North Carolina Newspapers

L Newspapei Guild Backs Press Club Stiuggle Fayetteville Man Injured by Hit-Run-Driver Fayettf-ville — Tom Littk*, 3^, of Smitli Stn-et, was serious ly hurt when he was struck by automobile on theil^rchison Rd., jbou! 9:30 Friday r/ji.it. The driv er of the car kept on going, leav ing hLs victim in tiie road. Little was rushed to iligtiMiiliti iiosp:- i tal in an ambulance where ir> as tound to iiave sufleied po> ib’.e skull fracturi- and lacera- .ims on the toil-head. At the tim ■ if this writing, he was still undi .• leatnu-nt at the haspital. According to witnesses, the m man was sliuck as he wa' Iking till tile lelt sidt lit tin Coiitihtied on bark page) ler. THE CAROLINIAN v'oLi Mt: XXVI. NO.:i kAlJClGH, NORTH CAKOUNA PRICE 5c Barristers Criticize Easteriand ★ if ^ ^ it ^ ******* *********** GEORGIA POLITICS REA CH PEAK 01 BILL REPORTS TO HIGHLIGHT ACTION MEET 'ANl--. Heport from Wa'iiif.glon aReiicies rcnpuiisible for ihe utliiimeliaimii .,i tiie GI bill wiii have priority on tiie agenda of Ui. .Nall n.a At till,1 C'cnler. nee ■>ii Miaiii'iiy V'lieiaiis prublein,. v.n.ii ii couviiieb 111 Ntw York CUy dt.lv (.'ulleil by the Anit-iicuii Courit'it on {(:■• .elulions. the . j*ren-e is a follow-up on the nation- -J en*er»;i iicy c lUt-ieiKr which met •n April kai I.e.palion by iiii>re than 11)0 velenui.s’ groups and civic orgaiu- lalion- is expected at the confer ence. to be held at me Willkie Me- iiiorial budding. 2i) W -totii Stieet. lu hear officials of federal ageiicie- •iucuss their piogrebs m the elimiii-. tlioii of discriniinati n and mad--" hIUci«.s in (he letenns' program. ! Kepre.-o-matiVb from nilioiial vetei- nr. ui» wili digcuu bow their e'ptviive orKai.tziitiuns are meei-j uit tiu Npecial piohicins t>f Negro' ^ Japjiii «- A-iiiiiai. .rul other nun- • riiy g> up veterans. Wiiinen III do- ar.i.id loi ces w"l t.e rrpir'eiited by lurmer WAC .ilaj I'hariiy b Adanis. cummarud- Uif, uiticei of tile only Net;r> AC uiot ^s-igi.til loi uiei-eas duly, Lt Negro Paper Center of Attraction On Hot Political Unrest Issue Show'll above Is "Greater A. and T. ('iiUeKr ' as sin-ge' lert In .1 W. It. (•rand). 11. professor uf butani and landscape .esignlng. at and T. (ollege I'rofeSMir (•randy started (his Ariginal prn- jeci during the sprinR of ItHS and completed il in .April of this year .^lUnugh Mime students whom he biMrueted prniitled some help for the project, almost all of the work was done by blm during his '.•■Uure time. Professor Gran dy, who is an alumnus of .\. and T. follei-e an t'oriicll fniversi- i>, inienils making luriarr eii largrment of the iiresent plans. 'I'he key to the model future rumpus is us foilou'sr |. science buildini; with gn-enhnus*- on roof. i. .Noble Hall ‘agrlruKural build ing . infirmary. I. Richard K. Har rison .Vuditorium, 5. Dudley Build ing. B. science and general class- room building. 7. girls' dormitory 8- .\n!ie W. Ilull.tnd Hall. D. chem istry snd' upronemjr building, la home eronomica faolldlng. II. Mur phy Hall. 12. laundry. 13 girls' .urmitory. It. rbopel. 15 men's dorml’nry. '(». Florenre Garrett rractiri- House, 17. stadium and dormitory. 18. men's dormitory. 19. r. D. niuford Library. '’0. .\le\.inder Gruhum Hull imechan- icul building). 'Jl. gymnasium. 22. Student I'nion Building. 2$, Stu dent Activity Building, ‘24. build ing for ItOTC and Aviation. '25. Market SIreel. 27. Mitchell Street. :ig. Dudley Street and Lirtlaay Street. Faculty hometi and dormitori-s for giadoati ■tndcitis gr^ proi • - ••d to be plaeed immediately be hind the eampna. to the rear of Holland Hall. The following fea- turrs are proposed: I, 3. ti, 7, 9, 10. 13. 14. 1.1. 17. 18, 21. 22, 'JS, 24. 2.1 itnd 27. TO FIGHT KLANS GRlN'MinX, la. -ANPy — Plans tu cuiiibat the Kii Kliix Klaii and all >1.111.11- movements that con tribute tu the ''increase of bigol.-y and iiMuieraitce,' us well as a check agaiii-t ihe spread of juvenile de- liqueniy wen amuim objectives plfiliiv.: lor the 194(i-48 biennium by ivtlJ XI, (gKOl I the General Council -if Coiigrctia- MISS. WITNESS DISAPPEARS JACK.SON Mljta (ANP) - A growing conceni wus felt here ear ly last week over the sudden disap pearance of Eluy Fletcher. World War II veteran ana student at : Jackson Collt-ge here, who was beu ■ ten by a mob of white men when he attempted to register m Rankin 'county College authorities have been u'l- I able to locate Fletcher since Ifrd Saturday when they rwught to ques tion him regarding an affadavit pubtl.shcd eegaidiim Uit Raru(,*i I County incident. No information as to his where- I ah'iuts could be oblaiiied from th-u pLce where he roomed at 1810 Cox Street while attending school ATLANT.^ lANPi — The Geor gia political scene r-“uched.red hot prupoitions last week with raci- bating Eugene Tulniadge cunlinuing hi> ''whltt suprem-icy' campaign ond Negro supporters of candid.ite cx-Cnv K IJ. Rivers attacking the .-Mi-mla iJaily World I i suppurtiog a liberal candidate in the race The Woild was subjected to u blistering attack by James O. blade, funner c -liege professor, and the Rt-v D T Babcock, both of whom are stumping the state m ati effori to turn back the swelling tidv of resentment among ^egr-' \oteis iver the reported affiliation of E U Rivers w'lih the Ku Ktux Kl. and thus deliver the Negro vote to his banner in the gubernat. ..mpuign The attacks upon the Worlo w mad* nc'j' t'le close of a ir.mt held at Hanleys Ashby Street T-y eral home, and attended by .Vlr River> and a stalewilde strategy grvup of Negro workers in behalf uf Mr Rivers candid.icy. Appearing tired fmm the rigors of a 'iitf ->peakiiig scheduti and a QlTTs FISK — Dr. Thomas blasa Jonei^ president of Fisk University, leaves the University this month to sssuise h!a duties as new president of Earlhan College CoUese. Richmond. Ind. In a let ter of appreciation of his services ul Fisk, the facu.t) of the Uni versity listed Mhievement of the ".A " rating by the Southern As sociation oil Colleges and Secon dary Schouls and the AssoclatlOQ of American Universities, devel opment of one of the largest libra ries for Negre Institutions In the South, acquisition of an endow- inent of more than S.1.500.00 for. the University and his work in helping to make Nashville a cen ter of world attraction fur I'nl- verslty scholars amonc Dr. Jones’ achievements at Fisk. N.J.60V.HuLiiS FATE OF MAN quacies in the veterans' prugram. \ Bepresentativb frum n'Jtional veter-j SOS groups wiU dtacuw bnw Uikeir| reeptctivr orgsiiiziiiluns are meet-] mg thv >peciul piobUms uf Negro i ^Japjiit.i- ATrnf.i!. ami other min- •'riiy gi up veterans. IVuiiieii jii ih* ar.i.id furces be rrpie*enied by former WAC •lUj Ciiarity E Adams, (.uirmand- MiK utfict'i of the uiiiy Negro AC unit us.-'ignvd fur overseas duty; Ll. Hainet f'lckem. one uf the fii'it Jiree Nigru w men niiiucted into ihe WAVES, and iMrs Estelle Mur- •ey Riddle, president uf Ihe Na ttnnal Association uf Colored Grnd iiate nurses Charles H Huustun, vice presi dent uf Ihe Aniencaii Council, will act as chairman of the conference He w'ill als > make u leport un the action of the .special committee ap pointed at ttie April conference to discuss probknis of mlnurity group veterans with officials administer ing the Veterans' program. honorIrTds REBtfFF DAK jeet during the spring of 1945 and completed it in April of (his year. AIMn-ngh some stqdenl* whom be fi»tructFd pirnirfded some help for (he prnjrcl. almost all of the work was dune by him during his !i-lture time. Professor Gran dy, who is an uiumniis of A. and T. ( oilere an UorncH I'niversl- ly. intends muKIng furUier en largement of the present plans. ing. «. science ana general class room building, 7. girls' dormitory 8. .Anne W. Holland Hall. 9. chem istry and' agronemy tnrildlng, le. home economics building, 11. Mur phy Hall. 12. laundry. 13. girls' .ormllory. i4. chapel, 15. men’s dormitory. ’6. Florence Garrett Practice House, 17. stadium and dormitory. 18. men's dormitory. 19. F. I». Kluford Library. 20. (•uoiey nireei > Street. Faculty homes and dormltorW for graduate Btndents an. pro)^- -d to be plaeed Immediately be hind the campus, to the rear of Holland Hall. The fallowing fea tures are proposed; 1. 3. 8, 7. 9, 10. 13. 14. M. 17. 18. 21, 22. 23. 24, 25 and 27. I lull t p i.niio iR^I^EXL, la. National Bar Association Against Proposal of Senator Easteriand NEW York 'CNS- - Two Amen- can girLs, Fioivnee Kauffman and Betty G: Idberg. tup ranking sen iors at Steward Hig!) School are proud&st today of hnving refused medaks from the Daughter of Amer ican Kevolulinn than trum any of their other acnievemenls. "I refuse l>» accept .'tiiything fro'ir an organization that discriminates H«e the D.AR." said Florence, who if valedictorian of her closs with a 98 average nied Betty. "I'm prouder to revise the medal than I would be to accept it After all. we have all races in our school and wc have practiced tolerance. We ec* along together fine, so why should i do anything to recognize the DAR which discriminate again: t Negroirs esi.ecially'.'" The girls give much of the credit for their tole.-- ancf to their history teacher NEW YORK — In a strongly worded statement, tin- .Natiunul Bar Association Ihis week denounced the proposed constitutional amend ment offered last Tue.sday by Sena tor Eastland of Mississippi desigi • ed to 'unpack ' the United States Supleme (Tourt by remo ving four Kiiosevelt appointees. I’ointing to the "relentlessness with which the South is fighting: progressivism." E:irly B, Dickerson ' N’B.A president, said that hLs organ ization I'ould not permit ’’thLs un- w ail anted attack upon oui highest tribunal i > go unchallengL-d " He then cited the 'superbly mcriior- iuu.> service to the cause of libf - ali-sm" that has been rendered by' Associate Justice William O Doug-. las. Frank Murphy. Robeit H. J.:ekson, and Wiley Rutledge. »he in.n who would be disptaced- "Sviiator Eastland is motival>'d ;olely by his dislike for decision t till- Court in such case.s as the Virginia segregaiion law', the white primaries, unior. roprcfentation for minority groups in collective bar gaining matters, and equal ptiy for school teachers. " Dickerson stiid. •'In the itUerprelJUion of its laws, our own Supreme Court, more than any other court in '.he civlUzi-i world, has most nearly approached ■ Continued on back page) Extradition Case Won by NAACP Attorney CHICAGO 'ANP* - Charles Houston. 45. resident of Chicago Heights, .nllegedly a fugitive from Mississippi, l-ist week was .saved from extradition tu HoUandnle. Miss., by the persistent efforts uf his attorney. Robert E. Bryant, of the Chicago Branch NAACF Houston's return to Mississippi WHITES BEAT NEGRO WOMAN BRA.NDON, Miss. ANP) Mr.s Matilda Pickney, long lime resident of Rankin County, was in critical c ndilion early last week following an attack by four white men who administered a severe beating Mrs. Pickney, a prominent church worker, was returning from evening servifvs when approached by ihe men who asked her if she didn t ■ Continued on back page wo.s sought on a charge of selling mortgaged properly without liifurm- mg the buyer that there was an' outstanding mortgage against the property. He was arresti-d May 28 and given 24 hours to file a writ , of habeas corpus or accompany the Mississippi sheriff buck to Hollun- dale. In his argument before Chief Jus tice Harold G Ward on June 22, 'Brv:M -•-li ‘: i; tii. charge ... . Ul „ , nuietioppers' reia- tii : ship in Mississippi where Hou-s- Ion uccuppied a two room shack t n a plantation belonging to C. B Saunders and that Houston started , working for Sounder In 1941 and produced S8.5O0 worth uf cotton f-.r Saunders. Saunders, as is the southern cus tom, in the course of his employ ment furnished Houston with sup plies. and equipment amounting to St.500. The l.^ndlord has an automatic lien on future crops being produc ed until the cost of this equipment ■ Continued un back page) GRINKeXL, fa. fANP) — Plans to combat the Ku Kl'ix Klan and all hiirilar movements that con- tribuK- to the "increase of bigoL'y and iiiiuleraiice,’' as well as a check ^ against the spread uf Juvenile dc- liquency. were among objectives pledged tor the 1948-48 biennium by the General Council uf Congrega tional Christian churches which closed its seven-day meet here last week. I Un the stand against fascist pene tration of this country through or ganizations like the Klan, council delegates urged coo perative efforts "as men of faith to meet the neeos of the day." A chaplaincy service ' to Juvenile delinquents, through federal, state and local councils of churches throughout the country, was suggested to offset the constant- { ‘ ly increasing incidence of delin-1 _ qucncy. “ Delegates voted 477-24 to retain a political lobby in Washington thru activities of the Council of Social action of Ihe Congregational Chris tian fellowship. JUDGE WARNS AGAINST J. C. j able to locate Fletcner tince U«t ' i Saturday when they mught to ques-1 ' tion him regarding an affadavit {*pubti:dt*d Mvarding tit* RanK.ui t County incident. ’ No information as to his where- I abouts could be obtained from the! I place where he roomed at 1810 Cox' I Street while attending school. IraciaiTgroup NAMFS niPPTTORS j RALEIGH — Cyrus M. Johnson 1 of Goldsboro has been named new ; i director of the North Carolina Coni- : mission on Interracial Relai. 'ms i succeeding the Rev. Ernest J, Ar- ' I nold of Durham, both white, it was ! announced here Monday. ' The Rev. Leon Russell also ol. ' Goldsboro succeeds Bishop Edwin A. (Continued on back page) and thus delive. the N^m vote to bU banner In the gubernatorial ...mpalgo. The attavWs upon the World were madv nec' the dote of a rrteetiny held at Haftley s Ashby Street Fun eral home, and attended by Mr. Rivers and a statewilde strategy group of Negro workers in behalf of Mr. Rivers' candidacy. Appearing tired from the rigors Ilf a stiff speaking schedule and failure of his Negro workers to make any noticeable headway among Georgians of color, Mr. Riv ers called upon the Negro work ers to get out among Negroes in the rural counties like Worth, Sumter, Decatur. Grady. Early and others where the three major can didates have an even chance to tip the scale in his favor. The Rev. Mr Babcock, pastor of famed Big Bethel AME Church and (ContinLed on back page) TRENTON. N. J -CNSi Welh- «.r 2.1 year old John Colter u to be extradited to South Car- Una's chaut gang where he was commuted lor a minor burglary at the- age of 14. dept lids on New Ji-rsev's Governor Walter Edge Even Atlurne.'’ Gener al AA'alter Van Ripei at un extradi tion hearing agreei with Arthur Garfi-ld Hays tha' fhr final deci sion it-sb. with the conscious of G'lvernor Edge Hays proceeded to list various .overnors - Franklin U Hoosc- Alfred A Smith, governur of Rkichigan oiid M««M«el>pau(ts wAc had refused to give up BiglttVW trom other state* "All I'm trying to sh>w." Mid Hays, "IS that the Uniieit States' Consiiiiition imposes on a guver- nor only a moral obligatioti. whi-^h brings up the queslMui uf consci ence ' Ckivemor Edge Hays proceeded to list varleua governors •— Franklin Room- vrit, Alfred A Smith, guvemee of , Mjcliigan wid gtaeieiijfiaeits itl»o had rvfueed to give up tigittvitf trom other states. “All I'm trying to shuw,“ said Hays, "it that the United State*' : Constitution imposes on a gover- I nor only a moral obligatior which ! brings up the question of ronsol- ence." Van Refer replied. "We are both I in agreement that no power can force a governor to suirender a fug itive. How far do you think the ! Governor's conscience should go?" Hays thought the facts of the lease should be thoroughly investi gated. Moreover, he cited that South Carolina had lynched SO Ne groes and that its governor wn* [ proud of the chain gangs. “It's hijpi time we people of the North show ed them that we’re not going to help them develop that system." Combine Efforts of Negro Papers Fight for Press Row in Both Houses NEW YORK tCNS) — Judge Samuel Liebowitz. who won his fume as a lawyer in the Scottsboro case, warned a recently picked blue ribbon jury panel that “race or prejudice can have no part in this iriol — basis and bigotry have I no place in a jury." i The Jury is trying William Wash- ! ington. 28, and Arthur Johnson, '21, both Negroes un first-degree mur der charges in the rape-killing of 15 year old Rose Palernio. the night of February 2nd. The girl’s body was discovered by her mother in a vacant house near her home. SCRANTON. Pa. lANP) — The weight of the 25.000 members of I the American Newspaper guild was thrown behind the Rght of colored reporters'for admission to the senate and house press galleries here las' Friday when delegates to the na tional convention unanimously passed a resolution condemning uiscrimiation in congressional prc:«s galleries. Drafted by Lowell Lomax «f the Washington Afro-American, only ; Negro member of the 10-man Dis trict of Columbia delegation, the i resolution calls on the ANG to "pr -- test this outrageous injustice to mil lions of American citUens." Introduced at the convention by the Washington delegation >f the ANG the resolution reads as follows: WHEREAS: The 13 million Ne- ' gro citizens of the United States | lhave no duly accredited represenla- I tive in the press galleries of the; house of representatives and Uie; senate of the United States, thus | depriving these citizens uf direct \ I access to news of their government { and whereas the Negro perss, still, in its infancy, has more than one' million subscribers who are entitled I to correspondents cogizant of their { particular interests and problems. 1 "THEREFORE: Be It resolved' I that the American Newspaper guild j 1 protest this outrageous injustice to | millions of American citizens. ! ‘'Be it further resolved that the j {international executive board u(| FEPC MEET HELD IN^ARK NEW YORK. N. Y, 'CNS) — It* an open air meeting in the park at 24th Street and Madison Avenue, outstanding speakers spoke to tiie crowds for a permanent FEPC. Said State Industrial Commissioner Ed ward Corsl. "New York’s FEPC has showed the way to all the other 47 States although a small group of minor league Hitlers is blocking national action ” (Continued on back page) 'Continued on back page) ANNUAL SUNDAY SCHOOL AND BTU TRAINING CONFERENCE A g '^‘up of the 2-47 perbung eiiio]le(i in the Fourth Auiiua 1 Sunday School and BTU Training Conference held at Shaw University, June-28 and sponsored by the General Baptist State Conventior of North Carolina.