' ■ \ ■ : ... - , PRig^K^Í^ VOLUME 21, NUMBER 40 MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6,1953 W Say More Than 20 Families POLICE BEAT iy HAYWOOD HARBERT and Held In Arkansas, Mississippi DONALD PERRY By JAMES H. PURDY, JR. HELD ON LARCENY CHARGE More than 20 families residing in Crossett, Mississippi and St, According to police Albert J. John­ son, 29, 3123 Lyon, obtained a job Francis County, Arkansas have complained of being held .in peon­ With Julius Lewis, Inc., 1460 Union, age while working as tenant farmers in'Arkansas. end in four days time stole $200 A family that.formerly lived on.a plantation near Birdsong, worth .of clothing, Police Lts. Mo- Ark., stated that they moved terthis plantation in 1951 and during loughney and Wilson testified in City Court Friday. 1952 they made 18 bales of cotton and ended up owing the plan­ Officers said the clothing was re­ tation owner over $250 for which he could give no explanation. covered from Johnson’s home. John­ son pleaded Innocent and was hefd The family further stated that tenants.- The full details of his to the state on a larceny charge by plantation owner or supervisor re­ loan from the Farm Administra­ Judge Beverly Eaushe. fused to settle with them for their tion ” STOLE GUN TO BUY FOOD 18 bales of cotton until they paid "Tlie supervisor would bring along Cheklie Wily, 23, a filling station him $200 that he claimed they owed his gun and blackjack daily and attendant admitted in City Court him. •_ show it during the supervising of that he stole a pistol from the glove - “We became fearful for our lives. the work on his plantation ” compartment of a customer's car, We had been • informed that the -During 1932. It was rumored there but said he took the gun to pawn it plantation owner Would use his i were peonage cases existing near and get food -for his Wife and four gus to whip hlsztenants and_would Westover,.Arkansas. -This, recent children. ’ have his associates to also whip the flareup of apparent pconnge cases Wiley; Who works for the Gulf Sta­ tenants, we left at 1:00 o'clock one reaches a new low in farming coer­ PRE-CAMPAIGN MEETING of the National Polio Louise Davis. Chairman, Mother's Ma'fch,'Me'm*i tion at Chelsea and Watkins, said morning.’’ cion. \ it was Christmas Eve and there was The tenant former and wife said Foundation met at Tuskegee Institute. phis; Dr. J. Chenault, Director of the Polio Center- '' no food and presents in his house “we left behind al! of our household Friends and relatives of the mal­ At tlie meet were' the following left ta right at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama; Toki <Schalk<: for his family. goods and furniture "that we bought treated tenant, farmers, ■ that are From left: I'Mrs. Gaylo* ,........... Miller,-Helena, Arkansas, Johnson, Nationally known riewspaper-'columnli^'X ' “I really didn't intend to steal the prior to moving on his plantation.” leaving Arkansas by siglit, are try­ Him IrttfirrnrinI D« z«nr4 nAMam! ' ing to rehabilitate them In other Charles Bynum, Interracial Director of the Na- Pittsburgh,. Pa., and O. W. Pickett, General Chair^ ' gun, but I couldn't borrow any mon- The mas then spoke and said tional Foundation, New York City; Mrs, Mary man, Negro Division, Polio Campaign, Mernp^i^ '- ey and my family needed food,” Wil­ areas Where they will not be held ‘The supervisor on this plantation . ! '■' ey testified. “I intended to pawn told me that; “the N—rs coming In peonage or harassed. the gun to get money, but the police from Memphis to pick cotton are Others are soliciting help to give got me first.” . hungry, they will pick for nothing, legal counsel and assist In seeing Judge Beverly. Boushe fined Wiley and if you don’t pick, the Memphis that justice is accorded the tenant Rosenbergs In $51 on a charge of mallclous tnls- N_rS Will pick for. me for little of farmera.. •- - ■ ' ■ Tröüp U rges Full chlef. The motorist from whose car nothing . If you don’t want to pick It was pointed out that most of the gun was taken refused to pres? It, hit the road.” th« complaints aTe emanating from a larceny charge against Wiley. DOESNT -BraJEVE IN SIGNS—Despite too “no entry”®»)»» te tenant farmers residing in Parkin, OTHERS IN CITY COURT < tack of him, U.N, deiegato Dr. Ralph Bnnche has reason to feel con- The man said the supervisor told Turrell, Tyrone and Blrdsbng, Ark. John H. Jacksen, 31,354 W, Dison, “ Palestine mediator him "a man called and said you Democracy For All fined $16 on. operating a game K toe Nobel prize for his efforts. Today he wanted to move. I told film—dont charge. WB.Perklns50. 225 W.Dlson, Is first in Ihie as Ambassador to India, which wontd make him the send a truck for you until he sends Anti-Rabies fined $22 on a gaming and loitering B B™eh® refuses, Ftak University prest- $200 or more before you can touch BY JACK LOTTO (Kres^to.) John“" »op P<M your furniture. I don’t have time ■charge. Ethel Jefferson, 33,745 Au­ For 2 After Bites (SECOND STORY) Fort Valley Prexy Tells Qf a tumn (Rear), Was dismissed' on a to talk to you.” He then closed the OSSINING, N. Y , Jan. 3 -(INS) charge of disturbing public peace. door of his office. By Rabid Cats Convicted atomic spies Ethel and Arthur-Lee Woodwards, 39,1418 Led- "He stated later that he was go- Julius Rosenberg held what may be Quest For Freedom ; In Talk ger Rd.; fined$26 for disorderly con­ ing to run us off the place.”" " _ ........ ........... o Myrtle' Williams, 666 Ayers and a final family reùnion with their RICHMOND, Va. — Dr. C. V. k®up,’ president of Fort Valley duct.-James Everett, 21, 667 Olam- Expanded Telephone Service The-tcnant farmer and his wife are two small sons at Sing Sing’s death ker, fined $16 for indecent conduct. repeated that the supervisor kept Norman Branson, 266 Adams undergoing anti-rabies treatment house Saturday, and immediately State Collego, leading educator and currently scrying as editor; Lucious Cross, 26. 2345 Saratoga, his own books and never gave re­ after being bit by rabid animals. afterward again, proclaimed them­ of the Crescent, national organ of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, ,' flned $22 on a gaining and rotting Progress Noted In Memphis ceipts. " " " selves dnjk;eni,AW<jibl and charge; Tom Kimber, 48, 244 8. They had in their posesslon, a Branson was bitten at the Mem­ told the Fraternity's Cultural Program audience that the’ "qye$t ' Third-Apt. 7, fined $100 on a charge phis Humane Shelter. ! Expanded telephone service Was t The expansion, of Memphis’ tele­ settlement, for 16 bales of cotton A. M. Schmlttou, shelter super­ The couple, whose execution date for freedom Is man's greatest search." ■' of-suspicion iand carrying a pistol. part of substantial progress record­ phone system was a part of a Ten­ for which they had been paid intendent; said the-cut and a dog has been set officially for 11 P. John W. Payne, 39, 898 Barton, fin­ ed in Memphis in 1952, according to nessee-wide telephone growth which $11.00.. They further stated that" were both,rabid and expressed fear M. EST Wednesday,1 Jan. 14, were The principal speech was part of ed $25tor disorderly conduct. Wll- Roy Freeman, Southern Bell Man­ the fraternity’s observance of its in 1952 added more than, 29,000 to they had received $40.00 a month that others may have been bitten together.for two hours with their •11am And Jr., .'37, 638 Hernando, ager here. \ the total telephones ln\ the state. from. March thru . July and should, 38th Anniversary. In keeping with, charged for------ larceny ' ' 1» tty» During 1952 the number ,of tele- by the Animals. boys. Michael 9, an^ Robert 5. < ■ .the theme of Fhl Beta'Sigma’s 38th , Tennessee nov; Jws oyer 633,0Qa,telei. not. have- owed - over $200.60; TX-FCi Thè only oiitslde eyewitnesses of "Statooha not guilty plea.;. ... ____JRayWid. phones in service.here incrca'SKi by-■ '^tjne$’‘th.sennt-e,^’WhicH?is nearly TtlF man stated they worked! ¿0 '’“Myrtle, owner of the cat, was Anniversary Conclave — “Full De­ ~SwB&M;484 Tate.-fined $10 for 8984, or 5.8 per cent. As the year twice the number in service Tnthe days and were to be paid $4.00 per bitten by the animal and is also the family gathering was the mocracy — Nothing Less”, Doctor ■gaming and dismissed on a loitering ends, 164, 788 telephones are in state at the end of 1045. ■day; and- they did not_recelve_ one undergoing treatment. Mr. Schmlt­ Rosenbergs’ Lawyer, Emanuel H. Troup chose as his' subject “The Bloch. He said the mother and Is My Beai; 1 charge. ' . q?-'?' ’ service, as against 155,804 at the ’ Southern Bell in 1953 provided dime. "■ . ' tou said Mr. Branson was,_bitten Quest For Freedom." Willie - J. Grcen, 48, 710 Jackson first of the year, "The number of nearly $24,000,000 worth of new and He "said, “The supervisor told us when he poked a finger in the cat’s father" and their Bons ‘Sat around The noted educator declared, vicnr»,(rear), .uuuiunayudismissed iuifor «ooaui,assault and people with telephone service .Is re­ improved facilities in. Tennessee, he borrowed money from the Fede­ cage ai the Humane Shelter. and played games Just like ln-thelr among other things, that'"the great­ By Jimmie Cooper ^ battery and flhed $10 for disorderly! garded as a good.barometer of eco- making a total of $123,000,000 spent family parlor." ■ est search in which man has en­ Wornnr AR Tn— ’ Vtanlf-Vv nnrl .ilaA >,11 mhnr In ral Government to he"lp finance his The rabid dog, a stray, was pick­ conduct, Clem Harper, 45, 2907 In­ nomic health, and the number in in the state since 1945.