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death after returning to their
room on the second floor of a
local hotel Thursday night.
Mrs. Matte Bell Boss, wife of
the hotel owner, is reported to
have told officers that she went
to the couples room upon hear
ing the first pistol shots but upon
arriving at the door she heard
the wife say, Don't nobody come
in this ROOM" She said later two
more shots were heard after which
she called police.
When the police arrived they
found the husband already dead
lying on the floor with two shots
near the heart.
The wife was found lying on
the bed still alive, but MORALLY
wounded from a shot which went
through her body near the heart.
She died a few minutes after be-
ing admitted to LEGAL hospital.
The woman gave no hint of the
reason for her action in note
found in the murder-suicide room
asking that notice be given hei
sister, Alice Turner of Greenwood
Mississippi, and her husbands
sister whose address was giver
as SAG South Commerce Street
Grenada, Mississippi.
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-Four Drown AS
Truck PIunges
In River

MOORHEAD, Miss, April 1S.-
(Special)-Four Negro tenants on
the P. G. Baston plantation were
drowned when the truck in which
they were joy riding left the road
and plunged into the swollen
Culver River, shortly after mid
night Saturday.
According to reports, with most
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of its occupants heavily under the
Influence of liquor, the truck left
the gravel road and plunged into
the river as it was approaching a
bridge about three miles north of
town.
Hooks were used to recover the
bodies from the river, three of
which were recovered early Sunday
morning and the last one late
Sunday afternoon.
The dead were identified as
Freddie Williams, Lille Brooks
Williams, John Henry Honey, and
Mary Ella Patteraway.
The tragedy was said to be the
worst of its kind to ever happen
in this section of the state.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1950-08-04
Candidate For
Pos. 4 Praised
By Scout Director

Mrs. Margaret II. Letzig, candi-
date for the Position No. 4 Pulaski
county is a chartered member OF
the Greater Little Rock Girl Scout
Council under which the Negro
branch operates. She has done an
excellent job in promoting the in
terest Of iae branch. according to
Miss Bessie Ward, executive direc
tor Of the Girl Scouts.
Mrs Letzig served on the Case
Committee Of Pulaski county Juve-
nile court, snu among the many
Improvements she initiated was the
library at McRae sanitorium at
Alexander. She has shown her in
teres, in better government and
progress Of cur race by working
through the Greater Little Rock
Urban League, PTA. Girl Scout
Council and Little Rock Communi-
ty Chest
She has the endorsement of
many members of our group for
Position No 4 as Representa-
tive in the Legislature Her name
will appear on the ballot on Au-
gust q.
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say.
Dad, when medical science does
all 1t can for me, I'm going to fit
myself into society and be use
full citizen"
This courage to overcome all
odds, to 60 on despite handicap
has proved successful. Rather than
ask people to come to his aid and
assistance, Mr.. Riley decided he
wanted to help others.
His decision to seek career in
public service was one that he
considered for long time. Mr..
Riley knew that a political career
offered no riches. and little graft
tude from many who look with
disfavor on politicians
But, he was spurred on by many
friends who knew his courage, and
respected his ability to grasp is
sues and fight for causes he be-
lieves to be right. While attending
University Of Arkansas, and com
piling an astounding record of
honor marks in all subjects, he
has served four years as Pulaski
County Representative.
Representative Rileys record
speaks for itself. Every single
legislative act which he has spon-
sored IN the House of Representa-
tivos has been passed, and has be-
come a law. Among these out
standing laws are the ones allow
ing chuich BUSES free licenses, the
one which cleared the wav
building War Memorial Stadium,
and the one which enabled a pen
sion for retired or disabled fire
men There are many others, all of
them good laws which help or pro-
tect all the people.
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wanted, he allegedly stated. well,
You know I'm trying to get By the
cheapest | can"
The Funeral Services for Mrs.
Sims were held on Tuesday at u
noon from the First Baptist
church, 9th and Pine Streets
Burial was in Antioch cemetery at
Sheriff. with arrangements by
Ruffin-Jarrett Funeral Home.
Sims has been charged with
second degree murder
Officer V. B. Thompson of the
Homicide squad testified at the
hearing held Wednesday morning
August 2 before special Judge
Charles Carpenter that Sims stated
that on the evening before the
Staying. his wife accused him of
going with another woman and
that after the argument he sat on
the porch in the swing until "a
round 10 o'clock. He stated that ne
then went to his truck and
slept until around 6 a.
m. and went back into
the house, got his gun out of the
dresser drawer, went into the
kitchen and onto the back porch.
He gave as his reason for getting
the gun as the fact that eyefytime
he and his wife got into an argu-
ment, she would get the gun. He
said that when he went on the
back porch his wife fired two
shots. one of which struck him in
the thumb. Then he said. he pulled
out his gun and fired the fatal
shot Attorney w. w Shepherd.
Sims lawyer asked dismissal on
grounds Of sclf-defense The judge
refused TO grant this. Attorney BY
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Congress Gas was done after
World War ID and lie that A
merlcan Negro soldiers did not
help to win the war, but were
utter failures.
Many Negroes ask, well, what
can we do except hope and pray
that the white man will change
his attitude since he outnumbers
us 10 to one and since he has the
whip in his hand If we dare to
complain we are branded as sub
versive". 1t is strange, we will ad-
nit that one has to be "subver-
sive'" to want to be free.
We have suffered the indignities
and hardships of yesterday we
have suffered the indignities and
hardships of today and now
and now, tomorrow 49,
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This Day.
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again the position we hold in the
Southern United States. How many
times have you Tor someone you
know stood on the streets at
night waiting on a bus only to
have white hoodlumS Eyes, right
here in Little Rock come along
to swat you in the face with
anything they had in their hands.
Yet, all that We can read and hear
is the South is progressing steadi-
~ We can hardly get fair hear
ing in court We help make up the
citizenship of the south yet we
have very little say in the policy
of the land. All that we can do
is have a handful of selfish hun
cry leaders prostituting the name
and respect Of the race to arre-
CANT white politicians who bell &c
Negroes think as one, being she'll
ed out finances around each elee-
ton We even had to go to war
to have Judge HASTE one of the
most capable Of men, WHITE or
COLOREO, appointed to a posi-
ton to which he was more thn
capable And even at that the Mis-
sissinDi senator tried - fight tho
appointment And even with our
boys making the only commenda-
BILE stand of the war. we expect
that when this thing is over the
good senator from Mississippi Cor
Arkansas will get up before the
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Tragedy
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sister was in the 1901 residence
using the telephone when Sims
re-entered the Pierce residence.
He stated that he was leaving
package there and left. When the
woman finished using the phone,
she found that he had left the gun
under a pillow on the bed.
Miss Pierce stated that a gun
was found under Mrs Sims which
police officials repeatedly stated
had been fired twice. one recently.
1t was also reported that Amos Nc
lntyTe, brother OF Mrs. Sims was
standing between the couple when
the shooting started He had TO
fall to the floor to avoid being hit.
He could offer no solution, how
ever, as to whether the Sims shot
each other (the Sims man was
wounded in the fIngerl Or
whether Sims did all of the shoot
ing as has been theoulcd by
many neighbors Sims claimed
that his wife shot at him twice.
Shortly after he left the revolt
yer in the 1901 residence, he got
into a passing automobile and
rode away. He was arrested later
however, and released on $500
bond
Mrs. Lucille Long, Mrs. Sims
sister, had just left the Sims
home and had arrived IN New
York when she received a message
to return at once Mrs Long stated
that before she left. her sister
scwed the deeds TO the Sims home
and other valuable papers in two
pillows saying, III anything hap
pens TO me, yeu'l know where TO
find these This was a few days
prior to the Staying The Sims
three adult children. Mrs Mary
Richardson, Woodrow Sims and
Mrs Grace Love. all Of Albany,
N. Y along with their children
came down 10 make funeral lr-
rangemcn's They expressed SUR
prise and horror at the tragedy
and commented that their father
seems to show no rcmorsc for the
deed Mrs Richardson stated she
believed her father needs q sanity
test lie spoke Of % as II he had
killed chicken or q dog Before
we could get into The house up
on our arrival. he began talking
about who viii have ihc cedar
chest and who win have the wash
ing machine. etc" When the group
went 20 select the clslct for The
funeral. she said. Sims went along
stating, ITS my job TO select It..
When they went to inquire about
the plot Of ground, they were told
that the plots ranged from s22 TO
SOS When asked which one he
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A native Of Little Rock. he is
the son of c. A, and Winnie Mae
Riley, members of well-known
Baptist family.
On December IT, l94l. 10 days
after infamous Pearl Harbor, IT.
year-old Riley handed his father
piece of paper. II was statement
which. with the signature of par
ents. would allow a minor to join
the armed services.
Without telling Rob's mother.
Mr.. Riley signed the form. The
next night. young Riley. a high
school senior, left for the West
Coast and Marine Corps training.
On July 81, 1914, Corporal Ri
fey invaded Guam Island. to him
a far-away place and unheard of
name. Three hours later he was
Tying motionless beside Jap pill
box.
With the help OF all that the
combat medical men could do for
him. and that strong determina-
ton to overcome all odds, Bob
Riley lived for ten days until he
was in a Pearl Harbor hospital
His sight was gone and for a long
time he was deaf and dumb. and
paralized below the hips.
BY January l945, Corporal Ri
ley had recovered enough TO be
removed TO the United States. On
his way TO a Philadelphia hospi-
tal. the train passed through Pine
Bluff When his dad met him there,
ne was proud to hear young Riley
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Execution
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No"""ueu tto" P"Bc ShVJ
broken away from the guards and
shouted, Il can walk"
Sims died for the Staying OF Bir-
mingham night Waterman. John
Hardy, during a robbery attempt
in February. l949.
Joe Keith, jr. died mumbling a
prayer. He has been convicted
for beating two other Negroes TO
death in 1913.
Gov James Folsom had refused
10 interfere with the death sem
.enees Of the men.
Kilby's last triple execution was
on March 20, 1910, when three Ne
Eroos were clectrocuted.
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tom and background 1t was I'M
possible for them II study objec-
lively an alleged rape case involv-
ing a Negro man ana a white Wo-
man.
Has a white man even been con-
demned to death for rape in this
State, DR.. Weltfish asked?
Il don't know, but il wouldn't
make any difference, Governor
Wright replied eurtly.
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Niece.


Civil Rights Congress, led the dele
cation and was its chief spokes-
man. In no uncertain terms, speak
er after speaker challenged Missis-
sippi justice and its system of ra-
cial segregation.
Il never believed l would see a
thing like this in all my life. Peo-
pie arguing and shaking their
fingers at the Governor in public.
one spectator said as the meeting
broke up in an angry and tense
mood
Governor Wright sat in the front
row thanked by the Chief Justice
and the Attorney General of the
State. They listened while Gross
man charged that the State of Mis-
sisslppi was railroading an inno-
cent Negro TO his death on
trumpted up rape charge.
Let me make this clear, de-
clared Grossman. I'VE feel posi-
lively certain that Willie MCGEE
is innocent" ..
Grossman told the Governor the
delegation came before him not as
group of northerners or out
siders, but as Americans interest
ed in justice"
There is very strong suspicion
throughout the country, he said
when a charge OF rape is leveled
at Negro In the South This kind
OF case grows out OF the system
OF segregation and discrimination
against the Negroes Of Mississippi
II is connected with the fact that
Negroes. comprising az per cent OF
the population OF Mississippi. com
prise only a very small proportion
OF its voters.
Nor Is Il an accident that the
same state which Is sending an
innocent Negro to the chair is re-
presented In Congress by a man
who more than any other. spreads
the most vicious lying statements
about the Negro people. This case
grows out Of the big lie that Ne.
grocs are rapists and criminals 4"
When GrosSman completed his
opening remarks, other speakers
addressed the state officials Time
and again, they were challenged
and hockled by the Governor. the
Chief Justice and others as they
indicted Mississippi Justice
Sidney T. Ordowcr Of Chicago.
who commanded Ncgro-white units
in combat during World War II
told the fuming Dixiecrat: 81 led
Negro and white troops IN Ger
many and we fought side by side
! learned, and southern white
Young men in the outfit learned
that white and Negro people can
FIGHT together and work together
This kind Of framc-up Of McGcc
on rape charge Is calculated 70
keep Negro and white apart"
Mrs Winlfred Feisc Of New Or
leans. speaking rs n woman. wife
and mother Of two children. ripped
AZ the testimony Of Mrs Troy Haw-
kins. The woman MCGEE was accus-
cd Of having raped
y read Mrs Hawkins statement
that she was in bed with her child
when she was attacked" said Mrs
Feise ~ rcod how she made No
sound and did not cell her hus-
band who was IN the next room
7 have given This great thought
Could 7 allow myself 70 he rared
with one NJ my children M nv
side and nv husband IN INC next
room7 Would 7 iust lie there and
LEI myself be rapcd' n So n
would moan that 7 permitted Il "
Or Gene weltfish. Professor NJ
Anthropolosv ~ Columbia TINT
versitv New York warned the
Governor that ~ is easv 70 doe
troy the life NJ n man but vol can.
not PIT 4 together"
Dr weltfish told The Mississinri
offirint tb,t bnc,ura ~ tit. a,,z
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Bob Riley. Blind Hero Of Guam
In World War L Seeks Senate Post

Bob Riley, the near-blind war
hero is asking to serve as State
Senator after four successful years
as representative for Pulaski Co.
Mr.. Riley sot a heavy vote in
the preferential p.htary, despite
the fact that four candidates were
in the race. He is now waeng
can hard fight in run-off Repre-
sentative Riley earnestly and
Lgmbly solicits your consideration
when you go to the polls on Au-
gust 0.
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Roundup


Continued from page one
Sul be succeeded by Miss Doro-
Shy {. Sratton Of Washington. d.
G, personnel director OF the In.
terpaiional Monetary Fund and
former director of SPARS.
asfas
There has been no dispatch of
any epidemic in ST Louis since the
city swimming pools were opened
60 both races There is the poss-
biliiy that It is not the water that
IS contaminated.
LOCAL
color Magazine on the news
stands now gives interesting read
g and nice toto covcragc of Lit.
de Rocks big.wigs Eventho the
articles are highly distorted. they
are a little more factual than fic-
ton Buy a Color Magazine the
next time you buy a press)-Adv.
sssss
Governor Sid McMath issued
n statement that he wanted a list
OF the names Of the persons who
did most TO help him win the cleo
ton IN various cities This probab-
~ means, white Only" as you
would evpect Of tho South.
INTERNATIONAL
Communists continue TO gain
ground in Korea Also continue 10
win the propaganda war in the far
east by blasting the strange ra-
cial situation which is Americas
America continues TO ignore this
and talks more about setting up
Che Voice Of America 20 out talk
The Communists instead Of doing
something about the situation.
Russia ended rs boycott Of the
United Nations This week which
brought 10Y 10 the western nations
who optimisticallv thought this
mean, they were ready to talk
pesce. II seems they were only
ready 10 emphasize their opposi-
Hon 70 the seating ~ Nationalist
China in the I'M. There is still
no peace In sight
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Little Rock and Perry in Pine Bluff in charge D
gushed officials present the nterment were Grand Ms
John Wesley Dobbs of Georgia who conducted beautiful ~,
impressive ceremony John G.. Lewis Jr Grand Master f
louisiana Amos Hail. Grand Master from Tulsa Okahom,
B. Keys Past Grand Master from Missouri and c. F. William
Grand Master from Tennessee. Press f3to nv ns
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ron Bosard is special prosecutor
OF the case.
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waited half hours the BelWood Cemetery
view of the funeral corege and to take last look the
of the beloved commander The gray steel casket
with its of lowered memorials testimony
which he had inspired by the II of his service
travelling all Arkansas Grand Master and by his efficient
exemplary The undertaking of Dubis-
Evening star., 1950-08-11
Rootin' TootinI South Koreans
Dare Donqer for Yonk Officer

them and before long the Korean
captain was going to 1t. Kinney
for orders.
And 1t. Kinney was going with
the South Koreans on patrols into
the enemy lines and across Red
infested mountains.
So 1t. Kinney took over the
command of the group-and then
they became known as "Kinney's
Marauders."
They roamed the mountains on
patrols with 1t. Kinney in the
lead. They fought the enemy and
whipped him. They performed a
valuable job for the regiment
and 1t. Kinney was left pretty
much on his own.
Col. Henry G. Fisher. regiment
commander from Los Angeles
chuckled when he talked about
1t. Kinney.
"They treat him like the king
of SIAM" he said. THE Korean
captain comes running like an
orderly when Kinney whistles
And Kinney has four personal
bodyguards to take care of him
wherever he goes.
Kinney lives better than any OF
the rest of us. Those people al
ways bring him melons and fruit.
Evening star., 1950-08-11

the Senator during the Hughes
investigation.
Mr.. Hughes recently said he had
no idea his telephone was tapped.
He told reporters he did not have
Senator Brewster "shadowed," al
though he had made a consider
able investigation of the Senator's
affairs and activities and learned
some things which were most in
teresting."
Case Was Sensation.
The Hughes investigation was
summer sensation in 1947. with
the air full of charges and coun-
tercharges. What it boiled down
to was that Senator Brewster al
legged and Mr.. Hughes denied that
White House influence helped the
plane maker get $40 million in
wartime contracts.
In the end, Republicans on the
committee reported there was evil
dence bearing out Brewster's
charges; the Democrats on the
committee disagreed.
The Pepper Committee has be-
fore it the report made by the
Metropolitan Police Department
on the activities of 1t. Shimon
while he was serving in Mr.
Fay's office. The police report has
not yet been made public.
Detective McHale, the commit
tee witness yesterday, was one of
the first to make a statement on
the case when it was investigated
by the police, Senator Pepper said.
He recently testified before the
grand jury
1t. Simmons aides, during l947,
were assigned to special duty, the
committee learned. They answered
roll calls at their own police pre-
cincts, but they reported only to
1t. Shimon.
Times $1,000 Incident.
Detective McHale told the COM
mittee according to Chairman
Pepper. that he was required to
participate in wire-tapping day
and night during the Hughes in
vestigation in July and August,
1947. Hotel rooms in the Carlton
and Mayflower Hotels were men,
toned as the scenes of such ac-
tivity.
The incident of the $1,000 bill
took place about two or three days
after the Senate war investigation
, hearings ended, around August IL.
Senator Pepper said the detective
: testified.
Pvt. McHale gave this account
of the incident, Senator Pepper
Said
An unidentified man came into
1t. Simmons quarters in the United
States Attorneys Office. When the
stranger left, the detective saw 1t.
Shimon pick up a $1,000 bill and
put it in his wallet. The detec-
tive said he has not seen the
stranger since.
Evening star., 1950-08-11
Ernest O. Dickhaus Dies;
Retired GAO Auditor

Ernest o. DickhauS. 81, retired
General Accounting Office audi
tor, died yesterday at his home,
4641 Hillside road Sc. He had
been i'll for five years.
Born in Brooklyn, Mr.. Dick
hauS formerly worked on the
State Compensation Rating Board
in Syracuse and Brooklyn. He
came here with the GAO in jan
uary. 1910, and retired two years
ago because of disability.
Mr.. Dickhaus served in the
Army in World War I and was
wounded at Chateau Thierry. He
was a member of Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Minnie
Dickhaus; a brother, Army Sergt
Otto Dickhaus, stationed at San
Antonio, Tex, and a sister, Mrs
Emma Muzukiewicz of Long
Island, N. Y.
Funeral services will be held
at 1870 pm. Monday in the Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-08-11
Reds Reveal Capture of Texon
Who Went AWOL to Fiqht

A purported Red interview
quoted Kimball as identifying
himself as member of the 8054th
Medical Evacuation Hospital at
Pusan, % years old. former truck
driver, boxer, wrestler and speed
way driver.
That fitted the Kimball who
went AWOL to fight. The rest OF
the interview didn't. It said:
Il thought it was a peacetime
army. We got fooled. That was
all. None OF us ever reckoned on
doing any fighting. And then.
there we were, in the middle of a
war with real guns and real SOL
diers shooting and shooting
straight, too"
These quotes aren't like Kim
ball.
In one afternoon he showed
front-line troops how to handle
everything from a AS to a tommy
gun. and tossed few grenades to
boot.
Evening star., 1950-08-11
Red Cross Offers Services
To Other Nations in Korea

The welfare services of Amer
ican Red Cross field workers in
Korea were offered today to the
troops of other nations which
have responded to the United Ma
tions call in the Korean conflict
The offer was made in a letter
addressed to the Red Cross So
cieties of Great Britain, Australia
the Netherlands, the Philippines
Thailand, New Zealand, Bolivia
and Canada and to the Red Cres-
cent of Turkey.
The services program includes
counseling on personal and family
problems, transmitting or request
ing information through Red
Cross channels, distributing COM
fort articles and providing such
recreation facilities as may be re-
quested by the military.