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Harris' Crystal Lounge, Day
ton's most glamorous spot, proud
ly presents the melodies of Jim
mie Thompson's Three Aces.
Acquaint yourself with the
Duke, connoisseur of fine drinks,
also with Reynolds who receives
you at the portal, and the genial
"Doc" Ray who delights in seeing
The "Starlight Singers," out
standing singing group, will be
presented in a program Sunday at
3 p. m. at the church. The pro
gram is sponsored by the Senior
Ushers of the church, William
Shelton, president.
The annual "Hour of Charm,"
featuring prominent musical talent
of the city, will be held Sunday
in the church from 6 till 7 p. m.
This program is being directed by
the C. C. K. C. Horizon club,
Camp Fire girls. Miss Emma L.
Coston is club adviser.
Mr. and Mrs. Van B. Coston of
227 Krug street, announce ..the
approaching amriage of their only
daughter, Emma LiLzzie, to Willie
E. Armwood, of Washington, D.
C. The ceremony will take place
Saturday, November 8, at 4:30
p. m. in the home of the bride's
parents. Miss Coston is a graduate
of North Carolina college, Dur
ham, N. C., and former secretary
to the president of State Teach
ers' college, Elizabeth City, N. C.
At present she is secretary to the
executive director at Linden Cen
ter. Mr. Armwood attended N. C.
college and is a graduate of Gup
ton-Jones School of Monetary
Science, Nashville, Tenn. At pres-
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that you are comfortably seated.
Ethel, Elizabeth, Regina and
Mary, an ensemble of capable
waitresses are smilingly pleased to
serve you. All are presided over
by the demure and winsome Bar
bara. Meet them for an evening
of pleasure at Harris' Crystal
Lounge, 630 West Fifth street.
Tabernacle Baptist Church News
The Rose of Sheron club will
hold an "Autumn Tea" Sunday
from 3 till 6 p. m., in the social
room. Ladies of the club will serve
as hostesses for the occasion. Mrs.
Hattie Majors is in charge of ar
rangements. Mrs. Elmira Carter is
club president.
ent, he is assistant manager of
Malvan & Schey, Inc., undertak
ers and embalmers in Washing
ton, D. C.
Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Bullard of
39 Sprague street, had as their
house guest last week-end, Rev.
Bullard's sister, Mrs. Sarah Avery
of Logan, W. Va.
Mrs. Pauline Wolfe of* 740
West Fifth street, has returned
from Chicago, 111., where she vis
ited her sister, Mrs. Mamie Davis,
who is ill.
At a recent meeting of the
Neighborhood Fireside club, held
in the home of Mrs. Rosa Mar
shall at 133 Calm street, the fol
lowing officers were elected: pres-i
dent, Mrs. Marshall vice presi
dent, Mrs. Nora Taylor secretary,
Mrs. Emma Murray! assistant
secretary, Mrs. Carrie County,
and treasurer, Mrs. Ola Hall.
SELL WASHINGTON
SLAVE LIST
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. (AN
P)—A list of Negro slaves once
owned by George Washington,
brought the highest price of 242
private letters and papers in the
Edward Ambler Armstrong col
lection which wep* gold at auc
tion last Week.
The Negro slave list was pur
chased by the Mount Vernon
Ladies' association for $1,400.
The sale was held in the Kende
galleries and netted
total of
$25,959.
VOL. V.—NO. 224 DAYTON, OHIO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1947 PRICE, FOUR CEN#
Musical Convention at
Tabernacle Baptist
To Start Monday
Jesse Thomas, Clifford Crutch
er, Gertha L. Jones and Thelma A.
Finney will be featured guests
artists at the pre-musical conven
tion at the church Monday eve
ning. The combined choirs of the
church, directed by Mrs. Minnie
Parks, and Mrs. Elgertha J. Glenn,
organist, will present the miisi-
cale. Mrs. Christine I.Lee will leai
the worship each night. Mrs. Ma
bel Russ will make the welcome
address and Mrs. Ruth Ferrell,
the response. The convention
chorus consists of approximately
100 voices. The public is invited
to attend each evening.
Tuesday evening, Rev. J. O.
Kennedy, pastor of the First Zion
Baptist church, Jamestown, Ohio,
will deliver the annual sermon.
Keynote address, by Mrs. Rosa
Hawkins.
Wednesday evening, Rev. J. A.
Bullard, pastor of Zion Baptist
church, Cedarville, Ohio, will de
liver the educational sermon. Mrs.
Angeline Brown, convention presi
dent will deliver her annual mes
sage.
Thursday evening, Liscentiate
W. M. Carter will deliver the Mis
sionary sermon. This night is des
ignated as "Congress Night" at
which 'time, the youth of the
church will take charge of the
services.
Friday evening, Rev. Frank
Reaves will deliver the Memorial
sermon. Each evening the conven
tion chorus will furnish the music.
The goal is set at $4000 and
each member is contributing $10
The very timely theme for the 9th
annual church convention is "The
Way of Perfect Peace." The scrip
ture is: "Thou wilt keep Him in
perfect peace whose mind is staid
on Thee." Isa. 26:3. The theme
song: "Sweet Peace, the Gift of
God's Love."
220 Negro Policemen
Now Employed in 41
Southern Cities
ATLANTA, Nov. 1. (ANP)
The Southern Regional council
here has announced that 220 Ne
gro policemen are now employed
in 41 southern cities.
WOMAN'S DAY
SPEAKER
The theme for the 1947 observ
ance is "The Opportunities and
Responsibilities of Christian Wo
men Today." The guest speaker
Will be Mrs. LaLura S. Taylor of
Baton Rouge, La., the wife of
Rev. Gardner Taylor, pastor of
the Zion Baptist church of Baton
Rouge..
She is a native of Oberlin, Ohio,
and a graduate of Oberlin collegc
with Phi Beta Kappa honors.
She will speak in tin morning
and afternoon services at Bethel
Baptist church, and at 7:30 p. m.
a pageant, "The Light of the Wo
men," will be presented in which
the women of the church will
participate.
Tunstall Case Decision
Called Victory For
Negro Workers
NEW YORK, Nov. 1. (ANP)
—Claude H. Mason, secretary
treasurer of Local 370, Dining
Car Employes union (AFL) said
this week that the U. S. Circuit
Court of Appeals, Tunstall case
decision in Baltimore last week in
"seniority rights" for Negro mem
bers of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Enginemen
was the most significent victory
for Negro railroad men since
1920.
"What Phil Randolph has been
fighting for all these years b«s
finally come to pass," Mason
stated. "There is no reason why
Negro firemen should not receive
the same rights as others.
"In our union, for instance, it
is a shame that dining car men
NAACP Seeks Action
Against Officers
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. (AN
P)—The NAACP, according to its
secretary of veterans' affairs,
Jesse O. Demon, Jr., has sent a
letter to the secretary of the
unny, Kenneth B. Royali, asking
for an investigation and disciplin
ary action against two army offi
cers charged with ordering the
brutal beating of Eddie C. Wil
son, of LoLs Angeles, while he
was a member of the armed forced.
Wilson was discharged from the
army after a protest in the form
of a strike was made by his fellow*
soldiers.
The text of the letter follows:
"It has come to the attention of
he NAACP that former Pvt. Ed
die C. Wilson, ASN 39716976
of.
Los Angeles, while a member of
the 103rd Infantry Casual Be
placement stationed at Camp Mc
Quaide, Watsonville, Cal., wa$
brutallyv beaten while a prisonet
in the guardhouse at that^Rstal?**
tion. These alleged beatings took
place during the months of Sip
ember an October, 1944.
'T/ibcn was summarily given
honorable discharge from the
rrry cfter the men stationed
Lhe
stockade with him staged a
stri!:e ir. hi: behalf. It is alleged
Lhat the officers responsible for
ihc brutality suffered by Wilson
were Col. Roy S. Gibson and
Otto L. Gericke.
"Our organization is alarmed
that such treatment would be ad
ministered to an American sol
dier at the behest of United States
officers. We, therefore, request
that action be taken by your of
fice to remove from the service
the officers aforementioned and
that a thorough investigation of
this incident be made."
have not been upgraded as stew
ards on all class A railroads. To
ignore such a principle is adding
insult to an already grievous in
jury."
The Baltimore decision, an
nounced by Judges John J. Par
ker, Morris Soper and Armistead
Dobie, ruled flatly that a work
man can recover damages from a
union which fails to protect him
from racial discrimination in col
lective bargaining.
Southern railroads, it was em
phasized, follow a policy of not
employing Negroes as engineers
although many firemen have been
known to operate trains under the