Don Newcombe Fails Again In Series Bid
sp f^
' . ■■'. .■ '%s&**
g|s^ Jpv;
|£i&,v ■ ■ *lllß
Iwi t*/ j f§
'"' '' ■;
wiMKaf
r- «*.«-. 7•• '/>'•
- .■■•■. ■; >; : .\Y ‘ %DHp ~
c -; \; ;.:V
Mg*. xgmc mm> gmm ms mm mg m* «—mmb aw mmm mm mm a*
■ .-Ag -. . BBR SMgjfc jCHI IBM ■
grealSßß §33b bK fSLJSw M'finK
Replace ‘Off
-4 " ~
A i j_-A.N ] A— A npu- Si’-:^.000
hocl m L?R ! i/. : .n.' County stands '
'H!s. the Negro children for wham i
ti Ci?n - - or.ur.Mf- to 1
attend clar.se? " dilapidated an- ‘
r r id: „ . ;-. u„ .
r\>f . n<J 000 :•• 01; • :/ " ar. ‘ -
4"' a? v .' ;*._. in tno Bi
• 1 r -;, nun.' n •-■ D;. ; . ,n 1* 3
• inn rife' l the af objecting j
, ... -nntending that a juuaU
; e ••* ti >n - f h e b•■ Idl n s v. a > on his ;
t ..,>,,... j
While ihp controversy over |
proper!’’ rights raged. other I
n lute-, began a series of threats ;
.o Vi|n\v up the building if N<
yrees ' rrr allotted to attend >t.
0/fsc.ils feared lege) action
through the NAACP because the
eM »choo!s tmw brine attended by }
. ; ero popof. were u> tmeiuosfiori- f
ably inferior
As 9 way oi.it, the State Boa.cij
rkiucatan met MoncT and vot- |
ed - rper-d .SfiSO.OOO to build a i
substitute budding on a is-acre !
site rr,-' a!ri by one of its members.
State Sonatoi tiem-hd Lovett :
Lovett a Healthy landowner, do
scribed the buddings now attended i
by some WO Negro pupils as *de-;
pt"cable cold and leaky shacks.!
With bad roofs pot-bellied stoves
and no toilet GcUitifts. I
State Workers Honor
Dr. Walter Hughes
RALEIGH The employees of
the state of' North Carolina who
have charge of affairs affect-ins
Negrces met at the Stale School
for Negro Blind and Deaf here'
'Tuesday, and after a morning
■cs&ioß which featured the pur
' ,j ‘ ,%fc iJwfS?x3li\ ■> - : • • 3tn!9ratfa3tt«Btt.y>Wßmg?EKtfVyyßaC
v yj- '-i'#s£ '''(of^y^fffiy/'
-
■ *''■ V ''
9&HHHHm|' \ I «wße .^WBMBR;'j
..ire Lj^Lg^LAy■■ jj -, t ..* '
HONORED BY STATE WORK
ERS Pictured during a lunch- 1
cob honoring Dr. Waiter .1.
Hughes, former health officer
TIED UP SERIES
Jaijkie Robinson, veteran
star rtf the Brooklyn Dod
gers, has a reason to smile
because it was his two-base
Wow in the bottom of the
Stub inning of Tuesday's
crucial game which sent Jim
Gilliam across the plate with
the. run that gave the de
fending champions a J-fl
victory By winning this
game Brooklyn squared the
scri-.s with the Yankees at
three games .piece, nrc ' ing
a seventh game, neecsna. -
Defmsivel.v throughout tv
the series. l-«ckie j»l» .•.*•<•>
flawlessly, making outs of
what seem, d to be sure
Yankee hits
BENNETT I'RESIDKNT - Dr.
Will a B. Playci who will Sip ; n
augurated as president of Ben
nett College, Greensboro. Sun
day afternoon at -? o’clock. The
college trustees last October
j named her to the post after
granting the retirement request
j of her predecessor the late Dr.
1 David I). Junes. .See story on
1 page 5).
pose of the meeting, by John R
Larkins, welfare consultant, went
into the business
R. F. Jones State Farm Agent
presided over the fust session.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE !>
: which featured a meeting o?
•-late w orkers at the Blind School
Tuesday are, left <9 right; John !
R. Larkin*, welfare consultant; 1
BROOKLYN. N Y.—Big Don fdewcombe, strong man. of
the. Dodger pitching staff whose 27 victories helped the Bums
to their second consecutive National League pennant, failed
completely in two attempt’s to "in a World Series game,
Yankee bats knocked him out. after two innings of the re-
nnt
!
I GA ROLINI \ JSI [
VSA. I ,• i-ow .. - —— " “ io»w. •• -s.r *• .
I
VOLUME Ift
|»| |H1»» IMWJTT4W
'■ ■—» ww ■»»«.. —.--T-!- nn n-ir~~ -, rTn—n-iwiiovrt » ■ — ■ ■■. . ... ,- ■-■■■, M , ,-. .. [ r imn ■ . .
~ '"" " ' ''' '* ” J ' !
)- —-4*
i
‘Please Save
Mylife,’ Ala.
R> UFWNDER BARNES i
t«i;Et!NSBORO The most sor- j
? did st,ay of life in an Alapama I
i prison camp was unfolded heir on t
; To. , by Albert "Willie Duke” i
i Thom:.:, a reported escaped con
vict ;n !h‘- car? of fudge T G. ■
I Warnr.’ in Municipal Court
Thomas is quoted as saying,
rh v'il hitl me ii i go ha Ih.
He pii ad with the court to per ■
mi; him to remain here, where j
he ;> is lived a model tiic and
has been regular!? employed
sine:- December
Tbrn .igh his sttw ncy he asked ;
:■ ft a ru ■ v pus hearmc. He bsseti
■ his pica on .’no fact. that, he had
been Knoc'-u-d off of » read repair
truck ~-,ci a tar-bc^rit.gt trailer at
: Ramilton Ga He further stated
: that tt;o truck ran ovc. his head.
■ causing multiple injuries jo nis
His testimony also revealed
thr.t alter spendinE three
ITONTIM ti• ON PAGE 2> 1
i %A(i l 8
-IN
I AtT.S GUN STEALING RAP
RALEIGH Robert F. Collins.
21, of i’i'ij S Blouni Si. was being
held In the Wake County Jail here
ibis >tn charges of stealing
12 pistols from Kill's. Inc.. 105 S.
Wilrrimgton Si. Detect ive Lt. W
Ci. Yladdrev said that Collins ad
mitted breaking a front glass a:
the M'tablishment Saturday mgih.
but denied taking more than five ,
pistols. Three of the 12 weapons. i
all valued at 5418, have been re-.
. ove- .-u. Maddrey n ported Col-i
I I It;-.' bend ,\a- set at SI,OOO He is
si - eduied to hs given a prelimi
nary hranng in City Court, on
(CONTINUED OX PAGE 21
Mrs. Haftic Hughes,, wife of the
hoooree. Dr. Hughes, S. B. Sim I
ttton.v of the. Extension Service, |
and M. H. Crockett, principal. j
RALEIGH, N. C.
1
f ”•■ JfIMMMtt 4 ’ '• v •’BK-. • • ’ ' nw **'£ c sS39f !
I. I
I ■< 7* ’ e.
VRRANGF PROJECT MAN
\GEMINT H M Mirliaux
: standing), Durham real estate
magnate, points out to Samuel
T. Gibson, manager of the Acme
NAACP Pays SIO,OOO In
Libel Suit In So. Carolina
SUMTER, S. C. -• The local
Dranc-h of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People agreed last, week to a $ l O.-
000 settlement, with S. K. Nash,
white school board attorney, to end
trial of his $120,000 libel suit.
Nash a former state senator, had
accused the association of libeling
him >r, a letter published in the
Sum to t Daily Item The letter,
Nash cnarged. inferred that he may
Racial Equality Ruling
In Park Upheld By Court
WASHINGTON - Last-ditch
forts in preserve racial segrega
tion u- ihe only one of nine Vir
ginia State parks bordering on vne
Atlantic Ocean failed here Mon
day when the U. S. Supreme Court
flatly refused to review a lowes
court ruling that it must he open
equally to all races.
Seashore State Park located in
Princess Anna County near Cape
Henry. Vs.. ha? been closed since
the end of the 1054 season. State
officials declined to re-open it af
ter Federal Judge Walter Hoffman
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE i
Desegregation Front
AUTHERINE LUCY FIGHT
REVIVED IN ALABAMA
BIRMINGHAM—U, S. District-
Judge Hobart Grooms was asked
last week to cite University of
Alabama officials for contempt
of court for their action last Feb
ruary in expelling Mrs. Auf.henne
Lucy 'Foster) from the univer
LUC’KY AUTO OWNER
The lucky car last week was
the on bear ins the tag num
ber “XX-683. If the owner of
that car took It to Dunn * Esso
Service, corner Cabarrus and
Rloodworth Streets to Raleigh
he. received a free grease job.
This will nap pen 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:
AC-52*; JR-291; X-m; TVY-62-
3S; TR-J 57, and W-32T
we.ee: ending Saturday. October ta. toss
ennd gam* cf the 19S‘> senes here last Thursday, and again after
three :n the final game Wednesday,
Although Don .Larsen s history-making perfect no-hitter
for the Yanks on Monday was the big thrill of the entire series,
Negro players on both teams did their bit (Cwstlnued Fa?* ’■ \
Rca.ity Co, of Raleigh, terms of
thr agreement under which the
latter will manage Hip affairs of
Washington Terrace Apartments,
bought by Michaux recently.
have coot red several persons io
remove their names from a schooi
integration petition
He further said ihe letter ac
cused him of inducing a Sum
ter County citizen to make
‘false and untrue assertions
statements " The. letter was sign
ed by XAACP branch officials.
The ease went to trial in Sumtei
(CONTINUED ON PAGE %)
of Norfolk, Va„ ruled that it could ,
not be operated on a segregated ;
basis.
Virginia has eontimied to j
operate Hs eight other stale
parks on a segregated basis. j
These park* lean more toward
ramping and hiking, while Sea- j
shore p&ik has camping areas,
cabins ami beach facilities, 1*
has served as a, summer sea- !
Tnore playground for while
Virginians throughout the i
for many .Tear*
After the fedeeral court, banned
, toy
| Mrs. Foster’s, attorney, Arthur
! D. Shores, asked that the expul-.
Sion order he revoked, as well a &•
; any other order designed to bar;
-her from the university.
The defendants. President 0,1
C. Carmichael, Dean of Admis
sions William F. Adams, and in
j dividual members of the univer
j slty’s trustee board, were given 30,
I days in which to answer the!
; charges.
j TENN, SUPREME COURT
O UTLLA W S SEGR EGATION
NASHVILLE The State Su
preme Court of Tennessee last
week followed those of Florida
and Texas in striking down state
laws against mixing of the races
in public schools.
The ruling came on an appeal
from Anderson County Chancel
lor Joe M. Carden's refusal to
grant an injunction barring 12
Negro students from the former-!
ly white school in Clinton,, where;
I (CONTINUED ON PAGE
Tlie otondaru prTnTin.®; 7;07
820-226 3, First St*
Lo a iaville ■% «,■ *>/
NUMBER 1
|say 300-ib. !
iCop Shot in
Self Defense
i
i
j AKOSKIE A 300-pound r-'-
| liceman who shot and killed hi
| second man m the Jinn of duly
i here Saturriav ni 4 ht was freed w,
the around that he acted in v
J defense
i A coi oner - jury wirolvrd Pa
trolmer. Abner S'■seems. ); y the
at shooting of Wright Askew Jr
31. follow inc an altercation .on
downtown Main Street Sessom?,
only Negro ors the force hr- >
found Wright \~kcw. :~j m !: .e
street -inn arrested him tor p-u.vir
j drunkenness
When S kew resi-’rd he re
i |fhrted bluet, .lacked hint As
kesv’s son is then *»jd to h»v<
leaped on Sessmis from he- i
hiii'l with a Barlow knife. j
slabbing him several times
Sessonts then wheeled and shot
, Askew m the stomach The tatter
died en mute to a hospital A■;
soms was also admitted to the hos
pital where he received stitcher
for the wound in his bark The
tCONTIMKII ON PA Os ?.)
Baby Perishes
In Home Fire
FA\ FTTKVILI.F - Ma i y J,.
James. 20-month -old daughter of j
Mrs Benjamin Joseph James of
Mount Olive, was burned to rt> ath
in a toe which gutted a three
i
tCONTINUED ON PAGE i
; segreg-Lon there. Virginia otliei,..-
1 trier) to lease it to a private opt r
j a1 or tr> nHet to keep from mixing
I (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
COURTESY CALL Mrs. Portia Washington Pittman, daughter of the late Or. Ranker T, Wash -
j inglon, is greeted by President Eisenhower as she paid a courtesy call ni the White House last week.
’ Mrs, Pittman, who lives In Washington, told newsmen that she thanked the Presitol for the '‘many
J things he has done" to honor the memory of her father and promised that she would support him
for re-election— UNlTED PRESS PHOTO.
. v "e "
,ss*? : . . ■
<• •'’. *•..u' • v *
Ji
***&&* m
« . •.
. v.- : wy
SO NEAR, VET >.O PAP Sunlight • 4 re ms f 5: rou&h the win -
dow of this new* hut e??.ipH cbi jcsrooiri bottom of remit]'' built
wing on rural a. huoi at RrnvUm, Georgia, while children still
attend classes in dilapidated and ancient, Urur.jhjre, «:Bh litlle pro-*
tec ll on as-Hnst weather ?ud heated by an *-id pot* bellied flop).
rxrnn pki-ss tht:? no.
2 Brothers Who Sold
Dope Gat Jail Terms
HALEiwH -T' hr,: ■ ■ ,
fi'F-’Siffly-is and H>.r: i...-n .J John
son, of FavetteviUe A' sveir
sent v w:! 'in Tt •■ ■• i-. > to, feta
of " o’s I' 1 -:' ■ ~>Gt:or of the
federal narcotic:' Saw
The men, who o r r' seutfhe
fd t>> V. S. District Court
So, Garc!ina
NAACP Man's
Horae Burned
M..XMING Although n ; ~:•!■
uro rent that fire dcstf-.yi-o ii:
home ul a minister, loach: in :i
fight for integialior-,. here sis d-..y
ago. iarendon County Six-rdf ,
J lackson said last week ihat it
was 'i. «vs to him "
NAACP headquarters in New
York !.:.ueri a statement that the
home of the Rev .famo - W, or..is ;
wf Manning. a founder of the Clar
endon County h'AACP branch, v. :<> >
trn' t d by fire OH 2 white the
mmr.'.ii-i was visiting relatives it
Ne w tork
Jat.ks.on told a press service the; ;
no such lire has been reported n> .
rev off.o and 1 know nothing a
bo i• t i.l
The NAAOP said that the Rev
Mi : e;,js bad "received various :
Ik: because of his NAM. !' ai,
I,v '.'ter and ' also has been soiveef
ed in economic pressure' tot I h,
(CONTINUED ON PAGE V
t-j ■ Don Gilhiittt ‘were ■>y\-
fjnrtj ?. tots! of s,l 599 la«’
cp;.i*.-jr f ]*i£ £ el'Y nr» thf:
oi -mo*her man ssjs*
o d -lo h n-• *i& “—fedc t •?. I n r c n lies
.»r,fi>t \ nthcr? y Johr«.aon
The a.3s»'nt ir• ■*, he bru-^h 4 .
<rcci'f . f-« orn both i ’he broth
ers on Mri v L't ?nd 37 of t.hi? yf.at
On •' nil;-.] of 1 a r.-- f unt.t Thor)**. * *
K Johnson was fined S3OO •;nd
Hcnnon J .fohn:on vvas fined S9OO.
The brothers each drev- *•
yca*-= on r- h of the counts Th’pnr*.-
ns -t : n-i■ ■ -run connurnentT-'
while Hon non -vill seive four
vegr.; f.v.-r* \ car-- or? each Os t n o
con vjetions the remairnns, two
vrnr jn mn concurrent*'
oorj-EHSS
By nORhUT G. SHEPARD
l ily While Defense.; Doublics:
from tmiv’ *o time you have .seen
wind I. an: TV and din. ap
peal:, for you in .tom Uir Civil De
fense Air Patrol I! wa& explain
ed that fah nation can he attack
ed hv enemy pin nr.-., and that the
need for c.n Rian plan? spotter.?
I wa.v impei iu ive.
A!! that i" very likely true and
file need for more- and more civil
ian plane spotters could be urgent
‘in view of the known potential
danger. The xathei startling fact
about .ill of this is ft- in this
-*i-es ivsiTc- nrc nw wanted for
thi. important dut'.
When Coi. Heidie. Civilian De~
(CONTtNirrn ON page A5