HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT'S
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SUDDEN DEATH ROCKS 6URHAM
f.POSITION WAIVED TO SUPREMI
COURT REVIEW OF DEUWARE CASE
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leomedy itaur Pearl Bailey waa«
I plotan of (Irliih unbamuMneiit I
{when (he was met at London air- I
I port b]i her fiance, Loul* Bellsoni I
fir. last week. De«[rite parental ob-
ija^ons, the white Dulw Bilington
idmnuner and Fearl were deter-
EaUaed to wed. (Newii^ceM Photo.)
Lending Agencies
To Seek More
Financial Support
NEW YORK
The American Savings and
Loan League agreed last week
to seek new linancial support for
member associations and to en
courage formatton for more in-
stitutionn os one answer to the
Negro housing dilemna.
The League is a national or
ganization of Negro - owned
home-lending agencies with ag
gregate assets exceeding $26,-
000,000. The group held its four
th annual meeting in New York,
with the Carver Federal Savings
and Loan Association as host.
The members re-elected M.
Stewart Thompson to a second
term as president and renamed
Maurice Collette to his fourth
term as secretary-treasurer. Mr.
Thompson is assistant secretary
for the Home Federal Savings
and Loan Association of Detroit,
and Mr. Collette serves similar
ly with the Berkley Citizens Mu
tual Building and I^an Associa
tion of Norfolk.
The president said in his an
nual report that during the past
year the League had supported
civic-minded persons in several
cities seeking to establish new
associations. He said also that
the League’s program in this
direction should be accelerated,
perhaps with the aid of the Fed
eral Home Loan Bank Board and
of the United States Savings and
Loan League, the latter a pri
vate group.
The Detroit bank executive
recommended that the League do
more to develop confidence in
Nepo financial inttltutlonB as
safe thrift depositories. He asked
that members associations In
crease their readiness to finance
such a program for business
stimulation.
Mr. Stewart finally called 4>n
officers of the Lieague’s member
institutions to affiliate them
selves with the professional and
property appraisal societies.
Mr. CoUertte reported that af
filiated institutions had shown
marked growth during the past
year. He attributed this to three
main factors; first, to the work
the League has been doing; sec
ond, to the more vigorous pro
motion efforts by local associa
tions; and third, to the increased
tendency toward thrift generally.
The Norfolk official urged that
a closer check be kept on grow
th of members through more fre
quent reports by them on fi
nancial condition.
Othef officers elected for the
ensuing year were, vice-presi
dents: J. Henry Smith, Tuske-
gee Savings and Loan Associa
tion, Tuskegee Institute; M. Earl
Grant, Watts Savinga^and lK>an
Association, - Los Angeles; and
William Hudgins, Carver Fed
eral, lifew York; assistant secre-
tary-treasurer: Jrftenon A.
John D. Williams, student of
the Norfolk DlTlsion of Vir
ginia State College, who was
the winner in a recent snit
brought against a bos comp
any for disorlmlnatlon. Hie
Court not only declared segre
gation in Interstate travel to
be Illegal bat awarded Wil
liams damages to the amonnt
of ISOO. He is president of the
South Nash County branch of
of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People.
Beaver, Trans-Bay Federal Sav
ings and Loan Association, San
Francisco;; executive committee:
Mr. Thompson, Mr. ^mith, Mr.
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VOLUME 30—4rUMBES *(,
Founder's Day
Celebrated At
Shaw University
Attorney Perkins
Guest Speaker
RALEIOH
The 87th anniversary of Shaw
University was observed at
Founder’s Day exercises, held
E^iday morning, November 21,
in University Church.
The annual address was de
livered by Attorney Daniel W.
Perkins, outstanding lawyer,
and civic and religious leader of
Jacksonville, Florida. The speak
er, a graduate of the Law School
of Shaw University in the class
of 1902 was awarded the degree
of doctor of laws by Shaw Uni
versity in 1951.
The service began with the
usual custom of students, fac
ulty, alumni and friends of the
institution forming around the
grave of the founder, Dr. Henry
Martin Tupper.
President W. R. Strassner
opened the ceremony by reading
the epitaph from the grave mark
er, familiar to all Shaw Univer
sity Alumni for over 50 years—
“He counted not his life dear un
to himself, that he might lift
Godward his brother. Prayer was
offered by Dr. D. L. Simon of
PowellsviUe, which was follow
ed by a wreath being placed on
Dr. Tupper’s > grave by Miss
Gloria Moore, a Junior of Laurin-
burg and “Miss Shaw" for the
current year. The graveside cere
mony ended with the procession
of the group to University
Church for the Founder’s Day
program.
Music was furnished by the
University Chorale^ Society, di- two Durham attomoyo, W^id B,
rected by Henry Blaclonon, ac
companied at the organ by the
Rev. Robert Preddy, a student
at Shaw. Preston Hill of New
Bern sang "The Publican.”
Platform guests introduced by
President Strassner were. Dr. D.
L. Simon, of PowellsvUle; Dr. W.
C. Somerville, of Wasiiintgotf, D.
C.; Dr. £. M. Poteat, of Raleigh,
recently elected chairman of the
executive committee of the
board of trustees of Shaw Uni
versity; Dr. P. A. Bishop, Rich
Square, President of the Gen
eral State Convention of North
Carolina, and a Tnistee of Shaw;
and Mrs. Ellen S. Alston, secre
tary of the Woman’s Baptist
Home and Foreign Mission (in
vention.
Contributions on Founder’s
day, from alumni, baptist organi
zations, and friends totaled a-
t>out 130,000, the largest sum in
the history of Shaw.
FOR THIRTY YEARS THE OVTSTANDllSG WEEKLY OF THE CAROUNAS
Entered at Second CUut Matter at the Pott Office at Durham, ^orth Carolina, under Aat of March 3,1879.
DURHAM, N. C.. SATURDAY, NOV. 29, 1952
PRICE TEN CENTS
Records Asked For
In Burlington Suit
Searcli For
To Be Made
BY ADA HANNAR
BtniLlNGTON
Attorneys, representing an in
terested group of Negro citizens
of Burlington, have requested
the school superintendent. Dr. L.
E. Spikes, to turn over to them
the school records for inspection
in order that they might ascer
tain if there is any discrimination
in the expenditure of funds fpr
white and Negro schools.
The announcement was made
at a meeting of the City School
Board here last Wednesday by
Dr. Spikes who stated that the
request had been made by Ken
neth Lee, Negro Attorney from
Greensboro. He informed the
Board that Lee is assisted by
McKissick and Harvey Beech.
The aittorneys state they repre
sent a group seeking a check on
the records.
Not NAACP Case
Indications that the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People was backing
the efforts of the three attorneys
were found to be without founda
tion this week when a repre-
senative of the CAROLINA
TIMES was told by C. O. Pear
son, NAACP attorney of Dur
ham, that the NAACT is only in
terested in cases seeking integra
tion of Negroes, into the public
school sytsems already estab
lished.
When advised by the super
intendent that inspection of the
records was desired by the at
torneys, the School Board passed
a resolution agreeing to turn
over all of the records, provided
the attorneys submit an affidavit
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TOTAL ASSETS EXCEED fl26MjOM
THE
AM)fcRlCAN SAVINGS AND LOAN
LI^GUE, an organization of Negro-owned home-
financing agencies with aggregate assets of over
$26,000,000, held its annual meeting in New York
last week and re-elected M. Stewart Thompson of
petroit to. A second term as prewdent. Meeting _
in the. boardroom of the Carver Federal Savmgs'
& Loan Association, host organization, were these
representatives; 1. to r. (standing) J. S. Stewart,
iMutual Savings & Loan Assn., Durham; T. M.
Alexander, Atlanta Building, Savings & Loan
jAssn., Atlanta'; Arnold L. Robinson, Quincy Sav
ings St Loan Assn., Cleveland.
Autopsy Report On
Young Girl’s Death
Awaited By Parents
UBADBM AT NAIBO f*f>T(fl1BllTfnB Mnitii aWv* mAw tt tha UadHs aad Mtablea who
' A»o«iattoa t bterfroop fMatloM
I Wfflaird Hotel ki .Waihington reeeaUr. This gtetore was mado Just prior to a dinner meeting at Bomwd
ta Ilsfati Harold A. Vutt, Charles Utrarmor^ Bln. Thomaataa Morford, Or. HMdoaai
W ili«W ia* Ifca. lahaaia aad Pa. jyaael. a
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Girl Succumbs
In Class
Cause Unknown
Duke University Hospital
officials told a representative
of the CAROLINA TIMES
that it would probably be
three weeks before a full and
complete report of the autop
sy perform^ on the body of
the Hillside High School stu
dent who died suddenly last
Friday would be available.
Betty Allen, 15-year-old
daughter of Hulon Allen of 514
South Street, succumbed about
five minutes after she had been
rushed to Lii^coln Hospital after
suffering an attack in her class-
According to her father the
young girl had not been sick
at all, nor had she complained
illness. “I Just don’t onder-
stand it. I mess after all It Is
God’s will,” the grief stricken
father stated.
Miss Allen was a member of
the 10th grade and her sudden
death fairly rocked the faculty
and student body of the school.
She was well-known among the
pupils of all classes and several
of her classmates showed evU
dence of being much uiwet ovir
her 'Untimely death.
According to school authorities
Betty Allen, 15, Hillside pigh
School member of the 10 th
grade* who died here sudden
ly last Friday. The young girl
suffered an attack of an un
known cause while at the
school. She was rushed to Lin
coln Hospital bnt died a few
minutes after arrival.
Miss Allen is said to have grab-
SCHOOL SUIT
TO BE HEARD
WITH OTHERS
Asks That It Be Heard WHh S
Other School Smlts, Scbedaied
for December t-11
WASHINGTON
Attorneys for the National As
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People today filed wtth
the United States Supreme
Court a memorandum waiving
their right to file a brief in ap
position to the motion by the
State of Delaware, seeking a
Supreme Court review of a low-
court decision which ruled
that Negro pupils could' not be
barred from “white” public
schools in a suburb of Wilming
ton.
The Delaware Supreme Court
had upheld the opinion of the
Court of Chancery that facilities
offered Negro children were in
ferior to those provided for
whites. The state appealed.
In waiving their opposition to
Supreme Coure review of the
Delaware appeal, NAACP^ attor
neys included in their memoran
dum a motion to advance the
case on the Supreme Court
docket, if the high court decides
to review it. The NAACP asks
that the Delaware appeal be
heard following the argument on
four precedent-shattering educa
tion cases now scheduled to be
heard on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, December fl-11.
South Carolina, Virginia,
Kansas Suits To Be Heard
Three of these suits challeng
ing the constitutionality of seg
regation in public elementary
and high schools have been wide
ly discussed and long-heralded.
They involve Negro children of
Clarendon County, South Caro
lina; Topeka, Kansas; and Prince
Edward County, Virginia, who
have been barred from so-called
white public schools ah? forc^
to attend segregated schools.
The issue in the cases is the
validity of state statues and con
stitutional provisions under
which separate schools for wiiite
and Negro poupils are maintain
ed.
30
Demolishing Old
Building For
Bank Branch
John H. Wheeler, president of
the Mechanics and Farmers
Bank, told the CAROLllf
TIMES this week that his firm
plans a modern, drive-in branch
of the bank at Elm and Fayette-
' ville Streets.
I Details concerning the plans
will not be available until an
! application before the State
j Banking Commission is acted
upon.
The drive-in branch of the Me-
The largest crowd to see a chanics and Fanners’ Bank
sports attraction in Durham would answer the clamor for
Athletic Park this season is ex-! such an institution that has been
pected to witness the football! raised in Haiti and surrounding
game between North Carolina' areas for the past several years.
College and A. and T. College in | “The interest of our grawlng
clientele demands- that we act
as quickly as possible t« aseet
our expanding popnlaHoB la
Haiti and its environs,” Mr.
Wheeler said.
The proposed structure would
(Campbell Photo)
Also,-(seated) George Vaughns and Jefferson
A. Beaveri Trans-Bay Federal Savings St Loan
Assn., San Francisco; Dr. H. Claude Hudson and
Ri R. Wright HI, Broadway Federal Savings Sc
Loan Assn., Los Angeles; Joseph E. Davis and
-Ri Httdgiast Carver Fed«eal> Wew Yoefc;
Mr. Thompson and Arthur Sinmons, H»ne Fsd*
eral Savings & Loan Assn., Detroit; Maurice Ool-1
lette, R. C. Davis, and Eva Tate, B«k^ Cltiuns!
Building & Loan Assn., Norfolk; M. Eaxr (Arantj
and Leslie Shaw, Watts Savinci At Loap
Los Angeles.
Mammoth Crowd
Expected Here
For Grid Game
the fourth annual Carolina Clas
sic. Kick-off time is 2 p. m.
Colorful halftime ceremonies
with t)oth college's bands are
planned.
Ordinarily, Durham Athletic
Park seats around ^,000 persons. '• Kaplan Building
Pregame demands for tickets years occupied a
now available at Elvira’s Blue strategic spot in the heart of
Tavern, The Do-Nut Shop, Gar-, Haiti. In recent months a mer-
rett’s Biltmore Pharmacy andi‘=“"‘*^ vacated the
the NCC Athletic Park, has'
caused some 4,000 additional i Pitt's sport shop and the
seats to be planned^-1>ark gates, Barber Shop have vacated
the premises.
The Kaplan Building is al-*
ready being razed to make room
for the modern structure.
The rec«t paving «f Um
Street b^veea FayettevUle
and Pettigrew aad ■>alal
modernistic and fwittsMt
plans saM t* he »hwsd ter
the stmctnre will awke It paa-
sible far the baak’k fwiMMM
t* save ssastdsrahls
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will be open at 12 noon.
. , „ l>®st available dope here
bed her stomach and fallen to at midweek was that the affair
the floor wliere she became un- would be a toss-up between the
conscious She was quickly rush- two keen rivals. Coach BiU Bell
ed to Lincoln Hospital where of A. and T. has the advantage
physicians stated that she died in the series that started in 1945.
within a short time. Eagles have won only one
Funeral services were held *** ^he times Bell and
from the Pilot Baptist Church in Herman Riddick of NCC
Pilot, N. C. Interment was in the
Jones Cemetery. j (Please turn to Page Eight)
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