TAR Hf Et MUST
PA? LUNCEFORD
WIDOW $!,?55
tkv Ehe /Vs* or i(*'{i \ ejg.ro Press
NEW YORK Kit tilt: Wik-ox.
Noittt Carolina Lorn pi.mki who
du<-ie**dt'fi Jimmy Luneeford di
tMiOf "( tilt- late bandleader's ■
chestra, mint pay Luuecl.uds wi
t pui\ vvil.inv
dow la.Ot.il; '--.;.h iiuni n.iw
Ail'.; \\j It i fit i..; ■"lit
ruling I.Wared d.' .Vn 5); .1 v V Voi'K
appeals t.'omt, Wilcox .» ©alive d
Raleigh N l v. Uo . ■ 1;,; '.itlii
at Fisk Urin * rrit.v. a at pa ;•- Mrs
Luiicetuld llllltl. : '. 1 i '.-.< v'il
ginaify av. aided tu-i by a city
c c u i i
The reei nt ruling ise:!-:i binding >
( '..liti act tnleied ms a Wilt-id
and. Mi'. Lui;; etoi ti !i. ; -dtei
Luucett id's death seveiol jv-uis
Accorddog to the origin
trait, Mu Luuceford was to re
ceive Sit) a lUri the ! d month
$75 weekly the next ax $5,Mm j
year for the next two y©ai ow
$7,560 from then on
The court : molt recant ruhre;
held that tb> origiuai contract. is
binding on Loth parti*-.-
'trie ANP estimate:- that Wilcox
must shell ill very suO". choc
SIO,OOO tii Mrs. Lunceford
REDS UNWANTED
IN NAfIOP CIVIL
RIGHTS FIGHT
XIOW YORK in a move to ave:!
In-filtration of extreme id’ w-nuz
eiew«.n!'- inti) th--- Xatioinil Kin* *
" ' W Mights Ah ilill 'M Mu P
r.iwfS alul secrciai -.- n: ;. c!iveiy,
h*m sent Hi the r.o sponsoring, or
sanitations a Ml ter setting both
The ace-) it it.at ion pFOecuur, •: adorn
ed bv ihe national Hearing rommo
U-e to: tlic reyi'-li'ai'ion of delegate
to till’ Waihiiigton Font'erenc© next
January 15.11.
Expressing ihe hope that the con
feience will lie well at leaded h>
di legates ‘motivated by a ■ ancere
lie'sife in lirii!!:; about the peedy
enactment of FFBC: and ’he rnti v
civil rights program." th*- letter
Hserts. "We do not consider any
communist front organizations to
be so motivated and accordingly,
"we do not want and will not per
mit delegates of such organizations
to be roci-acred."
Specifically banner from partici
pat ion m the Mobilization Wire
the stvil Rights Congress. ail t»oli- ,
■tieal parties, and the ten union
now under invesligation In t'JO on
charges of Communist’ domination -
American Communieation Jn-m-.’ia
tioo; Fishermen and Allied Wor'-
era; Food. Tobacco. Agricultural
and Allied Worker:--; I'nited Pnb
lic workers: I'nited Office ami Pro
fessional Workers: Mine Mill and
Smelter Workers; Pur and Leather
Continued on 'back page
THREE CHILDREN
DIE IN FLAMES
OKS MOINES, a. s ANP) • Three
tiny toll living in a one room
home with their parent;, wi re burn
ed to death here last week while
their mother stepped out of the
house a few minuses to i*o to th*
store
The parents are Mr and Mrs,
James Jackson The dead children
are Larry, Ethel Joan. 21 months
and Blanch Malic, 8 months
The mother 18. said -die went to
the store for some groceries leuv- ,
mg the children alone They were j
huddled together m bed. When the!
mother returned the heme v.a- a j
mass of fliiim.-;- Cause of the fire
was not determined.
j Jackson 27. is a veteran who :
t'ed four years with the Army
Africa find l'l.alv, H»- and his wife
family were living in a s a rage
verted into one room home
v are expecting another child
in the spring
WILSON ADDED
TO RIGHTS STAFF
|
NEW YORK The national steer- j
ing committee of the National E- !
mergpnrv Civil Rights Mobilization
composed of 17 representatives of j
the So sponsoring organizations, ;
was enlarged this week to include |
Bovd L. Wilson 1 f the United Steel
workers of America. CIO. who will
represent President Philip Murray
Mr. Wilson is stimulating interest 1
, ,-mt erotic/. s ,ston among tlie steel
workers, who expect to be repre- ‘
rented bv a large delegation at ;
the Washington conference, Janu
ary 18-1/.
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24 Pages i NORTH CAROLINA'S LEADING WEEKLY j lQc !
V'ul'J M l ; ; XXIX UALF.ICII, NORTH CAROLINA UI.KK KNDINC SAT'i RDA V, DHOKIvI KFR :U, 19 hi NO. L WEN T Y -FIVK
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SEEK NEW SHA W PRESIDENT
STATE MASONS
RENAME CAMS
AND BLAST REDS
pv uiv im;
OX f*OK I», N. (’ Pht (O ali i
* Lott.K* ot i J r IliCt H.iil Ko-v a:.‘! \c
]Ci ptb-'i AL- « /i. i'Oli V»Oli H • iil lilt
* t tTt Iliuli l*. Xli ion I.j: WPb'k, i. i I
‘ ;i i - -I. I «»r li,c ,‘ui'C j
» •.>! .i ■ • si i’ ». i/. < • at** i
i vViliui/ihUi.i, u> load th»? taoi>- than
i ?!Ttv .I| tliuUSaiut lUtrUll;€l oL Oil '
Mliari.il Oidei in the jiiivr. -diction of
• NoiUt L‘an'»iiua.
•* i Hint .vtaat or i ':irues’ aimual
.aarc on Tuesday at’Ua nooiy r<*.
» * ao ac&i* 1 v o
j m< atX iti iho };asi yon i and sound
! Oie kt yiodt- lor pro. 1
; v€&i' us !1 1 f‘ Vtji* aiu-ad in hi
| charaori i !> I'orceful mauati . Or.
O.tnu . i.i Ji’r'd oi.il ayaiu‘l ta! .;
alt it] aMc - a.iK§ adinout*died hi
: ihou'.:;tud • o hearon i«» .land firii;
Oj i thv>‘ t* Oik-li principle' on which
? our a»\>*i nliieiii i. - ; it’Ulided. ‘‘Bi«
‘ l hffcii aid he. 1 be*a » c\l yn.i, be
: ware ol this li?. idiou-
{-known as «m ..aminUn, wlioae ulit.
; malt aim is tLie ovnidhrow of our
democratic* lonn of i^ivnrniiient
i Oed. os -dalid rirmSy and untiiDvc.
abl\ by our denes •* i aiie institutions
land dismiss the very approach of
eommuuism with a sh»lid and an
( onLinut:a on l.>o<*k pane
State Educators
Honor Mrs. Turner
MAGNOLIA lypi-i-ixh Top"
| - .vhitc mid Ni-i-ro oduc.itm-s gaih-
I crt il here recently to participate
m a special testimonial lienoriug 1
: Mr; Mamu- i. J urneix for 25 yc.ii'
-i;pei iieui in iiujiiin County's Nt-
Igiu eleilicidury ..ehools
Mu Turticr. who .-.tarted work;
'ut Du.ilin Ccmmy in 1821, is Inc
wife i.j the Rev W \. fill rier p-\.
| lot oi tilt* - 1 Jam, .-\ M K /, ten’
ji'iiuich m Hnuthi. rl They have a
' mi and ilau;:iiter ix'iio a.'- will
i known in North Cniulmu educa
i UOoal ciii lt?.-;
Mi. .- f.nis |- Turner, m: iructor'
in Ln,tU:!i at Faveticvill*-: State
• Te.icher.- Coiloge. ami William B.
J Turner, i.-socialt* professor of
i elutmi-.iry ,tl Mary ltuul Slate Tcach
l ... -
! AFRICAN BISHOP
| KIWANUKA SEEKS
| U.S. SCHOOL AID
I
■ Phihidelphin \ANf l J I Bishop
Joseph Kiwanuiut, vuar apostolic
of MOsaka Uganda. central Africa,
■•tupped in Philadelphia this week
|end tint! wit'- the guest of I’athi 1
1 William Walsh. rector of Si. Ig
I
! naitui- church. The bishop ir tie
! only living Negro Catholic bishop
|in tlie world.
Sneaking in a combination of
; broken Knlieh and French and
i steering clear of hi: native Cgandi
| the snial, dynamic man told of'the
j history of the Catholic church in
, tlie hinterlands of Africa and loov
Ibe rose from the .son of parent
• who were martyrs for Christianilv
i when his nation wk heathen, to
I *he highest office ever attained by
| a Net',to in the church in Africa.
Bishop Kiwannlia said that he
’ was consecrated try the Poje him
; self in Rome 10 years a«o after he
, had served the church since he had
: entered tin inisionarv seminary in
his own country at the age of it
He has seen the country of 4,000,.
. Negro School Supervisor I lonored In Duplin
I - s*r
, ..... >'%&■ - T
TiSmWk t-h-i-aWe
. :-.-• :>: n -5:.-*■ x..;
HONOR 1.1) Mrs Mamie i
( 'OillV'r 1«' the Chihli'f-ll of
tlic Kev end ill's I’urnei
Antonv the noted North Carolina,
. nliß-atoj :; who attended the May.
• noiiti tcxtimoinal h-moriug Mrs
Tuim-I weic l>e Clyde A hli'vvin.
■ State Supei'inienUent of Public lu* j
; struct ion; o. I’. Johnson, siupenn
! U’lidenl of Duj.Uin County School.-:;
, Hre-idt-nl S i> Williams el Khz i
lel 1 1 (. it -, Si'll ' 1 i-.JI ii( i Colie;.: I'
in- .! Yv. Se ihrom:, pieSidcnt m
Fa;, etteviiie Slate i'eacfiei . Col
bss 1)1 Mi l.mi 11 liar i - *.;. dile'-ioi'
i»f the Shaw linivci ity Smun.ei
, sch oi ami licsi! of the university 5. :
dop.-M-mo-nt of education; Dr. W A
tVa! principal of Samp. VO
County Ti auiitlg School, Ciint'-n, \
Coiitinuotl urt back page
t’OO uMivcri who were not < ’li» i
tian-a In . ome converted witli Jf*
pel rent CHtholic. One mflliol) i--!
mam pagan and mictiui-ehcil
The bi-fuij) lias lilt) ii'iiiw anil "
Btj Enropean pi le -i- 2(10 native '
1 mid 12 Furoptrui or while : s id- >
one oi which !-.; from the I'nited]
Continued <m page tluee
M at mi r nr 9 'h
1 it: W joßODibiC /.•>
/irif>7?r in urn
o
lurmr, thud from left, was lean
<■ll-if it Afagliotia rccenllv by an
intci iUi ial testimonial winch net
o d ho sI.OUU in Mill i.omls Ulsil
many r,ift !tom fiTluw \onkrrs
in llttfiliii loiinty where he i\ a i
I'm ’> s e.ii supeivi-iui nt >lt
uii-nt.irv eituealion Shaun io the
pluito an- felt l<i riyhl O IF liihii
son, Duplin (1 anility superinleti
deiit of education, State Sopcrin
lendeiil of Puliiir iilstruetlon
< tyde \ la win. Mrs Turner,
President s I). WillutuiM of l li/«
betfi l ily slate Sc4etn-I-. Collide,
President J, \Y. seulirook, l.iy
ette* i.le Teachers’ College, and
th N. It IS Hi is, diiceioi of the
sluts* t niveisity Suniuiei School
and |>iote:-u*r of edueation.
FHA SCRAPS
B!AS LABELS
WASHINGTON (AND Admin '
i. H.itHo rule brmytnp. FHA pon
cier fully in line with the policy i
, uiiib'rlyup; tlm recent Supreme !
I'otirt do- lion relative to racial ;
. live:i.a;t‘, wett- recently signed by |
1 omini . i-' ll -• i Fraokltn D Itich- j
.'oil.- t'cdraal Housing .idniUi uJi'd
The animulments state titd me 1
or■ i I;--u!;i.r may not c.vs-eute or file .
for m-e; .1 any mala uineui. vviucti i
Imp l -e.- a i(‘striction upon the- suit
or occupancy of the murtg .red
! )oj eiis mu the ha j ; of race, col-
Oi to- creed until hi.-, moiisape Iras
been paid ui full, or tin- contiact j
>j( insurance '.liierv/ire h ; inioat -d
Upon ihe violation of this amend- i
Continued on pag-e three |
More Jobs Opening
For Race-Granger
.’ --'V York i Special) ‘"Thanks
in the logic of events and anli
: diucriminarioii statu!.-; in many i
.-laic- many job areas formerly i
■ In-.ed to Negro*:.- are slowly open j
ing.”
This was a ke* statement made
in a i'eporl made public care Itiis
y-.--.-k by Lester H. f*ranger, ex.
.'Utiv.- director of the National i'r
'ban League.
t!ran. eyr - aid i lie Ispue, an in.
lei racial social .-ervire orpniiiz,.
lion, spent $1,500,000 in IJMIi and
■:n !)ieveil sign; i'icant resttl!.-- '
Summarizing lnili's activitc:, ‘
Graiiger said li.c lb-ban League'.*
i eeui'd:: show Iliau\ iiii lances oi day
to day BiiccesM-s in "In iiiyinp, the
“FAIR SHARE OF
LIVING CHRISTIAN” |
SAYS ALABAMA GOV.
I
Montgomery. Aiu (Special!
Hi;; Jim Folsoin, Maiiama'a clown
Ing, kissing governor whose anti-,
lav, often outraged his* con-ditu
entu, ibis week made ua'appea) for
"a fair bare of living" for Ala
Is.mi's Negro citizens.
t*ov. l' , ol.s()in. a towering -i.-.
footer, was: bijli inti faced and up
pan "illy in deed earnest wheu tie
SHAW TRUSTEES
EXPECT TO NAME
NEW PREXY SOON
She a University trustees Lius
- We*a. ted to speed up the search
j for a- or io Fresiueut Rofaeix
; F Dsn urn who re. igneu to accept
tiii> pi'c-M-fency of Viicnua ;..t.*ic
! Lallege last week.
At the- time of an informal se-:-
a n *;f se\ • :'al trustee: repi erenl
aig the executive meeting in Ra
;i* ich last week, ii c u.id l --. stood
; that in Wiilinm II G.- ay. foi mer
, pit-, blent of Florida Agricultural
and Mechanical College, stated llis
; •'availability 4 for the pci.-ation" (i
i'A.M, said however, that the t:us
] Tee.-: tailed to take official notice
|of Dr. Cra > availabiliiv. Several
; nanu : vr> re cu: cussed fold it .s be
lievi-.i iiis * ) that the itmstces vydl
i come to Raleigh in January pre
pa i ei! lo elect D. Darnel - sue
A report ha:; been circulated in
Raleigh that two of the trustee are
ainadv ''committed" to support Dr.
• Wcmhill t'iay Somerville, dyn-irnic
Siiavv alunniU':. who is at this time
; executive score!ary of the Lott Ca
rey Foreigti Mission Society Some
. cxisition to T>r Somerville - '- can
didaev lias beta voiced, however.
Lontinurd mi |».*ue 8, fills section
late., together on the am© team
for tlit* good of Amcncan cnmmuh
i n ins,”
i
The ©conomic itatus of the conn
• li'.v’H Neproe; In*.-i .show n consider
able improvement aince tin? t'rbain
Lt-agm . founding in lilld. "In the
main stream of Anicrican com
mere© and industry, ill© Negro is
betn i off today than tie was thirty
fears ago when the Hr ban League
was founded, and the t rban Lt-agnc
bear., an important rrsponsibiiity
lor this achievement," t i range r
tout i uued.
II" pointed cut that although
I more and more Americans are be
ginning to realize th© hazard:; of
( ciltiniied *<n page 8. this (ion
I
I
-.called for a treatment of Mouth-j
c-i'ii Noroe.-i har.ed on “the priuc'.des i
| of Christianity."
| Mr Folsom, in a special me,-). |
'aye which has been favorably no 1 .-1
ied by several of the region's lead i
; ing churchmen, said Negroes made !
!up 35 percent of Alabama's popu-i
! lation asked: “Are they getting
j 35 percent of the fair share of
living?”
“As long as Negroes are held
dowfi by deprivation and lack of!'
opportunity, the other poor people !
will be held down alongside them/'
iCov Folsom added.
Dr Louie I), Newton, a former
president of the Southern Haprist :
Convention, said of Gov, Folsom's
message. ‘Certainly we hail with
pleasure any effort to make the
relationship of the races definitely
and permanently Christian.”
I A well known Alabama pastor,
! the Rev. T. A. Russell of Montgom
| cry’s Cloverdale Daptist Church,
J said of Folsom’s appeal for u more ;
Continued on page 8, ibis section
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Mur * J Alston ol Raleigh \ C
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Mt. V V. FIU.DING
C, C, SfAbLfISNG
ST 15, OPTIMISTIC
[ABOUT FUTURE
j
! ld'id will ,nu;i tin liirnin;: pond
;'. i in -, (■ i a of .'.piritual t>o<>d Lei
jo':,-, a ■ ih,- i .ti’iou .1 t (i!
j mankind in the opinion t.-i i\ C
( Spanieling, nationally known hu. i-
J IHV: oxcutivv
| In hi annual in. - .-ore to 'in
jpiii.vi-,. ~t the Noith Carolina Mu
I tual f.il-e Insurance Company and
j Hie Mechanics and f'armor: Batik
| multi-million dollai enter prise, Mr.
| Spauldin;’ tin., week, predicted that
the trend established at intenui
fua.ar leyci ot • Christian militancy
and w. rid brotherhood” would
push America forward Inwmd the*
“full realizaiion of the of
equality of opportunity for all.
Mi. Spaulding had high p.uisi
for tile United Nations, President
Truman, the nation's Press, and the
Indian Prime Minister Nehru
"Christian church every when it is
giving renewed impetus to the
principle of one Wb;.ld, one race,
and one God.”
“Tile United Nations offers tan
-file opportunity for all peace-lov
ing nation;; to make a practical
contribution no the settlement of
the problems which have made
war.- tin- curse of past civiliza
tions ” Mr. Spaulding said.
’(lie Durham business man. who
j celebrated hi 73th birthday last
| August, recalled that American Ne
jgroes eh uid i.e especially interest
;ed in the plight of disadvantaged
I minorities ’elsewhere iu the world.
I “Although we are all Americans
|lo the core,’ Mr. Spaulding said,
i “we are no less typical in our
i Americanism than the million of
I cur fellow Americans whose ances
try is of European and Asiatic on
gin. Indeed, in addition to the
strong European strain in many of
us, we are likewise the descend
an Is of modern peoples of Africa
and the East, whose aspirations for
an economic and political fair deal
are no less legitimate than our
own,”
The 1948 elections in ’'traditional
American fashion” gave President
Truman a round at to initiate the
"Fan Deal” which promises new
security for the country’s economic
underprivileged people, Mr. Spauld- 1
ing continued.
The crusade for human rights;
Continued on back page i,
one of the fin,! WACS to bi* as*
Mtjiuil t o tbt kil/ingen training
t vote* in Ormai.y, is cost ac
coiintiu;. tlcrk for the installation,
sic Inc- lo tii in tfn- Service since
l"M;: i I'hoto by Kobt i tsi
[defiant kun
. vl -
GAbTOi’C]A iSpecial.) The Ku
iKijv Klan . peeded up its campaign
[ ! n organize :n N- .'h Carolina over
j n> oppositions of Gov W. Kerr
! "'•■•of■: in;.- .vf.’k by announcing
j Gi:;.- of an : ■ ia-. .fins' to be
| held in G 's' *n;.> on January IS.
j Klan “big shot • from Georgia,
j ■' ‘;; i ' --■,!■>)•■ .? d hi ■ ;;:'e
' < i;-rc!i: is (1 to speak m the January
15 meeting.
|
j Tommy H. Panther, Gastonia *a
i roan, who announced the “op
| " meet;: id it was being held
, to show peop-U- thy Klan members
• -r< “not a bunch of cut-throats.”
According to panther some of
Gastonia': “finest citizens” includ
ing doctors, lawyers, and “even
it- inters of the p> lice department”
are in ihe klan.
Gastonia police chief Carl El
uott said be 'surprised” that
some of his office'-.- w ore klans
mcn Chief Elliott declined to say
what he would do it he found out
w ; 'o the klansmen are among' his
officers.
Continued on page 8. this section.
nprk Tr 0 t y|C *•*
it'.- «iILx *V ? * tur 4
f?i. aiuond, Va. i Special) -- Law
suit weary Virginians views I'M 1
as one oil the moat turb’! ;n ’:l «r
■ expensive years in the Pi '■
The turbulence and tin
: are iraceable directly to :VL
j i Tow. one el ihe ,<tai»G, *.v c
. politicians, who is bent on p< : pen .
' aiihr: the myth of '‘scjKtruli
equal.’
il is. untie ralnotl that Mr f'.O'
who is known fannhari ' a. "Ji.
Crow", has for the oas-. eighty c
mote years emphasised the Chris.
e:iit desirability us maintaining
>'Cond eias,-: citizenship” for Ne~
iut-.' in leietii years. Mr. Crow
i-harper, “ouisidc interference” has
brought ''extreme dissatisfaction”
to dr element ho refers to as our
“h eg ra brethem."
In Ur Crow's view, Negroes In
1949 had ‘“the effrontery" to sue
Virginia counties and the State it*
■ self fm discriminating against Ne
gro children. One of Mr. Crow’s
cohorts, former State Superinten
dent of Education <!. Tyler Miller
. .aid “Stone Walls, do not a school
make” when Negroes' sued foi im*
proved school buildings.
The quality ol instruction, said
Continued on back page
ATTfTUOE OF
CHARLESTON, W. Va. (Special!
—An article entitled "How Catho
lics Fight Race Preudiee” is a feat*
me of the current issue of “COL
OR. “ N<-.:;ro monthly magazine -pub
, t.: lied here.
The article states: “While some*
'organizations, religious groups, nad
leaders still shout about what ought
.to be done about the Negro's plight
m America, Catholics have nut
iheir promises and policies into ac
tion.”
“Catholics are doing their share
to knock Jim Crow education into
a cocked hat,” the article states.
"Catholis are punching Jim Crow
1 on all fronts, in h cr. education,
religion employment ipolitics and
vdiat have you. Outside of the U.
S. A itself, they are probably the
i strongest organized force in the
[world today fighting Communism.”
The article single*; out for par
ricular praise the National Cutho*
Me Welfare Conference. Cardinal
• Spellman. Bishop Bernard J Shie), ’
! auxiliary of Chicago; St. Lousi uni
versity, the Catholic University of
America, the diocese of Wheeling
and other Catholic personalities
and organisations.