Memphis World
Memphis World Publishing Co.
1952-08-23
James H. Purdy, Jr.

City Schools Opening Date
Set; Registration Aug, 29
School Bells will ring for Memphis 
School children on August 29
when the registration will begin
for elementary and high school
students.
The registration dates are as
follows:
Tenth Grade at Booker T. Washington 
High School— Porter and
Carnes graduates 8:30 a. m.
Tenth Grade at Booker T.
Washington— LaRose and Grant
graduates at 1:00 p. m.
Seventh and Eight Grades at
Douglass, Hamilton, Manassas
and Melrose, 8:30 a. m.
Ninth Grade at Douglas, Hamliton, 
Manassas and Melrose 1:00 p.
m.
Ninth Grade at Booker T. Washington— 
Kortrecht graduates, 8:30
a. m.; Lincoln and Leath graduates
1:00 p. m.
Tenth and 11th Grade sat Douglass, 
Hamilton, Manassas, Melrose 
and Booker T. Washington
8:30 a. m. 12th Grade 1:00 p. m.
Ninth Grade at Booker T. Wash
ington—Florida graduates, 8:30 a.
m.
Classwork in all schools will be
gin on September 5 and the following 
new faces will be seen in
the classroom as new teachers.
Anna Marie Allen, Christabel Collins, 
Floyd Cathon, Laura Robertson 
as secretary of Manassas High
School and Grace Currin.
The following teachers have
been issued transfers: Catherine
Rivers Johnson from Leath to
Booker T. Washington, Mildred O.
Polk from Lester Street School to
Melrose, Othello Shannon from
Porter to Booker T. Washington
High, Doris Shackelford from
Hyde Park to Booker T. Washington, 
James I Taylor from Lincoln
to Douglas and Thelma Harris
from Kansas to Booker T. Washington. 


AUGUST 29
School Bells will ring for Memphis 
School children on August 29
when the registration will begin
for elementary and high school
students.
The registration dates are as
follows:
Tenth Grade at Booker T. Washington 
High School— Porter and
Carnes graduates 8:30 a. m.
Tenth Grade at Booker T.
Washington— LaRose and Grant
graduates at 1:00 p. m.
Seventh and Eight Grades at
Douglass, Hamilton, Manassas
and Melrose, 8:30 a. m.
Ninth Grade at Douglas, Hamliton, 
Manassas and Melrose 1:00 p.
m.
Ninth Grade at Booker T. Washington— 
Kortrecht graduates, 8:30
a. m.; Lincoln and Leath graduates
1:00 p. m.
Tenth and 11th Grade sat Douglass, 
Hamilton, Manassas, Melrose 
and Booker T. Washington
8:30 a. m. 12th Grade 1:00 p. m.
Ninth Grade at Booker T. Wash
ington—Florida graduates, 8:30 a.
m.
Classwork in all schools will be
gin on September 5 and the following 
new faces will be seen in
the classroom as new teachers.
Anna Marie Allen, Christabel Collins, 
Floyd Cathon, Laura Robertson 
as secretary of Manassas High
School and Grace Currin.
The following teachers have
been issued transfers: Catherine
Rivers Johnson from Leath to
Booker T. Washington, Mildred O.
Polk from Lester Street School to
Melrose, Othello Shannon from
Porter to Booker T. Washington
High, Doris Shackelford from
Hyde Park to Booker T. Washington, 
James I Taylor from Lincoln
to Douglas and Thelma Harris
from Kansas to Booker T. Washington. 


SEPTEMBER 2
School Bells will ring for Memphis 
School children on August 29
when the registration will begin
for elementary and high school
students.
The registration dates are as
follows:
Tenth Grade at Booker T. Washington 
High School— Porter and
Carnes graduates 8:30 a. m.
Tenth Grade at Booker T.
Washington— LaRose and Grant
graduates at 1:00 p. m.
Seventh and Eight Grades at
Douglass, Hamilton, Manassas
and Melrose, 8:30 a. m.
Ninth Grade at Douglas, Hamliton, 
Manassas and Melrose 1:00 p.
m.
Ninth Grade at Booker T. Washington— 
Kortrecht graduates, 8:30
a. m.; Lincoln and Leath graduates
1:00 p. m.
Tenth and 11th Grade sat Douglass, 
Hamilton, Manassas, Melrose 
and Booker T. Washington
8:30 a. m. 12th Grade 1:00 p. m.
Ninth Grade at Booker T. Wash
ington—Florida graduates, 8:30 a.
m.
Classwork in all schools will be
gin on September 5 and the following 
new faces will be seen in
the classroom as new teachers.
Anna Marie Allen, Christabel Collins, 
Floyd Cathon, Laura Robertson 
as secretary of Manassas High
School and Grace Currin.
The following teachers have
been issued transfers: Catherine
Rivers Johnson from Leath to
Booker T. Washington, Mildred O.
Polk from Lester Street School to
Melrose, Othello Shannon from
Porter to Booker T. Washington
High, Doris Shackelford from
Hyde Park to Booker T. Washington, 
James I Taylor from Lincoln
to Douglas and Thelma Harris
from Kansas to Booker T. Washington. 


SEPTEMBER 3
School Bells will ring for Memphis 
School children on August 29
when the registration will begin
for elementary and high school
students.
The registration dates are as
follows:
Tenth Grade at Booker T. Washington 
High School— Porter and
Carnes graduates 8:30 a. m.
Tenth Grade at Booker T.
Washington— LaRose and Grant
graduates at 1:00 p. m.
Seventh and Eight Grades at
Douglass, Hamilton, Manassas
and Melrose, 8:30 a. m.
Ninth Grade at Douglas, Hamliton, 
Manassas and Melrose 1:00 p.
m.
Ninth Grade at Booker T. Washington— 
Kortrecht graduates, 8:30
a. m.; Lincoln and Leath graduates
1:00 p. m.
Tenth and 11th Grade sat Douglass, 
Hamilton, Manassas, Melrose 
and Booker T. Washington
8:30 a. m. 12th Grade 1:00 p. m.
Ninth Grade at Booker T. Wash
ington—Florida graduates, 8:30 a.
m.
Classwork in all schools will be
gin on September 5 and the following 
new faces will be seen in
the classroom as new teachers.
Anna Marie Allen, Christabel Collins, 
Floyd Cathon, Laura Robertson 
as secretary of Manassas High
School and Grace Currin.
The following teachers have
been issued transfers: Catherine
Rivers Johnson from Leath to
Booker T. Washington, Mildred O.
Polk from Lester Street School to
Melrose, Othello Shannon from
Porter to Booker T. Washington
High, Doris Shackelford from
Hyde Park to Booker T. Washington, 
James I Taylor from Lincoln
to Douglas and Thelma Harris
from Kansas to Booker T. Washington. 


"Murdered" Man Reported Alive;
Police Hold Confessed Slayer

Miss Thompson, who identified
herself as Paul Davul, 22, a Canadian-born, 
a mannish-looking
young woman, walked into the
Police Headquarters in Oakland
last Wednesday with a thirty-two
calibre pistol tucked in to the
waistband of her slacks, and said
she shot and killed Leer Larkins,
a Detroit artist.
At the time of her arrest, Miss
Thompson alias Paul Davul told
Oakland police Larkins moved to
Oakland first and sent for her and
her roommate, a Miss Janet Robinson; 
20, to join him in the west.
She stated that she met Larkins 
in Little Rook, Ark., and the
two worked together on a church
mural.
They rode around town, she said,
and argued about her friendship
with Miss Robinson, her roommate. 
As they sat in the car, she
shot Larkins twice in his abdomen.
Then she said she drove the car
with Larkins' body in it, to a bus
station where she had arranged to
meet Miss Robinson, her roommate. 

Miss Thompson is reported to
have quoted the Miss Robinson as
saying "Don't worry, I'll get rid
of the body."
She said Miss. Robinson, her
roommate, put the body into the

trunk of the auto and drove off.
It was reported that the Miss
Thompson, who said that she was
a well-known abstract artist who
had murdered a friend turned out
to be a telephone operator who
hadn't killed anybody.
It was further reported that
Miss Thompson was sent to a hospital 
for psychiatric test.
One report states that police
learned that Leer Larkins whom
Miss Thompson said she had shot
in the stomach, had been seen
alive in Oklahoma.
They also found out that Janet
Robinson,20, had not driven off
with the "victim's" body. Miss
Robinson was working as a clerk
in a drugstore in Cabot, Ark,
According to reports, subsequent
checks showed that the "body"
was very much alive in Oklahoma
and that Miss Robinson was in
Arkansas, both unaware they weer
principals in the "killing."
The whole thing was a "figment"
of Miss Thompson's "imagination,"
a police is reported to have said.
The clincher, was a postcard uncovered 
at a hotel in Little Rock,
Arkansas, where Miss Thompson
formerly worked as a telephone
operator.
It was sent by Larkins from
Sayre, Oklahoma, the day Miss
Thompson said she had commit
ted 
the murder here.
The reported killing of Larkins,
former Dean of a Photographic
School, World Traveler and Artist 
is not being termed a hoax by
Oakland Police authorities. Chief
Dives denied that Miss Thompson 
or Davul girl had been committed 
to a hospital under care of
a psychiatrist. He said "we still
have not found the body—and the
girl is still in our custody."
Miss Thompson touched off a
widespread search when she told
Oakland Police she had killed Larkins 
in an argument over the
friendship of Miss Robinson.
Larkins who formerly resided in
Detroit, Michigan Memphis. Tennessee, 
and Little Rock, Arkansas,
claims to be a relative of Haille
Selasie of Ethiopia and declares
he is a native of Africa.

INVITED WEST
BY LARKINS

Miss Thompson, who identified
herself as Paul Davul, 22, a Canadian-born, 
a mannish-looking
young woman, walked into the
Police Headquarters in Oakland
last Wednesday with a thirty-two
calibre pistol tucked in to the
waistband of her slacks, and said
she shot and killed Leer Larkins,
a Detroit artist.
At the time of her arrest, Miss
Thompson alias Paul Davul told
Oakland police Larkins moved to
Oakland first and sent for her and
her roommate, a Miss Janet Robinson; 
20, to join him in the west.
She stated that she met Larkins 
in Little Rook, Ark., and the
two worked together on a church
mural.
They rode around town, she said,
and argued about her friendship
with Miss Robinson, her roommate. 
As they sat in the car, she
shot Larkins twice in his abdomen.
Then she said she drove the car
with Larkins' body in it, to a bus
station where she had arranged to
meet Miss Robinson, her roommate. 

Miss Thompson is reported to
have quoted the Miss Robinson as
saying "Don't worry, I'll get rid
of the body."
She said Miss. Robinson, her
roommate, put the body into the

trunk of the auto and drove off.
It was reported that the Miss
Thompson, who said that she was
a well-known abstract artist who
had murdered a friend turned out
to be a telephone operator who
hadn't killed anybody.
It was further reported that
Miss Thompson was sent to a hospital 
for psychiatric test.
One report states that police
learned that Leer Larkins whom
Miss Thompson said she had shot
in the stomach, had been seen
alive in Oklahoma.
They also found out that Janet
Robinson,20, had not driven off
with the "victim's" body. Miss
Robinson was working as a clerk
in a drugstore in Cabot, Ark,
According to reports, subsequent
checks showed that the "body"
was very much alive in Oklahoma
and that Miss Robinson was in
Arkansas, both unaware they weer
principals in the "killing."
The whole thing was a "figment"
of Miss Thompson's "imagination,"
a police is reported to have said.
The clincher, was a postcard uncovered 
at a hotel in Little Rock,
Arkansas, where Miss Thompson
formerly worked as a telephone
operator.
It was sent by Larkins from
Sayre, Oklahoma, the day Miss
Thompson said she had commit
ted 
the murder here.
The reported killing of Larkins,
former Dean of a Photographic
School, World Traveler and Artist 
is not being termed a hoax by
Oakland Police authorities. Chief
Dives denied that Miss Thompson 
or Davul girl had been committed 
to a hospital under care of
a psychiatrist. He said "we still
have not found the body—and the
girl is still in our custody."
Miss Thompson touched off a
widespread search when she told
Oakland Police she had killed Larkins 
in an argument over the
friendship of Miss Robinson.
Larkins who formerly resided in
Detroit, Michigan Memphis. Tennessee, 
and Little Rock, Arkansas,
claims to be a relative of Haille
Selasie of Ethiopia and declares
he is a native of Africa.

CLAIMS SHE MET
ROOMMATE

Miss Thompson, who identified
herself as Paul Davul, 22, a Canadian-born, 
a mannish-looking
young woman, walked into the
Police Headquarters in Oakland
last Wednesday with a thirty-two
calibre pistol tucked in to the
waistband of her slacks, and said
she shot and killed Leer Larkins,
a Detroit artist.
At the time of her arrest, Miss
Thompson alias Paul Davul told
Oakland police Larkins moved to
Oakland first and sent for her and
her roommate, a Miss Janet Robinson; 
20, to join him in the west.
She stated that she met Larkins 
in Little Rook, Ark., and the
two worked together on a church
mural.
They rode around town, she said,
and argued about her friendship
with Miss Robinson, her roommate. 
As they sat in the car, she
shot Larkins twice in his abdomen.
Then she said she drove the car
with Larkins' body in it, to a bus
station where she had arranged to
meet Miss Robinson, her roommate. 

Miss Thompson is reported to
have quoted the Miss Robinson as
saying "Don't worry, I'll get rid
of the body."
She said Miss. Robinson, her
roommate, put the body into the

trunk of the auto and drove off.
It was reported that the Miss
Thompson, who said that she was
a well-known abstract artist who
had murdered a friend turned out
to be a telephone operator who
hadn't killed anybody.
It was further reported that
Miss Thompson was sent to a hospital 
for psychiatric test.
One report states that police
learned that Leer Larkins whom
Miss Thompson said she had shot
in the stomach, had been seen
alive in Oklahoma.
They also found out that Janet
Robinson,20, had not driven off
with the "victim's" body. Miss
Robinson was working as a clerk
in a drugstore in Cabot, Ark,
According to reports, subsequent
checks showed that the "body"
was very much alive in Oklahoma
and that Miss Robinson was in
Arkansas, both unaware they weer
principals in the "killing."
The whole thing was a "figment"
of Miss Thompson's "imagination,"
a police is reported to have said.
The clincher, was a postcard uncovered 
at a hotel in Little Rock,
Arkansas, where Miss Thompson
formerly worked as a telephone
operator.
It was sent by Larkins from
Sayre, Oklahoma, the day Miss
Thompson said she had commit
ted 
the murder here.
The reported killing of Larkins,
former Dean of a Photographic
School, World Traveler and Artist 
is not being termed a hoax by
Oakland Police authorities. Chief
Dives denied that Miss Thompson 
or Davul girl had been committed 
to a hospital under care of
a psychiatrist. He said "we still
have not found the body—and the
girl is still in our custody."
Miss Thompson touched off a
widespread search when she told
Oakland Police she had killed Larkins 
in an argument over the
friendship of Miss Robinson.
Larkins who formerly resided in
Detroit, Michigan Memphis. Tennessee, 
and Little Rock, Arkansas,
claims to be a relative of Haille
Selasie of Ethiopia and declares
he is a native of Africa.

TELEPHONE OPERATOR

Miss Thompson, who identified
herself as Paul Davul, 22, a Canadian-born, 
a mannish-looking
young woman, walked into the
Police Headquarters in Oakland
last Wednesday with a thirty-two
calibre pistol tucked in to the
waistband of her slacks, and said
she shot and killed Leer Larkins,
a Detroit artist.
At the time of her arrest, Miss
Thompson alias Paul Davul told
Oakland police Larkins moved to
Oakland first and sent for her and
her roommate, a Miss Janet Robinson; 
20, to join him in the west.
She stated that she met Larkins 
in Little Rook, Ark., and the
two worked together on a church
mural.
They rode around town, she said,
and argued about her friendship
with Miss Robinson, her roommate. 
As they sat in the car, she
shot Larkins twice in his abdomen.
Then she said she drove the car
with Larkins' body in it, to a bus
station where she had arranged to
meet Miss Robinson, her roommate. 

Miss Thompson is reported to
have quoted the Miss Robinson as
saying "Don't worry, I'll get rid
of the body."
She said Miss. Robinson, her
roommate, put the body into the

trunk of the auto and drove off.
It was reported that the Miss
Thompson, who said that she was
a well-known abstract artist who
had murdered a friend turned out
to be a telephone operator who
hadn't killed anybody.
It was further reported that
Miss Thompson was sent to a hospital 
for psychiatric test.
One report states that police
learned that Leer Larkins whom
Miss Thompson said she had shot
in the stomach, had been seen
alive in Oklahoma.
They also found out that Janet
Robinson,20, had not driven off
with the "victim's" body. Miss
Robinson was working as a clerk
in a drugstore in Cabot, Ark,
According to reports, subsequent
checks showed that the "body"
was very much alive in Oklahoma
and that Miss Robinson was in
Arkansas, both unaware they weer
principals in the "killing."
The whole thing was a "figment"
of Miss Thompson's "imagination,"
a police is reported to have said.
The clincher, was a postcard uncovered 
at a hotel in Little Rock,
Arkansas, where Miss Thompson
formerly worked as a telephone
operator.
It was sent by Larkins from
Sayre, Oklahoma, the day Miss
Thompson said she had commit
ted 
the murder here.
The reported killing of Larkins,
former Dean of a Photographic
School, World Traveler and Artist 
is not being termed a hoax by
Oakland Police authorities. Chief
Dives denied that Miss Thompson 
or Davul girl had been committed 
to a hospital under care of
a psychiatrist. He said "we still
have not found the body—and the
girl is still in our custody."
Miss Thompson touched off a
widespread search when she told
Oakland Police she had killed Larkins 
in an argument over the
friendship of Miss Robinson.
Larkins who formerly resided in
Detroit, Michigan Memphis. Tennessee, 
and Little Rock, Arkansas,
claims to be a relative of Haille
Selasie of Ethiopia and declares
he is a native of Africa.

REPORTED ALIVE

Miss Thompson, who identified
herself as Paul Davul, 22, a Canadian-born, 
a mannish-looking
young woman, walked into the
Police Headquarters in Oakland
last Wednesday with a thirty-two
calibre pistol tucked in to the
waistband of her slacks, and said
she shot and killed Leer Larkins,
a Detroit artist.
At the time of her arrest, Miss
Thompson alias Paul Davul told
Oakland police Larkins moved to
Oakland first and sent for her and
her roommate, a Miss Janet Robinson; 
20, to join him in the west.
She stated that she met Larkins 
in Little Rook, Ark., and the
two worked together on a church
mural.
They rode around town, she said,
and argued about her friendship
with Miss Robinson, her roommate. 
As they sat in the car, she
shot Larkins twice in his abdomen.
Then she said she drove the car
with Larkins' body in it, to a bus
station where she had arranged to
meet Miss Robinson, her roommate. 

Miss Thompson is reported to
have quoted the Miss Robinson as
saying "Don't worry, I'll get rid
of the body."
She said Miss. Robinson, her
roommate, put the body into the

trunk of the auto and drove off.
It was reported that the Miss
Thompson, who said that she was
a well-known abstract artist who
had murdered a friend turned out
to be a telephone operator who
hadn't killed anybody.
It was further reported that
Miss Thompson was sent to a hospital 
for psychiatric test.
One report states that police
learned that Leer Larkins whom
Miss Thompson said she had shot
in the stomach, had been seen
alive in Oklahoma.
They also found out that Janet
Robinson,20, had not driven off
with the "victim's" body. Miss
Robinson was working as a clerk
in a drugstore in Cabot, Ark,
According to reports, subsequent
checks showed that the "body"
was very much alive in Oklahoma
and that Miss Robinson was in
Arkansas, both unaware they weer
principals in the "killing."
The whole thing was a "figment"
of Miss Thompson's "imagination,"
a police is reported to have said.
The clincher, was a postcard uncovered 
at a hotel in Little Rock,
Arkansas, where Miss Thompson
formerly worked as a telephone
operator.
It was sent by Larkins from
Sayre, Oklahoma, the day Miss
Thompson said she had commit
ted 
the murder here.
The reported killing of Larkins,
former Dean of a Photographic
School, World Traveler and Artist 
is not being termed a hoax by
Oakland Police authorities. Chief
Dives denied that Miss Thompson 
or Davul girl had been committed 
to a hospital under care of
a psychiatrist. He said "we still
have not found the body—and the
girl is still in our custody."
Miss Thompson touched off a
widespread search when she told
Oakland Police she had killed Larkins 
in an argument over the
friendship of Miss Robinson.
Larkins who formerly resided in
Detroit, Michigan Memphis. Tennessee, 
and Little Rock, Arkansas,
claims to be a relative of Haille
Selasie of Ethiopia and declares
he is a native of Africa.

CAN'T FIND BODY

Miss Thompson, who identified
herself as Paul Davul, 22, a Canadian-born, 
a mannish-looking
young woman, walked into the
Police Headquarters in Oakland
last Wednesday with a thirty-two
calibre pistol tucked in to the
waistband of her slacks, and said
she shot and killed Leer Larkins,
a Detroit artist.
At the time of her arrest, Miss
Thompson alias Paul Davul told
Oakland police Larkins moved to
Oakland first and sent for her and
her roommate, a Miss Janet Robinson; 
20, to join him in the west.
She stated that she met Larkins 
in Little Rook, Ark., and the
two worked together on a church
mural.
They rode around town, she said,
and argued about her friendship
with Miss Robinson, her roommate. 
As they sat in the car, she
shot Larkins twice in his abdomen.
Then she said she drove the car
with Larkins' body in it, to a bus
station where she had arranged to
meet Miss Robinson, her roommate. 

Miss Thompson is reported to
have quoted the Miss Robinson as
saying "Don't worry, I'll get rid
of the body."
She said Miss. Robinson, her
roommate, put the body into the

trunk of the auto and drove off.
It was reported that the Miss
Thompson, who said that she was
a well-known abstract artist who
had murdered a friend turned out
to be a telephone operator who
hadn't killed anybody.
It was further reported that
Miss Thompson was sent to a hospital 
for psychiatric test.
One report states that police
learned that Leer Larkins whom
Miss Thompson said she had shot
in the stomach, had been seen
alive in Oklahoma.
They also found out that Janet
Robinson,20, had not driven off
with the "victim's" body. Miss
Robinson was working as a clerk
in a drugstore in Cabot, Ark,
According to reports, subsequent
checks showed that the "body"
was very much alive in Oklahoma
and that Miss Robinson was in
Arkansas, both unaware they weer
principals in the "killing."
The whole thing was a "figment"
of Miss Thompson's "imagination,"
a police is reported to have said.
The clincher, was a postcard uncovered 
at a hotel in Little Rock,
Arkansas, where Miss Thompson
formerly worked as a telephone
operator.
It was sent by Larkins from
Sayre, Oklahoma, the day Miss
Thompson said she had commit
ted 
the murder here.
The reported killing of Larkins,
former Dean of a Photographic
School, World Traveler and Artist 
is not being termed a hoax by
Oakland Police authorities. Chief
Dives denied that Miss Thompson 
or Davul girl had been committed 
to a hospital under care of
a psychiatrist. He said "we still
have not found the body—and the
girl is still in our custody."
Miss Thompson touched off a
widespread search when she told
Oakland Police she had killed Larkins 
in an argument over the
friendship of Miss Robinson.
Larkins who formerly resided in
Detroit, Michigan Memphis. Tennessee, 
and Little Rock, Arkansas,
claims to be a relative of Haille
Selasie of Ethiopia and declares
he is a native of Africa.

WIDESPREAD SEARCH

Miss Thompson, who identified
herself as Paul Davul, 22, a Canadian-born, 
a mannish-looking
young woman, walked into the
Police Headquarters in Oakland
last Wednesday with a thirty-two
calibre pistol tucked in to the
waistband of her slacks, and said
she shot and killed Leer Larkins,
a Detroit artist.
At the time of her arrest, Miss
Thompson alias Paul Davul told
Oakland police Larkins moved to
Oakland first and sent for her and
her roommate, a Miss Janet Robinson; 
20, to join him in the west.
She stated that she met Larkins 
in Little Rook, Ark., and the
two worked together on a church
mural.
They rode around town, she said,
and argued about her friendship
with Miss Robinson, her roommate. 
As they sat in the car, she
shot Larkins twice in his abdomen.
Then she said she drove the car
with Larkins' body in it, to a bus
station where she had arranged to
meet Miss Robinson, her roommate. 

Miss Thompson is reported to
have quoted the Miss Robinson as
saying "Don't worry, I'll get rid
of the body."
She said Miss. Robinson, her
roommate, put the body into the

trunk of the auto and drove off.
It was reported that the Miss
Thompson, who said that she was
a well-known abstract artist who
had murdered a friend turned out
to be a telephone operator who
hadn't killed anybody.
It was further reported that
Miss Thompson was sent to a hospital 
for psychiatric test.
One report states that police
learned that Leer Larkins whom
Miss Thompson said she had shot
in the stomach, had been seen
alive in Oklahoma.
They also found out that Janet
Robinson,20, had not driven off
with the "victim's" body. Miss
Robinson was working as a clerk
in a drugstore in Cabot, Ark,
According to reports, subsequent
checks showed that the "body"
was very much alive in Oklahoma
and that Miss Robinson was in
Arkansas, both unaware they weer
principals in the "killing."
The whole thing was a "figment"
of Miss Thompson's "imagination,"
a police is reported to have said.
The clincher, was a postcard uncovered 
at a hotel in Little Rock,
Arkansas, where Miss Thompson
formerly worked as a telephone
operator.
It was sent by Larkins from
Sayre, Oklahoma, the day Miss
Thompson said she had commit
ted 
the murder here.
The reported killing of Larkins,
former Dean of a Photographic
School, World Traveler and Artist 
is not being termed a hoax by
Oakland Police authorities. Chief
Dives denied that Miss Thompson 
or Davul girl had been committed 
to a hospital under care of
a psychiatrist. He said "we still
have not found the body—and the
girl is still in our custody."
Miss Thompson touched off a
widespread search when she told
Oakland Police she had killed Larkins 
in an argument over the
friendship of Miss Robinson.
Larkins who formerly resided in
Detroit, Michigan Memphis. Tennessee, 
and Little Rock, Arkansas,
claims to be a relative of Haille
Selasie of Ethiopia and declares
he is a native of Africa.

Art School To Celebrate
Sixth Annual Anniversary
The Hayes Academy of Art, Inc.
is celebrating their sixth Annual
Art Week beginning September 1,
1952.
There will be open house from
September 1 through September
8 at the school and it will remain
open from. 8 a. m. until 11 p. m.
The general public is invited.
The school is making an effort
to attract the attention of the
public to this area for their appreciation 
of art. It is reported to
the only Art School for Negroes in
the Tri-States. There are two
courses offered at the School in
which a student might participate
Commercial art which deals with
more than eleven subjects, Ceramics, 
the making of pottery and

other forms of classical art has
been the most acclaimed by the
veterans.
The School is G. I. approved and
has been instrumental in the
teaching of Aft and giving cooperative 
support throughout the
Tri-States.
This Annual Art Week will display 
works, in oil, water color,
pastels, pencil drawings, charcoal
sketches, leather cfaft, paper
mache, silk screening, wooden displays, 
pottery, stone ware and Air
brush work.
Mr. E. T. Hunt, Director of the
Hayes Academy of Art is an instructor 
of Art in the Public School
System and an Instructor of Art
for the Extension School for Tennessee 
A. and I. State University.
Students of this institution have
received wide acclaim for the
work however, there will be special
free courses for civilian students
that will be carried two nights
each week. Persons seeking information 
concerning this will be notified 
later through this paper as
to the particulars.
The school is equipped with adequate 
instructors approved by the
state Department of Education
and therefore has a rating that is
equal to an advanced High School
Education.
Each student of the school must
pass an entrance test before he or
she can be classified as an apprentice 
student.
The school has done a fine job
in introducing Art to the residents 
of this area, and has helped 
considerably with the many
projects for young people and
teachers who need work along that
line in their everyday curriculum.
Those desiring to attend this
exhibition will benefit in many
ways by the work shown at the
Hayes Academy of Art, Inc.

Man Found Dead
On R. R. Tracks;
Hints Foul Play
The body of an unidentified Negro
man was found early Sunday morning 
near Helena, Arkansas, that had
been badly mangled by a Missouri
Pacific Train. Deputy Sheriff Frank
Lawson is said to be investigating
the foul play in the death of the
Negro.
A farm worker first seen a shot
gun on the railroad track and a
short distance therefrom found the
body of the unidentified Negro man.
The unidentified man was last
reported to have been seen alive
late Saturday night. One shell had
been fired from the shot gun. There
is no exact evidence that the Negro
had been killed before time of the
arrival of the train or that during
the impact of the train that one
shot was fired from the shot gun
accidentally.

HEAT HATCHES EGGS
A recent
heat wave was so intense that it
hatched goose eggs which had been
discarded from a hen's nest after
they failed to hatch under the hen.
After a week of near 100 degrees,
six goslings appeared from the discarded 
eggs.

MEMPHIS PHYSICIANS —
Attending the National
Association that convened in Chicago, III., August 
11 through August 16th. Front Row left to
right: Dr. W. S. Martin, N. M. Watson, M. V.
Lynk, P. W. Bailey.
Back row: Dr. A. Ross, A. T. Martin, L. A.
Johnson, Mrs. P. W. Bailey, E. M. Wilkins, vice
speaker of the House of the convention, and W.
T. Prater.

Police Believe
Man Struck By
Diesel Engine
Memphis police are of the opinion
that the death of Bill Buntyn, 41,
1773 Euclid Avenue, is due to having
been struck by a Diesel switch engine. 

Buntyn was found last Saturday
morning lying near the Southern
Railway tracks at Rozelle and South
ern with head injuries and was
carried to a local hospital where
he later died.
A witness, C. W. Phillips, 1520
N. Trezevant, said the switch engine, 
driven by Edgar Landers, 2118
Higbee, did not strike. Buntyn but
Lt. Brasher of the Police Accident
Investigation Division said Monday
evidence indicated it was the engine
that injured Buntyn.
Lt. Brasher said blood was found
on the steel rail. He said that Buntyn's 
head injuries and other evidence 
indicated it was the engine.

THIEF DESCRIBES SELF
The burglar who
visited the Hansen Cleaners, left a
pretty fair description of himself.
He took trousers, sizes 30 and 31;
shirts, sizes 15 and caps, size 7 1-8.

GEN. EISENHOWER TO
SPEAK HERE SEPTEMBER 3
The Republican nominee for president, 
General. Dwight D. Eisenhower 
will speak here on September
3rd and efforts are being made by
his backers to have the General to
speak at Crump Stadium instead of
the Municipal Airport.
Dixie Republicans here are elated 
over the proposed speech the
General will make. Many voiced that
the appearance of "Ike" in the
South will be a big assistance in
their drive to break the Democrats
hold on the Solid South.
The General is planning a swift
and unprecedented campaign swing
into about 10 cities — including
Memphis — in at least seven states
in traditionally, Democratic Dixie,
it was learned here Sunday.
When news of the proposed stop
of Eisenhower became known an
organization known as Southerns
for Eisenhower met at the Peabody
Hotel and drafted plans to urge the
General to speak at Crump Stadium
The host group is headed by Robert
B. Snowden.
Other members of the group are
Brig. General Clyde Beck and Gen
eral 
Ben Lear. Present were Millsaps 
Fitzhugh, Walker Welliford,


Don Carmouche and Richard Allen.
There were no members of the
"Old Guard" Republicans present at
the meeting.

Negro, White Teenagers
Engage In Street Brawl
Police arrested more than thirty
teenage Negroes in the Hollywood
area early Tuesday morning who
were alleged to have been involved
in a street brawl with a group of
whites.
Assistant Police Chief U. T. Vartholomew 
said the trouble was the
outgrowth of a pitched battle Sunday 
night between five Negroes and
three whites at Chelsea and Hollywood. 

The arrested Negroes told Police
it wasn't a "matter of black and
white ......... nothing to do with
race."
However, George M. Hill, Special
officer in the Hollywood community,
said the trouble "has been coming
on for years."
"Both sides are to blame. It's half
the fault of the whites. Groups form
and push one another around.......
it's been happening for years," he
said.
In City Court, three teenage Negroes 
paid fines totaling $94.00 for
their alleged part in the street
brawl and five others who were involved 
in the street fight were dismissed 
of disorderly conduct charges 
against them while twenty-two
were sent to Juvenile Court.
Those fined in City Court were
Clemmie Lee Garner, Jr., of 2221
Clayton, disorderly conduct, $21;
James Lewis of 2436 Bexter assault
and battery and disorderly conduct
$26 each; and Edward Hole 17, 1612
Hannan, disorderly conduct $21.

Bynum On 5-Man Presbyterian
Team To Make European Tour
A representative group of Presbyterian 
laymen will spend three
weeks visiting laymen in six European 
countries late this summer
under the sponsorship of the Board
of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian 
Church in the U. S. A. The
purpose of the deputation is to
help interpret American Protestantism 
to Europeans, and in turn to
bring back from European laymen
a message for American laymen.
Among the group of five who will
make up the team, which is interracial, 
are a manufacturer, a labor
union official, a banker, a farmer,


and an officer of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
The team will leave New York's International 
Airport (Idlewild) Tuesday, 
August 26, 1952, at 6 p. m.
Eastern Daylight Saving Time on
Flight 960, TWA.
Chairman of the European Deputation 
is Edmund Wolfe, president
of the First National Bank, Bridgeport, 
Connecticut, and a former
president of the American Bankers
Association. He is also president of
the Bridgeport Housing Project, one
of the outstanding of such projects
in this country. Mr. Wolfe is treasurer 
of the National Council of
Presbyterian Men and a member of
the Church's Board of Foreign
Missions, servings as chairman of
the Board's Laymen's Committee.
Charles Bynum, 120 Broadway,
New York City, director of Interracial 
Activities of the National
foundation for Infantile Paralysis,
and formerly assistant to the president 
of Tuskegee Institute, is also 
a member of the team. He is an
elder and member of the Men's
Club of St. James Presbyterian
Church, New York City. A third
member is Lloyd Collins, machine
tool manufacturer from Detroit,
Michigan. He is vice-president and
general manager of the Schroeder
Machine Company. He is president
of the Michigan Council of Presbyterian 
Men, an elder and superintendent 
of the church school in the
Westminster Presbyterian Church.


Women Seek To
Serve Here As
Lady Policemen
It was announced here Thursday 
that 19 Negro women had filed
application with the Memphis police 
Deportment to serve as parttime 
women police.
Commission Claude Armour announced 
Tuesday the Police Department 
would hire 20 women, 17
white, 3 colored as part-time uniformed 
special police to direct
traffic at the city's most troubled
spots during, school rush hours.
Applicants between the ages of
25 to 40, will take a written test at
the Civil Service Office next week.

Miss Roberta Church's Post
Protested By Mrs. D. Hanover

Miss Church was a nominee of
the Fitzhugh-Williford faction and
was the only of this group nominated 
in the August 7 Republican
Primary. The other three nominee's
were nominated from the "Old
Guard" Faction of Republicans
headed by Lt. George W. Lee and
Lester H. Brenner.
Mrs. C. Arthur Bruce, Attorney
Bailey Walsh and Lt. George W.
Lee were the nominees of the LeeBrenner 
faction known as the Old
Guard.
Mrs. Hanover filed her notice of
protest through the mail. It was
sent to Guy Smith, Executive Committee 
chairman at Knoxville, Tenn.
Smith said he had not seen Mrs.
Hanover's notice but had two or
three notices of registered mail
which he assumed meant as many
notices of contest from over the
state.
In the Friday, August 15 issue of
the Memphis World it was pointed
out that the nomination of Miss

Church would be contested. Efforts 
to reach Miss Church for a
statement never materialized. She
promised to call, but apparently
overlooked to do so.
Smith was told the grounds of
the contest are understood to be
Miss Church's Chicago residence,
and there had been some comment
from the Fitzhugh-Welliford group
that, if this was made the basis of a
contest, Walsh's Washington residence 
might be brought up.
"Off hand, I'd say that that is a
difference. People in Washington,
D. C. remain residents of the places
they come from," Smith said.
Any contest will be heard Wednesday 
August 27 in Nashville,
Tenn. Smith said, and the present
committee will hear the contests.
The newly elected committee will
not convene until September 15, he
said.
Miss Church was reported out-ofthe 
city when efforts was made
Wednesday morning to reach her
Her secretary stated that Miss

Church had received no notice of a
protest being filed and their first
knowledge of same was what they
had read in the daily papers.
Miss Roberta Church is reported 
to have left Memphis Tuesday
night for Washington to talk with
Republican National, Committee
about the Eisenhower Campaign in
the South.
Before leaving for Washington
Miss Church made the following
statement to the daily papers when
asked about the contest of her
election filed with the Chairman of
the State Republican State Committee 
by Mrs. Hanonover "contests 
are an old story in the
Church family. When asked if
she would go to Nashville August
27 she replied "I'll do whatever
necessary."
Miss Church recently returned 
from Denver and a talk
with General Eisenhower.
It is commonly believed here
that the Eisenhower Campaign
will be handled by the State Committee 
representing all elected officers 
committee men and women
of the Old Guard with the exception 
of about six.
Lieutenant George W. Lee who
received a higher vote than Miss
Church was out of the city.

PROTEST MAILED

Miss Church was a nominee of
the Fitzhugh-Williford faction and
was the only of this group nominated 
in the August 7 Republican
Primary. The other three nominee's
were nominated from the "Old
Guard" Faction of Republicans
headed by Lt. George W. Lee and
Lester H. Brenner.
Mrs. C. Arthur Bruce, Attorney
Bailey Walsh and Lt. George W.
Lee were the nominees of the LeeBrenner 
faction known as the Old
Guard.
Mrs. Hanover filed her notice of
protest through the mail. It was
sent to Guy Smith, Executive Committee 
chairman at Knoxville, Tenn.
Smith said he had not seen Mrs.
Hanover's notice but had two or
three notices of registered mail
which he assumed meant as many
notices of contest from over the
state.
In the Friday, August 15 issue of
the Memphis World it was pointed
out that the nomination of Miss

Church would be contested. Efforts 
to reach Miss Church for a
statement never materialized. She
promised to call, but apparently
overlooked to do so.
Smith was told the grounds of
the contest are understood to be
Miss Church's Chicago residence,
and there had been some comment
from the Fitzhugh-Welliford group
that, if this was made the basis of a
contest, Walsh's Washington residence 
might be brought up.
"Off hand, I'd say that that is a
difference. People in Washington,
D. C. remain residents of the places
they come from," Smith said.
Any contest will be heard Wednesday 
August 27 in Nashville,
Tenn. Smith said, and the present
committee will hear the contests.
The newly elected committee will
not convene until September 15, he
said.
Miss Church was reported out-ofthe 
city when efforts was made
Wednesday morning to reach her
Her secretary stated that Miss

Church had received no notice of a
protest being filed and their first
knowledge of same was what they
had read in the daily papers.
Miss Roberta Church is reported 
to have left Memphis Tuesday
night for Washington to talk with
Republican National, Committee
about the Eisenhower Campaign in
the South.
Before leaving for Washington
Miss Church made the following
statement to the daily papers when
asked about the contest of her
election filed with the Chairman of
the State Republican State Committee 
by Mrs. Hanonover "contests 
are an old story in the
Church family. When asked if
she would go to Nashville August
27 she replied "I'll do whatever
necessary."
Miss Church recently returned 
from Denver and a talk
with General Eisenhower.
It is commonly believed here
that the Eisenhower Campaign
will be handled by the State Committee 
representing all elected officers 
committee men and women
of the Old Guard with the exception 
of about six.
Lieutenant George W. Lee who
received a higher vote than Miss
Church was out of the city.

Herndon, Former
Pullman Porter,
Passed Saturday
Mr. John Edward Herndon, prominent 
church and civic worker died
at his home, 749 Vollentine, Saturday 
morning after a long illness
which forced his retirement from
the Pullman services two and a half
years ago.
Services were conducted by the
Reverend R. V. Johnson, pastor and
the Reverend S. A. Owen Tuesday
at 1:30 at Collins Chapel C. M. E.
Church where Mr. Herndon has
been a member since his early days
in Memphis.
Born in Clarksville, Tenn., Mr.
Herndon moved to, Memphis 51
years ago and was married to Miss
Mamie James of Walhalla, S. C. He
has worked for the Pullman Company 
for 28 years.
The deceased was a member of
the "Usher Board" at Collins Chapel. 
His chief outside interest centered 
around the "Retired Group of
Sleeping Car Porters."
He leaves a wife, Mrs. Mamie
Herndon, a son, Mr. James Edward
Herndon, three daughters, Mrs.
Leon Foster of Memphis; Mrs. Robert 
Ratcliffe of Pittsburgh, Pa., and
Mrs. Charles Spearman of Pine
Bluff, Ark., five grand children, two
sisters and a brother, Mrs. Prances
Grinstead of Nashville; Mrs. Georgia 
Peacher and Mr. Robert Broomfield 
both of Clarksville, Tenn.
R. S. Lewis and Sons were in
charge of the funeral.
Active Pallbearers were Mr. LeRoy 
Davis, Mr. Michael Lenoir, Mr.
John Bumpus, Mr. George Gilchrist,
Mr. Harry; Ratcliffe and Mr. Harry
Fletcher. Honorary Pallbearers were
the Sleeping Car Porters.

GOP Labels
Sparkman As
'Race Baiter'
The
Republican National Committee
Tuesday called Democratic Vice
Presidential nominee John Sparkman 
"a race baiter" and "another
Bilbo" who will never win the Negro 
vote.
A Committee spokesman quoted
the Alabama Senator as having
said: 'I am against the civil
rights proposals (in the Democratic
platform)—always have been and
always will be."
The spokesman asked: "How can
'Sparkman, a race baiter, be for any
civil rights after such statements?"
He did not say when the Alabaman
made the remark, but Sparkman
was instrumental in the drafting
of this year's Democratic platform.
In a statement issued by the GOP
committee, the spokesman, Val P.
Washington, declared:
"Any attempt to sell a race-baiting 
Sparkman to Negroes is certain 
to fail. The greatest test of
liberalism is "'where you stand on
the question of first class citizenship 
for our largest minority, the
American Negro.' On his own
statements, Sparkman is another
Bilbo."
The late Sen. Bilbo (D) Miss,
was for many years considered the
nation's most violently outspoken
foe of civil rights.
Washington also lashed out at
the CIO. He accused it of trying
to "confuse" Negroes into voting
for the Stevenson-Sparkman ticket 
by putting out "bunks" trying
to prove the Democratic candidates 
are their friends.

Essay Contest Winners
Presented Each Saturday
Professor E. L. Washburn, Principal 
of the Lincoln Grammar
School, President of the Memphis
Service Council, announced Tuesday 
all winners of Prizes in the
City Wide Essay Contest on
"Courtesy and Better Conduct,"
sponsored by the Negro Division of
the Memphis Youth Service Council 
are being presented each Saturday 
afternoon at 4:15 o'clock
over Radio Station WMPS.
All Churches, schools, organiza
tions 
and leaders are requested to
announce in their assemblies that
more thousands of youth and citizens 
may hear the wholesome advice 
and suggestions given. These
programs will continues through the
month of August.
Prof. Washburn has conducted
such programs during the past
seven years. Good citizenship is being 
offered our Youth to offset
Juvenile Delinquency.

Dr. J. M. Robinson Resigns
Arkansas Democratic Post
Dr. J. M. Robinson, Little Rock,
Ark., president of the Arkansas
Democratic Association announced
late Thursday that he would resign
his position after 25 years as head
of the organization on Friday, August 
29. Dr. Robinson told the
Memphis World:
"I am qutting because I am tired;
I have rendered 25 years of faithful 
service to the good people of
Arkansas and I will submit my
resignation during the state convention 
on August 29."
When asked whom he would prefer 
to see named as his successor, he
said, I will leave that to the discretion 
of the convention and added,
however, I would like to see Wiley
Branton, recent graduate of the
University of Arkansas Law School
named to the position.
Dr. Robinson who supported former 
Governor Sid McMath in a
previous convention, deserted the
the governor during the 1952 gubernational 
campaign, and at that time
announced that he would resign his

position unless McMath was defeated, 
Judge Francis Cherry, 43, was
the winner of the runoff election.
Dr. Robinson was supporting Jack
Holt who was eliminated in the
primary along with Attorney General 
Ike Murry and Representative
Boyd Tacket. Dr. Robinson said,
his resignation has nothing to do
with the failing of Jack Holt to
win. "I helped defeat Sid McMath
and I feel I have accomplished
something for the good of Arkansas." 


DANISH BOY SAVES 2
Yohan
Sventrup, 16- year-old Danish youth
Clementon Lake, he noticed two
small boys thrashing about in the
water. Dropping his groceries and
who had been in America only four
days, en route from his home to a
grocery store. As he passed by
removing his shoe, he jumped in
and dragged the two boys ashore
All three were treated for exposure 
at a hospital and released.

Avery Chapel To
Honor Pastor Sun.
Rev. E. M. Johnson, pastor of
Avery Chapel AME Church who
has given many years of unbroken
service to the community and the
AME Church will be honored in
an appreciation program which will
be climaxed by a Testimonial Banquet. 

Plans are being perfected for two
nights, Thursday and Friday, Aug.
21 and 22. On Sunday, August 24,
ministers of the city and their
congregation will be invited. Tuesday 
night, August 26 a testimonial
banquet will be held.
Honored guest will be Bishop
John H. Clayborne and other out
of town ministers who are expected 
to participate in this affair.
The public is cordially invited to
come and share with the members
of Avery Chapel, the privilege of
honoring their pastor, a very congenial 
and God-fearing man.