Indianapolis Recorder,Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1956
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THESE CHARMING YOUNG LADIES are known as The Lockettes, a 'red hot' singing group. They are sure to rock the house when they 'swing out' at The Recorder Christmas Midnite Benefit Show at the Walker theater on Saturday nite ; December 15. Their names? (Left to right) Maxine Sherlock, Judy Harrell and Sherlene Sherlock. They are real crowd pleasers, and are quite a favorite locally. « DELOVELY R O N E L L A SAUNDERS (left), the young singing and dancing sensation, will be among the "Stars on Parade" at the 9th Annual Recorder Christmas Midnite Benefit Show at the Walker theater Saturday nite, Dec. 15. The scintillatin' entertainer is currently appearing at the Brass Rail. She has appeared at nite clubs in Cincinnati, Covington, Ky., and in Detroit, Mich. Xu ......
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Meet U. S. Arrests hi To Curb Mixed School Conflict
Here Dr, T. R. Howard, Crusader, To Speak At YMCA
Indianapolis will be host to leaders and the religious statesmen of two important divisions of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U. S. A., next week. The Joint Assemblies of the Council's Division of Home Missions, and its Division of Christian Life and Work will meet at the Hotel Severin, D#c. 10 through 12 in mornimi* *«rernoon and evening seainma. While leaders in other fleioa *re striving strenuously to solve some of the perplexing problems posed by the questions of uttional security and international bickering with overtones of threatened shooting war. the churchmen will just as fervently discuss and examine aspects of “The c Task of the | ^ Continued on Pa*e. 7
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Politicos Differ On Question Of Negro Progress In Indiana Politics
By WM. A. CHAMBERS
The recent national election has However, by far and large, the
been followed in manv areas of Negro electorate appears immune the laml by significant and de- to the “bargaining magic” in um-
batable speculations on voting fied political action,
patterns and so-called voting-; The Hitter observation may not blocs. bold in neighboring states to the
The Neero vote in some states East, North or West but in In-
attracted special attention. How- diana and particularly the state’s ever, it has been only in our largest urban community < Indian-
times that Hun \<jU' has reflect- apolis) the condition applies.
ed any of the characteristics of EXPLORING THIS SITUATION an Eastside slaying was bound over so-called voting-blocs. ,a series of articles will be pub- to the grand jury on a first doOtherwise, in our iintes. in **je | ^fS^S^T ""“***’ '" ! h"ve rj i<-hicved' t’ht' 0 stthus 0 of °nf. hie long active in local and state The Eastside man was a .rested ' intment or election to positions political affairs. Thursday evening .ast week and on the poliev-makinc levels'in lo- The articles, based on questions ehareed with the shotgun tdaymg. r«i tnd state eovemment thev and answers, will cover the entire of Frank Long, Jr.. 31, 1134 , 2 lv have been inclined to support the scope of political potentialities ot -9th, loll owing a quancl during a political party affording the most ■ the Negro electorate in our com- drinking party m a one-room apart-
Eastside Man
Held For Murder
James Thrailkill. 32. 2054 Colum-
bia. arrested in connection with
HELP SANTA HELP OTHERS: The coin containers bearing a challenge, "Come On, Help" The Recorder's annual Christmas Cheer Fund Drive, were placed in scores of business places this week by Dr. Guy L. Grant (left), president or The Indianapolis Recorder Charities, Inc., that help provide Yuletide cheer for hundreds of the city's unfortunate children and families. Doyle Smith, genial proprietor of Doyle's Eat Shop, 401 Indiana avenue, gladly placed a container where sympathetic patrons mav do their share (Recorder photo by Thom Ervin.) Many Need Cheer Fund Aid for Merry Xmas
CLINTON, Tenn.—The challengeable might of federal government was thrown t boldly into the turmoil that has ;* rocked this racial battlefront |§ and resulted in a swift move 'that placed 16 anti-segrega- ; tion leaders under arrest Wed-
nesday.
Among 16 ringleaders opposing integration of the local high school who were caught in the widely-spread net, were an armed leader of the white Citizens Council, a part-time preacher, accused of the beating of a white minister who escorted six Negro children to school last Tuesday, and an unemployed carpenter/ owner of a late model Cadillac. "The arrested trauble-rnakers were charged with violation of a federal court injunction prohibiting interference with integrated ati tendance at the Clinton high
i school.
The arrests climaxed a stormy period of bitter oppoI sition to the presence of Negro children in the local high school under the U. S. Su- ! preme Court’s desegregation
rulings.
DR. T. R. HOWARD
The man whose platform art did much to etch vividly the shocking j details of the Till murder case in I the mind of the country. Dr. Theo- ' dore Roosevelt M. Howard, will be guest speaker for the Monster ' Meeting at the Senate Avenue i YMCA Sunday afternoon.
Many people, today enjoying
munity as a po.en.ia! voting-b.oe. gilding ~ J** "rJl’S ^
OFFICE CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED UP TO DEC. 6
promising patronage. munuy as a imiemuu vun.. K -u.u„ ,,.,-.1. have before cannot realize that This course of things is no ♦ + * KW ,i ' , , ^ there are others, possibly even Flltrp
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cnce between victory and defeat among Negro people in front ranks for a ruling political party. This of local political activities? has applied particularly where the II: Do you agree, or not, that electorate otherwise has been di- the role of Negro people in Individod down the middle on tra- ana political affairs is of little ditional party lines. Continued on Page. 7
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Marie Ridley, Pres. S 10.00 Ritz Bridge Club 5.00
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The nationally known physician,
The Anderson county school j c'rdcr^Tssuc ?955**' to,r^chMl Monday r askcd Attorney ^euss the topic -The Role of The fabulous Armstrong, quesI General Herbert Brownell for aid! Christianity in a Changing Social turned by a Recorder reporter in helping enforcing integration ° rder - ^ founder and presl- about the discrimination at the after opponents threatened and en-1 Continued on Page 7 Continued on Page 3
I gaged in open violence.
! THE INTEGRATION was ordered by the U. S. District Court at. Knoxville last Jan. 2. Disurb- ; ances began with opening of the ; current school term in September. The commissioners told the attorney general that 10 of the dozen pupils admitted under the federal court order had stayed away from school because of intimida-
j tion by anti-integrationists. The children were hit by rocks and eggs thrown by white pupils and townspeople, allegedly members of the
Citizens Council.
The school was closed Tuesday Continued on Page 3
Tenants Cold To Private Ownership Of Lockefield
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Ind. NAACP Announces Law Planning Meeting
Dunn Beverage Co.
Rose Bud Club, Viola Dodson
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Courtesy of Charles Monger:
James F. Cunningham
Tom McNulty
Judge George Ober Joseph C. Wallace Wm. 11. Williamson C. M. Pitsenburger
Charles Monger
NOTICE . . .
Christinas Show Rehearsals At Walker Casino Thurs., Fri., Dec. 13 and 14. from
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Supporters of civil rights liberal groups and persons can join Prn • r throughout Hoosierland this week in a united lobbying effort during j”* r were urged to take part in a the state legislature’s 1957 session. ^ ® ^ p JL, Legislative Planning Conference to HIGH ON THE NAACP’s list of j a „ f u e ' club. Mrs. Leo T.
be held Saturday, Dec. 8, from goals are strengthening of the McElrov 5 00 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the World state Fair Employment Practices charles smith X XX L00 War Memorial Auditorium. Commission and broadening of the Mysterlops Six Club 10.00 The NAACP state organization Indiana Civil Rights Law. am | MrSf Edward Smith 2^00 called the powwow in order that However, the conference is “wide Rev. C. M. Hunt 2.00 freedom-loving Hoosiers might be open” and all public-spirited groups Courtesy of Skatarena Skating
prepared well in advance of the are welcome to take part in form- 1 Party
Indiana General Assembly session ing the program. By Marcus C. Stewart, Jr. 15.05 that will open in January. “We have tried to invite • It is hoped to work out legisla- just about everybody in the 4122.05
tive goals and strategy so that all Continued on Page 7
NBC President, Dr. Prince, Dies Dr. Greene L. Prince, president of the National Baptist Convention of America, died Nov. 29 in the John Sealy hospital, Galveston, Tex. A native of Texas, Dr. Priqce, 84 years old, spent most of his life in the Christian ministry. The prominent church leader was in his 23rd term as president of the convention comprised of more than two million Baptists. Dr. Prince’s brother, the Rev. S. R. Prince of Ft. Worth, Tex., for many years president of the General Baptist Convention of Texas, died last year. Services for Dr. Prince were held Dec. 4 in the Galveston City Auditorium.
She Was A $20,000 "Pretty Good Thing" WASHINGTON (ANP) — A 38-year-old man who stole the affections of a 39-year-old widow and S20.800 as well, was the target of a manhunt by the irate woman last week before a Municipal court judge put her under S200 peace bond for “threatening to shoot” the
man.
Mrs. Margaret V. Baltimore, a widow who admitted buying four taxicabs, a car and clothing worth $20,800 for Willie Goodwin, only to have him desert her, was ordered by Judge Armond W. Scott to cease “threatening to shoot Goodwin” and placed under peace bond. Mrs. Baltimore said the money she gave Goodwin eight years ago to enter the taxicab business (which later failed) came from her parents’ estate. She said Goodwin claimed he was not mar-
ried.
Judge Scott said: “You’ve been a pretty good thing. But you can’t recover the money unless you’ve got an art I don’t know of.”
Tenants of Lockefield Garden , apartments are practically in unison in opposition to sale of the ; million - dollar federal low-cost housing project to private inves-
tors.
Their fight is being waged by a I yioup ot corn...unity leaders both a bite and * o dred who have formed i he "Conimritee to Save Lockefield. ’ The committee is awaiting e> urn ot Mayor Phillip L. Bayt from a vacation to resume dis-. ■ cussions wheteby the city would take over operation of the hous-
| ng project.
in the face of stiff opposition of many Indianapolis leading citizens I „nd organizations to public housi ing, the majorhy of Negroes and ! understanding whites are declarng for continuance of Lockefield under circumstances that would j prevent it being manipulated for j ;he benefit of private investors to iho incalculable detriment of Ne- | gro property owners and renters j hroughout the city. A sharp increase in Lockefield rental rates that would | almost surely follow' private ownership woull be disastrous in view of the crippling lack of adequate Negro housing at fair costs. ; The Lockefield Committee, headContinued on Page 2
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Nine File Suits For Snub At Armstrong Dance Nine suits charging violations of the Indiana Civil Rights statute were filed against the operators of the Indiana Roof in the five Superior Courts of Marion county Friday last week. The complainants charge they had purchased tickets for a dance at the popular dance spot last June 17, but were denied admittance because of their race. Damages of $100 (the maximum) are asked by each of the plaintiffs, represented by Attorneys Rufus C. Kuykendall and Patrick E. Chavis, Jr„ and assisted by the local branch of the NAACP. Plaintiffs are: Gilbert Wayman, <944 N. Capitol; Mr. and Mrs. Ericst Brown, 611 Locke, Apt, 297; Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Burbridge, ’358 N. Capitol; Gerald Bauman white native of Switzerland and us wife. Eunice, an American InHan). 3614 Graceland. and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henderson, 8$5 W.
13th.
Named as defendants are: the Greater Indianapolis Amusement '’ompany, Inc., operators of the Indiana Roof. Alice Kendrick and .lary Jane Murray, employes of
he corporation.
THE PLAINTIFFS ALLEGE hat, responding to advertisements lublished in daily newspapers and m placards circulated throughout ‘he city they purchased tickets at \ » designated ticket agency, but vere refused admission when they vere presented at the Roof where Louis Armstrong and his band vere being featured. The famous “Satchmo” and his band had only recently returned from a triumphal tour of Europe, visiting foreign countries as goodwill ambassadors under sponsorship of the U. S. State Department While standing humiliated and embarrassed by the actions of the operators of the Indiana Roof and their employes, the plaintiffs said many white -persons were admit*ed without question. Complaining to persons in charge, the victims alle they were told “only members of the Roof Club, lAc., were admitted upon presentation of valid mem-
bership cards.”
THE INCIDENT was widely circulated throughout musical circles elsewhere in the country after a story ’detailing the alleged racial
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