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RIGHTS BASIC SAYS TRUMAN ROBESON HITS BOTH PARTIES IN SPEECH THE CAROLINIAN 16 Pages VOLUME XX Vi I, NO. 51 SLA YS WIFE ~ WITH SICKLE ★ ★ ★ * ★ ★ ik ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ * ★ ★ ★ ★ ’★ ★ ★ Mother Os Publisher Dies At 73 Assails Both Os Major Parties In Rally Speech BOND IS DENIED IAN IS ORDERED HELD FOB TRIAL RALEIGH- Ernest Person of 5 M-r-Icy Lane was bound ov*-r t<.< Superior Court on first degree murder churges Tuesday following tie- death -f hU' .vdr, Margaret Person wit-, died Sunday of wounds mflieteu with n crass sickle. Person, who called p dice at about 8.30 Sunday night, told po lice that he and h;s wife had had a "bad fuss" and that he "rec koned” that he had killed he:. Mrs. Person, the mothei of a three year old daughter, was found lying dead on the floor when the police arrived. She had died of cut- about the neck and a wound ove: the left breast which had been inflicted by the sickle. The husband told police that his wife had come toward him with a hatchet in hei hand .lin - ing the argument and that K* had .truck at her .several tiroes with the sickle. The dead v oman was holding the hatchet when police arrived. When questioned. Person denied that he had placed the hatchet in his wife’s hand. At the inquest, held Monday, Coroner Irving M. Cheek ordyn'-d that a w»i rm: chat-pinti murch - be issued against the husband. When b.- was bound over to the (Continued .»> page 8. ret Section' Bundle In Palestine lith l. S. Delt Ration LAKE srrcF.ss, \ y tANP) f>r. Ralph .T. Btinebr. person al rcprespnlaive of the IIN sec retary-general and chief of the secrrtatlat in PaPstlne and Count Foikc Bernadette, I'nited Nations mediator, are on the Palestine scene The complete rooter of T"N Palestine person - l>r. Bunch is the only Negro rrej in the feil number 31. in the party. SHAW UNIVERSITY IS HOST TO BAPTISTS Raleigh, N. C. The twelfth annual Minister's Institute and the eleventh Women’s Missionary ‘ Training Conference wen held at Shaw University Monday through Friday, June 14-18. The opening session, Monday afternoon at 1:30 was an organization meeting and was directed by President Robert P. Daniel of Shaw. Classes for ministers were held for two hours each morning and afternoon. A course dealing with the study of the Book of Revela tions was -taught by Dean W, R Strassnev of the Shaw University School of Religion and a second course in Pastoral Counseling j was taught bv Dr. J. L. S. 'Hollo j man. President otf the Washing- 1 ton Baptist Seminary, Washing ; ton, D. C. TvAJ-Hour Classes Classes for Missionary Work* ‘ NORTH CAROLINA’S LEADING WEEKLY _ RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1018 The ,!.v on's two major politi cal parties were tne targets for attacks by Paul Robeson and Dr. Clarke Foreman, principal speak i rs at a Third Party political ral ly held Tuesday night in the Ra leigh Memorial Auditorium. The raiiy. attended by approx imately 1,000 persons oi both . aces, developed into a combina tion concert, fund raising drive, and lecture on the shore *"nin,c of the present Administration and Congress Held under the sponsorship of the newly-organized Progressive Party of Norjh Carolina, th" meeting was advertised as an at tempt to mobilize support so r Henry We Race's candidacy for President ; the United States. President -of Southern Conference Dr. Foreman, president of hie Dr. Foreman, president r? the Southern Conference for Human Welfare and an ardent Wallace supporter st rcsseci tne need t< . support of the Third Party and its candidates so that the people of the United Slates might have an opportunity to elect whose :n --inWrests would be nose of the •Continued n page 8. is! Section * LANGSTON LAW STUDENT QUITS CUES PRESSURE OK! AHOMA CITY -ANT' "Pressure" < c.ised 31-year-old T. :V[. Roberts .1 local waiter who bj be !h< f'rst student t*> enroll in Langston Universe;-. School oi iaw. to change his mind he e about en'ero.g lost week According to Roberts whose enrollment had been approved by Dean Jerome Homey for the .school's sumra.: classes: "The pressure wa.% more than I could tak'. I've bucked the church, Paternal organizations and the man in the street since I said 1 was going. Anri 1 know the pres sure wouldn’t lei up when I ,;o‘ started." The decision came after Robe-/'! nvt wi'h a croup n a four-hum session. He did not disclose the • Continued on page 8, Ist Section) ers were held for two hours each morning, A course for senior mis jfionaries dealt with the Bible and Misisons and was taught by Mrs W, L. Ran.-ome of Richmond, V,*. The junior group studied Evange lism for Youth under the direc • lion of Mrs. Robert P Daniel. All conference and summer : session assemblies ye c- held Wednesday and Friday mornings at 11:30 in Grcenleaf Auditorium The Rev Sandy F Ray, PastOJ of Cornerstone Baptist Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.. was heard Tues i day in one of a series of three lee - , lures on "The Church and Social j Issues." Dr. Holloman spoke at i ‘Ho ‘rpiri • morn in : Public Meetings 1 Public meetings wore held each ! night Monday through Thursday !v. ith sermons on the Must three 1 (Continued or, page 8, Ist Section) ) . jjjjjj | m w~' Wau 4 4 Hb mm PASSES Mrs. R. S. Jer vay, the mother of the Jervay family of printers and newspa permen, who was buried in Wilmington Monday following her death at her home in Wil mington r.n Friday, (See story on this page. PROBE FLORIDA ELECTION RIOT AT OKEECHOBEE By James B. I.aFonrche MIAMI • ANP) - Failure of the Okeechobee authorities to invest! gate an alleged May 25 election j night attack on x Negro canning ! crew plant there, has resulted in; | .-'tate atterne.-. .- offi. <: sup erceding i'.e email town official* and to date, more than 50 whits witnesses have been grilled con- Mcadmg the state investigators; as Than H t arltor' of Fort Pierce. The latter staled that tile quiz «on Id ia.-t more than ;> week. He did not disclose v. he had learn-; I. The n>v.t:g l on was launch.d ■ after Gov Mill , d Caldwell, chief foe of President Truman’s tO-Poirl ■ civil lights program had been pe titioned by Alien Markham, co-own er -if the plant :c> act. It was disclosed that a full report . of the incident has been tuned over ■ to the state’.*; attorney's office by Sgt T. K. Jor.es, of the Florida Highway patrol The state attorney’s ' ' i Conti rued on page 8. Ist Section.' 3RD PARTY YOUTH GROUP TO BAN ALL RACIAL BIAS New York iVNPj A new na tional vo u t h organization, i , pledged to outlaw jim crow i.i Arni’i ican life and to support th i policies and program of the third party of Henry Wallace and Sc 1. Glen Ta.vfor. v ill be formed tn Philadelphia next month, it was announced this week by -10 Ne gro youth loaders. The youth leaders have joined 1 785 other youths in a call for the t founding convention of the new - organization. The announcement for the ,1 coming convention was made ■ ; public bv Seymour Linfield. ’ vouth director of the National i Wallace for President committee, t 1.500 Delegates About 1.5i>0 delegatl-r repre settling religious. Negro, labor, i farm and student youths will a*- . tend the two day session on July • 1 25 and 26 at <'i nvention hail in ) vContinued "it page g, ist Section) Last Rites Held In 'Wilmington For Mrs. Jervay WILMINGTON Last rites i were held Monday afternoon, 4 o’clock, from St. Luke AMF Zion t Church, foi Mrs. Mary Alice Jer viy, 73, mother of the Jervay ; family of printers and newspa- > per men. Site died last Friday as- < tei noon at her late residence, 412 ; South Seventh Street. The eulogy was delivered by ( Dr. S. J. Howie, presiding elder t of the Cap-.* V -a: Conference / the AME Zion Church, the faiih i which she embraced at the age < of 12 years. Assisting the Rev. » Mr. Howie any seated on tb rostrum were the Revs. H. B. Shaw. B. H. Baskerville, R. Ham- . ilton Jeter, R. Irving Boone, G. W. Billips, A. J. Kirk, Clarence i Thomas. -V. Q. Welch, J H. Moore, E B. Bowling, and Wil liam Childs. The seivices were 1 simple an 1 lasted but 30 minut..-, ( Members of the Pulpit Aid C'luh, of which site was president sat in a body and handled the 1 Dixie Governors Flan Stop Truman Strategy New Castle, N. K. (ANP) While here for the annua! Na tional Governor's conference, seven governors, opponents of President Truman, met in private session and mapped out there anti-Truman campaign for the coming Democraitc convention. In their exclusive confab these governors decided to hold a ape cial caucus meeting a few days i more Ur* -convention. At tht ; meeting they would select their candidate and plan their tactics lor the convention The group was led by Gov. J. Strom Thurmond of South Caro lina. Others attending the meet ing were Beaufovd H. Jester, Texas, Milliard Caldwell, Fiore o'a; William M. Tuck. Virginia, Karle C. Clements, Kentucky: Ben T. Lane.y. Arkansas, and ’'iri.diug L. Wright. Mississippi. Caucus Slated Plana call for a causus meeting of 15 southern states opposed to the President's civil rights pro posals. It was revealed that anti- Truman representatives from th* west would also be invited to at tend the caucus. The name of the southerners’' ' Greenville, S. C. Opens Polls To Negro Voters GREENVILLE, S. C. (ANP) Last week, just 13 months, after an all-white jury of 12 voted to acquit 23 fellow towns men who admitted participation in the lynching of a Negro I accused of slaying a taxi driver, the -Greenville County Demo cratic executive committee decided open its roll books and ballot boxes to permit Negroe:; to vote in the party primaries. In its action, the county group stood at odds with stale control on three issues. They are opening the Jell fco-oks to Ne ll groes, giving them the right lo vote on the same basis with j whites, and banning a new registration oath that would have j been obnoxious to Negroes. The first county id take such action, Greenville has the largest population of soy other county in the state. 175.020 j people. The move is regarded by political observers as evidenc | of "enlightened leadership and -one of the most important develop j merits in slate political annuals." SINGLE t A COPY lUC PRICE 10 v flowers. A police cscot t led the 3-block cortege to Pine Forest Cemetery, where, interment followed. There about 100 floral designs were placed on the grave of the de ceased and on other graves in the family plot. Nearly 100 telegram.- were received, including one from the Hon. Hargrove Bellamy and the Hon C. C. Spaulding in ■- hose lathe; s home the doused ■ived while teaching in Columbus County An equal number oi cards and letters have been re ceived. St. Luke's Choir furnished mu sic at the graveside. John H. Shaw's Son- fun real directors, handled arrangements Active pallbearei s were Robert fi. CTawlev W D. Campb. 11. Beechci Williams L. M. Austin. Charles Evans and Frank Walker. Honorary nalibearors w o r c Morgan Spencer, Herman Story. • Continued on page 8. Ist Section? candidate or possibilities was not given. Gov. Caldwell did say, however, that his slate’s delega tion would support Gov Wright. Gov Thurmond said. ‘We are against Truman; we fee! lie is not the right man foi President. If he is nominated we don't think he can in* elected At any rate \*. ■ are against him." He said that his state does not intend to vote fur either Pre-.t dent Truman or a Republican candidate. His state would v- It. it-, electors who then could threw tniur electoral votes where thee choose Southern states planning to use this plan hope to keep either candidate from getting a majority thus throwing the elec tion into the house of represent;!- ivos. Then each slate would have i’n equal voice in the voting. In other anti Truman develop ments it was rumored that Ala bama’s bolting H delegate- who plan to leave the contention if 7. mnan is nominated had picked former Li. Gov. Handy C. files as their leader. A spokesman for •he group, however, denied the reports. The other 12 Alabama □ legates do not plan to bolt the convention. "'* #-p° t y ; ' <- ' ,f , -"t )L ~ t*/ - • ‘ C p& ~ -» THIRD PARTY SPEAKERS Dr. Clark Foreman, president of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare and Paul Robe.Un. noted singer, actor and lecturer are shown as they sat on the stage of the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium following a N. C, Progressive Party Rallv held Tues day —Carolinian Photo TRUMAN SCORES ON RIGHTS PLEA mn causes POSTPONEMENT OF TITLE BOOT NEW YORK The Joe Louis - Joe Walcott fight, scheduled f o r Wednesday night because of rain and threatening weather. The announcement of the postponement came from Promoter Mike Jacobs short ly after it began raining dur ing the weighing in -ci the two fighters. Pre - fight estimates of probable gate receipts varied between $500,000 and SBOO,- 000. SHOTGUN BLAST ALMOST KILLS 14-YFAR-OLD SOT Whtit might have been tragedy ; n;.i rowiy everted fids week ;,s ’ ; 14 vear-old Willie Greenfield re- : . ;reived .superficial scalp wound- 1 . from the charge of a 36 gauge . ( .shotgun !!,■( : j at hint o> a 9 yea. - J! old playnfinte According to police versions of the shootirig, young Greenfield 'and nine-y* ar-01-i Albert Pai-ker ,! ha.-i h-»en playing a card gt me i called “smut” at the latter's hoiru . | The oldei bov asked the young, er to go outside and sec: if his • Continued on page H. 1.-i Sceiion' t MOPE RACE OOPS MAY 8E HIRED SY | PORTSMOUTH 1 PORTSMOUTH Vn. iAXPI - (The appointment of more Negro i police to the police department iseemed assured <>. the nc;. t - future !is. ••» week for t.ui.s southern city |whet- Ci-.y Man.ii.vT W. Guy An -1 roll announced that he intended to ; increase the number of police for the city. Eight additional police me need led, Anctli said, and he r.nnouncea I that he intended to add more Nc- Igroes to the farce. There arc two Negroes well qualified to hold po lice jobs in Portsmouth, Anccl! re : vealed. nncl he said he intends to : appoint them. Arcc-11 said he had made a study j of the record of Negro police in 'other southern cities and had found , they in e an asset to Inc Xmt;v. .These police officials. Aneell found, are confined chiefly to tht Negro ,sections of the cities where their I work nrs proved ftatlrfartcrlly. ho • ! said. BV \U( t. A, D*. NMIi.W • LOS ANGEt.ES ANP) Brere ■den: T . -n h « -<■: re Ne.gr-• voter-- in seethere Cahhi.- ni.i whir: he reaffirmed his stand -ill cidil rights In i closed conference with stale delegates to tne national Dei nor rant convention, the President wa- asked jif he planned to stick by his civ:! rights program. He is alleged ti have replica. "Os cour.-e I'm gre.:g ;•» stand by .t. When I make a statement or •* promise 1 ah-vay.- stand by it." The conference u. .s In-id ;tt. ttu A: ss.irii 1 he.;,.; . ; Angel; s. Monde. > . immediately fellow!;.,• a luncheon given by the I. A. pr.re • c-lub at beautiUtl ('ocoanut Grove.' Ist foil:; Cisht-poiro .mil!; am V 11: it Thr- civil ! :vhis questioo w ,-s : ;e --. n ro me private eonfcrer.c;' by ;n* ; ! Rev. Clayton Rtisseil. pre.lor of ihv. I h idept’nden t church of. Chi i-t and! : t* of the t-A*,. Aegro delegai’ts 1e» • , tile National Democratic conv. ri- Tfc President pointed o: »o the • delogaiion that the civil light.- pio-: ; gram is iri accrnti ivtth the Con st'Udio;. *-f the Doited Stale-. : was included in (ho 1>« nmcratic platform of 1944 w hich he .insisted , M GROKs I‘l i DOl.n >1 IM'OR'l' The Rev Mr RusmU !e t told | it, is r*;*jiiar!er n -: -Hi* Neyro von' i- 1 ' not entir. i . lost to tne D,rnoer.i!. party. .-.ItJ-;; ii* it ;.dta.,tied ihr.t i the Wi.llnc- party had ettf a iar..-. gap j "Trmvian's civ; l rights hill cheek-; ed- vai.it a--•;•(*! h,i\, beer; .< ' hole-' -.ii*- ( low >1 the Negro vote te AVal- Idc*c. hr Scud. • U Mr Tier,-p-.n n:i-hes iii- <*i-ai)l rights bill and if the Demoeraiic • .-iglits pre-g; am :e it.-; pi,;'form. Iltc Negro vote will he largely !):nui ; y: Sre, ALDERMEN WELCOME I HILL AS CO UN OILMAN Richmond, Va. (ANP) ■ Oliv ; W. Hill, who \v;« rlocted to tin new City council here June H. ■ i was warmly welcomed by his 8 • white colleagues when the body held its first .brief session in the ; city .hail Monday, June 14. I Councilman W. Stirling King,' ! who was chosen temporary chair man, told .his colleagues: “This is indeed an historical session of the Council . The I s thf first time in some 80 veaiS > I that a member of the Negro race i • has been a member ol our Cu.v I I council. Today we welcome Mr. . Hill as one of our colleagues. We - Hire fully aware that: Mr. Hill : worked vigorously foi the adop ijtion of the charter undei which ■; we Will operate nod that he is a ■ |since friend of our new charter. ’ The council will meet the se- j eond and fourth Mondays at 2:so i ‘jp.m.. Mr. Hill having suggested 1 the hour for meetings, until Sep’.. LOSE FiQHT TO TO ENACT JC DRAFT BARRIER WASHINGTON -\XPt- - The 1 ID-through 25 years draft bill had entire bouse hire last Wednesday, with Ihe result that two attempts ito bar racial segregation hf» the armed forces were defeat;-.1. But the house adjourned without any apweeiabie headv.'a- . beca-use, it 'still faces a host of air.i nutrients to ■jii- measure the oigaos' itom . ( which )■ the "civil riyh'.s bloc"--a e. diet a e -ii of 26 fflort: which they | cud not get to The test amendment was offer - <vi iiy Rep J .la K jam's <TJ >P | Y.l. who wanted t write a non* segregation clause into the pre* . ini'u-. It was rejem ed I .’ls-23 a rear initial test vote. S■ ' r. another ■ ueh proviso v down by a vcMt •of 102-14. though backers chursfeti Debate or, ihe bill ■ Pied has tCiiutimu-d ,a: pare 8. Ist Section) I till. IS. DICkl liSOA unity l.\W Glll.l) j CHICAGO - (ANPi Kurt B. Dicker- <'ii was etedoe last wee.H. ui esitit’i;t of Ihe Cbicapo i'Kppto Pi the- National Lawy.. rs guild, and • Judge VP 'Die!l r Green wav •elcet i-ii av, c e.resicieri! The election .v;... held at the u) . tip's annual or offie. :s .-.re David M<u?yr ■ ~11 Yi\ i:m Wa:.a , ■ t peo”’- David B Rotbsdein, secrc :m ■ !■'■.ihcri ■!. Gorman. : eusufej, and Judge 'Wilkem H Holly, hem- 7 when the g »up officially takes over the adminisirative duties of the ity government. Mr. King wic etccted to serve also until Sep!. 7. Immediate Job The immediate iob of the new ’council is the selection of a cits’ manager for which applications .no now in order Later the coun cil will'ehoose one of their mem i ber ; , to act as city mayor. Commenting on Mr. Hill’s elec • 1 ion the Richmond Times Dis- J patch, morning daily edited by Virginias Dabney, stud: “Something of a milestone In Richmond’s modern political bis lory was .set with the selection of i Olivet W. Hill, Negro attorney, to the council. No colored citizen has been chosen to public office here since the late 19th century, and some white Richmonders may be inclined to view the no <Continued »n page 3. Ist Section>