoff, making "Ten
Grand" and another attorney to
be selected either from Dayton
or from Chicago, and a continu-
nee was asked by Patricoff, with
the date being November Is,
However, Assistant Prosecutor
Russell Carter in charge of the
prosecution at that time objected
to the "far fetched date" and
consulted Matthias Heck who told
him "No, too much time has al
ready been granted and we want
to get this trial on it's way" . .
Heck told this reporter, the de-
fence was "stalling" for time,
and that there was no need for
further delay 49,. Finally both
the prosecution and defence at
torneys agreed on October 3, to
to be the date for decision as to
whether the trial was to be heard
by a Jury, Three Judge Panel or
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-09-11
Five More Negroes
On Casualty Lists

WASHINGTON (ANP)- Five
more Negro soldiers have been
wounded in action in Korea, ac-
cording to Defense Department
casualty lists issued last week.
From the st. Louis area are
Pfc. Robert Sherrell, Pfc. James
L. Thomas, and Pvt. Charles F.
Hearn.
Sheriff., 2O-year-old enlistee in
the army in September, 1947,
wrote his parents he had been in
jured in the leg from a veterans
hospital at Denver. The next
day, they received the defense
departments notification.
Thomas was wounded on Aug.
81. He is Fl year old and a for
mer pupil at L'Ouverture school.
Hearn, 10, was wounded sight
ly on Aug. IL. Student for a
year at Vashon High school, he
enlisted in February, 1913.
The oath soldier from the Wash
ington, D. c.. area reported on the
wounded list is Sgt. Alfred Will
liams Jr., 25, who received his
injury on Aug. IL. Williams has
been in the army since 1912, and
saw service in the infantry in the
Pacific theatre during World War
III. He is a graduate of Shaw
Junior High school.
Lone Negro officer death re-
ported was Snd. 1t. Addeliar D.
Guy, "a, Of Chicago. A graduate
of Tilden Tech High school, Will
son Junior college and Loyola uni
versity, Guy joined the coast
guard in 1913 for the duration of
the war. He enlisted in the army
on Jan. 1, 1919.
End 1t. Clarence D. Smith, De-
troit, Mich, who was wounded in
action, arrived at the Great
Lakes Naval hospital last week. 1t.
Smith, an Artillery officer, was
in a front line company as an
artillery forward observer, con-
Quoting fire for his battery. A
member Of the oath regiment of
the 25th "Tropic Lightning" d.
vision, he was wounded Aug. Is,
when the battery was under
heavy fire in the Central Sector
of Korea. A rifle bullet penetrat-
ed his right arm.
1t. Smith is the son of Mrs.
Bernice Smith of Detroit.
Evening star., 1950-02-23

IN large measure on the creation
OF firm economic conditions
throughout the world and on an
expanding world trade. Free ma
tions can expand their trade only
on the basis of mutual respect and
fair dealing.
Our reciprocal trade agreements
program and the International
Trade Organization are the kind
of international machinery which
is necessary for increasing the
trade of the world. We shall con-
tinue to use the procedures of
the reciprocal trade agreements
program to reduce trade barriers,
but more than this is needed.
That is why I have urged the
Congress to act favorably on the
creation Of the International
Trade Organization, through
which the nations of the world
can work together effectively to
increase world trade.
Practical Way to Peace.
This program and our other
plans for international action are
the practical way to move for
Evening star., 1950-02-23

government, to improve their
standards of living, and to decide
what kind of life they want to
live.
Better Social Order Sought.
Since Washington time the
great principles for which the
American Revolution was fought
have become known throughout
the world and have uplifted the
hearts and hopes of generations
of men. At the same time,
| through the progress of science,
the nations of the world have
been drawn together into COM
mon destiny. Our security and
progress are today more closely
related than ever before to the
advance of freedom and self
government in other lands.
This is a time of restlessness
and change. In many parts of
the world, men are searching for
better social order. They demand
a way of life that will provide
greater freedom and more wide
spread opportunity. They yearn
to own the land they live on, and
to be secure against poverty,
disease and hunger. Above all,
they want to live their own lives
as they see fit. This rising de-
mand of men everywhere for
independence and a better life
puts the ideals of freedom and
self government to their greatest
test.
At the same time, these ideals
are under deadly attack from
those who would destroy them.
The most aggressive of these enc
mics today is communism. Com
munism seeks to induce men to
surrender their freedom by false
promises of better life. But the
great danger nf communism does
not lie in it's false promises. 1t
lies in the fact that it is an in
strument of an armed imperial
ism, which seeks to extend its in
f1uence by force.
Threat of Force Challenges People.
This threat of force is a chal-
lenge to all peoples who are free
or who wish to be free. The fun
damental issue is whether men
are to be free to choose their own
way of life, or whether they must
live under a system imposed upon
them by force.
Just as our 13 original States
found that survival and progress
depend on closer association and
common effort, so the free nations
of the world today must seek their
salvation in unity and concerted
action. The real strength of the
free nations is not to be found in
any single country or any one
weapon. but in the combined
moral and material strength of
the free world as a whole.
AS members of the United Ma
tions, the free nations are working
for peace and international secur-
ity in accordance with the princi-
pies set forth in the Charter.
Within the context of that larger
association, many of the free ma
tions have Joined together to
strengthen the common defense of
particular areas against aggres-
sion. That is the meaning of the
Evening star., 1950-02-23

ward toward peace. They recog-
nize that we must deal with the
difficult world situation which
actually exists. We must not
be discouraged by difficulties
and set-backs. We must not
be misled by the vain hope
of finding quick and easy So
lutions. We must move forward
persistently and courageously
along the hard, path to a peace
based on freedom and justice.
The progress we have made in
this country since the days Of
George Washington is proof Of
the vitality and truth of the ideals
he fought for. We must be no
less firm, no less resolute, no less
steadfast than he was. We move
upon a greater stage than he did,
but our problems are fundamen-
tally the same problems that faced
the first President of this Nation
to make democracy work and
defend it from it's enemies.
George Washington sought
guidance from Almighty God as
he faced these tasks in his time;
Evening star., 1950-02-23
Text of Presidents Address on Foreign Policy

gers Of the use Of atomic energy
for destructive purposes. We shall
continue to examine every avenue
every possibility of reaching rea
agreement for effective control
In the long run, however, ou
security and the worlds hopes TO
peace lie not in measures of de
fense or in the control of weapons
but in the growth and expansion O
freedom and self government. Al
these ideals are accepted by mor'
and more people. as they give
greater meaing and richer content
to the lives of millions, they be.
come the greatest force in thu
world for peace.
Program is Positive in Aim.
The purpose of our participa-
tion in the United Nations ano
other international organizations
is to strengthen this great force
i for peace. That is the purpose
OF the European Recovery Pro-
gram and our Point Four program
to assist underdeveloped areas
That is the purpose of our foreign
trade program and our other
measures to help build world pros
perity.
These programs are positive
measures to increase the strength
Of freedom and self-government
by helping men to meet the needs
and fulfill the aspirations of their
daily lives.
Today, in many countries OF
the world, the concepts of freedom
and self-government are merely
vague phrases. They express little
to people who are engaged in a
desperate struggle with ignorance
and poverty. They mean little to
men who must work from sun-ur
to sun-down merely to keep alive
They are not fully understood by
men who cannot read or write.
On the continent of Asia and
the islands of the Far East, In
Africa and in the Near East, are
millions Of people who live in
poverty and who have never
known real freedom or democratic
government. In their present con-
dition, the immediate benefit of
steel ploWshares, or smallpox vac
cinations, has more appeal than
abstract ideas of democracy.
Benefits Must be Demonstrated.
The Communists are saying that
they will bring food and clothing
and health and a more secure
life to these poverty stricken
peoples. We know that is not
true. But it is not enough to tell
such people that communism is a
modern tyranny far worse than
that of any ancient empire. 1t
is not enough to tell them that
communism leads only to oppres-
sion. People who have never
known freedom and security
themselves have little basis for
judging how false are the claims
of communism.
These people will turn to de-
mocracy only if it seems to them
to be the best way to meet their
urgent needs. The benefits of
freedom and democracy must be
demonstrated to them:
In many of these areas there
Evening star., 1950-02-23

The tert of President Tru-
mans foreign policy speech in
Alexandria yesterday at the un-
Deiling of a statue OF George
Washington tolloUS:
1t is great privilege to dedicate
this inspiring statue of George
Washington.
This is the climax of many
years of planning and effort. ]
congratulate particularly the Or
der of Demolay, whose contribu-
tions have made this statue a
reality. This heroic likeness OF
our first President makes even
more impressive the entrance hall
of this temple. 1t is altogether
fitting that this work should stand
In the community that Washing
ton did so much to build, and SO
near his own home at Mount Ver-
non.
George Washington, like our
selves, lived in a period of great
change-a period when new forces
and new ideas were sweeping
across the world.' He was the
leader of his people in revolution
against tyranny. He commanded
an army in a long and bitter war
He was a major figure in thescre-
alton of a new kind Of Constitu-
ton. Finally, as the first Presi-
dent of our Nation, he translated
that Constitution into living
Government.
Washington's efforts for free
dom were tWo-fold. He was con-
cerned first with making the ideal
of democratic government work.
He was also concerned with the
defense of that ideal against the
forces opposed to it.
Always Servant of People.
Washington was unwavering in
his devotion to the democratic
concept. He never yielded to
those who urged him to assume
extraordinary powers. Even in
the darkest days of the Revolu-
ton, when his task as commander
in chief of the American forces
was rendered doubly difficult by
the weakness of the Congress and
the rivalries among the States, he
always considered himself as a
servant of the people. In all that
he did, he strove to make demo-
cratic institutions more effective
He knew, too. that they had
to be defended-that there were
times when the use of force to
defend democracy could not be
avoided. He not only. led the
armies in the Revolution, but
as President he was always alert
to the necessity of a vigorous
national defense.
The task of Americans today is
fundamentally the same as it
was In Washington's time. We,
too, must make democracy work
and we must defend it against it's
enemies.
But our task today is far greater
In scope than it was in Washing
tons time. Not only are we con-
cerned with increasing the free
dom, welfare and opportunity Of
our people. We are also con-
csrned with the right of other
peoples to choose their form Of