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m % WALLER MAILING EDITION X VOLUME XXIII — NUMBER 29 DURHAM, NORTH CAROUNA, SATURDAY, JULY 4th, 1941 BUY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION IN ANNUAL MEETING^ ^ ' ir ic ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ SECRET SCHOOL MEET DmOSED Virginia Taltes Life Of Negro Sliarecropper Richunmd, Va.—The case^ of Odell Waller, who shot and killed his landlord, eanie to an end here Thursday, July 2 wh^n he was 6x- Muted for the killing at the state penitentiary. Below i« a full re- vliew of the wise. QdeH * W«lloE, Nejrro cropper, wfco -on July 15, 11^ shot hi* white, former landlord n a dispute over crop shares, wa« , tried in the Circuit Court of -ZJtaylyjnia Count>s Virginia, for first dc^oe murder on f^epTem ber 26 anj 27, 1940. Waller plead ed self defense. His attorney Thonifls H. Stone, moved to quash 4he indictment and the petit jury pnnel on the ground that non- payers of poll taxes had been nystematically excluded from both. Judge J. T. Clement denied the motion. Waller’s counsel asked for n change of venue on the ground that he. could not expect a fnir and impartial trial in Pittsy lvania County. The motion was denied. ■ The only eyewitness to the shooting was H'^lored boy of 18, Henry Davis, who was at that iime nnd had been at the time of tke shooting in the employ of Os car Davis’ family. This boy testi fied that Waller shot Oscar Davig after a friendly conversation dur ing vhich Davis had agreed to surrenrler Waller’s share of their wheat crop, which he had with held. Waller tesified that Davis refused to surrender his crop; that Davis cursed him and they nnarrelled j, and that Davij, ran his hand ^to a pocket in which Wnller had known him to carry a gu|i. Therenjion Waller drew his own gun and, in his words, “com menced to shoot at him—I don’t know how many times.” The .iury of ten farmers, one business man and one carpenter found Waller guilty of first de gree murder after deliberting 52 minutes. He was sentenced to die on December 27, IfMO. BAOKOEOXJND OP TEE CASE The story of Odell Waller and of the circumstances which led to his shooting of Oscar Davis has been told by PauuH Murray and Murry Kemption In a pamphlet entiyed “All for Mr. Dnvis,” with a preface by EVank P. Gra ham. President of the University of North Carolina, and published by the Workers Defense League. T^e followiner accoiinfc ig based on this pamphlet which Tn turn is based on the court record, supple ment byv the personal investiga tion of the authors. At sixteen, Odell Waller had to ^oave school and work in the fields. Hig father, a landowner, died'In 1938 and the land wah taken to piy hia debts. Odell (iContinaed On Page 7), OVERSHOOTS GOAL IN DRIVE Eri)^ Booth, general chair- nma HI tfte Durham -USO Com mittee, Jtoday commended t)»e work irf District 5 directed by J. S. Stewart iil the county wide campaign to raise ^33,300. The goal of District 5 was originally $1000 but TO enthxistastic" was the response, of the Negro citizentry to the cause of the United Ser vice Organizations which is de dicated to fne out of camp wel fare of the men in service that workers hope to bring the total collections up to $2000 before closing the campaign. At the time of this report $1600 had already been reported. According to Mr. Booth “Dis trict 5 was one of the first dis tricts to make a report from all captains.’’ This amount indicates the cooperation and hard work given the cause by district lead ers. The USO Committee sincerely appreciates their gupport,” Booth said. Mr. Stewart today expressed deep appreciation to the workers and all the Negro fitizens for their whole hearted cooperation in the effort. The vice chairmen for District ^ were M. Hugh Thompson, W. D. Hill, J. J. Hen derson, N. A. Cheek. J. J, Sansom, Jr., and W. J, Walker. Sponsors' Day at St. Emma Milifary School BOCK CASTIiBi Vs. The Cadet Cwp» of 4ie St. EimAa Hfltttary ScKool hold their IMt Sponsors’ Day prc^rram in tlie tradltlonid West i'ofait ananner. The sponsors are students from St. Francis de Sales, a nearby boarding Mgh sdiooL Shown In the Kroup are, left to right: First Lieutenant Booker T. Washtaigrton, Boston, Mass.; Beatrice Orem. Tampa, Fla.; Uentenuit Ad> lut^ Howard Worrell, Norwalk, Conn., Lettie Tcarrell, Chartotteaville, Va.; Captain WllUam CoUdtV p. e.r €lwra Nixon, Orhide, Flw* eaptaln James Xilarke,^ JtoEfcdk. Va.; Gtoria Harris. Norfolk, Va.; Theresa Winner, Phlladelpfai% Pa., and Captain Aaroa Garnett«, Madison. Va. Neerro Committee Petition City For ' Technical School —Y V— In the regular meeting of the County Commissioners last Mon day morning at the Courthousfe the Durham Committee on Negro Affairs petitioned the Commiss ioned to “earmark certain funds for the building of a Technical High School for the training of ^pgro boys And girls in manual skills.” The petition was pre sented in the form of a letter o the body read and elaborated upon by D_ B. Martin. A scholarly but brief delineation upon the imperativeness of this move in light of the presenf^world crisis was made by Dr. A. Heningburg, chairman of the Education Co • - mittee of the Dui-ham Committee on Negro Affairs. Those attending the meeting of the County Commissioners were; W. 0. Rhodes, D. B. Martin, R. Jj. McDougald, C. C. Spaulding, Sr., W. D. ( Hill, J. S- Stewart, W. M. Rich, E. R. Merrick. J. H. Immediate start on oil pipeline to relieve East authorized. Asa Spaulding Again Chosen President Of Nat’i: Insurance Body Durham Citizens Riled At Action Su^t. Warren IMaySeeIc Federal Remedy Musicians' Union ^rs Negroes From Jobs Now York — (Special, to the Tl'MKS) — Although the Colum bia Broadcasting System, the Na tional Broadcasting Company and the Blue Network are now hiring ^egro mjisic^iaas for_ I'figuiar jiibii, in their New York stations, the American Federation of Musicians lily-white locals in key cities out side New York bur J^ogro .inusi- cians from certain jobs. The NAAt'P learned this week that the AFM’s jim crow locals may be in violation of the President’s 'Executive Order, 8802, banning discrimination in labor unions. Chicago local 10, for example. SPEAKER BY M. S. STUART Convention Reporter Birmingham, Ala. — The 22nd Annual Session of the National Negro Insurance Association clos ed its four day meetings here this afternoon with a parade and speaking at Legion Field and Stadium on Sixth Avenue. A battalion of uniformed sold- ier« with band, and the drum and bugle corps of the city Schools load the parade. William Pickensj of the United States Treasury Department; G(»orge W. Cox, Vice President of the North Carolina Mutual Life In.suranee Company, and W. P. Bayless of the Pittsburgh Courier spoke in behalf of the War Bonds and Stamps sales campaign and the Double Victory Campaign. Several men and women of dis tinction in various fieljls have ad dressed and participated in the various meetings. On Tuesday evening, before a capacity audience in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune»of the NY A hold her listeners enthralled in a forty minutt^R address Sg full ‘of patrio tic thrills as any similar occasion ever enjoyed. The veteran Frank Julian, Superintendent of Insurance of the State of Alabama was on the program; and 'he camc over from Montgomery to welcome the con vention to Alabama. His remarks were revealing in the Tceen inter est in the welfare of race compan ies doing business in this state which he emphasized. He stressed the fact that the laws are applied with equal fairness and care as Wheeler, Pearl L. Dr. A. Heuiugbnrg. Walker, and between the races. He said he was proud of the Negro companies with Home Offices In his ^ate. Mr. Julian remained throughout the prognim, obviously enjoying it, especially the fine music by tht “Modds of Meditation” group. The Honorable Cooper Greene, Chairman of the City Commiss ion, welcomed the delegates on be half of the city. A. (I. Gaston, President of the Booker T. Washington Burial In surance Company, and actively identified with several other im portant / business enterprises of the city, presided as Master of Cei’emonies. Due to hiy fine sense of the fitness of things, there was never a lull nor a dull moment during the evening. Scholarly, quiet Asa T. Soauld- •ng. President o^ the Association, responded to the addresses of wel come, and, as was expected, it was a departure from the “run of the mill ” type. Adroitly, he took a routine number and created situa tions of logic in which, with very plausible pertliicTice, he connected the observations l*e wanted to ex press, about “The All Out Offen sive by Negro Insurance Compan ies,” the Convention theme, both as it relates to the War effort and to the Negro’s domestic pro blem. ( In his "Annual Address to t&e Association, in its first business meeting on Wednesday, Mister Spaulding made dlear that- full and active loyalty to our Govern ment, on the part of the Negro population, ig the paramount duty facing us in theSe perilous times. “Nothing now,” said he “must be permitted to interf2re with Please turn to Page Eight HomsyRecdves Honorary Doctorate NASHVILUr:, (ANP) — “Mili tary first aid” deinons^trations is all-white, and has an execlusivt^'and discus^sions by Dr. Leo S. Columbia, S. G. (ANP) — At the 72nd commencement exercises held here recently, Allen Univer- sHy conferred upon Walter Spur-' geon Hornsby of Augusta, Ga., the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. In citing Mr. Hompby for this honor President Hi^ins referred to him as found er and an organizer of a gigantic business, a lover of humanity, and a servant of hiii people. Dr. Hornsby is Vice President and General Manager off the Pilgrim Health andT” Liie Insur ance company of Augusta, Ga, Ita are flybw far Wwm Trmin. Xheleafltweoaa ia h«re at taaaa* la to box War Wmila 1>% for War contract with radio stations there to supply musicians for regular jobs. Negroes in the jim crow local are not called except for fill in work, the NAACP said. The fight to abolish separate locals entered the first round when this month’s issue of the magazine Music ami Rhythm, edited by John Hammond, NAA (^P board member, featured state ments from topflight bandsmen of both races who favor single locals. Among those who spoke out are Glenn Miller, Jimmy Dorsey, Claude Thornhill, Emery Deutsch Shep Fields, Woody Herman, Count Basie, Abe Lyman, Hal Mc Intyre and Zutty Singleton. They declared that jim crow locals are not satisfactory and are unprofitable to Negro musicians. Chief evils of the separate sys tem are unequal wage scales, vir tual shut-outs of Negro bands from radio stations, theatres, and high paying spo^s over which white locals have jurisdiction, and a generally lower economic stand ard among niusicians. The AFM has 135,000 mem- thronghout the country, many of whom are colored. Se gregated locals are the rule in most largo cities, except New York. Jamcg C. Petrillo eza^ of the AFM and president of Chicago local, minimizes undesirable ef fects of segregated units. In a statement last week he said; “In some jurisdictions colored musi cians have their own locals and in other jurisdictions they are part and parcel of the local. It seems that someone is barking up the wrong tree, as the setup with reference to colored and white mijisieians in the Federatiton Holton, Washington, will teakire the ‘29th annual convention of the National Dental Associa tion at Miphadrv Dental college, August 10-14 , Refuse Race Girl h ‘Food For Victory’ Summer Campaign V V New York — Someone in the' office of the New York State Em ployment Service forgot that the Service has a policy not to dis criminate against Negroes in placement last week and that the I'nited States is trying to win a war, the XAACP said this w^eek. Hunter College student Cjn- thia Linton of this city signed up, with several companions, at the NYSES to work on farms for the summer to help hi the “Footl for Victory” campaign. Tlie girls had been urged to do so at school. Miss Linton made her application and later received « special de- liver>' letter telling her to report Wednesday morning, June 10, ready fo go out of the city to work. "When she reported she wa^ told that she could,-not be accept ed because she is a Negro. I'me of the most sinirter Uiore: in the annals of public ^hool his- I tory was uncovered here this vce^ i when it wa.-* disclosed that Swper- j intendent W. F. Warren of i Durham City xehonls had callcid t . gccret meeting eTeoii^ac^. [jtke prineipa]* of ' I schooU and the presitlents at ^e Negro parent-teacher associa tions, apparently for the purpose of salmtaging the effort now be ing made by the Durham Coot- nutte^ oQ Xagro-Aft'airw Uv bring - about some semblance of efjuatity in Negro an^j white public schools of tbinj city. Although bidding behind the jii'etense ot being deeply con cerned about the future of Negro schools in Durham, it was plainly evident, as soon as the meeting opened, that the superintendent’s purpose was purely one of **di- ^ vide and conqueror” rather j than one of sincere interest in Negro education- j The apparent attempt of Snpe»- intendent Warren to circtimveat the Committee on Negro A-Cairs on the issue of Negro schools ha» so riled its members that it w*a unanimously voted at the regular weekly meeting of the Committee here Thursday afternoon to seek remedy in the federal courts if the present peaceful efforts fail to bear fruit. The cjpening of the meeting was set for eight o’clock, but was somewhat delayed when a rept'^ sentative of the CAROLINA TIMES, refused to leave the coo- ference, after being invited to do so by Superintenient Warren. Aftfer a firery disctission between the school official and the r^re- sentative of the CAROLINA (Continued On Page 6) Gladiola Coinmunity. Club Contest C3b6es The Baby t'\>ntest under the sponsorship of the Gladiola Cow- munity Club came to a eloee last Sunday Each contestant reeeivad a prize but the major awaiMb were won by Charles Brown, aOB of Mrs. C. E. Brown, and Bar- baralJane Allen, danghter of Mrs. Mary Peggy Allen. Other babjr entrants were Valeretta Omega Curtis, Clementine Snilkt Farmers in Forsyth County and -Tohn Houston, have been swamped wit% work in Officer^ of the Gladiola taking advantage of recent lains. fare as follows: Mrs. Canrie V {BTsiden.t; Mrs. Jeanette Stew#^ CLOVEE vice president; Mrs. Zaxa MHHlSi secretary; and Mrs. Aui*. Production of erimaon clover treastirer. The seed this year ig expected by the ing as its major U. S. Department of Agriculture of the sick al-1 to be about twiee as Urge at the community with I previoua erop reeof^ ^ eial don*MMU>
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