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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, 1879.
VOLUME 29—NUMBER 43
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, NOV. 3rd, 1951
PRICE TEN CENTS
Parents Charged With Killing Son
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Miss Alexine Clement of Durham, center, is shown here be
ing crowned “Miss North Carolina Scholastic” at Durham Athletic
Park last week during the halftime of the NCC-Tennessee State
College Homecoming football game. President Alfonso Elder of
NCC crowned Miss Clement, while Miss Joyce McLendon, Dudley
High School, Greensboro, right looks on. Miss McLendon was
runner-up in the contest. In second picture Miss Sadie Marie Wil
j liams, left, Warrenton, junior, and Miss Delores Darden, New York
junior, adorn the first place Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority’s
float. Motif was gridiron with huge golden football. Pretty coeds,
however, outshone the ball. Miss NCC Alumni of 1951 was Miss
Maxine Haith of Winston-Salem alumni chapter. She is shown here
during coronation ceremonies with J. T. Taylor, president, national
NCC Alumni Ass’n. Miss Catherine Inman of Wash., D. C.; Mrs.
Bernice H. Turner, Durham chapter and Miss Noami Plummer,
Weldon. Last panel shows Delta Sorority float.
Members of the Lott Carey
foreign Baptist Mission are
shown boarding a Pan American
Airways clipper at New York
Just before departing for Liber
ia where they will attend the
dedication of the new Lott
Carey Mission school at Brewer
ville on Nov. 4. They will spend
two weeks more visiting Italy,
France and England.
Shown in the picture are left
to right, Rev. R. L. Taylor, Rich
mond, Va., Dr. Sommerville, ex
ecutive secretary of the conven
tion, Washington, D. C.; Lewis
Grifffen, Washington, D. C.; Rev
G. W. Thomas, Oxford, N. C.;
Ralph Cooper, Passaic, N. Y.;
Miss Alberta Finch, Pittsburg,
Pa.; Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer, To
ledo, Ohio; Mrs. Ellen S. Alston,
Raleigh, N. C.; Mrs. A. J. Payne,
Baltimore, Maryland.
In the back row is Rev, O. S.
Bullock, Washington, D. C. and
at the end of the first row is
Rev. C. T. Murrey, Washington,
D. C. Also on the steps are Rev
erends A. W. Brown, Richmond,
Va.; Jackson Lindsey, Wades
worth, Ohio; A. J. Payne, Balti
more, Md.; Mrs. Florence Carter
Richmond, Va.; Reverends J. J.
Glow, Portland, Oregon; E. H.
Bouey, Richmond, Va.; E. T.
Browne, (See arrow), K. O. P.
Goodwin, Winston-Salem, N. C.;
and Samuel Bullock, Boston,
Mass.; in the door of the plane.
Photo—Pan American Airways
Admit Pamlico Schools Are
Unequal; Settlement Sough
Raleigh — A spokesman for
defendants in the school segre
gation suit in Pamilco County
admitted, though somewhat re
luctantly.. and- belatedly, here
last week that the schools at
Oriental, located in Pamilco, are
unequal.
State Attorney General Har
ry McMullan said here last
Thursday that defendants in the
suit being brought by a group
of Negroes at Oriental for eyual
facilities “are in a position
where we will have to admit
that schools in Oriental are un
equal.”
This concession by the State’s
Attorney General is regarded by
many to be extremely late in
coming and a definite under
statement of the condition of the
schools for the white and Negro
races at Oriental.
Attorney M. Hugh Thompson,
Durham lawyer retained by a
group of Negroes at Oriental to
file suit on their behalf in fed
eral court, told the TIMES that
conditions of the Negro schools
in Pamilco county are “among
the worst imaginable.”
Local whites at Oriental, con
fronted with the possibility that
their school system may become
integrated, held a stormy meet
ing last week to discuss the al
ternatives of digging into their
pockets for $60,000 to erect a
new Negro elementary school
or of giving up one of the white
elementary schools to Negroes.
These alternatives were said to
offer a means of settling the
school issue out of court.
The choices that Oriental
school officials faced were re
duced to three when Attorney
Thompson filed suit in Eastern
District of federal court asking
that segregation be eliminated
until equality can be obtained in
the county’s schools.
Emmett Whitehurst, special
counsel for the Pamilco Board
of Education, has told the board
that “unless we can say to the
court that one of these courses
(erecting a new Negro elemen
tary school or giving up one of
the white schools to Negroes)
within a reasonable length of
time, it is my opinion that the
court will probably order non
segregation.”
Many observers say that '4he
plan to turn over the white
school to Negroes or the move
for integration will have to be
followed, pointing out what they
term the inability of the county
to finance the needed heavy
building program now.
Killed In Korea
One local soldier was killed
in action Korea and another
wounded, according to Depart
ment of Defense announcements
this week.
Pfc. John P. Barbee, grandson
of Mrs. Estella Horton of 1516
South St. was announced this
week killed in fighting. Pfc.
Lindsey McDaniel, 517 Lyawood
Ave., was listed as wounded on
Oct. 4.
No details were given in the
announcement of Pfc. Barbee’s
death.
Pfc. McDaniel, 19-year old
son of Mack McDaniel, was
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Local Church To Observe
Anniversary During Week
The Covenant Presbyterian
Church will observe its 58th an
niversary with a full week of
programs each night, beginning
Monday and continuing through
next Monday, Nov. 12.
Solomon B. Dukes, Jr., chair
man of the overall anniversary
committee listed as features of
the church celebration a Bazaar
sponsored by the women of the
church, Anniversary Sunday
Nov. 11., and the Anniversary
Fellowship Dinner which will
conclude the celebration.
The church is located at Lin
coln and Massey avenues. Rev.
J. A. Cannon is pastor.
Dukes also stated that each
organization of the church will
be responsible for a program
during the week series. Partici
pants of the program will be an
nounced at a later date, he stat
ed.
The Bazaar is set for Friday
night Nov. 9.
Dr. Rose Butler Browne, Ed
ucation professor at North Caro
lina College, will be the main
speaker for the Anniversary
Dinner to be held on the final
night of the celebration series.
Dr. David Bradley of the
Duke Divinity School, will de
liver the Anniversary Sunday
sermon Nov. 11 Services for this
occasion will begin at 10:55.
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Gotham Mayor In
Stork Club Row
New York—Mayor Impellit
teri, just back from an extended
tour of Europe, jumped into the
Josephine Baker - Stork Club
row by announcing that he
would not patronize the club, or
any other club that practices dis
crimination.
The Mayor’s statement was
made in response to questions
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Foul Play Suspected In Fire
Which Takes Mother, 4 Kids
Sti>itetfviHu#~Potoc3 are con
ducting a full scale investigation
here into the possibility of foul
play in connection with a fire
which took the lives of a moth
er and her four children last
Wednesday.
Mrs. Frances Murry, 28 years
old, and her four children, Bea
trice, seven; Johnnie Mae, six;
John Henry, Jr. and Rose Anne,
one, perished in a blaze which
leveled their frame house about
nine o’clock.
The investigation was launch
ed when Coroner Marvin D.
Raymer said that parts of the
victims’ skull were missing. A
medical examination is being
made to determine whether the
missing bone material was shat
tered either by explosion from
intense heat or from some mis
hap prior to the fire.
The fire came at the height
of a civil defense test and many
nearby residents thought at first
it was part of a mock raid on the
city inasmuch as bright flares
were used in the test.
The father, Johny Henry Mur
ry, a railroad employee, told po
lice he was at a taxi stand play
ing checkers at the time of the
fire. He stated that he left the
house about 7:30.
The victims were apparently
trapped in the bedroom of the
house. The coroner reported
that bodies of the three older
children were found in one bed,
the body of the baby in her
bed, and body of the mother,
lying face down, on the floor.
Frank Dalton, a school teach
er, attracted to the fire by cries
of a baby, said he tried to gain
entrance to the house by kicking
in the windows, but flames
drove him back.
Last Rites Held
For Pfc. Maxey
Last rites were held here Tues
day at the Mt. Zion Baptist
church for Pfc. Leroy Maxey, a
member of the 80th Airborne
Anti-Aircraft battalion at Fort
Bragg Pfc. Maxey was killed
when lines of a descending
equipment bundle became en
tagled with his parachute dur
ing a routine jump.
Chaplain Douglass Hall offi
ciated at the military style
church services and at grave
side rites. He was assisted by
Mt. Zion pastor Rev. Wm. H.
Fuller.
Surviving Pfc. Maxey are his
wife, Mrs. Portia Maxey of 1622
Fayetteville Street, his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Maxey,
and an uncle from Emerson,
Arkansas.
Couple Jailed After Autopsy
Shows Arsenic In Dead Son
Lumberton — Young parents
in their late 20’s were charged
here last week with murdering
their four and one half year old
son to collect his $2,500 worth
of insurance money.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leach of
nearby Red Springs have been
arrested as result of an investi
gation in connection with the
death of their son last July. The
investigation grew until the
child’s body was ordered exhum
ed and an autospy was perform
ed.
Autopsy reports indicate that
there was a presence of a lethal
dose of arsenic poisoning in the
body.
Sheriff Malcom McLeod de
nied in a telephone conversation
to the TIMES late Wednesday
newspaper reports that three
other children of the family had
been suffering from symptoms
of arsenic poisoning.
The child died on July 13 af
ter being taken to a Red Springs
physician and given the usual
remedy for a stomach ache.
Suspicion in the case was
first raised by Red Springs po
lice chief Norman McRainey
who called in Sheriff McLeod
and the State Bureau of Investi
gation for assistance in the in
vestigation.
Investigation revealed that
Leach had purchased in June
four insurance policies, one a
mounting to $1,000 and three
others for $500 each, all with
different firms.
Leach, formerly employed at
the McNeil woodworking plant
near Red Springs but working at
Fort Bragg when arrested, .is be
ing defended by the law firm of
Johnson and Johnson
Sheriff McLeod told the Times
no information had been gained
as to where Leach had gotten
the arsenic. He also declined to
state when a trial would be held.
The couple, jailed here, de
nied that they are guilty.
Foundation Gets
Five Grand More
The James E. Shepard Memo
rial Foundation has received an
additional cash grant of $5,00,
it was announced here last night
by James T. Taylor, the foun
dation’s director.
Taylor said the gift had been
made by the Independent Aid,
Incorporated of New York.
The Shepard Foundation is
named for the late Dr. James E.
Shepard, founder and first pres
ident of North Carolina College.
Its purpose is to provide scholar
ships for worthy Negro students.
The foundation has set a $250,
000 goal. At this time about $75,
000 in' cash and pledges have
been contributed, according to
Taylor.
The foundation last received
a $5,000 grant from the Burling
ton Mills Foundation of Greens
boro.
Principals in the dedication of
North Carolina College’s new
$950,000 James E. Shepard Me
morial Library are shown here.
Left to right are R. N. Gantt,
acting chairman of the NCC
Trustee board, chairman of the
$4 million building expansion
program; Dr. Alfonso Elder,
President of North Carolina Col
lege; Dr. G. D. Games, State
Grand Master of the North Car
olina Masons, Founder’s Day
speaker; Dr. D. Hiden Ramsey,
general manager, Asheville Citi
zen-Times, dedication speaker,
Saturday, D. Eric Moore, Dean
of NCC’s School of Library
Science; and Benjamin Smith,
newly appointed N. C. College
librarian.
The building was sceduled for
.
formal dedication Saturday, No
vember 3. It is named for the
late Dr. James E. Shepard, the
college’s founder and first pres
ident.