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Money Pouring Into 'H; \ ■ ■ ' ■ ' - , - ' For MIsslsslpplans The CaroUna Time* If The Oldeat And WUteU Read Negro Tieu>$papmr in The Two CaroUnoM, Oute Qblv PRICE 10c PAY NO none DURHAM. N.C^ SATUBDAll; FEB. 5, 1955' tMUUia II NUllBEB 5 PSICIltGBim __CttT0l Brice, a graduate of Palmer Institute, Sedalia, and Taliadega College, Alak6ma, ttandt at doorteav of Deforest Chapel after receiving an htmorary degree of Doctor of. ther, the Reverend John Brice, Humane LeUett from Tallade-1 formerly chaplain at Palmer ga College. With her are herl Irutitute, and President Arthur di«tin0itUhe(i accompanM bro-| O. Gray of Talladega College, ther, Jonathan Brice, her fa-1 Durham Institutions Send Deposits To Aid Victims Of Reprisals *1 NEW YORK ~ 'The African Methodist ecqpdl Qiunk, lb* N. C. 1ft Insurance Company, and tiM Mechanics and Farmers Bank, last week took steps to back up the NAACP campaign to expand credit opportunities lor Negro iarmers, homeown ers. business and proteisional men M MlBBtsalppt irlio, U tber oppose segregation, are being dra^^e^^ %}> white lending Insthywns' to that state. ^ ]^a"telegram to NAA^ Ad- 'aimitcatof lloy Wilkins, Bishop D. Ward Nichols, chalmum of the AME Church's department of pensions, said that he was “recommending the Immediata transfer of $10,000 to the Tri- State Bank of Memphis” to b« deposited for the purpose of «x- the bank’s lending ca pacity to aid tba Mississippi vic tims. ' Further, Bishop Nichols in formed the NAACP administra tor, ‘1 am recommending to the bishops of the chui^ that all departments . having reserve funds follow suit.” The AMX prelate, who is a vice president of the National Council of Churches, said that through the council he would call upon other denominational groups to Join "in this battle against eco nomic strangiilaiion. We must not only pray for full fmdom, but we must pay for It as welL” Others who have Joined the battle and deposited funds in the Tri-State Bank include the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, Durham, 110,000; the Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company, $6, 000; Mrs. Ernest Alexander and Mrs. Amy Spingam, both mem bers of the NAACP Board of Directors, $1,000 each; and Morris Novik, head radio Station WL£B, New York City, $500. Previously $40,000 had been deposited in the bonk in re sponse to an NAACP ax>peal tor funds to facilitate credit for mtfnbers of the organization and others in Mississippi who demand their civil rights and call for desegregation of the public schools in compliance with the Supreme Court ruling ol May 17, 1094. ta an effort to silence Negroes, so-called White Citizens Councils, established in many Mitilssippi counties, have organized to foreclose mort^ges of and deny credit ^nti refuse Jobs to militant Ne- Meets Jim Crow In Hartford Hotel Dr. Mord«cai Johnson, reap pointed to head Howard Uni versity for a five-year period by the University Board of. Trus tees afte**they had voted to re tire him on June 30, 1065. The rctiremctft action was required by University tenure reflula- tions. Dr. Johnson immediately announced a fund raising cam paign for $250,000, which will coiUinue through June ISth. The fund will be used for scho larship purposes. Interchange Of Pupils Below D. C. Estimate WASHINGTOSriJr^^ Of Btl Negro children gradu ating from Junior high schools only 122 are moving to schools which were lily-white imtil last fall. Washington’s Superinten dent of Schools, Sobar M. Com ing, considers tfaerc facts ai very much A surprise. He says that he bad expMted many more to move over in view of the new boundaries that have been establUhed. Liktfwlae Only a f^ white children are entering formerly Negro schools. Dr. Margaret Just Butcher, the only Negro Board of Education m«mber, says that this could be due to the lact that do white children were being promoted to former Negro schools, so she had learn ed. Dr. Coming has denied this as being so. Coming feels that on the whole integration is moving far ahead of original plans. He dtes tiie positive xxrints as Inte- (PlMsa tun' to Page Zi^t) HABTFOBD, CONN New York’s Judge Hubert T, Delaiiy has charged the Stafl^ Hotel in Hartford for refusing him a room because he is a Ne gro. Judge Deflany’s complaint Md that a room had been re served for him at the fomous hotel'for the night of January 10th when he was making an address . in nearby Manchester. But when he arrived at the hotel, he wa» told son)f|>ne else was occupying it and was offer ed a cot in a conference room which he denied. The Statler’s manager, Frank P. Morsei claims he wrote Judge Delany to apologize and to also cite that rooms are r^erved only up to a certain hour unless the hotel has a written guaran tee they will be paid for. To this Delany cites that the hotel had been notified in 'Ad vance that he would be late. The Connecticut Civil Rights Conmilssion is Investigating the whole affair. Dr. Johnson 5-Year Iferm At Howard Univ. BOY SCOUIS AND Wm TO CaEBKATE FORf-flHH ANMIVEKSARy FBtRlittY 6-12 NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. . Through many varied activi ties the nation’s 3,660,000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Explorers and adult leadm will obtferve the 4Sth annivwsary of the Boy Scouts, of America during Boy Scout Week, Feb. 6 to 12, with its tlieme, “Building for a Bet ter Tomorrow.” gpy Scout Week is the largsst annual single observance by young citizens. Since Scouting’s incorporation in Washington, D. C., on Feb. 8.1010 more than 22,750,000 boys' and leaders have been enrolled. The 65,000 Units in all parts of the nation, its territories and overseas bases, will dramatize through demonstrations, exhl- bit% window displays, and “pot luck" dinners with parents par ticipating the purpose of Scout ing and the rich heritage it has in this country. Boy Scoot Week completes the National Conservation Good Turn the Scouts have under- takeorrat the request of Presi- their Hooor-. i#y PraTObll?l4eBlSi6ftrwai »- port to their sponsorii^ insMtu- tions and public officials their accomplishments in arousing “public recognition of the need for adeauate protection and wise management of our soil, water, mineral, forest, grass land and wildfire resources.” .President Elsenhower will honor in the White House dtir- ing Boy Scout Week the 12 Boy Scouts and Extdorers having the most outstanding records of conservation. Throughout the nation Scout Units which qualified ara to re ceive National Conservation Good Turn Certifieates of Merit awarded Jointly by Ezra Taft Boison, Secretary of Agricul ture, and Douglas McKay, Sec retary of Interior. Most of the nation’s 32,000 Cub Packs with 1,160,000 mem bers will hold Blue and Gold Pot Luck “banquets” with each family bringing a part of the menu. They are the 8, 9 and 10-year old members who fol low a home-centered program in their homes and backyards. Tbe Cub Scouts wiB have “Let Freedom Ring” as their Boy Scout Week program, with the February birthdays of (Please tura to Page Eight) DfYJeens RALEIGH For thU^'first time in its his tory a girl was elected presidesiiqf the Y-Teen Con ference wtf hete last Saturday at the YW&A. The yta:^ ^rl, Janie Green Wood is 1 bigh school Junior of Winston-Salem and is a mem ber of tha Negro branch of that city. The n^nUng was the fiiet in- terracial ^^nference held by the Y Teen ^ organization. Other officers ^ected were: Mary Nell PesllfiU, vice president, GreensboiQ; Lucia Jones, secre tary, Ra|H|{h; and Francis Fort ner, tre^K^r^fheville. All are liftsfiSQtral. Aai»ci Bbh s#* tne'VfWfAr ,At the conference were teen age girls from all over the state. Only two delegates represented the Negro bnttich of each city with an adviser and an adult member. A larger quota is ex pected to be alloted Negro branches at the meeting next (Please turn to Page Eight) \ Dr. Hblph Bunchm, Under Seeretary^ United Nations, re- JtrtlMgLfllggue Sen9*fiV >Hs l^ Assi>«- atton . for the .Advancement of Colored People. Kivie Kaplan, Boston businessman and co- chairman of the Association's life membership committee, makes presentation. regard a life membership in the NAACP as a sound and richly rewarding investment in democracy and freedom," Dr. Bunche declared upon receiving plawf, “Freedom and demo cracy MnuM ht Hfctf-cawiiwiihig concern of every American citizen." Ceremony took place in Dr. Bunche’s office at United No tions headqxiarters in New York prior to his scheduled de parture for a PN mission abroad. Thurgood Morsholl Stirs Elks In Philadelphia Civil Rights Plea Dr. Johnson Has Served As President of Howard Untvw- sity Since 1928 WASHINGTON, D. C, The Board of 'Trustees of Howard University, at a meet ing held on tiie campus on Tues day, January 23th, voted to re tire Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, president of the University for the past 29 years, on June 30, 1955 in accordance with Unii versity tenure regulations, and to reappoint h>m for a period of five years, beginning July 1, 1955. UnivMrsity regulations state that all employees must retire on reaching the age of 65. Presi- I dent Johnson, who was bom at Paris, Tenn. in 1890, reached his 65th birthday on January 12th. The Trustee Board’s vote fol lowed the apresentation of resolution by a committee on the Retirement of the Presi dent. The committee was com posed of Mr. Lorimer D. Mil ton, chairman of the Board; and Doctors Floyd W. Reeves and Howard Stone Anderson. Members of the Board of Trustees present at the meeting were Gov. Archie Alexander, of I the Virgin Islands; Walter H. Bieringer, of BrooUine, Mass.; Fabume E. DeFrantz, of In dianapolis, Ind.; Miss Dorothy Fosdick, of WasMngton. ij. Dr. Charles H. Garvin, oi Cleveland, Ohio; Dr. Bieliard ;W. Ba9«>t Jr., of Bo^on, Mass.; George S. C. Hayes of Washing ton, D. C.; Dr. Guy B. Johnson, of Chapel Hill, N. C.; Mordecai W. Johnson, of Washington, D. C.; Dr. Peter Marsiiall Murray, of New York City; Dr. James W. Parker, Sr., of Red Bank, N. J.; Mrs. Juanita Howard Thomas, of Washington, D. C.; and Lor- ilviaC- cbfiimisii* Atlanta, Ga. Family Row Starts Over Druggist’s Estate A. RIVERA TO' ADDRESS PTA FEBRUARY 1 \ In keeping with its theme adopted for the year, "A Well Informed People on Desegrega tion,” the Hillside High School Iteents Teachers Association will have for its spei^er Mon day night February 7, at 7:80 AM. Rivera. Rivera, la veteran, reporter for the Pittsburgh Courier, re- tumed from a tour of th« South ern States in December after having covered in excess of 9,000 miles. On this trip be in terviewed persons ranging from farmers to state officials. Some (PlMi* turn to Paga Ught) The action of Dr. S. T. Jaxnes, prominent Dtirham druggist and business man, against his daugh ters, Mrs. Julia James Yancey of Newport News, Virginia, and Mrs. Nannie James Lash of Salisbury, North Carolhui, was continued here this week when it was revealed that Or. James, who has bera in declining health for several months, was serious ly ill at Lincoln Hospital with pnetunonla. - In the complaint which was broaght In Mardi, 1954„ the aged dmggtet charged that ha was removed from Ills haine ia Daiham and taken to the borne of t&e defendant Nannie James Lash In Salisbnry wbUe he was 111 and onder the In- flnenee of sedattons adminis tered by a i^yslclan. and that his physical and mental con dition, broaght on by the pres- ■nro of sertons family diftleal- tlea, was rach that he was not sapable of axereUng Jndg- (Plaasa tum to Page Sight) PHILADELPHIA, PA More than 200 Bills and Daughters of the Improved Be nevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World (IBPOEW) gathered here in the spacious auditorium of the O. V. Catte Lodge No. 20 at 16th and Fitz- water Streets, heard their lea ders pledge a continued civil rights fight through its own Civil Liberties department and in cooperation ^th the Na tional Association lor the Ad vancement of Colored People, after Thurgood Marshall made a stirring plea for increased or ganizational support in ^ the fight end segregation on all fronts. Speaking for fhe"Elks, Grand Exalted Ruler, Robert H. John son, and Civil Liberties direc tor, Hobson R. Reynolds of this city, pledged that Elkdom would continue to give of its resources to end ’‘second-class” citizensMp. Reynolds said the Elits have contributed a total of $39,000 to the NAACP over a period of years and would con tinue such support “until every vestige of discrimination is re moved from the American scene.” “Opposition Tougher" Thurgood Marshall, chief NAACP.attomey, who marshal led the forces responsible for the May 17th U. S. Supreme Court victory outlawing segre gation in public schools, said that despite victories already gained; "On this fight ahead on segregation, the opposition, while getting smaller, is never theless, getting tighter,’’ there fore, we must redouble our ef forts in getting more indivi HilUal and collective support in securing funds to prosecute the civil rights fight. Mar«hall looked with tKVDf (Fleaao tum to Pag* Ui^t) HERE and THERE NICE IF THEY CAN KEEP IT CLEVELAND William Star, 19, and his 18- year-old bride may know no thing of the old song, “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” but a present experience could fur nish them with the theme, “Nice If You Can Keep It.” While rmn^^glng through an old desk In a fnrnished apart ment into which they had Just moved. Star found a brown paper bag containing $1,100 in 119, $S0 and $50 bills. Police, whom he called, found a sec ond enevolpe containing an other $810i^ Police are now trying to de termine if the money, $1910, belongs to a former occupant, elderly widow now living in a rest home. If not,, the officers say. Star and his wife will be allowed to keep It HELPED ANOTHER, . COULDN’T HELT HIMSELF MONTGOMERY, ALA. Pedestrian Fred Pickett had a recent experience that should give him light on the express- 'ion, "He helped others, but cotUd not help himself.” Fred saw a eop wrttt^ * ticket for a motorist who had ran through a zed Ught. Sym pathising with the driver, Fred pnt ap an argaasent la his de fease so effoettvo that ho got the motorist tU. Kvldantly, tho oSletr iatt ttiat. Fred had done him wrong. A judge before whom Fred at>- peared 'seemingly thought the same and fined him $5.00 for interfering with an officer. CAN’T FOOL ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME "Robert Sylvester’s story of a Hungarian actress who work ed out a real cute gag for keep ing her diamond necklace safe illustrates that yau may fool all of the people some of the time, but not all of the time. The lady left her aecklaM on the dressing table with the note: “This is only an Imita tion. The real necklace is In the vault at my bank.” One night, the necklace was lifted by a thief who left a note which read: “This one wUl do, thanks. I’m only a substitute bursar myself!” DON’T DO AS 1 DO SASSAFRAS RIVER, MD. Don’t do as I do, bat do as 1 say,” Is the philosophy mt more persons than those pal- plteers who find the gospel they preach dlfflcnlt to prac tice, or who, at least. IgSMO its practice. An example of this came to light when U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents arrest ed four duck hunters for ex ceeding the daily Mmit and baiting too tlose to their blind. Two et flw WBlarr—sd mim pvt BBdar arrest v«r^ Arthv (Plaaao tarn to Pago Sight) Carl Sapp To Moderate Scout Panel On TV Carl Sapp, General Manager of the Durham Chamber of Commerce, will moderate a round-table ' discussion on the Girl scouts over WTVD, Sun day, February 6, 1955, from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m., it was an nounced by Mrs. E*. B. Ham- shar," Ciiairinan of the Bright Leaf Girl Scout Council De velopment Group. Mr. Sapp is iii^ily qualified for this assignment since he has taken w active interest in tiie civic life of Durham for the past several years. He is a Board Member and Past Presi dent of the Dvirham Junior Chamber of Commerce and cur rently is a vice-president oi the North Carolina'Junior Chamber of Commerce. He is a nwmber of the Board of DirectOTS of several organizations, including the Durham Industrial Devdap- ment Corporation and the Red Shield Boys Club, and Secre tary of the DuilMuaa. County Polio Association. He is also on the Board oi Stewards of tba Triaity Methodist Church. Hr.> Sapp is the fathor o a 21-month old daui^ter and his future interest in Girl Scouts is assared. Mr. Sapp is wdl knowa ta radio audiences tor his color ful commentaries ua th« baAat- ball games. The pragram will tacluds a film on typical Girl Scoat troc«, and a discussion on tho Bright- Leaf Girl Scout Council ol NorUt Candina, Orange. Vuica, Granville and Warren. Tha dS»- casslon will bring forth tha reasons why such a council wm ozsuaized and tha advantagaa Hi having a larger iraa weeidBg togetiisr iar the good ot Qlrl (nsaaa ton to ls«a Hgttl
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