ii -y-r .vy?'-" -"5- I Vli , II . I "l'.ii .- lie ' ' f 1 tars Of Pimiw ff m ii win All MM iWV THE CENTER ST. YMCA building exemplifies the progress taking blace in Spring field. The new center house the neweet and mo it modern equipment available (or public recreation and guidance. For mora detail of "Progress in Springfield," tea pagea 2-B through 6-B. Il'l ft' Sec Pages 2-1! to U-B For Pictures, Stories first pSwmomo fWWimf 7 y'l $mwmi FOR THE PEOPLE Vol. 17 No. 40 COLUMBUS, OHIO SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1951 Price 10 Cents www rn 7 MflPfP? 5) Mayor Rhodes, Solons Snider, Whitacre To Appoint Community Relations Council Employment Issues, Community Needs On New Group's Schedule Mayor Jamei A. Rhodes, following a meeting Tuesday of this week with Councilmen Daniel J. Whitacre and Walter Snider announced completed plena for the formation of a Community Relation! Council. rhe group, Mayor Khodei said, will be composed of eleven member) re?rr.enting dll aegmenta of community life. Names of persons expected to conttitute the council are now under consideration and will be announced within the next three or (our day!. In discussing the community-wide prosram CoJiicilm?n Snider land Whlttaker revealed that re- Arnold Graves In Recite! Arnold Graves, na t i on a 11 y i prcentatirn v 111 be chosen from known artist, will he presented labor, bu-inen , rhun'h, nvie and In the Shiloh BnpUst Church, a communitv areas in the city. T.U... r-k aft a o rnuaiy, in.. jir at o p.in, in , piano recital. Ask Mitigation 01 Sex Killer's. Death Sentence Master Graves has recently been presented in the program presented by the NationalAs-Delation of Negro Mufi.-ians in Wasli-Jngton,Some of his achievements have included his appearances in the l Judge Harry M. Hanna, Cle-! veland Court of Common Pleas, ! ftrcirnl fnt ViAarlno (!, rniiAct THE MAYOR SAID that much -0( Emjl( RejsJ aorneVi tnat of the attention of tne toun- fntjre furt ,ittn(, ..en cil will be directed toward thiban(... lhouW hcar ,h, pitinn solution of labor-management (j,(d by Rejs, in beh,lf nf Un problems and employment poll- Stevenson. The petition asks i c"'s' , that the court mitieate he sen- 'In view ef the currsnt war .tence of death or certify the re "Lnokln With Ivmir" ..i.ui. ,,,, ! and deft nsa alfort it la neasary Cords to the court of appeals hows and in several appearances ''t avtry ab'a and prsparad man so that the court might hear in the city. I nc oman in th( city b par-; the appeal now on file. He is tlie son of Mr. and Mrs. ""'' ,0 preiu at capacity In I stfvfnson j, ,n )8.year-John Graves, 1090 Fair Ave., Co- j ,Mi ,n "hleh hy ra best u Ehoe ,nne hov from cieve-lumbus, and a member of the i m,i- whn "o whe'T,r ; land who has a mental age of f 'lai'j' ' ) If - 1 h ... Youth Choir of the church. Spring SI. YM launches Achievement Program The Physical Education Department of the Spring St. YMCA will inagurate the "National YMCA Athletic Achievement Program" on Monday, Oct. 15. It Is found that employment dii- si VMr!, H, wa, .ccu3P(j 0f t crimination Is btlnii practiced on: uiilini of a woman in the the bisis of raca, crtad or color, ' basement of the Cleveland Bus It will be the duty e! eur Com- Terminal on or about Nov. 30, munity Relations Council io give 1 pj)0 the matter thorough and aineere j Rej ays t!ie pr,rfdure n alucly to the end that thla prac- mj(i on (j ran,y used but nee is euminaita, me mayor h , smn(, (oundation in Ohio at curt a. ,,, j i . ii,. rt allowing mercy where the jury, nut of malice or prejudice, has failed to do to. "Through the voice of the Community Relations Council," Coun- Thia nroeram is desiened to sive cilman Whitacre said, all of tne the boy an all-around physical problems fared by our respective education. This program will in- communities can be given immed-clude all hovs IB vears of aze iate and d iect attention. It I; the ""dcr. .best possihb way to bring city I CONTINUING AM explanation government closer to the people." HE'S THE WINNER: JHe Eugene fluff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Huff, of 71 N. Monroe Ave., Columbus, was the winner of first prize in the recent baby contest staged by the Culturettes Beautician Club in the Elmhurat Party Home. Other winners were Glenn Reginald Crews, second; Andre Eugene Harroway, third: Bernard Rogers, fourth; Regenia Starks, fifth; and Robert Sparks, sixth. The Culturettes. a chapter of the Ohio Association of Beauticians, is achedu'ed to help entertain the OAB confab at Columbus in 1952. Caldwell Post, 3499, Releases lexi of Rebel Flag Resolution One Claims 'Prejudice' As Court Excuses Him; Trial Enters Third Day Three Now Serving Timo In Marble Cliff Slaying XYrr.L l l .L . t t t i t t t l to become a supply officer, has I P" '".7 been recalled to active duty. b". t,e Ohio Monday turned ita attention to tha He adds another "first"' to his remaining party. Sanford Hogana, in Columbua' "ball bat mur- list of achievements as he becomes 1 der ease ot a year ago. Loudin J. Beam Returns To Active Duty In Navy Loudin J. Beam, of 1220 Author PI., Columbus, reportedly tha first Negro eitiren in Ohio to be commissioned in the US Naval Reserve and the first Negro In the country the first Negro to ever attend the Naval Supply Corps School In Ba-yonne, N. J. Beam left Columbus on Oct 8 (or a probable stay of five months ih rS S'; rkr fcs S (I . . . v j . ."s-. - .. v , r. : a ,v. w. -J., JjiU' immtum HAPPY RECEIVER of a Traveler Taleviaion. 19-inch screen floor model, a $395.00 value, ia Mia DeLoi Coolsby. The set was given away last week by the AG Super Market, of 120 W. Mound St., Columbus. DeLoia, who i15-yeart-o'd and a student in Franklin Jr. High School, ia the daughter of Mrt. Roaa Goolsby, of 107 S. Ohio Ave. Her family is proud to have been satisfied customers of the AG Super Market for a long time and recommends the products listed weekly in The Ohio State NEWS as the very best. Miss Goolsby is receiving the television act from Oscar Goodheil, owner and manager of tha AG Super Market. NEWS Photo by Blackburn. ( Robert Council, Lt. Henry Mor-i play or us said flag and .A,u an1 .Tnflr P inna rrknn mplTl-1 "Wharil 11 nrotHt was mad. of the purpose and proro.ed work jbprs of )e C8l(iwdl Po:ti 3490,' against displaying of said Con- of the committee, Councilman yFW and dele.atp. ,0 the recent f.d.ral. Flag along with our Snider mad, the point that "lire ( national ,.0nV(,ntiOn in New York, i National Emblem, Hit Stars and and police protection, garbase and , (hi k rt bKc the Br0. 81rlPM in C8nT,Blion in1 refuse collection, health and sanl-1 . . ,,,,,: n,con.j (n Prank. "Wh.r.n. ,.A nrotast tary measures will be a concern ' ,jn Coun(v Councj, , th. VFW . overruled by th. pr.-ldlng of-of the council with the Idea that, . ,h nf th Pnnfed- fir. anil wharsai It 1. dMm. every community, regardlers of; Pag at me contab d ,h,t ,uch , dl,pr 0, th. locauon, receivra .1 j,i-Jpr. j shfVy LaMon(e. past com- j Confederal. Flag was an in- ngnixui snare or mese services. : mander Qf he Caldwen post, was The community nciations: chairman of the committee which Council, the Mayor and Council-men raid, will be asked to work closely with a'l government of ficial-. suit and an effrontery as agiinst th United States Government drafted the resolution. He, how-1 to make such a display Goodsell Brothers Now Located in Town-Country The Goodsell Brothers, Inc., formerly on Mt. Vernon Ave., Columbus, have opened a new store in the Town and Country on E. Broad St. The new store will carry a complete line of wallpaper and paints and supplies for painters and paper hangers. President of the Goodsell Bro thers, Inc. stores the other store it located at 385 S. High St.) is Ralph Goodsell, and his brother, Robert, is secretary. Jerry Humes is manager of the Town and Country store and Art Coffey is assistant manager. ever, was not a delegate to tne convention as reported in The NEWS !ast week. I The complete text of the VFW , resolution to the Franklin Coun-1 ty Council follows: 1 "Wh.reas it has com. to th , attention of th m.mb.ri of th. C. C. Caldwell Post. 3430. Veterans of Foreign Wars of th U. S. A., that during a session i of th National Encampmant of ! thair organisation h.ld in Now York City. Augu't 29, 1951, ; th.r appeared on lht rostrum in th hal wrr th. conven- 1 ticn was being h'.d. a Confad-rat Flag, which was an exact replica of th flags used by th confederate states during t war oi th rebellion 1881-18SS. and "Wh.reis th confsd.rat Army went down in defeat and ralinquishtd th right to els- Self-Improvement (lass Offered at Triangle YM A special feature of the Falliclajs will be open to both wo-Program at Blue rianglo -YWCA men and teen-age g. U and will will be a class In Self-Improve- meet on Wednesdays eveninss, ment taught by Mis. Eunice beginning Oft. 17, at 8 p. m. and Wood and severai assistants. This 'continuing for 12 weeks. "Th.r.fors b it r.solv.d that lmm.diat action b. tak.n by th Franklin County Council of V.t.rant of Fortlgn Wars of th United States of Amarica, that such reprehensible conduct wiil not occur again, and that th. Ci'.inty Council shall urge cur R.prcntativs in Congress to introduc th. n.c-cssary legislation (if non. exist :,) that woulj pr.vent th rt-occurcnc oi such display. "W further aik that th officer, presiding at th session during this occumnc. b reprimanded for allowing such a display to b. mad, and b it "Resolved further, that this Resolution by adopted by this Council and present.d to th District Conf.nnc for furth.r adoption and through th pro-par channels io th Department Convention for adoption, n.v.r rltnting until it reaches th National Drprtmsnl Convention from whenc this gross insult to our Natlonsl Embl.m and dastardly act originated. "Rspcttui:y submitted by C. C. Caldwell Post No. 39(0 Veteran, of Foreit, Wars." YOUNG BOWEN, in attempting to convince the court that the estate should be turned ovt. to him and his si'ter, wept lo, ly and told how he had helped his father in the business of bootlegging and prostitution. The will was made in May of 1943 and in it was included a string of rooming houses on Capital St., Cleveland Ave., and St Clair Ave, All hd been operated during the past twenty years. Mrs. Bowen's testimony was designed to show that her hus band, 25 years her senior, was of sound mind when the will was made. Mrs. Nixon charged that h.r st.pmoth.r had said that th reason th children war not left anything was because she had threatened to leave him. This, th children claim, constituted duress.The deceased was quoted as having asked his wife if she wanted money. The will turning everything over to the wife was made in Attorney Duffy's office deceased) did not turn over all of his property and money to her. Mrs. Nixon and Bowen Jr., are represented by Lawrence R. Curtis and Mrs. Bowen ia being defended by T. J. Duffy. MUNTZ'S SMITH TOP SALESMAN Hogans' girl friend, Dorotkf Rhoades. Both of tha women a white. Prosecutor Ralph Bartlatt fM he It prepared to show that Ho-gans, following a meeting with his girl Mend and Mr. and Mr. Craft plotted to stag a holdup in a Mt Vernon Ava. tavara For "Salesman of the Week" ; when the girls said that they The Ohio State NEWS has chosen needed winter eoati. an exceptional young man whose j When Chtnauli mird tha interests are varied and accom- j,,,,,, j,, WM approach fcr plishments great. I Miss Rhoad. a data waa a. He is Paul Smith, one of the nngtd and Craft his wit and Miss Rhoad drove off. Hogana, aWie. inifTfr r PAUL SMITH top f that while his father was in pri son from 1939-42 hisstep-mother had said that she was keep ing company with other men. :of Education Music-Major. He is Several prominent Eastsiders a former member of the Harmon-were named as having been among aires sinfing unit, a member or those allegedly going with Mrs. j the Vanguard League, NAACP Bowen while her husband was 1 American Legion and is very tal-imprisoned. I entcd in the art of dramatics. Mrs. Bowen denied the allega-1 He played the lead role in the tion, declaring that they were popular presentation of "Bloomer friends of her husband and that Girl," produced by the Paramount they had not lavished gifts up Facing a first degree murder chars. Honna, formerly of 359 Cleveland Ava., tha prosecution oontanda, ia guilty of beating Clarence Chenault, of 2021 Paraon Atsu, to death with a ball bat on tha night ef laat November 1 5. At tha opMxuHt day af tha trial aotn dUfteolty was axparV. anoad la Impaneling a Jury. On prospect Etnac C Adam, (aid h was tram tha aavlh and waa pnludtcad agahtat parage ef " tha Ngra taea. H wa. of tha (tptnloa that ha I tnoapabla of iwhmg a lair decision ia eaaaa what Hagnat are Involved, Ha wta tnd by tha court Several propctrvi Jveta wer dkrniaaad tuwuaua flatg) claimed that they did MC j lieva in capital pimlshmatnl aaal two were ermead whan It W revealed that they mn) triatedt of one of the defers attoe nay a, William H. Brooks. Th other ta Paul GraffU. Both art asart ape ' pointed. a a OTHERS ntVOLTXD tn txl slaying are now tarring tan) ta the Ohio Penitenitary and Mary, ville Reformatory arc Perry Children Of Late Sportsman Fight To Break Will Giving $24,000 To Step-Mother Judge Cecil Randall directed tha Jury Wednesday afternoon in the Samuel Bowan will case to return verdict aua-taining the will. Rand ell's statement made H mandatory for tha jury to uphold the will which exclude the cniiaren, aamuci Bowen. Jr. and Mrt. Stella Nixon. The estate of the late Samuel Bowen, reportedly worth about $24,000 in property and cash, waa tha subject of a bitter controversy in the Franklin County Common Pleas Court this week where the children of the sportsman and rooming house operator were attempting to break his will. Defendant in the action i the aportsman'a widow, Mrs. Alice Bowen. Bowen willed all of his worldly belonging to hi wife, a white woman. The children, Samuel Bowen, Jr., and Mr. Stella Nixon, of Cincinnati are claiming that the property and money was willed to their steD-mother "under duress" in that Mr. Bowen threatened to leave her husband for another man if he (the Craft and hit wife, Dorothy, ant S by pre-arrangemant was picked up. Iniieid ef going to another night club, they drove to th River Rd. Instead. The car wu stopped and Milt Rhoades got out to relieve herself. Chenault was urged to get into the front seat and Hogana got in the back. The prosecution said that Hogans struck Chenault three time with a ball bat dragged him from the car and robbed him of $24 and placed him in the weeds. The prosecution would not say whether Chenault was thrown into the Marble Cliff quarries or crawled along and fell over. alesnien for Muntz TV, of : 175 feet down In the quarry two Thn hilrfron ,aiH that thi-ir 1 906 Uoodale Blvd., in (.oiumuus. ouiiic nuiuurs luuna nim aeaa father had been in jail on two He is a native of the city and has j days later, occasions on charges of white, been affiliated with Muntz for ... slavery. Young Bowen declared i ne year. nuuin iuu to apringiieia Smith is attending Ohio state; ana men to (nicago where he University after having been in ! was picked up and brought the U. S. Navy and is a College ; oacK tor trial. Mr. and Mrs. Lratt and Miss Rhoades plead guilty last spring and were sen- on her as charged. Some may have given her Christmas gifts at one time or another, she said. tenccd. Defense attorneys, Brooks and Griffis, admitted many of th prosecution's allegations but differed on some points. Thy claimed that Hogans did not strike Chenault hard enough to Players In the Hartman Theater kill him, that he was alive when last season. Not inly does Smith they drove away and that the excel as a ralesman for Muntz, Crafts, not Hogans, returned to (Continued on Page 1-B) 'the'scene that night.