THREE HELD AFTER LYNCH VICTIM ESCAPES OP! ,1 OL4.AS, La. Three white Louisianans face trial on kidnapping cha 'gas and Edward Honey cult, the intended victim of a lynch mob, is alive ■today do cause his would-be lynchers paused to flip a coin to see who would shoot him. Rights Enemies Will Fail, Says Michigan Senator WASHINGTON’, D. O St luit-!' Huocrt 1 v>. Os: in, ! i•! iVlinnt/ft t:>. ti: dared Wt iiie-.ci; ; mui-nit:; that (It current ; in the United Shite. Senate to frus trate action on U'-0.-uient Trumcn'.-! f'tvilr te. era:, rmr, e firm: -cu to failure and that the a'.tenn.t !■■■■• di t pi. ed lay nn , . who "v. . nkl golden voJe -o that do iron | kef*'; a Senate rifle " Speaiio:'. t)x.:.it:!c) v ; COa students far .tit v ahur-t ; and JiiiesT attend in die n.ssi Chr.i'te.:’ J. fay ced'd: .lisa: ; : t ifev.’- : arc! Tnivci s-it;. >n Alatvli 2nu Senaios stronrly tracked ts." .Suieie mi nonty r.rn. dyihc to nloci: ~ rnd- ■ ini n! oj tile Set■ ■’• re!es irtit eii:>i it etc t iidv. ir -j •- Kit O!:. 'in •,,i j,, ,f • ••j-i at denwn••tea- : tier! in Aoyetnbr: irtinority in the: Sfiiste v Pl:inti - tne national , tide.' I!-. i-iph'vy “They u-.i t Ini! bi <• ■■ ■!' d 'ory t- a.trei.s the;:-.' tic pi .<■ i * lie iso liar. .ia : ■ ’('fie : ii! ti ■: No. imm ii!;. irt tor'll in i e Senate oi lue U-nte.i Sia'i •: .n.iis-.tb it i.-t;sic a nation Sen.: •: Ht n.. li: cy rim iti tic ti: at a me :n ■: ::Ue N.dCs. ! Convention for n um-innpn.W)i-.in:.; C!\ ! I ; i: .• pit,tn :iV . live;., vd . t tile Sell.lie :!'■*. :■ :11 -.- "..iinyi ; with tin. morality < t a ricirrtrmytt lodi'-ti i’l fret »pit:. Toe peic.le i : ‘Cordinner? on page- ft, a,,.. . > et.on.t Shriners Honor Atty. Carnage Kabai No 177 dm A E.A O Shrim s d. . ..a S, M i ; .y ice and ;? - J,o, ■ e r' d rtef- .jJ; *Sr li I i,i-a. d. Nnpie C. . iir* (ns: o! tae Negro race t.. attain tin.- henor. Thr tps’iniosii.’ii vs,a held v Haywood Smia Shop. the presence , i a, ik niv.vd of ‘{•ver.il nroit - ionai . r;d err a pumps who ...eve at the uGhr. • • o i T- - r we;o. S id J'.C. s'. Pit e lir;,•;<• M ], Watt.- lor '•< ■'• l’lf i 1- C iJ !i nth lit. •: }•; Pc t zee . Herman 1. Taylor for lego! pi-fc-i:n L. r. vlcC.e 'e;. Xot Ilia medic, I ofcr-io; . K j.. AME’S WIN LAWSUIT AGAINST IRA BRYANT VUil RT ANDERSON NASHVILLE 1 ANP>~ The- iort: battle betw «n tiu African Mclfto dlst Kpl«*o»::-l chireb official.*- and Ira T. Er>:.nt. iormet socretaiy ■ > tin* Sunday i-choo! union ? i tv. < rfeiiOi.iiiix-fs*>n, came to ;«n end Ja.-s • week iHi a decision I landed down by Judge Elmer Davis of the Fed eral court in favor of the church. Judge Davi- cr-vijirmed a special lTusslfci’-in-hatic.cry Undine thsi Ira T Bryant had failed tn account for nmds belonging, to the AME i hurch end amounting to $48,000. The (1: fferonce between Bryant and the church reached the courts in 1938 but really begun before. that. Bryant soon otter being elect NAACP CONFERENCE PROGRAM OUTLINED The* "program for the Southeast ern Regional Confer c nee of NAACP i Blanches nheduled to be held in Raleigh on Saturday and Sand..; . March 26 and 27 was announc'd this week by the committee in charge of arrangement*. The conference, aimed at the preparation of branch workers fw . leadership and training them n ; effective technique;" <4 civil and political action will near ..ddresse-- by NAACP national oflio. ;> and’ panel discussion- of subjects vital j to the association pro; ram. Among speaker. scheduled are Miss Lucille Black, national mem -1 TWO HOMES BUBNi CHILD, 5, DIES IN'! WARREN 00, FIE WARRENTON, March 3-—'Uncon- ! 1 rolled fires led to the destruction j •of two homes «nd the death of a j five year old child in Warren Conn • j {Continued on page 8, this section.' :stts M:S ■ - ■HL l .Ui\y I Itir.l i l - < t sj itSri.ng. pit idout of tin North < . oiiii.t Vlul /11 ilc {n tttonci ( c ,iu ,r ,i inttutr Item ih !>ur- Tin, tin ni the IJnthani j»..j>vt ■- illclit ailitir I i >ai’y edition ullicit vo puhlithcj tm March 1 In .itlditiodi (<, cairritiy ~ h:I! p.i i idtrurc “I >lr. Spaulrlitiji the t;a|ift r.trrtcd a ienutliv story ■ • -o <•( t<> fhi- accompti.sliittcnl ■ iiiclt have in.,dc him rm<> oi the l tit-t.ititling i'ti-incssm. it io iii rail .'tn.'| thru Raiiord lor to cinwm c; r« • in., lit o-.ts rS. ced Hi. Pnle.v^tc w. Tui jn ’’ w.. introduotxl anti *.*;• \(* p; <-<‘t mtht lYniplr . rde\v•.hich i.l be held at ■ v Me i men..,; Ac civ rii.nn or* Sunday ;- i lemoon. The conference program follows. SATURDAY ; 9-10 A, MRegistration; 10 AM. [ Discussion of national office pro : gram and NAACP objectives ana i appointment of committee-.; i j A. ! Ms-. Panel discussion on Civil Rights Role of NAACP in South I and State NAACP Problem.-. 2 P M. Latoi and employment ! problem.--; 3:J5, Nationwide mem jbe Hwp campaign and 4(>ih anni-; : vtersary; -1:45. Building the Youth : Program -n the South; 7:30 P. At . {Civil rights ind legal p-ia-edvros 1 legal redress aftd educational in ; equalities. SUNDAY 10:30-11 A M. —Mornin/ Dcvv | tic ns; ! J A. M„ Political action and j | legislative technique,-; in the South, i 18:30 P. M- Report of comtmtttiex;' '3 P. M., Closing* mass meeting Honeycutt, dm -god with criminal assault upon a white woman resident of Eunice, La., was taken from tin. 1 St. Landry Parish Pvisson Sunday by a mob led b\ three white men who had ‘’tricked'’ the .-jailer into admitting them. ■ i qw ; '' ■ ■ oh' .. ' . .. r - r - r ... -n , r T --V- T-, , -! , ■ , L .... , -, T —-♦ 31N (jt f•* j 16 Pages | NORTH CAROLINA’S LEADING WEEKLY | COPY lOc 1 VOLUME XXVI li RALEIOII. NORTH CAROLINA WEEK ENDING SAirUHAV, MAUCH Id, I PL) No. XXXV? COURT ORDERS DIVINE TO FACE TRIAL IN WILL FIGHT PEDESTRIAN SLAIN BY TAXI -y-o o-o --■ ' If* ’’ % '-'T HIM, l)HIAli;i) Hep • Vlgtn f la% Kin I'oircll. whose tt terupt to end .util < tnumation in tit: public school-. ot th. District of Cnltitubiu hi tar fi'itg i iion-tiisrrsminatioii cl-tti-c to iti • ut-t i-ut District ap propriation, bill was defeated in fb llotnc cl Ueprc.scmatii c• last - week. FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR SEN. BROUGHTON U'iOUte t •'} T.I^ V O'lI? 1 01 L.' s. o•--*■ 11 *. ; . ij. xv.i oivif. i v 1 i/•ii * wi< time Governor the Slate, who (A*; ? add* r:iy >n Washing?an. T). •C. foU.nviUC: no ai; atraca. At iii. vra! rites hold -v it- t;i la. tv i l.t a f.a, *ft Cna evil writ*!a- Mr. ille* ! v?iitoji bed taught * Sunday rein v! e!.,.-.. tc-r -i number i >■; ye.vs. thousands o; persons *>f \ktdh races. -load siknvv i;. the Sirtets arid opposite roe. *v arch bliore. during end :.!;* «h. 1 f I VC: i n i I": ut c C! 'VI CV . Ajd-roxiic. ’.t:!v .: down fiewt-, 1 who nvd licvit’a:;: wivtvd wth the I:;;:' '.-!" GovwnOr various capa . v w i- to; r v tiii usand ■ iC** v'invov, ~-r! page this weti*.n; OR. F. P. GRAHAM PAIS TRIBUTE TO PALMER FOUNDER BOSTON Mil's, i ANPt Two ::.■ *?d oi more persons, altond ing a: $5.75 per plate dinner ,n beno.* g! Dr- Charlotte Hawkins Brawn, p-re.-'idcnt-foundcr of Pal mer Memorial Institute, and Frank i ■ Graham, president. University of North Caiolinn. listened avidly to Dr. Graham's tribute to the work of D" Br< tvi), a pioneer in the cui ;d ti ainin •of ihe vcxith of her i nee. Anton tlu- gut-sis ~t the banquet were many Bostonians who had tv uiribu'od !!;;>)"<.' than one-half mil lion;- dollar iwv.mi the baildinp" and naainfaimnet' f Palme* Me morial. Cotv.prrin: Dr. Brown to Cor (Continued < n page 8. this section) j imerow Costly, Asserts Tunney New York (AMP) ' The l. T . ; S. is. Living an estimated $6,000.- 000,OOF* purchasing pcW*. r yearly - fhruagh income and >ob'itdva»i<*v “iwnt opportunities wi’ihhel-d imm * Nefiri That si a torn on* was made here , last week by Gene Tunney re tir«| iK*a vv ■: weiigh i e.h at n p i on, 1 n TRIAL INVOLVES MONEY WILLED TO COLT LEADER ' ALBANY. N. Y -Fakur Of vii.i,-' :chp. »U" cuitttt v. lie. :o-e national tm-nsim tn ■ during ‘.hit ! tv. , a:ul the depet'-aiou vc.. ~ - a‘ t: i;t:thf-asarids cl toji-avv* ■ e. d eslab! isllin:.; “kinc.tfomp ill: T: i:i: It who IS locked upon as - o , been oi tie red io st; tid trio! 'ey ■■■.( Kt v.- Y yrli State Court oi o' d. Ma:y Sitclxon 1 <>t: i;c ' ■ ...ad while v. I . fulkiwer oi hi- who died nearly thi * - years eg and left him an- BAPTISTS STILL SEEK CONTROL OF WOMEN'S GROUP By AI.Bi KI ANDERSON NASBVII.L.i: -AND- Th, :v*nrd :;‘ dirivt rv o!' tic. Wcmmvfc cou - ilt a ; 1 , .:i;iliary to *l:c Nattcuiiil • Baptist Coiivcrdion. m-.*t tor tw<> bv. ■ heur s. t week. The meet my * ; t!;o v- * vo. .> the : !';.;*bit t-f holding tlsci; annual c 'n v - r.t.on in Senumber, then hold 'mg an adjourned session in Jan uary at Nashville, the adjourned !session being almvsl . ’ large a> itTse avguJar one and where wnich lof the real buvines.s is ; ranvacted. The Woiti:i!' - s convent ion at it meeting (his year had before it j 2L-,vcar-old-(|uest ion While not m» , ; stated, the bald SB4 question was: whether the Woman's convention; as r<-ing to be a real auxiliary; ‘Continued on page fi, thi.- section); GOP Joins Filibuster; Cloture Try Planned Washington Thy filibuster j axrainst the Senate rule change j to stop lili-busters moved rapidly toward a showdown this week as | ilpttblicans joined in the talks ,then tmd Administration leader?, prepa'ed to file a petition for eio• | lure. Tin* lawmakers freon Dixie who ' have branded Ute proposed rule 'change to permit shutting off of ; aacepling the chairmanship of the ; 1049 Ui-ban Leap.a Fund earn | • oai »n to ‘’improve jeh opportu-ni- | tier, and related living conditions j am Negroes’' Mr. Tunney"s 1 appointmenl was .-jn.nounced by Lloy i K. Garrison -prcsidejit o ,! the National Uiban league, and ; •.Continued on page 8, this section) ’ The 25-year old prisono:. who reportedly had been beaten over the head with a pi'Toi during his abduction, was into a car and taken about twenty miles to the Atchafilya River levee where he was dumped out by his assailants. IJf 1 r | ft, ' 'Cifim-pV .- y;,:. ■ ■ "j.fV yy -’'A' - - ‘a - /,. .X' " 4 '■' m'' I. y ‘ 1 , ■ ‘ ( ' .• ■* ’ Hi 1 f.s HF.l.l)—Shown above is the Site l', S. Senator .! ,M«*H iile M; (isJiton lor whom funeral riles wire hi id Tmolav from tile I t lu-mat-ie lijptist (imrch in Ka le i"h. Stricken m.h!iW-ih\ wum a heart attack in Wa-hlngtcn. 11, C. Sun day , Senator hroughton. the wartime Governor tor the State of North Carolina, was mourned In thousands of friends and fol low" i of all tares and creeds throughout the slate. iUI.KIGH STUIKNT M\kES lIONOK Hi AT William R, Edmondson, Jr,, of Raleigh, senior medical student et Howard University in Washington. L C . has been notified that on the basis of character and >: ht-- U.slio average he has been eicee ■;> to Kappa Pi honorary medical so ciety. Young Edmondson is the -a. oj Mi end Mrs, W. IT. d'vriondron of 314 Smith!k Id Street He is c grad uate of the Washington High School and of Shaw University ; cl •.•bate on a measure by a maj a ity vote "an entering wedge for isi’islafion aimed at the South were given a rest Tuesday as He lubiicans Watkins of Utah and Cain of Washington took up th entire session with discussion iw pettinent to the rule change. Senator Watkins spoke for two hours on the need for public;;. lien of the text o-f the Atlantic- Security Pact. Senator Cain set • ’ record To: the present talk mar ; thou by devoting six hours and 45 minutes to a discussion of th-- fitness of Mon Walgreen for ap .voictmaat as head of the Nr i-nal Security Resources Board. Senator Scott Lucas, iD-Ill,) Majority whip, called members o . b_, T"Jinan Democratic- contin gent together late Tuesday in on effort 1o obtain sruiffeient s:gr;a lures to a e'oturo t> tition >;> shut eff debate by a two thirds vote. The petition, which is expected to be Til.| late this w-yek j>-_e> noctcd to force a ruling as whether debate on a moix-' 'Continued on page 3. this section) WO* BURGLAR DOES A HOUDIN!' WIN TON. V ( i AM* Ufrton .March, - \ ear -old Ahf.vkii; iiiiljic lias had the ' i:»<-.ik> ' as far its !ao viola te i. i;>- I :til> lurk smiled un him vvlivii iie vanished from a Cr «•(!<-ii courtroom here last H- k jiUf being icmicti-d of hr’akJjiii and interim; and ur- ‘ ecu; He was still beaming wi en he overturned a stolen car, hut i-soaped I efore pur suer- could Jay a hand on him. According to Sheriff ( U. Parker. Marsh was seated on the prisoner's bench after eon vie tiim There were It deputies and state highway patrolmen in the courtroom, llmvevc-r. when a ccurt oflirial came to i take the prisoners to jail. Marsh 1 was not among them. fate that night, the runaway 'tote a ear in nearby Cofield. • wived In Robert Mavis, white With Delaware Jones, also white, Davis took up pursuit. The stolen auto overturned on. a eontry road, and the pursuers shipped to esiigatc. Davis •hii-.k - i saw Marsh < erumple.-f mi the hack of the wr-ckrd ear, but tD. escapee jumped out and disappeared in a w ami) before the two mm could get into action, SOUTH'S SHOOTS VOTE TO APPROVE AREA COLLEGES ATLANTA (AMP) -- Contract : ferm.s, under which various uthern state:-: wiiLcontribute to ":c education r-f Negro and white medical and dental student's, won’ iraven up an-j approved by repi'o- j , ..entailns i■ 10 scut.sent e.-.llcg. s j ! Jiu-oting -Vt o recently. Presidioat the meeting, nt . tended oy educators froth parti, j C:;r:tim: si a Us. v.ws Dr. \V, T. j Sanger, pre-sideir: of the Medical ; NvllciAe of Virginia, at Richmond ■ ;Ot.r«sinued oa. page 8, this section j Ah the three leaders of the mob, one a forme!" deputy sheriff, played odd coin wins to see who would -hoot him, the prisoner div.-d into the river in the midst of a fusil tide of shots. (Continued on page 8; first section) MARTIN^STREET : Thur:-d;.'.> afhvnoi. J'-.: aii" Junn : Alston. 38. who killed Suitany tiwhen -! it' -Tac; by o taxicab while all; inj. through a' ruinvtc.-n'n in 'hr- 'j Block f K;c-: ; "it Street. Acerrding to police rep'-its. cf tile death. Als'-m ua> in the 1 m'cVMo .1 the street walking ;•■■■ : i:n Harnett St e,-{ when -be \va- ; ft ruck jy ■, • .incotn tab opcratc-d w .! na A T-:rii!,M:n. 27. oi 1154 [i; ~■!... u rth street Officers W VS Sr. .<:> inn', abet! H. ,C Bailey, .-ho i\ ' •’ A-- scene few rnim'/o-- cident, said that she v- as tie ad upon • attributed ;h-a,h to mtornal i - ' juries me! shock. 4 TO SERVE ROAD! TERM IN JC LAW VALIDITY TEST .Nsw York Thirty-day roast • ( msnera given to two -white an l tv; •: Negro jnen who nm :le a ten . \>l N-Tth Carolina bus travel sag . egaiion law-; will be .serv- i and t >i- case will nt>t be appealed to the U S. Supreme C urt. utto' I y.-. 1;r the men annuunce-.j this v. (-e it. Th.- four men, Bayard Hustin -it'Skfr't -1. it* " . N 1' 1 . : Ik Kokenko and Joe Prime? ; V hit - -vvere am-,ted Or April 7 in ...’ npc.-i Hill w.nvvin.- tit -;r U: fusai to rit in the suctions cf the t -V. .11 tied tr-rcrutivch to white and N y.r-. pas-s ngtry The trip was. undertaken by ti ;• four in question and 12 oth ers' ru order to test the mamn r ; < Cwuimied on back Ist section) Amnesia Blamed For Ransom Trip TV ASII IN GTO N A.NF-’i - Alt,', i Loon A. Ransom, 49-yo, r old chair- ' • man of the local Commit hi. for'; j Racial Democracy and active in i ! ccuirf fi;;hts against discrimination, j i : who disappeared In busy down- i: jtovn Washington about n on, , : 1 hursday, Pecmary 24. -‘.as ruf (l’faii:; from temporary amnesia . caused by nervous exhaustion, it i I was diclosed here fast week by * « j Dr. C. Herbert Marshall, his phy-- • ician Random i-.n ued up at th :- I ; Union, N. J., home of an cfd , f j Dr. N. J Wa!L a dent Id, Friday • . nun -m. February 25. Dr. Watts telephoned Mrs. Ran-, , sam in W-ishiaigtori Sunday Feb- j j i unry 28, alter reading <> hewspap • 1 ' 1 < j- account of Tier hut-bandV disap pearntice amt told her Fiat Ran. or.. vs-.-i,-: at hi.; home Ransom returned . ' -to Washington about 3 a. to Tues- I * day. March ?. accompanied by his ' -n, Leon A. Jr.. Hi y,-.f- Catholic University student ■ ;j The mossing man said he hau beet; “very worrit-d abo.it the large -. | volume of v.-ork -he li:.d to do," ac- - i casing to Dr Marshall. Ransom t j has been subject to chronic -illness ! } , and -has It ng n eded a s cst., Mrs :-. ißan.'-ojri said. ! still unexplained v r,s bis where- , o ' ntic-iits from Thursday noon -.viicn ; he left municipal court enroote «” W«s ’*s* « *■ # is* ■ o if: ; y, * -ft & : ; m " c* | % •v wv .a,y !< 4M ;a ' " '4:i vv • drf- I A' Btix IN At TO i K VsM T'U H< v. Thr.ma Kilcore, j;.r-to< of t In i' sirm!-nip < Ihiieh of Veil Vcrfc City :>nd fnrnu-i --cytivi teii-iitry cf I'.-, ' i hrait ■ q tun ter, a! Hale id> reeeiv t;) a hrokcii arm ami other in jurir. ia a recent automobile wash .chin- i eiurnun; to Neu Votk from a ( hurt ti iouiiretice. ; 'P : . - i r ■ l r t ;d. - ■ ■ is- .-.■.(3# ■?"' > w-.. ly'.;;v -soAst**! , j . CRASH A'K"l INI Bi‘>s JUnir A! ton of S. Tarhoro ho wo: mill'd int-'.anUy when r;t«' b'.jr: St. Sanda.i niifht. Csuutjil -Tcrvit-fs nre slate-t for r t risow i ■‘n Martin ■ .••• e» L.*o-r rli -ih. CNBfeR I IRC Paul luibe - aim. inie!naiionitlly fumou.; tou ft i-i singci let iui t-i :-a ai'tor. whit la-st week end drt.v Uie fore of Walter v* inenell (.eciturt of :m alleged iltclaathiii In a j-.-eeh malic la«t vuir that in the «*i <-ul <;f wai it uh EiiSisia "We v.cuii! fight araiii'J the !• .iM'i.ds ' hi. •./ifjco, and Fr.ida v atteniaun when ho up-xared si Dr. Wattij' home. K. n.-oi'. s.rdi he • ;.id not. icn c-mbevr v/.bal lit- did after leav ji ip court, but rt failed mdUeiily >. indmt>: nim. 4 -*- \t oji u train Lour?<4 ior Union. ALA, WHITES RAP SIAN ACTIVITY BIRMINGHAM. Ala. CANPi A *i ; t c ; disc wife Id ai inquir i.-n veporier of Binnrngham p. ,-1 last Wi-b.;osday that the su.to of Alnixnn-.: '<». ht :<> givo iiie Ktan a good swiss kick in the pants’ The vroma nrwas replying to The reporter’s que.-tions • .f "What do you tliDik the -tale of Alabama ..•night to do afe-ut the Ku Ktux Klan?" Not only did she rocorotrend u “sv/Mt kick" bt she ais-> said, “Al! tho tnembt-is ouglv to be dcg-crti.-d to F-nrop-:- or "invr place 1 imc'.v of After aii ’ she added “the ststo of Alabama should bis noworful enough to .4op a bunch of houdlums from burning crosses and beating people." (Ocmtusvcd on back i