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it: ijjl t.i uic JTmj most pass about 3 rTmis 'r to in Wood, it I LVtim. nn Lj i uic ryes, ftej.WJ.lTO.:u. "lfflf VT lie' W'P Cuban Strona Man n. labor circles are not confined to the U. S.

aIone, for ourneTfh do theirs. A key rlure In the ocnor azaro JPena, general aec IV ruA: o.t.j Pi.why. Ivtei ian i Pres rol ucnig (SHOPS AND CARRY' put Painful Backache thy th" real I I Direct elections are held to the Addis Ababa municipal council. The policy the Emperor is to the people to' parliamen itary methods and gradually to I to his ministers. END JIM CROW IN WASHINGTON National 4 Leaders Named ASHINGTON two re Imaining members of the National Negro 4 Club Camp committee six were elected last week at the regional conference of exten sion supervisors held at Prairie View A and College, Prairie Tex.

Thos eelected to committee mem bership at the conferencewere Dr. J. R. Otis, leader for Negro uacten pwiwNatur chi. wiy of tak islon work In Dazelle F.

Low Other members of the committee previously chosen are: Director L. I. Jones of Mississippi, chairman; Charles A. Sheffield, field agent of the Southern States: John W. Mitchell and T.

M. Campbell, fed eral tifctension field aeents The committee is to meet in Washington within the next couple if months to make plans for the Jirst national encampment for col ored 4 club boys and girls which i will be held next year. I'm Hair Shies Nan Hair wna for Om 71 ny style, of i2S and Mad nf mer Bangs $2.95 A youthful hair style mad of fine quality human hair Soft and alluring curls hand mad of fine quality human hair, designed to cover the short ends of hair. Can be combed out and worn as Pag Boy. "air Modes.

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In the photo at the left, Senor Pena is shown on the rljht of President Ramon Grau San Martin (left), as they watch marching flies of Cuban workers on International Labor Day. Senor Pena Beaten Unconscious by State Police NEW ORLEANS Henry Johnson, 47, 1406 Gra vier Street, a veteran employe of the Isaac Lumber Company, allegedly was recently beaten unconscious by State Highway Police after he had been stopped for questioning concerning traffic violation of which he claims innocence. a. Jnolncdent happened, according to Mr. Johnson, last Sunday when he was driving a load of lumber from Grand Isle.

As he approached the circle to the Huey P. Long Bridge, State policeman pulled up and told him to pull over to the side of the road and to get out of the truck. Selassie Giving Up Some Powers 1 ADDIS ABABA (NNPA) opia, an autocracy, is in process of (transformation into a limited monarchy by Emperor Haile Selassie's voluntary surrender of powers in successive stages. I The Chamber of Deputies, which ionce was said to exist for the sole i purpose of ratifying the Emperor's jaecisions, is no longer a nominated body. It is now elected indirectly, a loo Every law must be considered by H' both Phamhfra Th pro rn Hahat.i ti.

laws touching the people, and ''ithe results nre ronortpfl tn th theEmperor and the Council of Minis wno irequentiy amena al 'drafted law recommended by the laKfi legislative bodies, which also con 'sider the budget and have had iVfei All Hi? I i Art A Brig. Gen. B. O. Davis, left, I LIUCI la wiu be President Truman's special representative at the Liberian Centennial celebration, to be held this month in the African Republic.

Stanley Woodward, right. State Depart "SStrtet home Cenfenna Representative demonstration agent of North Caro lina. NT 1T I ti ii President Names Gen. Davis Special Ambassador to Liberia a Johnson did so and asked what was the matter. The policeman answered, Johnson said, fIH show you what is the matter." After escorting him into a little office near the bridge, the officer along with three other policemen began beating Johnson until he lost consciousness.

When he came to he found himself lying in a pool of blood and water, Johnson continued. After being treated by Gretna doctors, he was brought to the Gretna jail and charged with reckless driving and resisting arrest. After. returning home he was treated at Charity Hospital where sixteen stitches were placed on his lips. He may suffer the loss of one eye.

ment chief of protocol, administers the oath to General Davis in the presence of Henry S. Vlllard, deputy director of the Office of Near East and African Affairs. International News Photo. WASHINGTON (NNPA) President Truman last Wednesday named Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis as special representative of the United States to the Liberian Exposition with the personal ranK or Amoassador General Davis, witn nis west Foint eraduate son.

Col. Benjamin O. Davis acting as nis military aide, will leave this country for Liberia on July aDoara tne u.o.a. Paulu and will snend the week of July 24 31 in Monrovia, represent Jine the United States in the Cen ltennial ceremonies to be held that week. Sidney De La Rue, special assistant to the director of the office of Near Eastern and African Affairs, and Dudley Bostwick, State Department Liberian desk officer, will complete General Davis entourage.

Two destroyers will accompany the Paulu. I ADMINISTERED OATH General Davis took the oath of his commission in the State De rjartment last Wednesday morningr. It was administered by Stanley Woodward, chief of the State Department's Division of Protocol. Department officials witnessing the ceremonies included Harry Vll lard, deputy director of the Office of Near Eastern and African Affairs; Clare Timberlake, chief of the division Alrican arrairs; Andrew G. Lynch, assistant to Mr.

I Timberlake; Mr. Bostwick, and representatives of the Department's information section. Officials of the Department Dromlsed last week to make known their reasons for not asking Con gress for funds to finance United States participation in the exposition, but made no comment on the matter last Wednesday. END JIM CROW IN WASHINGTON Kappas Planning Train to Coast KANSAS CITY, Kan. Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity officials are presently in the midst of effort to complete arrangements for a special train to accomodate fraters planning to attend the thirty enth annual convention of the Group at Los Angeles from Aug 14 to 18.

Trains of the Missouri Pacific Lines are to be used. They will leave from Kansas City on Aug. then Pueblo. Royal Gorge, Salt Fuike City and San Francisco on micessive days. AVC Names 2 Negroes To Nat Committee MILWAUKEE, Wis.

(ANP) Two Negro veterans were elected to the national governing body of the Ameri can Veterans Committee at the national convention, June 19 21. Mai. Ulvsses Lee of Washington and Theodore Coggs of Madison, were candidates on the Independent Progressive slate that won the election by an overwhelming majority. Other winners of the Independent Progressive caucus were Chat Patterson, national chairman, succeed ing Charles Bolte, and Franklin D. Roosevelt who was reelected to the national planning committee.

LARGE COLORED ATTENDANCE Franklin Williams, staff memSer of the NAACP, a former member of the national planning committee. was defeated in his candidacy for vice chairman of the organization The platform accepted by the convention included strong opposition to segregation in the armed forces, jim crow laws, the practice of discrimination in the expenditure of Federal funds and restrictive racial housing coven FREE V.IOU $3.50 CURLING IRON CHIONON $3.50 ants. The platform called for fair employment legislation, a Federal civil rights act. repeal of the poll tax and the outlawing of white primaries. END JIM CROW IN WASHINGTON Warns Farmers on High Mortgage Indebtedness WASHINGTON Speaking before the recent Conference on Farm Real Estate Prices, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P.

Anderson ex pressed a fear that farmers loading themselves down with mortgage in debtedness on high priced land may ultimately lose their farms and their savings. FAOI tOT $3.50 WITH OKDOt Why pay mort for soft loYBly looklnf fine quality human hair that tamour Ins your hair do and yet so natural lookint and so usily attached? SIND NO MONIT ev pestyeii oa deHvery pies chert. H. K. COMPANY, Dpt 2 Box 2163, Richmond, Virginia Guard Pacific Large base has Just defeated attempts to remove him from the pqst he has held since 1939.

In the photo at right, ex ecutives of the powerful labor body march with their chief before the palace. Third from left, without hat. Is Senor Pena. CAMP SANDS ISLANDS. H.

I. A detachment of sixteen colored servicemen comprise the Military i uiice unu nere wnicn guards vap aiama isasin gates. The ba sin is the lareest militarv reser vation in the Pacific area. Members of the unit are: PFCs. Robert Richardson, Buffalo, N.

Henry Willis, Chicago; Billmore Ferguson. Miami. James Chesney, Knoxville. Tenn. John Redfield, Jacksonville: Ver nell Tinney.

St. Louis: Nathaniel Miller, Miami. Robert Mitchell, Nashville; Willie Cook. Monroe, Thomas Crawford. Xenia.

Ohio; Alfred Ward, Philadelphia, Corp. Ernest Stewart. HannibaL and T5 R. H. Minsi.

Little Rock. Ark. CUD JIM CROW IN WASHINGTON Dr. J. R.

Miller Named KnoxvJIle College Prexy KNOXVILLE. Tenn The Rev. Reed Miller, University of Pittsburgh Graduate and the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.

T. Miller. Pittsburgh. has been named president of Knoxville College. He will assume duties about August 1.

Thirty nine years of age, Dr Miller is completing work for his doctorate at Pittsburgh U. He has held pastorates at "Xenia, Ohio and for the vast two years at Wheeling, W. Va. END JIM CROW IN WASNINGT Be Fair to All Is Plea of Union NEW TOR (ANP) I a statement issued Friday which de manded an end to gross discrimination against Negro veterans," the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE CIO) urged "forthright action from the government of the United States upholding the civil rights of all Americans." The union statement, issued in the name of its general executive board and sent to the U. S.

Department of Justice, states that "if our Nation is to be true to its democratic traditions, our Govern ment must immediately and sys tematically take steps which safe guard law and oraer irom me reaches of the lynch mob." Better Quality PAGE BOY Thick and Shoulder Length Against Its Will Police Judge Claims (By Special Correspondent) RICHMOND, Va. In his bill of particulars in reply to a $50,000 damage suit for false imprisonment of baby less than three months old. Police Court Justice Carle ton Jewett denied that the infant was falsely imprisoned and that if it was imprisonea it was not against the babyVwilL The bill of Mrtlciuars was mea this week in Law and Equity Court. Part II. in support of Jewett demurrer.

In his demurrer. Jewett said the notice of motion for Judgement against him failed to state a case In law. Judre Haskins Hobson directed Jewett to file reasons for making the claim that no case in law ha a been stated. The bill of particulars contained the reasons. SUES THROUGH MOTHER The plaintiff in the case against Jewett is Anna Marie carter.

daughter of Mrs. Ora carter, za. of 70C Muniora oireei. ana suit was filed through the mother as "next friend." The mother appearea oeiore Jewett on May 14 on a morais charge. He convicted her and ordered her to post a good behav ior bond.

When tne momer appealed to Hustings Court and was not immediately able to post bond for her appearance in the higher court, Jewett ordered her taken to the detention quarters in the hiifment below the courtroom. The mother held her baby in her arms at the time, and her attorney, Howard CarwUe. asked Jewett: "But. your honor, now aooui me baby?" Jewett replied, wuu uun. The mother ana Daoy wtn to the detention quarters, but were not locked in a ceu, aworuiug hailiffs.

The bailiffs Mrs. Carter ana He said the color question, on which the Nationalists, the opposi tion party, proposed to iign coming general election, was the most dangerous Issue Imaginable. Recently Dr. Daniel Francois Malan, leader of the Nationalist Dartv. and Johannes G.

Strydom. the most vituperative younger Nationalist leader from the Trans vaal, have indlcatea tnat me elec tion contest will be tougnt on tne issue of "South Africa for the white man." "WHITE PERIL" "Poisonous Nationalist props ganda on the color question would inevitably cause bitterness among non Europeans," General Smuts said, adding that it would lead them to speak of a "white peril." The Government has not fixed a date for the general election. It is leaving the Nationalists guessing. "Nationalist party policy is to win the election first, and then open the door to the great destruction that would follow, such India's Depressed Classes Best High Ciste Brothers MADRAS. India (ANP) Member of India's depressed classes, numbering approximately 70.000.000 Hindus, won a clear cut victory over their high caste brothers In South India as court officials announced that Hindu temples will be thrown open (or all classes and castes of Hindus who wish to worship In them.

I CHIGNON Fitt like yevr notvroi keir. n4 ye eiecily whet yew see is tWe sorters. $550 placed In the "bull pen." BABY REMOVED About an hour later a friend of the mother appeared and took the baby away. Later in the day an appearance bond was posted for. the mother and she was released.

Her appeal is still pending In Hust ings Court. In his bin of particulars, whica was filed for him by City Attorney J. Elliott D.lnard. Jewett said "that the confinement alleged does not appear to have been against the will of the piainuxx (the baby)." The bill went on to say "that the confinement alleged was merely transitory or otherwise nirmnH and Involved no unreasonable risk to the baby and that the confinement alleged was not of such duration and character as to causa the plalnUff any sensible injury or valuable loss of freedom." TRIAT. DUE JULY IS The bill of particulars concluded: "That there vas no false imprisonment of the plaintiff by the defendant." Actual trial of the case is set for July 13.

If. however, Judge Hobson should sustain Jewett demurrer, there will be no triaL of course. Sometime prior to July 18. Judge Hobson Is to hear argument of Carwile and Drinard on the demur hut he has not set a oiw her baby were I for such arguments. 1 Smuts Calls Color Baiting Dangerous PRETORIA, Union of South Africa (NNPA) ycn end Jan Christian Smuts, Prime Minister the Union of South Africa, addressed a meeting of the United party in the Transvaal here last Saturday.

as the establishments of a republic and secession from tne Jimpire, General Smuts charged. "Give them victory and you open the door to a greater evil, a division such as South Africa has never known." he said. WANTED fa TO SELL ANN BRA'S Distlscrive leasty Creetieas EARN BIG MONEY Special Offer to the First 500 Penes Who tecessa Oar Aejeats Write Today Young Young S2f Medhsry Ave. Detroit 2. Mich.

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