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REQKU HIS'i'OKY J5VKKY WEEH
MAGUIE B. WALKER, first
banker of the United Slate*, win bora
•ftor'tly liefnre the CItII wnr. In Iticb-
nnnd, V«. Rhe began her hiislneB* rareer
■h a worker In the Independent Order of
St. f.nke, nn organization promoting
tienlth, thrift, nnd eduentlon »mong Ne-
groes. In 1110.1, she opem-d the Ht. I,\ik«
Penny Raring* hunk, nnd served 27 years
nn Its president, during which her hnnk
enabled 04B persons to become homeowner*.
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NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEEK AWARD—Edward II. Mnrrow, CRN
radio and CDS television newscaster (eenter left) receives one of the
ten nunnal Itusswurin awards of the National Newspaper Publishers
association from Dow-da! H. Davis (center right), chairman of National
Negro Newspaper week.
(Ill a C'ltS radio broadcast, Chicago Defender editor T.ouis E. Martin
(left! and New York Age gene-nl manager Jtilius J. Adams iright)
Join In citing Mnrrow as "nn nndevlatiiig champion of those high princi-
ples of citizenship nnd of true democracy tluit have mndo the United
States great" nnd for keeping "men constantly reminded of their duty
to decency nnd to destiny." Among other recipients of the Itusswiirin
awards are President Uwlght Elsenhower nnd the legnl department of
the NAACP.
Russwurm Award
Winners Named
During Broadcast
Bv the Appelated Negro Press
NEW YORK—'Winners of annual
Russwurm awards were announced
last week by Dowdal II. Davis In a
CBS radio broadcast lii conjunction
With Negro Newspaper week,
Davis, chairman of the National
Nefro Newspaper Week committee
and general manager of the Kan-
ens City Call, named the following
•ward'recipients:
Dr. Rufus 1 v. Clement, president
of Atlanta university and the first
Negro to hold a seat on the Atlnnta
board of education since Recon-
struction days; President Dwlght
P. Eisenhower; Eilward R. Mnr-
row, f'BR rodio nnd CBS television
newscaster: the Legal Defense de-
partment of the NAACP; Roy Cam-
pnnella, haashall player;
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Howard,
Negro family whose presence in a
Chicago housing project touched off
a series of racial flareups; Pvt.
Courtney L. Stanley of Louisiana;
TheodoVe Berry, Cincinnati council-
man; the Rt. Re?. Vincent Waters,
Catholic hi shop in North Carolina,
and' the U. 8. department of jus-
tice.
The awards were presented for
(See WINNERS. Page 6.)
♦
Puppy Perishes
In Fire that Does
$2,200 Damages
A young woman, asleep in her
room at 814 North New Braunfels
■venue, was aroused and mnde her
Tray to safety, Thursday morning,
March 18, when flnmes swept the
bouse. But there was n casualty. A
three months' old puppy, locked In
Its mistress's room, wns burned to
death.
Mrs. Loralne Washington, 814
North New llrnimfels, said that she
•aw smoke coming from the house,
and a rooin ablaze, shortly after
8 o'clock. She awoke n young wom-
an, Miss Maggie Thomns, asleep in
®ne room, who mnde her way t»
•afety.
The puppy wns in the room of
Miss Mildred Jones, who had left
at 7:30, with her locking the dog
In the room. The fire apparently
originated In this room.
Ilnmnge to the house nnd con-
tents was estimated to le about
»2,200. ^
"Lifer1 Learns
To Read, Write,
W i ns Freedom
By the Associated Nei.ro Press
NEW l'OHK—A man sentenced
lo life In Sing Sing penitentiary
by error is free today after serving
16 years. He Is Robert McCray, 43,
who discovered and revealed the
miscarriage of Justice with ihe help
Dt Atty. Harrison Jackson.
McCray said he Intends to start
his new life by marrying Miss Ks-
telle Bryant who gave him encour-
agement while he was In prison.
McCray learned to read and write
■while in prison. He was imprisoned
u a fourth felony offender ill 1(188.
reviewed his case and discovered
that a conviction on a feloijy ease
IB 1H3K on a weapons carrying
charge, should have been listed as a
misdemeanor. Atly. Jackson sub-
stantiated his suspicion by search-
ing the records.
General Session Judge Mullen,
tiefore whom the case was reviewed,
le-sentenced McCray to a five to
■is-year term and said the sen-
tence had been "more than served."
Man Knifed in Fight
In Vargas Street Bar
In a fight, Wednesday night,
March 17. In Vird Ciark'a place, a
tavern at 107 Vargas street, Huben
Poxle, 27, 1109 Dakota street, was
flashed on the neck and right hand.
The knife wlelder was identi-
fied but pot Immediately appre
handed.
Victoria County
Has First Negro
Jury Foreman
Sicx lnl to Sar. Antonio Register
VICTORIA. Texas — For the
first lime in tlic history of
Victoria county, a Nefro has
ser\ed as foreman of a jury.
He Is Floyd While, 34, a
mechanic for Gulf Power, in-
corporated. Also serving on the
jury, with 10 while men, was
another Negro, Frank Williams.
Although Negroes have, in the.
past, served on both grand ami
petit juries, none has ever be-
fore been elected foreman.
The jury 1 leaded, by While,
hi a case heard Inst week, in
distrirt court, awarded $1,000
damages to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Meyer.
The Meyers hod sought fS,-
000 for alleged damage to an
oil lease, by Rupert Cox of
Nueces county and Taylor Re-
fining company of Williamson
county.
The damage suit hail been In
rourt since 1951, when the
salt was first filed by the Mey-
ers. It hail been dismissed In
January, 1952, with Mr. and
Mrs. Meyer appealing the de-
cision. They were (ranted a
new trial.
The eouple sought damages
on the claim that Cox and Tay-
lor had ruined the leased prop-
erty by allowing salt water to
stand in a large pit, allowing
vehicles to make rats in the
gronnd. ami by allowing a gaa
flare to burn a wide area of
grass. i1
Army Gives Up
Hope Chi Major
Remains Alive
By the Associated Negro Tress
CHICAGO—llopeb of Mrs. Carlot-
ta Drown that her husband might
still l»e alive, were shattered last
week when the army notified her
that Major Frank M. Brown, 43, is
now presumed dead.
Major Brown had been missing
since Dec. lt ll»G0, when he was on
active duty with the Second division
in Korea.
His name was on an army list,
released last September, of men
believed captured and unaccounted
for after completion of the exchange
of prisoners. The Communists re-
ported he had escaped from u North
Korean prison camp.
Mrs. Brown long had entertained
a hope that her husband would turn
up. Returning officers, who had
served with him, tried to dispel this
by saying they were certain he had
been killed.
Born in Kansas City. Mo., Major
Brown wns graduated from Lincoln
high school in that city. lie later
attended a technical college in Chl-
(See HOPE, rage 7.)
N. Carolina City
Gets New Million
Dollar Hi School
By the Associated Negro Press
CHARLOTTE, X. C\—Recently, at
a session of the city school board,
contracts were signed for the con-
struction of a newi $1,000,000 Negro
senior high school to be built in the
northwestern section of the city.
The new building is expected to be
ready for the September school
term.
The board named Clinton L.
Blake, principal of the new school.
Blake is the brother-in-law of Bish-
op A. W. Woinack, Indianapolis,
lnd.f who presides over the eighth
Episcopal district of the CME
church and is also president of the
National Fraternal Council of
Churches USA, Inc.
The present high school, now using
the name of West Charlotte will be
renamed and converted into a Ne-
gro jntilor high. Decision was de-
ferred mill next board meeting on
selection «»f a principal for the lat-
ter school
Louisiana State University Appeals to U. S<
Supreme Court in Effort to Oust Student
Bishop A. P. Shaw
Elected Prexy
Of Wiley Board
Board of Trusees Names
Bishop W. J. King
Co-Chairman
By the Associated Negro Press
MARSHALL, Tex.—The Lruatee
board of Wiley college in its^9 muni
session Inst week elected Texas
Bishop Alexander P. Shnw of Los
Angeles, Cnl., ns president. Bishop
Shnw fills the vacancy left by the
late Bishop Koliert N. Brooks.
Bishop Willis J. King, of New
Orleans was elected co-president:
Dr. P. F. Williams-, 11. J. Mason,
and Mrs. i\ D. Johnson, all of Mar-
shall, were elected vice-president,
secretary, and assistant secretary,
respectively.
New memliers added to the lioard
this year are: T. D. Armstrong,
Galveston; - Mrs. F. D. A. Jones
Kctor and Mrs. M. K. B. Isaacs,
Houston; J. L. Patton. Dallas; Mrs.
Leota Robinson, Pasadena, Cal.j J.
A. 8 way re, Memphis, Tenn.; nnd
Percy W. Frothrow, Jr., Mnrshnll.
Bishops Shaw and King were
presented to the students nnd fnc-
ulty during the convocntion.
Bishop King. Methodist bishop to
Africn and now serving the annual
conferences of Louisinnn and Miss-
issippi, gave the convocation address.
He spoke of the needs in Africa,
of the problems the Africans face,
and of the bright hopes for Africa
in the future.
, Mnslc was furnished by the Wiley
a capella choir, under the direction
of Gilbert Allen.
White Tennessee
Ex-Con Rapist
Given 25 Years
By the Associated Negro Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A federal jury
took only 10 minutes last week to
find a white ex-convict guilty of
kidnaping a Negro woman and tak-
ing her across state lines to rape
tier. He was sentenced to 25 years
In the federal penitentiary.
Found guilty was Ollis Armon
Hannah, 52, on charges of kiduap*
lug and transporting u person
across u state line for immoral pur-
poses.
His victim was Mrs. Martha
White Hlghtower of West Memphis,
now an expectant mother.
The incident occurred on Dec.
18, 1053, when, under the ruse of
hiring her as a baby sitter, he pick-
ed her up from her home, took her
into Mississippi, then assaulted her
at the point of n knife.
He left her on the road, and she
walked several miles to a truck
weighing station to tell of the hor-
rible incident.
Three white witnesses, all friends
of Hannah, supplied testimony
which convicted him. A couple, Mr.
nnd Mrs. Clyde Stewart, said they
loaned him their automobile for
use on a date he said lie had with
a Negro woman. A third witness
cqufirmed their story.
Mrs. Hlghtower, 10, told the court
that the man said' he was hiring
her ns n bnby sitter, but instead
nttneked her.
Hnnnah told the court that on
the night of the attack he was baby
(See RAPIST, Page 3.)
License Plates
Now Being Issued
At Alamo City "Y"
For Ihe convenienee of busy
automobile owners, license
plates are now being Issued at
Alamo City branch YMCA. The
sub-station opened Wednesday,
and plates may be obtained at
the "V" through next Wed-
nesday, March 31, dally, from
9 o'clock in Mie morning until
4 In the afternoon.
Many People, Agencies Aid
AsGI'sWifeGets"New"Heart
THANKS to the help of many people, the American Heart
association, the American Sed Crow, a pharmaceutical firm,
and to medical research and the skill of army surgeons and
medical officers, many years have be6n added to the life ex-
pectancy of a teen-age wife of an army enlisted man.
Last week end, in the first operation of its kind in an army
hospital, army surgeons and medical officers at Brooke Army
Medical center, Fort Sam Houston,
replaced the leaking valve In the
heart of the 10-year-old wife of n
soldier, to make possible her lead-
ing a more normal life for many
future years.
She is Mrs. Willie Ann Sanuers.
020 South Gevers street, wife of
Prlvnte (first class) Woodrow
Sanders, Fourth army, 25th Trans-
portatlon Car company, whose lieart
had been damaged by rheumatic
fever, that so scarred her aortic
valve it could not close.
This condition resulted in blood,
which should circulate through the
body, returning to the heart. Instead.
Monday, her condition was re-
ported excellent, following n fopr-
hour opera Hon that got under way
Friday morning at 8 o'clock, at
Brooke Army hospital.
Not o»»ly was the operation the
first of its kind to be performed
In an acsnv hospital, but it was one
of the few that lias been perform-
ed In tin United States. It wns
originated, not too many years ago,
by Dr. Charles Ilufnagcl of George-
town university of Washington, D.
C., and .provided the answer for 11
"leaking-valve." Until then, there
<»* HEART, Page X)
Kenya Settlers
Oppose Cabinet
Posts for Natives
By the- Associated Negro Tress
XAlltUltl, Kenya—While settlers
here Inst week protested against
the second British effort to bring
pMW to this War-torn colony.
« The settler. Objected to tbe ad-
mitting of African, and Asiaus to
n council of ministers to help run
Kenya's government. The colored
Iiersons would hold cabinet posts for
the first time.
. Earlier the settlers had ol
to *M nee oiitnn- fllTft ne-
(EPttgtPT With MtM Man lenders to
end the lfl-inpnth-old war.
Oliver I.yttelton, British colonial
secretary, employed both approaches
ia an effort to bring peace to
Kepjrg,
Atclieu aud Asian groups already
have criticized I.yttelton's plan to
give cabinet status to two Asians
ami one African. The Africans have
demanded two native representa-
tives Instead of one on tbe council
of ministers.
Meanwhile, the Man Man secret
society contiuued to take its toll
of Europeans here. T.nst week the
nationalistic group reportedly killed
n farmer and his wife at their
farm l.onse, located some 25 miles
northeast of XiilnihJ,
♦
He Must
Be at War
With This Church
A Harney street man appar-
ently laid siege, last week end,
to a religious institution in the
1900 block of Montana, accord-
ing to police reports.
Saturday, the Kev. Garnet
S. A. Register
Re-establishes
Photography Service
IM erder that Register will
he able to receive pictures in
time In meet its Mondav after-
noon deadline, Register will
provide photography service
for Kiom persons who desire
CuMleatiiHi of pictures In Reg-
If
iter.
p persons wlio intend to
of their activities
are aaked t* call
MRS. WH'LIK ANN SANDERS
HEART REPAIRKl) — Willi n
new valve of plexiglass and n.vlon
ill her heart, Mrs, Willie Ann San-
ders smiles, knowing that, a more
normal life lies ahead of her, now
that surgeons at Brook Army Med-
ical center have replaced the leak-
ing valve In her aortn. Brooke Arm}
hosidtnl was Ihe first army hospi-
tal to perform the delicate lieart
operation. Mrs. Sanders anil her
hushand. Private (first class)
Woodrow Sanders, who is stationed
fit Fort Sum Houston, live at U2U
South Gevers stree,
February 27
LSU Board of Supervisors
Says Equal Facilities
At Negro Schools
By the Associated Negro Press
WASHINGTON — The board of supervisors of the Louisiana
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State university filed a brief with the United States Stv
premc court last week opposing the admission of Alexander 1^
Tureaud.
The brief cited the Louisiana law which says "sepaial
free public schools shall be maintained for the education
white and colored children between the ages of six and eiglj.
teen years."
The Louisiana school officials ac-
cuse the plaintiff with seeking to
restrain state officers from enforc-
ing state statutes on the around
that the threatened application of
this statute will deny Tureaud his
rights under the federal constitu-
tion nnd that the relief awarded by
the district judge was predicated
on this ground. They claim that un-
der such circumstances relief in the
form of an injunction can be award-
ed only by a three-Judge court.
The case has this background:
Tureaud applied for admission
to the junior division of the college
of arts and sciences st LNTJ in .lone
1033. He sought a combined curri-
culum leading to a bachelor of arts
degree and finally to n bachelor of
laws degree in a period of six years.
lie furnished a tfotts<*rlrtt of his
high school credits and filled out
the customary application blanks.
He possessed all the scholastic.
moral and other lawful qualifica-
tions prescribed by the laws of the
state of Louisiana and was willing
nnd able to pay all lawful fees. He
also agreed to conform to all uni-
form laws and rrmilnHonw .,f »h«.
(See WAR, Page 3.)
Ralph Bundle's
Wife on Far East
Planning Body
By th« Associated Negro Tress
NEW "YOItK — Mrs. Ralph J.
Bunche, wife of the noted UN medi-
ator, has joined several other 'dis-
tinguished women iu accepting
membership on the Women's Tlan-
uing committee of tbe Japan in-
ternational Christian University
foundation here, it was disclosed
last week.
The primary objectives of the
Women's Planning committee will
be to Increase the constituency pf
support, interest and concern among
American women for the new In-
ternational Christian university in
Tokyo, Japan. The university was
officially opened in April, 1053.
Besides Mrs. Bunche, other out-
standing woiucn on the committee
nre:
Mrs. Frnnklin Delano Roosevelt;
Mrs. Dorothy B. Ferebeo, president
of the National Council of Negro
Seek Witness
IXJl'RED victims of m three-
ear wrident, Ffb. 27, *1 KaM
Commerce anil SpriKgMlnle, are
Keeking a key nitoesR lo Ihe
tinaihiip, who through last
week end, (hey have been un-
able to contact.
, The case lit to come to trial,
Tuesday. March :«), and it is
urgent that this witness be lo-
cated, Register was told, this
week.
Five persons were injured
when, first, one of two cars
said to have been racing cast
on Commerce, smashed into a
third car, that had stalled, anil
was lieing pushed. Then, the
second racer also slammed in-
to the automobile being pushed.
Still confined by injuries suf-
fered lu the collision is Mrs.
(See WITNESS, rage 3.)
(See PLANNING, Page 3.)
Illinois Supreme Court Approves,
In Effect,SouthboundTrainJ.Crow
Pix,'NightPeople.'
Boost for Armed
Force Integration
By the Associated Negro Press
CHICAGO — Reversing a
lower court ruling the Illi-
nois Supreme court last week,
in effect, approved a policy of
the Illinois Central railroad
which segregates Negro passen-
gers.
The Illinois Commerce com-
mission had held that a card
system employed by the rail-
road constituted rp.ee bias
against Negroes. It instructed
the railroad to stop this prac-
tice. The superior court upheld
this ruling.
The state Supreme court,
however* said the commission
had no jurisdiction to order
the railroad to change its
method of loading passengers
on trains that cross state lines.
The commission had contended
the issue was intrastate rather
than interstate, thus local.
The flupreme court refused to
rule on the issue of segregation,
conf fating the argument to
whether <>r not the issue was
local or not.
Atty. (Jen. I a them Castle an-
nounced immediately that he
has ordered an appeal to the
United States Supreme court.
Castle aaid he was appealing
heeanst, •questions of federal
constitutional law are involved.
Plaintiff in the case Is Miss
Vera Johnson who charged she
was Manned to a certain car on
(See ILLINOIS, Tage 8.)
hoard of supervisors argued
in its brief that equal facilities are
afforded'at Southern university for
Negroes at Baton Rouge. The case
was taken to court.
The district court decided for the
plaintiff nnd its decision was af-
firmed by the court of appeals for
the fifth circuit.
The Louisiana educators claimed
that the decisions made by the
high court in the cases of Foister,
Payne and Wilson could not be ap-
plied to this case.
Foister filed an application blank
for admission to the school of med-
icine. department of nursing edu-
cation at Louisiana State; Payne
applied for admission to the gradu-
ate school of the same university;
and Wilson asked to be admitted
to the law school.
In each case a preliminary in-
junction was obtained and each ap-
plicant was admitted. This was
made possible because there is no
state supported graduate school for
Negroes In the state of Louisiana.
Neither is there a law school for Ne-
groes supported by the state.
In the case of Turenutf. argued
the supervisors, lie is seeking ad-
mission to tlie freshmsn class with
the express intent of seeking a B.
S. degree before taking the law
course, and there are two state
supported schools for Negroes where
he can obtain the first degree. These
schools, they say. offer equal or
substantially equal facilities.
San Antonio Hit v
ByWilcIWeekEncI
Of Bloodletting
Altercation Leaves M a Q
Minus a Tooth. Part
Of Left Ear
In a tempestuous week er.1 ol
violence, a tent church underv.-c nl
a one-man siege, a man was pi: l>e<|
under a train, and there were • •» lo»
iugs. knifings and near-ma
and bottle throwing.
The church incident and railroad
accident are related elsewhere 'H
this jtage.
Tweutj-venr-old Evelyn Miller*
2204 Hays street, wns slashed on
the face, hands, nnd knees, earTy
Friday night, March by a man
who broke into her home. She wn^
treated at Brooke Army hospital.
By the Associated Ncero Tress
NEW YORK — "Night People,"
Twentieth-Century Fox thrilling ex-
pose of Iron Curtain-Nazi collabor-
ation behind the scenes in occupied
Berlin, does morn than entertain;
it is the biggest boost for absolute
integration in the armed forces yet
presented by any film organization.
Here's how Twentieth-Century
Fox does the best Job yet.
In presenting "Night People." the
film introduces the military atmos-
phere of Berlin with a full dress
parade of U. S. armed forces in
the American sector of the Germany
capital.
As the well trained units swing
past to martial music, the complete
integration of tan GI's with Their
white brothers In arms is evident.
What's more, colored officers and
white officers march together at
the head of units, and in more re-
laxed scenes, colored GI's fraternize
(See FIX, Page S.)
|Man Said Pushed into Train, Seriously Injured|
A 2tf-ywr-old Goldsmith straet
man, dragged several hun-
dred feet after he had allegedly
been pushed into a freight train
in the 600 block of Guadalupe
street, was very seriously in-
jured, Friday night.
The man, Thomas William John-
son, 20H •Goldsmith, suffered shock,
a broken IWtok, broken left nnkle,
several broken rib«, und severe mul-
tiple lacerations rf tbe left thigh
and back. . ■ .
Officers, called to the scene, founil
Johnson lying at the Missouri Pacif-
ic-Southern Pacific crossover, some
100 to 150 feet south of Guadalupe
street.
He said that he had been push-,
ed by a white man whom he knew,
and with whom he had previously
"tind trouble."
Johnson said that when he wns
pushed Into tbe freight, that be
grabbed tbe coupling connecting two
eats, and held on, with his being
dragged across the tressie, before he
was somehow thrown free of the
train.
He lost consciousness, he said, lie
remembered being dragged some
distance, but did not remember
"anything else ifntil he came to in
tbe Robert H. Green hospital."
A 14-vear-old boy, George De T.n
Cerd»,; '36.1 Icnn, found Johnson
beside the tracks.
A Buckberry alley man said that
he had been with Johnson, earlier,
at San Marcos and Tamplco streets,
1/ut that Johnson had left that loca-
tion with a "cross-eyed Negro man."
lt was also learned that John-
son had been drinking with two oth-
er companions, but had left them,
just prior to his meeting the per-
son, alleged to have pushed htm,
near where the misadventure oc-
curred. .
NAACP Drive
For3000Members
To be Intensified
With its goal of 3.000 members
less than half achieved, the local
branch of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People is Intensifying efforts to
reach the campaign objective by
April 4, when the drive is scheduled
to close.
T. E. Gilmore, campaign director,
released team reports at the reg-
ular meeting of the branch held
Sunday at Greater Mount Olive
Baptist church.
Team No. 3, Harry V. Burns, cap-
tain, has reported the most mem-
bers. 210, followed by Team No. 2.
R. C. Yates, captain. 174. Other
teams reporting more than 50 mem-
berships were—Xo. 1, Emerson Mar-
cee; 171: No. 8, Mrs. Annie Gilmore,
68. and No. 11, C. H. McClintou, 66.
R. C. Yates, with 123, had the
highest individual report; Emerson
Mareee followed with 114, and Har-
ry V. Burns, 102.
A number of organizations, busi-
nesses, nnd schools were reported
to have qualified for the M100 per
cent certificate," Indicating that all
of their respective staffs had en-
rolled in the NAACP.
These were Durham's pharmacy,
Coker-Siuith Varieties, Storey Pack-
A WHMIW1
liooked for aggravated assault In-
this case.
In an altercation, very early Frl^-
day morning, with her blind hus-
band. Freddie Perry man, in the 200
block of North New Braunfels ave-
nue. Mrs. Alma Perryman, lf»27,
N. W. 27th street, was slashed on
the right leg, above the knee. with,
a knife. She was treated at Robert
B. Green hospital.
Forced into Car, Threatened
A young woman wns forced- into
an automobile by her former hus-
band, early Saturday night, and
threatened with death, police re-'
ported. She later escaped when she
! jumped from the car.
The girl's mother complained to
police that her daughter, Mrs. Irene
Stevens, 117 Spruce, had, at knife-
point, been forced by her ex-hus-
band, A. C. Stevens, to get Into an
automobile In the !KX) block of
South Pine street.
While officers were talking to
the mother, Mrs. Stevens telephoned,
saying that she had jumped from
the car in the IVOO block of East
Commerce street. She said that
(See BLOODLETTING, Tafie 3.)
Woman Severely
Beaten by Mate
With Gas Hose
A 20-year-old woman was re-
ported severely beaten with a uas
iuise, reinforced with metal, in an
altercation with her husband, Wed-
nesday. March 17, iu the 2200 block
of East Crockett street.
Officers found the woman, Mrs.
Dorothy Brown, 2289 East CrOek-
ett street, lying semi-conscious on
the ground. Patrolman W. Poulaa
reported that the woman had been
so severely beaten that she could
neither talk nor walk.
It was reported that her husband,
Floyd Brown. 24. chased Mrs.
Brown down the street, beating her
with the hose as they ran.
A Charles ambulance carried her
to Robert B. Green hospital. Brown"
was arrested and booked for a^K'**
vated assault.
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Liberia Signs Two
UN Assistance Pacts
By the Associated Negro Press
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.- Tho
Liberian government last week sign-
ed two aid agreements with tho
United Nations Technical Assistance
administration.
One agreement renews for an'othfc
year a contract covering the assist^
ance of an expert in reorganizing
the Liberian civil service.
The other will make possible otfc
er United Nations technical all
which Liberia may request in
ganizing seminars, training prj»
grams, or demonstration projects
It also makes Liberian citizens eH-
gible for United Nations fellowship®
and scholarship*
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