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SUPREME COURT HEARS
SEGREGATION CASE
Baptist Leader
Loses Life In
Airplane Crash
Clhlc««Q( (AiNP) — Dr. liicey'C Fl D DfUrrAfc
Kirilf WillMjna president of the - • I'CglvLo
Natioiml Baptist Conrention, ItkJ PaIiVv WqC
Pi^ijtor of Ctiicaero’8 Olivet Bap-z\l llljr lUllvj' ‘ tT du
ti«t church awi om bf America’ii (isf* • . .
iDO«t noted reJi«lou» and political |mSlllt6rpr6t6(l
leadem, mm inotantif killed ki an ^
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(.n rtwrU, ^.r e«pt««l it. p«r,t that tha
*7 »ha. •«*">»»* »* a™*!' ""
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flint Ui«faieaa that faigltt.
tff xMXxxyx Iw 'rAtt
20^ tiire« 0omi|HBk>iia, AMsraejr
WiU Hajrwi, ChklWD n«ni«t«r Hho
acieompaniea Dr. WilliAlnm on all
d hi« journeys; Do* Sehmiti, a
Woskitnr in the Chi««CK> WUlkie
8, hag been ‘*Diisinterpreted.
His was the substance of a
islter ftromi Ptesident Roosc-
Telt to Walter White, NAACP
Secretary; A. Philip Randolph^
proaident, Bpctherhood of Sleeo
'Infir Car porters a;nd T. Arnold
N. C. Mutoal Eotertains Bish(V 'And Mrs. Fisher
Dean Wm. Hastie
Gets Important Post
Waahin^on — Dean Wm. H.
Hastie of Howard Law school
has Iteeepted an aippointmenit as
special assistant tx>t the secretary
of war. The pos.t similar to thaJt
occupied toy DHr. lEIhimett J.
Scott during: the last world war,
serves as an information center
and liascm officer between colo
red soldiers and the war depart
ment. Greiv^ces and difficulties
experienced by coloi^d drafted
men will have, it is predicted, «
better opportunity for satisfac
tory adjustment with one tha
^roup serving in an official cap
acity in the department.
;y
Above—Joiinaoii C. Smith, University homecoming qoeen;
iWiM Hattye Isabelle Houston, of Greensboro (center) ani her
The officiiaJs of North Carolina j Bis|hop Fisher was launde^ talk.-lfrs. ^iles Mfcfrk Pisher was
headquarten; and Edfard Whit-'nJij_ The^e men Mnferred* with ^ Insurance Gompany, President C. C. Si»ulding, Secre callfd on ito, reipre^ent the wpes
In^ the pilot, the Utter two ^he President Sept. 27 and the lw®i'o*’ed Bishop and Mrs. 'HI. I*jtaryW.J. Kennedy, and Medical (^'ministers and .to extend
(•fcite, wers alao billed when thej'^yj,;^ Hou^ issued a statement Fiah«r Tuesday, Octo.ber 29 iQ Director Clyde Donnell fb?,, tlie [jrreetii^ honoriiyr -wdfe, of
pilot attempted to forced tRndind:
in a dsoae Jur*
Dr, WilHama oharterad tthc
plane at ti>e inateiKc of the Flint
meetSnc promoters a^r he wias
unable to obtain 4 leat in t^
regular Detroit tfanaport and
after he had once cancelled the
enira^rement.
The bodies o^ Dr. Williams and
the other two paaaanffeM were
thrown 200 feet fh>m the plane
jvhich bant into Aaniea, while the
plloj^'e body was burned almost
beyond recofrnition.
fRie (bodies were scihedaeld
to be returned to CSilcHtfo Thur-
day. 1 1 I
Funeral airangrentente hate hot
li« yet been completed.
Reavywedffht Champion joe
Louis, who ■w’as scheduled t^ ad
dress the same meeting and fly
ing tjol Flint from the East was
also forced down by foS* i
of policy on October 9. auditorium of the N. C. Mur
In Ilk letter, dated October Building. The officials of the
215, Mr. Bioosevelt said: “I re- company, their wives, and ths
gret thaj your own position, »g Rs^stoirSiO^^the churches together
well as the j^ttitude of both thel*^’^ Jrteaent
White House and the War D«- participated in hoowring the
unselfish service he was render-jBis^p. Remarks were also made
ed Durham. He waa rtyled as one^by J* .A- Y^ilentine and T.
the .nuKit outft^ding c#ti*ens O. Graham. President Sj^ldin*’
of Durhapi, having devoted hw (presented Bifh^jp Fisher and’ he
life to the preaching of the Go^ ^xpresiaed great, appreciation for
partment, has been misundar
stood.”
only Bishop in the City.
It was brought out that Bishop
Pisher came to Durham and es-
'Riis sentence undoubtedly re- tabliehed 4 ibi»nch of the Uni-
fers to the fact that some news- Holy C^mrch of America. Bi»-
pajperls interpr^d the Otetober [hop Fisher has served for served
9 statement of segregation as .for several years as the General
having been Approved by the
three colored conferees. The
full text ctf the letter:
Detroit Holder Of
158, First On List
Plans Suit on Ikaft
“I regret that there has been
so much misinterpretation of
the Statement of War Depart
ment Policy /issued from the
White House on October ninth.
I regret that your own iwsition,
as well as the attitude of boih
the White House a^d the Wtlr
Department, hag been misunder
stood.
“The plan, as I understand it,
on which w^ are all agree4, is
that Negroes will be put in^-o
all bnnohes o^ the service ooni-,
bfltant a, well as supply. Ar
rangements are now being made
to fflve, without delay, training
In aviation to Negroes. Negro
reserve officers will be ofied to
n appro-
Wa8hington.Oct.Sl.-.ABjre-
suit of the misplacement of six commands. Negroes will
numbers out of 9,000 prepared
President and Senior BLshop of
the church, having jurisdiction
over the whole of America and
the Bermuda Islands.
teaching his race , how to Uye
and, to saftre a of their esm-
ingsi jind the. jnjpqrtance co
operating witJi, buainesB ctperated
by Negroes.
•Rev. S. ]P. Pc'rry, pastor of ^
the, reception giyen him and re
dedica^d himaejf t^i the service
(>f his ipeople through a program
of. thi^t ^Pd tfiifii cpoperirtion,
which he said he preached as
well as the gospel. He remarked
St. Marks AME Zion Church ajndSthat he wcnild always feel a keen
president of the local Interdentn- [.interest in, Durham although he
min^tional Ministerial Alliance, jwag making hia, h^me ' in New
represented th«e MSndsters of York: City at the pVesent.
Durham in paying tribute to
Bishof) R^er in a most timely
Dean Habtie’s appoinment
of"Z a?nouLeme^" of*‘cow|»«®“^^^ Chariotte (left) and Mil.
Davis’ elevatifch to a brigadier' dred Mitchell. Cfearkltte (richt.
generalship and the visit to the
White House of Dr. F. D. Patter
son of Tuskegee institute, Dr.
Rayford Logan a^d Dr. How«frd
I^ing, represepting fthe Oomr
mitte on the . Participation *)f
Negroes in the National Defense
program. £fforte to secure such
an appcdntment are said to h^ve
been the prime purpose behind
Supreme Court Hear^Proimnent Mii^a’
Residential I Laid To Rest
iSegregation Case
'Durham — Rev. C. L. WijHaras
jof 917 Grart Street who hai
been ill fpr more thaJn two years
Washington — For the first P»»ed away on Monday, Octo-
the'VisTrpTidlo Pre^nt cf'ber 21 at four o'clock a. m. He
velt three, weeks ago by Walter segregation was ar-, j / ®
White, A. Philip Randolph and in the supreme court of of the North Carolinal Chnstisa
T Arnold Hill .the United States, when on |Conference haring pastored m
I Friday, the Csmous Chicago cpfee I twtJi Durham and £anffrd.
D^ Hastie has had no mili- ©f Hansberry ^ Lee was pr-i-[ (Johnson County) where he was
tary experience it is pointed cut,'gented. jrearpd. He was well like by the
but he has had a distinguished I Fior the defendant, Mr. Hans-ipeople ©f his home town as w«tll
government career having been jberry, Attys. Bari B. Dickerson, #te «lf Durham. He was a fin*
U. S. Judge in the Virgin s- OLoring B. Moore, Truman Gib-
LaKids and before that ah attor-^»6ni, Irviri Mollisoh and'C. Fra'o-
ney in the interior department.
His elevation to the important
post in the war department
leaveg Howard universiy again
withcnit a head for its law
school. ,
Durham Church Closes It’s
74th Anniversary Celebratfon
cis Stratford, appeared and with
Atty. Dickerato*! presented the
case, appafei^ly scored heavily
wit the memlbers of the Court.
With the full court in session,
Chief Justice Hurfies presiding:,
Mr. Dickerson stood before th*
bar masterfully pointed out
the facts on which he brought
the case before the supreme
oc;urt on an appeal &om the
for the drawing, Js^leg^l .test j>f
will be given the same oppor-
th. dr.ft lotlSV wai reportii ^ . .
officially toduy-to ^ under con- •’
sideration in Detroit.
Clarence A. Dyflstra, Selec
tive Service Director, said he
had been apprised that suit
might be undertakn by ft poten
tial Detroit draftee who was un-
identifie4 to Dykstm except , , „
that he held serial Number *•
“158” which the lottery turned
into "Order No. 1.”
If the man finally decides to
others.”
**Hbese measures represent a
very su^tanitla advance over
wthat has been the pra«tice in
past years. You may reit ass'Jr-
ed that Nsgroes are given fa!r
treatment on « non-discrimins-
Durham — The 74th anniver*
y at tihe White Rock Bsfjt'st
hurch came to a dose Monday
night October 29, with the an
nual sociaL The anniversary was
olbserved this year only at the
regular Sundrfy worship servicw
in October.’
On the fourth Sunday nuc'rn-
ing, the pastor. Rev. Mileg M«rk
Pishei^ preached^ the anniversary
sermon. The story of the White
Rock Church almost runs
parallel with the emancipatio'-i
|f the Negro rfdce. Its pioneer
preachers saved tihe soulg of the
peijple, built a racial unity and
Inspired the members to do big
things.
Under pastoj Augiu^ms She
pard at the turn of the century
the church was given social vi--
Tha Suridely School library is
mc))# the Stanford 1. Warren
public * library of Durham. The
pastor’a son. Dr. James Edward
Shepard, began what is noW
N. C. College for. Negroes.
Pastor Ed'ward McKnight
Bi^Adey sat in a chair and
“The Secretary of War has,
with my approval, aptfr>inted
Judge William H. Hastie ajykin. It provided a plaice wh«!re
raise TlegaT'i8sue7i5ykitrrsa^^^^^ Secretary | Durham Negroes could (take a
he will have to go thfoUgh the^*»«* ^ **®* Dr- b**. Dr. A, M. Moore, the Supt.
drafting procesi »nd allow the (Cliarence Dykstra, the Director .of th^ Sunday Schojol 4nd one
court* to detemine th« issue, of elective Service, to call to'of the fotanderg of the N. C.
It was assumed, although not ««tivs duty Major Cempbell | Mutual Life Insurance Com-
definitely known, thftt he lack-Johnscm, both of whom will b«,pany, led in the movemen* to
•d any obvious ground for de-'actively concerned with thsse eiRtablish the present Lincoln
ItrmMt. j further developmentg ot policy." i Hospital, becoming its first
Shaw Uniyersiiy, preached from
the subject, “Ittie Hands of
Jesus," at the anniversary Shaw
Day on the second Sunday.
Members o# the church who
spoke on the program were Dean
James T. Taylor, N. C. College
for Negroes, Mrs. Tempie Whit-
taught the Durhapa eongregatio»i|ted. Prof J. M. Taylor, PhD ,
to support itself by free will N. C. College lor Negro, E. W,
offerings end tite^ anhd never to
seU anything' in or for ' the
church support. It is to the crj-
dit if subsequent pastors, ( Dr.
Green, Mrs. Ellen Smith, oldest
living- member of the church.
Ver^ Bynum, -Mrs. Naomi Price
and Mrs. Ellen Lann. The
annual organ recital of Prof.
Russell F. Houston was a fea
ture of the last Sunday night.
Mr. Houston is one qf the feW'_.
trained organists employed in a
Negro church. He formerly was
head of the music department of
St. Augustine College and *ta^
Prof. William MoElrath, Princi- “cnelor of the University of included
pal of Hillside High school, W.
James E. Kirkland, Dr. S. L.\C. Lester, Vice-Chairm^, Board
McDowell and Dr. W. L. Ran-jof Deacons, Dr. C. C. Spauld-
some, that the orgtteization' has ihg,. President of N. C. Mutual
never deviated' from tihe teaoh- Life Insurance Company
ings of Dr. Brawley.
Among the outstanding persons
wh) appeared on the program ii
the Honorable Robert H. Mj-
(Neill, Republican candidate fur
the GoveriKW of North OIrolina
wh . spoke at the opening good
will service on “A Greater
State through Christian Citizen
ship" Distinguished viaLtorsi in
cluding Attorney Houston of the
Terrell Law School, Washington
attended the meeting. Dr. Robert
Prentiss Daniel, Resident of
and
Miss Thelma Johnson.
Beside the singing of the
four church choirs, the Senior,
Mrs. S. V Ncrfleet, directress,
the Gospel Chorus, Mias Leannra
IRotberson, Junior, No: 1, Prof.
Russell F. Houston and Junio’’
No. 2, Miss Laviniai Wilson.
There were music selections by
S. M. ^edley, Mrs, Mable Ha
bry. Miss Datie Mae Bridge-
forth, Miss Margaret Kennedy,
Miss Gladys Faucstte, the
Pearlie Gate Quartette, Miss
eharaeter. The family and re-
majn^ were accompanied to
CIin>>n to the Mt. Vemoa Chra
tian chuBeh of which he a
member. Rev. N. E. Higgs, D.
D. pastor of the Mt. Calvary
Christian Church at this city
offieiated. Among the miiusteTa
and friends of his church wha
attended the funeral werp Sev.
W. J. Upchurch, Rev. J. A.
Mangom, Rev. Alternae Jorms
find friends from the varioas
verdict of the supreme court of jchurches of the city who gavs
words of sympathy. He learsa
to nwurii their loss ^ wife^ TIrs.
Gat«ey Williams, a srn, Roy
Williams, a daughter, Miaa
Swanee WiII)!|os and several
grand children. The Deac’Oa
board of the Mt. Calvary Chri»>
tian chureh, S. Bethea, J. Joneir.
Robert Lawson and Homer
Bri^t served pallbearers.
Scariraff^ugh and Hargett Under
takers.
the state of Illinois.
Upholding the decision of the
Icfver courts of the state, the
case was before the United
Staltes supreme court to test the
validity o^f restricive convenani*-
During Mr. 9(cj(£Bmn’8 argu
ment, he was frequently inter-
upted by Assooiate Justieee Feiix
f¥ankfuiter, Hugo Blac^, Me-
iReynidds and even the chief
justice himself, all of whuia
sought clarificiltioR of points in
question. Mr. Dickerson acquitt
ed himself mlcst creditably on
in the concensus of
Shaw University. He is a music I . ..
V 1 ^ V Ti • J. ^ opanion among the lawyers pre
Redl^da in California. He gives le^
hia full time to the White R»:ck'
Church where
music studio.
he conducts a
gal minds.
ReiCre^hments were
free to the meinbera and friends
of the church at the annual
social. Mrs. Effie Cotton was
3^ronring out of a cdbe where
a garoup o^ white owners had
drawn up an agreement among
themselves qr^e years ago lo
not sell properties to Negro ten-
an’tal the ivuiMieation ^ the
tarn have been bitterly fought
chairman the social committee '4^ ^ Chiet^ courts up through
and Prof. N. A. Cheek of the'tb. highest eourta on the stete
anniveraaJry commSttee. . !J. R. Illinois.
Evans is diairman of the Board'* (Rrt^enting til eop|K>siiion
of Deacons; Dr. C. C. ^|>auldiag LnA Alfcty. MeKenais ShaiaAa,
Is chairman of the Bpard of Lob ^ the famous Chicago at-
Trustees. W. J. Kennedy. Jr.,.tomey, Angta Shstaaon. Mr.
i« business manager of the Shannon's esM wa« nrft aa eon-
church; C- C. SppliMiiig, Jr., ^ cisely aor as clearly presented
ai^niversary treaaurer. |u tha^ his oppoaeuta and tiie
court, who seemed to> hare mm
especially comprehensive gnsp
of the situation, especially Ju9>
tice Frankfurer, )ef^ little doubt
in th^ minds of the entwded
court room as to the outcome.
Shio^d the eourt render m
dicision favorable to Attoney
Dickemon's client, the effeat vlft
be far reaching. However, tfcsf
is no indicaticn just how fmt
the court wil] go in this pfirtt—
of tenant convenants.
Jubilant over the handKng
the ease, the Chtfgw
feel that this caua^ wkieli tt*
niinoia eoorta settled oa a
known aa Uta
caae, invohring a sUsQw * ^
dispvtad aetiaa. wilt teiair
radieal chaagea iM SMN
peet for the iiniwtit»ttf>l
of Nsgwaa to «w»
property which pn