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VIRGINIA STATE
COLLEGE PRES.
BlfS SUDDENLY
FETERsarm; va \n ,
TlM»r Hilton «•::
president of Virpinia SuL tV>!l-yo
nil v»i-:in' i;.*u hhii;
jicognized •' • • i ■••■•' •*;«*>
H ( , , ’ i t>i ;!<»>)•?• }|' i|j»
euuriTry, had ! »»- *j failing lor
t . | inoion ar 'orrliiiK T ° :« w v»< i
ixtes, t>\U. had ii coijt*ii.l<’*red ih<* ;)!
us too 10us
l :,<lev !.i- nu:e!li',*tr;»li "I: Vlil'lll
>a Kljlt- Coltem- Uilaili-d i 1 ; 1 " 11
fill: i out Ii- •? Hu- hu.«( •ue. •
fui rjaiiduih ~i.d *•'({.;.•» ton ; ■■ >
n j r.'ii in tin- Gl-'i.ii > . • ' .in
cation.
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Continue T on pace . section
Gal e City To Plan
. Housing Project
G-REL .\ IS BORO As m«.ii
President Truman ->T,ns Ihe mul'd
/aillion-doiiat f,-(!>•:..! Mo'isillC ij U
the flt y f t; t*< eusboro will gt,
» i r ead with pi. -i in! ... Negio hoe, .
* ir.g project 1 his ■ w r-at the clink
man of the i ty Housing Autkority.
A, •' Hall, aid Tuesday.
i'hc rwu! or a Segro nuns
iit(‘ 'lloj I‘ * IS 'ft fit 01/ I 1 It. til K
vr. It,\c ;/ !.,,(! Hi:l he push -<l
Hit!l soiled.
■M't oire -not /.icing to let any
e.’ii.vs si' a niter (mo let
he taut. 'ix ■ .. r, ,•> ii Presi
.•tent signs thi oi d n't ' on
Xtilde ihv /.riii i- ions, a t > rptci
to yo .net opemtion.
Tarheel Roundup
BOUND OVER
JM.LE3C.H Robert Thomas of
"■0 Jamaica Drive ‘ n!; .. v r un
ci er 12500 bond fui trial in superior
court i.i chaiged with ar-i-aidMoj.' ■ ,
minor with inu-nt' o commit i np“ 1
Thomas allegedly assaulted h- ■
1.1 -year-old niece while slaying at
The home of Iti« brother.
DROWNING
JACKSON The drowning of
iso dore Ate Vi-:} son Powell. 22 year j
'..ld. was ruled ucdidental. The
death W 3“ the only holiday week
end sccio.ut !u N'oriharoptou or' 1
Halifax counties
According to the coroner young !
Pcweii was in a party- of several
inker young men on an otftias at
v L larmer. ind out 01 iitc
rn trat iigurr.v in tin* 'M*'v ' «r»-
.uiitlv* vvhicli last week resulted
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CAROLINIAN
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UU (fi l s HON
According l«-i l S. ( riistis
tsiiroau esiiinai*-:-* tnßiiipio>
tiU’tll has stJiMVil a IWO million
y«*ar. n». \ou IVel that this di
B*roa>t* in uneniployxnent is an
indication ol a depth's
sifui?
nIK WAVER:
Rota r’ L Barru*s. law student.
■ 1 iVH linn a
, depit- is ap
% • .n-i 1 * be -
: Mi| n . -1 lilt tact
Mr Ha* ilrs ‘ 1
J { t. ire ire wore a
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no, „tJ ... tv #'
be expected and
t, > ).< i*. ,j ;l v ,*lr. « ocKrell
it !Uif;ill L< V!..A'vv3 ;iS U ilutvlrjl
u<‘m ... ».-v jurntr r- «.i *riiui nc-i&l rtt.oi-
CoMinnt-j i i>. t.hi- -cctli-n
; Two honi mg projects, turn for
| ■:«eh «ace, were approved before the
| war and were shelved in Ik 44 :e
; war casualties. I lie a lie- ftit the
I White pioject be:- t..'e|| !' I I. • I
| with federal fund and ih. : Ite 1- i
l the Negro project still has to be
eilcted A 134- unit project »s .•on
/elOpkVed k,: Nh !v>C: ns lin- i
1 11-UVllls for W'tii
Hall said that from what he h.ni
; learned about tin- federal bill. h-»
• had high hopes that local project*
could be carried througl
OPPOSITION'
R I). Kuykemlal. .1» executive
; vice-president us the North Caro
Continued on page 8. tin section
the gravel pit near Garyslnirg arid
was n.itu an Inflated inaet tube
us a raft Suddtnlv lie lust ’lie
• uie* ih water over his head aud
| ftepU i: >o go di " n.
None el thf men ir tin- part;.
, Including ibe victim, could swim.
He*. pile rhe i floats cl lus broibei- ;
;ie save bnu. he <!■•<,v r.e«l
Artificial reftpimtion was applied
Iwr about thirty minutes hut to no
I avail
OPEN’S PLAYGROUND
El 4Z A BETIi CITY - A play
ground was opened for children on
ilndependence p a »
The piaygr-.Tiiu; wili feature
, games such a- oadminto-n, tennis,
•' softball, horse shoes, table tennis
in the arrest of William Best «»f
Kinston >.» ehai'ttes oi practieitiK
rneditme without a license, <>!)-
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24 Pages
YOU'AIK XXIX
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9 ESCAPE DEATH IN CRASH
SUS PASSFNGERS
SLIGHTLY KURT
AS DRIVER DIES
U AT. LlOll Nil,.- Neyr<»-> e
eupeil death n a Ine iiink erasn
neat SuMitifi.-ld ; .hi mornuii-' *‘d
Juh Fourth Seven were taken so
the FurlojiVi Hospital t'oi neat
men!. None wen -ei-ioiis.ly injured.
Three .■ -on- da-l instantly gild
1-' ichi-i- '.veil- cm ’ i fhe/hoap.
i, in Smiiiifieid wuen an Allan tie
011 iuoilld !| i'. eel: idea Wlt 1» 1
ri'kk 'ia. -!; 11 mile, south of the
!rUi! Thi- Iliad -J -■ rfts.fi COSt thl*
lie '.lie !)i) •; driver and both a!
the •ie -.pants ol the track All U!
ta: r riigers on the Raleigh-bound
i-a- were injured, one critically and
several others seriously
Thi- driver was killed instantly
and was later burned beyond recog
nition when both velskles caught
r. - Tlii fire began about ten min
utes after ih* collision occurred
..! <1 . iicui w&4 hlav.ing through Ur
.-r.ilr- ho- Tin- Smithfield Fire De
i; i rment fought :t for •'■.uir isourr.
Th« v.’wk blocked traffic for two
lieor- Both vehicle.-, were a com
plete lose.
Continued on page 8 this section
Texas Passes First
Anti-Lynch Law
A ITT IN Thip*. The state L*»-
cinkituct- has par a! the first spy
i-ific ia a .ii.ii irss! lyueluoa. The Ken
approved >ne mea.-nre by v dt i
fnte :.nd ut It I- 0./vei'sior Bf-au
end voli '. hall As soon a- the sit
,1s e.nnjdefek cleared, dini
I. ii ds and soe-Saws will be added.
Eip.npiiTent and funds for t)i e
; playground were made availahU
thvo’igh the Elizabeth Pity Rec
tcalloii CoiTimission. The i>iay-
HTOimd i« under the inpervlslon of
Vdolphu.s W iv-KihoM.se Kenneth
, Jtiik.iuis his assistant.
HIT-RUN VICTIM
FREMONT James Bryant. 2fi
; years old died of injuries received
tii u hit and run accident on U. S.
If? at Premont City limits
Bryant was walking on the left
side of the highway at i:3O am.,
toward Wilson when an oncoming
Continued on page 8. thi? section
taininu money under iatsc j>re
tense and abduction, is shown
with tin- couples ton! children.
! NORTH CAROLINA ’S LEADING WEEKL Y i
i. j
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JCI..Y !>. HM9
SHOOTING LEUDS
TO THREATENED
TWIN CGY RIOT
Wiruiun-SaU'i.i Ollie Leroy
W’erst. 'J yea; .i!d wiiife. who shot
Mr; Hattie Piioke of High Point
in thi jaw las* Friday c-v-uing.
will Ki on trial in dunicipal Court
Thursday morns: »
Vv’ers! is cii;.. • d >vit!i as -au’.i
wilh a ieadly weapon. .According
to police. Mrs Coukt- was in ;i
viuiip wic hurst into his living
loom, appaci-utiy undei the ins
pressb.'i that ! lie) were gone, to a
dan- belli; in k; next door in the
• I.:*-- v. i; ctii.iisi Wersi is the
op. l a'oi el the Liberty Case and
the lessor of thi* warehouse which
ir doxt dooi to his residence. The
warehouse had been rented for the
dance.
f'olice believe that the y roup of
about fifteen persons had gone up
the stairway and forced their way
into his apartment npparentlv
seeking a side inlrance to "crash’
the dance
fV-iic. Chief John A! Gold re
r-ir's that Worst asked them to ,r
--fv. ice. and when they refused, h-
Continued o?i page 8 tills section
in, it Jester for his signature.
7 fit till! 'SIS Spill. ■>!) '-'I! t'V
ft< i toil n tut hie N. .7 Isuncks <>f
AT Po.s‘o and iteiin'S M.-w’t de
t/M*,- lyn hiny as litO)> assault
oc if person i ( suiting in death
it /.(ovules a penalty rang my
1,-,, at a dear)' entencc to a tile
no.'':' /ii'isoii sentence. If the
/afib assault (till not result tW
death the intense • • win he
.see-nut degree h/t.ehing pwn '■s!i
ihie f -'/ pnvoj, i *i fence of 0H ’
in ten years.
Earlier in the session Tester had
. i*-' commended passage of the mea
sure ns “a matter which the state
con and will handle without Fed
eral help or nterferenue ”
The bill hew fire from its op
ponents early in Fetor it a y while
i being considered by the House
'Criminal Jurisprudence Commito
. If was rent to a subcottiinit 1 ■-< t
the •.-ituest of its author, zliortly
: after a self-identified Coimium: •»
had spoken in favor of it
Oppousats of the bill said it
; would Cftuse confusion in the courts
because its peDaltiet: would con-
I fliet with penalties now fixed £oi
j murder and assault.
At Km center is shown the Pel*
titfotd home, while at the riftht is
-liotvn Attorney iarborough sv ho
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Pranksters Blamed
In Cross Burnings
COURT REVERSES
DEATH SENTENCE
IN S, C. KILLINGS
WASHINGTON (ANT) l« I>-
Harris, 2ft, of Aiken. S. (,' native
• twntenoed to die for a double • mur
der In Aik: j !) oni i . in April, 1046,
it- well on his way to being a tree
man as a result of n l.'. S. Su
preme court decision that hi? con
j session to the crime was obtained
Continued on page 8, this section
ha,s l.ivn retained to repre.sent
Best, \ttnrr. 'y Yai horouiih i* e--
iimining a shotgun which figured
i» Kooky Mount (.Especial) Two
incidents of alleged burning nf ,
11 os i 8 irm.r reports to •, :horit;<- , t
Aim* !."'. week.
The first cross burning um oh- j
■ served u«*ar the white «winimiiv. j
pool in the western pert of th” t
• city. The second was in Hie north- j
eastern sector adjacent to the NV
jgro swimming' poo! which was u» ;
jceritly opened
It is said * . (iae'lolph D. Arm-;,
(strong, director o£ the \cpro pool
! and recently ••lee.ted supervising i j
principal of city schools, saw the |
! cross and extinguished it and noH |
I lied etiy officials who inclined to
: Hie idea that both crosses were the j
jvork of pranksters.
Continued on page 8, this section 11
io a noth. ; "ln y" ease :i) Wareh
u,’ 1 1| V7 when Willie Mitehel sliot
and kilted Adam Alston, a "root
SINGLE 1
COPY iUC
NO. OXT
Htf.lt: Dili), THIRTEEN
f.IVU) —flames Mill n.-H- from
ic wreckage of a f.rcyhound litis
a, short time after the Pus col
lided with a milk truck, killing
the bus driver, a passangcr in
the milk truck and the driver of
(he milk truck, near Smithiield
Butcher Glad He
Killed 1 lis Wife
CONCORD, N C. ■ Johnny j
Briy <s, 44-year-<ti d butcher, is glad;
that he hilled his wife.
Briggs .-ays Unit: Robert Ellis!
brought on the entire business by >
insisting on "c ng with" his wife
According to Briggs, Ellis had j
threatened to kill him abo .it his j
own wife and. was carrying a gun j
for him.
ii at* I rvho he heiicvTnl - i li,->.
ed him into imps, eticj ant
ilhi evl his w lie.—l utolijiiau -itviit
PILOT COUPLE
CHARGE FRAUD BY
“wiiOH mmr
Lv 1 v. ISi.T I'iU-.i - *i tit ueUt*f in nex -
•«,. . tl )*• w*jr«• i* doft<■jj-'s”' which has
jt? 1 1 ii ■: 11 •>t nation a J
’ •.«i.ij.'Oii 1 in.> s« cti\»n ot
V:;- jgain
time til*.- story is one ot a
\v( -do young to nr. con pit?
.v uivordin;: to their show. fell
i'\ ;*f • >!:n. ii.,; <j isv ;i-v$ who talk
•i i u.-u: i iiuo till-it peace
i;.j h.- ,tr-near rhioi.
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v' • *i* i. ■ : r<4 ‘.Vi ilVti wilh
.:.i.a ei-rjijortiibif home oa
. 1 . i •. : .it out tnret allies
m:« .. mi; to noiiif
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- ‘ i.'V' wn to the pVi.-
Tit-'T-a;'. a.: i- MeUford. but later
• ?i s itrs! icn ..? s W : 11': ct rn lies t a*as
• “'i-iit t<, 'in- tuple's hon.e last
i_; <•<t ■: i;; k x by fviis H>.;-- it- HtgsiiS,
■'i iviHn us -Vi; Pettifoid.
At lb.- tiVlr, Pettiford n«a
( antirmeij on ta thi- section
Monday morning,
Tliii teen jmssengers in the bus,
nine of whom were colored, were
injured in the crash All ot the
colored passengers were able to
go to their homes following etnei
gtniry treatment. IMmto courtesy
News ,y Observer.
Briggs told his wife that she
could settle the matter if
leave Ellis alone. She refused. Last
wvck Briggs met her r.t rive points
.■rid stuck a dagger with a five
inch long and an inch wide blade
down nt-r throat, byway of her
neck police say that he used th*
dagger perfectly in the killing,
Continued on page 8, this section ;