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i-«rlodloel D«pt. Duk® Library DELAWARE U. TO ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Woman 'Held In Axe Murder Scott Attacks Race Bias ■K ^"Thl^uTwtte-BPiiSEO^'y *■ ■K * Bntered as Second (^ub Matter »t the Poat Office at Durham, North Cbrolina, under Act of March 3, 1879. FOR 28 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING NEGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS VOLUME 28—NUMBER 33 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, AUG. I9th, 1950 PRICE: TEN CENTS Kuling Permits Entrance At Undergraduate Level Wilniiugton, Del. Victory in the first suit filed by the Na- ♦ional Association for the Ad vancenient of Colored l^ooi)lf for admission of Negro stiidents to a “white” undergraduate in stitution of higher learning was hailed today by NAA('I* attor neys, as preparations were made for the admission of Negro un dergraduates to the University of Delaware. In a thirty-page opinion handed down on August 9 by Viic® Chancellor Collins J. the Court of Chan- c«i7,-^le court upheld the NAACP contention that the facilities offered at Delaware State College, a Negro insti tution, “are grossly inferior” to those at the University of Delaware. The court ruled that Negro students who are citizens of Delaware must be admitted to the university on the same basis as white students. All of the ten plaintiffs in the case, except one, are or have been students at Dela ware State College. The NAACP pointed out on their behalf that the accreditation of Delaware State had been withdrawn by the Middle Sta tes Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges, on grounds of inferiority in cur ricula, physical facilities, libr ary, laboratories, dormitories, and financial support. The college iiad never been adcredited by the Association of American Universities. Judge Seitz personally in- pected the facilities of the two institutions before the de cision was handed down. Attorneys who argued the ease for the NAACP were L. L. Redding of 'WilTiiiugton and As sistant Special Counsel Jack Greenberg of the national of fiee in New York. Attorney-Gen eral'Albert James and Deputy Attorney-General William Beni nethum argued the case for the State of Delaware. 179 Teachers Named A total of 179 teachers were named for the 1!)50-31 school year in Durham City Schools System, according to an an- iioiUJS^ement from tjp-- i>’Mce of the Supf’IWrfl'nik'nt L. S^acy Weaver. Hillside High School, to oc cupy the renovated Whitted School structure, was assigned 46 teacher.s, Whitted School, now located in the fornn'r Hill side building, wiis assigned ;{(5 ^chers. Assignments of teach ers to other schools were lUirton, seven; Piast End, 22; Hickstown four; Lyon Park. 20; Pearson, JA4-4Ud AValltown, 10. H. Mr Holmes was reassigned principal at Hillside; K. W. Midgette at Bur*(>n; F, 1). .Mar shall at East End : II. A. Hill at. Hickstown; P’rank (i. Burnett a Lyon Park; .\'. A. iJlieek at Pearson; J. M. Schooler at Whitted and Corn T Unssell at Walltown. The lisiting of the assignment of teachers is as follows: Hillside High School: H. Alston, J. '\V. Barnes; Mrs. L. S. Barnes, Mrs. E. \V. Brown, Miss T. II. Clagett, Miss A. R. Cruse, L. A. Davis, T. M. Davis, Mrs. M. S. Dooms, C. L. Easter ling, J. II. Gattis, W. M. Gran- dy, P. M. Hall, Mrs. Elizabeth Herndon, N. B. Higgins Jr. Mrs. W. B. Hill, Mrs. F. J. Holmes, Mrs. M. T. Lakin, Mrs. JI. A. Mabry, Mrs. J. B. Me- Ijester, IMiss G. L. Moore, B. F. Page, W. G Pickens, Mrs. I). V. Reaves, M, L. Reynolds, ^liss 0. W. Hichardson. Mrs. L. I. Riddick, Mrs, F. W. Schooler, Mrs. C. P. Smith, J. 0. Smith. Mrs. M. B. Spaulding, Mrs. M. J. Speigner, Mrs. A. l'\ Stephenson, Dalrymple Sysuette Mrs. K. (,’. Thomas, Mrs. G. L. Thompson, i\Irs. C. I. Tuek, H. T. Tucker, Mrs. M. P. Turner, Miss D. N. Williams, E. W. Williams, Mrs. V. S. Willis. Burton School; Miss A. M. Duuigan, Mrs. J. I). Maryland. Mrs. E. B. Pratt, Mrs. 1a S. Rav, Mrs. M. A. Watson, Mrs. G.‘d. Whitted. East End School: Miss D. G. Bell, Mrs. W. B. Bradsher, Mrs. M. II. Brewington, Miss G. E. Davis, Mrs. II. M. Davis, Mrs. E. R. French, Mrs. J. 11. George Miss B. C. Griswell, :Mrs. R. D. Ilollowav, Miss J. E. Lewisi, Mrs. M. D. McElrath, Miss B. B. Meadows, Mrs. E. L. Michaux Miss Helen Morrigon, Jlrs. Mar tha Nance, Mrs. E. B. Plummer, J. E. Smith, F. G. Sowell, II. E. Tatum, Miss S. L. Warren. Hickstown School: .Mrs. U. N. McCowati, Mrs. F. (i. Robin son, Jlrs. R. P>. Webb. Lyon Park School: ilrs. R. I). Artis, W. I). Battle, Mrs. A. W. Ben nett, Miss Virginia II. Bivins, I\liss A. L. Cobh, A. M. Coward, Miss Marie Fanlk, Mrs. .M. C. (irant, Mrs N. P. (irigsby. Miss R. B. Grisson, Mrs. I. Jl. liar den. Miss PI H. Hubbard, ^liss P\ Vi. .lones. W. P. Kearney, Mrs. P]. L. Kennedy, Aliss Doro thy McAllister, Mrs. B. P]. Me- lAiurin, Miss X. A. IMorgan. Miss M. L. Stephens. Pearson School: Mrs. M. W. Amey, Mrs. B. S. Bailey, Miss E. P]. Barnes, Mrs. Thelma Bass, (Please turn to Page Eight) No Bias In Japan-Army New York — Koy Wilkins, NAACP administrator, today renewed liis request that the De partment of the Army take steps to correct I’eported discrimina tion: against Negro troops in J^an. Responding to Wilkins’ earl ier complaint about racial dis crimination, Frank Pace, Jr., Secretary of the Army, cited the President’s Executive Or der 9981 and the Department of Army’s regulation on equal ity of treatment and oppor tunity. He also expressed the opinion that Wilkins’ letter mentioned only “generalities, \^ch should not be regarded *’TO%idicative of flagrant racial discrimination throughout the Tokyo area.” Secretary Pace gave assur ance that “prompt corrective action luus been taken whenever specific violations of our policy have been brought to the atten tion of the Department.” The Army Secretary added that the Department had not previously “received reports of racial dis- (Please turn to Pain' Eitrhf) Baby Edition Every dog has his day-^or so it says here. Why not let every Baby have his day. The TIMES has decided to let evei’y Baby have his day. For on September 9, the TIMES will feature babies of Durham and the surrounding areas in its First Annual Bgby Edition. Numerous pictures of local toddlers and of tots from surrounding areas will be featured in the Sept. 9 edition of the TIMES. In addition, the Sept. 9 issue will carry articles of interest to mothers written by lo cal physicians and pediatricians of national reputa tion. These articles will afford mothers and prospec tive mothers with much Invaluable information. Also there will be human interest articles about one of the most intriguing subjects under the sun — Babies. So as Wordsworth said almost a century ago: “The child is father of the man,” we are going to let baby have his day. Sept. 9 will be his day. Watch for it! The First Annual Baby Edition of the TIMES, September 9! Faces Of The Times Governor Kerr Scott, above, recently delivered a broadside at racial and religious prej udice when he warned labor leaders meeting in convention in Winston-Salem that race prejudice in the U. S. was im- paring our total diplomacy policy. Scott also told the labor leaders that the defeat of Sen. Graham set the State back 25 years. William L. Patterson, above, executive secretary of the Civil Rights Congress, has de manded an apology from Georgia Representative Hen derson Lanham. Rep. Lanham called Patterson a black son of a b . . .! during hearings held by the House Committee on Lobbying activities of which Lanham was acting chairman. Patterson, it is thought, will be held in con tempt of Congress for refus ing to turn over to the com mittee information as regard ing contributors to the CRC. Patterson claims that the Georgia Representative not only insulted him, but 15,000- 000 American Negroes as well. Gov. Warns Of Effects Of Prejudice Winston-Salem — t)ov. Kerr Scott delivered a blistering at tack on race prejudice here this week before an assemblage of Negro and white delegates to the 43rd convention of the North Carolina State P\ileration ol' Ijabor. The State’s chief executive warned the delegates that un less race prejudice ceases to be the basis of our action, we will never convince the rest of the world that the American way of life is right. Apparently still disgrinitled over the defeat in the recent. Democratic run-off primary of his senate appointee, Sen. P’rank P. Graham, Scott also told the delegates that the defeat of Sen Graham w‘t the State back 25 years. Striking out sharply at rac^* prejudice, the Governor won dered: “As long as we base our statewide action in politics on race prejudice, as long as we w.ork against the right of the human, how in the world are we going to convince Russia that the American way of life is right.” Scott warned the delegates tliat the eoutiniiauee of I’ace prejudice could lead only to dis astrous consequences and re minded that “a nation can nev er risi^ to its full height wh.n it works against the rights of an individual.” Turning to the run-off pri mary campaign which he de scribed as “the most bitter campaign man or woman of North Carolina ever heard,” Gov. Scott said tliat World -War III, which he claimed is already here, is a “hell of a price to pay for the things we said in the last campaign.” Speaking of Graham’s de feat, Scott said: “We’re doing things the hard way. We turned down the man who stood to do more good for us, the common peo ple, than any other man in our generation. You turned him down, my crowned turn ed him down.” He added that the common people had lost one of their staunchest friends. Directly addressing the sec tion of the ballroom of the Zinzendorf Hotel in which the white delegates sat, Scott re minded them that the Negro did not come to this country of his own accord. “The white man brought him here” he asserted. The Chief executive also chid ed the Negro labor leaders «t the ccmvention as he told them they failed to do their part in the Inst primary. “You may be another color” Scott stated, speaking direct ly to the Negro labor leaders in' the ballroom, “but in this election you were just as yel low as the other man.” Board members and trustees of the St. Mat thew C. M. E. Church of Milwaukee watch smil ingly as the pastor. Reverend W. J. 0. McLin, thanks Sol E. Abrams, vice president and gen eral manager of the Jos. Schlitz Brewing Com pany, for a check of $3,000 given by Schlitz for the purchase of a new organ for the church. Standing, left to ri^ht, are: J. H. Sanden, chairman of the Senior Steward Board; J. L. Thompson, church treasurer; Mr~. Roxy Taylor, president of the Senior Stewardess Board; Rev. McLin; Mr. Abrams; and Walter Flagg, chair man of the Church Trustee Board. Roy Wilkins, above, NAACP administrator, was told by Army Secretary Frank Pace, Jr., that there was no “fla grant racial discrimination” in occupation Army in Japan in answer to Wilkin’s com plaint filed earlier. Wilkins renewed his complaint this week. Defeat Of Franco Loan Is Asked New York — Charging that “support of the reactionary Franco regime would serious ly undermine our efforts to rally world democratic forces against the sinister threat of of totalitarian communism,” Walter White, NAACP Ex- tive secretary, has wired the majority and minority lead ers in the House of Repre- sentat|ive|s urging defeat of the Senate -approved $100,- 00,000 loan to Spain. At the same time, on August 4, White sent a wire to Presi dent Truman endorsing his opposition to the loan and urging that he continue to use his influence to block this aid to the Franco government. Churchmen *Sit Down’; Won’t Sell To Negroes Chicago, 111. — Judge Joseph P. Hermes, Monroe Street police court, continued until October 11, the ease against Parishioners of St. Paul’s Reformed Epis copal Church, 200 South Winchester Avenue, who are charged with disorderly conduct after staging a 12 hour sitdown strike at the edifice. The four parishioners, directly accused, one of whom is a Sunday School superintendent, reported that the “strike” grew out of parishioners’ (general) protests against plans of the pastor, Rev. Emanuel, to sell the church to a Negro congregation. A suit has been brought by the objectors to pre vent the final sale. The good Christian brothers (???) were told by Lhe Judge to “iron out your own difficulties.” Oxford Woman Charged In Death Of Her Husband Oxfoni—A l-’O year old wife was being held in the Gran ville Comity jail this week in connection with the axe mur der of her 5r> year old hus band. .lohnny liowhind, husband of ilrs. E.ssie Kowland, died in a Brassfield Township hos- jdtal Monday iiight shortly after his arrival there, suffer ing from soVI're axe woiuids. According to Sherilf Pj. P. Davis, Mrs. Howland saiil that the two were having a ilomestic spat Monday night when the axt> weihling occuH cd. Sln> said that her luisband attafked her with a buteln*r knife, and sln> gi’abbed an axe to defx?nd herself. She hit him once in the fore head, succeeded in felling him, and chopped him in the back after he had fallen. Mrs. Rowland also claimed that her husband had attack- her on previous occasions. Prior to Monday night slie was suffering from knife wounils which she said her husband inflicted. When her husband had been felled, she said that she walk ed one mile to report the at' fair to T. W, White, her land lord. She is being held without bond. A&T Asks State For Six Million By Staff Correspondent Greensboro - Concrete evi dence of the terrific toll of tax l)ayers money that segrega tion in higher education is taking was manifested here this week w ln‘ii A. and T. College, the largest State-sup ported collegt' for Negroes, asked foi' six million dollars for permanent improvements. A. and T.’s President F. D. Hlni'ord made the request here Monda.v at a meeting of the State .\dvisory Budget Comnu.ssion. Dr. Hluford askeil for almost three million dollars for plant expansion and asked for ap- pro])riations to iticrease the college facidty by at least 57 nu'ndjers. In reiinesting tlu‘ sum. Pres. Hluford stated that two-thirds of the classes ai't* now beinir conducted in tc'inporary struc tures. These temporary struc tures are 01! 1) l)arraeks buildings. A classn)om building was cited by Dr. Hluford as the most pressing need in the permanent imjirovements for the college. Reminding the Commission that the college had no special classroom building, he requested a build ing which would contain'from 20 to 30 classrooms. A con servative estimate of the cost of such a building places thi? cost at $‘600,00t). Also requested was a !*!l.‘J(>0- 000 agricultural buildllig and a $40(),0(X) agricadtural rh- gineering building. Equipment for the agricul tural building was tliought to cost around $350,000. In asking for an adiUtion of 57 teatdiers. Dr. Bluford said that the faeidty should num ber at least ‘JOtK Present t'ju'- ultv strength is 143. Press Awards Night To Be Open To All The Durham Press Club’s first anniuil ‘■PuLrt^ t)ni- Awards” night at W. D. Hill Recreation Center. Monday night, August 28, from S-IO. has been opened to the gen eral public. Honoring M. Hugh Thomp ,sou and John H. Wheeler for “conspicuous conununity s-t vice” during the past year, the August program has attracted so much attention (Please turn to Page Eight ' Suit Filed To Break Jim Crow ’harloft-svilh . Va. — The I'uiversit} of Virginia’s de- fianct- of the United States Suprs m.- (.‘ourt’. anti-segrega tion ds-eisions in the Sweatt and MeLaurin cases was chal lenged in the Federal District i ourt h-re when Gregory .llavfs .^uan.son. rejected Ne gro law school applicant, filed a complaint au'i a motion for a preliminary injunction a- irainst the I ’niv> rsity in an ef fort to brt*ak down all racial barriers at that institution. In the hope of getting Swan- !on into the law school by the opening of tlie 1950-51 term in S;’ptember. the suit, filed on Augu.st asks for a hear ing befiirt" a special three- judge federal court, from w’lieh iu! immediate appeal I'jaj' he made. Representing Swanson are NAACP Attorneys Oliver W. Hill, ilartin A. Martin and •Spottswootl W. Robinson of the Howard University Law .'^chool. Washinarton; and Thurgood Marshall, NAACP special counsel. New York City. Thus the court is asked not only to order the university admit Swan.son for graduate study in law. but also to ad mit other qualified Negro ap plicants to the undergraduate, graduate and ' professional schools of the university. More Action Planned In I Beach Affair Richuiund. Va. — Pending develnpinent of a furtftPr plan of action by the Virginia State Conference of NAACP branches, swimming parties to break the color ban at the Colonial Beach are being held in abeyance, Martin A. Mar tin, NAACP attorney, said here this week. A meeting of the special com- mitt^‘e of the executive board of the conference had been called for this purpose. The traditional • lily-white policy on the waterfront of Colonial Beaith was chal lenged on August 5 when a party nf 15 colored men and women. including Martin, went to the beach. They were pennitted ai-cess to the water. However, after the party had broken up and Martin had left the community, local white persons interfered with a photo'jrapher taking pic tures of the group leaving the beach. This precipitated a clush l>t'tween Negroes and whites. Plans for a follow-up party the next day were abandoned on the plea of Norman Brew- iu'jton. Mayor of the Colonial Beach. Mayor Brewington made his plea after he hid l>eeu beeu asked by Martin and Lester Banks, executive secretary of the Virginia NAACP conference, to pro vide police protection for the scheduled swimuiini? party. W'hile agr»‘t*insr to an in»- nit'iliate postponement of th® party. Martin said tbat the Negro swiuuuer* frould re turn.
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