. Lou :i vi. I . __ _ _ _____ __ _ __ WHITE YOUTHS ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT ON NEGROES OTHER MEMBERS OF PRANK SANS BEING SOUGHT KINSTON •• AN'L’.j*. hi ii' .U'd H'.i'Ot s. h) youth.- : .ct < !;».* ! wet’: fn: f'tmmiltwtfj .ss.iult pranks on Negroe ;!iui announced nt kei number:-; of the gang are b 1 tr; S Ofiht Thf. aiT(”.;,"(i yiv.uhs. all members of prcstvitr:ot• t f inte' ;m’ Thom;': r.ntl H ;yi'M Alai C b 1 i,. < old Sianky ’i hoy : eLnyee v.-nli straying a causti- solution on per sons .-it.ng II rlv . as t:.' > Hide '.hi i:n- <-nir.n . in an anti,mobile. >.•< ’irs* nffiocia said. They youths used a fin* ix- j tinguishtr to sprav the burning fluid. In one instance, ills’ youths used . a ruse to atirack a Negro congre gation from a church meeting to the .sidewalk to spray them with, ihe solution, poiic- revealed. Several . sustained -erieur (turns According . to Iho niunbe; of '• ’inpiainis the attacks tutvo occurred over a period . of severs! weeks The arrest of the MacOraotn and Stiinley b".vs marked thi liivl break in liie care. CARRAWAY DIES IN SING SING FOB L I. MURKER OSSING. N. V. : NTJPA - Be! re going to his death in ‘lie electric chair at Sing Sin-., Fi'.-ia, last Thursday nisht. Ward Beer-u • Caraway. 22 years old. told prison attendants Iha’ narcov.es were the cause of his downfall. He i‘.as put to death foi the n.ur *d« r of Mrs AT jorv Church Logan it: her home at Flower Hill Long Island. July 24. last After shooting Mrs Logan. Car aw: y. a butler chauffeur on a neighb -ring estate, shot and attacked Mis? Mnr.iwv Jeanne Logan. Mrs. Logan’s daugh ter His attorney. James C. D Mur ray. cited Gat ..way's narcotic ad dition in making an appeal to Gov ernor Thomas F. Dewey for clem- ■ ency last month On his final day of life the slayer • received a visit from his wife. Mrs. Marie Caraway of Port Washing ton; wrot- a h-tler to his mother. ‘Continued an page 8/ ,J_ —’J" ' l,l ' u "'’ ni Top Rankin" Student -.4‘ ~• ‘ i. Y ■ ... ''aßl W- :3S|giß3Kßp <%•.-- wjHf/b V«*i 3 W yCfiO, i'-Ty rfrn -O'- :0 Miss Laura M. Met’uHum. grad uate oi Dunhar High School. Lit tle Rock. trkansss. top ranking student in the Competitive Scho larship T/vam!nation offered by Talladega College is winner of the AH-E'-vpr-nse scholarship ibis year Thi- is the tenth clHlsecctive year that Talladega College has granted an all-expense scholar ship through competitive exam inations. BICYCLIST IS HURT IN TRUCK COLLISION | RALEIGH Precious Walker of | 124 East Cabarrus Street sustain ed a fractured skull and possibly a broken neck in an accident which resulted when the bicycle r,n which hr was riding collided with a rity .sanitary truck ai the intersec tion of Smithtield and Blount Street here Thursday. roiice said Waiker was racing with Lonnie Blalock when the two : bicycles met the city truck driven by J. O Wade, of 414 East Marlin : Streets and that the true* had almost cleared the intersection when Walker's bicycle struck at n point near the rear of the truck. He was reported "ritically ill at Si. Agnes Hospital night where he was taken following the* ! Per .dent and there was little hope foi hi;, recovery. The 0 j j VOri MK XXVIf, NO. I RALKIGLI, NORTH CAROLINA V-, EF.lv ENDING SAT! liDAY, JUIA 12, 10-I7 PRICK 7«f SA YS REPUBLICAN Black Legion Member * 4 ¥• ********* ★*★*** ***** Baptist Training Meet Convenes Drew Pearson Protests Jones As FCC Member WASHINGTON. )> C < NNT'A) - Lr. w Pearson. Washington col umnist and broadcaster, last Sat urday sent to Senator Wallace H V. ivne, of Maine, chairman of the lute! state Commerce Committee a letter protesting ag.vnst confirfea t n of Re:rcsentativc Robert F •o nes. Republican, of Ohio, as a reen:her of the Federal Common)- >. ■ t:ons. Con:m.<;sion. I: his lotto V Sor.r.tor White, Mr. Pearson repeat 'd the alic-ga ta n.- ho made to the committee last F'-iday :hat Mr. Jones was a mem i r of the Black Legion Mr Pearson • Iso submitted to .Senator White art affidavit signed ! • one Virgil If Effinger of Lima. Ohio, ir* which Effinger alleged ti.at he was present at a meeting where H> pu-- nt a live Jones took . - oath as an applicant for mem bership in a secret i-’icie'-.y Testifying before the cornmit tec. Peas'sor. said Mr. Jones' father had been a membet of the Ku iContinucd or. nack page* Alumni Honor Group Named In Meet Here DALKIGH A s|»ecial meeting o' ihe Kxecmiv.' Commiitev of Shew I’nivcr.--sty Goc.c-nii Alumni AssOciio;i v.';:.- hei-j June 25 :C the home of the oha -m -n. Dr Max K.-ng of Franklinton Rev. C E G’-iffin of Norfolk ne-.vb elected presideni of ihe Gere:'’: Assoeia litm, presider' bcc rt usc of five (li nes.- f Dr. Kiri)-. Highlights of Inc meet eg were an explanation of the “Mills P:ni: b> Dr. J N Mills of Durham ai-pointment of comxnuUies or. An nual Honors and on Annual Home ci ruing Day activities Named to the Ali'inni Honors g: oup were. Prof. C. A. Marriott ihi Rev j. W. Wiley Mrs Mozetic Lane. Otis 1... Hairston, and Mrs. Eden. Alston. Tin Homeconiinr ccujmittee included, die Rev G F,. Cn< •-k. chairman. D. L Greene. J. W. Wilf-. Oti> L Haivston D ; . J X. Mills, pj-yf. tv. R Collins, and BRUTAL COLUMBUS POLICE SUSPENDED NEGROES WITNESS HOME DEDICATION Warm Ss, rings, G®, (ANP) played a varied role ai the dedicaJioi. last week of the Little While House shrine of She late Franklin D. 'Roosevelt. Graham W. Jackson, out standing musician and favor ite of the late Mr. Roosevelt played "G'ctng Home" and "Home on the Range" on his prised accord:an. Mrs. Lizzie McDuffie, long time personal attendant in the Roosevelt household, act led in the role of hostess on the interior cf the eoliage, where hundreds viewed the shrine. There was an inscrip tion in the cottage kitchen that ioid the short story that Mrs. Daisy Sooner, the late F resident's cook, had pie perod the first and last meal ir ;b'. PARENTS B! AST ROBESON COUNTY SCHOOL PLIGHT Lumber'e-r. Deptorat’ile con ditiens existing at the two n-J.ie Cotmty Schei 'ls Redstone Academy and Thompson Institute - ha v e aroused three of the ci unty's parents' to file through their attorneys a petition with t: , clerk of S.;;>. rior Court, o out-stiAS that Lumberton and Rofiosor. County school officials he restrained from allegedly dis eliminating against Negro stu ik-nt.- in senoois and transporta 1J Mi’s. Bessie Th-.-inpson. Sam 'Bullock, and Lawrence S. Ste phens. whose children attend the (Co.V.irued or, back nagei V’S Yn-r.|Lt 1 -jp(r Ahirnni Ex-.cutive Secretary. G. Cheek. nreseßted the follciwinr. i :: i<.-i executives: the Rev. R. Irv ing Boivne. Wilroi'-gtor,. of the tieiis! : n district; J. C Gilmore ■J nston-.Salerri. the Northwestern cii-ii’iei; Rev. J. W. Wiley. Weldon. 'hi- Northeesiorn district: and I 1 Rev. J. R. M.ovfrurr. and P; f P ,T. Campbell of Fraakliuton. V. \U\n SPEECH WASHING I’ON iCNSi The L'.i’ 0 r-'ii'O’is h turneiJ out this k ’ h<-:.i IL.rii Waliare raid ••Pi roxim*• ely s?a.ons which ranged from 50 cents , $3.60 and 'ht remaining $3,000 orri i onlrihulions COLI'T.TBI’S G t ANF> .... Two j -rs of the Columbus police- ‘ force were suspended by the board of public safety last week as the I , result of a brutality charge brought y a Fort Banning Negro soldier, I -t Sgt Raphael Shot well. The holdier emimed that Officer W. C. Sapp asaul’ed him and threatened his lift Officer J. H i "'kins, also involved in the bru ' . was suspended along with "T up Showeil charged that Sanp threatened to "put a .38 right be tween my rye-:' toMmying :: colli ■■'on between an ar*ny bus and ar, automobile occupied by Policemen S 'pp and Hawkins. During a three a nr! a half hour hearing, Shov/ell told the board how the officers kicked and slapped him., calling him a “smart n—r,” when he alighted from the bus fo'i ii wing the collision. She,yeti's story as told to the i board was as follows: I "J was in charge of an army bus returning ladies to Columbus from la barbecue we had on the post I < 'Dontlmiod on hr-ejs page! Congratulations ~j\4 itff • I v a*; •e'V $ Piiturcd. left to right, are the Reverend O. 1.. Sherrill, Director of ( hnstian Kduealinn and Train ing of the General Baptist State < omention of North Carolina, Ine.. S C. Riddick, former Direc tor of < hristian Fflmation and Training, at present, pastor. Fountain Baptist Church, sum mit, New Jersey, and .!. \V. White. Cherry Case Sent SHPMany Miles Raleigh The Stole Hignway Patrol traveled a total of 7,000 miles to give protection te WiT.c and James "Dick" Boon, vote went >n trial for burglar, ;..rr at u ._ a:, j .\<*rth pt .■ Co. Superioj- court M Jcckson iari month. Col. H. J L ,teller commander of th»- p;. Vol, reported here Thursday. The man had been orouckt to Central Prison at Raleigh for : -iv keeping during the trial •t fitch began on Monday, Junt 2k. and lasted through Fiiday nrtil vere transported each day to i.rsd !rum trial, a distance of 200 railG ! RENT CONTROL 1 ACTIONURGED ; NEW YORK With storm warn- I It us already- evident in practically jeh sections of the nation following | establishment of the nee, rent con- I trol law whose passage was bit tt rly contested by labor and liber- J al groups, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored i People began mobilizing all of its j resources, in accordance with a ; : (-solution parsed at tin Associa tion's 38th annual conference ir. j W.vhington last week, to forestall ■ genera] 35 per rent increase in j rents. In the resolution passed at the V. nshngton conference it was stat <-f. "Wp r-rr. r- It , yem .r-olw-.W' bill passed by Congress. If Presi dent. Truman does not veto it, wc t cat] on ail our branches: to call for •» special session of their State leg islatures to pass effective state rent control laws We also call on ,onr branches to take the initiative, rather than follow mg other or • gsnizatiuns in sotting up tenant's 1 agues to resist the *5 per cent . increased rent allowed under the j lew." Glcster R. Current. NNACP direc tor oJ branches. Friday notified all , of the more than 1,500 branches to MAJOR WRIGHT SUCCUMBS IN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL ‘•late Baptist Training Union Director of the General Baptist state Convention. Ine. R«w erend Sherrill is rccening congratulations on accepting the v sition as 1 >im tor of Christian laivcation from the former Direc tor Reverend Riddick, while a eo-worker. Reverend White, looks o.i approvingly. <• day h ith two pat -el ears. In addition to W. V. O'Danu-1 end O W Dean who accompanied :J»i d- ic-ndants. 20 ather patio 1 men stationed m eastern North v arolina traveled an a ct-rage of iu miles each day to protect the defendants in Jack-son in case oi ;at ial trouble.-, which added up to : on average of 1.000 miles a day ■■ these 20 additional patrolmen making a total of 5,000 miles tra vel! d dui irig the week. This 5,000 ,i 'riod to the 2,000 miles traveled 1 1 tween Raioigh and Jackson . during ;he week made a total ot 7,000 miies. infer s»cf«l >r. immediately to resist i the threatened .increase. which would cause unusual hardship to j null ions of Monroes. In a letter to ! 'ii. branches Mr. Current listed in' ditail all of the steps U' be taken j 1 These branch instructions wore tak- i s Cm from information compiled by i! N AACp Assistant Special Counsel.'i Mrs Mat ior Wynn Perry. NAACP members were urged * to take the initiative by forming mergency tenants’ corn mi Hoes on ' ' city or stale-wide basis. Through , these committees or by individual 1 action they were, urged to press i 1 ! r special meetings of their state ' leri-eisturtw to enact rent control < legislation freezing rentals at the • . January. 1847 level, such as state ■ laws to take effect whenever feder- < ■ii controls arc lifted. i • Further instructions from the NAACP action letter stated . ‘’Urge your members not so sign 5 Vases accepting n 15 per cent rent t '■ increase. It if mport.ani that all ; ’ tenants band together to refuse i voluntary rent increases and act ;; i cooperatively to prevent mass evie* j i tions. In a single building till ten- 1 : , ants should be brought together 5 ' an--’ ' /.:• rib . vn* FIFTH ANNUAL MEET KELE AT SHAW 11, JUNE 23 RALEIGH - The Fifth Annual r ! .lining Conference sponsored by :T ,■ Department of Christian Edu :atior.. ->f Ihe General Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, Inc., onver.ed at Shaw University June 23-27. A fv!! propram of instruction ana inspiration was offered with about 2 - Judge E. ' T Marvin Und-erwooci of federal dis- c ttict court, last week direc.ed the , Atlanta Board of educa tom to open :: i'i." records for inspection and moke available to she plaintiff’s al- ! : neys copies of the master pay roll used for the past Vrrree years and also such other information p.riaming to teaching ratings. The board had refused to give ai'i'ineys for Samuel L. Da vis ihe ■ information necessarv to 'complete ; lb- case involving equal pay m 'he ? A • lara.i Schoui system Thu hear ing v be cor.tinued July 14 at * whici: time- Judge Underwood will ’ p ss oi. the motion to substitute the 1 name of Supi Ira Jarrell for that of retired Dr. William A. Sutton. < •ho was named in the original ? u , i OJ iVI . Judge Underwood com men led: s ■ There could only be two questions t involved in the case the questions < of discrimination in pay or rating - SIMS SUSPENSION UPHELD BY COURT PMJl.Al'iKl PHI A .'NA'PAt The j unfrocking of Bishop David H. Sims ’ as h bishop of the African Methodist 1 Bpiseopai Church and his removal ’ i.- heed of the First District of the church by a special conference held in Little Buck. Arkansas, last year v as upheld last Wednesday by Fed eral Judge George A. Welsh. The suit brought r.v Bishop Simr - enjoin Bishop Sherman L. Green id Little Rock, who was designated to replace him was dismissed Besides dismissing 'he suit. Judge welsh warned factions in the church that unless they ended then controversies, wirh included the re moval of Bishop Sims, they may "destroy" the whole AMF, Church In ti lengthy opinion Judge Welsh said he had decided the mat ter solely upon the question ot whether the "special confemeee*’ of the church was properly called and whether action taken there was in accordance with the discipline of the church. SIMS SUSPENSION . nu v d Ot; -k page) College Prexy And Banker Was Bom A Slave NEGRO NAMED TO NEW YORK SOHOOLBOARD NEW YORK iNNPAi The Bo; > d of Education last Thursday srpioved Ihe recommendation of John E. Wade. Superintendent of ■> 1 o! . appointing Francis A. if o i r.rst assistant in the school -ystom to the $8.400-a-\ear position of assistant director of community education. effective July I for a three-year Mr. Turners appointment becamr C— The Senate last Tuesday confirmed he nomination of Francisco Cor nciro to be district attorney for the District Court ->f the Virgin Is lands. He is a Virgin Islander. | \ fiends Lm Meet rt * Jag * !'•; ' | Attorney Lola Tu. Howard. Las< Librarian. Lincoln University School of Law. attended the I orticth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Li braries at tfee La Fonda Hotel in Saute Fc, New Mexico, June S 3 to 26th. The sessions were grac ed by swell notable* as Mayor Manuel Lujan of Santa Fe, Gov ernor Mabry of New Mexico, and ; Justice Sadler of the 'New Mexi co Supreme Court. 0! CONVICTED OF BEATING OFFICER WINS FREEDOM WASHINGTON. D. C The NAACP was Informed by the Ad | jntant General’s Office that Ernest Stewart. » Negro former service ! man. in whose behalf the Assncia - ! von had petitioned for clemency' ! vhs released from confinement. and ; allowed to return to civilian life. Stewart had been charged rind ] convicted of «ssauh or a white ; superior officer and was sentenced to sixteen years at hard labor. The : petition pointed out that Stewart's j conviction was based upon evi ■ deuce which in a civil omul would . have called for an acquittal. This reduction of sentence pur suant to pleas submitted by Ihe NAACP brings the total of years nf . reduced sentences which have been | obtained oy the NAACP well over