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‘UNCLE DUMMY," Prophet
"Uncle Dummy", a prophet of widening international attention, comes to Indianapolis Saturday to '
continue an amazing series of predictions of things to come, both \ I %# good and bad. 0^11(1 Y Cdf The Rev. R. P. (!. Pennington,)
Grand Rapids, Mich., issued a number of predictions Jan. 2 this year, most of which have come
true .
He has documentary proof of prophesies made at That time i which have come true, including: ! Devastating floods in Kentucky i and Virginia; . - Tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and North and South Carolina; Two earthquakes in California; | Floods in Texas. AN UPRISING and overthrow of the government in Russia in 1958 has been one of his longrange prophesies. His prediction that the present j government of France (Jan. 2, i 1957) would fall, is now in process of being written into history. Only several days ago Premier Mollet lost a vote of confidence in the French Assembly and handed in his resignation. In a letter to the President of the United States, Uncle Dummy gave dates and details oC prophesies involving disasters to various populous centers, both north and south. And who is this strange man calling himself ‘Uncle Dummy’?" Spry at 84 years of age, the Prophet is something of a biological phenomenon. He was born j Continued on Page 7
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Negro Church To Join White Methodist Group
By DAVID M. JORDAN. D.D.
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TOLEDO. Ohio—One of the THERE WERE NO changes highlights of the 88th session of j among pastors of Indianapolis, the Lexington Annual Conference But changes across the district
of the Methodist Church wav the were as follows:
transfer of Simpson Methodist Rev. Amos Cambric. Jr., ColurnChurch, (Negro) Steubenville, bus, Ohio, appointed to Wesley Ohio, to the all-white Northeast ; Church, Jeffersonville, Ind., to Ohio Conference. j succeed Rev. W. H. Williams; Rev. Scions were held May 14-19 i W. H-Wiliinm* to Jihpj Evans-' and Braden Church was host to ; ville. Rev. A. L. Hook was tfansthe Conference. j ferred from the Louisiana ConferHishop Matthew W. Clair, Jr., ence to Whitley Church, Muncie St. Louis, head of the Lexington to succeed Rev. Richard Wash-
Conference, observed thai\ the ington.
transfer, if approved by thk all • | Rev. Richard Washington goes white conference, should bdeome to Columbus, Ohio. Rev. Peter
MRS. BENJAMIN HOOPER is shown outside her home in Mastic Beach, L. I., New York, as she thanked Sam Woodson, the rescue worker who made the final breakthrough to reach her son, Benjamin Jr., 7. Woodson said it was “the greatest thrill of my life” when he got the boy in his arms and found he was alive after 24 hours in a well shaft dug by the boy’s father. (International) 30,000 Demonstrate At Prayer Pilgrimage
"I'm No Hero, Says Rescuer Of Trapped Boy
By RICHARD A. JACKSON For ANP MANORVILLE, N. Y. (ANP) —The hero of the biggest rescue story ever to break on Long Island is Sam Woodson, construction worker. It was he who pulled 7-year-old Benny Hooper from a sandy entrapment at the bottom of a 24-foot well where the boy had been encased for 24 hours from Thursday evening last week. The lad. son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Kent Hooper, Sr., fell into the hole, which his father had just completed digging in the rear of the family’s home at Manorville. 85 miles East of New York City. He remained wedged at the bottom of the shaft, being given up as dead by most observers after 12 hours, until the 39Nyear-old Woodson reached him from an indirectly sunken shaft and shouted up the news—“He’s alive.”
BENJAMIN HOOPER, JR., smiles days after his dramatic rescue from certain death by Sam Woodson. (International)
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Dr. Theodore A. Mayer./superintendent of the all-white Steubenville District, who invited the Simpson Church, stated earlier
BY ALH E A. Dt NXKiA.N WASHINGTON —< ANP)
The
Fietcher, Racine, VVis., was ap-
pointed to \Y ile.v Church, | nation has never winiessed such astle to succeed Rev. J. ( . j impressive deinonsiration as was nanis. Rev. J. C. Williams goes j j n Washington. Frirlav. ini
, T en T to s " <,ceed Rev -! commeinoration of Hie third anni i that he though the change could VI. L. J. Bellinger who goes to ersarv of the Supreme rotirt’s be completed over a period oi one Detroit, Mich. desegration decision. _ aa I CHLR( H LEADERS from In-, Approximately ;;o.o(ttt people lamoc fvl Patton dianapolis attending the confer- lroiI1 a!1 s.ciions of Hm c.mntr, JCIIIICJ Ifl# ■ tmwiif , ence included delegations headed gathered at Lincoln Memorial in a I m - by Rev. and Mrs. Paul L. Ayers.; p ra ver Pilgrimage - for Freedom. Mammoth Aopnt I Barnes Church; Rev. and Mrs.) '|'he enthusiastic crowd sat. oi IVICIIIIIIIVIII j J. I. Dixon, Simpson Church; Rev. | s j 00 «|. in silent reverence for
md Mrs. G. N. Hardin, Gorham | »i,ree soli<l hours listening te Church; Rev. and Mrs. S. R.! prayers songs and speeches m Wright, Scott Church and Rev.! t im slut us of the N-gro in thiand Mrs. L. J. Reed of St. Paul : count ry tmlay and <*n his hope ’hurch. 'and aspirations for tin* future.
All reports to the conference revealed marked increases in all
Wasson's Hires Negro Saleslady
Wins High Honor James M. Patton, salesman on the Indianapolis District of thi Mammoth Life & Accident Insurance company, was one of the two agents of Nergo companies along with H>2 other agents to win places on the 35th annual All-stai
Honor Roll.
This annual selection is mad* by the Insurance Salesman, a na tional magazine published in the Interest of life, accident and health field workers. The honorees wet* chosen from a total of 234 nomi
nees.
Mr. Patton has been with the Mammoth Life 11 years. His 195t; achievement which placed him or the Honor Roll was based on a $58.70 weekly premium inereas* and the writing of ordinary lift policies on 90 lives for $200.000.()(' In providing this much protection for Negro families in a year’s time, Mr. Patton has earned not only the sincere congratulations of his company, and his local associates, hut also the high esteem of the public generally. He lives with his wife Edith at 3537 Prospect.
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major areas of church life.
The Conference ratified with
an overwhelming vote the General Conference amend-
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Edward Banks Joins Civil Defense Staff
There was not a hand-clap l lii'oughtMii Hi** services, hut
| frequent showers «»r handker- , ehief and pennant waving as
expressions of approval to what the speakers were saving,
j While the pilgrimage was sup l posed to he religions rather that ! political, it was rongressinar I Charles C Diggs. Democrat o 1 Michigan, win* reminded them
Edward Banks, 1249 W. 35th, j that prayer and shouting was no < hief sales engineer at the Car-j enough to secure these rights foinal Tool and. Machine company,! which they are fighting, has been appointed to the staff of There must be some politic;? he Indianapolis Civil Defense. Carl ac n on said Diggs. He urged R. Budenak, director ol the l>e- ) those people coming from area* partment of Civil Defense has ,here is no restriction oi nnounced. political action to make use of tlx Mr. Banks, a tool engineer with ballot. And those coming from high standing in his profession, areas where there are restrictionthe only Nepro serving in the , and economic pressures should op level of officials of a large local unite because 'unity gives power, .•ndii.strial company During his; roXGKHSSMAN Adam Flaylot long experience he has worked |» 0 well Democrat of New York or prominent firms as an engineer. | called for a “third force” in deluding the Ford Aircraft Di-j Amer j can Mr,. , 0 turn the tide vision of the Ford Motor Company f rom hypocrisy to honesty and :n Chicago. front flaunting the law to respect
I f f)r t ) 1(i law.
^ POLICEMEN SWORN IN He lashed out at both political Two Negroes were among the parties for their dishonestv an*' •H new police officers sworn in . Increasing hypocrisy. He criticized at ceremonies at City Hall this | tlie Republican party for refusing week. ! to exercise the massive majest' They are, Richard Collins, 2011 j and prestige of the executive of N. Harding and Thomas Lewis, lice as it should. Ami scored th< j ;3M3 N. Kenwood. Continued on Page 7 Jackie Praises Ike's Civil Rights Attitude
WASHINGTON— 7 President El-ident. another recipient of the Insenhower deserves a “pat on thejterfaith award, took time out to
hack” declared Jackie Robinson. | greet them.
former Brpokyln Dodger star af- Although Jackie did not reveal ter a brief visit with the chief exe- i the exact nature of his conversaeutive last week. j tion with the President, he adThe former baseball star and i mined he was very pleased and Joe E. Brown, famed comedian encouraged by th“ President’s alwere in Washington to receive the j titude on the civil rights question. Interfaith awards presented joint-; He said the President’s record ly by the Knights of Columbus, showed he had done a lot of
j 'he B’nai B rirlt and Almas Tem-j things without hollering about it j country where he attempted to at-
ido. j Brown also praised Eisenhower | tack her.
! The two honores were invited to j for his “integrity, ability and! A charge of rape is pending ' the White House where the Presi-1 sound judgment.” j against Campbell
the hap-
py hero said: ‘T didn't talk to the hoy down there. Italked to God.” It was the second time Woodaon I had saved a person from a sandy tomb Twenty years ago, in his native Virginia, with a rope tied to his ankles, he let himself be lowered into a deep well casing so he could grab the hair of 3-vear-okl Betty Robertson and pull her to
safety.
Though all acclaimed him as the hero of “The Miracle of Manorville,” Woodson modestly acclaimed his fellow rescuers with thv Stiiiz Contruciion company. 'T*M NO HERO. IF anpone s a hero, it's Mike Stiriz. he’s a great man,” he stated Member oi a four-man relay cam, Woodson had sprawled on his belly in a tight, dark tunnel, clawing at the sand to reach young Benny. He had been on he job 12 hours and it his tuhn
again.
”1 finally got through,” he said, ‘and i reached Benny’.hand. It was cold. Then there was a slide and he disappeared. The and came down and drove me back .he boy was burned again and he didn’t have the protection of the
pipes.
“There must have been a lot of prayers.” he stated, ‘‘cause something happened down Continued on Page 8
Rev. Henry Lewis naacp leader
Seeks To Head Baptist Group
MRS. KATHERINE MOSLEY The H. P. Wasson company, for ihe first time is employing a Negro woman as saleslady. The Recorder was told this week. Mrs. Katherine Mosley. 1931 Hillside. was upgraded to the position after working at the downtown department store for 14 years, the last two as cashier in the coat and suit department and previously as stock girl. She is now employed in Ihe gift department. Mrs. Mosley, a native of Hopkinsville. Ky.. has lived here 15 years tnd is a graduate of Attucks high school. A member of the Metropolian Baptist Church, she is a teach*r of the Metoka and Galeda Bible •lass of its Sunday School.
Sentenced To Life For Kidnap A jurv in Criminal Court 1
found Ernest Campbell. 28, 5005 F, fi4th guilty of kidnapping
Tuesday night.
Judge Scott McDonald sentenced him to life imprisonment as manda-
tory under Indiana law. »
Campbell was accused of the adduction of Miss Columbine Stevens, 24 as she left a supermarket at Allisonville Road and Fall Creek
Boulevard Nov. 26, 1956.
Miss Stevens testified Campbell was hidden in her car when she came out of the market, and made her drive to a lonely spot in the
To Describe
Terror In Dixie
Rev. Henry W. Lewis, prominently active in ministerial circles in this city and state for many years, has announced his candidacy for the presidency of the National Baptist Convention of America unincorporated. In a formal announcement to The Recorder this week Rev.
Lewis said:
“My 19 years experience as an officer of the National Baptist Convention of America, unincorporated under Dr. Ira M. Hendon and my financial rating and schooling in religious education, fine arts, law and business both as teacher and student; my public contacts with our ruling classes and my loyalty for those that have gone on before; my love of the brethren, have fitted me to become a candidate for the highest Office that can be bestowed upon a Baptist minister, which is the presidency of the National Baptist Convention of America unincorporated.”
“1 do so run.”
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CHARLES R. DARDEN
L*r of Bethel A ME Church, is
a member of the Home Mission j n ‘ M , a members
Board, and serves as general secretary of the Progressive Baptist Convention of Indiana and general setretary of the Interdenominational Ministers Alliance of In-
dianapolis. 1
He lives at 2334 N. Capitol.
Walker Beauty College To Hold Graduation
A fearless freedom tighter from the depths of Mississippi will
„ . . . , . . j speak here Sunday afternoon in Rev ’, effort to help (he Indianapolis
NAACP branch reach its goal of
Climax of a brilliant round of appropriate festivities will be reached when the graduating class of the Walker College of Beauty Culture are presented diplomas at commencement exercises at the Walker Casino Sunday afternoon at 1:30. The prized diplomas will be presented by Willard B. Ransom, general manager of the Walker Manufacturing company, the parent of the Beauty College. The class of 1957 began its schedule of social activities with a breakfast at Planner House Thursday morning at which 120 persons were present. Guest speaker was Mrs. Henry Bundles, vice-president of the Walker company. Baccalaureate service will 6e held in connection with the morning worship at Bethel AME Church Sunday with the pastor, Rev. Jonathan A. Dames delivering the baccalaureate sermon. The graduates and their friends were scheduled to attend a formal dance at the Walker Casino Friday evening, May 24. Music by Willie Cook and his orchestra and decorations by the Atkins Flower Shop. The graduation dance theme was, “Sweet Graduate.” THE LIST of graduates, all of whom have passed the Indiana
state examinations, includes: Zelma R. Armstrong, Dora E. Bacon, Curtis Beal, Anna Broadiis, Lucy E. Bridgeforth, Armetta Brown, Helen J. Colder, Sarah Higginbothan, Juanita L. Humphrey, Christina J. Jones, Josephine King, Thelma King, Mary Lockhart Virtis Mitz; Also—r.outse Morris, Rose M. Morse, Pauline Mosley, Norma Murray, Earline Patrick, Jean Pullen, Elease Roberts, Sarah Samuels, Georgia M. Stewart, Rosie M. Sims, Jacques Toliver, Barbara Tucker, Marilyn Trice, Agnes M. Warren and Mabel Whitney. Mid-summer graduates who will take the examinations within the next few months include: Bernetta Balumgraph, Lillie Ball, Mary A. Craig, Helen G. Douglass, Daphne Y. Goldsmith, Audrey Harrell, Florence Howard, Martha Hughes, Gail E. James, Sharon McCray, Wilma Miller, Linnie M. Richmond, Helen Shanklin, Lillian Staples. Cai*olyn R. Stephens and Rosa C. Thrash. Arleen Thomas will be graduated as manacurist. The celebrated Walker College of Beauty is directed by Mrs. Mae Simmons, assisted by Mrs. Mary Cummings, instructor and Daisy Meredith substitute instructor.
Like a visitor from a conquered country, Charles R. Darden will (*ross the “cotton curtain" from his home at Meridian. Miss., to speak before a public mass meeting at St. John’s Baptist Church 1 701* Martindale. The meeting is set for 3:30 p.m. Mr. Darden was the last NAACP state president of Mississippi before the organization was outlawed by the stale legislature. He is described as a moving speaker who will tell of the nersecntion being endured by Negroes in the Deep South. His subject is “Terror in Dixie.” Proprietor of the Darden Photo Service in Meridian. Mr. Darden is also chairman of the MeridianLauderdale County Democratic Club. He has been a member of the NAACP since 1940. and is chairman of the youth work committee of the Meridian branch. He is a member of the Methodist
Church.
Atty. Henry J. Richardson. Jr., will introduce Mr. Darden at Sundav’s meeting. Rev. Andrew .1. Brown is nastor of the church and F. E. DeFrantz. Sr., is chairman of the NAACP membership
drive.
Report meetings of the campaign workers are held caoh Monday at 8 p.m. in the Walker Ca-
sino.
Seek Sale Of Lockefield To Private Group Lockefield Gardens will be sold to a private group who will be obligated to operate it as a low rent housing project, if a bill introduced in the House of Representatives by Congressman Charles B. Brownson becomes a law. The Brownson bill, introduced Monday of this week, will authorize the Public Housing Authority to sell the 748 housing project to the Board for Fundamental Education, a group of wealthy and influential community leaders of Indianapolis and Texas. Rep. Brownson will appear before the Citizens Committee to Save Lockefield at a meeting on Friday. May 31 on the Central YWCA at Noon to answer questions and discuss important considerations in the proposed sale of Lockefield to the Board for Fundamental Education. • Declaring himselt as favoring ity ownership of the project as his first choice. Rep. Brownson said ’’is intent in offering the legislations is “to protect the interests of 'he tenants who occupy the 738 •inits of Lockefield Gardens and of those who may in the future occupy this low-rent housing project which was orginally built with taxpapers money for this specific purpose. REP. BROWNSON. Indianapolis, said he acted after the Mayor Phillip Bavt turned down the offer of the Public Housing Authority that the city take over and continue operation of LockefieltP as a lowrent housing project, with the alternative that the project would be sold to private investors. A sharp increase in rents would ’’esult in the latter case, many community leaders believe with resulting great hardship to the present tenants and the Negro community generally. Brownson said adoption of his measure now in Congress would prevent such an unwelcome development. THE BOARD for Fundamental Education, a federally chartered non-profit corporation would be enabled by the measure to include operation of Lockefield in its authority. This group, devoted to expanding a self-help program among economically handicapped groups, now works through center located at Continued on Page 7 Negro Vendors Not Hired For Speedway Race By CHARLES PRESTON B-U-L-L-E-T-I-N Two Negro vendors were hired by Sportservice, Inc., for the Speedway race after The Recorder and a local civio leader called the matter to the attention of Robert Sobel, the Sportservice manager, on Thursday afternoon.
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There will be no Negroes among the 250 referdiments vendors at next week's internationally famed ^00-mile Speedway race, it was confirmed by the management of Sportservice, Inc.. Thursday. Whether this is due to discrimination in hiring or to the tardiness of Negroes in applying for vendor’s jobs is a question at this writing. The matter was brought to The Recorder’s attention after a complaint to the NAACP. Robert Sobel,’ New York, top Sportservice official at the Speedway, firmly denied that Negro applicants were discriminated against. “Such definitely isn’t the case,” Sobel said. “If they had applied in time, they would have been hired. Five or six have applied during the past week, but our vendor force was already completed. “This is a 5-day operation, and if we added more vendors nobody would make any monev.” THE SPORTSERVICE organizaton nationally and Mr. Sobel in particular have a good reputation for fair employment. Sobel is credited with bringContinucri ou Page 7 'Kicker Kicked Out' CM NTOX, Teitn (ANP) The tables were turned last week when the rabid segregationist, John Kas|>er was on the receiving end of the shoe heel instead of giving it. The devout racist and white supremacy advocate was kicked out of the precinct of his own kind when a Klu Klux Klan rally wanted no part of him and booted him out of a meeting. Sheriff Glad Woodward said Kasper was ordered to leave the KKK rally because he waa not invited. It was reported Kasper was later kicked out of a nearby restaurant.