. r , OHIO STATE ttUSSU** LIBS^} 15TH * HiaH^ST. co'-aUaaus. OH ID Capsuliiig Th@ News 15' 1J UP-TO-THE- MINUTE NEWS ITEMS OF STATE AND NATIONAL INTEREST Compiled From Associated Negre Press News Service Releases HELD FOR MURDER VOL. 7, No. 11 SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1953 THE OHtggg • • •' '••. ! ; . .. , ' If-' ARION, S. C H. Bickley, a carpenter, sought to clarify the ' M issue of revival of the Ku Klux Klan by making public a- ENXJNEL s_B_ESO———Ms—ISBB—Ss_ss_—_____B_B_B»0__f_—i_•____•____•_——E__—BHB—sss___Ssa statement, inferring to himself only as a "temporary Kleagle," the carpenter declared: "I would like to dfaw before the minds ol the people of S. Carolina that in past years the KKK has been abused by splinter groups which called themselves' Klansmen. In FLORIDA SUN TAKES TO IRIS the past, our newspaper editor and reporters have been slandered and abused by such groups winch is a sore we as the U. S. Klan; VOL. 7, No. 12 TWO SECTIONS THIS ISSUE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1958 I wish to heal." The Marion KKK leader threatened also to expose the false Klansmen if such an incident as a cross-burning at Flor­ ence on Aug. 12 recurred. e. • • • t FLORENCE, S. C—Speculation is rife here as to whether the xitlaw Ku Klux, Klan was riding again following discovery of a ~ J INVOLVED IN URBANCREST SUYINGI crudely constructed, half-burned cross along the Darlington high,*., way. According to newspaper reports filed here, 13 unmasked, sheet-draped, persons erected and set fire to a gasoline-soaked cross Aug. 12. Sheriff John' Hanna reported one of hia deputies arrived at the cross burning scene after the participants had de­ ; parted. He commented that he knew of no law which prohibited *4. burning of a cross, nor did he know.of any law which was violated by a person wearing a robe and mask. • • • ' a ATLANTA.—Former Gov. Herman Talmadgo wjll try to un­ • faki\ seat Georgia's Sen. Walter George in the 1056 elections on the BUT ground that George has done nothing about the school integration issue. Political experts predict he can win easily over the 77 year old George, who is chairman of the foreign relations committee, • * * ATLANTIC CITT—Marian, Anderson, Metropolitan opera star, 'was awarded the sixth Love joy medal as a highlight Of the 50th annual grand lodge meeting of Improved Benevolent- Protective Order of Elks of the World; The medal ia awarded each year for . outstanding contribution in interracial relations. - ^SS$.; -.JP*' a * a • INDIANAPOLIS.—It was rumored here tha't political pressure, rather than failure to meet physical qualifications, caused Rums C. Kuykendall to lose his appointment as country director for Liberia. The Indianapolis attorney had resigned his position ae Mlfltae 14 DsffM- CttaeM* Aaa BMA 9 PRINCIPALS IN "TRIANGLE SLAYING" at Urbancrest, are, from left. Caleb assistant city attorney and closed down his private practice when word came from Washington that he had failed to pass the physi­ riiUllW HI niglll . *, . dlOlj Ull ragg 6 John*o*., the victim; Ida Mae Johnson, the slayer, and William R. Burney. Mr.. John- cal examinations. According to one source, Kuykendall's physical eon was held on second degree murder charge. Story on Page 3. deficiency was high blood pressure—five points above normal. The same source expressed the opinion that a campaign against Kuykendall's appointment by Att'y Frank R. Beckwith, also of Indianapolis, had been successful. • •» • DETROIT.—Booker T. Alexander of Detroit waa elected im­ perial potentate of the Shriners by a 430-30 vote over William O. Greene, also of Detroit, at the meeting of the Imperial Council here. Possibility of a bitter struggle for control of the organize.-. tlon was eliminated when Imperial Potentate Raymond E. Jackson .refused to offer his name in nomination. Jackson had been at odds with the Grand Masters Council, which resented his. use of "power he held through support of rank and file Masons. • * * N. TORE. — Mayor Robert FLORIDA SUNSHINE AND STATELY PALMS make a perfect setting for "Miss Bronze Wagner has so far failed to re­ Ohio, 1955,'* lovely Iris Tabler, during her fairyland vacation at the Lord Calvert hotel, Miami, veal his position in the contro­ Fla., last week. The queen enjoys a game of shuffleboard with Mrs. Annie Moore, Sentinel busi­ versy over the possibility he ness manager, who accompanied her. The smiling lovely strikes a pretty pose (top, right) on the might not reappoint Judge Hu­ bert T. Delany to the domestic hotel patio. Soaking up sunshine on the terrace (bottom, left) "Miss Bronze Ohio" is Joined by relations court bench. Tha Nat'l other vacationers. From left, Tiny Belle Sutton, Cincinnati, Iris, Alice Miller, CincinDati, and Urban League has urged Wag­ Mrs. Moore. To dip or not to dip seems to be the question, but just now, Iris is content] to add to ner to reappoint Delany and the pool's beauty. She and Mrs. Moore returned to Columbus Sunday. -,,-. \ Justice Justine Porter despttv an / undercover pressure campaign aaaia i i , .', i jj being waged against them. • • • JACKSON, Miss. — Editors of the deep south, fired with a burning real to prevent integra­ tion at all costs, have reverted Offered Bribe, to an old weapon — racial epi­ thets — when writing about Ne­ groes. One of the chief offenders Is the Jackson Daily News, OHIO REALTISTS CONVENE whose editors make a valiant effort to write at least one anti- i Negro editorial each day. Fol­ Minister Says lowing is a sample: "Up at JUSTICE DELANY - Memphis police who checked a report that an elderly recluse' might be dead were greeted by rifle fire when they knocked at big CHICAGO.—(Special).-—Thousands of Illinois and midwest delegates to the 76th ,door ... No shots were fired by police. Neither.of (86 year.old- diamond jubilee celebration of the Nat'l Baptist Convention of America, Sept 7-li, George) Heeler's shots hit anyone . Perhaps somebody had told didn't know this week which railroad system to take to Memphis, site of the annual the old darky that, according to our common law, 'every men's tueetinar. home is his castle, and he has a right to defend it against inva­ They had been told that the : : . - 1 sion.' " oots Central railroad, which n# Chicago's Range Memorial vention of Illinois, and Dr. J. L. • • • currently spending thousands Baptist, declared, revealing that Horace, president of the Iliinois WASHINGTON.—Archie A. Alexander, Des Moines architect Whittaker rOt dollars ia a court fight with mysterious telephone caUer Baptist Gen'l State Convention, a turned politician, last week resigned as governor of the Virgin Is­ like NAACP over the rsUway'a has threatened his life if he per- largest Negro Baptist bodies, lands. Alexander said he was acting on advice of his jphysiolan. established poUcy of Jim Crow- Mr,tcc. in opposing selection of said they intended to defy the Pres. Eisenhower accepted the resignation, effective Sept. 1. •• Ing its Negro passengers, was to the Illinois Central as the offi- last minute edict of Dr. Jack- .'/ • ••• be boycotted completely in fa- Cvx\ transportation line for Mid- son's office to send delegates to •or of segregation. convention delegates. Memphis via Illinois Central. PARIS—Delegates to the world centennial of the YMCA have weat been urged to find a program for the "uprooted youth in the cities At toe last rninute, however, ,Tve ^ doterw of calla "Our tickets for space on the W hundr of Africa." The plea was made by Dr. John Karefa-Smart of Sier­ ft^* v. W\ 'nf. ."}* within the last few days," he Gulfu , Mobile and Ohio v u, have 6f churches in Chicago and in a.iA .«.-_ .._. „.i. fn ' _.,, " ^* "•"*"-**" ****** - "» *****'**ra Leone , member of the United Nations world health organiza­ Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin Sal°' The caUe'. 8al* & raU; been on sale and will continue tion. , ^T«i-' ******"***•***** **»**-"-•--**» road was spending plenty of tor , Vd to be sold," said Dr. Brown. • • • ff* $*T**?*t, J»* :\.**?* money fighting the NAACP and the 'Presidents Special' tram u offered me%10i000 to try. and "Both state conventions as well JOHANNESBURG. S. Africa. — If Karel Reynecks believes over the IC route, apparently on 8wJn ^ tof backing a-.,,, as the pastors' conference voted that virtue is its own reward, then he has his reward—and littler Stories On Page 2 tee order of conv^nUon presi- NAACp £ JJ fj^t on ^ m, to bypass and boycott the Un­ else. Reynecks found a black bag on a road and took it home. 2 I dent, Dr. J. H. Jackson, pastor • -_. „ nois Central this year. We are When he opened it he found that it contained $7900, payroll tor a #1 OUvet Baptist in Chicago. noia Central sticking by our decision despite local building firm. He returned the money to the owners, who . OHIO STATE ASS'N OF REAL ESTATE BROKERS he'd its first two day session at the Neil And Back Page ••We have been double cross- Dr. T. Emerson Brown, prcsi- this attempt to sabotage our told him he was the "most honest man we've ever met" They House hotel, Columbus, last Saturday and Sunday. Some 50 brokers and salesmen from four local ed," Dr. King S. Range, pastor dent of the Baptist State Con- program.' gave him a reward. 70 cents. • associations registered. Cleveland was chosen site for the next annual session.—Pierce Photo. •• '___ V SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 1. ISSS PACE 2 THE OHIO St-NTINEL HAWKWAI, »_r.emmsm, e* IPM SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER S. ISSS • THS OHIO SENTINEL J_____> Plenty Ohioans At Elks Confab Triangle Killing In Urbancrest By JOHN E.