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VOLUME 15 RALEIGH, N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1056 NUMBER 19
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To Jail
GOLDSBORO John Earl
Hinton, 22, of 405 E. Elm Street
and Edward L. Shank, 17, of <<o9
Charles Street, were given four
months jail-road sentence for
catering to a white prostitute here
last week.
Blister Wilson, 53, of 403
Peterson Street, was arrested
and given a two year sentence
for maintains and eperatins
a residence for the. purpose of
prostitution, He was charged
on two counts,
Charged with engaging in the
practice of prostitution were Jo
seph Strickland, white. 33, and his
wife, Mrs. Ruby Strickland. 2ft,
The case broke here lest weell
v hen Ls. R, L. Morse, Detective
A, F. Carter and T. W. Garris
arrested the couple alter a period
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Robinson
Speaks At
Charlotte
By TREZZVANT W. ANDERSON
CHARLOTTE —“I lived a he
for two years when I was with
the Montreal ball duo of the
Brooklyn Dodgers," Jackie Rob
inson told a huge crowd here
Thursday night at the annual
meeting of the H, L. McCrorey
Branch YMCA.
The nation's most famous Ne
gro baseball star was principal
speaker at the affair and made
the revelation while discussing
difficulties encountered on his
rise to fame in the major league
baseball world.
“I had to *it by and re
main silent when I saw abuses
hurled upon other people, and
foreign to my nature,” Mr.
Robinson said.
He sat silent, Jackie, said, on
orders from Branch Rickey,
former general manager of the
Dodgers who brought Robin
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I>R JONES’ FINERAL Members of Bennett College Faculty \]
and staff who served as pallbearers, carry body of Dr. David D.
Jones, president-emerllus, into chapel for Friday morning rites.
Clockwise are: Dr. Hobart S. Jarrell. J. J. Seartette, Lawrence W.
Rogers, Roy Lee, Dr. Clinton C, Armstrong and Dr. Chauncey G.
Winston,
: 55-Minute Service j
For Dr. David Jones!
GREENSBORO—Last rites for
Dr. David Dallas Jones, president
emeritus of Bennett College, were
held at 10:30 a.m. Friday in An
nie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel on
the college campus.
More than 1,000 mourners,
many of them standing through
out the 55-minute service, taxed
the edifice to capacity.
Bishop Edgar A. Love, head of
the Baltimore Area of the Metho
dist Church and vice-chairman of
the college trustee board, offic
iated and read the opening sen
tences.
Invocation was delivered by
the Rev, J. E. Brower, pastor
of St. Matthews Methodist
Church, in whose original edi
fice Bennett College had its
beginning and in which Dr.
IV,any years. Dr. W, C. Jack*
Jones held membership for
son, chairman of (be board
and president-emeritus of
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CHURCH WOMEN
TAKE DOWN BAR
CHARLOTTE By a unani
mous vote here Monday, the
United Church Women oi Char
lotte agreed to invite Negro wo- :
men to join the organization.
There were more than 100 wo
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M. C. Hill,
Youth, 17,
In A Fight
By CHARLES ft JONES
RALEIGH (Exclusive) ~~ The
10th grade home room of Mem
man C, Hill was the scene of bat
tle Monday morning when the
biology instructor tangled with
James Buries. 17-year-old sopho
more at higon Junior-Senior High
School.
W hen Uie dust had cleared, j
Hil! found his eye-glaaess shat- j
tcred on th* floor and Surles
found himself facing a pos- j
sible suspension from school ;
and maybe even a City Court
Judge. , M
The tussle was the. climax of ”
an argument between the two i
concerning bad conduct re- ]
ports which Hill is alleged to j
have made to Sprites’ mother,
Mrs, lona Surles, of US North
Swain Street, on Sunday.
No Comment From Hill
This reporter contacted Mr. Hill
Wednesday, but was told. 'Td
rather you talked with Dr. Wat
son," (lies’ Lfgon’s principal). Dr,
Watson verified the fact that an
altercation had taken place and
said that he had recommended
to Supfc, j. o Sanderson that!
Surles be expelled from school !
It was learned also that Hill, j
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Hubby Slain With Shotgun
Pregnant Mother
Held For Murder
Mrs. Doris Hill, 22, mother of two small children and ex
pecting another in July, Monday was held without bond for
Mecklenburg Superior Court action on a charge of murdering;
her 23-year-old husband Howard, Jr. early Sunday morning.
The slaying, which police said
was done, with a .12 guage single
barreled shotgun, took place
around 4.15 a.m. in the couple’s
home in the South Side housing
project, at 623 Fairwood Ave.
According to police reports, Mrs.
Hill said her husband left home j
around 8 20 Saturday evening and ;
returned about 4 15 Sunday morn- i
ing. He called hj her, awakening !
her in her upstairs bedroom, and j j
she came downstairs. There were I |
no reports of drinking.
There, the wife asked Mr, ! !
Hill where he had been, ac- !
cording to the police report He j
replied that he had been to ]
a cousin’s house. Mrs. Hill
then accused him of having :
been out with another woman,
the report said.
M.r. Hill denied this, reiterating i
that he had been to his cou-sin’s |
house. He then went into the i
kitchen.
At that point, according to
the police report, Mrs. Kill J
went to a closet where she |
picked up the single-barreled
shotgun. Reaching upon a
shelf, she got a shell and load
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WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE
Desegregation Front
Federal Chiefs Meet j
With Non-Bias Group!
BALTIMORE The President’s |
Committee on Government Em-:
ployment Policy held an area j
conference in Baltimore last week
with heads of federal agencies in!
thu? area to assist, the agencies in j
implementing the Government's
non-discrimination policy in Fed
eral employment.
The, all-day confab with top
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The lueky ear last week was
the one bearieg tha tag' num
ber -X. -46863. If the owner of
that car took It to Dum k Ess©
Service, corner CtbHrm »(l
BioodworUs Streets, hew bo Ra
leigh, fee received a free urease
job.
This will happen every week.
Watch for your tag siambef. If
It follows the asterisk, you will
get the grease job. The num
ber will be takes from any tar
bearing a N. C. liernse.
Tbo numbers this week are:
R-5349: R-57J4: <‘346-147; X
-3324: X-S4 856; and R-3872.
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Final Rites
For Medic
At Raleigh
RALEIGH—Funeral services for
Dr. William Bryant Pettiford were
held at the Wilson Temple Metho
dist Church Saturday afternoon
at 3 o’clock. The pastor. Rev. C.
L. Gidney, officiated, and burial
followed in Oberlin Cemetery. |
Dr. Pettiford, 62. died at Saint
I Agnes Hospital last. Thursday
| morning- He resided at 1320 Ober
j iin Road and was staff physician
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JOINS LOCAL POLICE FORCE i
Jurors Edward (Bobby) Dayt, ,
23, son of Mr. znd Mrs,. ASpbonso j
Vance, S$ S. Person Street, be- ‘.
came a member of the Raleigh i
Police Force this week. Daye, a I
veteran of the Korean War, is a.
1951 graduate of the Washington
High School. He is married to
the former Miss Dorothy Bar- i
nett of Hillsboro and lives at
0-15 Washington Teraee.
administrators and personnel
officers in this area took place
at Har Sinai Temple.
Maxwell Abbell, chairman
of the Committee, conducted
the sessions, which were de
voted to an explanation and ;
discussion of Executive Order
No, 18590, issued by Ptai* j
dent Elaenhewer os January
18, 1955,
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JACK ANI* m M,r« «IVtH S7,‘>(( TO n*RC 7 o* nlMl;*.~l*r. w. H. Wa'soft. who heads sh"
Nrjtro Oi vision of the yv.ikc County March of Him •*>. is sh««n arcopfing a cheek for 5750.00 from th«
Raleigh Chapter of Jack and Jill of America. Inc, Mrs. Elizabeth Coficid. chairman of the Polio Pro
gram CommiHcc, is shown presenting the check. On (he right are Norma and Michael heck who
■ were awarded together a >'s war hand as a personal prize from Or. Watson for the highest sale of
tickets over fSO. Norma and Michael reported :51 10. 85 of the total amount which was raised. Stand
ing next to Or. Watson is Mrs. Thelma Keck, president of the local chapter. The. Club presented its
third annual talent program at l.igon Junior-Sen or High School on Friday, January 87.
Rejected 1
Lover To
Face Trial I:
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By ALEXANDER. BARNES
EDENTON Another chap to I!;
was written in the hriarrp Jay- 1
j ing of MLv |
the wee hours o!
the tn orni ng, MISS COSTON <
Sunday.
The mourners were led by
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Patriots’ Proxy Labels Mamie’s
Letter A ‘Propaganda Barrage’
[odds ends!
By ROBERT G. SHEPARD i
In a speech to the members of j
the Wake County' Credit Union at ;
their annual meeting Monday I
night, .lan. 30, Leroy Burton of Fu- ].
quay Springs told them that more *
Negroes should he taught how to j 1
manage money rather than let it
manage them as is too often the
case. Mr. Burton said that since
'practically all of us earn soim j,
money and all of the activities of
life center around money, the ,
proper management of the money i ,
we control could go a long way in ,
helping to solve many of life's dif
ficulties
Burton is an' instructor of voca
tional agriculture at the Fuquay ,
Springs High School and is a di- ,
rector and one of Ihe founders of ,
the Farmers and Veterans Credit
Union of Fuquay Springs
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Selection of (he south Ra
leigh site for the. new public
housing units for low income
| families may be the partial so
j lotion of one housing proh
j lero but it creates a very sc
i rious problem for the approxi- i
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privately-operated self course, who indicated through counsel Monday that they would appeal
verdict t© GviUord Superior Court. Left to right: Samuel Murray, Elijah M. Hmiar. Dr. (itou* CS*
Simktns, Jr., Joseph Sturdivant, Phillip Cook rend Leon White-
Violence Brings Death
To 3 During Weekend
Violent death csrnr to throe 1
men m two North Carolina cities;
iv or the weekend and a man and j
two women are being held with- \
oui bond a : a result-
Two of the death:, occurred at j
FovritC'vie. Police in that eh’
a m holding Mr- Willie Monroe
,Y-; a store owner. on a charge
ii :! in- shn< Raymond A Deri?
20. falaiiy *n her -tore in Seven- i
iv•) . Township. Saturday
night.,
According (o report:. Date
became involved in a".| »■( lyi
meet f» IHe store, * .»taken
outside, bujf broke uWAi amii
threatened to knife Afx. .Alon L
roe. she then shot him .in (be
chest,
Also at Fayetreville, police are
holding Fred M. Wade in the
pistol slaying of Sgt. Waverly
Williams, 31, of Headquarters Co.,
178th Airborne regimental com
bat team.
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GREENSBORO Last week,
Mrs, Mamie Eisenhower, wife of j
the Presirdnt, sent a letter tn j
Judy Genier, a white girl from!:
New York, who is now attending j
a Methodist-supported Negro high |
school in Asheville. In the letter I
Blond Wife, GI Hubby
Separated At Apex
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APEX-- 5 24->ear-old Alabama;
soldier and his 20-yckf -old white j
wife rn route to visit hi: rela-j
lives in Alabama, ran into diffi-;
cuity here Friday and were sep-!
arated.
Wiliiam Cameron and his wife,]
Betty Ogle Cameron, of Midlo
thian, Va„ were enroute to visit.
Camerons relatives before he re- ]
ported to Fort Dix, N. J. for over- j
seas assignment in Germany.
They were stopped by l'o j
lice Chief S. 1., Bagwell after j
a Raleigh filling station oper- j
a,ior reported to the Wake
County Sheriff’s Department i
that the woman “acted ner
vous- ’ when the couple stop
ped to buy gasoline.
When they were stopped here.
Cameron was charged with driv-
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State News
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ASSAfI- VNT SOUGHT
ft.MjftGtt—l deaf police «Ki*
cor: t,o,id the CAROLINIAN Wed
nesday that, they had not been'
able to get much of a clue on,
the alleged assailant- of Mrs Wil
lie Mae Brown, who reported that
she was attacked by a man on
: j the campus of St. Augustine's Coi
' I lege. at. she .started to work at St.
, j Agne> Hospital, about. 1:20 Tues
j day morning. Site is said to have
• told investigating officers that tire
j man threw her to the ground and
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Mrs Eisenhower complimented
the girl for i courage in start
ing the trend toward integration
in a Southern state.
The following is at state
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Set Appeal
In Guilford
Golf Case
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I GREENSBORO lmmediate
notice of cppral to the Guilford
Superior Court was given here
Monday" by six golfers found
guilty of trespassing on the city
i owned but privately-operated Gil-
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