■ Truman Scores Riot,
Agrees with Mrs. FDR
WASHINGTON {‘resident Harry S. Truman last
week joined with thousands of citizens in all parts oi
the nation who, although disapproving of the utter
ances of Paul Robeson, con domed the hoodlums at Peek
skill, N. V., responsible f<» rioting on successive week
ends when the singer attempt* d to hold concerts,.
Commenting during his weeki.v press reference,
The President echoed the sentiments of Mrs. Eleanor
I). Roosevelt who earlier had described the affair as
"good material for propaganda .
Mrs. Roosevelt's comment as can ied in her daily
column said in part:
“J dislike everything that Paul Robeson is now
Maying. 1 am opposed to aim politically and 1 think he
if, doing : 1 --at huim to his own peof.de. but if he want*
tu give a concert or speak Iris mind in public, no one
| should percent him from doing so.’
The President said that he felt that Mrs. Roo.se• i
"(4vadt had covered tin- situation perfectly.
School Opening
May End Va. Suit
KING GFORGE Vr. <ANF>
A possible Old t. Use Neel'-',*--. '■
year fight to; equal self., .s in Kn.g
George County was seen here las?
week with toe official dedication 1
oi th- H..:,,. Bunch" t: !• ciio.-l
The new -I'hool will e r; annex
of the King Georg- f rain tog
School, formerly the i-iil; high
school toi Negroes it. tin? county
E B Webb will o. principal it
both school:-..
In a statement - tix- op--r.uv of
the new aflaO.dtid sen* >: plant, v *
NAACP a.-td th. Virginia Teach
ers assoclati -n classified >u-p
as an advt.nc Neg.to wrr ?: c
and hinted at a pussibl-- end lo
court ..Dion. Signed Li .1 Huj.eit
Picott, exec tiivt: s; i.: l t. i the
teachers’ group, a.- d .<:* d tu t>e rep
resent it ip view- t NA A; p execu
tive secret at \ Vn guiiu VV. e
t.-i Bank; to <1 N’AACI* .mot in v
Martin A. Martin, -a.
"Afttt a casual t escrv:;!:-.-!! and
tour of the facilF - • it -. rs t:rat
real and substantial :rogt has
AMA Seeks End to
Ban on Negroes
BY ALlt.'Hi A Di. N.s'lG VN
HaphluKO.ri ia\Fi -The Arrseri
f«*n Medical .is-mi nation, an . .Kan
mi n which }•»< remained pre
.omin&ntly white for more titan a
yejHjjry due to db. rinuiaior,
?*** areas of Ox- country is now
>uf4»ug forth xvei * possible effo
ar eliminate segrevat on in the le
. CMI *.s"ciatictis o■ • ■ r«i i1 w j to Dr
FtthiPr I. Henderson, president
elect of AM A
At a press luncheon field at tin
flatter hot el last w.-ek th< AM A
officials told an ANF rep.. iter that
Negroes had always l>.-en welcorn
ed to inenibership iti the* nath.-t.al
organization, and that \* m doc
tors who became members ot their
state assoi iatinns tie :.-ueh tin- lo
i cai branches automatically n.vanip
members of AMA
The greatest trouble ha !.-* • n ot
the south, said Dr Hindei on
Va. Court to Grant
Rape Case Appeal
WASHINGTON vANP) The
State Supreme Court nj Virginis
agreed last Tuesday to heat th«
cate of the seveo men convicted at
Martinsville, Va !■ the alleged
rape ol Mrs Ruby Floyd, a 32-
year-old white li’OiiKiii n January
is according t<> the chief counsel.
Martin A. Martin.
The petition presented to the
State Supreme t' urt lay. Monday
by A ttys. Martin, S. VV Tucket
Roland D. Maley mid J. 1. Williams
called for a new trial on the
grounds of writ of error.
These seven men who were
charged with rape in January, were
declared guilty in six speeded up
trials from April 21 to May 2 and
were sentenced to die in tin- elec
tric chair on July 15 and 22.
30 DAYS STAY
Claiming that confessions had
been obtained from the defendants
without due process of law, the
NAACP, CIO Join in
Blasting Rioters
NEW YORK ■ ANP) - Anti-Ne
gro sentiment wa& ‘'clearly'’ in evi
dence among the mob that attempt
ed to stop Pan! Robeson, the N. A.
A. C. P. reported last week.
At the same time, three bus loads ]
of Negroes who were not at the i
Robeson concert were a tucked j
as they returned from tire Hyde
Park Memorial Library on the;
fcsate of the late President Franklin j
D. Roosevelt.
The attempt to deny Robeson
freedom of speech and the assault ,
on the 16,000 attending the program
displayed symptoms oi Fascism
* that must not be tolerated in the
United States in the opinion of sev
eral national figures and organize- j
tions. Mrs Roosevelt, who differs !
With Robeson on many issues, has '
been one of the oustanding critics
against the demonstrators and or
ganised bloodshed.
been made in complying with the
court's order
"However, it. is s.-n-nrly hop-til
that affej we have halt un --pp*>r
! unity t; turther inspect ai..i ee
the school ii acti;d operation, r.'v
n.u- u.- at-le to join in a motion t
Jud.ee Stirling Hutcheson to cli-.
ax.is all p 1 -.icee-iing in this rare
Principal speaker .it the :ew
hi ■ - | ning wvs Dr Alonz .
vlai -n in d n: -r thiii-pt'-n Ins’.,
tui He said in part
"v, A trie: •••ifi.x we can take pride
the - meverm nts of Dr. Ralph
J. Bunch*- even build monu
ment-'. to hi- name. . But js
Siliel-iold we ham
* or iie.i w in shame that tins man.
d>: ,ite !,:s achievements u'.y .-.d
is- Hill a i- cond class citizen in his
■a tlvx laud '
Tin- new e)x>ol will accrinino
i t- ifw rti.e.e! t- Principal Webb
:'- d I tele;l am from D: Bitnc:.*
which said in part:
T t-.opt! '.hat >- vry Negro boy
'Continued :>• page 8. this section)
Negyo medics were ban " i
front the local organisations. Du
! here has always been a meinbe
ship of Negro doctors in sections
sh, .€ they were free to join their
fellowi i i a consolidated rogan
i station
in varifying Ur. Hendersons
statement. Dr. John Klein, a mem
ber -it the house of delegates, re
minded r .-.porters of the recent
- tatement of Dr. Petei Mut ray.
Negro physician of New York, to
• tie house of delegates He further
added that in his house town e:
Fan Francisco where there weir
wry t- s Negro do< tors, there are
-.we-; NegTo members of the local
association.
I'iu- iin-'-s luncheon was the first
of a -.erif-s to hr- presented in va
rK.us cities throughout the nation
(Continued on page 8 this, section)
d f*. clast: att'v appealed to Gov
'i uck prior to 4 hr- date set lot exe
cutic'll. t .s a 60 day stay so that the
•:r might be appealed to the high
er c-.urt. to the presence of news
p-ipet report*! s the Virginia gov
tm- r grantd the prisoners a 'Jo day
so- y. oxtendir.p the excution date
to August 15. A! th. end of this
period A tty. Martin again appealed
ti the governor of the state for 30
days stay, which was granted.
The Supreme Court's decision to
hear arguments on the case will
prolong the execution date from
September 15 to: art indefinite date.
Facts in ti.e case that the a lie ted
alack took place alongside a rail
i < ad track which cut through the
Negro ■ ■mrmimty on the outskirts
f East Martinsville .a small south
ern industrial town of about 18,000
population
'Cm.tinned >m u- 8. this section
One of the Negro concert-goers
brutally beaten in the riot was
Eugene Bullard, Harlem resident
and veteran of both World Wars
l ln World War 1. he received the
j Crux de Gueirc- from Franc*', and
is said to have been the first Ne
| gro to pilot u war plane. Bulla id
said he was beaten by both the
imb, poheemen and state troep
' et'3,
Als . in evidence was anti-Jewish
; and anti-Negro slander. During the
, first attack a week earlier, a K.t
KHtx K’an cross burned on a near
by hillside. Robeson and the Har
lem branch of the Civil Rights
• Congress, Which sponsored the
| meeting, said race hate had been
• seething in Wesche ter cc-unty for
: some time and that so-calba anti
communism w’as merely a smoke
screen.
(Continued on page 8, this section)
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VOL! JMR XXIX RALEIG It, NORTH CAROLINA O- LlvK KNIHNO SAIT Rl) AV . SEP ILSVI BKR 17, DPI NO. TEN
APPEAL FLA. CASE
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RALEIGH PROJECT OKAYED
APARTMENT 0, K.
BY ADJUSTMENT
BOARD SOOOHT
Raleigh's City Cimncl thi« wc-K
d approval ot 1.,-- mi lay
: i lit Jot the cxntre-ver. ub 2?h-U Ms
i Wa-hirigt■:>:\ i\.rja-..*' apartment
• project which has been pending
' cetore the i.e,u);-"ii -.ir.ee l -.s-t June
The opposition to me -project
wfi; iintiaitrd by resident.- <>t I.
view Gatd-.-tx a w •■)!<• . ,ud \:• hhi
, which lies adjacent to the site
• proposed for UK Negro apartment
development
M--ifO :.. us >he • -t".v -e,
Hi: ve based tiled opposition upon
claim it d "nstria t on of the
| projection as planned would re
■ suit in o lowering of property
a tht lack of ,?uai nti-t: that
it-:.: Jit'ijei t v.OuiU he X .
■ uni.:' a was cl -:. uc-te,;
>i,\*.i »-. t >tis i Knit;
In earhi'i nieetings before t)K-
{City Council as will as with Ne
gro residents of the ei'-. the Long
view group stated that they would
;'Continued t.n 8. this rcctr-Jti •
W orkmen Rescue
Boy From Sewer
MONROE Four-year
of Mrs. Cameron Miller, Jr.,
a 100-yui'd trip throng'll a Ho
of t‘ic quick ih:nkmg of two *J •
. « tnployee.-i who happened to be
•!w et k in.-’ when the tot's bud* came
' '"lit of the pipe.
’ ! Follow mg j heavy rainfall the
( youngster h. d ion playing in a:
(flooded yard wall 'wo other small'
> • pi. vcnaL" when be was sucked
1 ::nt" the in am The children sought
1 aid i f liter parents a 1 d other adults
i who br'"an :-i frantic search in the
‘‘ waist-deep water "i the yard
j In the meantime the little boy *
’ | body hat. been carried through a 1
' .M-inch sewet pipe to the point
'(whine Wilbt \V > and H"my
’ Dean had been cleaning out stop- ;
i ped-up j••
They seized the lot’s body as .t
washed past them and immediate
ly began artificial respiration. Then :
| calling upon a passing motorist,
j they carried the youngster to a
! hospital, where h* was pronounced
in good condition except foi a lew
• minor bruises
Th" oil i id’s true tic parents wet"
.: notified of hex rescue and made
': immediate plans for the reward
ing of the two workmen.
Devane Satisfied at End of Six Months
FAYETTVILLE At the conclusion of
six months as a member ol the Fayvltevilh?
Bucrri of Aldermen, Dr. W. P. !> viiiic, Hit: Hrit
.Ne>';ro to hold such a position ;n this city for
more than half a century, said Un> week that
'itlie situation is working; out satisfactori!;-' for
all concerned,
Airing a completely harmonious as well a
productive relationship with the other members
of the board. Dr. Devane described the objec
tive of the Board as “the accomplishment of
those tilings aimed at the betterment of vomli-
r NOR th CA ROIJNA ’S leading weekl y
i
11 ■ :i.
Abevc ire shown a few of the
i trcuts nl pnpd- i| the lludittiis
High school at Marion in M>
liowell CoimU, who pii-ketnl tin
-old (’amcron .Miller the son
, white, is alive today after
foiled sewer conduit because
POOR \\ \RkS\iß\ SO
NOBODY GI7IS 111 RT
t im-inituo. o i»i can
Two > <>u i: ;> turn, Nathan Ye It
and William Edmondson, both
.\eroges, 1 ought a bloodless
dud w iib revolvers over an
attractive umvt <1 mother, but
lint learned to their sorrow,
such 18th century encounters
aie frowned upon in the more
subdued age ol the JOtb cen
tury .
The trouble started when
Edmondson, who claimed to be
the father of a cl. id born to
the girt about whom the duel
wus (ought, want'd to sec her
and comp! .itied that Yett, the
current boy friend objected
and even challenged him to not
even' speak to her.
\\ hen it was all over, both men
were (laced in jail and chart
rd with discharging fire arms
and currying concealed wea
pons.
school on opening day last week
to dramatize their demands tor
better -ahooi facilities as we it
a fei a more progressive school
administration.
stii estimated two thirds of the
pupil- win kip, utii oi school
i.n opening day by their parents,
w!m contend that they had been
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WITH GIRL SCOUTS - Miss
Itunna Jewel Haines was recent
ly appointed acting field director
of Raleigh and Wake County Girt
Scents. Sue is a IMP graduate of
Winston-Salcm Teacher-’ t ollege.
While in college she was an ac
tive senior scout, and during the
summer ol Idle attended a train
ing Institute for Region ii held
ut Shaw I nlvcrsit.
Hons affecting tho entire city.*'
Among specific accomplishments during
the present Board’s tenure l>r. Dcviine called
attention to Uie provision of sewers and street
tic his in several Negro areas of the city, and
the apppoval of Negro policemen who are ex
pected to he in uniform very soon.
Although the new Alderman did not give
the names or number of the prospective peace
department appointees, he said that several
men were already in training for the posts.
i Continued on page 8. this section)
. 11l INlWjllll 'IIWI—MiI I
promised a new s<hmtl for thft
past 15 years, The hooj «s the
only Negro high tMihool id Me*-
Uovvell County,
Seek New Trial
For Florida Trio
!’A VI It MS Ha. -- A ne
and Walter Irwin, 22, and Oh
of rape hero la- !, week has
man, Orlande aitorney retail
IMITATES U\\\ M i
SWIMMER. DROWNS
Oticinnau, o ■,‘vii.as.i
WHh the news (>!' Philip MuV
mans propulsv- . inquest <>i
tin English Channel, Otis Mu)
coins, Negro, ;;() minimized the
feat ami accepted a challenge
iruni his friends backed by SSO
that in- coult, - ?-s.. y swim
across the Ohio River, which
hi* considered a more hazard
ous journey than t English
cnannel, and that He would
•■tart Iron) Hie <’it. nnati side
Witnesses heard hi- cries, and
a row boat was sut moned and
set out for his rest - - Che boat
was manned by Richard Cor -
man, a Gas and Electric em
ployee. He returned and re
ported to the police that Mai
culm went down f< the last
tune before lie could n-a< a
linn His body Has not been
found.
SINGLE «
COPY
IRATE PARENTS
ASK FOR OUSTER
OF SCHOOL HE AD
MARION, N. c. ! -. • dir- a-
Isfaction with eonditi n at the
1-fudgtn? Htir: Sett-.-d '.Vi. r,-.
rcaciwd a climax last we> k :*• xn;
int.-: ci i.up.'is attending 'i
L iiadfd around the tchoui t . sc
t■ iai I <.Ur-, caiiymy. pie, .- o '
■. --1 th* ■ - ■ ■
tiori.
Declaring that the tw • - story
frame school, which is the only
high school in McDowell County,
is im-ufficient to ineot the n-. eds
of the pupils, the pa lent.; formed
a picket line to dramatize their
demands for better faeilitie- and
better administrai um m those
v.-ln- h exist,
pointed out r: ■ t tin •• had i , u
pi-.nus-d i .-!> -,v it-hi.ol f.,i the p.:.-t
1: yeurs, but t)■ 1 the <-o nty sob ■•■ t
i flicials have tail* d coiuistently
t*. live tip t" their pn-otnisos
Sharing the parents' ire with
f-’-t- h-cal sctjiioi • : f.. -:.. i ,s t'-ie
schrH.l principul, v/hu.-r ,-uster 1..--
U'tntiiUied iif * b tins retton)
•w trial for Samuel She phot \
farh-s Greenlee, 1 ti, convicted
been asked by Alex A ker
ned by the National Advance
of Colored H-u.pl-- to it* fend j
She accused youth?).
In a motion for a new trial filed
iiere on September 6 Mi A Kerman i
cent 'idl'd thal the verdict /as
contraty to the evidence anu to the j
law and chaired the court Will) .
error in d •iy >; a series of pro-j
l trial motions
The three were convicted -..ftet j
a three-day trial on September 3 by
an an-white jury which dchberai- j
ed for two hour-, and recommend dj
: mercy for Greenu-e. Conviction of 1
Shepherd and Jnvit carries a mail- j
c.itnry death sentence whereas the j
, recommendation of m< cv for l
Greenlee p --vents sentence of]
:J. alh. imposing long u-t rn impri- '■
. soniric-nl.
The alleged ."ape oi a young ,
w hite housewife on July Hi set off j
''Continued on ,nv\(- H this section) ;
NACGN to Continue
Says Head of Nurses
NEW YORK (ANPi -■ The Na
tional Associate M’ of Colored Grad
.late Nurses is not, -planning to dis
solve Mrs Mr.bei K. Staupcrs, na
tional president, declared emphati
cally this week. Appearing as guest
■n a local radio program last Sat-
An-day everting. -Mrs. Staupers re
i waleci plans for increased rather
il'i-jn lessened NACGN activity
"dunng the next, two years at
!o;;sL" "
] “Rep-.'-rU that the 41-year-eld or
ganization. which represents Ne
'< tiro curse?! nationally, expected to
, dost up shop by the t-r.cl of the
"Car tin'- at-volately ?al s t &a v .1 tvl ?
j Btaupers. She ascribed the circuia
| tto of these teporte to ntisunder*
-.-itanduigt of the new working? rela*
RITES TO BE HELD
THURSDAY FOR
FAMED MUSICIAN
STAMFORD, Conn Harry T.
Burli ij’-h. dean of Ameilean Negro
eemj'.o *is and arrangers,* died
Monday at the age it 82 years in
a ptivale ii> sndtil at Stamford,
mi t .ilowii'f. a lira tty illness.
‘ Tit, ai'Od i; otti; user n \ i|iv» of
; Erie, Fa., won nr national lame
both as a sing,'!' and a comp< s«r
: and lut,.! appeared twice before
Kuo Kriwatd VU. and numerous
■ time-' Before the nap J Pierpont
: Morgan, v.’h<-:- funeral he was
jv.k.st
Burleigh at r;m yemenlr of spin*
j Inals Iv , forme,., ; L't/ilard parts
iof -rue.ie courses taut min Arneri
i can sclh.ois for number es years.
in IKSH i • went to New York
; City where he was ehe en as ban
' tone hoist tor the choir of the
ISt George's Pv nestant Episeoi .il
i v’lturi'h as thi re-ult of a compc
jiu>n witii 59 other aspirants for
| the post
; He remained <- a member of the
\Si George s . hi.ti until his retire*
j (Continued or. page o, this section)
Woman Will
Head School
Nashville <ANP> Mrs. Lillian
D Edwards, tntil recently Jeannes
sirp-i rvisor and critic teacher and
1 i rt. Valle, State has been
tlecte-.l president of tnc National
Baptist Training school here. The
scho. ! operated by the National
P. . 'ist Co"l'e-niion. lire., Hi-. A.
M. Townsend ; ern.- chairman of
it. boat d -f .isreeto's Mrs. Ed
'.' 'is ha boon active in educa
tion, PTA and many outer civic
• . ■; 2viik.'■; ; -y
Mr K TV Bohannon of Chicago
... .iri'ii «■*. lected c,e. n. Mrs Bo*
hart, .'si fie tn.'.nv ■ e . :e. seer.s*
• l the Ate iii ... 1 Williams,
e.e .-Kterit \ tne "'yu ..e Bep
t •.: -otiv :ami ot m Oh _ :
Baptist Church, Chief,,to
Knoxville
Mourns Cop
villa T.uii ( ATLAS i
Mi-in !.»•!•• !•; !.</!h wiiis- arid Negro
i.i-r? an? -.addened and shocked a*,
the unexpected death of she veteran
Nrviv polic.-man, Wlbur H. Lyons
last week at the General Hospital.
Officer Lyons suffered a cerebral
lieni!/ tri-hoge a! his home at $2?)
Fifteenth St.iv-1 and a died a few
hour.? later without i i-amining coi-.-
m lousiness.
The big policeman had been on?
ihe force more than 20 years. For
a I • • ? time he drove the patrol
wagon Later he patroled Meehan
iContinued or. page 8. this section)
Youths Ask
End of Ban
1 avetu-ville, Ark. (ATLAS,)
lieiegates to the Methodist
Nouns People’s Leadership
Conference on Mont. Sequeyah,
n.-a. Fayetteville, Ark,, lasi
week asked tout qualified Ne
gro youths be allowed to at
tend future conferences as
delegates.
A resolution said that “in a
tew instances’ qualified Ne
groes in the eight-state souih
central lurisdiciion have not
b*.f.» ao.-epttd at past confer
ences because oil S-quoyata re
gulations.
The resolution further asked
that the boaid of trustees of the
assembly grounds here aiiow
Negroes at future cmfe’ences.
Such a move worn i he “in
keeping WITH the general
policy of the Methodist
Church.”
I tionshi-p between the NACGN and
t the American Nurses Association
; which was ratified at the recent
i NACGN convention in Louisville,
i Kenutcky.
i "The invitation extended by the
! ANA,” explained Mrs. Staupers,
’ "was far greater participation by
; NACGN and fuller ini eg ration of
: Negro nurses into ANA'S program,
jln accepting this invitation, N. A.-
| C G. N. agreed that .ANA could
! ah- orb torn® of our i-vganiartioti's
j functions
j "This program, carried out to Its
j ultimate. would eliminate the need
; for NACGN, so the Board of Di
rector,- was authorized by the con
vention to ascertain the correct
(Continued on page 8, this section)