Indianapolis Recorder,Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 November 1948
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NAACP State Meet Plans Legislative List
NAACP Confab To Offer Bills in Ind. Assembly By CHARLES S. PRESTON Preparation of a legislative “must list” to be presented to the eomiiitf session of the state legislature w II highlight the annual meeting o r the Indiana State Conference of NAACP Branches, to be held here Dec. 3-5, it was de dared Tuesday by Willard B Hansom, NAACP state presi dent.
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Postal Zone No. 7 Indianapolis, Indiana, November 27, 1948
Number 47
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^Winger Girl”m Sharpe Murder
Passenger Hit by Trolley Operator Sues on Injury Alleged discourtesy of trolley
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With teeth , to strengthen the i was challenged Monday when a Civil Rights Law and pi ss a ' ider filed an amdavi t charging he bill ending segregated schools in ' vas in Ulc mouth b - v a dis - Indiana." Ransom said. “We are I 3rai \ t F^. ( ru . er ... ... planning to wage an all-out lob fil 0 , d H 42 °i, W rt 141,1 s . bying fight for These objectives.” fi,cc, the affidavlt scekin Z arrest of
Delegates to the Hoosier confab
"alph Robinson. employe Indianapolis Street Railways.
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to be hefd Friday Dec 3. a. ?he d " ' ,as »y Rufus C
Senate Avenue YMCA. The regular membership meeting has
Kuykendall, attorney.
The incident was said to have taken place Nov. 19 as a Riverside
been moved ahead a week for this trolley, operated by Robinson, mov-
purpose
ed north on Indiana avenue. Eye-
LOCAL YMCA AIDE TO TAKE MILWAUKEE POST
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Able Young "Y" Official Takes Wis. Job
The scene will then shift to the witnesses said Lander got on at Phyllis Wheatley YWCA, where Vermont st., and handed Robinson
registration will take place Satur- a transfer,
day morning. Sessions will be “Kept Nagging Him” held at the YW throughout Satur- Robinson told him to unfold the day- transfer, witnesses related, and Marshall to Speak kept nagging him about it.” FinalThurgood Marshall, famed chief ly Lander is supposed to have counsel for the national NAACP said, “Aw. forget it.” who has argued numerous cases A « the trolley reach North st.. before the U. S. Supreme Court. Robinson jumped out of his driver’s will address the delegates Sat^r- seal and struck Lander in the day afternoon. Ransom said. While mouth, witnesses declared. The in Indianapolis. Marshall i« expect men tussled, and the driver fel. cd to confer with legal li?h*s who oul door °pto the sidewalk are plotting the local fight agains 1 . P <? hce arnve f and Robmsor mapwintu lifcimi. —■ - tned to persuade to wes* „. , Lander. He attempted to induce The po\vwow will conclude as p assen g ers to say that Lander had riNegates attend the Monst°r Meet- him first, but the passengers— mg at the Senate Avenue Y on including a white young woman , n £? V ,. e S. 5 ’, a ? cordin ® *° plans ‘ sitting directly behind the opera- /\. Philip Randolph is slalod as ^.or refused to do so. the principal speaker. Gloster The police made no arrests, and Current, director of branches of Robinson continued on the run
Continued on Pajre » witnesses said.
Former Tavern Waitress Seen As Killer's Pal
By Opal Tandy, Scotty Scott Faced with one of the most baffling murder mysteries o' ; recent years, city detective and deputy county sheriffs are exploring carefully the slim ray of hope offered by the I oossibility that the slayer of Andrew Sharpe, still at large
12 days after discovery of his
Robert W. Starms, for the bullet-ridden body in a lone past seven yea-w; general pro- field outside city limits, might gram and educational secre- j be traced through a woman tary of the Senate Avenue Y- # she is not the actual killer
MCA, will leave Monday for herself.
Milwaukee, Wis., where he is With practically all of IheY j his granddaughter was seated on
“•{•nre*iw A ^ „ aba ". d ° ned * i
seuetary of th 6 North Dis-, blind alleys , officers were; Sergeant Cecil London, first potuct YMCA, it was announced i encouraged when they discovered ij,. eman to question Bracy quoted fV ”*~ — !that c i oun 8 woman, a former , him as sayinfe ^ been p lann i n?
Girl Critical; Shot in Neck By Grandfather
A 16-year-old mother was critically wounded last Saturday night when her grandfaher, who allegedly had been Irinking, accused her of taking his money and shot her when she denied the charges. Dolores Carter, 903 Shefiold ave., the young mother was still in critical condition n General hospital Wedneslay of this week after being taken there last Saturday m*>ht suffering a gunshot \frpund in her face. The et had entered the girl’s right heek and lodged somewhere
n her neck.
Shedrick Bracy, the girl’s 71-year-old grandfather, who admitted shooting the girl because he thought she was a burglar, after his money, appeared ip Municipal Court III Mondav of this week. Judge Joseph Howard continued the case, on vagrancy charges, to November 26. He ordered Bracy held under $8,500 bond. At the time of his arrest, a short time after the shooting, Bracy to’d police he had awakened to find someone had taken his money. He said the grandfather had often acwsnt into the living room where
this week. Mr. Starms'
waitress at Sharpe’s restaurant t0 (Jq
.«i .irord u. s portunity for advancing the I ar 8 e Mid-western city where she been drinking and never den ed
The North District Y is slated to ; g?rl” f was^n Ihis city several | be first practical experiment of days beforT and at the time of 1 the YMCA movement toward com- dayS bef ° re and 3t thG time °
PLANNER HOUSE TO NOTE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
HOOSIER TEACHER IN LONDON ON EXCHANGE PLAN: Miss Nanie Foster, Roosevelt high school, Gary, Indiana, with some of her charges at Amberley-road, London, where she is now teaching under exchange plan arranged by British and American educators. Miss Foster will remain in London for the whole academic year, she is popular with her pupils.—(Keystone Pictures.)
The fiftieth anniversary confer-
ence and seminars of the Flanner | 8 rams of the da y include Dr. MarHouse. lotal social service institu- | ; lia Eliot, associate chief of the tion of wide renown, will be ob- ^ S. Children s Bureau, and Osserved in a program to be held at ' ?r *1; Ewing. Federal Security
the Flanncr House Dec. 1-2. \dmimstrator.
Wallace O. Lee, prominent busi- Speakers on the programs of ness and civic leader is chairman Thursday. Dec. 2, include Dr of the anniversary committee. A Douglas McGregor, president of luncheon will be held at 12:30 p.m. Antioch College; Miss Lucy Car-
Man in Dice Game "Clubbed by Woman"; Ends up in Hospital A man who “passed” on a womm crap shooter who had him “faded” was clubbed by the same woman when they engaged in an argument after she refused to pay off.
Restaurant Worker in Civil Rights Case Back on Scene
pleta racial integration. The entire organization is to be interracial, with a mixed board, staff and membership, and with I no racial distinctions recognized. The plan follows a mandate adopted by a YMCA policy-making con-
ference in 1945.
An ultra-modern building will be first practical experiment of house the new association. Funds have alreadv been raised and plans drawn for the construction. Attended Local Schools
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he was shooting.
The victim’s sister, Ella May,
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Churchwomen Urge End c- * Of Armed Forces Jimcrow
MILWAUKEE. Wis. IANP)—The • - — • immediate abolition of segregation , d .. standlng (irmlv tor and discrimination in the armed the re5pet . t of human personality services was contained m one of whj h £ cludes as a ml n imU m the
s” JolnwcnT^Dresiderit of FiskFjni- D? U {*L« sSw I Sr 8 ', hospi ** , " , ' h ' * ‘“•P cu ‘ ov * r n “" w » n » , I The poliee very courteously ] studied at the American Law trary to Chrirtian principles and i The resolution added. "We view versitv will he the sneaker tor the American Friends Service Commit- ! ^Js left eye last Saturday morning. from the Mt- promised immediate action. Arnold School here for two years and j inimical to the democratic way of ***?. a ‘,“"1 HSU??..-
Charles Fleck, counterman at — —
Wallace Nixson, age 46, 616 N. Thompsons Restaurant, 44 W. wouldn’t it be an ideal chance to Senate avenue, was taken to Gen- ^^bington^st.. seems to be a hard serve that warrant?
. ; ‘ s o'- a series of resolutions adopted un- r.crhf an training and experience for his j apjmmmiv hv thp iTnitPd rounpil 1?ht to counsel - the ri g ht of an new pioneering role associates a ? lr ? ous * y Dy the United Council accused to be con frented by the ' pioneering roie. associates of churchwomen. meeting in fourth nnr , M a a i n ct him here believe. Born in Caldwell, annual session here last week The ldence and u dnesse;3 F^ ainsl Tex on Mav 4 1913 he came to annual sessi « n ncre Iasl weeK - An ^ the right to present his own witlex., on may *, iyid. ne came to counci | whose sessions closed np „„ ps . 6 „ nd PV i r i Pnf .p - md the rieht Indianapolis at an early age and Thursday is comoosed of 84 Prot- 11cs ^ es d, ? a evidence, ana tne rigni Sehoolc Nn 5 53 : ; I to have his actions judged on the
man to find witli a warrant.
attended Public Schools Nos. 23 estant denominations , . . . , , . 4. Shortridge High School and The group Stated that discrim- b * S ‘ S ° f .' VIdence .. by an ‘ mpart,al Crisnus Attucks High School. He | lnation i^SelrogaUon LS^ron-| JU ^, ° f his , ^ , ,. w .
' The resolution added. We view
versitv. will be the speaker for the American Friends Service Commit- j Police found him in the 5 00 bloc fe k | ing-place and his residence, then
occasion. Speakers for other pro- tee.
of Indiana avenue.
i 834 Sanders st.. during September
Good Fellows Asked to Help Needy Over City
Elderly persons, cripples and others with little or no means and needy children are now address-
ing their pleas to the Good Fel- a t Christmas time will be highly | and the Pennsylvanians will hon-
lows of the Indianapolis Recorder appreciated. And may God bless Charities. all those helping you to carry on
Over a period of nearly two your worthy cause,
decades Christmas cheer has been
brought to the community’s deserving but unfortunate people D n ar Good Fellows:
with gifts of toys for the kids and j am seeding bc |p f lom the
b:isket. I am a widow with nine children. Any help you give me
Very truly
said. But nothing happened.
mill=ipiiiiipssii She refused to pay. They argued. 20th st ” both war veterans. ; of his choosing, he said, and during the argument Following Fleck’s disappearance, Arnold added that the restaurant she picked up a chair and struck tho veterans reported they were manager tried to discourage him him over the head with it. t given satisfactory service. They | from eating there, suggesting that thought the whole thing had blown 1 “this is not the only restaurant in
over. town.” The manager further atThis week, however. Arnold dis- 1 tempted to persuade him to sit in
the back of the restaurant, Arnold same old stand, doing business as usual—or rather, not doing busi-
ness as usual.
FRED WARING TO HONOR BURLEIGH OVER NBC
CHICAGO (ANP)—Fred Waring cov ered that Fleck is back at the
said, and finally declared that he was going to “do something about
this.”
Meanwhile the situation on an-
or veteran American composer Harry T. Burleigh on their Thurs-
day morning, Dec. 2. program, it | The returned counterman again ,
was announced here Saturday. The refused to serve Arnold—the of- 1 othei civil rights front took a turn Pennsylvanians will present the f ens e foj^ which his arrest was i f° r the better as Keller T. Brock.
111., and will be beamed Hce headquarters on two occasions, : ^ n d r ’^V oted at 9 a m aivina thi infnr-naiinn that iTwi, fair-play promise to members of
food, clothing and other items for Christmas ch e Cr f un d of the Re- irrhana
bel U p J?rU n of ‘•Peac/onTarth j ^ fLletwo^hildre^'a 3'-- thc NBC at 9 a. m. ; j Goodwill to All Men. , a2e g attending school hut under ‘ was then in the restaurant and c oun t_y Several instances of refus-
al to serve Negroes have been re-
age 8. attending school but under
Contributors to the Christmas a doctor’s care, and a girl age 5. cheer fund were graciously benev- I live with my parents and my olent during the 1947 drive Good grandmother is an invalid, I am Fellows and various individuals or trying to provide, for her and take groups who worked with them in care of my two children. It is spirit and fact have reported. Re- pretty hard to care for three peosponses or contributions came from pie on a salary of $25 a week. I city, county and state officials, bu- wish my children could have a siness leaders in all fields and nice Christmas if no cheer at any of all races and creeds, factory or other time during the year, industrial workers, labor unions
Mass. Tech Frat Comes To Jimcrow Road's End
ported at the Haag store at 2201
N. Meridian st.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ( A N P )- Because the national organization
churches, schools, lodges and vari- Thank you
ous other organizations. Good Fellows representatives of the Alpha Chi Sigma chemistry It appears that the Good Eel- follow up with investigations o r fraternity refused to lift its ban lows now face an appeal, on the most of the applicants requesting I on non-whites, members of the I basis of past records, equal to anv aid inasmuch as all the demands Massachusetts Institute of Tech-: of all former seasons. Among th® or requests for aid cannot be met. nology chapter disbanded the several scores of letters alreadv And the examples quoted above group on campus last week,
received from widows, cripples are not the most distressful necesunderprivileged children and for- sarilv but only an illustration o r i gotten-war veterans, some of fh° the type of request which will be numerous requests to the Good met this Christmas and in all forFellows for Christmas cheer are mer years by the Good Fellows deare follows: pending upon the responses of Dear Good Fellows: more fortunate and benevolent Please send mo a Christmas people of our community.
Because, officers said, the fraternity had a by-law which limited members to “nonSemitic members of the Caucasian race.” the college chapter has given up its charter. S F. Radke, president of
the chapter, said this move was taken by faculty and student members after many fruitless attempts to lift the racial ban. He said: “It was the general feeling that such restrictions had no place in a professional group, and Alpha Chi Sigma exists* for both professional and social purposes.” This by-law. he - continued, was passed “when the Ku Klux Klan was active” in the ’20’s. The national governing board has refused to act on it ever since. ;
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE STARTED The 42nd annual Christmas Seal Sale which opened on Monday of this week is the only appeal made by the Marion County Tuberculosis Association to support its county wide program, yearround tuberculosis control. announced Mr. Harry S. Hanna, seal sale chairman. Tuberculosis, which causes the
then went to Louisville Municipal life. ' parture from this pattern which is College, from which he received ‘We therefore call upon the fed- inte g ral to our American life, the A. B. degree. eral government to establish a non-; w h e ih ei ' departure be by govHe tnofi thp Master’s D^crpp a f segregated and non-discriminatory ernmenl 01 other agency. Atlanta Universitv. and has d^ne pattern in all federally-administer-1 At another session, the delegates advanced graduate work at the ed establishments in our country; heard the Rev. Mark A. Dawber, Universitv of California and Indi- and ln our territories.” j executive secretary of the Home ana Universitv. Another resolution endorsed fed- Missions council of North Amen-
Since joining the Senate Avenue eral aid to education and deplored staff in August 1941. Mr. Starms the existence in many sections of has registered numerous accom- inadet iu a te school facilities. It asknlishments. especially in the field ed churchwomen to work for legof work with young adults. He ! ls,atl '; e a PP™val of aid to public «uidM the develooirent of the In-! scho 1 0 , ls K ,n suth ? , way ‘. ha ‘ tl !? re lereoilegiate Club from a mem-' " oud h f . n,, 1 , rac , 1 :"' discrimination bershin of 10 to its present av er- a g s s admlnlslratlon - amon « other
Among I A joint resolution urging the women to familiarize themselves
n^e of 125 members.
the crouns which he has led in establishing are the InWonlleei-1
e v with the international bill of rights
afo Summer Conference fnr Youn« — --j— “ttm
ca. say that the American Indian was the “skeleton” in America’s closet. He charged that Indians have received much less benefits than other minorities from the Veterans administration, social security. the FHA and other agen-
cies.
"We can hear their bones rattle whenever our statesmen sit down with Europeans or others to dis-
Adults. two Phalanx Fraternitv chapters and the Oradale Sorori- *' r auxRian\ the Co-Ed Counselling and Guidance Service. the Voiip<* Men’s Bo^s’ Work Committee for wertt with vounff^r boys and the Young Adult Board n r Management to supervise the newI' -ppganized Young Adult Depart-
ment.
Organized NAACP Branch Mr. Starts’ work in the oolleg 0
Bold i* w«R known. He or CT ant7ed the NAACP Branch at Indiana
cuss the sanctity of treaties. In or-
now undec discussion at the UNjder to live up to our high natiouassembly meet in Paris was also un- ■ al ideals, we must do better by In-
animously adopted. Delegates went dians.” he said.
Confab of S. C. Baptists Blasts Klan , Race Hate
COLUMBIA. S. C. (A)VP>
TTnivprsitv. which included large White Baptists of South Carolina : ac, ' llie bad e ff e< -ts of politics on
numbers of white students and be-, denounced race prejudice and the oamn t**" larcrpst student branch Ku Klux Klan in resolutions passof the NAACP in the nat J on. He ed at its 128th annual meeting
has secured hundreds of doRar.s here last week,
o' funds to aid needy college stu- Meeting at the First Baptist dents. church, the South Carolina Bap-
Recentlv Mr. Starms comnleted a comprehensive st”dv of the 4*
vears of Monster Meetings at the
Senate Avenue Y. under the title s t an d for Christian principles,
of “An Interpretative Stud"' of the
tist convention asked its members to work to help Negroes ^nd warned them that the Klan did not
deaths of more people between 15 ; AT 0 „ C 4„ r ]vro Q 4; n0 nr AoM«vin~ and 44 than any other disease. Christian Social Goals Through
can be prevented. A communicable diseases, it is spread by persons with “open” TB. Unfortunately. tuberculosis has no symptoms in its barly stage, when it
is easiest to cure
the Public Forum.” He has served as a speaker for interracial church, civic and cultural groups throughout the Middle West. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Coctlnaed on page 2
Plank five entitled “Race Rela-
tions,” read:
“1. We should make continued effort to help our colored brethren through aid to their schools and cooperation in improving their church and denominational life. “2. We should seek to counter-
race relations. We deplore the use of race prejudices as a means of securing votes. In this Christian state we should appeal to more constructive and Christian
motives.
“3. We wish to warn our people against any affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan. We believe it is an unnecessary organization totally at variance with our Christian and democratic way of life. We cah on our law enforcement agencies to enforce the laws against hooded and intimidating organizations. We remember the bad effect of this organization following World War I, and we should not allow this to be duplicated.”
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