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LOCAL COMMITTEE OFFERS REPORT ON SEGREGATION mw ‘""■ I/ ,' •-' •'4^s' t ;<* ipl - 1 i . #4t ■ JOHN W. ROXBOROUOH it OETROIfMAN GETS 0. S. JOB W ASKING'! OS John W Roxboroueh. II of Detroit, ll;chi hs.;-, been appointed Consul- j t ant to Secretary of Sts&tc, John i Fo.-.ier Dti.'J';i. Mr. Roxboroirih is' « member of the distinguished Poxborough family of Michigan. Hr already has a veil established ay ai career in spite of his youth.' Mr. Roxborourrh is only 32 years, old having been born January 7 * K ONTi.VI l TJ OX PAht 8) tjPOTfi fnciii’jinpts t hut I ilroui r 7 » «”?* n 8 V-* / „ „ . I. ■ e- ifg | n laah * ivui Ibiu io reai nm. DL’RK.'M • P. L Prat!!?., c.. ■ c-C-u-.'ve i'-u . Pittsburgh Couriir, ».'• ; the luesday night session of ti ' 34th -iinnuai session of the orient! Hegro Ir.rurer.ee Assori ..vion , at the B. N. Duhe Auditori um that Neero insurance had nothin* to fear from integration.. The nev.spa;.orman war- ~-peak In? from the subject 'lnsurance ; J Integration'. He tiaced the v.oiy of Negro business and grimed out the fact that bur-i --t:; :-s knew no barriers and any harriers that the companies ought have feared would melt away. E. Frederick Morrow, business advisor, Department of Commerce brought greetings from President Eisenhower. It is to be ranem f - ed that the invitation to the ••Lief executive to address the • convention brought local Repub licans to the fore. Morrow made no reference to the failure of the President to appear. Mr. Eisenhower expressed re gret that he was not able to at tend. His message was as follows: “J am most happy to send my warm best wishes to ail of you who are attending the 34th annual convention of the National .Negro Insurance -Association. “All Americans must continue to work for a country in which the individual is allowed the great est liberty to build for himself a full life, relieved of insecurity and fear. People must have the freedom and the incentive to join together on their own initiative, irt peaceful and cooperate* ef forts toward a common goal of well-being. The development of insurance systems is such an ef fort- Toward the kind of America which we desire for all our people, your organization is working with patience and with distinction.” The North Carolina Mutual and the Winston Mutual Life Insur ance Companies are playing best • to the meet. Delegates and viators •‘began coming into Durham as eariy as Sunday and continued to come in as late as Wednesday, It brings to the “Friendly City' the top insurance people from all the country, Wednesday’s sessions were held at Hillside High School. A luncheon was held at North Carolina College on Wed nesday afternoon, A cocktail par-' fy at the Algonquin Club ended the days activities. Clarence L. Townes is the presi dent of the Association Charles H. Mahoney, who received, an np i cmtmeni r. a delegate to the United Nations General Assetnb r , is president of the Great. Lakes Looai Youth, 13, Drowns Coroner Marshal! W. Bennett m 'oneti to the CAROLINIAN 1 . 'Cin'-.ida:- Ur i James Moore, 13- :e: r-old ycuth of 517 Cannon .‘•venue, drowned Tuesday while, to -ourtt in Banks pond near Ree fy Creak State Park, Cary. Touur Moore, son of Mr and Mir. James O, Moore, was on a church picnic* off the Rrtdy Creek Road, is bout three miles northeast of the f air ground,;',. The youth is reported to have _ jfctrayed from the picnic croup and Sfljjf' here gore to the water and Hpl into » boat without a paddle.’ is said to have beer. lolled in (Pl'.e middle of the pond as m.- wind * jfra* Wowing. After becoming pan m laky the l&d .lumped from the boat • rto the water and drowned. He was reportedly . attempting te swsm t(> shore, Moore went under at about 2 i PM ami ois body was found by THE CAROLINIAN VOLUME ~hLZ\Zli. i:. C •V'EKK ENDING SATURDAY, :. iv i M.'MULR \hHVM Alamance Farmer Marders ★ it it ★ ★ ★ ★. it it if % it Integration Begins: mSk liSf |p|||teS| jpg u |pfß? -M- ifaf SHE . jit- 1 -- - - IO , * L 7-« S» /• iff p* T ■ j. -’-Si £ MuluaJ Life li,juranc« , Detroit, Mien. Ihe part tlist life insurance buriness has played in the econc?- mv of the race was extolled by most of the speaker;-. Through the resources of the companies itM.nj homes have been built and many race enterprises nurtured, accord ing to the information released by tire speakers. The sessions will end on Friday v ith the naming of the place for the 1955 meeting. SBI REPORT IN PRISON DEATH SCHEDULED SD3N The restraining ruffs and gag which were placed on Mi.ss Eleanor Rush prior io her death recently are alleged to have been removed from the isolation cell when the coroner and the examining physician arrived to investi gate the mystery death of the supposed “problem prisoner.” No reason has been advanced as to why the apparatus was taken off of the young wo man. According to an interview with Wake County's Coroner Marshall W, Bennett, the inquest into the death of Miss Eleanor Rush, 38- year-old former inmate of Wom an's Prison who was found dead m the early morning, hours cf Saturday. August 21. is to be held following a report of the State Bureau of Investigation, which, is Mr. “Civilßights" rlonoredßyElks By J. B. HARKEN Public Keiations Chairman N, C. Association IBPOEh CHICAGO, 111, in an appro priate setting at n special Civil Li berties breakfast here Monday morning in the famous Trianon ballroom, Thurgood Marshall, N. A. A. C. P. Legal Defense Counsel chairman, was signally honored about 3-45 P.M. Coroner Bennett said the water was about ten feet deep where the boy went down. The picnic which young Moore was attending was being sponsor ed by the Fayetteville Street . Baptist Church. The Coroner, who was assist ed by Wake County Deputy Wiley Jones, said that there were only a few witnesses to the tragic accident However, the witnesses were so young that it was impos sible to obtain many of the de tails of the incident from them. The youth attended Washing ton School here where he would have entered the eighth grade. He is survived by his parent*. Mr, and Mrs. James O. Moore: hi? maternal «r;ir»dparents. Mr. and Mrs. L-'a? Enters. Raleigh; 6 aunts and ft uncle.-. Funeral arrangements have not been definitely eutabiished. d *** RE-ELECTED M, w«. Hams, a junior from Green wood, S. C., will reign again as “Mias KOTC”, queen of the Air force and Army units at AAI College in Greensboro. The at tractive and petite Delta Sigma Theta pledgee was reelected to tiie title a very' unusual occur- j rerice as the Greensboro instt- : tution. now completing its investigation.! Informed sources believe that; the SBI report will come Friday of this week. There has not been any definite confirmation of this 1 belief, however. A preliminary autopsy report has attributed the death of Miss Rush, a former Albemarle domes tic worker, to a broken neck. The girl's hands had been tied behind her and she had been gagged 'with a towel which was tied be-; ' tween her teeth and knotted al : the back of her neck. Attorney J, Wilbur Bunn, re tained by I. D. Hinton, Superin tendent of Woman’s Prison, to ■CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) | when he was presented the Love- j ■ joy Medal for outstanding, achievement in spearheading the fight which won the recent V- 8 | ’ Supreme Court decision banning ■ the separation of races on the basis of color alone in public ' schools. Grand Exalted Ruler Robert. H ', Johnson, titular head ol the Im~ | proved Benevolent Protective Or ! tier of Elks of the World < TBOEWS made the presentation. Hobson R, i Reynolds. Grand Commissioner of j Civil Liberties was in charge of! the program. LOVF..IOA GAVE HIS LIFE FOR NEGROES Mr. Marshall becomes the fifth j recipient of the famed Love joy - Medal which is in honor of a 1 white man by the name ol'Love.ioy who was mobbed in the late 1850‘s i became he dared to speak out. publicly against the nefarious in stitution of slavery Thus. Love- j toy earned for himself a place a;; ;v with John Brown of Har per’s Ferry in the 'Hall of Fame" I in the hearts of American Negroes and increasingly as the years j pr; , by. .rhe Elks honor both men. ELKS GAVE S2,en# TO NAACP Luring sh» public Civil Liberties' inretiag in the afternoon the pre- j ,i: ution v- as repeated, follow in? , wl.ich “Mr. Civil Rights" < Mar iilia.il gave an address in which , be warned that there was no time! i iCONTINUED ON PAGE 81 ; All-White Catholic High Admits Three aggro feis Wilb the opening of vivs-- this wtM»k in many sections of the country much interest was shown ta to what treatment the re» > supreme court de< >?H>n would have on southern schools, it ap pears that 23 different nsniosis which bate practiced segregafico have accepted the decision and proceeded to integrate. Here in Raleigh, the (lathed! al Latin Cathoiie Htgh School broke the ice when three Negro f.lrls. whose identity is still unknown were admitted to classes. the ( AROLINIAN made an extendi } eftort to get the names ni the girls. Officials at the school and high Catholic personages refused to release the manses, giving as the reason that they did not want m cause any ds.sturtsarice and thought It best tisat the incident be taken as a usual course. NEW YORK 'SPECIAL' - | When the school bed rings this j month. Negro and white children 1 Will be sharing classrooms in a | number of Southern localities ! where strict school segregation formerly xvas maintained by slate la v, according to a survey of the Southern school situation be ! mg made by the NAACP. Without waiting for the k- - i preme Court, to issue decrees ’ . implementing its decision which 1 held public school segregation ta ; be unconstitu tuonal, at least 23 Southern localities simply are integrating their public schools at the beginning of the fall term, I the Association's survey shows j* Similar action has been, taken by reverai Southern colleges and ; universities, as well as by some private schools in the South. The Supreme Court decision j baiting segregated schools was { the result of cases brought to the l high judicial authority b? the i NAACP. Communities and cities lo cated in five Southern states ; above announced public school integration for this month, according to an incomplete tabulation underway in NAACP offices. These states are West Virginia, Missouri Arkansas. Maryland and Del aware. In addition, public school* in the District of Columbia will be integrated (or the first time this Sep- i ttoi nmin«imi)tiuaiiaueianMMi«MWNMMNaw.«inn»iv uiowi mww jiriuiri*ji.ii*4iiwi IMmk j N. G. News in Brief SCHOOL TEACHER INJURIES CHILD Albert Thomas Whitaker. 32. a . science instructor in the cln school system was cleared in an accident that hospitalized » 5- ! year-old girl of 537 W. Lenoir | Street Tuesday. Jo Ann Canrsad: was said to have been knocked down by a car being driven toy ; Whitaker. She was mated at. St. Agnes Hospital Tuesday afternoon ! for a skinned elbow and a cruised! right loot. Witnesses told the in : vestigatng patrolman that the j child ran from behind s car on West South Street and into the path of Whitakers' car. VANCE BOY IS; 7TB FATALITY HENDERSON Vann County’s seventh traffic fa tality of the year occurred at oooa Tuesday when John Henry Rich airs i-on. 11. was. wrack by a truck at the city limits on the Townsville temper. wnert? school ?”tegratwn already schsduied on the local level, s toi gj of 3 y *i3 towns- O! J ; f-jvtu: cases integration has v t Lii .deetmipu:>nea csAiring tft f ‘ ssummer term. In K:.as&s* City and CoiunhiFL Mo„ ar.d in Wil mni.gto?). Do I. wiute ptibiic srhot *!ib. Am All ')f fh,> five Soul Ik »*n ir which nubiic schoui mti-yratjfn iCONTIM U) ON PAGE Si fill E I~ l4f 1 ft|£H HELD IN JAIL WITHOUT Mil j GRAHAM Two tenant far mers disagreed here Sunday night, an argument ensured, a 38 calibre pistol was brought in to play. Wil bert Lee Williamson, 39.» felled dead, with a bullet through his heart, Charlie Paul fled the scene and Sheriff Moore went into ac tion. This ir, the report that the CAROLINIAN got as the result of a fracas that started near Albert Garrison’s store and ended in death. Investigation shows thin the two men began auguring and Paul claims that he shot in self ' defense, when Williamson ad ; vanced on him with a knife, i Sheriff Moore explained, Paul i left the scene after the shooting ; but- surrendered at the sheriffs ; office a. few hours later. Coroner J. B. Walker ruled that i the death was caused bv pinsho;- , wounds, A preliminary hearing ' will be held. j Williamson and Paul were - tenant farmers on property own ed near Aitamahaw by ’Lillian 1 Ross, Sheriff Moore said Highway. Later arrested in connection with the fatal ac cident was Clarence Evans. 21-years-old. of Townsville. Officers said he first denied hitting the boy and then ad mitted striking him as toe rode into the path of the truck that Evans was driv ing. Police reported that Evans was driving a ton and a half track belonging i*> a- Towns - ville firm. The victim was the son of Air. and Mrs. Johnny C Richardson, who reside Jwn inside the Henderson 1 City I,baits. PRINTERS VISIT i CAROLINIAN Three students nt, the K,a.-’nre | ter Institute of Technology and Print ms. visited the offices of the CAROLINIAN last Wednesday i while they were five guest# of t,ne 1 C. G. Irvings of 6i5 S. East Street, iCONTINUED ON PAGE Si •AN HISTORK 'PIKSPF' Tb«* first NVrto in th* history «f (hr (fnttrd Htjutem tn putitipnir to * e.-ifimst tnrrtim; -*.*■ » sViwtrtmeut h.-.td, Jamusc E Wilkin* assistant Mfwreifauy of labor, t» -Innn -rlttr ■nh'. ( »i“iwt tiipmfnr* ‘*l ’• ’ ‘ if u>. W hilt Hoii- ' after a recent r-ttbinel iwwlmj w»(h f*yp*.i<!rot tti&m j Mr WiihiDk. fern- r|j < <hu\ig» iiiori; > . suliwtitutcd for reerciw* «*» feisor 4«mm wj*. out Os w : imiplot! From >fl »» right nr/* jkiv? -ta»lrr grupral Arthur SummerfltU: Mr>. OiHa Csb itotoby; attorney gr-twrai Herbert Bnwnrll: Ml- Within* and vice Nixon. (Neo-spre** j%ow> I>N PROMOTION —Dr Kaipk J Bunche. Nob*! Pwi prtzr win ner mjtk! ti'mclOT t>( thf l V Tnistwship (fivision, is shown In In* tfliir af»*r »et-r. t»o -Kvnr.ml o,ift Hanu>i<trsli)gM annoimr-H that hr h-.-t; svh-f fce*J as <»m- of Ui*- It %wvs ijr.g -r.v’rr 'i;"s of th«- \ X Butn-no, if approved, «ill hold use higrbosl post of any American diplo mat >o the liaitrd Nation*. , y,*,- sp>-*“.s photo) N. C. Law School Gets Recognition DURHAM Officials at North • ■ Carolina College were nptfied re cently of the -full approve 1 of the college’s Law School by the Amer ic art B; • r A s -ocialion “Full approval” for NCC’s la ’• . unit places the college as our of ; the two exist ins law schools with • predominantly Negro enrollment on the ABA roster. Howard Uni versity’s Law School ir. Wvh ington. D. C.. is belie ted to he tic other. Fifteen applicants, includ ing 13 North Carolinians, have ap plied for fall term classes. Announcement of the ABA ■ ! creditation was merle in LoNt . last night by President; Alfonso ! Elder and Dean A)cert L-. 1 u/m r : of the Law School, Although KCC’s Law School has ! enjoyed ‘ m ovinonal approval” ' since Ft ir;;?" 27 1950. it was : only after dr,.*.'of & resolution' by the ABA’s t-ecuon on Leva! ; Education and Admissons to the ' Bar at the annual meeting in Chi , eftgo on August 1.8 that the Dur i ham law xcheol got the unquab i fled endorsement of the nation’s leadng bar association. John G. Harvey of Oklahoma City, adviser to the association's legal educational and admissions' section informed NCC officials of the associations’ approval. Also granted approval at the same time with NCC’; Las School war the law school of Fraukhn University at coiuint-us, Ohio. Dean Turner, who has been i in charge oi the law school I Mice 7942. says “full approval means tlial since I3sfi we hav comjiUed with all the stand ards of the American Bar As sociation although during the period we were on trial or probation; having maintained these standards for a period longer than three year* we (CONTENTED ON FAG* 8' Elks So - Elect Johnson By .1. JB. W tRJU.'N S. C £!ks Publicity Chairman ! CHICAGO TH— The official opening of the 55th annual ses sions of the IBPOEW lEifcsi here! Tuesday morning > August 24th o heard the report of the creden- ; tials committee headed by Oscar Price which showed that there' were 1096 nffieal delegates at that time with the expectation of at; least two hundred more to reels-1 ter. i SYLV AHN NOMINATES Following this report, Grnnd; Exalted Ruler Robert: H. Johnson' of .Philadelphia mode his annual report and was unanimously re- 1 elected for a second two-year; term without otjcwHton Johnsor.' expressed his [■: raiitutde to the; delegates lor the confidence be-. stowed upon hint by the nselec.- tion. J. Luther Syivahn of Byra-1 cusc, N. Y. made the nominating I speech- j Local Group Still In Dark —3o—- The third meeting of the citi zens group to study and plan the best way in which Rai<?:*h car.- comply with the Supreme Court decision on segregation was held Wedsesdai night at the Central YWCA, located on W. Jones Street. The main business was pro gress reports on what the three commiU-'isj appointed by the In ter; in Committee had accomplish : ed The first committee reported that 'it had made contact;- with .several officials as to what the state and or city plans to do In regard, to the Supreme Court de - cisioo. Its findings were not made 1 available to the press. This committee also offered several written suggestions to pc; sons interested in the citizen’s -CONTINUED ON PAGE 8; WAYNE FARMER DIES IN DITCH: ACCIDENT RULED B\ H C. MITCHELL WILSON •' MTB> --- Ned Bras well, 73-year-old farmer of Mac clesfield. here in Wilson County, was found dead in a ditch Mon day moraine by two passer.-,by. Coroner, Dr. Robert E. Gaudy of Wilson County, ruled that Mr. Braswell met. his death Sundry night by accidental means. | After a thorough investigation by the coroner and \V. E. Pviri. i | deputy sheriff of Wilson Com: | it was unanimously concluded IT. ••( : Braswell did not meet with foul play. The elderly mas s body was found by William Lee M : .\ and Willie .Same* Atkinson Monday morning around 8 . ; M. iyiug in u ditch about 11 miles north east of Wlvon on ; highway 42. The sheriff’s department was nor notified about the death until around 10 a. m. because the two ’ men who found the body we v | walking. | The cause of death was atrr.- ! bated to a broken neck resultin from a deep fall into the ditch by (CONTINUED ON PAGE «i Originally, Johnson was eie :u-d in Atlantic City in 1952 to his first term but did not stand fv reflection in Atlanta in 1972 be cause of the new two-year rv.: 3 governing the Grand Exulted r.u’- er's position. This rule provide that the Grand Ruler canno* serve more than two consecutive terms in office. Thus, some one must b - elected in 1956 to serve two yea;:.:., after which Johnson, should he :•■> desire, can run again in 19."'. for another term. However. T s entirely within the realms of in:.;, gination and probability that Bills might rescind the two-yes r rule and reelect Johnson again m 1956 should they feel his record ivarranfs auch action. NAIN MARS PARADE Following the eieciion o' the Grand LxoJted Ruler flic C-rsnd Lodge wejs immediately adjourned far the p*mde. the spirits of {CONTINUED ON PAGE t)
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