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BILLY GRAHAM SAYS atnEGAim UKHRIi^lAN ¥ ¥ ¥ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ¥ ¥ ¥ ★ ★ ★ 'k Bariodical Dept ^ _ Sub-CommHt«»XI^ied To Provide Integrated Guard Units The CariAina Times Is The Oldest And Widest Read Negro Newspaper In The Tvoo CaroUnas, PRICE 10c PAY NO MORE VOLUME 31—NUMBEB 13 DURHABI, N. SATUBDAT, BIABCH 12, 1955 PBICB It CENTS Ft. Bragg Soldier Held For iUsault On 3-Year-Old Girl CHECK HASHER UNDER $1,000 BOND Evangelist Raps Racial Bias In TV Radio Interview WASHINGTON A weighty voice was added to the many that have openly de clared themselves in favor of a desegregated school system, when Billy Graham, the most famous and celebrated evange list of this generation said last Sunday on a T-V-Radio inter view that he considered racial segregation sinful. In that statement, Graham silenced critics who had said that he was straddling the fence on the racial issue and afraid to take a stand on the Is sue of race. He made the state ment Sunday night without equivocation and quoted from the Bible to back up bis position. “The scripture said,” he re plied, “God has made all na tions of one blood and I think anythinc that causes races to feel inferior, one from the oth er, or the making of second rate or second class citizens Is ^t only unAmerican, I think unchristian. And I have ken 9 very strong stand.... on this point" Graham said his meetings in the past year in New Orleans and Nashville had been unse gregated and “we are trying to set an example” to encour age the breakdown of segrega tion. The evangelist, who belongs to the Southern Baptls Con vention and is a member of the First Baptist Church In Dallas, Tex., said he Is preach ing a great deal on raciaT rela tions in the United States “be cause I think it is one of our danger spots.” Hold2-HourTV Boycott Over Negro Job Bias NEW YORK Incens^ over the snub given to Negroes in the tele vision industry, the Urban League, the NAACP and oth er Negro organizations spon sored a two hour boycott last Saturday in an effort to con- / vince the radio and TV sta tions that obvious discrimina tion against colored people in the industry will not be tak en lying down. Leaflets were distributed outside Harlem churches ear ly last week urging worship ers to support a drive for Negroes in the radio-TV in dustry. , Other organizations and individuals received boycott no tices through the malls, asking them to inform the stations that they would not listen to their radios or watch their TV be tween 8:80 a. m. and 10:80 a. m. Plana for the protest were an nounce at a meeting of the (Pleaaa turn to Pag* Eight) D. C. Banker Passes After Long Illness WASHINGTON, D. C. Jesse H. Mitchell, the Texas school teacher who founded Washington’s Industrial Bank in the midst of the depression, died here, Saturday, after ^ illness of, several months. The Texas-bom banker, a graduate of Prairie View Col lege, came to the Chapltal as a Government employee, 48 years ago, acquired a law degree at Howard TJniversity, after wor king hours, aqd in 1920, left Government, organized the Co lumbia Realty and Investment Co., and studied at the Wharton School of Finance (University of Pennsylvania.) In 1034, with assets of less than 200 thousand dollars, he organized the Industrial Bank, to provide, in some measure, for the sorely needed credit facili ties of the Negro minority, of ten unavailable to them, else where. Operating on the character- qualification, small-loan basis of the country banker, before his retlreipent, last December, ^le had developed the Industrial Bank into a seven million dollar financial institution, extensive ly patronized by people of all races, due pa no small part to his intelligent use of goodwill as a banking asset. Industrial Bank facilities have built and saved homes and businesses, fi nanced educations and develop ed savings for thousands in the National Capital and elsewhere. Mr. Mitchell, widely honor ed, lived to see his son, B. Doyle (Please turn to Page Eight) AFL Union Was Named By Negro ) NEW YORK Caning attention to the fact that the American Federation of Labor was founded by a Jewish person and named a Negro, John J. DeLury de clared that "brother" is not an empty word. The St Albanys, N. Y. preal- sldent of the simitation Men’s Local 831 pointed out that his agents are of varied races and religions. DeLury said Samuel Gomp- ers, the immigrant English clgarmarker, organized the the AFL. *nie Negro who named it, he declared, was Jeremiah Grand- ison, a Pittsburgh steel mill worker. Colored emplojrees «f the Duke Power company Electric DepartmMJIbeM Uieir aniual dimter tm flir ilMUmit mMi «r tb« Omnt Sto^ on INOffrew* street, lAuMirsri, 1^'' Nttn 1heui|w* aetiag asJHaster of Oeremoales. The banquet arrangements were made by Mr. Thonpaoa and ingeiie Green with the help of their wives. Ibe patriotic theme was carried ont la the decora tion. The following persons attended: Mr. HaA Mrs. Nilas iThomfson, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Green, Mr. and Mrs. Abner Mason, Mr. and HIrs. Lonnie Perry, Mr. and Mrs. Mosett Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Henry James and Bobert Upchurch. The feature of the banqnet Included talks by J. H. BryiB. Office Supervlfor lor the Duke Power Comany, and K. M. Love, Electric Superintendent. Mf. Bryan gave a short history of the comany and an account of Ms development up lo date as it related to the employees present, with special stress on accomplishments and Importance of the employees to the operations of the com pany. BIr. Love gave an account of activities and accomplishments which occurred during the year 1954 In the Electric‘Department and streHed the important part the employees had played in these activities. « A special and most Interesting part of the program resulted when every employee was giv en a chance to express himself and give some brief comments as to his relations with the Mmpany. Tlie wives took as much a part In this as did their husbands. " At the conclusion of Oe meeting a beautiful arrangement of flowers composed of gladioli, snap dragona^ carnations and other seasonal flowers was presented to Mrs. Nilas Thompson in ap preciation of her part in arrangltag for the meeting. iWitchell Blasts 6 Southern States For Barring Negroes From National Guard WASHINGTON America, will find herseU in the position of training armies in the style of the Civil War period although she is in “the age of the H- Bomb conflict” if a proposed bill to strengthen reserve, forces is passed without provision for racial integration in Na tional Guard units, CHarence L. Mitchell, director of tiie NAACP Washington bureau, charged at a hearing of the subcommittee of the House (Committee on Armed Serv- ices. Testifying on a bill to pro vide for strenthening of the U. S. reserve forces, Mr. Mit chell pointed out that six southern states “have a policy of total exclusion for colored people who seek admission to the National Guard.” He named as the six states which exclude Negroes from the National Guard Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina. In a totU of “at least 27 stat^” Mr. Blitchell said, “units of the National Guard deny colored persons admission sole ly because of racie or require that they serve In segregated (Pleaaa turn to Page Eight) HERE and THERE IT’S NOT WHAT YOU DO, BUT HOW MILWAUKEE Richard O’Connor, a young prison parolee probably learn ed that there’s a lot of truth in the saying, ‘It isn’t -what you do, but how you do it” Young O’Connor was ar rested for trying to date two young glrk whose names he had got from a newspaper story. He com plained to the judge that in so doing he merely been following the advice ol his parole ofQcer who had advtoed him to “sodjU- ize.” Evidently, the judge fail ed to appreciate &e youth’s technique and slapped a fine of $50 on him for disorderly conduct. ♦ ♦ * THE HERETIC PRESTON. ENO. A forty-year-old Englishman, James Monaghau, pushed re- Ugloaa aemplas aside to ae- cept the advice of his boss to get a haircut Be walked In to a barber shop to lose his 19)4 Inch locks and a inch beard. The religioua sect to which he belongs and which disapproves of haircutting probably now regards Mon^- hjm as a heretic. 4c * * ARRESTED FOB STEALING OWN CAB WYCKOFF, N. J. Paul Schmidt was arrested here for stealing his own car. But it was all a mistake, most ly his, I Schmidt while stopping out In Haledon, a nearby subur ban community, parked his ear. When he got ready to leave he couldn’t Ond it Af ter reporting to the ptflce that It was missing he fouad It parked in a spot other than where he had left It He noti fied the Haledoa cops and drove off. As he drove through Wydcotf, (Please turn to Page El^t) Jackie Alien Bound Over Under 6 Charges Forgery In Greensboro 29th Annual Meet Of College DeansMar.lMS TAULAHASSKK The Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting of thii,^{fatK9)al Asso ciation of CaUegiate Deans and Registrars will be lield at Virginia State College, Peters burg, Virginia, on M^ch 16, 17, and 18. Membership of the association is made up of 114 colleges and tmiversities throughfiat the TTnlfed Sfatei. This year’s theme will be, “Meeti^ the Challenge of Developments and Trmds in High Education.” Some of the topics for discussion are; (1) “Problemff to be Met in the Evaluation and Accredita tion of Colleges,” (2) Tech niques of Improving the In structional Program with Special Emphasis on ttie Prob lems for Exertional Stu dents,” and (3) "Improving Experiences on our Cam puses.” Registration of delegates will be held on Wednesday morn ing, March 16, and the formal DEAN R. A. GABTEB opening session will begin at 2:30 p. m. President Robert P. Daniel of Virginia State College will bring greetings to the group, and Mrs. Char lie Henderson from Arkansas State College will respond on behalf of the association. Dean R. A, Carter of Ala bama A. and M. College, the Association President, will deliver the opening address. Several other ^tionally known speakers wUl appear on the tluree-day program which terminates Friday, March 18. Feeling Runs High Over Attack On Negro Child In Fayetteville GREENSBORO Miss Jackie Allen, alias Augusta Jones, reputed Charm School operator, was bound over to a Guilford Superior Court this week af ter probable cause was found on six forgery charges. The 30-year-old woman hailing from Chicago and De troit, who came to Durham several weeks ago to establish a Charm Sifhool, fell afoul of the law when she passed sev eral worthless chedES in Hi^ Point in*order to purchase furniture and other equip ment for her schooL Shipping the furniture to Greensboro, she had it trans ferred from there to Durham in the naine of Augusta Jones. Sbe became the object of suspicto when representative of the furniture company with which she had done business had bs checks returned marked “for ged.” Suspicions were further heightened when neither Miss Allen nor the furniture could be located at the Greensboro ad dress she had given. Investigation led police to her Durham address at SOI Fayetteville St where she was placed under arrest a week ago Snaday night by Officers Frank McCrae and C. L. Cox of the Durham Detective Bor- (Please turn to Page Eight) FAYETTEVILLE Feeling was running high among Negroes in ttiis city as a result of an assault on a tliree- year old colored girl by a white soldier last Saturday night. The man, a'white Ft. Bragg tank company soldier, identi fied as PFC Charles R. Fisher of the 505 Air-Bome Infantry re giment was severely beaten by several Negroes enraged by the brutal assault upon the little girl. Police Capt. D. T. Faircloth and Patrolman Jack T. Watts said they arrived on the scene Satiirday night and found feel ings running high in the Negro community. They summoned an ambulance and drove Fisher away as a crowd watched. Fisher was taken to the Ft Bragg Hospital and later con fined. Visiting At Home Police said Fisher had been visiting at the home of a Negro sergeant a memb» of his own outfit. The girl was taken to a local hospital for examination. At a preliminary hearing held here today, Fisher was bound over to Superior Court without privilege of bond. N^ro Freed Of Rape When White Man Confesses NEW YORK Ernest Jackson, the 30- year-old Negro student friend of blonde Arm Yarrow, who was slain and raped in a brutal fashion thm weeks ago—breathed a sigh of re lief this week. Police had found a third suspect in Wil li^ Patrick Farrell and he confessed he did the crime. The third man to be ques tioned in the affair that had all believing in the first few days it was Jackson, Farrell is a father of two youngsters, is 25 years old and a rather hand some youth. He claimed it was in one of his periodic, overwhelm ing “urges” to l>eat and rape when he st^bed the young co ed 37 times. His attorney called him a “very sick niln" and not ed that he had served a long hitch in Korea. Farrell was locked up follow ing a report that ha was raping (Plaaae turn to Pa«e Sight} Negro Driver Braves Murder Plot Of Women JACKSONVILLE A Negro truck driver, whose name police have withheld, has revealed how an attrac tive young housewife and her mother were conspiring with him to bump off the young .wife’s husl»nd for hla heavy insurance and valuable prop erty. The womea, Mia. Batt Blatt- ao'. 3Z, aad mother a( two children, aad Her ateOMr. Mrs. Teiteltaam, U, had iMped «• get the 97S.M0 hoMa aai $S,Nf iasuraaeo mt graaar Jack Blattaer. Tkey tat tan offered the driver aaiy 9M0 if he would commU tto arksM. The driver instead warned the husband stating: **Tou’r« in danger of being taumpad off. Keep your gun in yoor pocket” He also told the hua- band how the first time he had been approached Mr*. Teitel- baum told him to meet her again and bring along a triead to help him la ttie plot. TIm next time, he brougbt 4)oo a pcdiceman aa a friend. Both woBMB have hwa charged with snn^plra^ li eonmitt aiurte.
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