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„ State Business League Set To Meet Here Apr. 4-7 The Carolinian 10c VOLUME THIRTEEN fg IVTERRAf'IA L TF AX BOOSTS N'i\U‘ AT NCC Tb* VAACP cot a bic boost from the above tntrrra<nal ♦earn at t recent ' promotional DEATH CHEATED IH SDH DLAST ★ is k k ★ ★ k k ★' it k ★ ★ k k k *- tr Scott Seeks Battle's l J ost Durham Woman Fires Gun Into Lover’s Car DURHAM A Kins Solomon wedding almost brought tragedy ♦ to two members nf the event here uesnav niht when an irate wo man, catrying a shot gun under her robe, fired point blank into a 1947 two-door Chevrolet, wound ing her lover and a woman pas •eager. i The wooiy Wi.h has no drama that, would outstrip this as related to a CAROLINI AN represent a! iv e bv eye witnesses. Miss Rdbecca Jackson is alleged to have left her home, an unidentified number on Pickett Street, ciari in few clothes, with a house coat and bath robe under which she carri ed a shot gun. According io po lice. sue arrived at the W, D Mill Recreation Center about 9:30 a idle before a musical program featuring the famed wi-e man’s wedding, was over. The Jackson woman took her stand not far from where the car was parked on Fayetteville St and yet .-he was hidden from the view of the persons leaving the program Sne is alleged to have waited until Thomas Johnson and ft ini ha Alien got into the car. Site made no move until Mrs. EJveta Monroe and Mrs. Catherine Dud ley goj .i'.to the front seat, it was then that she drew the gun, op ened the door and blasted away Catherine told the CAROLIN IAN that sne was a lucky woman, due to tip fact that, the entire load passed over tier and hit !hr ether ivd victims The two wounded persons were taken lo Lincoln Hospital whore it was found that the bulk of the shots entered, both of Johnson's legs, going m from just below the knee to the ankle. Mrs. Monroe was slightly wounded about the legs The b 1 mnding nhysieian lold the CAROLINIAN* that, both of trie victims and the other wom an could have been blown away with the blast, Johnson told po lice officers and newspapermen that he had known the Jackson been stepping out on her and (bat hr. had been keeping company with her for about four yf as. He could give no reason for the (hooting. Hf said that this was i.'v? linn ■ me she had displayed such wrath. The Jack,-.on woman is alleged Asked To Ban leasing Segregation WASHINGTON A rccom- Lm. Idation to ban racial d. • Tim.-- j nation in all government-aideu I houring ba.». bran placed before the Senate EanlCng and Curren cy Com mitt a, which this week held hearings on hou ing legisla tion. ;? :ir ’ r: 'll y. -a ' rr - ‘ " j of the National Association for j the Advancement of Colored Peo- j 'S, Raleigh.. H. C WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1954 [ and informational' wrling during a pane! discussion at I North Carolina Collette. Dur | ham. !k» panelists, who dis cussed the NAACP's program ! m have :-.!id mat Johnson Had i been stepping nut on hot and that when she left home she left with ; ’tie intention of doing him bodily harm. She is alleged to have ; known his whereabouts and that be was a groom in the wedding. Johnson had on his wedding al ia e wnen visited in the hospital. Johnson further stated that due in tiie fa-** tnat *t was raining hr r of trying to do the women a ! good Samaratian act by taking I ’hem homo. He also avowed that i he was i good friend to the Mon toe family. The Jackson woman i did not accuse anyone on the i scene of being with her lover and only said after the blast. -Un- • | ioadb Ey** witnesses said that ' she was greatly obliged, in het j | request, for it was only a matter ; : i i seconds before the car was empty ♦ The police department reached i the scene in a matter of minutes j but the woman's fury had abated J enough for her to see other parts. j File was later apprehended by j police, according to reports, John- I ! son remained in the hospital, j while Mrs. Monroe 'was relieved j after being treated. 1 N. C. New: I GOT TO GIT RIGHT V.TTH MY LORD | Ervin Kirk, 60. was heard to , niter “! got to git right with m\ j Lord". When the last words were | escaping from the mouth of Ihe | man. he plunged 35 feet from a I i railroad trestle between Johnson j I and Tucke - Streets here. Two de- ' tectives who were called earlier ; because of his wine-charged ac j lions, were coming down the track j jump, according to Detective Cap- I tain Robert Goodwin. The most j and saw him take the near fatal | amazing thing about the jump | was the fact that Kirk, who is | well known around the circles j of the City Jail here, was only j injured to the extent of a frac | tured rib. He happened to land ! between cross supports under the 1 nestle. At last reports, tlie man i pic. who testified before trie com- I mittee on March 24. Despite the conviction that "the : housing agencies now have full authority to issue regulations | which will prevent segregation j in hosing is financed in whole I i r part by federal funds." Mr. Mit- j i r! l! toll.the committee th.;.t ; ?g- j I ’.n il is needed be ecu ;e "he I icdcral s£.sneie.t have- riev-m rad j j the courage to exercise this au- j | tority." j and ob.iectncs aru! asked for more ;-tudent support. are left i« right: Miss Shirley .lames. NCC freshman. ■ vilic: Ralph Fleming:, Duke t i CLAIMS MORE I ECONOMY A NEED IN ELKS GOIJD33ORO- —A. Mar'r ; Scott. " d! 1-n rvn local bui nc. s man. j promises !>. take the F’" '■'•••'■b C-i’oiina to greater heights | if he cap garner enough votes ■'Ontinncd on page eight) ' \ fW , A. MARTEL SCOTT s In Brief i -• a:; revjing nicely at St. Agnes | Hospitai acre. ASSAULT <AbE NETS WAKE MAN SENTENCE | FUQUAY KPRINGS A Ho!y i Springs resident, Levon Prince, ! who threatened to kftock out * I wom«vi ft hr»|fiv. >yi.th 311 HYP, u/ng convicted Wednesday in the Fu qua.v Springs Recorder's Court of ihe charge 01 assault with a dead ly weapon. Also charged won public clrunkeness. Prince was -•cnfenced to 90 days imprison ment His sentenci; was suspend ed however, on condition that lie pay a tins of $25 and remain in a state o£ good behavior for a period of two years The prose cuting witness against Prince was Miss Clara Lunsford, who said (.•Continued on page eight) i The NAACP spokesman cited j instances of racial discrimination ! j in Savannah, Baltimore, Md. and j in federally-aided developments ! | Metropolitan Washington. "How- 1 | ever," he charged, "the most co- j | los.-al of FHA discriminatory po- j | 1 icier may be found at LevVittown, j | Ivherc thousands of new 1 i dwellings arc- built in an rnth-'ly I J i.i'w community with FHA ;.s- | [ sistance. Mr. .Levitt refuses to I (Continued on page eight) I NUMBER 15 niversiK School sic dent. Betn: M . I' ■ Ciarke, NCC Commerce Tra cker. Mi • Litre i .‘ii.in. S' I’niversitv; and David SiitU, NC< i.av School. Extension * Workers In Annual Meet Thirty-i.vr -m-wired . , nA heard Dr ,! \v Sea brook FTcm dnnt. Fa; •• v. Hie Kl,-;. ’i. . , College. - : i of the i: ,oy benenss that i<• l oir..' ri i , h ro no work of the Home Demon?-1 ration Club of North. Carolina, hero Wednesday-, m the M, r.oria! An - cutoriiu!!, at the fiml session of ; the 12th annual meet of the body. : Tile session opened with Mrs ! 1 .ana Brinalc. State Color d Pi m- • ; idem, ,n the chair Dr. sea brook began by telling the audience of the ter.Tov. toll mat c- uon and ; juvenile rie.hnqitcri "■ is <ai • . n I'm homes - f Aim h.m tie paini fd a dreadful picture end called upon tile Cinb to act well them part in com bat 11,; there evil;.'. J He. depto ed the n!>' nr liter • | a lure that. >s now hr-mr disfribut e l throughout the count! \ and 'headed so-- a urumm’ In I I’V flow of such damagin'; informa tion to :'c nr> nd of le 1 hil hen, ' Conn vrd on ;r- : 01 ;ih 1 fahdgf EXCEEDS BLOOD QUOTA-- j Twenty-nine undergraduate sin- i dent orguniaztions at North ! Carolina College last week launched a drive that netted | 2.36 p ots of Hoc i in a ore d y stand of the. B'oDc’mobl’e of l ' Red - 'i- ■ n I i ■ ;* ' the student', vvho-c <nei> , *ra-..ve efforts resulted in 36 more pints ; than ihe Red Cross' quota for j Eli;,'B MSN FCWCES POETIC WORK One •' h ( mod outstanding a • '..element In the realm o; poe .- - '■ Sensed wre Thursday I ' n n.un Burl Allen, 31. ; ‘ ' ' p*. . 1 ■ t)j pur;!! 000.-,, The n-.-ir!. ; .ibie part about the I'-'H Ai!(*n wrote all of ’hs. poems in Bi ,dl • and then tyf- ! V ' tec • re that they could Os? ! !'. b'c-hed. He is a graduate of School for the Blind and j • •'hib-t>- a romai ksbl*: degree of ; • v ii.genre de'-pite his handicap, j He was born in Warren County | C' i ' ly came to Raleigh to ; He rvn-, n.iuch M s the endit (•■‘r p • inf iof IVs 6 Ljpck to i it. no o’ : .ii'i*’cci OViitttrn3S : iContiruiCfi on nano \ ICc KNPA AWARD TO MCRROW Columbia Broadcasting Sjstsni’s top newscaster, Edward R. Mur row (left) receives one of the 10 annual Russwurm awards of Hie National Newspaper Publishers association from Dowdnl H. Davis, chairman of the just-concluded National Negro Newispaper week. The award was given to Murrow as “an undeviating champion of those high prineiples of eitieenr.hip and of true democracy” and for keeping "men constantly reminded of their dutj to decency and to destiny.” (Newsprrss Photo) a one day stand. Left to right seated, the student ; steering committee's members arc the Misses Helen McLean, Delta • ism Theta sonority; Savan nah Mltrhi««, Pon-H'-M'-nic i'r ’:• • «-.lt; Vvcn»»e ycru.Tf'-5, Caw • ; ) :'l,l {>■ IV. i'.:eyt J- r . . e! < !r Audrey rainier, Rir ti L ><l House Council. tr rnenia Davis, NAAf.'F; Emma N.C. Business League To Open 3-Day Meet Sun; J. J. Henderson Is Keynoter Arcuitti 109 tMiding busintum m«it tmd w«m«n «rr* *k *® a*fend th» se-ssjona ©f the M. C. Btuin«s« L««fv« j and the N, C. Housewives League at the Bloedwerth Street YMCA ©n April 4, S and S„ ,1 J Henderson, assistant, trea surer of the N. C. Mutual Life Insurance Company will dcfiver the keynote address at a public :>. pi at the Martin Street Bap tist Church. He will d'scu.ss tiie meeting Sunday, Aon! 4, V-io conference theme' Facing the impact of Integration in Business and Industry." Hosts for the three day »re the Phi Beta Sigma "Ri* eer and Better Business Week’* Observance, the Y. M < . A. ad the Raleigh Business league. Vhe fraternity com mittee cooperating with Uie occasion is composed of E. T. Raiford, chairman. f* A. Long Range Politics ! Feature Teachers Meet f‘ •; vr-' who wptild like to know how ...olitics are really pq- ; ii’ics rrt ; ght do wc!i to take a leaf "in of the method used by : 1 N'V! : Carolina Tear!',• is As sociation. The mo-t unique Dart about ihe whole affair is once you are e- j looted to the vice presidency you have no more v.ivies. Tiie vice 1 presider,: automatically becomes the president. This means that 1 the second office is the one that the fight i« over Bullock, McLean House (lottn cfl: and Delores Copeland, Lance Corup. !>*ted second row: Patsy Phelps, Art Guild; ! Martha Banks, French Club; Carol-n P-r- v. Alpha Kappa Al) • a Si rm i’A -, AU'-r.a .larrr •. • if .’ TV" *f A '“ »?•' f-«!t ytTQr**- M r *?l /sswaiinjn; VVHIip B. Per ry. .Senior House Council; Lil ] liantinc Whitehurst, Sig m a Haywood Sr, and A. J. Turn er, who is also the current president of ihe N. C. Busi ness League. | A state meeting of the House ; -.\ives League wilt be held on •' | Sundav. Ami 4 a* the YMCA at, i 2:f' l o P. M with Mrs. J. De- j Shazor-Jackson. president, pre- 1 siding, ‘.he theme for this meet- 1 ing is: "The Housewife and. Tn- 1 tegrated Economy." The principal .features for Mon- 1 dry's meeting includes Registra ‘ton 3:00 3 m . a business clinic i |at 2:00 p on the subject: 1 Far | -ng the Impact of Tntegraifon in : • ContiTied on page eight) * The belli- i - arc v crn out far : ; in advance of the meeting, mean ! '!j.g that there are no campaign speeches. Trov is no mud sliir.:- j ins. cenainly where the general S Public can get it. There ts thr : possibility that, the several can- : 1 didates can circularize the deie l gaff's and tell what a grand r;>s : cai is and how his Parent Teach- . etc Association is against him. T'iCy n-'Tht even tel! how mu brow bee's his teacher All of this : I is done before the moe'ing. if ; j ever I T.w ,c Ihe :i-u' m- oig ; | plum i» at Make The delcggfes i l hove long since- decided whether j ] C. J. Barber. Cl ark ton, or Dr. S. j ; D. Williams £i’ -both L’itv State | Teachers College, will be the next ; j president. Mrs. Ida H Duncan : i w.M take over tn* reins from C. i I L. Blake- and will weild the gavel j | r-r two years. One of the Wil- | i liainies will sit back a id watch j j ihe deliberations and take over ■; ; in 1356. Til ere i 5 a battle ftr the office j loi Recovdins SecjPtary. The ! ; smoke from this jinitl- hu., clear- i ! ed, but the re.uiiCiL w ill not be ’ known until the * last .-xssion on Ihe la: day. Mii fc Ivl. Jcf- ; , :c-ies, ticuivP*! -E believed • ! 10 have cnciuintried-stiff opposi tion from Mcrnr’l I.ondon, Jor dan Sellers HiSh- School English ; I teacher. j D<mn Nei.-'on 'Harri.f Shaw li- \ ! niversily. had no opposition l>• j the importam post, treasurer. Thi | mc«ns that he will take care ", I me funds for two more • years. ; There are two persons try mg ; | for the Executive Cotnmitlcc. .(ChnUnued on page night) | EDITORIAL QUICKIES Senator Joseph McCarthy, as a good Republican and good Americ-j’A, would contribute mo s lo his parly if ro* moved himself to Wisconsin which is a small pari of the U. S. While Wisconsin would lose some publicity, Republi cans would gain a breathing spell, * * * The recent vote cf the white teachers to ban secret meetings on education is a good step to follow wliasi the Negro teachers have their meeting next week. * * + A little more consideration could be given to destroying delicious seafood by nuclear energy. We still love to *«rt fish whether at home or abroad. * * * The best investment in hospitalization lor oil is a gena ral hospital. Other cities and towns are finding it so—why not Raleigh and Wr?i:e Csunty. i Gamma Rho Sorority; Daniel ! letie Tucker, fota Phi Lambda; j Arne Dupre-, Home Economic:) Club; Vera Williams, Freshman Council. Standing left to right; f hester Gregory, Phi Alpha H’c.i ; Einott B, Pa'mcr, prc.:- dent, Student Govcrrm -it A- • - L-tieii; Cherles A. Ray, NCt News Burrao; Rolen Holland, j Thespian?; Lawrence Cooper, MISSIONARY WORKER SBC. < LMBS—Mrs. Marv Warren O. Sto** Field Missionary Worker, abovtu passed recently at the home o? her daughter. Mm. g. r. i>av\g in Norlina. N. ( . Mrs. Shearm vias well known theeuffhciul roe siat ' of North Carolina, as she had been connoefed with th» v L»ie Missionary ( ameofien for snore than ?S years. (See story paste seven COUNCILMAN CITES POLITIC - . ADVANTAGES BY 1 H HARKEN BO<"v'- MOUNT Tib? Little '■ -in !. :vie (,'iub heard *n • . • tyj address on the benefit* to be derived by Race citizens b'm active participation in p,di. ' or: MI : 1 m. 75 Dr, J. K. - Butterfie’d. Wd: -m N r Court- Oilman ■ o inc 'i< h bnaitri. bcot'on r.n:i -o M o-n 23th at the Community Tlousb THRILL’ OF VOTING Councilman B'.'tlorfictd. in de - scribing his s'.icc* - ; £us campaign v. ,uch netted him bo present po sition bv the breaking of a tie vote by the lucky drawing of a hide girl—noted that Wi' on clubs united to put over die victory and many elder! > voters got the ‘Thrill of their lives” vhen they were able to vote for the first time. He recalled that some thir ty-five teachers were denied tha p; :\ Peg*' fit vi-t'ct :U the last hour because they were not properly registered, having thought that a previous special registration and election v. v sufficient and did roa take c time to check with the regist: as in time. Butterfield. who ! s chairman o? ihe Public Safety Committee' with .iurirdictiun over ihe Police and Fee Departments, and a member of the Street Committee, cited gains made in equalizing the pay of volunteer and part-time fire v- n during the present adminis ' .ition. flic "volunteer” firemen c colored, follow ing an old, i H.v fadr g tradition in Eastern ' ■ : ' Carolina. When a town rein c Hie point of paid .fire* ‘Continued on page eight) Music Educators’ Club; Jamr# Smith. Kappa Alpha Psi; Ray mond Bland, Veterans' Club; Otto Harvey, Physical Majors’ Club; Percc-110 Bowser, Alpha hi Alpha: Wi'Ham Payton, O'v.cga P'i Phi: William 1-lcr, j Mathematics Club; Norv. ood Pear-ou. Co oier- >al Cub: Sr. j vin Knight, Alpha Kappa Mu.
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