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Congressman Diggs / DUK£ ‘ C wiwpsiri, ISSUS jusnz DOWIKNT ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Lionel Hampton Seriously Injured In Auto Wreck The Cttrolina Timet It The Oldett And Widest Read Negro Newtpaper In The Two CarolUuu, IMS yTnmwiTw PRICE 10c PAY ISO MORE VOLUME 2Fl — NUMBER 41 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1955 PRICE TEN CENTS N. Y. Jgrist To Deliver Two Addresses Here Suo. FBT^ENtSPROBEMISSISSiPPI JUDGE DELANEY MEN'S DAY SPEAKER AT ST. JOSEPH AME Judge Hubert T. Delaney, noted New York jurist and former judge of the Domestic Relations Court ot New York City,, will be the Men’s Day sp^ker at ^t. Joseph A.M.E. Church, Sunday, October 9 at both the morning and evening services, it was annuonced here Monday by the Rev. D. A. Johnston, pastor. The well-known jurist, who has gained a wide reputation tor his courageous utterances in defense of civil rights, is a native of Raleigh and is the son of the late Bishop H. B. Delaney, Su£fr»gon SishoB ol the Episcopal Ch\irch. A bro ther, Dr. Lem Delaney, resides in Raleigh. In addition to Judge Delan ey, music for the occasion will be“ furiilslsed By tha Senior Choir in the morning and the Nnmber Two Choir in the eve ning. The former is under the direction of Mrs. Nell Hunter and the latter is under the direction of Mrs. Lillian Buc- hannan. The overall aervlces will be entirely under the di rection of the men of the chur ch with N. H. Bennett, mem ber of the Stewards Board, presiding in the morning and C. C. Smith, member of the Truatee Board, presiding in the evening. The r^ainder of the morning program is as fol lows: Scripture lesson. Dr. H. E. Wright; Decalogue, N. H. Bennett, prayer, W. JI. Bul lock; introduction of speaker, L. E. Austin. Invitation to Christian discipleship and re marks, the pastor. 'Aie evening program will Include, scripture by Prof. F. D. Marshall, member, Trustee Board; decalogue, W. S. Tay lor, member. Stewards Board; prayer by W. G. Rhodes, mem ber, Steward Board; introduc tion of speaker, Att’y W. A. 'Miarsh, superintendent, Sun day School, Remarks, C. C. Amey and the pastor. Dr. Peale Urges Churches To Be Blind To Color NEW YORK Dr. Norman Vincent Peale to day urged all Christian churches to become "color-blind.” God made his children qf various colors and His house is for all of them," Dr. Peale said in the new issue, of LOOK Magaz,lne. The Evangelical Reform'^ln- ister’s statement t^iat “people are all the same in our church, whether Negro or white, rich or poor, Je^ or Christina,” came in answer to a question from a question from a worshipper in Dr. Peale's church. The question was, "Do you in vite Negroes to attend your services?” Dr. Peale^s entire answer as published in LOOK, follows; (Please turn to Page Eight) DR. C. E. ASKEW Negro Rescues White Girl From Mad Sex Fiend ' NEW YORK You always see the story of the Vjegro who attacks the white woman. This one is dif ferent, It involves a 14 year «ld white girl, who struggled for nearly an hour on the roof of a New York High School— Evander Childs—with a white attacker. It was a young Negro who was the knight in shining armor. He punched the fiend, hepled the victim Jo Rosenfeld to a taxi, gave her $2. for the fare and then left without waiting to be tanked. The girl’s'. ifipther told police the story: of how her daughter had stayed a'fter school to,help (Please turn to Page Eight) Dr. C. E. Askew First Calvary Baptist Church Homecoming Day Speaker Sunday, October 9, will be observed as Homecoming Day at First Calvary Baptist Chur ch, Morehead Avenue and Kent Street. A special home coming service will be held at 3:00 p.m. ' A rich and varied program has been planned for the oc casion. The annual sermon will be preached by one of North Carolina’s outstanding minis ters, Dr. C. E. Askew, former pastor of the First Baptist Church of Raleigh. Music will be furnished by all three choirs ot the church. Dinner will be served to all in attendance. Reverend A. L. Thompson, pastor. Negroes Barred; Mich. Governor Cancels Speech BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Michigan’s Governor G. M. Williams refused to address a Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner here because of the city’s strin gent segregation laws that would not permit Negro Dem to attend the dinner though they could be solicited to con- (Please turn to Page Eight) ROLAND HAVES CONCERT IN RALEIGH, SUNDAY, Oa. Who are the favorite con cert artists of the artists them selves? In the case of two of them, light is shed on the ques tion by a recent episode in the life of Roland Hayes, the emi nent tenor, who will give a re cital on Sunday, Oct 9, at 3:00 p.m, at Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh. I Fritz Kreisler had played to a very large audience at Sym phony Hall, Boston. At the end of the recital, there was a great crush of admirers in the reception room. From the throng, the distinguished vio linist Singled out one figure toward whom he pressed his way, his face radiating plea sure. “My dear fellow, how glad I am to see youl” Kreisler ex claimed. Holding the other by the shoulders, he ignored everyone else as he chatted animatedly with him in a low voice for several moments. As the stranger withdrew, Kreis ler, gesturing toward the re- tx^ting figure, said to the by- BOLAND HAYES standers in a deep earnest tone, “A great artist-Roland Hayes!” As Hayes, who had not heard the remark, ' noticed friends in the- musical world standing near the door, he wheeled, and with a gesture, (Please turn to Page Eight) ,,liIONEL. BAMPTON LIONEL HAMPTON, iTED BAND LEADER, AND MUStCtANS HURT WHEN FRONT TIRE BLOWS ON BUS SOCORRO, N, M. Band leader Lionel Hamp ton and 16 members of his fa mous band were injured last Monday night, eight seriously, when a tire blowout caused a private bus in which they were riding to plunge into a ditch. The wreck occurred while they were enroute from El Paso, Texas to Albuquerque, New Mexico at a point 26 miles south of here. Hampton, rated as one of the most famous jazz mu.sici- ans of the day, was amoni; the less seriously injured. He suf fered a broken ankle. Captain Ernest Tafoya of the New Mexico State Police said there was a gradual slant into the ditch but the north bank was almost perpendicu lar. The bus, containing 26 persons, rammed into this throwing the passengers vio lently to the front. Hampton, a unique piano player in that he play's with only his two index fingers, is remembered by lovers of jazz (Please turn to Page Eight) Lynch State Seeks To Block Investgation Of Barring Race From Polls L. B. Frasier Named United Fund Colonel L. B, Frazier, member of tho Agency Staff of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insur ance Company, has l>een ap FK>inted a colonel of one ot the divisional units of the United iFund Drive in this area. Fra sier will head the South' Sido Division of the United Fund. Frasier, a native. of Cam den, Sout_h_ Carolina anjl^ gy duated from South Carolina State College with an A.B. De gree and has done graduate work in Commerce at North Carolina College. After graduating from S. C. State College, he became con nected with the North Caro lina Mutual Life Insurance Company, in 1932, as an agent Shortly thereafter he was ap pointed Assistant District Manager of the Memphis, Tennessee district. He also ser ved in the same capacity on the Spartanburg, South Caro lina district and the Winston- Salem, North Carolina district. He has also served as a Special Agent and Agency Supervisor and Regional Supervisor wor king out of the Home Office Michigan Solon Scores Lack Of U.S. Interest In Civil Rights Noted Liberal Baptist Minister At North Carolina College Sunday DURHAM The Rev. James H. Ray, whose practice -ot Christianity got him in bad with reaction ary Baptist leaders in the state recently, will preach a ves per sermon at North Carolina College Sunday afternoon. He will speak in Duke Audito rium at 3:30. The public is invited. The young preacher is a native of Kentucky. He re ceived the A.B. at Georgetown College, the B.D. at Southern Seminary in Louisville, Ky., and studied afterwards at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. For seven years, the Rev. Mr. Ray served as secretary of the Student Department of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. Mr. Ray gain ed national recognition in a ‘controversy that centered DR. JAMES H. RAT •around a Vanderbilt Univer sity theologian, Nels Ferre, in 19Ji3. (Please turn to Page Si||ht) i ' L. B. FRASIER if the Company. In 1952 he was appointed to the Agency Staff of the Company as Agen cy Secretary, which position he now holds. Frasier is a member of White Rock Baptist Church; member of Trustee Board, Senior Choir; Teacher of Sun day S«lt0ol Class No. 4. He is President of Beta Theta Lamb da Chapter of Alpha Phi Al pha Fraternity, a Mason and Shriner. He is a memtier of the Durham Social Planning Council, Chairman of the Civic Committee on the Durham (Please turn to Page Eight) COLUMBUS, MISS. As FBI agents continued the probe into ciurges that Miss. Negroes were denied the right to vote or that their ballots had not been counted in the August primaries, the Lown des County Democratic execu tive committee here passed a caustic resolution condemning federal intervc.'.t:o.: — toematarial primary Negroes in this area whose votes were challenged during the state Democratic primary election have been questioned by FBI agents who uogaa investigation following cois- plaints filed by the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People with the Department of Justice. On September 7, Warren Oln^ III assured a delegation bead ed by Roy WiUdns, NAACP executive secretary, that a thorough investigBtion would be made. The Lowndes County com mittee resolution called for en actment of a state law “mafc- inc it a criminal act for any federal agent, officer or em ployee to interfere with, im pede or seek to investigate any matter which lies wholly with in the power, authority and jurisdiction of the State o( Mississippi, and prescribing a penitentiary sentence as a pe- , nalty for violation thereof.’* (Please turn lo Pag. DEDICAIION SEKVICE OF NEW n. MAliK AME ZION CHURCH BEGIN SUNDAY, 00010! Mi The Saint Mark A. M. E. Zion Church in series of services which will lie^n Sunday, October 9, and last through October 17, will dedicate its new church house, a modem brick edifice com bining the sanctuary and education plant, costing approximately $250,000. The building nearing completion is the largest church structure in the city and one of the most beautiful. The Rev. S. P. Perry, the pastor has releasec'l a program of the esrvices which will feature dur ing the period sermons by ministers of the city anr | expressions by representatives of local business an?' educational institutions and other agencies, ffislation Michican s fir«t K«» Sunday, October 9, a special service o/| gisiation. Mich gans first l^e- dedication will be held at 11.00 a. m. TTje dedicstor> f gro representative outlinea his sermon will be preached by Bishop R. L. Jorcs ofl plans after returning from the Salisbury. Emmett TiU trial in Mississippi ^ served in the social room at| , aiuu p. m. and stated that he was “think- Two other services are scheduled for the day ! At 3:00 p. m., the Rev. A. A. Perry, pastor of th; I Ck)ler Men\orial Church, Winston-Salem, will d*- liver the message at 7:30 p. m., the message wil j be given by the Rev. F, L. Tyson, miniirter ol th' Zion Church, Carthage. On Monday night, October 10, the Rev. E. T I Browne, j^or of the Mt Vernon Baptist Church will be the Sjpeaker. And on Tuesday night th- Rev. A, S. CTroom, pastor of the Union Baptis' Church, will preach. Wednesday night, October 12, W. J. Kennedy. Jr.. Presic^t of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance C^ompany, will i WASHINGTON, D. C, The Department of Justice and the leaders of both major political parties are mentioned targets in Congressman Charles C. Diggs, Jr.’s five point program to press tor strong national civil rights le- ing seriously of appealing to the- President to call a specjaj. session of Congress to get ef fective action on the highly important issue of civil rights”. Diggs said that he would “strenuously follow up” seve ral bills he had introduced with the intention of strength ening the power of the Depart ment of Justice to intervene in cases where civil liberty is threatened. He ireca^ed that members of the Justice De partment, though Invited, fail- oi me norm \^aroiina muiuai LOie insurance C^Mnpany, will nrtsak Appearing on the program also that night will be soote utbe persM^l of the company and representatives of b«Minaas. e«hica- tlon, toe press and other agencies who will bring grcetiatt. On Thursday and Friday, October lS-14, the visHingnbtistm will be reflectively the Rev. C. E. McLester, the PMrtaroTS* id Avenue Bap*'-*“ Morehead Avenue ^ptu|t Church, and ^ Rev ^ #Omi. of the Oak Grove Free Will Baptist Church. Sunday, October 16, at 11:00 a. m.. the pastor. Rev Pan* r , ^ will have the services in charge. An ev^tng ed to attend a special hearing oi^ict*^ tbH^akw ^ Durham arranged by the House Judici-1 The final service of the series, Monday. Octotaar 17 will be ary Committee for the purpose I l^eld at 8:00 p. m. The Rev.. T. C. Graham, oastor of Um> WmI (Please turn to Paae 1 Ciiurch will deliver the message. (Please turn to Page Eight) 1 Th. public is Invited to attawi thwe sMvSaa.
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