$2,000,000 BUILDING PLAN LAUNCHED AT A. & T.
"Bilbo Tactics" Charged In AMEZ
INTIMIDATION !
AND COERCION
CITED BY PASTOF;
Editor s: N *':
The folioiving si ry come.-;
from the Rev ,T K Funderburk,
former presiding Bluer of the
Fayetteville District C unn! of j
(hr AjMF Zi' tt Church and,now j
pastoring in CiTodmore. Hi- I
statements are attested to ;>y j
William S''de of Harnett C-> un
tv,
BY. R. FIJNKERBI RK
This n; the season for rlectio,?
S me strange things arc happen-j
,j,g in (antral N rdi Corolin < Con
ference atui 1 Ihnk the A Mil Z.;on
Chitrth shcuM kn-.v. out them.
This i-; the ' eason mr r lectin?
ia,v delegates t - the Annual Conti ,
enco. which elections, according t>.
law. shall be held in the last Qtusr
terl.v Conference preceding the An
nual Conference,
1 am herewith citmg two in
stances of intimidation or coer ton
of laymen by two Presiding Eldei
of the Central N C. Conferee, a
Recently 1 sat it' the Quarterly
Conference on the N rrington l it
cuit, Raleigh District, and hear )
Presiding Eldei T. -1 V un« tell lb i
members that a certain active lay !
man of that circuit was disquali- !
fled and therefore not eligible ha j
election as a lay delegate to the An !
nual C nferenee. tie didn't st.it- j
any reason In AME Zion law tot ;
such “disqualification, ’sn't it t rut ;
that the General C nftremte pre- j
(tribes the required qualification,)
for lay delegates, and that neither I
Presiding Elders nor oth< i ff'
ciais aic authorized In if in to tlu-.n ’
The Presiding Einej is not most;-
mted a judge of the tv d stand■
ing" of lay members. That fun- non •
belongs to a Trial Committee ■!
the local church. Tltcef re r.; -
layman who has not been tried an.. 1
suspended, or expelled, is in “mo ••'''
(Continued on nark page)
Philadelphia Appoints
Negro Municipal Judge
Philadeihta (ANP) Herbert
£, Millen, well known attorney
and veteran Republican, was
named a municipal juuge by Gov
James K Duff Wednesday night,
to become the first member of
the major judiciary in Pennsyl
vania, The appointment was an
nounced Wednesday night befoi -
10,000 cheering people at the Tri
bune Cavalcade of music a? Con
vention hall.
The appointment came after
years of hoping, petitioning, and
maneuvering on the part of Phila
delphia Negroes and makes Mit
ten the J.3th Negro now serving
as a judge of record under the
American flag.
The governor acted after th
Republican City committee and
the Philadelphia Bar association
had both endorsed Millen. It came,
also, after over eight years of ac
tivity on the part of Negroes,
both within and without the Re
publican par tv, to get some No
gio named judge.
Millen was greatly helped be
cause no other Negro lawyer
would enter his candidacy. Thus,
the power-that-be could not say
that. Negroes did not know what
they wanted, and that they (the
powers) did not know whom to
choose.
Negroes now constitute 14.5 per
coni of the- Philadelphia popula
'Continued on beck page >
Two Girl* Asked To Leave
Rooms Because Os Da ting
With Negro Students
KENTUCKY NURSE
GROUP LIFTS
RACIAL SAN
NEW YORK 'ANPi - The Xw
tucky State Association of Regis- j
tered nurses, one f the- 18 white 1
groups associated with the Am - i !
can Nurses association which form- |
crly excluded Negroes recently!
notfied the National Asa ciation o> j
Colored Graduate Nurses that itsj
convention had voted a re visa i of j
polity in it s respect, ace rdmg is i
Miss Alma Vessel Is. executve sec i
re Wry of the KAACF.
The Kentucky r ->".p is the sixty j
white nursing body which has over- j
thrown its ban against Negro mom- ;
bership since 1842. Fi«st m take tbt
load was the Florid « asst I ■' on
Then followed the Dtk-.ware. ' i ,y
land and Tonncer.ee groups. In U '
snuri. District 2. which embra«.<
Si. 1 ouis. set the pact for ihC sla* .
group by simitar acttn U „ 4
— —^^^MM
VORI'ME XXVII, NO. |K
MO, GEN, HAS TOF
DEMOCRATIC
ARMY POST
CHICAGO >ANP) It took
Iwo-fist. d. straight-tab;.r.g . J :u. ral
from Missouri to mala: Amcri -a s
first r-i-i iiiiy re,(lb -lemocia
Ht mv p st.
On H •wriii. ■ in ,! melting p >t of
tir world. Brig (an Wayne Carl
i n stmith lias , the largest
,-u ny pcs' out. '!'> emit In-, al a’
Unit'd States Sehot'i.-ld Barracks,
’he most dem tratir ui America
DccmiiC! Ebony pi. io-stnry ,n
--• fists m crediting the Missouri- a-re
office with 'rvittinu: jim crow Of*
limits' in this rati fit pl-i.yiand
‘Rugged Geo Sniitii c tnpie.ci'.'
upset at my segregation traditions ot
years standing 1 bibs mteiracisi
peace and understand" to soldiers
of 15 racial extractions,” Ebony
said. "The mixed gr tip of civilian
workers snd military personnel
fr rr< vari- ns racial n kgi n .
work. eat. sleep a tie pl.iv mgetner
it tii' riSii’insiOi SrsofieM P..n, .
just 35 miles i; ni H- ‘ 'lulu "
SENIORITY IS
DENIED NEGROES
IN BY. SERVICE
WASHINGTON 'ANP. De
termined {•• pul an . ;id to ra -ir:i
disci iminaiion in *he mpinyme,,-
and advancement of railroad w« rk
ers on acc unt of color r r. c
several organizations and groups
are offering thei; hei: to the 2)
Negro loeomotiv; fit'-mm v
entered a suit, in the district cour
her.- October 27 against
southern railroads and the Hr th
erhood of Locomotive firemen
F r years south rn railroads b o.
• been denying seniority rights u
Negro firemen, and Pauly artu-illy
•igned an agreement with the whit>-
jrotherhood promising not 1 x
| s j-h rights t- Negro employes
. when white workers by such aen.w
' would be bypassed for higher
! In their suit the Negro complain.™;
charged continued discriminate :
i against them arid - tl: i Negro rail
road works in the south
'Continued on back page.
Madison (ANiP) - Miss Ins
Alexander. J New York, s *t-..
dent at the University of Wis
consin, was evicted from her
i it orn in a private rooming house
Here, because her landlord and
j landlady objected to her date i
| with a Negro student here re
cenll.y. Miss Alexander, chairman
of the social relations committee
iof the university student board,
! had attended an interracial party
j at the University Memorial Union
J v itti a Negro escort that she ro
j fused to identify.
| Another young woman, Con
: nonce Felton. senior from Brook
| bn. was also asked to leave by
i Mi. and Mrs. Arthur H. Kudo,
: “foi sympathising with Miss
j Alexander and indignantly telling
! Airs. Rape off regarding the mat- !
j ter.” In explaining their action
I the Runes sard. ‘‘This is out j
: home. There i> no religious pro-!
I‘lidi-ce concerned, but a private i
i home is no place for intermixing. ,
We d'-n’t went to go into a Ne
mo's home and we don’t expect
. th- m to enter ours.”
| Pie-partidor, India was « !u:,c j
. more t’-an half rbe si?-'- of *br> itp;* '
4 0. ...... ;
RA LEIG li, N'ORTil ( ARt -‘UNA WEcr. ! N i.) 1 <;, SA ! I'HDAV, NOVEMBER N 1 ‘AIT
s;i\rs coYiysvwrs
r > , A■ . :f W A/ *
■VIUt H Win. BE. .VOSS HOME
('O.MIN'G? One of Hirst- pr«-U>
<•<•••’ds of -5, aw University a i}s !,•
ejected Miss H'»mci timing“ mi!
wiil reign over annual festivities
- iim die sbiv Bear- clash witii
tjy /hi* -ts f «| ,•
Iruman C*«/u liberties
Committee Blasts
Un-American Tactics
u *i nh.y*
pm ISL fmt
timurm hlyL
Washington ANPi - f.-ytoi H :
•■anger, executive oi the Nation •
; Urban league, announced at
conference here last week
b n James C. Evans, civilian aide >
! > the secretary o f the army, hr*.- !
netn design;.;'-.-d advisor to Secv
f Defense James V Forrestaf i
. -anger, who had been uuoffin- 1
ally designated as advisor on » t
g;-< affairs in connection with ’.h* •
new national military establish \
nient. said he had declined dv ' ,
’permanent post because of pro
sure of business with the ’Urban
league.
He had just left a one hoe
conference with Secy Forrestal ’ j
:r: which he pointed out the need
for a full-time official to handle •
problems involved in the full
utilization oi Negroes in variov..-:
arms of the sci vice.
Thi- new advise-;-, Mr. Evens i
will remain in hi.- present pop
:■<- aid lo Secy. Kenneth Royalt.
Kit duties under the new job 1 i
be to serve as liaison official in
matters of Negro interest arising
in the amly, navy n- i nw
The average- Norti Carolina u.>v.
•produces onlv about l?f> psgir.d i
;. h
. . * .-vy • -
the IG nttn-rs Virginia L nior.
Saturday afterno n :t Chavis
Park. Tl a.. ■’ i-om>-.tints for til,
honor ..uni w.-r, e .-rent •he
four coil’sc classes al Shaw.
( in li-H m, rish; -re, Mis Gl-irki
Wr tlot.Gon -ANP; - Pre.-i
--dent Truman'r. ;. iinmiUee e. civil
~!.. i ties, a;; • an -. i-m mlh slur!'- .
piMlxacd .twenping reforms on a
w s ck vroTit in its report lasl
\Vod ntd ■■. Iheco in i n 1 11 e?po iu 1-
!-a w ilh alaim ' > th; ;<lal.o of
vado.:; the coumrv as a result ui
the red se.ue ever the trhii el
. i eef;.-- . , the proriuses -;f
the Rii; if R’ghts and the IT
iimation -i Uel-. pendence be
voum.v Cu rbed.
The committee was not opposed
t.i the ' k-gitirnai-e’ exposure of
4 real Corninure.-ts and real >b
cisis." bid. ■ l wished to presetv*.- x
domnerjjftio fn c-dcan in the pro- !
c-i-ss. of h ntina our. these g; nine
Mob Vkt«ace .istested
'ghe 15-man committee, headed
bo Ur l ie--- E Wilson, pres.i::' • ■
Gear--,,; Electric company,
blasted mob violence. ristGetSL
revenants re'ligi us pr< eidice. po -1
lire rrnbilitv the poll lax. an.)
'.■h dfewtiminatirm. Federal and
tt. laws to end -legi-ogatier, and
b'-r.-imimitian 've-ed upon race, ;;
■olo'-. lv-Ugion 01 national rrig'n, | :
• -.ere urged bv th" rr-norl. : I
Si.e ihtir rec•mmeruJittions ;
' ( eommitiee '' -V into five- .
-■or eilfO 1 '"--!'; s.- - T stre-intheoe- ■ ' ,
the incchhierv so :h- rtivit"r-tum
■ cb-il ri-'h*- - hi rhe r-re-Ujon of i j
a full time t-ivii. liberties eivi-1.,r : ,
iviihin the justice Hcparimen* end j ,
icr->onal •Ufiees throughout tiv i *
country. Thert should he asps- j
• C-•» tinued on nark page).
K Key. junior ill' RjJeigh; Mis
. •■■■ K - vm. frcshlrVi-i <<! Atlan
iir City. .V Mi-, VCii.; Davis
vninr of Beaut-art ..v.i .Miss
>ent ry. How 11, phesriorc of Ra
icigh.
MEP3DINS
®BNP SfflVE
. - ' ;v.. i -\ji. r'.A ' -- 'i'.v-Mify- j
Ti ~ of flic- .North Cat im.- !
■ : - ■ ,■ ;i.! X.AAC!' art nr-rr y i
■vie Vaw.-t\!: ;;; , i;nt rsi The Wins j
ton-Saiern Branch is lending will. j
The Boa it! :>t ? ,'ir- rs iiutuC
mated ih? p-::>i.iJa>'ity confess Ins* :
as' I. r the P'Ui'p :■> Os ra>.«lns
i’jnds to maintain treasury i* :
. it; s <:• iVIi or; b . ootip.Cfli !
■' ft- i- ’ata Th-.- r-,s.
s! year .rr so gratifying ;,i;v |
•• - Bes-rd feis ft?as (my should ,’OU-j
Mtuc she proev'iin 1 t hi; year. i
Th: refill tions as si up by the ;
art; Th conies is open !• j
a:! Brooches in t State if wil- I
'< i. . n r> 'ce mb: r a MM 7. The |
tr. s ait 1 ' Thro. Bee '.sips to thf !
B -irmst! Convention in KadStc j
Cil;. 1 {he persons selling the!
h ohest number of vines, the t. 'xf >
'fi-o- highest will jh tree trips to I
-i: Stale Cunf. ••nice Convention :
next June. The contest anf-tt servime ;
in lh«. (ais-iest amount over ali other j
contestants. wiU br crow ‘ted (VI u,.-;
NAACP <‘f No- ih Ca-flina!
Tht \'--rth C.-iro'' C- nfeven.-r j
*
PRICE 7c ,
SONY TO PROBE
! ?i
ft OP* !?jT^n«rrj
‘iitJ .i £ :WJ
C ;ic ■ ■. -jimf r! »iii.t a ;u .1
r\ ' r i i 'i >n in un :
olk-ge's A, n.y ii;:ii lorn.' Iv.
A'my :i,'U is !he t -e r Hob: 1 '. 1 1 •
<>; ))!•..» ;-.W,s aw. :,<'■> bs
CUlilS si, FwdiUili;. Y‘:k Is
versify, Columbia .ah V ;.v CV.
i - la .
Dr. Wrn-Li acted ~1, ?he rryus
:*' City C liege Student coimcd
vhich in ird the rcsi jont gr u: '
..ctusntions at meeting last w- '
’\lr. D.s.-iv de-ha . p. >; "jr jP-;
A segregation” oid m ' exist. H
said that many Negroes! reane«'.c\i
ins: toreth-i because they .‘oil i
i they "had m re in common with |
• tit her sr.eluHy,'
Leona >•;: bchwaru, -.•! tuirmiun %«f ;
the resident tauii. .-.aid protest:! j
-rains; Mr. Davis' aiiw-.'d disci line 1
lor., i\ lures '-sere sent to ’hr'
! e.evi of hirher education ansi as
l IT ye-iV Committee on Unity in »d-
I diti ;n t • the City Cei'-re officials
mmm ahy
SERPEANT
GOMME_NDEP
ROTH. (w. s';.n; •p. I {> I
A. A. .- P-: rform'w his duty .
•s A! ve mi a VVsSdafi'. a is! is
s • s d" doty :r ISO's P" oi J
s r. s Rc'i; .Air \n. uniuoii De
e. i, H.-is (ii'itaav. vaniei. is a
Waes'si;f :>. : SS.; sues «... . ,
' i- depot vsis: is The s:eks ii.uk
■s naiistenancr f M Sgt Wags la.IT
is ■ - r died -V. . vO.ftOtt miles *nh-
HU !.SiIM (ilUlh VI V.
April 17. f)4: M. s. : 'Vr-staff vs. ..
ssdaTei fr-m the Hillside H'-gh !
• School. Durham. N. whore hi. i
pri 1 iripated :n food; ad and b ~.s
| ?.*. Sai VV-se-if, a 0 mb 1 \
ms. Italian Campaign. - the hosies
of the American Defense Ft'. .. .. 1
Atm rii-.m The-: s Kiuputt. Eure
j pear; Thw-tci Ribbor.
BOOKS FOR 11 ROPb I. K WES AIRPORT HIM
The ursi no r.s air ix rttn iron:
.North fxmfiiu lett (he Raleigh'
fhirhuro Vrport recently sent
*t> (heir way ha Governor R.
Gregg Cherry and Superirstendcrit
of Education Clyde A. Erwin,
't hese ! i Ns. .-j thee usd of them.
T 3f X" r :
Seven New Buildings And
Three Additions Planned;
Committees Appointed
< I; ’.i'.‘ENSBOHO 1 >r. F. !). Blufoi’d, president of A.
•:'b I I, College at Greensboro. N. ('., set the machinery
in motion recently for launching the institution’s $2,000,000
building program when lie named several committees to
outline piais for seven new buildings and three additions
to be constructed on the campus
SPEAKER
■m jk
1) J
Wdliam 8. if instead. United
•- 7 v-rat or from North
Carolina who delivered the
Founders' Day :p«ech at A. and
T. College of GreensbPro, N. C.,
last Friday, A and T. is headed
t Dr. F. D. Bluford. veteran
lar Hc-el educator, who has
j.oer. c-rsociateri with the coi
iege fer 35 years.
MORTICIAN PASSES
ATI .ANTIC Cm (A-.'Pi John i
wec.’.U:;. snd v. vJ- ly
-.: •ov.'it undertaker of this ;uy
/' •' Monday. Km.ml sorv ie. s
as held TlnnvJ.o in S< Augu.s
line.-. Episcopal Church. His widow
I'-. 1 ; G aidvn Diamond Mayor su.
/V. C. Baptists Show
Gain In 80th Session
RALEIGH •- "The Baptist
Church must re-dc-dicale itself lo
udly to Christian Stewardship! iiv
T it is to manifest a vital rn
:luiti e in rid betterment." \va?
flu- ii.-iv -expressed L.y numerous
si>- . ki.-rs addressing the 80th an
.5 :al ss-ssii r. of the General Baptis'
' ' ’ (' .. . ;;<yp ~{ C«.
lina. Inc, in Goldsb ; n» last ww-i;
T . !if October 2K 3:1 in (lie
I- iAfrican Baptist Church, where
was s. -'S': i 80 - Cars ago. V..
<*• -nvemior with :>ppi uumately 1.
{ri k or<»‘ia < ollt *2»* Offers
t A.
Satunhu Classes
IT. VALLEY. Ga. i AM’; -
Georgia teacher.- are making an
.-ntiiiis astic response in the prn
aram • f Saturday classes for
:n- .vrviee teachers now being
given at the iwt \ .ilie> State
< ollcge here. Twenty courses
that give residence credit are
(icniL- offered to :H;> teachers,
aecordiiig t t)r. W. \V. F„ Bian
■hett, administrative :le in. if the
college. The classes wtre organ
ized hv K. II Beasley, director
ip extension. Enrolled teachers
n-mi- front disian.es as far as
100 miles and m ie.
Raleigh Woman's Club . ei.
transported ait the way bv phnr,
and Usee are now in u.-o by jom •
of the 3,00,000 youth studying
English and American ways in
the public scho Is of Germany.
j Other necks have been collected i
■-s- • i.whi . ' ' -fv’s ’
The committees have already
i • run plans tot draw up specifi
cations for the interior arrange
-1 Hu nt, of the planned structures.
: designating the various class
r. r ms. laboratories, offices, etc
Members of the committees will
r (sent their specifications to the
architects before the plans for
the various buildings arc begun.
New Structures
New structures to go up on the
A. arid T. campus in the near fu
ture include an agricultural and
:■-a -.'nee building, library, physical
education and armory building.
: hi:, economics building, infirm
;<; y and president’s home. Addi
ns are uianned for the laundry,
cming hall and technical build
ing the latter to cost $250,000. In
addition several new farm bulld
ogs a- planned for the college.
Heading the group to plan tne
agricultural ana science building
is John C. McLaughlin, dean of
the School of Agriculture. Assist
ing with the plans are C, R A.
f ; nnmgham, C. E. Dean. J. W.
L Grandy. James Pendergrast,
lb roid Delanev. D; W. L. Ken
nedy and Dr. Booker T. White.
Other Building Chairman
Chairmen of the other building
committees are Library Build*
Dean Wurmoth T. Gibbs of
' . School of Education and
: Sciences; Physical Education and
Armory Building, William M.
Roll, Sr., director of physical edu-
I cation: Home Economics Build
ing. Miss C. E. Ci awford, head,
: department, of home economics;
Infirmary, Dr. F. E. Davis, Health
; director: Farm Buildings, Dean
.John C. McLaughlin; President’?
Heme. Mrs. F. D. filuford.
- Laundry Addition, C L Can
non laundry manager; Dining
flail, Mrs Thelma Colmar;, college
dietician; Technical Bldg.. Dean
Jerald Marteona, School of Me
chanic Arts,
t. odo messengers and vis Si rs present
held one of the greatest inspiration
ai meetings in its hist' ry.
With "The - Baptist Church and
i Christian Stewardship" as tL.»
- theme of the meeting, the body
heard feature address by I)i. J.
’ H. Jackson, pastor of Olivet Bap
tis: Church. Chieag . 111., and th-
Rev V. W. Mcl.awler pastor or
' the South Calvary Baptist Chur-h
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Receipts for tly- year and
the month of October foi Missi ns
and Christian Education through
the executive office and ihe a
a ■ tic. - .if the c livention
•-I-Kt.924.91. Over SII.COO was rcreiv
ed during tin; convention.
On- of The highlights of the three
i d-;.\ meeting was ihe preseraaUot
;-:f $5,000 the sec rid day of the s
si n by She State Woman's Aui.ili
- ary to be directed to',v..:-ds the Nr.v
Headquarters' campaign.
Officers ele. led w r Dr. P. A
Bishop. Rich Square, was reelrcied
president for the seventh consecu
tive year of the body, and Dr. W
H Davidson, Charlotte the Rev It.
C. G re. Whitevllle. an<s Rev J. A
NTimmo. Greenville, were retainer!
: as vice-presidents.
Other officers arc: The Rev. W.
jM. Wyatt. Salisbury. recording
>'Continued on back page)
. , .links. IT.'., ’.vcclt 9.
i ! i*> -Ml no ift-gli ittf"
ilarly engaged, nil these bo ks te
he sent by ever-ocean freight
from the American Youth tu the
j Youth f»l war-torn id
1 Europe.
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