UNC Law School Decision Reversed
TwinCityMan
May Be First
To Enter UNC
\\ AI KM [1 (;he fni pi .it of ’ ni tlj f !.a
jolina board of' l.rostoes rMided ii< ,\f ivn'k in open ihn
institution’s medical school to all races, the first. Negro to
benefit from the ruling may boa Winston-Salem father
of Three.
lie is Kriw.’iid <), Diggs ~f>d 1 Kirkwood Street, a foi
mer s.vnoo! teacher wlio expects to complete his pro nmdi
cal studies at \. and T. College in June. He filed an ap
plication for admission to the ! ,\C medical school last
Fall.
It wav, learned last week that I,lie tru-.!«■<■:, may con
eider the application '.'. hen it meet ', in Raleigh next I'ue.*:
day to consider their rXpVtitivo committee’ recoinnienda
tion that the school be opened to Negroes.
Mr. Diggs, who ha- puelified for adirn. .ion to the
•*-ehool. said lie re on Sunda.v that hr* planned to pro.,, hr:
application.
cox riNi KD ox raj;!',; Klein
1*
Attorney Herman L Taylor Will
Enter Raleigh City Council Race:
IT :
HAPPENED !
IN ,
CAROLINA !
;
9V [sot x-j Vi j i_w v. -
A.jHKViLI r *. loM ea-go,
’who received i'inm -la' cry
at the lender ago of ten, iiui*'N-’d
her 37th birthday li *’r<’ iht
Recalling the past-
Mrs. Roxamia Ltupbeil>-'
lives with h*o children. her
.that she is hale and 1- a•' a- pit
tier advanced age. sin- point *•** *.
however. thsl h" Can't hoar vx■ ij
as -he once did
FAMILY AFFAIR
IfENDERSOV V 24 year-old
resident of near here h-’Jii,-. ht’bi
for trial on clung-' - growing out,
of the shotgun titling o£ IP I ,
jear-odt mirtn.
Scheduled to receive preliminary
hearing Friday in the .'Paying us!
Jeff Bullock. Jr., h up,- smidaj i -
(filbert Bullock The two. a-con)
ing to report- engae-d hi u, a,-
gument pai'O-d. ;u,d then not
|gai n to argue. Tim ing t!,r •-‘••con/}
argument »hc fatality occurred.
The two men live ~i th. fire"
ery section. The younger man died
in a local bmpitnl shortly if lei
being admitted.
DEAD TO DO IT
/CHARLOTTE Whether h
■ plans to f turn from the dead could
Hot be learned, hut Kfft.cs Pol’:.
(©WfrttWgcd on page 8, this section)
-V C. G. 1. IN AIK EVACUA- S . Far East Vir Forces receive Washington D. C., «s assisted by
TION FLIGHT OVER KOREA — r „ , . ' ‘ ‘ medical tfvhnician €pi. Herbert
Wounded Grated Nations soldiers > <• * ° ,n ' Watkins, Stovall, N. C, as sbr.
being evacuated by 316th Air D»- evacuation nurses. Ist Lt. Janice ministers to an evacuee in a €-54
vision (Combat Cargo) of the O, ] Albert. 1355 Peabody Street.. Skymastey,
it it
WIT I. SLJ K POST • Attorney
Merman Taylor lists week »h
■mum'd that li,- will offer as a
candidate for a -cat on the K 1
h-igh < il\ < ouorll did mg the a?
urea clung -ity elections. Attorney
Taylor is noted a.s an advocate of
civil rights Sec Story This
Page).
LUST SITES ABE
HELD FOB MBS.
MAMIE ÜBHTNER
RALFU-JT liniucr'ivp final
riles. i-'tc held f-'in, ills 1 t-ir-t ( oo
t fegaSional Kiiu 11 I, isei - Sundo
. for Mrs Mamie It. LiDd net, tv if
of the noted Kaleiglt morticia-n ami
husine'-small. ('. hi. Liglitner. Hr.
Officiating at the services v.
Hi- Kc\. c A- K- arncrt, pastor of
Davie Street i’roshyieriau Church
(Continued on page 8, this section)
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\() | j MK i:al KKr il. XOHTIi DAF' *1 K A WKKK KNDINC, SATURDAY, MARCH M, UJM
FIRE KILLS FOUR
Firebug, 15, Caught; Tells All
NOTED ATTORNEY
Will OFFER FOR
MUNICIPAL POST
Toijmil Aspirant Is
Well Suited For Post;
WVs Fonnur IV;icher
RA I T-Jl ;H 11-riTiail T '!Taylor.
y.-el!-: no n local attorn-y, • this
v. -ok mnottnecd Liiof he "til offer
r rndidat,- for ;i cat oji the Jla
ietgh City f ouned. The announce
-r- fit .'vs made following a series
of conference- in which the noted
civil right. ilforricy war* asked to
i nn. isl-i :. c off-ling i rdprcsfn.
fliti'-i ‘ of a] organu;«-
lioi: and in till.Jons.
A barnyJ’r of national repute hy
virtue of lirrh'ss fights for
•Tjiui!i/.atioi. of educational Wpor
ttmilie- th ougii-'Hit North Cai'olma,
Atforni". T yh.i l.as many other
nullifications v. in 'ii make him a. j
foimidable adipirant for the mun
icipal post.
IS EXPERIENCE!*
Holder of a Master's degree to
'.onimerco, (he la- yer taught husi
•admini.'tra.fiori at Virginia;
tJnion IJnivcr-.ity foi a S-y-ar per
i-.rl and ha.; <ti.-,o Imd experience as '
a Taw instructor, being affiliated
; v/itii the North Carolina Coilei'e :
Lav. .School for two years.
He -iticnd-d public .schools ill'
Richmond, Va„ and Virginia Union 1
University of that city before earn
ing a Master of Arts degree from
Columbia University's Business i
School end lans' completed courses ]
at Lav.' School of the same Uni-1
ve-rsity.
i (Continued on page 8. this section)
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ON EDIT.-. no.V BOAR I» f
11. Wbrrlrr. noted Durho,,, toc.i
»essm-!». i|to r n r y -nd i-a
it, l.i.j week vns appointed *o
tt>c t>urlMin Board <M Education,
live appotnlmcnt of Mr, Wh-yicr
followed action by the l*n r barn
Committee on Negro Affuirs
w (licit <i-mami-d appointment o*
a Negro citi/cn to Hip education
group. Ironically, .Mr, Wheeler,
who i.- vice president-casliier of
Uic AjPcii inics and Farmers Bank,
led in tlsr litigation of a rrecn*
suit in which Ifurliajri offlfials
were adjudge,| practicing d>s
crimination against Negro schoot
children.
Al l. WHITE OFFICERS
Twin-City Fire
Station Heads Set
WINSTONAL K M T h r» e
white 1 men uho vnluntpeuc’d to
serve with the city'.-, first N p gro
I lircmcn have been named officers
us tin’ No. 1 File Company on Dmi
jeith Avenue.
The N •.■iiivrs. nnv.- nearing the ;
end of a six-week, period of train
: out, are all attached to'the newly- (
i (irganiii'd company.
The officer appointments, which
; become effective Sunday, were an
| nouneed last Thursday by Fire
Chief. :\1 G. Brown, who said the
! three named had volunteered to
join 1 hr: new unit.
R. A. Overby .•» veteran of al
j most 1,1 years' service with the fife
Lawyer Proves To Be Authority On
| How To Deprive People Os Homes |
VV INSTON-G.iLEM —The Controversial mo v e to
! ■< hange the tenancy of the Park Terrace Apartments from
| white to colored is guided by Malcom P. McLean, inti, the
man who has had the responsibility of liquidating aii op
j position to it is a small, slightly-graying attorney named i
| W. Donnie Spry. j
Mr. Spry has gone about his task with the air of the |
| confident lawyer, and, at this point, appears headed for a j
'Complete legal triumph.
He has, in fact, been so iminent'ly successful that ]
j most observers fee! certain,that by the end of April whites j
; will have occupied the 355-unit development in which :
|'Mr. McLean, head of a local trucking concern, holds the'
! controlling interest. ;
It; has been Mr. Spry who has represented Mr. Ms-
Lean in the cases of the Park Terrace tenants who: were ■
YOUTH HELD IN
CHARLOTTE AS
FIERY ROBBER
l onnrr High School
Shstjcn! Held For
•oHf nsg Six f i res
L'-TARLO't TK A y'omg Negro
higi; : ~i,i yonlh, termed Piran
om Bandit and Firebug'’ has been
.•ild'cehendcd fir re and lies coofei-s
--"d Ific ’x'- nf "f lit;, -rtr. ifi.es *o
police, officers.
To. onfh, la, v/hpsc I'Sair Ljaa
i c-n . i.'iicl'l by officials, recount.
,cd to leu • t affiecrr. ;< three month
• ojic-!n;i’i crime ’-avo '-liich has in
cluded at lea.! :>i lnirgal-iries and
the .'piling of fire in sis local
Daces of business.
Tile youth, according to local Do
tective Lieutenant W. A. .McCall, is
a former lucicnt at the Second
Ward High School here, and also
: tbi-fl sDe-uaikJig to his exploits
I EAR I II CAPTURE
ftccau he feared apprehension,
the detectivo cxiplained, the youth
bog'ui s-t'ing five to phic-g after
<nd ring J'lii for robbery pur
po cs.
K'ontiniird i*ti tiago 8, this section)
'ii'i'aj'imraf a a> named to the com
:,iiy’s < -ipUi-tK v. E. Hatcher was
appointed lie‘.‘tenant and G. W.
.Holcomb wa • named sergeant and
truck a river.
Chief Brown said four mote white
»vn including two more sergeants
and drivers will be assigned to tii*'
.company by time it began opera
tion vsirich will not be until the
eight w grot vs complete the remaln
ign i.'vo weeks of then training
it. will take at lea-t three years
before any of the Negroes become
officers. A man has to i c a fireman
that long before he can" become a
sergeant, four years before he can
(Continued on page 8, this section)
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- S, flnar >
<OU ILL 1> \\( iSt - Bar.
Urn P. Kelly, of Troy, N. V.
turned j n ~ spai'klmg perfor
mance w lien V o till ' v'o U !', i 1 ol
!cg‘’ - da m e group presented it s
annual r-cita! in liurham, N. 1 ,
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HKK MOM WON pictured >s
tittle Carolyn J.tue, daughter of
Mis. .Margaret i .uc in whose lav- ;
or tin recent decision in Dur
ham's equality of education suit
was rendered. The decision in the
suit includes an injunction which
permanently forttids discrimina
tion because of race in Durham's
■ tty schools.
hailed b e f ore Justice of Foac-e E. A. Ferny for failure i
to comply tv jth eviction no I ices.
While ain ply serving flu- infei of !us rlient, Mr. •
Spry has :-hown a friendly attiludo tow aj el s the renters,!
j appearing willing to help any who nan not find new quar- i
j ters do so. Perhaps he would like to call hig attitude!
1 "brotherly'', for he ha.-t llu' habii of addressing colored j
! men, including the ten unis’ lawyers with the title of :
j '‘Brother''. It has set some to wondering if he is avoiding ■
' use of “Mister".
The easy-smiling Mr, Spr>l became a figure in the j
j housing skirmish after a number of Park Terrace tenants!
announced they would oppose efforts to have them move. !
Although the aggrieved tenants hired lawyers, it was j
: acknowledged in most quarters that the tenants did not!
! CONTIM UED ON PACK EIGHT
FEDERAL APPEALS COURT SAYS
NEGROES MUST ATTEND SCHOOL
Despite US Court’s Decision State
Leaders Would Retain Jmicro
fj'i! JM' > ;L>. Va - A decision
handed r ii rv ~ T -del pi Ui.S'l’ic!
( "i t h/a, ihr. -ck giving He
£1" • x FJcI.U . to f * oj-jrJ the T-it’.U
■S' >l.Ol i! fi,f* IJm vrr xij y of TTOfth
( v i;l fnrr serious comp?
f 111(>;i n D'- i' ,j i n foilow
: ‘Mt, it }..c-<’o:!iing obvious.
I'v r u (hiHieh tn
»>uit.il fi'ifj , error in th*' cirri-
Kf«»n ol ;i DixtriiT f <*!jr| jiicigr.
tvlin i iilfil lh,il th*' J.iw vchonls
m tl»r VFnivrrxPy at North
< nioliiu 1 ullage, Durham,
w m* rviov.ere
NO 16
a
recently. Barbara is .shown txrTr.
in a f ■ot’ihhpan play eJancr. Tllf
North ruolina danrp
is d h' fr f b\ Hut
son, ope tlmr porion f-r with the
Kathriiiu* nunham dAlice group.
ONCE IN A LIFETIME
Man Has Occasion
To Kill; To Cure
in p'•{ A ‘ T T t r* 0!?1 *H;> t *%
p«i sun i‘i.•':as!ou f.Q attempt to
kill inti to cut*.: “ Ithiu a short
span of time, hut tn.>t' ■ j ‘ •! ivhat
iiap;m-1:I ‘u an I.S ycu< -old youth
here i his w. ok.
Kolioii. Tuvalu found himself in
Dm dual role Sunday night when
ho offeiod t<> give blood to maa ■
who ju-.-t minute- before iio has
•,v)Pi i brute ill v icniv ci •Intending
,to km.
\coci dine to local Negro Policy
Patrolman O. Claiborne - Johnsoa, ‘
! Tonui a>id Otto Meeks, 2'!, started
j;< Sabbath nigh! argument to see*
how much ea< h should donate to
the purchase price of a bottle of
j whiskey
In an argument follow lag the;
argument, Nicel:3 broke a bottio!
o'er Tors.in’s head. Torain retaliat
■ d with ■> kniii. inflicting .“'ions
■rounds shout bis a.-salant's head.!
w :iy ♦»> yH •irprlv** # l».f
cfti/fn .*f h>s honor erf
right*, within the stats of NorM»
t. arolhui.
DECIS?Io V FA VOK ABLF
A thr*c?e--iudi;e Circuit. Court o~
ruled here Tuesday that
!he "taC'-supported institution at
Chapel Kill admit Negror' in.
accord m f, e •* ith the fj 3. Supreire
Court ru?-r;g m the Sweatt case in
’• hic(> the ‘ate of Texas was order
ed to admit qualified Nsgr-o stu~
i dents,
i in a previous decision in the suit
|in y/fiich North Carolina College
]...v ought admission to
| the University facility. Judge John
! .f Hayes ruled that Nervo stu
j deni • .<-ore not liable to such ad
. missions because of the exlstance
i of the facility at Durham which he
jOr met 'substantially equal "
The Api eals Court, however,
failed to agree ■••ith the Hares de
cision. ind in Us decsskn said ir.
paid
"It i; j finite hand lean to the
N °ni'O Uudcnt:- to confine hi? w-? 0“
: <• ialh.Mi in the >aw school to popple
: of his own class "
The decision infers that. She '••'at"
of North (. arolina has not me! its
legs) r-quo -.rn°nt by .setting wo
Un makeshift Durham school
The Court ruled. ‘ We must giya
first place ir, the rights of the in
dividual citizen and when >nd
where n kpcßs only equalib. of
treatment before the ba v . his sub
Ihvr wnitj* APl'f. At
Despite implications of *e
fleet.si on. and in view or th*
fart thal ether Southern states
have failed to offset appeal
before the lueh tribunal, the
InivrisHy of North Carolina,
through if-- presidenl. Oordan
C«fa>. has given notire {hat. it Is
mil -aftsfird with tlip decision
and wit Iseck redress.
P>CSICI- nt Gray announced from
Chapel Hill thsi h? -.yUl seek, to en
courage th Board of Trustees of
the University to appeal the decis
ion, !n a prepared statement, the
. University head said in part.
“In view of our conviction
that the State- of North Carolina
j has, in complete good faith; at-
I tempted for mote than a tie
wi.-ig {f> pro - 1■- eg"*i I'r'i d
acatlona! opportunities for ayt
Negro rilijens »t the North
t aro Una Coii‘ g r In Durham
Gray announced In a statement.
“I will strongly urge fhr Board
of Trustees of the L'oJve’asty <M
North Carolina to »e <j u“ • 1 the-
L\ g. supreme Court to review
lb. fleriston of the Court
Appeals reversing 'h*- District
Court,”
Tim tjnr.v r:,ity Boh-."! ' ,f This
dulod to ine r i April L.
I‘ARAXODI \f,
Mr. Gray's attitude Ins been
viewed as ‘‘paradoxical" in view of
tin- recent announcement by Lne
toon-r - ;.e:utive committee that
admission of qualified Negroes
(Continued on page 8, this section)
oe< k. shoulders, wrtata and nav
At Lincoln Hospital hew, Toraia
was treated for his head wound.
(Continued on page 8. this sec Hon t
MSN RETURNING
FROM WAKE SEES
DEATH BY FIRE
Two Tots Among f our
Victims; Frame Home
Reduced To Ashes
SPARTA North Carolm?.'*
■leading menace Death by fire
has struck again, this- time tea
; tpe- four a.s victims,
i /Thj latest tragedj. f.'ttirh brine*
~ r AHOLINT.AN survey figure t*
i. s totyl o' 2 I deed within a three
I month period, claimed the live? o?
| ,-1 jo.year-old mother; and hor
#hree -.lstors aged two. six. and
; 1 u i rfe-cn.
The four '.ere found dead hv re.
! In lives returning from a wake at
1 the home of a relative, The ff-0,.
! room frame house jn which the
victims wer« sleeping was reduced
I jo a charred ruin.
• THE VICTIMS
j Local off id 4ls theorize the*, the
house owned hv Dean Gambili and
| located five miles »ast of hero ■■va*
: set afire hv an overheated stove
The victims were Aline OamhiP
the voenp mother; h°r (tuieh‘»-
j Caroline, 2: 9 sister AngeHne, t?
! sister-
The children left in
of thf3 f a ld ,ar SflH TvrfN’»rvt«'ed t.f*
| n pip* f irp f * for fhpfr T) 9T -
j eritc- ndio the hr»np n t A attend
; Htay-un services over the body of
> faaily ivles.4, ,