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Westoider Slain; Victim’s Brother-in-Law Is Jailed

OOPS! — The upside down Ohio ribbon doesn’t seem to bother Corrine Huff at the “Miss Universe" contest in Miami B e ac h , Fla. The Youngstown miss is the only Negro to represent a state.

Pope's Message Praises Congo Independence LEOPOLDVILLE, Congo (ANP) —Pope John XXIII, in a radio message and blessing to the people of the Congo, told them that the Church rejoiced in their new independence. The Pope hailed “a new stage in the history of the Congo.” In his message, broadcast in French on the day of independence (June 30), he said these words of an earlier message to Africa applied to the Congo: “We are happy to express to you . . . Our great satisfaction in seeing the progressive realization of growing sovereignty. The Church rejoices in it and trusts in the will of those young states to take their due places in the community of nations.” Pope John urged a friendly spirit between the Congo and the former mother country, Belgium.

Walker Mfg. Co. To Celebrate doth Anniversary The Madam C. J Walker Mamulecturing Company, celebrating fo years of progress and service in (he beauty products industry, enters the first year of its diamond anniversary observance and will Umax this milestone in its illustrious history with a Diamond Anniversary Convention which will onvenc August 21-24 in the Walk<~r Bid ding here. The four day convention, open natkn.wide to licensed beauticians, offers a program that includes advance beauty culture training, •ales conferences, recreation, enlightenment on national and international affairs and professional entertainment. THE PRINCIPALS of the chain of Madam Walker Beauty Schools will direct advanced beauty culture workshop-clinics featuring as guest demonstrators and instructors; Mrs. Lillian Robinson of Chattanooga, Term., and “Mr. Paul" Slaughtaire of Chicago. - The Hon. William M. Q. Ha’m, ambassador to the United States from Ghana, Africa, will be guest (Continued on Page 2)

CONG. DIGGS ASKS QUIZ OF SHERIFF AT MISS. NATIONAL FOREST WASHINGTON (ANP)—Rep. Charles C. Diggs Jr. (D-Mich.) has asked Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson to investigate reports that a sheriff ordered both white and Negro visitors to leave DeSoto National Forest near Gulfport, Miss. National forests are controlled by the Department of Agriculture.

New Bethel Church Schedules Annual Convention July 17-23

New Bethel Baptist Church will hold its 42nd annual convention, Sunday. July 17 through Saturday, July 23, at the church, 1519 Martindale Avenue. . Rev. F. Benjamin Davis is the pastor. Rev. F. K. Dillard, pastor of Greater Gethsemane Baptist Church, will deliver the evangelistic sermon for the first meeting.

KEEP ON KEEPING ON! For two weeks this corner has been strongly suggesting prompt payment consideration for Recorder carrier delivery service. At no time did we intend to imply that ,«Tlk were guilty of this gross negMgenee for nothing would be | further/from the truth. There are thousands of good , Recorder readers who know what it means to inspire a youngster in his or her effort to do some- ' thing constructive to earn an honest dollar. They pay all of their bills regularly and on time regardless of the amount. They know as you know that each of us likes to he PAID because that’s the only thing that makes WORK attractive to the most, industrious of us. To which we say a hearty AMEN. However, we arc happy to report that those who were guilty of this almost unpardonable sin are beginning to “Get on the right track, baby” and are paying the carrier when he or she delivers The Recorder. We believe that they are happy, the carrier is happier and we aie happiest. Map, Yeah!

Speakers on following programs, among others include: July 18, Rev. C. V. Jetter, Pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, prayer led by Randall Hutchinson; July 19, Rev. F. Jefferson, Pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church, prayer led by Willard Nance; July 20, Dr. II. T. Toliver, Pastor of Mt. Olive Baptist Church, prayer led by Joshua Cutler; July 21, Rev. N.E. Vincent, Pastor of Northside New Era Baptist Church, prayer led by Rev. T. W. Washington; July 22, Rev. J. T. Highbaugh, Pastor of Good Samaritan Baptist Church, led by C. Walker. Dr. F. Benjamin Davis, pastor of the church, will lead devotions Sjit., July 23. Music for the six-day convention will be rendered by the convention chorus, directed by Mrs. Ruth Davis; congregational singing, directed by Mrs. Mable Washington; and music by the visiting singers. Glenn White and Mrs. Beatrice Robinson are organists. The membership is approximately 1000, with departments, auxiliaries and groups organized to interest all age levels. Youth church activities include: Sunday School, Baptist Training Union, Missionary Society, Starlight Band, Junior Christian Crusaders, Senior Christian Crusaders Club, Young Women’s Auxiliary and the Junior Missionary Society. Adult Missionary circles include: Business and Professional, Deborah, Dorcas—for Sewing, Leah, Lydia, Naomi, Rebekah, Usher Board, Parent-Teachers Christian Association, President and Workers Council, Brotherhood Activity for Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, Ladies Aid, Pastor’s Aid, Nurses Aid, Continued on Page 2

VICTORY CONTRIBUTION: Heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Patterson celebrated his record-smashing victory this week by purchasing a $500 NAACP Life Membership* through the Association's

Brooklyn branch. Shown (left to right) are the champion, Father Archibald V. McLees, Patterson's priest, who solicited the membership and R, Risley Dent, president of the Brooklyn uriOlKANP -Photo) * ‘

Bombing Attempt Fails at Philander Smith College

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—A dire threat to "segregated education in Arkansas” was posed here early this week. The threat involved an attempt of three white men to bomb a fourstory building on the campus of the all-Negro Philander Smith College. A dormito.~y for students is maintained on the fourth floor. According to reports the three men were arrested as they were about to light a slow-burning candle which would light a fuse attached to a sizeable box. The box contained forty sticks of dynamite. THE THREE MEN arrested were identified as: Emment E. Mil\er, 44. a bookkeeper and Robert L. Parks, 38, both of West Memphis. Ark. Parks is said to be employed by an automotive parts firm. The third man, Hugh L Adams, 33, of Bassett, Ark., is employed at Osceola, Ark in an Industrial plant.

They were arrested first under the Civil Rights Act of 1960 which makes it a federal offense (crime) to transport explosives in interstate commerce for the purpose of interfering with educational activities, according to Department of Justice. * THE ACTION OF the three men in trying (o bomb the school building has been associated with the role of students in staging lunch counter sit-ins Last spring thirteen students of the school were arrested in two big demonstrations. The group of students were tried and convicted in state courts under a recently enacted state law. The law relates to public disturbances and misdemeanors and carcies penalties of .from 30 days to six months in jail. The bombing attempt at the college had a parallel in a dynamite blast at the home of Carlotta

Walls. She was one of the five Negro students integrated into Central high school last fall upon its opening, after it had been closed by order of Gov. Orval Ei Faubus.

MO. JUDGE RULES CAFE OWNERS CAN BE BIASED AGAINST NEGRO PATRONS KANSAS CITY (ANP)—A city ordinance making it unlawful for restaurants to refuse service to any persons because of race or color was declared unconstitutional last week by circuit Judge Tom J. Stubbs. • His ruling permanently enjoined the city of Kansas City from enforcing the ordinance. The suit had Deen tiled against the city by 15 restaurant owners, who contended their rights under Missouri law were violated by the ordinance, passed January 15.

Police First Led To Believe Death Was Accidenlial A Haughville couple, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Jackson, 941 Sheffield, apparently bothered by guilty consciences, confessed during a coroner's hearing last week that the death of Mrs. Jackson's brother, Willie Barmore, 28, of the same address, did not happen as they previously reported. Police answering a call at the Haughville address July 3 were told by the couple that Barmore hod come home the night before with a slight cut on his head and lapsed into unconsciousness. Because Barmore suffered from high blood pressure and had a record of fainting spells Homicide Det. Sgts. Lester Cunningham and Floyd Swails quoted the, couple as saying, they were not disturbed but became alarmed when Sadie Jackson could not awaken her brother the next morning He died later at General Hospital. x-rays ~ revealed' his skin had been fractured. ^ The detectives said because Jackson had been drinking they believed his injurying might have been sustained in a fall until they got a tip that things weren’t right” "We were working on the other angle, Sgt. Swails said, when the couple broke down at the coroner’s hearing and admitted that Jackson had struck his brother-in-law in the head with a hammer during a struggle. Leaving the hearing, Jackson returned to his job an dtelephoned his whereabouis io police, the detectives related. In relating the details to the detectives the couple said that Barmore had come into their bedroom around midnight, and refused to leave when Jackson asked to.> Jackson. Sgt. Swails said, got up and after some heated words ht and Barmore began to struggle. “I had been doing some carpenter work in the bedroom ” and had my tools on the dresser ” Jackson reportedly explained. He said he packed up the hammer, and his wife, who had gotten our of bed, and w'as attempting to seperate them grabbed his arm. During the ensuing tussle Jackson's hand allegedly broke loose from his wife’s grasp, and the hammer came crashing down on Baimore’s head. Both Jackson and his wife said (Continued on Page 2)

NEGRO Police Board Acts After Civic Leaders' Loud Protest to Governor Fair-minded Hoosiers won a solid victory Wednesday when fhe State Police Board ordered that a well-qualified Negro applicant, who had previously been refused, be admitted to

the traipinn school for the force.

Robert L. Ewinq of Richmond, graduate of Earlham College where he was an all-round athlete, found sunshine after the storm as he was instructed to take a physical examination Thursday and, if successful, to enter the school at once.

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James Cummings Heads Barrington Housing Project

CME Bishops Stewart and Shy To Dedicate New Trinity Church

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The Rt: Rev. Luther C. Stewart, presiding bishop in this area of the C.M.E. Church, will preside during the dedication of the new Trinity C.M.E. Church, 2253 Mardale Ave., Sunday, July 17. Services will be held at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. The Rt. Rev. P. Randolph Shy, presiding bishop of the Eighth Episcopal District of the church, will deliver the dedicatorial message. The Rev. James L. Cummings, youthful, abl« and enterprising young minister, is pastor of Trinity Church which he has served now nearly six years. Rey. M. L. Breeding, secretary of the board of missions, C.M.E. Church, will conduct the afternoon services. Musical programs will be presented by the Trinitj' Senior Choir and Male Chorus in the morning. Under the direction (Continued on Page 2)

JAMES C. CUMMINGS JR. James C. Cummings Jr., former Indianapolis newspaper editor who is well known in political and civic circles, was named manager of the Barrington Housing Project, it was announced this week. The announcement of his appointment came from Lippman & Associates, developers of manj large housing enterprises throughout Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. Besides their holding in Indianapolis include The Meadows, The Meadows Shopping Center, The Shoreland Towers and The Frontenac. The Barrington project is a 700unit development of one and two story buildings on the city’s Southeast side The rental offices are at 1627 S. Keystone. All the apartments have two bed rooms and the rents are scaled from $60 to $75 monthly. A product of Indianapolis schools, Cummings graduated from Crispls Attucks in 1948. An interest in journalism led him to the study of journalism at Indiana University, and an. eight-year career as a writer and photographer with The Indianapolis Recorder. During 1957 and 1958 he was the editor and publisher of the Indianapolis Voice. Since 1956 he has served as field consu’tant for the state FEPC. He is presently attending night classes at Indiana University and Indiana Central College, studying business administration. Mr Cummings expects to receive a Bache lor of Arts Degree, with a majoi in marketing from Indiana Centra! next summer. Active in Republican politics, he served as a coordinator in the campaign forces of William c Sharp when the latter made a bid for mayor last year. Cummings appeared on a prograb with VicePresident Richard Nixon on Mkynumen Circle in 1956, and has directed special programs for the Marion County Republican organization. A former president of the In diana State Council of NAACP Youth Councils and College chapters, the 30-year-old administrator was awarded a special honor by the Federation of Associated Clubs several years ago. Cummings, a veteran of the Korean War was honored as an "outstanding soldier” during his Army career.

Hate Letters Anger Mary Britt, Sammy Davis' Intended STOCKHOLM, Sweden (ANP) —Blonde actress May Britt left here for a night club engagement in Boston last Thursday reportedly bitter over a flood of insulting and threatening letters she has received from fellow Swedes concerning her coming marriage to Negro entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. But the outspoken actress seemed all the more determined to marry Davis, for whom she has openly expressed her love. Commenting on some 40 letters she has received on the anti-Negro theme, she said: “We are going to marry all the same. In the long run people will understand me, I am sure.” The letters called the DavisBritt marriage a “threat against the (white) race.” Davis and Miss britt have been the targets of racists ever since they announced their engagement and plans to marry.

partisan hoard, of which former Supreme Court Judge Paul Jasper is president, overruled two previous decisions by State Police officials in which Ewing had been turned down for different reasons. THE BOARD GAVE Ewing a special hearing to review his case. He was accompanied by Attys. Rufus C. Kuykendall and Robert G. Mann. Board members questioned him particularly about the question of whether he has maintained a legal residence in Indiana for the past year/ The 29-year-old graduate of - Richmond High School and Earlham had lived m New York State for five years in an effort to find suitable employment which is rather scarce for Negro college graduates in Indiana. However, he demonstrated that he had moved his family back to Richmond in 1958. Ewing’s attorney^ cited sta£e law to prove that “the place whdl"e a man’s family resides shall, he considered his residence.” This knocked out a contention by State Police Lieut. Richard Sutton that Ewing was ineligible because of not living in Hoosierland continuously for the past year. BETWEEN EWING’S SECOND turn-down and the board’s hearing, Gov. Harold W. Handley was called on the intervene in the case by Atty. John Preston Ward, executive director of the Indiana Civil Liberties Union. In reply to Atty. Wajd, Governor Handley wrote that he had asked the NAACP to find qualified applicants for the State Police Force, in order to continue his administration’s policy of non-dis-crimination in state government jobs. While no Negro has ever served on the State Police, one Negro applicant did attend the school several years ago but then turned down the job for personal rea-

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ALTHOUGH EWING WOULD be getting a late start in the school, which began July 5 at Indiana University, Bloomington, it was not expected that he would find difficulty in passing. He will be one of only three college graduates in the otherwise all-white “student body” of 76. About a third of the would-be troopers will be flunked out of the school, it was estimated. Twentv-two will be appointed to the force. - EWING’S APPLICATION originally was rejected by Capt. Howard Hyslope, State Police personnel director, for “character” reasons such as that loud parties were given at his home and that (Continued on Page 2)

Negro Policeman Is Hero of Resque At Niagara Falls NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (ANP)—A Negro policeman, visiting from New Jersey, one of the principals in an astounding Niagara Falls rescue drama, was being hailed early this week as a hero. He is 44-year-old John R. Hayes of Vauxhall, N.J., who hooked one foot around a guard rail and snatched 17-year-old Deanna Woodward from the swirling, angry waters of the Upper Niagara river as she was about to plunge over the falls. Her seven-year-old brother, Rodger, astounded the world by being swept over the 160 foot falls and surviving. THE TWO youngsters had been in a boat piloted by James Huneycutt, 41, who lost his life in the falls. Police said Konger—reported to be in remarkably good condition —was the first person known to have survived an accidental drop over the famous waterfall. Rodger’s sister, Deanne, had floated several hundred yards down the Upper Niagara river screaming for help above the roar of the falls before the slim brunette was spotted by tourists on Terrapin point. “I’ll never forget that girl’s face as she went by screaming for help and reaching out,” said Hayes. Hayes climbed through a guard rail, crooking his leg on a slat and stretched like a first baseman. “I only got the first two fingers and thumb of her right hand but she wasn't about to let go,” Hayes (Continued on Page 2'

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