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VOLUME XXIII - NUMBER 24
DURHAM, NORTH CAROIJNA, SATURDAY^JUNE 26th, 1943
SPAULDING CRITICIZES ALABAMA GOVERNORS SEGREGATION
RAPE LIE CAUSE
BEAUMONT RIOT
METHODISTS CHOOSE GREE^SBORO FOR QUADRENIAL MEET
Fifth Columnists
Now Blamed For
Beaumont Strife
(BEAUMONT, Tex., (ANP)—
A story by a white mother that
had been raped by a Negrro
to whom she had given work w^s
probaby falae, city officials opM-
ed Thur>)day following two days
of wild rape rioting and the
Kmtitep and Jjurning of Nesrro
■tores and homes by while
hootlhuns during which at least
two p«r*OA8 were killed
and
scores injured.
Blame for the Tiolence, part
of a wave of anti-minority ter
rorism resulting in the Calif>'’’-
nia KOot suit riots against Ne-
I groes and Mexicans and clashes
(+4^ 4tetweenf white and colored in
Mobile and Detroit, and alynch-
ing in Florida, was laid openly
at the door of axis activities.
f fty- Attormr-y AH*ert Tatnm
snid a physician’s examination
of the white rape “victim,” wile
of a war plant worker, cast ‘ex
treme doubt” on her story. Sho
had tid police that her assilant
came to her with a stOry of how
he had been rejected by the
army and was without money.
During the afternoon, after she
hnd put her three children to
bed for their naps, he entered
the house and assaulted her,
she said.
Police Chief Boss Dickey de
clared there have been rumors
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USO OPENING SET
FOR SATURDAY
The Formal Dedication of the
new Federal Recreation Building
.operated by the Unittid Service
Orj:aniz«twuS locoted at 18flH
Pa'yettevilJ^ fttr'eet Will be he1-»
Saturday, June 26, 1943 at r>
P. M- under the auspices of th"
Coordinating and Advisory Com
mittee, Division of Civilian De
fense Council of Durham Coun
ty.
Thp^dedeication of the new
Federal Recreation BuildTng un
Morris Street will also be held
the same day at 3:00* p. m.
The priticipal speaker- wtfr lie
Judge Hubert T. Delany. Judge
Delany graduated from City
j College of New York City in
I 1923 and from New York Uni
versity Law School in 1926, and
was admitted to the bar ihe
same year. For five (5) years
he was Assistant United '*tates
District Attorney for the South
ern District of New York iu Lho
Criminal Division before retir
ing to private practice. In i943,
he was appointed by Mayor La
Uuardia as a member of the
Tar Commission. On August 1,
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POLEMARCH
Pictured above is Jaines T.
Hawkins, prominent citizen O!
Durham who was recently elect
ed Polemarch of the Durham
Chapter of the Kappa itlphi Psi
Fraternity. The local chapter is
made up of alumni of N irtn
Carolina „Co11p£c- ,
Dorothy
To Sinj
Columbia
Maynor
Over
Sunday
Dorothy Maynor, brilKant
American soprano supported iiv
a Mixed Chorus, will be guest of
,Conductor Andre Kostelanetz of
i“The Pause Thai Refreshes On
The Air” via CBS Sunday af
ternoon (June 27).
Hi^Wighting ^ the program
will be an A Capella number,
“Sometimes I Feel Like A VIo
thetless Child,” ' by Miss Rlay
:nor and the chorac and ov-
•«he»tra ' ai^angemee); of Three
Rudolph Friml Tunes - “rhan-
sonette,” “Allah's Holiday,”
and “Song of the Vagabonds”.
Miss Maynor also will sing
Edvard Grieg’s “A Dream,”
“Bells of Eventide,” a poetii-
work set to the music of Rach-
manioff’s “C Sharp Minor,”
will be featured by the Choral
Group., ^ .
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Miss Susie Lee Owens
Awarded Ph.D At
New Yori( University
Detroit Slaugther Ceases
When Troops Are Placed -
In River Rouge Plant
Miss Susie Lee Owen, daui;h-
i
ter of Mrs. I.ouise Owens anl
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N.C.Mutual Head Blasts
Gov. Sparks Founder’s
Day Speech At Tuskegee
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (ANP)
—“It would have been bitter
for you to have omitted any re
ference to segregation,” stateil
C. (\ Sapulding in a letter to
Chauncey Sparks, governor of
Alabama, and principal speaker
at Pounders day exercFsea at
Tuskegee.
JEstk
N. C. Mutual Life Insurance com
Spaulding, president of the
pany, explained that the great
est evil of segregation is that
it often leads to discrimination,
that “it’s a known fact that
segregation is here - has bee*i
here in the south for a long
time - and doutless will rema'n
for some time.”
He told the govcrament that
the Negroes, especially those
in the north, have made con
siderable comment on your
speech at Tuskegee.^
He told the governor that he
had talked with Dr. Patterson
who seems impressed with the
idea of the state support-ng
graduate work at Tuskegee, ‘'I
too, think it is best for Tuske
gee to accept assistance from
the state," he said.
*‘As I view the progrM^ being
made at Tuskegee,” Spaulding
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Carolina Times
Launches Contest
For Beauticians
On July 3, 1943 the CAROI-
INA TIMES wil) uffici&lly b£...
gin itfl BeautieiaiM ■
Contest.’ The contest is meant
to determine which of the half
hundred Negro beauticians ir
the city is most popular in the
estimation of her clients. The
contest is open tp any beauti
cian who is duly registered and
licensed by the State Board of
Cosmetic Art. -
During recent years, the
Beauticians have become one of
^he most inlluential profession-
,al groups in hte entire city.
Durham has been voted as
meeting place for the State-,
wide Beauticians Convention
which draws more than five-
hundred beauticians from ali
parts of the state more than
once in the* past few years. In
the city, there are two or more
beautician’s clubs which boast
a combined membersip of more
than a hundred cosmetologists.
In launcTiing the ‘Durham
Beautician’s Contest,’ the CAR
OLINA TIMES has taken upon
itself to solve the problem of;
“Who is the most popular be
autician in the city?” Contest
blanks and rules are found in
this week’s issue.
Young Minister
Blame In Mobile Riot
Placed On Shoulders
Of Plant Officiak
MOBILE, Ala., (A N P) —
Company officials, who help-d
discredit the FEPC and Execu
tive Order 8802, were blamed
for conditions leading to the
recent r»cial rioting at the
Alabama Dry Dock and Ship
building company in a state
ment issued last week by Marv-n
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EDITORIALLY SPEAKING
Now Ss The Time Fw The Negro To TMrii!
The above photo shows the
winners in the Babies Popul
arity Contest, recently held at
the Mt. Vernon Baptist church
of Durham. Reading from lefi
'i’intall, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Flintall, winner ol
the prize being held by hei
mother; Robert Louis Shaw
son of Mr. and Mrs. Grover
to right they are: Celestine JShaw, winner of the second
prize: being held by his mothej
jTunanita Gladden, daughter ol
Mr. and Mrs. Gladden, bein^
held by her sponsorjeiS Mrs
John Curtis. The contest wa.'
for the benefit of the Mt. V'er-
non Baptist churc-h. The spon-
sorer of the winner of the firs',
priafe w^s Mrs. Emily Ford
sponsorer of the second prize
was Mis« Keen McDade.
There comes a time in the life of any editor when words are
futile to express his sorrow and consternation at the stupidities
of mail. He sees his eonntrj' being rent apart by race i;jots which
explore througl.out the United States bringing death and ruin
in their wake, the .same death that stalks the battlefields abroad.
Reflecting upon the recent riots in Mobile, Alabama, Beau-
several army camps, in onr own city of Durham, and mow in
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T. DAVID PARHAM, Jr., who
has just completed his second
year of stud^ at Western Theo
logical Seminary of Pittsbunfrh.
Pa. For the second consecutive
year he was awarded the merit
prize for maintaining the ,;rado
A ih all departments. He has
been assigned to the Butler Mem
orial Presbyterian Church ot
Youngstown, Ohio fop the sun-
mer. He is much in demanll as
a speaker, having addressel
youth groups at the First Pres
byterian Chureh, the Youth of
Presbytery Conference, and was
one of the baccalaureate speak
ers at ScienceriUe High School
of YOungstowu. He graduated
from N. C. College in 1941 and
also did graduat;|p work there,
and is a member of the Kappa
Alpha Psi Fraternity. He i's
former resident of Durham.
After two lay* of riotaf,
that took a total of 29 lire^ and
approximaltey 7W> tnjoreti ^ad
with troops ?t«*foucrt in 11m
Ford .'.iotur Comp-iny’* Raoge
plant ealm. ooee Again reiga«>d in
this riot ridden eity. The troofrt,
according to a repireiimtaiiTe af
the •ompany, were Irouekt into
tke plaat to gaa^-«{raiaM Uu
roasibtUtjr of lortiifr
after a w«)k-oat of
which Company officials fearet
might develop into another net.
Governor Harry F. Kelly aud
Mayor Edward J. Jeffries Stat
ed tolay that plani^ were nntler
way to hnnt out those responaiblc
for precipitating the riot an!
killing and assaoltiog its rie-
tims. The Governor named a’l
4»ve«jtirattng- roiiimittc^, irli»ea“
was ordered to ioYestigate anc
detennine as far as possible the
person or persons respasib>c
for the rioting and to fi* Shr
blame where it beloa^ed. Th«wr
named on tbe eonaiittee are
Herbert J. Bashtoa, State At
torney General; Os«ar C. Olmd-
er, PoKce Commissioner of Miclrf
gan; WilUam Dowling, SoBeitor
of Wayne County and Jobs W.
Witherspoon, Police CooiBirS*
sioner of Detroit; Br^sdio^
Oeneral William E. Onnther,
der whose eominand the fntnfif"
stationed in the riot area Km
operating was asked to aaaie •
member of his staff to
with the eomnittee, also
ing with the J?o?«mor are
eral, State and Detroit avtteafel-
ties.
Two person.^ kaowa to
been implicated ii» the riot
tried and given ninety day
tenees Wednesday fcy J
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BENNETT COLLEGE TO
BE HOST TO NEXT
H.E.GENERAL CONFAB
BY DK. DEITNI8 BETHEA
ATLANTA. (ANP) -Oretn>
boro, N- C. was unanimoiuly
chosen as the seat for the next
quadrennial eonfereuca of the
central jurisdii'tion of the ftle-
ihodist churchr at the mee^ag
of the eomission oo expen^Co
and agenda, Thursday. It ac
cepted the geuerons iaviution
ot President David D. Jones to
hold the meeting at Bennett
college.
The other persoas ai
ganizatioBS joiaiaf wlt^
college eotnmaBity in
for this great
clave w«re^ 1?. H.
yor of Greeaaher*; & &
Ctede, pvatideat «f
ehaata aMomtiM; B.
low, aaewtary of the
A. W. P^rtm^
of tke N. C. CliHatiaa
L. IL
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