North Carolina Newspapers

HARRIS VOTED OUT-N. C, ST mm HURD A AAA A A A A A A A A A Ar A A A A A A A A A ¥ ¥ * * * * * * I VOTERS REJECT OLD OFFICIALS IN IBTH PRECINCT KALEIGH As an uftorinate to ; a dispute revolving around th*'- 1 j contested election of Democratic j precaict official* for the ICth pre- 1 cinct, u group of voters Oil Thus* ! day staged a through going sit->h • up oi the precinct organization Tiie siiakeup was staged at the! Memorial Auditorium isiie • r tin precinct polling place • when- an j election was held on Thursday, fol lowing complaints that a previous! election staged April 2SN to naira members to the executive commit tee oi the precinct, was conducted], under illegal methods. In this election. D. H. Ham- | was named as chairman of tie committee and Mrs Louise Me- ! Lendoii, was named as vice chair-i man. Othei members of the com-] nutter were C. A. Haywood, Oi. Nelson perry and Foster P. Payne ] ‘ When the smoke from 'lTiurs- . day's election had cleared the only two original mein bars still remain- j ing on the committee were Mt ( Haywood and Dr perry. Replacing the other three mem-b fcers were Cart DeVane as chair-!! man sirs A, lb Brown as vke- ; U on pitk t* 8, this \c<ci*«Mju NEW MOVES PLANNED IN DANIELS' CASE b RALEIGH The promise that ; i. tfcw legal move, will be made to I 9fve the lives of Bennie and Lloyd ; Hay Daniels, sentenced to die for j trie murder of a white taxi driver,; was made here this week by an in- 1 formed legal source. The promise was made after the I United States Supreme Court r <n Monday hud declined to cater tin- ] case oi th*.- two Pitt County cous ins. Intervention of the United States j in the ease war sdUfht through a i writ c-f certiorari which charged i that the procedure used at the trial j was in violation of the U S Con i Stltutioii The wi« therefore asked tnat peimusioi; granted L allow] the filling of an appeal In the Fed eral Court, si c<- a federal '.pi' nor, was involved Following tiie decision of thej Court not to Intervene In the case, it was pointed out that dental Os tiie writ did not mean that hop- K>r Federal inTeivciition in the case hud vanished since tin- :ui ing .I - bated oil the procedure lived Lhi- trial, and not on the merit;' of the case Lawyer for the two youths is : Herman 1, Taylor. Raleigh attor df-y, who hag been interested In . ■ th''* case for over a year. The two cousins were convicted (Continued on page 8, this section; Shliners Bring Color For Gala Day Event RALKIGH All the color and that It- I rcl an air of excite ment to any evert sponsored by the Sltrincrs-, will be on display here next week end as more than 1500 North Carolina Shriners gath er Here to stage their ‘ Second Gala Day Ceremonial." Participating in the ceremonies will be representatives irom eleven State Temples, while the local Kabal.* Temple No. 177, at. Cabar rus and Blount Streets will serve as host for the event. The. Ceremonial will be official ly opened Friday morning with a registration of delegates, and will close on Saturday night with a banquet. During the time between these two events the visitors will be treated to a number of other at tractions, arranged by the host Temple. Highlighting these attractions will be a baseball game, a public A & T Sponsors Fifth Annual Trade Contest GREENSBORO—Approximately 400 students, teach- Cl's and visitors attended the sth Annual State Trade Con test held at A, and T. College, and Dudley High School, Greensboro, N, C., May 6, 1950, Competing in the sixteen areas were 121 boys and and girls from all sections of the State. Forty-five students representing high schools were winners. The contest, held in two sessions, j began at 9 o’clock at the College;, where the judging took place and! continued until 12 o’clock noon. j 1 The group reconvened at 2 p. j; in. m ibe Dudley Hi eh School and- 1 1 torium where a variety shop was | presented by students from Wil- ; mington, N. C. Prizes were awarded the follow- : . Chlppey Named To RALEIGH From reliable , sources the editors of the CARO- ; LINIAN learned this week that; Professor Arthur P. Chlppey, for-, merly of St. Augustine’s College, J< has recently been appointed to the', faculty of St Paul polytechnic In-1 ST A JL # jfji Citizens rjp t r ® I o V Dice Charges BY JAMES 1). WILLIAMS KALEIGH - With the Wake County Commissioners scheduled to meet within the next tew day* , to consider the Courty budget tor, the c-i inmg fiscal year, plans were i fbehig completed in Raleigh this; week to present the Commissioner-; with u nuiTibei ot complaints con-1 ct-nii g the administration of St Ague - Hospital T m purpose behind the presen-' tatioii of i-omplamts to the Corn- s .T,;ssis-iels lit.-,-; ir* The fact that the; Commissioners are responsible hn the appropriation of money to cover tiie cost of treatment of Wake County charity patient.;- „t. the Hviiutai. T’Tvc complaints will La- ifiUdc in ! lb- Li. ct- that the Coxjvnjissioums svill ust their influence to demand an -1 Me < i investigation ot the t. ■ dial v m.mo-r of former patients at U.hospital have agreed t-o appear , at the hearings to tell their com-: •■•'LuiUi Ir.-st St. Ague; under *.,aUi. Truman Says Nation Needs Negro Nurses SAN FRANCISCO The U*- ' iat-vi lack of Ne;»ru nurses In this jooiiuiay * 1 it,be given special at - i u-niiuii, Ividt 1 !;t Trum-m raid b' i!, Monday in a message tu the j Ue.'m.al mming convention. of the jAn is* in can Nursing Association ! A l- ttei from the Chief Kxecu- ; ! iivt- ,s ad tu the convention, eom bu-nd-u the three pai tk-ipaumu | national nursing organization-: for ! "helping to open up the use of ] training ami health facilities to j Negro nutses." The convention rea tinned its; (previous stand against color dis js-riujin.itic-u by state nurses asso- ’ elation Ail state associations with' .’.re i-xccpiKiU of Georgia, Mi.-;.-1; sip ; P. Texas, South Carolina and the-1 Dlririci of Columbia now admit; IfJe'/ro mir.ies to membership ibis. years ..go, the AAA made a special provision allowing those ■ PaiTf’d froii'i luiniiip slate associm : ; lions to ,jcin tiie ANA direct, 'nit I ANA is ihe parent body of the ; state association. meeting at the First. Baptist Church and a public parade. The game will be staged at Chjvi. park on Friday at 2:3b p, ! m.. and will see St. Augustine's, j College and Shaw University, re ; new their intense and long stand jmg baseball feud. The public meeting at the First ■ Baptist Church, Wilmington and! iMorgan Street.", on Friday at ti p. j | m., will be featured by an official' j welcomed to the city extended b> | City Manager Roy Braden, and the |appearance of the Imperial Poten tate Ra luond K Jackson. The parade is scheduled to start .•at 1 p. m„ and the colorful uni ; forms of the Shriners, plus a nutn ' Iber of floats, and bands promise ;to create a wonderful picture a | they wind their way through the | streets of Raleigh. In addition the Shriners will i present the Imperial Potentate (Continued on page 8, this section) iing: In auto mechanics. Wallace j Shoffnor and Hoyle Phifer, Dudley i High, Greensooro. Austin Harris ;and Abraham McZeek, Wilmington, i Lawrence Smith and Marcellas | Coley, Hillside High, Durham, first | second and third prizes, respective ! ly. | In first year bricklaying, John j nle Straye, Adkins, .Kinston, I James Monroe, Washington High, (Continued on page 8, this section! , statute, Lawrenceville, Vu. While no official conformation | has as yet been made of the ap ! pointment, is was learned that Mr. IChipptv was appointed as a bio logy instructor. Current president at St. Paul is IGNES faces open hearing THE CAROLINIAN VOLUME xxix VOTE BIAS STUDIED _ _ _______ 0 . ... _ NON SEGREGATED SWIMMING POOLS HIT SNAG | WASHINGTON The battle tot j non-scgrcgated swimming pools in the union's capitol run into a shag • here on Tuesday, when the District j Recreation Department tentatively ! rejected a resolution offering the , boa id's "fuli cooperation to the j Interior Dvparlnent in operating its six swimming pools on u non j segregated ba as this summer. Lost month the recreation board tinned down an offer by the in terior Department to allow ,the | board to take over the pools on a mixed-attendance basis. After voting down the statement :of policy by n 3-3 tie, the board ; member-, unanimously agreed '.<■ jreconsicle; if at a later date. The resolution was presented by board Chairman Hairy S. Wfiidei kits purpose. Wander said, was to ; “dispell conclusively" any suggest ; ion that the recreation board is re sentful of the Department’s au- I bounced plan to operate the pools ion a non-segregated basis or was (predicting the policy's failure Before offering his resolution at (the board meeting, Wonder ex j pressed his •'earnest hope and T-loa" I that all citizens will cooperate with • the Department niuKing its n f >» • ;segregated program successful. The opposition to the resolution ] was led Lv Jui-iiv K Schwab, board ’ vice-chairman who ; aid the reso -1 Jutien was in op|)OsitjOn to tile | position the board look last month ;in washing it.-, hand.- of complete (non-segregation of Hit- jpoote at tin: i time , j The resolution read In full "This board wishes to dispel iconclusively any snpge tion that it 1 ; is antagonistic to the Department -(of the Interior’s plan to operate j the park swimming pools this ycm jon an open basis. Such unfounded • | implications are false and without j fact. This board offers its full co • | operation insofar as it is, able to , • assist them in their operation and , (control nt the pools We deplore (Continued on page 8 (tits section) New Job Earl H. McCiec.ny, who was direr i tor of tin,, .rchool of education at • | St, Augustine';, College, at the time • (that Mr, Chippey was employed • j there. ; Alter leaving the local school. (Continued on page 8, this section) I NORTH CAROLINA’S LEADING WEEKLY f _ _____ RALKK. H, NORTH CAROLINA WEEK ENDIN'C SATURDAY. MAY IT l’.C.d RALEIGH The Wake Coun ty convention of the Democratic \ Party, on last Saturday, attract- I cu a number of Negro represeti Two Dead In Rural District Shootings TRENTON, M. C iSplrsai.i 1 An unyiivvi uablf; temper plus al i Icjpid continuous quarrels about ~ in-laws resulted in a murder -.sin*. ■ ridr near here iasl Monday morti cing which gives tills small com• ‘; mu.lily its fir d bit of “sensation" !'since n run-uway fugitive was ap i. prein-nded here more than \>ur S years ago. lj 111-I'iued stars in the drama ot i frustrated emotions are Hubert ': Given, 21, and his wife, Annie: - (20. for whom joint funeral -or Time Grows Short , In the inner ending struggle to gain a more equitable distri hut ion of the rights and privileges of full American eit izenshtp. 1 there is one powerful weapon that tan be used by the Negro with •aimusi certain results. That weapon is the vote A simple weapon St is true, hut u weapon that can raise his standard of living so that he cun enjoy a few of tlie good things ol life before ho returns to dust; a weapon that will give him the courage to lace tomorrow for in hi, 3 heart lie will know he need •; have jk, tear that his human rights will ho violated; a weapon that 1 will guarantee a richer life for ldm and fans children. To ignore this weapon is almost criminal negligence, and so iiu editors of i'lic CAROLINIAN make a sincere appeal to every i ; <’iii.wn of North Carolina 10 register now, before it Is too late. “. t* base our appeal on the certain knowledge that tin ough the , use oi the ballot the Negro can use his power to help the men who h*‘ieve in the inherent dignity of all men. to represent thin state In the legislative halls of (he nation The registration book" dose .May lk, ami tinto ir. running out. ; 1! you have not registered, why not do it this Saturday. li we are not to return to tin* blackness from whence we came, ■ j * hen we must vote and make our hopes and dreams known to the world. Three Catholic Colleges Drop Ail Race Bars I OUISVILLE, Ky Follow in." lan educational policy for Catholic i« Hire.-, set at the National Cath - ;ol; Education convention in New | Orleans, the three Catholic col j legos of l ouisvllle have announc ed that they will accept .Negroes : as students in all departments. ■j The Louisville action was made 1 j possible by the recent amendment ienacted by the Kentucky Legisla ture to the date -. Day law passed in 2904. The original law rigidly en tatives irom tiiis city. Pictured above are H. (’. High, Sr., (be K 'V. Georje A. Usher Carl J)e vane ami uty. Fred .!. Carnage. viL't/s were planned after Green ai '! ii,v -jow hi . wife wish a single • 1.1u.5! from a shotgun early Mon , day morin»g before turning the igun mi himself and committing : suicide The tragedy occurred in a ten nut hi me on the Earl Belle farm as iclimax to a family quarrel which : had begun on Sunday morning, ■continue dull day Sunday and un til Monday morning. Nco.iibors report that Given was • ''Continued on page 8, this sectioni ’ forced segregation and provided that a 'person or school violating it would be subject to a maximum ! 'lrie of SI,OOO and also a possible fine of SIOO for every day the vio f.ifion continued. The amendment provides that institutions of higher learning In the state may accept Negro stu dents if the school’s governing authorities elect to do so and if an equal complete, and accredited {CuMtinueJ on page 8. this section) mm ms HOOVER PUN TO BAR RUSSIA NEW YOHK * ANlh i>; Halph \.i ItiUH'iv. direct- >r of tin- t 1 N, j trust. .-hip ilep-si a,i :t in--! wceit dei.Oiiii'.cd the n,i J, v' United Na tions whii.ii \viu.!i-.J i■- -- h ■ Ha-si; ■ recently made by i x-Hreside.'-l Herbert Hoove; ; To exclude the Soviet Union ' I from the UN, Dr. B> niche sa.'t, * I tvotlfd be the "first step in advanc •j m, the cold was ml,, a hot war." j “The UN.” he continued, “lias .shown Its ability to stop five or six 1 wins already. 1 j Ur Bundle wse- .iddrte ing U?e ! 12th annual scholui ,i,ip meet! ig at 'tin-- ( onurmriity a'-c.ria'- Hurhnt 1 District committee held at the New j York School oi Social Work. Co - lumbia Uraversity. i His address marked the opening .oi a drive el iliriels for three or ! sum fi.-llowshiips for Negro social 1 worker.- at the School of Social VV- rk. In in - speech ho noted the | achievement:-, of Uic UN iu avert iihg war, and said' j (f.'ontirmed on page 8, this section) f ' ' sii . i DIRHAM - Pictured above are representatives and members «f the Board of Directors. of the NO. THIRTY-TWO McGrath Told Os N. C. Bias UALUGH -- powerful Federal : acUcfi in the sritfci'cst of Negro vot i ers i;t Warren C antj loomed as a : definite possibility this week, fol lowing a telephone conversation • between Louis Austin, Durham ! publisher, and J. Howard McGrath ij S At to; new General !n the Mr Austin ; ’ ••pt-aU-d charge-, that tin- Negro .we:, in Waiicn t'-.-anty are b*> i Hii' ue-iucd the right to = .vait'pt it;« . tile ViGGi i.u ■ Hi iraary GiGChOfi ■ /id i ■ i return u&fh.ueci IVu J\.u • : i. uii ii-a t'c- S, ihi". hcid *o:li Nurses Plan Graduation Exercises 'RALLIGH - The i iH> -third we fTtvu.il eu:met-!,rer:, cnV i- xeVisec of | the St. A.gnos School os Nursing j ’.vil! be ht-lfi :it the Lucille Hunter j Schnci next v. rcsuitr c., May 17. |at 8 n tn U was announced the, I'Ov.cteev! t!,i;res art* scheduled . tV-dhlUctf Ou Jjajtr 8. this Senators Told Bias Hurts Nation. Abroad WASHINGTON The Senate jiv, ■ i.-; informed mi Tue.-May by Sen ator William Benton, Democrat "J Connecticut. that tin.-. country s civil , i;,ht - problems were shakirs; i tty.- ivuiiuatioiis of its internal son- I ial good will in the "cold war" and were jeopardizing internal secra - . ! ity. i ' ' Byrd Launches Bitter l ; Blast At Civil Rights i j CLEVELAND, Miss.—ln a bitter attack on the Pres dent's civil rights program, Senator Harry K. Byrd, (1 Va.) said yesieday that the prograin “is the greatest mat invasion of State’s rights., local porugatives and irtdividu: ,; seii-determination ever perpetrated on the; nation.’ Speaking in a Mississippi strong .; hold i'i the Dixicvrat movement, |Byrd said the United States is i headed for "socialism or something i N, C. Business League, who at tended a Board of Directors ! meeting hero recently. The lea- WASHINGTON, I>. G l fiufidt i boil ci. I'.: into 3 IP . ii'iuc party i!* Hock Creek. pat : i:ist v.etk end killed an IH-yea • .id Howard University coed a< injni. eti tv. o other c'trUs Tile bul .-Iriking o'; about 2:20 p tu. dura id r..'.ii;v!: nr, buried the VI Mr ; Basic ■: .. Mills a frest Uldri.t Par. HeiidetSOfiV Ul 11ST. C to the ground The bla.-.l drove i»ei shoes free ii>•; •>. i-t to a distance of sever Ki: : . riivv nossstal Uss than ■■ .: i ( Shs- v-v -p; lUivu .ced Jeait i hour later. I.in.uv! at tut- time we) t, .■; £ .' i .i , with Mli via;. si a: id ilia Under 3. tl'« •A 1 ; i: 1 struck f'ai-y a.l ' Bar' ..la Fishei US, of Dayto iol ia ;,i;a Dorothy Gaff;n, 18, ■ Sc'ietK-i, tad,' a V All three we : rushed to has a. i r,a : ;r; Hospital rlic ..inhultiuvc or Rescue Squ= .He V hla i ai a. S a., V a la lit , ■ -,, tri atcia lor s-iectm- shock Bi released M. ■ jVl.’i'- h: , .1 h I L'audal: Ha oonu • ti ;■ uoiat the Uuive ■■ it -. ; f ; attj. ,i .) resided I. . , 1.....; i HMi while M is-; i;.sh‘ . .. . Pvuti H . Hie cini.. o.a‘Sf a grot •it :urul Mil mu. i-.t v\.••men wl .r*i : , i i i tin- : wire, spuiaOied i ithe Residvi/t wo,men ; ih a ii Ui ivt-i-i i> ; . . picnic shOv No v p Mali: Ri-.id in Sot !Creek park. Tim pruup reived a the groc ;i;:SO p i: u. three busse When ti-rro cloud began to at pea; phurtiy afte: ward. they begs packing ii;, re: the rfrUmi tri -'r-! j’ciPy the- rail hil the lop of tl rfO-fr 1 Jill iar v. ee - a,.Keying tl i three skirls Coat hmed on page H, this sec Ihn A S TRU C K HIT S NEW BKKN •- ; e killed hr. • I. ; : HOCH wleHi hii-y were ridui :Uw .. ;tumobih | i :m; rue?a vv jt) liver THtoiiijpVi . Briuon o f ht A • wiV'- nunwjff i t r« \c k s*e coi I< -tg . Coi viAC Ha viio-t •.v'cwi kilted 1H:-A »; in tv* c - unia«,' Hit- Caciiluu- ivt’t ; i.tou Hospital with i *iT.o cu'j v.iiier suul ~ii.u;hu..i \r a iter haa the Chdiiiae, t’he Tin-meiT by t tie former A sistuin Seeretiu > of .State for Pu tic Allan v-, larute duis i1 g . speech on the top: item of Pr«*f de.i:t rruman’s civil rights piograi the hill to create a fair Emplo; j meat Practices Commission. Senator Benton cited installs 1 {Continued on page 8, this seciloi • wui'v. ' under iVir, Truman's lea j oi ship. (Continues.! on page K. this stietio I irue is scheduled In hold Sis anj nnai meeting in Goldsboro «| ibfuy 32 and 23. j