Evansville Argus, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 5 December 1942 — Page 1

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EVANSVILLE, IND., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1942.

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Jury’s Recommendation For Mercy Saves Ex-Evansville Minister From Electric Chair

DEFENSE TELLS OF LOCAL OHIO RIVER INCIDENT

bers of Mt. Olivet church, faithful to the last Uttered loud out-

cries.

Charged with willfully and deliberately murdering his moth-er-in-liaw in • the alley-way of

NEWARK, N. J.—Nov. 27 (Spe- j the Hopewell Baptist church,

cial to Argus)—After six hours’ deliberation, an dll-white jury in Common Plea court here today, found the Rev. James H. Andetson, pastor of Mt. Olivet Baptist church, guilty of first degree murder for the shotgun slaying of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Bertha C. Borders, last August 31. He was sentenced to, life imprisonment at hard labor in the State prison at Trenton, by Judge Dallas Flannagan. The 34-year-old minister, upon hearing the verdict, remained silent and very much calm; the same sore of calmness so eharactertistic of him throughout the five-day trial; but his mother, Mrs. Lula King, of Pelahatchee, Miss., collapsed when the jury’s verdict was read to the court. Several young mem-

134 Wickliffe Street, the minister’s only defense was: ‘T just

went off.”

He took the stand late Wednesday afternoon, after his sis-ter-in-law, Mrs. Cleo Fredericks Who was also wounded when hC went on a shootirig rampage, had threatened to “kill the whole damned family.” The Rev. Mr. Anderson categorically denied having ariy knowledge of what took: place. “Everything went black,” ire said after Mrs. Borders pulled his briefly estranged wife Mrs. Pansy Anderson, from the door of the Borders home, 11 Milton St., as' he sought to induce her to return to his home. “Everything Went Black” .... He was later “told” that he (Continued on Page 2)

VOLUNTEER SERVICE CLUB PREXY ACKOWLEDGES DONATIONS OF TROC. EMPLOYES HEADED BY C. JACKSON

The Volunteer Service Cfub through its president, Miss Patience Hayden takes this means' oi thanking the maids and waiters of Club Trocadero for the $8.50 donation presented by Charles Jackson. Thirteen dozen , sandwiches were donated by the Missionary Society of Little Hope Baptist church, solicited through the efforts of Mrs. Frances Martin. Mrs. Victoria Tolliver is president of the club and Rev. G. L. Cooksey is pastor of the

church.

Other donations to the center acknowledged by members of the

j club include: sandwiches by Mrs. IS SEVERELY SLASHED — Phoebe Porter and a cash donaLorhine Faye Martin, 31, of 311 tion from W. E. Best. More than S. Fifth street, told police she j one Itundred soldiers visited the was; severely slashed last Thufs- center in the Lincoln Gardens day by a woman assaiant at Fifth I during the week-end; all were and Walnut streets. She was | very enthusiastic over the cordial treated at the Deacqnness hos- reception given them, aiid they pital for deep" cutkv on both thighs.' (Continued on Page 4)

Farmer Improves From Gun Wounds HENDERSON, Ky.— The condition of Charlie Malone, 41, farm hand wounded by a shotgun blast early Sunday at the farm of Kendridk Jones, four pnlejs east of Bebbardsville, was reported “as somewhat better” this Week by hospital attendants. Alvin Smart, another farm l and who lived with Malone, is free on bond charged with shooting with intent to kill. Smart is

the uncle of Malone.

ORPHANS CHEERED BY LINCOLN GIRL RESERVES GROUP

In the first of a series of monthly visits to the Booker T. Washington Orphanage, members of Group II of the Girl Reserves made a visit to the «ome last week at which time they played games rendered vocal and instrumental selections and told stories, al! to amuse those housed at the orphanage. Those who made the trip: Delores Smith, Dorothy Berryman, Opal Knowles and

Carrie Killibrew.

The president of this group of

al- custom of donating baskets of food to needy families during Thanksgiving and Christmas Group II members, with the aid of Mrs. Lena IGeOrge, who made a donatioh, donated food to needy families during the Thanksgiving week-end. Advisors for this wide awake group of 'viorkers include Miss Gertie Gracey, Miss Christine McFarland, and Mrs. Ada Chester. Members of the club: Anna

Randolph Raps Senate For Vote On Poll Tax Bill Washington, D. C.— A. Philip Randolph, national director of the March jOn-Washinton Movement and international president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, issued this statement on the victory of the poll tax filibuster in the Senate: “The most disgraceful spectacle of democracy in action witnessed in America in contemporary times was the bi-partisan conspiracy of Republicans and Democrats to defeat the anti-poll tax bill. A small band of willful Southern politicians seized / the reigns of democratic proceedure in the Senato and blackjacked this entire insti* tution into abjeot submission to its present policy. It served definitely to disillusion the Negro masses, North,. South, East and West with respect to the Republican party constituting the ship of Salvation, of the Democratic party representing any hope whatsoever. “It also served to make Negroes coiiipletely aware of the fact that the NeW Deal, even under President Roosevelt’s leadership is absolutely bankrupt so far as providing any fundamental answer to the problem of, the Negrde magses is concerned. In the hii;htfrays ah4 bywaiys, in the factories and on the farms, on the railroads and the steamships, in the hotels and domestic kitchens, the Negro will have orie thought and that is that The President let us down at a crucial hour in our history!

As a means of paying tribute iq. the graduates and former: students Of Lincoln high school, now Eerving in the armed forces 6f the United States, a committee has beer, appointed by W. E- Best, principal of Lincoln, to prepare d .scroll containing the names | of

these men and boys. The cbm- , , , . v mittee is. composed of Mrs. L. A.! i’frt.

Mrs. M. M. Dorsey Dies In La., Body Funeralized Here Manager Lawrence George

the ! |W, A. Gaines funeral home -1 reports the following deaths the

days: Mrs, : Mildred

George, chairman; Mrs. Sallie wJMciib-oy Dorsey, |g formerly of

432jS. Evans avenue, who died loedntly in Alexandria, La. ■* ’ , The body was taken care of by the Gaines: funeral home with Silneral ■ services last Saturday in the St!/John’s Methodist Church with burial following in Oak Hill

the | Cemetery.

^ SiirviMing ' are: stepmother, Mrs, Lula B. McElroy; brothers, Henry, Detroit, Mich., and William and, Frank, Chicago, 111. and sister, Miss Bernice McElroy, of

Louisville, Ky. ,

.Funeral Services for Henry McNutt,' 52, 413 Southeast Sixth street, were held at 10 o’clock last Tuesday morning im the MyFarland Baptist Churc’,, the Rev. L. A. Mclntyfe, officiating.

Stewart; Ciifton L. Fields, Dr. C. ,E. itoChelle, Thomas M. Oheeks

arid James Thompkins.

In a prepared .Statement for the press, Mrs., George tstated • thht she and members of the cohiriiittee have a tremendous Jco ori hand,

getting the names ‘ of all

grade arid fofiner stiidfents of LinCbln now serving in armed forces; and without the hplehdid cooperation of the general public, the task will not be successful. For this ' reason she is making a Special pled, to persons in the city arid surrounding cities of the TriState area, to submit the names of all persons with whom they afe familiar; persons who at one

time either graduated! Trohi Lin- , coin or attended, “It is not cemetery.

Last rites for Mrs. Fannie B.

Ssary to give the branch of service in which the person is serving or his present address,'' the year he finished school or the last year he attended, but if such information is available, we will be more than grateful to the person or persons who may submit such information,” Mrs. George said. The members of the committee are making sacrifices in order to get this scroll drawn up; therefore are anxious to get the job completed soon as possible so that too' much time may not be utilized, .thereby usurping the necessary time needed for civilian defense, Red Cross and other war duties ih which all are presently

engaged.

Gibson, 64, 769 South Governor street/ were held at 10 o’clock Monday morning in the Bellemeade Avenue Church of God, the Rev. Bennie Watkins officiating. Burial was in Corydon, Ky. Funeral services for Mrs. Stella Faunteiroy, 65, 441 South Linwood avenue, were held at the Liberty Baptist Church last Monday afternoon, with the Rev. L. S. Smith officiating. Burial Was in Oa^ Hill cemetery.

QUARTERMASTER DEPOT—The .trad tion of Betsy Ross is being kept alive in this, quartermaster corps depot where this young woman worker assists in the creation of American flags for military activities.—OWl photo by Liberman.

Downtown Parade And Rally Ends Bis NAACP War Bond And Stamp Drive

CASE DISMISSED— the suit entered by Mary Lois Gfeenwell against Phillip Greenwell; has been dismissed:by the plaintiff at

the plaintiff’s cost.

Survey Graphic Shows How Race Prejudice Hurts Our War Efforts

CITY MINISTERS HONOR FEMALE MINISTER ON THIRD ANNIVERSARY PROGRAMS AT CANAL ST. CHURCH

Girl Reserves, Jacquense Thomp- Nelson, Dorothy Ricketts, Carrie son, was elected vice-president of | Killibrew, Opal Knowles, Patricia the Inter-Club Council of the I Thompson, Cleonia Decker, Alma Girl Reserves; an ' organization j Taliaferro, Mary Ann Bell, Doro-

composed of members from Lincoln, , Bossee and Reitz high schools. In keeping ■with' their tradition-

thy Berryman, Marietta Cooksey, Katherine Claurdy, jaunita Tyler, Wanda Dampier and Aline McIntyre.

of sacrificitig service to the members of tile Christ Holiness Church, located at 625 Caiial

The unsolved, problem of race stieet, ReVS. J. L. Cooksey, John prejudice in America is weaken- ! Tate, Rev. H. O. McCutchih, ing ouf war Effort arid impairing . B/Shdp Moody, Rev. H. E. Eldour influences ori world affairs, monds and “youfs truly” hondeclare more than twenty leading j Ored Rev. Mrs. Carolone Bell, journalists, scientists', scholars, 1 pastor during the past Week rnd public officials, spokesmen for with a week’s celebration dufrrieds and regions writing in a'mg the Thanksgiving holilays. . special issue of Survey Graphic { The active membership of thfe published today. In the keynote small church rejoined and joinarticle, Alain Locke of Howard hi the honor services that University, special editor of the; 1 Paid tribute to a great religious riumber -Writes: ; j ubrket Who adopted as hfcr slri- ' “Not since the Civil 'War has“Christ Our Leader! Thb the Negro’s cause been of gfeater |A/OilU Oui Field. On Tharikssignificaiice . . . We can justly giving Day, a dinner was held *be proud of out political expres-/TCrioring. Mrs. Bell and again on sion of democracy but ih the mat- 1 j the- following Monday night, ter of social democracy we must ! -ue, was^gvufest at a bancHiet ■ ” chart a new course. We must meet | - — ■■ : ——w ||

trie challenge ori the South of the inore liberal race policies of thp Latin America; on the East, trie militant race equality creed arid practice of Russia; while from' every side there bears down upon hofh the questioning scepticism and trie' -hopeful expectations of

the non-white world.”

Succeeding articles discuss colored Americans in war production hnd the armed forces, their proposed March on Washington, color bias and Jirn Crow discrimination, Race leadership and altitudes, the present out'ook of southerners—-white ana colored—

on the race question. (Continued on Page 3)

By REV. D. C. WEAVER I A musical program was held In celebration of three years’| each night under, the supervi-

'sion and general direction' of brie of the South’s most accomplished musicians; Sister E. J. Thompson, 1008 Tenth Avenue North, Nashville, Tenn. Rev. J. Pendleton served as master of

peremonies/' at the celebration. The' total of money raised, $75, The pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Churclr,' Rev. M. S. MeGduley, announces the quarterly meeting and dollar <lay services to be held at his dhiiffch Sunday. : He will occupy the pulpit ■during the morning Services and the Rev. H. O. Me-Cut-chin, pastor of the St. John Methodist church, will deliver the evening sermon. Prayer meeting will be held on Tuesday evening and choir pr-ac-tice Friday evening,

The local hrameff bf the National AssoCiatioriT for the Advancement of Colored People, through the offices of its president, Robert Anglin, announces the lauhching of a County-wide United States War Bond and Stamp drive that ends Monday at which time the general Deirbyville 'populace will participate in a gigantic victory drive and parade that will carry the, participants through the downtown section, ending wiwi a : rally at

the Lincoln school, |

Among the speakers at the rally will be Mayor William H. Dress; Colonel Ross of Camp Breckenridge; Nat Youngblood, circuit court judge-elect, and Manson Reichert, mayor-elect. The principal talk will be made by Dr. C. E. Rochelle, commander of Oti&.Stone Post of the Am-

erican Legion. >

In mentioning the drive which opened Thanksgiving Day, Mr* Anglin stated that he is sure the generfeT populace of jj Derbyville will join In the big celebration to boost the sales of war bonds and stamps in our, own sections of the city and; “I believe that this,drive will be the most successful of the many. that we have attempted .to promote in this, city, in spite of the ’; huge success of a number of , the drives,”’ Mr. Anglin sta,ted.“More people are working and since the opening of diffirent skills to the men and women of our facial, group, these, persons feel, more than ever, that they are a great part of the war effort and victory for the Allies means as much to our group as it does to any other group . . ., the people to whom I’ve talked here of late expressed as much and I do feel that these people are

sinefere/’

E PUPILS ANNOUNCED BY THIRD AVENUE OFFICIALS

Instructors at Third AvenUe elementary school released its honor roll last week with the following names topping the list in the sixth and seventh grades, with four or more “E’s”: Bettye Adcock, Jeanette Hoosier, Leroy Wallace, Joyce Watson, Thomas Van Leer and Charles Bowling. Fourth grade “E” spellers 1 are: Marlen Burns, Dorothy Carter, Stella Hackner, Sarah Lbckett, Barbara Watson and Marie Wilson. “E” pupils "In arithmetic are: Barbara Watson, Emma Neely, Sarah Lockett, Catherine Woods, Dorothy Carter, Willie JOe Dickerson, Geneva Barnett, Marlene Burns, Claude Nunn, Marie Wilson. “E” spellers are: Mary Catherine Ryler, Betty Hackner, Betty Carter and Robert Matchem.

SOLDIER FINDS IT COSTLY TO DRIVE SIXTY IN A THIRTY MILE LIMIT ZONE

Doing a “Barney Oldfield” at a 60-mrle clip in a 30,-niile an hfctir zone ori Ul S. 41 North, adjoining ' Republic Aviation Corporation property, cost Matthew H. Fountain, 20, Glencoe, 111., a fine of $35 and ''revocation of his driving license for one year, in City Court last Wednesday. Deputy sheriffs (reported that Fountain, a soldier on a 12rday furlough, didn’t heed their siren while - they ■ were pn an 1 emergency

run, and weaved so that they couldn’t pass him. For failing to possess a driver’s license, cost Robert Keetch, 42, of 634 E. Oregon street five dollifci in City Court. He was arrested after an accident Friday night at Governor and Louisiana Streets. He suffered an,^ injured right knee and Esther Joe Eissler, If, head bruises, when his car and one driven by George Eissler, (Continued on Page 2)

CIGAR MAKERS GIVE TO CANTEEN j Credit for Saturday’s largest donation (, to the Evansville Red Cross canteen goes to the employees of the H. Fendrich Co., makers of the La Fendrich and Charles Denby cigars, These employees make a weekly contribution. This week’s contribution consisted of twb-15 pound hams, 12 cakes, 75 half pints of milk, 30 dozen cookies, 6 loaves bread 12 pies, 17 dozen rolls, and six pounds of minced ham. The colored employes of the company were Included in-the donor roster*-

OHIO SCHOOL USE 4-QUARTER System in 1943 Wilberforce, Ohio:— As a 1 part of the general program to rielp me. government ih its all-out war efforts, the members of the Wil-hc-rforce ' University, faculty voted unrnirriously to return - to * trie Quarter ’ system beginning with trie next acedemic ye'ar. The special committee recommending this change also urged ’trie administration to . institute an accelerated program of studies by introducing a full quarter of summer 1 , school, This would divide the year into four quarters and enable a student to graduate in three years.

RADIO ARTISTS THRILL HUGE LINCOLN CROWD Dr. C. E. Rochelle, head of the Social Science Department of the Lincoln High School reports that a large audience was entertained in the school auditorium Wednesday night, by the Goode family, screen and radio artists. The members of the quartett entertained with marimbas, string instruments, comedy, vocal, tap and acrobatic dancing.

The second grade completed, its unit 6n clothing and gave a siirirmary of it in story and song bh the American Education Week program. The following third grade pupil!; took part in'The American Education Week program: Clara Johnson, 'William Dulin, Laureen Ryder, Barbara Grimes, Leora McGill, Wanda Washington, Arinie Lee Harris, Tersinia Mallory, Delons Shelton, M. T. Gaines, James Wiley ancT Bernard Tate. In the fifth' grade, Robert Lunsford and Frank Stone exhibited articles at Cherry street library. Donations Made Girl Reserves and Red Cross Juniors during .November gave potato salacf and cookies to soldiers and a Thanksgiving basket and 100 Thanksgiving greeting cards to the Veterans hospital at DaytoiL'Ohio. Best Readers Best readers in the first grade are: James Grimes, Jas. Thomas, Norman Carr, Yvonne Mitchell, William Glover, Marian Hackner, Lorraine Walls, Helen McGijl and Juanita Bass. The following first graders have been neither absent nor tardy : Jaunita Bass and Willie Carter. In the second grade, William Dillard, Carter Rankin and Selma Shelby have each sold, over 50 cents worth of.; tuberculosis' 'seals. Sell Xmas Seals The following fifth graders took part in a Thanksgiving program Wednesday: Pr fell ell a Gaines, Helen ‘ Wiley, James Price, Roberta Matchem, Esther Jean Morse, Betty Carter, Austin Griffith, James Tramil. Pupils in the third grade selling Christmas seals are: Laureen Ryder, Wanda Washington, Barbara Grimes, Clara Johnson, Bernard Tate, James Wiley, Deloris Shelton, M. T. Gaines, Lucian Snaden, Annie Lee Harris, Estelle Harris, Sterling Sharp,Richard Douglas, Tersinia Mallory, Jessie Moss, Earl Gibson, Lucille Snaden and William Haynes. Laureen Ryder, Tersiriia Mallory, Barbara Grimes gave poems on the Thanksgiving program.