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'LUCY STORY HURT U.S. OVERSEAS'—This was the candid
opinion of lovely Colett-a Warren. “Miss United States,” upon her
arrival at New York’s International airport from Paris, France. Dur
ing a two-week goodwill trip, the pa gent winner visited Rome,
Venice, and Paris, and found the struggle of Autherme Lucy against
Southern bigots to be the subject on every foreigner’s tongue. (News
press Photo).
Teachers Open
3-Day Session
DR. JR A Dc A. REID
'DR.'MARK €. SCHINNERER
WORK BAN HITS
NMOP IN S. C.
COLUMBIA, S, C. Signed in
to law here last Saturday was an
act barring members of the
NAACP from state, county or mu
nicipal government employment
In South Carolina.
It was the second piece of anti-
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Death Os Mental
Patient Basis
OF $25,000 Suit
GOLDSBORO Examination
of three defendants in a $25,000
damage suit'growing out of the
death of a former State Hospital
inmate, was conducted here Fri
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Negroes Ready If Freedom
Means Trouble, Scribe Says
NEW YORK The American
Negro is prepared for trouble “if
that is the price” in his fight for
‘ justice and freedom,” a promi
nent, Negro writer said Monday.
Prize winning reporter - author -
Carl Rowan described “What Ne
groes RealJy Want” in an article
in the new issue of hook Maga
zine,
RALEIGH—The Diamond Ju
bilee Anniversary Convention of
the North Carolina Teachers As
sociation meeting here March 22
23, and 24, will be featured by
citations to past presidents and
outstanding leaders in a program
feature worked out by a special
committee of which C, L, Blake,
principal, West Charlotte Senior
High School, is chairman.
This will be a feature of the
public session Friday evening
Ssfarch 23rd.
The Convention theme. “Educa
tion for the Rights and Responsi
bilities of American Citizenship.”
will be reflected in outstanding
addresses- at two public sessions
in the Raleigh Memorial Auditor
ium. On Thursday evening. March
22, Dr. Mark C, Sehirmerer, Su
perintendent of Schools, Cleve
land. Ohio, will use the subject.
“The Responsibility of the Teach
er in Public Relations.”
Winning Public Support
Dr. Shinnerer has made notable
achievement in this area and tho;-;
who hear him may expect to get
a new idea if the teacher’s role in
winning public support for im
provements in public education.
An orchestra group represent
ing Raleigh City Schools under
the direction of Mrs. Joselyn Boul
ware will present a concert fea
ture beginning at 7:30 P. M. pre
ceding the Thursday evening ses
sion. Tliis session will aiso feature
the president’s annual message by
Mrs. Ida H, Duncan, NCTA presi
dent.
The general session on Friday
evening. March 23, will feature
Dr. Ira De A. Reid in an address
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Convict White Woman
For Death Os Airman
ANCHORAGE Alaska—A fed
eral court jury of seven men and
five women has convicted Mrs.
Helen Virginia Smith, 30-year
old white housewife, of man
slaughter in the fatal stabbing of
Specialist 3-C Charles A. Hart,
26, after he had asked her for
a dance in a local bar on Den. 3.
Mrs. Smith, along with Airman
3-C Charles Hinton, had been
charged with second degree mur
der in the death of Hart, a native
of Clinton, S. C. The jury acquit
ted Hinton. It had deliberated for
more than two days after a 12-
day trial.
The government alleged that
Hart died of one stab wound In
the heart and five in the back,
contending that the woman fol
lowed him from the bar and in
flicted additional wounds. Hart
was found dead in an alley out
side.
U. S. Attorney William Plum
mer told. the jury. "Everyone
heard her say ‘I killed him’.’*
Plummer said that Mrs. Smith
was quoted as having said she
would dance with Hart" and that
“From illiterate cotton pickers
to college presidents,” Mr. Rowan
said, “3T heard the same story.”
“The Negro wants his children
to grow up free from the scourges
of illness, ignorance and poverty.
“He wants the opportunity
to work at the best job tor
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Says Older
Brother
Beat Him
FAYETTEVILLE Police are
' holding Arthur Lee Singleton, 15,
! on a charge of murder after his
! brother Joseph. 22, died of a shot
; gun wound in the chest Saturday
j night.
The youth reportedly admitted
j firing the blast, which killed hia
j older brother, city police say. Ac
cording to them, the boy told them
that he fired on his brother after
a fight at their home about 10
p.m. Saurday. They say he told
. them that Ins brother had been
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By ROBERT G. SHEPARD
i Orchids this week !o the staff!
j of “The Tatter”, student pubiica
■ ion of the J. W. Ligon Jr.-Sr.
High School for its excellence in
winning an award showing it to
be the second best printed .iunior
senior high school newspaper in
a contest, sponsored by Columbia
Univer.-.ity of 'New York. The
award to the Ligon student, paper'
has national significance because j
student publications from over!
the country were entered in this
contest.
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Prof. Carl Devane, head of the
Dept, of Social Sciences at Shaw
University, has recently returned J
from a meeting of the Southeast- j
ern Regional Conference of the j
J NAACP. Commenting on hie im- |
| pressions of this meeting which j
| was held in Charleston. S. C., Mr.
j Devane said that it was plainly
j evident from the expressions and
j actions of the delegates there that
! a “new Negro” has arisen in the
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brought her arm around him in a
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IN PROMOTIONS AT A&T I
COLLEGE Prominent in re- !
cent promotions a 4 . A&T College, ]
resulting from the elevation of i
Warmoth T. Gibbs to the presl- ]
> dency of the college are left to I
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TORNADO DAMAGE SCENES
—A CAROLINIAN cameraman .
visited the Garner area early
this week and recorded the
above scenes of a tornado’s de
struction. The storm struck j
Prizes Galore, Song Battle
Features Os 4th Food Show
Entertainment, Free I
Food Baskets, Other
Prizes To Be Featured
At Gala 2-Day Event
The management of the CARO
LINIAN announced this week that
plans are almost complete fori
the showing of the biggest, array i
of home appliances and the most
right: L. C. Dowdy to acting
dean of the School of Education
and Science; Dr. W. Archie
Blount to coordinator of the
Summer School Workshop and
Nathan T. Seely to chairman of
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1956
: aigSSSaia-’,
Sunday, In the top photo is the
residence of Wilbur Leach. The
roof was blown from the build
ing and Leach’s mother, Mrs.
Ophelia Leach, received minor
i injuries. The bottom photo shows
j complete demonstration of food
i preparation ever witnessed In Ra
! leigh, when the 4th annual Food
i Show and Homemakers Exposi
tion gets underway at the Raleigh
Memorial Auditorium, Thursday,
March 2!)
The two-day gala affair be
gins 11 a.m., when Home Eco
nomic classes from high
schools, within 60 miles of Ra
leigh, will be guests of the
show. The morning shows arc
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the Mathematics Department.
Calvin R. Stevenson was elevat
ed to director of the Summer
SebooL The promotions were
announced by President Gibbs
i on last Thursday.
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the *SOO Club”, a Garner night
spot, located next to the Leach
home which was also damaged
severely by the. storm. The “500
Club”, owned by C. I (Joe) Hin
ton. was not insured, STAFF
PHOTOS BY CHAS, R. JONES.
especially designed for high
school classes and their
teachers. These shows are
scheduled to prove highly
helpful to the several classes
that are expected to attend.
The second show* will open daily
at 2 P.M, At this time all of the
housewives who do not work and
any other Interested persons are
invited to be present. The evening
show will start at 8 P.M. The
management has added a new
feature this year, in that some of
the moot outstanding singing
groups in the state will match
their talents in a songfest. They
will be vising for SIOO.OO worth
of prizes. The elimination session
will be held on Thursday night,
when the four best groups will be
determined by popular acclaim
with the audience making the de
cisions. The winners will then
meet in the battle of the year, on
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What’s Happening
On Desegregation Front
“ECONOMIC SQUEEZE”
VICTIMS GET AID
SUMMERTON, S. C. Three
truckloads of food and clothing
have been sent here to aid Ne
groes affected by “economic pres
sures”, the Rev, E. E. Riehburg
announced on .Friday.
The food and clothing which
have been distributed among
eight local families, came from
the Clarendon County Emergen
cy Clubs of Philadelphia and
New York.
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LIMIT USE OF HIGH
POINT GOLF COURSE
HIGH POINT—Use of the Blair
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NUMBER 76
Garner ‘Twister’
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Also Hits Homes
GARNER-The ”500 Club”, a j
night spot, owned by C. i (Joe) !
Hinton, was wrecked by a torna
do last Sunday afternoon, while \
numerous private dwellings suf
! sered tremendous damages.
The residence of Wilbur
Leach, located next door lo !
lo the "500 Club”, was prr
ltpsa the hardest hit private
dwelling. The roof of the struc
ture biew away and landed in
a field near the house.
The tornado, one of lour whien
visited Eastern North Carolina,
struck about 3:30 p. in. and Leach’s
mother. Mrs. Ophelia Leach, report
ed receiving minor injuries when
the roof was torn away. She did
not require hospitilizaiion, how
ever
Leach said, “We were watching
| television when a bolt of light
j rung hit nearby. I turned off the
! set. grabbed my two kids, ages 2
I and 5, and rushed into the bed
! room My mother followed us
! there.
There was an awful noise, fol
lowing close behind the tremb
ling of the house. The roof was
suddenly taken off and the pres
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NAACP Vote
Rally Here \
Saturday \
By J. B. B ARREN
RALEIGH—The office of State
NAACP President Alexander in
Charlotte, has announced a State
wide registration and “Get-Out-
The-Vote” conference here Sat
urday to stimulate more interest
in the necessity of greater par
ticipation in poltical action to the
extent of increasing the colored
voting power to at least 400,000
for the coming elections.
Currently, it Is estimated that
there are 250,000 qualified Negro
voters in Tarheelia.
Henry Lee Moon, Speaker
Speaker and consultant for thr
all-day meeting will be Henry Lee
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Methodist Majority
For Desegregation
CHICAGO—More than half of
the Methodists questioned in a
nationwide poll believe that, there
should be no segregation in their
churches.
The Christian Advocate, offic
ial news organ of the denomina
tion, published the results in a
recent issue. The poll was con
to local residents by city officials
last week.
The course was ordered open
to all citizens a month ago. but
since that time, many players,
some from as far away 3.3 Dan
ville, Va. have been using the fa
cility, according to W, B. Stron
aeh, parks director. This, he said,
added an unusually “heavy bur
den.”
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START PRIVATE SCHOOL
MOVE, NOW, LAKE URGES
HILLSBORO-—Speaking before
a met;ting of the Orange County
Chapter of Patriots of North Car-
Park golf course was restricted
The lucky car last week was
tite one bearing the tag num
ber nvw-125 if the owner of
that car took H to Dunn's Esso
Service, corner Cabarrus and
Bloodworth Streets in Raleigh
lie received a free grease job.
This will happen every week.
Watch for your tag number. If
it follows the asterisk, you will
get the grease job. The num
ber will be taken from any car
bearing a N. C. license.
The numbers this week are:
R-3872; **X-J 5171 X-132; WP
-342; CX-4295; and R-5343.
I State News
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Brief
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RALEIGH LIBRARIAN CITED
RALEIGH Mrs. MoUie Hus
ton Lee, librarian at t-hs Richard
B. Harrison Public ary here,
was featured on the Monitor'
radio progiam in its ...ent na
tionally broadcasted Jute to
Raleigh’. Mrs. Lee, who has serv
ed as librarian here for tweruy
years, was mentioned as being re
sponsible for the library serving
a very definite need in the com
inanity. She is believed to have
been the only Negro sainted from
Raleigh. Mrs. Lee is remembered
as one of the six most outstand
ing librarians in the United States
in 1955. an honor bestowed by a
group of the nation’s top librar
ians.
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MAX TON ~ The Robeson
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Motor Pool
j
Described In
Montgomery
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—The Rev.
Martin Luther King, Jr,, the first
of 90 race members slated to be
tried in connection with the bus
boycott in this city, told the
court Tuesday how a smooth run
ning motor pool provides trans
portation for the bus-boycotters,
protesting alleged harsh treatment
at the hands of white bus drivers.
The Montgomery Improve
ment Association, a newly or
ganised group, is reported to
have arranged for the car pool
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l ducted by Dr. Murray H. Leiffer
1 of Evanston. 111., director of so
i cial and religious research at the
r Garrett Biblical Hnstttute.
When the church’s General
•. Conference meets in Minneapolis,
• April 25 to May 9, the question of
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ollna, Inc., former assistant attor
ney general I. Beverly Lake said
that Gov. Hodges should call an
immediate special session of the
legislature to set up a procedure
for private schools.
“Since we must vote on an
amendment abolishing public
schools before we can adopt pri
vate ones,” he said, “we should
have a special session immediate
ly. The vote must be taken during
a general election, so we must
act quickly in order to vote on
it this fall.”
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