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VOLUME XXVIII RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1948 NUMBER II
SLAY MAN IN BUS STATION
URBAN *LEAGUE ENDS MEET
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Ay'x% mMMM x:3 ~ : ' y ! '' ; '
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ATTEND MANAGERS SCHOOL
A hove are siiown many of the ;
managers and assistant managers '
of vhe North Carolina Mutual
Life Insurance Company who at
tended the one week's school for
managers ami assistant manag
er', conducted lasi week at Dur-
POLICE BONFIRE I
HALTS MANIAC’S!
TERROR REIGN
CHARLOTTE A 55-year-old
man. believed to have been an ;
amnesia victim, was she! to death ;
by police on a crowded platform
at Charlotte's Union Bus Terminal
Thursday night after having ter
rorized scores ot persons with a
heavy shovel
The victim of the shoo dug, laics
identified as a resident of Buffalo. {
N. V., who had been missing* from j
liis home for more than a week i
was Bob Jones, wl-o-t sister told !
Buffalo police that he had been
complaining of pains in his iu-.id i
since a laW down u thy: • ■ i i
*, v t')
He met hi? death b-oni i< t.nd i
(Continued on h.ic* page)
WHITE SAILS FOR!
PARIS ON MEET
NEW YORK Walter White,
executive seen;vary of the National
Association tor the Advancement of
Colored People sailed today on the
* U. S. S. America for Paris, where
he will act as a consultant to the
meeting of the United States mis
sion to the United Nations.
Tiie NAACP executive secretary.
*in addition to representing the
hall million members of the Asso
ciation, will serve as a spokesman
for several othei organizations, in
cluding the National Alliance of
Postal Employees, the National;
Medical Association, Alpha Phi 1
Alpha Fraternity, the National Bap- •
ttot Convention and Omega. Psi I
Phi Fraternity,
NORTH CAROLINA’S LEADING WEEKLY
ham Ivy the company with the
cooperation oh the Life Insur
ance Management Association of
Hartford, Conn.
Officials of (he company « hti
pP* ~ ;4
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HOLD FIRST SEMINAR -
Meeting at the first discussion
si s icii of ’i. 1 i % faculty sem
inar arc, lift to right: !)i Wesley
,5 l.yda, Dean, School of Art- mid
.Sciences TNI Ur Alonso Myers.
< .'tairtn ifi Division
Eduration, v- .oik t'liiyi rsi.y ,
Ur St tlxrii . anler President
*;*t\ Cornier ttlni-tei to Li
beria. and former Aetinft Pre-L
)ii iM of !f iruu.ni InstituU. greet
irig Use flrM lecturer, Dr Mai
SHOTGUN BLASTS
KILL FATHER OF 6
WHO DARED VOTE
Mt. Vernon. Ga. The hate
and intolerance which sweat Her
man Tahnactee. the son of ‘(Tie
Gene”, into the Democratic can
didacy for Lh>- Governorship of
Georgia last week spelled death
for a 28-year old Negro father <
who had dared vote in the oiec i
tion.
The dead man. Isiah Nixon, the
father of six: small children, was
slain by shotgun blasts a few
hours after be had disregarded j
warnings not to vote in the pri- i
: nary. I
The slaying occurred at the
were presen. included G. W.
Cox, vice president and secre
tary; V. W. Cox, vice president
anti director of agents; D C
Deans, Jr„ vice president and
coin) MaeLcwn, (“rofejeitir of Higft
er I .duration !’fdvi*r*i,y «! Cali
fornia at ! os Ai'ceJe-. former
rri xldent to Hampton and * *’“
head Dr. I L '*
Dean, Coil* c n, tris and Sei
< n<"' » .entity of Trviv uiui
.*i it fume* Dean. School a)
Ifi hrilt al and Yoi utlooul Educa
tion at T-.l . formerly (Tmlrmun.
Teacher 'I rattling Department in
Industrial Education at Damp
t r*.
TSC I'hoio by Itirhardftutt
: Nixon home in Alston where a
! group of white men knocked on
the door, asked Nixon how be
had voted and immediately open
ed fire.
Arrested for the murder were
J A. Johnson, white, ar.u his
j younger brother, Johnnie The
former is being held in jail on
. charges of murder while the lat
ter has been released under SSOO
; bail as an accessory.
Shot Three Times
< Nixon died in a Dublin, Ga.,
(Continued on page <s, Ist Section)
associate director nf a Rents and
J. C, Wheeler, assistant director
of agents. States represented in
cluded Maryland. Noi\h Caro
lina, South Carolina. Georgia,
Alabama, Louisiana, Tei)n* xsee,
and Pennsylvania,
RALEIGH STORES
TO HOLD 3-DAY
SALES FESTIVAL
Merchants of Ruk-igh "K,c-tern
Carolina's Shopping ('. ;u-r'
I Will fctage then j,usj city
V/icb- 1) arte l-v« fit i t The yep;
: Thursday, Fn<L> ,in-i Naitmlny,
y mht S 3 t* itj
' pin* I'Vwi will f-c ksvwn i.j "Kt
! SCOUTS DIVISIONAL
: COMMITTEE MEETS
I AT BLOODWORTH *Y’
The Occnnecchoe Council Divi- j
] sional committee mot Wedr.t.sday i
| tug!)’ at the Bloodworth JUrm 1
CVTCa, Raleigh. Dr. R. 1- Do -s I i
|Council Divisional Chairman, pr
] sided ot (he meeting which w,i; at -;
; i ended by Negro leaders rupee- j
renting the eleven county council |
The faii found up program way j
j outlined by George F. Newell, I
{Hold Scout executive. The roundi
|up i; designed, io get Stout units
; or; an operating basis as quickly
as possible following the lifting
of the polio ban.
Plans for participation in the j
I council fin ante campaign during j
October were made by the Scout j
leaders Roy M. Liles, Scout esc-i
culive, presented a campaign sched
ule which was adopted.
; The council-wide Negro campo
! rev was set to he held October
j 15-16 at the State School for No-.
j B'ro blind on V. S. highway No. j
j 70. East of Raleigh. The Counc
COPY 1 A
SINGLE 10C
LIBERALS SHOW
VARYING VIEWS
AT LEAGUE MEET
I RICHMOND (ANF) FOlmv
. ing u successful mass meeting at
' a local church M adav night, del
egates and conferees of the Na
tional Urban league meeting at
; VutgJr.ia Union university contin
ued their sessions at the schools.
Interesting is the combination
-I liberals attending the eonven
'll,--!.' '
'• ■ere are southern liberals who
in their o'«f,n interpretation oi
, benefits to the Negro Americans
vary and differ with their white
northern -associates.
From the south, most of the lib
e-Tai-; cnc when taiKoig, what has
been accomplished for the Negro
in Jheir areas—edu-ationu] bene
fits, health benefits, participation
to an extent in the city govern
ments and general progress. They
' ace firmly opposed to legislation
; to help Negroes obtain positions
lin industry and are -supporters
Reports coming into the Nation-
NGMCONDUCTS
SCHOOL FOR
MGRS., ASS'T
DURHAM - - The- Agency I)e
--1 partrnent of the North Carolina
Mutual Lift- Insurance Company,
| ; n cooperation with the Life Insur
j ance Agency Management Assoc la
i tlon, conducted a school hare la.-t
• week for its managers and assis-
I w " ts -
A delegation of 148 managers
|u!id assistants from eight states and
! District of Columbia met on the
i ‘•••irujius of North Carolina College,
: September (« through H to study
't-.-u ~ s.i marketing i;t<- insurance
vn v’i*w «>f meeting* the daily chal
of providing a better, more
•'Hit lent .if service at dimin
' ; hii»' cost.* fu policyholders, bene
f**'■•'*' •" aMCI tti,- public in general.
tV.vut, us »*(« insurance needs of
ptiidi* nov. smd r-uniid.-iit that
«■tiobiittcd on |»r.ga ft, Ist Section)
j Divisional annua! meeting and
i banquet Unto wo s also set and will
ibo held November 30 instead of o
j Jamu.ry as has been the custom
| during the past year.
Those attending die meeting
| were.
J- H. Schooler, Durham; J C.
| Hubbard, Durham; Henry V,' Gil
j Ur, Field Scout Executive, Durham:
jP A Williams, Apex; Dr. R P.
Daniel, Raleigh; M. C Hill, Ra
: leigh; Xack Ellis. Raleigh; W. F.
Peterson, Raleigh, H. C. High, Ra
leigh; Paul Waltzer; Raleij'h:
Joseph Bryant. Raleigh; C, A
Harris. X.ouisburg; Arthur J. Cald
well, Chapel Hill; J. S. Spivey,
| Diliington; Nelson Deane, Lilling-
I ton;
Bruce M. Boyers, Assistant Seoul
i Executive, Raleigh; Roy M Idles,
t Scout Executive, Raleigh; George
|F. Newell, Field Scour Executive,
cil Raleigh,
HAPS POLITICAL
IMPLICATION IN
! WHITE’S ON TRIP
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NEW YORK Long sniould- j
erinjj ideological differences |
which have long keQt NAACP in- j
tier councils in a state verging on I
an armed truce, flared into open
hostility this week as the race’s
Elder Statesman, Dr W. E 13
| Dußois, challenged the right of
NAACP Head Waiter White to
go to Europe on a Presidential
Mission.
The two men both highly in
! fluonlia-l In national and NAACP
| affairs, have long entertained di
| ametrically opposed political
j views which would have brought.
;• conflict to the NAACP hioa'-chy
i but iot the organization s deter
-1 minediy "nor r v tisau” policy.
This week, however, *!•. nv”
j policy provided Dr. Duliois with
ja vantage point from which to
i charge the NAACP Executive
( Secretary with plunging the As
; sociation into partisan politics
The opportunity was provided
Pans ConSsrencc
' as a result of Mr. White s agree
! mg. to attend the U. N. General '
i Assembly which meets this month
! u loiiTJmii'd on page S. Ist Section)
MAN DIES IN FALL
WADESBORO Joint Arnold ,
! 30-vear old Aberdeen man, w:n
i ki’io) early Sunday in n truck
; accident 12 miles north of hem
| wiii'ii, according to Patrolman F
■ R. Securest, he apparently fr-V
• iicad first from a moving truck
I Coroner H- H. Leavitt ruled
| the accident unavoidable.
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| WITS DIXIM RATS Os
: Ralph !. Haute y, noted dentist of ;
i Indianapolis, is leading the tight
; to remove the IMxiecrats from ;
, the iiallot in Indiana He has
: filed stilt in circuit court eharg- i
! ing the States Rights, party with
| viola ing the state’s ‘‘Anti-hate"
| law- of 194? This taws assures
; civil rights to ail mlnoritifs,
. something the DixlmnU oppose
(ANT
FALL SEMESTER
BEGINS AT ST,
AUGUSTINE’S
St Augustine's College opened
yri Tuesday of this week with reg
istartion of freshmen tind other
new students. On Wednesday re
turning students registered. Clar vs
begin for seniors, juniors aid
ophomore- begins at 8 A. M.
j Tmusday,. and for freshmen Fn
| day at the same hour The formal
| opening service, a tradition of Ion?
j -landing at the local college. will
| be held in the chapel on Scptein
j her 23 at S) A M Bishop Edwin A
; Peniek. president of the board o!
j trustees, has been invited to aci
j dress the college at that time.
| Tuesday’s opening followed s
! pre-session conference for the fac
i ally and staff, opened by President
j Harold L. Trigg on September Hi.
jAt that time new faculty and stuff
i nembers were presented: John L.
j Jones, a graduate of St. Angus
'tine's, registrar and veterans’ ad
ivlsci; Roy D Moore, athletics and
i physical education; Mrs. Roy D
I Moore, dietition; F R. West,
chemistry; Cleopatra Jones, Eng
lish; T. Lorraine Cumbo, secre
tary to the president and instructor
m the business department.
The program for freshmen
which began Tuesday Includes o
comprehensive schedule of testing
and counseling, in harmony with
the college policy of improving the
j results of inslrrctior, by knowing
j the student’s capabilities and needs,
j The pre-session faculty conference
i emphasized this goal, with portlc
i ular attention to methods of,teach,
jing critical thinking. Plans were
j made also for Introducing the re
j source-use- approach In classes and
extra-classroom activities.
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| WINS URBAN UIAGH.
I VWARD Miss J»Ha Rowcm.
Perrin. Shaw University sopho
more of Raleigh, was vt inner of
! second prize of §75.00 in. the
: Urban League’s Thalhcsmer Es
say Contest. Honorable mention
j also won., to three Shaw students:
| Harry L Huggins of Wilmington,
Theodore Walker, Greensboro;
and Miss Mary Bailey of iscutls
i burg, Va.
.Miss Perrin, who received the
> prize at the annual conference of
i 10,000 MISS. VOTERS
'ARE BEHIND TRUMAN
! CLAIMS PUBLISHER
S
| “The i 0,000 Qualified Negro
; voters in Mississippi, will support
President Truman n the coming
: November election not only with
their votes but also with thc-i.
money,” Percy Green, editor and
publisher o-i the Jackson Advo
cate, tills week flatly predicted.
Greens pledged his lull coope
ration in..the financial drive spon
sored by the National Citizen*
.Committee fo.* the Reeieetion of
i President Tnur/nn lie told C’ort
: gressman William L. Dawson,
j chairman, at the Commltiee's
{ headquarters in the BUtmore
Hotel that “the more than 1,12 b.
: OuO Negroes, to n extent unsur
i apassod by any other group, real
; iae that the stand taken by Pn
i dent on civil .rights exempli;':', s
| the highest ideal of .the Nation
• itself and puts America in step
j with growing public opinion.”
Hits "Lincoln Tradition"
i Greene said that “desp.tr- V
Lincoln tradition, Negroes in M-
I sissippi and throughout i:.
j South set- the Democratic Party
! as the real party of the people
. He stated that this conclusion has
: been reached by them 'after Hi
, years of social security benefits,
: improved -housing, federal aid to
, i education and fair wage stand
i j Continued on page 7. Ist Section
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Pledges Mississippi Voters !a Support Truman.
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j Percy Green, Editor and Publisher or the Jackson Advocate'pledges to
Congressman William L. Dawson. Chairman of fhc National Citizens Cent'.
; mittee for the Reelection of President Truman that ire qualified Negro
electorate of Mississippi will stand solidly behind President Truman in.
! the coming November election,
i '
the 1 t han Lragtn , Monday,
heptPn'.her t!, at Virginia Union
I mverstty Richmond, Va.: is
jiietuted above displaying the
»heck !is I'rof J. TV Wallace of
the Shaw University English de
partment, who supervised the
willing of ! ssays at she ins tilts
fion. The lady in the V.aekeround
of the Shaw PubU-ity office is
Itayel Scott, world famous pian
ist. who will be presented in con
i'- ri hy shaw early in November
a: Hah-gh Memorial Tadi.oviaa,
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CHAIRMAN I*r. Hrnr?.' Al
- Koyd, head n! tin' National
itaptis; board one of
: the grt-at bfitiine--*. enterprise# of
the race Hr is an impor.ant (»e
--1 tor .a the National Baptist Cots
■ V'-i.tton <d America which held
! its 68th annual session at Oak-
I land, California this week, t ANP)