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THS PITTSBURGH PRESS. THURSDAY. AUGUST 15. IW PAGE 38 05 cys Feed End Pin's Alumni Hstl Converted Lcb a Pitt's three-story Alumni nail has Virginia Stops been converted into chemistry head quarters for the school. Lynchings vith New laboratories, a lecture halL Slus Sl'3 SGi At Lcjtsdb FlLit Million and Up For Cash and Carry War Assets Administration will open a "cash and carry" sale of a million and a' half dollars' worth of surplus war goods on Monday IWJasn't Sclf-tmpcxsd Fast Nsts $58 for Relief, Aching Cones Sore Mouth, No Appetite LOS ANGELES, Aug.

15 (UP) Claud L. Baxter gulped his first food in 85 days today and regretted that he had grown weak to stick out his self-imposed 100- Pfcfcst Crusr Duquesne police guarded the home of Rev. R. A. Graybill last night, following a threat to kill him if he didn't "lay off the numbers Rev.

Graybill, pastor of the First Christian Church, was threatened and equipment have been installed 3 in tiie Hall, where a machine shop Is also A The hall, designed to serve 12301 Severe Law None Occurs In 14 Years students has been divided, so that in a telephone call Tuesday night. half is used for classrooms and the! remanider for research In biochem at the Navy ship building plant at LeetsAle. Included in the sale will be Read an editorial, "Virginia's Anti-Lynch Law," Page 12. is try, organic inorganic and physical chemistry. Instructors will be equipped with -rooms for consultations with students, and laboratories 750,000 items, with most of the Earlier he had appeared before City Council and demanded the rackets to be cleaned up.

He charged police were doing nothing to stop all sorts of gambling, which, he said, "is the second biggest business in Duquesne. Members of his congregation passed a resolution last night backing up his fight against the rackets. rMGesportilLii Killad in Pftosnix A McKeesport man was killed and 4000 types on display. for private research. Besides machine tools and other GOLDEN WEDDING anniversary of Mr.

and Mrs. Christian Derr, of Turtle Creek. R. D. 3.

will be celebrated tomorrow. They have resided in Turtle Creek all their married life and are parents of three sons and four daughters. i5 u.ci NEW YORK, Aug. IS YUP) Charges that border Incidents between Albania and Greece, provoked by Greek "Fascists and seeking to grab Albanian territory, will be aired before the membership committee of the United Nations Security Council 5 The charges were contained in a 2000-word memorandum presented to the membership committee by Col. Tuk Jakova, Albanian minister without portfolio who is representing his country in its dealings with the UJ.

Greece opposes Albania's entrance in the U.N. on. grounds that a de facto state of war still exists between the two countries. The Greek government listed 21 specific border incidents between Greece and Albania since the end of the war and accused the present Albanian government of attempting to stamp out democracy. The membership committee also will continue discussion today on Trans-J ordan's application for membership.

Polish delegate Jerry Michalowski attacked the legal status of Trans-Jordan as a sovereign state. He explained that under the Anglo-Trans-Jordan treaty, Britain has the right to tore supplies and ammunition, train Trans -Jordan armed forces and assist financially his wife injured yesterday when a types of industrial machinery, the sale will include 450 portable welding machines and welders' equipment, chain hoists, pneumatic hammers, hardware, office furniture. electrical equipment and And Rev. Graybill said the congre truck sideswiped their auto near Phoenix, Ariz according to word to friends in McKeesport. William L.

Thompson, 58, a retired Duquesne Light Co. employe. fixtures, asbestos blankets, and such sundries as paper bags, scouring gation of the Zion Lutheran Church Is planning similar action. "I have received many telephone calls from people who praised my action and want to see the city cleaned up," he said. "I -am going ahead with my plans to see that something is done about it.

record of Virginia" is to be found in the "trail-breaking" Byrd anti-lynching law. powder and anti-freeze. A All items will be sold at fixed a was- killed instantly. His wife. Mobs Defined Here are the main sections of prices.

According to G. G. Yule, acting 4Lt -Hj. thrown to the road is in a hospital in Phoenix. The Thompsons that law: manager of WAA here, the schedule will bet Federal agencies, Aug.

Mobs and lynching are defined aay iasu "I almost made it," he said. "I wish I could have finished out those last 15 days. They were the most crucial ones for the cause." It wasn't that Mr. Baxter got hungry. His physician, examining him last night after he disappeared from his home for a day and a night, reported he was on the verge of a complete collapse and would have to start eating, Ttie 41-year-old chef went to bed and sipped a half glass of skim millc every hour through the night.

He started on soft- roods today, small servings of jello and cereal every hour. "Can't say that I have much appetite for it," he said. "Nothing seems to have any taste any more." Mr. Baxter hadn't had a bite to eat since May 23 when he went on a fast to wake up the nation to Vie fact that thousands are starving around the world. His refusal to at prompted the people of the United States to turn over $58.35 to buy food for the starving.

Mr. Baxter lost 43 pounds. "He was so weak he almost couldn't walk," Mrs. Baxter said. "I put him to bed and called the doctor, and we told him he had to end the fast." The fast left him with bones aching, mouth sore, tongue black, a pulse "like a train" and frequent nosebleeds.

He found it difficult to move around after, the first 4 days. lived at 3002 State St, McKeesport. MORE than nine-tenths of the billions of stars found in the entire sidereal system are located in the 19-20; certified veterans, Aug. 21- as a "collection oi people, assemDiea ZS i-ittk Atq Ceie.i Weed sc. ifl 23; uncertified veterans, Aug, 26-27; for the purpose and with the in liswty Am.

RJ.C. for small business, Aug. Milky Way. tention of committing an assault andor battery upon any person and without authority of law," and 28-29; state and local governments, Aug. non-profit institutions.

Sept. 3. and non-priority buyers Friends said the accident was witnessed by another McKeesport couple, whose auto was following the Thompson machine. Mr. and Mrs.

Carl F. Allen, of St, Liberty Borough, took Mrs. Thompson to the hospital, and are remaining in Phoenix, pending outcome of her injuries. The Thompsons and each "any act of violence by a mob upon the body of any person which shall By MARSHALL McNEIL Scripps-Howard Staff Write' WASHINGTON, Aug. IS There have been no lynchings in Virginia for at leait 14.

and probably 19 years. One good reason for this is Virginia's own drastic anti-lynch law which provides, among other things, that every person proved to be a member of a mob that lyncnes a person is guilty of murder. Virginia's law and her experience under it often are cited by opponents of the Federal anti-lynching bill as reasons why it is not necessary for Congress to legislate against mob violence. There has been a renewal of agitation for such a Federal law since the assassination of four Negroes in Georgia. Among the opponents of Federal legislation is Senator Harry Byrd, Virginia Democrat, who, as governor of the State, got Virginia's General Assembly to enact the law against mobs and mob violence.

Byrd Got Law Passed On Jan. 16, 1928, then Governor Byrd sent a message to the Virginia legislature, which said, in part: "Mob law is anarchy. Virginia is the last State in the Union where lynchings should be tolerated, for Virginia contributed to America the leaders who taught that this was a government of laws." He recommended that lynching be declared a specific state offense to be prosecuted by the attorney general, or other prosecutors designated by the governor, in addition starting Sept. 4. result in the death of such person, shall constitute a 'lynching' within the meaning of this act-" the Trans-Jordan army.

Under Pitt Pension Plan Covers More Employes The 'lynching oi any person A -SttL! PAIS 1 Fine. 2-wav mtratck Elastic Kaee Stock- I) such terms, he said that it could not be considered a sovereign state. within this State by a 'mob shall couple in their own auto, left McKeesport together to drive to Fon-tana, Cal, where the Thompsons The University of Pittsburgh has be deemed murder," the act says, "and any and every person compos widened a retirement pension plan I I II closes' heel aad opea tee ill II IL 3 ery sheer. Scarcely notice- 11 A II II X. f- "telLK' der jreeir refnlar hose only HlRr II S.

limited supply. saeeUus. e4 AX ing a 'mob' and any and every have! relatives, friends said. -Mr. Thompson worked for the to include all faculty, professional and administrative personnel.

The accessory thereto shall be guilty NIL Jl of murder." IXJ II employe and the school each con -I Get tfck quick relief. Iifta shoe pressure, soothes, cushions the sensitive pat. Costs but a trifle. icssMraiPi ram irar? iTrarv; tribute five per cent to the fund, with pensions payable at 70. utility company as a "trouble-shooter" for 20 years before retiring two years ago.

His body will be returned to McKeesport for burial. rfsyaw uuujsb) Lilian rj Heretofore, employes contributed to the fund on a voluntary basis. Assault and battery by mob is provided to be a felony with, a penalty of not less than one year nor more than 10 years. Prompt Action Required The law provides that it shall be the duty of the attorney for the Commonwealth, of any county or city in which a "lynching" may tc- cur, promptly and diligently to en deavor to ascertain the identity of the persons who in any way participated. He must then promptly proceed with the prosecution: Any attorney for the Commonwealth may be assisted in all prosecutions by the Attorney General or other prosecutors designated by the Governor for the purpose.

The governor has full authority to spend such sums as he may deem (S.ariSftDTfD(! necessary for the purpose of ap prehending the lynchers. Glass Cites Byrd Law The late Senator Carter Glass of to the local authorities. The governor should be authorized to spend necessary sums to apprehend guilty members of the mob. And he proposed that the governor and the attorney general be held directly responsible for the a est of the lynchers. The anti-lynch law was passed following the outline in Governor Byrd's message.

No Lynching: in 14 Years On Aug. 1, 1945, the Richmond Times-DispatCn of which Virginius Dabney is editor said Virginia had a better record with respect to lynchings than any southern state, with the exception of North Carolina. Mr. Dabney said 'the last undoubted lynching to occur in Virginia was in 1927. and that there was a "suspicious occurrence" in 1932, involving a Negro charged with attacking a farmer and his wife.

He said the coroner returned a suicide verdict in the case. "We have gone for at least 14 years now without a lynching, and probably for 19," the editorial said. It said one of the Virginia cited this Byrd law during a Southern filibuster against the Federal anti-lynching bill in 1938. "Virginia has a horror of lynching," Mr. Glass said, "and long ago it enacted a severe statute against lynching.

More than a year ago I challenged one of the proponents, of this bill, the Senator from New York Mr. Wagner) to point to one sentence in the criminal code of his own state against lynching. 'His state not only has no- law against lynching, but the Senator comes here and seeks to exempt his excellent I mobsters from punishment." major reasons for the Three Must Be Treated Fairly LgO'c LCx att Oudo QoGOcd FBI Steps Up Lynch Probe, But Georgia Agents Lay Off State Investigators Wait for Interest To Die Down After Shooting of Four Negroes By EDWARD B. SMITH, Scripps-Howard Staff Writer MONROE, Aug. 15--Intfensified efforts of FBI agents today marked the investigation of the lynching of.

OWNER The following table shows net earnings per share of Duquesne Light Company common stock since 1936, as shown in Company's Annual Reports to Stockholders for those years: four Negroes, two men and two women, near here three But the FBI was oper weeks ago CUSTOMER The cost of residential electric service to Duquesne light Company customers has continually decreased. The curre has been constantly down, and the average price has actually been cut in half since World War I. Even in more recent years the annual average price per kilowatt hour has decreased as illustrated by the following table: EMPLOYEE In the last ten years, production and maintenance workers in this Company have had substantial increases in pay. The following tables, showing the rates in effect at the middle of the year specified, serye to show the upward trend of wages for Lineman one of the higher-paid jobs, and for a laborer, one of the lower-paid jobs: State Bureau of Investigation. This agency has about a dozen agents, but only one is here.

"We want public interest to lie down," said Major William Spence of the state bureau. "It is better that way. We can get more information if folks are not stirred a ting in its usual hush-hush manner and there was no indication of progress in identification of the 20 mobsters who killed the Negroes. Additional FBI agents have been arriving here until today there are between 15 and 20. The federal investigators have practically taken over the only hotel in town.

C. E. Weeks, agent in charge, said: "The first thing we're trying to overcome is local suspicion and mistrust of us 'f Less active apparently is -the up." Atlanta newspapers have not mentioned the crime for several days. Monroe remains close-mouthed and there is no sign of any high 97c Ftrberr feeling against Negroes. 1935 1941 1946 $1.25 $1C5 NOTICE wmum LACOHER 1933 4.2Cs per RW Kir 1937 4.12c 1933 4.03c 99 1930 4.01c 99 99 99 1C43 3.7Cc 99 99 1941 35c 99 1942 3.54c 99 99 1043 a 3.52c 99 1944 3.47c 99 1C45 3.3C8 1943.

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