Bass' Funeral "Ties Up" Four-Lane Highway Here
Hundreds View Body
Os Matthew P. Bass
BY CHARLES R. JONES
The funeral of Matthew Phillip Bass, convicted rapist, tied
up a four lane highway last Sunday afternoon as both the- sym
pathetic and the curious converged on a local funeral home for
the last rites. 1,500 persons arc believed to have viewed his re
mains,
Bass, 17, was executed in Central Prison’s gas chamber last
Friday morning for the rape-slashing of Mrs. Sarah Keels Mahler
f t June 12, in tin Occidental Life Insurance Building here. It
took him 13 minutes and 55 seconds to die—the record time is
15 minutes.
Bass apparently went to hi*
death unafraid. Itis heart
beat remained normal unti' H
-topped.
Eugrolist, ic services were con
ducted by the Rev, J. H. Clanton i
assistant chaplain of the N, C.‘
State Prison, one of the last {
persons to see Bass before he in-;
haled lethal dose of cyanide gas.’
Harry Golden Appears At
Shaw University Monday
Shaw University's Greenleat
Chapel is expected to be filled
with an overflow interracial and
tnter-reheious crowd Monday, De-
HARAY GOLDEN
“Understanding, Compassion
in The North:" Brooks Bays
FXKIN Rep. Brooks Hays •
■ D-ArkD Monday night defend-j'
eci hi- roll as a moth-rate In the |!
integration battle saying “there!
is understanding and compassion j
in the north and we must find:
ways t.o draw upon It ”
flays, defeated for rector j
Hurt by a write-in segrega
tionist. candidate in little
Hock. Nov, f, quoted former j;
President Woodrow- Wilson i
that "time im Hie only educa
tion in Uiis field.”
Drifter is indicted in Deaths
BOV7U.NO GREEN. Va.—Wil
liam Brown. 56-year-old drifter,
was indicted Monday on charges
of murdering two white women
who were among eight, persons
held captive in their home Nov
13 for more than six hours.
A Caroline County Grand
■lory also indicted Brown of
» charge of felonious assault
i'n Kenneth Van Mien. 35.
s Richmond music teacher,
who wait among the person*
hpld at gun point in the home
,of .Tames K, Brooks near here.
POPK JOHN AT MISSIONARY COM,MOP Smiling Pope John XXIII chats with a student of
Rome's College of Propaganda in Italy last week after celebrating an early morning mass. Pope John
had been national director of the Institute for the Propogation of the Faith and has shown particular
.Interest in missionary r.-rrV.. It? the ?»r*er is (G re* nine Cardinal Araglanian. who also attended the
r eerctnooy. tUPI PHOTO).
The service performed at 4
p.m. at Payton’s Funeral Home.
| New Bern Avenue. Interment took
; place at Lightner’s Cemetery, Gar
; ner Road.
j Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
j Alberta Bass; two daughters,
Phyllis and Jessie; and five ton*.
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I cent her 15 at 8 p. m. to bear noted
author Harry Golden
The address is the only one Gol
den has scheduled for three
months.
Rabbi Abe bchoen of Beth
Myer Synagogue will give the
invocation prior to a musical
■selection featuring Paul Crump.
1 baritone. accompanied by Har
! ry Gfl-Smythe.
! Shaw- University President Wfl
j liam Russell Strassner will wel
) come Golden,
! The speaker is editor of the
i widely read Carolina Israelite of
Charlotte, Under his editorship
the newspapers circulation has
reached some or the world’s most
outstanding citizens It is one of
the most quoted papers in the
region
Rxlrigh journalist-author-ed
Itor lonalhan Daniels of the
News surf Observer, North l t
rolina's “Old Reliable News
paper", will introduce Golden.
The two are friends and asso
ciate* of long standing.
tcoN’fTNTreo on page
He said “Let the South proceed
on her own. Wr who know the
problem best should he allowed
time to handle it.
Speaking to the Northwest
North Carolina Development. Or
ganisation consisting of 11 coun
ties. Hays said he had a, drain to
"spare other states and cities the
pain and anguish that his citizens
and his state had. felt in the past
year."
Hays spoke Tuesday morning at
Winston-Salem. N. C„ and again
Tuesday night at Charlotte.
Trial date for Brown was set
for Jan. 9 in Caroline County cir
cuit court before Judge Leon Bs»-
ztle. Brown previously was found
sane and able to stand trial.
Brown, of Shelbyvilto, Tenn.,
was raptured by members of
a 200-member posse about. 17
hours after the two women
were shot to death In their
home.
The victims were Mrs, Jean S.
Brooks, 33, and her mother-in
law Mrs. Kate S. Brooks, 74
'
FIRF DRILL As Fire Commissioner Edward F. Uuvanaßgh
Jr., times (he operation, seisifgsjUfff, hold a fire drill *«. « public e-html
in New York City last week. Standing next to Cavanaugh i* tier
department chief George David. Fire department official* were oof
in force during the day cheeking possible fire har-.trd«. in 1,50© public,
private and parochial schools in the eiiv. The investigation, scheduled
to take about a -week, was ordered in order i« prevent a disaster such
as the Chicago -ehooi fire earlier !n ihe week, that claimed 91 lives,
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| Dr. King Considering
rip to Russia Soon
MONTGOMERY. Ala. The!
. private secret-ary of Rev. Martin j
| Luther King, Jr, reported tonight j
■ the integration leader is serious- j
!!y considering” a trip to Russia j
j some Aime in May .
| The secretary did not disclose !■
j whether it was to be a sp«?aking i
! tour.
Dr King, president of ihe ! ;
| Montgomery Improvement As- I -
>n„ spearheaded Ihe 1956 bus i
NAACP HEAD THREATENED
MONROE —• A chapter leader of the National Assn, for Ihe
Advancement of Colored People said Friday his life had been threat
ened b.v an anonymous telephone caller.
Robert F Williams, president of the Futon County Chapter of j
the NAACP, said a “white man" had telephoned his home Thurs
day night and told his wife that “my time had just about come.
“The man told my wife that pretty soon I'd he dead," tVH
! Hams said.
The Negro leader said he was away from home at the time. In-1
i vestimating an alleged Ku Klux Klan threat about six miles from
: Monroe. He said the Klan had “threatened a colored fellow,"
State- Wide Body Formed,
Opposes School Closings
RICHMOND, VA A state-wide
group to oppose the dosing of pub
lic .schools to avoid integration
plans to hold its organization meet
ing within a few weeks
<v
boycott here which led (• * > *
Supreme Court, decree order
inf desegregation of all pub
lic transportation facilities in
the capitol city.
The young integration leader i?
still rmipcratim from a stab
wound received in a Harlem. New
York, department store white au
tographing copies of his new book
which depicts the Negroes’ light,
for integration in the south.
Groundwork sot the organization
was laid In a meeting Saturday,
Dr J L Blair Buck of Richmond is
temporary chairman.
The delegates heard a Centra!
Virginia industrialist, say hi: firm
probably would not have located
in Virginia had if been able to an
ticipate Ihr state would close
schools rather than have them In
tegrated.
The executive, who asked
to remain unidentified, said
he feared he would lose one
fourth of his key employee*
ts schools in his locality closed.
He said his firm had m 5 mil!
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State News
Brief
DARDEN FOUND GUILTY
RALEIGH ~~ ,ta„;cc Krnmon Dar
den, Washington Terrace, charged
with unlawful entry, was tried in
Wake Superior Court Monday Ito
wag found guilty and sentenced to
12 months on the roads, suspend
ed for two years on condition he
pay a fine of SSO and costs. Darden
was accused of breaking into a
business establishment on S. Blount
Street.
REV. WERTZ ELECTED
CHARLOTTE The Rev. L. W.
Wertz, pastor of the St. Paul Bap
tist Church here, was elected this
week as president of the Mecklen
burg County Ministerial Associa
tion. an interracial organization.
He thus became the first Negro to
head the Association The minister
has served as first vice-president
trtwTimjrn on par* a
Strong Civil Rights Plank
Seen By Harry S. Truman
' ~ 1 l
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
I VOL. 18, NO. 11 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13. WSB RALEIGH N. C. PRICE IN H. C.; ELSEWHERE LV
Ala. Vote Probe Continues
Dies Leaving Grave
Testimony
Is Heard
On Denials
MONTGOMERY. \ia - The i
Federal Civil Risrbfe* Comrms.-ioo
’■"igned its Alabama voter regis
tration probe Monday in m at
mosphere of angry local defiance.
!i appeared th hearing.'- )
prompted by charges that rrris- j
trars had discri thins ted against
Negroes, would provtdt the first;
full lest of the cor mission'-- pow- ’
crs Most local authorities e\-
pressed derermiiwtlor. to with- S
hold ihelr records.
(Jrand juries iti Balias, VVil
<*o\ and laiwnde* f ottnf ies held
crnergencv weekend sessions
and ordered that all records
in Ihcit Jyrisdiet jon be im
pounded
Os the counties to be in vest i- 1
tCONTOItII ON ■)
Ex-President
Holds News
Conference
_ I
Former President Harry S. Tru
man predicts that the Democratic '
Party will come up with another ;
strong civil rights plank in d>,
1960 platform.
Deftly Hddine reporters" ques
tions on the subject at t w
fwtffrenoe here Friday, Truman
conceded the party treads south,
cm votes and marie h clear he i,
not reactin', anyone mil of the!
party
•1 think the lasi, plank was a
good one . • ■ the South stayed
with it and I'm certain well have.
a Rood strong plank again in 10*
(50, ’ he said.
The questioning centered
around recent statements in
which National Party Chair
man Paul Rutler. in ctfcet,
warned the South to he ready j
for a strong civil rights plank
oi get out of the party. South
erners have interpreted Rut
ter's statements to menu the
South would rome out on in
(CON7WIWI OS PAIR S>
I
Bonus Money
Month Into
Fourth Week
The fourth week of the Church j
Romi* Money program got under
way Thursday, December II and
will close at midnight Wednesday, ■
December 17. The month consist.-,
of six week and will close Decern- 1
her 31.
New churches planning to parti
cipate in the contest should appoint |
someone to collect, the purchase 1
slips or receipts submitted by the
members cf the churches earl',
week. Only those purchase slips j
for merchandise bought iron
CAROLINIAN adv-ri! << - ill ' c
counted A list of adverb -
eis appear on the front page <<>
each edition
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Hhl.B IN DARIKfi ROBBERY TRY—Nelson Dudley. »5, above
of Brooklyn N. V., allegedly attempted a rohherj at the East New
| York Savings Bank last week. Police say Dudley gave the bank teller
] a note which read: ”1 have a band grenade." The note ashed for
S'JS.OOA. When the bank «elier ignored the note and stepped on an
alarm button, Dudley fled. A patrolman apprehended the suspect a
short distance from Ih® bank, lie allegedly had tire grenade on hi
persait. U PI PHOTOi.
Ligon Principal Attends
Schools Meeting In Ky.
H. E. Drown, principal oi the
J W. Litton High Mchooi attend
ed the annual meeting of the As
sociation of Secondary Schools
and C' lie"- s lust »•>’• kr-nd at
Louisville. Kentucky, Dec. 3-5 at
the Central High Senoo!
The niceim," is attend; ri bv ad
ministrators of institutions tiuit
have been approved by the a
sociation because of maintain
ing requircmcn If in regard; to
faculty, facilities and cirriculm
Mr. Brown stated licit the
<r> >in course of dermsion was
centered arouns the ‘Analysis
and Place of the Testing I’rn
cr.im in Our Schools.'"
■L ~4***f>w ■
•jfiESiP ■
AtHlig'gttKSßMCT A.ABF ignMlßUNfiKi
II K BROWN
Dr. Allison Davis from the Uni
vi»r.i‘y of Chicago attempted t<
place Testing In its Proper Prt;
speetion in the Educational Pro
■ram
The meeting next year will l*
held in Louisville. Kentucky.
CAROLINIAN
ADVERTISERS
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Grave Trip
| SPENCER, Vn. — A go -year-ole
; woman who wandered off Frida;
after making Iter daily visit to he
: husband's grave wtj found deaf
• Saturday about o. mile from h«
j home.
The h»dy nf Mr?-- Will*
Jamison was found near a
creek i*y a member of the
botre *carch party uhirh had
c.iinlii'i ih<> '.wick I hrough
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Bomb Threat
Made At A
School Here
A threat that a bomb had beer,
plaited in tlie Hugh ’Tor.-on Junior
; High School (white< bore Wednes
jda y morning brought police and
fire department personnel to the
• area in a hurry.
The students were •*• cvac
: uatert from the buiidm,, uid horn
j ed in a chore'll aero; . lie rtre, ;
v\ hile a thorough search was tmsck
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