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VOLUME XXIII - NUMBER 52
MERRY XMAS! DURHAM, N.G, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26th, 1942 MERRY XMAS BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS.
Negro Leaders Offer Interracial Plan To Develop The Soul
BOY SLAYS FATHER TO PROTECT MOTHE
_$75,000 In Victory Bonds Sold By Insurance
Plan For More Interracial
Cooperation Presented At
Recent Hfleeting In Atlanta
SIXTY-DAY REPRIEVE
GRANTED'WELLMAN
BY eOV. BROUGHTON
Atlanta, Qa. (Calvin’s N«WJ
Sprviee) — Leading Southern
NejFroea in a gn^up offered Mon
day “a basis for interracial co
operation and derelopoment in
I tho South” at a time wheh
’“•war hM sharpened the issue of
N4grO'White relationf in the
States, partieolafly iti
• tb« Sbuth.”,
They issued a statement, pre
pared by a committee naoiQil at
the Durham Conference of South
ern Negroes in October, assert
ing that there were “increased
racial tensions, fears and* ag
gressions, and an opening up of
the basic questions of !‘atlal
segregation and discriminatio-*,
N^o minority rights and dif-
mocratic freedom.”
“These issues are acute and
threaten to become even more
' smmw as they increasingly look
through the deeper fears ’afOnii-
ed, common sense eonsideratiou
for even elementary iroproye-
m^ts in Negro status and the
welfare of the country a? a
whole,” the statement said.
“PIBST LOYALTY”
TOR WAR
The document of the group
committee, headed by Dr.' Ch.ir-
los R. Johnson of Fisk Univer-
sit, set forth at the outset the
necessity of victory in the wa’’,
“both in arms and ideals,” and
said the “war demands our fir^t
loyalty.” But this loyalty, he
added, “does not preclude ccn-
sideration now of problems :iud
situations that handicap the
working of internal improve
ments in race relations essential
to our full consideration to the
war effort.”
Negroes, accounting fot one
third of ihe South’s 25j000.00()
inhabitants, recogni/^e , "th«
strength and age” of the legal
and cnstomary patterns of race
relations, the group said. T.io
statement deplored the fact thnt
“simple efforts to collect obvi
ous social and economic justices
continue to be interpreted a.! tbr
predatory ambition of irres
ponsible Negroes to invade tho
privacy of family life.” z
“We have the courage ancl
faith to believe, however,” it
continued, “that it is possible
to evolve in the South a way of
life, consistent with the princi
ples for which we as a nation
are fighting throughout t h
* world, that will free us all, white
and Negroes alike, from waut
and from throttling fears.”
LEOISLATlVa
BJEMEDDEa ABKBD
If the question of segregation
Please Turn To Pag* Six
Washington, D. C. A sixty
day reprieve has been granted to
William Wellman who was con
victed of the rape of a 60-ye«r
old white woman at Statesvillf',
N. C, and sentenced to dit
December 18, it was learned this
week from Charles H. Housjon,
here, counsel for the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, who ap
pealed the case.
Governor J. M. Broughton of
North Carolina, in announcing
the reprieve stated that 1:H
office had made an indepodent
investigation of' the lease and
grave doubts had arisen ns to
William Wellman’s guilt bo-
canse the pay roll record arul
time sheet of the rhiiries
Thompkins Company showel
that Wellman was working as a
laborer on a construction job nt
Port Belvoir, Va., February 11,
1^1, 350 miles away from the
place where the rape wals sup
posed to have been committed
that same afternoon. The Gover
nor announced that he is continu
ing his investigation.
On December 17, Walter
White, executive secretary of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
sent Governor Broughton the
following tlegram:
“May I on behalf of Nation-
tiongl Association for Ad
vancement of Colored People
express appreciation to you
for granting William Mason
Wellman stay of execution.
Through fact that our- North
Carolina Branches in cooper.i-
, tion with National Offi'“e
have fought fdr Wellm'>»
from incepton of case an-l
supplied Counsel after ex
haustive investigations con
ducted by this Association
clearly established that h’
was in Washington and not
in North Carolina at time of
commission of crime we are
able to assure you of his
innocence.”
ro na
Timlijwifii
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White Rock Baptist.
To Honor Pastor On.
Tenth Anniversary
A committee acting in liehalf
of the trustees of the White
Rock Baptist Church here ar-
nonnced Saturday that a special
anniversary program in honor oi“
the work of Dr. Miles Mark Fish
er, pastor of the church for the
past ten years, will be observed
on the first and“ second Sundays
next month.
Dr. William Warren Sweet,
professor of the history of
American Christianitj' at thn
University of Chicago, is the
scheduled speaker for the firs*
Sunday, and Dr. W. L. Ransom,
pastor of the First Baptist
Church, South Richmond, Va.,
will deliver an address on th^ S! -
eond Sunday. Dr. Ransom, a
former pastor of White Roek
recommended the Rev. Fisher
for his present charge,
team sustaining any loss ir
«60*t> lUfiLTO RlLmtn
:
16-Year-
Father When Mother Is
Threatened With Knife
AT THIS TIME, wheat prince
and pft*8»nt bow In cx>mTOon
ityrilfping to the mjsiMtffe of
lltoin nid Jtidea, we warn to
expre«8 our earnest wish toi
happv J[942 Christtnas season to
all our friends.
a f tmes
li E. Af|St.IN, EDITOR
N. C. COLLEGE ADMITTED TO
AMERICAN ASS’N OF UNIVERSITIES
Dr. James E. Shepard, pres* the only Negro educational in
dent of the North Carolina t’oU-' Stitution in the state having
membership in the Association
ege for Negroes announced this
week that the Association ol
American Universities had admit
cd the local institution to tfac
approved list of universities nod
colleges of the nation.
The announcement comes afk*^"
an extended study of the North
Carolina College by the Classi?
fication Committee of Universi
ties and Colleges had warranted
the recommendation being made
io the Association.
The North Carolina College Is
and the fourth in the entire na
tion. The other three are How’-
ard Universitv, Washington., 1^.
C., Fisk University, Nashville
Tenn.; and Talladgea College of
Talladega, Ala.
The approval of North Caro
lina College by the Association
of America Universities means
that its graduates will be admitt
ed into any graduate schools of
any university or ocllege in the
nation without examination.
Dr. Ira A. Daves
Health Committee
Appointed Te
New Bern, N. C. — Dr_ W. 0.
Claytor, President of the Na
tional Dental Association, an
nounced recently the appoint
ment of Dr. Ira A. Daves of the
i Dental Division, North Carolina
State Board of Health to ^ the
Chairmanship of the National
Health Committee, National
Dental Association. Dr. Davea,
who has worked unceasingly in
an effort to further the dental
health work among Negroes in
the Tarheel State is a gr4^du%te
of Knoxville and Meharfy Coll
eges and also holds an M. A. ds-.
gree from Atlanta University.
He collaborated with officisiS
and others at the National Con
vention which was held in Nash
ville, Tennessee and is at the
present time making a survey
with a view to obttgn closer c(»-
operation with active members
of the organization.
There are six Regional Zones
over which Dr, Daves will b.? .•>f-
forded an opportunity to render
excellent service in Jtehalf
President Roosevelt
Sends Annual Xmas.
Messenage To Scouts
; Selm.i, — Sherwood
' 16-year-old boy of
I Urove Township »hot and ktil
. his father, X.ithaniel ftml
.'M vi'ar-olil tenant farmer, i
• here Wednesday ert»ning as
eliiuax of aa .tltere.ation betv
the ap»l a'ifi.JBol
I t%« hoj-. The load
annual I gnn enfereti the man*'^ facaA
Bo.. ‘ he died almost instantly,
i ing to police,
in! According to Sherwood, ki
drank aMd
New York, In his
Christmas message to the
Scouts of America of whic'i
is Honorary President, and
which he has been aetiv^ for ^ father came hoi
more than 18 years, President I abusing his mother. Whe»
Roosevelt pays h^igh tribute to ^ advanced on her with M
the Boy Scouts, stating that ‘th>*; knife in his hand tile bay st
eOnti*ibution of this great v >1uh- ' he shot him. The fathT
tary organization to the buildijig | treaten to kill the tu
of the manly values and to the i according to testimonyy gfr»B
strengthing of our national ra'>r-[ the police by eye witness*^
ale makes it deserving of th** the killing
port of all citizens.”
The President’s greetinir'i to
the nation’s 1,.>70,962 Stouti,
Air Scouts, Sea Scouts, Cubs aod
their leaders follows;
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
In sending Christmas ?fft*t-
ings and sincere gOod wishe^t
the* Boy Scouts of America,
Immediately after the shooti
the boy notified police and
himself up. He was plaej4
jail but later released uader
■f250 bond. In addition to-
wiffe Mrs. Mary Hanks asd
Sherwool the father is snr
by another son. Arthur
to! 13 and a daughter ^iss Mii
T; Banks.
Secretary iMorgenthau
Wires Tlianks For Four
Freedoms Bond Rally
One hopes the coming of the
“Thunderbolt” won’t kill off all
the people, on the destructive
show if its power and speed
before men, have had a chance
to set It to the task of brother-
' hood, on the constructive phase, tives wholly to the salt of
At the Four Freedoms Vic
tory Bond Rally held at the City
Armory, Durham, Thursday night
December 17, under the npnn-
sorship of the various -Negro i'/.-
suranee cofmpanies 4oing busi
ness in Durham, a total of over
$75,000 in War Bonds was soid.
This Rally was a part of tho
national effort on the part of 42
Negro life insurance companies
in 29 states, members of the Na
tional Negro Insurance Associa
tion, including approximately
10,000 salesmen, to carry out
concentrated program of sup
port to the war effort during the
period December 14 through
January 16, 1943. One day of
each week of the period is being
given by each of these represena-
War
Bonds and Stamps, rather than
to soliciting life insurance ap
plications.
The National Negro Insurance
Association has received the ou-
dorsement of the Secretary of
the Treasury, Henry Morgen-^
thau, Jr., through a telegram
which has just been received aa
follow:
Dec. 18, 1#42
*'Asa T. Spaulding, Presideilt
National Negro Life Insarance
Association
Care North Carolina Vutnal Life
Insurance Company
Durham, North Carolina
I have learned with grwt
satisfaction of the patriotii
action of the National N^ffo
Life Insurance Aasociatioe
Please, Turn To Page Six
Mrs. Michaux Hostess
To Bridge Club; Mrs.
Turner High Scorer
Last week Mrs. H. M. Michau::
was hostess to the Saturdny
Evening Bridgi^ Club. Members
playing were Mesdames I E.
Turner, W. L. Cooke, L H. Knox,
P. D. Marshall, A. Elder, W A.
Kenny, A. T. Spaulding and ,T.
T, Taylor. Mrs. Turner was win
ner of the high score prize a?d
Mrs. Knox was second.
am reminded again of the d^ht
of gratitude which the nitlon
owes to Scoutin®. The contribu
tion of this great voluntary
cf ganization to the building; of the
his fellow members of the dental virtues and to the stren^-
profssion; the Zones are, Del
aware, West Virginia, Texas,
Louisiana, Arkansas and Ohio.
In each Regional Zone there is a
Committee Head, and Dr. Daves
believes that all members of th®
National organization will rally
one hundred per cent for event-
nal success.
thening of our national tn'irale
makes it deserving of the sup
port of all citizens.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Reduction by 20 percent ii
the manufacture of ice cream
and frozen desserts will sav3
8,300,000 pounds of butter in
December, .or almost three-
fourths f a pound apiece for
every soldier in the U. S. Anny.
FOUROF HARLEM’S
“5 COLUMNISTS”
PUT ON TRIAL
New York — Four Negroe^ of
the so-called Ethiopian-Pacific
Movement this week went on
trial before Federal Judge Clar
ence G. Golston, charged with
counseling Harlemites to evrd**
the draft and with conspiracy tc
commit sedition.
Of the jury’s eight men, and
four women, three' were colored,
including the foreman. The ttc-
fendants are Leonard Robert "3or
daq, founder of the movement,
Lester Eugene Holness, aeerrtary
winning it and will soon rule
America.
The first witness, Deteeti?e
George L. Buchanan, eolore:*.
Please Turn To Page Si*
RestrictioQS in sizes
forms of asphalt and
roofing products and
shingles will save ^9
man hours pe year. 250 ttna
steel, and 60,000 ton% of
alt.
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MERRY XMAS
Shawtown School
Doing Great Work In
Agricuhnredonrses.
The’ Shawtown Bigh . School
Agricultural Department ander
the guidance and leadership of
the Principal, J. S. Spivej, ani
Agricultural lustraetor, F. A.
•Jones, Jr., is doing its part in
the “A1 Out For Vietory’ cam
paign of the conunaiuty, courtr,
state and nation., Recently th»
Agrii'ultural lastmetor a:id
Principal with the aid of several
farmers in the KorringtoB Com
munity launched a program to
improve and ineraase the milk
cows in the commiaiitj.
In order to lie1|» Increase the
prodaetion of milk aad to fta
prove the livestock in the com
munity, fifteen of the faraers
under the leadersh^ of the !^haw
town Agrienltwrsl Iit|tr»r*OT
formed what is ksMm as
‘Norringtoa Ball AaaeeiattOa.
The assoeiaHon maie its tnc»
aad ^-hnrs aad to pn-
chase a Pure-Bred Ball Calf,
calf has already been
as well as two pare-bred
tere«l Jersey Heifers
by individual farmers.
White Rock
No. 10 Meets
Mrs.Stnwd
Distriift ::Vo. M of
Roek Baptist Cli«r*ll
Mrs. C. S. Strand. 9wii
bers preseat were Mr.
Raymond WilhaaM^ |
Tavlor,
R W.