St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-01-29
Browning. Assure
Defender Executive.
Victim Of Accident

Victim Of Accident
Little Rock amp. Charles
T. Browning, advertising director
of The Chicago Defender and vice
president OF Defender Publications
died Wednesday morning here OF
injuries. he received when struck
by an airplane propeller Saturday.
Browning. SO, never regained
consciousness after he was struck
by the revolving propeller OF a
small plane he had chartered in
Hot Springs, Ark, to bring him
here TO make connections with an
airliner for Chicago.
He suffered a compound frac-
ture OF the skull and the loss OF an
eye.
John II. Sengstacke. Defender
publisher and president of Defen-
der Publications, was In Little
Rock at the time OF Browning's
death. The two were very close
personal friends as well as bust
ness associates.
He was struck as he was rush
from the small plane TO make con-
nections with a scheduled flight 60
Chicago al Municipal airport here.
His plane had come to halt, but
the propeller had not stopped re-
volving when the accident oc-
CURED.
He was struck by two blades of
the propeller, the first staggering
him and the second knocking him
face-down on the ground
Browning was given first aid by
Sam Hanna, pilot OF the small
plane and an old friend, Miss
Primrose Munches of Chicago, q
Baptist mission worker. the other
passenger In the chartered plane
was uniniured She and Browning
had attended n meeting of officials
of the National Baptist Conven.
ton in Hot Springs last week.
Al Baptist hospital here, DR..
Robert Watson, local brain
specialist. performed a five hour
operation.
Browning's survivors include
his mother, Mrs. Cora Tate, a Sis
ter, Mrs. Jean Anglin and bro
Their. william, all Of Chicago, and
another sister, Mrs. Juliette Has.
lSins OF New York City
Funeral services were held Sun.
day, Jan. "a.
Browning. a native OF Louisville,
was born April o, 1918 and was
brought to Chicago at an early
age.
He attended the University of
Chicago. While there he attracted
the attention OF DIR. T. v. Smith
and Paul II. Douglas, present u.
S, Senator in Illinois, who at that
time was a member OF the faculty.
Later, Browning became an AS
sistant 10 Or. Smith, in the de-
partment OF Philosophy. When the
National Youth Administration
was set up. Browning was made
assistant state administrator I'M
der william J. Campbell who is
now a federal Judge in Chicago.
Later he was promoted to as
sistant regional director with
headquarters in Cleveland from
where he supervised NYA activi-
ties OF ~ states
Later. he was called to Wash
ington by Aubrey Williams, direc-
tor Of the NYA program and put
on the national staff where he
worked very closely with Mrs.
Mary Mcleod Bethune.
Tn 1912 Browning accepted the
invitation Of John II. Sengstacke
10 join the Defender organization
and remained with the Defender
until his death.
Browning had unusual ability
in the fields Of public relations,
craftsmanship and personal and
labor relations.
His services were constantly in
demand 10 such an extent that re-
Gently he organized a Public Re-
lations firm known as Charles
Browning Associates with head
quarters In Chicago.
Among other things. Browning
was chief consultant 10 the COM
mittee on Equality Of Treatment
and Opportunity in the Armed
Services that was set up during
the Truman administration.