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VOU MKXXYII.NO. 17 KALKIOH, NORTH CAROLINA WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 10 17 PRICE 7c
BOARD TURNS THUMBS DO WN
ONMEADO W PARK FACILITY
NO PLAUSIBLE
REASON era
FOP REFUSAL
Raleigh The Board Educa
tion ot Raii-igh has turned 'hunu ,
down on the use ot city evvtv t
Dev ere ux Meadow Athletic rii '*■’
for Negro sponso" d athledc coa
tests. Final action on a r'-nued
made by Prof. H. C. Peri- n, of
Shaw University. Prof. Arthur P
Chippev, of St Augustim >• Co.
lege, and P. R. Jeivey. :■ .tier’
Lei of the City Recreation Coir,
ir-'sion. ft.-: the use of tin field
v’&s announced in a letter to Mr.
Cfcippey from Jesse O. Sanderson,
superintendent of city schools aril
secretary of the board. Mr Chip
uey acted as secretary ot th t
group whicn sought permission of
city authorities to stage certa n
football games at Devveux Mea
dow,
The leti from the Board dst
<Continued on bat*, page'
teachlSMi,
MEET NOV. 1
RALEIGH - Th We.P; w Du
tend Meeting of the N. C Touch
ers Association will meet Sav
t'j'day. November 1, at Stephens
I-: ? High School in Asheviih
7hi morning session will begi.. 1
si 10:00. Sectional meeting-' will
c.-nvtne at li:o’3.
The guest speaker at the aftei -
noon scsi ion will he Dr Arthur
Linden, Professor of EGi.,n.
Teachers' College, Gohmvr-C Ur:
'vrsity, N w York. 15. D, Robci
tresident ?i the Western DUtri- ■
and principal ol Mvers Street
Elementary School. Cha - lotte.
'.-•ill preside at all general sc:;
sinns. Or» Fi idav evening Octc
btr 21, the- members of the Ashe
ville-Bune-smbi County 7 niche
Association will entertain w’t-h a
rer option and dam's in the gvrr •
n%ium of Stephens-Lee.
WJUACE SEHSO
USE BE CHUUCHES
ATLANTA Henry A. Wallace
1 rmer vice preside:ii f the l/ri*-
t d Stales as well as former Secre
tary ot Agriculture, was denied 'he
use oj two white c’uiv’ auditori
ums for hi.*- speeches hwy this week.
Being denied the privileges oi
these two spots, the crusading Wal
lace will speak N -vember 20 at
Wheat Street Baptist Church, c. 1-
<>red
The Wallace speakinc date migi
o«U> w.-i,- sdhednied for Nashviil.
Toon but was cancelled been a w
he was refused us* oi an audio.;,
ium the.-.,- unless whlti and NcgnU
listeners wvrv segregated
Thi Rev, 1 J. Dcmiif ot the ttvii
tariao-Universalist Church ,nd .-o
•'Continued on back page:
Banks Show Impressive
Growth During ’4B Period
WASHINGTON •. ANP)
owned and operated banking insfcl '
unions showed an impressive :
growth in assets ove. a period U
seven year*. according to the lifts i
annual business report issued her
recently by lbs S Department i
of commerce. The .•••port was com
piled ami analyzed Framer Mar- !
Hn Lancaster, adviser on Negro of- |
fairs,
It .shows that for the year ißi.i ;
total assets of Nr arc- banks were I
$29,156,887, as corapurei. to a 19&J j
aggregated amount of $8,00(1,000, a i
gab of 348 per ce- ' Capital at j
c ant:- totalled sl.f»-l.ftM. an in {
jsrttas? during the y -ir of 18 per • I
cent, while combi/: re deposit*' i i i
indilvduals. pßfißMsL.ps and csi !
poratons rose to ■ sß?&’7h*B7, an ad
HAMPTON'S 11015 ECO ill \(, Ql HAS
aw*.- >i*t&aSgk: Kh -■ < M- ’ V,.*. ist A .**%*••*#
, HAMPTON .Hiss isii.it 1
I’nikiiif iiimi of lVnsiv >*!. KJu .
a junior anil an £>»i;‘isb ina. ; o >t
Hampton institute, r.'is:H ..< tlw
Hampton-Virginia »».«( tl**!ru
canting f otbal! t.S itunl-j>
afternoon. October '? on Arm
House Fired When Negroes
Move Into Atlanta Home
220 Negro Policemen
Isi 41 Southern filics
ATLANTA t\\V -- The
Southern Regional cimneil here
hs-, announced that r;o Negro
iwliremrti arc non rmpl wd In
4! southern cities,
•'VuJKv oi 2< pe’ ecu 1.
Gr k: earnisift> surpassed iniar
j for prevail - years by SIBS.WW w.lii
; tic percent increase. of ssit7.*fc2
j ! * ing shown as net earnings
| The report shows tit.! a total 01
> 1.1 banks now , . ins in ni-.c
j stales -itid the District f Cvlumoiu.
; Tni- number incl-.t.: >• recently
j chart--red insiifrit'ot'ia, the Tii
jS'ale ! wnk Os K.-s.:- fit;,- K
Tri-State, openco for busbies?
! lasi December i<- with . pre. in
J -capital of S2oo,o(i'j and reiti uj. ;ur
|p!c of $40.00(1 roi.wcd resource
j V'Hng $875,000 as ■ f last A,.ril
121- acc ullng ot bank esuminer* y.
:*h Tennessee Stale Banfeiidj; d«
i partmem. Dm. .-.las wa;. capitalized
jat sr2b.aoo with sun plus and un
divided profit? totaling $43,?50.
- I ii-.' i ' Miss ntnimmtig
i!*l< iwntcri, Vies Folkingb: r.-u
hr: surrounded inr«rmall< to
iif ; “i,t aUniriants S..ft to right.
,;P;*s Ttianila Walker, sopbarmr.
• : ndant, from K;v. Ron. -.
IVlii-higan: Miss Alma LiySitfool,
Atlanta iANP- A iirmtp
unidentified white- men >ei ire
t< 0 house in a white residentiu
: t-a here last Thursday, »‘iw
!i mily of four Negr -,\* had
moved in.
According to Patrolman ft. H
Bibbs, he and his partnei. H. W
Brtes. were at the hou- ■- when
, k fire started. A whirr »nsn w.i:
. lid t have appr.-achei to: v n and
asked hove .'do ss they ox no i: ted 1
there. When the •-■ifier-i sail
•probably all night, - ’ the rein is
; .■■upposed to bare rejoined 1
‘‘About VH! families of white -
iving in this neigiiborho .d '-sen;
•he fact til at this Negro fa*nr>
~oved in. /ou rr.ay not want t:
; ..nick around ard see vi’h.r. will
• take .place."'
Shortly afterwards flr. me s
Mifst from the (ear of rhe .-.ous
•'. The of 1 leers, who were M ts-c j
(•el, had to break, dov. n dom
■ns viii-i.-I}-i, family. Tho-. hw: •
l-wred them selves in th hous.
• - hen the mob congregated nu!
r!c. No arrests vy.-rc madi
Farm Agent Experts To
Be Placed In Fide a
? \
Washington Thom-is A.
Harris, colored couniv aceoi
■ in Jackson Ccsunty, Florida,
bss accepted a post Wit’’ the
Methodist Church Board of
. Mimic ns, reports T. M. Cane
hell, Extension tvervioi field
aewni of the U, S. Department
• 1 of AgsicaiSura.
. (i.ai'-:to-.v.M;- Y-i rear: Vi'.-*
1’ Uii'icfioriK-: Mir*. I'lances Bun
<i l.orrJsituri;. New tun
t and Mia an. Lawrence.
f t rj
"> l.iitt.P i’liotn.
Prisoners Flee Qnar? •
In State Velsiefe
ASHEBORO A ws. f high
way patrolmen deputies, suit
.i u. n office- 1 - eiti/er,- and an air
ni Thursd y kaned a nian-Viu!'-
ft', four m. (. who i-.-n rp/d from ,
Hiind' lph County r ck qunrrv ,-.r
1> Thmsdav rnon-ing.
’•’ti brake -.vas m,.,,;.- about 8:0.>
flu: priari-rt. arnvea .it F uj;y
Tot Qua r. near tb Dim: 1 son
Coupn- line wh n tin men over
pov.ered th- guard. ! ok his rihv
-■’(u piste j and fled ir. a dump
T> lick.
she urn-!-; ,wis found about? 4 j
b’T.l a mile and a half \vr m Den
ii : and ;racks v.’«-r<- seen ’vnirb
’rated that three men went to
her and the fourth set off b l -
It oust If.
Mt; e than 2S patr linen were nr.
t-be scone (Jlii-inp the day. aidi-i
tiffs doputlios from both D&vid
:■( a and Raiidainh caumire. stutv
i Tisooers. citizens of: the area aiv !
HoodhounrN -fi m -S -.lisbury tjli-
and A-heboro.
An Ashwbcvo -lirpert pilot flew
"V. l (lie- area at a bright ■ t 25 it.
'ii feet for more than an hour and
t'a post . si.(*ppe<H tb< High Point,
Tli. ana- villi, and Denton friigh*
tram, but no cluss wore found.
SAYS ACTION IS
TO PREVENT
INVESTIGATION
NEW YORK (A.VP • Medical
m- o + i;c-};iL i-l V yr.t ii and C..-
Jumbia Universities were accused
week by City C nciim-an
j Eugene Connell} of but nine all
tr.eir application record.- • thwar,
■ c -s .! investigation of b>
iho admission of students
: C« nnoiiey's charee was made in
, menv rrmdum to fnc State unive. - -
- it; C omirassion which starto ’ <
I roue of allt-red ui.ser.’iuiiaTiori re
Doan Wllard C. Rappoieve. [
i Columbia's College of Physicians
.rid surgeons, called the city k Js
■ eilor’s charges "non-ens;." 010.
claimed that such records nave
i b.vr destroyed for many years, e.x
. ;o f r those of students.
HR, WISE URGES
NEW SET OP
Albany Warning that the
• •fclem oi discrimination ir edit
' national institutions would not b.
sail ed mercty by the es; iblisn
r. ent of a State University, Dr
Si pifirn S Wise, President l! the
American J* wish Congress, called
for the enactment of fair educe-.-
i. .-rial practices legislation in Netv
York State- Dr. Wise tcstif ; '. d be
n.re the Temporary Commission
the Need f.<. Stan '. •. -
sity here today
Dr. Wise urged the Commission
'.i frame recomntend;--tions .vhkh
di servo to extend the facilities
bw higher learning in this Stats
-1; make such ed ication eecnom
icrilly accessible to ai sections
our population; arid to si utt*. r
the practice of racial and relig -
(in discrimination in ail mstiti
■ '.■ns of higher learning " T n pre
«Continued or. back page 1
525.000 ROES TO
m Ml \M FUND
DURHAM The .nerai i'du
cation Board has appropriated
E-r-.00f! to II North f arolina C 1-
I<-::•• here to be used for the supi» r*
• X tir. indent health r location pro
curing the period eniin.,
August 31. according to an
•nnnunct rnent from Dean A. E.
'.vi r.ley ol the c llegt of arts and
sciences.
Di r« •'•<!! ved notice o f
: appropriation in a letter Ao;;'.
IV. W. Brierlev. secretary of th*
! Genera! Frlueatiom v.onrd who
i r , ted that the decision was touched
■■: a recent meeting of the Board'
j 1 :. cuivo committee.
Bl iH >1 ASKED FOR
! The appropriation v-ill be. made
;I. the college semi-annually jnd
; Siege officials have been asked
to submit a budget <*t the begin
; 'lin: of each year. Dean Manley
• j n ted that the money will Sot- used
r internal impr venients and ‘or
} j
a program of general xpansior. of
| Rub lie Health Education and gen
Aral health 'instruction.
Tbt plan tot impro-> mg publk
! health education was submitted
\sf era! months hr U the Educa
! i <i> Board aftei its dev.lopmen.
•I ■ ' a committee consisting of faeul
'1 ty members Irons Duke 'Univer j
The University of North Caro
■: ling ana the N rth C -rolina Co!* 1
■ kt'ty jp addition n uriiciuls of the;
’. into board of health and the state j
. i hoard of education.
11 The- Nodi Carolinu College l>e j
, pi rtmcnt of public health educ-a- i
don is headed by Dr. Lucy A. Mui- ,
gum.
Candidate For Solicitor
General Comes Oat
Strong For Action
#I,OOO Added !o Out
01 Slate Tuition Fund
! mu; KOOK lAM’i A
confi-t s. nor between (Jin l.aney
and representative of the l ni
versitv «• Arkansas and Agri
cultural Mechanical ,«nd Norm, 1
Oollege, Pine Bluff, here last
• eck, bi ughi an agicement to
i ipienient the out-of-state tui
tion «u sd for Negro student- by
s-i.(U»o The move was made at
trr Ralph it Jones education
cortunis.siunn - . had i Id the
group that ui n-iiallj heavy de
mands had ex!- nstcs! the SI
i'Ofl appropriation foi payment
of ifliti; n Kir student • seeking
graduate and profejxional
courses in ivan-Ai kasi-as Col
lcsc. V. pi : sent, hi applications
are pending.
URBAN LEAGUE
EXECUTIVES TO
TOUR IN SOUTH
; ATLANTA • In : n effort id
- ■ v ii.vv first -hand the program* ■ f
local Urban League Affiliates
I h, oughout the Southern Region
1 ! L.-.'.s'; r B Granger. Executive See
i: '..buy. National Urban League and
' i son fack.-un. Director. Southern
!■ if-Id Division. Nut ...1! Urban Lea*
! coo. have . elected k.y south„rn
. :itrs fii ,1 hc-duleti itinerary i-:-c .
, ihrec: weeks period.
Lb ginrina with Atianta. on Oe
1 ; r 23 and 30, ihc League ffi
cials will visit Jacksonville. Fie.
‘ • Oct-.her 31 and November ’ Miami.
November 3 and 4: Tampa Novem
. -r 5; TaiLihassee. (> ,uni 7: Motai '
A late hi a November 8 and Sf; ?'iw
X>; fca-Os. t.ii.nr;,-'!; .1, . Lb 1 . in. v. 1
; ana'll: Jacks n Mississippi. Novem
ber 12 and Memphis Tennessee,
November 13 and H
This tie-up ‘ndicates the impm •
tanct and urgency on the pari of
every ebuaen for coup*, rauve ac
tion locally, south -wide and not: J
wido for a praetbra! e.-inaristralio:
bcrly in;. - princple.x of thi Uroan |
1 fcigiit Movement.
DAVIS WINNER
IN CIVIL
LIBERIT'ES SUIT
NEW YORK Sy Knham II -
pital. America’s omy inter-raeia;
1 1 ■h.sre.ary hospital in Harlem, a
:t:'Jrd Street and Manhattan Avt
nin was the recipient This woe tv o.
ihi-; t iiew-’.yplastic oxygen
! can pies and an aspiv;. hon. repr-e
renting the gift ■ i Ella belle Davis
' distinguished America:Negro cor i
tert s prarjo .
The oxygen canopu r. of a typ*
I 1 providing free vision f' i the patieib
and alleviating the fear 1 being
1 closed in under a tern in earditv.
nneumona and accidem cases wn>--n
(Continued on back page'
African Chief Made
Grenadier Captain
l
LONDON (ANPi -- King
George of England has ap
proved the grant 1c Mutesa
the Second, Kebska oi Bu
aanda, a young African cl iel
of the honorary rank oi cap
fain in the Grenadier guards,
one of England's oldest rev.;;- 1
merits. The Kabaka, who is
only 23, has been ai Cam
bridge university for the past
two years taking a spe- sal
course of studies si Magdalen
college there. He is the ecn*
siituiionai ruler of the Ugan
da protectorate having suc
ceeded his father in SS33,
Ahc'ut one million subiects
are under his rule.
AME’s Stage March On Ohio
Capitol For Wilberforce
COLUMBUS. O i ANP) -- FU
' ter: hundred AME’s matched ot, the
; state capitol and engaged iti a
i - prayer for delive voice" on the
.apttol lawn here las! week in a
' mass church protest again-.-* the at
j tempt f the GOP-dominatcd stele
j legislature to assume complete erm
: trol of Wilberfnrce University
; through, the appropriah.on of ove* -
j #2.000.000.
, Wilberf'.ice is the 91-year-old in
stitution of higher learning founded
ATLANTA (ANP) Th<> idea of Nvgeo police con
tinues. to grow in thin Georgia capital and metropolis.
According to authoritative sources, city council will
: e called upon soon to pass on the idea, since there is con
siderable “buck passing” of the issue among officials
I who do not want all the “responsibility.”
Dan Duke, candidate for soli
. etloi’ general of Fulton county
■ and ‘'aim’d as a Klan-buster wiiiu
: assistant attornev general of
Gv.orgia under the Arnall admini
a 'aation. favors Negro police !V>)
i \tlant-:
i Duke was quoted recently m
j “T::c Atlanta Spivd.." official
: weekly pubuoafiivr: ot !h- Atlanta
Jun:. ■ Clhambc! ot Cooutk':co,
j as saymy
•My • xperw.-nee .w a formci
j piosecutov has convinced me that
! -.veii trained and competent Ne ■
gro police oi'fic* rs could detect
land foiestali criminal conduct on
' the part of members of their race
that white officers would be at
;• distinct disadvantage in hand
ling.
Studied Results
j "I have been studying the :v
--' suits in other southern cities i
r comparable in size where Negro 1
j policemen have been employed. !
j and crimes are few ei and detec
* ti.cn and conviction much higher .
j than in our own city Oun icfusal
K> recognize that there is a place
for them is proving very expen i
sive to our city and county.''
The former assistant attorney ;
general first drew up th. pet;
i lions call for dissolution of the
J charters of the Ku Klux Klan ;
! and Columbians, Inc. anti-Negro j
- and tinti-Jewish organizations.
I The Atlanta Junior Chamber of j
| Commerce -vgar, also quoted olh |
: ers as favorhig th*> Negro police
• project
White, Negro Methodist
Aid Small Mission Church
(AN Pi Svi
i rie.sce d# ttaeX'hnsiisn Prdther.' >od
j was displayed here lasi week wfier
j mem Per:- of the North Method.:.-''
' Church, white joined hands -.vi'h
! their colored brefhien : Bimpson !
: ' fetre dist Churcn i«: aid in the
I mc.ie.-i :z:oion of Si P. :»J Mel boor.
i C b.urch .nuiH Negev mission 1-; ,
j rated m low 'ineonH are* where
i saciui tension hav..- been very evi- !
| dent in I'ecrnt month}'.
Pastor <*l St Picul i.- Mrs I.e.'c 1
: F:* (d. whv is attempung t r..isv
; fundr foi fht coinp.cic renovation
of the edil'ie-. Pr- of that ht-i r.a
| forts are meeting with success .
laci that both white- and c'l
r, n Mf-thodi.-ts lea »v. the Rev
jCl.irenc* 'I R Nelson, militant -V
■ lectio of education f. . the Lexing
ton conference 1 the VIE Chur-i:
have engaged ,r; the work of p ..*
i.u th* cliitrch
/ »
Tennessee Gov. Proposes
Regional Schools To Stop
Negroes Entering Whites
Asheville. N. C. (ANP> Jin..
McCord, governor of Ter "p«s—\ '
| ;> oposed to e conference c ( south- !
< I, governors here last w-.vk th i 1
- he southern states set up regional
professional schools for Negrot- j
: to keep them from attending
.state schools “on an equal ba? i
! with white stutdents." Th-s was
! tiie governor’s alternative to cloi
i ing down ‘he vvnite state sup
| sorted professional schools 10
j cor form with the constitutional;
:ri quireinent for non-discrirnina
i t on betwe: n the races.
Southern law, medical and de l ,
:• 1 schools ‘might as '•‘•ell b.
| abandoned, ’ if Negroes were act
• rn-tted on a basis of equality with !
: whites, “since such action would |
i tlectiveiy destroy their oper •
■ said - Jhc governor. He sug
iStSted that Mehar. v Medical Co
kge in 'Nashville be taken ove'
end supported jointly ov tin
-.octhem sta«cs, and indicated th..: '•
?.ii- harry officials had expressed
•ri ’’willing to cooperate fully" ai-
Mude. He .idded that “adequate
' ! and conduct.ed by the African Meth-
I dist Episcopal Church It is the
• oldest Negro University in Ames •
> | icw.
: Members of the protest march
* j group were part of the 3, two gath- ; •
! ered at the 170th .session of the '
j Ohio annual conference es the
- j AME's held in Memorial hall airi l
j presided over by Bishops R C
■ | Ransom and Frank M. Reid.
1 1 Among the participants in the •:
TELLS OF HOW
ORISON FOOD
STRIKE BROKEN
X'F.W YORK IWDLI The story
»! huv, ■■H.dhoriiii.-s .it th. Lewtsburg
, iixL:TV-imAnthny brutally hrokt
■ pri-niit-rs' sink.,: nnst poor tooa
this July has bt:e:i submitted tjy th
"Workcrs Defense League to ill*
Sen.ilt: Judiciary Committee - Sub
commute*- to Investigate Federa
■ Fcniiontiari;- s,
"Wc urijr that you ; nte par lieu
'■•i’y not nly she brutality with
jv, hich th>- just c.-fAplaints of the
• pmuners were met. but also the
fact that participants in the food
i strike wre pu;tit,ned by betn./'
iianspiaifd from Lewfcburg to oth
er prisons, Albon Man, secretary
*•** i-.c WiU.'s pi-isoncrs aid bvueao
• wrote meinbens of the ,<ub-commit •
’-eo. Arci .ding to a recently re
leased prisoner, after the strike
! leaders were transferred to otl.ee
prison, guards armed with cluos
Likn-n one floor of pvh eel! ’.'Toek
jat a lime, beat the men out nfc
1 1 he yard and from there to their
! jobs."
• C«ntinued on back r>a.<ei
Polico Imrest
Davie Street Shooting
RALEIGH Polite ware sti!'
busy Wednesday investigating tbs
sho- turs or Sam Ingram r 4W»
jMontague Lane- at the home of
; Charlie Copeland at n 25 East Dav;
! Street about 8.-40 last Tuesday
' flight. ‘t
R. E. Godwin, in vest! go ting *>i
: licer. said that Ingram was shot ir>
•. the butt >cks with a itgun afti..-
: rn. had gone to the V land re.- •
donee on Davie Street, treated »
' outurbanee and slightly cut Lt.
Loyd n the left. sid*. of the w-;k
Ingram had been tin.. n;.a ;-ed froo
>h<- St. Agnes Hospital where ire
was taken following the shot Am*
.nd n>- charges hat. t;» on brbugh
...iiinsi him in the ease
provision against any f-nanctal
■ hardship resulting from addition
;ai travel rusts' would ll elp t.
dear up tlio question of ‘equal
protection" l’or Negroes
McCord admitted that none of
the southern states, with ’.he po«-
sii le exception of Texas, ha- pro
h ssional schools for Negroes
equal to those of whites. He
m inted out further that Negroes
v ho refuse to accept out ■ li-sta ■■
scholarships can legally demand
to matriculate at any of the high
< r state schools as a result of tns
C. ; dies decision in Missour
The governor expressed "some
1 doubt” tha> a regional .school an
p.M.ved by congress would meet
oil the constitutional reouhv
merits. hut said he believed thes
is “substantial basis’’ for it. l-e,
"i minded that the governo.s ho
point a suo-ro nth it tee to stuay
the proposal
The governors’ conference wr
erganised eight years ago to figrr
rate dis riminatiens again*!
southern railroa Is. ■
<■;•!,ft rencc were Or. Charles f,
Hill, president of the church
Wilberforce, wh dAbvened the
■•• fusing sermon, and Mrs. Lclo
V. I,behead. LmrisVlfle reheoi teach
fi-. who contributed $!>.00o to she
•’opart "f Wilberforto. the- larjHfes
mount ever donated. Scholarship*
•'•re given to students of /Wilber
ryce anti Payor seminary. The an*
nttai! conference raised *35.000 due
mg its sessions.