WRENCH DOCTOR PLEADS GUILTY
JAILING
EDITION
VOL. XXIII - NO. 22
DUKHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATUKDAY, JUNE 12th, 1943
Manpower Commission Says Trouble At Mobile Settled
BORLAND FREES iHTORlie
FKS SCHOOL GBL M BUS USE
BUSINESS WOMAN
MISS LYONS DRAWS
$5.00 FJNE FOR.
BENI8 MTtOKED
... ;.JL
F-’ictured above is Mrs. W. J.
Smith, manager of th? Grand
Hotel in GreensborO|__ North
’CaiEolina. A native of Hartford,
Tonn., Mrs. Smith has ?^«nt
in Greensboro. Since she became
manager of the hotel ^gig-htcon
months ago, she has made it
Dne of the South ’b most mod-
gr ftter portion of her hostelries.
NATIONAL WAR LABOR
BOARD ANNOUNCES END
OF ALABAMA STRIKE
MOBILE, Ala., (ANP) — D(!-|'nst week between wjiile and
8cribel as a ‘Vureiall” for bbor i>Jegro workmen over what tht
troubles between whites and* ..^^mpany said was the upgra.l-
Judge A. H, Borland, presiding
over the Recorders Court here
Thursday, in spite of pVepondei-'
ance of evidence to the contrary,
pronounced a verdict of >j‘iilt.v
against Miss Doris Lyons, KI-
year-old high school girl for
violation of the North Carolina
segregation law. The young gii 1
,v«s fined $5.00 and cost for
the “offense.” p
W. E. Ga*tes, Durham polie>
officer charged with assault and
battery on the young girl was
'.bsolved of ail blame in the case
l)y Judge Borland, as had been
expected by a majortto ^of JsTi'gi'o
(‘itizens of Durham, ^ither the
verdict against the young girl
nor the one in favor of the police
officer causcd any measure of sur
prise among Negroes here who
are acquainted with Judge Bor
land’s recoi’d of cases invoivinjr
thi' rights of Negroes.
Mjhs Lyons is the daughti?r of
the Inte Henry R. Lyons, pro
minent carpenter of this city
and Mr.». Viney Lyons. The.
family ;s one of the oldest nnd
hi^'hest'S^peeted bent amoufe-
members of‘ both races as was
evidenced by several prbminc-nt
white woman, as well as persons
of her own race, who appeered
In court and testified as to the
unimpeachable character of the
y'oung girl. '
The youn£' girl was represent
ed by M. H. Thompson and ('.
J. Gates, prominent Negro „at-
torneys of this city.
The case was the outgrowth'
of an attack on Miss Lyons by
Officer Gates, when the young
girl refused to move from her
seat on a Durham Public Service
bus while on her way to scHooJ.
!
Popular Minister I state Health Officer
Fined $S00 And Given
;pended Sentence
NrgrocR at Addsco, the region ul
office of the War Manpower
commission at Atlanta nn-
nonced late Wednesday night
that “it understood’* the U. S
Maritime com|nission has np-
jrt'oved a pi An for separate ship-
ways for Negro workers at the
Alabama Dry Dock and Ship
building company in Mobile.
Trouble breved at"3Lddsco
ng of Negro welders in com
pliance with a directive from
President Roosevelt. The riot
between the workers sent !>ev-
eral persons to the hospitals
Under the new plan the ac
parate shipways will be super
vised by white ■workmea-'whilo
Negro laborers and helpers will
be continued in other job
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^ According to witness Miss
'’r^ns tope S Mat in the bns
beside another young girl of her
own race, two seats from the
rear. Both girls was ordered by
Gates, who had not disclosed
identity as a police officer, to
move* to the rear of the bus
where there was only one vacant
seat. The young girl with whom
Miss Lyons was sitting got up
and took the seat in the rear of
the bus. Miss Lyons r^ainiiJg
where she was. Gates again oi-
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Packard Strike Hit
At (^ing Of
iAACP War Confab
DETROIT, Michigan — “Tokio
mil Berlin rejpice tonight ac
the effective and unexpected aid
given them today by the manage-
men of the Packard Motor l!om-
pany,J’ Walter White, NAACP
executive secretary, told dele
gates from 3# states at the open
ing meeting of the NAACP
Kraergency War Coirferenca here
on June 3.
White blamed three of the
Packard officials, C. E, Weiss,
personnel manager, George Sch
wartz, general foreman, and Ro
bert Watts of the .personnel di
vision for the striking of 2(>,
000 white worker* and the
stoppage of the prcduction of
Rolls Royce airplanes.
The management of the Pack
ard Car had urged whites to re
fuse to work on machines along-
?f8e Negroes qualified by senior*
ty, training and experience.
“American boys will die on
lome far off baTtle field for
’ack of engines which were not
nade in Detroit today,” White
laid. He was applauded when he
tdded "every man responsible
for those strikes and every other
)na like it is an ally and an
igent of Hitler and HiroKito and
in enemy of America.”
White was the keynote speak
sr at the opening of the confer
ence on “The Status of the Ne
gro in the War For Freedorn”
at the Second Baptist Church,
441 Monroe Street. **
Conference delegates were
welcome to Detroit by Albert
E. Coho, city treasurer; L'. C.
Blount, leading Detroit business
man; Ramon Scrubbs of the
NAACP Detroit branch, Shelton
Tappes, who spoke for labor.
Rabbi Morris Adler, and "Rev. H.
^L. Bradby,' pastor of the Se
cond Baptist Church.
In greeting the delegates on
hehalf o^’the citizens of De
troit Rabbi Adler asserted: “If
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Brooklyn Committee
Blasts Insurance Co.
REV. M. W. MORGAN, pas
tor of the Pffst Baptist Church
of Roxboro and popular young
Durham minister who has beer
called to the first Baptist Church
of Goldsboro. Rev. Morgan has
resigend his pastorate at the
Roxboro Church and has alroad>
assumed the duties of his Golds
boro Church.
BROOKLYN, (AN?) — With
drawal of the estimated 2,)00,
000 Negro held policies valued
at .fSOO,000,000 from the Metro
politan Life Insurance company
will cause a change of attinde
on the part of Metropitan life
which is to construct a hous
ing project here from which Ne
groes will be barred, Prof. li.
Grann Lloyd said at the ban
quet of the Brooklyn Prote.'it
committee held Tuesday night.
“Usually after consuminef
such a meal as I have tonight ”
the speaker began, “I don’t feel
like talking. But, tonight I a:n
ready to protest—^protest again
st prc'judice, segregation, anl
discriminafion, and their ill ef
fects on the American Nc^o.”'
Becomes Bride
NEGROES IN THE
PARATROOPUNm
NEW YORK, — In response
to demands made by the NAA
CP to War Department for the
training of Negroes in parachute
units, the NAACP was informed
on June 4, by J. Ulio, Major
General in the Adjutant Gener
al’s Office of the War Depirt-
ment, that klthough there i»
no such organization in ex'St-
ence at preset the' War De-
par tmfsnt has under considera
tion the activation, at a later
date this year, of a unit of this
type. When the unit is activate
ed volunteers for this training
will be callod from Negro nr
ganizatioos of, the Ariny. The
NAACP has continually ■ insnat-
ed, especially since Pearl Harbor,
that Negroes be integrated into
all branches, of the military
service.
After dealnig with a Hrg.-
number of, • these undesirable
practices Prof. Lloyd came to
the Mitropolitan I^fe Insnranco
company. “This cStnpany. 1
understand,” he said, “wants to
erect a segregated housing pro
ject in New York. Well we wou’t
let them get away with it. I
'understand Negroes have ap
proximately 2;000,000 policies
in this would he iim-crow eom*^;
pany, valued at about $800,000
Now, if this jim crow hon«tinf»
project Jii erected ill New York
let 2,000,000 Negroes withdraw
from the Metropolitan Life In
surance company - cashing in o:i
their policies, where possible.
Take $800,000,000 from a com
pany becaase of its policies and
attitude, and I’ll guarantee
those policies and that altitude
will change.”
Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Davis an
nounce the Tuarriage ~oT their
daughter, Miss Eamestine E.
Davis to St'afl Sergeant M. Boyd
of Camp Butner, Mrs. Boyd i.s a
student at North Carolina Coi!-
ege and Sergeant Boyd a student
at Lincoln University, in Miss
ouri before entering into the
Army.
MmNESOTA U.
ms-JIRST
mOTEACHER
Southern congressmen were
next on the list, and again the
speaker was firm. He excori;itel
John Rankin; of Mississippi,
Conally and O’Daniel, of Texas,
and most of the rest of what he
called “those ignorant dixie:*
damagogues.'’ Then in a half
broken laugh he chided, “Presi
dent' Barclay’s (president of
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BY J. W, PATE
MINNEAPOUS, (A N P) —
Elizabeth Moore has been given
a position as library assistant
on the library staff of the C®i-
versity of Minnesota. Miss
Moore will take up the duties of
her new position immediately
upon graduation in June.
Miss Moore, who is th^:*
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis
P. Moore, has made a brilliant
record at tlie university and
has been especially active in
extra curricular 'actiirities, be
ing a member of the Unirersity
singers for three years. She is ]>le who aw
a member of Eta ehapter, Alfha bWB **
Kappa Allpha Sorority.
Ri\X,EWH — Dr. Robert F.
Young, fron wr«icfa doctor, of
the North Carolina Health De>
partment, charged with a braCil
assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill on Mrs. Uea-
shaw Burt, Raleigh USO secre
tary, enter a plea of guilty to
an assault with a deady weapon
here today. The *‘iron wreneh”
doctor drew a 12-months roud
sentence, suspended on th’^e-
year probation and on eonditioa
that he pay #o00 to Mrs. Bart.
1|he plea was accepted by
the state after attorney for
Msr .Burt "held a confereace.
The USO secretary was repre
sented by Solicitor William Y.
Bii’kett and three Negro pri
vate pros ecu ting attorneys. If.
H. Thompson and C. J. liases
of Durham, and T. J. Carnage •»£
Raleigh.
/ ,&fore passing judgment m
the ease following eoaelnAiMu of .
testimony, Judge J- J. Bwuey,
presiding looked at the iarga
crowd of Negroes in the euart-
room and said, “I know that
judgment in this eMe in’t gainff
to meet the approval of nMHur nt
yau. This is a very sorditi eas».
and Dr. Young’s eondnct wad
onjostified. At the sanM t>ia«,
freedom of speech doesn’t givft
a person, whether Negro or
~white, th^ right to talk
to another pe*»on.
“The white people of thiift-
State hare done a snat lat
the Xegrocs,” h%
“They have helped suMPWrt
schools by paying taxM. aai ^0
in all the N^^roes aad
people have gotten alo«(.
with a few exe«pli*BS. 1
see the races work tofvtiMr,
much ai} anyone ^naSM.
There is no raai
es such as stealii^
wo forth, bat if jnra
assanlt ease or »
guarantee yro tkat t*^
tiratiaf fore*
As a pr««tiMMt
fdly tried