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LEADERS NEAR BLOWS IT DRAFT HEARING
ri. ' % . '
AN Hit,A or THi; t’HOWI) -
ana the vantage points irom
which they watched Tuesday V.
Army Day Parade may be gain
ed from the above picture made
mmm * : $ ■ :
KKbti; Vl*Ts AN n vetkr
AN'S marched along with mem
bers of the nation's aimed forces
as Raleigh citizens turned oat --a
masse to view the biggest Army
Day teiebration in the city's h< - ;
tor.v. " •
Shown in the abort- group -ire j
Dr. Stewart To
Be Annual “YM”
Meet Speaker
Dr. Charles E. Stewart, pastor
oi Bethel AME Cnurch, New
York CitV, will address the An
nual Meeting oi the Bloodwortn
Street YMCA at the First Bap
list Church Raleigh, N C.. April
14 at 8:00 p.m.. officials of the
Association hnv announced.
A former pastui oi St. Paul
AM it Church, th,.- city. Dr. Stew
art is one of tr.e most popular
ministers ever to hold a paste
rate here and hundreds of hi.
friends arc t xpected to attend.
He will be presented by D:
M. L. Watts .. prominent local
dentist and member ot the VM
t'A Board oi Management. C. A.
Hay wood. Chairman of the Board
will preside.
Other features of the program
will include greetings to guests
and niton hr t.y Dr O S. Bui
lock, pastor oi the First BaptAl
Church recognition of rnembt -s
foi special achievement by Atty.
F. J, Carnagt . and the Annual
Report by E. L Raiford, execu
tive secretary ■ f the Association.
The invocation will be pro
nounced by the Rev. T. C. Ha
mans, pastor. Manly Street Chris
tian Church and the benediction
by the Rev P. H. Johnson, pas
tor, Martin Street Baptist Church
and member oi the YMCA Board
11 1 Management.
Special music for the occasion
has been arranged. A reception
will follow immediately at the
Blood-worth Street YMCA a Coin
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Thousands Line Streets
To See Army Day Parade
Thousands of specter or- line .
Raleigh’s streets perched on stop
(adders and watched m.-’u window.
a-.-,i rooftops Tuesda.. - • »• r .n
2.000 soldiers and in- of' rs of vet
eran and rc.-ervtsts orgat.teatains
prjaded through the chy's business
section in an unprecedented Army
Day eelebrwi ion.
Overhead squadrons of troop
carriers, fighter and jet Interceptoj
planes flew through 'he skies to
add their roar to llv; ivusic the
half-dozen bands in ihe parade.
Negro participation .. the p&.mdt
included the N. C ;-mte Cm! -
ROTO TJnit. the Nini -• Air Forces
Band from Givenvilit, S. C. the
by a t Aidil.iMAN photographer
a- members of the Charles T. Nor
wood American ! egunt Drum and
Bugle Corps pu'-sed the Sir Hal
ter Hotel.
CAHOt.I.ViAN I'llOXO
member- of enlisted and officers
•cv rve groups who joined with
BO IC. Army. Navv. Marine
' «?ps and National Guard unit
e boost the iotal number of
marchers ft well nbote the '
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Dr. J f Holt, former Raleigh
District presiding elder of the
African Methodist Episcopal
f hurch u'bo wa- bup«l Tuesday
following his death alter a brief
illness.
The services were held in the
•H Paul’s AMR Church and in.
ferment took place at the Mi.
Hope Cemetery. Tht last rites
were conoucfd h> f)i .! f> tow
an. presiding either of the West-'
errs District.
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Di um and Bugle Corps of the
1 Charlt-s T. Norwood Xo-.i of the
American Legion and individual
i rn mbei ft of veterans. military re
solve and national goa.d group:.,
A somber note was added to the
' proceedings later in the day as An
■ Secretary W. Stuart .Symington
■ told an audu'tict at the Memorial
i Auditorium that the United Slatc.-
) must “Gather ouj strength and
ind place it in jpur: view of men
1 who recogrtitte and respect no
other ar.ifuTnenf."
The celebration, which was con
; ducted in cities and at Army posts
throughout the nation marked the
; j3l »i anniversary of the entry of this
2 nation into World War L, j
TiJC 1 r* AD nI T ATT AAT
J fl Jti AKU L1 J\ iA IN
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YOU ME XXVII, NO. 10 S.'ALKIGII, NOIMV i AUOf.INA WikKK KNIMNG SAT'I UI>AY, APRIL 10. UHg PRICK 7c
A 1 ni •/» jf rip tt-i inpi * 1
Accused Dtierirr 1 o race Inal
A + A * A A A AAA AA^aAAAAAAAAA
THREE APPLY AT U. N. C.
SEEK AIKSION
to lai m m
SCHOOLS AT m
The nation-wide fig. : . to equalise,
•.tttca’ional opportunity on the
i level sp: ead to North
s oiina last week as a Negro med
al s udeni and two law students
Jed applications for acbnis.-ion U
tiadual;- course:. at tile Unsvc. -Uy
( N i:b Carolina.
Tift two law students art- cur
- : ■ i .r : Nor 1 .-. C.u o
: Coilcju a: Dus ham, but .-e.-K
InTsrion to ;i.< UW Law School
the grounds tiia> 'he Durham
Coih eL.s law school j.. not approv
ed V.y the American Bar Associu
rnv law school -pplicanl.- are
Janies Walker of SI.L-.--v!lie and
Harold T Epps oi Aville. H.
medical school applicant is Dewey
■ .. iu.vp.ii. ill. of If...tc- 1. Tim
ber! :ke
PhESIDI.VI ( NAlil t TO \t !
D; Frank !-’ Graham. UNC p si
and cue e| tin S.mill's most
jji ogre-ssive educator'. expror.sf.l
'O'.i'iJr.y io act m ;in matte; wltii
the declaration tha: it would f>ave
to he hands d by the University'?;
; <• of trustee
ih furthc; add.;:.' ln.it the . •
'.-i':-. eilvt-s mytler of s ;,;e policy L>:
which ih? St;tte give.- the ans-.vcri
Attorney Herman 1.. Taylor. „f
;I he NoHh Carolina Lena! Comrni;-!
tec fi? iho National Association for
th Advancement of colored p.-. - 1
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HOUSTON YOUTH
VICTIM OF TEXAS
POLICE ASSdULT
HOUSTON iAN i P - A differ
;nce of opinion seems to exist b; -
; tween two groups of white citizen,
i.- to whethi r a you’■ N grow: -
the victim of police t ..lality for
aIK godly having bum pod women
( mg on stairs of a down
. tow n deparhnent stor.- here ia.-t
■ k One group claims the boy
' was mistrcaled. whip the other
soup sided with two detectives
*nd claimed the arrest was m ac
•n.'-dance with the las
Aceordin:’ t:.> D. I. ctivc.- \V L
' IcK i.-klf • - icJ .1 o. (i i driy «c- - -
. I women had compi;. tea to .. an
Thai the roufh was staiuling al lhc
i o of the Mairs. bumping women
Ucv ou-sio. I’iiL detectives .-.iaJ
viey wen: over to out. .'in 'he bt
hut that e attempted to run When
I cy grabbed him. hi 'fought like
l i T,
Agreeing wr.h lhc detectives
<o>n: iuhtl oi. ... : .;k page;
Afr>. Ingram Avs aits
l)ec • Moil of Ga.
New York While awaif
irsg the decision ->f Judge
William M. Harper on she
motion for a new trial. Mrs,
issued a sf if lenient from her
prison cell in Americus, Ga.,
R- Lee Ingram this week
authorizing the National As
sociation ftcr she Advance
menl of Colored People "to
teke compleie and exclusive
charge of the defense of my
self and my minor sons, Wal -
lace Lee and Saramie Lee In
gram, in the case in which
w» have been convicted of
murder in. the Superior Court
of Schley County, Ga."
Following argument lasi
week by NA ACP attorneys
for a new trial. Judge Harper
announced that he would
reserve his derision which he
said he would hand down
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At the regional conference <>S
the NAACT held at Tuskegev
tnsti.ute on AErrei Dr. J
l).n is. President <>! fir- KaU ig
i'.raiteh. shown giving A.iliri
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CHUMP SUED FOB
RALHIPON
CHICAGO • CNSi The mo;!!:
i inshdliTuint oj tnc u.iw 'oni-. i- tn
-• Jov l.onis iiiodel Car.- ’•
j Drake Faulkner ami > r husband
'Chaplain Matthew C Faulkner.
: ti okt tin.- wc-ck - in. v. hen Faulk uc ■
i Died oamagt suit .gairst the ciiani
.iinn for a half million colLir.-.
Though there not much chance
of Faulkner winning ni.v caf-e
Illinoi-' outlav >■ d -ucli suits as ot
Dpocmvei Lst, tl.o Cliaplain is ga:;.
in; much limelight - y air.ng -
mtufiai woes ana focusing sore.r
rum-tv. niid .ittention -r. Louis.
Charging that Loui: a ole She
. feet ions of h;s prci'-y wife with
i gif Is b'.lalitn: fui.i.oa,; hu tuding 515.-
.)(•!. f> iiilkia■! ; 1 o blamed
: Lov..-' Lor to - i.»s< of 1.-vs Iron; hi.
;two children. Kv nnc'h ■; ,md C>
i i
.tor jn i; trope
Joe. in V'arft-; Fra.'n,o:; r» -c r
ond honeymoon with wife JJarva,
denied everything '"There is no
truth in it," he said emphatically.
He and Marva will ie .ve for the
states Wednesday win he .. ill get
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White a cheek tor s)7f, which
is the balance on In- tife mrm
hership. More than iPMt represer.
lativrs. from se\f.- .- .lulhern
Stales were jees. tit
She above phot. shows a group
of pledgees to /<■ a chapter, Phil
arielphia, ot Phi Delta Kappa sor
or'tv. from left !o right the\ arc.
Evangeline Moore, Ruby Smith,
Elaine Thomas, )'th< ; Hibbert
ai.o Jessne Coverdale.
Mrs. Hihhert is the first white
teacher to become u pledgee of
/eta chapter. (ANPI
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RES!ONAL PLAN
Th< E o-t Ra leigh Civic Forum in
it.- regular monthly meeting Sun -
condemned both *'-, Rcn’tono!
Seh - idea at, proposed by its
Sou be it Governor.- conference ano
the pri <cnt Jim Crow employment
policy as InlUi.veei by the Raleigh:
Pori Office.
it condemned the* Region.- 1
School idea because they are “plan- 1
ned to circumvent the eonstiiution
id requirement of equal opportun
ity and because the Negro cannot
compete favorably in American life!
it ht is* to be given interior graduate j
training in addition to unequal tin !
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IN ASSAULT m
mm TEACHER
WINDSOR A H- Hie County
Shc-r fl w,.- rvtcio.' .1 on 525.01 D
b-.md Tut so ay after he had been
m i one c. on charges ..j burg) ;tb
and attcmpU'-d. ernnin::! asault or. a
40-yo.it-old" Negro so.■ G i<>acher.
’fl... .. iff a; ye: old Harry L.
Smith. \v;;- cc.r u • Mil's Klsza
bc’h Till ;f having' ic-reibly entet
r-u her home on March 28 at id at
tempt ing I*, for..-, her to submit to
Aflt r 20-fYiiD'ntt’ witn
iic. efli's uv’t-l atlnckor w
hei wev. tor ss . Mi- Pvu.
i sai«l that .v)k struck hmi and lieit
jto :he home of her -u xi door neigh-
K? M \!\i;i> HOI Sf 1
Ac\ oidim; t<» Thr’ acr iunt of ?hv
avvn to Chit-i oi PoVwe Pen .
G Luptoe if Winds(fi* Miss Piii
?v ighbor, P .ter Smallwood, wnteii
uii Pi it's homo mi about an
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\rkan.sas Governor
flea rs $ lute Girl Hap
Racial Prejudiee. Bias
l/ITTI.I ROCK. Ark. (ANP)
A white teen-aged girl creat
ed quite a sensation during a
pane! discussion at the future
Homemakers of Anic iean meet
ing here last week when she
urged several thousand of her
contemporaries ,'not to be
stampeded into accepting the
racial prejudices oi the older
genera ion."
What made the situation so
interesting was tin tact that
tlov. Ben Luney, leading south
ern governor opposing Presi
dent Truman’s proposal to guar
antee certain civil rights to Ne
groes. was attending tile meet
ing.
The pane) diseusvnn was a
feature of the annual FHA
state convention, which had
about 6.009 young eu-men who :
are students in home economics
in high schools throughout the
state. Miss Meriiyi, Beverly,
Stuttgart, was (he speaker who »
clashed with the ‘‘racial preju
dices of the older g( m-ratton. 1
Continued un page eight »
it! I t HNS ! O t JTV Th.
Ri >. George A I islter. who re
turned to R Heigh lie- week in
take over tile pastorate of the St.
Ambrose Trotestam Episcopal
i 'hureli.
ill! Rev. Ml I i'll! ! who ah
tortnerlv til. pastor of S( \in
Prose, left the city vfral years
ago to accept :t pas'iorat*' in
I ouisviilc, K>.
School Parity Is
Ordered by Court
In Vi mini a Case
RICHMOND i ANT; Federal
•Tt icl fie Sterling Hutch, son. sit.tibfi
in Fedeitil tii-'ii iet cou.* bore Tues
day. dee!nod that Suny County
• chool officials are violating t’; • t
U. S Cons!iuition iri discriniifiai
,n'-: against Ne groes i" vhe m.itti i
.-.1 educ;i.n>n and i.rdt «d the Sin •
ry School board ''iniiiiediately i.
make plans to eqtioii'/.C' the edu
cational faeilit :es anc. opportunities
'N ;... i h:!d :; >■ ill Stir, y ecu'. . .
Judge Hutcheson, -.vho handed
down meunentous ciei cions in th,.
historic Tom Tuns'.ni railroad
case and other school eases iovtuv
ing unconstitutionai discrimination
against Negroes ruled uncor.sti! a
‘uonal Virginia s whole system of
.separate but equal .'aeilities sot
Negro and white eilizi v. .
This judgment of tut court wiL
set the pat Lem for cither school cases
now pending in the ivsu’ts of Vir
ginia ft 11 final dispos-i ion. These
7 Edi to rs No w On
European Tour
As Army Guests
WASHINGTON •AN Hi The
seven editors and publishers wii >;
recently left Washington for an
European tour are now on the (
first leg of their two week survey ;
announced the department ol army
Inst week
They have inspected the Kitzingen i
Basic Training center in Germany j
They were welcomed by Bug. G n. ■
Lewis C Beebe, commanding gen
era! of the trainin”' t enter, and b |
number of Kitzingen otficers. who
accompanied them on a tour of the j
training and recreational facilities j
at she installation.
Tht editors and publishers wore
guests of the ..eereu-o ol the ;."i-A
on their arrival at Kitzingen, and
were accompanied by Col Harold
£ McKinney. European command- :
e; public informat!or. division de-|
TWO WITNESSES
NEAR BLOWS AT
SENATE HEARING
WASHINGTON - (ANP)
Truman K. Gibson, former civil
ian aide to the Secret at y of War
end Grant Reynolds, former
Ai my .-haplain, nearly came ti
blow.- on Capliol Hill !;ist week
dunng Senate hearings on uni
versa! milittiry t ~:nmg Ugisla
ti.on.
The jimerot. s' siuti used f v
the armed forces was blasted
before the sonar-• at mod services
i urnnitte.' Wednesday by some
u! ;he lifts: it-’andng !t-ader-:
of this country.
While soiTV' of the witnesscs
■ iivored a universal military
training iiil], and s; ir, t - :
: all were in record that .-:<-i>re
g-atn'm and diseriminution Fu’.uld
be eliminated. Howto t . ~f
ih< wtnesses iiffered on how tins
result could be obtained
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OMEOAS WONT
support sraiE
AGAINST DRAFT
ROANOKE, V a,—The Omega
Isi Ph; Fraternity neither be
m'ves that N.'groeft: should refuse
to hear arms under eireumstan
ces woul.-i constitute trea
r ■- - ; .d if autiiorize Grant
it. ynoids ■’ New V.) u City to
propose any : ueb refusal during
b:s tostim in> an Wednesday,
March 31. bvfe.ie th« Senaie
A; na d Seivie,- Comiruttee.
This was ill.. uneqi: :v.>e.a] dee
hi rat ion t. i;i T!iursda> bv Dr.
Harry T Penn of Roanoke,
Grand Bassieii ot the fraternity,
m ;. tviegram sent Senatcu
Chan Gurney. Chainnan of the
S-mate CummiLiee tx-:.:v( which
R-.-.vriold.-. t; .-.tilde !. along -with A
j'biiip Randolpli, .iso of New
York City.
It also disclaimed any a-jtho,’-
iz.ation implied by Reynolds that
he could speak jointly for the
fraternity and any othei orgaivi
r.ai iurt or orgiini/ations Rev
iContinued on baev. page)
involve cases against the schoo«
i hor.rci.- of Kir;r. On'.i Ch"s.ter
lu !:! 'ft .-- i' ap
pe.,, s tha' ice Prnices- Anne Coir.-
■ . school case may ■ ■ -n reach tt.ft
courts bc lv.re it can b. handled sal
toniy fin (In comp lining Ne
gro patrons .!• that county.
PERM VM AT i V.) ( N( ! SON
The jticigi •- dei.ft.aen declared.
"Tne defi-iuiants .are u rp<-tuul
iy enjoined ano n." saim-d i'nimi
discriminating nfia.-.st the plaintiffs
and <iny other Ncg.se • -hoo) child.
cn accouni of hi.- ■ nc. nd cuius, .a
Surry County, in nrovabiv and
maintaining school : .cilitie: m
cluding Liuilfiim-. v ,|.i.;-ntent. bus
transportation. Invi aides and quali
fied instructional a.id ja-. .’toi'i..i
personnel, and fror:. paying N.gsi
school teachers in Lun-y couniy
less salaries. ■'! uccount of Lbci:
race and color, than that paid tv
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puty; Lt. Col. Marcus H. Ray, Ne
gro, troop advisor for the Euro
pen ll command, Capt. Peter Erick
i son of Europun command public
; information division office of 13. S.
military government, end Lt. John
T. Martin. Ji escort officer from
| headquarters, department of army.
Following inspection at Kitzingin
! the group left for N urn berg. In
cluded in the touring group were
| Thomas Young, editor and publish
er ,-f the Norfolk Journal and
Guide; Frank Stanley, editor and
publisher of the Louis/'lie Defend
er: Clifford Mac Kay managing edi
tor of the Baltimore Afro-Amer
ican: Dovvdal Davis, general man
ager of the Kansas City Call; Wil
liam G. Nunn, managing editoi of
the Pittsburgh Courier; Carter
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