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WHERE SEVEN MU DEATH
. ( st n.c-t liuatdsitnm and
MiTOh are shown as they re
moved thi iniitii *>t live lItMM
ifrt mfti sod two women from
u;t nil t iieviolet which tar
;t;d them In theii des.th > inula \
f , mn>
RMI'RN MOVU
•tttttlive misses have cm-i'.v re.
sun to smile amicably tor l'-ej
nave just returned from a much
treasured trip to Stfichwclin.
feweden Where they attended
»ne (i ini World « • ner* \ tsar
NMAFaiis to Vote on
U.S.Healt
DETROIT lANS' 1 The ,\
Medical ~-i a!i;m oki •
OtSC i*f i r S IVKC't itCIll" 0:-H)(Va
itti histoid without • ;*. t'tii t On
big i-mae ot the me. !!if' -i 1 1■ l
the NtiA support President T> -••
mart's eompulao: federal health
ins uatit r programV
Instead ot taking ;■••• im; the o«*i
VfU'lPn VCtf-d t<> Hi Mr 11. - SUi.jt-. :
jfideft-riiiHly. Th. \un-r--un •*40:.«,
»»»cd<tlon tvas in the enter ot
the Hi:hi because of its obvftair in
i(.n. ,ii ■, stjOucncf tft «• NVki
medics to adopt it* c.tHhd agiiinsi
the ineur¬ pro?rani
With that toot tonic off ii-t hand -
the NMA voted *o In‘id i* !!».>(:
ventiiin h) Atlantis : it. N ' Dt
£ i Hertie) ; Marshall of UsHiniut
f*ian Suit in Test of
■%lass firing in S. C.
COLUMBIA, s’ <"' i''
toe filing ot a suii ->•-> 1 ’ : a
< State Department >*l KtE'crUon
ahd other state and school o4f.cial-.
vyhu conducted the ». •. into al
leged eklffi frauds which tod to
ihe tnaaa thin* ot teach* r*. last
February art bcio. studied tins
svsek.
, A group < : twelve teacetii’s, se-m
ct whom who have had Mi or eei -
uifrftss revoked but all cf whom
jer.y av.y pav.t in ih« cm is; \y o„
state i'board examF.-.tn. us. h ive re
tained counsel f'-t tuuu-. >f the
suit it ',v«« leatsocl
A s'mliar action i now ! >od •
i.in i > th< S ( N'AAt P,
at s, result of chat ~v. •• that many
ot it i teachers weft ' - > d on heal -
say evidsrtco and -vie given no
chf.nct. to disprove he chaiget 111
court
•Whil esc.me of the teachers ha r t
admitted using tne fraudulent an
swer lists", it v/a: pointed, out,
aitt-nioon viirn it fia-hfil ihtu
tti tu hi nlv.t s,ti.u<t r tiling and
p!tinged .5 tret mlr, IV Icot tit
vv.iHr. isti.tv os this pagei I’hnto
I v Jchunks tiiurtesy rtt \ews
..it(! Ol.sers t r
■ l South V!k> ( iiolyii Scott
It;ft n ]ir>o entert the B't t of I’il
; :i:i Htpu-t Church in Chicago
t r:,! Miss Helen fohnsnn. tltc
(i ; piiti'r Ml Vernon in the satin
city Both puis look u> active
l>,;t in tin ( till, ll'S!-. '• ’ *ll Ml ,i.
1 1\ Hies \\pi
ton l» r .vt!.-. installed ■ piv-t
isiii .ii i!i.- NMA au.l lit H it
v\ oiker if Nashville. .Vun vs?
.. ’ed i resident f leet
Dr i '!>:• Grant DaiK-v well
litKiwn vhi list. :-ti; /’.-on iv a .-
,1 urJcJ the NMA tli; tinuu..-h' 1 ..
: errtcft modal He was cited a
1,,.. . j.i si dent m .ho NiVIA, past as
■ eiat' edit.it (1911-48) and pre:-
rnt i d ll nr in ohfei or ihe N.\t A
Journal, senior surgeon and heft i
■ i resident tra.niing program at.
throvid -ut hospital in Cltlcfteyi a®d
,i iidk'« ot the American ami th;
International College <>t Surgeon■-
~f ihe American Vi edit al nesoclu
lion. i.iKt of the Institute ot Merit
ri in
mariA iTTjerg v/iio het-.-'v
cf'iHid domy to hav» a k>si their cer»
lit.-ceU 1 ; et th him »i persons '.vtio
it'n .1 1 red ■r, pm/e h tins sectiont
\KC TO HELP tmi
OIVIDKND FORMS
Hi-gmumi. August 2S, iftlt*.
your Wake tuunt> GhspHu ot
tne American lied Cross will
tie prepart d to assist WmTd
M ar il Veterans in Uiaking ap
l tu-ation for NutlonaS Service
j in- insurMiH'e f>i\'i(|{-tut t><*v
liieliU.
shoutd iiiy veteran desire
us.- i .i.itk-f or informatioti in
etiiupletiiiii of aiinUriitiotl tor
I nyntent, contact tne American
Red Cross in the Academy
Building: 304 S- Salisbury Street,
ftaietgh. N. C. There will be
fraiseA workers tc assist.
VRSOMSTS lIESTKOI
1,01 iSi\N \S< ilOOf.
\KW OKU \SS La VMM
1 ire, always a good servant
hot a hurt) tnastri totally dr
troyed a Negro s< Itotd at it
here, last wu'k at Violet. La ua
I. rtuid parish as the result ot
n.t mliarisin. liu* settool ttas
not the object ot the tire-van
slats, it mi first set a tl.tfaiitt;
torch So a Negro rt.itnt- hail
against which there had been
numerous complaints. Damage
ha- nut been estimated, neither
has anyone been arrested tn
< nnection with the conflagra
tion.
J hr destruction Ot the school,
tin only one in Violet, had an
enrollment of LTI lUtlilieu m
tin' thr SUJH 1 VlMrai Os two
It s(h cI - Students Will flow
ha ( I*, li avel sis diUe* to Hit
n, urc- t sot-tool lor instruction ai
VI. i » ~ ii\\ life.
CHARLOTTE TO
GET JR.COLLEGE
AFTER PROTESTS
CHAHI.OTTK Following a re-'
ft-,mi. tin Cliai loitf Brunch j
NA.u' P i . ii.ti'.:. rau-d junior
i'Olit r. i:i!i it *r ■■■:.*:,.• i?U.N last
C.v\ or insiautptr w !t.h “he t 4 xi~ling;
white v olli / • operated by;
t citi ' j
The bn mat roinol tor n.
Non ill tiif' !'i;y'-. 'i.n|.is li. i",i
scPi!' •. as ,;rk'.d !.■> 'he local 1
ii • -..Ti nt 11 u; NAACi 1 ii Uu* wake
ot the scboul board's action in set-;
tiny up a token 1 ' .on college
i> t Negroes m thi Sevoou Word
Hi el i School
Koi]y M Aiexandvi president
ot 'hi stall N \A■ 1 nfere.'.se,
told a rally oi CharlotU citizensi
last week that the settin;: up of ;
t; ser;!Vf | .iit..d ]ui ; voilegt at;
’t '. S| iti:,! VV ;ti . Vr -V, :iad
end .dby “h i-p>U ki d eft* 1
cess a'd.. doy‘ -. ■ ; ,>!' oi hoard;
.ud not b> tile pe> pie
•'The fO'iy iv i> t.o insure the,
rights ol tile colored pv..pie in the
junior i .'lie 'e setup is tiirough im
mediate . our' actiei*' ’ lie deelar
' ed
SiTioo: ofiinulf. stated shc.rHy
■ afterward thfit the Carver Insti-'
: tute w.-aict i e n.sde con jlt tely
•.(pul t; i i *. 'f standpoint oi cour
fttcully ud plant with the
white institution.
Vi-inon A Duck. Jr. acting di
rector of u - school said that class-
I e me slated to begin on Septem
iier lfi . n on aIH i uortn-evenlnp
, schecul- »nd thai the curticula.
j woulJ include :il! regular m’shmat:-
-vp b < >rn or < co ii r m c
RAGE RELATIONS
TO BE BAPTISTS’
SESSION THEME
RIDGECRKST "The Next Step
.in Ran. R. iatior>s wo*- the princi
pal subject undei discussio;, tins
week as the Social Service Com
mi; sio/i it the Southern Baptist
Conventi. n began, sessions attend
ed by white and Negro church '. rid
; lay leaders from all parts of the
I country
Dr Hugh A, Brimm. executive
secretary it the eonnnislon, stress
ed 'he act'd sci a religions op
i preach to the question, declaring
I that too often the mot ve liar been,
(“social, political or ei onmi". '
The' workshop dis itssioriti, i)r.
\ Brimni ;. id, will center >round the
I principles of race relation whim
: were adopted by the Southern
.Baptist Convention at its astern
| bly two years ago in Memphis,
i (Continued on page 6. this section)
WINDSOR Tried three times and twice sen
tenced to the gas chamber for ,in a I Jeered ciminai t\r~ '
sauit upon a's4 year oid white woman rosidom of fier
tie County. Raleigh Speller, -JG, is .scheduled 1, go on
trial for his life for the ('moth time at Windsor u*-'xt
week. >%. |
Speller is charged with a uiminal assault upon I
Mis. Aubrey Davis which was iiilegt diy committed
in July of 1947. He was* first brought to trial in Aug
ust of 1947 before Judge J. l'aul Krizelle.
At that time Defense Attorneys Herman- I. T..y l
7 DIE m IRISH
MMMMM -Y'. " JV . ' >
C
24 hagw
void Ml: XXIX
UNO TO FACE SUIT
STUDENTS SUE
FOR ADMISSION
TO GRAD SCHOOL
Durham Plans tor the tUite;
rd .-.mis to sci-itre Hit admission of
Nr- i'ii students to the i. 1 rad tia l o
schools of the l-niversitt ot North
rarritina ww disclosed ’ wee
by C O. Pt frl-8011, \ ( : o.*
i ,-serU stive for the NAM'D
Ac ordirif; to Aifo’iisy Pearson
will Etc that of Harold Epps, lot
Asheville rraduate of Nonli Cat ■
Ulna Collepe at Durham who seeks
lo eru< r the I'NT Law S hool.
Sect al morn It s agv, a group of
- stoil.-ot- fin mini an aißuriization at.
i’ls s; 1 Hill lo work for Kpps’ a’.
1 mission i,» me school, hm Ho
croup - ea-ed its aetivjtv at the r<>
'Quest of Pearson, who *t«'wl ib.-.t
plnns wore bcinu drafted o>, .o” 1011
|h> ii - VAACP
MAY FI M 3 OTHER Si I !’.<
Mr Hear son said I hat ot iier sft
. Cents in whose behalf suits will i»o
: t.' ':tlftlifil -o_, pa.yu h, tlii -c..t 1 .--
Mediin to Go to
Trial Next Week
CHARLOTTE Monroe Modlm.
23-;.e. r old forme:- butler, charged
with the shotyun slaying of Mrs
Essies O Anderson, is scheduled to
~ 0 to l.r;a! next week before Judgt
it H. Bobbitt :ri Mecklenburg
Ci m.n Superioi Court
W. riiin 13 charged with breakin tt
into the home of the Andersens, by
whom be was formerly employed
n't August ] and : hooting the 63-
yenr old Charlotte ..ociai leadei
nd (.iubc'inan to death with a blast
;rom a shotpun which wss hidden
in the house.
At the same he is charged with,
h.v-iusi slashed the throat of W>!-
ford Randilfi, is sttccessoi as but
! for to the Aodersons, and hav.ny
j beaten him into unconsciousness
Shortly after Ids arrest. iVlediui
| Scott, Graham Open j
j Shepard Fund Drive J
DURHAM —iii'U'inoi' W Ken Scott and • , S. Sen
■Jitor Frank F. Graham wore animig outaiaadinp North
Carolinians heard on a statewide radio bremdt ast Sat nr
day nijfht which marked the opaninir of a drive for the
erection of a $250,000 -memorial to the iate lOi .lames
E Shepard.
In his trUime to the form "■
: founder and presidon- of North
iCaKolitiK. ''nilii.o Senator (Jrahaiii
, exhorted his .1 ir.teners to "Fin
'hands across North C.tr Mna to
built! the J limes R. Shejiard Mem
jortal Fund to u mar who built i>
j great college, and w-Im was a Mostv
.to his people."
i Senator Grttharo spoke from
I W.ishlngton, Ft. (iovervoi S '-of
j spoke from Kale.ltrli and declared'
j "lTr Sehptml made n rem • ortrl.
1 butioii in the state Met av«s a cn;»
! slant worker for h-iter racial re
] huious. He aisi, sough!, to iui-proi’"
jjiubß. health in the Rln. * and 'a
i estftb!i."b h Scie.ol of i'litj'ic Ht-alth
.jnt North Carol 1 m Collage
Represontatiive Robert Gantt, a
j inombor of I he Board of Trustees
' (Cor-ti, ue on page s. thb, section)
NORTH CAROLINA STEADING WEEKLY
iiAiii.iT; 14, NORTH CAROLINA WK’-K !: XDIXfI SAT- iU * • V d * < - Ai' - i * 9- t'
at4g
accused his wit- ot having partici
pated in the robbery and slaying,
believing that she had given po
lice nits :• rrattoi. wluch led to h.
arifcst. He Ini i withdrew the r u;- ■
fessien u;d ieared is wife oi unj
blame
Randlenvir. ho was critically ii -
jurod, i- sufficic-ritly rec»ven d to •
testily, a! the trial police said,
Mediin became a suspect in the
case when police were told that
the a in with which Mrs Anderson
vis shot wa;- usually kept hidden
ir the And... hi house i(d 'hat.
mily -i.rnfone fnmihnr with the
hi use hold would have known
where to look for if.
When surrounded by police.
Mediin surrendered without 8
struggle.
ion-Year Old Is Freed
From Penitentiary
COM MIMA S. C' ( AND,
Little I'n-yeur-old Hubert L.
Hamilton, center ul a iiHtion
v. dc navi nt protest when is
ws Iciirned lie was serving in
» prison with regular convicts.
■vhs fiird last week from the
state penitentiary.
Robert will live on the farm
ul his uncle, Lucius Hamilton
near Abberville. He was sent tu
the stifle prison tor stealing f?
tu buy candy because he was
two years too young to go t«
(Contmuea on page 8. this section.
l.oi of Raleigh and C J Hates of lmri arn presented
motion for I’d* (flushing of the indict men' on the
grout d- tii.it Negroes are e<insistently and systomafic
;tii\ barooti from grand jury duty in Bertie County.
The motion was denied, but the case ■was contin
ued until tin November term of court At this time
the motion wa.- again entered and denied, with the
ltit that Speller war found guilty and -unnoticed to
the 0.... chainbei b. fudge Paul Mdniondson.
Tito cast 1 a,- then (ain u i.i to the N. i ' Supreme
(Continued on page eight, fiist section )
\s ( nszi;\K oi* >sm»
i K:iicii*» housing
cmtiwvvfN)'. rfnipimy shn u t
plan, for construction of .< low
reus apartment-type housing pro
ject in the Longvic Ta»k area
was under discussion as Mie
above pirHire was made at the
ISJondwc-rlh Street >MI A TnCs
day night during a joint meet
ing of the Kuieigh Civic Assocta
tion with i.ottgview n sidetrts.
(Story on this page)
t AlttlMMl. KOOt/l tli Shep
hard
PLAN COURT TEST
ON LEGALITY OF
'DUETTO'LAW
B 5 Hr-lIX',- . ‘v.vT, Mo -.in .
ir.fcK that legal cases will he fi!» A
to ; s; ’ hi- Y-imstltui i- - l e. ii ■ " ol r< ■
() jitial laming laws in this < : •'
r?« ,i«fif this aisak by rh.ii. 00-i
Marshall ,".(lal conn el f'-i 1
XAAOP
i-lv Marshall who Hev to Birin
in i’ham 10 investigate the recent
bomiilngs of Negro homes and to ,
; on fir on T.'ipo-oei nr I ion ’<• it) i the
■ -j ll v- * onmiineo «>i Hit- i
mghsoi ‘'ranch of the Assoc!,;; w,
•-ml local NAAOP Attorney Arthur i
I). Shores reported that Negro ciil
smns of Ehrmini:ham have not. Iwn
intimidated by the bombings and
Com.'iiuiod on page ft, this section* ’
NAACP DEMANDS
ACTION ON FEPC
V E W YORK- -A renewed replies!
for completion of committee action
on 8. l? 2«. the FEPC hill to *ja
sure the bill a pla.-e on the ScnnAe i
calendar, was made this week by
ftoy Wilkins acting secretary of
the NAACP.
in a second Liter within two
weeks to fie?-- -. ,-*'Vrt T> Thomas
(D., P-tahl chairmen ol the Sen
ate Committee or Labor end Public
"We!rare. Mr. Wilkins repeated a
suggestion that the bill he reported
favorably without hearings in view
of ihe fact that printed hearings
r,n an almost identical bill in Hit-
SOth Congress, as well as hearings I
before the House Education and Lo
t-Continued on page 8, section 1) i
Gunman Battles
200 Cops, Slain
CHICAGO (AMP; An appar
. ■!t ( raz-d tfiinaiwu pitched
shooting battle with 270 Chirac
|tol:c>iuon for three hours last \te»k
while at least V *>oo bystanders
b "'keii or. The man, identified a*
Eli p.-s»: Craig, 2a, was killed in th,
warfare. but Inin■•>«! six persona i‘>-
eliutiut lour police officers.
Before being shot down In the
Ctrl it. that around bis hem*
on th" west side Washing,
to- AA'ti. Ci ais had *'ithstnod re
pi-.ilol barrage* ot tear fas hot':!-.-
h'i.i ballots. Police finally hit iiin.
fetatly as In: tri.-l to <■ scape thru
<-«Mon of Di'i'irs while bln zi tiff
o-. with two kt r:.-
i(prodivt?s .loft-.p.i; £; wemw tim]
, lb «nk Andts-syinl. »pi>:> e4 him '
v.-ith maoliii! gun i« !hc.s. ten to:
• jirose to shoot, once mov . Then I>e
■ Joseph r.loti filed th fi
Reach Agreement
On Housing Study
Coni"OYi-rsv o'.pr the proposed con«tn>otioi! ol a 272-
iini-l low cost housing project in the Longview area seem
headed for a quiet and mutually satisfactory settlement
this week following a joint meeting of mem tiers of the
Negro Raleigh Civic Association and I -ongview Cardens
residents.
NEGRO INSTRUCTOR
HIRED AT WEIXRSIEY
BOSTON <AXF) Welles
ley ’ dlegr, «Re of the cation's
best and most exclusive schools
for women last week broke its
faculty color line end hired u,
Negro instructor, TVilliam Cou
sin.. a graduate of Yale Uni
versity.
Cousins is a native ot Am-
Himift, Conn. At Vale V major
ed in sociology, the subject he
will teach at Wellesley He has
taught for « year at Knoxville
(.-allege in Tenne*see.
The new Wellesley instructor
is the son of Key and Mrs,
William 1. Cousins.
m\\m iiimo
SlUli (I L i - I .At -ii polios
;*ic JooMuk tor a “diviiit
it'” m !h>hi Ui> } /rotisider i .uv •
Uiinjj ItHt ifivirit
iOr f.' .ter, si whitr WOtti
l» .s mail! tnrc'<* 3piir.9>M»t«. .** I
v\ i’hll> ,;s iuanv v»ev-.s itij
; ' »*V !! .'li t'US • jcti’-'.l) I
SINGLE *
COPY iO€-
SPEEDING AUTO
TAKES SEVEN TO
DEATH IN GIVER
BK AIToH V l- even ps* ‘- jv»
mv killed is at i day nn i T t; Tiig'a.
ID' B- •; iil-.n
vi, w i . at.
.o'u'vHo iofu A**’.'. Mg'tfO *5 ' -sci.
mo. •!., Cok- «' ■■*v
The i • v . ,esig.?r.U
of Bc.iuO-ri wire l
ref .ipci'M! .si by la;n. v- }* r w,
35. whirl', < rash ad thru 13*0; lit"
c. ..ii. y;.-i- and fell into &,;psox
iaifiL-j) IT O'-o f waies.
Listed dead in tt-ldiiloß t-j
Carter were L!.>w<khl Carter.
lire 'Vi-lintm. Aifrea VViUi-n. Wil
tiaii: C. Ftticher and his wire Mr*.
? ,-u. ;■ F'-tK-li.o- anti Mt;:. s ElrtCiV
Sam y:- ct
WXCE>SI VL V: ; i.’Ki' ■: HAjRGrD
A-ciiiulitty to 1 dl. r ft Tsiar,
S-'iO- Hiph T ■■ ;; ;
tra?<:'ly %Qis dne to the e*ces#lv«
ep.v-5 u\ which the <•:>• was :rival,
i- : and ■ ■ Ir.vy ; ~... wTUcL .ve.i
'"Co’!i’.ntted y..'.-.. t On? vr-i)
htilh-t. that, killed him. After Ciaig
fell to the vT.-urd de-ad, several
PoliiYim-,: corn in nod to pump bn’-
+<-ts rito iiis body
HIT 18 TIMES
Ail told Craig tv as r.daled with
if hulot. Hi- Uied '"it'll i 45 c&il
l'(-r ran in one hand a .88 :n I.is
olhei and a 42 in his i •icfeets. In
the neighborhood hr was known as
an ivid lie- -rot of guns t.b-i
imm whirr; -.ratted the Ah: i$ trou
ble.
Shot in tlic deal were /cur de
net ires, Lloyd NebergaJl. .u:ks?
Ma Mahon Marshall i-rldgecn. n- n
K-.-rnard Med'-.-.ui. all white a wom
an bystander. Mrs Mary Starks.
21. .the was d half bio V t; :r tlw
‘-. •nr .-.-f o-’ioo. and <: ts ' *4J
oif! bn pc. Drake Atkins. None of
II victims were setioasiy vouad-
Cunrinuea on pag» ft this section
.Vh-mirf*: s oL the Civic uss.'.-iai: n
.find lioineowjmrß in the Lor.gN'ie* -
nreu had been on opposite sides of
the dispcie which fololwed the an
. pouri'-rjueiil several months ago of
J. W. York to erwt the lev.- rental,
project in the Hong-view Park.S-'.
Ang-ustine's Collage vieii.Py.
Aeoorclipg to the Longview resi
ilcnft., coirstnii-uon ot such a pro
ject wiih the resulta.nl increase la
popnTatton t!e««ftr for the area
won Id result in a decrease it- pro
pert v values.
The civic group members cited
1 1 lie extreme need for improved and
! increased Negro housing in Raleigh
and went to hat in support of ap
proval of the project itt view of
jthls
The Longview roeidsnts poiated
'oni that their opposition to -the p-so
-1 (Cac,tiaufd or. page 8, this ;-:ecti3S.)
A' (i. EilyH 1