text: Alleged Rape Laid To White Man MARCHETTE State Edition VOLUME 12—NUMBER 35 LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1953 JK JfMat/WJhb JK.2-jßf-fly, :BK 11 ugß*js £a*- - SI-.7Ww. T 3» 'i, JSwiaFyJrF **» MU-t TH&J^W r.'/ I— jggwj E F W iK.v- ’W'-w r*'2 i I.fl 1 -A jm-- h Wl* ■» »■ w I ’* i K - * " * *’* Bk<*.--~ ■lk / ’■ ZS KBK.W 1952 DEBUTANTES— Thirteen beautiful and charming young ladies made their debut before a capacity crowd in the exhibition hall of the Robinson auditorium Friday night at the second annual Alpha ball. Fred Byrd, vice president of Pi Lambda chapter introduced the following young ladies. From left to right, seated, Miss Vivian Jacquelyn Pope, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Pope, North Little Rock; Miss Elizabeth Ann Minton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Minton; Miss Alberta Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Jones. Standing, Miss Mae Emma Wilson, daughter of Mrs. Francis Wilson; Miss Marianita Hicks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hicks. All - White Jury Rules Death For Ruby McCollum jCTLive Oak, Fla An all-white judge has ruled that Mrs. Ruby McCollum must die for the fatal shooting of Dr. C. LeRoy Adams, prominent white physician, who she said was the father of her 15-month-old daughter and another unborn child. The jury returned a verdict of first degree murder which makes the electric chair mandatory. Mrs. McCollum's attorney was given fifteen days by Judge Hal Adams in which to appeal for a new trial. If an appeal is made, see SENTENCED—page eight. VOTE DRIVE, S' " CASE, NRA HIGHLIGHTS IN 1952 A non-partisan political action campaign designed to increase registration and voting among Negro citizens, and an all-out legal attack against segregation in public elementary and secondary schools are cited as the highlights of the year's activity of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in a year-end report released this week by Walter White, executive secretary. The first of these, the political action campaign, was launched early in the year. At a meeting in Jacksonville, Florida, in January, a program was devised for a non-partisan drive to double the number of registered Negro voters in the southern states. More concrete action was planned in Atlanta in April, at a political action institute where emphasis was placed on training workers in the techniques of organizing registration and voting drives. The Crisis also reports that it sent its top officers to both the Republican and Democratic national conventions to present proposals for strong civil rights planks and to work for inclusion of these planks in party platforms. In addition, the voting records of all members of the 82nd Congress on masters pertaining to civil rights were published for the guidance of voters. Several paid field workers and count-British angry at sugar quitting. London, England — British sport fans were furious here that Ray Robinson had put up his gloves for keeps without meeting their favorite, Randy Turpin, third time. Turpin and Robinson had been tentative, scheduled for June of '53. British fans were sure Randy would be the victor this time and bring the middleweight championship of the world back to the British Isles. Meanwhile, the British Boxing Board of Control has indicated that it will recognize as the new middleweight champion the winner of a bout between Turpin and Charles Humes of France. Hot Springs, Miss Marylee Ray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Ray; Miss Freda Marie Washington, daughter of Mrs. Grace L. Washington; Miss Frankie Elizabeth Hampton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oyama Hampton; (center) Miss Barbara Jean Bell, daughter of Mrs. B. K. Underwood (Alpha Sweetheart of 1953); Miss Constance Marjorie Springer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Worthy Springer, sr.; Miss Clemence Halliburton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Halliburton; Miss Ramona Chanay. A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Chanay, sr.; Pine Bluff, Miss Ouida Bell Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Lee. —Foto by Grice Mrs. Clement Dies Was First Negro "Mother of Year" Mrs. Emma Clarissa Clement of Louisville. Kentucky, and the only Negro mother ever to be named i "American Mother of The Year’, : died Friday Mrs. Clement was 77 | years old. Mrs. Clement, despite illness and | I the loss of a leg through ampu [ tation last year remained active in civic and religious affairs until i her death i She was the mother of seven ; children, all outstanding in the field of education. She is the moth- See MOTHER—page four less volunteer workers were active in the vote drive. Following the November presidential election, a com pilation of the Negro vote in forty-eight cities were pub lished by the Association. Statistics on the vote in predom inantly Negro wards and precincts were gathered through questionnaires sent to persons in key areas, and through newspaper clippings. The Education Cases On the legal front, Mr. White's statement notes, the big news for 1952 was the full scale attack on segregation in public elementary and secondary schools, culminating in the presentation of five precedent-shattering cases before the United States Supreme Court earlier this month. Four of these cases - - involving segregation of Negro pupils in the sehnob of Clarendon county, South Carolina; Topeka, Kan sas; Prince Edward county, Virginia; and a suburb of Wilmington, Delaware, were argued by attorneys for the NAACP, headed ItV Thurgood Marshall, special cousel. The fifth, seeking to end segregation in the public schools of the District of Columbia, was argued by attorneys retained by the D. C. Consolidated Parents League. Varied Program PRICE TEN CENT«. Bishop 6eo. Curry Buried In Florida Jacksonville, Fla..—Bishop Geo. Edward Curry, formerly chancellor of Shorter College at North Little Rock, was buried here last Monday following services at the Mt. Zion A.M.E. church. Bishop Curry died in his home near Edward Waters college after an illness of several weeks. Surviving are two sisters, a niece, and a grand niece. The well-known prelate was elected to the bishopric at the General conference in Detroit in 1940. Five years later he was suspended by the Bishops' council in Tulsa, Okla., when accused of misappropriating the home of Harry T. Moore in the little orange grove community of Mims, Florida. An assassin's bomb tore the dwelling to ribbons and killed the courageous Florida coordinator for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and his hard working wife. They paid with their lives for their belief in the equality of man - for their battle against discrimination and their efforts to achieve equal opportunity and equality of citizenship for all Americans, regardless of race. Let us not forget Harry and Harriette Moore. Let us not, in preoccupation with the bustle and festivity of the holiday season, forget the bitter tragedy that made a mockery of this time of good will among men, a year ago. Let us strengthen our determination that there shall be no hate bombers who can toss their death-dealing wares against the American ideals and escape unpunished. Let us renew our efforts to wipe out the scourge of hate and bigotry, and work with ever-increasing zeal to attain our goal of freedom, justice and equality, without a color line. Let us pledge our all to assure that Harry and Harriette Moore shall not have died in vain. NAACP Probes Fla. Police Murder The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People started an investigation Saturday into the fatal shooting of a motorist Christmas day down in Homestead, Florida by a Homestead city police. Emmett Jefferson, Negro, 30, was shot down in the yard of his home by police officer, Paul Minnick. The shooting climaxed a wild automobile chase which started in nearby Florida City after a Negro had forced a woman driver off the road. The police officer was suspended pending settlement of the case. E. F. Lasseter of the sheriff's Criminal Bureau of Investigation talked to fifteen white and Negro witnesses at a closed hearing Friday. After reports that an automobile had forced the woman driver off the highway, William Fasulo, officer at Florida City, arrested Jefferson at the home of a friend there. He said Jefferson escaped in his car. Fasulo gave chase and radioed Homestead police to set up a roadblock Jefferson went. Around the roadblock and Minnick joined the chase, aiding Fasulo. The chase ended in the yard of Jefferson’s home at Homestead. Fasulo stated that Jefferson start ed to scuffle when they tried to arrest him and Minnick shot him three times. Jefferson's father, one of the witnesses pleaded with the offi cer not to shoot only to be told by Minnick to "get back or you'll get the same.” Dr. Godfrey W Hawkins, presi- See PROBES—page four Three Members of Farm Family Die In Morning Fire Parkin — Mr. and Mrs Earl Da vis, 24 and 18 years old respective ly. and their infant son, perished in a fire Sunday morning when their farm quarters were destroy ed. It is reported that the fire broke out shortly before dawn and had virtually engulfed the small house before it was discovered by the neighbors An overheated wood stove is believed to have caused the fire. Mentioned by the Naacp head as other .high points in the year’s varied program were: 1— The meeting of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights in Washington, D. C., in February, organized by t.he NAACP and co-sponsored by 51 other national civic, labor, intergroup, veterans, fraternal and religious organizations; 2— The re-opening of the fight against the filibuster with presentation of arguments before the Senate Rules committee for revision of Senate Rule 22 to provide for limi tation of debate by majority vote. The abolition of segregation in the famous Ford's theater, Baltimore, in January, after a picket line was maintained steadily for six years by the BaltimoreABC branch; The staging of the first annual mammoth benefit show in Madison Square Garden in March, co-sponsored by Lena Home and Oscar Kammerstein, IT, with great names of show business on the entertainment roster; The opening of a permanent regional office for the Southeast in Birmingham, in March, bringing the total of national offices to three (in addition to the Washington Bureau, which conducts legislative activity); and Student Named Chairman Of Commission Miss J. Wiletta Moore, an honor senior at Philander Smith College, was designated chairman of the Commission on Public Schools at the southwide conference on "Youth and Racial Unity Through Education Opportunity," at Allen University, Columbia, South Carolina. The conference is composed of Negro and white students from leading colleges and universities throughout the south. Miss Moore is well qualified to give direction to the commission. She is a member of Who's Who in American colleges and universities and vice president of the Campus College Women’s association. She was an official delegate to the national conference of Methodist youth, in 1952 and is a member of the national council. Miss Moore comes from Akron, Ohio where she graduated from West high school and was active in youth work at Centenary Methodist church. Houston Honored Washington, D. C. — (CNSI — William L. Houston, prominent attorney and civic leader, was honored by the House of Representatives. ored this week end in a special ceremony at the district court. Attorney Houston is a former school board member. Subscribe Now! Seven Year Old Girl Is Victim An attack on a seven-year-old Negro girl at Parkdale, by a white man came to light Saturday, when close relatives of the child appealed to Mrs. L. C. Bates, president of the State Conference of Branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, for aid. It is reported that Sunday, Dec. 21, around two-thirty in the afternoon, the little seven-year-old girl, accompanied by a three-year-old boy, was walking down the main highway a short distance from her home, when a white man, driving an oil truck, pulled along beside the children, stopped and snatched the little girl into his truck, and raped her while the stunned three-year-old boy watched. After the girl was turned loose, she ran home screaming and bleeding profusely. After telling her excited parents what had happened, neighbors aided in identifying the truck as a Rose oil truck. Police were notified, and a roadblock was set up. The driver was caught and arrested in Greenville, Mississippi and brought back to Hamburg where he was jailed. He was identified as Jesse Watts, 38, from Vicksburg, Mississippi, and according to reports, he admitted the attack on the little girl, but stated that he used his finger, and denied raping her. A close relative of the girl who is very much interested in seeing that justice is done in the case, stated that the physician at the hospital who treated the girl after the attack labeled the attack as "rape." The truck driver has been charged with carnal abuse, and was released from jail Friday on a $2500 bond. The hearing has been set for March, it is reported. Mrs. Bates stated that the legal department of the State Conference of Branches of the Debates will make a thorough investigation into the case. VISITS HERE — Visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnson, and family of her husband, is Mrs. Frederick D. Smith, the former Miss Dora Johnson. Mrs. Smith is a graduate of Dunbar High School, junior college, and AMAN college. She is also a member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. At present, she is employed at the U.S. armed forces institute in Madison, Wisconsin, where she and her husband reside. Sen. Morse Will Vote to End Jim Crow in Nation's Capital San Francisco, Calif — (CNS) — Senator Wayne Morse, the rebellious Republican who supported Governor Adlai E. Stevenson for president in the recent elections, said here that he expects the worse for his Republican colleagues—appointment to the District of Columbia—page four. The holding of the 43rd Annual Area convention in Oklahoma City, in June, and the awarding (posthumously) of the Spingarn Medal for distinguished achievement to Harry T. Moore, Florida Area leader who was killed in a battle bomb explosion on Christmas night, 1951. “Throughout the year,” Mr. White said, "members and friends of the Area carried a heavy weight in their hearts - - the assassination of Harry T. Moore in that Christmas night blast that wrecked his home and killed the Florida Area leader and his gallant wife. Harry and Harriet Moore were casualties in the continuing battle against bigotry and discrimination. We of the Area felt Their loss very keenly and rededicated ourselves to the struggle to achieve the goal for which they died. Also mourned by the Association was Dr. Louis T. Wright, distinguished surgeon and chairman of the USDA board of directors for twenty years, Dr. Wright, who was surgical director and chairman of the medical board of Harlem hospital at the time of his death on October 8, was known throughout the world for his contributions to medical research and to the cause of human rights. The USDA will conduct a Louis T. Wright memorial membership campaign in 1953. A New Deal For Postal Employees Anticipated - Nape Washington — Officials of the National Alliance of Postal Employees have expressed their belief that Postmaster General designate Arthur E. Summerfield will be new life to the Post Office Department and improve conditions for postal workers everywhere. This pronouncement was made at the same time the U.S. Civil Service commission was announcing examinations for postal transportation clerks, formerly known as railway mail clerks. At the recent testimonial in his honor in his hometown of Flint, Michigan, Mr. Summerfield told NAPE president, Ashby B. Carter of Chicago and Snow F. Grigsby, of New York. To NAPE Needy - Christmas cheer, in the shape of food, clothing, and household furnishing was presented to John Tornton, aged 70, who has been ill for some time, and his family by the employees of the Rocket Manufacturing company, Tenth & Spring streets, Clyde Davis, personnel manager. The committee which headed the effort consisted of Miss Lennie Fountain, 801 E. 16th, and Willie Womack, 809 Pine, Susie Hulbert, 1704 Vine, and Lorene Ward. 705 Vine, all of North Little Rock. It is planned to make such a presentation to some needy family an annual affair. 