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Delaney Whips Saxton THE OHIO INFORMER OnUnanimousDecision Ronnie Delaney has at long Referee Eddie Atlas award Vol. IX—No. 25 AKRON, OHIO. SATURDAY, I^EBRUARY 19, 1955 Price, 10c last made the grade. He is on ed 100 points to Delaney and the big time. 92 to Saxton. Judge Harry And with that arrival Ak- Minto scored it 97 to 96, and ton again becomes reminis Judge Sam Taormina, 98 to cent of the days when Go 92. Canton Citizens League Plans Public Meeting rilla Jones was the talk of the fistic world. Prior to this bout, Delaney CANTON —A report on the 4:00 p.m., to discuss details of the Bell Telephone Co. 1—-To accelerate the rate of in vidual or group of individuals. A ALL OF THIS came about had won fifty-nine of sixty- progress of the Stark Co\inty Ne meetincf Other conferences have been troduction and integration of the special appeal is being made for through Ronnie's victory over three fights. He outpointed gro Citizens League in opening up THE PURPOSE of the meeting held or are being arranged with Negro into businesses and indus support from religious, civic, so Johnny Saxton, the world's Holly Mims four years ago in new jobs and stepping up inte •is to give a ccimplete report on the 'Ohio Power Co., the East Ohio tries located in Stark County. cial and fraternal groups in the welterweight champion. In a Madison Square Garden. gration where employment already the results of conferences already Gas Co., Canton Transit Lines, 2—To work for the appointment county. Any group wanting to join non-title bout in the Akron exists will be made to the public held with several utility compa Diebold Safe Co., Macomber Steel or the hiring of at least one Ne this crusade is urged to elect a Armory last Friday night on March 5 at a public meeting, nies and other firms. The commit Co., and the CHmalene Co. gro in each department of the mu person to represent it in the Ronnie pounded out a unani according to Rev. J. B. Harris, tee headed by Rev. J. R. Sanders, Other persons serving on the nicipal and county government. League. For further information mous decision over the boxer Canton area editor of the Ohio dean of Negro ministers in Stark contact committee are Charles D. 3—^To elect a Negro to the Can contact any member of the Execu who just recently dethroned INFORMER and chairman of the County; Rev. J. W. Inman, pastor Moore, president of the Canton ton Board of Education and the tive Committee or call the Cianton Kid Gavalin. There were no league. of Mt. Zion Church of God and Branch NAACP; Atty. William J. Canton Public Library Board. editor of the Ohio INFORMER. knockdowns as Delaney, an The time and place will he an- •president of the Stark County Davis of Alliance; and S. R. Shep- 4—Ho encourage Negro insure 8-5 underdog, stood in there nounced, later. Members of the Ministerial Alliance, and Rev. ard, publisher of the Ohio IN ance companies and Negro savings round after round trading committee will meet in the IN Harris, met with R. G. King, vice FORMER. and loan associations to come to punches with the champ. FORMER oflFice, 436 E. Tusca president and general manager, The purpose of the Citizens Canton to make mortgage money The unanimous decision by rawas St., Saturday, Feb. 19, at and A. T. Bovington of the Ohio League is: available for the purchase of the judges marked the third homes, or for financing the renova loss for Saxton in his pro ca Top Salesman Of The Year tion or remodeling of residential reer. The boxers weighed properties now owned by Negroes. 147V2 pounds each for the This program will enable Negroes non-televised fight. to by-pass the bottlenck created DELANEY is a natural mid by the unholy alliance between dleweight who fights best at Canton real estate interests and about 154 pounds. local financial and lending insti It was a close contest all tutions which frown on Negro the way. Delaney clipped his property purchases except in the opponent with a right upper- southeast end and in certain cut each time Saxton came in blighted areas of the sojithwest as he tried to keep Delaney and northcas-t cnd.s. close. RONNEY DELANEY MEMBERSHIP in the Citizens League will be open to any indi- Continue Aid To NAACP Bennett College Georgia Prince Hall Masons RESIGNS GOP CLUB—Clarence Receives $37,080 Emith Evans, veteran Republican leader, announced this week his Give Defense Fund $6,500 GREENSBORO, N. C- President resignation as president of the Vic NEW YORK — Grand Master Lradens in the religious, labor David D. Jones announced this tory Republican Club which he has John Dobbs of the Georgia Prince and business fields will contribute week that Bennett College had re headed for the last three years. Hall Masons gave a big push to weekly articles on why the Legal ceived 137,080.12 from the United In submitting his resignation to the NAACP Legal Defense and Defense should be supported. Negro College Fund. This grant Leon Love, director of Negro ac Educational Fund 1955 special fund included allocations to both the tivities for the Summit County raising campaign last week with operating and capital improve GOP organization, Evans explained a check for i$6,500.00 froni the State School May Ban ments budgets under the program that he was giving up his work Georgia Jurisdiction Masons. of the fund. only because of ill health. "I'm Frats High Court Rules The $7,660.12 allotted for an stepping aside so that the work The Legal Defense 1955 special NEW YORK—The authority of CANTON-—'Colla L. Powe, Canton representative for 17 years of the Supreme Liberty Life Insur nual operating expenses was the of the organization can go forward campaign began February 5 and under some of the younger Repub the State University of New York ance Co. of Chicago, has been cited as the company's top salesman of the year. He is seen in the third such distribution made from will continue for thirteen weeks. the 1954 campaign. licans. I feel sure that the work to ban national fraternities and above picture receiving the annual top sales award from J. G. Lsh, Jr., vice president in charge of The grant for the capital im that we had planned will not suf It has the support of the entire sororities from its campus has be^n agencies. provement program of $29,420 rep fer in the hands of the younger Negro press with 84 members of •affinmed by the U. S. Supreme Because of this outstanding record Powe has been elevated to the post of staff manager for the resented the sixth such allocation leadership we have been develop the National Newspapers Publish- Court. Akron district. In this position he will direct the ctvmpany's program in Stark County covering Massil- made since July, 1952. Since the ing." ,ers' Association pledging extensive The high court dismissed an lon and Alliance as well as Canton. The local office is located at 426 Fifth st. S.E. initiation of the UNCF building Evans, a former newspaperman drives, appeal by several of the barred For several years Powe, whose brother, S. L. Powe, manages the Akron office, has been the lead campaign in 1951, Bennett has re and an associate on the Ohio IN societies from a lower Federal 'court ruling favoring the univer. ing salesman in Ohio, where there are offices in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Akron. ceived $382,460 for the erection of FORMER for several years, .served GRAND MASTER Dobbs and sity. In making the f>resentation before 300 salesmen and officials attending a banquet with their wives, needed new buildings and to re in the 99th Ohio eGneral Assem the Georgia Jurisdiction Masons furbish and refurnish its physical bly as a message clerk. Because of ,are annual contributors to NAACP The appelants claimed the ban Ish stated: "Powe's achievement is evidence of hard work and courteous service." plant. a heart attack, he decided not to Legal Defense and Educational violated their rights of free speech Powe's 17 years service was interrupted by almost four years service in the U. S. Army. Shortly M ¥ ¥ return to Columbus for another Fund. The Prince Hall Masons con- and 'assembly and due process. after the outbreak of World War Il-he enlisted and served in both the European and China-Burma- All told, there are more than 225 session. •tribute $25,000 annually to Legal •¥ •¥ ¥ India theaters of operation. He was assigned to administrative work serving in the capacity of ser warships in the destroyer category Now an employee at the Gen Defense and maintains the Prince The Marine Corps includes three geant major. He also took additional administration course while in the service. now on active sei"vice in the U.S. eral Tire & Rubber Co., Evans Hall iMaspns Legal Research De marine divisions and three marine His wife, Mrs. Rita Powe, is a school teacher in Stark County. Navy. lives at 73 N. Valley st. partment. aircraft wings. 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