The Daily Express, 1950-12-12

Monday's session was devoted to selecting a jury and a visit to the scene of the slaying. The pro prosecution - secution prosecution is being handled by As Assistant - sistant Assistant Prosecutors Lloyd O'Hara and William Wolf, while the de defense - fense defense is under the direction of attorneys Lloyd R. Mowery and Dick Olden. The mandatory pen penalty - alty penalty if convicted carries a prison sentence of one to twenty years, seentence of one to twenty years.

Daily Express, 1007 Germantown St., or by calling HEmlock 1076. iFnal plans for the event will be drawn up at a meeting of the non nonpartisan - partisan nonpartisan Citizens Committee to tonight - night tonight in the Fifth St. YMCA. At a meeting of the group Sunday, Stanley Bell, ward committeeman, was elected chairman. Other of officers - ficers officers of the committee include Mrs. Thelma Lathan, secretary, and Mrs. C. E. George, treasurer.

"Another thing important is the fact that our northern friends, who are so interested in the welfare of the south, will have a parfect case to criticize us with this time. How can you explain that a poor unfortunate Negro who steals a hog to provide food for his family gets six years and a white man gets only a nominal fine for stealing thousands and thousands of dollars."

The white man, James W. Warr and an accomplice were charged with stealing merchandise from Schloss and Kahn for a grocery store which Warr operated. Though Warr pleaded guilty to $2,345 worth, the actual amount may have been many times that. He paid the company $5,000 a court fine of $200 and costs and was freed. His accomplice, who also pleaded guilty, got off with $50 and costs.

Steele is charged with the kill killing - ing killing of Wallace Curry, 32, no home, when, according to the re record, - cord, record, Curry is said to have inter intervened - vened intervened in an argument between Steele and his wife Emily, 28, when she told her husband to go get their automobile parked a short distance from their home..

Charged with first degree man manslaughter - slaughter manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an "Arbitrator" in a family quar quarrel - rel quarrel last July 1, Cleophis "Jimmy" Steele 30, of 35 Diamond ave., went on trial before a jury in the Common Pleas Court of Judge Cal Calvin - vin Calvin Crawford Monday morning.

Eev. J. Inman Dixon, pastor of McKinley Methodist Church, be became - came became the new president of the lo local - cal local branch. He was elected by a unanimous voice vote after the three-man nominating committee announced its slate. The committee included Rev. James I. Davis, Oliver Robinson and Dr. M. R. Clarke.,