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FOR 28 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Durham, North Carolina, under Act of March 3, 1819.
VOLUME 29—NUMBER 37
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, SEPT. 15th, 1951
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MOTHER RAPED BY SIX WITTES
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Doctor Fined, Four Arrested On Dope Charge
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Ray Robinson Regains Crown
l\t:w lUift. - rv new, viuuua,
killer-like Sugar Ray Robinson
grabbed his world’s middle
weight crown back from Bri
tain’s Randy Turpin Wednesday
night with a bone crushing at
tack that forced referee Ruby
Goldstein, who knows when a
man is beaten, to stop the bout
in 2:52 of the tenth round.
The sleek Harlem dandy, of
ten referred to as a fighting
machine, reverted to a stormy
attack after being cut over the
left eye and pounded the sturdy
Turpin with a flurry of bone
jarring lefts and rights to the
head that lifted the Polo Grounds
sell-out crowd of 61,370 to its
feet in the middle of the tenth
of a scheduled 15 rounder.
A ripping right to the head,
which all but decapitated the
Briton, sent Turpin on his way
down. The unorthodox Leaming
ton Licker, who shook the crown
from Robinson’s head when he
decisioned him in a major upset
in London July 10, struggled to
his feet and gamely waded back
into the scrap.
Robinson Flurries
But Robinson, sensing that it
was now or never with gore
trickling down his face from the
opened gash over his eye, tore
into the valiant Briton with a
flurry of blows too fast for the
human eye to follow, pinned
him to the ropes and literally
pummeled him into a senseless
hulk.
The dazed, glassy eyed Turpin
could not raise his hands to
ward off the blows, so referee
Goldstein, veteran of many a
T. K. O., stepped in to call off
the slaughter. At the end, Tur
pin, game but badly mauled,
reeled like a drunk and almost
sank to his knees.
Wednesday night s Sugar Ray
was a far different man than he
had been in his career. He was
unlike the back pedalling Rob
inson whom Turpin upset in
London last July. He was not
the slick, clever dancing, fight
ing machine that he had been
in the past. Wednesday night’s
Robinson was a vicious, deter
termined, revengeful 157%
pounds of gloved dynamite.
Turpin weighed in at 159.
Bout Fairly Close
The bout was fairly close un
til the tenth. Although Robinson
had scored throughout the early
rounds with heavy blows to the
head, sending Turpin to his
knees with a solid right to the
head once in the second, the
Britisher had shaken them off
and was coming on strong.
Robinson was out front by a
narrow margin when the end
came. Referee Goldstein scored
it 4-4-1; Judge Harold Barnes,
5-3-1 for Robinson and Judge
Joe Angello 5-4 for Ray.
The sell-out crowd which
packed Polo Grounds set a new
all-time high for non heavy
weight fight. The million dollar
mark appeared certain as $767,
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Figures In School Suit
Here is the proposed new con
solidated high school for Ne
groes in Washington County, to
be located at Roper, which
County school officials claim
will afford Negroes equal edu
cational facilities with whites
and keep the county’s schools
“seperate but equal.” Durham
Attorney M. Hugh Thompson,
representing a group of Ply
mouth Negroes who do not agree
with the county school board
and are fighting erection of the
consolidated high school, argued
the case early this mouth before
Federal Judge Don Gilliam.
Plymouth citizens contend
that the plan for one Negro high
school in the county would place
undue burden on Negro students,
many of whom would have to
travel 20 miles, one way, to
reach Roper.
There are three high schools
in the county for whites. Mean
| while, Newport News lawyer
j William D. Butts, representing a
group o£ Negroes content to ~o
along with the County Board of
Education in its plan for the one
Negro high school, was black
jacked by Roper’s one man po
lice force for “blocking the side
walk.” Butts excused the man,
took no action and expressed
gratitude to the town for the way
he was treated. See story, this
page.
Woman Foiled In Suicide
Attempt By Cigarette
Fayetteville — An apparent
suicide attempt was foiled here
by an alert cabbie and some fast
thinking police officers last
week.
Miss Pauline McKoy was lured
to safety after tottering for three
hours high above the Cape Fear
river on the river bridge cat
walk.
A lighted cigarette finally
turned the trick.
Miss McKoy, who could give
no reason for wanting to take
her life, hailed a taxi early Sun
day morning and went to the
'river bridge. She handed the
driver a cartoon of cigarettes
and her pocketbook, instructing
him to deliver them to her home.
The taxi driver’s suspicions
were aroused at Miss McKoy’s
unsual requests and actions —
stopping at the river bridge at
three in the morning and send
ing him home with her cigar
ettes and pocketbook.
He called the police, who, up
on their arrival, found the wo
man had slipped down a cat
walk leading to the underside of
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ROCKINGHAM PHYSICIAN FINED S500.W;
WINSTON-SALEM STORE IN NARCOTICS RAID
Rockingham — A fine of $500
and a two year probation was the
lenient penalty meted out here
last Tuesday by a Federal Court
to a local physician found guilty
on a narcotics charge.
Doctor Fred D. Quick, well
known and prominent physician
of this city, was handed this sen
tence by Federal Judge J. John
son Hayes of the Middle District
Federal Court for post dating
seven prescriptions for narcotics
for two confessed dope addict
patients.
Five other men were arrested
in connection with the charges
which grew out of a June 6 raid
on the Waughtown drug store in
Winston-Salem. Agents discover
ed the post dated prescriptions of
Dr. Quick’s at the drug store
during the raid. Drug store co
owners John R. Waters, 47, and
Fred Carswell, Jr., 31, and phar
macist James Rhodes were ar
rested and are scheduled to
come to trial in Winston-Salem
during the November session of
the Federal Court.
Robert Neal Martin, 47 year
old Negro dope addict, was also
arrested by police on narcotic
charges. He was identified by
raiding officers as the “tip-off”
man.” Two days after the raid,
Clarence Tickle, Winston-Salem,
and Dr. Quick were also booked
on narcotics law violation
charges. Tickles will face trial
in Boone for his part in the
whole affair as a delivery man.
Although Dr. Quick was
found guilty of violating the
narcotics law, by his own ad
missipn, by the nolo contendere
plea entered by his three de
fense attorneys and by the
court, the staunch support given
him by several of the leading
white citizens and physicians of
the county apparently inclined
Judge Hayes to leniency in levy
ing the fine.
Testimony in the trial reveal
ed that Dr. Quick had post dated
five prescriptions of narcotics
for one patient and two for an
other. Federal Agent W. T. At
kinson, only prosecuting witness
to testify, stated that five of the
post dated prescriptions were
for C. H. Chewing of Lilesville,
eight miles from Rockingham,
and the other two were for Mrs.
Frances Griffin of Cardovia,
four miles from here.
According to Atkinson, the
prescriptions for Chewing were
for consecutive days, June 6th
through June 10, and each was
for 24 and one half grain tables
of morphine sulphate. The pre
scriptions for Mrs. Griffin were
for a lesser amount and a less
effective drug.
On the stand Dr. Quick ad
mitted that the dosage for Chew
ing was enough to kill a normal
person and declared that he was
aware that the patients were
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Ever since Dr. Boris Goldov
sky, Metropolitan Opera Radio
Broadcast Commentator, and
Director of the New England
Opera Theater, auditioned Jo
sephine Buck, above, distinguish
ed young concert singer, there
has been intense speculation
concerning whether she will be
the first Negro to sing a lead
role with the famous Metro
politan.
The new general manager of
the Metropolitan Opera Comp
any, Rudolph Bing, is known to
be of very liberal leanings. Up
on assuming his duties as gen
eral manager, Mr. Bing stated
that he would sign singers for
the Metropolitan on the basis of
artistic ability without regard to
race, creed, color or national
origin.
Hoey Opposes Anti-Filibuster
Washington — North Caro
lina’s Senior Senator Clyde
R. Hoey has given notice that
he will help lead the fight a
gainst a resolution to cut fili
busters in the United States
Senate.
A resolution, backed by the
NAACP and Senators Wayne
Morris (R.-Ore.) and Hubert
Humphries (D.-Minn.), was
introduced to the senate this
week by Republican whip
Kenneth Wherry of Nebraska.
The resolution, aimed at
shutting off debate for a vote
on civil rights legislation, now
goes before the Senate Rules
Committee.
Hoey called the Wherry
proposal a “backward step,”
and said that there was no
justification for it. He de
clared “we will fight the re
solution.”
New Met Star?
Lawyer Slugged
By Cops Plans
Ho Action
Roper—A Negro lawyer who
is opposing another group of Ne
groes in Washington County
seeking equal school facilities
has excused a Roper policeman
for clubbing him over the head
with a blackjack and has ex
pressed appreciation to the town
over the way he was treated.
William D. Butts, 44-year-old
Newport News, Va., lawyer who
is representing a group of Ne
gro in Washington County seek
ing to block attempts of another
group of Negroes, led by Attor
neys M. Hugh Thompson and J.
J. Sansom of Durham, seeking
to better their inferior schools,
was struck with a blackjack by
Roper’s one man police force,
chief Robert Sawyer last Tues
day night.
Butts said Sawyer had order
ed him to move because he was
blocking the sidewalk. Then
Sawyer arrested him, and when
Butts asked the policeman to let
him get his coat which contain
ed money he figured he would
need for a bond, he said Sawyer
clubbed him with the blackjack.
Butts was taken to the hos
pital where he spent the night.
He was released the next morn
ing.
Koper s town board announc
ed last Friday that it would take
no action against Sawyer. May
or Reynolds Spruill told Butts
it was “an unfortunate incident
and we’re sorry it happened.”
Butts declined to take action
over the incident and expressed
appreciation to the town for the
way he was treated.
The Newport News, Va. law
yer is representing a group of
Negroes who support Attorney
General Harry McMullan and
the County School board of Edu
cation’s plan to give the Negroes
in Washington County one high
school.
CONFEDERACY DAUGHTER
AGAINST USING FLAG AS
TOY IN UNITED STATES
Jacksonville, Fla. — Florida’s
United Daughters of the Con
federacy president, Mrs. Grady
H. Matthews, doesn’t think
much of the “irreverent” man
ner in which northern youths
are using the Confederate flag
as a toy substitute for foxtails
on snazzy roadsters.
“It worries me to see the Con
federate flag held in such “ir
reverence by some people,”
stated Mrs. Grady here last
week.
SOLDIERS ATTACK WOMAN AS SHE LEAVES
CHURCH; YOUNG BOY MADE TO WATCH
CARTHAGE—The story of a vicious, mass assault and rape on a young Negro mother,
wife of a New York GI, by six white soldiers participating in the recently concluded Army
manuevers was revealed here this week.
On the night of August 19, six soldiers forced Mrs. Lula Mae Artes at gunpoint into
the back of an Army truck where they raped her. A seventh held an 18-year-old min
ister’s son, who accompanied Mrs. Artes, at bay with a rifle during the attack.
The story of the rape, outstripping the famed Easter Burlington case, was held up by
Moore County’s Sheriff C. J. McDonald who was cooperating with Army authorities as
they attempted to trap the men
in the manuever area.
The seven escaped, however,
and further efforts to track them
have so far proved fruitless.
On the night of the attack,
Mrs. Artes, 30-year-old mother
of two and young Paul Williams,
the youth who was held at gun
point during the attack, were
among a group returning from
church services. The soldiers;
pounced on the group on hig
way 15, four miles east of here.
They forced Mrs. Artes, young
Williams, son of Reverend Char
lie Williams, and another un
identified woman into the back
of a truck at gun point. The
other unidentified woman wrig- i
gled free of her captors and es
caped, but the six soldiers raped |
Mrs. Artes while young Williams |
was forced to watch, lying on
his stomach, and held off by a
seventh soldier with a rifle in his
hands.
Army officials reported this j
week that information regarding :
the mass assault was withheld
until attempts could be made by
officers of the Criminal In
vestigation Department at Fort
Bragg and Camp Machall to find
the guilty soldiers.
“They didn’t show up and it’s
pretty tough to find seven men
out of 100,000,” Sheriff C. J.
McDonald commented on the
crime.
Neither descriptions of the as
sailants nor the numbers on the
Army truck could be given by
the young man and women who
witnessed the rape.
Herman Taylor Hits Back In Fight
To Clear Himself Of Charges
A stormy battle between Ne
gro Attorney Herman L. Taylor
of Raleigh and the North Caro
lina State Bar raged at a hear
ing last Saturday, at which the
well-known Civil Rights lawyer
denied charges of unprofessional
conduct and the defrauding and
deceiving a client.
The hearing before the State
Bar Council followed the claim
of Robert Womble, Cumberland
County Negro client, that the
attorney had accepted a $300 fee
for an unperfected State Sup
reme Court appeal of a case.
Womble’s case, begun in 1948
to contest the will of his father,
the late N. Y. Womble, was to be
appealed to the State Supreme
Court after being lost in the
Cumberland Superior Court.
If the Council finds Taylor
guilty of the charge, the Negro
lawyer will be subject to a re
primand or to disbarment next
month.
Repudiating the accusations of
the Bar, Attorney Taylor ad
mitted the receipt of the money
from Womble, but stated that
it was used to cover expenses
for the preparation of the ap
peal, although it was not taken
through the State Supreme
Court.
Taylor indicated that the ap
peal was not perfected because
the client had advised him that
adequate funds could not be
raised and that the appeal had
to be dropped. The lawyer fur
ther contended that the $300
payment was not commensurate
with legal services provided.
Defending Taylor are one
white attorney, Allen Langston
of Raleigh, and Negro Attorneys
Ho'sea V. Price of Winston-Sa
lem and C. O. Pearson of Dur
ham.
KKK Plans Another 'Shindig/
State Jaycees Call Suit Bluff
While the anemic Ku Klux -
Klan bluffed the North Carolina
Jaycees with a suit, their fellow
travellers in South Carolina
made plans for a big “shindig”
Wednesday in Cherokee County.
Grand Dragon Thomas Hamil
I ton of the Carolinas Klan mailed
; out an announcement last Fri
day of the planned “big doings”
in northern South Carolina
! which carried the statement:
| “come and learn what the Klan
1 stands for.”
Site of the Wednesday night
“fish fry” is Highway 11, ap
proximately 10 miles from Gaf
fney and five miles from Ches
nee, a stone’s throw -from the
North Carolina line.
Meanwhile North Carolina’s
Junior Chamber of Commerce j
president invited the Kluxers to |
“sue for a million dollars if it I
will.” The challenge grew out of
an exchange between the KKK
and the state Jaycees, which
passed a resolution August 26
1 branding the hooded legion of
nightriders “unAmerican.”
Grand Dragon Hamilton
threatened a suit if the term “un
American” were not withdrawn
from the resolution.
North Carolina Jaycee Presi
dent Harry L. Stewart issued the
challenge last Friday after be
ing invited by Florida Klan
Dragon Bill Hendrix to a debate
at Whiteville. Stewart termed
the debate idea “silly.”
At the last Klan rally in South
Carolina, two Anderson news
men said they saw a man beat
en. They were threatened when
they attempted to take pictures.
Autos of the thousands who at
tended the rally blocked a
through highway temporarily.
Although the rally was ap
parently attended by police of
ficers, Sheriff Clint McCain of
Anderson said his officers were
busy on other matters that night
because he knew nothing of the
rally in advance.
Seventh Circuit Solicitor Sam
R. Watt wrote Sheriiff Julia B.
Wright expressing regret that
the Kluxers had chosen Chero
kee County for their Wednesday
night rally.
NCC Set For Incoming Frosh
Some 600 freshmen and new
students are expected to arrive
in Durham over the week-end to
begin orientation week activities
at North Carolina College.
The orientation program
starts at 9 o’clock Monday morn
ing in the B. N. Duke Auditor
ium. For the remainder of the
week the freshmen and new
students will take a battery of
medical examination and vari
ous academic tests.
The students will hear Dean
Albert E. Manley interpret the
week’s program at 9 o’clock
Tuesday morning. At this time
there will also be greetings from
Calvin Norman, president of the
NCC student government, and
from R. D. Russell, guidance
counsellor, who is in charge of
the overall program.
At 10 o’clock Tuesday morn
ing the new students will have
opportunity to consult the per
sonnel deans. Dean Louise M.
Latham will talk with the wo
men in Duke Auditorium. Dean
J. L. Stewart will be in the Mu
sic Assembly for his conference
with the men.
Tests in English, and Math
ematics will be given Wednes
day. On Thursday there will be
a psychological test beginning
at 8 o’clock. Dean Manley will
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Nearly 150 CIAA officials and \
coaches gathered at North Caro
lina College last week-end for a
two day session on interpretation
of rules.
Harry Mar chant, J. D. Rogers
and Joe Sink lead discussions
i Saturday on duties of each of
1 ficial.
| Saturday evening the group
moved out to Durham Athletic
Park where officials took turns
in calling the Hillside-Lincoln
High School game. The clinic
was ended Sunday morning
with the annual examination,
administered by CIAA com
missioner Benjamin Washington,
ton.