Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 August 1947 — Page 2

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William D. Brooks 9 Funeral Rites Held Wednesday, July 30

AIDING THE “CHESTERFIELD CAMPAIGN": L. V. Bailey, advertising manager of The Indianapolis Recorder, is shown receiving a carton of Chesterfields from T. E. Owens, sales representative of the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company in connection with local promotion of the “Chesterfield Campaign.” The cameraman caught the two enthusiastic “Chesterfield” smokers in front of the Ward Wilson drugstore at 16th street and Boulevard Place.— (Thom Ervin Photo.) ■

Third Man Accuses Police ot Brutality DamaKf* suit against the city was threatened this week by Elias Fletcher. !>70 Rurdsal Parkway who charged he was beaten up by

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police at the Thicken Shack, 25th and Northwestern avenue, las' Saturday night. Fletchfer said he leg was broken when he was kicked by Patrolman Welt on Allison during an alterca lien there, and was taken to city jail where the injury was discovered. after which he was sent to Fillings Veteran’s Hospital via City Hospital. Patrolman Allison denied breaking Fletcher’s leg. saying he knocked Fletcher down and drew his c^un only after Fletcher swung on him and ran from the place. Finding Fletcher sitting on a curb later Allison said he arrested him. re questing police wagon officers to take the prisoner to City Hospital for a check-up. Poth men said, they have witnesses to corroborate their sto lies. Fletcher’s is the latest of recent charges of police brutality. Several weeks ago a business man claimlie was beaten cruelly by police at the turnkey’s office, although he was helplessly drunk. 'Rcndell Sides, a 16-year-old boy. 1 t)!i Douglass street, reported last week he had been struck in the nose and b°aten by an officer at the Northwestern Community Center during a dance there. Maurice Pleak. attorney for Fletcher, said his client would sue unless police officials cleared up the matter of Fletcher’s charge.

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WILLIAM DANIEL BROOKS Funeral services for William Daniel Brrvoks, ago 55, of 2925 Paris ave.. were held Wednesday morning at Second Christian Church, with Rev. R. IT. Peoples officiating. Burial was in the military section of Crown Hill Cemetery. The Peoples Funeral Home was in charge. Mr. Brooks, who was active in civic work and juvenile delinquency programs, died Sunday at City TIos pital following a heart attack. A graduate of Kentucky State | College, Mr. Brooks came here in 1922 from Dixon, Ky. He was past President of the Hubbard Center Civic Club. A veteran of Worl I War I. ho was a member of the YMCA Post of the American Le gion., A few years ago he received the 1 Cable Award for outstanding com munity service. He had been a trustee many i years at Second Christian Church, and had held other church offices He had recently organized a Ken | tucky State Alumni Association. Mr. Brooks is survived by the widow, Mrs. Helen Wilson Brooks, domestic science teacher at Cris pus Attucks High School; a sister. Mrs. Mary Cobb. Indianapolis, and four brothers, Alvin Brooks of Indianapolis; Owen and Stanton o-f Dixon. Ky.. and Howard Brooks of Madison, Ky. ViII MI ST KKOtSTEK To VOTE

Expectant Mother Continued from Pacje 1 ' struggled for years to provide adequately for his growing family despite the handicaps of employment uncertainty, housing shortage and the continuing rise in the cost of Mving. He might have made a mistake in engaging in an argument with h’s landlord, who is aroused of having shot him. The 31-year-old mother can hardly he blamed f or participating i n the argument in defense of her husband and the father of her children and unborn

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The love, comfort and the devotlL that sp’ings from the big heart, of a good father and husband can never ho reclaimed once they have followed his mortal remains through the portals of death, the grief-stricken family will learn. But they will also learn that human compassion and the sympathy of fellow human beings for the innocent victims of life’s starkest tragedy will be offered them. In the same way, the Christian charity of their neighihors and friends, and an understanding public will help provide the indispensable means of sustenance. Public welfare institutions,* on learning the dire plight of the family. vVfll provide so much as they can from their limited means. In the spirit of good neighborliness and human fellowship. The Indianapolis Recorder has undertaken the sponsoring of the collection of funds, food and clothing for the chil ir^n which will be needed in the days ahead wken t.he rigors of winter bring increased demands. Persons aide and desiring to help may bring or send their contributions to The Recorder office, 518 Indiana avenue. Thereby they will become members of the BerryFa mil v flood Samaritans Club. Y'lC MOST KEOISTKR TO VOTE HELP FIRED Continued from Page 1

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Continued from Page 1 for th-• gang. Say fellows “What A Time We Are Going To Have!” Get ready!! Local business people are still sending in their contributions for this entertainment as th- y are anxious to he co-sponsors, wishing each boy and girl the best ‘-GOOD TIME” of the year. Co-sponsors thus far are: Kroger Grocery t o:; Standard Grocery Produce; Cunningham ; j Market; Kingan * Co.; Armour & J Co.; Klee & Ooieman Soda Co.; j Lime Cola Bottling Co.: Polar Ice * Fuel Co.; Sid’s Market: Max Market; Hider's Grocery; Reid & Reid Regal Stores; Leon Super Market; Sehaef. r's Market; Har- , I ry Snyder; Steinherger & Fried- j ! man; Thompson's Fm\; Claud Rob- ' inson; Sacks Market; Gabel Se- ■ gal; Park Food Market; Polar Pic- 1 ; nic Basket; Dr. H. L- Humnlons; Dr. W. R: Shobe; King fl- King Funeral Home; Dugan Drug Store, i Won.Ter Bread Oakery; Ballard Ice Cream Co.; Blue Ribbon Ice Cream Co.; McKlnstray Ice Cream Co.; Avenue Tire & Supply Corp; Bnsh-Callahan Sporting Goods; Km-Ro? Sporting Goods; Guarantee Tire & Rubber Co.; Smith Hassb r Co.; Canada Dry Ginger Ale inc.; Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. Martin Siegel Grocery; Hook’s Drug Store; Bernat Grocery; .lacobs Outdoor Shop; A! Schwartz Grocery; Mrs. Alex Rabin; Frantz Drug Store; Craig Bros. Funeral ^Home; Frank Benedict Grocery, 'and Vonnegut’s Hardware Co. There will he more next week. YOf Ml'.ST KKOISTKR To VOTE RITES HELD FOR ELWOOD MARTIN V Funeral services for Elwnjod Martin, age 57. 320 W. 28th st„ were held at Peoples Funeral home conducted by Rev. L. R. Simmons, Monday, .July 28. Burial was in Floral Park. He died at Veterans hospital, Friday, July 25Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Geneva f’rooms Martin; two sons, James and Richard Martin; a daughter, Miss Dora Martin; two brothers, William and Robert Martin. a sister Mrs. Elizabeth Stanfield and a step-mother Mrs. Maggie Martin, Nashville, Tenn. you Ml ,ST KKOISTKR TO VOTE

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THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER George P. Stewart Founder and Editor—1896-1924 Marcus C. Stewart, Editor M..*n Office: f.18-20 Indiana Avenue. National Advertising: Representatives. Main Ofce: 5)8-20 Indiana Avenue. Interstate United Newspapers, Inc. 645 Fifth Avenue, N'w York City. Branch Offices: Chicago. Detroit. Unsolicited manuscripts, pictures cu s will not be returned unless ao rompanied with postage to cover sams. 'The Indianapolis Recorder will not lie respond Ue for the return of such material except when this rule 1« followed. Kntered at *he Post Office, Indianapolis, Ind., as second-class matter under the Act of March 7, 1870.

in their places, so they turned around and came home,” said Mrs. Barnett. “They had been promised that they would not be laid off.” Names of the Hook's firing victims- were said to be the Misses Ulara and Edwina Barnett. Helnn Faton. Mary Foree. Dorothy Kimbrough. Hula Mae Jackson, Myrtle Roswell and others. Mrs. Barnett charged further that, according to the girls, one girl had been discharged several weeks ago because she gave serv ice to a Negro customer. “The manager (James Hill) threatened to fire them if they served colored patrons, and that's what he did,” Mrs. Barnett declared. It was Hill who reportedly told a mixed group last month; “Well. I’m going to serve you but I'm go ing to fire all these girls here.” After the girls were discharged. Frank Moore, director of persoiv nel for the Hook chain in Indian apolis. denied that race prejudice was involved. Ransom, Head Protest Willard B. Ransom. NAAFI’ leader. and Wilson Head, chairman of the Indianapolis Givil Rights Committee. attempted to take the matter up with top officials of the Hook chain last week. Edward F. Roesch. president of Hook’s, as sured them he would look into the affair when he returns to the city early this month. August V. Hook, vice presideTit. also promised to investigate the firings. Yor MI ST KKOIKTKK TO VOTE Bury August Watson, Ad Representative Funeral services for August B. Watson, advertising representative for The Indianapolis Recorder, were held Wednesday at the Planner and Buchanan Mortuary. Mr. Watson, 54 years old, died at the City Hospital Sunday morning of a hemorrhage of the brain, resulting either from a heating administered about the head or from a fall. Dr. William Dublin, City Hospital pathologist, said*. A bruise behind the right ear was also

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Police who are investigating, were told Mr. Watson was attacked in the 30fi Block Indiana avenue, Tuesday or Wednesday evening last week on his way to the Plaza Hotel where he lived with his wife. He refused medical attention until Saturday when police found him in a semi-conscious condition in his room. Burial was in Floral Park Cemetery. He entered upon a successful advertising career with The Recorder two years ago and assisted in the publication of its Victory-Progress special editiouf which appeared in July, 1945. Survivors are, the widow, Mrs. Helen G. Watson, and a son, August E. Watson, city. yon must kecistkk to vote 40 Years 9 Service, “Cal. Slave 99 Awarded Less Than $3 Weekly SAN DIEGO, Calif.— Less than $3 a week for 40 years of slavery is the amount 58-year-old Miss Dora Jones will receive from Mrs. Alfred Wesley Ingalls, the society woman who held her in servitude. Federal Judge Jacob Weinberger, clpsing tim celebrated slavery case here, ordered the wealthy matron to pay $6,000 to her victim. He suspended a three-year prison sen-

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Mrs. Ingalls was also fined $2,500, placed under treatment of a psychiatrist and ordered to avoid any act of retaliation against witnesses at the trial. Miss Jones now lives with a brother in St. Louis. YOU MI ST KEGISTEK TO VOTE

citizens. The Republicans have one Negro candidate, Clarence Suggs, veteran Eastside GOP leader, on their slate. The Democrats failed to name a Negro candidate for the Council. This setup made an alliance between Negroes and organized labor a “natural,” it was declared, and brought about the independent bid. The local action was also linked with the Henry Wallace movement, which is growing up throughout tlie IT. S. Petition to put the Ransom-Harmon-Davis slate on the ballot will be circulated next week, leaders of the committee said. They anticipated little difficulty In g- tting 1.500 signatures, which they declared would be more than though to comply with the law. The petitions must be filed before Sept.

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Challenge School Slate Meanwhile, similar action was expected on the School board front following a meeting of the newlyformed People’s School Committee at the Senate Ave. YMCA on Tuesday. Members of the committee include interracial leaders who are opposed to the segregated-schools policy, as well as other persons who believe that the ‘‘common man” should have a voice in forming school policies. The committee resolved to put forward a slate of seven candidates fo rthe School Board, challenging the slate recently advanced by the Citizens School Committee. The latter committee, at a meeting two weeks ago. turned down appeals to include a Negro candidate on its slate. The news that Walter Frisbie, CIO state secretary, had agreed to run on the People’s School Committee slate one were put in the field, was cheered at Tuesday’s meeting. Widely respected among all classes in the city, Frisbie is known as a hard-hitting foe of discrimination. Others mentioned as possible candidates were Rev. R. T. Andrews, H. C. Gempni', Rabbi Maurice Goldblatt and Mrs. Horace A. Shonle, all of whom had hern proposed to the Citizens School Committee hut had been rejected by that body. The next meeting of the People’s School Committee was set for 12 noon .Monday, at the Central YWCA. YOf MI ST HEGISTKH TO VOTE ANNOUNCE NIGHT REGISTRATION THfc campaign to register all eligible voters for the important fall election got a big boost with the opening of the registration office in the basement of the Courthouse last M<irn!ay night". More than 400 persons were made eligible voters in this first night registration. Officials announced that the registration office will he open each Monday night through August and on Tuesday night. Sept. 2. Registration through branch offices will start Sept. 5, continuing thru Oct. 6 the last day of registration for the fall election, the main office at the Courthouse remaining open to 10 p. m. daily. Most of the activity last Monday was inspired by the city Democratic organization which is working strenuously to elect A1 Feeney mayor mid its couneilmanic ticket. Scores of persons were furnished transportation by the Demos. The opening of the office for night registration will aid those unable to register during regular hoursThe registration or colored voters is considered of great importance by Negro political and civic leaders who see in the mayoralty and couneilmanic elections an unprecedented opportunity by colored voters to elect officials whose liberality and broadmindedness is necessary to racial civic and political advancement. They qfe emphasizing the importance of every colored citizen who can otherwise quality, registering and voting. YOU MUST KKOISTEK TO VOTE ★ PATRONIZE t ★ RECORDER ★ ADVERTISERS

PANAMA NATIVE, BAPTIST MINISTERSTUDENT VISITS CITY Rev. Edward Ford, of Colon, Republic of Panama, a student-min-ister was a visitor in the city early this week. A former student at Tilitson College. Austin. Texas he is now attending Virginia Nnion University, Richmond, Va. ABaptist minister. Rev. P’ord is. studying on a scholarship awarded by the National Baptist Convention of America. His studies at the Virginia school extend oier a six-year period and he is in his third year. He addressed a Baptist young people’s group in Muncie, Sunday. July 27. While in the city he was the guest of Miss Willa Thomas and her father, the Rev. S. S. Thomas. 341 Harvard pi. YOU MUST REGIS’! Kit To VOTE

EDGAR CAMPBELL LANDLORD HELD Con'i.nuea from Page 1 ly after he* admitted shooting Berry. They took him to police head quarters where he made a signed statement. Campbell said that he had argued with Berry several times because of him coming in late and being drurfk. When he accosted him this time, Campbell said, B> rry’s wife entered into the argument. As they argued, he stated, Mrs. Berry came up and struck him- He pushed her away, he said, and then Berry told him not to strike his wife. When Berry started toward him. Campbell fired one shot striking him in the chest. O’Rourke and McLaughlin found the revolver, a .32 calibre bulldog, in a drawer in Campbell’s room. Autopsy Performed Deputy coroner. Dr. Francis L. Hummons, who made the investigation sent Berry’s body to the city morgue where an autopsy was performed later by Dr. Lawrence A. Lewis. Mrs. Jinnie Yeakey, age 19. 719 N. Capitol ave.. told police that she heard Campbell tell Berry to “stop arguing" and that shortly afterward Mrs. Berry struck Campbell, and her husband and Berry engaged in a scuffle. A very short time after this, she said. Campbell pulled the revolver and firedDuring all of this Mrs. Yeakey said she was in the back room of her

home and could see the fight thorugh her window. Funeral rites were conducted for the deceased Tuesday from the Jacobs Bros. Westside chapel at 1 p. m. Burial was in Womlhaven Mr. Berry, who was 47, was born in Smithfkld, Va-, and had lived here 15 years. , Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Esther Mae Berry; two sons, Lester, and Alvin Lee Berry; three daughters, Edna Mae, Marjorie Louise and Rosemarie, all of Indianapolis; two brothers Godfrey Berry. Philadelphia, and Garrett H. Berry. Dayton, O., and three sisters, Mrs. Otia Tizzle and Mrs. Mary Pleasant, S m i t h fi e 1 d , Va., and Mrs. Mary Marshall. Baltimore. YOU MUST KEOISTEU To VOTE.

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N. Sheffield avenue. Indianapolis, back and head injuries. State Troopers r'red Bailey of Putnamville Post and Vernis Purcell of Seymour Post, said the car, a 1947 four-door Fleetwood Cadillac sedan, driven by Robinson at a high rate *of speed, failed to make a sharp curve, ran through a fence knocking down two gate posts, overturned twice in a field and came to a halt on its wheels in a barn. It was completely de molished. Bernard iTtiggyl Williams, proprietor of Bernard’s Fine Foods Restaurant on Northwestern avenue. and Walter Todd who were following in another car. spent, sev eral hours trying to hail passing motorists who refused to help. Fin ally they were able to extricate the victims from the wreckage and hurry them to the City Hospital here. Eady. owner ot Die Carnegie and other hotels in Cleveland, was visiting here while negotiating the purchase of a large apartment building here. The two young women were until recently employed at the Marquis Hotel. State troopers, who gave Rob inson a drunkometer test at the City Hospital said he would he charged with driving under the influence of liquor when ho is released from the hospital. The party is believed to have been en route to Bloomington when the accident occurred, about 2 a.m. YOU MUST REGISTER TO VOTE A CITY ELECTION Establish an ^99 INDIANAPOLIS i HOUSING AUTHORITY

^ Af* Individually, people are drinking 0 less liquor under a system of legal sales than they did nearly a hundred years ago when the first state-wide prohibition wave hit the country’, or in 1910 when many states, including Indiana, were experimenting with local option and heading for prohibition. Studies made by Dr. E. M. Jellinek, noted Yale University authority on alcohol, show that in 1850 the population of drinking age was consuming distilled spirits at the rate of 4.17 gallons per capita, and beer consumption was only 2.70 gallons. By 1910 liquor consumption was 2.14 gallons per capita and beer 29.27 gallons. Nowadays, Indiana without local option/lias a liquor per capita consumption rate of only 1.36 gallons and a beer consumption rate of 23.16 gallons. The measure of sobriety, as Dr. Jellinek sees it, is found in the fact that in nearly a century the per capita consumption of absolute alcohol found in liquor, wine and beer has increased less than one per cent. In fact, he finds that a hundred years ago three out of ten users of alcoholic beverages were listed as chronic alcoholics, but today the rate is only three out of every 200 drinkers. Thus, a commendable advance in temperance has been made by greater availability of beer, a beverage of moderation, sensible control laws, emphasis on law observance, and scientific education in the use and misuse of alcoholic beverages. Beer Is a Beverage of Moderation. Buy It Only from Law-abiding Permittees.

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