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NEGRO pr arn TO ATTEND FUL UMV. HP INSURANCE MEN INSPECT EXHIBIT— Attending the recent conventior of the National Negro Insurance Association in Los Angeles, Norman Houston, left, President of the Golden State Insurance Company, and C. C. Spaulding, center, head of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company of Durham, N. C. stop to inspect an exhibit showing Red Cross health and safety services. At right is George A. Beavers, member of the Los Angeles Red Cross chapter Board of Directors. The exhibit was in charge of Jesse O. Thomas of Washington, 13. C., pub lic relations counsultant for the American Na* tional Red Cross, who said that more than 10,- 000 delegates representing 62 insurance com panies, passed by the booth. Woman, 44, Becomes Great Grandmother Jackson — A 44 year-old wo man became a great grandmoth er here this week. 1 That’s right; we said 44 years old in the first place. Mrs. Alice Anderson, who has accomplished this minor mir acle, has an excellent chance to become a great-great grand mother. Indeed, with good health and a fair share of luck, she may even live to bounce her great-great-great grandchild on her knee. Mrs. Anderson gave birth at 15 to a daughter who had a child at 16, which chil|cl^ iu turn, at 14, gave birtli to Mrs. Anderson’s great grandchild. Confusing! Well, this is how it all began: Mrs. Alice Anderson was mar ried at 14 to Sandie Anderson, who was 19. The couple had a child one year later. Their child, named Lana, was married to Harris Turner when she was 15, and one year later the couple had their first child, Clara Mae. Lana’s husband, Harris, was also 19 when the pair married. When Clara Mae was 14, she married Milton Brown, who was then 17. It wa.''’. to Clara Mae that was born the most recent child, a seven and one half pound boy — and Mrs. Ander son's first great grandchild. Thus we find Mrs. Alice An derson a great grandmother at 44, Mrs. Lana Harris, a grand mother at 30, and Mrs. Clara Brown, a mother at 15. Mrs. Anderson says tliat she is proud that she has nine grand children and one great grand child. She has a going philosophy about the whole thing. She says, “I don't feel bad a bit because it was something the Jjord in tended. T thank the I^ord that I lived to see it.” (Please turn to Page Eight) Journal And Guide Newsman Killed In Plane Crash River Takes Youth’s Life Pasquotank — A 17 year-old boy was drowned iu the Pas quotank river off Cobb’s point near Enfield Farm Tuesday af ternoon. All efforts to recover the lad’s body have been futile. Martin Gilson was a member of a party of four who rented a boat in which they rowed down to the black bouy. Two of the boys in the boat went swim ming. Gibson went down, ap- parentl in a cramp, and wtvs nev er seen since. (Swimming with him was Charlie Green, who noticed that Gibson had disappeared. Others in the party were: Janka Green, sister of Charlie Green both of 518 Greene Street and Betty Prince, also of Greene Street. The Elizabeth City Fire de partment answered a call at 4:37 and spent the remainder of the afternoon searching for the boy’s body. The search short ly after sunset for the day. Albert L. Hinton, associate editor of the Journal and Guide and National Negro Press Asso ciation correspondent was a- mong the 25 passengers pre sumably killed in a Ji'ash of an iimerican Air Force transport plane off the Japanese coast last weeK. Hinton was enroute to Korea to cover the fighting for a group of newspapers. The plane, which left Han- enda Airport near Tokyo went down south of Oshipia Island, General Douglas Mac Arthur’s headquarter announced. The headquarter’s announce ment stated that there was one survivor, a Neisei Sergeant. The other 25 passengers have been listed as missing, presum ably dead after searchers com bed the area for 24 hours after the crash. Those_ missing in the crash include three other correspon dents, service personnel and the three crew members. Hinton, born iu Portsmouth, Virginia, was 46. He studied at the public schools at Norfolk and received an undergraduate degree from Elizabeth City Teachers College, Elizabeth City, N. C. Joining the Journal and Guide Staff as a reporter, he served successively as city edi tor, managing editor and as as sociate editor the position he held, un|il his departure for* Korea. One of the most able journal ists on the Guide staff, Hinton’s series of stories on the condition of the schools in Prince Anne County, Virginia was the basis of the Wendell Wilkie Journal ism Foundation public service award. Hinton was married to Mrs. Dovey Collins of Norfolk. They have four children, Albert Jr., Lelia, Carl and Gale. Other survivors include his mother, Mrs. O. D. Hinton, five sisters and one brother of Bos ton, Mass. Hinton was the first Negro correspondent, to be killed in covering the Korean war. James Hicks, Afro-American corres pondent, was aboard an earlier plane leaving Japan for Korea. Messages of regret and of tri bute to Hinton were received by the GUIDE from several journalists, publishers and prominent persons from many parts of the country. Among those wiring the Guide were Dowdal Davis, NNPA president; A. A. Morrisey, Win ston-Salem Journal and Sen- (Please turn to Page Eight) Bias Flayed By Baptist Leaders At World Meet Cleveland Ohio—Baptist lead ers from all over the world de livered verbal broadsides at seg regation and discrimination in the Christian Church as well as in all other fields of human en deavor during the eight Baptist World Congress held here last last week. A mixed delegation of over 20,000 persons jammed Cleve land’s Municipal Stadium for the six-day meeting and cheer ed on the speakers, who, with out exception, denounced the practices of segregaiton and dis crimination as unChristian and urged the purification of the Church to meet the demands of the crucial times. Among the speakers heard during the eighth World Al liance was Dr. Benjamin Mays, president of Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga. and outstanding Baptist in the South. Dr. Mays, chairman of the Al liance Social Justice Report committee, delivered a power ful address on segregation in the church at th« Tuesday morn ing session. Theme of the Baptist Alliance Avas “And The Light Shineth In The Darkness.” President of the Alliance, Dr. C. Oscar Johnson, pastor of the Third Baptist Church, St. Ijouis, Mo., presid ed over the sessions of the meet ing. Rev. W. Ia Jarvis, Sidney, Australia, delivered the keynote address at the opening session, Saturday afternoon. Other prominent Baptist lead ers at the World Alliance were: Mrs. Nannie Burroughs, Wash ington, D. C.; Dr. Edwin Mc Neil Poteat, pastor, Pullen Mem orial Baptist Church, Raleigh; Dr. Gardner Taylor, pastor. Concord Baptist Church, Brook lyn, N. Y.; and Dr. Theordore Adams, pastor. First Baptist Church, Kchmond, Va. Dr. Poteat spoke at the open (Please turn to Page Eight) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Negro Education Foisted Successor To N.C. Newbold Is Appointed Raleigh — It was indicated here early this week that the North Carolina department of Public Instrution has no inten tion of abandoning that out-of-. date and awful monstrosity, known as “Negro Education” when G. H. Feurgusou was nam ed acting director of the post. Feurguson was named to suc ceed Dr. N. C. Newbold who has held the position, since 1913, it was announced by Dr. Clyde A. Envin, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Feurguson has been a.ssistant director since 1921. Dr. Erwin stated that Feur guson will serve until further plans are made. Many Negro leaders over the State had expressed the hope that the post would be abolished or that if it just must be con tinned that a Negro educator that would meet the approval of a majority of Negroes might be selected. , The announcement of Feur guson’s appointment brought vailious liuid isun!dry reaictions from prominent Negroes ap proached on the subject. The prevailing opinion, however, was that the post should be abolished. One well-known educator, who for obvious reasons could not allow his name to be mentioned, stated Wednesday that con tinuance of the post meant con tinuance of imequal educational opportunities for Negroes. “The only need for the post,” he said, “is to keep a kind of watchdog over Negro educators who might give evidence of progressiveness. These will be throttled at every turn and will have their heads chopped off if they show the least evidence of independent thought.” A long distance telephone call to another prominent educator brought the following response : “Education to my thinking is education, and when State of ficials start grouping it off in to ‘Negro education’ and ‘white education’ it raises suspicion in mind that one is going to be in ferior to the other; and it isn’t going to be that afforded for the white citizens of North Car olina.” NAACP Plans Steps To Free Seven Man Richmond, Va. — Saved by a last minute reprieve, the seven young men of Martinsville, sen tenced to die for alleged rape, new hope as attorneys tor the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People prepared further legal steps to win freedom for the accused. A hearing on the writ of habeas corpus filed by NAACP Attorney Martin A. Martin w'as set for September 7 in the Hast ings Court of the City of Rich mond by Judge M. Ray Dou bles who, on July ‘26, onlered stays of execution for the men, four of whom were doomed to die on July 28 and three on August 4. The NAACP petition con tends that the death penalty for rape is discriminatory in that it has been imposedt WxclusiMely! upon Negroes. In support of this contention, Atorney Martin submitted a letter from W, FVaaik Smj^th, superintendent' of the Virginia State Peniten- tiarj?^ affirming that no white man had ever been electrocuted in Virginia either for rape or at tempted rape. , Declaring such discrimination a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, the petition asks the court to declare the judg ment of conviction and the sen tence of death void and to dis charge the prisoners from fur ther action under the judg ment. Prior to ratification of the (Please turn to Page Eight'' .an ♦ ¥ ¥ Entered u Beeond 01»m Matter at the Part Office at Dorhaa, North CaroUna, under Aet of Mar«b 3, li7#. FOR 28 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING NEGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS SAJURDAY, AUG. 5th, 1950 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, AUG. Sth, 1950 PRICE: TElf CENTS Probe Of Army Bias In Japan Is Requested Passes Funeral services for Edward Perry, 57, were held at Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Thurs day, July 27 at 3 :30 P. M. The Rev. James A. Brown, deliver ed the eulogy. Mr. Perry was born in Frank lin County, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Perry. Twenty-nine years ago he mov ed to Durham where for the last 20 years he was employed by Mrs. Mary Duke Biddle and her daughter Mrs. Mary Trent. In addition to his wife he is survived by three sons, Edward, Stankey and Willie, all of Dur ham, six brothers, Dave and Lonnie of Durliani, Norfleet, Robert Lee and Andrew of (Please turn to Page Eight) NAACP ASKS INVESTGATION OF WAY NEGRO TROOPS BEING TREATED IN TOKYO New York — An immediate investigation “of the manner in | which Negro troops are treated in Tokyo and the elimination of | the racial discrimination so per!>i.stently reporteel” has been a-sked by Roy Wilkins, NAACP ailministrator, in a letter addressed to i Frank Pace, ^r.. Secretary of the Army. Supporting his demand for an investigation, Wilkins sub mitted the following quotation from a letter received from an in formant iu Tokyo; “The American public ought to know that racial dis crimination here is as flagrant as it is in Georgia. And if the occupation is doing anything successfully in Japan, it is successfully indoctrinating the Japanese with the ‘American way of life’ which excludes full freedom of anything to many people, especially Negroes. In many places such as the PX and commissary, one can notice how Japanese clerks in so many instances turn without question to wait on a white face first. Much of this I ' know to b» the deep in fluence of the Army’s southern j element (which is in great number). Wilkins also cited a report that General Walter Leo Weiblel had issued an order restricting Negro personnel in the Army! units to one of four swimming pools controlled by the occu pation forces. Among General Dougins ilcArthur’s chief aides is General E. M. Almond who commanded the 92nd Division in Italy. “I can readily understand the present situation,” Wilkins’ in formant said, “if General Almond has anything to do with pol icy of the Tokyo command. ’ ’ In his letter to the Secretary of the Army, dated July 21, Wilkins further said: “Quite apart from the fact that some of the strategy of the Korean war is to disabuse the minds of the Koreans and others that this is a racial war and that this strategy is seriously impaired by the practice of racial discrimination by the occupation forces of the Uiiited States, no American Negro troops should have to undergo this kind of treatment at the hands of their coimtry in 1950.” What To Do With 4 More Pass Christian, Miss, i— A far as Sancil Martin is con cerned “two is company, three is a crowd, four is ‘just too many.’ ” Yup, Mr. Martin’s wife, Mrs. Gertrude Margin, surprised him with four bouncing baby boys this week. Smallest of the quadruplets, who are ap parently as healthy as any other new born babe, weighs two pounds, six ounces. Martin, 36 year old man, who isn’t easily excited, when news of the birth of the four were given him exclaimed: “My God, what am I going to do with four more.” The couple already have six children. Six plus four—ten. Race Admitted To Fla. U. On Loan Basis Local Citizenry Endorses Awards For Two Attorneys special to the TIMES Tallahassee, Fla. — Negroes will be admitted to the white University of Florida, but on ly on a teniaorary basis. The State Supreme Court of Florida unanimously de cided to permit a group of Ne groes seeking admission to the University to attend classes there on a loan from the State Negro college, Florida A. and M. At the same time Justice II. L. Sebring ruled as invalid the plan of regional educa tion, proposed by the South ern Governors. In a unanimous decision the Court upheld a plan of the State board of control to en roll all Negro students at the Florida A. and M. College for Negroes and give those desir ing courses not offered at the A. and M. College temporary instruction at the white uni versity on a segregated basis. The plan of regional educa tion or any plan of sending students out of the state for courses not offered at the Ne gro schools was apparently ruled out as Justice Sebring stated that this does not com ply with the Federal con stitution. Justice Sebring said that the present policy of sending Ne groes at state expense to out- (Please turn to Paore Eight) Leading local citizens this week endorsed the Durham Press Club’s first annual Awards Night to be held here at the W. D. Hill Recreation Cen ter August 28 to honor John H. Wheeler ...^-ind M. ■ Hugh Thompson for “conspicuous community service.” G. W. lx)gan, business man; Roy Trice, lalK>r leader; and the Rev. R. C. Sharpe, president of the local ilinisterial Alliance, are among Durhamites express ing support of the Awards Night program. Thompson and Wheeler were defense attorneys in the Durham school equality suits. The suits sought to obtain improved edu cational facilities for all Dur ham citizens. The plaintiffs’ attorneys have been recipients of numerous messages of congratulations and commendations for their part in bringing the school situation to the attention of the general pub lic. Sponsors of the Awards even insist the awards are be ing made on “a non-racial basis.” L. E. Austin, Press club spokesman, said this week: “The response of the Durham public has been indeed gratify ing. Reservations are coming in at such a rapid rate that we ar*? studying plans to limit attend- auce to organizations who ni a y elect representatives. The interest expressed iu the awards program is indica tion of this community grati tude for the service which Mr. Thompson and Mr. Wheeler have rendered to it.” Logan, “Bronze Mayor of Durham,” said he was “proud to be among the sponsors co operating with the Durham Press Club to honor two of our most distinguished citizens.” (Ple»s(* tnr?i to Piyre Eiirht' 35 Attending Institute Get Certificates Certificates were awarded to 25 persons at the conclusion of the Retail Business and Profes sional Chain and the North Carolina College Summer School. Addres.ses by official* of North Caroiina College:, City Boartl of Education, the Chain and the Retail cla.ss highlighted the ses- siomlast Friday night. All sessions of the Institute were held at the Stanfoni L. Warren Library. Prof. Robert C. Long of Sav annah State College, Savannah. Ga., and visiting at North Caro lina College during the current Simimer session, directed the Institute. Theme of the Institute, super vised by the North Carolina State department of Public In struction and the North Caro lina College Summer School, was “Effective Selling Tech niques.” At the closing of the In^titut^‘ last F’riday, talks were made by T. R. Speight, Durham Busine>A and Professional Chain; Dr. J. H. Taylor, director. North Cani- lina College Sunuuer School; H. K. Collins. Durham City Schools; Mrs. J. DeShazor Jack son, Retail Institute Class; and W. A. Clement. Assistatu Agency Director, North Caru lina Mutual Life Insurance Company. Discussion topics for the In stitute were as follows: The Why and Where of Train ing; Preparation for Selling; The Customer and the ."^ales Per SOU; Getting th.^ Sale Uniler way Pro[>eriy: Hamfiiig Ob^ jections and Closing the Sale; The Importance of Knowing Your Merchandise; The Correct Application of Merchaiulis«*, Increasing Your Sales — Su;; gestion Selling; Addirioiial tioodwill Through Suggestion Selling, and Buildiinr a Fellow- I'P- Persona receiving certificatM f Please turn to Page ®ifht)
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