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KILLED IN PLANE CMS . j NAILING EDITION % u%vm& VOL. XXIII - NO. 19 DURHAM, North Carolina, SATURDAY, MAY 15th, ’ 1943 BUY WAR BONDS . * Walter White Accused Of Starting Attack OnTuskegee 1HMUS IlIEN FOUND GULn ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ J ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ U. S. Supi Court Confesses Error In Soldiers Rape Case Former Football Star Of Syracuse Dies When Plane Crashes In Lake AIRPLANE VICTIM EAST TAWAS, Miehigan, ^ Lt. Wihneth Sidat*§ingh, form er football star of Syraeuse University has been repovteo luisfting after his Bingle sent ipursuit plane erahsed in link(‘ Unrom ne^r here arounil^noon, Aunday.' JSidat Singh was a ffk* duate of the Toskegee Flyiug School and was considered {4U expert gunner. The former f03tball star was stationed at Selfridge Field. Officials at headquarters said witnesses had seen him ball out of his plane, but neither his body nor his chute had been found- They did discover how ever an oil slick on the lake, which was an indication that the plane had gone to the bottom after it crashed in the lake. Sidat-Singh . had been trana- fered to Selfridge Field froM Tuskegee only a week ago. Of ficials stated he was on a rou tine flight at the time his pknc crashed. In 1937 and 1938 Sidat Singh played in the backfield for Syra cuse and was the mfiin stay in his team’s offense. His . stellar per formance in the game against t Cornell in 1938 when he heaved a trio of forward passes in the last three minutes of play that were good for touch do wrts, rated him as one of the nation’s grcat- .oat passers. Sport’s writers all ^over the nation gave hitti credit for winning the game almost single handed. Succimbs FRED SNEED, resp'octed' citi ;^en of Durham, who was found dead in bed hei?e Monday mbrn-j ing. Physicians stated ttat Mv-i Sneed had suffered a heart at-J tack during the night. Th'^ ' deceased had worked for the Tones and Frasier Jewelry Com pany here for more than 11 years. The management of the store stated yesterday that Mr. Sneed’s service at the stovt' had been of the ETglfpst order and that it is going to be har l to replace him. First Lieutenant Wiiite Officer Ui^es NAACP Vigilance Of l^otry In Am^ NEW YORK, — In a letter from an intelligent young white officer stationed in a southern camp, the NAACP was ar^ed this week to continue its f'ght on all fronts for the realization of democracy in America. “Your fight is our fight — tiint a man hns rights as a niau, whether he be a Jew, Negro, Triah-Catholif or a southern dc- magouge,” ‘writes this officer. “1 have found, very little rea- sor^for eneouragmcent in th' application of democratic thoughts to race relations nlnef; entering the army. I know that I am in. a bad section oT tho country to find any great em phasis on tolerance and justice (Continued on Page Fiye) Local Man Found. Dead |n Bed M(mby Momng B7 ^OSEl^H HOPSON Funeral services were heli Thursday May 13th, at Calvary Baptist Church, Gorman, North r'arolina ifor* fVeddie Douglass Sneed, 43 year old Durham man. He was born ij^ Durham coun ty in 1899 and was educated at the National Training School, now the North Carolina CoHego for N^roes. Mr. Sneed was found dead in bed Monday morning at 7:00 A. M. For 12 years he was employ ed at Jones and Frazier Com- pnny. interment was held in the family Cemetery at Gorman, N. He 15! survived by his wife, Mrs.,. Vv illie Sneed, one son, Freddie Jr., and tw© daughters Alice Constance and Willett afu! his mother, Mrs. Alice Sneed of Gorman. Judge Borland Places $100 Fine On Lone Negro Accused Of inciting Riot Out of town relatives attend ing the funeral \yere his threo sisters, Mrs. Essie Amey of Durham; Mrs. Virgie Thomas ef Baltimore, Maryland; Mrs. Odie Ammond Thomas also of Balti-i more, four brothers: Floyd and Marvin of Durham, Swannie of Richmond, Va. and Eddie of Pittsburgh, Pa. Sidat Singh who lost his life while flying a tf.“ S. Army pursuit plane last Sunday is shown above when he was a football star at Syracuse Utiiv- ersity. The never-to-be-for gotten game between Syracuse TO RECRUIT 10,000 NECfROES'. FOR MARINES i With on«>i--imits; 6f Negro Marines already assigned to overseas duty and others bein; trained in artillery, anti air craft, communications and. other fields, Marine Corps Headquar ters today announced plans for recruitment of 10,000 Negroes. Approximately 2,000 N>?gro Marines are now being trained in the 51st Composite Defanae Battallion at Montford Poi^t, Camp Lejeune mammoth 3firine J Training Reservation at New J River, N. C.—and new recruits are amving at the rate of 40' a day. Breaking a trndition of 167 years, the Marine Corps began the enlistment of Negroes on I June' 1, 1942. ^ Three months and Cornell in which the f:im- later, the first group of 1.200 1 I, 1 J 4.^ I, r volunteers from all sections of Qus player hurled three touch- - j. • . !the country—began their tr.im- down passes in the last thvee VISITS DURIIAM minutes of ptay, stamped Sidat as one of the nation’s greatest players for that season. Carolina camp which had 1)een constructed at a cost of $09,- 000,000. Please turn to Page Six Lt. Haskel A. Hudson, form er Durham citizen who w«s a v'si- tor here last week, Lt. Hudson fs a graduate of N. C; College and prior to joining the army work ed for the Dunbar Realty and Insurance Company,. He is no*- stationed at 'Camp Edwards, ■^Tass, LT.H. A. HUDSON VISITS DURHAM Lieut. Hudson, former rental and real Estate agent for the Dunbar Realty and Insurance Company of this city is a ^adu- ate^of Hillside Park High Schorl und^_^ former senior stude it at North Carolina College for Ne groes. He enlisted in June 'if 1941 and was stationed at Fort Bragg, %ith the famous 41st Engineers. Because of his ex perience in medicine and first aid gained by his long associe-; tion with the Bull City Dnv? Store of this city, he was sent to .the Medical Detachment d the 41st Engineers. There he advanced from Private to First Sergeant of the Detachment. In this, grade he- was accepted for Please turn to Pagre Six Writer Says NAACP Hand Behind Fight Waged On Pdtterson And Tuskegee BY ALBERT ANDEBSON NEW YORK, (ANP) — Ob servers here have watched with some, amazement the furore which has developed oveir whe ther Tusls^gee, the famous school in Alabama, should or should not accept financial aid from the state in which it is located. To those schooled in public affairs it is has l»een apparent that something more than ordinary public reaction was behind tbe cpnsiderable fuss stirred up- A spokesman who is close tf^ Tuskegee’s trustee board gave vent to comment recently which clarifies the picture somewhat. Tuskegee and its present ad ministration have been the vic tims of a clever campaign of misrepresentation, this spokes man inferred. He declared that Walter White, executive secrr't- ary of the NAACP, was the principal force behind the ef fort which stopped little short of an attempt to smear the an- ministration at Tuskegee. Whito has always fought everything lionneeted witt Tuskege, accord ing to this ifformant. In that attitude one OTist pay him cre dit for being true to NAACP ‘■"ndillons. The nntioiial .issoci i- tion fought Booker t. Washing ton; it belittled ’RoTSrt R Moton and wnold har31y ha rnnniCg true to form if those cnrrently in charge did not seek to undermine tho present head of the school. Dr. P. D. Patter son. The hypocrisy behind the tears shed and the wails printed in the public press by White and his associates Was mercy to say the least. Evidently the group thinks that the publtu forgets easily. Why would Wal ter White and his crowd who have pilloried Tuskegee every chance they get,/ be concerned whether, as they'l said, “o li r most important institution is losing its moral leadership. Tht* young men now in war will re^ fuse to follow Tuskegee banner any longer”! ' At no time was the simple truth included in their state ments that Alabama’s prograig Continued on Page Five) Master Sergeant Paul 6re^n. wellknown Durham citizen now serving in tTie U, S. Array, who was a visitor in the "eity last jveek. Sgt. Green ha» been ill Alaska for the past lO months where he helped build the now famous Alaskan highway con necting the country with the mainland. He was transferrefi from there to enter the officers training %hool at FtT Belvo’r, Virginia. .Thoiiir.3 ‘-Skeet” Allen. jeharge«l with ini-itin*r and p*rti-* jfipating in an unlawful sSMt-m- bly was pronoaneed guilty here Wednesday momin#? by Ja»igi4 A. H. Borland atter a hesrm^ )in the Reorders Court that ^ ed two days. A a six BMtttiis suspandni aentemia under a five years probation w«i plaeed against the yoang maa after om «f the hardest fous'ht leeal battles in the annala pf Recorders Court history. The defendant was repn- sented by Attorneys M. H, Thompson .tnd C. J. Gates, pro* * minent Xegro lawyers of this . city. Eaeh day the trial fns nnder way the courtroom w.-js filled to capacity with speet»> ' tors, most of whom were ‘ es. The charge against AUea srrew ont of a riot whieh* oecarT- ed here between civilian polie« officers and soldiers of Camp Butner, April 10th when J. T. Bailey, ABC police offieer at tacked a soldier in the liqanr store, located on Fajr^tevffi* Street, when the lattR is said to have more than one li'ia^i^ (Please Turn on Page Five) GOVERNMENT JOINS DEFENSE IN URGING ADinANCE OF WASHINGTON, — A r ^ a- ment on the -case of the three N^o soldiers convicted and sentenced to death for rape iu Alexatidra, La.» begin in the United States Supreme Court May 10. Thurgood Marshall, NAACP Special Counsel, revealed tli? week that the brief filed in be half of the United ■ States by the Solicitor General and ths Assistant Attorney ,General “confessed error” and compJtt- •ly agreed that the points rais ed by the defense attacking the jurisdiction of the triai count were valid. It had been charged that the court in which the soldiers were sentenced was -without jurisdiction to trj them. The NAACP did not enter this e«M ttntil after the thne soldiers, John Bordeaave^ ard P. Adams, and Lat Mitchell had been sent They were rushed to trial July 27, ltVI2. The eowrt a; i*d lawyers and the seldUert .fOnvieted of eriminal attadi .1 white woman in AJc f.ouisialia. A petition of the NJLAC^' tomeys for a ■ hahfto writ was based oa tte tion that the Vaits#^ gorerameat had so over the laad ^ lAieil ed crime wat iiflHlirttiiy > As the ease s* governneat kas fense eosaiel United States S| eral a iMuiBvr m tft lo««r eoart wm$ riffht to coBvlit
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