Former N. C. College Athlete
Slashes Wife’s Throat WithRuor
Young GOP’s
Name Negro
To New Post
PIlirxADLEPHIA, PA.
A Philadflpliiu Negro, Maceo
Bloan, of r)lU!> Iliiw* Htr«‘et, has
been appoiiitetl to the National
Platfonii Coinniitt^e of the
Youii# ItcpiiblicHii National
Federation. This is the flrs#>
time u ywirTig Negro has been
invited to ht^lp (Jevehtp Uepub-
lican national party })olicy.
Frank C. P. McOlinn, Cliair-
man of the Pennsylvania Fed
eration of Young Itepublican
Clubs, annoimced the appoint
ment, stating: “My nomination
of Mbxieo Sloan for this import
ant eonunittee was based on his
being a leader in the community,
an active and aggressive Young
Republican and the fact thati
his appointment gives the Re
publican I’arty the advice of an
outstanding Ni^gro.”
The committee was formed in
answer to a reciuest by Guy
Gahrielson, ('hairman of the lie-
publican National Conimitt«e,
that the Young Ilcpublicans se
lect a group to study national
problems and represent the Fed
eration on lU'publican policy
making ciMnmittees. Fifteen men
from throughout the nation have
have been af)pointeil to the com
mittee, with Mr. Sloan the i’enn-
sylvania area representative.
(Maceo Sloan wsis born in New
port, Arkan.siis, August 10, 1913,
and attended the Wharton
SchiKjl of the University of
Penniyivania. lie is assistant
manager, Philadel|)hia District,
of the North ('aroiina Mutual
Life Insurance Company,
His wife is the former Miss
Charlotte Kennedy, ilaughter of
W. J. Kennedy, .Ir., vice presi
dent and s«“cretary of the North
Carolina Mutual.
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Bnterod as Swontl Matter at the Poit Office at Durham, North Carolina, under Aet of March 3, 1879.
FOR 25 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING NEJGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
VOLUME 2&—NUMBER 5 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY4th, 1950 PRkcE: TEH CEHTS
13 Negroes At
Georgetown
University
WASH I NOTON, D. C.
There are now K1 Negro stii-
dent,s attendiing Georgetown
University here, it has Iwen an
nounced. Tiie students are at
present enrollel in the 1/aw
School, Graduate School, and
School of P\)i’eign Service.
Segregation Abolished
yEast^St Louis School
The above ar« the principals |school faciliti^ for white Ai|4|Young, clerk of the court; and
in the recent suit filed in Wil- Negro pupils. Left to right are Dr. C. D. Yancey. The case was
son County on behalf of parents Dr. B. O. Barnes, Attorney M-l filed in the Eastern District of
and children to equalize the j Hugh Thompson, Mrs, Eva L, * the U, S, Federal Qqurt,
Ministers Of
City Visit
Local Church
A new program, designed to
give encouragement to local Ne
gro business institutioius was in
stituted here this week when the
InterdenominatioujU Ministerial
Alliance of Durham and Vicinity
paid a visit to the new modern
Dillard’s Self Service Store, lo
cated at 1212 Fayetteville, St.
The store, which is the largest
and mo.st nwxlernly equipped,
owned and operated by Negroes
in the city of Durham, was open
ed for business last. June by S.
D. Dillard, young business man.
Since that time it has enjoyel
an ever increasing patronage
from Negro‘s in most every sec
tion of the city.
The visit of the ministers last
Monday was suggested by repre-
sent4itiv(‘K of the CAROLINA
TIMKS ill their effort to ac
quaint leaders of the race with
what is being done by small
businesst's to mako Durham a
center of Negro enterprises.
Officials of the TIMES hope
to have the mijiisters visit other
small biisines,ses in the very near
future.
The visiting ministers were:
Reverends R. (!. Sharpe, V. E.
Brown, A. S. ('room, .1. R. Man
ley, J. 7j. Siler, T. C. Graham,
E. T. Browne, W. S. Parham,
J. A. Brown, James Stewart, J.
T. Johnson, II. Albert - Smith',
Williiuii Gardner, N. A. Trice,
W. P. Cox and Harold Roland.
Durham kiddies i’rom one
minute to 14 years of age will
have an opportunity to win cajili
j)rizes totaling iJilO.tK) fo|- sug
gesting a name for the new ohil-
dren’s library located iu the
basement of the annex recently
completetl at the Stanford L,
\^rren library,
The prizes of $5,00 each are
being offered by Mrs. Lydia V.
Merrick, ehainnan of the Trus
tee Board of the library and L.
E. Austin, Board member.
To win the prizes, children
are requested' to fill in the
W«man Jailed In Futile
Attempt To Bury Baby Alive
Durham Kiddies In
Name Contest For
New Li|]^ary Room
coupon below with t^heir sug
gested naaue tuvd write theip own
name iuid address for identi
fication on the coupon and bring
or mail it to (Contest Manager,
Stanford h. Warren Library,
Durham, N. C.
Parents, relatives or friemls
may a.ssist children iu properly
filling out blanks if they are too
yoiuig to do so.
The contest opens Saturday,
February 4 and closes 6:00 P.
M., February 20. Suggested
names will not be accepted after
that date.
I WISH TO SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING NAME
FOR THE CHILDREN’S NEW LIBRARY AT THE
STANFORD L. WARREN LIBRARY
MY NAME IS:
MY ADDRESS IS:
Thurgood Marshall And Robert
Carter To Kick-Off NAACP
Membership Drive February 8th
Thurgool M^arshall,' Special
Couns(^l for the NAACP anl his
Counsel for the NAACl* are
scheduled to kick-off the local
NAACP membenship drive on
February 8, Welnestlay night.
The two attorneys are also
scheduled to hear the motion for
jury trial in one of the Civil
Rights ca.ses now pending on the
Federal District ^Cptirt docket
here in the February term.
According to Attoniey.q Frank-
lyn Brower and M. E. Johnson,
head of the local branch of the
NAACP, ini Initial Gifts Pk_
gram and a Mass Meeting at one
of the churcht'S is being arrang
ed to begin the new membership
drive for 2,000, with the two
natioTml officers Ix'ing the pro
gram sp(*akers.
According to Secretary Brow
er and Treasurer Thomas Bailey,
Jr., the local Branch of NAACP
has endorsed and contributed a
check to the Committee on Ne
gro Affairs to aid in the ex-
])enses of the public school suit
(Please turn to Page Eight)
Police are holding Misji Grauie
Lee White, 22-year-old unwed
mother oi' three children under
a ii>il,UOU bond here ou a chai’ge
of attempting to bury alive her
six-weeks-old daughter, Clarice.
Miss Lee waa giveu a hearing
in Itecorder s Court here Tues
day before Judge Edison T.
llicks who bound her over to
V'ance County Superior Court
on a charge of attempted mur
der. The ij>^i000 bond had not
been furnislied late Tuesday.
Officers exhutmed the infant
from a shallow grave last Satur
day night after it had been
alive for six hours. The grave
was located in the woodshed at
the home of the parents of the
yomig woman, just off the Ua-
leigh highway, south of the city.
Except for showing signs of
being hungry at the time oflieei*s
rescued it, tlie infant showed no
worse for its experience and is
in excellent condition at Jubilee
Hospital where it is being cared
for.
Extension Of
March Of Dimes
Not In Durham
Southgate Jon^s, Jr^ Durham
County Chairnmn, and Attorney
W. Franklyn Brower, III, Di
vision Chairman of the March
of Dimes Campaign released the
information this week that al
though the State Chairman, has
issued permission to continue the
drive for two week.s, it wont be
nec(>ssnry for Durham and Dur
ham County.
According to the relea.se, vari
ous individiuds and organiza-
ti6ns have worked hard and
“have doiil well with a repre-
Rentative showing.’ The coin
boxes will bt t«ken-up this Fri
day to give the fullest opportun
ity for your donations, and the
organizations and institutions
are asked to report to Division
Headquarters in the Ix>gan
Building over the DoNut Shop
as early as possible in order to
complete the report. Call 5-7751,
and your report w’ill be called
for. Most of the othep sections
of the state have decided to con
tribute for two more weeks for
prevention of polio.
No Trouble
Experienced In
Changeover
EAs4’ ST. IXJUIS, ILL.
For the first time in 83 years,
Negro anl white i)ubli(; school
students in Ea>»t Saint Louis,
Illinois went to si'hool unseg-
regi>ted this week,
The changeover, following an
edict by the local board of edu
cation abolishing segregation in
the city’s public schools, was
carried out without any violence
or demonstration, although po
lice vigilance had been tripled
as a precaution. The only notioo’
able difFert;nce from any other
school day was that enrollment
droppel about 25 per cent ou the
first day of the second seme?5ler,
and a stihool representative in-
licttted that some parents of
white children were apparently
worried that soine trouble might
develop, but that a full enroll
ment was expected ou Tuesday,
Negi-o stkdcKts eni-olliug in
the previously all-white ele-
mentar}’ .school were registered
iu the office of the principal and
taken by older white students to
Itheir respective classes, while
thyse eiu'olling iu the high
schools registered with the ord
inary procedure.
Principal C. F. Scherrer of
tiie Webster school, where 28
Negro students enrolled, ex
pressed the opinion of most
scIkJoI otiifials concerning the
new policy when he said that
“no incidents would have arisen
among the kids, any trouble, if
au3', would have been started
on the outside.”
The president of the board of
education, ^Mis.-s Bernice Goedde,
said that she was very pleased
that the board’s well-laid plans
tor the chany;over were carried
out so smootlily'.
Livingstone To
Celebrate 96th
Founders Day
SALISBURY
This will be the-Dtith Anniver-
siiry of the great founder and
educator of Livingstone College,
Dr. Jost'])ii Charles Price, who
wa.s born in Elizabeth City,
North Carolina on February 10,
and died Octol)er 25, 1893.
Founders’ Day usually brings
Billy Williams Neariy
Severs Estranged Wife’s
Windpipe In Virginia City
Vice President Without
N r MnfrnnI I” Chfistianburg
Retires At 80
C. C. Spaulding, president of
North Carolina Mutual l^fe In
surance Company, announces the
retirement of Vice-Pre«dent-
Assistftnt Agenoy Director J. L.
WTieeler of Atlanta, Georgia, on
Jamwry 1, 1950. Mr. Wheeler
reached age 80 last July and
rounds out 43 years with his
company. In 1933 the company
installed a retirement program.
In 1947 a penaanent pension
program was inaugurated. W.
H. Harvey, di.strict manager at
Columbia, .South Carolina, was
the first field represientative to
retire; Mrs. S, V, Norfleet was
the first home offlee employee
to retir**; now J. L. Wheeler is
the first to retire among the of
ficial staff under the new pen
sion program,
Mr. Wheeler regigned as pres
ident of Kittndl College, Kit-
trell, North Carolina, and form
ed a connection with North Caro
lina Mutual in 1907. Because of
his exceptional scholastic train
ing and his leadersliip qualities,
he was sent to Atlanta in 1912
to devlop the company’s busi
ness in the State of Georgia. The
fact that Mr. W^heeler rose from
a debit manager to vice ’presi
dent and a member of the com-
|)any’s Board of Directors is
teijtimony of his contribution to
the growth aud development of
North Carolina Mutual Life In
surance Company.
The di.stricts in the .southern
region are sponsoring a special
protUu tion program in honor of
Mr. Wheeler. The company
plans a public Appreciation pro
gram In Atlanta, Georgia, in the
near future.
At age 80, Mr. Wheeler en
joys gootl health and it is our
hope, .said President Spaulding,
that he will continue to live a
fruitful and u.seful life.
Progressive Party
To Hold National
Convention In Feb.
: NEW’ YORK
The second national conven
tion of the Progressive Party
will be held in Chicago, Feb. 24.
25 and 26, it was announced
last week by Elmt^r A. Bejison,
chairman of the party, and C.
B. Baldwin, party secretary.
All sessions will be held at the
Ashland Auditorium.
Main purpo.se of the Conven
tion, Benson and Baldwin de
clared, will be to “odpt a pro
gram and plan^of organization
to in.sure the full and effective
participation of our party in
the 1950 Cong^re^ionaJ elections
and unite the peaceloving, de
mocratic people of our country
in defen.se of their fnndamental
American rights.”
In recent municipal elections,
Progressive Party mayoralty
candidates polls 14 per cent in
Xew York ('ity and 21 per cent
in Ijowetll, Massachusetts. The
party’s two councilmanic candi
dates in Detroit rolled up more
than 110,(X)0 votes each in that
citv’s runoff.
Trenton Six Re-trial
Postponed By Judge
‘ HIUSTIA.VBr Hu VA,
•Mrs. Mildretl Thompson Wil-
liaiiics. in.structor at Chri.stian-
burg Industrial In.stjtute, and
f^lrangt-d wif>* of Willif* Hilly;
Williams of Durham. N.
former North i'anjlina Coilesfe
athlMtf, wa.s ■••riously slanbed
abiUt the throat hfre last .Sat
urday evening when she wan swi-
flenly attackwl by her hiLsband.
Ir is repjrTetl that Williamti
wt-nt to the campiw of the school
around six o'cloirk Friiay aft
ernoon and re4 nested penni.ssion
of Principal J F. Bank.s to see
his (WilliwTLs , wife. When per-
imi.swion was finally granted, he
went directly t^ the dormitory
in which she was housel. After
talking with his wife for a few
moment.s he sutidenly drew a
I razor and slashed her throav
nearly severing her trachea or
I windpipe. Mrs. Williams was
I riLshed to Altamont H(jspital
j (white). Becau.se of a lack of
accommo«ll»tions for colored
! patient.s, she wa.s later removed
I to Coounnnity Hospital at Rad-
I ford. At least twelve stitches
I were necessary to close the ugly
wound in her throat.
A few moments after Williams
attacked his wife he was arrest
ed and lodged in jail here to
wait a hearing on a prv^ia^
charge of a.ssault and battery
with a deadly wr«pon with in
tent to kill.
It was learned here this week
that Williams came here the
week bt*fore in search of his wife,
but Mras informed that she had
probably gone to Salem. Va., to
spend the week-end with one of
her girl friends. On arriving at
Salem he dis*‘overel that sb*
had gone to Roanoke instead.
He is reported to have left the
home in Salem cry'ing'.
Because of prior threats on
the life of his wife, it was re-
_ported here that Williams was
under a peace bond in Durham.
Mrs. Williams, who is a grad
uate of North Carolina College
at Durham, came here at the
beginning of the school year
where she has been employed
since as a physical education in
structor at the Christianburg
Institute. She is highly resfpected
and well liked by other faculty
members and the vicious attack
on her was very much regretted
by the many friends she has
made since coming here.
to the C%)llegc all the A. Mj-C.
Zion Bishops, General Officers,
and many of the ministers and
laymen from various sections of
the country. The financial re
ports from the Episcopal Areas
Imve shown a marked increase
from year to year, 1949 being
the record breaker with a total
of over )|>74,000 being raised!
The outlook for this year is very
bright and we are hoping that
even this amoiuit will be sur-
NEW YORK
Indefinite postponement of
the rc-trial of the Trenton Six,
scheduled to begin on Feb. 6th,
has been ordered by Mercer
County Judge Charles P. Hutch
inson, the Civil Rights Congress
reports.
Hutchinson, whose conduct of
their first trial was called
‘taincd with error’ by the New
Jersi'v State Supreme Court,
has been attempting to deny five
of the Negro frame-up victims
the right to lawyers of their
6wn choice during tlieir second
trial. An injunction to restrain
him has bt'en asketl in a federal
court.
The committee is headed by
Paul Robeson, has is.sued a 1950
appeal for fmuls to carry on its
fight. Contributions shouhl be
mailed to Committee to B>ee the
Trenton Six, Room 1613, 205
East 42nd Street, New York
17, Xew York.
The defense lawyei*s, whom
Hutchinson is trying to oust
from the ‘Northern Scott.sboro’
ease, are O. Johii Rogge, former
A.s.sistant Attorney General of
the U. S., Emanuel H. Bloch,
and William L. Patterson. Ex
ecutive Secretary of Civil Rights
Congress.
passed. '
The program, under the aus
pices of the Student Council in
conjunction with the Faculty,
has already been arranged. Spe
cial music will be furnislied by
the 65 voices of the Choral L^n-
ion under the direction of Mrs.
Myra M. Thotnas.
WSTC Offers $700
In Scholarships
To Students
WINSTON-SALEM
Seven Scholarsliips totaling
$7(X) will l)e offered for the
school year 13.50-51 for attend
ance at the Winston-'Salem
Teacliers College, it was an
nounced by the si'holarship com-
mitttee of the Winston-Salem
Teachers College Alumni Asso
ciation this week. The scholar
sliips amount to |100 each and
the money Is to be applieil to
(juarterly fees of the students
who receive them.
Negro Scouts
To Broadcast
n February
Listen to your local Boy
Scouts of Durham County Di
vision during Boy Scout Week
February 6-12.
Tuesday, February — W.
D. U. K.— 5:30-5:45 P. M.
Friday, February 10 — W.
S. S. B. —4:15^:30 P. M.
Friday, February 11 — W
IT. I. K. — 11:45-12:00 Noon.
Saturday, February 11 —
W. D. N. C. — 4:45-5:00 P,
M.
Dr. Bunche
Speaks At
Raleigh
RALEIGH
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, Negro
Director of the United Nations’
Department oif Trusteeship,
spoke here Monday evening at
the Memorial Auditorium to an
uusegregated audience. He was
spoiiisored by the United Church
at the Institute of Religion.
Dr. Bunche was introduced
1j.'' Dr. R. P. Daniel, president
of Shaw I'niversity.
“Man has performed scienti
fic mirai'les aud with the equip
ment now available, if he can
not change his attitudes of hate,
suspicion and bigotry — then
the handwriting is ou the wall,”
Dr. Biuiche said. “With the
equipiment of civilization, man
will destroy himself and bis
civilization. No mechanism, how
ever perfect on paper,” he con
tinued, "will do any good if we
can’t see a change in the at
titude of man toward man.” He
said, “the greateirt danger in the
world today is iii the realm of
human relatioiui.”
HEAR ISADOR BOYD
OGLESBY in aa as-
clusive Radio laterriav
over Radio State WTIK
on Wednesday, Febniuy
8, 5:05-5:15 P. M.