LOUIS K
SCONN OUT
N. C. Teachers Ass’n Get
White Estate Offer
Raleigh — Dr. William Sharpt-, Dr, Shnrpo's decision to give the
white, wealthy N-w York brain estate to the teachers is the re-
.peoialist, has offered to give 4,600 suit of the excellent can John
acres of lanu to the North Carolinu Hirst, caretaki-r who .•ihockt'd the
Tetichers Asfociatioii, provided the community when he wa.s appoint-
Slat, con'eiits to build a bridge ed to care for the e.statc. luis tak-
over the water and marshland in- en >>i' the Sharpe property,
eluded in the tract, i' was reveal- DPciding that -Jiich h.yolty should
ed herr Friday ‘('(■niiniK.Hl on baix page)
VDl.rMK X.Wll, .NO 1
il.Al.KKlil. NOllTll C.AUUUNA SATI UDAV, .11 NK 22. ID ir,
PRICE b( 1
Lawyer's Life Threatened in Tenn. Case
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SNA WU. STUDENT WINS HONORS
Popular Coed Wins
First Contest Award
Judge.s Declare Competition Quite Keen
in Neil Scott’s Sewing Contest Club
NEW YORK. N Y _ The win.
ners or the Neil Scoli and Aso'.
tifate.s National Sewing Conte.t
Were chosen at 745 Fifth Avenue.
New York, N. Y. on Wednesday.
' ~e 12. 1S46 by u distinguished
quartet of nationally known judges
The judges were Anne Cabot,
Needlew.-.rk Editor of NC.A Pattern
Service; Alice Cairoll. Needlewoi x
Editor of Good Housekeeping Maga-
Supreme Court
Errs In Case
WASHINGTON 'Ai41>> ~ The
United States Supreme Court ad
mitted last week that it had erred
in denying US power to rule in
e-'hilher Willie Francis. 18, should
te sent to the elecfric chair a see-
und lime
A court uffii'ial .uiiii/unced an
zine; Carol Brice, the great young
Contralto; and Mrs. Ethel Sissle
From among the 150 pieces ol
needlework submitted by ISO wom
en whu were finalists imore than
5.000 women entered the contest)
only 5 women weie chosen as win
ners and only one turned out work
of such superb craflsn^anship that
it completely dominated the divi
sion in which it was entered Th:-
' judges described her work as "al
most uncanny in its precision and
' accuracy .f design." "niis perso.i
was the 27 year old Mrs. Bessie
Wall of Shaw University. Raleigh.
' N. C.. who submitted a set of cro-
' cheted doiles which won the $100.00
i ringside seat to the Joe Louis-Billy
: Conn Heavyweight Championtdtip
I Fight.
The other women were not as fo*^-
tunate as Mrs Wall. Mrs. C. M.
Black if 801 Potomac Street. San
Antonio. Texas and Louise New
berry of Bethune-Coukman College.
Daytona Beach. Florida tied lo‘
first place in the general sewing
Supreme Court
Errs In Case
WABRINGTON -AliP) — The
United Stales Supreme Court ad-
miiird last week that it had er''ed
in denying Its power to rule n
whether Willie Francis. 18, should
be sent to the elecfric chair a sec
ond time
A court official .miiounced
error was made in the listing of
;he court's order in the case last
week. That order said the petition
filea n behalf of Francis had been
aenied
Actually, the court will hear ar
guments in the new term next
October on the plea ot Francis that
he should not be placed in Jeopardy
cf his life a second time for the
second offense.
The plcu said this would be cruel
and unusual punishment. The su-
pien.e court has issued a stay of ex
ecution which will remain in effec t
until it rules finally on the case
' accuracy of design." This persr.t
I was the 27 year old Mrs. Bessie
j Wall of Shaw University. Raleigh.
I N. C., who submitted a set of cro-
I cheted doiles which won the $100.00
rlng.*ide seat to the Joe Louis-Billy
I Conn Heavyweight Championslup
I Fight,
The other women were not as fo--
tunate as Mrs. Wall. Mrs, C. M.
Black cf 801 Potomac Street, San
Antonio. Texas and Louise New
berry of Bethune-Cookman College,
Daytona Beach, Florida 'ied to'
first place in the general sewing
‘ division. Mrs. Banks submitted a
gorgeous white wool fliinnei dre.'is
; which would have won an undis-
j puted $100.00 if Miss Newberry’s
{ pink baby's layette hadn’t appeared
I lo be just as beautifirl in all rc-
.'pects. The same thing happened in
ihe embroidery division of the con
test where Mrs. Hattie B. Robinson
of 403 N. 17th Street, Apartment
2, Philadelphia. Pa., and Mrs . Ro
bert Banks of 15.213 Naples Street.
Cleveland, Ohio tied for 1st place.
Mr?, Robinson submitted an on-
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NAACP Fight to Outlaw
Indictment of 31 Negroes
'I'enn. Kiot Case A.nain Dons Spotlight; NAACP Lawyers
Seemingly OneiSided Case Before Georgia Courts
Leg^ionnaires Dissolve
Segregated Division “B”
CONGRATULATIONS
Governor William H. Hastie of the Virgin Islands, principal
speaker al the seventy-sixth annual commencement exercises of
Hampton Institute, congratulates Singleton C. Anderson of Pender
County, N. C.. at the cxercisc-s, when Governor Hastie was award
ed the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws and Mr. Anderson, who
graduated from Hampton in 1920, received the Hampton Institute
Alumni Award for his 26 years oi outstanding achievement at the
Rocky Point School in Pender County. —BURRELLE PHOTO
LOIS TAYLOR HAMPTON INSTITUTE. VA.
Ciilumbiu. Tenn - NAACP attor
neys. fighting to outlaw an all-
while grand jury indictment ugainM
31 Negroes. tlo.sed te.slimony on the
pleas and abatement luday iJunc
I2thi after having cjilled 217 Ne-
gr. es. .All of the 217 '.estifn-d that
they were .idult, male Negroei-,
iiousuholdei's. ai,i therwisi- (|uul.-
, lied for jury si-rviee, but not on*;
hiid ever been called fur jury ser-
CROWDS PAY
I AST REPECTS
TO IIL ARTHUR’
BV H’THER A. TOWN8I EY
CHICAGO 'ANPi — An over
flow and at times unruly cruwd.
C'lmpo.'it d f members of both races,
packed Pilgrim Baptist Church here
CROWDS PAY
I, AST REPECTS
TO’LIL ARTHUR'
BY EI THER A. TOWNSI EY
CHICAGO 'ANPj — An over-
flo'v and at limes unruly crowd.
composi'H i.f members of both races,
packed Pilgrim Baptist Cfiurch here
Friday morning to witnc final
rite? for Jack ‘Little Arthun John
son, 69. fir.Ki Negro heavyweight
boxing champion o( the world.
Johnson was killed a week ago
Monday in an autom-.bile .iccldenl
near Ff'inklinton, N C
The ex-champion's body arrived
here Thursday morning and was
taken immediately lo Charlie Jack-
s-m's funeral h'me where a mixed
LTOss-.sertion rif spectators stood m
line all day under the walcfiful
eye of p dice guards until 1:30 the
next m rnum for a final glance .it
the man who dcfiec conventioii.i
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vice (luring their lesideiice le
Maury Co. The stale's attorney
.liter conceding the cefeiise could
put on the stand numerous more
witnesses wh  had iKccr iicurd of
Ncgr. cs on juries, was given a
days recess to prenare ins ev -
deiice
The first bieak in me extreme
ly tei.se atmosphere ■ loaking thv
cuurti'uuin and the entire luv.ii
came when .Maurice Weaver, whl.v
defense alorncy from Chattanooga,
annour.eed that his life had been
threatened Howard Dome, court
sttn-. grapher, admitted that he had
heard the threat made against Uu
attorney This was n> t the first
indlcatioji »hat d^ferwe lUorntt-'s
might be attacked iiowevisr. Ac-
hud been rumors that the NAACP
lawyers would meet nn end at th?
bottom of Columbia's Duck River
Thurgoud Marshall, chief defense
counsel, c.-tisiders the sitUHtl n oi
^ such a serious nature that he ana
the other definse att irney. travel
IMBECILE TO DIE
IN GAS CHAMBER
WilmiURlon Lenn "Scoop
Gau.se, Brunswick County, will
iiL in the gas chamber of the
slati- iinl”«s (Tovimnor Cherry in-
ttrvcnes. He was found guilty
bv an al-whitc New Hano\^-r
C'ountv jurv. although Dr. Johr,
P. Crunmer. whiU' physicians.
WOKLIt'S HEAVYWEIGHT
CHAMHION JOE LOUIH
EIGHTH ROUND
New Ymk World’s Heavy
weight Champlcn Joe Louis knock-
, cd out Chttllengtr Billy Conn In
I the eighth of a scheduled l5'routii
fight before an estimated 45,206
' spectators In Yanke** Stadium here
I Wednesday night.
I Joe put his champtunsliip on the
' Hi'je for the twcnV>-?ecoiid time
since he tore the crown from Jim
mie Braddock, act t- work the ter-
annouoced that his life had ucen
threatened. Howard Dome, court
.tcn..gruphcr, admitted that he had
heard the threat made against me
attorney This was not the first
indicatirui That ()ef#*iv*e ittornet--*
might be attacked however. Ac-
had beer rumor.'i that the NAACP
lawyers would meet an end at the
bottom of Columbia's Duck River
Thurgood Marshall, chief defense
counsil. considers th? situation ol
such a serious nature that he an.i
the oth‘r defrnse attorneys trav.l
the 45 mile.s to Columbia c a c ii
n.prning. returning each evening to
Na-shville.
Thi‘ case of the Negroes was
strengthened today when Maury
County Sheriff J. J. Underwood
blurted out on the witncs.s .stand
.that he never saw u Negro seitc
on a local jury Thurgood Mar
shall. grlH~the blunterir.g Sheritf.
further rupealcd the question. .At
tempting to repair the damage, ihc
flustoii'd Sheriff thou stt.ed that
Negroes had been called fur jury
service.
Q Name .me of their..
A I can't do that
EIGHTH ROUND
LENS' "Scoop • UAL'SE
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WINSTON-SALEM - The Negro
Division .if the North Carolina Dc
partm-nt of the American Legion,
designated as Division "B", was dis-
'Oived Monday at the 26th Annual
C.nvention here, with Charles G.
Irving, Vice Commander, presiding.
Tlie dissolution, a subject of con
troversy for many years, came asi
result of a resolution drafted at the
behest of men principally from
World War No. 2, who contended
that the present "Jim Cr?w". set-up
violated the principles of the Amer
ican Legion and nullified all the
principles “for which we fought."
Tlie Division had an enrollment
as of June 15. 1946 of 4080. There
were approximately 150 delegates at
the convention of which 65 were
men of the recent war.
Familv Claim Father’s
Wife is ^ot Legal
Wilmington —
Alleging that she was not le-
gi'lly married to thei; late fath
er Eli and Levi Toney this week
filed suit in New Hanover Coun
ty Superior court asking that a
$250 insurance carried by Eli
Toney with the Atlantic Coast
Line Relief department not bu
paid to Mrs. Maggie Knox Brown
Toney, 610 N. 10th Street.
The complainL filed for fhe
Toney brothers by Rogers and
Rogers, attorneys, alleged that
Magie Knox Brown Toney had
married their father in Marion,
S C. on Oct. 17. 1943, while she
v.-as. in fact, stijl legally Car
ried to a man known as Haywood
Brown.
Mrs. Toney the complaint de-
cltared, claimed to be legal bene
ficiary of the late Ell Toney, a
fermer ACL emptoyewi and Uiai
she was allegedly seeking to col
lect from the ACL Relief depart
ment the $250 insurance as "wid
ow" of the insured.
Integration Object
The dissoluti.m of the Divisiaii.'
Charles G. Irving, Vice Command i
er. said, would not for the lime bo I
interfere with the working of the .
local posts. The local posts we.' I
called upon to carry nn and to co- j
operate with a special committee |
'ippoinled to work fjr full -'tegra-'
tion. j
L'ummittev appointed to han-
•Atty. Gen. Plans Way
to Rid Ga. of Klans
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ELK OFFICIAL
DENIES WILSON
WILL RESIGN |
WILMINGTON — Robert HalLj
Washington. D. C., grand traveling |
deputy and inspector of the IBPOE ,
ut W told the JOURNAL Monday |
that Grand Exalted Ruler J. Finley
Wilson will not retire from office
if he is elected to the state assembly
of New York. Hall branded the
tumjr as "work of rival factions'
within the lodge."
The Elk officials said that he
knew of no man who could carry
 n the woik of Mr. Wilson who has
built the lodge to its present state.
Citing statistics to bear him out,
Mr, Hall pointed »x» the record
which includes;
"World's greatest tralemal em
pire.
"More than SUO.UOt) men. women,
and children.
"More than $6,U0U,(>00 in solid L’.
S. A. banks.
"More than $500,000 given for col
lege scholarships.
"Embracing memberships around
the world.
"Owner uf more than $30,000,000
in U. S. war bonds.
"An excess of $25,000,000 m Elk
beznes and other pro^rUes."
I’rc'.Ksurc Gi'i.iips Dt'inaiul Definite
Aetion .Against Ka}>int’.' Klu Klu.x Klan
tail, mcnibvrs ..1 the urganuati m
will Lii‘ turiu-d "V.-i t,i III*- |ji'. PIT
priJMTUtiiig .-iuthi>rnif> .if ihi- jtidi-
. Ki'. I'lri Uil or circuits of pr-p.'i
juri'-uictiuti .is soon as w«- have I.D
• a m.i civil prociT-diiigh ■
The Klan-' Kavali, i Kiub h.i-
been actU'.cd sji'-cifically in tn.-
dirk-'layiiiK nf Porter F Tinner.
,. ‘axicab (Iriv. r. .md tn the wh.p-
pine ,,f .J bux-‘X-. crviit-nian
.■At-li..i. .luaiii-^ iiK.ividuals for
il.c vii.l.itn-ii lit crinuiiiil slatiiici
'x-ill »ia\.' to bi taken by c urt- nf
ptiipt-i iiir;>dii.-tii>n The t-xact n.i-
vill be fi!
A'M A.NTA AM'. Ally Gn,
Eugene Cook declined this week
lie will .stlJi l li'giil prnc. cllltl^'.^ .it
once lu diss 'Ivt- the Ku Klux Kl.ii.
e .upt-rate charter
"Tlusc piiicc-c-iliJi
witliiii the next f
.-aiu utter .-lating that iiivesligalton
by his staff had secuH'd suffici'."il
vidence "upon which t. di:ift and
file legal proce. dings' The attor
ney-general said the ^l.lll would lit-
vnti' tl.e next few it;i;.. to "mH.i'.'.
'•ui'h evidc-iici- ;i> wi h.ive and to
•lelcrnnning th.- ii;.!i.i-- of tne pr. •
ce»-dinus to bi filed"
The ;.id of f S A ty Gei. r..m
Clark will be .-oiiuhl n. th' pm-v-
'••.iiioi,. Cook stated.
"All evidence obtained by tin- in-
/ -.^t.-dors dealfng with allegct*
f.agrant ilh-ual activities 'd ' i
civil pi'ncefuiiigs which
will be lakin anainst ilic Klan iiaii
not been decided up ' Wt^lnesday
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•!)A!)I)V (iRACF-
TO I PE.A I P
l\ RALKIGH
Raleigh — l)a)!dy Grace. Bishop
Ilf Ihe I'hurcli on the Rock of
the .Apostolic Faith, has just pur
chased a city lot here for ..is
iiewe.st House uf Prayer, accord
ing to Recorder of Deeds records.
One of .America's foremost
evangelists. Bishop Grace paiit
$30,000 for the lot bordered by
fill, ilwortl,. F. I.eniivr Streets.
His real name Is Bishop Chas.
Manuel Grace and he is h«-ad of
a diocese which rovers most of
the eastern seaboard, with head
quarters ill Washington, I>. C.,
Charlotte. >avannaF and .Augus
ta. Go., Virginia, New York and
the New FnglanI states.
li stified that "the defendant wa-s
,;.n imbecile."
I The trial was held in this
|ci.unty because di fense attorneys
; claimed that a fair trial could
not be had in Brunswick, where
ia Raleigh daily said a mob bent
Ion lynch Guse, after several days
I of manhunting, took him to the
'w^dow of James Williams, white
Sballotte farmer, who pleaded
':liat justice be alowed to take its
course.
The sta'e contend'-d that Wil
liamson was shot by Gauso a.s
■ the farmer sat at his window with
ihu. wife. Gause plead not guilty
. l‘> the charge. The two men were
' said to have had an argument
.some time before the .shooting
took place.
Gause showed no emotion dur-
:ng the two days of the trial ana
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New Yolk — World's Heavy
weight ChampUn Joe Luuh knock
ed oat ChaJk*iigtr Billy Conn tn
the eighth of a scheduli^ 15-routMJ
fight before m estimated 154166
spectators In Yankee Stadium here
Wednesday night.
Joe put his championship un the
liix* for the twenty-second time
since ho tore the crov/n from Jim
mie Braddock, set li- work the ter
ror which overcome the strongest
challenger of his nine-year reign,
and outpunched Conn in the eighth
round of their return match, Just
us he did five years ago in the
thiruenth.
Conn piled up a wide point mar
gin against the champion in Pitts
burgh, Pa., five years ago, and then
made the mistake of t'.ylng tc slug
It out with LouLs. Five years ago
Joe waited for a chance to knov/
what he could have done, and five
years ago Conn waited for another
shot at the champi.in. Wednesday
night they got the answer.
Like an infantry snipe hunter ai.d
with slow but decisive action, Joe
inched forward and stalked his riv
al. and alm.3l every time Conn cir
cled out of the danger. It was Just
lefthanded pecking with a few Jabs
[ and a few hooks and rare right-
j hand attompt.* Then midway in the
I eighth Louis maneuvered Conn Into
i position and lashed out with a last-
I Ing left that straightened Billy up
I nn his heels.
In a flash Louis wa.s In, and ' .ke
a pile driver pounding a pole intu
the mud, his right ripped twice
and. like ii building filling apart
after a shell hit. Conn started slow
ly falling down. A slashing, mur
derous left then left the challenger
stretched flat on his back In th«
spacious Brtinx park.
Eddie Joseph, referee, who count
ed him out five years ago In the
Polo Grounds, counted the same
full ten, but Billy had barely stir
red when he finished. At two mln-
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North Carolinians
Get Fellowships
CII.ARLES BOIIDIE
Gathered are the funeral di-
rcclors and their wives and
guests for a picture after a set-
at tlie Cruatoy • Garfield
School. Raleigh. N. C. The col-
cred Funeral Directors and
Morticians Association of North
Carolina was the guest of the
local funeral directors in their
Nineteenth Annual Session
which met hera Juna 12th and .
13th. . i
CHAS. BOOOIE
FIRST TO ENLIST
IN MARINES
On Saturday mnrning. June 15.
Charlei^ Bixldie, IK, f Nashvillv.
N. C bec.irr.i.‘ lh« first Negro youth
to volunteer for Marine .service
in Soiitheustern. N C. Interview
ed by newsmen of the CAROLIN
IAN. it was revealing to note that
young Boddie was interested in the
preliminary training offered by the
Marines. He was se.nt immediate-
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NEW YORK ‘ANP) — The com
mittee un Nogrii program of
N'a"''nal Tuberculosis association
Hiaiih The cost of these fellow-
snips is borne by the National Tub-
health education whiih are made
annually to Negro nurses, teachers
and health (‘duciilinn workers for
the summer session at the Univer
sity of Michigan's Scho'1 of Public
Health The cos t if ihe-e fellow
ships is borne b ythc National Tub
erculosis association >u a matching
basis with state and local associa
tions.
Recipients of the It regular fel
lowships are Mrs E. P. Jones, state
iiinerant teacher training. Tallaha.?-
see. Fla.; C C Washington, school j
principal. Panama City. Fla.; Wi’-,
liam H. Hatton, schaul principal,!
Avondale estates, Ga.; Mrs, Odessa,
WesU y Wilson, supervisor Negro I
schools, Union Parish. La.; Mrs. E
I P Wilson, teacher. High Point, N.
C.; C. R. Johns, school principal.
Seminole, Okla.; Miss Alice B. Bal
lard, county tuberculosis nurse,
Greenwovid .S C.; Mrs. Kate Belle
Haynes, public health nurse. Knox
ville, Tenn.; Mrs. Emma Greene
Pleasant, teacher. Houston; Mrs.
Geneva K W.itson. teacher. Char
lottesville. Va.; Miss Mary E. Willis,
rhool nurse. Richmond. Va.
Five fellowships made possible
by 'he use uf funds from the spec
ial staff training budget of the
N'TA have been awarded to: Mrs.
Dannie E Sti ne, health education
worker. Dade County I’uberculosU
association, Mrs. Hornet Peat, Ne
gro health educator. Maryland Tub
erculosis association. Mrs Mary
Etta Mason, education and rebab^
illation Worker, Forlsyth County
TubercuI‘)Ki.s ass>/Ct3tiun. North
Carolina; Mrs. Julia G Ruy, health
education worker. Buncombe Coun-
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