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\' t , Jl $ \ Abov« arc amne of the acenes • a pJoseup of some of the nwny *»!« I.-p 41.^ a e ■' _ i_ m ii at the lAunehingr the fl. R. JOHN MKRRTCK, held at the yards of -the North Carolina iBhri^batl^nf; Company in Wil mington ia«t Sunday, July 11. Piotured on tho extreme right dignitaries who enme from all parts of the country to witness the historic 0(yvaaion. Pictured are Mrs. Martha Merrick Donnell, who acted nsS sponsor of the vessel. Mrs. Donnell i» the yomigrest dauffhter of th>. great humanitarian for whoiii the ship was named. Beside Mrs. Donnell stands Miss Couataiica Merrick, of Durham, Mr.^. Soott of Washington, D. C. jinl Mrs. Wheeler of Wi Ituinfvton, N. C. Also pictured is Dr. rhfulcs ('. S))iuildiiip, wlio with John Merrick, for whom the ve.sscl is niimiul, wi)s a co- founder of the North Carolim Mutual Life Insurance Co. and i.-' the present president of tho Compauv. Oeorge W. Cox, vi-‘e president and agency director of tthe North ’arolii»a Mutual stands beside I>i'. Spauldiitjr. Pictured in the center is the Liberty Vessel, S. S. JOHN MRKIUCK, as it started its maiden voyage after having been christened. This ship !.■» the first that has ever been naiuid for a Negro below the Mason-Dixiel line and is the I14th completed at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company yards at Wilminrton. At the extreme left th* camera caught Mrs. Donnell .i3 she hurst the -Jiampagiie again st the how of the boat and .sent it sliding down the ways. Alan seen on the picture are ma;r of the dignitaries who pUyr^l vft.ll part.^ in Tnikin' sion the trmendoiis it Get In The Scrap! ""ft MAILING EDITION 9 Cum jn VOL. XXIII - NO. 27 DURHAM, NORTH CAKOUNA SATURDAY, JULY 17th, 1943 Florida Board Education Equalizes Teachers Salaries] Federal Court Indicts 33 For Part In Indiana Lynching Sheriff Aiid Among Tlliose Lynching Last Deputies Held For October WASHINGTON, — -Thirteen* periSoiirS have been arrested in Vigo County, Indiana on c-harge- of conspiring ^ to, violate th Civil Rights Statues in t h - lynching of 'James Edward Per- son»-a^ Negro, near P*rl8y IHmots last October 12. The arrests vere the result of indictments by n Federal grand jury, and iaeluded a former sheriff and throe former deputy sheriffs, aecord- ing to Fransis Biddle, Attorney General of the United States. Seeks To Start Fund MEDIC ...HE on had served in the pre sent World War, but had been honorably disrharged at the tlm^’ of the lynching. The American Legion Post at Jackson, Tenn. made the complaint to Assistant Attorney General Wendell ^ Berj'e who order an investigation by the PBL - According to the Justice De partment all of the thirteen men will be arraigned at Danville, Monday, July 10. They are being held 5n If2,000 bond each. The indictment charges speci fically that , the defendants, “acting, unde^the color of stale law,” conspiiOT to violate the Civil Bigh^ts Statutes by denyinp Person his right not to be de prived of hid life or liberty with out due process of law as guaran teed by the constitution of the United Statea. If convicted the thirteen men face ft maximum penaty of two years imprisonment or a fine of Si'S,000 or both. j Person, the indictnient said, had committed i^o offense, and no warrant was outstanding for (Please turn to Pag« Two) SEWS UP HEART BfiV. J. H. OLAYBOBN Presiding eleler of the Ft., Smith, Ark., district of the A'ME church, who was proposed that each of the 8,00 churche.s in the connection raise at least $.5 each annually to establish .'i student Aid fund for the bene fit established a student aid fund for the benefit of soldiera who after the war will need funds to continue “their educa tion. The .$40,000 would help 200 yoyung men at .$200 each or 4)0 at $100 each .Dr. Clayborn pointed out.—ANP. See Page Eight For Contest Standings. EAST ST. LOULS, HI. ANP) - Friends of Dr. II. II. Wea thers di.sclosed this week that the surgeon had successfully accomplished an operation on a human heart. The surgery, an unusually complicated operation resuiring great dexterity and skill, was perfonned here Tues day at St. Mary’s hospital. The patient, Nathaniel Pickett 22, is reported recovering and showing rapid progress. He was brought to the hospital .suffer ing from stab wounds, includ ing a cut in the right auricle, one of the ■ two upper heart valves that handle blood from the veins. Dr. Weathers cut through the pericardium sac surrounding the pulsating heart and made .a fi gure eight suture. A figure eight Suture is a type of continuous stitch that covers a large or ’small territory. Translated t’^ the. language of the layman it means the wound required three stitche.s.) -Had not Doctor . Weether-i immediately operated, Pickett would have Wed to death in a few minutes, said M.s colleagues. The feat of the local physician is regarded in medical circles something closely approachinc a miracle. In the history of (Please turn to Page Two) First Ship In South To Bear Negro’s Name Is CiiristenedAtWilmington Pictured above is Dj*. C. C. Spaulding as he spoke to the capacity crowd which filled Cen tral Baptist Church in Wilming ton last Sunday. Speaking on a subject of ^ost-w*r security, Dr. Spaulding pleaded for the continuance of interraicial har- nrK>ny in North Carolina. In addition to the address deliver ed by Dr. Spaulding, also on the program was the Honorable J. Melville Broughton, Gover nor of the State of North Caro lina. , ;ii Florida Education Board Agrees To Equalize Teachers’ ^ries PALM BEACH,. Fla. — The Board of Education here has signed a consent decree in the case of Stebbins vs Board of Public Instruction, to become operative Tuesday, July 6, 1W3. The Board adopted a salary schedula on June 22 which la to be applied equally to white and Negro teachers. The schc- lule adopted groups the tea>’her> into four classes: 1, Teachers with normal school qnalifiea- tions, 2. Teachers with threa years of college trainiog, 3, Hold- (Please turn to P«ge Two) II. S. Troops Guard Detroit Until August DETltOITV Mteh. — UnTted States troops will remain her' until sometime in August ac cording to assurance made to th> NAACP by Adjutant General James A. Ulio. In answer to the NAACP’i? urging that troops not be with drawn immediately after the July foQjrth holiday. General Ulio wired the NAACP “your, message is appreciated and pre cautionary measures Have been lakeQ aceordingly.” The NAACP feels that it would be better t ■> keep the troops idefinitely than to remove them one day too so6p and has expressed the convic tion that it would be well for the War department to wait un til cold.’weather sets in the ten dency of people to congregate i:i parks and on street corners has lessened, before it order the re moval of soldiers stationed hare. In ezpres^ng appreciation for the War dapartment’s deci sion to keep the fede-al troops here nntil Aagust, Walter Whits exeentive secretary wrote Generjl Ulio: “■I returned from Detroit tlii.- mornii^. It is my conviction, based upon ray personal observa tions and those also of membert of our staff who have been eon- stantly in Detroit since June 20. that there would have been a resumptioD of the riot had the federal troops been removed on (Please turn to Page Tiifo) HENRY BEAHY DIES SUDDENLY Henry Beatty, age 57, TXii’'- ham merchant, died of an at tack of arcute indigestion whil-i ehroute from South Carolina to Durham Tuesday evening arouii.l eight ’clock. Mr. Beatty hail gone to South Carolina with h'S sons to purchase vegetables for sale on the local market, but took desperately ill seven miltv^ north of Sanlord. He died be fore medical aid could reach him. The deceased was born in Balden county but had lived in Durham since 191f) where he had engaged in the grocery anJ produce business. Surviving are his wife, Mr^. Florence Beatty, eight sons an>l two daughter. The sons are Sivie, Haywood. James Maxi- llen, Richard, George, Henry and Thomas. The daughters are Miss Laurabelle Beatty and Mrs. Pauline Elleson. (Continued on Page Seven) L: Hjgmi ingHu REWARD OFFERED IN DETROIT FOR RIOTHl’S ARREST DETROIT -- With 13 deaths in the recent race riots here still 'Unsolved, the Wayne County Board of Auditors last week- ^ered a reward of $100 to any person who eoald furni^ in- (Plecse turn to Page fwo) WIL31IX(JT0X. ,luh- 13- ■rowd ?mservativt*ly estiroatt at ‘JO.tXX) "atlierwl at tht* Xo (’arDlina Shipbnildinur nv’s yar«J_J^pai_Si T(T^vTFiies.s %vhat will tlonbtl •ro iTTnvii in slu{>~i*onstnil‘i lustorv as one of the'nusst tneiitn.s evonts ever Uelil. The iMH-a.sion was the Litund^l inr iuui Christeniiijr of the 8s John ^[errie-k, thf* 114th >hip to be cntwtnicttNl here, the firft in the, history of •ontli to bear the name of a Nfl iU:ro. liOnsr before the mnraeiit arrived for the actnal I iiiij. throHijs of Xe«iroes ponrinr throuirh the ^rate. ing into the yattl inttil uroinuls surn.)undiriir thp si percliel hiiLrh on the shi] was a teeminsr mass of bi ty. It an orderly crowd ■ up of persons from all tife. The trained, the m the "o'vernor. the p>-c Hie shipbuilding snranee fxeentiv^. ship ponstritetion wptIgbek, men. children. th’ bayJhei. bsker and the.«indle|^ ker. all had !»alheredt~te~’ '■he lannehin? of a would bear the tatrae 3Ierrick, a Xejfro wtio itidustrr. thrift and had lifted ItHuedf ‘ ‘ b(i0tstra^ te tltf Xegro bnsiises* n for tite ™ Lfuruiibe^ hr bm# Aigr the Piitie
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