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FOR 29 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 41ft
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, OCT. 20th, 1951
PRICE TEN CENTS
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Hertford Grand Jury Again
FREE WHITE RAPIST
Funeral services of Pfc. Wil
lis Carver, above, 21-year-old
Durham lad killed in action in
Korea last April were held
here Friday at the Mount
Baptist Church. Reverend E.
T. Browne, church pastor, of
ficiated.
Pfc. Carver enlisted in the
Army in 1947 and was serving
with an Infantry unit when
killed. His body arrived in
Durham Wednesday. He is sur
vived by his father, Henry
Carver of 516 East Enterprise
Street of this city; three bro
thers, Paul, Durham, Eugene,
serving in the Army; and
Swade, Philadelphia; and two
sister, Isabella and Mrs. Ber
tha Johnson, both of Durham.
Cicero Charges
Against NAACP
Lawyer Dropped
Chicago—A ruling of nolle
prosequi (will not prosecute)
was handed down last Thursday
by Judge Wilbert T. Crowley in
the Criminal Court of Cook
County, in the case of George
Leighton, chairman of the legal
redress committee of the Chi
cago branch of the National As
sociation for the Advancement
of Colored People, who had been
indicted by a Cook County grand
jury for his role in attempting
to assist the Harvey E. Clark
family in moving into an apart
ment in Cicero, Illinois.
State’s Attorney John Boyle
and Assistant State’s Attorney
James Brown told Judge Crow -
ley that Leighton had voluntari
ly appeared before the grand
jury to give information about
the infamous Cicero riots of last
summer and had not been re
quested to sign a waiver of im
munity.
Praising Leighton’s ability as
an attorney, Brown said that he
was troubled by the indictment
because after a through investi
gation of the facts and the law
he was convinced that the NA
ACP attorney should never have
beeen indicited.
Judge Crowley, in announcing
that Leighton would not be pros
secuted, stated that the ruling
of the bench was final.
Expressions of indignation
came from all parts of the coun
try after Leighton was indicted
for “conspiracy to injure prop
erty ... by causing a deprecia
tion in the real estate market
price by renting to Negroes.”
NAACP Secretary Walter White
called it “one of the gravest
threats to the Negro’s fight for
equal justice which has yet de
veloped,” and Senator Paul
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UNC Drops Jimcro Seating;
Students To Use Tickets
Move By House Averts Court
Action; Segregation Hinted
Chapel Hill—^The University
of North Caroolina administra
tion averted another court bat
tle at the eleventh hour when
its chancellor, Robert B. House,
decided last week to lift his
segregation bars on the five
Negro students enrolled there
and give them tickets to the
football game which called for
the unsegregated section of Ken
an stadium.
The studnents acted immedi
ately to clear up the impression
that they wanted the tickets to
the unsegregated section as a
token recognition of their rights
to use all the facilities of the
University available to other stu
dents when they definitely af
firmed that they intended to use
the tickets for the remainder of
the Tar Heels’ home schedule.
Chancellor House issued them
regular student passbooks last
Friday with a letter suggesting
that they not sit in the regular
student section at Carolinia’s
home games. He had earlier re
fused to give them passbooks and
gave them tickets to the segre
gated Negro section of the
stadium instead.
^The action of House came af
ter the NAACP reported that it
would take legal action to have
the University cited for contempt
of Federal Court. Gov. Kerr
Scott also earlier turned down
a request from the Negro stu
dents that he get a ruling from
the State Attorney General,
compelling the UNC administra
tion to give them reuglar stu
dent passbooks.
A state-wide drive to raise
funds for the expected court
action was set in motion by the
Durham Committee on Negro af
fairs last week.
Harvey Beech, 27 year-old
STOMACH ACHE
Raleigh — The biggest stom
ach ache in this city probably
preyed on four young boys
here early this week.
Police referred them to the
City-County Court of Domestic
Relations for prosecution as
juveniles on charges of steal
ing 66 small pies from a truck
of the Bell Bakeries here.
Only six of the pies were re
covered when the unhappy
youths were apprehended.
They had eaten the other 60.
Kinston resident, one of the five
Negroes enrolled in the Chapel
Hill Law School, issued a state
ment last Saturday night on be
half of the Negro students, de
claring that they intended to
use the passbooks.
JBeech said that news reports
had given the impression that
the students would comply with
the indrect request of Chancel
lor House that they not use the
passbooks which he issued them
last Friday.
House called in the five stu
dents and gave each of them an
envelope containing a passbook
each and a letter — signed by
House—which stated: “the ad
ministration and the trustees be
lieve it wise to observe the cus
tom of segregation at athletic
events for the time being at
least.
The whole issue of the tickets
was brought to light when Rob
ert Walker, one of the five stu
dents, refused to accept the tic
ket to the segregated section of
Kenan stadium which was issued
him. He returned the ticket to
House and demanded a student
passbook.
Louis Jordan
Has Advice
For The Ladies
Chicago — Today’s women
have a lot to learn about making
their men happy and contented.
says Louis Jordan in an article |
published in the November issue
of ‘Tan Confessions.” Most un- i
successful marriages are caused J
by the lack of understanding of
husbands by wives, he says. 1
Pointing out that as a thrice- '
married man himself he is in a *
position to discuss the problem.
Describing his rise to stardom :
from a S35-a-week musician to
one of the country’s highest paid
performers earning as much as f
$5,000 a week, Jordan reveals <
that despite financial prosperity <
he has failed to find domestic 1
happiness. <
“I’ve been married three times
and I know what it is to be
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*co™iS‘,s
Special to the TIMES
Winton — A Hertford Grand
Jury again was unable to get
its feet out of the quagmire of
racial prejudice and threw out
of the window last Monday
charges of rape by a 45 year-old
white man on a 15 year-old
Negro girl.
The jury also dismissed
charges of perjury against Frank
Newsome.
Newsome would probably
have gone free three months ago
had it not been for the courage
of Judge H. A. Grady of New
Bern who issued a bench warrant
for his arrest on charges of rape
and assault on a female after a.
grand jury in July had reduced
the charges to carnal knowledge,
a crime of lesser degree than
rape, and then acquitted him of
that charge in August.
The crime, described by many
as one of the most wanton ever
committed in Hertford County,
was apparently whitewashed
and reduced by the grand jury
to permit the white man from
having to pay the supreme pen
alty for rape.
Judge Grady scored the action
of the jury, terming it the great
est miscarriage of justice dur
ing his 29 years on the bench,
and had Newsome arrested for
i rape.
The Judge charged in August
trial that the jurors were unduly
influenced by the fact that the
prosecution witness was a Negro
girl and the defendant a white
man.
When the case came up again
last Monday, the grand jury dis
missed the charges of rape, as
sault and perjury preferred by
Judge Grady against Newsome
and returned a “no true bill”.
Newsome walked out of the
courtroom, a free man, to join
his weeping wife and children
and North Carolina’s double
standard of justice was left in
tact.
Members of the State Association of the New Members of
America who were awarded scholarships to enter A. and T. Col
lege are pictured above. Left to right are Alfonzo Williamson.
Sampson County Training School; John W. Keith, Merrick-Moore;
and James McDougle, Rowland South Side High. Williamson,
outstanding student at Sampson, has held many offices in the
Sampson County NFA, including president, treasurer and secre
tary. Keith, who has been a leading figure in his local chapter,
won an NFA scholarship along with Williamson. McDougle was
awarded a college scholarship for the boy who has done outstand
ing job in farming for the past four years. He is active in his lo
cal NFA chapter.
NCC Homecoming Tilt May Draw
Over 10,000 Saturday, October 11
/vn uvemuw crown oi approx
imately 10,000 Homecoming grid
ans may witness the N. C. Col
ege-Tennessee State College
ootball clash here at Durham
Uhletie Park October 27.
An elaborate program of
lances, parades, and floats will
>e features throughout the week
ind.
The October 27 tilt, slated for
! P. M.. is the sixth meeting of
:he two inter-state rivals.
NCC drew first blood in the
eries in 1946 with a well earn
d 14-6 victory. Some 11,000 fans
iverflowed Durham Athletic
’ark in 1947 to see the Tigers
ike out a 19-7 win over the
eagles.
Roaring back in a return game
the following year, the “Eagles”
won a hard-earned 7-6 victory
over the Tigers.
In 1949, the Eagles came up
on the short end of a 19-18 score.
A historic 27-20 victory at Nash
ville in 1950 put the Tigers
ahead in the series. This year the
Herman H. Riddick coached
Eagles expect to even the series
score.
The game, however, is only
one item on a star-studded pro
gram which several generations
of NCC alumni are planning co
operatively for the annual
Homecoming festivities.
Times Newsboys Admitted Free
Newboys and girls of the CAROLINA TIMES from Durham,
Chapel Hill and Burlington, numbering over 150 will receive free
lasses to the Homecoming game of North Carolina College to be
ilayed here between North Carolina College and Tennessee State
College, Saturday, October 27.
W. R. Blake, Circulation Manager of the CAROLINA TIMES
s requesting all persons who receive their CAROLINA TIMES
;hrough newsboys and girls to please cooperate with their carrier
md pay him when he delivers your paper Friday, so he will not
lave to make a return call Saturday morning.
All TIMES newsboys and girls are expected to meet at the
DAROLINA TIMES office at 1:15 Saturday. Free transportation
vill be furnished them to the Park and back to the office.
Palmetto State Mother Has Quads
Sumter, S. C.—A 37-year-old mother came up with a one-out
of-371,000-chance here last Sunday as she gave birth to quad
ruplets.
Two boys and two girls were delivered from Mrs. Jeff Bur
fess, wife of a tenant farmer here.
One of the girls died in birth, but the other three were placed
in an incubator where they were reported as doing fairly well.
They have not been weighed but a nurse said they were very
tiny.
The mother was said to be in poor condition.
If the remaining three new born babies survive, they will
loin the couple’s nine other children, including two sets of twins,
iged eight and three years.
Bethel Man Dies As Officer
Fractures Skull With Billy
(Special To The CAROLINA TIMES)
BETHEL—One of the most shocking reports of police brutality ever disclosed any
where came out of this small eastern North Carolina community here last week when it
was revealed that a 24-year-old ex-GI died from injuries sustained when he was black
jacked by a white policeman who has already been run out of one North Carolina town
for his “brutal methods.”
The beating was policeman’s Joe Thompson’s third — and final — attack on Garland
Willis.
Funeral plans for the ex-serviceman were not disclosed at press time. The Flannagan
Funeral home handled the arrangements.
Willis died early Thursday morning at a Greenville hospital from a badly fractured
skull, suffered in the blackjacking Wednesday night.
According to a statement
made to the TIMES by the dead
man’s wife, Mrs. Burnice Wil
lis, Willis was blackjacked into
unconsciousness while he lay
sleeping with his four children
—Garnder and Bonnie, five
year-old twins; Glenwood, three;
and Towena, one.
Mrs. Willis testified at the
preliminary hearing, however,
that her husband was clubbed
in a struggle which apparently
ensued when he tried to resist
Thompson’s efforts to arrest
him.
All of the testimony in the
case, however, bore out the fact
that the fatal balckjacking of
Willis occurred at his home.
According to Mrs. Willis’
statement to the TIMES, which
was in conflict with her testi
mony later at the preliminary
hearing, she went to town Wed
nesday to swear out a warrant
for the arrest of her husband
after they had had a domestic
spat.
It was some time later before
officer Thompson, who had com
mitted assault twice before on
the victim, arrived at the wea
ther-beaten apartment house
where Willis lived. The wife
stated that she was returning
from her mother’s home when
the officer showed up and that
she let him into the two room
apartment, went to the back
porch and waited with her
neighbors.
It was about 9:30 or 9:45
when the “officer went in and
shut the door” she stated.
Witnesses said that they en
tered the room when they heard
the children, sleeping with Wil
lis, begin to holler and scream.
Mrs. Willis stated that Willis
had arisen from his blood spat
tered pillow in an attempt to
ward off the blows when she en
tered the room to carry the chil
dren to safety. Another witness
said that Willis was lying on the
floor when she entered the room.
According to to testimony
brought out at the preliminary
hearing, however, Thompson
was called to the scene after Wil
lis’s wife had sworn out a war
rant charging Willis with as
sault on her. Testimony held
that Mrs. Willis said that her
husband had beaten her and
threatened to kill her her.
Thompson testified that he
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GARLAND WILLIS
MARION S. JOHNSON
REV. T. R.
DeADWYLER
Shaw Divinity Student On
Church Anniversary Program
ihe 85th anniversary of White
Rock Baptist Church will con
tinue here Sunday with Rev. T.
R. DeAdwyler of Shaw Univer
sity as the main speaker for
Sunday morning’s service. Rev.
DeAdwyler is a senior in the
school of Religion at Shaw.
An evening service at 7:30
will feature Dr. A. L. Turner
dean of North Carolina College’s
Law School, and Marion S.
Johnson, executive secretary of
the NCC National Alumni As
sociation as speakers.
An appreciation service for
church workers who have served
White Rock is also planned for
the evening program.
Music for the day’s services
will be rendered by the senior
and junior choirs.
Dean J. A. Cannon of Duke
University was the speaker for
last Sunday’s anniversary cele
bration services.
Negro In Race
In Louisiana
Baton, Rouge, La. — When
Louisianans go to the polls on
Jan 15 to eliminate Democratic
candidates for the gubernatorial
position, they wiTl find for the
first time in the history of the
state the name of a Negro on the
ballots.
Kermit Parker, New Orleans
native, posted his SI50 fee with
Secretary Jesse Webb of the
State Democratic Central Com
mittee a few hours befor the
deadline to become the first
Negro to run in the primary for
Governor in the State.
Eight other Democrats and
me Republician have qualified
for the gubernatorial race.
Parker, 40 year-old pharmac
ist is Commissioner of the State
industrial School for Negro
Souths.
Pinckney S. Pinchback was
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Bennett College
Founder's Day
Scheduled
Greensboro—Dr. G Brc .
Oxnam. resident bishop ol
New York Area of the Method
ist Church, will be the speaker
at the 78th annual Founder's
Pay celebration at Bennett
College, October 30 at 10:30
o’clock in Annie Merner Pfeif
fer Chapel.
A former president of De
Pauw Universtiy, Bishop Oxnam
^ow heads the Federal Council
of Churches in America and is
on numerous national commit
tees working in the cause of
world peace. The widely-travel
(led at Florida Southern, Ohio
Wesleyan, Bagor Theological
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Oxford Girl
Killed In Wreck
Henderson—Miss Ella Bailey,
16 year-old Oxford girl, was kill
ed in an automoble accident last
Friday on highway 158-A just
inside the Vance county line.
James Mallory, 25 year-old
driver of the death vehicle, was
arrested on charges of man
slaughter and reckless driving.
Names of other passengers in
the automobile were withheld.
The accident occured when the
1941 Ford which Mallory was
driving overturned three tim'«
on an embankment on the old
Oxford highway.
Miss Bailey died as a result
of a broken neck. Mallory, also
of Oxford, was treated at the
Jubilee hospital for a broken
shoulder and other injuries.
Swiss Deport Young Negro Spying
For Republican Senator McCarthy
Lausanne, Switzerland — A
;ubercular young American, was
sentenced to eight months and
jxplusion from the country last
Monday for spying on Ameri
can consular officials for Repub
lican Senator Joseph McCarthy
Actually Charles E. Davis, 24
year-old Californian, was set
free immediately after the trial
here Monday because he had
served eleven month in jail al
ready while awaiting trial on
charges of political espionage.
A five man Swiss court hand
ed down the sentence after find
ing young Davis guilty of spy
ing on American diplomatic and
consular personnel in Switzer
land, particularly John Carter
Vincent, former U. S. minister
at Bern.
The indictment against the
former Communist party mem
ber who become dissatisfied and
quit the ranks alleged that he
was paid by John E. Farrand,
Paris agent of Senator McCarthy
to carry on his work as a spy.
The Wisconson Senator, quite
liberal in his attacks on the
State department and the Tur
man administration, said that he
did not consider the informat
ion received from Davis very
important, but turned it over
,to the FBI.
McCarthy, however, had fre
quently attacked Vincent, charg
ing him with following the Com
munist Party line after he had
been transferred to Bern from
Tangiers.
Davis, who has been under
treatment at a tuberculosis hos
pital at Geneva for several
months, apparently had a well
knit spying organization in
Switzerland. The indictment
stated that he had “surrounded
himself with assistants and in
vestigators.”
He was born in Dallas. Texas,
but moved to Pasadena as a boy
where he attended school. He
served a brief period in the Navy
and came to Switerzland in 1949.