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, 1951-04-19

His announcement to a joint
meeting of Congress brought the
tensely listening members of their
feet with a roar of approval.
Macarthur said that for enter
tanning his views designed to end
the Korean conflict Il have been
severely criticized in lay circles
principally abroad despite my
understanding that my views are
fully shared by practically every
military leader, including the joint
chiefs of staff"
The ousted Far East command
er told the legislators and the
world by televsion and radio that
the Nationalist Chineses govern
ment on Formosa "has had an OPP
%portunity to refute by action much
of the malicious gossip that SO I'M
dermined the strength of it's lead
ership on the Chinese mainland"
X X X
REFERRING TO President Tru-
mans decision to move troops in
to Korea, Macarthur said: "That
decision from a military stand
joint proved a sound one"
He said that without victory
, 1951-04-19
Dayton A Sets
pep Rally" Friday

Plans for the 1851 Membership
Drive of the Dayton NAACP will
be outlined to workers and cap
tains at a special "Pep Rally" in
Mckinley Methodist Church, Haw-
thorne and Fitch Sts., 8 pm. Fri
day. !
Speaker will be the Rev. James
1. Davis, pastor Of Trinity United
Presbyterian Church and general
campaign chairman.
, 1951-04-19
"Ahhas Plan


Theta Lambda Chapter of Al
pha Phi Alpha Fraternity will
sponsor a Cabaret Party benefit
for 10 pm. = 2 pm. Saturday in
Frigidaire Local sol Hall, 313 S.
Jefferson St.
The elaborate event, featuring
well-known entertainers, will bene'
fit the fraternity's Scholarship
Fund.
, 1951-04-19
FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS INVADE OHIO

CINCINNATI, April 10 QNS)-Income tax Investigators are moving in
to Ohio today, looking for profits from gambling, narcotics sales, the numbers
racket and other illegal acts in the Is southwestern counties which make III
the first internal revenue district of Ohio.
The federal experts invaded Cincinnati yesterday after several weeks
in Northern Kentucky.
Meanwhile, three persons are scheduled for arraignment today in New
port Police Court IN gambling charges resulting from a raid yesterday m a
Newport handbook clearing house which officers said served bookies in North
en Kentucky and Cincinnati.
Those charged were Judy Wallace, As; Gene Shoemaker, 28. both of
and Fred Bauer 40 of Cincinnati.
, 1951-04-19

Chairman of the five-member
subcommittee is Rep. Roger
Cloud (R-Logan). Named to serve
with him by Committee Chairman
Robert Johnson (R-Medina) at the
end of a session devoted to hear
ing opponents of FEPC legislation
were:
Reps. William Burton (R-Cu-
yahoga), Thomas Christy (Ind. :
Monroe), Mark Bennett (R-Han-
cock), and Virgil Perrill (R-Fay-
ette).
1t was Perrill who, "a house
earlier, remarked heatedly af-
ter Philip Frankfield, Cleveland,
District organizer for the Com
munist Party in Ohio, testified
, 1951-04-19

ties, four boxes of cigars, five
hams, 20 packages of bacon and
several chickens.
MATTHEW GREEN of 208 E.
Helena St., Parkside Homes, a
tuberculosis patient at the Still
water Sanatorium, traded a Day
ton Workhouse cell for the room
he had at the institution Wednes-
day, when Municipal Judge Paul
Sherer fined him 500 and sent
enced him to 80 days. Green had
walked away twice in two months.
JOSEPHUs TROY of 40 Gold
st. was committed to the Work
house for failing to pay a fine of
$25 and costs levied on him last
October for assault and battery.
, 1951-04-19

for the bill: eff you're for the
bill, then Pm against it'll"
Testifying against the bill last
night yer Carl Tangeman, of the
Ohio Manufacturers Associations;
]. E. Lands, of Brookville; Ray
Suter, director of industrial re-
lations for the Ohio Chamber of
Commerce; George Hammond,
Ohio Council of Retail Merchants;
Phil Robinson, of the Electric Au-
tolige Co., of Toledo, and William
A. Stark, vicepresident of Cincin-
MATHS Fifth-Third Union Trust Co.
Hammond declared, "Like it
or not, racial and religious pre-
JUDGE will always be with us
Continued Page 4
, 1951-04-19
M0cArthurAir
FurE asst Views
By BOD CONSIDINE

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April 10 QNS)- Gen. Doug
las Macarthur told Congress today that his views calling
for a blockade of Red China, use of Nationalist Chinese
forces and reconnaissance over Manchuria were fully
shared" by the joint chiefs of staff.
, 1951-04-19
Weather Forecast

Rather cloudy and cooler pre-
coded by showers today. Partly
cloudy and cooler tonight with low
IS to 40. Cloudy and cool Friday
with some rain likely.
, 1951-04-19

A SAD FACT Of our age is that
the closest any persons ever got
to praying is when they bend their
knees to tie their shoelaces.
, 1951-04-19
POLICE BLOTTER
Man Handed $500 Fine
For Beating His Sister
By JIMMIE N. JONES

Pleading guilty to charges of assault and battery
on his sister, James E. Young, 18, of 430 Albany St. was
fined 5000. Common Pleas Judge Lester L. Cecil suspend
ed a w%orkhouse sentence on condition Young stays away
from his sister, Mrs. Dolores Haddix.
, 1951-04-19
PC Bill
Slim Chance

COLUMBUS, April 10 QNS)-Two compulsory F.
EPC bills were given little chance today Of ever emerging
from a subcommittee to which they were sent last night
by the House Industry and Labor Committee.
, 1951-04-19

According to Assistant Prescott
ing Attorney Lloyd O'Hara, Young
had been indicated for attempt to
rape, but the charge was reduced
when it was learned that Young
and his sister had been drinking
together when the offense took
place.
GEORGE SAWAYA, manager
of the Saway's Grocery at Ger
mantown and Summit Sts., is seek
ing information on burglars who
stole $3.50 worth of merchandise
including 100 cartone of cigaret-
, 1951-04-19
LATE BULLETINS
truman Eats While Macarthur Speaks

WASHINGTON. April 10 QNs)- President Truman sat
in his White House office today and conferred with Secretary of
State Acheson o foreign policy which Gen. Macarthur addressed
Congress. The President left the White House at One o'clock (ES-
T) and motored to Blair House for lunch while Macarthur was still
speaking.
, 1951-04-19
iet Diplomat Ignored As Guest

NEW YORK, April 10 UNS)- Soviet Diplomat konstan
tin Zinchenko, Acting Secretary General in the absence of Trygve
Lie. VA the only top United Nations official not invited to the civic
luncheon in New York Friday for Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
, 1951-04-19
Ohio House Acts On Slot Machines

COLUMBUS, April 10 QNS)-The House voted overwhehm-
ingly today to make display, possession or transportation of a slot
machine a felony punishable by a fine up to $4,000 and a manda-
DRY penitentiary sentence of one to five years.
, 1951-04-19
New York Awaits Macarthur Tonight


CLEVELAND, April 10 QNs)- Safety Director Al SUIT
o. today ordered a sweeping shakeup of the Cleveland Police De-
partment which becomes effective tomorrow.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22

After eighteen hours of deliber-
alton. the jury found Ralph Coop
er, rs, and Coils English, rs, gull
ty and recommended that they be
spared the death penalty and be
sentenced to life Imprisonment.
The men acquitted were, Nc
klnley Forrest, John Mckenzie.
James Thorpe and Horace Wilson.
All SIX men were charged with
Staying on June n, 1915 OF WILL
am Horner. an ase-. second hand
furniture dealer in a $35 robbery.
The first trial ended in convic-
tons for all six OF the men. and
they We're sentenced to death. The
convictions were reversed in high
CT court and a new trial ordered
The second trial ended in a mis-
trial.
The jury received the case at
1880 Wednesday and the verdict
was announced at 1892 Thursday
morning.
"Ruv Whera Negroes Worko -
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22

Maxwell was convicted in Au-
gust. 1910 for an alleged rape on
a pregnant white woman. Max
well. 2l-year-old country boy at
his first trial. faced an all-white
jury amidst a score or more Of
officers In a packed courtroom at
Hope, flanked by a half dozen ap-
pointed white lawyers and heard
his guilt certified.
At this point friends and rela-
tives Of the doomed Negro, who
felt that justice was absent in the
jury's decision, employed the mill
tant Pine Bluff lawyer, who inn
mediately appealed the all-white
jury decision to the Arkansas STU
preme court. The court ordered a
re-trial on the ground that the
court-appointed counsels didn't
have sufficient time before trial
to prepare a case for Maxwell's
defense.
During the second trial. which
was heard in April. 1850, in the
same courtroom. young Maxwell
was again doomed to death by
Hampstead circuit court jury.
Mr.. Flowers defense Of young
Maxwell was herald throughout
the nation as being one of the
most eloquent pleas ever made by
a lawyer for his client. II was
published verbatum in several
daily papers Of the south.
The appeal to the State supreme
court last week was on Maxwelrs
latest conviction.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22

an advisory capacity.
Unable to obtain hotel accommo-
dations for Miss Baker. Mr.. White
nevertheless urged her to go to
Atlanta.
Mas Baker felt unable to accept
such an arrangement and finally
on June 10. Mr.. White 'regretfully'
released her from her promise to
90 to Atlanta.
In reply, Miss Baker wired from
Cleveland where she is appearing.
1T makes my heart beat with
happiness to know that you not
only appreciate but agree to my
keeping to my principles In not
going to Atlanta because the no.
tells refused accommodations to me
and my party for your annual
conference. The fact Of being In a
white hotel does not flatter me In
tSee CANCELS BENEFIT Page o.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22

NAVY CASUALTY = Chief Pet
ty Officer William Henry Murchi-
son, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Arnett
Murchison, $500 West 10th street.
was reported victim Of drown
ing during a storm In the North
Atlantic Ocean by the U. s. navy
May 24th. CPO Murchison enlisted
with the Navy in 1894 and had
given II years OF continuous ser.
vice. Murchison, who has - years
of age. attended Shorter college
before his enlistment. Surviving
him other than his father and
mother, are his wife. Mrs. Zeona
Murchison; a son, daughter. .
brother. Willie Ray Murchison; .
sister, Mrs. Annie M. Jones. and .
host Of friends.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22
Read The PRESS
Successful Young Dentist Opens The
Doors To His Beautiful Ranch Type Home

PINE BLUFF - DR.. and Mrs w. l.. Molette opened the
to their beautiful brick ranch style home at
POI South Linden street. Saturday evening when many Of their
friends joined in housewamng social which brought many
useful gifts
In the receiving line Dr. and Mrs. Moee and their
son. Billy Dr. and Mrs r. M Cummings Of Camden Mrs j. H.
White Helena; and Mrs. Lillian Anderson, Camden.
Serving hostesses Mesdames Virgil Game, Cleona
Naomi lawson Letha Moee Reba Jones' Della Phpps
Ruth Phillips Alpha Jones Phyllis Bernard; and Miss Johnnie
c. Franklin Tallahassee, Florida.
Dr. Moette engaged the practice of dentistry and is
graduate of Mehay dental college, and A. M ~ college lie
native OF Camden and brother of Robert L. Moette,
dental echncian with whom he In joint business en-
erpe Also assisting in the dental service which Is rendered
their many patients is Mrs Letha Moee wife OF Robert L.
Moete who dental hygens in the Masonic Temple
offices.
Mrs. Hattie Center Molette Is senior at A. NJ ~ Col
lege and active in club work among the younger set
The achievement housing will stimulate interest In bet
(See MoIette Page Six)
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22
White Man Held
|Fer Rape In
Mississippi i,

JACKSON. Miss. - A white rap
ID has been arrested here with at
tcking a l4-year-old Negro girl
whom he had employed as a baby
sitter Tic man. a carp enter, was
ttarged -four hours s.ter the re-
ported attack.
Deputy Sheriff ]. c. Kelly iden-
Tiled the man as Hugh l.. Morrow.
Ne was arrested and identified
shortly by four persons as the man
sen in the Wiggin Road vicnit,
sbou, the time the girl said she
vas assaulted.
The girls statement was verified
by medical report, according to
officials
The deputy said that the victim
= tod authorities she left home
with her attacker after being hir-
cd 10 attend his baby while he
and his wife went fishing. Instead
Of taxing her TO his home he drove
u the Virgins Road, she said. AZ
Ter the attack he took her back
tome, warning her he would
throw her in the lake" If she
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22

regation at any NAACP meetin
On May rs. Mr.. White wired
the three leading hotels in Allan
ta-the Henry Grady. the Bilt-
more and the Georgian Terrace -
asking for reservations, June 80
to July 2, for Miss Baker and her
party of nine, consisting of Me-
greg and whites. citizens and for
eigners. The Biltmore replied that
il was booked to capacity; the
others said they could not ac-
cept the reservations.
Following receipt Of the reject
ions, Mr.. White again wired Mr..
Acheson expressing fear that "cri-
tics and enemies OF America will
use this as basis for attack on
the United States"
Later, Mr.. White was informed
by a State Department spokesman
that the Department Is without
authority TO intervene, except In
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22

Denied frstclass hotel accommodations Atlanta Josephine
Baker world famous entertainer has cancelled her proposed
in that city the 42nd convention of the Ma
tona Association for the Advancement of Coored People, Wal
ter White NAACP executive secretary announced Monday
Miss Baker last month accepted the invitation of the At
ana branch to give benefit performance that city, June
3d. condition that she and her party be housed in first
class hotel that there be segregation the audience and that
mixed orchestra participate in the entertainment Arrange
made for mixed band There audience
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22

children since his wife worked at
night and the three children were
left alone.
The ehild's mother consented TO
let her go and the three went TO
to the automobile. The child who
is In the eighth grade and tall for
her age, was secreted In the trunk,
according TO her testimony.
After they had gotten her across
the Mississippi State line, the two
men transferred her 10 the front
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22
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Prisoner Killed
In Escape Attempt

PINE BLUFF 49, Jesse Calvin,
30 year old convicts attempt 20
escape from the Arkansas prison
farm near here ended In his death
Friday.
Calvin was convicted for burg
laries committed in Lonoke and
jefferson counties He escaped
from the farm Wednesday night
and was spotted Friday by guards
and was shot as he was trying to
hop a freight train.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22

II is reported that Kilgore was
engaged in a fight with woman
from Pine Bluff, Identified as
Mary Burnett who actually did
the stabbing. He was rushed to the
hospital where he died early Sum
day morning,
Officers who arrested the wom-
an, said that she would probably
face a murder charge.
Kilgore is the father OF three
children. and was employed at
the Rock Island shop. He attend
ed Dunbar junior college, and is
survived by a wife, three sisters
and two brothers.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22

seat She testified that the men
purchased some liquor and con-
tinued out Highway 81 near
CORTLAND about six miles south OF
Batesville. Stopping the car in an
abandoned pasture, the two men
took her out Of the car and forced
her to drink some of the liquor.
Both men, according 10 the VIC
Tins account, then assaulted her
When the two men bscame en-
crossed in an srgumsnt yphe said
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22

revealed that the men were ar
rested by Memphis police sa'ur-
day and Sunday.
After waving preliminary
hearing In the court Of Justice Oh
the Peace W. T. westmoreland'
the two men we're bound over to
the Pamela County Grand jury
which Is scheduled to convene In
October. Neither man was able 10
post the 5000 bond.
The charge Of statutory rape In
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22

terials to carry out an assault, the
criminal can receive the death
sentence or life in prison.
Although the men at fest de-
MED assaulting the l2-year-old
child, Sheriff Wilson reconstruct
ed the crime as follows: On last
Thursday evening the two sus-
poets, McGarrh and Mccain
went TO the home Of the victim.
They asked that the child be al
lowed to baby-sit with McGarrh's
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22
Veterans Plan
Ro|idayAffair

The Veterans Government asso-
citation is sponsoring a King Size
Bar-B-Q' on the fourth Of July
at the junior deputy playground.
fix miles out 18th street pike.
from 2 to 8 p. m. The bar-b-q din
ner is being given for the bene-
fit Of the junior deputies and
funds will be used to complete
the playground on 2lst and Bar
Der and to purchase baseball e.
quipment for the boys. This will
be the first fund raising project
of the association.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22
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1.-Two Pine Bluff
|Nedics Put On
|sspitaI Staff

Pine Bluff - Two prominent
physicians OF this city have been
eIecled TO the staff OF Davis hospi-
al They are DR.. c. A. Lawlah and
d. c, A. Flowers.
This is the first time that Ne
Co doctors have been on the
hospital taft
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22

that she effected her escape and
bid in some tall weeds until the
men drove off.
After waiting for a while to
make sure her attackers had gone,
she then started walking toward
Batesville on Highway 81. She at
tracted ne attention Of q taxi
driver who drove her 70 Datss-
Vile end gave her >1.2o for bus
fare back 10 Memphis
According y ~ victims
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22
MEMPHIS WHITE MEN HELD FOR RAPE ON 12yR old GIRL

mother, the child left home about
seven Thursday evening and did
MT return home until $50 Friday
morning. She further stated that
the child had not acted as a baby
sitter for either Of the men be-
fore.
On Tuesday. The girl was &C.
companied by her mother and
police officers to the scene Of the
assault and rscounted the detsih
Of the attaeA : $500 !. ...A-.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22

cludes the assault on a female un-
der l8 years of ase-the charge is
valid If the victim sanctioned the
act. Should the child be under IL
years of age. the penalty can be
either a death sentence or life in
prison, - a.,
Should the victim be between IL
and Is. as in this instance the PEN
al,v can be either a $500 fine or
five years imprisonment For the
use of drugs or other similar ma
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22
Stab Wounds
Prove Fatal To
Local Man

Elijah Kilgore, 26, whose ad-
dress is given as GIT Gaines street,
died early Sunday morning in u
local hospital. His death was the
results of stab wounds received
early Saturday morning at Ninth
and State streets.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22

a. 'Ville, Miss. - As a result
Msr., assault on a 12-year-old
pbl. puis Negro girl, two Mem
Bs,s. men have been arrested in
,o,s 'vllle on the charge Of statu-
ha,. rape The assault was said to
pa,s occurred near CORTLAND
n, last Thursday night.
waoa,. men booked as Augutta
pIeros McGarrh, 20, Of 1855
IS. war w. and Glenn Mccain, 20, ssi
"''drah. Sheriff e. B. wilson
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22
Man Sentenced To Death
By An aN-White Jury

In an effort to keep the Herman Maxwell from being
duplication of the nationwide pubczed Willie MCGEE tragedy
in Mississippi Harold Flowers Of the nations militant
lawyers OF Pine Bluff has appealed the death sentence Of the
convicted Negro aps" to the Arkansas Supreme court The
appeal filed by Mr. Flowers automatically stayed the
which scheduled for last week.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22
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JUDGE DELANEY SCORES
COMMUNIST CASE DECISION

Judge Hubert 7. Delany, men,
Der of the national board of the
NAACP and acknowledgements
ent Negro jurist, has charged that
the recent Supreme Court decision
unfolding the Smith act and the
conviction Of the eleven leaders of
the Communist Party Is a threat
to the civil liberties Of all Ameri-
cans.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22
Men Of Medicine
Meet In Pine
Bluff This Week

The 58th annual convention Of
the Arkansas Medical, Dental and
Pharmaceutical association meets
in Pine Bluff this week. All busi-
ness and scientific programs were
held at Merrill high school. Man,
outstanding personalities in the
medical and dental profession APP
peared on the program. Members
of the association appearing on
the program were: Doctors J. E.
Burke, E. c. Carter, G. P. Free
man, G. X. Lewis, II. M. Proffitt,
w. L. Molette, II. II. Thornton,
r. c. Lewis and G. w. S. Ish, Sr.
DR.. Hugh A. Browne, chief OF
McRae sanatorium was honored
for his untiring work in the field
of tuberculosis.
The social committee plans
Smoker" and a barbecue outing
at Townsend park today. The aux
iliary had an extensive program
and many social functions were
held.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22
After IL Hrs, Jury Convicts 2 Acquts of renton Six
Flowers Files Appeal For Hop
Negro Gets Stay Of Execution
lfier IS Hours. Jury Convicts Two,
ltuuits -Four Of " trenton Six"

TRENTON N. j. - Two of the Trenton Six" murder de-
ans found guilty and four acquitted last week.
my of six and six returned the split verdict in
tho 10th day of the third trial of the Negro defendants
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22
Send The PRESS 10
That GI each week

s"NoAl BREAkFAST-The seventh annual
c cu,uay school breakfast of Bullock Temple
to ~h church was held Sunday morning, June
S'1, Inc breakfast was sponsored by the Of
T lal staff of the Sunday school. Mrs G. NJ
.Usu president of the National Council of Ne
a. s.O p women of the city and principal of Book
,A L washington school, gave the Sunday
,o~ OO lesson address. Ninety persons were
O'eu breakfast. Mrs B. c. Williams and her
,. sai worker class are the orignators OF the
,,e' Seated from left to right around the
sS.e are, Mrs G. NJ Floyd, Rev. ]. E. Buford,
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-06-22

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