BANDITS HOLD UP MUTUAL INSURANCE OFFICE
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VOLl.'Mf; XXIX
SCHOOLVOTEDUE
Applications
Rejected
RALEIGH
administrator -v >*. '• H *<;<*->.•
ticitd ... i,.
VR.fl th, : ’!• K . .• i
a*, pin--mi • f>*r t
fieri m !■
■it A ' f •-
In commenting -m rnp letter of
ficial •?- T , Hi i ih a v\ >-
I tarn Avion had been named
HC’iti;: i'-miti y *. • • re;•' ■ th ■
former .'mniinistrator Charlo? S
Tpp-.Dl’don ‘nit tr.r ••(•j'oi'.i
iiirrit -v ■ of a tempm .1 v ir'lrv
since tbr Hospital Board has -iT
yet made 3 permanent selection
The n-’tiri that file position >1 ift
F«ar Blacks Holding
Os Easter Service
UNADII-LA. r,a - Krai irwmph
ed ovt-i cour-igr Per- ! i.;r- 'viti
eUt •. <• -in-; •• sod of ' p
gf> ■ {"hi, to I jii 'iff th r O - l0f!g
plinr.ro F--ter -otf-rnoon : soviet: •
No definite infc-; rcation ' >’ id
Obtained to ■■■ li Ci : "the fry:
but >■! at f "€■! it . if ■> stro-'t;
enoui b and real roou-i', f ■ the
member of 11•• Ostap ■ r ■_ f Bap
til O- - - <T-. i<■ > io\v 1 ofoi c i
| Fnr d* " • * • to br -~ n
thing spei i*i fov the l'oo mnnMi ■
of the church for not only hid they
scheduled their regular Em-tet ser
vice but the-, lad ai o planned <"•
Judge Clears Man
On Attack Charge
ALEXANDRIA. Va. f.-stiv T.
Freeman, Alexandria v arehr>u»e
;nan. was c1 ea <ed in A 1 e x andna
Corporation Court, yesterday of
raping a 34-‘. # ar-dd white widow,
last October 13.
He was acquitted by Judge wil
liam P. Wool.-, "-ho took the i.if
under advisement last Wednesday
after an all day -when behind
closed doors.
Freeman, lit. was- de-n i: ed by ins
attorney. Waiter l Voun.*. us a
"highly respected member of Alex
Foreign Aid Placed
Ahead Os FEPC Bill
W A SHINGTO N—Th e Presid cn fs
civil rights program was further ,
dclaye" Tuesday when the chief
executive approved an agreement
by the Senate Democratic Policy :
Committee to postpone floo* te«V
by givnu, priority :.<> consideration
of foreign economic and arms as
sistance.
In spite of much restlessness
among groups advocating the estab
lishment of a permanent FF.PC.
and promises to make it a major •
NAACP Attacks Bias
Before High Court
WASHINGTON - A blistering
attack on the 54-year-old “separate
but equal” segregation doctrine was
made last week before the United
States Supreme Court, as attorneys
|tr the National Association tor
the Advancement of Colored Hoo
pla were joined by the Attorney
■Qtetioral and SJolicitor-Gneral of the
United States in asking the high
tribunal to declare that racial s*'g
reflation in itself constitutes dis
crimination and is unconstitutional-
The arguments, made on Tuesda”
and Wednesday before a jam-packed
courtroom, while several hundred
| NORTH CAROLINA ’S LEADING WEEKI Y
|
RALKIOH, NORTH CAROLINA WEEK F.NDtNC; SATURDAY. APR It 15, 1.950
!M1 .. co.i.j.lf'ed , • ■•• • Ho
*. *' Atijiiiri. t -itff.r; i.t :* , r t,.
j 1,, .’.lts;
Hrli.,':;: Ij,. or - A hi'..' .Ill* ,I V (.!■."
riii’.i . .• !,..»«•»< •: i 1 !.’! tv J'ti.-itif.m
c!r>w d. since no permanent
left i.::i ii-i, i.ef t. t,. .fi”
The acting srimin.'’cater served
SI'CI'V Mi Templeton as -,r. mtn-nf
i i: ho;p t.sl sr.rt has
oiniif’cßn with S* Arnes H-V--
Continued on pagp K, (his s^rtinn)
• oDortb c 1 ni vr s* old c-f^tor ihe
Rev. Georg'’ TyiC"
.‘’lit" minuter:*, the Rev M
F,;. ll lift-., of a.,-. Methodist
nutreh. and the- Rev. L. !-' Si.'-tn
of jHe B-.ipti;.t Clmrch, manned to
,1H I-,' .iij p their i" -pc - -fs to the
aged N< . • pastor.
P’.t ! F< ' I v night. *>u R < v
Klaode,. an anenyuio'e;
, cl' - .pc i’ll, and ,i man voice warn
hip! ;i■,* t.> appvar Mi F'landc..-
,r.;. *-,( j-i,- man if h ( veir a rc.-r,'.,
!’"• of the Ku Kh.ix Kian. rut the - •
t no oov-' r ' Then th f) unimcTr
( niifimirri on p*i;v 8, this sectinni
■■•ndru;. Negro community " He
way accused of. \ aping Mrs. Opal
the warehouse where Freeman was
Marie burton when she went to
employed to reclaim omc papers
belonging to her late husband.
The defendant denied, tin cluigo
durMif* the triul He insisted th.r, a
merely iieipd Mr.- Burton from tin
iv;in’limi:.t to her home at a near
by lwtei because he contended she
! had booi drinking
Wools nd that in the fare if
irontiniird on pot" 8 litis section:
issue in the campaigns, this
was tliv decuion
These groups were contending
that a showdown was long overdue
if mere u . to be hope for break
ing through ■< Southern Democratic
filibuster before ihe scheduled ad
journment of the present. Congress
by July .'il
It was recalled u.y FEPC advo
cates on the sidelines that, the bill
had been on the Seriate calendar
(Continued on page 8, this section)
.disappointed would-be spectators
waited vainly tor a chance to wit
ness the proceedings, were present
ed in two precedent-shattering cases
involving segregation in higher
l education and a third involving
1 segregation in railway dining cars.
I The intervention of the Justice De
partment. in all three cases on be
half of the appellants added to the
history-making atmosphere that
surrounded the cases and attract
ed the largest crowds In recent 3u
j preate Court history, .
in his argument in the cele-brat
(Cnntinued. on page 8, this section)
TIMM M IT SITvVkS
m nm j( va
U Ajf HUH *-.-. Or*P Os Thfr
»ir if nrjht'r *c f>? »hf vet , ;V?» »vh * f •
*r nI I•• rglarn<•-.*’ y z Ui !\ v j*f r *
rhei in (he Kav to ‘> ,; d II iff
»„f •' ji a I m-autfif’T * * '*» luff, fd
Ihr TJfat A»‘d
I ii**T ,>f tionl
The fs » U m.irkrri the eronH
i'WV Hi it Ms 1 r*)vk f , i F*V, <
j» .irrii on .* Wikr f o*«?i*iy Jurv.
«jtf{ the fi r-,t tirne th ■. t has
;m n-fi ds jj?rv in ii myrflc'f
>lr ' rr»~k*'U who ur. the
<»nlv .»», !hr jj.tr v. tvbioh
h* 'ffi one of the wo'-*
>J rv'inipr trials i-> the hisint*
*•« i;»<- ( «*»jv*i> s «,*■ ih,*,! ern »
lion j.l.i• j-f) no part in the Hr»M
vfTO'l, that the jurors based
thejr decC'ioii on fact - il^mt
FBI ASKS FOB
INDICTMENT OF
FI OHIDA COPS
KK*V VOPK -- The N'aM'juai As*
ecu! jou for the Ativan< ement «i
f otored People was informed th'•
eek l>> the Oepartment of Justice
that the i iv riiicf the law on i
foreem.'iit. officeiin the Grow
i.irid Florid *. rep* l r »Ke ; wist oe
me .< r'ted to 1 f ederal Ur and .tui ~
iii f j., - i ■ i..■ April 17
1 , ' pi O ri; r Ar tOrViP t I'M iV'
t Phillip: iviU seek an indictment
ns. '.h , i ii’ rip. i r i)f IV' r i
lifei.f. ..cain-r •>»••• ."ate oil" ' r '
who o.ight have violated 'he Gone
i ;f n ,i defondants' < orivtitutionai
rights.
PHI intervention followed >'<
ports hv NA.APP at'oinev; tin'
Samuel Shepherd. tValter line Ir
vin and Charles Greenlee, the three .
youths whose conviction is being
appealed hv the Association, were
brutally bmp ("I and otherwisf had
I v in'Treat'd by state police off]
cers following their irresi. V’rank
111, !i V. •: i. M’ \AA CP " .i " tut
.(tontlnurd <**> l»*ee S. ihi> section:
Arguemeni
Ends With
Man’s Death
. TATTSVI Ll.i A gun • -!U«-
. tfuii followed <r, at it urn cat over . .
i,..!;.; iifijf rtol i * ruled in'f.’ Saturd !
,ili inpM, • ;th o/.o n'.ui dead, iiii
r.otho, seri.nudy injured
| The shooting occurred a'oout I:la i
i Saturday afternoon at the home of
John (darm 44 or, Ricker Avenue |
Follot ing the battle. Corby Kely i
: 56, .md Arthur Lev Dixon. 38 were |
taken to the H P Long Hospital. ]
Kelly died Sunday morning.
The police report on the battle in
dicated that Corby Kelly was in the
iCoutiiiued on page 8, this section)
LAWYER FILES
APPEAL FOR MAN
SEEKING DEATH
RALEIGH -• Lawyers for the
! Wilson County youth who lias re
j peatedly .mi that he wanted "to
die" filed necessary papers last
i rhursday for an appeal to the State
I Supremo Court.
In spite of Frank ScrivenV. re
fusal to sign the necessary papers
to take his ease to the Supreme
Court, it was decided to take it
there anyway
Scrivon was convicted in Wilson
Counts nist. year of murdering his
sweetheart and was sentenced to
die .
The 19-year old youth, who .id*
min'd committing the crime, says
ithathe cannot sleep at night be*
j cause ms late sweetheart continues
!to haunt him in is celt.
Scriver. was charged with killing
iContlnucd on page 8, this section)
City Plans
New School
r a[,p inn Thu '-iri/eno of Ro
C;- ... i T: -• :
Atm; ,•»). in -U-'U'U ti■ f,.?. A
wiu .. vi• L; <hC f iV.D U’ A"
m\ fifU’Cn ycvur,.
The u. u-ju -o bu by
election, or Th-x.-y. > 'U be the
•HVTOV , o, bu -iur- tub of ..
i.-OHCi LS.TPV to fM - *’ l ’C (i Ui C
eonuruction of io'-.o school .‘ intd
The b ? ch.orb *•* oc const* h-:* r '■
in'H o' o i "o , • ■-' a tb r <7 rosby (> o
h Up- • - '—.A ourT ; ..Vt«
School Suits Pose
Problem For South
B • 'VA f V' •OHR V s 'O :;D HXT
- The Durham ?ohool
mu- o rr • L t f -• 1 u»j huvuuiu
in Middle ! )\<t r i•;{ j < /i« •11 ('* *«? v*
h* !*' Apt U ? t in an a truer pUerr
fraught w i iji the *:ompiP -itioilx t
Southern d r »me ‘P politKs aud j
pf ? n.O'Js ;fU(! ij.r*''e! *’l i n pO
Huy.
When Fefjpirf! jijHgo John—n I
Hiiy*-: oiTupie,:; < )v> ♦•uru'Ti j» > «1
eral Courr in i>nrham Monday
Witness To Lynching
Files Libel Soil
' 01. l *IBJA Ihs >347 i n umg
of vvtll'i En 1" broke rr;’■» the n* v *
.gain thL week ’.’. l,en a witness in
iHp sfii-ji'->im! trial t■ r followed
the lynching, filed -i $150,000 heel
i-ni
Tim i.-untiff i:. .1 Fdvard Gil
>*inp. who was the jailer in the
E"i'’kc ll . Coniit-v I; 11 1. when h mob
breke into the building and dragged
’ , 'iiji]., ,
’>■’ ; '' , A-J-V
PUSH UNOF DRIVE AT SHAW
An intensivo campaign in tn-
I tervst of the Pnitad Negro Col
lege Fund is being pressed among
j the Htudeutu of Shaw University,
one of the 32 member colleges of
j the Fund. The Campaign com
mittee. above, with the aid of two
1 men's and two women’s dornsl
VO, TWENTY-EIGHT
•U-/..C:'} it M-m Rio ■ fc.l the COO
. ,1 , •• , ■ Hi. -r •. % T j- \|, , •
i’-t- i‘ 'iu.: i'iuu L'Uu.liu Huntui
\• ■ c- ■ • • l ■■» '-■ < v )'" .1 L'-j. rtv\& •
... i fi r . j |,fj, - ,: p.'' riit
u; ;.i> ,< ■" tax v.-ite. ,tie*' ‘ plan
■ i.;ri that ■-■ill -aiknv
t:., 0- tw fm ,n< v.‘ rider inc
p tlu ofyj -yrri f-nt m uigyi
the c :••. • t’ld under the county bud
ft 1 , >■ cit" ; pt )t;. ;■■ r»i. cn f■ v
• jf. .lice -if coufl'y :,<;h<’Oki.
, anbn ■vH ,jvge " the. -.vrJfor*,
.. 1 ,, ill heir i welter of testi-
Hid r )inHer-f.e3 f l;no>i'. fir
plaintiffs Cdiolyn J Bi'.m and
.’f> ~- 1 1< • i lmi b?m Nce’o ■ hildr”u
v')„• -,!!•■. • tli jr r- hn-i! t•<i lit >■ ■ l.t-r
m.],],. . \• ; • ofv (ri DurtHPi nre
no*, equal
On iha fpce es things the Diu
hjM-i no lett; redress on!'- In the
ms it ei of ■«quali'insr f-> duties tor
white.-, and .:-•*• a»•(>«•:* in the city
(o> Ui'ir.-j -art page 5 this section
,-,ff youn-e W’llie Earle
fc.ules battered and shot body
vi. idtci found in (sr€f.!r ill':- Coin:
t Tuisegec In.'ititut" .-"d c'v'iith
Carolina Sup: erne Court called his
rl< - ‘ lj a lynching
Thirty uif Gr-reuviik- tasic-ib
ih iv* r., w’-ee indicted for UHrle’s
'ii’ .tb, and all were subsequent! c
il'onUnurd "i: j*.*t’*' s till** sectioiu
j torlcs ask cvoi y student to con
tribute-. Non-resident students
will be solicited through their
i organizations. In the group above
i from left to right are: Miss Mary
A. Miller, Mrs. Kalie Harding,
| New York, X. Y„ Co-chairman;
■ John Taylor, Greenville; Miss
Margaret Larkins, Raleigh; Miss
■
H H|' i jmttirf »
lip § va ' ■ %"
fP**& ■%’**>* W" V / •';■#
I?' 4 , m ** m
tmi.r.KHl Fhe. younger pvo
pi: in K lieigh o. <>ri' out in full
fpr.’c >tnv i ,i !>•-(utilu! I ■ '
i,i-i- timid;’v gvivf tinpii ,’ j*i> en
PTE $ 4T*% , tf~ * * -1
* ar% 8 *>. r^f' i § r£* r%lie t*a<rw*f
H fl|f# I v fc _. i<|J|Ls IC- *J> vc *3> |J w'w l» g
<r |
After Thrill Packed Clia-e
.V ,J|T'T,TUN D, ’ A d:<’
p, £ L’i.-’O day iight t •>>>•• i -of .• «■
office of the .North 1 ?U>.m MuD..il
lit-' In/vui. nc-’ Co. itth s>
\n . -.1 ,s -..fi.-fi ii '>■ Tuesday .•• hen
polh ■ o! a< red oik if the susi-t t
• , !■: I!!.;•.! h: •’’ • < 1 O' I’lil
up- , i,pun'.furr-* ’vlth gunfire
TAYLOR TAKES
DANIELS BASE
TO HIGH COURT
R,Y! i (Oil The fpilted
e| .■ ri ; e ( - L’C * ' -"' t
a i; iNeg'b iitturncv Herman 1
! avlk-r. ‘o i" vi’ w the ol M- v
pjg >t!d Lloyd Ray D->niel, t«»a
--a-;., • ousms Greenville. X C
v. h , j, ivf be'”. < i”vk ted of the
pi-.:" —v ,jt nj* a taxi <l' iv e > l
snmtner
,t i- '!•."■■« v lia ’ s -y- esent in*;
(le*. -,.l Mil. , lon g '.vlth C -1
i;,i.-.- -if Ilorh.am. l is t.’ren'ly d
mii ’j *.-> pracii'.r- before the bar
•it ill” ' -.1 joeni* Court
: * liill i i;: ni* |)|| I* 'g * g, *}» l ; ve- G-* VIJ
j Clara Moore. New York, N Y ,
| co-chairman: Mi:m Hadaset*! Wil
| son, Washimtton. D C.; Samuel
| Hoard, South Boston, Va., John
| J. Williams. Newark, W -I.;
! Grady Nelson, Whitakers: Miss
i Mary High, Dorchester, Mag a.,
! Win. Cannon, Asheville; Thom
as Armour, M.utawan. N, J.; and
Samuel Salisbury, Brooklyn.
gortuiiity tn show their *.•>■ w
•pring w ariJrobcs I'lctoretl ibr»*»
or, ih-- J-,) •:* U>. fir.,' ■"
Soon af’v’. the '’apture of tho
;urne-’t. WentUted -xs Andrew C.
Wa>- •?. D 33 h St. N’V. polite re
over-:;! ail b’u. LV -A th? VVv-.V
l, j ij, in iUv., Unough which tiro
v,., ■: i,.pi tied
-a ji -iTe ofrirer-s found '.'’are
hi>'tdi n d under a bed on the third
j.i oor ot , ho’.tir- at 1955 13th 8u
”W. He DM them soma mar: was
v Tiler a • . lenl'i’.vd as sYj> e
h>.t .".charged chot.y -vlth no'ice
man. ihomas K. ’V?:k:. -•■■he.u
Impressive Ser vice
I lekl For i futorian
WASHINGTON V'D - Di
Ciirte? i.~ ''ri'vin Woodson 74, 'prob
ably t;ic wojtid i b:luthority on
Negro history. •••„.; bulled has
Sj*f ti.u ci j■■ F jinerri! 3GiviC6S
ricld " the Shi!-h BaptHl -.hv.rcii.
t >■., Re H L Harrison offinated-
The famed historian both self rd
ii! itp.i -nd coli* ye tsahiH. dii'*.l tu
hi;, home Mend”/ uftemoon. ap
j-. ii 'iHlv fi<>>i> a it i"' if ' ink His
hOP'tf 1 V. ; 35 lOLTi'-d lb' •’ '*■' A."-.'
ciativii for Study ul dm? Life ->ud
Hist-u v. "i in.,'!'-i:. ”i he founds;’
and devoted his life to. Ho had been
in m health and undor doctor's
Foundation I fonor&
' Booker I. Washington
Looker yr iri”or-io-i Hi■ Ihpla:
! V:i A.ceo tiling In f FKillip:’,
!Presid til ot the Bouke* 1 W.t.-m
--: uifctoTi Birthp!ace Ivleinoi. u*l, the
j Fifth Annual Booker T V,' 'jiiiug
i ton Birthday Celebration, winch
- marked the 94th aunn’wsary of the
inoted edjicat?r. " ! ■; an outstanding
success. Thr lei. i si’on begyr- Ha
Iturcla.v, Apiil 1 and closed' April
15 with more than 1,900 persons at-
Itending during the five iay par
! iod.
This year's obss-rv nice npened on
jEaturri >y i- ii.n a L ecreij.’ "vu 1
I lute in ’’-hioii a large niunbei- of
Teacher Loses Job
iFor Anti-Bias Fifijlt
J MEW YORK For the second;
! time in several years a college pro -,
: j>-v.-'ir is loving bis teaching post;
| beraucc of hi: ftghl against the ex -
i elusion of Deg roes as t-mirk in;
j Drirvvcsarif Town, it whs learn ct!
| here this week
i The pi’ofessor. Dr. i «?e '?rrti, hnsj
j been notified that his appointment •
|as As.'*ist:uit Professor of Mm lie-1
: malic,s at Pennsylvania State Col-}
liege, will not be renewed'ior the j
jnext academic year.
‘ Dr. Lurch raid that hv had been'
Chm- -h are Anne Beconi. Johnny B
■•• Hf V. .'i!wn. Joyce Wong«>< I
jr t J l' ; ‘i-Ulp lu*eOUi. |!
?r flic had joint '' >h: chars
■■ • ; i 'ed immediately ai'tet the hold
up, followed him Into w • ■'.../ near
the 12th St house.
Walker jU he shot twice after
AVre feed ;u him with a 32 call*
b«r pistol. Walker said he saw Ware
a fence and thiov; himself
throv.gb a dosed window in the
vacant house ; .u which ha waa
found.
The robbery occur ad shortly bo
re 1 pm when two masked and
i t'-mi ir.-jf-d on page 2. this seuira)
cere tor two years.
r r, rvi c New Canton. Va , Wood
son grew up in Huntington. W. V'a.,
ond .vc ke - in the coal mines. Dui-
i t! o nt rime he became a aelf-ed*
r ?; on. Later he attended
Bei •> iKy > college and the Sor
i , ru i He earni;! tils A B.
([.. >, .. i'i. -i tiii'- nni”ttr?iiy of f iii
f. ~, j• >i,/ ,iud hij A M in !900.
i'T, - , , r-vauir'd hi.; Fh D.
fi in k • >s d University in 191 X
lie I", :A ,n LL. D. from Vir
gin, i ante College in 1330.
]->•: ; ;y the early part of his
CenUmo d on j-.'.-o 3, this section)
•i *. fvorr* su-i V•*'jn'li'i.t comr*
(i* . 4 ,5. - : mied The Stay's pro
,,i■ i■,i r.i- the most l -’r.iby .it.;-“nd-*
I'd p. ->giam the Memor-’l ;vAt
le.. .-'d sim-e its organization.
?,< ...tv L bniuyh-i. a r)oi;i!o
a." u of the Pittsburgh Courier,
v,as the main speaker. Ho curd
that the time had come for a new
e.-J"Rioti of Booker T. Washing
ton . that Booker T. Washington
will never be outmoded because
■:?, imica: progre r ..- marches on. In
"irMiikniiiii cn L:-; philosophy of
l-.ooker ') Washington, it was
u .>n*n s -,.*a cm t> 1 ' "* this -crUrn)
informer; boa. f Morse, assistant
to the college president, that his
action is nermltlt.pg « Negro family
>o line nr. quests in his New York
auH-tment was ‘extreme, illegal and
imtnor.v, and damaging to the pub
■in- relations of the college.’'
■ ~iy. e ant Town, Is a housing
ipiow! I built and owned by the
■ ieo opoiti.'.'n Life Insurance Com
pany that has excluded Negroes as
ten Tints
The American Association of
(Continued on page 8, this’ we it on)