Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 November 1953 — Page 1
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Negro Slain Baby's Daddy
Names
Marion Society Girl Charged In Baby's Death
Jury Frees Man In Sere n-Yea r-Slaying
Sgt. Lee, Facing.Hold Rites For Death, To Get Mrs. Covington
Brownson's Aid
C o n gr r e s s m a n Charles
The grand jury freed Allen Holi-:
field. 38. of charges of murdering | George Bridges, on May 25, 1946 ■ ‘as charged by the dead man’s wife. I Mrs. Robert Bridges, 44, 1133 Fay-
ette street, last September.
! Mrs. Bridges voluntarily went
MARION—The char^ that ^ ‘o ^
a former Negro basketball tinue to live with a lie.” made a yr , y im .b\ Prrnvnsrvn Tnrlinnn Star at Marion high school statement charging Holifield, her (^uck) 1 Bl0 ^ n ;.° n ’ lnd an «fthe Cither of a habv b °y friend had shot and killed her polls, declared this week he . ... ,, ‘ . husband in their home. She had would undertake a thorough acimittedly tossed onto a dump id at th ti f the she ; inVef; . tls ,. ation into the case 0 f three days after its birth b> shot her husband in self defense,^ , T . T r „nder its prominent white mother and was not charged by a grand ^ r ^ an J Jonn A - unaer has brought no visible racial •» that tlme - ; t . he ,f ntence for m “ffK;. The present jury said there was der of a iellow non-com while tremors to tnis town oi oo f - no t sll meieint evidence now to back on c i n tv irt Germany last July
000. jup her charges against Holifield | a
Mrs. Gretchen Joan Brunt from whom she recently broke off ‘ • * Woodard. 20-year-old daugh- sweetheart relations because as Rep. Brownson acted m re- ( ter of Richard S. Brunt, de- ^reaSned- g ° g " nnns !; to f" “PP 631 b >' Th .e partment store owner, was ■ “The grand jury, in its report that every effort established by police a** th p Wednesday indicted Mrs. Barbara; sHould be made to see that mother of the baby that was 'R u ‘^' 83 5 getW a fair p,ay in
found dead last Easter Sun-| revolver s f, e used to frighten her; 1c:l ‘ ie '
day OP a dump near Marion. I husband. Nathan Rutledge, August Counsel for the condemned serT..e name of the alleged father 18 at a filling station. geant said facts presented the was not released but officials say! Mrs. Rutledge, police said, fired Army Court Martial which senMrs Woodard identified him. ! a shot at her husband, but it tenced Lee to death Sept. 21 did MRS WOODARD, former De-! richoeted and struck Kenneth Ban- not present in his opinion concluPauw University student, was in-; ner - 40 - 2050 Coiurn hia avenue, wno sive proof warranting a first de-
Official Insists Park Will Not
Welcome Negro A spokesman for Riverside Amusement Park, for years one of the boldest violators of the Indiana Civil Rights Law, decided Monday that the ^big amusement center will no longer violate any laws but that Negroes will continue
to be “not welcome.”
Robert D. Coleman, secretary - treasurer of Riverside Amusement Park, Inc., delivered this declaration to the Mayor’s Commission on Hu-
man Rights.
eman was called before the
NO, NO, YOU'RE ALL WRONG: The inimitable EARTHA KITT, the rage of voluptuous votaries in Paris and Hollywood, is peeved at Los Angeles Mayor Norris Poulson, some city councilmen and society puritans who claimed that her part of the show staged at a civic banquet for the King and Queen of G eece was “too risque”, meaning, aweful, nasty and shocking to the sense of good taste, especially in front of royalty. Miss Kitt sang ”1 Wanna Be Evil.” ”I didn't think it was possible to shock politicians,” the irrepressible Eartha countered. She defended h?r performance as "artistic.” Also criticized were Dick Powell, Frankie Laine, and the Andrews sisters. The King and Queen, notifed of the rumpus caused bv the entertainers, said they were not in the '.east offended. ”We thought it fine,” they toid newsmen later. Eartha was described in Paris some ti.ne ago by Orson Welles as having more sex appeal in her little finger than a trainload of other women. ”ls that bad?” she asks.
Urges GOP To Pass Civil Rights Laws WASHINGTON — Senator Coop-
er, (R. Ky) last week urged fellow Republicans to make an honest ef- i
ission in a move to discour-1 fort to pass civil rights legislation PTA roller-skating parties at 1 when Congress meets again, rude because of the park’s dis- This drew from Louisiana’s Dem-
ocratic Senator Ellender a rejoin-i der that such a riioVe '‘would start !
a battle royal.”
Cooper, who may be opposed for reelection next year by former Vice-President Alben W. Barkley,
said:
“I think we should make an honest effort to pass some civil rights
MRS. CLARISSA COVINGTON
tory policies.
The current investigation into the flagrant anti-civil rights policy at the park was launched after members of an interracial PTA organizaticln reported their skating party at the Riverside Roller Rink had
heen ill received.
George Rose, commission presi- ‘ legislation. It is better to make a dent, said the Indianapolis PTA fight on civil lights and not just Council will be asked to inform its say that no bill can pass because members about the Riverside man- of a filibuster and give up the is-
agement’s attitude toward Negroes.'sue.” | Ellender said he feels the Re-
WILLIAM H. BOOK, commis- publicans will
H. BOOK, commis- publicans will he getting off on authorities seeking whatever com- da * V a ft ernoon -
mutation or adjustment of sen-
Mrs. Woodard told police she gave birth to the baby unattended, about March 24. She concealed the baby’s body in the attic of her parents’ home until March 27, when; she claims she enlisted the aid of, 20-year-okl Jack Miller. She wrapped the body in a sheet, pushed it head-first into a threegallon can and reportedly had l Miller drive her to the dump, where she threw the can down an embankment. Miller, indicted by the jury as an accessory after the fact, claimed innocence stating he was not with the woman the day the body was dumped. Grant County Coroner George B. Daniels said “There is no doubt the baby was born alive, since there was evidence of air in the
lungs.”
Dr. John G. Rhorer was arrestrnntlnuen on Pat* *
Death "Halts" Quads Of Georgia Woman
SYLVESTER, Ga. — Mrs. Robert Dolison, 37-year-old farmer’s wife, gave birth last Saturday night to quadruplets but two of the babies, males, died 18 hours la.'er at Worth county hospital. Attendants said the surviving girls were in fair condition early this week. Each of the newborn weighed 2 pounds, ieven ounces, and all were placed in an incubator immediately after birth. Mrs. Dollison, the mother of eight other living children, exclaimed, “I couldn’t believe it was happening, but when they kept holding up one baby after another, 1 had to believe it.”
Prepare for Ruling On Segregated Schools
policy. The resolution was adopt
ed.
Rev. J. A. Dames, pastor, who
gave the eulogy termed her “an : hnventt
earnest, conscientious worker for
Ellender has filibustered for days again such bills in the past. Cooper urged Republicans to do something about the farm prob-
We don’t want to be involved'lem, budget balancing, tax revi- _ A a * * «■ « -a 1 a an a a ta 1 ar*i ft4- f* 4 ‘ TVT \\7 **
the highest ideals of church, school, family, friends and the commu-
nity.”
Mrs. Covington died Friday of last week in St. Vincent’s hospital after a brief illness. She had taught at School 24 for the last 21 years and lived with her husband, Floyd Covington at 635 W. 31st street. A LIFELONG RESIDENT of Indianapolis, she was extolled by Rev. J. A. Alexander, Chicago, for-
Mr. Rose told re
porters. “But we’re going to let the PTA know how we feel.” The commission president said, “Mr. Coleman expressed strong prejudice against col-
ored people.”
He quoted Coleman as conceding: “Any person who plunks down his money will be allowed ot enJny the amusement facilities.” Coleman indicated, however, that Negroes will not be welcome. The Riverside secretary-treasur-
confirmed Rose’s
sion and civil rights, “NOW,” because their record in Congress will be decisive in next year’s elections for 35 Senate seats and 435 j
House seats.
mer pastor of Bethel, as “a godly e r reportedly soul loving to do good for others statement,
whether by the kind word, through | “They certainly won’t be welthe inspiration of her beautiful i come,” Coleman was quoted as voice or by deed.” ! saying in reference to Negroes. Other local pastors, Reverends! THE BUSINESSMAN charged H. A. Perry and J. Inman Dixon, j that one of his “besf’ skating inSimpson Methodist Church remem-1 structors quit last week because
REP. CHAS. BROWNSOX
tence if anv. the best interests of justice would Indicate. Set. Lee, before his enlistment in World War II, lived at 515 Indi-
ana avenue.
He was charged with the fatal j shooting of Sgt. Stanley R. Wade. 24, Ironton, Ohio, while the two
bered her as “one who labored i faithfully in the Master’s vine-
|yard.”
j Fellow teachers and officials of
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some colored persons were in the
PTA party.
A mixture of white and colored persons “is provocative of trouContinued on Page 3
Maid Is Alternate Juror In Greenlease Kidnap-Murder Case An elderly Negro maid, Mrs. Edna Lee Parks, Springfield, Mo., was one of two alternates of the all-male jury selected to h^ar evidence in the Bobby Greenlease kid-napping-murder case being heard this week in the Federal Court in Kansas City, Mo. The prosecution is seeking the death penalty for Carl Austin Hall and Mrs. Bonnie Brown Heady, who have confessed kidnapping and brutally murdering the ■ boy last Sept. 28.
Talk Lands Big Job for Man Who Knew What He Was Talking About Y., as the recuii oi fin impressive Speech he delivered at Ohio State University last July. SPEAKING BEFORE a group of aircraft and electronic equipment .manufacturers, the modes* Pursue University graduate presented a comparison, of the cooling .H'eciiveness of two pressurized airborne radar units of radically ifferent design. The talk was based on research and tests developed a! the naval
plant here.
Langford was chosen to repreent the Jocrl plant because of tils major role in the research
and development.
A General Electric Co. representative was on hand for the *neeting and immediately made i.angford an a-tractive offer. A bombardier during the war. Langford received a Bachelor of cicnce degree in mechanical enireering from Purdue in 1951. lie is a member of Zeta Phi Chap- | ter of Omega Psi Phi fraternity, i Langford’s wife. Isabelle, and
Talk, whe n delivered in the 1 ‘.wo-year-old d a u g h ter Cheiyl. l ight place and at the right time, J° med h ul t ^, 11 , r] A f ' can prove invaluable to a young 011ie " 0 ut ' eks a * ( • r e
man working his way to the top
GILBERT B. LANGFORD
in ins chosen field. Gilbert B. Langford, who has worked as a mechanical design engineer at the Naval Ordnance Plant here for almost two years, proved this recently when he *alked himself into a high-salaried job with the General Electric
ompany.
Of course the aspiring young World War II veteran knew excepticn£f!ly well what he was talk-
ng about.
Langford was hired in October by the internationally prominent electrical firm and placed in its \dvanced Electronics Center at Cornell University in Ithaca. N.
e-r Ithaca .
The young engineer is the son of Mi's. Ruby A. Lang lord, principal oi Public Sc hool 36.
Father of Ferguson Brothers, Dies In Ky. Sea H. and Denver D. Ferguson, preminer'' businessmen, learned of I he death of their father. Samuel . K. Ferguson, 85, at his home in j Brownsville. Ky, Wednesday. They were preparing Thursday to leave, in company with their sister, Mrs. Blanche Daniels, to attend funeral services Saturday in Brownsville.
th^NAACP filed briefs Monday! THE SUPREME COURT heard men were stationed at New Ulm, with the U S Suoreme Court in arguments on the segregation is- Germany in July. Both men were support of their co’ntention on be- sue last fall, but because of the members of the 273rd Field Ar- ° t f he N C 8 o r u rt Pa shSLld ,n r fi uL e ^IeXdV/ fu^ “tTr ^ MARTIAL m e ra - gated schools in the nation uncon-!ther arguments with special at- hers were told the shooting ocst itutional on hte ground “they tention to certain specific questions, curred several days after Sgt. Lee spring from slave tradition.” Negro attorneys claim segrega- had been reduced from the rank Oral arguments on the basis of tion is unconstitutional despite the of sergeant first class by an Army the briefs are scheduled to begin fact it haj been sanctioned by cus-!disciplinary board at which Sgt. before the Court Dec 7 and may tom since passage of the Four- Wade had testified against Lee
last three days. teenth araendment to the ConstiThe briefs, complied with thet tution - . assistance of scores of leading at- For years social patterns in the torneys, white and colored, under South and elsewhere have fallen
supervision of Thurgood Marshall, iio line vuth the 1896 Supreme i r .u j special NAACP counsel declared: Court decision in a transportation, mg for an appeal of the death “Candor requires recogni- case which set out the “equal but, sentence, contending there were extion that the plain purpose and separate” doctrine upon which seg-1 tenuating circumstances mitigating
regated schools have rested up to i the offense.
| now. Little is known of Lee’s backThe Court has asked the attor-j ground by Miss Hortense Bowman,
neys for information as to whether with whom he roomed at the Inj either Congress or the states in-1 diana avenue for a short time, or of this week, members of the
The hearing before the Court'tended to abolish segregation by by other casual acquain : .?nces here, j Mavor’s Commission on Human was instituted by the NAACP on the 14th amendment passed in However, in view of his limited j Rights were told that, ironically, behalf of parents of Negro chil-,1866. education and lack of cultural and: one oA th e wings of the dormitory dren in Virginia, S. Carolina, Dela- The justice also wanted to know educational opportunities for self- from which Negro nurses at the
Lee was the mess sergeant and Wade the cook for the outfit.. It was learned, not too reliably, that counsel for Lee moved within the allotted 30-days after sentenc-
effect of segregated education is to perpetuate an inferior status for Negroes which is America’s sorry heritage from
slavery.'
Denies Gen. Hospital Segregates Nurses
Charges that sneak-thief segregation has been maintained, with the blessing of official connivance, at General hospital, were denied this week by Dr. Gerald F. Kempf,
superintendent
The practice of segregation of nurses in dormitory facilities was charged against hospital officials by a white nurse in testimony before the Citizens Council meeting in Tomlinson Hall on Wednesday
night of last week.
Several days later, on Monday
ware, and Kansas and the District!if, in any event, they have power advancement in the modern com' of Columbia. jto construe the amendment, should iplex society, it was felt by The ReA battery of 20 attorneys is pre- the system be outlawed in a single i corder that all assistance possible
oared to assist in the arguments blow or by an “effective gradual be given him in his appeals from I Chica go philanthropist and for-
before the Court on behalf of the adjustment.
the harsh death penalty.
Company, after learning of gross discrimination practised at the city-owned hospital. Members of the Mayor’s Commission were told that Dr. Kempf admitted validity of the statement that Rosenwald, who used his millions to fight racial and religious prejudice, had made the gift of the dormitory facility for use of
Negro nurses.
DR. KEMPF sairt hp learned since becoming head of the hospital last year that a gift was made in 1937 by the Rosenwald Foundation to provide facilities for
Negro nurses.
That was at a time when segregation was in full swing there,
he recalled.
“However, there is absolutely no segregation of nurses at this institution now, nor has there been for some years,” he told The Recorder Thursday. “As I understand it, the funds provided by the Rosenwald Foundation were used to build a part of the new building at the hos-
mer head of Sears, Roebuck & p ital that is used not only no
house nurses but for other pur-
poses important to the proper func
tioning of the institution.
“There is no segregation as such among nurses or patients at the
hospital now,” he declared.
The Commission chairman. George Rose, instructed William
Ike Presented Phone Indianapolis Built, 50 Millionth In Use
at Western Electric’s Shadeland Avenue plant in Indianapolis, bears
this inscription:
“The fifty millionth telephone in service to the nation. Presented
a . i u r !to the President of the United A telephone manfuactured in In- gtates Dwight D Eisenhower Nodiana became a national celebrity . 1Q =o»
Book^'and" several * other commis- 1 Wednesday when it was installed; ’ ' Book ana several otner commis on President Eisenhower’s desk in' In the center of the dial is the
the White House as the 50 mil- Presidential seal The dial and ntilionth telephone in service to the merals are in gold and around the
sion members to investigate the
nurse segregation charges. The testimony of the white nurse was given before the Ci Izens Council through the efforts of the Yankee Doodle Foundation, Inc., which is attempting, by public hearings, to bring the matter of hospital efficiency before the pub-
lic for discussion.
United States.
The new instrument, symbolic of the telephone industry’s develop-
ment during which the number of telephones has doubled in the last 11 years, was presented by Cleo F. Craig, president of the Ameri!can Telephone and Telegraph com-
The Foundation hopes to seeure P a W' a f nd , barren B Clay presipubHc support^neee.s.sao- to indue_e Mephone astocLtion
hospital are barred was donated for use of Negro nurses some years ago by the late Julius Rosenwald,
an unwilling City Council to appropriate money to meet what it calls “an emergency” at the hos-
pital. -
FRANK R. BECKWITH, Foundation president, charged several
Craig, in handing the instrument to Mr. Eisenhower, said that its presence in the White House would be a further reminder to the telephone people of their responsibility
months ago that the hospital was t0 the nation.
Continued on page 2 The now-famous telephone, made
base of the instrument are 48 stars representing the 48 states.
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