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WOULD END GRADUATE BIAS BULLETIN!! BULLETIN!! Dr. C. C. Spaulding, president, North Caro* lina Mutual Life Insurance entered Lincoln Hos pital, Monday, November 7, 1949 for eye treat* meat. Dr. R. E. Dawson reports that President Spaulding is responding nicely to treatment and was expected to be able to return to his desk within the next few days. ¥ Eat«nd M be«Md CUm at t'd« Port Ottie» %t Ourtaam, North rwroiin^, QBdw Art of Maroh 9, ’«7». FOR 25 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING NEGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS 1 VOLUME 27—NUMBER 45 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, NOV. 12th, 1949 PRICE: TEN CENTS Denies Army Bias Cliarge Southern White Teachers Vote To Admit Negroes That white teachers in Southern colleges favor admission of Negroes to unsegregated graduate and professional courses waa evidenced in a poll conduct ed by Aubrey Williams of the Southern Conference Educational Fund of New Orleans, La, 15,000 t«achers were poUiKi SHAW QUEENS AND ATTENDANTS — Miss Jeaone Delores Brown, a junior from At lantic City, J., and Miss Mary Britt of Raleigh, Class of 1947 were crowned *‘Miss Shaw** and '*Miss Alumni’* of Shaw Uniyersity at halftime ceremonies Saturday at the Shaw-Howard game. The queens are picturtd above with their attendants. The coronation was a part of Shaw Unlver' lity’s Homecteiiag Ctlebration which pitted the Shaw Bears against the Howard Bisons. Shaw won 40-14. In the group from left to right are, Miss Gwendolyn Ligon, Raleigh, ^lass of *47, "Miss Alumni** of the preceding jrear, attendant; Miss Britt, Miss Brown, Miss Margaret Larkins, a senior of Raleigh; and Miss Dorothy Alston, a senior from Newark, N. J., attendants. (Shaw Photo by Wallace,) West Virginia New Farmers Recognized At Georgia Meet Held In Atlanta Secretary Gray Says Color Or Race To Be No Bar To Specialty In Army Thousands . Officers Brought Capital ATLANTA The West Virginia Delegation to the National New Fannefs of America Convention held in At lanta, Georgia, October 23-28, was recognized. Lacy B. Ward, a graduate of Byrd Prillerman High School, Amigo, West Vir ginia, won both the sectional and national quiz contests and was awarded a check for $150 from the Future Farmers of America Foundation for his achievement. This was in addi tion to the $25.00 which he won in the state contest. Ward was commended very highly by the state and national officials for making a perfect score in both the sectional and national con tests. Clarence 0. Hill, also of Byrd Prillerman High School, won second place in the section al public speaking contest. Leroy W. Clark, Stratton High School, Beckley, West Virginia, president of the state organization, was nominated hy the Nominating Committee for the national treasurer but lost by a small rote to a boy from South Carolina. These boys are now freshmen at West Virginia State College and are former vocational agrl^Tture students of Cleveland Harris, Byrd Pril lerman High School, and S. E. Warren, Stratton High School. The New Farmers of America is a national organization of Negro farm boys studying vo cational agriculture in states where separate schools are main tained. W. T. Johnson, Itinerant Teacher Trainer and State Ad viser of the State N. F. A. or ganization, was awarded the Honorary Superior Farmer De gree, which is the highest degree given by the organization. John son received this award for his effort with the organization from its beginning -to the pres ent. During his time as a teacher of Agriculture, five of the or ganization’s national officers are his former students. Several of hia students are making def inite contributions to agricultu ral education throughout the South. Johnson came to West Virginia from North Carolina. Ben Povis is defeated In IM. Y. Election benjamm Uavis, only Com- cunist member of the City Coun cil of New York and the last remaining Communist office holder in the United States, was defeated here by a vote of nearly three to one in the election held Tuesday. Mr. Davis met defeat at the hands of Earl Brown, indepen dent Democrat in the 21st Man hattan District. Mr. Brown had the backing of both Republican and Liberal parties. Mr. Davis is one of the eleven Communist leaders recently convicted of plotting the overthrow of the United; Staties government by force. Mr. Davis is a former employee of the New York Am sterdam News, Negro publica tion Mr. Brown polled a total of 63,030 votes to Mr. Davii’ 21,962. Dr, Prince Taylor Is Speaker At Bennett College Vesper^i i GREENSBOKO Stressing the necessity of a world community, which he termed our only hope of future security. Dr. Prince A. Taylor, New Orleans, La., told the Ben nett College vesper audience last week, “we must develop the kind of world which we believe is in the plan of God and which re presents the rare mind of God It^mself.” The editor of the C,pntral Christian Advocate emphasized three things "which m«st be done to bring about the world of which Jesus ^poke.” These were global perspection, the de velopment of a new social strategy, and a revision of our list of values. “We must extend our scope of interest,” he said, “and ally ourselves with every race, group and class of people. We must think of ourselves as being a part, of the two billion people in the world, sharinp with them com mon interests and bonds. “No educational system,'’ he declared, “that has any real meaning can divorce itself from the community; it must concern itself with the people and their problems. ’ ’ Pointing out the fact that “we are living in a day when high brow leadership is passing into ill rebuke,” the former Bennett instructor asserted, “We are secure only when we recognize that people with viewpoints dif ferent from onrs live with ns in a common world, a world of one (Please turn to Page Bight) See Classic In DC WASHINGTON Thousands of North Carolin ians are expected here for the Eighth Annual Capital Classic to be played in Griffith Stadium Friday night November 11 be tween the West Virginia Yellow Jackets, 1949 CIAA Champions and the strong North Caiolina College Eagles. Back in September when the Eagles were signed as Captial Classic tivals, it was predicted by. experts that the West Vir ginians, holders of the CIAA title, would be heavy favorites over the Durham eleven. The Eagles now rate as the team most likely to knock the West Virginians out of contention for the national, as well as CIAA championship. In the 1946 Classic, the Eagles surprised Tennessee State with a 14-6 victorj' after going into the famed football festival as rank underdogs. They gained a full measure of hope to duplicate the feat against the Jackets when St. Augustine College held West Virginia to a 2-0 score, and are all set to turn the tables on Coach Mark Cardwell’s higiily touted charges. To date, West Virginia is un beaten in six games while North Carolina has lost one in four conference games, bowing only to the undefeated Morgan State College. Added to the fierce competi tive battle on the field will be an array of haiftime color, fire works, and entertainment high lighted by three illumimited bands, three beautiful “queens” and Louis Jordan, popular musi cian who will crown “Miss Cap ital Classic.” • To Halifax County HALIFAX Following a motion offered by the State Recorders Court Tuesday morning before Record ers Court Judge C. R. Daniel in the case of two Halifax County ABC officers charged with as saulting a Negro of Scotland Neck, the court ordered the case transferred to Halifax County Superior Court for trial at the term beginning November 28. The two officers, S. E. Ewell, chief ABC enforcement officer, and Arthur^^W. Kilpatrick, his assistant were ordiered bound over for trial at a preliminary hearing held October 31 before tarn to Page Eight) Rev. C. L. Lindsey, known as “Sin-Killing Lindsey,” 83- year-old Evangelist of Biloxi, Mississippi, is conducting a re vival at the Mount Vernon Bap tist Church here. The “Sin- Killer” is in the second week of the revival and church officials and members have indicated that his presence has had a telling influence on the community at- large. In answer to an inquirj’ Sec retary of the Army Gordon Gray empha.'iized totlay that there has been no change in the policy con cerning equality of opportunity in the Army as announced on September 3U, 1949. He said that an administrative message sent to the Army Commanders on October 27, 1949 violates this announced policy and that as soon as it came to his attention lie ordered it rescinded. Secretary Gray said that no individual who qualifies for a Military Occupational Special ty will be denied the opportunity to follow it because of race or color. This policy guarantees that qualified Negro soldiers will be given equal opportunity with other qualified soldiers to practice their specialties if va cancies exist for these specialties. Secretary Gray stated that it was anticipated that as a result of the announced policy qualili- ed Negro specialists would be assigned to some white units. He saict tnis does not mean that ex- isung Negro units will be brok en up or tnat Negro personnel of these units wui be scattered iiiroughout the Army, Won't Send Mon Back To Georgia Prison Camp MICHIGAN Sam Bearden, Detroit man, has seen all of Georgia he wants to see aud having expressed that feeling. Gov. G. Mennen Wi lliams refused Georgia’s request to extradite him so that he can be taken back to Georgia for im prisonment. The Governor’s refusal came Wednesday. Bearden is wanted by Georgia to complete a life sentence for the murder of his sister near Atlanta in 1934. He escaped in 1944 and had lived and worked in Detroit for several years. When Bearden learned that Georgia authorities were seek- (Please turn to Page Eight) Elected Dr. Albert E. Manley, Dean of the College of Liberal Aris and Sciences at North Carolina College, was elected president of the Nonh Carolina N^ro Col lege Conference at the annual meeting held in Greensboro Wednesday. Dr. Manley succeeds Dr. Nel son Harris, Frofessor of Educa tion at Shaw University, as pres ident of the Conference. Del egates of at least 11 colleges at tended the sessions of the con ference held at Bennett College. Hillside Parents, Teachers Air Topic in Forum Negro Janitor Robbed, School Set Afire By Unknown Intruder Led by Dean A. B. Manley from North Carolina Colley, the parents and teachers participat- sehoola^for'veCTMs ed in an open forum at Hillside .>egroes High School after Dr. Manley had addressed the group on “Educational Opportunities in Our American Democracy.’' Dean Of boys, Howard Alston. Hillside High School chairman of the Parents-Teachers’ Asso ciation, presented the following program in connection with the celebration of American Edu cation Week for which Dr. Manley wa^i the main speaker: Negro National Anthem — •Johnson. Invocation — Reverend David Bridge Ford. Ame rica—B lock. Introduction of Speaker—Mr. II. M. Holmes. Addres.s: “Educational Op portunities in our American De mocracy”—Dr. A. E. Manley. Forum Discussion —Audience Participates. 0 Southland—Johnson. Remarks—Mr. H. M. Holmes Brief Business Session — Mrs. M. Horton. The meeting was adjourned after the next meeting on Dec. 5th had been announced. and the rcfult* of the poll were relea.vd to and has appeared in ■several ntate papers. Out of the 15,000 polled, 3,- .175 replied according to Mr. Williams and 181 schooln in fonrte^n states were rearhed by the poll. In only two of the fonr- t**«*n states were the votes for immpdiate »*nd to segregation than fifty p«>r^f*TjT. Then.® wo are Missiiyiippi and Alahan^ STUr iNTS CONCUR .Similar >olIs conducted among sttul**nfs harp shown that stu dents in white eolleges favor admission of Negroes to the graduate level. The survey is thought to re present the thinking^ of honest, fair-minded white people in the South and is in keeping with the aims of the North Carolina Conference of the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People Branches to secure the admission of Negroes to the graduate and professional school of the University of North Carolina. FOUR CHOICES Four choices were given each teacher polled and the number of votes cast for these choices is as follows: A. Open existing graduate and professional schools to Ne groes without segregation—2,- 358 ( 70 percent of votes cast). ^ B. Open exi%ting graduate schools with segregation — 85 (three per cent of votM east). C. Build new graduate 72 (two percent of votes east). D. Establish regional grad uate schools on a segregated basis “as outlined by the South ern Governors ’ Conference ’'— ?53 (25 per cent of votes cast). RESULTS The results of Mr. William's poll bv states is Alabama—Plan A, 123; Plan B. 10; Plan C, 6; and Plan D, 110. Arkansas, A, 36; B, 2; C, 1; D, 11 Florida, A. 278; B, 7; C, 6; and D, 108, Georgia, A, 109; B. 4; C, 2; D, 74. Kentucky, A, 236; B, 4; C, 6; and D, 34. Mi.ssissippi, A, 28; B. 7; C, 6; and D, 30. North Carolina, A, 315; B, 10; C, 6; and D, 101; South Carolina, A, 116; B, 6; C. 5; and D. 94. Tennessee, A. 151; B. 6; 5; and D, 61. Texas. A. 432; B, 34; C, 2; and D, 61. Vireinia, A. 200. B. 3; and D, 48 West Vir ginia, A, 123; B, “0; C, O: and D. 44. Marj-land. A. 120; B, 1; C, 3; and D, 44. Delaware, A, 6; B, 0; and D. 0. Washington, D. C.. A, 41; B. O. and D, O. State and College Unknown. A, 38; B. O; C. 0; and D. O. WELDON Forest Jarrell, Negro janitor of the Weldon grammar school, told officers here Tuesday that a white man held him up and robbed him of his watch when he discovered he had no money, only a few minutes before it was discovered that the school building was on fire. According to Jarrell he went to the school shortly before six o’clock to build up Sires and as he was unlocking the door, a white man came up behind him and asked him if there were a telephone in the building. He then ordered Jarrell to back up to the wall and raise his hands NO MONEY, NO WATCH The man then asked Jarrell to remove his shoes, shirt, and leather jacket. As the janitor bent over to take off his shoes, the intruder opened Jarrell’s wallet, found no money there but kept Jarrell’s watch. After he had taken the watch the intruder fled. Jarrell then called C. B. Thomas, superin tendent of schools who cane the rooms. While searching the building Thomas discovered it was on fire. The fire had apparently started in a small utility room where there is a cot to be used for sick children. BLAZE FROM INSIDE D. R. Medlin, Chief, said that the blaze had burned more in- ■Jensel^' from iiiedde the wall and that it had been burning for quite a few hours. The dam age, however, .was confined to the front rooms of the 14 room structure and classes are expect ed to be held in the back rooms within a few days. Grammar school children are having classes in the gymnasium at present. Officers, investigating the fire and hold-up found that one room not damaeed bv fire ha'^ been ransacked and that a small amount of money had been taken however. NO CLUES TO INDENTITY Firemen and local police of- Murray, Liberal candidate, ran f ^ second in the race for City'Coun- and conducted a search to see^^ ® for the fire. It is their being topped only by Sam if an3rthing was missing from I (Please turn to Page Eight) Curtis, Democrat. Two Burned To Death In Flames At Burlington Pauli Murray, former Dur ham citizen whose first effort as a candidate for public office in New York, proved that the up and coming young lawyer wiU probably make a fonnidable candidate In the future. Miss Lincoln Prof. Heard On Labor Symposium t - LI-yt’OLN. PA. Dr. -lohn A, t)avis. Professor of Political Science at Lincoln University, Pa., participated in the Symposium on 'Labor and Security legislation held at the University of Wisconsin, Novem ber 4 and 5. He led a discussion on Fair Employment Practices in the U. S. A. Dr. Davis is widely known in political and economic circ'es for his outstanding efforts in behalf of the Fair Employment legislation. Last year he appear ed before the House Committee on Labor and Edncation. His moitt recent appearance wjis a BURLINGTON Fire Swept through a four room converted trailer dwelling on China Avenue in the Rich mond Hill district Monday morning about 1:30 taking the lives of Lee Wilson and Ethel Pinnix both aged about 40 3rear«. Priscilla Carter, who was in the home at the time of the fire escaped without injury. She was reported in a drunken condition when later taken to police head quarters. The dwelling was an old truck trailer with rooms added on the front side at the time of the fire. Two rooms at the rear of the structure were said to be oc cupied by a Mr. and Mrs. Bari Toes, neither of whom wer* al tlM sit« at th« time of tte inm- dy. Oriirin of thf fire conid not nidio broadcast over station I KTYL, Phoenix, Arizona, onibe determined by invsatifattnir (Please turn to Page Eight) 1 authorities.
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