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and Josephine Carry, Hickory.
y. hot h at \4T
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OIAiH (t/ER gin
CHARLOTTE Corporal .Tame;,
LnL. 27 of U:r- city is dead of
s ad wounds and Airme.r. Volin
Fawlinson of Dobbins; Air Force
Bast, Marietta. On., has been
chaired with murder.
Little, home on furlough from
r. h ■ ' :.. Vi . bington. was
stabbed to death early Sunday
morning during an argument, over
a bottle of gin.
Also arrested at Dobbins was
Cic.t'.e Jones who was charged
with being an accessory before and
after the fact of murder. Both
urn are bring returned here to
face charges. The tragedy oc
curred at the Veterans Club on
Seventh Street.
Acrordiny. to police. Rawlinson
and Jones returned to Marietta
o j }.pr lih p &i,f\ p/D
B> STIFF WRITER
Jauu.s Kakei. 23-year-oid ex-
GI of 315 S Haywood St. had
the um.•.mil experience last wee!;
of being locked up in the Raleigh
City -jail on a fugitive from jus
tice charge only to be released
later on after the charges had
been withdrawn in Washington.
D C where they had originated.
The storv as told by Baker's
mother. Mr-. Louise Barer with
whom he resides at the Haywood
St. address goes back to lari. April
when Baker was serving in the
Army near Washington
He was arrested by the Wash
ington police and - charged with
being the father of a child born
to ii girl he was alleged to have
been dating.
Baker was released at the Wash
ington heaving because tne girl
who had caused his arrest failed
to appear at, that time. Although
released, the charges against- him
''or held open, pending further
development and investigation.
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Woman Lawyer Wins f irst
Case In Supreme Court
Mrs Elretta Alexander. Greens
boro attorney, and first Negro wo
man lawyer to argue before the
North Carolina Supreme Court,
last week, won a new trial for two
men convicted in Guilford Coun
ty Superior Court of armed rob
bery
Thomas Davis and Billy
Cathy, both of Greensboro,
were convicted on -lan. 10 and
sentenced !n 5 to JO years
each on charges of taking
ssk from Fred Fuller at knife
<o a littfe lamb on a re; w- t -if
to the coHr-ce farm. The !.*■.■: >
is a part of the h<-rd !>•• •>'...!
in a h pr-‘- it. ! <
<■’4 n$ v ua * irr<v t<• H «n
chdr%**n prvfrrrrd by HD
Air* Mive >Io? v: -i i* *!
'Km?, s&, who ** 3bo ri>
.rant of the alU’.srd ven::
Albert TLab r-uh-H. that
t.virrf was not. sufficient <- v: •
drnc#i xiresfntcd at Hk iH ; - !
*rs Citv Court to • tar nit it
the 'i r.i» hr ordfjred the
youth released.
njscoverea xfjt yi/U*-£ t.-&/i (y
pres'~nuid many promt-; to y -
vomle t-'o.i school ; r :t:- h 1
n'l-i ;<? son O* *u?; !'. ' O -'.VA ' »V. -'*'*•
g at* o t Csn I y an d adp ten 1 1 y ha j
bad ? himd-to-TTiouln
once early childhood. School at
irndanco; officers have brovyht
re rid for failing X" keep h.irn in
school, but their oxcu.-;e h:as al
ways been that he did m»i hi.oe
su.'Xable clounß|.
At a hearing jn Juversu. ct ' 1
regarding his truancy, r. n-.,.
brought out that Canty ha" bv.'-n
cnarged by h',? mot no. with
tempted rape upon io-r v.-ini;-
v. 1 as to-ifep ri bfo io' ' or.;
were preferred agairvT him a 1 that
t>me <w this charge.
l.jst winifr F.tntv was ■
niM-.d »l raping an o<k riui
Srhan) pupil v, ha resides in
Xo r tii Rakigb. ! ■>! proba
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DURHAM Mrs. Elnara N t an
was not able to convince the judge
of Recorders Court here recently
that she lent impetus to whatever
Melvin Harris might have done to
her, which resulted in her having
him arrested fur rap.*
ih e njinpfaimng witness
told a sad story. Sin* told <>t
how Harris came to lea and
induced he; to listen to him
saying he had a message from
a friend. She brought fit e
clothing along which she
claims that she was wearing
that night and showed how
Harris. Iri his hopes, had torn
them to shreds, in a desire to
satisfy himself. She displa'
erf several flesh wounds,
which she said she suffered in
an effort to save herself from
■he ravages, of what she icrm
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and pistol point last Christ
mas Eve.
' Mrs. Alexander contended that
Judge Don Phillips who presided
i at, the ciial. should have instruct
ed the jury on leaser degrees of
the crime charged. The Supreme-
Court justices agreed with her.
Said the court “Evidence was in
sharp conflict as to what, hap
; pened at the time of the alleged
irobbery with firearms . . . that
defendants were entitled tc have
the judge instruct on lesser.
. charges."
* .red by a national
> .-..ii;; I inn. ,VU; s Dru
... -pi..- • uni e and Miss'
! ; junior, will become
. .•(•; it.a bei'i. upon, graduation,
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5.0?«• f < f> M.AVC X IIHOH VS
C'tlMW h,STOf/ ’• 0. Flunk
GainD. 37. ol J'.itk^mvihe . a.
impr-r ■rrv.:. : -i i • * Sunday
wbnrs he Ms irura stern of a
y.n tnnr :• D a l Q \. 1 ti Fw he ries.
y: yttjjic's nd. Police'
• :• ■ M .v i’il i hat
vims m n,' su 1 n oi
i;r boa; when •:«■, ’her boat pa.s
r'uvjftw v, sv.'f'}] which made
<;.v.!.'-,; I .* hi<- •jnhmee. He fell
into the water and drowned.
Ntß l:> FOR GAMBLING
I > U’; lj i il\ I • A i tej a neig hbor
"i\ -y tilt h of x-y.'i 1 in the wee
be sirs ol Dip morning 12 local
»npr> f {■»’old tiiooDselvery tinder :tjt
rosi. wit it gambling. The
• Doiglxbor is .said to hav tipped of]
police so that he could go to sleep.
The can) biers were arrested
,jround M. 30 a.m l/iev were found
by police at the home of William
Perry. 35. who aUeyedly had the
•si ing yoh-e on in a room of
ho house with tightly drawn
.Machs, p. wj ?hc largest mimbei
caught, foj rumbUnr here in some
i imc It: : : 1 . »on 1 o Perry, i hose
••..r.o-'d u iciuded Calvin Ma rk -
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What s Happening I
Describing the NAACP as “the
implacable enemy of our South
ern social structure,'' I. Beverly
Lake, assistant attorney general
of .North Carolina, told members
of the local Kiwanis Club here
Friday that problems raised by
the tJ. s. Supreme Courts’ de
« gre-pution decision must be giv
en immediate and thorough con
sideration.
Stressing that he was not speak
ing in an official capacity, Lake,
who wrote the brief which the
siat.e filed with the high court, in
the school segregation cases, said
that the stakes ir; the solution
of the schoool problem “are your
children and grandchildren. That
FIRE RAZES FARM
HOME; THREE DiE
GREENVILLE Police were
continuing their investigation this
week of a fire which swept the
(arm dwelling of ft tenant farmer
' near her'- rai l.v Saturday morn
ing. killing three members of the
family.
The charred bodies of June
Crawford. 34, his wife Mary. 33
and their son. William. 13, were
found in the four-room farm
house. The bodies of the parents
were in bed. The body of the boy
was found at the rear of the
house where he was apparently
overcome trying to reach the back
door.
Pitt County officers were told
by one of the Crawford's neigh
, hors that, the house was seen a
, blase around 3 a. m.
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VOLUME 14 WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 9 IQ.SI RALEIGH, M. C NUMBER 41
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Embezzlement Charged: «
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NAACP Plans School Suits
To Force Local Admission
The decision b.v the Raleigh
j School Board Tuesday to continue
its present segregated system, ac
cording' to person? l close to th«
NAACP. can easily serve as the
spring board which will start Ne
mo children on their way to the
schools nearest Them.
Representative* of ihe mili
la nt organization told the
CAROLINIAN that not only
were they anticipating the
derision that the Board hand
ed down, but lhat petitions
bad already been prepared
NAMED TO HIGHER EDUCA
TION BOARD W. J. Ren
nrdv, Jr., Durham, president of
the North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company, was named
hv Governor Luther Hodges as
one of nine persons to serve on
a State Board of higher eduea
!ion recently. Kennedy 1* a
prominent religious and civic
leader and «il! serve with the
Board in supervising the state
supported colleges and universi
ties. He was the only Negro ap
pointed to the Board.
* is why the decision to be made is
too grave for hasty, impulsive ac
■ non.”
BURLINGTON
BURLINGTON —An interracial!
committee of 10 men and women
to survey the local school system
and make recommendations on
what can be done to comply with
the U. i>. Supreme Court decision
against, racial segregation in the
, public schools, will be appointed
, on July 27.
Members of the Citv School
i Board in regular meeting last{
week resolved to name the spec
ial committee and authorized the;
school system's administrative
staff to collect, data to be given!
to the committee regarding the
physical, educational and social'
Norfolk Board Will
Integrate Schools
NORFOLK, Va. The school
■ board of this city—largest in the
l State broke Virginia's previously
• solid front against desegregation
i in public schools by an announee
, ment on Saturday that it approv
■ ed tne principle of integration as
1 laid down by the U. S. Supreme
r Court..
“We intend without mental
reservations,” the board de
clared, “to uphold and abide
by the laws of the land.”
The statement added, however,
that the board is powerless to
to be presented to the body.
asking that Negro children
. no longer cross district lines,
but that they he permitted to
* attend the school* nearest
their home*.
This means that Needham
Broughton High School and
Hugh Morrison will be requested
txj accept race students. The
spokesman also took into con
sideration the fact that white
chlldtcn from the Caralemh sec
won should not have to pass
Washington Jurm r High School
to get to Hush Morrison. They
pointed out cJe-arb' that it was riot
a matter of trying to set Negro
children into white schools, but
. a matter of easing hardships on
I-a children that would not
have to be thrust upon them oe
canse of race or color They felt
I that it was just a.-; fair for white
; children to attend what, war a
Negro schfxH if tt happened to be
i near them an h < r <.« f»r Negro
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FEDERAL JUDGE
IN ACCORD WITH
HIGH TRIBUNAL
j ASHEVILLE ... The McDowell
; County Board of Education found
1 itself face to fact with the in
tegration problem here Tuesday
when Judge Wilson Warlicfc. Juri
st for the District Court, dismiss
ed a suit brought by parents of
Negro children v.-bo have beer:
forced to travel from their dis
trict, in which there whs no school
for Negroes, to another district,
obtain an education.
The suit was brought lon*,
before the Supreme Court rul
ing of May IT. 1954. It was
brought to make the same
facilities available to Negro
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aspects of the pupils and schools
The local committee will have
no specific assignment from any
source and its period of service
will be indefinite. Whatever rec
ommendations it may make, how
ever must be submitted to the
board.
BIRMINGHAM. ALA.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.—Although
Federal Judge Hobart Grooms has
ruled that Negroes cannot be bar
red from the University of Ala
bama because of their race. Dr.
Austin R. Meadows, state super
intendent of education- expressed
the “hope” that they will abide;
by “majority” sentiment for seg
! rega tion,
The ruling was the first since
the U S. Supreme Court left to
make the shift until the present
; state la-* calling for segregation
;of the races is changed. It was the
. | first statement from any official
; body in Virginia indicating wlll
! ingnesß ultimately to accept the
Supreme Court decision.
The board said that H “as- j
Burned” that the state law.
which now provides for sepa
rate schools would be changed
! “within the time and in the
manner required” by the Su
preme Court decision of May
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j MRS. KLBKfTA ANDREWS
i Local Woman, Nearly
100 Years Old, Dies
Mrs, Rebecca Andre,-. 99. be
lieved L> have b'H n : old !
race resident In the cdred
Monday at, 11.45 p. rn a• S.;
Agnes Hospital She would ino ■
been 100 on October 15.
Mrs. Andrews, wbi* was born
in IHUsboro, was active until
she siifcrcri a broken hip in
a (ail on Jane 12. She entered
Saint Agnes Hospital that
night, marking the first time
that she had ever been in a
federal district courts application
of its decision that racial scare
gatipn in public school;, is un- j
constitutional.
W. C. Patton, NAACP field sec
retary here, said that Negroes '
would be encouraged to seek ad- •
mittance to the university at Tus
caloosa. University officials either 1
were unavilable or declined com
ment.
WINSTON-SALEM
WINSTON-SALEM The For
syth County Board of Education
is naming a 24-memb ■: commit
tee including four N*-roev to
(CONTINUED ON PAGE IF
VA. SCHOOL CASE
OP TO 3 JUDGES
RICHMOND, Va. -- The three
federal judges who were reversed;
in their 1952 decision upholding
school segregation will meet hen
on July 18 to consider a decree *o
carry out the Supreme four' .-
.mandate for racial integration in
the public schools.
Resident District Judge Sterling ,
Hutcheson will be assisted by Cir- 1
cult Judge Armistead M Dome of i
Charlottesville and District Judge
Albert V. Bryan of Alexandria. ,
These three judges heard the . ]
case originally and ordered Prince ]
Edward County to equalize school 1
facilities for Negroes as compared <
with those already provided for ;
white pupils. <
Suit, was brought by a group
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hospital as a patient. Her hip
is said to have healed rapidly,
hut she di veloped a stroke in
ttie throat, which is believed
to have caused her death.
|j,. r daughter-in-law. M r. David
The CAROLINIAN that Mr*.
Andrew? had a vivid recollection
ut slavery and the Civil War. She
w0p)..1 often astound the residents
of Oberlin by relating historic
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DDSS & ENDS
| On The RALEIGH SCENE
“All men are created equal and
are endowed by their creator with
certain unalienable rights among
which a»e life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness." These im
mortal words the heart and soul
of the Declaration of Indepen
dence. introduced to the World
the Divine concept of the equality
of man during the 4th of -hoy
celebrations just ended.
Speakers from one end of
ibis Country to another retold
this oid story of the unalien
able rights of man to the pur
suit of happiness. It was told
in Raleigh where Ihe heads of
the stale government are burn
ing the midnight oil in a iast
ditch effort to circumvent, it
v. as told in Georgia where
they sav thry would rather se
cede agatn from this union
than grant equal rights to all
men It was even told down in
benighted Mississippi wil *'
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Charlotte Golfers Lose
Plea To Use City Course
The State Supi eme Court last 1
week turned down efforts ol ,
Charlotte Negroes to gain access <
to the city's municipal golf course 1
located in Revolution Park. <
It. ruled valid a clause in a deed l
donating a portion of the park
land and restricting its use to
members of the white race. If !
Negroes are admitted to the golf ]
course, said the court, and land 1
must be returned to its original i
owner.
Land for Revolution Park was
donated to the city of Charlotte
BV O.M-f WTHTTR
ill K J, .'i -ro; f r.-le Pi-j--- p,, ».<.!-
• 1 *** i'*" st. Mr s Eligsbelh
fun.- 1 -,p. .Idt-s n.Pe tolh , at *;-c
h., ) .1 s f. - * ■ {.’ ST ,
and Fa: ip.'-i s Bank fnrmtil ch«: t."
• ' dnbezzi -.g (uo<?« hclurtgut.? f ■
. tb-.. bav k. w-ire h*d;;cd
At the he ring before C s.
Commi loner 11. A. Bland.
■lrs. .pies was confronted will
*• part.a( <ist of the. shorUfe*
ibaf bant Is aHtigin*- she
■ji-msiMe for sroi Com
n -nun,. Ktarid i o n d -utfi
Gent evidence to order her
held for Federal Grand Jar*
action on The rbirges brought
bv the Ic.f'lr ID'S .file- r is now
free under a bond in thr 3
moum o. S| 000 allowed In tl -
rommissiouer
It 3 !:■ < k T|,( , 'APOLU:
IAN W.< in ': Official . M: V
; w ri *■r,J <v, a*: >*s n * cs.-hicr, still
ed that to dale the actual amount
; involved in the alleged shortage
has not b> on determined ana fee
• era 1 agent.* arc conlinutriß the.-
sfivestiKatv.n According to M-.
H c- n lev. the*, 1 ? investigation- .
which !>•' last Apr.;, resulted
f- .... a n-mne check of the bank s
.ids 1 d v• ;c r.ot prompted
by o suspicion / Mrs Jiles.
Du- r-.p. This routine check, lr
-1 cgulai ities were discovered.
: h when exc.Tnined. pointed to
the accused woman. Subsequep?
investigation by the agents of the
Federal Government, strengthen
ed V-.' suspicion against the note
T"))et and led to the formal charg
' '<! embezzlement lodged against
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Scales Must
Die July 15
GREENSBORO— Barring fur
ther legal action or the Interven
tion of Gov. Hodges, Richard
Scales, local garage worker, will
be executed on July 15 for the
; Saying of Mrs. Bertha Cook last
January 19.
The State Supreme Court lart
Friday decided hat no error was
found in the trial of the 29-year
old man. The execution was post
poned from May 27, the date set
when Judge Susie Sharp, of Reid:
ville. the state’s only woman Su
perior Court judge, pronounced
the mandatory death sentence.
The slashed body of Mrs. Cook
31 was found sprawled on the kit
chen floor of her home and a few
feet, away, was the body of her
oldest child. Betty Marie, who
would have, been seven years old
two days later. Scales was tried
only foi the murder of the moth
er.
Nabbed Next Day
Scales was arrested the follow
mg day. He first implicated an
other man but later admitted that
the man was not involved He will
be the first person to die in the
gas chamber at. Central Prison in
Raleigh since Nov. fi. 1953.
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by Osmond L. Barringer and tha
Abbott Realty Co. The city turn
ed deeds for the property, along
wdh some land that it already
owned, to the Charlotte Park and
Recreation Commission
Says Bights Violate,
A group of Negro citizens pe
titioned in December, 1951,. for
use of the Bonnie Brae golf course
located in the park, claiming that
the reverter clause in the deed
violatd their constitutional rights
To determine the legality of the
(CONTINUED ON PAGE «1)