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NEWS WHILE ITISNEWS FIRST IK YOUR MEMPHIS WORLD VOLUME 23, NUMBER 40 MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1954 . .1 League Champs Melrose Set -ri'.'--I" JUDGMENT IN TENN. CRIME CASE 1 To Meet Vashon, St. Louis j I BY BILL LITTLE game of the season racking up Mont- The Manassas Tigers and the St. go'méry High of Lexington, Tenn., Augustine Thunderbolts meet to­ 26 to 14 In their Homecoming at night (Friday) at Washington Sta­ Melrose. dium in the only league action this St. Augustine climaxed last week­ end’s play by posting their first IS REVERSED weekend. Y SUPREME COURT■■ -.... .. " iS® After last week’s activities there victory. The Catholics, who only is little to be decided in the prep had two touchdowns to their cred­ standings. it prior to that game with Harri­ The Melrose Golden Wildcats suc­ son of Blytheville, Ark., ripped the cessfully defended their prep league visitor's defense for a 32 to 0 con­ Charges Man Being Held championship by running roughshod quest àt BTW stadium. Sheppard Jury over a stunned Washington eleven PREP LEAGUE STANDINGS by a humiliating 68 to 0 score.» TEAM The Orange Maunders used less MELROSE........... Under Invalid Sentence/ WASHINGTON . Hears Friends than 22 players as they lowered the boom on the Warriors. The Wildcats MANASSAS WASHINGTON, D. C. — (NNPA) — The United StateZ^ugrqme HAMILTON star backfieiders Dick Woods and | Court Monday reversed the judgment of Tennessee coprts denying Andy Earthman, who together ac­ CATHOLIC Of Dr., Victim DOUGLASS counted for- eight TD’s played al­ REV. D. W. BROWNING an ignorant colored man his freedom from conviction and a life most the entire game. HOST PASTOR — The Rev. D. BY BOB CONSIDINE sentence as an habitual criminal. The . Wildcats will travel to St. ALL GAMES STANDINGS Warner Browning, pastor of Mount CLEVELAND — (INS) - TEAM Louis, Mo., today to take on Vashon Pisgah CME Church in the Orange guardedly spoken neighbors and The high tribunal ruled that the court pointed out that. Chand­ MELROSE . tomorrow »(Saturday) in a strong Mound , Community, is serving as the patrolman who was first on William O. Chandler Is being held ler recognized the -possibility that BTW ... intersection^ battle. Last year Mel­ host pastor for the annual Mem-, the murder scene told their stories by Warden Fretag of tile Tennes­ the Jury might, have found him MANASSAS rose came from behind to outscore phis-Jackson Conference of. the see State Penitentiary at Petros, guilty on the housebreaking and HAMILTON to the Sheppard case jury Wednes­ / the St. Louisians in a high scoring CME Church which opened here day, a day climaxed by the jury’s Tennessee, "under an invalid sen­ larceny charge but not ’■ guilty ' b! DOUGLASS . tence.” • fray- ■ ’ : Wednesday and climaxes Sunday, inspection .of photographs'of Mari­ being; an habitual fcjimliml, rmd Other results last week- found CATHOLIC . Tile effect of the decision will Nov. 14 lyn Sheppard slain in her bed. “at .the earliest possible moment Manassas whitewashing Douglass, at be to release Chandler from the C. Spencer Hpuk, mayor of Dr. affirmatively sought an opportu­ Melrose Thursday night, On Friday penitentiary as soon as the man­ Sam’s home town, nearby Bay nity to obtain counsel on the afternoon Hamilton won its third date of the United. States Su­ Village, haltingly told of a meet­ habitual criminal accusation.” -r preme Court reaches the Tennes­ Chief Justice Warren said that, ing with tlje defendant after the see Supreme Court, defendant's brother, Dr. Stephen on being informed' of the hoibltual Chandler has served nearly five criminal charge n,ddenly> McCarthy Tiff Sheppard, had charged that Houk years in the penitentiary. He had was infatuated with Marilyn and finding ■ himself it: danger ot life to serve a three-year sentence on imprisonment, he (Chandter)- re- ’ might have killed her. a charge ot house breaking arid “Bam came to my office in City quested a continuanoe so 'that he ■' larceny before he could attack his could engage the service of an at'- ’ With Watkins Hall last July 22, “the hawk-nosed conviction on the habitual crimi­ and unhappy man recalled, “and torney; but the trial court refused nal chargp. the request and famed' him to . Tasked him if he had ever had, a In reversing Chandler’s convic­ better friend than I. stand Immediate trial” Spices Hearing tion, the United States Supreme "On these undisputed tacte, it is ", “He said ‘No. Has anyone ques­ Court disagreed with the Tennes­ tioned it?’ I told him no one had clear beyond, quéâttoh that'pet!- , BY JAMES LEE see Supreme Court's finding that tloners did not Waive counsel -on WASHINGTON—' (INS) ,. i—. Sen. and appealed to him strictly On Chandler had waived any rights a friendship basis. I said, Sam, If the habitual criminal acéusaiton."., ; Joseph R. McCarthy arid Sen. Ar- to counsel on the habitual charge Regardless ofjbwhethqr Chandler - thjy- V. Watkins exchanged hot by any chance you did do this, by waiving counsel on the house- come out and say you did. If lit was entitled to '.hàve'i’CbunsHlvIqii; t charges__In a ’ furious 'opening breaking ' and larceny charge. pointed to defend'him, the Chlet posals to cfensufe on two coun was done by you it was done in a , in a unanimous opinion deliver­ poSals to ¿ensure the Wisconsin fit of rage. Your family and frlepds ed by Chief Justice Earl Warren, (Continued On Page Eight) red-huriter. \ ■... are being brought into this. ' zlf; Watkins, chairman of the select “WE’RE BEHIND YOU” ;? SAiate committee which has asked "If you do come out and say censure on -two counts, accused Jackson-Memphis CME Confab you did it, i if you did, we’ll all be PHI BETA SIGAAA FRÄT behind you.” ; WALKS AT . FIVE MONTHS — (that’s right,, Oscar boasts . • ■->*'. McCarthy of disregarding - “your teeth). ; .STbie) wltnbss, who . is: recovering Little Master .'Oscar Cronell Alston, ■ Incidéntialiÿ, Oscarls a Carnation- He bitterly assailed McCarthy from a nervous breakdown, paused InSessionHereThruSunday the five months and one week did fed baby, who weighed 16 1-2 lbs. SETS 40TH CONGÉ® for refusing to cooperate with a and with effort added: son of Mr. and Mrs. William Alston when he entered the Carnation Heal­ '.' "Il rite ; ' - y 1952, subcommittee which Investi­ The Annual Conference of the of Kansas City, Missouri. Bishop “Sam said, 'I couldn’t have done of 363 Allen, brought justifiable gated the Wisconsin Senator’s fin­ Christian Methodist . Episcopal Hamlett and wife arrived early it.’ ” thy Baby Contest in.early October “EDUCATION, THE KEY TO The affair was. in the forin Of a > ances and political activities. Wednesday via train for the meet­ . Houk testified that he Had taken parental pride to his mother when and now tips the scale at 17 pounds FREEDOM' IS THEME reception-in the- Japsen Suite’ofthe Church convened here Wednesday, at this early age he took his first world famed Waldorf Astoria of McCarthy shot back a charge morning at the Mt. Pisgah C. M. ing. a lie detector test,' and in the Mrs. Dorothy Alston, Oscar’s mo­ LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The 40th course of this testimony William steps. Witnessing, the lad taking his ther, said all four of. her children, Anniversary Conclave of Phi Beta New York, city, Sunday, Oct. ST.; , that Watkins had made “misstate­ E. Church, Park Avenue at Mar- Others taking respective positions ments” and angrily asserted that J, Corrigan. Dr. Sam'S top attor­ first steps was a Memphis World (including Oscar, naturally), two Sigma fraternity meets in Norfolk, Conclave headquarters will be lo­ chalNeil Street with the Rev, D. in this conference are, Rev. J. E. ney, asked for a mistrial. But the reporter who soon fell under the cated in the >• Plaza . Hottl '-i’it the 1952 subcommittee was “in­ Earner Browning, pastor, as host Robinson, presiding elder along boys and two girls, are and were Va., Dec. 27 thru 30. Theme for competent and dishonest.” demand fell on the deafness of charm of Oscar’s, toothy grin Carnation fed babies. the 1954 conclave is. “Education — Church at 18th-6treet in Norfolk,- to the conference. with the host pastor, the Rev. The debate began with tension Judge Edward Blythln’s ears. The Key To Feedom.” Browning. This conference will run Before Houk gave the witness SKELETON OUTLINE " heightened by McCarthy’s asser­ The Jackson-Memphis Conference The Phi Beta Sigma graduate .-A skeleton outlip^ of the incom- tion that the Communist party thru Sunday, November 14th, at chair over to his wife Esther he chapter in Norfolk will be host to which is held annually for the ex­ which time other names will be testified under defense question­ pleted progjam, oF-.the meeting is “has now extended its tehtacles to change of ministers and the busi­ the convention, and is planning an that most respected of American assigned to their respective charg­ ing as follows: . Dr. Howard To Speak as follows: Business sessions Will be ness regulations of the church at •1. He and Bay Village police" appropriate program for entertain­ held at the Bowling >Park ■ School. bodies,, the United States Senate” es. Visiting large Is being presided over by the The opening sermon was delivered chief John Eaton interrogated two ing over 350 delegates and The Distinguished Service Key Din­ (Continued On Page Eight) Senior Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, by Bishop Julian Smith, who was men fishing near Dr. Sam’s lake­ brothers. ner, honoring . Sigma men whohdve minister of St.-Louis, Mo., who front home on the morning of the FETF.S PRES. TUBMAN rendered outstanding service ot the was formerly editor of the Chris­ murder.

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