PAGE SIXTEEN
Reporter Helps Mam
To Win Freedom
REPORTER HELPS MAN .
By JOHN K. ROUSSEAU. JR.
NEW ORLEANS (ANPi —The
story of iht* recent froertom of John
Griffin front false charset, of nmr
dor after being imprisoned oil
months without hail is a true-life
story of a reporter who sought and
discovered rite facts behind the
facts. The heroic reporter wv,*
James B. I a Kons t he. crack . orre
spondent for the Louisiana bureau
of the Associated Negro Press.
It a!! started a year ago when
one Eugene Hi obey aas found dead
io a yard si bout four blocks from
the police station. AH that war
known about bins was that hr had
engaged in a fight or two on the
night of his death and that ho was
stabbed to death Only suspect--,
were Florence Collins, his common
law wife; Manuel Augustine, horj
sweetheart, and Guffey Matthews, i
son of Rosa Matthews, ruothet oi
Miss Collins.
Police were stalemated until tin
Collins woman positively identified
Griffin as one of two men she so
fighting with Brazey. Police tr-;
rested him, got him to sign a 'Ton
tension." and had him indicted by
the grand jury.
At this point LaPourche entered j
the case. As a reporter he had been ;
following developments all the time. ;
He noted that police reports on
how Brazey died differed from the
coroner’s report. The coroner’s jury
ruled that he had been stabbed 15
Times with a weapon leaving pin
holes in him —probably an ice pick
With this as a lead LaFourcke
did a bit of sleuthing on his own -
a tour of night spots visited by
Griffin and his wife on the night
of the slaying. He discovered front
one owner that the couple had stay
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lj. s. 1 HOOPS* i<w i Hi. TROPICS—Among tangled reeds in the
Panama Canal Zone Cpl. Vernon L. Pope, Marshfield, N. C., (right)
and P/e. Paid G. Oliver, Bassett, Va., prepare for joint Armed Force*
la Puerto Rico in amphibious-airborne ‘'Exercise Portrex.*' Par
ticipating Is the maneuvers under the direction of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff are SO,OOO Armed Forces personnel pins ships and planes of
tha Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. Climax of the training
exercise is an airborne-amphibious assault on the island of Vieques
southeast of Puerto Rico. (Official Department of Defense Photo;
SEGREGATION ENDS
FOR D. C. POOLS
WASHINGTON (ANP - IT •
six Washington swimming pools:
which created so much furor ip
the Nation’s Capital last summer
will be opened ir. the spring or i
lion-segregated basis, according to
an announcement made last Thurs
day by the Seereatry of the Inter
ior Oscar Chap nan.
Until last spring the Bsnrecksf
and Francis pools were used by
Negroes while the Takoma. East'
Potomac, McKinley and Anacostu
were traditionally white pools ir
spite of the Interior's department"j
long announced policy of non se
gregation.
When Negro swimmers realised
the department’s policy regard'.eg
the Washington pools they began!
to use Anacostia and McKinley l
pools last summer. It was then that
trouble broke out which caused
the closing of the pools for the re
mainder of the season.
Sweet potato acreage in N?r*>
Carolina and other Southern staTsi
is expected to show a large increase !
this year. !
. 1 ed in her place most of the »---
I Ding and was there at the time tV
!’ killing took place. He aiso learned
that Florence Collins had '.rave! •.(
■; three miles to the home of rite -lead
e man’s sister before non tying ■
• police f his death altUbngh Hie «'.a
l tiou was only four blocks .-.way.
Armed with :he vita! wide* ■
' LaFourche presented his sc«r
the district attorney and ; i.-
ia! investigator <ra the case but *l» ••.
it was too late !•> stop the '-i.il
- change the indictni. itr. To .*i~vtf«*’.'
: and other cases took up Hi? grat'd
jury’s tint--. s>- luif-V.m-!ie hr i
; sit tight
On oo.i.ii hfll '•? K ' \ 1- ."'.
On the day >f the t.-hd LaF ;
chs had tiius'e-cti i" wiit. s-s - ,
• i refute the "confession ’ and he ev;
; deoce gathered by 'ho U> \. ’.Vfeon
jit was all O'. - ;-. • ; -a; ■:• ■
i was CSf tit *i :!r‘ SC.-Mfi ■ », : ' '
mart once more
Happiest person in New s >•••• a.
was his itiothor. Mrs. %i s. . ;• ,;
always said.
' My boy is innocent. I know G 1
i God will save hint
She also expressed confidence
: the work being d me try LaFour<\> ■
; After the case was over the triai
| judge, William J. O'Hara, praised;
j him
‘T must ..ommead you and con- |
gratulate you for the inter-st you!
took and the excellent work you did
• for the defendant. John Griffin. i
I “Your Intelligent analysis of the
facts in this case together with the;
I energetic investigation you made
resulted in his release, fti view of
the evidence that you uncovrei u
is doubtful that any jury won cl'
convict Griffin despite the tea:
: mony of two of rha witnesses f >.
the prosecution."
The fight Last year was chiefly
I between toe Interior department
| and the District Recreation board
j’The local board was interned m
• taking over the operation of the
■ pools out only an a segregated
basis. After the farmer refused to
come to terms with the Recreation
board, the latter agreed to accept
control of the pools providing Mc-
Kinley and Banneeker could be
operated as interracial pools and
j the others as before on a segregat
ed basis.
After the fnb-rior had turned
; thumbs down on. the final proposi
tion, nothing further was heard
from the swimming pools until Sec
retary Ghampman made this an-,
' nouncement last week
He said he “hopes and believes"
ithat there wilj. be no repetition of;
l the racial troubles this year
The Rocky Mount Chamber of
; Commerce is sponsoring a Farm'
hand Hume Improvement Contest in'
.both Nash and Eugscombe Coun
ties this year First prize of SI,OOO
will be given to the community j
showing the moist improvement dux-;
:->g the year. |
The ]oth annual Costal Plain Fat:
'stock Show and Sale will he held;
Sin Kinston on Apri 12 and 12.
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TEAG-AORK PAYS OFF WITH “SUNKEN” SUBS—Training ..{x-r'.-i.ws in the search foi -my*
Hubrnarices involve the use ' surface vessels, airplanes and blimps wipioy.ng the latest dcU:C!....»n on
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% I BIYATE lIEAniNGS j
hu Me He & c4bi?e Wallace
• vN TO HELP YOU LIVE A. MORS A3UNDAfS"I LIFE
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jd» t<>: BETTE » ABBE* W aLLACH, <w« of tku par<*> V*
NINE YEARS ON ONE
; JOB—QUITS?
! “I want your advice lam -work
ing at the Naval Air Station and
I have been here S yiars and an;
:5) years old I want to know wo aid
It be good to keep on any further
1 want, my birth reading Born
February 9. 18/I.’
Answer; Hold oa to your job os |
long as you possibly an. Yen are |
making gowi money and have mad:
wonderful progress during hes
nine years—let nothing persuade
you to give it up You have bnilr
up seniority on th- job—the finger
. you stay —the harder you will be
t:> replace. Fend c’ for your dj.y
of birth reading. I wb’ b; glad to
■ hear from, you
PREDICTIONS V ATEREALIZE
I “I have writt. in you before and
believe me things worked put lust,
as you said. I ward to know If if
is wise for me to stay on alone
: here in this big house since n:y
husband passed or marry some old
man like myself” I am not. to an
: xious to marry. Born June 3. L 350.”
Answer: Give up the -dea of mar
riage. You’re independent finan
cially and you have many friends
ir. the community —so don’t fuel
compelled to go ‘husband hunting ’
It isn’t necessary for you tr- Jive a
lore. Rent out part -of your home.
Yotr niece would jump at the
chance to live there with you.
FIRST SERIOUS ROMANCE
DEPRESSES GAL . , .
i “Do you feel yo-. could help peer
i little me? £ feel like my future
I is dark. . Several months ago T was
» satisfied, filled with the spirit and
i happy. Blit now I feel like Ive lost
; everything. Nothing interests me
- I was the life of my small town
; but everybody jy worried about me
I and I’m worm -j about myself.
Bora £932
Answer: Be f good theer Utile
lady, the world is; ’► going t ■ end
You are experiencing the bitter
tea that goes with, romance. Life
.isn’t always a bed ->■' roses when
you’re in love —you’re taking the
: situation muen too seriously Be
gay, have fun and be your old seif
again.
CAN’T P’Air TO GST HANDS
■ ON INST 'PA YPE CHECK
! T want to know just what is
I holding tip my army iasu.ran.ee
check. Are they through, pay na I
; yet? Everyone £ know- has gotten
his. Wbat meat I do”
Answer Be pailent—these checks j
j are being issued as fast a.s possible
;By the time yo read this you w :
! have received and spent V >ur
c hAffJy
! YOUNG WIDOW AFRAID TO
j TRY MARRIAGE AGAIN
“I’m a yoiveg wltiow in my ibir
Trfß CAROLINIAN - —Week Ending April, i, 1950
ties. My husband died and I f •••:
that I deserve a good husHan •'. I
work hard ev.-y day of my trie. 1
S• k*- work. The-e :■> a young -■ 1 1
whom l couJJ marry. H.«-» - aw- i
ower. Shoald 1. marry or w-i.,v •
I’N Opens Attack
; ' it
;0t Venereal Disease
POPT-3 u-Prince rlru AN° -
i '•.;>••• u .ton Dur.bar arr= /ed here
U-ist week to servr a; the I. : N
: resenta’.jve of tti« Dderrutio:;.;
1( 1 hil d_r&t j ’:: Em er i -enc •• r u • d
= UNICEF), assisting :n U - n i'"
1 ii<:.rut.;on. end supervision o£ > m.
|prt-gram lor the treatment <i y *w?
; arui rural syphilis in those c--An
! tries.
■ - syphilis n-i
v i-,v • -.; a serious one in Hn:t Y- * •
' ; crippling syphtUiv-like disease
iparticularly affecting children. Al
though no census has been made in
. modern limes, it is believed that its
(incidence among tne rural pops.’:a -
' •; >n oi Haiti may run as hifh as 85
per cent. At several points in the .s
--; land'; history serious attempts have
‘ - -ei. made to suppress the disfig
uring air,ease. Since 1942 thousands
' lof cases have been treated.
’ Because penicillin readily cures
yaws. UNICEF hopes that through
tn i use of its supplies of the •* ar
d -velapel drug, the government
.. will be able to reach move than a
million people and thus practi- Uy
eliminate the o--- ---' wun:" t.-. ;
1 ! years. After that. r. cantro program
i-wtll be ;et up to take care of any
: recurrent or new cases. To help
(make this campaign a success,
jtJNTCEF U pro. iding $320 000
iworth oi supplies, the Hai’-’.an gov*
jernmeni is putting roughly $213,000
5. year for administrative expenses
and personnel, ai;d t’n.- W >r’-j
IHr aim organisation technical assi ••
i taace and mceraational peewnei
Prticuiarly high hope.? ,re held
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fact that Hadis’ uvighbor. the Do
ndn.cuu Reptol.tc. has p;- - i
; the disease, which is -prevalent
:oo to 80 of its communities, since
1942, ati.i will nor, intesify tins - -
sou with UNICEF and WHO hen>
Thu-', >r the first time all-out. ,l
; fort .’n -. yaws and syphilis wui
;bc made on j maj >r scale on the
Caribbean island.
The •. mtoaiga is me oi a
total p” igram now oeing initiated
iby UNICEF designed to assist in
(establishing or strengthening chief
; welfare programs m Latin America
jar.d marks the first time that an in
; t-rnational agency has P''ovided
j supplies for that area'.; children on
Boon t wide-spread scale.
B .1 its Lni-tod resource.,
.most ot UNICEF's . ivfati i ? have
hitri -rt!.v -n directed oioo.- pro
j vid ing emergency assistance to the
i children of wur-devasted coun
tree.- Eu-">rx> :he • Erst,
i North - :-i rid th- F•- Last, As
i econ. Hire conditions in many of
th countries ; th'-: F'i.oj
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ten'-;:', to fry Now tVorid To date,
80-.-.--'; at; icated ; . . ;;v toi
os..'lst tig sixteen ’ r <-Aciirvicnh
In - t n;; M’r Dunbar to ad
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lean aspects ->f its Latin-American
I ; pro.jran UNICEF Mas chosen .
man v. a brood ba : -air ootid >1
. ’ -a., v'ie ■■■ > e\■ p- or VO
. thi.o .. V-1 .-a v . ii ■ a-’’ . '.i ‘or .0
-period of thn.years m. Ffince and
Genuny for UNRRA .Urnled Na
t; -no. Relief and R - ■£): m Ao
l mir.isfration) un.i Church Worai
j serve.;-: Pr '• »■ ■ :<.: •ly Mr Duo bar Had
Ussen duty ia the farm labor carnpfi
•. sponsored by the War s’ocd admin
i ’ istartion for migrant rcm i Pjoren.
i'dur;n.< the war years. Trie i'..-..v ai:>o
• (engaged in community org-ahizatioo
l'work in a settlement house pro
- grain in W ishingto.c, D. C.. and m
pease work iri the Department of
- Public Weifar l ;' in New Yarx City.
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