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VOU MN XI
Death Claims Bishop Gordon, Noted AMI'IZ Prelate
MASS RAPE TRIAL BEGINS
Tiny di Id Among Six Hurt
When White G. I. Runs Wild
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THEIR PEIGHT SETTLED
The futures of Patrolmen Joseph
Winters, left, and Norman Al
tis, rigtit, arc settled as f-ir
as the UalciEh Poltce Depart"
ment is concerned, Offierr Win
ters is lo return to diitj with
{he Department this week u
the conclusion of air. day
suspension Officer Artis was
given a llt-das suspension Mon
day following a civil service
Citizens Affirm '£
Soi
Faith In Accused ii
Police Officers ?
i;»n
RALEIGH - A number of
noted resident:, of ♦!■»• area ap
teared a;, character vitun.on
behalf of Raleigh .ml ice Patrol
man Morn:an Arte, ’mi tr>g Mon
day hearini' in which Arti airing
with two ■ hiln rnemi-.P: ; of the
local polite -foi e- v,. . given heal .
imr in a ease in which ?h> of
ficers were charged with nitfei
ing goods from a business <s
tablishinetu they vn.- supposedly
•protectin'.'
At She hearing staged be
fore a commission handling
mvßiripil civil service em
ployee issues. speaking m Ar
ils’ behalf were Hr. Catherine
Middleton, local physician; A.
Final Rites For \
Prelate A re / leld
RAEEIUI COULEE
CHOIR Si HEIM I.ES
NATIONAL AIR SHOW
RALEIGH - - Ihe st ,\u
gusOne's < oilcge choir, tin
fti j the direction of I,eon
Simmons, will hr heard on
the l nils'll Negro College
J'timf broadcast February 2.
These broadcasts of college
choirs arc heard every Nun
day over the American
Broadcasting (ompam net -
work, featuring choirs of
member colleges and univer
sities aided by the f und
The Choir scries, now in
its second year, is heard in
Raleigh on Station WXAO,
10:30 —1! A. M KST each
Sunday. This program is car
ried by 176 stations of the
cross-country ABC network,
and ip Canada through the
facilities of the Canadian
Broadcasting Company.
commission hearing. Artis was
charged with pilfering in <nu ™ .
hi i tion with investigation ot RI
the reason a I usiness establish jy
incut was oj cu altci hours
Win P-rs, who was with Artis
a* rift two white Officers who
weir demoted in rank and mis (Lr
pended this week also, was
placed on inactive duty for fail
in E to report the incident (SEE aft
s i on vi
Hi-
1 Brown, manager of the (n
Ivich District office. North
Carolina Mutual Life Insur
anrr f nmram, C \ ll,>y -
"eoii, In'il funeral dir'ctor;
* l . R n lord executive serre
Icy, Blondworth Sire t y yj
f A Hr. Thomas Hamlin, i
pharmacist • and operator of
Community Drug Store, and
Charles I Williams. Post Of
fice Department employe
HHA CHARGED
Patrolman Artis, alone with Po
lice 1 ,!i'ii‘.otirm! It. T Bailey and
Acting Sergeant. A. O Coates was
originally charged with pilfering
commodities seisi from the
(Continued on page 81
IV Staff Writer
CMAK'.IHTK l:i);-i<'.ssive j
f'J'n". ;< ■ i lb- - ' it)! many nigiu- j
•alii:, of the African Methodist
I'.l isi ■ 'pa! Zi'iii Clmrch in attend
jf " :i <ice w"i c held iinin Lillie Rock j
AML Clin; eh here Tuesday foe ■
flish'-'l? .Ceilin’ K Gordtin vln '
s'lccu-•iii'.crl to -i short illness at: !
i local hospital SiHii'fl;,', at ilm
’ «Ke of ,:d
i'll ■ urit-aecd pn'laie Bishop
o! the 7th K|:-i>:eop'il Districi which
embraces the Alal>im.i * ’.inference :
ii>" t.'enl-i al Amilvuim) (.’'inference,!
Ihe C.'ii i ii,;i Conference .and the
W«-si Alabama Conference,
A native of Pulaski. Teun.,
Bisho,: Gordon received ills A B.
from Fisk University,
fC.shville, Twin., and his B. D.
: degree from Yale University. He
i receive;! a Master of Arts degree
i from the University of Chicago,
I and a D D. degree was conferred !
on him by Livingstone College.
! Salisbury. N. C. i
Active in church, civic and ed- a
; ucational circles, Bishop Gordon a
. v .as a member of the executive ti
(Continued on page 8;
RALKK. 11, NORTH CAROLINA
)fi!JRCK SOERS
mi werws
Plusrl Soldirr I m-s
\asT*l\ oi
I' { Moljl’i.in News Network
i KM MII A «•!•«>* *.< • 1 ■'|; ; jt, k
iri h;»1i 1 :•/( I \ >rth Carol: i;■ i -
>1 n an.i 11 rr«ri while m,in, tew. in
, C.'nil• n Shite.- An:.;. I •••,..;
Il!tl|)!f >i: 11 .;.• here •; :f
How inn i Sonia i >m«i <*f •• r
r in v> hu-li the oldiei , 1 11;r !•'.■ ri
V Negro :• i ;.• t:t . of I’ll ; am;,
xt wit !■. c el .-in-..;>i|. .iti 1 ! tln-n
ill", :i shotgun
Znb W e | ! ■•! ...
ly haired '.'7-,v ■if -ill ; n.llv.- if
>olH- .Va . give., I, -.it. in re
nters Court . . ; ■ . .■- >t fli t’
- Willie lii hi - -.1 ivn • v !:!:•>',!!
licen ■■ iiit aiifi-i m n o. i:»t» ■:■ ■
ii Sing I! W. e'. e 1>; "pel ’. \ 'h i
.', i! ri ■■ v, I, 1, .;. i'
.'•os it.flint.el.
in < H": ***• j; t }) o.;i ii fl N.
»* (; j i ;iri ,f :< !'* ire in
< ontiMiH'ci on ji iifo Hi
«FLIGHT
IHORT-UVED
illi'Kf>n , lee than -• n
:tc-r -I: -it Fr> r '.van alb peril . licM
' i Millet furl' i.!k t■' Hi l'’a .-t
ickorv at the point of a holism
i-t i ol.t - / of in ■ :K I .on
| ,oy. I. ?,?, ev 1 ■ 1 .1:1 man of <Vm
’ll y:; - ; j in'. -a: lakf i, ivto cog •
■civ a- iie v,;.Jl.e! along Out
atlthvl i! Had' a v ! I :,I k•: iv .i ■i>v.
Police l.i W ! . Ri.nibarnr r ...iri
iiyd <-■•'.f• .< ri fa the holt hap and
taf In- w;i: identified by Fryr t»
s assailant.
I.oyd, who Is quoted as asking
fieri;: it they thought he would
electrocuted, .yp.ivt d hearing it»
nkorv Mimiciinil Court later and
■uid was set at SI,OOO.
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WHAT HAVE ATE HERE??
The eyes of these white students
at the University of Tennessee
at Knoxville seem to be asking
the question "What have we i
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I VIII i;it - Merlin .? t.irn-s
t, < il»> !l. <om h ;<"! for mu
f‘rr in 2 5>4:» .mil sontonm! to
*«i< in FJf-ilil.iS Hrotrii* rtiair
or, Finoary vv-s ? <-«>r j< vet! !>>
I lot jilt's fiov<rn<>t Fuller
rrn on tl*r cv< oi tin- i»lci (n»
cution. Icf:d?y '»v«.s reprieved
uiu*n he related a story t>
JM’isrm offitiuls and to J.;:V
('mtuly’s SJu-rM? >tr< .*is ih;u in
iN.ifi iiv< i -vimiml two =namsec?
\ : <'frtn iTtpisls plot «in <"rapr
<*■ tri|vt which <O4 one of r.t?rm
hr life. Shei iii Mrl’all shot
Sarnu ! fa! to <!<• tfh .ir»-l
< moij .I : wnonrlcil U '‘l' l ta r
Irvin »vhih- «!{**><<}<• (.«> a hrar
on it motion !<» rh.mgr the
‘-mie of th ’ir s* < oml trial foi
<h<- i a jn- for whieh thrv
\.cr«* idii'Mi guilty »*»fl scnU*u
red to (lie.
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MW'S I.OSfM, IcVK
VVARREN'TON A crap gaimi
c ndc • i ;il ly Vl.in.lay ice k of
r , - ,\;ie. ::i . ■ .utheast War
icn’i;;; when a dispute over the
t>.i cn.r.ted in the .-hoiguu vlioot*
ii.v. of Willie i.yonr.. -S'*
i-'.eriif- I’.diner iv being held m
<< itiitiiuicd on page Si
here" as they watch 22-year-old
Gene Mitchell Gray go about
his chores as first Negro stu
dent at the university. Gray
a bellhop in a Knoxville hotel, ;
was admitted to the university
WKKK R N 111 Nf; SATURDAY JANUARY 2(i, lIkVJ
Three Men Face \
Trial For Rape
Os Young Mother
Assailants May 15c Father Os
( hil<l F.speeled iiy Victim, It*
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!'•..■ Wcdro.r! •• iiu.riuog i''
M..<.!■■ ('ni.nt;' Slip' • ii• ■' (v•• in < .’.
: Ir,M! !.;i! cluil'g.- ■.f ' - !
i.g N ■ ; 1 11 > wen.in, w't '"\ nf
Piero c!i | iff i C-I, A ! 1 .: >.l: ': ! all
; -tin!'. a ;:! 1 ' !<i 11• ■:11 ttic
.a- being .■. !<• •■ted.
Os the ,ix re r. origin 'I ly
cl',urged .Mill <•iI! 1 1 i TI. •11 V 'dial'!' ■
All 1 .':■:. VI:. < A: I ' lo t
A gn-l r, th.f three ,! see. wh.-m
I'Ve till:. ilf lllfllc! |oen ! W el, ;
tno.e ; donfiav. ~!lcgeti; . |.|;iycd
i; .■ |or i. 11, the infamol'.u
UlUi'T! t.
I ,i . 1:,.-,-- m -Mo n»-d : v ■
to fare (rial m Hu (' e aft<-i
Aiiuy and civilian intclligueco of
a ec'liui; t rack me. tie
The State-in Brief...
(.ranviiir Son Shoots **«p
I>l ill) A,M ' Gi:< u ' ill' Count . !.< i i 111 I'ii ■ uiKl'' ' 't •'
In: al lio.-liil 1 i ini" tW-“k lullin'!:!' t; i:, in'illig i"'"U ’> ■' ■' ‘ (
. •mi i* i'li'ii i<y !ii. hi
f *l”.llk linf'i Jr. t. ill i'll, "itM fi u I linnil I'll !' It"' mi'i'iiliM "t
.Hi,- condition «•' hi , l':iMici ivlimn !he > •*!ilia ,, t I" 't> " t !J ■ t! '• " ,!
i olio--- in;: ill ,i nvuitent • rowing out of v. ho ■' ■ *<i < ll v - •""! !
iii - imi ly linur I'ne .'luy,
I iuul. ilurii., i., Mi.- v it' 11' i < - !•->. t 1 --' ‘ " ■"!' 1 " .
.!, i-c:.iiit of < .ilibru riilt' wound, it' tin 1.-u I. -s>«•* u tit
Urges South lo (*o
(, h'KK.VSIIOKO, N < Gov Thend'iiv M- K< iilin "i Miryl-n-l
called niton f lu* Solir] SonU\ last Satunl ; , n> join wiMi Ho 5C*• jni;vi t
can l'»rty in tin- Tntnmn Ajlsiiinis? "at sou trom 1 1 1 ► • \\ ! ;
1 lon.s«‘.
The i ;Of» t iovf ruor said m a sUM»..».p!aro <Unn lor- H»;.l
Truman must • li;irheavily in tlm blame .foi m n ii!<lui ' rviij* urr m
graft. conniption anti immorality in uovn TiiiH'h*. ‘
which has- an enrollment of
5,000 when an appeal to the 11.
S, Supreme, Court, was with
drawn Last Friday on the pledge
of officials that Negro students ’
1 would bo admitted immediately
~J, , . , (i 4 . r . ( ;? Mi w - I i Am-;.
f. ]i . A ,r i. fal* fi lo
fiHb 0 ... oil Ik h* - AW( !.
r,.-l. I I!,! C'-mipbei!
T vim •i. : d;.":;
~ .1 , !,•!-.■ Or. 1 dm! Soutuern
pm alic'W'M. | M A-o;,
win. ■. rettiruing Iron. cum ••■ in
tlm cnl!’jiatl\ ol tc< U ■• V"I -oUt ■
- (J1 tmb 1 • .so oil ■■’ll ,' i i!11 ■ I
,1 truck whet.!:, tile vv: "Ih:: took
pi: Cl
l'i;l| f) lit AII AC K < sill D
'the milt n|ioi ledi-i made
overture', lo all I k the ' ighi
year add child. Their eiforts.
however, were stymied when
the child !' it I rum the truck
and made good an escape
,hc teen aged youth was
(Continued on li'ige R)
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to the law and graduate schools. •; t.
Gary Is married and the father , 1
of two small children. He is a
graduate of Knoxville College ! T
and Swift College. jit
i
Vi< TIAI Ol ASS Al if Mrs
I nla Mae Artis. 19-year-old
mother of tiiree children and
wife of a soldier serving with
Armed lonics in Korea, was
the victim of an August 13 crim
inal assault for which three
white paratroopers w« "t on trial
Ho m e Fo u n d Fo r
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Tot Abandoned
In Tenant Shack
tv >*,..! < i*• : \i E v A' e.p el i
:i. .: .ter touch It;.-. : hoy of .111
abac o.nrd f.iie-y'-,r-oiH lo* -*-'ho
~ , f,allel r > a cm!'l I ‘ k on 1
1. 17 C.I V. niti I! hero !m .’ I
. . |..,m ■ f • '■ . . if' laid . ti'.’ -v
, t<-i ■ ,■ ■ . •.i. 'i from I•• r
~,e. , ,• ,J to I lIC I M a 1
~, . ~|. I;, u'.itmotiaa 'I h- o.otiu i .
,i. cril.e i by v.-el far. aoti'mitiev ,
.. m.oiilaliy ul< ompeten!. also will i
livr m i'li th- grandmorho'.. And
the husband, separated from tns i
vvio will on'ributo to the -
Twin City Minister Is
Killed, Another Man
11art In Sunday Wreck
W iNST< >N• SAI.!•.M A mini
w,is Mik'd and C.vu -ither p« i -
: ont: injured here Sunday when
a ear crashed into another turn
ing it "Vci n nthr- occu
The Hot John -Jackson J*f», of
us Winston-Salem, diet al 020 p
n: Sunday several hours after he
f iC.-ii to a local iuispila! with
a fractured skull The drive) ot
the coo , <•! tiiiie a lOi uoblh- ill
vhii-h la- \V),. i uli’rjK. Luther Car
ter. 45. of Win.--ton ■ Salem. v:i
listed ii: serious condition at ,<
local ivrpiKsl Monday.
r';n " r i-erotved internal injuries
and a jiossihlr fi.ictured hack.
r. .11 -f o\l< ret driver of
the ear origiriallj charged '.di!i
!'•. li■ if to o'. -• tOj,
was tn titcri ii : minor inj r.e.
■id >(■!: :'■ ! freui the hospital.
RALEIGH YWCA
STARTS DRIVE
FOR MEMBERS
h’ALKIGH The Annual V W.
C. A membership campaign be.
in ii< re January 22 with the an
nual All-Association meeting at.
Central YWCA on Salisbury St
The n o Kick-Off meeting for
So.ioumei Truth Branch YWCA
v- ill ii" her! Sunday night, Jan,
27 at the Fayetteville Street Bap
tist Church.
A special program will i<( of
fered
Assisting Mrs. Nelson Harris
Mrs. Harry James, Mrs Wil- .
this year as captains are-
Siam Hurdle. Mrs M. M, Crock
ett, Mrs. James P. Mann, Mrs.
Patti Smith. Mrs. Addle Logan,
Mrs. Roseiia Judkins, Mrs. V?c
(Continued on page 8)
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in l arthaeo ttiis «• ek \ * id
iug t'i iht’ti.il repo’ts. '-ir
tis was raped by • s<-f ..-cmeti
in the ('litrti.'ige -fre.t <t .rim;
Ih. recent <t; ..ation u.uth. i.i
Pines. t'urolinian I'hot*. t’y
Shirley (SEE STOE '/)
l-'"C "! T" child
’pH i • •• i 111 i f«- ' 1 ■' « •
writ ter. n; Jm.!:.;e '-.a !: fnvu
us .Invein!• < ‘ourl. la •! Fi "ay l
babe, who had be ■ ho ! it.ill " ’.
... , . IV " at Iho , u: • • !..!
The one rdd alrl \\\V. found
:.... '(iiln .iled ..hack i*l I C*
1, ; • i *'v Creek vertion bj vcUce
;iiil h' iM' i'' I ioi I / : on ■>
, :,vi :h* h.’fi and '■'■-! taken to
ju», |ii'a! I>a owe' gone ; Ireatmenl.
According !" <>ffinals the :;d
outs nf the baty “gave'' the child
(Continued on page 8>
\. <;. soi.om i \ns
IN Tin TO “MOV!
NATION'S 1 \l*ll
Sjiefia 1 to < .itiilmun
WASHINGTON C -> • < ""
llna's junior Senaini. V*/litis Suiith
of Hah i:;li, re ci"b'-''!" v
It: his attf-’np' to si::': Bio fiiyio.
beck'd Hi.-"lie of Colipe!-,:.! home
i uie bill baelc to i trn niittee.
The bilk v'dch pe • by
Voter vote. ' IPS Ov IH
m a,minut’d i'ii ii.'-t.*. t'j
, i• y i. . i* *i . ■’
-I»ii .. i r lias.- I.- i* ' * 5!
ms (ou;i mm.
iIIAIIIKSIIN <XN:
.Mississippi’s fieri ‘ h : «*l.
Representative John ftankoi,
rallep in <.'nngres.si«n,il >«J
--ch-: "The latte r!,. BlMt'f
li as on I ci".ila v lined '■'.•’!> i !3 <J
mill 1 rn Is in I. ee iii'lli: i s
< «ilirt tirn- foi rreklrss dr»v
iug
ihe Mis-Jssippian ple ided
mi runeovi Oiolo eonfi inlerei
thrniißli ciiuusef on the charge
prefer i''d against turn hy *
Nor ll« 1 iroiina .State H’t;n
i>.iv I’afrolrnm who says Uml
hr trailed Rankin's < u s'i«!
17 mile.
The (Alrnlman -.ays he
noted the sol oil's vehicle i*'*s
situ; others on hills ami corves
in a snow storm at » great
rate of speed.
Rankin was not p'e-.erit at
the hearing.
He was in Washington bnl
» nthe Washington home rule,
stering Southern opposition
till which was passed this
week.