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Rumor Unfounded t.5 ' ■ ■ ■ / - The photo above ihowa that intefraiion will work in Texas, or any other Southern locality. If (iven a chance. The children pictured attended the All-Ans- tin Nursery School in Austin, Texas. The school was found ed in 1953 by parents who de- "cided that “segregation is an ever present barrier” to learn ing to live in today’s world. The school has been a going concern ever since. 1,250,000 STRONG — White Texans Back Supreme Couil Ruling FORT WORTH, TEXAS The White Protestants of Texas, 1,250,000 strong went on record last week as being solid ly behind the Supreme Court decision of last May, which out lawed segregation in the piibQc' schools of America, when the Texas Council of Churches ur ged acceptance of the High Court’s decision and expressed itself as opposed to tactics of de lay and other subterfuges to in validate the decision. The council urged its mem- "bers to the desegregation verdict “with all honesty and integrity rather than with at tempted eva!«ion.” It further said that “the new interpreta tion and pattern ?f brotherhood are consistent with our beliefs in democracy and equality guaranteed by our Constitu tion.” This action by the Texas Council of Churches throws the support of one of the strongest Protestant State groups in the country behind the Supreme Court purpose to free the public schools of America from the un- ciiristian, undemocratic and un constitutional practices which have obtained in segregated schools of the south and other areas in this country tiirough- out the yeras. Protest Navy Segregation In South Africa WASHINGTON, D.C. Two liberal Senators, Herbert H. Lehman of New York and Hubert H. Humphrey of Minne sota rushed strongly worded protests to Navy Secretary Charles S. Thomas on learning that the Navy planned to segre gate the 400 Negro ^rewmen of the carrier Midway when It docks at Capetown, South Af rica. Lehman said the Navy’s re ported agreement seems to "constitute official acquiescence and willingness to submit our own citizens to the Infamous Apartheid laws of the Union of South Airica." The Navy, through its acting Secretary of the Navy, James H. Smith, Jr., Is defending iU segregation plan with these points; “Firat the visit of the Midway to Capetown Is being made to satisfy an operational logistic requirement. Second, It is customary to observe local laws and reKulatlons while visi ting a foreign point. Third we (PleaM turn to Page Eight) f6ri(5dical Dept Dulse tftilv Library I an ^'na’PwiTM UBwStRH VOLUME 31—NUMBER 4 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JAN. 22, 1155 PRICE: 10 CENTS Two Children Die In Reidsville Fire REIDSVILLE A 17-year old unwed mother tried desperately to enter a bla zing 4-room structure, which had been her home, in a vain attempt to save the lives of her two children, James Purcell Humphrey, 3, and Lawson Junior Humpbirey, 18 months. The fire which occurred in the Stacey community near here completely destroyed the house in which the children lost their lives. A coroner’s jury ruled tiiat the youngsters met death in a fire that destroyed their home, according to Dr. M. t*. Cummings, Rockingham Coun ty coroner. However, the inci dent is ^ot a closed chapter as th6 jury made the recommenda tion that the tragedy be further investigated. In testifying before the jury, the young mother, LUlian Hum phrey, .stated that the two little boys were playing on the floor when^she left the house to go next door to borrow pen and ink to address an envelope. In th& room, there were a glowing coal heater and a burn ing oil lamp. The latter had been placed on a low stool she stated. WhUe she was gone ^ Hre 6rbfe*out. The yoimg mother testified that “the fire just met me al the (Please turn to Page Eight) Piotiu'ed above la a scene ai 4>t Mth Annoal Meeting ^ imt' Lma ■ociation, held here last week. Standing is E. B. Merrick, President of the Association, pRsiding over the meeting. ^ ^ right is the Beveren^^ 1^*^; Mpwnt viimMi Church who gave the4i)Vocation. At his left is J. S. Stewart, Secretary and Treasurer and F. V. Allison, book|ieep«r, who was later elee^ assistant seeretavy the' Board of Directors. Charlotte Golf Course Decision Slated For Feb. 7 MRS. M. M. CAMPBELX. NCC Head Of Department Of Nursing Dies Mrs. Latis M. Camidiell, 38, head of the department of pub lic health nursing education at North Carolina College, Dur^ ham, died here today (Tuesday, January 10) at 2:28 p.m. at Lincoln Hospital after an Illness of several months. Death was attributed to a cardio-vascular condition and a kidney disorder. Mrs. Campbell joined the NCC staff on July 1, 1854. Prior to that time she served as associate dean and professor in the A. and T. College School of Nursing, Greensboro, N. C. She also held high nursing po sitions in educational ci^es in Wasiiington, D. C.; New York City; Detroit, Mich.; and in West Virginia. She was scheduled to lie In s^te at the Holy Cross CBtholic Mission in Durham at midweek. After then, the body was to be shipped to Detroit, Mich, for last rites and iifterment. Mrs. Campbell was bom in Pine Bluif, Arkansas on April 20, 1916, qne of three daughters of the late Floyd ^Javer and Mrs. Artha Caver. She is sur vived by one daughter, Theresa Melba Campbell, 4, of the home at 2006 Fayetteville Street, Durham; her mother, Mrs. Ar tha Caver Melo of Detroit, filich.; and two sisters, Mrs. Floy Slbrle of Los Angeles, California; and Miss Theresa Caver of Detroit. Her husband, the late Howard Campbell of New York, died in 1930. Mrs. Campbell moved with her family to Worcester, Mass., when she*was 10 years old. She was educated in the schools (PleaM turn to Page light) CHARLOTTE Superior Court Judge George B. Patton announced Monday, January 17, tliat on Febniary 7, he would hand down a decision on the validity of the riverter clauses under which certain peo ple donated land, for the Bonnie Brace GoU Course, in 1029 to the city with the specified pro visions that the property should be returae^uto theni if used by Negroes. The annotmcement was made following one of two cases, heard by Judge Patton, growing out of the attempt of Negroes to use a city-owned, all-white golf course. City Attorney John J. Shaw, representing the Park and Re creation Commission, asked for a declaratory judgment favor ing validity of the reverter clauses. He further claimed that furnishing recreation is a non governmental function. Attorneys for Negroes and the NAACP attacked the constitu tionality of the reverter clause. Another suit is pending in which Negroes claim that bar ring them from the golf course constitutes discrimination against them and is a violation of the 14th Amendment to tfae Con stitution. LEVin, SONS DISCRIMINATION CASE HITS U. S. FEDERAL COURT Dr. Howard J. Chldley, pas tor-emeritus of the First Con gregational Church of Win chester, Mass.', will speak here at North Carolina College on Monday and Tuesday, January 24 and 25. He and Mrs. Chld ley are long time friends and benefactors of North Carolina College. Dr. Chldley will speak at 12:2(1 p. m. in Duke Audi torium. The public is invited to hear both speeches. Oxford Woman Slugged In Home By Bold Early Morning Assailant OXFORD Mrs. Willie Hamme Gre gory, teacher of Toler High Scbool of Granville County, was attacked and badly beat en by an unknown man inHber home on the Ralei^ Road near the Oidord Oiphanage here Sunday morning around five o’clock. According to Mrs. Gregory, who is estranged from her husband and lives alone in the home, she was awakened five o’clock Sunday morning to find a man standing over her bed. When she inquired of him what he want^ he struck her over the head with a blunt instrument causing a wound over her left ^e. Even thoBfh Mrs. Gregory, who weighs about 180 pounds says she was stunned by the blow she grabbed her assailant and grappled with him and soreamed for help. After strik* ing her over the head a second time, he dragged her from the the room in an attempt to escape and finally broke her hold and Jamped through an open window in another room, tlie one thronflk whidi he ap parently iiad’ entered the (Please turn to Page Eight) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. The long-awaited discrimina tion suit against Levitt and Sons, Inc., the world’s largest builders of private homes, reached the Federal District Court today. The legal action against the builders and developers of Le- vittown, Pa., and Levittown, Long Island was brought in a complaint filed with the U. S. district Court of Eastern Penn- sylvana by attorneys for NAACP Leetl Defense in behalf of six Negro veterans who were de nied the right to buy homes In the new Bucks County, Pa. com munity developed by Levitt. It seeks an injunction restrain ing the firm from discriminat ing against Negroes in the sales of homes in the Pennsylvania community as long as it uses the credit, guarantee insurance, approval and assistance of the Federal Government. Levitt, throughout the years, has con.sistently refused to sell to Negro families in any of his projects. He has resisted pressure from every source and once indicated that he would never allow a Negro to buy a horiie in the newly developed Bucks County community. Three of the Negro veterans In whose behalf the— suit Is brought tried to purchase homes in the Levitt’s Bucks Coimty development as early as 1951 when he opened his first model home and the others as late as June of 1954. When the Levlt’s Bucks Coimty community is complet ed, it will consist of 16,000 small homes which will be ^d to in dividual purchasers. The mort gages on these homes are either insured by the FBA or guynn- teed by the Veteran Administra tion. Attorneys for the Negroes in both cases are Thurgood Mar shall, director-counsel of Legal Defense, Mrs. Constance Baker Motley, Legal Defense associate counsel, Walter A. Gay, Jr., member of the Legal Redress Committe of the Philadelphia NAACP Branch, and David E. Pinsky of PhPiladelphia. TIMES FINDS NO KNOWLEDGE ON SCHOOL'S CAMPUS OF DR. BLUFORD'S SUCCESSOR GREENSBORO A r^resentative of the Carolina Times was inCanBed bf the pubUc relations office of A. and T. CoU^e her% Tbfpdagr that the rumor now being circulated in No^ Cardfaw Dr. Harold L. Trigg, “ousted” Presi dent of St. Augustine’s College, is being considered as the successor to Dr. F. D. Bluford when the latter retires as the scho^’s president, ttot so far as he knew,■'ms absolutely tm- founded. Impetus was given the rumor last week when Dr. Trigg is reported to have resigned as president ^ St. Augustine’s and stalked out of a Trustee meeting held on the cam pus. Prior to that time, althou^ the nunor had persisted in educa tional circles, little significance had been attached to it. The reported resignation of the “stormy petrel” of North Carolina education^ circles, however, again highlighted the pos sibility when Dr. Trigg is reported to have stated that he was resigning his post at St. Augustine’s to do fur ther study a doctorate degree. At a recent meeting of ue Trus- DR. H. L. TRIGG tees of A. and T. College, Dr. Bluford was reelected for a term of two years. On his next birthday which occurs August 4, he will be 72 years of age. Although the retire ment age for teachers in North (Carolina is mandatory at 65 it generally does not-apply to college presidents. The per sistent rumor that Dr. Trigg is being considered as his suc cessor if and when he does retire appears to exist mostly among persons off the campus and outside of Greensboro. Mutual Savings And Loan Reports Gains At 34th Annual Meeting Jan. 11 A gain of $223,948 in assets sided over by the president, of the Mutual Savings and E. R. Merrick. Loan Association was report- The report was read by the ed at its 34th annual meeting secretary of the Association, lield in the cafeteria of the J. S. Stewart, who stated that: North Carolina Mutual Life j ‘‘Our operations in 1954 showed Insurance Company here last ■ considerable improvement. Of week. The meeting was pre- j greatest significance was the — I fact that net savmgs in our in- • stitution increas^ despite un- -selUefi economit: eondiuon^ Tisus indicates that our citizens have Hie above photo is that of F. V. Allison, bookkeeper of Mutual Savings and Loan As sociation, who was elected Assistant Secretary by. the Board of Directors, at its An nual Meeting held here Tues day, January 11. Mr. Allison is a graduate of Hampton In stitute and New York Univer sity and has been employed by the Association approxi mately two years. HERE AND THERE WHAT’S IN A NAME JERSEY CITY Howard Goldbrick, 17-year- old private in Uncle Sam’s Army, believes that there is something in a name. The youth attributed embarass- ment he met among his com panions to the name Gold- brick and petitioned the Jersey City Court to grant him per mission to change his name. The Court saw eye-to-eye with him. Hereftfter the youth will .be known as Private Dorodin. JUDGE SAYS CONGRESS MORE INTERESTED IN MONKEYS THAN PEOPLE SACRAMENTO, CALIF. In a scathing denunciation of the U. S. Congress, Federal Judge Sherrill lashed out at Congressional economizers, charging them with having more interest in monkeys than in human beings. The judge’s tirade followed a cut-down on funds available for the opera tion of the courts. “Said Ju^e Sherrill, in call ing for a reversal of the pro- eedtire, “We mi^t as well close our doors and turn ev erybody looM." I^llced the other day that Congress pro vided more money for the care of monkeys in the Washington Zoo than it has for the juven ile department of the Federal Court. THE LADY WAS EMBARRASSED PASADENA, CAUF. Mrs. Emma L. Kincaid was granted a divorce ia an an- contested divwce action after she had testlflcd that h«r hns- band had blackened her eyes 50 times, brekM her collar bone, brokoi her nose and knocked a hole in her leg. When asked it riM feand this upsetting, she rq^M: “Well, ru tell yon, tt eertatnly mm- barrasses yoa.” DRANK UQUOR TO SAVE HIS CAR PORTSMOUTH. O. Robert Fortenberry, 32, gave a satisfactory explwation to Judge Lowell Thompson when arraigned before him on a drunken - driving charge. At least, his reason pleased the Jud^. Fortenberry explained that in Georgia, his home- state jx>lice conflate an auto (Please thm to Paga Kight) become increasingly aware of the importance of putting mon- | ey away for tilings they wish to * buy in the future or to meet tlie requirements oi suiue day. Such a pliilosophy holds great promise lor the well-being of our community. To further protect the sav ings entrusted to us and to maintain our strong financial position generally, we increas ed our reserves signilieantly in 19S4. A total of $33,999JS6 was allocated to the reserve fund with the result that total reserves now amount to $215,- 552. 93 or 9.&S per cent of savings. We supplemented'our savers’ • funds with $50,000.00 from the federal Home Loan Banit, to give us additional funds to fi ance home ownership and also to meet promptly the reques: of our savers for the return oi their funds. Of course, our insurance with the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation pro vides $10,000.00 of' irururanee - coverage per insured member. Our savera received a total of $S1,531.C8 in dividend pay ments last year ter a new rec ord. At the conclusion of the sec retary’s report several share holders of the Association made brief remarks in praise for what (Please turn to Page Eight) Congress Urged To Enact Civil Rights Proposals WASHINGTON " Support of civU -rights mea sures pays oft at the polls. Cliirence Mitchell, director of the Washiipgton bureau of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple, told members of Congress in a letter seeking to enlist their aid Association-sponsored bills. The letter, made iMiblic today, cited the election of Senator Paul Douglas (D., Dl.) and Theodore McKeldin. Repuhli- caa governor ol Marrlajod. as an indication that “wliere peo- civil ri^ts voters have a clear cut dtoice between propooenta and «vpoi)ents of a civil rl^ts (PlMw turn to Pafa
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