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Entered u Second ClaM Matter at th« Po«t Office at Darham, North Carolina, under Act of Mareh 3, 1879.
28 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING NEGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
VOLUME 28—NUMBER 38
DURHAM, H. C., SATURDAY, SEPT. 23, 1950
PRICE: TEN CENTS
Georgia Governor In All-
Out FIsht For Fascism
Negro Troops
DEED
4,000
BEACH
PROPERTY
GIVEN
Dr. William Sharpe, noted New York neuro
surgeon is shown together with his employes Mr.
and Mrs. John Hurst delivering the deed to 4,-
000 acres of beach property near Camp Lejeune,
to Dr. Harold L. Trigg, president of Saint
Augustine's College and Chairman of the Board
of Directors of the Hammocks Beach Corpora
tion. The property was at first offered to the
Hursts who refused in favor of the teachers of
North Carolina.
Atlantans Seek To End AH
Segregated Public Schools
Fisher To Preach On
“Old Time Religion” At
84th Church Anniversary
Atlanta — Kor thi’ first tinu'
in the history of the South Ne-
f'roes have entered suit for the
rij^ht to send their children to
a white public school. The scene
of this epoch making effort is
Atlanta, Georgia where ironical
as it may seem Governor Her
man Talmadge only a few days
before had declared that as long
as he is governor no Negro
would attend school with whites
in Georgia,
The suit was lunnclied in fed
eral court on behalf of Atlanta’s
20,000 Negro children of school
age. Otlier suits launched in
southern cities by Negroes have
only asked that Negro schools
be made equal to those provided
for white people.
Parents of the 26(i Negro
children in addition to declar
ing that schools provided for
Negroes are inferior, asked that
a permanent Federal injunction
be granted.
Date of the hearing has not
yet been set but it is believed
that it will be heard during the
early part of October or not
later than the 15,
For
Democracy
Atlanta, Ga. — While Xegro
and whit" troops an* bleeding;
and dying on Korean battle
fields to hold the line against
the advance of eoianinnisni, Her
man Talmadge, governor of
Georgia, is fighting an all-out
battle for fascism here in Amer
ica.
Talmadge"s latest assault on
lemocraey eame when be re
fused to appoint a Negro a.s del
egate to a White House Confer
ence on (.'hiklreii and Youth.
The Conference is .scheduled
for Washington, December 3.
All other southern states in
cluded a Xegro in the groups
appointed with the exception of
Georgia. The conference has,
therefore, rejeetevl the group
named by Talmadge with the
declaration that it is unaeee]>t-
able because no Negroe.s, who
constitute one-third of the
State’s population, were includ
ed.
In language reminiscent of
Hitler’s outbursts against the
Jews in Germany before World
War 11, Talmadge, who had
named 36 whit« persons to Geor
gia’s delegation,'declared, “We
have segregation laws in Geor
gia forbidding , mixing races,
and as long as I am Goveinor, I
shall do ray best to enforce the
law.”
— STORY PAGE SEVEN
iNAACP SUPPORTS
WAR, URGED JIM
CROW BAN
New Vork — In its first meet
ing sinef* the hegiiuiin/ of hosti
litics in Korea, tin- Iniard of di»’
reetor.s of tlie Xatioiial A.ssocia-
tion for the Advauecuicnt ol
Colored I’eople voted “support
of the efforts of tlie I'niterl
Xations to halt CoFniininist ar
gre.ssion in Korea,”
The board resolution, wl.Sli
“eondemn.s unres»‘rvedl\ this
breach of the pcaec hv tlie ariie'd
forces of the government of
Xorth Korea aided and abetted
by the Soviet Union" was pass
ed at the regular niontldy meet
ing on September 14.
“We are acutely aware." the
resfdution continues, “that vic
tory over disiMiptivi’ and sinis
ter Coiiinuinist forces caimot he
achieved by guns alone. If
America is to win the support
of non-(.’oinmiHU!st Asia and
Africa it will have to dcFiioii
strate that democracy is a Hv-
ing reality which knows no
limitation of race, color or na
tionality."
Expressing hope for an early
victory, the resolution ‘‘calls
upon this governnu'nt and the
Ani»>rieaji people to take prompt
and effective action to end all
forms of racial discrimination
and segregation in our militarv
and civilian life."
This means, the resolution as.
serts, “tlie abolition of separate
Army units, the remova I of
barriers to employment oppor
tunities, the end of segregation
in education, the lifting o^ ail
barriers to housing, the elmina-
tion of all Jim Crow restrictions
in travel, recreation and public
accommodations general 1\', and
the outlawing of outmoded pat
terns of segregation in the Xa
tion’s Capital.”
/
The establishment of a na
tional monument at Diamond,
George Washington Carver is a
Missouri, birthplace of Dr.
reality. The Congress, last week,
appropriated $150,000 for land
and development purposes.
Leadership in organizing the
most significant honor yet to be
gained by the late scientist was
undertaken by the Hookes T.
Washington Birthplace Memo
rial, under the direction of S.
J. Phillips, who is president of
both organizations.
The Carver Monument b - toric Bill, presented by Mr.
comes a part of the National Phillips, are seated: Congre«-
Park Service, Department of iran Dewey Short ; Mo ; Sen-
the Interior. Chairman of the jtor O’Mahoney; Congrea*mau
House Committ«e on Public Compton I. White fldaho,;
Lands, Congressman J. Harrtm ■ ‘^f indin > Mr. Phillips, Mr, A.
Peterson (Florida), sponsored E. Demar-y, Assistant Director,
the Bill in the House, and Sen- Nation;il P>rks Service; Mr.
ator Joseph C, O’Mahoney Conrad Wir h. National Park
(Wyoming), Chairman, Senate Service, and Dr. William H.
Committee on Interior and In Jernagin, President, Baptist
sular Affairs, introduced it in Sunday School Congress, and
the Senate. Direc'or Fraternal Council o».
Shown, left to right, receiv- Negro Churches. — Photo by
ing certified copies of the his- Harris and Ewing.
Marshall May Slow
Move
Fears
Down Integration
•X-
Thc lieV. Miles Mark Fisher, niversary of the church, on Sun
day morning, Oct. 1 at eleven
o’clock.
pastor of White Itock Baptist
Church will preach his third ser
mon on “The Old Time Reli
gion” it was announced here)
this week.
The sermon will be preached
in connection with the Shepard
Memorial Fund in connection
with the Eighty-Fourth An-
A cordial invitation is being
extended the general public to
worship at White Rock Baptist
and hear the third in a series
of sermons that have been noted
for their deep religious thought
as well as fervor.
Housing Authority
Moves luto New
Headquarters
The Housing Authority of the
CUty of Durham has set up
permanent offices in Room 207
at 206 1-2 Corcoran Street, mov
ing from its temporary located
at 509 W. Chapel Hill Street,
where it has been quartered
since June.
The Authority is engaged in
working out details of a re
development program for two
projects of 200 units each of
low-rent dwellings. One of the
two projects is planned for Ne
gro families, A third project
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White Felicitates
Pullman Porters
Dr. Benjamin ilayes, presi
dent of Morehouse College in
Atlanta, is a member of the Xa-
tional Committee of the Con-1,
ference. Tlie Committee has ,)].
power to refuse to seat an 1 Alabama ■
white delegation or it may re '"
duce its size by one-third and
invite Negroes from Georgia in
dependently.
Talnmdge recently refused to
appoint a Negro to the Regional
Educational Council of the
Southern Governors Conference
after it was expanded for the
purpose of including Xegro
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NAACP FILES
CHARTERS FOR
22 NEW UNITS
X'ew York -- Twelve lU'W
branches, eiirlit youth councils
and two college chapters of the
X’^atioiud Association for the
AdvaneeuKMit of Colort'd I’eo]>le
were chartered this wec'k by the
the board of directoi-s, unon
recommen(^ation of tlu' board
committe(t./ im hranclu's and
youth work.
XVw branches are St. George,
Barnwell County, and llarde-
ville. South Carolina; Thornton
Townsliii), Illinois; l’rinc(> Ed
ward County and .\ccomack
County, Virginia; Tracy, liar-
stow, ajul Fresno. California;
Allegan, Michigan; Mansfield,
Texas; and Washington Parish,
[Louisiana.
' The youth councils newly
bartered include Canadian
ihouui; 'Fittusville.
Anderson, South
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Last Rites Held
For Duncan Tilley
Last riti s foi- Duncan Alvi>
'I'itley, au’t* i''L were helil at M'.)
Vernon Baptist (’hurch. Wed
lu'kday, September L’O at 'J ji. ni.j
Mr. 'i’iilt'y died at his home'
Sunday. Septend)er 17 at 7 :Ofl
p. lu.. followiuir an illness of)
si'veral months. j
Mr. Tilley was born in Oran;
(’ounty in 18fi!), the son of the
late Charlotte Tiu-ner Tilley. He
was the last immediate sui
viv(u- of 12 childnui.
He was educated in the pub
lic schools of Orange County
and Kittrell Coll(‘ge. After
finishing his education. he
taught school for a long nuinbei-
of years. In 1S!)L he moveil *o
Durham where he lali'r hecan;e
custodian of schools.
lu .Mr, 'I'illey joined Mt.
\’eruon lia])tist ('hurch and d’.ii’
ing the .”)-l- yeai-s of his uiendi'u’
ship he servcil as a nieiuber (if
the Deacon l!oarl. teacher in
the Snndax’ School and clerk.
(irave n|)pr**li*U'ii'U \v:i'
[ii'e-.sed li*-r» Thi> b\
nes.s exeeUtiVf'. iilM' l*'ilder'= ,
.North Carolina i-ivir and |‘»*i ■
tical affairs rh.Mt rh,.- ,-in]Nil!ir
iiieiit of (Jeu. tjeorjr-’ I . .^f;lr
•4iall a> S.M-pftary tor Defcus,'
may result in a ^Itnv-drnvn in
the trt'nd toward full iute-ni-
tiou of Xi‘u'ri>i‘N. in f-i- ,ir-n
foret-s ,,r fji,. p.Titiiin
;t siii.-ii-
..lid !.
ti,
,1 S Stewart,
til." Aiiieriean S.r.
Ij(‘airue ;uid ch.i ■ naa!
Durhaui C.piiiiiiirr.*' on X.-:rf
Affairs, who made tlie -tat--
meuT, ^aid alMi that ''Pn'sideiit.
Tnnnan uuu'ht to he ;dertfii to
this likelihiM.d. if n.y .iwn V!> >:.
is as wid.-ly held > \ X.-.-r-;'s .is
I think, til allow hiu; r.. .a;,,
guard the L'lM'd vurk ,t:; ; pr>!
•rre'
of hi-, eoniniirt'
.Ml
."Stewart iTi-al!-il t':a*
ii|»oii his ktiowii attituilf
on >. ufeiratidu, .Marslijfll hi-
li,iiir>. Ill ’■he •'thitught
braekit" wit':, (iciierais iHsiiriu
Eiscuhowi'r anl t tmar P>radle\ .
As Chief of .Staff durintr World
War II. In niriiid-d, Marshall
had dio\Mi ■’trr'at reluctanee'
about utilixinir Xeirro soldiers
■ for anything otht»r than hous»*-
keepin;j' cliort's," or allowing
thetu to he cu:uuiittel to cOTVi-
hat.
"The .'.xperieiices of b*itb tU«*
Xavy and Air Forces to date in
the exeeution of enlightenevl
racial polii-ies, and the valor
now l)eing ilisplayed by Xegru
servieenicu in the Korean con
flict. give tacit etidorsenient to
the sttiiiulness of the rejH»rt anil
reeonuuemlatiuns of the Presi
dent s ('on.mittee ou Equalitv
of Trcitfmeut and >]>portuiuty
in the Ai'iued Svrviees.” Mr.
Stewart said.
■‘The Arm% , how. ver. is still
draiiginir its feet, *My fear.
I frankly, is that in tlie disidiarge
of his new resp..asihiliti» s, G--it.
■Marshall uuiy allow his dark-ag.*
concept to pre-ilouiinate ;t>4ainst
ctear-cuf eviilenee tliat such
N lev artualiy oiitriioded.”
His first maniai.;!'. .M,iy 7
1H91. was to the toruicr .M -
Annie F. Jones nl' (ranL'i- ( Diui
ty. His second nuu•ria!.■■^• ■>
September (>. PMMi, wa' to th'
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New York — Addressing the
biennial convention of the In
ternational Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters, APL,
Walter White, executive secre
tary of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, felicitated th(> uniui and
its president, A. Philip Ran
dolph, upon completion of 25
years of pionet'ring in the labor
movement.
In iiis address, delivered on
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NOTICE
THE BABY EDITION
Scheduled for our issue September 23 has
been postponed until our issue of September
30.
THE EDITOR
WELL-KNOWN
RALEIGH TEACHER
SUCCUMBS HERE
Raleigh Fuiu'ral servici>s
foi' Mrs. Harriet E. Gill,
wife of W. IL (Jill and teacher
in the Wake County school sys
tem w(>re held at the Rush
JIenu)rial A. M. B. Zion Church,
Friday, September 22. The Rev.
F. L. Tyson, pastor, delivered
the eulogy.
.Mrs. Gill died ^M(uulay after
noon. S(‘ptemb(‘r 18 around five
o'clock in Duke Ho.spitjal at
Durham followinu- an illness of
a long time.
Mrs. (!ili Wiis born in Raleigh
the daught(>r of Charles aiul
Eliza Atwater. At the tiuu>
she became to(t ill to work
she had l>een a teacher in the
school .system of Xorth Caro
lina for over 83 years. Her la.^t
])0siti0n was in Fucpiay Springs
in Wake County. Prior to that
she had held the pos'ition of
supervisor of eleiiH'iitary schools
in Greene County. She was also
active in religious, civic and so
cial life or her community.
^iurviving are her husband,
W. B. Gill; tw o sisters, Mrs.
Lula Hinton and Mrs. Lillian
Battle, both of Raleigh. Several
neices and nephews also survive.
N. Y. Gangsters
Former Hillside
School Student
Kill
High
Lonnie Thomas, former grad
uate of Hillside High School,
who was slain by gangsters in
New York last week. Reasons
for the attack on Thomas were
not disclosed. Thomas was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie
Thomas, Sr., formerly of Dur
ham.
NAACP Files
Suit In La.
Xew Orleans 'I’he National
I .\f«oei.ation fur the Advanee-
nient of Colored People con-
tnnied to move ahead this week
HI its battle to break down set;-
legati'd h i g h e r iilueation
thr*nighout the Smith, as a suit
was filed here in FetU*ral Dis
trict Court to force th(> state to
' admit Roy S. Wilson to tiu* law
school of Ijouisiana State I'ni-
versity. Wil.son is one uf twelve
X'egroes whose ailmission to the
i university was recently denied
soh'ly on the basis ul their racf.
The couiplaiiit filed by the
Xew Vork The fiuieral i>
Lonnie Thomas, 'JS, former Dur
ham citizen who was st«iu by
gangsters in Xew York was held
in Ix)nisbnrg. Sunday after
noon. September 17.
Mr. Thomas, who was tlie 'ni:
of .Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie 'Fhouuis
of Durham, was beaten severls j
by tilt' gaugstt'rs and thrown j
out of a car ou the side of a i
highway in Xt>w York. Il> Ma-jtOR
discovered by pa.ssers'iy in ,i
dying condition and wa-- rushe i j Raleiirh
to the hospital where ir >\as ^sands of
found that bis ui'ck and luttli other
legs were broken.
Thomas was a irraduate of
Hillside High School and prior
to going to Xew \ nrk lived be”,
with his [Barents. His father.
FiOnnii' Tluunas. Sr., still re
sides in Durham, hi-' mother,
Mrs. Gertrude Thoiuas. live.> in
I Washington.
Louis-i Cornelia
tiu- oth-1 Durham.
D, C. An aunt
Hland resides in
-XAACP asserts that there
no other institution in
iana where Wilson am
er plantiffs are able to obtain; Although I'homas was i-ou
a legal education equal to that .science at the time he was dis-
offeretl at the nniviu'sity s/^Tiw [covered lying on the sitle of the
school and asks a pt'rmauent in he was unable to give aiiy
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NEW STATE >lUSEli>l
Bl 11J)ING PI.\MNEn
RALEIGH
Hundreds of thou
ehool children and
visitors who flock tu tlie
.State Capital i*very year win
find three of their main iminis
of interest the Musi'uni of
X'atural Histor\. the Hall o!
History and the State Art
t^allery eotiHolid;ifed in a ii*-
building if plans now
the Atlvisory Budget r.i n-
mi?«ion are odopt.-d, ^
The proptised slrnetim' wituUl
Ih> a State Museum ami Ar»*hiv. s
Center, and in adtUtioii to ifn
edueatUmal and cnltur»l *%
hibits. wouUl provide a pfstn-
for safe stora^ of aiitl ready
aeci>s,s t» prii't'less State