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fibs, kills three tots -mop eld
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thoes stand ,: • mulr e\ i«5-.*i»i'« of
a tragedy which last Sat unlay
liylil i !.nil.t il the li.r-- ill llirei*
rinidiYts at s..(lcigh Mm sho. \,
s <ii i onioied li> Ihf. debris -il ha ■
W*dnw Seeks $30,000
fi /VS lf<>H A !m ai w Plow
this Week filed ; UIS lit VVifee
f'oofity SUJk i i«( < 011 l i ior Srf
iORUM SANS Pi lOTOS
"I 'roman Statement
round Conrusm
I’!:i SilJf'X'T tRt MAN
( allies CimfusiAli
NINE SUCCUMB
TO VIOLENCE
tu ( jriiiiiiim News Nflmiik
RAI..EIGH A* I-emt m e Ni
fi'a North C:«iv,:ir 4 '«n.N * : <-.»t their
lives liiri'U ;h ViOWmiv «crtnM the
j.... i - • ks” i ••■■' ■- j made by
ttw iCaiiiJiiusm Nw.;•. Network re
veals; \
The bigge-l single liaaedv
was tbs! im ol\iii{! three smalt
children who burned to <J< ith
»( Raleigh ulii'r Un-ir rmufaei,
'( )nun page 1)
Stories Conflict;
Mom Faces Rap
RALEIGH A Woke County
Hiatus j-ory 'f> > via; rot-awuetf tan ,
true bjH*- char, m,; Mrs LuMir
i -.1! Pervy ;.,1 380.; Walnut StitfH
here with toanslaugh-er in the
tii-aih <;l her three vf&aii children .
when )he:r home was destroy* :i
iire hiiO. L 7.Ui Saturday evtsu
vie
Asptot&iug tit peUse reports,
*•• ii-i* i Do*r ‘'.mm*, union;' u>
Bobbie, .':, Goldie Mae, •. and
iiu .nt , ':, .. 1 1 < hiidren of V! i •
I.- 1 jp- Belle ivrrv ul Walnut
Kire* I. who died uhtn fire £Ut~
t< S lit *-if tluM-t' room frame
.iwvUiilt, 1Pi 1 - i’vinible also in the
photo is a “used” whiskey hot
eOO in an a<*fion growing orU
Oi the traiift aieuleiit death of
her hushai'ui.
■ Ei; ! lt>K'S Nditi: Hie i'ol
luw ins; roundup of opinions
was originally scheduled as
t!ie < arnlinian's weekly Photo
Forum feature Photo-engra v
in:; difficulties, however, make
il utTi“-Ntii (hit! cut usually
UsCd in the feature be omillrd)
BY SHIRLEY
,pi i !Vir ihioueii the rank and
W. oi tie- Oeiiiocralit' Purl;, uiui
it beeairie it.uic .eiu inure evident
that Pis side::!. H - i v S. Trie unit
was no: ( ■]k.:, Uim.i.utl ins Ital
v, hen lie ui ,h ni;iit ■-. -d ' ive K til;*,
lie Would lei! -a vii iniiciaU' for
| i e-fU'Clioil 1<; tiu- iialo/ii's Chief
I Executive post.
iiil.i'v-i-v, .> '. -il
j of flit 1 : opi.ldtioii --1 it.ilf.'jjiii re
\* aie<i (iun No'’.’: ( tuxiimu - L .- a,-
| to; Citv !> well .'titei' locales
! ‘.irOUd'i 1 '.lie lit’Udlli of Lilt:
j country concurs with the wide
- ■:■■ < ::■.! belief that Ivli . WulTlUlt'K
! , --.: 1., - reek re-elc. lion
at 1-.-, '! e J.a i ,i}ji: Parly UTld
the 11 a lit-- i. ,;s : t whole 111 a whale
Foi Uiwm • ure soliie of the air
:v.-i v ~iv>v> ;i the Caioilman s
quet • ' l .v '-s’ was your reaction
to President Truman s statement .
that lie ’.-liu].i not be' a CaieiuiaU:
for H-:l«liWr
C \ R i. DEV AN E. COLLEGE
i ESSGfC
i.a- above -, Hrsfioti brmgk three
ic: pons-e-, to m::id: First, it .-an-rs.s
fu he a wise decision l»>r Prc-si- 1
dent Trunrat, to personalty make
himself as most of oar presidents
eatV cither ekhacsled thCfTiafives
in U fat- u: iiil.'d ill vai" f *,. 5 .1 idis .' . jfl
it : -.j’v for someone else io
saivy --a wliei t.: they it-if off. Also,
tia. it- is in \ f.-‘ it;:- II!-- effect a
i.ti enuous i«mj.MSii..n at thin time:
in.; bt liisM. on a man his mfe.
Due to his experience. President ,
Tmnwii could retire- and with an i
a. cited mind, be m the positron i
i( oiiliiuied <»n p;ri;e .I;
th.- victim* Belrbiie Jo*. S.
(iddir ivtae, 3, and Maxine, 2
were looked in (he ht'irouia!
while their mother was away
from the house- -fruiik. but
when star returned So the blar
ing binJv 2ti ruinHtes after
firemen bad arrived she was
arrested and has been <«*»-
itoiiSimicd on page g>
ue. >h»* mother of -lit' three
tlp'divn v. .is f cporte'-llv away
from htunf lirtirtk v. lien the tea
igertx occurred Sht has been In
dieted oh igt*s of maii.«iasith
tv r in tfit Uti»f death*. (ST Ai‘
S OTO liV SIIIKT S \
I Hifi suit against the Air
line ( ah ( ompuiiy, Ine., loeiil
la swab firm. »**. \S ? s I>oii Bu
her who resides at 5tZ» l.ast
>l;ti tin Street
lu her action. Mrs. Hakrr
askv that sin D.- l;ranted the
ann*on( as damages growing
out ot the dtath oi her hus
hand, the Sate John O. Ifuktl t
a meehanie at Slat* t'oHege
he.re, who was falatH injured
w hen stfuck bv a truck owned
h\ the taxi firm.
Airs, Baker lists herself ts
adiuinsstratratrix ol her hus
baud's estate.
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THE- VOTE < 'OXFERENCE—The
rdeiius <rf an entirely new re
cuitiation in Raleigh and Wake
County t m May .'At is just one of
the many reasons for tine Emer
gency Rcjiviration and Ciet-Out
fte-Vktr (vnlm'nrt of Jt. 'V A,
C. r Branches at the Martin
Street Baptist Church in RaSdsrh
March 23. if you can lead at id
v. rite, are ?.t years cfd and ha ye
lived in North ('amUtia a. year
and in j'Wif precinct Itim
uurntbs Cuistcreiist irtieinh em~
THE CAROLINIAN
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VOT.PMN XI RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA WEEK ENDING SATURDAY APR 11 5. U».V> - NUMBER 20
Beserk Man Shoots 3
‘CRAZY IA O'
MAN ASSAULTS
THREE WOMEN
Alan Simiys Toni* As
lit” Lots On Shooting
Spree So bale i ,ilv
GKLKNSBoIO » iSp<*ciui> A
; ; u cic.M-nbeu i*v bis victims as
| i:av nu L>t -■?. ouul saut t
• h.rrc *A omen heui-* last Saturday
oni '• iir- 1 rstuily dodgojj police of*
t i iii'fi > C i hour- betore bu
, • i lifted and arrested
V (( tuns ut the weekend
hm lut': spi i were ideiitilied
a*> the Jviil.ilit S wife and t»'»>
liirmls ot his sister Present
U heel Un* shoOticiK uITUITRd
w> ic another Woman, a mail
mid t«u children, who the he ■
si-rk man spared.
Robert Husband, b 5, was arrest
'd tiiuv hours after hr* shot his
• .ft Mrs Mar> jand, tn tiie ■
fait:. Mi>. Rub;-. Summer- in the
\ turn ft eh and Mrs Roberta Brew -
jer in tbr leo. T’ue si lootings took
; place at the home of one of the
; \ ;ctims at 242 Whittington Street.
Hushum) was ai rested bv
two rat-toads of polite olih ers
after having made good tihv
escape to the home of his sis
ter at 1226 Gray Street. H«*
Mirreiiderrd humbly when or
dered lo do so even though the
officers had been alerted that
he was carrying a pistol.
\V itn ce s t; j iI) e s I K>olill yN Sa V
i!ud Hr .band, "crazy mad*', first
:-tiut iu.s wile, then turned his pis
to! on the other two women. He
reportedly just stared at the oth-
K ontimiHl on page H)
v; : :.- : ;y--.,*.y (
f |*ha* «e >ou ran register and
v ote in Xorih Carolina. Present
r at the Conference and partici
f paling in uiganixation of bine of
the 12 North Carolina < angTcs
«i«nat t>*s(.ri(ts were, left to
light (front row); Cdiarlte iontPi
3 of Method, president of the ita
i Irigh Chapter of tkr N'AACP:
5 Richard S. tfamme. southeastern
togional director of the Edited
«' 'fVwtspwt Service Entployres,
r- CIO. Ja< ksoto iije, Fla, Rc-ity M.
■ - lUdcuidM <3s Charlotte, presl- 1
dfdfdf
WItjLKE I- 01-R i OSI f !V f ES—
Hospital and police department
workers above remove from a
lire fumes Prove
f atal To Man, 3a
j
KIN ■'(ON —1 uim’s trout
a firt- in hit, Ihm room
home .Miufled mil tin- life i
llt-nr- fitly ! :irrou \V-i J
yfcai-locul I t-stlleiil heir
Simd.ty nioiniliK.
1 irt-nii-ii ts.t iil the hlu/r
u()|ij.rentt\ started from ;<
dropped niivrrttr. Ihr liv
illj; room of Ulr lioinr \t.ts
gutted.
Farous body ias found
lying on Use bed lie uas j
the only person there.
rtciii «f the North Carolina Con
fercnce of VIAtT bancb««.
sponsor »f the emcrgeim regis
tration conference; and Clarence
Htitdhell, director of the Wash
ington Bwrnoi of the NAACf*.
Left to right (second row< are:
the Rev. W, b\ Elliott. C. A.
Lmwai) and Charles Mr I, ears.
Cr ft to right (third row! art
Jlahn f» Williams of Spring Hope
and Norfolk, V.i and Clifton
■ititfa. treasurer of the Kaicigh
NIAAe'S*. (Pfctrtto «} &J*iriey)
-...
Science tfuilding laboratory at
Howard University the bodies of
one of lour custodial workers
who vise killed when a chemi
cal explosion rucked the build
Four Killed When
Chemicals Explode ;
In University Lab
HV Al.lt L A lit NNIGAN
WASHINGTON lANP) Ko r
ner.sons were killed and swer.il
wounded Thursday when two ex
plosions ripped through the chem
istry building at Howard prover
sily.
Tile dead were identified as;
Eugene Gou u h. so perintcndent of
:hi rnsMXiiai stotf: James. Clinton
a: d Clinton Irvine Irvin of the ,
maintenance stall, and Alfon.-.o
■Smith, custodian •
The blast was caused by an ,;ie
udental combination ol potassium I
chlorate and sulphur white *iie a
custodians were moving jars of the f
chemical:- from the basement ac
eordme to Fin- Marshal Hat Ru t
! . i t.- :•
Poller claim that auotlirf
The State-In Brief,.,!
Cop Assailant Faces Chariot
OXFORD Brought hero from Virginia. John Sey
mour Cluv, 2S, has confessed the felonious a. -auU upon
Highway 'Patrolman W, T. Carter on tin- night of March
22 ~
He fares charges in court here <T driving lirmik, driv- ;
iisg after revocation of his license, aasaul!, mtn a’! hi} 1 i
: with :tn officer in the discharge ul his du!.\, oiui cai i.t
ing a concealed Weapon.
Emanc ipa t ion Eve ntSchec lul n d
LKAKSVILLE The 89th anniversary of Negro K-.u.n- ,
cipation v> ill be celebrated Saturday, April 5, in me ii>
Cities with parade featuring 270 band moinbei •• r an af
iternoon auditorium program, a baseb.d! game and a
dunce.
The parade will feature bauds from Win,ton Salem
Teachers College. Washington High, If ids', dm. Dreit
High, Madison, Pleasant. Plains, Burlington, and Douglas
High Schools,
Bins Problem Not Sectional
; GREKNSBORO A N, vv York attorney de.-.ared here
this week that the leadership in the sTrugglc I’oi equal 1
; rights for the Negro must come from the South
| George K. H unton, editor of the Interracial lto view. ,
; told a mixed audience of more than 100 at the local VM i
CA that Northerners have not yet solved the interracial
1 problem in the North. The problem must be solved by
local leaders all over the nation, lie said ;
Man Faces Assault .Attempt Rap
DUNN Wilson Holliday. 22-year-old, is being held j
•in the city jail i, waiting r< preliminary hearing on charge*
of breaking and entering and attempt to commit rape.
Deputy Sheriff Oscar Pearce arrested him on a war
j rant sworn out by the woman involved.
Holliday allegedly broke into the home of Henry
Barnes and attempted to rape Baraev wife Her husband
wad in another room at the time. Tin* wamah's outcries
frightened Holliday away, she said.
ihg last Thursday. Shown in the
picture art*, some of the more
than 1.00t 1 persons who gathered
un. the site of the blast. !n< liid
ed iHitiiu: fhem is Hr. vlordeeal
&
hatch of diem,eais stored eb.c
where In the basement ,i;ip,t
iciHii exploded first Hearing
this blast, James K. Williams,
another janitor who was help
ing move the rheme,its, ran
to open doors a-, he hud been
instructed to do in ease m an
explosion.
It was then that Hu second ex- |
plosion tuok pUn c 11. mew Ihe j
bi.some,it dous npnt oui u! Wit
harns' hand,-;.
Fire followed the blind fuinv j
lac five story 1. i’.d>i«i v- deb*;,
acrid smoke 'l'he -iia.m- and • |
f i.i'i'.es .--nit seiji' •• ui erafUiati: : la
j. nt. to eini-rit'i’cy and down 1
fire tedders Old;, Uanfin. and
niaduate students' 'em ui 'die;
it uiitiiiin it on pace fi.
Johnson, president of the insll
lotion. Investigation of lh«; cause
of tl;t- blast was still underway
this week.
\:»<*iY Hovers lulu
M.A \ Tournament
t»l.l : NPIJOKO inr the
; fits! time in history, V < %
Si (.mi ulhietes .ire partiei
i ii.ilin in a National Coile
giule Athletic 'Association
boxing tournament. !
I tie 2-day, 3.\ bout event ■
starting :\ j»r 3 at .Madison.
Wiic . m ill have ,-l, ami I
< illicit boxers jiartitipat
frit:
Tin Aggies who vie for
Mins are Art S tat uni. liea
v> v. eight «hi) meets ■ Lou
isiana State boxer; Don
i Quarles who drew ,t bye;
ami *»tlt Stewart ilk-pound
; performer, who will clash
j with Itob Hennessey of We. !
j conin Stale
MOTHER, SON
VICTIMS IN
FAMILY FIGHTS
hnlis CJ
S<rnrs 01 DeaiHv
I ami I \ Arguments
J <j &
BV si.All WKIII K
11/Q EIGH Poison, knives and
■ .ii- fi;.:ured in two family argu
)’•;•; ■ in North Carolina this
week, both of which proved fatal
to participants.
At NiiS sold, a mail was killed
isle, while n-fiuiiedly I
protect:.;:e the mother and at Car- I
thage, a mother wi».- killed in- £
' .s.ltij . '<■ attempted to pro- fl
i -et her son from in. sistee her
daughter
tii in,, Pi 1,1 on murder char
IP's al Knlldd is Mrs Afllilft I
Mae Jones, 33. u wife of two j
weeks, who says that stir shot |
ami killed her brother, lies
in »ti ttieiiardson, 2T, when the f,
man tried to knife her.
Mr?.. Jo,:os claims that her bro
fl;e ,ir used Uc. o! attempting' to
jr.roii .heir mother, Mis. Hiz»-
beth Richai-dM/ii. advanced ' o:i iiei I
wiih a knife and was shot toy ■
l.i with a 38 calibre pistol. f
The entire .va ice .vats the " jcu ■
iiirr" of a drinking party which
v.1.: being given the recent bride i
Richardson allegedly took offense
when the daughter tried to give
nei mother a dose of .soda for an
ailment and accused her of the
poison attempt.
Nile of tb<' staying was a
tenant farmers cabin where
the three had lived. Witnewws
to the staying say that thf-v
saw no knife in she brother’s
hand Investigating ofifeera say
that the wound inflicted upon j!
the victim was more to the
hack than frontal, giving lie to
Use sister's story
MOTHER IS VICTIM
At Carthage, Mrs. Sally Coving-
II uiitiiiued on page 8;