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GENERAL B. O. DAVIS AMBASSADOR TO REPRESENT U. S. AT LIBERIAN EXPOSITION WASHINGTON, O. C fNNPAi — I President Truman last Wednesday named Brigadier General Benjamin j O. Davis as special representative of the United States to the Libe rian Centennial Exposition with the personal rank of ambassador. General Davis, with his Wes' Point graduate son. Colonel Ben jamin G Davis, Jr . acting as his j military aide, will leave this conn- : try for Liberia or. July 5 aboard 1 the U S. S. Paulu and will spend : the week of July 24-31 in Monro via, representing the Unbed 1 ' States j in the Centennial Ceremonies to be ’ held that week. Sidney De La Rue. special as sistant to the director <•( tin- ofi ;<■<>• of Near Eastern and African Af fairs. and Dudley Dost wick. Slate : Department Liberian desk officer, will complete General Davit en tourage. Two destroyers will ac company the Paulu General Davis took the oath of his commission in the State Depart ment last Wednesday morning. It was administered by Stanley Wood ward. chief of the State Depart ments division of protocol. MEMORIALIZED A moiw rlsl i« the Sate Rev. X A Cheek *4 Elberon. above, is being estab lished by hir family with a gift of a 82#® 00 collection of books to be presented to the Community Center and Library Association *4 WAttrest&es Res', Cheek i« Ms flWtef pastwred a tots! of seven dfcsrdifi for an aggregate of IS# nears and for 31 years was mod erator of the Original Shiloh As sociation. Miis trial Ru led In Rape Case Danbury Judge Frank Arm strong Wednesday declared a mistrial in the case of Wheeler Brim who was charged with rap ini: Mrs. Ruby Rierson, white v oman of the Brims Grove Church community, here last June 7, and Brim was returned to jail without bond for a new trial at the next term of court Mrs Rierson testified that Brim. "an acquaintance of her NT 17, HELD ON RAPE CHARGE Kinston A habeas corpus hearing scheduled for Superior Court Judge Chester R Morrois Wednesday afternoon was with drawn by the attorney for James Pearson, 17. charged with rape o| a paralytic woman between 6t and 70 years old. The alleged attack occurred Friday. June 14, at Summerline Crossroads in Duplin county. Pearson will be tried in Duplin county Superior Court on Aug tat 2i. Legal .Lynching Claims 3 Negro Lives In 5. C. Columbia. S. C. (ANP) One j Negro male was executed last week in the state’s electric chair j for allegedly raping a white woman and two more are slated to die on similar charges within the next two weeks as South Carolina sternly applies legal lynching to pacify Negro-hating whites in the state which recently freed 28 confessed lynchers. William A. Davis. 27-year-old .Sumter resident, died last week for alleged criminal assault on a prominent Sumter white woman Inr accused was sentenced last Mt;y, but made no plea to the gov r-iy,v nor sough* an asp al. His mother, Mrs. Sarah Davis, is toe poor to afford her son legal coun - sel, if was learned, • -V. • 1 • ' . . . , . - *-■ r •-.' ■. - . -a**-* k.y- v • - ' * v- .*■ •. * • ' ' . \, -. . . . . 1 . . - j«v -- Wr ,-T. ,*.i •*. d ‘t ‘ . ,Z - . -vP'*,: i - , . The Carolinian . ■ Sy :'iX‘: A■ v.-,' <■ M ;Yr-AyY‘: v , . . 1 „ -'.i- ft i A ,Z ' “ ... AiY’*, .>■- wYY&AI \ OIA’MK XXVI, NO. 52 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA WEEK ENDING SATI RDAY. Jt i.Y 5, 1947 PRICE 74 j IC G To Discuss Powell Bill ★ *★★*★**★★★★* *★**★★★+★★ ★ CARNAGE HEADS “Y” DRIVE BILL WILL STOP SEGREGATION IN STATE TRAVEL W ASHINGTON, D. C 1 NNPAt — Representative Marion T. Bennett. Republican, of V. ssouri, said last Monday that he will call a meeting of the Interstate and Foreign Com r. re: subcommittee. appointed to .. '.insider the bill to prohibit race utgregation of passengers in inter state travel, as seer, as Represen tative Adam C Lowell. Democrat, of New York, author of the mea sure. returns to the Capitol Oik- meeting of tbr subcommittee ia: been held. Mr. Bennett said, lilt Mr. Powell was aosent because of illness atari a quorum was not present and no decision was reach ed as io whether to nold hearings on the b.’il or not. Members of the subcommittee to consider the Powell bill besides Mr, Bennett, arc Representatives .Edward J Elsacsser of New York •John W. Heselton of Massachusetts. Republicans, and Robert Grosser of Ohio and Dwight L. Rogers of Flor ids. Democrats, The Powell bill would amend the interstate Commerce Act to make it unlawful to segregate passengers on any common carrier or at any terminal facility, subject to *he act. -•n account of race or color. family . attacked her in the kitchen of he: no me while her husband was working in the field. A Stokes County Superior Court jury was unable to reach aver diet after deliberating 23 hours. TENN. POLICE RAID KLAN DEN KNOXVILLE. Venn. ■ASP) Sheriffs deputies and city polices, lee. by A'tty. Gen. Hal Clements, pulled a raid on the "imperial palace" of the Knoxville chapter i c* the Ku Klux Kian here June 23 and confiscated regalia and records which proved the group to be a i t-ci associate of the Confedera tion or Georgia Klans. The raid came after police had secured a signed confession from one of three suspected cross burn ers. admitting participation in the June 21 burning of fiery crosses a’ cite and county buildings. According to Clements, the po lice force smashed into a locked (Continued on rage sis The other two victims of this state's outbreak of legal lynch iilS& against No&topc chs*rgf*n with raping white women are 18- y tar-old Bert Grant and 23-year olci Willie Fooler, both of Da; lmgton. Grant is slated to die on July 25 for raping a 35-year old white woman in her Darlington home on May 24. while Pooler is accused of raping a. €7-y< ar-old v hitc- grandmother in the woods fear her home on May 25. Ir ail three cases, the court tool, '.he word of the white woman but disregarded that of the Ne gro men. it was learned. Court records do not disclose anv ma torial witnesses to the three rap tugs. Grant and Pooler were oKomwi to die by youthful Judge ■,V(>■ dr; 1. "";s. Electrical Workers Ask End Os Job Discrimination New York- In u stall .merit is sued Friday which clcrnaded ''an iid to gross discrimination against Negro veterans," the United Elec ts real, Radio ami Machine Workers of America • UE —CIO> urged ‘‘forthright action from the Gov ernment of 'he United Stales up holding the civil rights of r1 i Am ericans." The Union siaii-nv-r.'-rviod in the name of <s General Executive Board and sent 'o t!v United States Department of Just ice states that "If our nation is to be true tc its democratic inanitions our Government must immediately md py,'cm.:tic;o;v take steps which rafcr-wird l-w and order frem the rcaches of the lynch mob.' The UE CTO. rep ;j n g 600.000 mesi arid women •h-nugb oi.l (he nation in the electrical manufacturing Indus rv. h o car ried on a consistent fight against minority group? from the union's ificcption The lex? of the statement f •)- Too Much Intolerance In U. S., Says C. U. Dean ETHIOPIA EMPEROR Si RRENOERS vmm ADDIS ABABA < MNP A i Eth iopia. an autocracy, is in process ct transformation into a limited it triarchy by Emperor Haile Seias uic's voluntary surrendtr of powers in successive stages. The Chamber of Deputies, which 1 -ncc was said to r-xisi for ihe sole purpose of ratifying ’he Emperor's decision, is no longer a nominated hotly. It ;s now elected indirectly. (Continued on back page) Publishers Attack Job Bias Ask Guild To Cooperate Norfolk Negro Newspap-u Publishers have called on the duerican Newspaper Guild to nsist on the inclusion in all it.: aturc contracts of a cause for iddme employers to discriminate ny person on account of race o; .-gainst or deny employment 1c ■ 'dor. This request was contained in o resolution adopted by the pub Ushers at their annual convert 3 V ' ' ' ' 4 IIhHmHR-' ' : . ... ~.... , ._ ■ f ; D*l«d»i*s to the recent State ! MA.ACT Cftnft-rewie hrlti m lowst "Recent Ivnchines in the South have unleashed a reign of terror against the Negro people which ‘hreatcos the- very foundations of our democracy. "If our nation is 'o be true tc its democratic traditions, our gov ernment must immediately and : v-t mate’ liy took steps which safeguard law and ■> der from the reachet of the lynch mob. "Unpunished physical attacks upon Negroes has launched a i fe ed open terror for all Negro people in the south and constitute a threat ine s cur:-y and well-being of democratic - loving citizens, white os well as Negro. ‘Tins developing siur .tiori of, tension and violence demands forthright action from the Govem nt of the Uni; :id Slates uphold b-.g the civil rights of all Ameri . . ns. "The existing fact of ur.employ sent and the threat of its increase -Continued on back pseei New York tANP* Before the United States can assume world leadership, "it must put its cvii house in order'' and clear out the present abundance of intol erances and discrimination, dr ; i;-red Dean Harry J. Carman of Columbia university last week Dean Carman was speaking at a luncheon meeting of the wom en's dress division of the Nation - al Conference of Christians and Jews, in Waldorf-Astoria hotel. The conference is carrying on a campaign for $2,185,000 to cor. tinue its program of promoting bitter understanding and broth erhood throughout the world. .ion in Detroit. June 18-21. Text of the resolution was telegraph*-c. •is June 23 to Milton Murray president of the American News paper Guild during its annua, ec nveniion in Sioux City, lowa, I y Thomas W. Young, president oi the Negro Newspapei Pub Ushers Association No reply ha l been received up to Friday oi last week, nor had the publisher-, been advised of any action taken Greensboro. T V Ms»gwn». 4tl) man jelh, was rc-ykeVed j*:-esi- •*«*??. .'■..TV i hi- iet-t. I'ortM, ’ii Uk Swlel* of the Sacred Heart, was ord.-iiued in Chicag'o at St. John's Cathedra! t\ the Most Rev. Moses t.. Ki!< v. archbishop of Vtilwai!- !,(>•. Rev. Porter, one of three Roman Catholic priests slated to lie ordained in the ! nited .States this year offered his first solemn high mass Sunday at St. f-.1ir.3- Vth's church He is Chicago’s iirsi Negro Catholk priest tANP• KAPPAS l RGE END OF SEGREGATION WASHINGTON. D. C. NNFA>— The Non-Partisan Council of the .yptar Kappa Alpha Sorority last • T iday urged President Truman to mi searegatoin in the Army. Continued on back pag*.* - \ tiw Guild "Arne; icon Newspaper Guild otticials and members often have expressed gr-at interest m and loncein for the welfare of Negro v. rkers in the newspaper indus u the resolution read. It cited in addition the fact that Guild contracts with newspaper pub lishers? undertake to regulate most phases of the relationship 1! iworm employees anti the em den* of the R»dy. Ovff 50 rhaj!- i terns w*rr rejn. ', SR, N,L.PERRY NAMED CAM PAIGN DIRECTOR RALEIGH Attorney F. .1. Cat nu’tr. candidate in the recent City t.t-uneil election has been named :,! 11- ! chairman and Dr N L. Per ry. 'oval physician, has been chos i. :i campai n direct <h of the Blood worth Street YMCA second an nua! m* mbership campaign to t>e .-undue? ed July 31-August 4 it has , tr: announced foJlowiP.g a meet ii a of the Membership Committee Ode Sunday at the Y veiih Dr. NT. ! . Walls presiding. These men will head an execu tive sponsoring committee and a general campaign organization of !v.;: division-’ with 12 teams of 10 men each. The total organization u ill enlist <ne active participation < ) iso men and boys it was stated, Two assistants each to Attorney C .rnage and Dr. perry will be nam ed later along with two division .managers and twelve captains The Blood worth Street “Y". a Rc-ri Continued on page eight 20 YEAR TERM ON Ml LTIPL ATTACK CH\ R G E ATLANTA -.ANP) George Warrior. 28. was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison last week fol lowing trail on the firs* seven counts of a 14-count indictment charging rape, sodomy and assault on as many colored women Doresv Whatley, 2ft. who was in r’K-ted along with Warrior after he confessed the crime, was sentenced - , . erve from 12 to 20 years on the charges. The attack reign on Atlanta’s West side lasted over several months. The victims included young girls and married women nhke. some have been taken by force fr'wn their husbands ana sweethearts. 5- ioyer. The resolution also po : nted out th.il the “overwhelming majority : el newspapers with which the Guild had such contracts uni formerly discriminate against and aery employment to Negroes in their editorial, advertising, busi ness, circulation and mechanical departments." RETURN FROM NAACP NATIONAL CONVENTION J. S. Bowser, local attorney and Kellv Alexander, Funeral Di rector have returned fr..*m Wash ington, D. C. wher: they attend ttd the National Convention of ll»e National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People which closed last Sunday with an adores* by President Truman in Ivneoln Park. Mr. Bowser, is Legal Adviser or the N. C State NAACP and bar distinguished himself as a de older of Civil Rights in North Carolina Mr Alexander is Viet . president of the State NAACP Chapter and has worked for years in the advancement as Exe i- stive Secretary of the Charlotte chapter. Mrs. Alexander also vis ited the national offices of the NAACP while away in N. Y. C. ! He *.«& accompanied bv his wife, -MAN -uSer. «■■■; - MMre ffijrfc'LJuffi »Ay-•-•■>• '•• • V - '’ \ ■ WB!SM?m&&«'- ■ Mb. Henry At. Pope, ritfhl. presents a plaque to Dr. Charming H. To bias. left, former secretary of in terracial services of the YMCA National council and non direc tor of the Phelps Stokes fund, for meritorious service to the Harlem YMCA. The occasion was the opening meeting of ‘V Week." the Htti annual open house per iod of the Harlem branch. Other speakers appearing on the pro grant were Robert N. Gardiner, of the l\ secretariat, and Her- DR. BETHUNE AOViSESWOMEN Urges Warners to Supply Inspiration for Peace Washington. D. C. INNPA) Mrs, Mary r.it .Ueod Bethune, {.-resident of the National Council of Negro Women, last Sunday urged women to supply the fore - and the inspiration needed te take this nation on the -‘uphill road to peace. ’ Speaking on the weekly Sun cut v night broadcast of ?! e A.i'-ericans ail radio program sponsored by the .Insliut* of Race- Re! s hobs over station WWI.JC, Mrs. Bethune said the world to day needs audacity. "We must be audacious in fighting for Christian principles and cominatmg moral and spin tual enemies," she declared. "Th:- ■Continued on page 8) 9 Negroes Join Savannah Police Firs) ft? Serve In Georgia Savannah. Ga. Nine Negro policemen, first ever appointed m Georgia, have ben patroling theii beats hen: far the past six weeks, and Savannah residents have ■been well-pleased with their work. Against a turbulent background of staetwide political conflict on the issue of white supremacy. th • Savannah experiment *s promot ing better racial relations and has yrr gressed so satisfactoriij that it., opponents now concede that Negro policemen are here to stay. Their appointment resulted from a desire to improve la ft enforcement in the section ( i the city and political recogni tion of the right of Negroes to vr.lt in primary election cam paigns under a 1944 United States Supreme Court ruling. Despite the Tainsadge strength in this area, last fall the elector ate swept to victory th** Citizens Progressive League in the Savan nah municipal elections, with Ne U. S. Anti-Lynch Law Urged At Chicago Rally Chicago <ANP> - Call for a federal ante lynch law was made here Tuesday evening during an anti lynch rally at Orchestra hall. More than 1,000 white and Ne gro citizens lieaiu Lai 1 i_.Ourad : white author and newspaperman: John Pittman, foreign correspon dent. and Louis Burnham, execu tive secretary of the Southern Negro Youth congress, cite causes for the immediate passage of a federal anti-lynch legislation Burnham deplored the failure id the federal bureau of invest, gution to “find 20 lynchers of Monroe, Ga.," although that age.) cy boasts of its wartime efficien try to trap highly-trained foreign > ears of freedom in 19<i3 by cele spies. He expressed hope Negro*v will not have to celebrate 109 Int ting .simulatneously 100 years lynching of s Negro worn an. at of lynching. lift T Miller of the National t ouruii William r \V or t ham was chair man of the program committee •which sponsored radio, photo, health, arts ant! crafts exhibits. ,;s well as athletic events, ctrama tices. forums and banquets, in order to better acquaint the pub lic with the "Y. Close to 2b,00n peoph visited the buidine du’ttig the celebration. Laurence F. Hunt is program director. (ANT* KKKMECCA Knoxville, Tenn. (ANP)-Three -identified men were arrertvd here last week as suspects tc.ree Ku Klux Klan fiery cross u>.linings in front of city and county buildings. Firemen extinguished t h e firming crosses in front of th ■ court house, city hail and the safety building All three build ings are several blocks apart. A note found in front of th* .vatety building was signed by the Ku Klux Klan and express* I dissatisfaction with vice, only i t-vHUse "we, as Evj.ansntcn, n e been condemned for the thin,-: ■ we do. We are against -he tivir-c --that ettt; lav enforcement s-, <,. to think is sight, such as saloons, gambling and . . 'We are about to expose some of uu: supposed high official:-, who seem to be able to risk in road, automobiles, build fine (Continued on back page- {.roes casting about one third of use votes, and despite loss of pop • uiarily by the League sine* that lure ,i is generally believed that any successful opposition must promise more recognition for Ne gro citizens. Last Mae nine Negro patrol nu n. three of them college grab nates went on duty after they Ituci been trained in secret b> v. hiti officers and Negro leader, 1:., urged them to remember to make good for the “white people who stuck their necks out for you and for the benefit of the mem bers of your race all over 1 0 e St nth" They wore asked no 1 to wear their uniforms while shopping i fl-duly nr, the City’s main streets so that political cnenn'v. could not start rumors that No gro poiicemen are patroling in white areas. They were also instructed ‘ > arrest white persons in the Negro section if a violation of an erne; • Continued on track pagei Burnham told of the recent Camp Hill, Ala., which was caused by the clash of a town l.uily with a Negro war veteran. Mrs. Mary Lizzio Norris, the vie tim, was killed in the jimerov section of a restaurant, after Au ■uralia Farrell, the Negro veteran. ! ad repulsed an attack on him. iby Albert Huey. Mrs. Norris, a nether of three children, whs an expectant mother when 'Hue',' shot her. Conrad, author of “Jim Crow America," pictured a second :- c I construction era as necessary Jo ■ abolish the south's jim crow sys tem. Putman told how democrac/ works in Poland. More than 100 local religion t ivk. Libor, fraternal, and vetcr ,m organizations jointed with the Chicago Citizens Committee Against lynching, headed h ■ Milas S. Stephens, to sponsor the ; -r'li*. * • —Aaafc— ■