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JOE LOUIS’ POST-WORLD
heavyweight c ham
PIONSHJP FIGHTING NOT
DEBATABLE
SOME OF 'HIE KEY PEE
SONS . . . who u : u»d to Ir;u. <•■
i.O'H) miles to ?.,•-<* Joe Louis
train and fit*.i)t tor the wnri
•heavy vvcijrhl championship;
who used to idolize the sen
sational Brown Bomber; au 1
those who oner s!amp-ded
him for autographs . . . are
now calling the former worm
heavyweight king a ‘'-uck
er," a “square”, and ot!ier
cognomens whi'-ii might fit
an admitted imbecile.
Joe Louis was never -oed
will be a “sucker’’ or a
“square”... in nur hook
. . . because be has
meant probably as much
to the rise of I 5.000,000
Negroes in America . . ,
as Booker T Washing
-1 ton, George Washington
Carver, Frederick Do >g
lass, Dr. W. E. B. Du
Bo is, Ernest E. Just. Ma
rian Anderson, Roland
Hayes, Dorothv M->n'!W
Dr. Ralph Buni-.he. Paul
Robeson, Walter White,
Thurgoed Marsha!!,
Jackie Robinson, Jesse
Owens, Ralph Metcalfe,
Robert f.. Vann, Rav
fst|g»r) Robinson. Rev
*' *itinan<'U«, Don New*
e«-*mbe s far*'’ Dob*'. Ink
Williams, Eddie T f»n,
or thousands of others
v»li rf|-ilftn'l
ROME HAVE THE EON
VIfTTON that Joe i ouis rnuv
kavp done more, in q eon
rrofp wav, to promote ms -i;
Iv arid obviously, the vain
w> h ape mad' not inn idly in
raec relations and public re
lotions. We, *'our Pe”nte«l
Paragrar«her, has t ! - <1 ran
vis tion. Tt is our unalterable
opinion *haf with duo apolo
gies to Dr. Ralph ,f unrhe.
recognized internal 'or
a great envoy for lasting
peace. Jo-' Lom's r- bard i !
ebat.-o toesp ; f c the ONE PUR
SON, who. I'onsiderjug hi*
natal handicaps of no formal
education and previous pe
onagri on an Alabama plan- ;
tation owned by white cotton
lords who are responsible for
TAU Tli'll i i r ' \ ( TV- -Design
irtk mnn oj iiip aU?;*r!ivf* powns
inti ip.»rlur»£ fldfjo s for tin* B*mu
1% f *>ut< t, Papmiidrity < ouipsi,
;ihH I ishiDii in ihr* fin*in
»<n i I ill), KHhjuia, \. ( . Sun
rip 5 vTm ‘7. u;in Miss f)or
rIIh Bov kill, nafivr of High
.*' tin v t' <*4r<? *r«nt in
Npu Vorlt ( if\ Miss Bov kin
Raleigh Lieutenant
rp r> i i | r T^
1 o tie Honored ! ue*
By LUCIIJS JONES
f I Jit or. The CAROLINf A N )
RAI !■ ICII, N. r. ( For Till', f 7\ROf/INI AN News
p;> 11 •r- ) l-’iivj f,i-■ u1 <• 11;1111 CoLin* Alva Whilakor
RH*, J oHli-ianclinfc- nalivc li.a 1<• i>yh (;. !. to eiijjngic in icum
bat warfare m I.he Korean Con flirt- -is Lark home, on a
rotation leave from the Unit <1 Slates Army ..after nine
months in Korea ‘ under fire ’ and five years of military
bervice in .Jan.on. ih-vaus -of iiis popuiarily and prowess
wi n homo town Kalwyh people, being' a s« - ion of one of
the ear. 1 , most r ..]■ •{(«•<! families, Lieutenant Whitaker
• • bi gi.en a mammoth hut informal “iiomq'eominjr'’
I night in the Raleigh YMCA. . aynd it is a pul»-
be emit. . .open t. O ali Raleigh citizens.
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LIEUTENANT WHITAKER
ASSIfINKn TO fAr.VN
First Lieutenant Whitaker, son
•»f Mr and Mrs 'Claude Knew,
Whitaker Sr.. Ifi West Worth
Street, was inducted into the U. S
Army in February, 1945. arid he re
ceived his basic training at Fort.
Leonard Wood, Missouri. »nd, with
the rank of Corporal, he studied
and in Demolition.
Aft'-r his basic training army
and whs stationed with the 2806th
Genets] Engineers ip February
< '*tu * In \ inM*»n S nctn to assist
Hi ri« \i;; »!»?•£ Ihr jjnwjis «tifl oth r r
TGlfiujr Rjlplll'l *.« OfD by ™f*Hpfs
in t!*c slittw pl|*sr of Olp
piDpjrl. %\ hRo blip also ITil£ht
H’- 0 Mir moo s rln?rr Steps
list'd »n I In* s»»ow foj | lif* purpose
I :(irlrri fjanmr :»n<l eHtrrtai.o*
ttirnf \ jTpitrifv rs o'.v*l ;tllrndf f l
t! iv fill tr -V:t •. prrl o! Did nff.
1846. under the u 5. Eight Army.;
During the five yrars he was in
Japan. Whitaker played on the!
team as quarterback elimination'
the !e U in of Tokio, Yokoliome. mj
I!M7 for the championship honor
SHIFTED TO KOREA
Lieutenant Whitaker was trans
ferred from Japan to the scene of
the Korean Conflict in July, I9ao,
where he served nine months in
i ftfintinurd. *>*i page ki
jSP . "*" '-7! ‘^‘-;~v .**fa*\
»fe„. . ..^.,. J ... -< -* ="--■•*«
n —l vouTckxs"-
/_ 11 W'.'ok Fndinjr Lain id '.r, J u in'l,
WATSON CARVER HI CHOICE
Confusions
Mark Shaw
U Finals
RAT., hi'.iff A continuation n t
- and t.i anq'i.it'ty defin
o-|- [Kit in v ip for n rfnlvcr
iv in inn immediate future as
f)cc'.ivr r nrp> at th«- Rh; ti ;t-o\’/ni'd
ir.sl ! ton -ini in:-, this coin
mcnromenl excrci-er. foicl»adc a
ci Kid of indecision at student,
alumni and administration levels
coiv!; rrentiy.
IJRSKKT Af),MINISTRATION'
I"'c Altnnni Association in its
r' - gii!ai school year end nwetinc i n
" vi-d recommendation and cn- ’
doi'-.cd nlatij to remove *np office
; of alumni secretary from admires
-1 POl ’ rs. ■»? I . pif-^ft
The post, which has herelof' , r‘'
-romhinCf] -ciHi that of public
-elalion.s divecfr-ir, t>c*-n oOrl' i'
: ausiiices of the university been
icgi by a person employed by m* .■
university, and has been conducted
"com an office located at the u
r•sity
AHo ney Raines, "-ho I "as sp. .
■ceded as ajomoi ;,resH”*)t by W
R follies of Smith field, reenm
•nondod that the alumni group form
in independent organization and
ron'ov a ; e too of ' the as-meja.
'ion'- election to be paid bv r asso
-iatb.n's f-tnds to administer the i
office of altintui secretary. The rec- j
ommendation was adopted.
com rt.irATioxs
Cnmolications on endorsement -- f I
Ui<> recommendation are noted. |
' hoviover. in that „ group elected
’ during the meeting must ascertain
n-avs and mean - of establishing file;
needed office facility, and sertlie a :
■lerson for tile t ost A eonser'-ati ve •
•finiate reveal«• that an oxnendi- j
: i.n-e of nearly s4flfln is needed so
activate the proposal
*TfT>F\TS PROTFST TIRIVf.
Addir," fu-t’ie-c to the air of con- :
fusion a t , r | n rt the finals Monday j
was action taken by students of re- I
it (intintu-,3 on {Mgr H)
Minister, 65
Faces Murder |
| Charge In SC j
CHARLESTON. S. C Ada-year !
old Negro minister has been jailed -
here and charged with murder as
the outgrowth of the shooting of a |
13-year-old white boy who insisted j
! on calling the minister a ‘black I
nigger ’
Rev. Nathan Brown, accord- ! -
cording to local police, shot the
youth Friday while firing two
shots to scare a group of hoys
tossing stones onto thr top of
the Frown home and hurling
epithets. One of the bullets i t
struck the victim at the base of : 1
the skull, killing him.
When police investigated the- !
shooting, they found Rev Brown
seated in the front room of his i
home reading a Bible He -"as on- I
aware that either of his bullets bad i
taken effect. He rs being held ;
i without bond
Student Hurt
When Stolen j
Auto Wrecks
BURLINGTON A ? 4-year-old
N°gro ninth grade student was
given treatment, for minor injuries
here Tuesday morning when the
stolen automobile in which he was
riding with six other students was
involved in a traffic mishap. !
Richard K Foust was treated for
; lacerations of the arm at a local
hospital after the car, stolen from
' 1 » Haw River man overturned sf
ter- crashing into a telephone pole. !
The name of the driver of the
( !auto was withheld by local police j
■ | pending the filing of charges. Leav
. ing the scene of an accident arid
i reckless driving will be among the
charges
SCORES RACE OTAS- lit his
rommenrement speech at A&T
Vtlirjrp, (irernshoro. Monday May
?X D< Ralph J. Bunrhe winnei
of the Shincarn Medal and the
Nobel P'-ace Er>/r f 4 »r success
fid arbitration in the Palestinian
• onflii t as .i United Nations ltte
diatur. denounced racial dis
• rimioafir.n inti segregation and
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche
Flays Bias at A. & T.
GREENBRORO- * For CAROIJN
-1 -AN Newspm-m ■ lb Ralph J
! Bi riche, winner of the Splngarn
i Medal and Nobel Peace Prize lor
j n.s work iri pacifying Palestinian
: ronfliet as a United Nations nvdia
- nr. .- nri. in a stirring nimmeni
j ,1- nt address at Uo||eg 4 - li'ue
j nut America can foster world
| K-ace by elimination of racial d---
I rirnmati'rn and segregation
Elaborating on his openin';-' be
claration which woo heav.- ap
‘lau.se from the mixed and uns,-g-
I’gati-d audience. Dr. Runehe said
.hat "Ain--, iearv. the aiehitwt- of
the greatest design for living .vet
onceived by man". <:;m promote
•vorld brotherhood by demonstrat
ng that "demoeraev is color blind."
WAR NOT INEVITABLE
The United Nations arbiter said
hat today's world "is an extremely
larigerous one", then, added that
vac is not inevitable if 'the voices
of the people of the world, which
ire the voices of peace, are raised
oudJ.v and persi tcnt.ly cnoiiah "
He said. "Such voices cannot ul
imatcly fail to be heeded, even by
hose governments and their mav
erick leaders who may be ruth
lessly bent on aggi essive adventure
neb as we now see tn Korea."
Dr. Bunchc. after denouncing
SSy* Tx'
- Ji m a I
mmW, S-l - r , I ‘
1 £% W
w8aaBB»- "
imShtoS ~’® nlms. rWagaaKEWBIMMBmMByI a-
A&. pm
Ur*, ■
KEY NAAOP STATE OFFI
CERS EYE (CONVENTION—-Con
cert efforts are being expended
by these four leaders of the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People for
the State of North Carolina in
planning for the State NAACP y
id'i .-o that tt'c only k p v to t.mt
ini u-nrlu peace is for rar*al dis
erinr'nation and segiej.:i(( on >„ j,n
( tmtpleiely blott -d out He Said
the f lifted State could assume
vorld leadership in doing so. and
added that America's demon ae v
diotiid he r-ol.tr blind", KeftHng
no isstfcs, local oi national or
gbd *l, on the basis of color
toctal di crimiiihtirm and segrega
tion admitted that racial progress
is being mad" in the North and
South, alike, to stop racial bias
aivs race hate He called the "sop-,
a rate but equal" rtocti u-u- a mot,
.■-.icons fii.-Mon.
ft,- rind the election of Dr, Wil
liam M Hampton. Greensboro Ne
mo --av <• leader, to the city council ■
;< jenl diiuionstration of inter
t.sein! (jernot racy a* work"
I>- Biinehc was introduced by
Chari' 1 - A Hines, charimun of A 1
ano T trustees, as "one of the
w, ;VC f t rifi/.en " At the close
of the commencement .coremnnies
Di Runehe was awarded the hnn- !
oraiy degree of doctor of laws
Dr F D Rluforri. college presi
de -t, ron'ei.v) bachelor of science
degrees on ""7 students-, trad* eer- I
tifieules oil 85. ui,l -caster of set- i
eiice dt-"re s 'tn >5.
Tt’.- degre'- av arned to tile col- i
dope’s v i o : ,-hoOts lid riepart
rn< ne, ic.ciodr-d agriculture, 59;
horn* c- (inoinie.;. 15; htisinc- -d- i
rnini.s! ation. to. commercial «'du
cation. 75. architectural engineer- 1
mg i?„ electrical engineering. 7: 3
mechanical engineerign, 5; tndu - 1
trial education, 43; fine arts M, ,
and schoo’ of education and sci- 1
(Continued on ps»Se 8t
Convention In Spring Hope, N
C„ Thursday ami Friday, June
7-8. Left to right arc T B. Price,
fourth vice president. Finance
Committee member, and consult
ant for one of the coming panels;
Mrs, T. 5,. Graham, Burlington,
N. r., vice president, who wit)
Home-State
EDITION
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Hill Resigning Post. Al
World’s Best l lsgh School
n v LUCIUS .JONES
Wi' SION-.?A1,1..iV1 (SPfcCIAi ) - m-- L’-enty
! 1 1 1 <■<> year,-.; in Hi - hot .yth ( minty pul-ii ji. o; • ’
al ■ ■ t(■ ni .. . imii’h of whi h turn' ww. .m ed principal
'il ( -ai". m - High iU’hool, hugest Nwgro pi rp;<; wo. in t.i. ?
world . . . K. K. Hill has turned in hr. re ;ign;<! ’• n from tne
Carver principal-hip in order In ’vori full hem , !S , e
tary of Ih" Win don Mutual 1 ife In.-.nra> oinpany of
North Carolina, of which i; at hoi, » ; '■ orgp \7.
hill, war on" of tlo> founder;;, now ]><)!,;■ he ■r• *??t-i•
of th" pioneer in.,in ;o|' •bn im ■.vhteh ■ on o', fn.ed in
i JOS It'd <>,
The Wi- bn ?-Iniujj 1 1 i be id
; t ,-1 .1 -( i Vir-inch offs e he'e
n Hi- Twin Uity. ' ell a- .seven
Watson ASJ
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f»f f dura linn from N»-«
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prhic hr u lf{ f»r f
fonir i(f»r of Hk |jig
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StateNAACPSefsion
Goes to Spring i iopc
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SPRING HOPE -Tile Eighth An
nual Convention of Hie Ninth Caro
Una ( oufeieuce of NAACP Hr,-in
ches will be held in Spring Hop",
June 7-8 The convention tie nit
‘Training Leaders for Cotonoui'ty
Action' Mi". Ueinice Norwood
Nappei. field secretary. New Yoj k
City, v.-ill direct three important
workshops in Branch AriminiMra
mm, vi .nbei snip and Knurl Rais
ing Teehn.ifjues and NAACP A<-
lion on the Local L'-vel, T, lining
Youth for Leadership.
TOP DISCUSSIONS
Legal net.lines of the state con
ference will be discussed by C. O
pea:son. Durham. State Conferen< <‘
legal Committee: Chairman Attor
neys Herman L Taylor, Raleigh.
Thoma.. H Wyche, Cliarlottc, (
. ip-t.es, Durham. O T Den
ning. Winston-Salem. M E John
•no ano .lonn W Langford. High
Point The convention will open
3 0(1 A VT with registration June
7 Tiie executive committee 'ill
convene ioi a .-.penial moeline it
10.00 A. M.
Kelly M Alexander. Charlotte,
mm
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wM-Simm
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also he a consultant: Kelly M.
Alexander, president of North
Carolina Conference «f NAACP
Branches, and John !>. Williams,
Spring; Hope, president of f-h? lo
cal NAACP Branch there and an
active crusader «or full civic
rights of »Il people. The militant
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pi f';idcnt of tiie "ort.n Carolina
( •-, '.'iU • o ■ the key
note k fie wili
he introdl’e* ;t ‘ •' M-nig-Jncl,
pro !•;■!]{, .1,1(1 .I i- }’•: ' J»C?J»
Cher i- i ,1.1 -liiti. -n »'■?• I • :•>-
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Jain. Av< - . t Stephen
ip! n 11 .. Hup- CilS
Huth fv7..i ...ill ,V— i <i }{i- Honor,
,*4Aiioo - • of Up- it;- of
Spline Hop-; if- \ if Wiggins.
a-. Hot..- i-. )■ * < ‘hurtih.
spring HO; -* : i i.>t: 1 si"SS
rn.-in : !!"-•'•. -i.d f !••>'>{ <W
inr- is, Spr:; s i-■ ** • i "iccipv
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the s:>rih:■ II ip> . ; i ' 11 1 -
mdc over tin: T:i i. ; 't'oing
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n,i ■■ ’ iv .-i ;; •; [.<• . i<: iri w's
v. -• ,11 [ 1 " -in-' t- - Ihe ban
,li!#-. i , hen :- /■-. f--; t'' - i-enefit
of -rn- .-■dtif itii- i--* ■■ r. st-3', 1
•if N’oi til f :| i r.l •• )
if 'ofitir.i.i-.1 on i-••i; -• S ; -
Keiij AU-vandei <s a Malian*!
NAArr hoard mrmfrr n--. veil
as sec rent t yortbf 1 s AOlff fT—
as secretary of .Mu- f l.irfl-rtfs
Branch % A A f T ifi w ill
nvrr the (-to ccss!«ll3 in
Spring Hope !nn« I S.