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\^HLUME II
NO. •
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY. FEB. UA, IMO
PRICE SEVEN CENTS
LEADERS PLAN CONGRESS
Hoodlums
Run Negm
Oil Slreor
(St»ff Carr«mtopdMc«)
DUliN, N. C. — NtgroM re
mained in their lionie todsy u a
rrtult of a rei^n of terror in-
•tHnted gcainst them growing
out of the death of a policeman
in a lawleti raid on a cafe.
Officer Martin Underwood was
allegedl; strack by a thrown
brick wBen he raided the cafe
Uat Sunday. He died. Seventy-
five Negroes were iile^iUjr
roBsded up Mi4 arrested and
three were held ub murder
ehargM.' Extra policeman pa
trolled the Race section in an ef>
fort to intimidate the Sace ptol
pie. /
• »v, '
Mayor Hei%ert B. layer ad-
OR«ENSBORO, N. C. -nAp-
priiXimateiy 4,000 persons heard
thl^^ famed “Wings Over J^ordan”
choir in tow scheduled perfor
mances and • 'third encore ap
pearance in Richard B. Harrison
auditorium, A and T College,
last week.
■Wie Rev. Glenn T. Settle, »r-
ginator of the program, was in-
mitted that a “wob of hoodh»»»" Stroduced at one performance by
from SoMbtei^ Undeirvood'a
kw»* ■Umtkk tkraatMcd
the tnan who alltKcitly
killed tke officer.’*
Ihwrees have been subjected
to aalmtatiOB for a weak her*.
Bud Grady, Dave Lilif and Boa
ter HaifTOV*. elai^KeT with the „ banquet in the YMCA in
slaying, Wtr« takas to the Lill-
ington jaU, 1? nilea away.
Thia CMM OB tiM ha«b oi aa-
other reifn id lynch terror agaiiii
at the B«ce paopla in SnoW HiU|
Md., on the Maryland Saatar*
Shore last wcA.
Obiects
‘White
Only’
KNOXVIU^, Tenn., (ANP)
—Homer Powler, student, ^ age
17, took exceptions to a.sign
rtading “for White Only” at the
Bine Circle Sandwkh Shop hare
Priday. He baeame so much up
set at the dlserimination> of which
the "sign" wflr a ^mV^ that he
finally mustered sufficient cour-
»ge to remove and carry it off.
The manager of the restaurant
summoning police aid, later h^il
Fowler arrested with ISe sign
■till in his possetaion. The trtel
ih the city court revealed, accord
ing to Jack STIarp, tKI ISFresting
officer, that Fbwlar whan asked
why he removed and carried off
the Mgh, repRtd ‘*fhe sign was-
not treating ny r«ce rig|it.” He
wat bound over to criminal court
by tha city ludga for bjiveny
and hit bond fixed
NJ,Klan
Parades
Streets
WANAQUE, N. J., (ANP) —
Apparently intent on advertising
and planned meeting here, hood
ed ritara of the Ku Klux Klan
para^d last Sunday through this
and several oth#r neighboring
towns, wining up at Bntler, N.
3. Uitn and boos graalei
narelien aimtf the route. 1%e
proewdon was he«dad by « craen
rob«A Klaatmftii rflUag ' in an
five othar u||l| is
whitr MNr, fftdliif
Florida Plots New 7 rial Of
4 Saved By Supreme Court
4000 111 N. C.
Hears'Wiogs’
Choir
FIGHTS FOR RIGHTS
l^eaident P. O- Bluford, and at
4wo by Mayoa Eslpl) L. Lewj^ '
FIVE
SPEAKERS
FEtED
During the choir’s appearance
here, the Greensboro Men’s Club
honor of the five local leaders
who have spoken over the radio
program. They are; President
David D- Jones and Dr. R. N.
Dett of Bennett; President Blu-
fcrd; j. W. Mitchell, state direc
tor ,ot farm agewts, and Harry
K. Parser, Greensboro recrea
tion director.
FoFwi^Bill
WASHING’TON, (A N P) —
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, con
fronted with direot quesTton for
her views on anti-lynch legisla
tion during the recent American
Youth congress, told that body,
“I have always wanted it to pass
but I would like to have it apply
to the whole oT the TTnited Stat-
e» I don’t like to see one see-, liberals from bhe court.
MISS^LUCILE BLUFORD.
During the two day trial of
Miss Lucille' Bluford, twenty-
eif ht year old managing editor
of the Kansas City Call, 12i5
young white college girls, occupy
ii!K every available inch of^oor
space in the courtroom, express
ed their sentiments in favor of
colored students attendtng Ihe
university with loud cheers.
Judge W. M. Dinwiddy, Boone
County .(jircurt, banished the
(See
tion singled out.”
Utory on page five).
HR Woikeis
Win Pay-
Hour Test
In Jail
Since
1933
PORT LA1UDER1IMI.E, Fla.,
(CNA) .— It was indicated here
this week that State officials
wruld attempt a new frame-up
of the four condemned men
whose death sentences were lift>
ed by the historic decision of
the Ignited States Supreme Court
upholding and affirming the con
stitutional rights of the Negro
people.
The four men are stijl held in
‘‘death row” ait the State Prison
Farm at Railford where they
ataseet eo*H»eauely
.a^ice 193(3. Louis F. Maire, a»-
siatant state attorney, said that
his office would consider whether
"Here is enough evidence left
without the confessions* to war
rant” a newNrial. From other
sources it was learned that the
State is making a frantic effort
to dig up “new evidence.”
The Supreme Count, reversing
the convictions of Isiah Cham
bers, Jack Williamson, Charlie
Davis ^nd Walter Woodard, held
that the men were compelled by
third-degree torture to ‘confess’
ihe murder of Rbbert Darsey,
white, at Pompano, near here.
The decision, handed down by
bj Justice Hugo h. Black of
Alabama, pledged the high tri
bunal to eternal defense of
American civil liberties. The
Wednesday night, regarding ac- opinion declared the court to be
tion to be taken in recent rape the “refuge for those who might
ccse here. A young high school otherwise uffer because they are
girl was Jured by a prospective helpless, weak, outnumbered, or
white employer to a spot 8 rail- because they *re non-conforming
es north of the ciay and assault- victims jot prejudice and public
«d eJtciteraent.”
FAYEJTT«V1LLE, 1ST. C. —
Federal Judge Isaac M. Meekins
upheld the Wages and Hour Law
today end ordered the Atlanta
Coast line railroad to reimburse
employes who have baan receiv
ing less than the mfiummn wage
«.f 25 cents an
'I
The road was orderad
specifically to pay flv« Ne
gro section hands a total
of f 1,079,20.
The Court said the
Hoitr Law “is a valid regotation
of intej^tate commerce” and it
is not in violation of the due
procees clause of the Constitu
tion as charged.
The ruling said the railroad
had illegally charged its section
hands rent for houses that did
not exist, for water pumps "^at
did n t pump, for sanitary fac
ilities where none existed, and
for un'provided special police
protection agfltist “Imodiums.”
Girl Raped
LOCAL BRANCH OF NAACP
HOLDS SPECIAL MEETING
FAYIITTEVJLW:, (Special)
— The local branch of the
NAACP will hold a meeting
TIionsaiKl Of
To
Mby House
(Special to the TIMES)
WASHINGTON —■ A. Philip
Randolph, president of the Na
tional Negro Congress and other
national leaders of the organiza
tion h^re this week laying
plans and making preparations
for the Third National Negro
Cf.ngress which will be held in
the huge auditorium of the Unit-
ed States Department of Labor
on April ‘2€, 27 and 28. "•
Randolph conferred with John
P. Davis,, national secretary orf
the Congress* U* Simpson Tate,
national treasurer; and With Rev.
Arthur D. Gray, president of the
Washitigton Coundil of the Con-
gresa which will act as host to
the convention.
A huge lobby of thousands of
Negro delegates from all parts
of the country are among the
plt.ns being laid. The delegates,
in a body, will visit member* of
the United States Senate and
House of RefJreseniatfVes in be
half of the anti-lynching bill and
other measures vital to the in
terest of the Rae.e and white
people.
CHOOSE
HISTORIC
MONTH
Delegates from Netrro com
munities throughout the nation
will also present federal authori
ties with demands on tbe pro-
b!cms health, housing, Jobs
anil education.
Other national leaders of tlu
Please turn to page eight
MISS DOROTHY MAYNOR
Dorothy Maynor
To Appear In
Dnrham
COUNTY AiGENT
N. C. OrpHana^e
Food Supply
House DcvStroy ed
(Spacial to tk« TIMES)
OXFORD, N. C. —An urgent
appeal for public and state aid
has been issued to prevent,
iiiffering among the 163 young
b. melesR inmates di the North
Carolina Colored Orphanage a«
the reault of flames whioh last
week destroyed the institution’s
iuppliea of home-grown meat,
canned vegetables, lard wd
ether foods.
The blaae was discovered by
cbildrsn preparing to start early
nu'lassea, dried fruits, and
otl er supplies were stored.
LOSS 93,567
T. K. Borders, superintendemt,
a.fter taking an inventory, ar.-
nounced that the total loss is
5fi7.95, with a net loss of $3,000.
To ward off suffering by the
children, he immediately a»ked
fjiTO friends of the institution
«sying that every single conlrl-
b\.tion would be greatly appreciu
ted.
The superintendent declared
CIO Says Negro
Best Unionist
oarrniag fires in the kitchen, tlat tha management of the ia
quickly envalopad the brick build «titutioB cannot cope wiih
in which 10,000 quarts of can- the emergency.'
Had vatoatablei, 18,000 pounda Chair^ia® S. S. Farabow of
port, 12,000 p;onaj of Plea** -l«rn to page eJg^t
NEiW YORK, (C N A) --^A
atrong plea/for trade union unity
and the ti^lition of color bars
in the lapor movement is made
br Dr. Katharine D. Lumpin in
her now book, "The South In
Progre«|»” lust, complated in
collaborwtion with the Labor Re
search Aiiociation. Dr. Lumpkin
ii a native white southerner and
the co-author with Dorothy
Douglass of the standard work
cn child labor, "Child Workers
In America.”
In a chapter on “Problems of
Trade Unionism” Dr. Lumpkin
reviews the special fea^orea of
■outhern trade union davalop-
raents and especially the import
ance of the Negro as a onion
man. Her book- givea concrete
examplea of the waya in wht^h
color linei have recently been
broken down in tb# firaa of the
trade anion battl# «f«4nti tjj#
common exploiter. She quotea
white .southern organitar of the
Steel ; Workers Organizing Com-
mitteej CIO, as saying “When a
Negro joins a union, he means
it the best unionist 1 have ever
seen is the Negro union man.”
Scoring the exclusion policies
of certain APL craftf unions. Dr.
Lumpkin declares Hhat “If the
principle of no discrimination
were consistently put into prac
tice throughout the laPto move
ment in the South, a main oto-
stacle to strong trade unionipn
would have been overcotpe."
“The Sottth,” Dr. jLumpiiin
concludes, ‘is the laat placf in
tPe world where there «hould be
division in labor’s rankf. The
nagnituile of southern jproblema
demands tha broadest .* popular
cttack upon them. Skilled Ito#
optkilled Workers, manual
Pla«M twn to |«f« ei#li*
W. C. DAVENPORT
From an unknown young
oprano tj soloist with the great
Bi^ston Symphony Orchestra with
in a space of two months is a
ccord which many a singer
w uld envy. Yet such is the well-
J>>erved good fortune of Doro-
thj Maynor, the new Negro
'^oprano, whose sensational rise
to fame had convinced critics
hearers that she Ta the
musical “find" not only of this
aeeson, but ol many st>as«ms tC:
come. This city is fortunate in
being one of the ^rat to hear
Doroth;^^ Maynor ler song recital
when she sings here on Thursday
evening, March 14, 1940 in the
R. N. Duke Auditorium, North
Cerolina College for Negroes at
eight o’cl' ck. T h « Durham
Alumni Chapter of Hampton In-
ititute is fortunate iii .securing
M ss Maynor for its scholarship
’ffort.
MLss Maynor s sensational rise
11 fame is one of the rare success
stories in recent music history.
A few months ago she was a
virtually unknown singer, Tuday
•ritics agree on the discovery of
I new star on the musical hori
zon. She went last summer to
tl.e Berkshire Festial to hear the
nuiaic of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by Serge
Koussevitzky ended by mak
ing mu^sic heistlf f.ir the great
cunclipctor. -X. friend persuaded
ivt>U!sevit>iky to allow ^jcr to sing
it the MU.Hitale wbiciv- he give*
f. r hi.s oichi'stra , each year at
Tan^flewoirtl, ' the summer home
the Holton Sym|>ttot>y. Before
a-i audience i f two linndred, in- '
chidinjr musicians, critics and a
group of lutwic-lovers, the young
sinsfer started with difficult Uer-
nian Lieder, then sang colora
tura ariu.s from Handel and
Moiart, anil ended w^h the
V/aj^nerian “llo-yo-to-HO’’ from
•Die Waikiiere.’’The gilt' -edgeii
|irofes.>ii4»nal aituiei.ce marvelled
af her versatility and trmendou^i
vocal range, and found her rich
vt.ice one of the finest in a geh-
erati n.
A native cf Norfolk. Virginia^
hHjJ daughter of a niifiiater, Miaa ^
.Maynor received her first muai-
ca" txpeiieiit-e in the choir of
her fatht*r’s churi-h. At fourteen
#he entered Hampton Institute,
whete she was a member i f the
cl.ciir and went to Europe with
t( e Insttute’s famou.} e.hftrus. She
hi'.d moderately planned to be
come merely a mu^iie teacher,
bui, wa!^ urged by Dr. John Fin
ley Williams, n, of the Westmins
ter Choir in Princeton, N. J. tj
become a choral director. But
Plea=e turn to pa>{e eirht
Students Ban
Race Bias -
Hecldfpliiirg
Gels Sew
Negro .Igenl
CHARJLOTTE—
, BERKELEY. Calif., (CNA)
—The full weight of official stu
dent opinion this week had been
thiown behind renewed efforts
completely to eliminate racial
d’scriminafTon in the 'University
of California commumty.
The last meeting of the execu
tive committee .f tb« AssMiiate^i
Studensts of the UC, after heat
ed discussion passed a resolu
tion urging increased participa
tion of racial minorities' in stu-
dint activities endorsing
e« mmittee activity dii^ected to
ward the elimination of race
bias.
The discu.'sion centered iiround
a" uiotioH br ' -ASUC Setrciary
James Taylor that the university
ei miuittce i,n lu u^inar mwke ra-
cia> equality a criterion tor i|p-
prcvingilodgings. Ihis and their
moves are enerTetief^TTv-^Bpport-
.ed by the American Student
Unit-u, Uie illudeat Worker*
Federation, the .Aij-UC welfare
council and other i rganizations.
The welfare cooncil has re-
qutsteu the ASUC executive com
mittee 'to prohit>it e^tablishmentj
practicing racial di»eriminati- n
from advertising in Abt^C publi
cations.
■ W. C. Davenport, recentlv ap- neglect bjr the I|epartment 1
pointed Negro County Farm 1 Ju*tace. tolT the American Youth
Agent, comes to MecfelenburgJ^^^gress in the Deparmental
County very well recommended,T^u4*torium. February 8th that
FBI INVESTIGATES KlftN
Wliile Man
WASHUNGTON, D. C. —At
torney General Robert H. Jack
son, in reply to an accusation of
and «tate8 that hia first project
is to make a cross section sur
vey of the county as to the di
rect, needs of the farmers, hop
ing to render the type of^ ser
vice that win actually aid in
helping them to establish se-
cuiity.
Davenport succeeds I.- D. L.
Torrence, who resigned after
many years of constructive ser
vice t6 fanmerg in the vicinity.
He is a graduate af A and T
■Collage, «d has served as As-
■Mtant County Agent of Craven
with headnuattrs in New
PliMt tours to pf« «iffbt
charges against Ku Klux Klan
special attorney was preparing
terrorism in South Carolina.
Mr. Jackson, who addressed
the Youth Congress, was preced
ed by Edward E. Strong, ;hair-
man of the Southern Negro
Youtih Congress. Mr. Strong
assailed the Ku Klux Klan.“When
it came his turn, Mr. Jackson
aid extempraneously;
“Yi-u will be interested to
know that the Departmei|t^ of
Ji'stice has had an attorney in
South Carolina for over a week
investigating and preparing char-
f«a againat the Klux Klaa."
McKlNNEV, Tex. tCNA> —
Melvin Johnson, white, waa UO'
tenced to a term of fkfteaa years
ill prison for the brotal marder
last siunimer of Delmar H^-lt,
Ri-ce youth. The coaviction of
Jiihnsun in this easa .if
ii'g. for thi:i Is a aharacroppinn
regii.n where a~ timiiMi lyark-
i,.gs Kave taken plaea in ti» past
The Jury, which naaaimed out'
foi five hours and foi;$y tainat^
likewise assessed Ua pBaialw§eet
I Holt, his biixly riiMM
buUet*. waa found d«M ta • IbM
ly er«A Wllow. '