North Carolina Newspapers

FIRST NURSES GRADUATE IN LIBERIA f P«rl#di Librarr NAACP Seeks To MOVE TRIAL S . U. Public health nurses and and Liberian government nurses who make up the faculty of the St. Timothy School of ^rsing, see their first class g^uate. Pictured above are the instruc tors and their graduates. .They are, left to right: Front row— Mrs. Magdalene L.^ennis, sup erintendent of the Carrie V. Dyer hospital, now known as the Baptist hospital; Major L. Mills, director of nursing, U. S. Pub lic Health Mission in Liberia; Miss Janet Buckle, jicting super intendent of nurses of the Liberian government hospital acting superintendent of nurses of the Li^rian government hos pital. " Second row—Misses Adelino Clarke, Martha Harris, Mabel Grigsby, who graduated with the highest honor in scholastic rating, Mleda Cooper, all were students at the Baptist. Third row—Marion Majors and Letitia Scott, students at the govern ment hospital.—(ANP) - Negro Cabbie Is Real Hero Of Bus Wreck Edgar Davis Found True Hero; Driver Accused of Being Asleep BLCX)i;iXUTON, luU — A Xejjro, Edgar Davis, 43, Indiau- apulis taxi driver, cnroute to Evansville, Jmiiuua, to attend the funeral /)£ liis brother, was established, i'ollowiug earetul in quiry by State Troopers, to have lM*eu the real hero of the Urey- hound wreck and fire five miles north of here, last week. Davis, according to witnesses who were carefully interrogated smasHsd a reai' window of the huge Greyhouud inferno and saved nine pajsseiigers by drag ging them through the back end of the blazing bus. The passen- ger-carrier was a white hot mass of metal and fire as Davis de termined that, he would make every effort, sitting in a JIM- crow seat, to return into the blajsing vehieln aud rescue those who would not even sit beside him. Contrary to the first releases by the United Press stating that driver Wayne Oranmer, 25, of Indanapolis, hatl been the hero while thirteen passengers snrviv- ed, careful investigation distdos- ed that a white passenger on board, Wilfroti liUttnUI, 80 Evansville, li'diana, who was thrown through the windshield in the terrific impact of the bus against the bridge abutment, ac cused the driver, Cranmer, of having fallen asleep. Said Lutt- rull, “1 feel certain the dri,ver fell asleep. He had been drowsy and the bus was zigzagging. Be cause of that, T had been think- ' ing of getting off at tl«“ next town and waiting for the next bus. I’m a truck driver and I know there was no blowout be fore the crash.” Cranmer had stated timt “I think a front tire blew out and that made me los(' conttol.” The United Press had first reported: “Cranmer heroically' risked death to rescue lome of his passenges from the blazing bus and was burned himself. He and ten others of the' injured were .sent to a hospital.” Bodies of some of the victims were char red almost beyond recognition. Two children, eight women, four men and an adult burned so badly the .sex could not be (l'termined, died in the fire. How many other Negroes were on Ixianl h:»s not been ascertain ed. (Cranmer liad told State Po lice that he lost.^control of the vehicle as it approached an abut ment on a winding, hilly road five miles north of Bloomington, Indiana, shortly before mid night Gasoline tanks exploded on impact and within seconds the huge bus Avas completely en veloped in flames. Several pass engers, besides the driver, were hurled out of the bus while some survivors scrambled thru win dows. Nothing, in the early re leases, was said about the Negro, Davis, Cranmer, however, was reported to have tossed a baby daughter of a woman passenger into her arms out of a window. NCC Law School Gels Nearer Accreditation After ten years of operation, unaccredited, the North Caro lina College Law school is finally on its w$y to getting recognized by an accrediting agency as the Sfatp has allocated funds for thftt purpose. $20,000 from the emergency and contingency fund was set aside by the Council of State Wednesday to provide for ac creditation of .the school. Da.st March, several students from the College Law school picketed the State Capitol in pro test of the unaccredited school. The event, unprecedented in the annals of State history, j)rovok- ed comment fast and thick. The school was set up in 1939 and has been allowed to exist luiaceredited since. The Anu‘rican Bar Associa tion, ail accrediting agency, had advised that the school needed a library. John llervy of the same organization said that th(* phy sical plant of the si’hool was the only d£M*FFnit to its being ac credited. The funds, allocated by the state, will be iwed to repair Av ery auditorium which will serve as a temporary library. Accreditatirm of the school is necessary if the graduates are to practice outside the borders of the state. Graduates of an tinac- eredited school are not even al lowed to take thelbar outside of the state. Dr. Alfonso Elder, President of the College, received the news with sober optimism. He stated that the move may not necessar ily result in accreditation but that is would certainly “add to the comfort of the Iftw stu dents.” Interest Surges In Baby Show; To End Sept. 1 Durham’s big Baby Show be ing conducted by the Stanback Studio and the Harriett Tub man Branch of the YWCA is going over with a bang and many nu)ro entries are expected before the midnight September 1st deadline. R(‘presentatives of North Dur ham Imve outnumbered the other •sections of the city including Hayti, two to one. Weighing in at 14 months aiul 3 years res pectively is a sister and brother combination of Ea.st End named Anthony and Elpedia Ford of Hazel Street. Although the Hay ti and College Heights sections are lagging behind they are ex pected to pull up before the, finish. Other contestants included in the running are Peter Joyner, Jr.; Harvey Gilmore, Jr.; both of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Jessfe fT. Bennett of Dowd St.; Claudia Ann Dixon; James and Patricia Reaves; Thomas E. Daniels; Vivian Ann Little; El- tonza McNair, and Shirley Rob- ¥ ¥ ¥ m ¥ ¥ Eiitered M Heeoiid t'laat Muttcr.kt th« Pull Uffiee Lhirbaim, North CuoUu, under Act of March 3, '879. FOR 25 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING NEGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS VOLUME 27—NUMBER 35 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, —AUGUST 27, 1949 PRICE: TEN CENTS Ushers In Wilmington For 25tli Meet; Expect 1000 Principals St. Stephens Is Host Church AVlLiVIlNGTON— More thau 1,000 delegates aud visitors are expected to attend the 25th an nual session of the North Caro lina Interdenominational Ushers Association which convenes here August 25-28, aecprding to in formation received Tuesday from the office of the president, L. E. Austin of Durham. All sessions of the annual meet ing, which will be opened to the public, will be held at St Steph ens A. M. E. Church, on the corner of Fifth aud Red Cross Streets, of which Rev. E. B. Bolding is pastor. The convention proper will open at 10 o’clock Thursday morning with routine matters consuming the greater portion of the morning and after;ioon sessions. On Thursday evening Mayor McClellan will deliver an official welcome to the conven tion on behalf of the City of Wilmington. J. M. Schooler, former prin cipal at the Lyon Park School, named to the principalship of the Whitted Elementary school last week. Schooler will succeed Mrs. F. K. Watkins, who served as acting principal until she was named Supervisor of the Negro Elementary Schools. E. W. Midgette, former teach er at Hillside High School who was named principal of Burton Elementary School last week by Superintendent I, Stacy Weav er. Mr. Midgette will fill the po sition made vacant when F. G. Burnett who had served as the principal, was transferred to Lyon Park School. 1 More Race Cop For Burlington BURLINGTON — This city will get its second Negro police man as Earl Berry has been hired and accepted by the force according to Chief of Police, D. D. Matthews. 3erry, 28, of 703 Apple street, is slated to begin duties around the first of September. B(‘rry and Andrew Chambers, the first Negro to be hired by the force, will work together as a team in he Negro areas of Glen coe Road, Richmond Hill, and Halls Hill. They will also be on duty at dances and sporting e- vents held in the Petersburg section. TheJ^ will patrol the Ne gro, section of Worth street on Saturday afternoon and even ings. W, J. KENNEDY, JR. Other prominent personalities scheduled to appear on the con vention’s program are W, J. Keimedy, Jr., vice president and Meet To Last For Thr^e Days secretary of the North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company of Durham who will also deliver an address Thurslay evening; Al lan A. C. (hiffith, president of the Nati(mal I’shers As.sociati()u. \Vii.shington, 1). C.; Rev, Bold ing and Prof. B. T. McMillon, department of public health. North CaroTiina College at Dur ham, I’resident Griffith and Pn»f. McMillon will address the con vention Saturda\- afternoon. Rev. Bolding will deliver the annual sermon, Sunday morning at eleven o’clock. ' i The Ushers Association is the largest and strongest interde nominational organization a- mong Negroes in the State. Dur ing the past seven years it has donated more than $30,000 to the Colored Orphanage at Ox ford and for the education of worthy young Negro men and ALLAN A. C. GRIFFITH women. Earnest Seymore is president of the local ushers union that is acting as host to this years an nual sesion; ilrs. Bell Tate, vice president and Mrs. Annie Bell Newkirk, secretary. EL.\.Vil» 1A motion for h..!ig. of u .*- to uiOv- the St. n- .i ■ hijstti!- —ii i* it w»il !•> uUf uf th '‘p!- 1. - frtkrij ,J - ‘ -n.it i-iafion {••• ’ If .\il .'Si. - jueiit ut « p. u ■ .! . of th. thrr. j .uth aled to bv tri*d for rap on Au gust NAA H ^tforr,-;y* an noune^fl todity • Biased nev, ^toru- and ptu vocatiVf! ediloriali wer=. itwl by the NAA_'P major . •ntribu- tors to th.- atm*-^phi r** ni *ial tension, anfmojtity and mub duminatiun ^11 prt alent in Lake s'ounty a month .fter the alleged atta-k on IT-year old .\Irs. Willie Padi(>*it Th«- eiation contf-n.-U thar a fair trial is virtually imp»«ible in a itom- munity where one >f th. leiMling morninir dailies tht- Orlaml Morning Sentinel) a.H.sumet4 th** guilt before their trial and called for ven/nanee in an inflammetl front-paiTf* f'ditnrial cartoon en- ^titlerl “.Vo ()Uipri)mi.se!" and nririntr "The Snpr»*me Penalty” for the ali^-.'f-d criminal.s, A.">hislant Special Counsel Franklin II. WillianLs of the XA.Ki'P. who condiu te*! an on- the-spoi invfstitration that led i the Association to be convinced of the innoeeni'i of the aeciised youths, was irreeted i>n hi.s ar rival by an editorial in the Or lando Evening Sentinel, openly threaft'ning that “If smart law yers or a.'*ntH of different out- !>idf> orT 'izations seek to ham per jii through the emplor- m‘Mit t' ' 'al teehnii.'alitiei they may b'-' suffering to many innw*‘i': 'Tegroes.” Mr. W 'aiams returned, to Flor ida this week from New York to assemble evidence and hold gre- trial conferences with Attomejr Horace Hill of Daytona Beach and other Florida lawyers sehed uled to a.ssist in the defense of Samuel Shepard, Walter Lee Irvin and Charles (Trenlee tha defendants. Organized Medicine Said Blocking Care To Nation* s Citizens ertson. All of the entries in this show will be on display during the lat ter part of Septmber at the TW- CA on Umstead Street. Organized medicine today was aycused faee-toface of blockiifg “Oadly needed medical care from the nation’s 15,(K)0,(X)0 Negro citizens. In an address before the open ing session of he convention of the National Medical Association in Detroit, Chat I’aterson, Exe cutive Director of he Committee for the Nation’s Health, declar ed that the President’s health program is the only hope of re- lievifig the urgent shortage of medical service. As the views of the American Medical Association were pre sented to the convention by Dr. G«orge F. Lull, General Mana ger, this was the first time the country’s leading organizations pro ami «oft on the issu© of na tional health insurance were re presented in the same forum. Detailing the handicaps that are put on both patient and doc tor through race discrimination in the medical professien, Mr. Patterson said; “It is no coincidence that the same forces — in Congress and out — which are allied against national health insurance are likewise fighting to block FEPC anti-poll tax and anti-lynching legislation. These are not two separate battles.’! Distribution of medical care is the public’s business,” he said, “particularly when organ ized medicine assumes tlie role in which It ha.s distingui.shed it- •self only by its consistent back- wardnes.s. “On the theory that voluntary health insurance plana controll ed by organized inedicine offer a reasonable facsimile of medi cal care, the AM A has embarked on a supereolossal $3,500,000 campaign of ’national eduCa tion’ ”, he continued. Referring to the press agent team engag^'d by the AM A to conduct its campaign, Mr. Pat erson said: “For the professors in this all-America fapulty, AMA has gone outside the field of medi-. cine. But these great educators deserve many degrees after their names. I think they should be awarded the degree of BPA — Bachelor of Press Agentry; DH- H— Doctor of Hefidline Hunt ing ; and MMP — Master of Mis loading Propaganda.” 'I'Ik! cost of voluntary health insurance, according to unbiast'd surveys, is much too hi^h for Ncgn) families, Mr. Paterson pointed out. “Therefore, the on ly answer is a national program of prepaid insurance. Such a program woxil^l britig down the cost, cover the indU’idnal against catastroi)hic illness, and enable doctors to practice in areas which cannot support them at present,” he said. In conclusion, Mr. Paterson stated: “it may be that the cost of national health insurance will exceed the estimate of those who advocate it, but every penny spent to improve America’s licalth will be repaid many times in increased porductivity of our nation. ” Race Medics Split Over Health Program DETROIT — There is divid ed opinion among members of the National Medical Associa tion over whether to support President Truman’s health pro gram. The split became evident when Dr; C. Austin Whittier of San Antonio, Tex., president of the association , caviled \xpon the 5,000 physicians to take a decid ed stand in support of President^ Truman’s health program, which was iembodied in his re port delivered to the 2,000 dele gates at the annual convention meeting here. The opposition came immed iate when Dr. John T. Givens, general secretary of the associa tion, declared that he would lead a group opposing Di*. Whittier Avhen the subject oame up for a vote. There is little doubt that the split will grtrw to heated propor tions since Dr. George P. IjtiII of Chicago, secretary and gen eral manager of he American Medical Association, delivered a mesasre to the convention from Dr. Elmer L. Henderson, presi dent of the A. M. A., who oppos- ‘ed Dr. Whittier’s views. 10 Day Reviyal To Be Held At Local Church Rev. D. A. Johnston, pastor of Saint Joseph A. M. E. Church announced here this week that plans have definitely been com pleted fbr a ten-day revival ser- ice at Saint Joseph, begiiniing, September 26. The preaching will be by Rev. W. C. William son, pa.stor of the White Rock Baptist Church of Philadelphia ‘and former pastor of Mount Vernon Baptist Church of this city. li«v. Williamson is well known in Durham and other sections of North Carolina where he is con sidered one of the most forceful preachers of our time. Mrs. Eddye Beil Fogle, organist at Mount A^ernon, will assist with the music for the occasion. Under Rev. Williamson’s lead ership the White Rock Baptist Church in Philadelphia has grown in membership and spirit gradually until it is considered one of *the leading churches in Philadelphia. The revival at Saint Joseph is expected to be one of the most successful ever held in Durham ai^d already there are indica tions that it will be well attend ed by persons from all sections orf the city and vicinity. New School Is Expected Ready For Winter Use The new Grammar school for Negroes here is expected to be ready for use within the next two months it was announced here this week as bids on the interior furnishings were sought Although most of the exterior work is done, much remains to be done on the interior. Race Barriers Falling In Nursing; Several Mixed Groups Merge CINCINNATI, Ohio — Only .seven states and he District of C’olumbia. r»ifu.s* meiul)en,sliip in nvirsiug organizations to Negro nurses today, a,s.serteil Miss Al ma Pcselle.s, New York, ExecU- tivt‘ Secretary of the National As.sociation of Colored Graduate Nurses, at a luncheon in the YWCA. “Even in stmie South ern states, notably. North Caro lina aud Florida, racial barriers ae being let down,’’ said Miss Veselle^^. The Guest of honor expluined that indiviihud membership in the Ameriean Nurses Association was provitled one year ago, but various comliiunities and cities .still refus." memherslup in dis trict and hx'al nurses associa tion. As those difficulties are overcome, it is the policy of the NAGGX group to disband tuid. become a part of the overall as sociation. The N'ational As.soc*iatiou of Colored Graduate Nurses is now 41 years old ;uid will meet‘for the annual convention in I^ouis- ville, Kv., Aug 22. Dixiecrals May Be Back In Fold Yet WASHINGTON — The much “ ballyhooed’’ idea of ousting the State Righters or Dixiecrats from the National Democratic party shows signs of fizzling into nothingness as the southern states supporting the Thurmond ticket in the last elertions may be seated at the National Com mittee meeting after all. Senator J. Howard McGrath, resigning national chairman of the Party of those who failed to for the National committee meet ing for last Wednesday to elect a new party chairman. Several northera Democrats, McGrath and Truman have in- dicatd that they inteiul to purge the Pai-ty of those who fail to support the Party issues. This means that they want to oust the Dixiecrats who bolted the Party last year over the civil rights issue and supporteil the Thur- nuxid ticket. In reality it boils down to the' fact that possibly two southern states may have trouble- in get ting s*»ated by the credentials committee. South Carolina, stronghold of the Dixiecrats and whose gover nor ran for president on the States Rights ticket, has desig nated Sen. B. H. Maybank to re place Thurmond as its national committeman. Ma.vbahk and Mrs. Annie A. Agnew, the com- nyJttVewoman, would probably be seated at the mseting. Tbtis. South Carolina, staunch support er of the , Thurmond ticket a- gainst Truman, would get in. Alabama, another state that bolted the Party for the States Righters. got an invitation from McGrath to the meeting. Mrs. I^eonard Thomas, national eom- mitteewoman, would in all like- lihootl, be seated. Another Dixie- crat state gets in. Mississippi was expected to proilui*e a fight between the an ti-Truman slate of John Snyder and Mrs. Hermes Gautier v«rsus a pro Truman slate of Charles Hood an 1 Mrs. John Clark. Ttie Hood-CIark team was recognized informally by McGrath head quarters .«nd were probably seak ed at thi Wednesday meeting as “obs»*n. rs” or “acting mem ber^.’’ William Talbot of New Or leans aud ilarv Evely-n Dicker son of Oakilale were expected to show u]) from Ixmisiana and de- luaiul their seats, since natioual headquarters knew of no oth«r contenders for the po&itions. The nmin business of the Wed- nesiiay meeting was the election of a national party chairman to succeetl McGrath who haei been appointed Attorney General. William M. Boyle. Jr. of K^ias City, Mo.. biK'ketl by Tmman and McGrath was expected to win the post with “hands down.” The States Righters thrtaiMi- ed to fight the Party at tb* IMt elections again if they wert ovat- ed from the Party whiek ttajr ousted themselves.