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VOLTXIXX. ?NO. 35. State S. S. and BT Meet In Rock Hill I>ear Fellow Baptist: The state Sunday school and B. T. U. Convention has made some - far reaching plans to serve the Baptist needs of South Carolina. The courses have beeiC selected to meet the needs of pastors, superintendents, teachers, B.T.U. workers and other church leaders. \ ' _ We trust every district president, and pastor will see to it that all workers come to TTock Hill for t<he Baptist School of Methods. I know that every convention will see to it that your young people will come in large numbers on' WEDNESDAY, YOUTH . DAY fhe convention Welcomes all / singing groups. Plan now to have your "young* people's choir take , a part in this big annual state training congress. * _ The state, wide Sword Drill is open to-all persons on.the junior, intermediate, and senior level. The text for junior^ will be Thg Rainbow Book of the Bible. Puzzles by Mildred Olive Honors, price $.l>0. The text for Intermediates and seniors will be the Bible for Youth by C. J. Sharp, price $.5?5. These may be bought at the Baptist Book Store, 1307^ Hampton ^treetr Columbia, S. C. If you have not begun working on begin now. Send your .highest ranking Students to enter the State-wide contest. Prizes will be awarded the winners. Each church sponsoring^-a vaea. tion Bible school is asked to bring .your projects, handicraft ete. top be placed on exibit at the convention. Prizer will be given the best cxihibit. ' V. ORATORICAL CONTEST The contest is open to high school churches in the state. The subject to. he used is WHY I AM A BAPTIST. The student must dev- ~ > signs of leadership ability in the church. , . Chairmen are asked to arrafige a district contest to be held someEmporer Selassie P Citizens Of Africar Hy Harry Levette Los Angeles?(ANP)-- "Wo will welc ome C. W. Hill to set upon expert'business in Ethiopia", declared Emperor Hoile Selassie of Ethopia last week ,to this A. N'.P. reporter, following the scheduled press conference at the Seventh Day Adventist hospital in Clendale, Calif. His Imperial Highness, explain? ed th rough an interpreter that any Negro captalist would he per mit'ed to invest in that rich coun-! try. I had just saked on behalf of wei 1 thy retired dentist Dr. C. W. Hill who was preparing to start importing from Korea ' to the I United States in 1!)50 just before; hostilities broke out. In answer to another question,, he unstintingly praised American; Ne* roes as a whole. Asked what i hai, l>een his impression pf tfiem | as a whole, during hjs tours in the i United States, he answered. "I am proud of the United States ' citizens of African decent, for the j progress they have made as a race j and for the great part they, hve I played in the developement antb; hnd achievement of this their coun try," the emperor said. 1 "raising California to the highest, the Emperor admitted that he ~ , felt a little envious because althou gh Ethiopia lias a similiar climate and many natural resources like those in California, it has not yet taken ful advantage of them. As to the recent discoveTy of i Uranium depositsin Ethiopia, the Emperor has not yet visited them hut it was learned by this reportor ' from a staff member that the ore discovered is real and of untold value to the wold of science. In spite of his weariness from te long drive through Yosemite Park to arrive at the seventh Day Adventist Hospital grounds as scheduled, Emperor Haile Selassie was very gracious and accomodating. " A rather small group of Negro reporters were on hand, but Mrs. Alemna Lamax, editor-publisher of the L. A. Tribune accompained by the Tribune photog., Irving Smith * '.A-. -j : _ __ _ , I r U Convention Will July 14-16 -?? time during th^ early part of July Send, the district winner to th< state contest. Regiit now .getin* to participate, write your distric' a representative from your ohurc! chairman for details. We trus that every section of the -stat< will be represented in this con test. The oratorical contest is being worked out on tVie basis acording to the congressional districts ol the state. 1st district includes the following counties: Beaufort, Jasper Colleton Aiken Charleston Berkley Hampton Dorchester, Allendale, and (Marandon. Rev. B. D. Lewis, SPr'ng st. Charleston, S. C. chairman Mr. Andrew Lambright, Co-chairman, Chrvleston. 2nd district: Bamberg, Barnwell Orangeburg,, Aiken Lexington Richlar.dt Sumter, Leo, Calhoun, counties. Rev. R. W. Stalling, chairman, Sumpter, S. C. 'Mrs Magnolia Lewis, Co-chairman, Horatio, S. C. 3rd district: Edgefield, Saluda Nc\ybreryr Greenwood, Abbeville, Anderson, Pickens, Oconee, McCormick counties. Reverend J. S. Maddox, Donalds, chairman.. Mrs. Pauline Thompson, Co-chairman, Pendleton, S.' C. h 4th district: Greenville, Spartanburg, Union Laurens counties, Mr. Geo. Q, Neely. Laurens, chairman. Mrs. Mary C. Witener, co-chairman. 5th district: Cherokee, York. Chester, Lanchester, Chesterfield, Kershaw, Fairfield counties. Rev W. Smith, Gaffney, chairman, Mrs. Rebecca F. Hardin, Cemetery street, Chester, co-chairman. Gth district: Marlboro, Darlington, Dillon, Marion, Hory, Willcounties. Rev. Ed.- A. Spann, Hartsville, chairman,-Miss I<faa Jones, Co-chairman, Florence, S.G For further?information?wrtb |?T*w- OfnpCT IttrTrrrrrbc; iS tt ??utwVLead tcj^Jlock Hill, S. C. July 1-116. Until then I remain, James D. Ruckcr, Cor. Sect, i Dean 'roud b'l U. S. i Descent not good close-ups and crown shots. " Entrance of lovely Princess Syhel Desta, granddaughter of the Emperor caused quite a stir all admiring her charming manner, and stylish attire. She posed in several pictures with her royal grandfather. The party spent the night at the Hotel Ambassador. Next day following an early morning public appearance at the City Hall, a noon luncheon at the Ambassador,. and an afternoon tour of twentieth Century-Fox studio, the royal party left for McAllister, Okla. FIRM GIVES $1,000 BOM) TO 50-YEAR EMPLOYE Richmond, Va:-?(ANP)-- A $1,000 U. S. Saving Bond was Awarded last week to a 50-year employe of the Muriel Cigar division of P. Lorillard company here. * The recipient, Randlph Ricks, also received a gold service pin in the shape of a tobacco leaf with "50 yeans" engraved on it. In accepting the awards, Ricks said: ?"After-50 years, I. can look hack and see the progress of the company and it makes a man mighty proud to have been a part of this growth." George A. Hoffman, tnan&gei of the division where Ricks works, hraded?Ricks?for his?.eontinout efforts in keeping the production department machines in operating J. f, CAROLINE - IN SUMMER SCHOOL, GRADES OK Champaign, IH. ? (ANP)- A1 Aemrican football star J. C. Caro line is a student in good standing once more at the University ol Illinois, it was announced this wee! by Coach Ray Elliot. Caroline is now attending sum mer school in order to have enough credits to remain on the team. He made satisfactory progress during the spring semester to meet scholastic requirements, the coach said, The famed star had missed spring football practice because of his grndewr gftf I ' CO I Bishop John H. Cla; A. M. E. Church Pa Little Rock, Ark.--(ANP)--Bishop - John IL Clayborn, who lijul been ->< > ill for more than a year,- died at ft 1 his home here last week.-He was w ' 73 years old. . io - The bishop presided over the A - 13th district of the AME church, ' covering Tennessee and Kentucky, th Born in Arkadelphia, Ark., Dec. ai ; 2, 1HSU Bishop Clay horn was e. SI j dected prelate on the fifth baljot SI I at t.he General conference of his S? denomination at Philadelphia in th ; 1944. lie received the largest g' number of votes over given a can- pi ? idate for the bishopric- -902. CI i Prior to becoming bishop, the prelate had served ""as pastor, pre- in ''' iJi-g elder, elder editor of the At ' put hern Christian Recorder, and ,?i college president. I . He earned his A.B. at Short* n? . er college; B.D. at Jackson Theo- PI i logical seminary; .D.D. at Wilber- X force university, and an Ll.D. at or Campbell college. \ 1 He served as 'a delegate to the CI General Conference of the church in UM6, 1632 1924, 11)28, 1040, 15 , and 1044?. . " . -- - - #A He also served as trustee of th Shorter college for more than 30 ti years; Wilberfbrce University, 12 ia years and Payne Theological sem- sc I;nary, 12 years. ' :\i As bishop, he advocated reforms or for AME church schools. He recommended that several 'of the ,], smaller schools be i combined to rj, strenthen their facilities and curriculum. He submitted u. plan for p), this to the last General Confer- |lf ance'-of his-church which met in t (jChicagoin-J.952. L, CI A Republican, Bishop CJayborn j.( was one of two Negro', ministers \y named to serve as chaplains at j lp the Republican National convent-: of ion "in 1952. I jrj mm I A' j Mrs. Robinson jii] liit} T^Rcot - -j1 MANY TELEGRAMS AN!) CONDOLENCE SENT THE FAMILY ;?? Mrs: Aeries Robinson, beloved wife of Dr. IW. J. Robinson was fivnerali/.ed Wednesday at Bethel A.M.E. Church. Scores cf friends r from all parts of South Carolina j nrwt other places attended in a i large number. j The program was as followsr : Processional No. 17 "Nearer My i God To Thee" Miss Lessie Pppe^ I i Organist. I I 1st Hymn, "Oh God our help in I j Abes past, lined by Dr. W. R. fl ] Bowman, presiding Elder Manning I I district. Invocation by I)r. J. W. I Witherspoon, of Lexington. First Scripture, Dr. T. 11. Addison, Pre- ( j siding Elder, Newberry district, jj | Second scripture, Th\ M. F. Robin- 7J son, Presiding Elder, Sumter dis- |t, j trict. Remarks i>y Dr. S. R. Hig- \* | gins, president of Allen Univer- c( sity, Dr. E. A. Adams, a General , y odicer, Dr. H. C. Ciwinnipgham, ^ I Presiding Elder Columbia district j and Dr. Harrison Bryant, Bethel . Church, Baltimore. Other Remarks c,) were made by Mrs. Carrie Mundle, Mrs. Daisy Guinyard, who repre- . t in sented the Central Conference, | Mrs. M. L. Witherspoon, Mrs. R." g' ^ A. Jannerette and E. M. Piessley, ' j Eulogy by Dr.-J. Arthur Holmes. Mrs. Robinson was much belov ed. Over a hundred telegrams and condolences sent them. Interment at Palmetto Cemetary. - i Dr. E. M. Parker, master of i Ceremony. ai W. R. B. i ci . I in ' FIRST LOVEJOY AWARD MADE T ' TO ALTON BOY r ! ?" ! fc L&vejoy, III..? (AMP)- flic first | di Eli P. Lovejoy Memorial associa- T1 > tion scholarship was awarded last week,to a Negro boy, Sterling i Scales, Alton senior high school i 1 , honor graduate. ' Scales, who lives with his mother ^ T ; achieved an average grade of 96.2 f in his four years of high sehol. He 1 I c will enter the pre-dental course | at the University of Illinois next i ^ fall. . I I > Announcement of the annual i r ( college scholarship award was j ti " made at a Flag Day program held p; at the grave of the mortyred ado- ]; r lithmist*editor in Alton. ~ ti J. L. Bennon is president; J. A. tl i Brewer, treasuer nnd .T. M. Bailey, F secfetafy: 1 LI M HI A, SOUTH CARO yborn Of The s^s . ' Small of statuKv Jlishop CI Mil nevertheless, was most for ll in fTfttin.tr liis view over, as seen''t>y many as Ttie than 11 of the rank and file in MK church. . A benevolent prelate.' he gs it" AMK connection for sap moat vs. widows and orphs 1,1*10.60. lie also nave in It d)l~F0 net -proceeds from iiithevn Christian. 1'eeifnlor ie eh are h dependents. He br< it ;vw4 gave an $1S,000 printi ant for printing the Soutlu liristian Recorder. He taught for some 25 yet th<* public schools of Arkans id was made president of Sho college in IS>40. Organizations in which he h embership included Omega ] lit "fraternity, l,!rl?an I.cag AAClh Free and Accepted Mi is. American Woodman a internal Council of Nej liurchse in America. After being1 elected a bishop '44, the prelate was assigned frica. While there he organ i; e *SY. Sampson Brooks Indu al college" at Monrovia, Lib ; "Shaffer-Smith _._Day Hi hool" at Arthington, -Liber id "Clayborn college", at Si idi, British West Africa. In 1941>. he was electOcf* pre nt of the National Frateri nincil of NtK;1:1 churches.Suvyivors include two so avid- T.- Clgyborn and Eli Cli >rn, both of Little Rpck, t uighters, Amazon Claybdm I licago, and Vera Clayborn Evt [is ?Arrgefes; four brothe lalter,-Thondnrp. both of Arkai hia.;..:.George and William, b< Kansas City, Mo. and f andchildren. " v 1TENDS NATIONAL ASS" F STU DENT COUNCILS . r. PAUL, MINN. 1111 Wise, cv- ~ -Miss?n-orm oik i, .junior of Warren/. <iliivj running School, Wise/X. ? ft Friday, .june 18, to and tin ational Assocation (#5tudenl 01!icil in St. Paul, Iinesota y?nne is the secrets of tnc 01 th Carolina Stati Student mined in her 'school'f 1 nee re _ iry of the North Caria. State tudc: it Council AssoJm. Yvonne has \vf?i stf?l medals various plubs and /ivities fo: i" leadership und*'ho!arsl.ip. he is a member of*-' National efc*pr -Society, IWintf Team id X'. If. A. Shtfis delegate om her school f aitcnd the at ionitl?^?A-rd?h?Pctei'.> 1 ii'rf. Virginia JtJ 11, 1051.1 Miss C. II. f iJtm, toacTier id sponsor of tlfudent Coin-J I in tl.e \Yarrt#>niity?Trainitr School accofiK'd Yvoriie. hey will spent! few) days in hicapro, III,, ("tit ?,?Ohio Jiji. no *returninK.I>rne is the! i lighter of Rtyd .Mrs. ('. j <>. tor of Chestf C. MRU) FOltlOA makes) 7,.">ftft GRaJ-AM) school;1 n TEG R ATI* Tonteagle, J --(ANT). T-fie ' lighlander rhoo 1 hero is the ecipient oA^OO grant from < lie Field fi'on to finance a rogratn "tfide for an order- t y ti,ansitjf)m a segregatinj ' n an inteJ sohool system' in J t he SoutJes Horton, local! f 'ield dit announced last O bek.%' I ' o" [fcttO 1 UNA, SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 19 | Dr. Julian G. Stuarl HNegro Specialist Pa ivy-1 Dr. Julian (1. Stuurt of 1417 a ce- Pine Street, one of Columbia's n He i most .prominent Xep.ro doctors of o; up-i medicine, died Wednesday after- ai the.] noon in the Good Saniaritan-Wkv- w jelly Hospital alter a brief ill- X ive ' ness. He had his of lice at Taylor ti er- ' and Harden Streets. f< U1S A native of Greenwood. Doctor of _ " i Stuart wa,? an err, eye, and nose C ^e and throat specialist, one of the si ; aj'ly prer.'nlents of the X. A. A. C. i ci )U'j 1'. and Avpi serving at the time of' H n? i his death as secretary of the Kxe- a ;rn' cuHve v'oiiiniittee of the Trustee h Board of Benedict College. -F ir? l LHicto;* L'luart was the son ol w as ? 'J Charles E. and Johnnie . Stuart gi j .f Greenwood. After attending the 01 ., ' Greenwood Public Schols he attend- f; eld 1 . , r, . i en benedict < o I lege from which he Psi a . * was graduated. p ue, ras. He matriculated in the Medical r< ina School of Hoawrd UniversityrWash \v rro ington, D. 0. from which he was vi graduated with the M. I), degree, ni jn After a brief practice in (Jreen to Y0?1'' Doctor Stuart moved to Co,e<l I. mbia where he practiced several F st- .v?Ws as a general practitioner. He vi er_ then returned to Howard Univer- ei sitj'and took training as a specia- T ^a; Mst in ear, eye, nose and throat ni gj.. i dis?ases. Doctor Stuart also did D i spe^aj training in his feld at Ox- t-i s- j ford University in England. His A - rT+ast- reaxs-in- the field of-medicin* -I- p nal I -? . | .vere spent as an ear, eye, nose and b< ng j th"?at specialist in Columbia. The F ' 1 ethnency of his service attracted u ^y. j- , natrons fronv over the State. R wo 1 jee < . Smart besides practicing me- S ins diciife was keenly concerned in tl TS civtfand community activities. For p< Mmineton School, ive I w - eq For "Enlightens S' WliuNGTtON SCHOOL AN- _ , TIWHTIHs; PRAISED FOR I ^ LEADERSHIP" * ' Vfilmington,/ Del? .((ANP)^ TR Cc'nool authorities .here have been roundly applauded for their far- J sightness in antisipating and prepaid ng for the recent ~0TS.' Slipk renie court decision banning seg- :~ f regation in public school educat- ,-1 ' da ion. j W/iile southern reaction to the' t. .historical decision is generally op-1 ]>osed to the ruling, local author- j . ities have accepted the decision ( 11 and are busy making plans for implementing it. T\V This indicated in a statement' cir by Dr. Ward I. Miller, superin-j th< tendent of the local public schools |CCI Iwno said that Wilmington's! ma . schools, are ready for the end of Soi segregation. Two major problems i tin I involved he said, are the place- , for I mPMt nf pupil* and reappraisal of j wn curriculum, and not the placing J ' of whites and Negroes together, i ter -Among .the agencies praising J mu b school" authorities are the local! nor Catholic Interracial counsil, which l,e < called them "enlightened...' and rrial the Wilmington Morning News ma| I which praised them for "looking hull ahead and preparing for the pos-.' Sou I sibility." SCHOOL BOSS SAYS BALTI- f , MORE WILL HAVE INTEGRA-J 1 ^ ; TED SCHOOLS IN FALL .' "j p i i v( Baltimore?(ANI') ?Before an' j assembly of the city's school tea-j g chers, I)r.-John II. Fisclicr, supi erintendent?of school.*,?rlecdvtrcd t Dl that beginning in September this Chri city would? have integrated son , ' schools. j Haiti he sai l that pupils would bolWe . transferred without any racial ' 1 designatidp. j each Htt -TtTTtd fU'lnMpalS,?teachers: and administrative staff that none tho ( would lose their jobs. j He also said that there will be' > ... .. . . , , arolu one Migablo list for teachers, and teachers will be appointed by mer-f. it. ' I ,ayJ ~ ' editdt in-. r iscue'i* expressed opti-1 candii rnism that integration would work t ? r in the city's schools. * I III 1 .1 Meanwhile, the NAACP legal ENGI redress committee here reported) that the University of Maryland , Londo Summer school -will be able toi that ' ulmit all teachers who apply. schedi The committee announced that here s he University of Maryland Sum- Dan ner school would admit colored Mecur; eachers this session after con- J will be erring yith Judge William P. "She's ole Jr., chairman of the board Hew F trustees of the University. 1st, pre ? Um *. J^M 54 t, Columbia Sses number of years he was the chair lan of the Executive Committee f the Palmetto Medical, Dental, nd Pharmaceutical Asociation. He as secretary of the Ear, Eye, Ipse and hroat Division of the Naonal Medical Association. He was ?r a number of years a member t the Trustee Board of Benedict j olle-gc and when he passed he was ?rving as the secretary of the Exe itive ' CommfUee 'of the Trustee oard of Benedict College. He was member of the Omega Psi -Phi raternity and a member .ui-"the irst Calvary Baptist Church. He as a generous 'donor to the prpram of higher education and to ganix.ations of community wel Ho was married to Mrs. Mary lizabeth 'Hunter Stuart of Lauiiis. Dr. Stuart is survived by his idow, one aunt, Mrs. Helen Donoant, ;St. Louis,, Missouri, and a timber of relatives. The funeral was held at 5 o'clock riday afternon. in the First Calary Baptist Church with the Revrend Maxie S. Gordorn officiating, he honorary pallbearers were lembers of the Palmetto Medical, ental? and Pharmaceutical" Assoation, the Congaree Medical ; ssociation, 'and the Omega P.si] hi- Fraternity. The- active. ."palL- . earers 'were the officers of the | irst Calvary Baptist Church. In- { irment followed in the Palmetto j emctery. Friends f rem over the , tave ana out 01 tne state mien ie church to pay their last resets to Dr. Julian G. Stuart; Authorities Praisi Leadership" lishop Reid -j nagmfteqHW- ~ -! elf Sunday Bishop F.rapk Madison Reid, who troduced Mr. ,Walter White Sun- s y at Allen University, before i estimated crowd of one thounds people certainly magnified [. ill self in his five minutes int'roctory address. His eloquence, his thusiustie, his oritorical flight ^ neer-ning -the greatness of?Mr. bite, protraying him as an eman ^ lator for Negroes in times like ?se'stirred the audience with such | | itrific power in his closing re- I irks, that even Dr. White was j ^ lie what stage fright, as he con ue to brag on bishop Reid bee his equilibrium could find a iishop Frank Madison Reid is tainly a great bishop and is n ch beloved by people of all de[imations. Delegates who may sleeted to the ensuring quadrcn1' .Methodist conference shouifa f)f <c a great noice and a put up a ^ dog fight for his return to w th Carolina. W. R. B. . ~ ? on wo Leading h: indidates In j m dumbia . ' \ Fred Hufchs, -editor The) u, p stian Recorder and Dr. Harri- ejf, J. Bryant, of BctheT Church of gUj imore were in Columbia last f : attending the funeral of Dr. Lefc 1. Robinson's wife. Both met leax other accidental, but both dis emj d the same subieft with t.hoir? ds. Both are aspirants for ? dshoprics in the A. M. E. sho ch, hoth are popular in South ere( la and both will doubtless be hea< ul bishops in 1956 from the I lo Itraws are pulling*This News not f wishes both of these strong N :lates much success. mak ~ ? curl Y DANIELS TO WAX IN the .AND t rose chai n? (ANP)-- Billy Daniels, poin 'Olo Black Magic" man, is ing ilei^ to make first recordings hand ometime in July. her < iels will wax four sides for Sh y. Included among the SPIlgS- ?ta W "Bye, Bye, Blackbird," and die ] Funny That Way." counl ly Payne, Billy,s accompan- stage >bably also will record here, bring ? I ? ? * : r Puerto Ricans F< Shooting Of Cons > By Alice A. Diinningan ~~~ Washington-?(A N'P)--Three mer and one woman were found guiltj on five accounts of assult with e deadly weapon last week after i nine-day trial for the March ] shooting of five congressmen on the house floor ?The men aiso-wi! r tOlihd g'.ilty on five counts of assult with intent to kill, hut the woman was found innocent uf?UHhr-eharge, The woman in the case was Mrs. I.olita Lebron, 114. divorcee, -lenrtnv of the Puerto Rican nationalist who engineered the shooting. The men were Rafeal ('. Miranda. 25 Andres F. Cordero, 29, and Irvjhg F.Tfoftdiguez, 27. All four live in New York. Federal Judge Holtzloff said he will pronounce sentance at a later date. William Belcher, colored doorman in the gallery of the House of Representatives, was*one of the Government's key witnesses in the 10-day trial against "the Puerto Rican Nationalist who shot five Congressmen on tlfe floor last March. i . Looking at the four defendants on trial, Belcher pointed out Cardero as the one he captured op that fatal day. - -"f g ra 1 >b ed h i nras htrwasi >a eking out of the gallery," Belcher said, "We tusseled and I took the pistol from him. While we were tusseling, we went to the floor and I hit him ore my way down with the pistol. I hit him over the head so hard frhat^L drew blood." ? The 64-year-old doorkeeper said he saw the shots when they were first fired in the gallery just opposite him. When questioned about actually seeing the shots, he said, af course he didn,t see the shots. Nebody can see shots, they travel :oo fast. What he meant was that tie saw* the blast from the pistols. He ran around o thV gallery from .vhicn tne ?R7it3 w<?o being TTren arriving just "in mute to tackle Cordero as he was backing out. He claims he heard shouting in "I die for my CQjTntrjfi I no lorry. We come back again." Belcher said, he did not see any >f the other defendants because j le was too busy with his boy. ' ^fter he had helped them to * earch this boy and put him in the ratro 1, Befcher ^ard he went bark0 his post and then to the Kelly Loom. Here one of the clerks saw 1 lood on his shoulder and informed im that he had been shot. But hen he opened his coat and saw i lood all the way through, he pull- i 1 open his shirt and then passed': Jt. He was soon rushed to the hosp- i al for an alleged heart .attack. | ospital authorities, however found ; )thing wrong with his heart but < eated him for shock. i While recuperating in the hospi- i I, Belcher received many letters ) commendation from members of 1 e house including Congressman ? illiam L. Dawson of Illinois and j gressman Adam Clayton Powell ! t JS'ew York, although neither was j e v.iv nuui av nit unit ui tne soting . is rhe four Puerto Rican Nations- ( h t were characterized by U.S. j 3 ty, Le# A. Rover as "evil people" I pite of their professed love for ^ d, and devotion to their country. ' a n summiiur no the-case. Rover, r red the jury of four colored and ( > ht whites to find the defendants t 1 ty of all charges. J j j, larlier in the trial. Mrs.-Lolita (j iron, the 34 year-old self styled a 1er of the gang declared most ! v >hatically that she did not in- j , i to hill. * j-p I did it for my country," she [ ^ uted. Then in tears she whisp- jt 1 in a trembling voice with a pj cy Spanish accent, "I love you. fj ve the world. I love God. I did?^ intend to kill." eatly dressed in a grey dress-k- ^ er suit, and a mop of black n( y air hanging to her shoulders, ,\( attractive Puerto Rican woman jyjto her feet in the witness be r and demonstrated how she y ted her pistol toward the ceil? (_u and fired upward with one while she waved the flat? of ?0 country with the other, e claimed that she only came jn aahington along with others to (hi for the independence of her ;ry. They only planning to po ( a demonstration that would1 to world attention, the 1 ( *4 ? -? ?? ? / PRICE; TEN CENT8 rand Guilty In " pressmen plight of their country. She threw hack her head and * -dosed her eyes and shouted in u > voice almost broken with emotion, i 'I have walked the floor of my cell t cv_ery night. God is on, the floor of L that cell. I have kissed that floor .1 hundred times and asked God toJ ome to;you and tell you I'm not ? guilty because I dove- freedoin 'and ,ny country is not free," t When the flag was first shown her by the prosecuting attorney for identification, Lolita rose from hf?r rhnir toolr f Vv? : ? .... . , ..... i. ag ^ciiLiy in both hands, kissed it, held it to her heart, and in a dramatic fashion spoke softly, " This is my flat;, the flag of my country." Mrs. 'Lebyon was followed to the stand?by her three accomplices. Irving Flores tRondriue^, 20; uivl _ . Hafeal Cancel Miranda, 25. : Since neither of those defendants could speak English, their testamonies were taken through interpreters. A state Department employee from the Dominican Republic served as an interpreter for the Government and a Guatemalanborn Washington lawyer interpreted for the defense councel. Throughout ff?e trial Mrs. Lebron clutched a small Bible and a ros ary in her hand. When she took, the oath before going to the Stand ; she -held her right hand on the ? court's Bible and raised her loft hand higfi in the air still holding on to hei2 rasary and Bible. Dr.Knrumah i_ Re-elected In 'V-Gold Coast Accra, Gold Coast? (ANP ^-Huge crowds cheered here last week when it wan announced t.hyt Dr. Kwane Knrumah and his Convention Peoples party were returned ' "to power, fn the '-second general i election and first to oloct in All- > African parliment. V. American Educated Knnimah and all fornv&r Af riean ministers were - ? reelected in the balloting which saw some, 63 percent of the electoiate participating. " 1 The voting was done in a calm manner with no incident reportfcl. About 1,200,000 electors were etigable to cast ballots for 104" members of parliment. Besides Krumah, ministers elected were Thomas Hutton Mills health and , labor; Kojo Botsio education and social welfare; A. E. NkunisaRphousing; E. O. Asafuadjaye, local government; and Kimla Agebeli Gbedemah, commute and industry. J. B. Danquah, leader of the Ghana Congress and the C-PP's diief opposition, lost in the rlcrt. on's biggest upset. Defeating him tvas Aron Ofori Atta, his neplew and a CPP canidate. Dr. Ka 3usia, chairman of opposition ibsent on a tour, won. The first African.woman in the issemby, Mabel Dove, was electid as a CPP canidate. " With all but one of the 104 reults of the elections in, the CPP as 70 seats to the opposition's I. About 10, OOfr good-humored >ut excited people waited singing md dancing before huge ilium ilatcd scoreboard in tlm cenlni1 of Vcara until after 3.am. to hear he election results. V I Inrumah's victory and Danquah's efeat. Knrumah won his seat hv majority of more than 10,000 otes. The election last week brought __ ilo force a new constitution of reat importance to Africa. Under , the Gold Coast, formerly a 1 ritish Colony, will become the rst self-government state in k denial Africa. \ Self government in the Gold oast will be followed in 1050 if >t soonerr by independence and miinion status. The partition of igeria into three separates is to > cosummated later this year, nder the new Nigerian eonstition now in preparation, these ates will have the option of self ivernment in 1950. There are about 4,000,000 people I the Gold Coast. Knrumah was 5 first native prime minister. i and the opposition ^rties sOprt self government jrrtdTtrohomic Continued on "page 2 i ?. -7:7""