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I. C. C. ORDERS END TO JIM CROW TRAVEL 9| fIP JB ffIHH OX ITS WAT Ol~f Signs Mich as this oi'.c. found through out the South on railway and Inis -la Hon do«i\ must he a! >l - as of January 10, 1956. ac cording to a ruling last Satur *>:. v by the Interstate t ootmeret l out mission. The order applies to all facilities provided by the • irriers for int* estate travelers. The above photo was taken at the Seaboard Railway station be.-e, _ ST\l'T I*llo 10 Hi (V, A S 15. .HINTS. f * ?. P %fp ff| fit $ <O% f.»? f% • S prl % ; %S> «As, % 1 y %$ f f t# ~JN pm * f ; irt'MU *. o\v i:> ??on p V.l-.iOH -- Til Ni'tTli Caul ’■ ’ f V'-' . f . I'., Wes! €:■■ ■ if ~h S. i.r : December I t and 2:vj. Attending this ecu >\ •••r-: ,<m w ill be five council men: tocs from the !.. m Jr.-Sr High Sort Thcv are- Edwaro Carson. Phyllis .V. :::n, J e;:; , V.'i'iU , !)e>; M P. rry, end Roy Dunn Acei.mpmw ij,yt tho group will be their a<i- C n •(!!!. president of th< Li ; Mu cl •‘ i: 1 COlil-Cii, Will SlilVC r\s C: ~ r ; toil group lender. Ilia at o nod •< onti.n 1 H) on r.vr.ic 11 i V’%. * • /f'Nj | | o ‘■"-I >■ -■ b fa v t ,fe. 11 f* §4 ay f% ERATO. La. Whether there, will he further violence over a j racially integrated church school. here \ ill likely be known on Dec.: 5 when catechism classes, cloned; two weeks ago, are reopened. Father A. J. Labbe, pastor of j Our Lady of Lourdes Church, | said that, the reopening of classes’ ?: 4 fr ELECTED TO WHO’S WHO i The above students will receive certificates of recognition and j will be went' .i.ed in the annual | publication :>» Who's Who A- j | mans Students in American Cm [ verslties an el College*. Seated f® s . F «v» s * <fi -f H Sj *5% | f*sfrf §f at rhr * j >i v* rn i» i* aif fit | Ni'd ImK fail 4 ? ;? 1 /MI £r /I P 1 £Li i & * a- J £ I CrS si a y u d li l % %J? 1 | WASHINGTON • - Folio'.'. in? ::p .n i c.t : . ! Supromt Come decisions outlaw • ing segregate-.. in public, schools ! and public recreation, Hie Inter- i j seat'-' Commerce decision rule Sts-; ! urday that, effective on Jamun'yj 110. racial serrcNitior. \n train and 1 bus travel between states is un ; lawful. i The ICC. in two history-mak-! i ing decisions ordered an end to : separation of Negroes and whites ion interstate trains and buses 1 i and in public waiting rooms serv j ing the transportation lines. For ; u 8 vearg, the ICC ha;- been grap- • | pliiip; wish the p;oblem but not; until Nov. 7 aid it r.cUte the se;t --i rogation issue but waited until j Saturday before making the de-i j ciSAon public. i While it has previously ?anc j tinned the "srparat.o-l J -equal” : principle, the ICC on Saturday | said: The disadvantage to a tra veler who is a-,i»d accotn modaiicit-: or t'acililic.*- so de- , signaled as to imply his in iiereni jiifere-rit.v b~- j cause of race mi:?! be regard ed under present e.ondiiions j as unreasonable. " \iso, he is entitled to be free of annoyances, sonic pet -1 ty and some substantial, which i ”wii! be our big test." The cl ? ! were closed when the lay teacher. 1 : Mrs. Lula V. Orteraend, was beat i cn up on her way to say rosary. ; Two women, accused as her at-. ] lackers, were excommunicated; over the weekend. While the person? excommuni- j (CONTINUED ON PAGE II) 1 from left to right are Amelia Alexander, a senior of Hickory; Jonquil V. Lawrence, a senior of Kochy Mount; Helen F. Payne, a junior of Raleigh: and Mar garet * Kascuo of Windsor, almost inevitabi) ;u‘comp;ui> segregation even though the .1- .miers, as most of the defendants have clone here -in ■■■. e!.\ i:v to provide both i -a* es with eqoalb convenient ami cnr.iicu table ’ ears and waiting rooihi ” The ICC ruling applies to all t tcilities provided by the carriers for Intel 1 fate travelers, including rest, rooms if such are a part of (CONTINUED ON PAGE II) mm citizens OIVE OBJECTIVES FOR NEW HOSPITAL BY STAI ! WHITER RAT.EIGH The Raleigh Citi zen? Association. Monday sent to the Wake Com '■■ Hospital Author ity. through its chaiiman. Paul Lyman, a list of five objective* w :>;-■•}> it bi lie vets will enable the proposed new hospital to ’serve if? area eonslilutency more effcc- The citizens group has 4Jl i.,;;t since sh- proposed hos pital will be liuilt with money derived from additional taxes being levied upon the citizens of Wake County. Negro and white in like proportion, race support of the bond election, set for December 13, should depend on the willingness ot j the hospital authority to grant what the a? -ociation has term ed, "minimum requirements.” The Rev G. A. Fisher, president f the Ra'Ggh Citizens Assoeia ; n. s,-iv« that in the event that the Negroes of Wake County are denied these requests, their only (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) ! Standing left to right are Paul ! L. Warren, a junior of Golds boro; Loretta linear, a senior of Raleigh; Ottle l>. West, a senior of Willard: Annie L. .longs, a senior of Greenville; and Ralph L. Carson, » junior of Marion, The Carolinian 10c VOLUME 15 I Race issue Rocks DC Conference -m Holiday Weekend Marred By 15 VIOLENT DEATHS Race Issue House Meet WASHINGTON, D C.—Segre ; gatkm raised its hoary head at i the White House conference on | i iuration here Wednesday when! J the matter of aiding states * at I refused to abide by the order of the United States Supreme Court, outlawing same was brought up.! An NAACP official began an at tack on certain .southern states Tuesday and continued to hirst ■those who would defy the high eout t. The question of whe’ fei ral travel money had b mf., pa':d to delegates from southern states who ’do not support the! Constitution” threw the White! House Conference on Education 1 into an uproar here Tuesday as; some 2,000 delegates gathered for i the first morning general session. Clarence M. Mitchell, director i of the NAACP Washington bu-1 reau. who had just, returned from! South. Carolina, raised the issue i i when he inquired whether the: i delegates from South Carolina i had signed a statement that they! upheld the Constitution when! ! they filled out expense vouchers, i A buzz of talk quickly arose a- j ■ mong the delegates and Confer-i | ence Chairman Neil McElroy told j i Mr. Mitchell that his inquir y I i would be pursued by the confer- j i dice committee ar ’ reported on j ; later. He then quickly closed! j down the general meeting. fCONTINUED ON PAGE 11) ! Gate City Man Found Dead After 33 Hours GREENSBORO Why should. ! a young married man, reportedly j | in excellent, health, die suddenly j in the prime of life 0 | That is the question being rais- j j ed here after Leon George Under ! wood, 34. of 1405-B Gorrell Street, was found sprawled across a bed! in his home about 9:30 a.m. Sun-i day. He had been dead, it, is esti- j mated, about 36 hours. Underwood’s body was discov- ; ered by a neighbor, Teilie Holt, who told police that, he noticed that the front door of Under wood's duplex apartment had been open “for a couple of days.’* Investigating, he made the tragic: discovery. To complicate matters, Dr VV. : j W Harvey. Guilford County cor-. oner, was out. of the city as was| Underwood’s wife and their eight year-old son who were visiting in What’s Happening I On Desegregation Front! | Va. Wants Public ss’s |For Private Schools RICHMOND, Va. A special i session of the legislature was call j od for Wednesday by Gov. Thomas | B. Stanley as the first step in a | lengthy process aimed at prevent-: I ing enforced racial integration in j the public schools. The governor’s commision on public education recently recom mended immediate action a mending the state constitution to allow the use of public money for the private schooling of Virginia school children. A recent test case resuited in a ruling by the Vir ginia Supreme Court that such : use of public funds is presently ! barred by Section 141 of the con- 1 I attention. 1 J _ flir , r^m~l^-&aua**--stttnn*x r r , n t.ttSXVt** n’-fc-w. <* !*> ai nn" « -vak» .vuwm«M>n>u uwi»ui>«mKv» m-wswamu K 1 —7 I Dr. J \ JL W RALEIGH, N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1935 NUMBER If* ..... K I I : ppte: JaSEI- I wr"# j 4» !•&'•: 's:.<<■?s& : sss*y. .•••: • ,*. ® -.-’ 1 p>- • • : . MsS/am-%W&sSS <r > ¥3i ? *3*. r. ■•' % Wmatu Ti I «" lP»lw»i<s' • aflwivii '£ ,v 1 i >..h'v' '* W SMF * ii, "BSWi |MPe «WPBy JgpsSf IIP BL' -' ' ' ,: • && &8&&>k '‘l"- -'' *X- ■ - ’Agjjg -^. x ••- s s ■ ■>--> •••••'Si ' • .. •, •■ • .-:i:\.:Si?i* ; "::. . ■■■ DEBUTANTE QUEEN Mss? Yvonne Autry, a student at the ; J. W. Ligon Junior-Senior High j School here, the 1955 Debutante i queen, is pictured above. The ! Alabama. Dr. H. C, Lennon, pathologist, who was appointed by the clerk of Guilford Superior Court as; acting coroner, said that from j an external examination, he' could discover no injury that j would indicate cause of death. It was known that Underwood: came in late Thursday night. On I Friday morning, he telephoned a 1 friend. James Blair and said that.j lie was not feeling well. As far as | could be learned. Blair is the last; person to whom he talked before j he died, Mrs. Underwood who returned' to the city on Monday, gave per- i mission tor an autopsy which i should determine whether the j man died of natural causes or i not ggp Santa Says: Try the CLASSIFIEDS For Aid In GIFT SELECTION! Uh annual affair was sponsored by the Alpha Then Omrsa Sorority and was held at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium i-.is( Friday nigtst. BY ROBERT G SHEPARD According to p> •' reports, the | dean of the school of education at ; the University of South Carolina , has been “kicked out” because ho : openly favored racial integration in the public schools, of that slate. It would be most interesting to. are responsible for the dean's dis posed dean’s colleagues hold the same views he openly expressed It is altogether likely that were , it possible to get honest opinions, without fear of reprisals, from ah ! of the faculty there, those who j are responsible or the dean's dis- j missal would receive quite a shock. So far, he has been the only white public educator in South Carolina brave enough to ; meet and accept the chaileoro of democracy in the open. Now that : teie dismissed dean has boarded the lion in his den. the University (CONTINUED ON PAGE JO ! Lease Golf Course Lexington Advised LEXINGTON - A recommen- \ Ration that the city of Lexington' lease the local municipal golf i clu’ and poll course to a private individual or corpora lion has been adopted by the local golf 1 | commission and forwarded to I Mayor Ed Cathell and the board | jof city commissioners, j The recommendation which fol-, j lows closely upon the U. S. Su- i preme Court ruling ordering the! opening of all publicly-support ed recreation facilities to all per sons, regardless of race, creed or. ■color, points out that the course and clubhouse have been lowing ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE ll) j Auto Crashes, Fires, Guns Taks Grim T oils Automobih crushes, fires and shot gtm blasts took the lives of 15 pusoa*. and left t ight others injured in a serif’s of tragic in cidents over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Four person?- two of them. white, were killed in a head-on; collision or two car? near wo on.; cat ty Sunday. Leon C. Jcnkms. 22. j of Summerville. N. J. and David! C. Robinson. 26. of-Route 2. Lc-| land, were killed instantly Richard P. Cardwell 20. of T ne: Citadel, Charleston, S. O. and i Ivarsj Z Pt-lkiils 19. of Hi ••’• t >• N. both white, were dead on! arrival at Woodard Herring Ho:,-; pital in Wilson. The accident nccured. foui miles south of Wilson on U. 8. 117. Po-| lice who investigated, reported > j Whites Shot Him Down, NAAOP Leader Ciiargas BELZONI, Miss. Gus Courts. , fiii, former county head oi the j NAACP here, was recovering this week from gunshot wound.- which i he said were caused when he \v;t> I fired upon by one of several white ■ men wi pulled up in a ca: out side liif, More Friday night i Courts told physicians at the j Mound Bayou Hospital where he was taken, that the men fled and i that hi- did not recognize them. Humphiovs County Cnr aC lk<- i Shelton said that friends of ; Courts “whisked him to Mound Author Peter Abrahams In Harrison Library Address RALEIGH A capacity crowd that braved 'he cold Tuesday night November 29th to attend the closing session of She Richard B Humor. Library's 20th anniversary celebration, was richly rewarded by one of the most stimulating ahd informative talks ever given here. The speaker was Peter Abra hams, a native of South Afri ca, and presently ;> resident of London. England. Mr. Abra hams, a noted author, world (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11) H . w ' -'"L-'. By ■ *<y 1 ‘ t ■ ■fLJL fejL ( J-%4' ] PIKE STRIKES BILLIARD PAR- i .OR APARTMENT HOUSE A j fire, believed to have been caus ed by an exploding oil stove completely gutted the inside of Taylor’s Billard JParlor and an apartment house, both lot a ted on E. Hargett St., last Wednesday { that the ear driven by Robiiffion came over on the left side of the highway and struck the other car both vunclrs were demolish ed. ArniuiJ four others injured was Ottuwa.v i' v 18 of .Summer ville. N. J 3 MI? IN CHASM When their automobile and a truck collided on an overpass on IT. 8, la near Bishopviile. S C three men were killed and a fourth injured, Friday night iCONTINUUM ON t*\C!: Hi Bayou before l could question j him-’' At Mound Bayou, 50 miles norir: of he; », Dr. J. U. Henry, : chief ,' iirgeon at the hospital, said ; Courts in a critical con ; uition following an operation but i -Gould be able to leave the hos ; pital in about a week. The physician said Courts told | him he and his wife were stand - | inc by the cash register when an 1 auuunobiic containing whin men (CONTINUED ON PAGE lit IKE WON’T TOUCH DELAINE'S CASE GETTYSBURG Pa. Presi j dent Eisenhower has receded no ! request from the governor of ; South Carolina for an explains -1 tion of the Justice Department’s I refusal to issue a fugitive warrant (CONTINUED ON PAGE It) morning. According to occupant# of the upstairs dwelling, nothing was salvaged except the clothe* that they wore. James Taylor, Jr., owner of the building, had not decided at press time whet her he wmild repair the fast red structure- PHOTO RY JONES),
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