HOEY EXCUSES FEPC OPPOSITION; TELLS OF NEGRO PROGRESS
RECONSIDERATION
ASKED FOR FRANCIS
WASHINGTON <A.NP» A
move to prevent the; s<•.ic of Louisi
ana from putting 18-year-old Willie
Francis, convicted m the robbery -
slaying of a white duggist into the
electric chair a second lime was
made here Wednesday when A tty.
James S. Wright Francis' lawyer,
petitioned the S. Supreme cotut
to reconsider its recent four to five
dec Hon upholding a second elee
trocution.
Reforms Started At "Hell Camp”
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No Negro Pilots Wanted
Life Os Negro
Inmates Exposed
By White Press
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DILLARD SPEAKER Or.
Arthur p. Davis, professor of
Eruriish at Howard University,
above, will be the guest speaker
er at the i 2th Annual K«gr»
History Week ('•eHralton at Dil
lard University February 8-l».
Dr Davis is the only Negro grad
uate of Columbia University who
has won the Phi Beta Kappa key
and so far the only one who holds
the doctorate in English
SEEK I. C. C. BAN ON
RAILROAD JIM CROW
TWO HURT IN
ACCIDENT
Raleigh Graham C ews aivi
Robert Crews who were serious-
Iv injured in a highway accident
near Netusc- Rive; bridge Sun
day morning Monday were re- j
ported "about the same” at St.
Agnes Hospital where they were
admitted following the accident
According to investigating of
ficers Graham Crews was driv
ing a 1942 Chevrolet, which ran
off the highway on a curve
leading to the river plunged
down a HO- foot embankment, tra
veled about 50 fei t and “stop
ped against a tefesphoone" which
kept, the ear from running into
the. river.
VFW TO MEET
IN DURKftM
Durham Commander Bishop
Dale of Districi 14 of the Veterans
of Formgi: Wars is calling a meet
ing for ail Posts in bis district, in
Durham Sanaa;. February a This
one-day meeting is scheduled to
begin at 2:00 P. M. at the Harriet
Tubman Branch YWCA on Urn- j
stead Street.
Veteran? who attend this meet- ’
iug will receive words of instruc
tion end information from State
Commander James M. Hayes and
A. C. Ingram who <? Staff Ad ju
ts nt-Qu ar term as ter.
At 4:00 on the same afternoon.
Mrs. Grace Williams Stale Pres;-
of the Ladies. Auxiliary of the V
F. W„ will institue & new I .aflies •
Auxiliary for the John Baxter
Roberson post 4260 located in Dur
ham. Immediately following the in
stitution, the officers of the aux
iliary -will be installed,
THE CAROLINIAN
VOIANNIV?Iom/Na W RAITeIGH,NORTH'CAROLINA WEEK IV OJLNl I SATt' Ei> A \ AU \ K, !<GY __ Piil( : K . 7c ....
Charhc-trin. S. C. (ANP) A
move to initiate drastic prison
reforms al the county iurm, or
scribed as ‘"tic II vump, i/- ! ',e
ing mud; by Robert E. _ (B »»
O'Neal. .Vi.'• took over me el
lice of chairman of the county
hoard of supervisors on Jan. 1.
An export of the life Rc.g,
piasonei 'o lives, <» - ti.e D-.-. - i»m
ter prison camp be tore O Neal
look over was recently published
by ‘The Scetv /' a wrote new/
paper of Summerville, a tow n
about 25 miles from here.
Undei the administration of
V\. E. Browning, the form r
chairman ol the county board,
the men walked around '-n
chains, slept for months under
blankets and on rrmUr; -/■ ■
which 'literally crawled with
filth, where the staff of life :>;< ;
been lima beans, where punt:-a
meat touched on the medival.
"For those wh o rebelled, nr
failed to do their duties, as the
guard? saw these duties," 1 h "
; Scene's article said, “there w::
the sickening sound of a pis’ol
butt against a human head or
flailing with a stick of wood.”
e? ■
a guard. John Infinger, verified
the facte contained in the new?
story. Twenty me n have- been
tramped at night into an iron
cage, 1!) by' !> feet, of which lav
:-v!' s Istt ict: ivc> r k of S' gl
bars at the Dorchester prison
iContinued on page »)
WASHINGTON. D r - Charge--;
of unlawful discrimination were
filed last, week m behalf of tiret*
Negro women by the NAACP
against the Southern ‘Railway seek
ing the issuance of a cease and de
sist order by the Interstate Com
merce Commission to force the
railroad to cease ip. practice of
discriminating between white and
colored passengers.
At a hearing before the Trial
Examiner of the ICC, Mrs. Lillian
Palls, of Chicago, ill Mrs Muriel
Holcombe of Montclair, N J. and
Mrs. Vr.shti Brown of Brooklyn,
N. Y cruingcn that Hsev had been
di--rnrrtinated against by the South
ern Railroad in a trip in 1945 be
tween New York and Atlanta. Go .
on the stic-antlined train. “The
Southerner." .
The sisters were accompanying
(Continued on back paa*
Negro Veterans
Attend Carolina
Hotel Banquet
Raleigh Eight Negro Veterans
: were included among the 300 or
1 move who attended -he Veterans
;of .Foreign Wars Banquet at the
Carolina Hotel here Tuesday night.
This banquet was a part of the
two-day program centered around j
' the visit of National V. F. W. Com- :
’ mander. Louts E. Starr
Presiding as toastmaster was •
Commander James M. Hayes. Jr. (
• <«f the Department of North Caro- ;
Tina. Among the distinguished ,
guests whom h? presented were ]
Governor R Gregs Cherry R se
phus Daniels, publisher ■'■a She]
News Mid Observer* Mayo;. Gr«i- 1
CITY MANAGER
PLAN FAVORED
FOB RALEIGH
HA LEIGH The adoption oi
ji .-- -i 1 v rr-or ‘ so" tr. < A r>-n>Vr>i n
nu At in pi Oit-rcnre to the present
from was advoci.t is by If L.
Spi sggins, <d St A ,e;ustinc's Col
j<~i*i> at the sognlar weekly meeting
«,1 ',••• Intr.rdeitont: • ?c- >'■;<! ivliiiis
!C!i,,! Aljianr.t held it lb*. Raleigh
Funeral Hcr"'o on M'indcy
!:,g to the speaker ;oz in unified
authority with better <.-rvices <2*
(:l„'.Ol!ly :r, le- lTie-e , / lid 'e ;
n:;.l a. non of. approval followed the !
pragma tion
Dii'-aU.-icctiut'i vvar xpreisecl by .
sev- ral mini te r - with the in de-
TRI MAN RMIII?
mx;i;o j hires
Washington, D. C. INNEA'
The Truman Adm • mstration v.":-
n ported last I'bursday on rcb
cor authorite to be favoring ;’;
pointmee.n of a colored man to
tin- United States Dislriet Con: i
it, the Southern District of New
York.
The underlying constden-iti n
for this move ls regarded to b*
the theory of sound politic? is
would indeed to be quite a gcr-
Lure to coloit','l voter? who com ■
Democratic leaders feai‘ arc re
tuining to the Republican ioia,
after having supported the lab
TR-idcn; in g; owing numiKT --
from one presidential campaign
In • nothc!
00V,CHERRY
PAROLES TEN
•> ■ •-•' ' Guvei m>> H. Gragg j
Cccri-, ha:- granted uaiotes to 10 ]
.-re.oners, including seven Negroes,;
‘v«. > announced ho? Friday
Ursong thos< paroled were: Pai T
’hurpt: sente need from Johnson
oumy last November to four
-.)onth» for violating the prohibi
or. lav ; James Robinson, sentenc
i from Granville county in Nu
f-tnber. 1944, to five years for
otuebreuking and larcency: Dan
'. ou-: if Rutherford, Willie Rob
rtson of Banrtolr.il, Ralph Moon
f Scotland, Edward Hatch of Cra
on aid Willi). Simmons of Hen-
-m Andrews of Raleigh. Frank
K. Simmy. Chairman of the House. ,
Veterans Affair.- CommiUi e of the 1 1
. State Legislature ana several other | j
j s'rap oi.fii.id Is.
Spokesman for the Negro party j j
j during tfcs? evenings -peechmakihg |.
: was Commander Bishop Dale of
the 14th District of the Depart- '■
| E'-cnt of North Carolina. ; \
i Other n.nr veteran? presented j
1 vu« Climits G Irvine• or Raleigh; f
j Wilbur Henry of Wilmington, Wil- j
| hum A. Tuck. Charier- Jackson. F. \
Heiwn'd • : Hern v Frederick. ’
j J-.jn'y Williamson, all of Dur- <
IhfifiE. - i
Model Scout Poses with Poster j
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m-ti-mm if .*...
m t f - f f ■ ,
y/'x .- / ; .R C s'" "
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-TA «,<• kntK ibi lb,» C ■H'i-.'" iln !:-p ii 1 ,ppcariog on the
--ror.rf of a at v. V rs fur --hieh Ml.»-. 13-rear-tjld
j,* k, ~ y„»k • „-«•<! i,. sre, tfc*- nroplt; '*»• cut* citv, hi*n,
H.ifi -Pi:..,., Hi ;;S'tv'« tti'li d.-t.tR art- James E.
AP-.j: ■ ,* : . . . ; : -.r .• . k-tn -ivs
g., nt ~/ ■/;., \.V t . .:f -/ ffalsnn f»r die
Atlva»«-cn'“>U oft -ft . ,;nt! }v' . * nf : v - .Ev-l. -on I'rt-lrt '•>•>.
JattH-t -ti tin ■ < i-mtit- t .<--.!/« - Oircft-> of Harlem’s Jme<
tide Ttlfar* Count-:
Dentists Meet In
W a skington
VV n i ‘\N F V
fN fi ■»-. ,-.f *U ■ «
led ihe second annioil mid v- inter
:Ho her; T.
: ;c,r he: DrulNi Cojlc/'c.
Tiip elii.U resf:hcri l‘ dimax fusl
luiiiivii v v ht-n Dr Isidore Hi r ::■* 'h *
f.*M pro- ■ sor of pevvj- '
| dOS-,j.i-.-i i?i Cojyixjbia Ur.iverity.
yrui.ed the t 5 ; *.>s uK'jtu-.
“N. C EMPHASIZES
RACE PRIDE INSTEAD
OF RACE PREJUDICE”
Washington (ANF> Sender
Clyde R Hoi.-.s tolri an an
! sonati hero Monday upon* <*
i speech which made t.o tne ui<*
; iir-urup.ee association New
- York last month a; the v\ aluor-.
A-hiria hotel In th.- talk H
G--plained bmv h-- lewd -'b
ion both shoulders, opposing tm
FF.PC bill vigorously by botng
a filibuster leader out extoibni.'
; the pro.gress made by the Ne
- Igroes on the other hand.
“Cm. of the measure •• pwserJ
;ed to the ier.t coner;.. a- lot
I- it - Employment H: acuc!- a.c!
Sen. Hoc..- "1 made ih < test
long speech 1 made in eena;? .
i ageum that bill l forth 12
I reasons which I thought tv a :
.in mical to the aiforests "f
i A nerfc®. i approadied it as an
? American citizen rather than as
T riu-wussed the raciei featm ".-:
; ’rtvolved in it.” Sen. H'x-y con
; unued- “beenus - its supper'
teachers' petition
I N. C. LEGISLATURE
Raleigh A pk-a for additirm- |
a! teachers in cases where tne j
ratio of teachers to oupik is}
below the standard hoc merer.? -1
i d salaries for teachers was •
contained in a three-point pc
i i tior: of the North CaroliiJ.s
/r* . y .- A— . —.. 4 - 4- It; -. 1
intirutis xjuml! - -1 l;
State Legislature here this week.
Complete text of the petition
•j it T'' I '--. r iO U? V* . ■'
i rif Wi a P J*.s ip ■ :■ Flo-: ia
i.;*> 1 t>oke o*i S's urdu <irn.
~idf.r i Tss.*"rJ i rjc lirofjr* on
•■Pr<iv':':liv<' D(-r:i> iry" Or
< - jlj- v >{;k'- or* •'■UK.' TiH.'h- :
stenaned from a racial bans. 1
■ought to disabuse the minds o'
Shi a.-nal?- a- well nr. of lh:
country that th-'- south fiiserim
j-i-i'i against Negroes.”
Hocy.' who is highly regard
i,.- mativ Negroes in North Caro
!iro because he was a good gov
to Neeroe? and extremely g/m
--;re us to Neg?') tns'i t-1 titions,
Ei’-ouali-t forth soi no novel a.r^U'
nunts.
“For oxampief 1 HcK.-y ioid hit
Is’. . Yf.;k audience. ‘The great
vt fries ui Fc rmsvl vania and ot
Ohio and oi Michigan pe; - n)il ; ;il
(-'••ildren. N<*gro ami white to go
Li, the same .school.-,, but they do
net permit the Negroes to tea--'.l>
in any very large numbers tn
t,hn.'«e -.'Tools
"1 contrast'd North CaroXirsa
«.-» all example. Fot insUirlce. 1
raid that the Mail of Pennsyi
vania has two-fifths ,ts many
if -ci on back page)
Si: as follows:
The Genera i Assembly oi •
i North Carolina ui Resolution
i Number 2s. March JO !937. an- 1
I tlierl awi tl n!
: Commission to study tbe public '
f c-hoote and colleges for colored
’ people lu "ui ill CTmvmui* ilus
Commission was appointed b>
; Con tinned on page 8>
y, S. MM?
SOfEEZC MCE
■HOTS OUT AIR
B;> Hi!>•’>—■ \\ illJ.un
:.1 ’ ■ ! I" ■ > i j'iO;
Or- !,v history w&y rc< - ro wru.»s. utr
t-ifoic W«ild War'll. Here at
,o-: ;»>(! Ait i it r under
With I’ti: l-.r/nv S r..t;a tit - 1-
prc-wur j-ainai discriminatory polr
cy which means that only white-
A.-,, ,J,v rmw ioin
tfiir,, i-'it’cd <>:i bad-; p'-vp- !
%B,RO CITIZENS TO
s! trim
•r-R in securing a lawyej
i.i j; i. j us o.sbn?r) 0;w:>
tvita was an vr-ted on a minor
hc-;v- Jonuarv 4 <>n4
a.' n :in d gass-m hv the
, .... ' i.fter ’he hr! been
y- tbs Tad man ! i : to :■-• -
< fijnds to iiiri; dev ins*. ' : -
' ..... R(. v Wilev, Dr
.:.. i.-- i • Hi-. Vi '
!- :di>' Woitv-r who wore m-dru
r onl;*! in i -no;: more thansnO
,->t tin- Firs' Baptist Church ,-u;rv
hvnday. Othct citizens art. mak
. ~, t.i-i-aJ effort to hi ; >!IK Ibe «r- ,
OhL ~ff':cers to frktl.
■(‘••mtinurd on featK page*
GA. HC
• WHITE ’
1 BORN. DIE IN
SAME OS?
Sii?r. ,, r.i j../*.:one, i- A>? u..<t
'(.ANP; -- A. rare birib of sepia
n ’ vVe-f - roi><H UA here jN&ccriii.v
j, u '‘f’VciiP-bl that a na
uve woman guv*- birth te three
ys and four girls within on*'
*’ The births arc said to haw
taken o!fu:c last Oct. 20. ;n an
; unnuc’.osed village* oi the Pus
nun' d Ariel Aii oi the children,
ihowever, died the sane night.
"Te moth-:'. Madam Jenc'h. is
■jit- wife of s farmer. Mnrnoh
TaHor. and the ok-cr oi the Pejc
. eiiiefdorn in the Pu’chun dis
1 Iriet.
Pi it Man Gets
Sentence For
Manslaughter
G&&&NVILUS Arthur Hai€S
oi). white truck driver, w»> coll
ected in pill. Superior Court here '
'.kVdncsday on a nrapslaugther
1 chi’i'K* in the death of Mock E3-
' ward Little near Portal us last
j August and sentenced to three ;
year in State Prison
Judge Join: ,! Biciic-y of Wil
mington, presidios ovei tile spec
- ini c.iminai term, said .for the boot--
fir of the spectaors m the court- ;
room tfcsi the court.:; arc going fit .
| bach up law enforcement officers
■ with more vigor Tn the future- m j
j 1,259 Selective
j Service Violators
j Still In Prison
18 SURVEY TO
STMT TUESDAY
IiAI,KIGH The Tuberctilosi.-
i X-c; y Survey .vis 1 get underway
!in Halejgh next TuesXny morning.
jK'bniKty i! bt'i;ni!)ing at Washing
j inis H..;;; School :« Ift o'clock The*
KlvUcnt? v.'ill lx- X'.jyod during
j lie h'Aji '- froiii lti to 3 o'clock on
j Tuesday. Wetinesdny. and Thur.s-
I day of thut week. Person;; in the
comwMit.v of Washington High
ifc boo! arc invited la come from
! : to “ oluck on Tuesday <md W'-u
--i tint*.-cay from t to 4 on Thursday
:: . , ~/! Krifiuy !/ten ’ 0 t-o l
j Saturday -.be bus will be moved to
} Moore Square iCity Market' to be
-■.i/oi'; } ) :e :i o'cioOri Aiioihe*
\ i_ f ip, tii; i.i vs 1 r;viek P- ;J?ai '
Probe Demanded
In Death Os
Sharecropper
NK.w yokK The NAACP See •
■it ck'}::'. rtrnent today ursM M'or
iCV Urn;.;:.! Tore WaU.r:); of Flor
ida to irnmcdiaK !y open an inves
tigation iron the cir umstances
nvMiitti;;:.; the bt u 1 tii murder of '■
Negro rf;t>r TH Oppe 1 ' wlm v.ar shot
svii.t, r-.jiirv - rerecKiug bar iasi
Idovembf)' ar h.s two 1 1 : rt{ t
children stood by.
Aijeui '■> r -fOil from a tisu
itv reliabli' source, the alleged
/etcher .var e/a/. /tilled or- the Hen ■
iSiyaat e-at Gr n eir;boro. Fla ,
ti'-’o ’i. \ lei-’ri vVyn.i'i Tn/eblood,
'• .n'Ti/pper on the Bryant farm /
-A-i-Q ov-.-u-t’ it/ own farmer jrnplt-
A ttr \ V'-f f,f detjt. WPil! '
- y..- t •• i •
Ty h ’’ o t;/:r!y l-.r- *
i; is alleged 'bat .... Trueldood. ,
is ir.id ijv ! d?j two baby sons, ioud
fa *h,r. t m .-II cans of syrup into his
t.b*-• farmer Ben Bryani and hr
!)n Keiit. drove tip to block, the
:v tior iarbitUiir.:'.
Tit/ i.-h/od in mnvi. hi can.-' Tie
i, !-, < ;••• >pp< ; ;.:-fysed to give up the
• 1,. «-:inr.n Kelh Bryant :
rhoi him through the head with a ;
.i2-c;/iitjy pisU/J. T.moblcmd fell '.o
•,.j. i; f; >..i bill rt,;/;.’, gored io bis |
t v fii'r the ;wo -'kHdren hud- ;
r ; -... | .jr.:. hi izie. Bee Hi'\ t.il'
,; ... -.'uehcci in ; .ringing the iron
wrecking hat • beating the v/oiiuded .
Negro unmer/nf’iUv. even aftei <t
C'-m iiiU.'d op back page*
)USE PASSES
’ PRIMARY BILL
ATI ANT A 1 A Np> Tiii- <jeoi
ill house, oi repr' cnbiliv/-: Wed
re '-litiy patsed the highly coutrowr
jj-il "white” piimary bib by a vote of
133 to 82 The- jneasure was immed
iately 'venr to the sena'e for con
sideration.
Tin- Taimadgc - Roy -Harris-spo 11 -
sorc-d bill is designated to keep N*>
aroes fnsiii voting in future Demo
./■/lie primaries ui Georgia.
Reprcst-i!lativet dcbnied the pro
posed ‘wi/i'e" primary bill at
k-iig'h -ti/d with great hittemeas,
but the apposlUon was too few and
weak as compared to the Taimadgc
fetal*.*."*prineij/. Hy salon; from
the • wool bat” and muddy -oads
tli >2 ti ’A.
Th« key note of the opposition to
Mu while- primary bill was sounti
-d by Rep Stafford Bioko, of
Whitfield, who/: he warned that
iContinued on uage 8)
; seratennuut Hardison who, accord
ing to testimony, was under isiQu
i cn<:< of liquor and was passing
through Pactolus at an excessive
'.'hp of speed when he tost control
of the truck outside town and ran
over three of five periestrains waik
-1 ing along on the proper side of the
i highway
Miss Clyde Mar prin> and M;v
--; E.’-rr..tine Moore sustained broken
j- itc . nd uth-.'-r i?i th? 1 scci-
Bout, Little, a minor, was the only
i death as a result of the accident
New York (ANP/ - Figures
ick :«scd week by the 'bur
eau of pi i.sons nvveaie that 1,253
\ loJn-lor:-. of the Seieetivr Sor*
vi! ■ aci still are in federal p;'i
.ions.
Since Ihe pa.-isogr of IJie act,
11.551 viola tovm had iv cn a/rnt.
to prison and 3,000 more ha d
ja en pkn-ed ■>n ;■ - > ! »at e/”
Those r.tfil in orison inrlude-J
20 conscientious • >biec-turM, 2SI.
Je.hitvs iik Wd .iiessr-. and 057 rtrts
• •/-•liam'i"!- violator.'' of the act.
One thousand persons vv-it
Pent to prr./'n under the oate
; go/ y of conscientious objectors,
4,50 i/ a Jehovah's witnesses and
;s‘. v.t-re Pueri/,. Rican national
ists. Japan-:', .i Americans. Me*
g.oe.s and American Indians, tha
iiitu-s f. i 11 mini; trooty rights as
vremppon f : <• m. eompubsory
n.ilitan - duty Two or three of
the N-ya/t,- -.vere irrtpi :;oned for
"k-.ting thi "Jirn-Crmy” Army,
Wimt jMr m
,
uni ivfifty -drift.w»N Pk
tnr.'d above is the Sky. Peter F,
Hrnv. ?> senior >tuden< iu the
school »f Religion at >baw Uni
versity. who recently preached
tin- :«,uii'. ersary sermon -4 *•;<-
Whin- Kf'i-r. Haji'/M riiurch, Dur
ham., honoring The- Rev. 'VBdes
Hark Fisher, pastor of the church
Hr H |-,3sft-r ■< thr I’fo* «ap«st
( hnreh. TSf-nam and the Union
Hajitißt. cE'!«r<-h. Pcxington
FATHER JUDGEt)
INSANE AT TRIAL
Y A OKI N T VJ L L fc,’ Gene States
v\;.s- comir:ii».ed tn th- criminal in
sene ward of the nospHal lor the
Insane at Goldsboro by Jflogc H.
Hoyle Sink in Yadkin County Hu
pem,i Court the- week after a jury
found him insmv
He on trial it- i-miit-etion with
Uu acuth »f his three children,
Dorotliv - G- Helen, rix
.mo /Give .vj. tv u : -tc: the State
i-huiged he threw the three, cbft
d.-vn into a well and then lumped
into (he well, but was rescued
without injury.
fContii*ucd on batch page)
SCOOTS BEGIN
ANNIVERSARY
f RIMY, FEB,?
Mt-ui iy 2,000,01*0 cub scout f, boy
•ou!: ;:’)d sonioi scouts will ob
; serve tbe :YV!h anniversary of the
rtoy Remits of America during the
. week of Friday February 7-1-3
when scionts all over the v'orid
will join American snouts hi noin
; inemorating the success of th*
] movement.
The boy scout movement begun
; m Fnglanci in 1907 where the firs!
hoops were organised and three
years later was introduced in,
: America by a Canadian who vlsit
led England during 1907 and stud
ied tiie movement Adjudged otk
.f the most ooierdiaJ fncton- in the
promotion of world peaet and in
ternational good-will Scouts are
a{jvr crgani.tcd in 51 rsatiehf cod
today has a total membership of
4.433.139. . ... 4