North Carolina Newspapers

TRUMAN NAMES TWO TO CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE BDCY CF BOY FOUND IN RIVER ATLANTA <ANP/~Jack Owens.! *ight-.vearold .•- n of W.illk- an i Carrie May Own,:, ’.as round in . the Ocniulg.'' ) i\c: > :*:• :n- " n- Sr-'uiKis last week. Tin youngster m t» > oiu appeared rwc weeks r.gc, S. an'; - u> police were lru.'! , ! ndS >.•••• iiotii) were lli:'! iw h:. : j,. en I-..' .> accidentally or m t oh tnul pi.-.v N. C. Students In Assembly ******** ★*★ + ** * * * * * * * * * *—* * AMEX'S To Distribute $200,000 Negroes Named To Combat Hate Groups Washington • ANP) iw.> na tionally- promineni Negro •• wv: >- named Thursday by Pres Tm man to sefVv Oil .;.: ci v; I rigma committee to combat hate group Carefully selecting the nation' most outstanding progress) •. leaders, Truman named Mrs So die T. Alexander, assistant : i'v solicitor of Philadelphia arid » <- tetavy of the National Bor ... sc-ciaLon, along with i)r. Chan lilfig iJ. . iVUiU.', .ill - • Phelps• Stokes fund and jonr- r senior secretary of t'r national council ot the YMCA Blasting orgcixiizoci g r •> u u which fan “hatred and nit.ok. Wiee,*' the President's executive order declared 'hot thi actin'. <>i those who tak< tho law into tlr r own hands "gravely threa-oo,: out form of government.” Hi: committee will study and rv comnv. nu civil rights icyi -lotion 3 r )« other nu'asus.ey U; project)! .'., 3 parts of .Air p-"pulatloJl.’' The federal government :s hamper! t, by medequate civ 11 rights laws the Chief excrutiv" said. They should be expanded and improved to provide the Ju: ticc department “with tools to do the job. Freedom from ft-ai has lx*s*n * gravely threatened,” Ts umm declared. “It was so after the last war when organized groups bri ned hatred and intolerance un f'entinuod or. back page) Bi POSES—Ssnatcrs Ralsy HUnehet or Stenneit College and Uorothy i 'ox is) Meredith Collide were late for Hie joint session of the North Carolina Student Lcglala live Assembly which met in the Cspitoi at «uueisi> Steemiiw «-». THE CAROLINIAN VOLT UK XX Vi, NO. 21 MASONS MEET IN NEW BEEN New Hern, Dec 10 -The "S’! m nual ;ommimiciiiioi of the Mo ’ Worsinpfui I'' O'.C M;.;! (. • ' Lodge F and A. Mu:-ms M th 1.,- n-diction f North Carolina con vened here today, with an at end• anc’r of mo'e than LiifiO. Dr. James E Shepard, most wor shipful grand marlci *nd prr-odum of the North Carolina College Lugrovs at Durham, pn sided. I", delivering Ms ...•noal address, Dr Shvoard in piui raid, '"Seeming ‘ -i i .'Cti> ti • C Vr i- ;ii- >1 i i'VtM&C . LVlit ci irei's 3i'c being sr) vsl tio 1 10t.{ . LeiT ihst iHi-ust not dam us nt>r d»scour - cgt- us. Old irgttiti n> aiygl jprajjiees Sit i.io-d The thing that encourages it: rnoi'i h n any oth< r ' ingle fac to:, th: growing disposition et: too part of a la;m.-joriiy o T uli r’ac s gi'id creeds to ceroid man kin. i especially tho-e minority greaps, an vouai chance in the race 02' life. "Too Christian church arid Mas iii'.. were created foi jusi such times ns these, and jj I incumber;• upsi: us not to lose our heads, uni t<: keep, pressing forw ; r-d When 1 ■Ci nihil)'M ’ a :<• Igf!: ■ net they oUiged the photograph er with this lively photo which was made as the coo pie were on their wa.v to the joint session. Ne gro delegates we*r invited to a< tend the Assembly again nest year, ~ maijckYh. north Carolina wki- k cncint; satcrhav, llcrmbrr j i, cor. TOP OFFICIALS PRESENT AT CONFERENCE CHARLOTTE. N. C - Vv' Uj all members oi '.lit- Board of Bishops >f the AME Zion faith a,- ; aibled tier) at. the Little Rock AiVKZ Ciiurcb, Rev. H. E. Wilson, na.-.ier. and nearly '7-> other mem- ; ■r- :<i the official staff and gen : 1 officers of the church present ; ppioxmialeiy two-hundied thou .and dolh. is. realized from the b; ’ -\MEZ Sesqui-Centenniai in New York City, vvill be allocated f r use in the vnou- departments or the AMEZ faith. The body began its work on Tuesday right, with a i public meeting held in the church l auditorium last night 'Wednesday), I . ... rt;.,i ~ , rwr r ii 0 j C’i‘ : e • : go. as the principal sneaker AMEZ TOP HEADS Vi MEET The Bos vd :f Bishops of the AME Ziuu f it-: consist * I lii- following ; bishops: P. A. Wallace, Brooklyn, Y V (retired >; B <. So w, Bir m:-’giiara. Alabama, First Districl; W ! W IF, Chicago. 2nd District; a. Vv’. Mtsnin. Chicago. Third Dis trict; C C Alley nv, Rhiludeiphia Fcurth District. W \V. Mat the a ’V Fit'ih Di.-tir-tf! E l. . Piitfibuiigb iii£F TSistf W ] V? C ■ Los An "el. - Seventh i'V w. W Slade Chariot e. 1 K ;L;h Disirir;; B. F. Gordor., CLS .rlott- MntL District F %V Al ,. t ;• \V, - hirigton. T nti. D;st • ? •:.. F B W ..son. Oklahoma Coy . ! Okiti , Eleventh Distra't. Tile O--.:* •• i Si ci' tary-Auaitoi Art. f M Dir Hi y of Wash ' i: -ton. and the Financial Secret, iv : Rev George P. Hall. ChariOlte. TSKOR WALLS' BREAKDOWN ; Bi: hop Wall' who was Gc:ie ra 1 j Chairman ut the Sesqi'.i-C.'iitenrr.M. i Vac. i:gr;i for warn plons for a ; 'on::i ; ive niririiiul: n ot li:C fsirih (Continued on buck page) UNITY MARKS OAKLAND STRIKE | OAKLAND .AMP) - Negro and j 'white workers stood shoulde: j; > shoulder Tuesday in :> 10,000 ist 'or:,. picket line that struck J can ntown Oakland's non-essential I !>; sine s life into immobility. | The striki: was called m protest jiniiot' sti:.iki -tin ahio I 'n'vntov,'!! dtcc.r :c v-hich reached a climax Sunday j when Oakland and Berkeley con vo'.ts ~ load of worki r.- i-npor ef'. .(■m; f.os Ang'-k-;- iii'o the «' s: ;r, ,ii'\ Di-pai'tment si '." anti Hast- I >ngs. | The strike tied up seven cities, making it the most widespread ! g;mered strike in Arneroar history | .Jlo-.ed down were Oaland. Berke |i v. Ainiru :it Piedmont Emery - j \ lie Sou Leandro and Hayward j An.; <»f . these cities are »;■ clo ;e i .ogethe; they make -m- eoniintf us ! A'iiole 2 DEAD, 5 INJUR ED IN TRAGIC FIRE ! * TWO BROWNS {in accident i CLINTON-—Seven persons we; e j j dn-wnad about three miles north of ] lr rv Saturday night when the cur } Jin which they were riding hit Ur j /abutment of . bridge on the New i | Bridgt road and turned over wlth- I n five .feet at the water of Big j | Cohurze Swamp. j Janie.- Curtis Merritt lone surviv- i • r oi 'K» IjQtqtizv : j Denning, driver of th- vehicle, ap- J / parently failed to no!ice the curve i J approaching the bridge due to a j ! dense fog. ! v - ARMY TO CONTINUE VOLUNTARY ... .USTMENTS Washington, D. C. (NN.PA) -- The Army will continue to meet its manpower needs through the ' month of January through vol untary enlistments, the War De partment announced last Thins \ day, ; !fP ;4- m S'.:-- I W Ww '■ • ■>:!.¥ •’ ;■ l*i§| r ■ ' S • “ I % s£;• • - • s •'■ \ ! I f- ■ MiLL , — LLGISLA'j FRF AT WORK sfembers of Un Not Ui Carolina Student Legislative Assembly, above, are shown in deliberation over 'Kit o! the .i> .v aunt' bills c.lr oil act'd it: th- House and S mate during the two-dav annual session a! Raleigh Friday and S' fvtf»3 I V 4'.. 7 WUir'ismi ■'..Utrd'iy if-•'•member (;• V. Savona tr m oi ihr MuriM*; nv Negro Students In Student Legislature - v /By rinaivs G. Irving? j RALEIGH- The North Carolina j Students-' L< gisiative Council in us j tenth annual sessnn held In th" j Halls of the North Carolina Gen i era! Assembly threw to thi winds ; N»v!h Carolina': segregated laws i i-'riday and C-'o’H-o whan Neg l •> .... tidiJ . ui:/,.;ih »: nil sessions. ! ft: pre:.. ntalivt-s from nine Negro | colleges were among the 225 mem bers attending the Council Negro I colleges represented were: J hnsoii ;C. Smith University, Charloite, • Elizafct th ( ity Stale Teucnars Cot . lege, Elizabeth City; North Caro i Una College for Negroes, Durham: ’ Fayetteville State Teachers Colley, , Fayetteville; Bennett College a;v.:i ;A. and T College, Greensboro; Shaw University and St Augus tine's. Raleigh. Significant Resolution The most striking significant DURHAM •-- Two persons were t: • tight from the blazing bitikliw", Iclllfcd and hve injur-d in tire |by firemen. According >'■ Captain - Tech destroyed a boarding iu/U-- : ;d. !rws :• of tin- Dinh.-ru t' (u-r. Sunday.' 'Department the fire wa - eauserl ■’> •i. ; [it a- j,-,-.. ,h*. Ce.-jnady and a portable oil ■•■ tow m Ur - r..i.Ti.nsu L;; Wilson -\ ho wer 'oom oi the 11 -room buili-ing already dead when they w- . . Notables Owe Career 1 o Rosenwald Fellowship <’H T CAGO ‘A.NP.i Since 192 S n re than 90'.' Negro and 400 whits southerner have been awarded tSS ‘tv.'hip-- - by the Julius- Rosenwald fund. Edwin R Embree, president, ini- d ou! this week in calling at- Cioji to the fund’s ’.94V awards, appr :xim;iiely ; -i0 of which will be nndf on the basis of application; ; eeeiv ti between nine and trie January I deadline. While stressing the hazards in . £,jr ; g tta : value i_-f fellowship iu the df-veloproi-tit of & budding career. Mr Embvee "r,e. ■••-nte-i, i-. fhiiin.- Jtiiyd <*i Brooklyn, N. Y.. Sh ■> L'niversi [' ,Y uni or, ,\!'u ini' • ui:< ih tile billa and »\a:, > let teti i;‘'a.d'g ■ t 'lti.i oi tii>‘ St naii' n the 'eh.tir is Mis' Eunice Tut.- r ot Nee. York. M Augustine's Seni.ug who was chosen president pro iif t.V.e Semite tltir.ie- tier 2 es iutioi) passed at tic c<.»uno; v-,'li the last resolution, prt S : u.Tvy by stuck* r/ts of Bla. a: Mountain College. The resv.hr j commended the studems of tie. Us ives.- i'.y of Nortn Carolina, who year formulated and presented the : < solution inviting N"gr coili-g s to ittend the li)4ti sessioi. <>l '. • council. H suited tha; tin ;u:m: •!•- manner in which the count - 1) had is::! f-onduch'd oi'id sis - - r-xrs-. : ship with which all Nig)•! ai a \v'nit“ students ha < conducted . themselves - . was proof thru rtud'-u:- - .mild and had worked together and that it was indicative of v.'-iat !f , two races cc.uld and should do u North Carolina The resolution inviting Nig: - " students last year brought upon tin ; council, r -toim of ptotesi und ci 1 I icism from bat':, the Secretary m State and the Govern- r. Secr.hury Continue m o-ck page * -V ; pointed ou; that over half of fhr 56 Negro scholars now on the fac ulties of northern colleges and tm.’- versities received aU or cart of tin it- training on grants tram the fund. Two hundred P.osetmnld fei -1: ws are in teaching <•< aiabirdslrn . live noritioiiS in the south; others .; bold eornmurditi;: posiiiors on ti" • staffs of Negro hospitals. <u oubiic hiffllfh officials, and m sow 1 nntwr l-'iv" have become college pr.-si ; dents. Among creat'vt- ariirls who : • {.Conttuued on back page) PRL L 71 Vr ; liman year at Ft Augustinv - Miss Tucker was president of lie J- ;<■ ': ;ij„ I>OHUtOI*V f Olincil .: I.d ' .a. Govi. ■ ament. She received the 'American Church institute uward to*' exceil»iuv in litetiuy < oinposi’!•••:; in her t.tipbtunore vi jt and at Lons, it! New Y.ek ••In- is tetive in the NAACP - 511 is active til nit -s.'i.Tu t FiFATH SENTENCE nfYOUTHS IS BPI!« pnHCWFn U L’i!i ;* L,. » 7 U, V L IS TiA! ' I'e ' Del : ..s* attorney " Ft.crle'. C'O'mnissione)' M '.ii e • •• F-Khiv tor tin final ■ " '! :ii .' n;i"f With the •• . ' H. in MeUhi \. .md Cal i* 1 liyit.i- VriUi.iins. S.enpso'.i . :i;r if!.n-age yoir.h; rtio are !:,:U ci: m 'he g" t'iije.iPei i ’ ••'' •, • ! ;•!•.!-n Frio t>. iifci-emher • :-j nniid^L The voui h 4 were coi vici ti in til.' i , . ; ;h S.n'.ig.sin Count. )i;|.)cni;! v url ft."* ;p.. !, tl'! oi John Audi on Ftoveinbi'' >\ U 145 Pre v . ■■ L'led to die on No •, :ru .' the we:,- uilov.<vd ;> , . i ,e\ oi; M'ov- Le ti o allow i'Uorneys to preeni new , ci:Sence. NEMES LEUD IN METHODIST CONFERENCE GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. <ANP> The 50 Negro delegates to tb- Method;.- Conference on Christian j t-rtucst; n held at the Civic autii- • to -iam h-re November 21-26 play ed ie-adira roles in the deliberations of the nation-wide organization's sessions. 3Pr< siding over th--‘ conference j was the Rev Timothy R. Nichols. of. Austin. Texas, who was elected president in an unprecedented tntr.-f years sg' . Dr. Eehcp is ;••■cut 1- , o secretary nf Christian Diocaii ;> in the New Organs frail ■ ■- j ; Church of wb tab Bi-shop Robert N. Brdpks is the' h -at j ; ■ w Htyw-'fid. president of Gammon Tins tak-al Seminary (Contirju-id ou ha«.k jisgel Vets To Fight I ' | Bigotry Hatred WASHINGTON tNNPA> • Ray S;i\”y>. i i) tion.'s! commander vs the Arnoilean Yeter.ins of Worl.i Witr ii -uid today th .1 the ization bar gone on record agaihi-t I! group- attempt ii g to fomcri'. i ia] mid ieiigioijs tnitred in (Be United States and will stand four square against them ‘We of AMVETS fought for fr- e rioin and we ml end to see that we r;>i• s our ftJf w veterans have free dom regardless of race, creed or color. Sawyer said. He then cited the following resol ution adopted at the recent annual convention in St. Louis by the Georgia delegation f AMVETS in i.ritiM-m of the Columbians, a southern parallel to the Ku Klux Klan: ''WHEREAS, the American Vet erans of World War II u an a*ao r i.jtion of those men and women who fought together in the See nd Woi id Wui to preserve peace, iib- Wilmington Vets Hit Aims Os Columbians AGED HERO GETS SISCO FOR RESCUE OF EMPLOYER ST. .JOSEPH, La. 'ANIM A SI,OOO reward w.t.- presented to a ! 75-year-old Negro here Saturday in I i: public- ceremony on the cutgf.k I hou'-e sip uir<- t Ton Gard'HM Me hero, braved' the hi at of . h!;,zi;i!>, butane ;;a !it into which his < rnpiover. Wil liam David Clark' of this city hoe lumped Clarke lied in a Fe • rid ay La . hospital after G.'.rdisei' gc i-'s; VK*d him. NEOHOES ON OA. GRAND JURY ATHENS, Ga <CNS> - Tvvu Ne giare dihuw ■ t the Federal ; Grand Jury vyliich convened to I hear evidence in the presentation | mat gi yy out ! the cold-blood.d lynching of two Negro men and two Negro women tr Walton Coun ty last July. The jury, < mpi-sed "d . thirteen fanners, two coal dtaL:- . cicrk. a barber, a lauiuby manag er. ginnt'i'. a banker and a retired businessman, bearo Ji:dg. T Hoyi . s', them "to i iquire ‘into' Ute easel . l-arl'.-.-ly and fa.’- ly. Over mu himdreo persons have been supo< naed o testify in this ir that shocked the world la 1 . when it was revealed that a new of about twenty men re moved the foul Negroes fr m an automobile and riddled their boc.F will; rifle bullets. It was pointed out during the opening session of the Grand Jury bearing.- i ; r should it develop that the Federal nvernment doc: not have junsdif iior. t prosecute the ease ’tie evi diencc will be turned over to the Mule LOCAL MNW IIIL FOR RAPF RALEIGH -Willie Little Tuesday was sentenced to dit in the g, - cii: mber at Centra! Prison on Feb ruary lo foi ’he rape ot Mr: Flft eher C. Rook, white, at. her hoir... <Continued on back page) LEGION COMMANDER i ENDS SUCCESSFUL TOUR OF STATE NEW BERN -Charles G. Irving, of Raleigh, vice -commander of Di - vision “B" of the North Carolina ) part merit of ib. American Leg- ' on, last Sunday night wound up a most successful whirlwind tour iof the Negro American Legion Posts of the State with a mass meet ir.ti ■ i veterans here. Th- view-commander, now serving; hie third term ana who has been employed in the Raleigh post oi f,ice for 25 years, has had a very successful tenure of office. When assumed his present post three wars age. there were approximate - iy 1 800 Negro Legionnaires in the State—now there are about 5,000 rod. a- Irving puts it, “we are con tinuing to grow” Vice-Commander Irving took a two week - leave of absence from |jjr. duties iti the Raleigh post of • Continued on back page? V.-V.V • !'..f rnol.-r ('V T'o<- ih< is- COUIJ try sod . U ii>. (wizens tlic not: uni “Whs-r:t>; this time so soon the .recent war certain group* no individi ais art? busily con»teru ed about the building of hatred f;r oui fellow citizens on basis Un Amerjc.v.ii and contrary to all that ■vt fought lot: arid "Whers.-ss. it r- important to act quickly j , > the premise.- before greater harm is done; and ' Wheron? tht Georgia Depart ment. of AM VETS has already gone • n record condemning such groups and organisations and particularly Columbian. Inc Be it resulted thet the Amer ican Veterans of World War 11 in convention assebled in St. Louis, Missouri, go on record a? condemn ing susjfo groups and organizations I and particularly Columbian, Inc ~ ias being Un-American and an et»e --1 my within out borders' WILMINGTON The Columbians, Inc., an anti-Negro and anti-Jew ish organization operating out of AHanta. Ga.. which indicated a move 10 form a chapter in Wilm ington was being studied, today was roundly denounced by the major • veterans organizations in the city. Yesterday a letter from Homer 1 L omL Jr secretary and mov ing spirit of the Columbians, ap | peared in the Post outlining the ! belief' of the group and plans for ) expansion in the southeast. Rear ; lions of Wilmington veterans to • that letter loda.v made it apparent 'hat. efforts to gain a foothold for the Columbians here would meet : active and strong opposition. Ray Galloway, district vice pres ident of the N. C. American Le gion department. "There’s too much RUod fe <bo done bjr-Uw youth any veterans of this country, to try ud accomplish anything by meth ods used by the Columbians. Their action.- do not represent American- Urn as v/«* know it or try to teach i : . Trim type of Americanism spon -1 .sored by the Columbians certainly •is not Americanism as we have teamed i> in the past five years." Col. John Bright Hill, president ! of the N C Reserve Officers as=- j sedation-. "The Columbians nr e (Continued on back pag> i&py * ML,,.,.. iii iffT'” ■ 'W^W' Y*, ( - off?? 1-f HEADS ACSS—Dr. Robert it*. Daniel, above, president of Shaw University, was elected president of tiie Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools at its meeting held December 4-b at Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee. Ala. Dr. Dan iel, who last year was vice pres ident cl' the organization, deliver ed the opening address al the initial meeting held Wednesday night in Institute Chapel. URGE JAN.S AS PERMANENT CARVERJAY NEW YORK (CNS) — Dr. George Washington Carver Day (January sth), Should be made a permanent , uorj-'.i .day by au ad of congress, i.t ; was decided this week by the peo ple of Harlem. The greatest bot anist the world has ever known should live forever in memory and continue to be an inspiration to . Negro and white scion lists of tod**/ and to the future asiprants Tr. 1945, Congress voted to desig nate January sth, tiHtl as George WashhigUm Carver Day.