School Equalization Will Cost $80 Million... Scott
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SILVER STAR .lupins H'-m
tin- fefavll> cii-coi.ij.-rt t w'" ;i
in M Sgt. David Kobin-on. i
5 reiving in'dals, awarfs amt <• >s.i
--.1 liitiii is getting to be a habit I i
' *th e U illanl, \. (.. soldi -r. \!><>'•••
the Korean veteran and (• r
11 member <>f the 21th B' ant
Regiment is shown the
Silver Star from CotOm I ( hai l' s
COUNCIL ASPIRANT FILES
Grueling Pace Being Set
By Taylor In Council Race
B> I.IN HOLLOWAY
KALEIGIJ-~Ev..ii it vns
V/.-dm-.-ciav ai high noon wlv-Ti he
tot round to the te-M: of fiiir. .• of
ficially as a eaiv.'iiduli: .subject to
«lection Councilman in the
frothCocdn Ral.-it: Mo.nieijiat F! r
-11- Atl.orn>''v Herman 1. Tailor
alre.i.o-. hart week chockful oi ef
forts in quest of the m- ' -o his
tin (!li
The bustling and vibrant
vounH civil ritrhts advoemit,
who lias already ha-sun to stir
local citizens from their iimuil
uoatheiK attitudes, made his
official oliering as council
candidate with Mrs. Mabel 11.
Trull, secretary of the Wake
County Board of Elections at
lush noon Wednesday arid
ut-ain set about joining his
staff of advisors in making Ra
leigh Tay-ior-lit (-Councilman
counsciotiß.
* Following is indication of the
efforts of .Mr. Taylor's advisors and
himself-
On Friday night at t> P. m. a
Manning Conference was staged at
the local V-WOA
Saturday was spent in the dis
tribution of eamoaijfn material and
in making personal contacts. Dur
ing Sait-- ..'tv's events during which
cards identifying local busiwss
rc.i.;. as Sutgiortcrs of Attorney
Taylor’s counvilmanic race ware
eh -tributes, tie. candidate was re
ceived with enthusiasm in ah
quarters.
•Sunday morning, the candidate
made two appearances, making
talks at bo<h the Martin Street
(Continued ori page 8, this section)
AT A HIGH COST
Durham Seeks To Live Up
To Federal Court Order
DURHAM The Durham City
Board of education, which ha- been
restrained by Federal Court order
from pt t, dicing segregation against
Negro school children solely be
cause of race this week took upon
itself th*’ task of seeking to live
up to the US Court’s dictates that
facilities rind opportunity for edu
cation must be equalized here and
asked appropriations to better con
ditions here.
In ;•> Tuesday night meeting, the
group, including a new white mem
ber who vas chosen to a post on
fnp board despite demands for a
Jfcg-'o aTfpoinf.ee decided to ask
County Commissioners for money
~rilij winch lo not only renovate
two conriarativelv “new" schools
here but also for funds with which
to construct a. new Negro facility
The '»roun asks nearly two mil-
Iton dollars of which over $1,500,000
3s earmarked for the Negro im
provements.
*■
! . Kendall. < omnia tiding officer
->f tin* !. s. Hospital, I art Bragg.
Sergeant Robinson's «i‘i«itiaiy
p< rt»: in.inrc <m duty, iih liiilih;
I'liiiraiic. initiative ami i' .utei.
s!u;> n bib* engaged >n combat
against the aimed enemy near
v a rijii. Kon-a qualified him f«*r
the award. IL. S, ARMY
t'llOlO 1f V Ul.'Sll i.
xisi ’ *
SPEAKER—Mrs. Alice I*. Al
len assistant to the president and
clmriman of the lie par mt ent ol
1 iMUess Administration at Miles
Memorial College, Birniinghan),
wiij speak in It. X. Duke Audi
torium, North Carolina College,
Munday, April !5 at ;::;o p. VI. The
Durha-ui Rho Chap G-r of lota
Phi Lambda Sorority is sponsor
ing lbt- appearance us a part of
the national observance of Busi
ness Education Week observed by
at! rhapteis of the Sorority. Mrs.
Allen is past national president
oi the Sorority.
NEW SCHOOL
A now Negro (♦montary school,
■ ] patterned after a recerftly-con
h; Meted white school will cost an
Ntirruih-d $338,000. This school, the
Scal’d wishes, will carry 10 ciass
j 'owin. un auditorium, cafeteria, li
j nrary and offices,
| Another u’-oject, at the not-too*
i • ilii Burl on School would see the
j addition o, r cafeteria and an audi-
I ••orium. At the Whitted School site
: j here. th“ Bon'd seeks to provide a
• | gymnasium. 1 ; classrooms, two
| home economic classrooms and
’°ur shops. Several buildings ad
: -aceni to the main building there
i would b“ made useless
WOULD RAY TUITION
The Board further decided to
set on the problem of obtaining
: tuition fees from Negro student’s
•iving outside the city proper in
accordance with that asked to white
students similforly situated. Cur.
. (Continued on page 8, this section)
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CITY COUNCIL
SCHOOL BOARD
SEATS SOUGHT
V L \ \A CP President.
Minister Ijxlorsed
Rv f ’itiw»n«* Cro*m
r
CHARLOTTE Indietimt that
x:;m ' . ill seek offices In
1 ■ .erne,’ tii '.lettcdls to be slxy
! be. Aoi':l 3h s given last
k vein the names of two car:-
uit.i le. t,, offer for the posts wore
eerlie ad by .■ local ClCtizen.-' co'n
n •itt •. '
T '-- ini: ■. meet in.-; ol tin Citizens
(...'Onim'divi. Kir political Action, the
’to’"!: tii" e-orooust'd of 28 cvmniii
aily organisations, endorsed the
i'.ij'the loiimz t a input an of Kelly
A. .idt:, ,iM sident of th.- North
Cana in: j’.iLiuh of tic NAACP,
iiiu .in v- lc n sc it on the C ha -
lotlc City Council, and that of the
Rev .bee K V.’ci Lx a Baptist
cl< 1”' n,an who seeks a port on
th,- local school board.
GOVERNOR CITES
HOSE COST TO
STATE LEADERS
Return To Aycock’s
Education Policies
1.-rsjed By Graham
RALEIGH—■**It will take $80,000,*
000 to give the minority race equal
< poorlunity on the grammar and
hiuh school level” in North Caro
lina. thi State, chief executive de-
I'lai'cd in a speech marking 1 dedl
erdion of the portrait of a man
nailed as a leading advocant of
equality oi opportunity here this
week
Sneaking before a huge gath
irrnr in attendance at the tied*
cation of a portrait of the late
Gov. I’tiarii-s Brantley Aycock
if tbe Hail of the Mute House
building Tuesday night. Gov
ernor Kerr Scott not only point
ed out the hug.- cost of obtain-
Ini: ed heat ion at opportunity
within the state, but lurther
toil! member;, of both House#
of the General Assembly in at
tendance at the ceremonies to
adyta*- thou local leaders to
-prepare—a nil cariv—to meet
that challenge, . "
The Governor s assumed infer
. enct- wt. »o tilt- recent U S. Su~
■ i ‘me Court mcc isioii.s granting till :
oitiaons equality of opportunity.
Clt A HAM URGES TOLERANCE
In the dedicatory speech of the
ceremonies former University of
North Carolina (president and US
Senator. Frank P. Graham urged.
present-dor I-adcrs to strive U»
overcome tile barriers encountered
by the late Governor Aycock. Those
barriers against' which Gov. Ay-j
cock was noted to have fought, Mr. j
Graham noted were
(j) interracial strife (£> 'tradition, j
si aversion among property holders 1
to taxation for tlie education of the
children of poor white people and
Negroes and (.3) public apathy and
■indifference based, on widespread
iConiutued on page 8, this section i
Educator, Businessman,
Minister Duped By Reds
Stockholm Appeal
Signers Cited By
House Committee
Special to 1 h,. LAUOLI.VLV.V
WASHINGTON. D. C.—At 'least
*hre. ji-..l'mi,i; ix) riit/ens a
Norm Carniiim have btvn li-icd by
. the He..ix Uti-Ain*-i ie«*u Affairs
Cnatniiuei: as having b t -< n amdng
the signers oi a document called
"the most dare grows hoax ever
<Wised bv the international Com
munist conspiracy.”
Dr. t hvti'lotte Hiinikiix Bi'o«m,
presidi n': and founder of Palm
er Memorial institute, '"‘riaiia:
I er U y R, Russell, well-known
(liKasbor# businessman and
inusieti! extravaganlea promot
er- mid the Kev. J, M. Miller,
retired eJergyman of Rocky
Atouiu were listed among five
Hontimied on page 8, this section)
FIRST NEGRO IN HISTORY
Woman Leader Seeks Seat
On Burlington’s Council
BURLINGTON —By announcin'-’.
. hers■ If a a candidate for a seat
on the local City Council. Mrs.
: Maude Iviouitrie Brown, local civic
'id church T r»d*»r this week be
came the first Negro to have- per
name entered on a Burlington e|,.c
--; tions ballot.
Mrs Brown, became seventh per*
sot: to inter the taev for s-xats here
upon -announcing hei canaidaO'
;
' 'TIZ* i
GA IN S POST THROUGH
LKACIK The piloi Placement
Program of the National Urban
l eague i* responsible ior the
placement of Msis Cornelia Dow
j as dietician at Gi-nessee County
Saiiboriuni n,-ar Flint, Michigan.
Miss Dow, a graduate of Chris- j
tianburg Institute and Virginia |
State College completed a seven
months internship in die tries at
Winsion - Salem’s Kate Bitting
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nw jBSm
■&. TO
L. R. Rl SSKLL
. listed by committer-
Monday. Ar, S. • .4 .public w-hobi
t< achi-r. she new opcraies a teach
c-r.'ige h re and is resident ol
the local S' eond Waal.
in offering for Hwtimi for
tne May £ balloting here, Mrs.
f'.'roivn said ”1 ha< e no political
ambitions but to make Burling
ton, not «n!i bigger and betel,
but ioaltbicr. happier aiyui saf
(Continued on page 8, this sectioni
Reynolds Memorial Hospital, ;
Through the intervention of the
Community Relations Projects of
Winston-Salem, affiliate of the :
National Urban League, Miss
Bow was accorded the post. The
Pilot Placement Program accepts
fjoalifeid applicants in ail vicin
ities where capable local resi
dents are not available. She is to
report April :ti.
/ j^.\“| ,# 1 ';
»11. CHARLOTTE H BROWN
. . . signed appt*a,j
DURHAM GROUP
WINS PRAISE
! DESPITE LOSS
■ > „____ > i
By 1.3 N IIOU.OWAT
DURHAM The Durham Com-;
! rnittnp on Nerra Affairs is being!
j .lauded he: ■ wer-k despite its |
| recent so-cußed “i" .1" in a highly I
. pertinent rivio matter the nam- *
: ing of a Near* to the Durham City •
; School Board.
Ev-n thou-’i thi local Affairs •
1 Committee faded in its objective :
1 to have local !,., n'ri'i’-lav. v; . J. H.
i Wheeh-r nr.m.- to the Ceorti, wave
■of piaadu.- a coa-iiiv. from all
cmiirt or.-- hiiiiin': the high cache lon
of th- ••eott') on its 'amity and,
forthrigi-tn« ss of purpose."
To Aff.i.sv Committee, i< is re- j
. caled, v. hen asked to present, tin ‘
names oi "0 ‘ev Negroes” it would *
. endorse to, membership on the |
; school board. ; resettled only OINK j
; nan-e. h at ol Vir. Wheeler.
Mr. W'heeler mu-' found ohjec-j
j tion;ibl<- as a member of the School j
I Board b cau« of his participation I
! as a leader in the litigation of a '
i recent school still staged here the »
; aftermath of which not only saw j
i the local School group determined j
; guilty of ‘practicing' discrimination;
. against Negro children, bui also
;■ saw an order handed down per- '
; manently restrainin'.; the Board
from further engaging in the prae
-1 ice.
TKV COMPENSATION
(Continued tut. page 8, this section)
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HONORED' Edna Earle Dortch,
.1 forme! student in the Music
. Department at Howard Univer
sity, Washington 1). ( and a
. graduate of Dillard High School,
I t’oldshoro, \. (, n;is awarded
third prize in a Talent Seoul
Show held at the Club 2011 Dun-
IT HAPPENED
j IN CAROLINA
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TH ill 5 . TATE
I Ki <: ;7.en of Chfirlotte tu-
I ; joy a i si'er.U'i' nva.'Ur.v oi the con-
I ia n- . esp< e . ;-,j admiration of
in v r p, • . f this c«immunity
- in,;* I ,ii;i k. i .it, who ;;>cnt nc.it -
i . . e.e. ol the J 5 years of liix
t< i.i in,- c.iy and achiend re
! -.1.a,.:.hb .'iiceies, ;n business and
» e.- .i I, nil, l xh,p Probably no
V, ... i) - 1 Ire nds: in Ch: •'•
>V.e, «i tin poopb of both
*.U,'Ot.yh be rpent most of his
! active lit, a; proprietor and opera
i .i in' .1 a tat . .-no he was
ietl!:.u- with -other business »t
--.i .0.: r.mi v.'fts a loader m the
t'until,nt .v.ti , r.-.mnti''’n of cultural
i. i r-n, .otis cntcrpi'iso? for his
i i He v-a- lon r . recognized as a pub
; ic sinr:tod citiren. iiv.rys vctivc
ii.it -• <■ d m movements for the
letti-rini-ni oi the community.
Proh*nly iio citizen ol t.' ; , time
! iid more 1< jarumoto harmonious
y.tio . 1.,. l\ a tlse white and
olo'eo pco. U'
In IN fl.-atii Char’otte ha.s lost
,iic iif Iks iy.iiM useful liti/’hy. one
j •.ho-c life ' as inspiriri:' and whose
j nfIUCIICe tile, '.fill (Hlnfly was
! u ■ ay w.iob somc.
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FROM LION OF JUDEA
J .
Haile Selassie Donates
s Chair To School In N. C.
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SOUTHERN PINES. N. O. <A W
j—A chair '.ion -tvei by Emperor Haile
j Selassie of !■:■ hif'piti nnv enriches
J the R. c i...lnstt-, founded b>
I Bishop R . l av.-on, president of
| the school
i mpeotr Selassie donated the
chair to the institute as a tok
en of apnreeialion because the
hitioti! teaches the Arwharic
\ language, the tongue of that
i| African nation
: it* hon i i v--'. u n fir;--? K'omp. as
* so; a i ci with the env. >cro: 10
Greenville Will Hire
Negro Police Officer
(SPECIAL!
! GRELNVTU.fc —At a eah-rmin-1
| nos i!ii Gi* > civile Pevlice Corn- t
j nissw>n hold Thursday morning, j
i ihi com mission authorized uto hir-;
\ n; ol a Nigio police officer Sturt
■ rig May i.
• Chief Guy Langston suited, that
j the off:*'c would be used to patrol :
j the Albemarle Avenue section, but
>at the present time Hit exact lo-
I cation of his beat nor the hours'
jho would be on duty have been
i worked out- ;
; The meeting was held in Chief :
i Langston's office and the chief re
' view ed the overall pi-Sicv protec
tion plan fm the city and dhed
need for a Negro officer.
; After a brief discussion the com
missioners arid Mayor Stafford
gave unanimous approval. ,
ha r 11 olii I Lounge, IVaxhingtun,
1). C. simdy.v, April 2. The Tni
ent Seoul slum «as sponsored
by the Gamma Chapter of the
iot.i I*hi Lambda Sorority. Miss
Dortch is the daughter of Mr,
and lh\ I’tiiliip Dortch of Mt?
Robert-. Street, GotdsiV r o.
A Free Mao
RAl.f —Bobber loi:;iv0)
t.s < Nee #n>. t . hi.
alter it *Va* li.'eit’Cjl -o
C«*unH Sup error (<v rt that he
kilted ,i roan in self mt>nse.
Johnson, who va» tried is
the fatal shooting of Juke \r.
nnglon following an argument
am! altercation growing out @f
a "skm gatn<"' in which t e t)¥te
were engaged, told officers
he had shot the victim only af
after Arrington began "carving
on" him with a sw it, ntjlade
krii/p.
Johii«ntt‘s appearance for pre
*'rnsis. i , hearing in the case,
according I** courtroom observ
eis. showed that be had. in
deed, been carved on.”
Held in Death
LKXINGTON Charlie Saunders,
2!, i • b- .14 held here in the fatal
.shotting a! lltoma.-' Moor;, 23.
Saundeis. according to investt-
Aitm officern. .-.hut Moore with 3
.410 x.au c shotgun ..fte:• Moore said
r omet:hri.: about :i young lady
wltorn StittnqCis wat keeping com.
■any on Monday night.
Moore's reatli i! is reported was
eattstxl by gunshot wounds about
the iira.i. He died enrout* to a
tVinston-Sal,m hosoitul.
mimtits ago when he visited Ethi
opia to establish x "C.lurch of Our
Horci J. ,-(e, Christ 1 At ibis tiw/C
he recoiv-c; a medal from the em
: p-.-ro • and iiennirsion to set us his
chu-rh
Knipt ror SeGssie approved
his work so well that he sent
'no students to enroll at Law
spii institute Aiinez Todla,
daughter of the minister n!
war, and Befawnado Tadessa,
honor student trom the Ameri
ian Institute in Ethiopia-.
' Last Rites Set
RALIIIOH.—On Thursday af
ternoon at 2 }>• m.. funeral rite*
slated at l.iglitncr’s lua
cr;tl home here for Lem Co
la ml, 46-year-oifi local resident
who died after a long illness at
a local hospital Monday.
Rev. jVfr. Currin w scheduled
r« officiate at the rite s»ni ai
ouriai cerrinonie stvh*ch follow
as Mount Hope cemetery.
Among survivors are a sh
ier, Mrs. Nina Watson of Ra
leigh; three brothers. Burnell
ol Ftuiuay Springs: Emt«t of
Norfolk. Yu., and Otis of Phila
delphia.