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PEACE COMES TO MONROE
HOLICEMAN OUT
rilAliLOTTF—
lull.r Otiirrt Milton H. Mr;*-
tluM^ •■Hoili ill IsHt rhurxLiy,
••.iiiilril III hiN FFNignjIion hi «
p)ii  Hun >Jturd;iv niurimig
• I 'ht I* Ilrr ll•■pu^tlurlll. IMi-
tiu.i>illi jlloii ;*• thr ir->Ult ot
nifii niuud prrsMurr uan Uir
• iiii-r ui his rrslmiatiun. Thl>
• ujidilloii lirinK iorrcctublr, Mr.
.MratluVSs tilll hr i;ivli utl »p-
pvriuliils lu rr-giulity lor Ihr
lorir, II htfs t>rr|i Irjriird
(MUt-crs llulluuu duil .Sprli
cri irpuii loi duiv luUiiirruM
• i fida> I mwriiiiiK
SCENES Oi LYNCHING TOWN
I'oi.r.iiK .so
i;Ai.t-:ii;ii, noutii c.aiioi.i.na .s.a'ii'ud.av. .ai'ci'ST it. huc
New Tenor Plan Grips S. C. Negroes
MAIN STREET. MOBTOWN—Pictured nbovp is Mam Str*«t.
Monrae. Ga. in whrsp snrburbs a n'^b «f tn 10 wbitr hcK^lum*
lynched two men and lh«»it wirea,
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NO NEED FOR LYNCH LA W
Writer Urges Aid
for Negro in South
Each State Should Have Agencies
To Enforce Rights of Negroes
FATHER DIVINE POSES WITH BRIDE
ATI.HTA 'ANJ'j — Joiin Tiiii-
plc (Jiovrs. iMlumni.si, lecturer ond
ai.suficile ii-Msp4i|Jcr fditor of '.Ji*.-
BixriiiiKliuni Po.st bclivves the
south needs u two'puriy sysieiii. ;
Lp.jkiiiK to the AHantj Knvjii..-'
L’ijb at the Aii?le> ti.lel last we,k,^
Graves "-aid he believed that ewi.* :
FREEPORT rIt
STILL WAGED BT
N. y, GROUP -
NEW YOHK >CNS) Despite
Uownoi Dfvieyr relu.sal t.- n-
opei. the Freeport ij'«' Wherein 2
.■’Itpio i;roiheri vm re ili.ii and slain
b> a while cop. the New Yuiic
C'ofiinmiee tui Jusice has ann
Mlttl'UKI MUni
STILL WAGED BY
N. Y. GROUP -
NEW YOHK fNS. Despite
Gbiinoi Dewey- refusal t-. r.-
upM> the Freeport >' wherein 2
'4riiri> brothel- wue ->i ; and ■•l.iii''
by a while cop ih. New Yoik
L'urnni tiee (ui Jumc-- has anr.
null It will c iitiiiue to finhl
Tiiev wan.id that the;, will "ypare
no r.nt ‘ political hide in makiii -
liir truth known." j
"he C-rnmittee is asking again
fti, ihe -uprrseding of Nassau
District Attorney. James N Geh
rig and that the cop be tired fo
m ird'i Deriding the report tli'i:
Lacrreiice Gieiibaum made for Guv-
ernor Dewey, the Committee'* ex -
ecuiive .ecretary. ha-i this lu say,'
"Dew>y. G.'eeiibaum and Gehrig '
r.ave uiillined, produced and con- ’
eluded their Utile show, but the.
bpr laelc tools no one I
The pan ol i ach -.vill be recop-|
iiUeJ f r It was C wernor Dev. •
ey wriggling to taxe off the hea’
of public indignation, Greenbaum.
oui ot a job u> chaiiniaii of the
Slate B ard of Welfare, ingrutia- ^
ting himself with the chief execu- '
live foi more p litical nhim-. iinij
Gehrig. himself a labor-hatim,
yelping piusecutor mis.sed by i.i--'
own prejudices.
NEGRO fAMED AS
CANDIDATE FOR
CONGRESS
who desired to
:■ re.ilfirni.iln
iht-n let.- ill
Niiio on 1.0 .
ii'c- Hepubli.'on
.'pportnniiy to
'III mill tt.e .-otilli i.iki-
.11 Ihe .N'egro. "Lef.- hiive
of th.- si-c.ivgalr.-J
-..tnetlunp toi ll.i
n -ide of that line.
he -aid
T;..- .pi-.ikei ;ecommi-ndel that -i
. mtiii-Mon be i-sljblished in each
Mate to watch over 'he rights and
livi " louditi iis t)l Negroe- “Wi
Oun't III 1 d ai. FEf'C, .md we dunT
ticen an aiili-l.vnching law' Desinic
what happi lied at Monroe, lyncii-
 Mig ti.i an jnstiliiiion is out in the
south We don't need the Ku Klux
Klati eHhei bit's be decent, sen
sible. and Christian, helping our
. colored people to all the advance
ment of which Ihey are capable a 'J
'all the rii'lit- f i| winch Hi.-y ean
I .|i'ahty
V
AiiitniMi
t- •' wjlih ocer 'he rights and
I : ■onditi IIS of Negroe- "W.
Out. 1 ii.id j; FEFK? ..nd wr doiTi
i.eeii sn aiili-lynching taw Di spiti
whai happeitcxl at Monroe, tynen-
HiK ».« an in-titiiliiHi i- - ut in tlw*
rOuHi W. don't need Ih. Ku Klax
Klan eidi-i L t i In dtcenf. sen-
• ’.le .mil Chri-Han helping our
eohaed iH-opli- to all the advance
ment ..f which tF.ev j.'- lap.ible J 'd
.,!l n,e lo-ht- I -1 whi.-h th.-> .-in
I'.alify
COLUMBIA. S C -ANFi — At
me fecund loiigressi-.nal ^iisirict
•lid Richland Counly coiiventiu.is
held here laM wf-ek. I S l-vevy.
.sFgro. acting chairman in the place
of i"Tieless"i Joe T Ibe't, whi‘-
of Gretiiw'o.il, a- nuiniiiated as th.-
Republican caiid date for euiigre-:
The Tolbi'ii-Leiwy la' tioii also de-
sigiialid a full legislative lic-kit
of 'tepiibUcan candidates f'r the
houtt- und M'liale iti Riciiland Cour.-
I
Leev.v tormerly an ailiM- mtih- >
her of the Natioiial Negro Bu»i-
uess league, in recent years ha
'rained wilLi the Tolb-it faction oi
the Republican par'v populruly
ino'wii a; the "Hlaik :..".d Tan" A:
T Iberi has grown old Le* vy h,-
ddvancpd He was also a candidate
tor the house m Richland Cou dy
two years ago
It the FrogresMve Demociatic
party should decide lu supp rf
i Lrevy as a Negro, even th 'ugn he
Republican there might be a
( chani-f to eli-ci a Negro longre---
observers believ
I DIF •»! m'FFOCATKJ.S
I IN HD PER
ATI.'NTA .ANP. - Arthu'
[ MurpI 15, was killed by >uff -
I catiui. Week whe . he fel! from
bus r lido Concrete pit into ;
which he had been loading sarid.
and t ns of sand sucked him into
uhe h .pper b.-neath Worknian tried
\n«uceMifully to retnve the bidy
t.d tav. Murphy. '
WHITE CHURCH
EXTENDS MEM
BERSHIP ALL
SAN DIEGO. Cal. -ANPi Fol
lowing in the fo-dsti-p- ..f other in
terracial churches located in Be;s.-
eley. San Francisco and Los An
geles. the Logan Heights Commimi
ty Church here last Friday voted
to extend membership privileges
to all races The -.nnouncemeni
came simulatneously with that ol
llie app-iiiilment of Ihe He\ E .\T
Shavers, president .-f the liM-al
braiicii NAACP and U'oild War II
V'. tcrans. as co-pasior .‘f the church,
and was made the Rev Lowell
B. Cantrell, while, who has been
pastor of Ihe church for the pa-l
nine months.
The dt*i4sj( n by the all-whii>-
membership to make 'ht church in-
ten.ii'ial was the outgrowth ol a
ineeling of loca; vacial groups and
urganuations on July .Addn-.--
ing the coiigregaiiun w.t- Ihe
fouiidei of the inltrr'.ciul Pilgrirr
House I.ofc Angeles, who i-xplam-
i-d the funetmning >1 hi' move
ment
Rev t'.itreil .-pe.kmg f Ihe de
cisioi.. raid "1 am exlumtly hap
py to h.ive the privilene d coop-
eialmg with ■ mini.-’ r of .moHo i
Olig:.-gtdion TOo long has l-.e
church I.I Id back tiom ..dmt;:.- •
into full fellowship the number-
of ,ihir ii.ii' I i-oi.'-dii It a MTV
hi,H. pleasure t • h. v.- . p.u' u. '.''.i'
Whites Plan New
Way to Stop Negro M
New Scheme To Put Fear In
Negroes Voting Single-Party-Ticket ^
COLCMHIA, S C 'ANP. - Ex-'
.cutive oftM'crs of Ihe Ptogre.ssiv'
ncmocralie party, mei-linc here last
Wetlnc-dav. .scored what they tcim-
ed "11. w 'error -.hemes' being de
velop..! bi w'hitis opposed I.I Ne-
croe- voting as DeiiioiTuis
REF. POWELL TO
SPEAK raSNYC
. Columbia, s c, «.anp. - R.-p.]
Ad.-iin Cliryion Powell, Jr., of New |
Voik 'wi'l dvlivtr the keynote ad-1
dress wlieii the seventh uniuial cuf-
fiTtnee of the Suuihtrn Negro i
Voiiih Congress meets here Octooer,
18-20, Loui.s BT Biirnh im. SYNC • i-
; Mii;'jitioM,,l -UHTetarv, .'uLd M* n-i
C- neri s
Pc
.ell Will be
The PUP leaders vc-re lefernng
specifically to a 2SU.I'UU libel 'U i
filed against three officers. John H
Ib'Cray. slate chairman. Mrs. Amu
Belle W.‘slon. secretary, and J C.
-Aii.nuis. treasurer, l.v Rep B'li-d
1. Heirs of Bainbt-rg County Th ■
Hiers' action followed a letter ot
.n-.itsi from the parly i>ver his
lepoited interference with the- ret-
I'tralion of Ncgroe.s in Hamber.t
County,
Leaders held the Hiers .iclioii i;--
dicated a filan to frighten count..
PDP leadens and to call a halt t >
the rapid growth and expansion .1
the party, formi-d in l!)44 to break
th.- neck of ilic •'while primary."
"If we how and whine before an
imju.‘:t action such as l.s this." on.'
official .said, "then we can look
for it in practically 'very count.'-
The obvious attempt ;s to frighten
possible precinct and club leadeis
in di-lricts In the process of orgati-
i7ing M reover. it is a challenge
CITY HALL—City Hall, Monroe. Ga.. above Is where Roger Mel-
colm arrested for slabbing n while man. was confined until J.
Loy rrison. a white farmer, could post bend for his releasa
lake oim back to his far-n to work. A mob of 20 or more whitaa
 -'wered Harrison on a quiet country road about dark, altar
js released and lynched Malcolm annd his wife and ona
uiner married couple.
Writer Gives Detail
Story of Monroe
by 'I'. Jervay. |;dMur Uilmlns
tun .lournal und Feature Writer
for X. C. Newspaper Network
ATI.A.NTA, Gu, - I have just
Iff, the town of Ml nroe. situated
just about hall way between Ath-
iii.-'. 'fei.t of learnings" and Atlanta,
"the .New York of the South." All
I- quii'l in this small town whicii
-»'#t U 4 Ut£u witii Hidianatuo
and blush with sham>-
Both newspapers wrote that th#^
entire cummunily should not ba*
'.asiigaied for what twenty men per-
: petralcd In this regards, the Tn- I
! bum- was hitter. "Along with the '
I half truth printed have cutne dui/
slanders und inuendues and lab:;r-
SPEAK FOR SNYC
FATHER DIVINE AND HIS NEWLY WEDDED WIFE
Cult Leader Weds
Canadian Woman
vniu
I a...r. H ight» w. f»ii;deU i
II. n» of S;ii. Diegu •■lilest r»--:-
dvnti.il districts wneiv wh;*- M .x-
.N. und 'thei r.u i !
WASHNGTON 'ANP - The
inuri'iagc nf B'atI.er Divine to a 21-
vi-ar-uld while gir! fr. m Montreu.
Can. List April 29, was di.'closed
lien- Wetliu-sday .M.irriaKC liceriS"
u curds rcM-.iI that a licorse wa.
issu.d t.i NLijni F Di-ine aiid Miss
Birina Rnsi- Hi'chmgs Thi f.inMUs
Hiiilvm cult Icadti li-ied l.is fiuni
t-r wife. Mother Divin*. as dead
The couple w,i.- untreH
by the Rev AHart 1. ; '
ci.ite 'd Divi'ie at nis h"iii« Two
we*ks .u" IiiMn.- r-fened !■ Li-
iii.image ji. . !rr>'' PhiJa-i -
COIIM.K RCI SKI)
OK SKWIM, (IlINKSK
NKW VDRK CNS- Pi.keil up
.1 Bulf..l.i N.w ''Mik Fii.K Hus-
• .> li feel r..|l iiid :t2 ye.iis id
• 1.1 •s'-.il.-v H J-.' 2:1 onn-
Ie--.fi I -l.o.ng Iw r.lM-se
: .liP'':-r,,-■ !.c-' nii.Mli I .'.i-e
wh.ii. ■ -I N* ‘ Y rk Pi-1 • •• uui'e
. ifli ■ The Liiiinii . ' iciims
c- al-s s • „ jiH ('■ .fl. Sn .
•». . .-r • ''»■} 'her i.^lml f
s; if , , i M'.- ■■ '■ :'i. nf
phiu. sayii
proved
"Trace
what
• that .M'lther Divine .ip
thoughts ba
said over uni
he said "She wants eveis-
hiKly to love me ju.sl as she does'
One source dose tn the religious
leader -ays the bride was wealthy
.\iuiihir -s. iirce has it lhat .-he
a foimer empluvi f -. 'Montreal
. a.'uiishmf nt
A., 'i.k lollowi-is of her cult, she is
known by her spiritual name ot
•Sweet .Aiiuel.' and was .t reiHii'T
. :tK'ipan1 in the tv i.e weekly
i.f Ihi- I lilt in Montreal
W' •. hi- new brlrle was intto-
i Philadelphia she said.
.1 " Fa'her dear, peace rvery-
.M this time 1 would like to
hank Father f.>r this great
iiid honor of legally ma;-
ut.' the lamb of God P.ithcr dear.
'■ecaiiM- I know you are God. 1 re-
iiiiiie .IS I have vowed and sol-
. mi.l> -wfirii, n'I I ' bind you a' a
womnr. '.v -old .i imiural man, but
1 flee vo'i ti I'lVe .ind bie-s whor,!-
1 ,: i > 'lesiii ’o hU f ai.d
\x ■ I li ind wh- re-iH‘ver t .r ft i-
ni> ht.iri-' de-ire un1 plea-i.re to
\. » .iiicd -m i-onir o' earth,
i.il • -»^ tvery bi«d> * -ppy j«
I in. if 'a>* happier"
The marr. -(m imonni- to a
iiiceil
..iiblniv
.-d f '
Falhi: ‘
fundamen'..il
r.p- live -I'l
The
ser
I'SO
• k Co .ud
I  urby i.HX si '
,ed -n bark page)
Picketed
.%NP — The
Uhlte House us» pirkrted Issl
We.nrsday bv fl Ne|riKs org-
mg Prrsjitrni fruirun to uk-
rrsulute siliun lu punish the
lynrhets ol two men and their
wives in MunrcH-. ia . rerentiv
Hrsdetl by f itter A harles
Heik, a Pitlshurgh radio minis
ter, Ihe piikelers carried signs
deniiunring A*u\ -l.elrel l.ogrne
Talmadge uf (•eorgU. 'sen Itil
bu and Hep Katikin One sign
rvwd:
'I’uu can run, lUltMi lal-
msdge and Kankin but run roit-
aei bide."
D. C. PHYSICIAN FOUND DEAD
WASHINGTON. D C Aug. NNPA-.—Dr. Ralph C. Wright.
39 a physician her* lor 12 years. w»s found dead early last
Friday morning in hi* home S14 T Street, norihwesi with a bu!
let wound in his head A 36 caliber pistol lay nearby
According to police Dr. Wr ghI had retired to hi* second-
floor room Idling his wife Carome to go downstairs because he
wes feeling despondenl end irritable ' About two hours later
a shot was heard and Mrs Wriglil discovered her husband dead,
she told police. The physician had been ill for ‘he past year,
police said.
K native Washingtonian. Dr. Wright was graduated fr'^tn
Lincoln Uruversity tn Pcntuylvania. in 1933. Besides his widow
an infant daughter. Carol Ann Wrighi. survives him. as well as
hu mother Mrs Gertrud* Wright, of th* same address.
. S C 'ANPi - R.-p.|
.Adam CTayt'in P«*well. Jr, i.f New ;
V'.'k will deliver ih keyiintc ad-;
dress when the seventh annual ci-i'- ,
ferenre of the Soiifhern Negro,
Youth Congress meets hi-re Oclooer,
18-20. Louis E Burnh im. SYNC 'i-
. >io.'ntional secn-larv, said M'n-1
day
(' ricrtsMiuin Powell will be iii-
tPiidiiced by John H McCiay, slat'
chairman of the Progrtssivc Deni i-
i riitic party of South Car lina. M''
Hiiinhfim said Commenting on pro
gress towards this hiehly sisnifi-
ciini convention, hul ling its firs*
gathciing in South Carulinu. M*.
Burnham said, "indications are thi-
:hall be ' ur finest and best attend
ed session. Young people from
many foreign countries will attend,
as well as those from all .sections
of .-Xmerica "
P^'OTESTS
1 RAME-ilP OF
NEGRO YOUTH
BA’ NNE. N J.—Represenla
■•ves "f fi lends of Labor and the
.Negro idled the new Bayonne So-
ciali.st I kers Party headquarters
hi re Sunday to protest arrest and
pirsecitii.i of Mike Choice. 19. on
friim-u|i c.iarges of acensting a
white gi'!.
The youth who had just arrived
m the city from Alabama to liv
with his aunt, Mrs Anna Ma--
IXivis, 33 W, 23rd . .i«ked a l.t
yt-ai old white >1 direction in
finding his aunt. WhCii she told
him .she did not know, he thank
ed her and allegedly said in typical
S uthern style. "See you some
'.tfiei 'ii'.'ht, hear'*”
Ti’i' hysterical girl ran to the
|)' crying that Croice had
hi'attned to accvst her in the
iiiluii-. .ind he was later arre.sti-d
Old i.iken to Ihe local jail
He was not permitted to contact
- t- ti.rn.ly or a lawyer and was
ihri .tilled with hialing if he uid
ii t conftss Given .> confe.ssiun
-t.ilfnu-nt t.. ..ign, de-pHe the fact
’ • ' . can nelthe road nor wrii *
h« .lulled the sialeni-it that he in-
’»n ed to r.ipe the girl
Vf't-i hi- r«invicti 'i, his famil;
V hi- han ixi 'f his arrest thr ugti
•n. liKiil iiewspapiTs were per-
"id to heal him -eiitonced t'.
d.-vs in jail
i .t Bav-tnn brai.c)i I 'he S i-
.1 . • W ikrrs Party, learning of
"i iM- went imniendiatly to
.:x •!. help ormg justice to th*-
II d t.rought the NA.-VCP a.iJ
-.tmi- inUi the case ail of
I.'udem heW the H.ers a«tion > -
dicated a plan to frighten count.-
PDP leader-s and U* call s hah t -'
the rapid growth and expunsiun > t |
the party. fi»rmed in 1944 to break i
the neck of th«- "white primary"!
"If we bow and wrhine before an
unjust action such n* is this." on.
official said- "Ihen we can hxik
for it in practically very county
The obvious attempt ;s to frightin
po sible precinct and club leadeis'
in di-itricts In the process of orgari-^
izing M reover, it is a challenue
I- - us To just lei present tuhrs lr.*at
II- inywav. law or no law. nuJ
have our program halted "
The I'xecutives voted unanimous-
Iv In accept the challenge cd
fight it to Ihe last court AnDlKt-r
re lulion. providing for a coun
ter suit for malicious prosecution,
is expected to be followed.
:>tory or ivionroe
PENS CARD
TO GEORGIA
LYNCHERS
.ill Citll
lid ii.
•• Ihe
rji'Uig funds to
UKFRIAN PK.'.SIDKNT l>F-
MAM) RESIGN.ATIDN OB
« AH NTY OBFK’IAI.S
MAJNROVIA ANP- - President
I William W S Tubman returned to
I '.t- caplliil here la»t week .itlej IWU
> iiuntha spent in touring ihe Eastvtu
provmcet.
CH.ARLESTON. S. C. «ANP» —
A Card of Thanks to those who
elected Blugene Tal.mudge und
lynched four Negroes at Moiii-jc,
Gil., tw/ weeks ago apjM'arcd in ihe
evening paper here last Friday af
ternoon.
In a .space one eolumn wide and
three inch space, the Chaileston
Eviniiig Post carried Ihe following
displ.-iv advertisement Augmtt 2.
"WE Thunk You
GEORGIA
For Your
FIGHT AND VICTORY
F;;r Southern Principles
A re.s'ident of Charleston, S. C.
J. A. Thwelt"
Leaders here tend to attribute
the message as a tribute to Ih"
lynchers as it wa.« pub1i.shed a
wei-k iifter it occurred, whereas
the ad might have been publislut!
si-vvral days before the lynchi.ig.
General opinion is lhat il i.s In
praise of both happenings.
MISSilLAN
NAMED FOR
SENATOiBILBO
WASHINGTON — "I am .i meir-
ler Ilf Ihe Kii Khix Kian No. 4t'
I call, d the BiHxi Klan No 4. Missis-
jsippi." Senator Theodore Bilbo (D.
Miss I said in a nationwide radio
j bniadeasl Friday night.
"1 attended one rneeimg.” n-'
j addl'd and have not attended it
-"ince. becau-" I was rot in symp. -
I th\ wiih .some of the things in it"
I in the "Meet the Press" program.
I when asked whether he agreed with
W.i.'hinuton rcpurlers wh • v.Acd
; him Ihe "worst man in the Senate.”
■ lie said:
I "1 ihink the best judge  f Sen.'t-
oiial service in ihe United Staler
Senate would be the people of l.ic
»luie and I am perfi-ctly satUfieJ
with the verdict everv time 1 have
tConlinued on bu'^k page)
by T. D. Jerv*f. „
Ion .lenmal and FesAnre Writer
far N. r. Newspaper Nelwerk
ATI.ANTA. Ga. - I have jusi
let. ih.' town of M> nroe. situated
ju^l about half way btdween Ath
ens. ">eai >if learnings" and Atlanta,
"the New York of the South." Ail
IS quiet in this small town which {
Is the county seat of Walton Coun-
itV and which is !■ celed eight
miles from the scene of Ihe briitil
lynching of tw^. Negro men and
their wives.
Thv story of how Roy Harris.in
prosperous Georgia white farmer,
was held off at gun i»iint while a
bai.d of twenty white men gh.,t and
killed the four Negroes Thursday.
July 25. on a little-used read is
known arouno the w rid I will not
touch on the incident' surround
ing the immediate tragedy but will
c-mfine this report to what is go
ing on in Mom e ut this time, (wo
weeks following the lynching, and
to the excellent job which Ne
groes uf Atlanta are accomplishing
in playing their pait in seeing that
juslici- will I'ventimlly triumph.
I like to believe that newspaper.
' uf any c mmimity r>necl the sen
timeni of Ihe people lesiding then.
With this in mind. ? visited the
. offices of the Walton News and the
Walton Tribune, bo'h white ah'!
publishid and printed as county
I newspapers in Monroe. I had read
] of the white ministers in Mcn-
I r. e condemning the lynching, but
I was agreeably .surprised to find
that both white newspapers de
nounced the lynching. However. I
belti-ve the Walton News' editorial
on the outrage was stronger and
•ippcrently much more sincere than
that carried by the Tribune.
Amoitk other things, the News
said "th.‘ deed is as black as paint
ed by the blackest headlines . . .
the killing of four Negroes is utter
ly withoul jiaslification. The whi le-
salc slander of Walton County's
name for the failure of an early
solution is likewise."
Said the Tribune- "Probably all
iht- returns are not yet in on Wal-
t n County's recent lynching, o'l*
a sufficient number have been re-
ceiv.d to cause every law-abiding
and blii.sh with shame
Both newspaper, wrote tbat tkg^
entire communiiy sh.Mild not b*
castigated for what twenty meo per
petrated. In this regards, the Tri
bune was hitter: "Along with th*
half truth printed have come dlity.
slander, and inuendoes and iab-r-
ed eff. rts to label the country as
an I utpost of barbarism, whert ol
fleers and citizens were not con
cerned -- seeing that the guilty
persons were brought to justicn."
The following card was sent the
Tribune from a wom:*n in St. Pet
ersburg. Fla..
"We are planning on going htm*
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ACTION PLANNED
AGAINST WAVE
OF TERROR
NEW YORK — At ; joint meet
ing called by the NAACP on Aug'ist
filh at the Wendell WlHkle Memo
rial Building, forty national organ
izations took steps for unified ac
tion iigainst the rising tide of mob
violence, us evidenced In South
Curiilina, Georgia, Missisippi and
.:tlier .states.
Arthur B. Spingarn. Chairman si
the NAACP board, presided over
the meeting. Speakers were Walter
White. NAACP Execulive Secre
tary. Oliver Harrington. Public Re
lations Counsel and Isaac Woodard,
blinded Negro veteran. Woodard
described his horrible experiences
in u South Carolina town a few
hour-; after his discharge from the
si-rvice.
Tne organization representatlvee
1.11 pledged the unqualified support
of their organizations and voted to
fern' an Executive Committee to
plan diri'ct action in a campaign
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FATHER DIVINE’S WIFE IN UNITED
■STATES ILLEGALLY, NO CITIZEN
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. (NNPA). — Father Divine* bride
is in this country illegally. But there probably won't be any trou
ble about it.
The Dep"rtmeiit of Immlsration and Naturaliiation her*
las' Friday ninht revealed that th* 21-year-old Canadian whU*
girt to whom Ihe cult leader was married In April ha» over
stayed her visa.
According to a spokeeman for the departmenl the girl the
former Edna Hot* Ritchlng*. of Montreal entered the United
States ot. a 29-day visa October 7, 1945. at Rouses Point. M»w
York. Later it was said, tne applied for an extension which waa
denied.
However Thomas Shoemaker, d*pu‘Y commssloner of th*
department, said the bride faced no penally.
"All we could have done weuM have been to report her.
or require her to leave, he explained. "Now. since Canada is
non-quota at all times, her husbatd can p*titl» to have hat
remain her*, without any difficulty."