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The Delta Democrat-Times from Greenville, Mississippi • Page 2

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"Mrs. tti.Rowry.will.be said tonight at )g-in Downey'Funeral Home, Lake Village, for Mrs. P. Reginelli, 91, of Lake -Viflage. Funeral services will be held In Ihe cl La'--i'Village Our Lady.of Ihe i Church' with' An Bolds officiating.

Burinl will follow in the Lake Cemetery. Mrs. Reginelli died Saturday morning. Born in Senigallia, In 1902, she came to America i 1S03. Sha lived in Lake Village Sincj that lime, ami was active In the Catholic Church's Alter society.

Mrs. Reginelli is survived by sons: Ned Reginelli, Au- Reginelli, and Sam Regi- gnelli, all of Lake Village; five Mrs. Mike Pesaresi and Mrs. Batjsla Perpni, both 3of l.cke Village; Lt. Cmd Reginelli, Side Busier "-'Amelia Reginelli, OSfl, plussellville, -Arf.

and Mrs. Jvlike Belvedresi, Pine Bluff, 18 grand children and 39 grand children. letter Writing Planned Crowd Cheers As Wilkins Is Acquitted HAYNEVILLE; AU. (UPi)- State prosecutors, undaunted by failuie to convfct a Klux Kiansman- for murdering white woman, began ground work Saturday for (rial of two lother Klansmen In the same slay; i An all-whitefinale" "jury, after an hour-end of deliberation, Leroy 22, the killing, of Liuzio. Mrs.

LIu'zz'o. a civil rights was shot to death last" March 25. Wilkins' first trial in May ended in a hung jury, A resounding cheer, greeted 7 riJay's verdict announcement. Eleven of the jurymen are ejth- er Present or former members youths, marched from a church of the white Cit n- business vcorrespondenje. jjfll bT, conduct- jjd the'Jlo- Uel Greenville Sunset Room.

Sponsored by the. Chamber of jCorhnnfirce, the course will be aaught by W. H. Butterfield, lee-; author, and business let- tfpr consultant. 3 Butterfield is the author of 16 torrcspondehce books.

in Who's Who-. in America jh'e received an A.B. degree HOUSE DAMAGED BY FIRE Headquarters No. 4 and Engine Company 5 of the Fire Department made a run to. 225 East Reed Road Saturday in response to an alarm of fire.

The flames were ou on arrival of the apparatus. 'Slight damage resulted to Ihe wa! of a-horne when grease caught fire on'a stove, 4 DEGREES Greenville Lodge at Masons will confer the Entered Apprentice degree Monday at-7 p.m. at the Masonic Temple, Secretary Poguc said Four men to. receive the degree will Include j' ey Tuml ed Morris G'itert Watkins, den Mack Curtis and William Whitney Natchez Negroes March is. (UPI) More 200.

Negroes staged another in a series demonstration's here Saturday to dramatize their demands for racip.l 'improvements; Local police 'kept close guard as including many Tom'iUniversity of Kansas 'M M.A;! degree from Uhiver kity Tcities. Charles'- Mitchell, chairtfiarT- ol Chamber's better-letter cli- commented, "This projecl being rbrought to Greenville as feature.of the Greater Green- program of Ihe Chamber. a to usiness and professional com- registration -fee jpr -the course includes' a set 'of fjfe-letter improvement charts- Designed Butterfield. irertiasf Nets y(. legion $950 IA benefit pancake breakfast iturd'ay at the American Le- Home hailed, as'a big jyiccess by Legion leaders: 1 'estimated between 900 attended tb47.P?n£ake jiervirig.

during, the THE three still'face a federa charge of violating Mrs. zo's civil rights. Flowers would not give tails of his plans "far, fhe 'ne? rial. It probably' will corjn M.F nr 'aftefvdfec before next sions oft; 'Vserfes 'ederal court' cases chiliengiji he makeup of Southern jurie ncluding those in by Flowers' efforts lK.Vtrle slat gp; installing for-baseball games at the Wgiori. Field.

Installing lights, a Legion project, will. cost around and the park is. expected 0 be ore of the best lighted in pie state. It is located near tegion Home on Highway 1 Korth. gSarrt tjrovenza, chairman of the local ar- fanged.ithe paricafte.

breakfast. Legionnaires served arid riandl- details five Chairman Cjivo Mefcalfe 'Said J950 was at pancake break- Weather Weather Observer Brodie reported the high lemper- (he hour period end- Saturday, was High expeclea.tb fciighl 44. High Saturday was 73 High'Friday was H. white-race is perior or that-the-. 'hite civil rights workers are I nferior to- other whites.

-j STATE Atty. 'lowers, who tried lo seix Wilkins to the electric chair or a lifetime in prison, accept' the jury's verdict without apparent rancor, but promised repare for future trials grow ng out of same slaying. The attorney general ha uphill-fight ncluding to" get'a jury--' ree of racial bias; A Lowndes Cotinty grand jury ilso returned murder Indictments against two other Klans- nen. Eugene Thomas and Wlliam O. Eaton.

All three live in the. Birmingham area, and the prosecution charged they came. In.a along with an FBt- -informer they thought was a trustworthy the 'Montgornery- Selma The said Wilkins-pulled the trigger of the pistol tha't-'killed Mrs. Teamsters Union agent' in -Detroit: previous' marches, walk double-file along Ihe sidewalk. A'number of white spectators stopped to watch the demon stration but no incidents were reported.

It was the first such march here since last weekend when more than COO Negroes participated. of the (white) Citizens Council, to the City Hall and back again. 0( they They.followed the same pattern, i F(wil Protection Offered Witnesses In Probe WASHINGTON (UPI) The who testified he had served chairman of the House Committee on Un-American Activities Klan and that leader of the Saturday protection offered to any government former or present Ku Klux Kiansman willing to in the current investigation of the white supremacist society. chaplain lo the North Carolina group had threatened "to do away with me." Willis said when the two testified in response to a federal subpoena' indirectly remained 'under protec- Rep. Edwin E.

Willis ion or five ytars ex(end whose panel has finished its 'ourth day of public hearings on the he Klan, said he hoped testimony given by that two upreme, fcoiirf to ome jurors, Wilkins' trial swiftly from witness to -witness The jury retired at p.m (CST) after being charged Judge Werth Thagard tha possible verdicts might includ iirst aiid degree murde and first manslaughter crimes that, carry sen tence ranging from one year in' pris on to. death in the eiectri chair. during the brief, deliber ation, the jury sent out for sol drinks, and again for a copy, judge's charge. Prosecutors this was a good omen, bu at 4:45 the jury returns to tlie courtroom with its ver "We, the jury, firid the de Kell Ingram, court read in steady "voice iridid ment copy "her by Fury Foreman Lewis Me Curdy MIS LABELED? DARLINGTON, England (UPI)--Weights and -measure inspectors i iuice cans imported th Jniied States contained onl; pint of juice al hough The importer-was fined $42 the. false de pirj contains thie' Brifis! Make Your OLD Clothes NEW! TRY THE PUTNAM DISXHV-A-PAK DYE USE OUR Washer 26--9 Ib.

Frigidaiie Washers 4--25 Ib. Big Boyi 26--Dryers PLUS FRIGiDAIRE DRY CLEANING QUICK CLEAN CENTER THOMAS SHOPPING CENTER Friday would ignite a "chain reaction" of disclo- urts -for 'other Klan nwmbefs. The. first three days of' the was 'marked 'by is refusal to testify of a group at leaders of the United Klahs of America, the largest of sev- Ku Kliix Han organiaztions under lead' era invoked the Fifth ment guarantee against self in crimination of times. BUT the refusal of witnesses to testify was--dramatically reversed Friday, by North Carol i na lise3l; who resigned from Ihe Klan on the witness stand.

The G. DuBois, Goldsboro, N.C., then went on to talk freely of Klan activities, saying he "tell about' cret' He was followed on the stand by Roy Wpodle of lay preacher Two Perish-- (Continued From. Page 1) a brother, W. W. Trotter, all of Winterville; five sistefs, Mrs.

Addie Trotter of Winterville, Mrs. Howard Hearn of Hoilan- dale, Mrs. Eugene Clemons ol Winlerville, Mrs. Jimmy Presswood of Stoneville. Mrs.

Bob Watson of Savannah, and his grandmother, Mrs. Jim Trotter of Greenville. pallbearers include -Jimmy McGehee, Robert Coleman, John Wilson, Jake C. Koenig, Claude Koenig and Jamie Griffin. the same offer to other Klansmen," the chairman Before the day's ended, North said, hearings however, four more Carolina Klansmen re fused to answer questions abou the prgatiiiatipn's finances, ci ing the First, Fourth Filth aix Fifteenth; constitutional amenc Commission-- From Page .1) amendment, but the multipli home owner.

Solomon noted that the "littli man" was probably at work on Friday afternoon. Dr. Matthew Page "But the; 'littli hian 1 yyifl "beMiomc on Sunday the" SOLOMON charged thife "i you -read the- newspapersU.ydu would think landlords are in. fa nobody ever fn olithe amendment to the" Housing-Code Commissioner Wynn, said, man decency and concepts- ol sanitation require us to ordinance'and bring trie 'hoising within our jurisdiction up3 snuff as soon as possible." Wynn indicated that sanitary conditions made access to bath- to Greenvillians a must for vyelfare of the en- ire The recommended a ment to the code will now go be the City Council for.its con sideration. WANT' TO SELL FARM IM will find a buyer for you.

IJ-1155) for ah ad-writer today. Productive farm big needs good equipment Shop Classified today for your farming needs. End-of Mltses Pet'rto Junior Junior DRESSES Regular $6.95 Values! 3 Clearance! These are smart creations by well-known makers. Tailored of cotton, and rayon and cotton. Avail yourself of these wonderful bargains.

Sizes 5 to 15, 10-20. FIRST FLOOR CASH OX CHARGE I Solon Challenges Bucklew's Attack LAUREL, (UPI) -State Rep. Charles Blackwell took issue Saturday with Mayor Henry Bucklew's recent statements at- tackinR a wave of racial violence in the Lauiel area. The Jones County lawmaker charged economic development in tlie area may have been "severely damaged by Bucklew'a incomplete presentation." "To listen -to a non resident would consider Jones County to be a lawless jungle, This is not the case," said Blackwell. Tlie mayor went on television ast Monday to attack the Ku Clux Klan and call for a halt to awfessnesa after local law ert- orcemenl officers issued a list of 38 acts of violence in the area )Ver past months.

Bucklew said uch 'activities must be stopped 'if we are to share in the peace nd prosperity of this earth's most blessed nation and A second statement deplor- ng the outbreak of violence was ssued later this week by busi- ess and civic leaders, and peti- ions were circulated over the ity to gain public' support for he crackdown. The civic group's statement harged the acts of terrorism were "obviously a result of the fforts of 'klandestine' organi- ations." "We condemn without if i- ation Ihe forming of any socie- secret or open, which is ded- cated to the use of force or vio- ence or intimidation to gain its ends," the statement said. Along The Waterfront Port terminal activity was brisk Saturday in contrast to the usual week-end shutdown. The crew was loading of scrap and unloading of a btrge of jufe will probably begin today. foil ol WHluiW.

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