Newspapers / The Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.) / Nov. 29, 1947, edition 1 / Page 5
Part of The Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
WEEK EXP TNG, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1947 WAKE COUNTY LEADS IN BOND SALES TO DATE RALEIGH M. Bailey Count\ Chairman ol' the U. S. Savings Bonds Committee for Wake County announced, last week week that, according to informa tion received from. Allison James, State Director of the U. S, Sav ings Bonds Office i Greensboro, sales of U. S. Savings Bonds for the period Oct. 1 through Oct. 31, for Wake County totaled -350,622.50. Broken down into the three scries were. $5,598,882,- S 10.619.00: and G Bonds $24,- ; 500.00. Only Mecklenburg sold more E, F and G Bonds in Oc- j tober than Wake. State sales of Savings Bonds I for North Carolina for the same ! period were: Series E. $3,689,749 50- Series F, $362,933.00: Series G. $1,546,200.00. Total sales fori the three series were. $5,598,882 00. Tills was a 10 pci cent in crease over total state sales in September, reflecting not only a seasonal increase in Bond buy ing in many farm counties, hut I in the industrial counties as well. • the report stated For the same period however, Wake increased its bond purcaheses 20.9 per cent. <*■ The people of Wake County really appreciate these Bonds. , More of these tvpes of Bonds are owned by the people of lire coun ty than were in their hands at; the end of the War. More than i t $20,000,000 is now saved in th< ,-e Bonds and available for such use a 3 may be necessary. County Chairman Bailey said that although counties had not been assigned sales quotas in 1947 the state as a whole ha; a sales objective of 94 million dol lars as its share in the plan for mungaing the national debt in 1947. Mr. Bailey said that Series F and G Bonds are excellent in vestments fo>- industrial and bus iness concerns as well as for in dividuals and recommended that firms check to see whether they have as vet bought the:, limit of SIOO,OOO for the calendar year. The county chairman urged every citizen and firm who pos sibly can to buy Savings Bonds now to help fight inflation, to Sc've for the future and io the nation properly manage the national debt by spreading i* a* mong all white people. Savings Bonds make an excel- • !ent_ Christmas gift for members rs the family, he concluded BOARD STANDS BEHIND POLICY .OF RACIAL BIAS WASHINGTON <ANP) The j policy of segregation while and! Negro children was held by the! accordance wj-ji public law ercat- ' * District Recreation board m be in j ing the board and the board's own by-laws, hen: last week. The board I was answering three more com plaints from civic groups against racial segregation in playground.. In addition, it reaffirmed a ruing made last month that a pre-segrega tion speech during' a citizens’ asso ciation meeting in a school house was no reason t revoke the group'.- permit to meet there. The issr surrounded a speech mad' by Clif ford H. Newell, then president, of the Federation of Citizens associa tions. i?i support of segregation > practices The hoard told tlic federation, as I it had the Lincoln Civic association last month, that Newell had brok- j en no rules m making such an ad- j dress. Las! month, the board re- • fused to cancel the permit of the j Brook land Citizens association to i m-'-: t in Rrooklanri .school where! Newell spoke ! 4 Juanita Freeman Wins Homecoming Honors 1 RALEIGH - During the weei. t . while C>>ach "Fete" William.-? was : * busy whipping the "Little Blue,” I into shape for the homecoming game with West Charlotte High the students were concentrating on electing a homecoming queen. In spite of tht : sharp competition be tween classes for the honor. .Juan . - - - j ii «ojn» i * uuiiiii yj ill Retail i*3.osi 1 '"s-zßr m Fifths 1 11 86 Proof TM stsaicsnt whkkeys in this n-oeua **E 4 YEARS OR Matt *OI.O. 35 \ SESAIOMt WMBKSY NEUTS At SFf*IVS, OISTiUSB w «h«b*mi & mjs imra. fern, turns ririimrrr-mtnrmmviHtmmmnm-trramiiiii i immm ; So. Regional Council ! To Push Civil Rights In 1948; Dr. Trigg Elected Atlanta (ANP) Action -rt : I civil rights in the southern .state?; will be the keynote ol the pro- I gram of the Southern Regional ] Council in 1948. it whs decided at the annual membership meet ing of that organization last week at Atlanta university, j The council, which draw its . membership from both white and Negro southerners, has as its ob jective the development, of the | j: uthei n regior toward a higher ; ! standard of living and well-being I for all the South’s people. I The 1948 program charted will i stress civil rights equal services jto all southern veterans undei | the GI Bill of Rights, recogni- , 1 non of progressive leadership ;ii I the southern, and increased vo • rational education in agriculture | and industry. • i : The council members voted | ; that a study be undertaken of j I state laws intended to safeguard 1 :civil rights and of their enforce . ment. The results of the study ' ivrill bo published and made; available throughout the south as a basis for community action It ■ was recommended that public I meetings be held to discuss the vita! question of civil rights in I the south, recently gven national Piominencc by the report of j President Truman’s Committee; |on Civil Right.?. The failure of the •• Veterans * administration to provide a fair . rare of its services to the Negro veterans of the south was consul e; erl by the meeting. It was point lei out that in some areas of the 'south there are almost no contact, organization, and supervisory Ne gro personnel attached to of fices of the Veter an s i of St. Augustine’s college in Ra leigh, N. C„ and Dr. Guy B. Johnson. professor of sociology at ' the University cf North Carolina, were elected vice - presidents. Both are forme" executives of the council. CORONER CLEARS SIX POLICEMEN IN GI KILLING ROCHESTER. N. V. <ANP> - : The s»x policemen who fatally i wounded Roland T price. 20-year ; Id tx-scrviceman. following an • j .agument i.ufi short changing in a ; rist;,uraill. were cleared of guiit •' C<-i.>nci David H. Atwater here • 1 <st week The coroners verdie* j irib that the victim ‘tame to hi ; dealh from gunshot wounds inflicted II y m mbers of the police depart i merit .n line of duty.' During the four-hour inquest a !' hi.h )6 persons testified, the six j i olioemen told how they fired a of 23 bullets int; Price's body : -fiei the man allegedly threatened ! -j snoot and had made a move as a to pull a gun from inside his '• shirt. Later it was discovered that ; Price was unarmed. Most of the •• shots fired were in a sing!" fas' v Iky. The police were called ai'U-i , T. jcc claimed he had been short chanced in a restaurant. According : '<• Mrs. Beatrice Vialet, white, who ; answered the public call for wit- i •hsscs. she said that Patrolman Wil ham Hatnill had backed Price down . j .lit -tree), but that Price had both | hands “close to his sides" and did j j!i-'f have his right inside hi? shirt, h t* j I | ita Freeman of the Sophomore j* i class was declared the winner he- : I 'cause of he; ability to sell the; | greatest number of tickets for the j I homecoming game on Friday night. I As a result of the eliiniiialioo j ; i urn lest field on Tuesday, the com ' ip- title, candidates so? the finals 1 j were- N-nth grade. Bernice Whita- ! 1 jker; Tenth grade. Juanita Freeman; i Eleventh grade. Joscpriinc Russell;; 1 Twelfth grade. Ernestine Moultrie. Eleventh grade, Josephine Russril, Support Your Paper ! PLANNED ECONOMY * I .1 A { ■— ———' ——- -A \i bureauOf REHABILITATION 1 \ |ft r AND RfEEMPLOYMENT Os I i f j DISPLACED BUREAUCRATS J j | j i? '"Now hero's e very successful Bureau I sforteel when ©PA br-oan I" IV fold!" w ' j' 1 urban Jlakcs ft Just \ Lillie Different NEW YORK t ANl*t - On- Rev. less-.- W Routtc. 39-ye.ir olti pastor of Holy Trinity Luth eran chun n her. . re nuty sprsu .t " in .Mobile, Ala, where lie was treated In while civic | si.etal and political leader? as a visiting dignitary ‘all because j he wore a rented turban and .-.poke- with d slight Swedish ac cent." I'iie minister had gone to Mo bile to fulfill several engage ments as a singer and pianist and to lecture at a Negro ehurrh. Recounting his exper letters, in an interview here last week, he said he had decided that “ in some parts ot the south, they judge a man by the kind of hat he wear.-; ” The "new look” was the re sult of a discouraging trip he had made to Mobile tn 1943, on which occasion he had been “in stilled and pushed around." Purchasing a turban from a New York costumer, he em barked on his recent trip to test the effect of his changed ap pearance. He donned the turban and began speaking with a Swedish accent a few moments before hoarding a white passen ger ear of a segregated train in Washington. From that tunc on he played his role to pr; lection until reaching home again He ate in dining cars reserved for white passengers and also in Mobile and Montgomery res taurants which admitted no Negroes. He was told in one that “No Negroes would dare come in here to eat." Police also told him that “if a Negro gives any trouble, we just knock him down." The startling part about his trip uas that no one asked him if he Here a Negro, but he said he felt at times “like a para trooper behind enemy lines," Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Rev. Routte is a graduate of Augustana College and Theologi cal Seminary, Rock Island, 111. He was ordained by the New York United Lutheran synod in May, 1932 and has been pas tor of Holy Trinity for i:; years. He is married to the former Enid Gomez, whom he met dur ing his post-graduate studies at f'Alumiha University in 1938 The couple has lour children and Mrs. Routte conducts a real estate business. He was one president of (he Queens Lutheran Pastors association. Rev. Routte- said his disguise was not aimed at “frying to fool anybody,” but to "learn something.’ He observed, how ever, that “the lot of the Negro in Alabama now is better Shan in 1943." CRAIG SEES LOSS VOTES BY DENIS ; ATL ANTA (ANP) Gene Craig, vi.c president "1 the Atlanta Rea! Estate board, made the prediction last week that if the Truman forces j I are successful in dissolving real I • estate covenants barring Negroes | S and Jews from certain neighbor- i I hoods, the Democrats would lose a ! lot of sou’hern votes. The realtor referred to Atty. Gen. | < Tom Clark’s insistence i intervene i: oi th:: covenant cases now m fed* j* cr.J court and his charges that cov- j ’ enants weaken the very foundation ! of democracy. The white real estate man opiri- j cd that the mere fact of Clark's re quest for intervention would re flect a loss of some votes. Ii Pays To Advertise Lou.i rg Clmrch Pie<! e; $2,145.00 RI:V. OTIS k MI NX I-DUISBURG Mor than 50 i persons were present at the Fits.; Baptist Church Sunday when the | m-t-rgatoin pledged $2,145.09. tlv ! amount required to ge; ‘hr ch,.uc’i ; re--.ov.ited and buildntg program ; under way, following a powerin' i ; mon by the Rev. Otis E. Dunn I pastor <.f the church. Undei leadership of the 1?. \ ; Dunn the- church wli. undergo a : innovation in which a hearing I plant, lavatories, choir stand, and ‘V o' an Will he- i,,?!alltd a ; rc I concrete walkways con-1 ructe.i b i mrc the entrance of the church The self-styied "chun i with ? | progam'’ has recently pai; ted me i church both inside and ei rode \ I', .sicicttl (.1 V -,kc- i. ft. ii,. . Rev. Dunn is a graduate of the- Jib ! oral arts college and the School ,jj i Religion of Shaw University and : h'-lds the Bachelor of Arts and i Bachclcu of Tocology deprccs. froin Shaw He was recently praised for : the excellent work he has been do ing at the First Baptist Church. URBAN LEAGUE SUBMITS PLAN FOR HOUSING ATLANTA ..ANP; The Aban in Urban league last week subtnt ted -. housing plan sot six Nrigo re.-,Hernia! are.,-. io ,hr ii.y slum cicarance commiUee which if ad’-pted is believed will alleviate t?rr.\<-nt m’< tx-n-wded crtuditioni. in cxislinc Negro residrntiai area-- nr.u lessen friction betv.a-en lhc races i!-. plan involving residential areas in Fult->n. Do Kalb md Clay ton c< -u; itics v.-’iulc! be expanded alone flexible delineated lines nc cording to lhc- plan which was drawn up by the Atlanta Housing iv uneil and presented by the Urban league The housing area study is said io be -he re-nll ol a study o> competent white <md Negro leaders. The Atlanta housing authority has submitted i In*: shim clearance committee a map of Atlanta, shot-, mg areas where public housing pro jects w. re !jc-ir:: planned The larg est for Negro? s is , n area of about 20 blocks . f dwellings on the West sid. - town b' rdei e l - S,;r,s-. ! Avenue. Thurmond. Davis and f alter Streets, nrar Atlanta Univer ity. Another area included in ’he five-veai slum '-learanee campaign, which in scop has boon incld-d in l ousing authority plans, reveals a large area of white and Negro houses in the northeast section be tween Merrits and North Avenue - The U. S. Department of A.gri culture has announced that appro- j ximately 43.307,000 bushels of Unit ed Slates grain arid grain products were exported in October 1947. More Time For # Holiday, festivities ; The Christmas holidays are prob ably the busiest days of the year for homemakers. There is more | cooking; to be done, run re entertain ing, and usually guests to be made comfortable. % When you can forget about the tiresome job of polishing silver, more of your time can be devoted to complete enjoyment of these happiest days of the year, ft Precious silver like this coffee service will he ready for use the moment it is needed if it has been securely wrapped in the folds of Silver Wrap. Pacific Mills impreg nates soft flannel cloth with a sil ver compound which draws to it self the tarnishing elements in the air so that they cannot reach the silver. If your silver is shining when you wrap it up, it will be shirting when you unwrap it. For flat silver . . . just place this magic cloth in a drawer and fold the ends aver the pieces. There’s no need to spend end less hours polishing your flatware and hollow ware for the Christmas rush. Let modern science take care of that chore for you. . 1 fHE CAROLINIAN ATLANTA CASE ENOS AFTER SIX-DAY TRIAL ATLANTA iANIL The Dx day liiai in Fcdei.d r--..ri of Atlanta -•• iters' case «igains! tin- School i Joard for equal pay ended Just) e.k A. T. Walden, cilief couivcl fm J e plaintiff, vigorously attacked , . o Atlanta Board ami Sell >ol Supi. ira Jarrell's testimony that there , s "fan play in I lie matin' of ‘e.-i hers salaries- The defense had i testified that discriminatory pat \ ern, wire ru-v- r allowed in the ■ matter of teacher pay. The plaintiff presented a clearcul. ! case of discrimination, showing that I white elementary teachers were : aid m re than Negro teachers p ressing master's degrees. The court's attention was called 1 to previous teachers' parity suits. riic’-chy ilie courts bad ruled unan . - un* usl.v in favor < i the teachers. ' fieri- ring that the 'intangible qual ities" to which the Atlanta board ' gavt weight in grading teachers “is not sufficient answer to account for the wide gulf of diiereniiation" in white and Negro teachers’ salar ies Walden hit the “yes men" of the board who mirth have taken the witness stand to "merely ditto what : tne board had done.” \ A statistical analysis of the 'ala ry pattern was presented the court iv; J. B. Blayton. Defense counsel ould not break it down. Sneaking of the pay schedule. Walden declared that the heard members knew nothing of its oper ate t . the defense counsel knew '. nothing ab ml it and "we don’t un decstand it " He said that only Sups. Jerrell "understands it in a wi> thlit no ine cist' can" and ,vp ! ! pprently forth. reason th.-r it. eon tains “a reservoir of intangible eval uations." "Race and r ice alone" is the ouSy plaosabie *n -.vt-v for salary disparity, the ath rnoy contended The c iirt and c<-unset agreed tha. additional briefs in the case would be filed January 3 and «msw red to these briefs should be filed Janu ary 19. After this. Judge E. Marvin Underw* od, who heard the ease, ’.vil! he - p- n to nut a >qlinz. At th- closing Tours - f the trial, two former school principals. Mr- Hattie L Green and Miss Cora B Finley, were presented by the plain tiff to contradict the testimony of Sun! .Torre!i that principals were consulted in the rating of icache rs Plaintiff in the case was Sam L Davis, who sued To; himself and Others simuarlv -nunied in the At i * n?.-. school syst> m. mmm i mm active ifllTY AT SEA N w York (AND) The SS | Bi- >kot T Washington winch has iron commanded bv a Neg.o skipper since it entered the m- - j vice in 1942. ended active m-vice lend took down its colors here re U'cntiy at the 52nd Street pier tn i Brooklyn. It was under the com mane! of Capt. James H. Brown. Jt . who took over the ship to rc : li.-vt- Capt. Mulzac who entered the Marine Hospital several months ago for treatment. The famous ship was com manned by Capt. Hugh J Mul zf.c, the first Negro in history to i become master of a merchant vessel, and carried 10.500-tons. Named af'ei the famous Tuske : gee educator, it was christened Iby Marian Anderson, fanu-tis contralto anc! manned by mixed personnel. The Book.'i T. Washington : transported safely some 14,000! 1 troops to safety and made about 2' trips to foreign ports. It is one !of some 16 named for outstand ! > ing Negro leaders. T). .«• v'ncart hs been a suwrn -a.- '.n Arrseri• an crop because us pro-; : **»rt and ~il arc esse fit it. I t< ou j noin-. whether in peace or a’ | war. and because tlic crop if easv 1 ]to grow and harvest, as compared ]io uih, c uiisecd crops. #E*KC RBOTMgS* SS«smtEßt£s, ) mrm. mm. j March of Dime Workers Convene at Tuskegee Inst. TUSKEGKK f ANF) Mobilizing for the JSVlfl Mai h of Dimes which j 1 will be conducted January !f> to 30, ] whit- Miid Negro leaders from 10' j stales met here Friday and Sal nr ; day to develop an . i scuss cam paign procedures and techniques. The conference opened with .11 discussion of the program and ser- | j vices of the National Foundation j 1 for Infantile paralysis in which rep- ; JTsentatives of the n;!S>mal oiP- •• I participated. Tit is was followed by ! a fund-raising panel led by Warren I Coss. director of fund raising fm j the foundation. Negro discussants included Mori | Eppse of Nashville; Mrs. Lamia | Williams of Birmingham; George L. ! Washington of Columbia. Miss., and ' Mrs Fannie Ponder of St. Peters • burgh. Fla. Discussants from the n,.~ • jlional office were George LaPorte. j 1 director of public relations, and ; Charles H Bynum, diiector of in-! terracial affairs and genera! chair- ! mnu of the conference Conference highlight was the j banquet address by Miss Sallie Lit , cas .lean, director 01 health educa tion for the national foundation Mies Jean outlined the program and I services sponsored by the found.-*- ; Iron at national headquarters A ; three point program is under way j for epidemic aid. research, and fd-j petition, and Miss Jean pointed out j ; the highlights relative to this pro- j gram. " To insure an adequate supply of ! property trained professional pc pie to implement its pro*ram- the j , national foundation, dated Miss . lean. offers scholarships forthe 1 MSN SENTENCED! 'TO DEATH FOR RAPE ON CHILD Washington (ANP) A pro -1 cedent was set here Wednesday ■ of last, week when a district court it!; v recommended the death pv ; i'\ ftu John H Hall aiter find ing him guilty of raping an merit i vent old girl. The jury of nine men and three 1 I women, including seven white pe. sons, reached a decision after ne hour and 4ft minutes. Corn ' meriting on the case. K S Ally George M. Fay said. “Tin will servo as a warning to other :-r\ offenders in the district. It will give them food foi thought." The eight-vear-old girl was the j»rincipal witness against Hail She related that she had been sent to the g r occry store about • noon on Oct. 5. 1946, to buy :i Imf of bread. On her wav 1 > 11r is-tore, she said, she was accosted by Hall who asked her name and ■ where she lived. T hm. she testified he grabbed j her to- the hand and tried to lead • her into a vacant lot. The giri : -aid when she* resisted. Hall ■ picked her uo and carried her intr the tall weeds. Then , she r nd. Tw oartkillv undressed her, | choked her throw her to the r round and raped her. When Hall was apprehended he rente-sod ?■, euilt and said ’ hi« victim “T’m sorry, lif.lt gel I don t know what marie m< d’ it This was his second r. y -ffrns-e. The judge has no! set a date for sentencing Hall, but the recommendction of the jury r-eines a mandatoi-y death pen i ■i ’ v BLACKWOOD’S, INC. I LAY-A-WAY I I A GIFT -A DAY { 4F ST « FOR g 1 CHRISTMAS I i & <s& m ? * A .SMALL DOWN DEPOSIT « !' HOLDS YOUR GIFTS UNTIL CHRIST MAS $ ggt A JP • WE put thf:m AWAY f %* SAFELY UNTIL YOU CALL FOR THEM ts & f K ® ALSO GIFT-WRAPPED IN A St p. COLORFUL- DECORATIVE CHRISTMAS PAPER £ Jgf am « COME IN AND SEE £ % THE HUNDREDS OF NEW TOYS § H Gifts For Every Member of the f amily $£ & 5 1 | S| FAYETTEVILLE RALEIGH BURLINGTON If W 0 HAT ST. 404 HIi.LSBOF.O ST. 103 S. MAIN ST training of pediatricians, orthopedic j surgeons sanitary engineers ’public j 'health nurses, physical tin ap-rt,-. 1 | and medical social workers. During 1 the 1047 fiscal year Ml fellowships art dschelarship twn'i-d:: were made - to Negroes; more than 100 awards , j pave b ni m ade hi the past five j years. These award- went to men j j. nri vromcit I'uns in 20 states anti j | the District, of Columbia. i oison Opens Lecture I Series At Langston ! c LANGSTON. Oki;, lANPI M -18. ToL-mv interpreter, poet a tic. ! professor of creative litcraUm :u j j Langston University. . penecl 1 .e- ( I 1947-48 artist scries h ie last M ( day evening with an interpretative ; (lecture on poetry, before an ap- i j preeiatvc audit nee in historic Page : ! Hall auditorium Mr. T'-'L-on. wh-ise ‘Rendezvous (With Atru-rie.*" iD rid. Mcad-JiUIC ■is in its third printing, opined that | •’pmtry is the greater! art in tm world" and that oen must draw a | listi net ion between the versifier ... - ' • LOCAL AND S ONG DISTANCE HAULING We Can Move You Anywhere, Anytime We Cart Move You To or Front Any Pomt in U. S., Canada, or Mexico Write, Call, or Wire I Jones- Transfer And Storage Co. Dial 4928 and 24882 111 No. 1 Ith St. Wilmington, N. C. ! smmmmmmmmmmm BLACKWOOD’S INC. —— SCIENTIFIC SERVICE j I AT 1 Blackwood's j I Radio Repair DEPARTMENT j, Im Skilled Technicians - # Complete Thorough Checkup | # Modern Efficient Equipment . I TO PUT YOUR RADIO IN * TOP-NOTCH CONDITION | All Makes - All Models - Auto Home 1 SATISFACTION GUARANTEED SC WOOD’S 404 HILLSBORO ST., RALEIGH PAGE FIVE j ,1)1-1 the rntt. He added that “the ! poet urd rte-.v idcar- tn new I ways. The .tudienc pplauded the j reading -ft Ins pueav- particularly "My ni and 1" and "Address to America." I m,l j.-. ||j| | I.l| || m ■ . «.
The Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 29, 1947, edition 1
5
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75