Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1948 — Page 2
Page 2—THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER. Jan. 24. 1948
TWO YEAR-END MURDERS 60 UNSOLVED By OPAL L. TANDY Detective Sgts. iwyvon Partluw and Michael Smiley, Of the homle'de bureau, div'ded their attctill Oil between two unsolved murders cases las' week. Allen Hall, age 51, 92G Faye*to st., died at General hospital of a blood clot of the brain less than a week after he was adm^ted rvufering from a skull fracture infilled by persons unknown. Doctors say he never regained conscious-
ness.
Hall was found in the 400 L’oc'.t Wes’ 11th street about 12:17 a. m.. on December 27lh. Mattie Luter,
age 31. 455 W. lllh r\. told p^l:< e | a committee appointed by the NAthat she heard a fight outside her 1 AOP board -to interview Planner window. She investigated a :d ! House officials in the question. The found that the man had been committee was instructed to seek knocked aga'nst her house. a confen nee with State Senator When Partlow and Smiley woe H Hrok nhurr. chairman given the case, th^y sa d it did of ,ll(J Planner House board; Ronot appear that Hall would die. w Ali »• hoaid secretary; After he died he was buried be- i Clep W. Rlackhurn, Planner fore pictures 6f the body were ! House superintendent, taken. This is a rou lne proced- i Hansom said tlie Planner House ure in the department to make | officials had agreed to discuss the
i matter. butA had been unable to
s<?t a time t\r the meeting.
Civil Hiffhts Group Enters NA ACP; Head Still Jobless The Indianapo'.is vlivil Ttights Committee, which has crusaded against discrimination in restaurants during the past year, voted at recent meeting to become an in egral part of the local branch NAACP. Plans were mapped to reopen the campaign against jimerow in eating-places and public accommo- ! dations. The mxt meeting of the group, in is new role as Civil High s Gommltb e of the NAACP, was scheduled for Saturday a,f ernoon at ,lie Senate Ave. Y. M. C.
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Meanwhile Wilson Head, chairman of the committee, remained •‘discharged*’ from the Planner House staff despite efforts to re-
open hi 4 case.
Willard IJ. Ransom was head of
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OFFICIALS OF PROMISING NORTHSIDE BUSINESS FIRM: Shown above are officials or officers of the Civic Service Corporation, taxicab company operated by able and aggressive youny business men of the northside, seated, Zeno Washington. president of the company; standing, left to right, Allen A. Freeman, secretary; Joe M. Collins, treasurer and manager; William Reynolds, vice president, and John Taylor member of the board of directors. (Recorder photo by Thom’ Ervin.)
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TAXI COMPANY ON NORTHSIDE BACK IN FIELD Civic Service Corp. local taxi-
Kdith Kllis. chairman .of young adult committee; Mrs. Clarissa Covington, co-chairman of music; Miss Pura Sargent, home ami fami-
ly. co-chairman of membership; i I Mrs. Wilma Griffin, president, in-
n.tal of tn:*,.L*,,s persons attended 1 dustrial federation; Mrs.. Zella Peol.Sjm meetings at the branch; Of pies, nominating committee; Mrs. the MC* groups associated with the j Sarah Zeigler. public afiairs; Mrs. branch. persons are a-sociat- ; Ju’ia Craig, co-chairman of home
ed as members. More than twenty-: and family; Mrs. Sue Hell Wallacg ,. a ^ jj riri announced last week* that four agencies use the facilities of house and hospitality, .Mis, Mai\ the organization is giving service the institution. Hawkins. Y-teen-high school; Mrs atl(1 hy< . k in thp fiold t0 May The Persons a)>pearing on the ban- Lucille Jewell, co-chairman ot pub firm prora js, es sat{ , flean and inquet program iiulmh'il ili»‘ Re\. J. lie aflaiis; Mis. Nettie Ransom. sur p t | taxicab service to all users
1’. Q. Wallace. Mrs. Lucretia Uive. volunteer leadership; Mrs. Geor- /)f serv j re Mrs. Donald White. Mrs. Frederick via Martin, membership; Mrs. Sa- '
Ransom. Paul Rake. Mrs. R. H. die Starks, music; Mrs. Kstelle . ie fi* m was organized more Peophs. Mrs. Mary Ktta Johnson. Relford. business and profession ‘. 1 * t * 1 two ^ ears nK v» tweD ^* Mrs. Stella 15. Walker and Mrs. al; Mrs. Violet Reynold, co-chair- slx men who sought to remedy Gorhea Oflutt man of finance; Mrs., Kinma Wil . :u ' com paints and needs for betother; in< Hid«‘d choir dirs di- iilte. chairman of religious educa- , ^ r f-a ' ) set vice by Negro people vet ted l>y Mrs. Mary Ltta John- lion; City-wide; Mrs. Donald White. , u ‘ < I,y - T " p group °‘ men son. school No. 17 and Miss Ruth president of the hoard; Miss tM,< ^' ir pr vate passenger cars Noll*! of the Straub Duo. Mrs. Frances Vogel, executive director. ,,nn mimed these on a non-profit Still.i M. Walker to ted as master basts to meet the demand for C*b
of ceremonies. Staff:'Mrs. lionise Terry Hatties, service.
Members ot the ctnnmittee of! executive director; Mrs. Ruth Hell. Their plans included obtaining management of the Phyllis Wheat-1 Mrs. ilallie Rledsne Carter. Mrs of licenses to operate a regular
photographs for presentat on in court involving all cases of death
by violence.
The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) plant here offered a 1100.00 reward this week for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who s abbed Mary Austin to death over two weeks ago. Miss Austin, age 30, died at General hospital several hours after being found on the door s eps of her home at S10 Darnell st., December 31st by her unde. James Austin, age 53. with whom she
1 lived.
When he got to the door. Austin | said, she fell in his arms and he ( took her to a davenport and called i pol ce. Sg . Jesse Hadley found 1 blood in the doorway but none in the snow near the house. This | is what has baffle-d the detectives. There were no bloody snow prints. No one saw or heard a car pull away. There were no car trheks. Doctors at General hospital a - j tempted to save Miss Austin but failed. While detectives waited surgeons operated on the dying woman’s stabbed heart and S' wed it up. They hoped that she would j regain consciousness and say more than she had a few hours earlier, when she rallied long enough to mumble “short, dark man.’* Detectives Partlow and Smilry, sated this week that they are waiting for a report from the po- ' live crime laboratory on a knife | that was found on the door step of the Aus‘in home by James Aus-
Other mi'inoY^s of the NAACP committee were listed as President W. T. Ray. D. W. D.'Hector, Charles S. Preston, Dr. Lucian H. Meriwe her and Rev. R. H. Peo-
ples
Persian Temple Officers Installed ' For Year of 1948
STATE NAACP BOARD MEETS; Shown above are board members and visitors at the first meeting of the NAACP state board of directors, held last Saturday at the Senate Ave. YMCA. The meeting set up state committees and mapped plans to coordinate activities of Indiana branches. Left to right, seated, are Rev. Bernard White, South Bend, board member; Rev. Edward D. Thompson, Terre Haute, second vice-president; Willard B. Ransom, Indianapolis, president; Mrs. Geraldine Findley, Muncie, secretary; Mrs. Peggy Landers, Anderson, board member; Earl Drye, Elkhart, treasurer; Rev. B. B. Bennett, Richmond, board member. Standing are Hollis J. King, Kokomo, board member, and visitors Andrew W. Ramsey, James E. Phillips, Wilson Head, Charles S. Preston, Karl Baker, Miss Ilene Williams, Miss Rosemary Campbell, all of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Elizabeth Orndorff and Mrs. King of Kokomo.
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tin the next day. Austin identi-
fied the knife as belonging to his Olln er- ..ml officials of Persian niece but could not say how it got ' 'Temple No. l»i. AFAOXMS for there. 11918 recpntly installed Jacque'W. pircell
Obituary RITES HELD FOR MRS. STELLA MAXSY Funeral services for. Mrs. Sti 11a Maxey.. 2351 N\ Capitol aw ..tie. were held at the Corinthian Hap tist church Tiiurs. Jan. 15 con j ducted by the Rev. Win. Sv, att ! assisted by Rev. David ('. Ven -rpable and Rev. W.'M. Edwards. Tim burial was in New Crown cemetery. She died at her home Sun.
Jan. 11.
Mrs. Maxey was a member of tInMetropolitan Raptist church. Sin,was born in Kentucky and had lived in tlfis city 25 years. Survivors include three daugh tors. Miss Beatrice and Shirley Maxey and Mrs. Louise Sadley. Detroit; a son. Gilbert Maxey; four sisters, Mrs. Patricia Clarkson, lass Angeles; Mrs. Loretta Thompson. Detroit. Mrs. Helt-n Brown. Detroit and Mrs. Jannita RronaugU.
22 The bnria! was in Crown Hill (emet Ty. He died at his home Sun. Jan. IS. Siuvivors include his wife, Mrs. I hit t ve Pryor A nnstrong; a son, Howard li. Armstrong: rwo daugh;i is. Urs. Ruby A. Sprith. Chicago and VI is. Cora Sutton, Paducah, Ky.. and other relatives. RITES HELD FUK MRS. FVELYN SHAW Fumn al ser\- *esv>r Mrs. Evelyn r'haw, age tn. t:!ij N. West street w re held Thins. Jan. 15 at the
Miss Eleanor Drennan. Mrs. Joanna Nixon and Mrs. Emma Lou Young and two sons, David and Warren Drennan.
RITES HELD FOR HAYWOOD SAMPSON
Funeral services for Haywood Sampson, age 61. 1210 S. Capitol avenue were held Tue<L Jan. 20 at the Jacobs Brothers Funeral Home. The burial was in NewGrown cemetery. He died at his
home Thurs. Jan. 15.
Survivors include a sister,. Mrs.
people- Funeral Home conducted Rebecca Sutton, Bandon, Miss, and
•by the Rev. R. T. Andrews. The buriai was in Floral Park cemetery. She died at her home Mon..
lah. 12.
She was born at Henderson. Ky. and had lived in this city 12 years. Survivors include a son. Thomas ID edcr. three sisters and three
brothers.
a brother Alonzo Coleman, city
illust rious potentate;
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ley “YW“ are: Mrs. Stella Walker, chairman: Miss Le-dye Henderson-, first vice co-chairman, h ea 1 t h education: Mrs. Josephine Moten, second vicechairman of interracial committee-, M^s Eloise Ransom, secretary: Mrs. Manona Martin, assistant secretary;
Mable Cole. Mrs. Iva Dee Davis, taxicab service or firm. They met Miss Gorhea Offutf. Miss Myrtle with obstacles or resistance but ^'Shields. Miss Katie E. Moore, this has been overcome. Members Mrs. Vivian Snyder. Mrs. Olivia of the group include Zeno WashRodimin. Miss Gallic Marshall, Miss irgton. president, r 417 W. 25th Doris Smith. Mrs. Lula Scott. Mrs. street; William -Reynolds, vice Helen Rand. Mrs. Elina Smith, president. 2233 Hillside avenue; Miss Adele Allison. Mr. Preston Allen Freeman, secretary; Joe Talbott. Mr. William Williamson. Collins, treasurer and manager.
Admit/ing that they have abso- ' IhiFbam.i
lutelv no with vrbipli to wot-L Grady T). Hinkle, obief rabban, ., , . . on Partlow ' and Smiley were* •">»?" MeLger. ars’t. rabban 225:T Columbia "a v,' living in hopes that fingerprints ’ A' nigtori illustrious recorder and U|ic wple ,, f T( , WI1 or blood may be found on the j ( lallde MfTrea, illustrious treasur- Ala I1() h . l( , ]iv( , ii in !hj , ( , i . y knife. The prints could be i 11 ' . . about a year and a half coming checked with all prints in the num- i "ffi- 'fls m called included rn)m s!lpni( . 1(1 erous collection of prin*s at police,. son Dawson high priest; Cur- i)(i u;ts A1 a.
headquarters. 1 Hs Porter, oriental .guide; Lee MilAustin testified that he heard ,er - vapL'in of guard; Alexander his niece knocking on the door | Nral - ol i tri ' huard; Robert Staple-.jV^
shouting,-Let me in, quick. i am tst. ceremonial master; Ar- c urvivors in( . luUe his wife. Mr-. h U rt • ,, ! hur Anna Le- Good,- and his parents Members of the personnel di-[ I Mlles L 4 ,<>yd - l,uirsl,aI : i Mr. and Mrs. Aaron tfoode all of
vision at RCA said that she check- i "aldoii, patrol commander; Jt>-
RITES HELD FOR MRS. MOLLIE LENNEAR Funeral services for .Mis. Mollie Holland Lennear, 281,7 i’aris avenue were held at New Bethel Baptist church. Sat.. Jaii. 17. The burial was in Crown H{11 cemetery. She died at her home. Tues.. Jan. 13. after several^ months ill
ness.
Mrs. Lennear was born at Pembroke. Ky. Sept. I. l.s!*7. She had lived in this city since she was a small child. She attended local schools and was a bieinpor of-the. New Bethel church. She was a former employe of thef Win. H. member of the St. 'Block store.
RITES HELD FOR
MRS. ARLEAN ROGERS
Eunei ,il services for Mrs. Ar-h-Hii Rogers, age 55, 911 St, Paul -1 . wen held Wed. at the St. I:i tics Baptist church. The burial ’v !< in Mew Grown cemetery. She
died in th*> General hospital Sat.
Jan. 17. She was
and had hoop cmpbtvcd at Sheffield, Ala. Jtefore coming to this city to
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the firm to date.
The office of the Civic Service Cab Corp. is located at Edgemont and Northwestern avenue. The style or appearance of the cabs is the idea of Mi'. Collins and Mr. Washington. The two men have also made personal observation of business practice and methods of cab firms in several cities in order to give the best service with safety and courtesy to patrons of the firm. The phone is Wa 6666.
Janies church and secretary of the IVlb-sionai y Society. She had lived in the city 10 years and was born
iii Kentucky.
Survivors include her husband. Frank Rogers; three daughters.
Survivors include her husband, Wilson Lennear: two brothers, David Holland. Evanston. 111. and Will Holland. Hopkinsville. Ky.; a sister. Mrs. Florence Holland Moore, Lansing. Mich.; two sis-
i i «i 11 i\ tv.'-—,1 till Lid u 1 -g • * — » Klis. Jean. Elizabeth Ann and Jan- ters-in-law. Mrs. Georgia Knox,
ice Rogers; two sons. Norman and
JMH 9 John Rogers; parents Mr. and
ahe check-j» a *uu‘..,pauoj I'umiiiaiiut'r; ..u- this ^ f()Ur p.-oders and two V;,.. X(7n ” an Humphries. Hopkinsed out about 11:30 p. m. December ' ph nujl-r. band commander, ami '. sist ‘‘ > * p, 1 31st. Acquaintances rode with | Kosc'.o ^ Roberts, chanters’ presi- slsH1R - . rin °> Kv * sister * Hoieme
her on the bus as far as Delaware dent, and Market sts., then got off.
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These acquaintances sta.ed that j Mi&s Austin w-as still on the ear when they got off. Partlow and Smiley stated she ordinarily would have caught the Riverside car at Illinois and Washington and gone , to 10th street and Indiana avenue. ! Then she would have gone East | on 10th street to Brook; then North to Darnell, then East to her
home.
Somewhere between loth and Indiana ave., and 810 Darnell s*.
Noble Claude It. Watkins, Mar ion, Ind . Impt-rial deputy, conduct-
ed the installation.
ATTUCKS HIGH SCHOUL NOTES
SENIORS HAVE “CLASS NIGHT’’
’Anything Can Happen Tp A
woman was . aHaoked and Dream’’ was the title of the Jan- , stabbed several times. uary senior “Class Night’’ exerciser l case Partlow and RS fi R ] f | Monday. January 19th, in Smiley have been unable to locate ^] le school auditorium.
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the man who called police originally. The uniform police team that made the first run listed him as Clarence Psohass, age 46, ILLS Fayette st,, but it was a mistake
the detectives said.
Tf they can find this man, they believe, he may be able to give them a better description of the man who- slugged Hall in what police believe was robbery arid
murder.
The uniformed officers sa ; d tlie imfounded Pschass described the killers as two men: number one, about 6 feet tall wearing an overcoat and hat. The other was wearing the same thing but he could give no estimate as to his
hfeight.
Identification of Hall was made by papers found in his pockets.
RITES HFLD FOR MRS. LENA JENNINGS Funeral services mr Mr Lena Jennings, age 72. 11157 Alvord sir were held Sat. Jan. I f at Jai i s Brothers Funeral Home. The bur ini wa* in Floral Park cemetery. She died at her home Tues. Jan.
13.
Mrs. Jennings was born in Alabama. She was a member of the Triumph Church of God. Survivors include two daughters: Miss Bessie Jennings and Mrs. Willa Mae Hogan and other relatives.
Ky
Bowles. Hopkinsville. Ky.. and oth-
er relatives.
Chicago and Mrs. Mary, Holmes, Detroit; mother-in-law Mrs. Emma Laurison. Chicago and other relatives. ■ v ■
RITES HFLD FOR MRS. ANNA DRENNAN Funeral services, lor Mrs. Anna L. Drennan; age 6(1. 2161 N. Capitei avenue, were held Wed., Jan. 21 at tlie John A. Pal ton Funeral i!o;ti<- The burial was in Crown Hill. She died Mon.. Jan. 1!*. in the Cciieral hospital. Survivors: include her husband, ioscpii Dreiman; three daughters.
RITES HELD FOR GEORGE HODGES , Funeral services tor George Dodges, age 55. !HH N. Belmont street were held Wed. Jan. 21 at the Jacobs Brothers Funeral Home. The burial was in New Crown cemetery. He died in the General hospital Moll. Jaii. H). Survivors include a sister. Miss Emma Hodges and two brothers, Cecil Hodges, city and Leslie Hodges. Louisville. Ky.
Mariop Graves was “Class Night" chairman and Harriett Blythe was student director.
RITES HELD FOR MRS. ALICE HENSON
Funeral services for .Mrs. Alice Henson, age 61..11M Cora street were held Sal.. Jan 17 ai the Ja cobs Brothers Funeral Home. The
The At tucks chapter of the Na-j i )nr j a] wa s in New Crown ceim-r tional Honor Society elected the ■ t ,, rv s'die died in her home Tues, following officers at their meeting 1 j ; , n ' ];> Thursday. Jan 15: Elinor James. e he ], a .j h ( , eil a resident of the
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AFRICAN “LION-MEN’’ MURDER SEQUEL, 7 DIE ON GALLOWS DAREES-S A LA A M, Tanganyika. (NNPA)—Three native women and four men were hanged last week at Dodoma prison. They were found guilty of being, implicated in the murders by *’Lion-men.” thirtylive of which occurred in the Sineida district early last year. The “Lion-men,” so-called because they wore lion skins, stalked their victims and attacked them with knives. Natives said the assassins were hypnotised by witchdoctors, on whose orders they acted. More than sixty native men and women were arrested during inquiries into the murders. Appeals of twenty-six Bantu men and women sentenced to death were heard in November.
president; Melvin Matthews, vicepresident ; Charlotte Malone, secretary; Gloria DuBinion, assistant secretary ami Maxine Nizer, treas-
urer.
The following members of the group and teachers will sponsor freshmen, sophomore and Junior
honor groups:
Melvin Matthews and Miss Louise Holliman, freshmen; Maxine Nizer a ml Mr. John Brooks, sophomores and Charlotte Malone and Mr. Alexander Moore, juniors.
city more than 40 years. She was a member of the Spiritualist church and the AI’KDA lodge. She was hern at Cicero, Ind. Survivors include three cousins, Mrs. Clara Walker. Mrs. Viola Taylor and William Guy of this city.
WAR VETERAN DIES IN FIRE AT HOME
Henry Cushion-berry, age 60. 9 19 \V. 25th street died in his home last Saturday of causes original- j ing in a fire. Little damages were j
i done to the house as a result of j Thp Indianapolis Symphony Or- the fire. Police report he appeared | chestra will play two concerts for | to have suffered burns in bed. bed j the students "of Crispus Attucks : c j 0 thing indicating signs of fire. High School Monday, February He lived with a brother Edward
2nd.
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| Cushionherry in the lower apart- ; ment of a structure which had | formerly been a garage, j Funeral services for Cushionberry were held Tues. of this wc-k | at the Emmanuel Baptist church, i The burial was in New Crown e<-m j etery. He was horn in Henry County, j Ky. He was a veteran of World | War I. He had lived in this city j more than fifty years and was formerly a railroad employee. Survivors include his -brother Edward Cushionherry and two nephews, Earl and Will Ballard. RITES HELD FOR JOSEPH ARMSTRONG Funeral services for Joseph Armstrong, age 67, 2228 Hovey street were held at the Kiri& and King Fuimml Homo Thurs. Jan.
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