STUDENTS RATE HIGH IN PEPSI-COLA AWARDS SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS LOWER COURT DECISION RALEIGH —The State Supreme C< tu t upheld lowei court deois ii ns in three cases sn the lirri se yif-h of opinions handed down dur ing the fall term here Wednesday ana unless Governor Cherry in uivenes three men will die in the >„as chamber at Central Prison o October 3 sos crimes against the State. 1 he defy idants arc Willi ■ Chet • iv of Northampton county who V-&S convicted oi fii'.st-degre bul pibxy as a result of aib-gedL a: caking and only: ing the non . of Mrs J. G. Tarrant, Rich Squat-- v-hite woman, lasi April 25 and a'legedly attacking Mrs. Tarrant; . .-.a Ji-thre Lamnkir. and Richard T.lcCam >vno were convicted ir >1 vck ien burg Count y S i mcrior Court ol first-degree murm-i o' Thomas McClure, Chariotti white man, on January 2 James "D-ck" Boone, ' - -mpan too' to (Tuciry m the Nurthami ton case, who allegedly watche i tpc Goiuiriine, it); Racial Democrat list week m-g-e an immediate in vesugatitm by three- agencies to cet; * iii.'iie tlt*' Ainci i. aniMa ui Ai- Hiiii; h. MtrNt'-::ry, an employee of the inters!ati (.’• •rnmerce Cotnmis i-U.I: V.!:0 said ti.. v-i-ti Vlotir-Ce against colored peupjj- to keep ts, >. ■. h'QUt mi, into v. hi;, neii/hb i hoods. he an A. Ransom, commit to chair ••nan, addressed u-itws to Robtc. tripling chief investigator oi' the House Un-American Activitis.---' Committee Lawrence -V. Mek-v, chairman of the Civilian Service* Commission Loyalty Review Boar , snd .Major Robert J. Barret!, cup erintendent of police. Mi' McNtary. Federal em ployee toid members of the Dahi gien Terrace Citterns Association last, Wednesday night, that colored ji-.i' estate agents were "scurryto:-' up your streets," adding: ADVOCATES USE OF CLUBS 'Continued un back pagei Restrictive Covenant Cases To Be Argued By Attys. Houston and Miller LOS ANGELES iAKP >— When the C'mst jtut tonaliry of a race n *i«etlv> covenant <• rising in a state if challenged in the highest com i 1 oi the Sand for flit first time. Ally. - ofen of Lis Arigeles wiii go i to Washington to join Atty. Ch.uit> Houston in arguing the ease lot tin?! RAACP, it wa> revt-aiec last week. M/Oer. who has won national re - • known for Hs handling of many of 4o cases iLw before the California ! £ up; cine Court, was the attorney in the famous "Sugar HiU" cast- ;;i which Superior Judge Thurmond Clark dismissed the restrictions sits on the ground -.hat th,.y violat- , ed the 34th amendment to the con- ; stitution. Houoton, former special council \ for the NAACP, has handled re strictive covenant cases and rail road discrimination cares in Wash ington. WILL APPEAR NEXT WEEK The two noted attorntys will pp. pear before the supremo - court this yes: between November 10 and IV ’ in the case of Sipes vs. MtCticc. which originated ta Detroit. Decisions in more tiu*n 300 cases | test th® right of local and state : i r I T T / i A TV T T\TT A XT I I—l 1-4 i /V YJ l I I f l\ f Z\ f\ J J J jLy y Mm/X. y|l M 1 J £ ' VOLUME XXII, NUMBER 12 RA.LEIC,J!, NORTH CAROLINA WEEK ENDING. vATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27. 19!" PRICE 7c catholics Seek Ban On Negroes * * * * *♦* + ***■ * * * •# P * it * * ★ ★ PROF. J. W. PEARSON DIES ASKING LEGAL ACTION TO BAR RAGE STUDENTS ST. LOUIS *ANPi More umu TMj Catholics met i.- 1 a “general pur test imciip.e ai the Electric'.*! Worker,?’ hall here last week, adop - -ad u resolution -o retail: :cgai, ta-.ru land, it nee- ssar> ,a : ad that in injunction suit b, tiled to prevent Negre children from attending : Catholic white schools. In addition, the group, said to 1 represent 43 parish).-- of St. Louis and St. Louis county, ••ontri'buti ft S4ot> to finance the ban against N. • • gro children and nan id an execu tive eomml.i- to cousuH with a lawyer on action i-> V.e taken, 7he resolution, olTereS by a Law rence Connors, tv in adopted with three dissenting; vo< . r. During the u-alcd discussion- which followed the introduction of the resolution, the three jin -,::, who voted rg,»ii i -Continued oii back page. l Philadelphia (MNP A > -- A United States District Court jur 1. Xtr .. a . i- s . .•. IL.-H YV rUHCfeUit v jluuJuu o usep - ; Luke Guy, 27, trombonist and < ’use friend of Billy Holliday, ingei not guilty on .... •>f transporting heroin from Ne-.v York for Miss Holliday's use. He had been in Moyamensiry ! P iM»h ..waiting trial since Mav when he was -aken into c-ustod • < ter a raid on Miss Holiday’ hotel room by nniTotic agent.- ’ ho found a supply of the drug so of her stoekfiigs. Miss Holiday, who is 2 ,:i w,: Li ought hce for the trial fror; the Federal Refonnatoi v to A • del sou. West Virginia, where sh. : i." Sv i vain a sentence of one ye..:/ end undferßoiiiif a drug cur . Si-- bU-adcd titiilty to a charge f pus nc-sion ant! promised to coooerot • . ■ '■'•'th federal agents in tracking Pawn sources ui supply. Miss Holliday testified that a though she gave Guy ntonev f<»- - drugs, it was "either In- or Jin.- :ne A_sceseia," hei manage-. #§k /; uufAt the herein Imm New York. After her failure ous.its. ■)v ; ■ , identify Guv ;,s the trau-t.'irt. tto: drug, the defense Here) Pi evidence Isadiire Gottlieb, ilcf'ense ~om ■el argued that the G iven-mt";.' ft*tied to establish its car • an the jury or tour women and «-i■ *!■ • "•tn brought is the not -uil v ■ ; verdict lifter -lelibe: a tin a !-j him Lies. government units to enforce cov eisanis bat ring hors.t. .Avners in- 0,. - cttiK.ricy to -."t ii,•• m, , S!i, nF' are awaiting ill. precedent wh.-ch the Umt'-d States Supreme court will set. i Sixteen states an-.', th. District > : Columbia have upheld covenants ,n . ; appellate courts. The two cases . A 'he V. S Supreme Court docket ere Sipes vs. McGhee, in Detroit anti j • Shelley v* Kraemei u; St Louis STRATEGY MAPPED IN CHICAGO Legal strategy 1c combat restm- i live covenants iiatsona’ly was mcj. peti out in New York S. ptembci ti in a conference spons; red by tfc j KAACP and attended by the n&- Uon's top-flight lawyers anti hour ing expert- In Lot- Ang.ies, wner< the acute- ; .Less of the housing cr«n: has sharp i ; ned the tcnsii u over res! riel t:'' ". caves have been await fag duasiot) '■ by i 'A.'-.ij’-'-Gr. arretV,.: \. \M) T. I.OIJJK. E HAS Sl\ FIRSTS J * '' £ - - VS .'V,T.f ' hM ASy* /if' V .-.hT’ Pp *l^' ~ r>^' P\;i- < • T '' V S k :v ’ - * T ‘ m 1 r v Ij-tA'q j# - si ME b *li v / f \. :§ ) -Ajk y-7 /ijjfetl - t If t|| aj r ■P sfi -Mi-.w f wild I h m » TS, ,i Completing the Summer Teat : i*»S Course at Fort Be.nnings. G,< . i i-i-ersllj sis. student from A. and '2' ( ollege of Greensboro, receiv ed the signal honor of becoming the first Negro fad rt- frr.m a. Soutiiern College to be awarded Second I ieutenant commissions. ms PR!NCIT.IL OF SCHOOLS NUMBEDrt ARS DURHAM i Speck)!; p r ~f v . ii i;arn G.;stu>. L’eurson voted Dn . ui’i Civic and frutren.,; lead..)', iuc - ’ : ■ executive, anti educatui died :IC Monday nijilp. ij; ; :j, Fayci l .,.- ‘.ii.c Str. . • honti.- after a linye ru iik-nss of several n;un' .i> Hroi. Pear.-: n, v.-'no served princtpiil of Bits city s Whiited ai. Lilisidc Park High School tor aver Li'-\ years. H7 ■ cars old. ’■ a bom in Duihair. 'nuntv Apt;' 185 k. thi sun of Goor.vo a. }'•' aia 1 h arsun. At ‘he lime ot tins iti-a'i u-, a all.,- was living !), ■!!;. j, he . h.uiows ot the great civic in ■ lufions ’hat h. hi ,c :. t•> i::a' 1 i ij • eng the oj-eai:k:afior,s that ■> Wi ' u-i i, tic -ption -a some degree ' u Proi 1 ‘earson s to esigbt * .n l u :nass acumen th; Bankers' ' c Insurance Company, vtiiun f.-.tiiiv M'jiual Ln-ai:-- v Company, ana Uu Union ii<- - ri ea: »i Realty Company, tie Was one ol the pioneer :.. ~ , » he oi icn.-teition t the North timdiiHA Mutual ..ile lnsur»tict. ompany and served . :• first cusii ie. ol the Mechanics and Farn..rs' L.:uk in addition to ni;-, ciisiness .u ccueationai activite.;.. Pro.', peas '.Uonttnucd on back page Vesiclem Names Dr. Johnson Delegate WASHINGTON iNNPAi President Truman has made a . cess appointntem of Dr. Charles S. Johnson, president of i'isk University, as a membn of the delegation to repr«-M*ni U»e United State-, at the second general conference of the Unft i 4 Nations Educational, Scienti fic and < ultural Organisation, which is scheduled to be heid at Mcxieit City November s> to Ile minr 3. The State i)cp,-m?m-*i; said Dr. Jalsrsson would not he a voting member of the delega tion An arialysis of the forces and tensions affecting international understanding and the promo tion of fundamental education in undeveloped areas are among’ the items or i the agenda for the conferent-ie, the Stair Depart - | ate said. in the Infantry Re - i-rvs >■ uUn the tVar lirpartmcm••• jutrt ■ gram, rne •* arm t. unit is tis-n®- ed by Major l-ulwarci > . Johnson of Chi*ago. a foriri.-i Infan try Officer. He has built the unit intu out oi the country's tap Re- Mi-rvt- Officer Trairum; (Iruujs- in our Colleges. a iii- Sehoiai sliij) Miss Hobble y, HU'i Taliad^f' j College gTafinal<*■., was recently awarded a scholar ship by thv Vaik'tia! Infan Hie Chicago Tribune Assails Texas Border Closing CHICAGO :NNFAi Comment ing oditoriully recently or the sc ! ti«-n : t tin Stale of Texas in >■■■» • l ing its holders so iha< cotton pit-t:- rs could not move om of tiif Sl.tie ’ into Louisiana. Arkansa.- and Okla homa. The Chicago Txlbuiftc called ( ,-’U h action 'v long • tep towsid slavery." Ii said: ••'There can't be much doubt about i the r-,.al intent of the Texas Saw re kuiring titic licensing of so-called | labor recruiters. The purpose IS ; prevent a lot of humble men and j women, citizens of Texas anti of j , the United States. Irtitfe pteki m | cotton anywhere else but in Texan, i i Thi- end is achieved b; setting up j roao blockU at ilu. gateways to the! , .-.eighb-ociiig states to pn-vmt augs- ! Shown is* the photo are front . row -» l-'lrsl I.t. Otis O. Xi»ebar>', uiS'i.si’iHl Mflitary Pro ics.-iir, Monterrey, Calif.; Second I.t. William R. Tillies, Seattle TV.'!sisingion. Second ? t. Lewis K. Morris, O smiiq. \ Major .iuhaisoi! Bar!-, row Sec-md I.t John ! I’d rah is fdandatinn. A native Oi uensa iila, Fla . slae entered the ' v/rsity this fall. c ANIM Iwy workers from leaving (he i v: < red soii of Texas. j A party of cotton pickers can J'oss the -tale line only after ay- ! i’ropr.ate forms have -> filed nu ; • Continued on back pages iH'RRICANE ALSO TAKES RACK TOLL | SEW ORLiiiASS (NSPA! - Among the known dead in the hnrrieane that swept the eastern e«lf coast last Friday wen- Mrs. Beatrice White. 4a, of Bay St Lnsis. and her stepson, Laafe. 6, ! Also dead v.'iti'c two wiWtentifSeS if Siciw at Wlosi MMurtsslppi, m J. 'itiggers. s' froenisboro, X, Reginald R. Sftvcs »t Gftens due to being tinder legal age for boro, x. «awarded a certificate commission): Second St. Bondd t. SSawkins., .larksonville, Fla.; Second i.t. Chandler I>. Gibbs, Grensboro. X. Second Lt. FUR F. Harris oi Portsmouth Va B! !Nos TO BE HOST ATYfVfCA IK, OCT. 2 :: r jvds to be PALEIiGH The Lions Ohio of Raleigh and Wake County will en ! tertain Negro blind persons at a dinner to be hold ,-t Bloodworlh S’,re: [. YMCA Thursday, October 2. ; -ieti, o'clock Thi 1 1;r. to provide ■ "i err for all of the blind not re : dirig in institutions was announc 'd by the service club as an ex 1 nsion of its program in inti rest bl : ajiped persons. Th, club an •• *i 1 > entertains white blind rest | Ns of Wake Countv at a similar | riair, ‘ Blaine M. Madison, Lions Club in- mber. ha- been named general j chairman of the dinner proieet He | rrili have the cooperation of Mrs. | ’c ephine Kirk. County Welfaie ' cop: rintench'n; Miss Doris: Eason c.i Mrs M |-y Campbell. Welfare V.-orkers. A special committee from the Negro Citizens Commitee of Raleigh is woikirg with the Liou.-, ! Club to make the entertainment a! o:v sr. a:id will have direct charge ; ! 'f the affair. The committer, headed by the * 'Continued on page 8) Senator Maitin Barks Freedom Train Move PHILADELPHIA iNNPAi Spnator Edward Martin, thr principal speaker at the christ ening of Freedom Train here last week, declared that if the enjoyment of civil liberties is denied minorities, that may be denied to ail the people. Lathing out at the Communist effort to discredit Freedom Train as a "plan by reactionaries and big business." he pointed out that William Green, president of the American Federation of La bor, and Philip Murray, presi dent of the Congress of Indus trial Organizations, are vice chairman of the American Her itage Foundation, sponsor of the train. Senator Martin said this was tap of the messages that Free denri Train can carry to the Na tion on its year-long tear through tlie country with stops in 30(1 communities; ' “Guard these precious civil liberties. It v»r permit them to be wiped out for more minor*- j ties -• political or racial or rr j Hgiows —then we shall lore them | for all I he- popple. State's Total Number 19, Including Scholarships and College Enrollment l ees Pfßui A’to. C alii. ■ “.Ai 1 oyrt the i’otmtty. boy* and gi: Is if ui; | i-.-uol promise arc denied the op i is-i ! unity of coiiegt. training be < hU.m- th. and 269 other Ne -1 <>ro seniors have been encourage* continue fifton educatie- thru *' e *.vinr.infi of College Krbranc ; Awa’-ds This fa!!, they will at •- nd i- rrir 70 Hiffierent c lieges ■-d universities. i* C. 7CHOLARSHIPS FOLLOW Names N NORTH CAR'd . f\N-\ :gh school students wivo hav ' " on Srholarships and College Ft-- : nee Awards, the names ano locations of their high schooL. ' I and the colleges and univrrsitie-, ' •- here they are now enrol .'eel; SCHOLARSHIPS ' MCALISTER. Edwina- -Fuqfuay ■ Springs H. S.. Fuquav Sn ings .north Carolina College. (CortUnued on hack page) Little Progress Made In D. C. School Conditions Washington :NNPA)--A study oi the segregated schools ytenv : in seventeen states and the Di > Diet of Columbia, recently com i-iettxl by the Bureau of Fduca ticnal Research of Howard Urn M-vsity. reveals that verv lilt 1 - progress has been made in prr vicing equal educational eppor 'unities for colored students. The findings of the survey published in the Summer edition , uri. Mississippi, North Ca’oiin Oklahoma, South Carolina. Te.i --; stssee, Texas, Virginia, Wes* Vir ginia, and the District of Gclun. ; bill. According to the survey th.* - ! nost noticeable progress toward . ; equality of educational opp'rtun nv has been made in two areas i •iength of school term and equalization of .salaries. Some Equality In 1830 Fifteen years ago the length of ■he school term for white pupil? . was thirty days longer than the colored school term. In lfW5 the | white term was only ten da/s i< nget than the colored tern - but ; he colored school term wa:. 'Continued on page 8> - - Lawyers Offer Services Free In Catholics 5 Protest St. Louis (NNPA) Two law i yer.s have offered to serve with jc u t fee as attorneys for t-ht ! gioup protesting against the mix mg of White and colored pupils : Catholic schools. John P Bar- Nett, 5717 Labadie .Avenue chair- L '-an of the executive committed ; »1 the protesting group, an nounced last Friday. Barrett -aid that as a result oi the offer foi free legal cssis iis nee the executive committee j would recommend that any man- ! 'ey remaining aftsi the payment ( jrf necessary expenses be contrib j uixd to charity. Mee declined to name the at- i • terneys who had offered the 5-- j i services, or to discuss the type j ! cf action they had suggested. A resolution to retain “lega. | talent.” and, if necessary to file ■: •it the meeting, which was said 'mlored children from attending Catholic white schools was odor,- : ted last Sunday night at a meet mg of more than 700 persons i the Electrical Workers’ Hall. A total of S4OO was contributed t.) finance the protesting group s to represent forty-three parishes, to finane She protesting group's * IMPROVING Vi':'- V&T JSSrrt’ l>r. .lames Edward Shepard, president of North Carolina Col lege for Negroes, nho elm-i. tic colebra j lion of a century f’v odom, to gether with appropriate observance of national Indr-perx' -r. • Day. wflfe which the celebrate-.i will eon vide. Sunday. July 4, v.'-.uW be set upan as ,-. day for gi\ ms: ‘‘Soles'!® , thanks to God for th blessings •’of (Continued on back page; ; -ght against colored in whit ;schools, and ar. executive edit -1 mittee was named to consult a ! lawyer. The resolution, adopted with , three- dissenting votes, we? j ft red bv Lawrence Connors GIRL, 15, FILES SUIT TO ENTER WHITE SCHOOL I ARLINGTON. Va. t ANP> --Mia;-, | Constance Carter, 15, filed a sub i in Alexandria District court here last week,, through Ally. Lem A | Ransom of Washington, c .nteci ; i--g the legality of a statu lav .bi rring Negro students from a w bite high school. Names as defend ant? fin 'he suit - id to be the first of its kilt? ip Virginia, ait Supt. F, ujhrti Kemp and the Arlington Soho >. board. (Continued ou tw«* 8;