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Durhani, North Carolina Saturday, Nov. 30, 1940
Says Negoes Shc^uld Form Party
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THREE
hniOHS Ppet larely
Escapes Tlw Annr Of
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ttM Ah^m, — S^tor Aimee
B^bqpte MrPhenion shd 'who West
down to Mtt mor« than a de
cade ago and tqrned up Is the
jleaert with fk tall tale «f Iddm^
iaf and who hM wigad k
frm for all baCtU miuuMV
of liien, women akd deyjia^ bidiiid
Awy?. and aha waTnec
tttoed thJriMMR*^' uf 011? litoii took her hlat it
mother and dahghta# ttttaed «•
pQ mild
fall f^c of her fai7
manner Poet Xtangstrai Hii|thee
)aat I^iday and ae wel eteged t
0omed7 of egroz* that again piaa-
^red her name in the Headlines.
Casualtiea of Alwee'f debilkri^
1 More than 000 gneate at a
Pasadena lUerarr lonoheoo who
^ad gathered to hear Hu^e» and
ft hi^ dosen ot|ier wziteri ehat
fibbut their hooka.
2 Two of her own fdlowjBrtl
who were tossed in th® hooa^gow
fo® violation of Pasadena )rdin>
fuieea.
4 Poet Hnghee who wm {creed
to leave the ritzy. Yistm IM
Axiojo hotel withoat eating hie
loBch i>ut who iff reported on
Itabla authoiity to itajad
atofmaoh at a not-so-ri^ Central
«T«nne e*tery sometime later.
lianj yeora ago, tt teems, Ho^
ea wrote a poem in which btt r»-
fexred to Sifter Aimee and tBaorl
ed other religiou# leaden in non*
tOo rompIimentaiT language. Laat
week ha waa invited io. • Mt^ary
Innoheon to sajr a f«w woxda abont
hie recent beat .telling autobio-
grai^y^ “The Big Bea.”
Somehov tir other .word.got to
Sister Aimea that ha :won}d tpea^
at Paaadeaa’a awank. Hotel Yiatfe,
watned he*
appearing In ttraoge gniaiie for
untold eentailea while telling them
of Poghea’ aehedhled talk. . Her
followera took be hint if it wae
hint and if it wasn't (k (dnt they
took it aHyhoK.
Hnghes bad a Uttle more than
seated bimaelf at the hotel lun
cheon room atad eyed the tasty
Joe Lous, Heavy-
We^t diaiiqr, In
j^ankfort, K^r. — As failldredl.
wai t ijiif «tnd»ata td. tiie Kentne^ 'Glaail
aollege waited impatiently for the
expected visit Nev. 00 of Joe
,lioaie, heavy weiglvt boxing cham-
pit>n of the worl^, ‘ the car in
vrhioh he was riding sma^id into
pne of the atone pillata of the
eoUege gate/ ^aketa, but stila as
ealm and iiiaperturbed aa usual,
the ehlimpion as quickly ti|ans£err
vianda before the hotel manager fed to the dar of Preeident K. B.
appeared and told him that a
cro.wd was gathering with sound
wagoxis, signs and the other bad
ges of picketing. A fcaity confer-
enoe betw^ Hugbes, the znanager
Ktd the the Qhaii^n of the
Atwood'and emtinued ^on hia way
to greet ■ the -- 'students and have
^^fast at'tbe home of Mrs,
Hunter just off the campus.
In‘the car at the time of the
aoeident irere the champion, his
BEATING JLEGRO
Goldsboro Man Stripped
And given Bloody Lashing;
By Three White Men
N.A.A.C.P. PROTESTS THAT
FEDERAL HOUSING AUTHORITY
WINKS AT DISCRIMINATION
jluncheoD prodused ^ Jack Blaekbum, Jackson
that he woold OQl spcafc; Robb of Pmnkfort and Freddie
1 (Jnfayard, . Louis' seoretaiw and the
Bu| beiV>r« be oould leave • driver of the oar. The ;^ocident
Relegation bwst l**to the room and.ju^j^^^^j when the fij^tej^t green
pot him tiuroogh « oate^Msm sedan approached the
the pQem an4 by the titae h# go^ (entrance to the oolleg* before the
to the street it was paeked with
inokett, onlookeie and polioe
Mjaad ears. In the confusion Hi^h
et got a taxi and retnmed to Ixie
lAngelet.
PAUt ROBESON, IM CROWED ON
WEST COASn SOBS FOR $22jOO
Ban Francisco —> Paol Bobeson,'
eminent aotor and singer, laat
Monday took I^al action to pt»-
tect hia civil rl^ta when he, and
eight other persons fiYe of whom
•le white, filed suit for 122,500
damages here in Superior court
•gainst Yanessi, Ihe.| operatofs
mer, and tfarle Pittman, Ethel
Oayton and Louiae Branstein, all
prominent local residents. Section
62 of the Civil Code, basis of the
suit, reads, ia par#, aa follows:
“Whoever makes any discri
mination, distinction or restriction
on account of color or rac^ or
drifer realised it In turning into
the rather ateep drive way, Quia-
ysjd momentarily lost control of
the ear and it struck the right
hand pillar. The entire right fro^it
end of the car was demolished,
bumper, fender, and headlight.
All four occupants of the oar were
afai^en up, but no one was in
jured.
Joe Louis aj^eared before the
assembled students from the porch
Mrs.Margfdwt Beymd^a Hun-■ the wife of Dr. W. A. Huntdn of
ton, of WasfcmgtMi, • D.-C., who]Howard University, is a graduate
jba« ^t zecdved a ’pirofessional of Howard And Syracuse Univer-
appoidtmj^t in the library of
Congress, the first titne a Negro
librarian has been averted for a
p^t of tbifl type'.in the rountrp’s
ontstandijag library. Mra- Hnnton,
sity School of Library Science
where she was ' a^ Rosenwald
Fellow for three years. Photo by
Alien.'
DUKE STUDENT GROUP TO LEAD
SERVICE OF MMH C. E. LEAiGUE
Durham'—' The Allen Christian
Endeavor League of the Saint
Raleigh Coal Firm
EiOaeaTor tjeague vu» a»iui,i_ - |
Joatph AME Church wiU have|[«OfCeS LaDOT lO
Give To Charity
the members of the Student Ex
ecutive Committee of the Duke
University Presbyaerian Student
of the Hunter home with his usual {Asaociaaiwi to conduct their even
calm and colftoted manner, un
changed by hia experience of 10
minutes before.
Joe Louis waa in Kentucky to
New York — De^ite t|te fact
that Federal Housing Adminl^ti*^
tion, SteVart' McDonald advised
the National Asertsiation for the
Advancement of Colored People
last August that restrictive coven
ant have been removed from the
Autrority’s “Outline of Protec-
ive Covenants,”^ printed for the
use of private real estate agents
who seek bank loans that are
guaranteed by the Housing Au
thority, the NAACP haa learned
that in Salinaa, CaMfomia, such
rovenants abound with the appro
val of the Authori^. . .,
In a sharp letter to the Aattpr-
ity, Thurgood Marshall, speiial;
,Vjlp^ S^
&^iries'
In Whole State
Richmond,. Vau Plans for
carrying forward _ the fight to
eqalize the salaries of Negro and
white public school teachers
in .every one of the counties in
Yirginia will be worked out today
at a omfer«ice^ called by attor
neys of the National Association
for- the Advaneewent of Colored
People, it was announced today fay
Thurgood Marshall, special coun
sel-for the astoeiation.
“Teacher reprwentativee from
leach county will attMid the con-
eounsel for the association pointed ^ference,Mr. Marshall said,'“and
out^ that two qaestioD^ are invpl- plw the nfxt step* they azid the
ved; “One'ia the question 6f anSf-jimXCP 4t|ocQiSikw • inA t^kc.to
gesti^ by the Federal I^uang - enjoioe tha United States' Circuit
Adwinistration. of protective . ep-| Court >of Appeals ^t)eciaipn in Uie
venanta on a racial basis. The Melvin 0., i^ston case.
dT JAMES E. BOTKOr
other is its approval of these pro
tective covenants. ”
Marshall declared that while
the Authority haa, ceased, to aqg-
g^t these sovenanta to real estate
agents, it contSnueg to abet the
operation of such
private agenta by
In Novemlter, 1938, NAACP
attorneys broi^f an action again
st the Norfolk, Virginia, i school
toard in behatf of ||r. Alston, a
seboof principal uid the taaebeTs
of that city, to forced tiie board
covenants by jto pay the principal a salary equal
continuing to ito that of a whita teaeher doing
guarantee loans for such xye^ts. jthe same typo of work. Last Jnne
A protest was launched with the -tha' United States Cireuil Court
Authority, following revelation by'of Appeals reversed a lower toori
Raleigh (CP) — William Moore, Salinas, California, br^ch of ^ruling, and eeUbliriied tbs prin-
ing league aervies on Sunday, •. ,’t ^ i • PAm nv the NAACP that the Federal Houi- eiple that diaerimination in fclis
Dec. 1, The topie will be the al ce an e pa yij^g authority continues to insure teachers' salaries based solely on
“Bible”. Everyone is invited toj®“P>y®®» protesaed Thursday that j^^ns for agents opera-^tho ground of racs or eolor, is
attend,, it was announced today by employees of the firm are forced ting jn at least fifteen areas in or ,unconatitution*l. Ths United Stat-
liook over some Franklin county 1 Mrs. M.C. Ev%ns who in charge to contribute seven cents a .w,e«k
horses with the idea of adding tO(rf the committee at the ACE their wages to associated
Villoma Teachers
Give $1,000 To
N. ^ A. C. P.
'League who invited the Duke
group to take the service.
Mias Janet Eleanor Gift of Al-
:charities.^
I “The company
just take it,”
his stable of fine riding animals.
of a fashionablo aestaurant at'except for good cause, in respect'
408 Broadway. Joe Vanessl '.s.to the admission of any citiaen
manager of the place. jto, or his treatment in, any in^^
In the comfdaint, Bobeson and.hotsl, restaurant or oating houae
friends charge that laat Tuesday |ia liable in damages in an amount
nij^t, folk>wiDg Robeson’s briUi- not less than |[U}0, which may be
ant concert at ths Opern Hoos^'recovsred in an action iat law
were denied service at tlw «afl.'brou^t for that |>urpoBe.’*
Each of the nine persons lo ihe| Robeson, in addition to being an . , -
party asked $2,500 damages undsr inteijnatlonally famous singers and| Richmond, Va. — In i^precia- Committee. Miss Gift will preside the rain .and that in addition his
Sertion 52 of the Civil Code.‘actor, Is a P^ Beta Qappa gradu- tion of the work done by l^al re-iover the service and will lead the comply, is forcing employees to
presentatives of the National Aa- -worBhip. ftfisS Tomer will speak give to charity out of a miserly
th(
near Salinas/ where these re- Supreme Oourt allowed this
strietive covenants, based on race, jdeoision to stand, !When it refused
aboi^d. to review ths esss in a ruling
foona, Pennsylvania, Miss Mary,Moore said, “then tell you why
Hall Turner of Miami, Florida; they, t^e it. There’s nothing you.
James H. Walker of Raleighcan do, because .if yo don’t want
Erwin A. Larson of Emporium,-to pay it they, can get somebody
Penn.; and Joseph E. Porter, else.” .
Chairman, of Durham|. He said it is customary for
compose ths Student Executive coal companies to work men in
DB.
Colored members of thO Bebsoa'ats of Rutgers university, where
party were John tHttman^fors-jhs won his leitter fn four spor^ an
ign editor of ths Pool's World,jwas picked as an AU-Americao
aoci^tion for the Advancement of,on the “Importance of the Old 30.cents.an hour wage.
Colored Peopla in ths ij^t.to win Testament/' Mr. porter on thej
Bevels Cayton, secrstaqp’, tz'sasui^ end- in 1918. He was awaided an
er of the Bay Area Distrirt Coun-|LLB degree by Colubia univemty
oil No. a, Maritime Fsdsration of in 1923, and last January, Hamil-
ths Pacific and Lawrenss Browa, ton Collsgs eonferred npon him
Robeson's accompanist ths honorary degree of doctor of
Robeson's whits fueiti werei.more humane letters.
Clara Roekmoi^a who appeared
with him on the Tuesday nig^t
concert program; MisS Bock-
to review ths
handed down SB.
OOBDOK. B. HANOOCTK TO | Last week the teachers agreed
ADDBE88 ttHABLOTTB GROUP to seoept a plan pat ftHrward by
the Cily attorney of Norfolk,
Charlotte — The Public Aifain'^whieh squaliaee their aalaries vithfeu^Mcied Moees.
Gohkikjiro, N. C., fCmasder
Preaa)—Covered witik bloody strip
ce, Frank Moees of Ooldsbore
staggered Into the ^eriff's offke
hen ^ossday BMmiag ss4 totd
how trres while men mam Md
f ,boad itripprd^k^ xft _fSk,
point of ■ rifTe sod flsggs#1bW
from head to foot.
He said the three men, Brice
and WiHTell, two broth«s, and ‘
Carl P. Swith, their brother-in-
law forced him at the point of
fire arms into their outomobile,
drove away into the woods near
Institute, made him stripe off hia
clothing at the point of a rifle
and undergo a lashing.
Canfesses Ftegging
He said they took $25 frow his
noekets, threw him hia clothisg
‘and drove away.
Officers fotmd Mosee’ automo-
bfle in the yud aa ths horns
John Worrelli father of the ac
cused men and Smith confsssedL
,that after the beating the terror
ist afd^ the victim's ear to ths
back ,ot. th«TS and Saved il kssssk
Moses staggered to the ktsa*
a Negro near by, he told oCImi^
and. was given ompb^ tp ^ to
Ooldiiboro by baa. . ■. >
Pajil..C, €l»rrijni^ Qflici.
C. li. Smith, .Dvpo^ H- B.
Oardper and two s(to
inveatigatiM tk)» «as«; anmted th»
WorrsHs and Si6itk at tlratr fill
ing station, icharged thaw with
kidsapping; 1^ fom„ aasnft with
deadfy c wsspmui^ * s«d h^hwi^
robbwy and teased 'thsia ih tks
Waynf^ county >il at flaMefcof
withijnt .privasg* it lissid.
Mi*d Idoe-r ‘
John Frsixsr of New Haps who
said he was with the men vhoB
thoy forced Moses into the car
also placed in jail in
fault of 9500 bond.
Ssuth confessed, officers said,
and told the crfQcers £ba( they
had been missing liquor firom a
cache near Miller’s fteseiiy
whe^.they lived and thai they
Committee of the YWCA is bring those of whits teach era by Sept
ing Dr. Gordon B. Hancock to the 1942, provided oonditiras outlined
city on Sunday" December 1st. by NAACP attorneys are agreed
Dr. Hancock will apeak on the upon. Ths sahoolboard’fe offer in-
aubject of “Minority Groups*' ht the paymenf of (129,000
Grace AME Church at 4:30 p. m. jbetweeo now and the 19t3 date.
Dr. Hancock is outstanding in
equality of salaries paid to Negro Importance of the New Testa-1. Pood prices, conainuing a "cau
and white teachers, members of nient,”* and Mr. Larson on the tioua upward trend/’ have risen
the Virginia State Teachers Aa-'“Correlation of the Two Testa-'above the level of a year ago for
soeiation meeting hers November ^ments.” Mr. Walker will lead the the first time since the initial
21, voted to contribute $1,000 to |discnssion. ,wai; boon), with volume about 8
civic, ■ religi^a, political and
journalistic circles throughout th0
state of Viiginia. At the present
|time he ia a member of Yirginia
Union University faculty and pas-
The hoodlums were
Moss9 when hs .drovs tks
tnan is quoted ss having said, and
Smith ia said to have
flogging, but not ths robbery.
mart’s aasompftnjiil, IhlfWt
aXOABBTTBS
The Commissioii oi eigsrstteBi]01&
in 1938 established aa aU time
freight ear* now aisrses 20
ppf grsatwr saiiai^ Ihaa hi
high of 172J500,000.000, up 9 p«
lent ftosH ths 103,800,000 of 1938
tor of one of the leading churches despits incrsass stats sales taxes,
of Richmond.
extra-
]^r«^t.ti;aiBs a»w npit^ imk
ly thirdik fastsr ikia im UHk.
Paekiapaudu mMOBotd
pilot, pyaopsss
ths Association to carry on its This committee recently coo- percent above last ^ar. You -will find Dr. Hancock an SUOOBItFOL
The auit was filed through At- victory in the Norfolk • teachers ducted the morning worrfiip -ser-; — : ^ jinterestiug aad inspiring speaker. Wkat forsstsrs Call aa
tomeys George Olshausen and salay rase alone, the NAACP,vice at the Pine Street Presby-^- Locomotives now have nearly^Come ont and be benefited by »>dinari^ sneeessfnl firs usann Class I railroad
Harold M. SaTTyer. , ' ^brought a lump increase ef $1^, terian Chnroii and now haa been half again Ma much palling powerithe message which he has for yon. has just elossd in tha Borthsn.ffiS asir |Mg
000 to Norfolk Negro tei^rs. ^ Pl«sat ton lo pig^ S» as they had in 1918. ' ^ and wsstsn TTsHtmsI aMlft 'IMfe,
hsisBii