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Evening star., 1954-11-29
Dratha.

VAUGHN. JOHN W.. JR. On Sunday.
eral Hospital. JOHN Join v v. VI VA6aiN, I Jr..
RoSse aasn ana fster ass Ss
Rose Anna and John W. Vaughn III;
son of John W. and Lille M. Vaughn.
Also. survived by three sisters and four
brothers; Funeral from t the l simmons mons
rd. s.e.. on Tuesday, November 80. at
8. am. thence to st. Johns CATHOLIC
Church. Clinton. Md, where mass will
be offered ct $50 am. for the reposs
cemetsry. & sts soul lntsrmsn' Cedar Hill
81, 1854, at Suburban Hospital. TORY
@ has6and p Of fl jamie 'n Webb. s father q
Ave esK Sisters MsOp seven Srothls sss j os
other relatives and friends. The late
Mr. Webb may be viewed at the Stewart
Funeral Home 80 4 St. ne; after
1 pm. Interment Opelika, Ala.
WELLINGTON, JESSIE MAE: On Sat-
Mds SEas' N9yfmSsT daasSt.r lgSa JESSIE y BE
bevea e sister a0f & Asnes Mrs.
Susie Whitiock. and william Whiting:
ton. aunt of Mrs. Ryeda Brown and
Rreat-aunk OF GerAtQine ana everett
Brown. She is also survived by other
relatives and many friends. After
4 pm. on Monday. November 20.
friends are invited to call at the Jarvis
Funeral Church. 1892 You st. NV.
Funeral services at. 2 pm. Tuesday,
November 80. at the Shiloh Baptist
Church. 9th and p SITS. NV: the
Rev. Earl Harrison officiating. In
terment Woodlawn Cemetery. %
YOUNG, RAY c. A special communica-
% tion of Joseph H. Milaps
m Lodge, No. 3S, r. A. A. NJ,
IN has been called for Tuesday,
<M IMA November 80. 1854. at 1:45
EOY pm. in the Northeast Ma
Ny son Temple. Sth and r SITS.
" me-, for the purpose of con-
Quoting Masonic rites for our late
brother. RAY c.. YOUNG.
NELS ]. GuSTAFSON. Master.
L. W MAGRUDER. Secretary.
YOUNG. RAY G. The officers and mem
q = !: !: !; Ell ];
pose of conducting services
CATHERINE e. JACOB. Worthy Matron.
ALMA JEAf- WILSON. Secretary.
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In Metttnrtatt,

NELSON, MARGARET b. In loving men,
ory of my dear wife. MARGARET B.
NELSON. who departed this life seven
teen years ago today. November 20.
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BROWN. ALBERT W. Washington Lodge

~N> No. Is. B. P. o. Elks,
ET}SNA will assemble at Gasch's
MM~ Funeral Home on Tuesday,
GeNM November 80. 1854, at
VEAA s pm. to exemplify the
y4%N6y funeral ritual of the order
over the remains of our
late Brother ALBERT W. BROWN. BY
Evening star., 1954-11-29

KLoMAN. BESSIE L. On sunday. No
vember IS, 1854, ct her residence.
Bessie L. RLoMAN, beloved wife oi
the late Edward Keith Kloman. mother
of Miss Ruth Kloman. Mrs. L. @.
Thomasset. Mrs. L. Keith Kloman and
G Nelson Kloman Friends may call
at Gawler's Arlington Funeral Home.
1909 N Edgewood ST.. Arlington. Va.
Services will be held at st. George's
Episcopal Church. N. Nelson st. and
l. at pm. Interment Columbia Car
dens Cemetery. 30
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DrafhH

fAIKEM EDWARD N. on Thursday.
/, November 25, 1854, at Mount Alto
Hospital. EDWARD N. AIKEN. beloved
! WaSiiington Grove. Md, father of Mrs.
I William o. Walker Of Washington.
1 d. c. Also surviving Is one. grand
son. w. Edward Walker. The late
Il Mr.. Aiken rests at the Gartner Funeral
Home, Gaithersburg, Nd. where
( funeral services will be held on Tues
& day. November 80. at 80 m.
Interment Arlington National Gene
s terry. ~
ARENDES, GEORGE W. On Sunday. No
:, yember %, 1854 at Providence Hos
tftai. GEORGE w. ARENDES. husband
Of Anna " Arendes,. brother Of Fred
erick Arendes. Friends. may call at the
Lee Funeral Home, 4th st. and Mass.
December 1. Mass will be offered at
Holy Comforter Catholic Church at 9
am. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery. 80
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-02-20
AME Church 9Th
Episcopal District
Rally At Campbell
College This Week
Bishop Primm Leads
Followers In
Pilgrimage Of
revOtion

Inc members OF the Eighth Epis-
copal District Of the African Meth
odist Episcopal Church, which in
Includes the states of Mississippi
and Louisiana, with a banner rep
resentation Of presiding elders,
ministers, laymen, women, and
children, answered the call to rally
during the Saith anniversary Of the
founding Of Campbell College here
this week, under the leadership of
Bishop H. Thomas Primm, in a
Pilgrimage of Devotion.
Opening Sunday, the eelebrants
revealed a high mark Of enthus-
iasm and devotion although Bishop
Primm, who was scheduled to
preach the opening sermon Sunday,
was unable to reach Jackson in
time for the program due to the
funeral Of Rev. Jackson, high
ranking churchman in Washington
last Saturday. Rev. J. w. Hair,
longtime presiding elder, acting
for the Bishop, nominated Rev.
Powe for the opening sermon, and
Rev. Powe stirred his hearers with
Continued on Page Six
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failure OF LEGISLATURE TO
PROVIDE MONEY FOR EDUCATION
EQUALIZATION PROGRAM SEEN
AR0USING NEGRO CITIZENS OF
ALL SHADES OF OPINION ON
The PUBLIC SCHOOL QUESTION
See Legislature Abusing Confidence
OF Most Conservative Negro Leaders
SAY ACTION MAY AWAIT 1856 SESSION


JACKSON, Miss. Feb. Is (DSN)
was every indication, even
before Rep. Jim Baxter of Lauder
dale County assailed members Of
the House of Representatives here
Monday, that the failure Of the
Regular Session of the State Leg
islature now in session here in its
sixth week, to provide money for
the education equalization program
passed by the recent Extra Ordi-
nary Session Of the Legislature, Is
arousing the concern of Negro
citizens Of the state Of all shades
Of opinion in regard to the ques-
ton Of segregation in the states
public school, and the equalization
program already enacted into law
but lacking the money to be put
into operation.
That the failure of the Legisla-
ture to provide the money for the
equalization program is beginning
to arouse Negro citizens Of the
state of all shades of opinion Is
seen In the report of an impromptu
Continued on Page Eight
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Sees Dixie Keeping
Public Education

CHARLESTON, s. c., Feb. Is,
Especially Enlightened public
opinion in the South will not per-
nit abolition Of state public school
systems should the U. s. Supreme
Court rule against school segre-
cation q national civil rights lead
er declared here last week.
Walter White, NAACP executive
secretary, pointed out that for
states to contribute funds to pri.
vate schools would be illegal.
The governors Of South Carolina
and Georgia recently have threat
ened to abolish their public school
by state constitutional amend
ments if ordered to integrate their
public education systems.
"Byrnes and Talmadge," Mr..
White continued haven't got Q
chance of abandoning public
schools. Neither the intelligent
Continued on Page Eight
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Senior Bishop
cmE Church
Dies In Chicago

CHICAGO, Ill. Feb. Is, (Spec-
ial) - The senior bishop Of the
Colored Methodist Episcopal
church passed away here Satur-
day night at SO years Of age.
: He is Bishop Randall Albert Car
ter, prelate Of the First Episcopal
District, which includes Illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Min
nesota, and part Of Missouri.
Born in Fl. Valley, Ca, Bishop
Carter was educated at Paine
College and ordained in the Col
ored M. E. Church in 1887. He pas
tored two churches before being
Continued op Page Six)
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File $50, 600 Suit In Yazoo Civ Police Slavinu
father OF VICTIM IN YAz00
CITY Staying CLAIMS $4,000
DAMAGE In Death OF SON
City Officials Named With
Police Officers In The Suit
Young Jackson Lawyer Files Suit
On Behalf Of Victims Father

JACKSON, Miss, Feb. 49,
(DSN)--A $4,000. damage suit
was filed this week by the father
Of young Negro man beaten and
shot to death in the home Of his
father last October 2, In Yazoo
City, Miss.
The suit named as defendants
city officials and two policemen of
Yazoo City, Mayor w. S. Perry,
Police Chief Art Russell, and Po-
lice Officers Cochrane and Hood.
According to reports at the time
Of the staying, which created quite
sensation in Yazoo City, the VIC
tim Of the staying, Cressie Moore,
early on the night Of October 2
became involved in quarrel with
an older brother at their fathers
home. The father, Claborn Moore,
who filed the suit, soon quieted the
two boys and shortly before mid
night, after the older boy had gone
to his home the rest of the family
went to bed. Shortly after the
family had gone to bed Police Of
ficers Cochrane and Hood came
to the home and inquired as to
the whereabouts Of the young son.
The father after some inquiry as
to why they wanted his son told
them that he was in a rear room
Of the house in bed. Whereupon
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Negro Policemen
For Tuscaloosa

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. Feb. 49,
Especially -- The Alabama Citizen,
Black Belt Weekly, said here last
week that the Tuscaloosa "City
Commission has reaffirmed it's in
tention of adding two Negro police
men to the force"
The citizen added that "such a
resolution is now before the civic
Service Commission, Public Safe
ty Commissioner J. F. Livingston
States"
Added the Citizen: "As first
prescribed, these officers will have
their headquarters at the Com
munity Center. A section of the
Gulf State Swimming Pool bath
house has been designated for this
Continued on Page Eight
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Southern Churches Ask Citizens
Cooperation On School Decision

ficials, was adopted last week by
the South Carolina Fellowship Of
Churches and the South Carolina
Division Of the Southern Regional
Council.
In another section of the resolu-
ton the churchmen called on all
citizens of South Carolina to re-
ceive the forthcoming Supreme
Continued on Page Eight
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Negro 1t. Named
New York Police
Commissioner

NEW YORK, Feb. Is Especially
A youthful Negro police lieu
tenant was named last week by
Mayor Robert Wagner to replace
ex-newsman Billy Rowe AS seventh
deputy police commissioner of the
city of New York.
The new commissioner is Robert
Mangum, SO, a police department
career man who was a $3.50 a.
year police lieutenant at the time
of his appointment. In his new
post he will earn $4,000 year as
a boss of New York's Finest"
Commissioner Mangum is the
youngest police deputy Of any race
Continued on Page Five)
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Roger Clark To
Head AII-Negro
TeIevision Show

This week final plans were made
for the all Negro TV show to be
given weekly over WLBT, Channel
8. Rogie Clark has been named as
co-ordinator. The purpose Of the
show is to reflect in a dignified
manner, the Negroes contribution
to the life of the community. 1t
will also afford an opportunity for
talented people to appear. All types
Of entertainment will be utilized.
One special feature will be the OPP
portunity for presentation Of out
standing awards Of merit and the
Continued on Page Severn
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ty school superintendent would be
empowered to assign pupils to the
schools they must attend. The 81.
perintendents would be given wide
discretion, making the assignments
for the "best interests Of the child
and also the best interests Of the
public school system"
Charlie Gowen, gubernatorial
candidate, suggested the proposal.
1t counteracts the Talmadge
plan, approved by the legislature,
Continued on Page Two)
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Appoint First
Negro To Assist
F0A Council

WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 15--
Especially The foreign Opera
tons Administration has announced
the appointment Of Dorsey Edward
Lane, as assistant to General
Counsel Morris Wolf. This marks
the first time that a Negro has
been appointed as an assistant gen.
eral counsel in this organization.
Nj. Lane is an honor graduate
from the Howard University School
Of Law, having received and LIB
degree, magma cum laude, in 1949.
His entire life has been marked by
outstanding scholastic achievement.
He was born in Washington,
D. c., graduated from Dunbar High
School and received his B. s. de-.
gree in social studies from Hamp-
ton Institute in 1888. He later
studied at Harvard University in
the Quartermaste School.
He saw four years service in
World War II, serving first as a
field operations officer under Col.
Frank Snowden of Boston, Mass,
the highest ranking Negro in the
Quartermaster Corps. He rose to
the rank of captain and command
ed the 1920 Quartermaster Corps.
While at the Howard University
Law School, Mr.. Lane received
the Albert Pillsbury Award for
highest scholarship.
He was associated counsel in the
Continued on Page Two)
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TALMADGE PLAN TO ABOLISH
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPPOSED

ATLANTA, Ga. Feb. 15, (Spec.
iaD-Some Georgia educators are
not as sold on Gov. Herman Tai
madge's plan to abolish public
schools as has been indicated pre-
viously.
The educators, members of a
newly-formed study commission,
last week were considering pro-
posal whereby the state could con-
tinue to operate public schools on
a segregated basis.
According to the proposal coun-
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Granger Hits
Rumors

NEW YORK, Feb. 15--(Special)
The National Urban Leagues
Executive Director, Lester B. Gran
ger, last Friday denied newspaper
report in that he was being con-
sidered for or was considering a
permanent post in any Federal
agency. Recent news stories con-
jectured the likelihood of his ap-
pointment to an advisory post in
the Department of Health, Educa-
ton and Welfare.
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Air Force To Protect Negro Personnel
In Interstate Travel

WASHINGTON, Feb. Is (Spec-
ial) - The Air Force will take
corrective action in cases where
it's commanders discipline colored
military personal for failure to
obey local segregation laws while
travelling on interstate carriers, ac-
cording to H. L. White, assistant
secretary of the Air Force.
This announcement was made in
letter to Clarence Mitchell, d.
rector of the Washington Bureau
Of the NAACP, following a confer
ence with the Air Force officials
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Nation Wide Observance Of
Brotherhood Week Starts Sunday

Special events in more than 10,-
900 communities throughout the
United States will mark Brother
hood Week. Educational institu-
tons, religious and civic organiza-
tons will participate. Programs
will extend the work Of the Ma
tional Conference which stimulates
year-around programs in schools
and colleges, churches and syna-
gogues, labor management and
community organizations, and in
Continued on Page Six
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Five Tots Perish
As Fire DESTROYS
Tar PAPER Home

NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. Is.
A rapidly spreading fire in a
small three-room house in the rear
Of 1920 Lombard St., claimed the
lives Of five small children, despite
heroic attempts by two men to
save them Monday morning. Fire
men said that the fire evidently
Continued on Page Six
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Hail Timely Advice To Negroes By
Judge zeIma N. Price AT
/ aborian hospitaI Celebration

the Annual Taborian Hospital Cele-
bration, an event held here each
year to raise money to supplement
the fund set aside by the Knights
and Daughters Of Tabor, leading
state fraternal organization for the
operation Of its hospital here.
A greater demonstration of will
ingness to bear equal RESPONSE
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. Ntionwide observance of Brother
hood Week, sponsored by the Ma
tional Conference Of Christians and
Jews, starts Sunday (Feb. 21) and
continues through the 28th. Presi-
dent Dwight D. Eisenhower is hon.
orary chairman of the observance.
Accentuating the theme Lets
Get Together" the week will stress
community good will through home
gatherings that will encourage
neighbors to know each other bet
ter.
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Billy Daniels
Divorced by
Society Wife

JUAREZ, Mexico, Feb. Is =
Especially - The former Martha
Brauen, Long Island socialite, was
granted a divorce from Billy DAN
iels, noted singer, on Thursday in
second Civil Court in Juarez.
Mrs. Daniels, whose divorce
petition alleged mental cruelty,
was quoted by her attorney as say
ing she married Daniels because
she liked his singing but found
marriage to him was impossible. /"
The attorney said Mrs. Daniels
met the singer while he was ap-
CONTINUED on Page Four)
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AUDREY WILLIAMS BLAST
JENNERS' RED CHARGE"

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Feb. is
Especially William E. Jenner,
United States Senator from In
diana, chairman of the Seante In.
ternal Securities committee, last
week was accused by Aubrey Will
liams Of using the Senate commit
tee to make an unwarranted in
vestigation of the Southern Confer
ence Educational Fund, Inc, Of
which Williams is the president.
Williams said, in q letter ad-
dressed to Jenner, that the Sena-
tor was quoted as saying that in
vestigations being carried on by
his committee include a probe into
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the "Communistic activities Of the
Southern Conference Educational
Fund Inc"
Williams reply read in part:
"Your charge, thinly disguised
as a mere statement Of a routine
investigative activity, is as dis
honest as it is contemplate. You
we'll know that in the prevalent
state of fear and hysteria, the
words are disloyal to the United
States. Any investigation that
may have been made by your COM
mittee or its staff has been ex
parte and has not included an in
Continued on Page Four)
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Freedom Farley
ToFeature
President And
Dr.. Ralph Bunche

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-(Special)
DIR. Ralph J. Bunche Of United
Nations fame will join President
Eisenhower on the platform at the
one-day Freedom fulfillment con-
ference which the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of
Colored People is sponsoring in
Washington on March 10.
In letters to NAACP units
Continued on Page Severn
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COLUMBIA, S. c., Feb. H.
Protestant churches in this state
have declared in joint resolution
that South Carolina must "main-
tain its public school system un-
impaired" regardless of how the
Supreme Court rules on school seq
regation.
The statement, addressed to state
legislative and administrative of
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National Exchange
Club Gives Set
Encyclopedia
To Oakley
TOT rho +

TOLEDO, Ohio. Feb. Is (Spec-
ial -Herold M. Harter, nation
al secretary Of the National Ex-
change Club, announced today that
the Oakley Training School Oak
ley, Miss, C. w. Williams, Supt.
was the recipient Of a 15-volume
set Of the Encyclopedia Britannica,
Jr., a gift from the National Ex-
change Club made possible through
the cooperation of the publisher.
The beautifully bound set, tops
in it's field today, is one Of the
Continued on Page Seven)
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MOUND BAYOU, Miss, Feb. ~
(DSN)Judge Zelma w. Price, .
former member Of the state legis-
lature, and Judge Of the Green
vile, Mississippi Court, was en-
Enthusiastically applauded, and high
ly acclaimed for her timely advise
Of Negroes Of the state given dur
ing the coure of her remarks here
Friday as the guest speaker for
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on behalf of 1t. Thomas Williams
and 1t. Noah H. Calhoun.
The assistant secretary's state
ment claimed:
"In general, violations Of local
laws will not be condoned by mill
tary essential to the normal con-
duct of the Air Force mission.
Thus, where there are violations
of local laws, the commander is
expected to take prompt and eff
fective action to prevent recurren-
ces."
Continued on Page Five)
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Hold Upstate Man
In Staying Of
Section Foreman

TUN1CA, Miss, Feb. 15.-(Spe-
cial)-Robert Jones, Negro en-
ployee of the Illinois Central Rail.
road was Jailed here Monday in
connection with the fatal shooting
Of section foreman, according to
County Attorney Martin Garner.
Mr.. Garner said the slain man
was Richard Fuberville, white, who
was shot to death near the railroad
office Saturday morning.
Mr.. Garner did not release de-
tails Of the shooting.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-02-20
Freed In 80 Min.
On Rape Charge

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Feb. Is
(Special)--A jury last week &C.
quilted a Negro brickyard worker
charged with raping white
woman.
After only minutes Of delibera-
ton the jury found Willie James
Massey, 80, innocent Of raping the
wife Of the Greenville, S. c., Dent
list.
1t was the second trial on the
Continued on Page Three)
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Banks And Stewart Buy Denton's
Interest In Peoples Undertaking Co.
And Peoples Burial Association

son, was announced this week by
E. w. Banks and J. A. Stewart,
partners. The sale was completed
on February II.
Denton was a former partner
with Stewart and Banks in the
two firms, both Of which are To-
Gated at 8S6 North Parish Street,
in Jackson.
The two businesses were found
Continued on Page Five)
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.LiIy-white Issue
Comes Up At
Meeting Of Natl.
COP Committee
Regular Group From
South Carolina
Seek Recognition

WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. Is,
Especially - The lily-white issue
cropped up in the meeting Of the
Republican National Committee
held at the Statler Hotel here Fri
day when l. s. Levy, a blind col
cred undertaken, Of Columbia, S. G..
was allowed to speak and made a
plea for recognition Of the legally
recognized Republican State orga-
nization in South Carolina.
There was no immediate reaction
to Levy's plea, but the political
situation in South Carolina may
get q complete airing when the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee holds hearings on the nohina-
Continued on Page Severn
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Husband Throws
Estranged Wife
In so Fl. Deep ell
Saws He Planned To
1--we And Lime In Well
To Destroy Her Body

WINONA, Miss, Feb. 49,
(Special)-The mystery Of a miss
ing Negro woman, Lucille Hill, 49,,
Of Winona, who disappeared Fri
day night, Feb. s, was solved at
1910 am. Sunday when officers
found her swollen lifeless body in
an abandoned go foot deep all-brick
well about three miles east Of Wi
mona, behind vacant farm house
on the Henry Mortimer land.
The case, which has baffled To-
cal officers the past eight days,
was broken when Eddie Lee Hill,
az year old Negro, estranged hus-
band Of the dead woman, con-
fessed following his arrest Satur-
day afternoon. He is now in an
undisclosed Jail, and charges Of
Continued on Page Seven)
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Five Alabama
Negroes Enter
Race For
Public Office

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Feb. Is
Especially Five candidates for
public office from the Negro group
have filed to run in the May 4
Democratic primary.
2 They are: Atty. Arthur D.
Continued on Page Five)
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Negro Soldiers
Declare Their
Innocence Of
Guam Island
Rape-murder
As hangman
Prepare GaIIows
Last Minute Plea To
President Fails To
Bring Stay Of
Execution

GUAM, Feb. Is. - Especially -
Two Negro air force men went to
their death on the gallows here
last week, maintaining to the last
their innocence Of the rape-murder
Of a 27-year-old white civilian en-
ployee Of the Navy.
Hanged at an isolated northwest
field Of Anderson Air Force base
were Herman T. Dennis, 25, Of In
dianapolis, and Robert w. Burns,
SO, of Spokane, Wash.
A court martial convicted them
of having raped and murdered
Miss Ruth Farnsworth of San
Francisco, here in 194s. The sup
posed victim was found in a jungle
back of a curio shop where she
Continued on Page Six