$ Ab Jk :
f j 0 JB !
f ***** ' |
HENIMF ,FSOV, V (. Yfr-
Kva siiperintrndrnt *>f
nmsfi at ft'iidp! sons luMlrp
HotpiUl. K “hf»un here hi*ldi'){
In a(i fvrlH'.ivf photograph, K
wm'li : old * i.usrp r'J’inkv"'
White «ho rams into national
prominence last tvcek Mtrr she
snivived a 6 1 i non? burial in a
Awarding Os Prizes
Irk sTD retina* Group
RALEIGH T" se unprecedented
and still imej '•!■■•* inert disquaiifu
lion of the l and Johnny"
skit fi v night by ’he
l.'i i!>- -1 1 < Club f ■' Au-'o oitic-C
folio;.,*' ;o>' Ei.-vcnth Annual
Jabber --ex k ronUM. threatened ; o, ;
Week dovolop into a iof ma
jor proportions.
The skit woo one of sevei at pre
sented by different groups in the
Jabberwock contest, held in Me
morial Auditorium and pporn red
by the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
At the time of the disqualifies
Judge Postpones Durham
School Suits Until April
DURHAM f Special t - Fade A
Judge Johnson J. Hayes acted here
Wednesday utter noon to postpone
hearing the two so -called Durham
“civil rights' ease, until the April
term of the Middle District Fed
eral Court
Judge Hayes' action means that
the ease of Carolyn Blue and 2U
Negro children of Durham in
c'hose interest a suit has been
brought arainst Durham and State
education, officers will red. he heard
until Ihe fourth Monday in Apt il
Man Appeals Verdict,
Then Changes His Mind
RALEIGH A young man chßiy-l
ed with disorderly conduct, assault :
and battery on an officer, and re- 1
sisting arrest, filed notice of ap
peal Monday, after being sentenc- ;
ed in City Court, to four months
on the roads.
A short while later the man, y
Leroy Ragland of 1006 K Mnfdn 1
St. returned to court to ask that
his appeal notice he withdrawn and
he be allowed to serve the time.
Jt request was granted. 1
Brower Runs For Office
Durham W. Frank. Brower, popular Durham newspaper ml.
umnist and lawyer, has filed notice of his intention to seek a seat
in the State Home of Representatives from Durham County.
Brower, a native of Durham, and a. veteran of World War fi.
filed here Monday with the Durham County Board of Elections
as a candidate for the Democratic nomination to one of two House
seats.
Brower la the fourth candidate here to tile for the State post T ■
date, however, he is the only Negro candidate.
Brower finished the North, Carolina College Law School last
June. Prior to that, time lie attended Hampton Institute graduating:'
in the class of 1 !*42 Brower is now a practicing attorney in Durham
Recntly. Brower who is director and fnundoi of Hie United
Negro Press, condn* led one of the most successful March of Dimes
campaigns ever held among Negro Vitl/.ens here.
Brower's fraternal affiliations include, membership in the
Shrinei s, mid the Masons.
tomb l l-‘* fret deep covered v »th
) an it),*! tin -3 <*d &> »*> •
ton
Thf* oill T ct’s * vfar-riTri ttttrttaf*
lied r»o*fher who aH 4 ■ z> f}S> hijr
ircl the int-int. ǥ hr i?ȣ held in
Vance ( oiinfy !ai! undr* >4.06)
front! chargerl u ith attempt to
'Ormnit niarrlcr.
lion tiic four judges dd advsn •
for ‘hr.- artont
{a< o c r?p r rtc'T ‘h*l tbr vise «.*i ,
■ • hir.u S» A * >k- ■ -i'-'g ■(
fi'i-u. Cad objt .ted t- tit*
i «i,smii-i . end dcomodtd a
it be disqualified
fGom the applause the coite.g o
player:- received f< ■ oeir .;•>"••» hit
intf. ;•!-«?* ■(t.iou f the fl. ;di id
tlra '‘ll, 'f a "‘.u' •? he.
lover “cause he was doing he
v.-rong." i* see.. t >r-'
skit vouid receive -ne ;>f v.,.* f i»rpc
( nntinut *1 (>»■ (u 4 -ts. this s^etien
Ti'e speond of 1;> * ,vo ' a>er-.
that ->f Harold T T.pps Pod Robert,
D. Glass. Negro liw students at
North Carolina College, -vho seek
an injunction to prevent l"' 1 • re
fusing them admission, the federal
jurist indicated he would schedule
tor flic first Monday in April
Representing the Mato in ‘he
Blue case were Attorney General
Harry McMtrllan, hi. chief ,c ,i.
tent Ralph Moody, and Former U
B Senator W. B. t.I;;;-,tcarl of the
Continued OI! page R. this 1-1 Mon
Ragland was chaiged vs.tin us- .
iting a di.-.iuirbarr■*> in a Blount St
restaurant on Saturday, and strik
im* Officers Joe Winters and Satn
uet Clarkson, when the two po
licemen attempted to arrest him
lit hi.; own defense Ragi-mcS
r'!iari , ’ed that h" had created no
disturbance and bad resist'd ar
rest only after Officer Winters
struck him with ‘ I"ck,p"'k.
Ragland charged furtbe; t-h-it
Continued on i*a«< >, this section
x .}' . O?'.n * frr Whit* sncithf-r
**i f||j(» child, is ai:*.o mother of a
* otd nature; ,or>; » ; f
Itv fchfr .»r,o *»t a c* v cea v d t 1 « «-*» of
{hr ipfaiit ,* l;*» .«*! V'Vfd last
•.> f*• U . * livin jr !iui ial.*’’
Vattec f oonty ur>i: isj - -ay thc
o?>v- * r| n.ntfrc* ri-uisv. Mi? r. un
<ibin to « 4abi‘-di paternity of her
child.
•\ ;< poke-mart hi the -'.hrriff's
riiif f » ’ ., HJfpmrir from dozens
of j<■ < •!»I * ft* * o tig haul the coMritry
I; • »• hf-fn seeki?? 5 to adopt the
child
f ive v r»* old 'soritiy White
"■iry fdi. tfdd officer% his mother
burir«| tht- . r hiir iffi- infant
•is-. (i vnn Thf child's
r»*u#hrt >'< ( \jt a White. noli*
*i ; H that, !i>i
w*'* nievshi^
lhe a r *•>!•.e<l is >»«jititauiing i
In:id .«»'net- in ,i*M.
f> ! (•?!!••?.«?*. d* rribe her a*
tough mi re her *’
RACISTS SEEK
IMPEACHMENT
OF JUDGE WARING
' b.i rb .don, .' (’ The deebi: , ;i •
'101! that a ' ■•-HHjtyinji .'•! fil "jurli.e"
i h-dug <»•,' <! in impi.o.li t) ill),
•••>• it; ido her. <llv fhi v e. it i>y
( < (!• ial lit i rift .hid ... .). \V ••<it>
\V■(!: !< c:
t it f • n*' i.npesi liir.en* p n tlDonb
'against .lodre \v. Mil. are bring
ei me) a fed iht ough eastern Cam
?i < i » r>! ;r l iff.
Since a .Feb ral Jtidge holds of
fice for life, 'hr* only way h c ran
i>e removed is through impeach
men' ri■ ‘ irenin'!t. or de-ith.
The oppo itjon .'udEe Waring
stems fntni the fart that it was hi''
h Istorir ri<*< i..inn that opened trie
South r:u<dinn D"iii<irrta ic prima
■ idea to Negroes.
The pet in ions charge that the
ioilst ‘ has openly ihroitgli tiis wife
advocated di ...*■ 11. ion on tho purl. 1
of Negro fit is rr, against !pe yyliite
tit i/ens of Soi.it !i <'» rolina."
The Judge’s wife in a speech
triad" her" last mouth, called for
an end to what -h> termed whits
supremacy. Site aapertetl Southern
alt it. '* people arc ‘dpiidcnt and j
mor.illv low " Mr W n’JJiJg is a na
t'ontiniKd mi page I, this section
NAACPPROSES
ACTIVITIES OF
ABE AGENTS
t
CHA RLOTTf .« C. The State 1 •
NAACP in said to saw 1 under tn
' '"dilation the .-•••• ;>-;tiev. { ,f white!,
ACC officers who me fiaioling their I
f;tC'’s black in raid on .illoueri Ne- .
;:>.'o vi'-latoi.s of the State Alcoholic!
Beverages Control a.'.
If the investigation reveals that j
the officers themselves are guilty'
of violating the rights of alleged
'‘bootleggers," it. is regarded as cer- !
tain that court action will be ]
brought, against ABC personnel in-j
solved
State ABC authorities in Raleigh j
have previously been accuser! of j
using Negro ‘stool pigeons" to trap!
alleged Negro '‘bootleggers," Ne
gro groups have said if Negro |
stool pigeons proved beneficial in'
the law-enforcement program of,
the ABC agency, it would appear a !
logical step to appoint Negroes to,
the criminal investigation branch
of tile agency.
Negroes in the ABC’ set up are
Continued on page 2 tais section ;
TRIAL FOR TEACHER
CHANGES FORECAST A T UNC
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CHARGE GOP WITH SELLOUT
WOMAN TO FACE
TRIAL IN
GHltO’S DEATH
: ROCKY ’-TO I'N'T The trial of
; vtir Geneva B.otlc Putniau. ♦.!
i yorjv-old local school teacher, op
1 . ftiarge of iovolun' irv ma'i'.’augh
j ter. ■ been ..•» for M&r u lin
. ~,. hville. N t.
! Mrs. PRtmait. ho elemeatary
1 school teach'-r tu the Nash County
1 ictiocd -ivstpm. faces trial before .
I ; Nash Count' - pi*> pt Court, on
i hargf grovvirtg out of the death
* ot an J i year oid white girl, and;,
S rim injury of her -even year old
TP. .mt'dio! h;> ; ) ‘ -*a ident ifi-'d :
i i i tht drive) of an automobfle:
. Si; 1; ;■ 1) It*). 't tilC OldCrt Ctldd tO
P ft; a .on f a ' •■,).; pol°
\.j; ; Pill;.] in i . HO'.V at lib'CCiV
under a s&.Wu> bond, wteic-h aas set
for het late nattttuay. after a cur..
oner'-- im y d- • ••)•••'' itie child n.“'t
her death because of criminal a"a
lige-nce on the part, of Mrs. Pitt
IV HU
The white press of the eonunun
itv, to its credit, has not played up
til" raria! attuie f 'S' ll caciP.
iufe 'intptes iva i i.* 1.1 i.*> the
( ontinned on page k, this section
Miami Sticks By JC,
R, C. Cancels Meet
Wash in atiou (ANP) The American Red (‘rose.
. Tpoditi-' firm t»n it - decitdon that it will hold no national
‘'‘.inventions in any city which tends g> yegregale against
it.t delegates, it wa; learned here lay-1 week.
'lbis disru.-Gton was l>ronghf to liglit when Waiter
fVtnchc!!. the well known news
/ ommenG't'j!. Htinotim ed that tiv'
for tip' I T.! iirtfiepa! H< d
*"r,>■-•.s ■. >nvci.tion to nieet iu Miaeii.
Ft > . iiad been '.slb'd off.
For the past three years th"
'■uvention with its 'approximalcly
r>,o‘e‘ dcicutea has met in western.
» ;tst"ll] ;iii'j oortte'i n ritios, <i the
Red i'ii) i tlroufclil |i would he -irry
i, ir (list* it n to the South ta d
year In searching ,'.round a .o'lti;.
em city with sufficient facilities
to ficcnuirnorlatn thf- large uinubei
ot delegate:*: t har|c.*; Wht'inan. <li
lecior ot th" t onveution hmeau ; 1
ai t tn have found Miami the outy
city with sufficient hotel space to j
take cave of the convention, provid- j
trig it meets there dm log the off
season.
In discussing his plans with th
Gunmen Stage $16,000
Holdup At Morgan
BALTTMORfti, Mil Four w?ni; -d iit t o the v
ot htfttf College MosiH.o.y, ,a:opjA ? i tip slf>,ooo in . p^istTriMm
h'.an anti escaped j.JJ in i.hr< »t rn/nutf*.
'Mu hoM'lits, ;tl| VtigrtK-:;. Him huihiin* T, »»m ,
n few rninutos thf* last st.unf*nt hod pwld hi And
Iht»y h*’id 1 2 poisott-; a\ ho*, otid sooop«fl th?
a can voo bate.
< a rrer. tUp coil« nis. <.-»ic» otip ba”di t
stood at Mi« front door
'the other three hustled into the
library wing where a temporary
cashier's cage hart been set up to
r- led; the regirtration fees.
The tallest of the direr. Harter
did limped up on the counter >f
the cage and said. "This is a holrt-
Shriners Elect J,igon
As Program Head
RALEIGH The shriners of
the Desert, have elected In
spector General L. XV, Elgon,
a thirty-third degree Mason,
chairman of the “Gala Day’’
, program to he held her-p March
19 and 20.
Elgon's election came at a
meeting held here Sunday hy
the Shriners at the Masonic
Temple.
Eigtit temples were represen
ted at the meeting with the
largest delegation coming from
Winston-Salem, and Durham.
The Shriners also elected
Nobles 11. 0. Perrin and N. L.
Perry, as recorder and treasur
er respectively.
K
I
it'
''''
DKATIf i \K The wreck-
'd is ini B*‘. 1 f’i s chapter. M'l.qt
matt i> said to h ive raised the *jues
t ritt ot hoii 'i'.g delegat'-'s -n a ncu
• discrl rninat ory haaia. The local
chapter cihio-ct.'.l te any uch pro
i>‘>:•*'*l-.*;. < uitniiur *h>‘l -itch a tiling l
jiist coiildti’t te* done ■ n Flor i! ..
N‘ t befng willing in accept the
".!*••:iisiuri tnauc hr the Miami Re<| !
( l oss, the fonveritton dire* tot ; *. I
.-aid to ksvc jtcrsonally cont:*..' ’" i
! 1 he tuaii.igement of some of the
city'.’ leading hotels explaining tty.t
, it had aSyr, been the p.-yi.y „t
Hie national Red to hou ■■
; all of it i -eiiioi delegate:; in tie*
| same hotel and all of the its inn \
: ier delegates in another, regardless i
I of race
Two hotels consented f.-> e i **e.
f'nnMnned .»>> page ft, this ?e*Him
_ _
up. Wo want the money. D'op it 1
•end step back*.’’
1 1 j .i r> (frr.Af pxne c jHti r .!?r tr» ths* !
1 t'P r '! cl|.;: ? the eight cashiers wf-to ‘
icoutifing the re"sipts With a pis i
•' f ol In one hand he shoved hand i
1:1 afici (s'Mirifn! id bills to ore d
th" c.f h«guninen who stiffed,
tb’vu t i h .due canvas hag
Aft - . cippbic tlic ban. the three j
(started out of tor lib:ary on the
! run.
Carter i.aid one Mopped then and
Continued on page S, this section
! Va. Studies Anti-Bias Bill
! Richmond Bills which would
i ;it>ol iah racial segregation on 'pub
lic (t ;inspoi 1.-itjon ;ifid o'-iablish i
! Slate Rare Relations Commission.
! were introduced into the State
' General Assembly, early this week.
! Introducing the bills ,was Dele
gate Annistead L Boothe, of Alev
andria, who challenged his col
leagues in the Legislature to as
sume a "more positive and less
negative attitude on states’ rights."
»g* pii tmed above *. ili that
remains of a tDk7 f hevroMt.
,<ftrr a ireiyfii. t< no smash' d lab
it Monday afternoon, killing the
d*ivei Whitfield M:• .s. of put
t annon , and dragging the
i > .too feet along sh r uiroid
11 .1 1 Picture courtesy News
and Observer.
OOP ACCUSED
Os DESERTING
CIVIL RIGHTS
Washing? m. P C. The ftepub
: itcau t';uty's nev dedaratton td
| pat ty principals wns the targ'-'i for ;
j d oiHci attefk 1 • i -UK , ii€*d here- Xucs
j day, by Administration Democrats
t'Uc f *oni:rat . ■ .u. "1 the GOP
■if backh.c-king on 1948 Ci"ii
: B 5:? > Y')\ Ho•• in its ne;*.' pTi ty
' p ldUronn
The y r floor Torino i
'hr- t.io.g sot »h.o ch3*rgo.>. hs
i,v n. f-Hi ;>< s rf H’Nt i pill' PV. chjOf '4 \ 1 til
i if o; the j >omc»L f a tie Civil RiglTs
i plank, said the Republican p**aT
j form jfp|y eouiTod the favoi
j of TmT h.e* p Deirircr.-h'
! OUie-r Tj unHn Oomocraks. \n
my do off th* flop!
i''harjjed t.liat she ftcp>ibHcms bid
Coned d<‘ *j. thf i: stivng UVIB civil
j i h>h • - l-Htd :rr ,jo .r hey didn’t
i want to vote? on the issue.
ffou •' h- (ly-t f’halrrn*ui John jo'-o
! inn ski ’ U Mich a who has been
f ordiruH (I <*«« K, I!m .
Man Killed
As i nun
I Wrecks Auto
TV RAY DA NT’Y
I RA! l'fOH~-Bef"ie the eyes of :
his best friend and e honif' !
: group us spectators a 29 year Ri
• •'igl'i man Whitfield Mass of 4'Tk '
j * anuc.ti At . v• : killed Instantly .
; Monday afternoon, when a Norfolk
' .vmthevn frelglil train ploughed
| into the .or',!, of hit; aummobii*'
j 'I h- iter'id**nt occni r. iT a‘ the rail*
t mad ii. ~; iujr on Favottcvlllc FT
nbonl i ;.U) vronday when Mass
tempted to croas Fnc track.; in front
of the upending train.
Continued on pate I. this section
I j Civil right- legislation, bp df
■Hared i. an of fail of the stales and
i ret ~f trip Federal Government,.
"Let nr chow that more fnith j
i! can be placed in the rock "f the
, Legislature in Richmond than m
tUr- shifting lands of Washington." ,
Boothe declared.
The bill to establish a ra« rein-,
■: tlons commission'“will show deter--i
i ■ ruination of our Legislature to take'
i hand in the gradual, elimination of 1
New Martin School
Forecast By * Officials
Hai#»itrh Tire vexing problems revolving' around the
iaiiin ( •, M? i <• n;h .School situation, appeared nearer
final >o!u!r *n ’ln ■ wet-k, with the prediction of a high
Pate cdur-Pi ~!•'»] official, that another Negro high- school
vvill hr- huti' m <he count.-.
a * »At •*.;.©)•,♦ rh c’ ° vc * vc* con
':i.i ited hij*h ictrools in (Tie area.
'>>*! at Carmel? *•'•) the other a!
: .*V ■ itiiaoi .Fin Th" p;"'i •- d i>e v
-.• rr ol would >, n b" it at Oak City
Oviginally it wa;. !*.■' . .--! that
• hoi :itr*e us Hu* small amount of
a".. ;av.«;|.ih!'\ It" Parmele
‘.chool vcre biult
ii * v !er Ihe official said that'
,n "id:'.i6na 1 ■;■ ini ‘"'■■ahl be allo
cate . fa; ili-r ion .Ilu 'i n '.f the
nr-*." ...iio a. ilia' the hr prove*
• •*•**i, * , voa),i i*,e made.
'lie* matte. * f t■;- s*.i\oo!s .’’.ca
h) ou.ght lo a head la -t when |
•vo apposing factions met before 1
.lap ;i,qo Board n t'etltions.
One faction. r ß presenting the pa
rents of O.ak Gitv, contended the*
t *.* n should tie' * high school of
Court Again Upholds
Conviction Os Senator
( IFVI IAMI AIWAi'TS
l ift AMIR (Fib
> i lii TIM
t LI \hIAUH i\y>?\ The
( i*vf-!.*n<t i by i yiirr H approir
*cl ?? -t’ ,f +0? y |;i ft- H‘ •
f-’t s: < V f li* v'> i 1 *rnm * -as ion
P { ' n l ist week by a ’5 to 7
vote.
7fn orfhrMnre bars employ
nienf ri *■ *m' iu *f>n grounds.
oi\ <i t l r fx t s •) ft v Pi * i '>•«•* I ». ri.
gi*i. ft n-m effective in
»'» df*v?» Ihe plip w<i > accept
pfj iftf f Minff >», ye». of
\m | p*fy■-*imf ? 11 i f\ ~ v’il K i
i yj>lt!nto4*;v *lFnlng
pfriorl it fUftCiU’ered
fbr?.t the 4. jty b.ofi much
to «;oin by job equoJity for all
(aonttnijecl on naije 5?, this section
such legal iti<yju<>littes as the eon
■; hi i it ten of Virginia directs us to
| eliminate.'' he said
The hid }n repeal law requir
ing segregation on common car
riers “i:. tint an entering wedge,”
lie added It, ran be a final wf,
if you :o desire "
Fen the white lace, its effects
i would be “infinitesimally small,”
i for Negroes "infinitely great," he
(Continued on page 8, this section
mi SEEN
LIBERALIZING
SCHOOL POLICY
. WASHINGTON tSPECIAL)
Secretary of the Army Gordon
Gr.c. of North Carolina who was
unanimousl) elected president of
the University of North Carolina
i iyv the nni -ersity's trustees in
’ Nhapei HiU Monday, will meet the
‘ {U-r.vji!g demands cf Negroes to on-
Uer the university’s graduate and)
l r-ofessi •al schools vith couraffe \
ind inhygritv.' a high official in
•he Truman administration predict
ed here Tuesday.
Tie- higli government official
'vt •, piedided Mr. Gray would
, i th- demands of Negroes to
f-;:tor 'he State University, was
. careful !.;> point cut however, that
j a:? »>>j« of the nation's ablest ia v
! Vv. ■ Mr Gray could be relied upon
r.. v, a o'iM-.J mewe by the legality
iof the case than by any other con*
sideratior.s.”
Although the official did not
Mur. orate, his statement was taken
< !»nti!Hie<i on page S, this section
its own. instead of being depen
dent on the school at Parmele.
The proposed new school met
principal of the Parmele school,
with opposition from W. C Chance,
who argued that the construction
of a new - 'hool with present funds,
would result in the county being
cursed with two bad schools in
tend of blessed with one good
! school.
Chance said the money could be
. bettor spent on making improve *
merits at his school
she parents who favored the
! new school, had as their chief corn
; plaint, she ‘twelve miles their chil
dren are forced to travel every day
to the Parmele school They said
f "ntjiuseii on page 8, this section
Montgomery. Ala.a The
Alabama Court of Appeal up
held again yesterday the con
viction of -ienitor Glen H.
Taylor, Democrat of Idaho, on
a disorderly conduct charge
The court no opinion
ft-, ruling was on an applies
Uon tor rehearing, which It de
nied.
Senator Taylor, then a can
didate for vire-presldent op the
ticket with Henry A Wallace
v-’js fined SSO and sentenced to
trio day; in jail after trying u*
| enter a door reserved for Ne
groes at a Birmingham meet
ing where ho was to speak in
! 1949.
! “ ———
(NEW COLIiMN STARTS
IN THE CAROLINIAN
•w
5 With this issue The f.ARO
j fJVIAN beglus a new series of
| colon' us bv James D- Williams
En*ttleiv “One fai T>i e
j Road”, the column will appear
• every week in the pages of
j this paper
, 1 Mr. Williams will not con
(e»n himself with the big !*■
I '-■iifs of the day, rather he w!M
j deal with the small Hews
I whirh form such an important
j sliro of life.
The column will run the g.-t
--1 roui from comrtndy to tragedy,
; and will be designed strictly
! for entertainment.