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Arkansas State press., 1950-01-20
More Trenton Six" Negro Defendants
Denied Right To Choose Own Counsel

Trenton, N 1.-Two more Of the
Negro defendants in the world
famous Trenton Six case have
been denied by Judge Charles p
Hutchinson their constitutional
right 10 lawyers of their own
choice.
A request. made today before
Judge Hutchinson by Solomon
Golat. one of the attorneys, on be-
half of Horace Wilson and John
Mckenzie. that he accept o. John
Royce, Golat. William l.. Patter-
counsel was answered by Hutchin-
son and Emanuel II Bloch as their
son with, The matter will not be
heard"
AT present, counsel Of record
for the two Negro defendants are
the same attorneys Hutchinson APP
pointed to represent the men in
the first trial
All six Negro defendants we're
represented by Hutchinson-ap-
pointed lawyers during the earlier
proceeding AT that time, the six
were found guilty and sentenced
10 death by Hutchinson despite
the fact, as the ~ j. Supreme
Court pointed out in ordering the
re-trial, that he had no power to
do so under the kind Of verdict
brought in by the jury.
Hutchinson, whose conduct OF
the original trial was called faint
See TRENTON sIx-pagc four
Arkansas State press., 1950-01-20
Five Negroes Already lynched Or
Massacred In 1850 Gre Tells Truman
In Appealing For Emergency Action

New York-Five Negroes have
already been lynched or MASSACRE
ed In the United States In the first
ten days of 1850, the Civil Rights
Congress has notified President
Truman in a letter appealing for
emergency action by the Federal
Administration.
Your failure TO make a strong
statement on lynching in your
State of the Union message. Will
liam l.. Patterson, CRC Executive
Secretary has written. has I'M
loosed white-supremacist passions
in every section Of the country"
Immediate action now by the
White House outlawing the Khan
and calling for the prosecution of
every lncher and murderer of
Negro citizens is an urgent necess-
ity. Negroes are being murdered
almost at a one-a-day rate"
He continued, Not shadow box
ing, but a real vigorous fight on
behalf of anti-lynch, anti-poll tax
and FEPC bills must be put up by
the Administration. For The Negro
people. 1850 must be The Year of
Decision"
The five 1850 victims of the
lynch-murder wave are dead be-
cause they are Negroes, Mr. Pat
terson stated Governments policy
of Jim Crow. which is enforced
Arkansas State press., 1950-01-20
"Pinky" Breaks
Record In Memphis

Memphis--tAtla -"Pinky' the
anti-Negro discrimination picture
about a Negro girl who passed as
white preemed in at the Loew's
Palace here last week In the most
powerful stronghold of Southern
censorship. II was an instant hit
and long lines of anxious patrons
from before $40 in the morning.
Saturday and Sunday broke a
house record for attendance. And
although so feet of the film we're
scissored by Deacon Binford, It
made little difference to those
anxious to view for the first time,
n film that treats all actors alike
In the situations.
Arkansas State press., 1950-01-20
State RICHTER
Thurn1ond Gets The
Old Heave no

Raleigh N. C.-tA)-The Demo-
Gratis remembering all those states
Fighters who took a by way In the
1913 presidential election, hss
made II clear that they are only
Interested in those political lead
ers whose interest and encrgies
are willing TO work for the fulfil.
ment Of the Fair Deal" program.
Gov. J. strom Thurmond an op-
ponent Of Pres. Truman in iols
has been left off the list for pro-
minent party leaders invited TO .he
southern Democratic Party rally at
Raleigh on Jan. 20. announced BY
Jonathan Daniels, North Carolina
national committeeman. The CON.
ference has been called to rally
support for President TrumanS
program.
Arkansas State press., 1950-01-20

through terror against the Negro
people, is encouraging hoodlums
and lynchers both in the North and
South.
I'm the most horrifying murder
the Negro people have suffered in
this postwar era, the CRC leader
wrote. three young Negro children
aged 10, 7 and 4. were slaughtered
by white supremacist rapists in
See TRuMAN-page eight
Arkansas State press., 1950-01-20
{ '1aski Co. Rep.
! III Seek Seat In
., ., ..lkansas Senate

=" m ski County Representative
IN Howell. who is completing his
Mrth year in the Arkansas Legs
lture, has filed as a candidate
" The state senate with Frank
. ewell. secretary of the State De-
Iocratic Central committee.
Mr.. Howell is seeking the va
lnncy that will occur when Sena-
ss'r ID Dillon. dean of the senate,
r Stires at the end Of this term
k(ecause of i'll health.
NJ. Howell is a veteran Ct
'"forA War II, and is also a law
Yer, He is the Representative who
,ouoored the measure that Great
j 0rgo Agricultural school into
rN lining school for our delin-
,asuen1 girls He has been a strong
10 ipporter Of McRae sanatorium
" many years, and is very inter-
tied in the upgrading Of State
,lleec
Arkansas State press., 1950-01-20
John Ross 10 Direct 0ne.Aet PIayh
Dramatic Tournament At Dunbar Ian. II

John McLeon Ross-of AM6N
college, Pine Bluff Is one of the
directors of the one act plays that
Will be presented in the Annual
State Wide inter-colleglate Ira.
matte Tournament at Dunbar au.
ditorium, January q. Other spop.
sors are Mrs Sue Cowan Williams
OF Arkansas Baptist college, Miss
T. !. Copeland Of Dunbar Junior
college. These sponsors are very
capable and well prepared for the
job. Each year they have thrilled
Little Rock audiences a. we'll m
people throughout the state with
their outstanding presentation.
They have worked throughout the
See JOHN ROss-pase eight
Arkansas State press., 1950-01-20
Rayburn Queried
On Reported Deal
To Knife Fepc Bill.

Speaker of the House Sam Ray
burn has been asked to clarity a
report that he has agreed not to
recognize Representative John
Lesinski when he rises on the
House floor on January % to move
for the discharge of HR 4453. the
FEPC bill, from the Rules Com
mittee for debate on the floor.
According TO the report. Speaker
Rayburn. following a conference
with Representative Brooks HAYS
of Arkansas and members of the
Texas congressional delegation,
had reversed his earlier decision
to recognize the Michigan repre-
sentative and permit the opening
of the debate on the FEPC bill
in the House, Representative Les
inski, chairman of the House La
Dor and Education Committee. had
announced that the bill would be
brought up on January %.
we trus, that the report of
reversal of your stand is without
foundation" Roy Wilkins. acting
NAACP secretary, said in a tele-
gram 10 Speaker of the House
Supporters of the administration
program would be disillusioned
by such action and opponents de-
lighted" he continued.
Arkansas State press., 1950-01-20
Prisoner FIogging
Stopped In Va.

Richmond va.-tA)-Governop
William M Tuck proudly announc
ed that the flogging Of prisoners
has been discontinued In his ad-
dress at the opening Of the 1880
state assembly. He declared that
Approximately three-fourths Of
the prisoners now assigned 70 the
road camps, sleep without chains.
THE people Of Virginia may
take justifiable pride In the pro-
gress that has been made in our
penal system" he said.
Arkansas State press., 1950-01-20

More than $50 Negro friends.
neighbors and members Of the Ne
gro community braved white su-
premacist terror 10 attend Taylor's
funeral and to protest his brutal
lynching. Over 60 cars were count
ed in the funeral procession.
This dramatic funeral protest
demonstration by the Negroes Of
a small southern community must
rouse Americans throughout the
Arkansas State press., 1950-01-20

!. &ELY-Is our description of
IT. young matron whC paused
- enough to be with us this
- to say hello to our readers
~ her many friends. She is
- Emma ID. Hale, sOrOr of Delta
n lGma Theta sorority. Mrs. Hale
pent brief period in the city
E}ith friends enroute from the
City" where she spent ner
3o1t1hys to Camden where she is
Aployed in the public school sys-
4 M. Hale was a member of the
!llfaGlnal T. ]. d. Club. an interest
roeD of the Delta Sorority, which
= organized on Philander Smith
11ege's campus in 1871. She is
nteo 3 graduate of Philander.
Arkansas State press., 1950-01-20

country to fight the terror aqainst
the Negro people," declared Will
liam l.. Patterson. This first
lynching of 1850 must be answered
by an intensified campaign for
passage of the Anti-Lynch Bill.
and other civil rights legislation"
said Mr.. Patterson.
The leader of the lynch gang
Frank Clayton. a bootlegger who
See LYNCHING-page eirht
Arkansas State press., 1950-01-20
VIRGINIA NEGRO AxED
ITO DEATH BY LYNCHERS
Gre Demands Murder Charges Pressed;
Urges Passage Of Anti.Lynch Bill Now

Balvie Va-The first lynching of $780, in which Samuel
Taylor, 3Syear old Negro farmer was axed and ased tn
death here on New Years Eve by two loads yncers
has been revealed here by William L. Patterson Exenve
Secretary of the Civil Rights Congress-
The full story of the ynchng which Taylors mutilated
ody was left in verabe blood BATH has peced together
by members of his family despite the reluctance of an in
undated witness and lawenforcmen officials to discuss the
case. ~ '' ''e
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-12
Enthusiastic esponse to
Legion's Tide of Toys
Project Here
Toys Will Be Distributed on
Arrival Overseas by CARE
Organization

Nearly 2,100 toys donated by
Bluffton kiddies for children in war
devastated areas overseas during
the Bluffton Legion posts Tide OF
Toys campaign will start on their
long journey to Europe next week
Collected by local Legionnaires in
their participation in nationwide
campaign were 100 dolls and 1900
other toys which will make needy
children overseas happy.
The local consignment of toys,
weighing 548 pounds, will be carried
free of charge by railroads to Phila-
delphia where ship will be loaded
with the gifts collected throughout
the United States in the humanitar-
ian drive.
In Europe the toys will be distrib-
uted through the facilities of CARE,
major overseas relief organization.
Bluffton Legionnaires were pleased
with the result of the local cam
paign, in which the voluntary con-
tributions brought nearly 2,100 toys.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-12

Cold Snap Averts Flood Danger
Here Following Heavy DOwnpOurs
Directors Renamed
By Citizens Bank

Seven directors were reelected
Tuesday night at a meeting of Citi-
zen's National Bank stockholders in
bank headquarters.
Officers also were continued in
office, including Elmer C. Romey
president; James West, cashier; and
Nelson Herr and Eli Hostettler, as
sistant cashiers.
Directors reelected were L. w
Dukes, Fred Gettles, H. P. Huber,
c. F. Niswander, E. c. Romey
Adam Steiner and Melvin William
son.
Dividend of Sc a share announced
at the meeting represented an in
crease of so cents over last year.
Motion pictures taken by Henry
Huber in Mexico, California and at
Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon
were shown at the meeting.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-12
Name Committees
For School Board

Organization of the Bluffton board
of education was completed at the
first regular meeting Tuesday night
when standing committees were
named by President V. C. Opper-
mann. They are:
Finance-Carl Derringer and Paul
Stauffer.
Building and Grounds-B. w
Travis and V. c. Oppermann.
Athletics-Levi Althaus.
The board approved revised stu
dent teaching agreement effective
next September, drafted by Dean J.
S. Schultz of Bluffton college and
Supt. A. B. Murray of the public
school covering practice teaching for
the coming year.
Between % and 80 student teach
ers obtain classroom experience in
the school here under supervision of
regular teachers. Under the new
arrangement payments by the college
to the supervising teachers will be
increased from $4 to Sc per credit
hour.
The clerk also was authorized to
apply for an advance draw on the
February tax collection from the
county auditors office and bids will
be received for two cars of coal. ?
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-12
Real Estate Deals

John E. Weaver of the Bluffton
college business office has purchased
the Mrs. Geneva Badertscher prop
erty on Poplar street and expects to
occupy the residence soon, moving
from the Ray Harris property at
North Jackson and Elm streets.
Kenneth Hauenstein who purchased
from the estate the 100 acre farm
of his father the late L. c. Hauen-
stein five miles south of Bluffton has
sold the east 80 acres to Walter
Stratton of South Main street. STRAIT
ton expects to occupy the place
Hauenstein who now lives on the
tract he sold to Stratton will move
to the west 80 acres, the property
now occupied by his mother, who
will move to Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-12
MAYFAIR PHONE
RATE PROTEST AT
COUNCIL Meeting
Council May Hear Objections to
Higher Rates at Meeting
Monday Night
No Prospect Now for Conver.
sion of Bluffton System to
Dial Phones

Increase in Bluffton telephone
rates, proposed by the Bluffton Tele-
phone Co. in petition presented to
the Ohio Public Utilities Commission,
will not be accompanied by a change
to an automatic dial system, first
promised to the village several years
ago.
That no immediate move is con-
templated in conversion to automatic
dial phones was disclosed by Mau-
rice Mahoney, local manager of the
telephone company, which is a sub
sidiary of Telephone Service of Ohio.
Mahoney gave the answer after
being queried on the matter, in view
of the fact that nearby Ottawa, an
other subsidiary of the same COM
pany, has been promised dial sys-
TEN in connection with requested
raise in rates, on a similar scale to
those proposed for Button.
RETAIN SAME SYSTEM
Mahoney said that conversion to
an automatic dial setup is impossible
here at this time, because the output
of dial system equipment manufac-
turers falls far below the demand.
As a result dial systems are being
allocated only at those places where
central facilities are totally made
quate. That condition does not ap-
ply in Bluffton, Mahoney declared.
In the meantime protests over
the projected rate increases for
Bluffton telephone users appeared to
be growing in the town, with de-
mand from subscribers that the viii
lage government take a hand in the
matter.
PROTESTS GROWING
Whether the cona,iaints will get
an official airing at next Mondays
meeting of the municipal council re-
mained indefinite this week, but pro-
tests over the proposed rate increase
have been increasing.
Under the new rate system re-
quested of the public utilities COM
mission, increases for telephone rent
al here would range from 25 per
cent for four-party residential lines,
to 83 per cent for private business
phones.
Telephone officials said it was the
first request for rate boost here
since 1928.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-12
Farm, Account Class
viii Meet Tuesday

Farmers in the Bluffton commun-
ity who have problems connected
with keeping of farm business rec
ords are invited to attend a meeting
in the vocational agriculture room at
Bluffton High school, at 8 p. m.
next Tuesday.
Classes in the keeping of records
will be held under the direction OF
Lorain A. Basinger, vocational-agri-
culture teacher, it was announced by
Supt. Aaron B. Murray.
The Ohio Farm Account book,
prepared by the agricultural exten-
sion service, the Ohio Bankers asso-
citation and the Department of In
ternal Revenue, will be used.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-12
VILLAGE COUNCIL
CONFRONTED BY
MANY PROBLEMS
New Council Will Complete
Appointments At Meeting
Next Monday
Sewage Disposal, Storm Sewers
And Parking Among Prob
lens On Agenda

Buttons new municipal council
at it's second meeting next Monday
night will complete setting up the
framework for the 1950-51 admin
istration by completing town appoint
ments through the naming of a city
solicitor and making fire department
appointments.
With the initial appointive hurdle
out of the way, the new councilmen
will face for the first time some OF
the larger problems which will con-
front them in their two years in
office.
Chief of the problems will be
Buttons sewage disposal question,
and the necessity of obtaining a site
for the treatment plant. In obtain
ing land for the treatment facilities,
the village government for more
than a year has been attempting to
purchase triangular-shaped tract
of ground owned by the Central Ohio
Light and Power Co., laying between
Buckeye quarry and the railroad, at
the west end of the Buckeye.
No PRICE SET
Complications stemming from Cen
trail Ohio delay in setting price or
making the land available for pur-
chase prevented the last council
from making any headway in the
matter, despite engineers recon-
mendation that the site be obtained
as soon as possible.
Action on the sewage disposal
question is imperative, because of a
new Ohio law which became effective
last August making it unlawful to
discharge untreated sewage into
streams and rivers. Under the law,
Bluffton already has been cited as
one of the Ohio cities which must
effect a cleanup of prevailing condi-
tions.
Of scarcely less Importance, how
ever, is remedial action to the viii
lagos outmoded storm sewer system,
the cause of flooded streets and
Easements in many areas during
periods of sustained rainfall.
Additional downtown parking fa-
cilities also present problem of nc
little import, now. that the situation
has been aggravated by the loss OF
parking lot next to the Pine res
taurant, now occupied by Bixel Mot
or Sales used car lot.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-12
Former Captain OF Army Intelligence
To Head Two Weeks Evangelistic Drive

Third of a series of evangelistic
services sponsored by the Tri-County
Evangelistic association will begin
next Monday in the st. John Men
MONTE church, near Pandora, and
conclude with a series of meetings
from JAM % thru 20 in the Bluffton
High school auditorium.
Services each night during the
two-week series will begin at 1880.
In the evangelistic series the Tri-
County association will bring to this
area foremost speakers and musi-
clans.
This year Captain Edgar Bundy,
OF Wheaton, H., will speak each
night during the campaign. Capt.
Bundy is former chief of research
and analysis section of intelligence,
headquarters Alaskan Air command
where he is said to have seen at
first hand what Soviet Russia is
building up inside Siberia. He also
knows the inside of the political
economc and socal problems Of
China.
Lecturer, traveller and journalist
Capt. Bundy will speak on subject.
such as peep Holes in the Iror
Curtain" "Alaska-America's Front
Door-Wide Open," "The Master
Plan of World Communism" opal
estine," etc.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-12

Also assisting in the evangelistic
meetings will be Rev. and Mrs. liner
Basinger, former Pandora residents,
Basinger was a former editor of The
Pandora Times. During the last
four years he anP Mrs. Basinger
have been in full-time evangelistic
service, including one year in Ed
monton, Alberta, Canada, where they
assisted in daily radio broadcasts.
Assisting with instrumental music
will be Mrs. Edgar Bundy, who ap-
pears with her husband. She is ar
organist-pianist.
During the series of evangelistit
services, the Bundys and Basingers
will speak and sing at special meet.
ings with school groups.
Special topics for the first weel
of the meeting include: Monday
Sunday School Night" Tuesday
MEMS Night" Wednesday-"Fam
lily Night" Thursday-"Fublic Schoo
Night" pandora, Benton Ridge
Gilboa and Columbus Grove.) 9th
ers are welcome on the specia
nights, but emphasis will be for th'
groups named.
Mr.. and Mrs. Basinger will no
arrive here until Tuesday night an,
Walter Treadway, Bluffton colleg
graduate, will be in charge of musi
on the opening night.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-12
Bluffton Riddles Contribute 2,10O
Toys For Needy Children In Europe
CridersUiLIe Girl
Wins Contest Here

Miss Dorothy Staas, of Orders
vile, representing Auglaize county,
won first place in district Prince of
Peace defamation competition Sun
day night at the First Methodist
church in Bluffton.
Alternate named in the contest
here was James Powers, of Dayton.
Miss Staas represented a Metho-
dist church and Powers was from an
E. U. B. congregation.
Winner of the district meet here
last Sunday will compete with five
other Ohio winners in a semi-final
contest at Columbus on Jan. &c.
The final round will be the follow
ing week during pastors conven-
tion in the state capital.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-12
Births

The following births at Bluffton
hospital:
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell Habegger,
Bluffton, girl, Raelene Kay, Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Matter, Raw
son, a girl, Janet Suzanne, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Stoody, Pan
dora, a girl, Mary Ann, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Williams,
Leipsic, a girl, Wednesday morning
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Golden
Lima, a boy at st. Rita's hospital
Friday. Mrs. Golden is the former
Rosa Frankhauser of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-12
BIuftOn F. F.. A.
Unit Re-OrgGnizes

Reorganization of the Bluffton
chapter of Future Farmers of Amer
ica, with Leland Garmatter named
president of the group, was effected
last week in connection with activi-
ties of the vocational agriculture de-
partment at Bluffton High school.
Other officers of the group include
Don Oates, vice-president; David
Hofstetter, secretary; Dale Riser,
treasurer; Cleo Diller, sentinel; Mel
vim Marquart, reporter, and l.. A.
Basinger, advisor.
Meetings will be held by the group
at s D. m. on the second Wednesday
of each month in high school voca-
tional agriculture rooms.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-12
MARCH OF DIMES
CAMPAIGN OPENS
HERE THIS week
DIR. F. ID. Rodabaugh Is Chair
man of Local Drive Sp0n-
sOred By Lions
Contributions Sought For Con-
tinuatiOn of War On In
fantile Paralysis

Bluffton will join in the nation
wide March of Dimes campaign to
raise funds for the fight against
infantile paralysis, with the local
drive opening Friday and continuing
the rest of the month.
Local participation in the cam
paign is sponsored by the Bluffton
Lions club, with DR.. F. ID. Roiabaugh
heading the committee in charge OF
the drive. On the health committee
of the Lions club with him are D.
w. Bixler and Jess Yoakam.
Money raised in the campaign is
used entirely in the war on polio
This annual appeal is the sole source
of funds through which the, National
Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
and its county affiliates can carry
on it's activities, DR.. Rodabaugh
declared.
Plan Local Campaign
In the local campaign containers
for contributions will be placed In
business places, schools and indus
tries and special collections will be
taken at the Carma theatre. The
barrel contest at the theatre, a
feature of last years campaign, will
be repeated.
In 1948 and 1949, Allen county
spent total of $4,435.66 for the
treatment of three Bluffton polio
cases. Proceeds from the Bluffton
drive last year were $1,464.04, and
less than $500 were contributed the
previous year.
A report shows that Allen county
in 1949 had 18 polio cases in COM
parison with 40 in 1948. During
1949 the Allen county polio founda-
ton spent $19,990.60. Of this amount
$3,066.64 remain unpaid. During the
past two years, the national founda'
ton also has advanced to the county
for treatment of polio cases tota
of s24,725.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-01-12
BeaUerddna Child
Dies OF StrdnguIdtiOn

Vivian Gayle Herr, six-months-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Dale
Herr, of Beaverdam, was found dead
in her bed last Thursday morning,
with DR.. C. j. Talbot, Allen county
coroner, ruling death was due to
strangulation during the night.
The child had been i'll during the
preceding week.
Funeral rites were held Saturday
morning in the Stanley Basinger
funeral home, with Rev. Paul Cram
er, pastor of the Bluffton Methodist
church, officiating. Burial was in
Woodland cemetery at Beaverdam.
In addition to the parents, the
child is survived by sister, Vickie
Dale, 8. Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Herr
Beaverdam, are the paternal grand
parents.