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Casey’s
Column
This column believes the best !
interests of the colored race can
be best served by the re-election
of John E. Conroy, Democratic
candidate for Circuit Court. Con
roy was the first clerk in 25:
years to appoint colored deputy
clerks in the county building and
juvenile court. Ten per cent of
the jobs in Conroy’s office are
held by colored people.
* * *
Henry Sonnenschien, Demo
cratic candidate up for re-elec- |
tion as Clerk of Superior Court
has done an outstanding job in
this office since his election to*
the post in 1942 by The Judges
of Superior Court. He was over
whelmingly re-elected in 1944 by
the voters and has our recom
mendation lor re-election in the
November 2 election.
* * *
Senator “Curley” C. [Wayland
Brooks, Republicai. gets our sup
. pot . for re-election. rhe Sena
\ tor’s -cord and in fact m R.e.
\ *-7uiiucS.i party’s record on 'civil
'l rights is good. The Senator says;
“Many people for long years
past have played political foot
ball with the civil rights issue. I
would not. say that my party has
been free of such hypocrites; we
have had some of them. But at
any time I will lay the Republi
can record on civil rights along
side the Democratic record and
have no fear as to "what an im
partial jury of independent vot- j
ers will say when they come to J
studyy and to pass judgment I
upon the record.” The Republi- 1
can party is no Johnny-come- I
lately on civil rihts. ;
* W *
In our opinion Democratic can
didate Congressman William L,
Dawson should he re-elected by
an overwhelming majority. He
has represented his district with
dignity and with a complete un
derstanding of the needs °f bis
constitutents. Bill Dawson is a
fighter, a man well qualified for
Congressman and we believe his1
political star should and will as
cend higher.
* * *
It is almost a foregone conclu
sion that Governor Green will
sweep the state. We have always
been a supporter of the Gover
nor and we predict his majority
this time will be the greatest
yet.
* * * •• f.
Next issue will be the last be
fore election. Th eWorld offers
all candidates thru it’s advertis
ing columns an opportunity to
get their message over to a large
number of voters at a minimum
of expense thru it’s advertising
clumns. Call STate 2-3512-3-4.
& * Z ; -sis-m
_■ vai
Eddie Lane, one of the best
mechanical superintendents any
newspaper ever had the good
fortune to have associated with
them is now back with the World.
Look for a cantinued improve,
m.'nt in the make-up and physi
cal appearance of the paper.
Eddie knows his stuff.
P r'). £ozz Catholic
Ct? Racial Fight
BUFFALO, N. Y.—“The Cath
olic church is the greatest or
ganized fighting racial, discrimin
ation throughout the" United
States today.”
This is the opinion expressed
editorially thi3 week in the Cri
terion, Negro weekly published
here.
Noting that other churches
1 one blew against discrimina
tion and call it a dav’. th''- =>■
ial points out that “The Catholic
church hits hard repeatedly, in
c< isantly and uncompromising
ly wherever race discrimination
rears its ugly head—whether if
be Hi the church society, politl.
cal assemblies or just ordinary
community activities.”
THE CHALLENGER !
RETAIN G WAYLAND BROOKS
AS OUR U S SENATOR
C. Wayland Brooks, a true son
of Illinois, has been representing
us in the United States Senate
since 1940. He is now seeking re
election on November 2>.
I
A life-long Republican, Sena
tor Brooks deserves support of
all our citizens. He knows our
People and their problems. He
war born in Illinois; he was edu- j
; cat' 1 in Illino's schools and uni- !
i vc1 ‘.ties; lie practiced law in :
! Chicago and spent seven years I
j as -n Assistant State’s Attorney :
there; and he owns and operates j
i . m in LaSalle County.
, A . a youth in 1917 he volun- !
tee: ed for service in the United j
'States Marine Corps and dis- |
charged his duties so heroically ;
that he returned home bearing I
seven different wounds and wear- j
ing the Distinguished Service j
dross, the American Navy Cross, i
the Purple Heart, and Croix de
Guerre.
Senator Brooks in 1942 intro- !
duccd and succeeded in iaving
adopted an amendment to the
Servicemen’s Voting Law which
abolished the poll tax as a re.
quirement for members of the
aimed forces voting in federal
' elections. Both President Tru
man, who was a Senator at that
! time, -and Senator Barkley op.
poaed the Brookg amendment,
voting “NO” on its passage. The
adoption of the Brooks amend
ment marked the first time in
history that such an inroad was
made in the poll tax harrier
against voting.
Senator Brooke in 1948, as
Chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Rules and Administra
tion obtained the approval of his
Committee on-a measure to abol
ish the poll tax requirement for
voting by all persons in all fed
eral elections. The Committee,
in approving the bill to abolish j
the poll tax, relied to a great ex- (
tent on the precedent establishd |
by Congrss in adopting the |
Brooks anti-poll tax amendment ;
of 1942. Senator Brooks favorbaly '
reported this bill to the Senate '
but was defeated by a filibuster ,
by Southern Democratic Sena- j
tons. Senator Brooks, however,
will continue his fight against
those who would deny freedom
of the ballot in our free America.
Senator Brooks’ fight for equal
rights for all citizens was not
limited to the anti-poll tax mea
sures but it turtner empnasizeu
by the action taken after he be
came a chairman of the Senate
Committee on Rules nd Ad | nis
tration in 1947. At this time
charges of discrimination were
u- ought to his attention by Louis
R. Lautier, correspondent for the
Atlanta (Ga.) Daily World, and
Washington Representative of
the National Negro Publishers
Association, who had for some
time sought membership in the
the Senate press gallery. The
Senate Committee on Rules and
Administration, aftr a public
hearing ordered by Senator
voted that Mr. Lauier was en
j titled to admission as a member
i of the Senate press gallery. As
a result of this action.. Vr- Lau‘
tier became the first Negro cor.
I respondent in history to be ad
mitted to the Senate press gal
j lery.
The re-election of Senator C.
Wayland Brooks and the elec
tion of the Republican Congress
on November 2nd will insure that
important committee chairman
ships do not fall to Southern
Democrats, and will enable the
Milwaukee Cafe
Owner Dies After
Collapse in Booth
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Grant
Moore, manager of Babe’s Resu
taurant, 714 W. Walnut st. and
one of fthe community’s most
respected businessmen, collapsed
and died Monday, October 18.
Mr. Moore, yho lived at 531 W.
Walnut st., collapsed in a booth
in his restaurant. He was rushed
to county emergency hospital,
where he was pronounced dead
at 2 p. m.
Mr. Moore was 54 years old
and a long-time resident of Mil
waukee- He once managed a
popular MiMlwaukee band, and
more recently was a successful
restaurant manager.
Funeral arrangements had not
been complet/cd at the time this
ipaper w§* ,*o press, but full de
tails will- ,je carried in the next
edition.
TEXAS AND
9UTHERN IN
0HEC0MIN6
Stadium in Tyler
Tee Off at Rose Bowl
October 30
TYLER, Texas—The annual
homecoming classic ol 1948 will
take place here Saturday, Octo
ber 3b at Rose Bowl Stadium
when the Southern University
Juager Cats of Baton Rouge, La.
invade Steerville seeking victory
and steer meat at the expense of
the rampaging and ever unpre
dictable Texas College Steers.
The biggest crowd of the cur
rtxit Southwestern football sea
son is expected to be on hand
when the $2:00 kick-off comes.
The Steers will enter the game
the underdog, odds being much
in favor of the powerful Juager
Cats coached by A. W. Mumford,
who won his spurs as a great
coach while tutoring the Steers,
having gone from Texas College
to Southern University. The
Steers, under the guidance of
Alexander Durly, head coach, and
Miles Anderson likewise having
notions in their minds about vic
tory. Of all games, any team
would regret losing its annual
homecoming classic played be
fore the largest crowd of alumni,
former students, and other fol
lowers.
Have Impressive Record:
To date the Southern Jauger
See TEXAS, Page 3
International Human
Rights Bnnquet To
Held November 22
The International Committee,
for Human Rights holds its sec
ond annual United Nations ban
quet November 22 at the Ambas
sador East Hotel with Judge
John J. utnecht, Proessor Hei
man Finer and two political ex
! iles from Czechoslovakia as
i speakers. Currently the Inter
national Committee is dis tribu -
j ing in various countries copies o_
the Unted Nations International
! Declaration of Human Rights to
> he adopted by the UN General (
1 Assembly this fall in Paris.
I President Win. Scott Stewart,
| noted Chicago criminal lawyer,
stated that the International
! Committee is presenting Dr.
1 Petre Zenkl and Dr. Josef L»ett
: rich, successors to Dr. Eduaid
' Benes as the leaders of the
i Czechoslovak Republic in exile,
to inform American democrats
what must be done to promote
human rights in Europe and.
around the world. I
TWO GUN THIEF
KILLS FATHER OF|
TWO IN BAR |
Shoots Man For Not;
Raising His Hands
Immediatly
A 44 year old auditor, father of j
two children, was %hot and killed '
by a two gun Negro bandit yes
terday when a two gun Negro
bandit Tuesday when he walked
into a combination liquor and j
food store at 1657 Lake st. to
buy cigarets during a $10 hold
up. ‘ . / j
The victim, Robert E. Foster,
of 507 Nu Laramie ave. was shot
twice under the heart and in the
left arm when he Hesittted in
obeying the bandit’s command
to “stick ’em. up.”
The robber, who covered the j
porter, Willie Sterling. 25, Ne- 1
gro, of 1740 Maypole ave., with j
one gun, while he shot Foster '
with the other; fled dow^i tn
alley after scooping up $10 |»lac- |
ed on the bar by tnother cus
timer: ; '
Sezes Red Truck, Flees
Agan flourshng the two guns,
the bandt foi’ced Frtnk Murphy,
40, of 2808 Ttflor st. and his as
sistant, Ntthtn Williams, 48 of
1346 S. Kedvale ave., to get out
of the cab of a redi truck owned
by the Active Roofing and Sheet
Metal works and drove away.
Foster and his wife, Connie, a
tetcher in the Lowell school,
3320 Hii'sch st., tttended mass
yesterday morning in Our Lady
Help of Christians churih, and
he told her to take the family
automobile for the daf and he
would ride the elevated. He was
trtnsfemng frol the “L” to the
street itr when he stopped in for
the cigarets.
The Fosters’ son, Robert Jr., is
a senior at Fenwick High school
and their haughter, Nancy is a
sophomore at Immaculata High
school.
Sgt. David Petaque of the W’ar
ren ave. police said the bandit
was sitting at the bar of the Ban
ner Food and Liquor store drink
ing ibeer when another customer,
Arnold Benson, Negro, a cook
of 1654 Maypole ave., came in and
placed a $.0 bill on the bar.
Draws Gun From Each Pocket 1
The bandit drew two guns, one •
from each pocket, apd announced
“This is a stickup.” He ordered
Steiling to empty1 the cash regis
ter and as Sterling turned to do
so. Foster walked in.
When Foster failed to raise his
arms instantly, the bandit swore
and fired three times, and i-an
from the store. Foster died en
route to County hospital.
The gunman was described a«
about 26 years old, 5 feet ID
inches tall, and wearing a mous
tache. He also wore an army
jacket.
Negro Catholic
Priest Joins Strict
Church Society
TRENTON, N. J.—{Rev. Vin
cent Smith, well known Negro
Catholic priest here, has resign,
ed as pastor of Our Lady of the
Divine Shepherd church here and
has entered the novitiate of the
Cistercian Fathers at Gethse
mani, Ky., it has been learned.
Popularly known as the Trappist
Fathers, the Cictercians of the
Strict Obsercance are an order
of Catholic priests who devote
themselves to a rigorous life of
prayer fasting and self-denial.
During his pastorate here,
Father Smith was prominently
features in the Negro press as the
‘only Negro pastor in the United
States who had white priests as
his assistants’. White people
make up at least 50 per cent of
j the parish membership.
V
JOE LOUIS TO
DEFEND HIS -
TITLE IN JUNE
No Opponent Yet
Yankee Stadium to
Be Scene of Bout;
NEW YOFK—Joe Louis chang
ed his mindagaintodayand said
he will defend his heavyweight
champoinship again next June.
The Brown Bomber said “de
finitely” when he announced his
decision Wednesday afternoon.
He had conferred with Mike
Jacobs* president t>l the 20th
Century Sporting club, and
Harry 'Markson, recently'appoint
managing director of the fight
promotional outfit, The site will
be Yankee Stadium and the op
ponent likely wilT be either Ez
zard Char 1st, Joe Baksi or Lee
Savold.
Reverses Radio Stand
It was right after he flattened
Jersey Joe Walcott in the 11th
round at Yankee stadium last
June 25, that he said over the
radio.
“For my mother—this is for
her—tonight was my last fight.”
Since then Joe has been hedg
ing back and forth all over the
country. The first solid indica
tion thrat he intended to defend
his crown for the 26th time came l
Bept. 14. ' Vi 4fi
Catholic Graduate
Win Scolarship
RALEIGH, N. C—Miss June i
Voung, 14 year old adughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Young, haB
been awarded a scholarship at
St. Francis Academy in Balti
more, Md. The Academy is a
school for young ladies conduct
ed by the Oblate Sisters of
Providence, Negro Catholic
nuns. Mis& Young is a gradu
ate of Our Lady of Victory
parochial school in Southern
Pines.
New York Store
Holds Open House
For Bill Robinsons
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and
his charming and popular wife,
Mrs. Elaine Robinson, will be
honored with “open house” by
the officias of the L. M^ Blum
stein’s Department Store at 230’
West 125th st. on Thursday, Oc
tober 28. This honor is being ten
dered Mr. and Mrs Robinson as
a celebration in recognition of
Bill’s recent recovery from a
period of illness' that necessitat
ed extended rest and medical
care at the Harkness Pavilion at
Medical Center.
Mr. Robinson has .been long
recognized throughout the world
as being the greatest tap dancer;
and is known throughout New
York and America f*r the many
'benefit performances he has
done for the worthy causes, and
the many gifts he has extended
to the needy and underprivileg
ed.
MMr. and Mrs. Robinson will
receive - well-wishes' at the
“Dream House’’ on the fourth
floor of Blumstein’g Store from
1 to 5 p. m. on the evening of
October 28. The “Dream House”
is an exact duplicate of the
apartments at Riverton, a new
housing dtVelopemenU. financed
by the Metropolitan Life Insur
ance Company. The entire pub
lic is extended an invitation to1
come to the store and extendi
their best wishes. The purpose
of the “Dream House” is to serve
as a guide to home-makers in
furnishing and decorating their
homes.
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: £3N& M ■■■ 1 ’ -' : -’a- • - ' - . 1
NEW YORK—The recent dis
charge of Dr. W. E. B. DuBois hy
the directors of the National As
sociation for the Advancement
of Colored People came under
heavy fire in a statement re
leased by more than 100 promin
ent leaders in cultural and edu
cational fields.
Signers of the statement, which
naid that “we must raise our
voices against this act of shame
ful injustice and indefensible |
suppression,” included Dr. E.
Franklin Frazier, head of the
jSodiology Department, Howard
Unversity Medical School; Dr.
Horace Mann Bond, president o£
Lincoln University, Lincoln, Pa.;
Dr. Leslie Pinckney Hill, presi
dent of 'Chaney Teachers College,
Cheney, Pa.; Dr. Lorenzo Tur
ner, English Department, Roose
velt College, Chicago, 111.; Dr.
Charlotte Hawkins Brown, pres
tute, Sedalia, N. C.; Dr.’ Alain |
ident of Palmer Memorial Insti- j
Locke, professor of Philosophy, |
Howard University; Louis Ada- j
mic, writer; Professor F. O. Mat- j
, thiessen, Harvard University,;
I Shirley Graham, author and N.1
Y. State Secretary of the Arts,
Sciences and Professions Conn- |
cil.
DuBois’ discharge from his
post of research director was
characterized in the statement
as “not only an injustice to an
80-year-old scholar and fighte
for the democratic rights of an
oppressed people, but an act
which strikes at the heart of
freedom itself. It gravely com
promises .. the fundamental prin
ciples of human rights.”
Carl Murphy, president of the
Arfo-Amercian Newspapers and
a member of the NAA1 ’P's na
tional /board, was one of the first
to protest. He declared he did
“not approve of the premptory
dismissal off Dr. DuBois’ and
was making a protest to the
NAACP Board of Directors.
The ouster of DbBo s by o
vote of the NAACP directors
/came following his request tor
the adoption by the organization
of what the statemen’s signers
described as “a definite foreign
iPQlicy that would nonestly serve
the best interest of the Negro
and Colonial peoplco every
where.”
His request followed President
Truman’s appointment of Wal
ter White, NAACP Executive!
Director, as a consultant to the
American delegation at the Paris
.u' ecing of the United Nations.
Dr. DuBoise, with a long re
cord of research in the statu*, of
African and other colonial peo
nies, had criticized V. S. State
Department . - policies regarding
eotonial ’ areas. The world re
nowned scholar has . spent thiity
years in building the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People.
The full text of the statement
follows: _
“Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, one ot
the most distinguished champions
of democratic rights for the Ne
gro in America and other oppres
sed people* of the world,,has1
been summarily dismissed from
his post as director of research
for the. National .Association for
Die Advancement of Colored Peo.
pie. ?
“Dr. DuBois has been for more
than half a century in the front
line off the battle for racial equal
ity and a ‘better world. His dis
'Sec DuSOIS, Page 2
MRS. FRANCES TAYLOR
MOSELEY, a former Milwau
keean, now a resident of Chi
cago, has been making quite a
name for herself since she left
the Wisconsin city. An active
worker n welfare, social and
civic activities, Mrs. Moseley
still has found time for speak
ing engagements. She last ap
t KyPSivi nuec ar"(yuay *MeH
peared in Milwaukee in a
speech on behalf of the Red
Cross.
Researcher Advances
New Crime Theory: [
A Lack of Ozone!
It may be the absence of |
“avail” in the atmosphere which j
prompts a criminal to murder, ,
according to a theory advanced
in the current issub. bst puib
lished, of the Nor to western
University Jounial of Criminal
Law and Criminology.
The aran hypothesis, express,
ed by Dr. Manfred Curry in an
article in the Journal is open to
some skepticism, but is based
upon certain plausible assump
tions and facts, the editors
state. Writing om “The Relation- ;
ship of Weather Conditions, Fa
cial Characteristics, and Crime.”
Dr. Curry is a reseacher in the
fields of aerodynamics and bio
climatics.
He explains his assumption
this way. In his studies, he has
learned that the sensation ex
perienced in a closed telephone!
booth—the* feeling of lack of air,
nervousness, restlessness, in
creased body temperature, per
spiration, and sometimes even
fear—is caused by a lack of
ozone-like substance, which he
named aran, the lack of which
causes the sensation described.
He states also that the amount
of aran depends upon the direc-I
tion of the wind. South winds
are accompanied by low, andi
and north winds by high, con
centrations of the substance, he
says. People of one particular'
type, who are unhappy whenj
south winds blow’ and the araiiji
supply is gkimpy, are leaet like- j
ly to be criminals, )especially||
murderers, he believes. He bases j!
his hypothesis on a study of
many thousands of individuals.
People generally are of two
See RESEARCH, Page 11 $
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When one is traveling it is cor
rect to tip the porter at the end j
of the journey.
Slayer of Spinster
Confesses Assault
And Robbery Act
Youth Admits He
Had No Motive
For Killing
BROOKLYN, N. Y.—This town
has been so upset by the rape
and slayiyng of 80 year old Mary
Gray, white, that detectives felt
sure they had the slayer in a 21 f
year old Negro who was suspi
ciously pacing just outside tbel
Roman Catholic church where the
funeral was held last Wednes.
day. The youth was no sooner re
as had 86 before him than the1
real killer also a Negro was-pick,
up calmly in his apartment less!
than 2f)0 feet from the murder*
scene. ;
What amazed the 200 poice who
had 'been working on the case,
was the complete lack of motive
on the murderer’s part. Thus this
crime became one of. the most
dastardly in Brooklyn’s history.
Prisoner Walter Davis, an un
employed truck driver’s helper,
confessed that he had sneakedi
into the spinster’s apartment at
5 a. m. in the mornin and his
victim screamed, he said to him.
self,” I might as well get it over
with.” He claimed that he held
his hand over her mouth and
then stabbed her. Davis also told,
his mother and sister what he
had done and they refused to
turn him in, and threw his blood,
stained clothes into the closet.
Moreover, committing the mur
der did not alter his way of life
for he continued to look for a
job, live in the same apartment
and even went to the movies.