The Oklahoma Eagle (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 33, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1953 Page: 1 of 22
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DETROIT — (ANP)-Mrs. Lillie
Barrow Brooks, mother of the fam-
ed Brown Bomber. Joe Louis, died
here Sunday night after suffering I
several months of illness because
of a heart ailment,
rears of age.
Her great boxing son was not at
her bedside when she passed.
She died at the home of a daught-
er, Mrs. Emmarell Davis, only an
hour after Joe had left her to dis-
cuss her condition with physicians.
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attributed to high blood pressure
and a heart condition.
During her illness, the Brown
Bomber frequently visited his
from engage-
parts of the
improvement she
returned to
her home, an attractive East Side
son fight house purchased for her by Louis.
A week ago she moved to the
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viser to Ambassador Henry Cabot
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A political science major and a j
member of Phi Beta Kappa at
Hunter College. Mrs. Marr took her
law degree at Columbia Univer-
I si‘v and practiced in Brooklyn for
landmark burns
Pouring water on the burning
roof of the abandoned building
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U. S. Narcotics Agent were Jack
Beacham, age 42, of 62914 East
Indenpendene pl.; Columbus Mad-!
den, Jr,, age 24, and William Mad-
den, age 29. both of 814 E. Pine
street.
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On the last Sunday before gradu-
ation the basic company takes a
tour of Colonial Williamsburg, as
part of the troop information and
education program. There the
group is guided through the impor-
tant exhibit buildings through the
courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg
and the Rockefeller Foundation.
The WAC Training Center at
Fort Lee is the nucleus of the Wo-
men's army corps. Here all new
members of the WAC are received
processed, interviewed, and train-
ed for Army life. There are
three major training units at the
center; basic course, which initi-
ates the transition from civilian
to military life; Leaders’ Course,
for developing the potential lead-
ers; and the WAC School, which
gbnducts the officer training pro-
gram. From this Center, the WAC
personnel receive their assign-
ments for all parts of the world as
secretaries. clerks, laboratory
technicians and many other inter-
esting and vital jobs.
his history-making battles, she al-
wavs told reporters:
“I want Joe to get some money
and quit the fight business.”
Joe’s violin lessons were disrupt-
ed when he was a teen-ager be-.
Sne was 69 | cause one day he happened to run
into a fighter. Thurston McKinney,
’whom he idolized. McKinney took
him to a gymnasium
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WAC TRAINING CENTER.Fort
Lee. Va.—Private Edwina M.Wal-
ter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Clark Walker, 2527 North Owasso, i
Tulsa. Oklahoma, has completed
in eight-week base training
course at the Women’* Army
"’rrps Train'ng Center, Fort Lee,
Va.
Private Walker, who enlisted in I
the WAC in September in Okla-
homa City, was graduated from
the Booker T. Washington High
school. Tulsa, in 1950. Prior to en-
tering the service she was employ-
ed in Tulsa.
During the eight-week course,
classes are given in military jus-
tice which informs the trainee of,
her . ights and privileges as a
member of the Ar-my; also clas-
ses in military customs and cour-
tesies. individual standards and
social concepts, intelligence train-
ing. first aid, character guidance,
map reading, physical training,
and drill.
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TIILP Reports
Job Opportunities
Dr. Lloyd H. Williams, president
^of the Urban League trustee board
^announced today that the League
has found several new emplyment
opportunities at i
ment places in the citv. ‘‘Some of
the new jobs will be difficult to fill
at the present time but we value
them because we shall be able to
determine the trend of employ-
ment ne ds in the city,'-' said Dr.
Williams.
‘‘Among the referrals we would
like to make" he said, “are the fol-
lowing: Stenogranher, occupation-
al therapist (Student or graduate)
two registered nurses and a labora-
tory technician.’’
In addit'en to these particular
jobs. Dr. Williams reports that two • killer h -r naw
clerk-typist referrals will probab-
ly be made in one or two weeks
Those who can qualify may inform
the League office of their interest
(ConVnued on Page Three)
Mrs. Mulcey Manuel, age
lied at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Charles H. Davis, near Has-
kell, Okla. Funeral services will
be held Sunday afternoon at 1
o’clcck at the Cane Creek Bap-
tist church, and interment will be
in the Coon Creek cemetery.
Red Cross
Needs Blood
The Red Cross is sending out
an appeal for "0 Positive’’
blood for patients in all the
city’s hospitals. The office re-
ports that there is a constant
drain on this type blood and
there is an urgent need at this
time. Donors are requested to
get in touch with the Red Cross
NORFOLK. Va—(AMP)-It took immediately.
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scepe. Spectators are being
sprayed with water spewing in
every direction from a 1____
The exception to the age cate-
gory of the winners is the recently
unearthed, more than two thousand
year-old Aphrodite who has taken
her honored place in New York’s
Mitropolitan Museum of Art. The
award to Aphrodite as a ‘‘symbol
if woman rediscovered" comment-
control.
The now-abandoned building of
the old First Baptist Church that
■.tood on the hill at the corner ol
Archer and Kenosha streets, was
demolished by fire Tuesday after-
no n as tongues of flame swept
through the entire building, con
suming everything in its path.
When the blaze that engulfed the
building was finally subdued, only
the lower front entrance and the
east front wall remained intact.
Th? fire broke about 2:45 p.m.,
and the firemen from nine com-
panies worked for more than two
hours battlling the flames and
rummaging through the smolder-
ing ruins where only a short time
before had stood the stately re-
minder of a $90,000 building erect-
ed in dignity in 1920. some 33 years j
ago.
The building had been purchased
by Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Holderness.
owners of the Banner Grocery
market at 745 N. Greenwood, when
tke church moved into its new
$300,000 quarters situated at th"
Corner of Oklahoma Place and
Greenwood Aventl1 last May.
In an interview with an Eagle re-
porter. Mrs. Holderness stated
that pkuis were being formulated
for making the building into a
home for old people. She said, ‘It
was my dream that a place be set
up here so that old folks could have
i decent place to stay—a place
where they would receive good
treatment and care." Mrs. Holder-
t ss went on to say, "It was plann-
ed that when the home was in a
position to operate on its own, that
To Open
A branch of the Oklahoma School
of Accountancy will open in the
North Tulsa area January 4th. it
has been announced by H. Ever-
ett Pepe. Sr., president of the main
school, 625 S. Detroit.
The new school will open in the
old YMCA building. 329 N. Green-
wood. and the same general busi-
ness courses, as those in the down
towm school will be offered includ-
josiwun io opeiaiv uu own, ma, ing the Dale Carnegie course in hu-
he institution be turned over the | man relations.
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Street. Total number of entries in
J the contest were over 3,400.
Each winner was awarded a
' cash nrize of $10 each and the pre-
sentations were made in a service
held in the Colona room of the Ok-
lahoma Natural Gas Company.
Mr. E. Fred Estus, Safety Engin-
Chairman, presented the
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Awards from nanent staff of the United States
Mission as an area adviser (her
irta is the Near East). Last Sep-
ember she was appointed to Am-
bassador Lodge's stuff. She is the
mother tf two children and the
wife of Warren Marr, a New York
leading busi-
five years. A past secretary of the
Carmel Carrington Marr, a New I New York City W:di- Republican
York lawyer, is among the ten | vVomen's Club, she was the first
Young Women of the Year who re- | woman to be appointed to the per-
ceived 1953 Merit i_______ ______
Mademoiselle magazine today.
For the eleventh year in succes-
sion these awards have been pre-
sented to ten young women who
with one exception—range in age
from their late teens to the early
thirties and "whose outstanding1 'ard distributor to
accomplishments during the year I ess houses.
Mrs. Marr's co-winners this year orates, according to Mademoiselle,
! ire: Audrey Hepburn. actress: | emergence of modern woman
. , . .. I, „ , r-, c • with a*b 'tter understanding of her-
I'1 11 I I'ona Karmel, writer; Dr. Eugenie ; ]ove3 her contrasting and
conflicting roles in the modern
world.”
Induction summonses have
been sent to 24 registrants with
Iraft board 74 to report Dcccm-
>er 17, Mrs. Melba Mnffatt, board
lerk reported.
She announced 27 other rc-
’istrants have been called for pre-
nduction physical examination
he same day.
Among the group entering ser-
dee are the following from the
4orth Tulsa area: Andrew Han-
som. C19 E. Archer st.: Melvin
Jarwin. Jr.. 2511 N. Quincy av.,
Jackie D. Oates. 808 N Kenosha
Ave.; Charles Winzer. Jr. 527 E.
°ine PL; Charles Banks. 318 N.
lartford Ave.: and Alfred J.
3rown, 1308 N. Owasso Ave.
The registrants called for exam-'
nati< n on the same dat > are: Odis
7ruell, 759 E. Reading St.;
Eugene Parker. 929 E. Independ-
ence St.; Trubon Stevens, 1023 N.
Kenosha Ave: Theodore C. Fields,
'308 1-2 N. Madison Ave.: John L.
I Hardman. 1105 F. Quenn St.; Shed-
■ic Dena, Jr.. 1G23 N. Greenwood
PL; and Bobby L. Suddith, Berk-
ley. California.
Year' By Mademoiselle Magazine
fashion designer: Rosalind
Council-woman; Tenley
figure skater; Maria
Baptist Church Left A Shell
On the chilly afternoon of Dec. 15th, a large crowd
of spectators looked on as one of North Tulsa's oldest and
most prominent land mark was destroyed by fire, and local
firemen battled for more than an hour Io get the fire under
.er studying it. they take it over. I
9n this particular project, th -y 1
lave contacted various merchants
>f the city and many of them have
icnated plaster and paint. Labor
s being furnished by members of
he chamber, and they are invit ng
my ether assistance they can get.
Any church or civic group who
vish to participate in the man-
jower may call the JC office, and
inyone who wish to make any
other contribution may leave same
it the hospital and let it be known
t is for the project.
Two Tulsa contractors have
offered their service in a super-
visory capacity without charge.
The spokesman for the commit-
tee said they need the assistance
if plasterers who will lend their
service.
JC’s To Decorate
Moton Hospital
Interior decoration of
Memorial hospital has become the
project of the Junior Chamber of sion. He lives at 1431 N. Owasso
Commerce, and beginning Jan. 16,
they will take four successive
Saturday s to d° toe work, it was
announced by a member of the
chamber to the Eagle Tuesday.
From time to time the cham-
ber selects a project they think
worthy of civic improvement, their
civic improvement committee eers
makes the investigation, and af- awards.
contributors who
want'.d to be
frequently
mother, flying in
ments in various
country.
His mother was born in LaFay-
where Joe ette, Ala. She moved to Detroit
d'splayed his fists (informally of with her eight children, including
course) for the first time. After Joe. in 1925. She was the widow of
that incident it was boxing and no a tenant farmer whnn sh« moved
music for Joe. North. In the Motor City, she mar-
Joe's mother first became ill in ried Pat Brooks.
by many to have been the greatest September and was admitted to
fighter of all times, -- - -
wanted him to become a
musician. He was taking violin les- showing great
sons at the time he decided to left the hospital and
take on a boxing career.
Mrs. Brooks saw her
only five times. After each one of
Two students of the separate
schools were winners in the Safe-
*v Slogan contest sponsored by the
1 Tulsa Chapter of American Society
of Safety Engineers.
Out of 1,473 entries in the Junior
high school division. Augustus
James Ivy. age 12. a 7th grade stu-
dent of Carver Junior High school
won 3rd place. He resides at 1410
N. Peoria.
Willie Lee Ash, a 12th grade stu-
i dent at Booker T. Washington
high school, won 3rd place out of
325 entries in the high school divi-
Bonds of $5,000 were set
source of the dope supply
Tulsa teen-agers and the young
Madden. A $1,500 bond was set
for William Madden. All three
went to jail in lieu of posting bond.
Although the foray began early
’Mondy evening and continued un-
til the early morning hours Tues-
day. when the Maddens were pick-
ed up at 3:15 a. m. as they were
entering their home.
Among those picked up were , .
three white youths: William Swan- , the Norfolk branch
son. Jr., age 18. of 1159 N. Cin-
cinnati; Harold G. Wells, 18. 420
S. 4Cth West st. and Harles Kav
Rethard, 19, 710 S. Elgin. The
four Negroes being held for in-
vestigation by city police are:
Edna Beacham, age 27. wife of
the alledged leader of the ring;
Imogene Nunley. 20, 1709 N. Rock-
ford, and George Gordon, 627’4
E. Independence pl., and Eugene
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Sgt. Howard Fisher, son ol
Mr. and Mrs. Felix Fisher, 515 S.
Bell St.. Shawnee. Oklahoma, re-
cently completed the firing battery
course of the 1st Infantry Divi-
sion’s 5'.h Field Artillery Battalion
in Germany. Now qualified for a
position as chief of a gun section,
Sergeant Fisher entered the Army
n 1943. His wife. Venola, is with
him in Germany.
(LT. S. Army Photo)
was admitted to Joe Louis was her youngest son.
Mrs. Brooks Woman's hospital where she was He dropped his last name. Barrow,
great treated for a heart condition. After when he embarked on his ring
career.
Besides Joa and Mrs. Davis,
Mrs. Brooks is survived by six oth-
er children, 34 grandchildren and
11 great grandchildren.
North Tulsans Get
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Day and evening classes will be
instructed by Negro and white
, teachers. Enrollment begins De-
cember 21st.
Veterans who anticipate enter-
ing may d > so any Monday Ad-
proximately two weeks’ t m > is
I ’‘ceuired to process paners with the
Veteran’s Administration.
Evening classes will begin or.
February 1st.
Separate School
Students Win In
Slogan Contest
•hurch’s administration. I wanted , On" and two year day courses
to show the public in some tangible i islnture 1o confer degrees.
way, the work of the church | The program is flexible, accord-
n the community — some- ng to Mr. Pope, and enables many ;
hing more than just tiie spiritual Veterans who are worl ingon vari-
ispects." nus shifts with local firms to carrv I
As there was neither gas or elec-; full day-t me
ricity in the building, the blaze
nust have resulted from another monthly,
source, which as yet, the inspec-
tors have not been able to deter-
nine. The owner of the building
aid that it was insured, but that
he insurance was too small to cov-
r the dammage result'ng from the
'ire. Furniture, lumber, plumbling
"'xtures. and other materials, some
if which was purcha^-’d from the
Veteran’s Housing Project near
•he Fair Grounds this summer,
were stored in the building. The
total loss in thf fire lias been esti-
mated at approximately $7,000.
There was also estimated dam-
are of $700 to the house next to the
old building, on the Archer Street
I side, and unestimated damage to
several houses to the rear of the
building.
The destruction of this old build-
ing marked a great loss to the j
people of North Tulsa—to the many
who prided themselves in its his-
tory, and to the many who had
worshiped there for so many years.
, have had significance for women
i everywhere." according to Betsy i
" Mademoiselle'I
"the emergence of modern woman
with a*b 'tter understanding of her-
Ful! day-t'me courses which will Kailc ' ,
augment their incomes up to $160 awar<*s ^rs- R,ac‘<we11 clt<?d Mrs. 'lark, scientist; Ceevah M. Rosen-
„,ui„ Marr “for her work as an area ad- , , . , , T . D1 ,
mrmihiv i jaal. social worker; Lorraine Bud-
Following several weeks of tiihk rcover work, cily and
federal officers punctured a leen-age-adult tlope ring, be-
lieved Io be reaebing into the city schools. In a raid Mon-
day night on a Iwo-room shack at 629A E. Independence
pl„ a sack of tobacco was found thought Io contain mari-
juana.
Named in the complaints filed by ,
R. Selby Free;
Costs Over $3,000
Beacham, alleged to be the chief
I $3,057.80 to save Ruffin Junior Sel-
by from death on the charge of
raping a white woman and killing ,
her male companion last summer. I
it was disclosed hers last week.
White and Negro citizens gave !
$3,308.91 to th • Selby Defense
Fund, and only $25.11 was left af- '
ter Selby w. n Lis treedom in court.
A report on Vie receipts and
disbursements from the Selby De-
fense Fund was made last week
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tional Association for the Advance-
| ment of Colored People. The re-
port was signed by Jerry O. Gil-
1'am. president; the Rev. EC.
Walton, secretary, and Th mas W.
Stansell, treasurer of th? local
branch.
Payments totaling $2,485 were
made to the three lawyers who
defended Selby and won his acquit-
tal by a Princess Anne County jury
of one colored and 11 white men.
Clerical help cost $146, and $47.65
was spent for stamps, stationery
and printing. The report showed
that $379.10 was applied to "mem-
berships. in accordance with the
desire of some <
indicated that they
members of the branch
The three attorneys,
! Mad'son, Victor J. Ashe and James
A. Overton, fi'od a supplemental
, ; report accounting for th” $2,435
various employ- that had b(>pn p jd tf) tht.m
A etun 11 v, attorneys' fees amount-
ed to $1,730.45. the lawyers report-
ed. A private agency was paid
$175, and Selby's bond cost $590.
Tin1 c urt reporter was paid $59.05
and $15 was spent for th? autopsy
report and medical records. Anoth-
er $5.50 was paid f >r an out-of- :
stats court decre" and records.
Sf lby was arrested about two i
weeks after a white woman told
"oi’.ntv police that she had been
rap' d by “a big Negro” who had
kilkr h _.:77 companion on a
lonely road in Princess Ann? Coun-
ty on the night of June 6.
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VOLUME 33 NUMBER 51
TULSA, OKLAHOMA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1953
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