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FOIt THIRTY YEARS THE OVTSTANDiNG WEEKLY OF THE CAROUISAS
Entered a$ Second Clast Matter at the Pott Office at Durhamjf North Carolina, under Act of March 3,1879.
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VOLUME 30—NUMBER 3
DUBHABI. N. 0.. SATURDAY, FEB. 14, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
NCC Asks Funds Again
At Joint Meet Of Soions
The picture story of the transfer of Seaman James Umstead
from the minesweeper U. S. S. Herald to the attack transport Cam
bria Is depicted In the above panels. PANELl—^Ttae minesweeper
U. S. S. Herald coming alongside the Atlantic Fleet Amphibious
Force attack transport U. S. S. Cambria to transfer Jtlmes R. Um-
■tead, seaman apprentice, stricken with appendicUs. PANEL 2—
PMsonnel on board the Cambria shoot a line to the Herald in pre
paration for the transfer of the ill sailor. PANELS—^Rear view
of the U. S. S. Herald Illustrates the roufh seas over which Seaman
Umstead had to travel by means of the high line. PANEL 4—James
B. Umstead (see arrow), seaman apprentice, starts his journey in
the bucket seat across the high line from tthe U. S. S. Hwald to the
U. S. S. Cambria for emergency appendectomy. PANEL 5—^Navy
doctors performing- emerfMicy operation on board the attsM>k
transport U. S, S. Cambria. PANEL 6—Lt. John Peyser and Lt.
(Jr) H. S. Rosenthal, doctors who performed the emergency opera-
ttlon to remove Umstead’s appendix stand beside his bed in the
sick bay of the U. S. S. Cambria two days after the operation.—All
photos, courtesy U. S. Navy.
Dangerous Sea Transfer
Saves Life Of Local Man
A perilous high-line transfer
In raging mid-Atlantic seas may
have meant the difference be
tween life and death to a Dur
ham seaman.
He is James R. Umstead, sea
man apprentice, USN, son of Mr.
Albert Umstead, Route 3, Dur
ham, If. C. and Mrs. Frances
Bryant, 110-3S New York Blvd.,
Jamaica, Long Island, N. Y. Um
stead was stricken with an at
tack of acute appendicitis while
standing a lookout watch on
the bridge of the minesweeper
USS Herald. He was swiftly
transferred to the Atlantic Fleet
Amphibious Force attack trans
port USS Cambria for an emer
gency appendectomy.
The tricky lift was sUccesi-
fuUy negotiated despite huge
waves which pushed the small
minesweeper away from tbs
transport. Umstead finally matf*
the "cable crossing” and was
rushed to the operating room of
the Cambria.
Two hours later the operation
had been successfully perforQied
by Lieutenant Junior Grade H.
S. Rosenthal, USNR, medical
officer of a Marine unit embark
ed in the Cambria. He was as
sisted by Lieutenant Joseph
Peyser, the attack transport’!
medical officer, and two enlisted
men. ,
After recuperating in the
Cambria Umstead returned to
duty on board the Herald when
both ships arrived at Oran, Al
giers. Umstead attended the
Hillside high school in Durham.
The Cambria and Herald are
among ten ships that make up
Task Group 44, now (q>entliiC
in the Mediterranean as the am
phibious element of the Sixth
Fleet.
Dr. Elder Asks
Money For .
Grad Schools
RALEIGH
President Alfonso Elder of
North Carolina College asked
the Joint. Appropriations Com
mittee of the State Legislature
last Tuesday for nearly four
millioh dollars to bolster the
college's graduate school.
"The appropriation was deem
ed necessary by President Elder
to prevent the State from mak
ing a “backward step”.
Most of the money would be
used to finance the Ph.D. pro
gram, already established in
name at N. C. College. The Ph.D.
program was set up oa a pro-
posaLby * Joint amtjaMfa at the
University of Norm' Carolina
and North Carolina College
trustee boards to eliminate the
demands by Negroes for admis
sion to the University.
Formation of this joint com
mittee and its actions were made
after the full trustee board of
U.N.C. had on April, 1951, voted
to accept any “qualified” Negro
students of the state.
The actual amount of Presi
dent Elder’s request Tuesday
from the legislature was for the
$3,783,172 for the next two
years. The college had orglnally
ask^ for $1,730,500 for 1953-
54, but the advisory budget com
mission had recommended that
it receive $1,610,355. For 1954-
55, the college sought $1,741,200
and the budget commission re
commended $1,629,805.
Included in President Ellder’s
requests Tuesday were five,
buildings, items for an under
ground electric system, and
othn: improvements as well as
funds to purchase new land for
the the institution’s expansion.
Dr. Elder asked specifically
for three buildings previously
sought at the 1951 legislation, to
house the departments of edu
cation ($691,804); commerce
($674,257); and biology ($639,
944).
In addition, the President re
quested a dormitory for senior
and graduate women ($1,(U6,
363); a student union building
(521,268); underground elec
tric system (183,100); ground
improvements (21,400); and the
purchase of land, ($35,000).
Dr. Elder revealed to the
legislators that the Ph.D. pro
gram had been set up at North
CaroUna College to relieve the
pressure on the University of
North Carolina of law suits by
Negroes demanding admlssioa
to the Cliapel Hill school.
Recognizing the fact that the
problem which led to the es
tablishment of the Ph. D. pro
gram at N. C. C. originated at
the University, Dr. Elder assert
ed:
“The opportimity to cooper
ate with the Unive^ty of North
Carolina was welcomed by the
College. It was felt that the two
institutions have certain com
mon problems and that the dis
position to work together vol
untarily in developing desirable
solutions was something that
should be encouraged
It was pointed out after the
session by some newsmen that
this Instance of cooperation be-
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WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE? Mias Marian Louise Dwui.
a senior majoring in biological sciences at A. and T. College, poses
in a motif of the season of hearts just as a reminder that Valem-
tine’s Day comes on Saturday.
One of the popular coeds on tbe A. and T. campos. she is a
native of Durham, having graduated from the Hillside High School
here. The daughter of Mrs. Marie Dunn of 119 West Hillside Ave
nue, Miss Dunn is an associate member of the American Chemical
Society and expects to follow a career as medical technician. She
was “Miss Co-Ed” in her freshman year.
High Court Turns Down
Appeal Of N. C Men
HALEIGH—^Little hope was held out here tthis week
I for four men, one of whom has spent five years on death
row here, as the Supreme Court turned down their appeals
I for a new trial Mondav.
I The four are Raleigh Speller, Bennie and Lloyd Ray
.Daniels and Clyde Brown.
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 majority decision Monday,
! rejected the claim of the doomed quartet that unwlawful
I racial dispriimnation was used in seleting the juries which
' condemned them to death.
I Justice Reed authored the majority opinion which up-'
! held North Carolina’s method of selecting jury pt^pels from
the lists of property owners and poll tax payers.
The only hope for the men’s lives rest^ in the possibility
I of intervention on the part of Governor William B. Umstead.
■ tice Reed wrote:
“Our dnty . . . does not mean
we must or should Impose oa
the state our conception of
Unless Gov. Umstead issues a
stay of execution, the men are
scheduled to die either on Feb. 27
or March 6.
The exact date of the execu- the proper source of jury lists.
lion depends on the speed with
which the Supreme Court’s de
cision is certified back to the
i State Supreme Court. Under
state law, executions are set on
the third Friday after a final de
cision in a case. If the U. S. Su
preme Court decision is received
before Friday, the date will be
set for Feb. 27. If later, the date
will be March 6.
In the majority opinion, Jus-
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NCCs Dean Manley Named
President Of, Spelman
ATLANTA, GA.
Dr. Albert E. Manley, Dean of
the College of Arts and Sciences
of North Carolina College, Dur
ham,. North Carolina, has been
elected president of Spelman
College to suc-
;eed Dr. Flor
ence M. Read
vho will retire
; the end of the
iresent collegfe
ear, Trevor Ar-
ett, chairman
the Spelman
!ollege Board of
[Trustees,
Dean Manley innounbed today
'.rom his winter residence in
Claremont, California.
Dean Manley has a broad edu
cational background. He was
graduated from Johnson C. Smith
University, cum laude, in 1930.
His fields of concentration in
college were Physics and Math
ematics. He holds the Master’s
degree from Teachers College,
.Columbia University, and a doc
tor’s degree In Zklucation confer
red by Stanford University in
'1946.
Dr. Manley, who is 45 years
old, has been engaged in educa
tional work for the past 21 years,
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Presbytertian Men To Meet
Sunday In Synodical C(Hincil
so long as the soarce reassp-
ably reflects a cross-seetlaa «t
the popnlatlon, suitable in
character and IntelHgeaee for
Jury dnty.
“Short of an actual censns or
requited population reglstra-
ticn, these tax lists offer the-
most comprehensible source of
available names . . .”
A dissenting opinion, written
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County Clerk Whips Innocent
Youth With Big Leather Strap
The third annual meeting of
the Cawtawba Synodical Council
of Presbyterian Men will con
vene at the Grace Presbyterian
Church at Winston-Salem Sun
day, according to an announce
ment made here this week by
Dr. C. E. Boulware, President ■ef
the Council.
The day’s meeting will be
divided into two halves, with the
morning half being devoted to
registration of delegates and the
morning message at eleven
o’clock. Rev. A. H. Prince, di
rector of Evangelism of the Caw-
tawba Synod, will be the speak
er for the morning message.
During the afternoon half of
the meeting, a luncheon will: be
held at the Church, a period of
hymn singing, conducted by C.
A. Powell of the Mary Pottw
School^of Oxford, and a panel
discussion will be held.
Dr. Frank C. Shirley, field
representative of the Synod, will
chairman the discussion. Parti
cipants include Dr. J. W. Sea-
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Bishop Holds
Own After Attack
(By Special Wire To The
Carolina Times)
JACKSONVILLE
Bishop J. A. Gregg, 76, Pre
siding Bishop of the Eleventh
District of the A. M. E. Church,
comprising the state of Flor
ida, is reported to be holding
bis own at Brewster Hospital
where he has been a patient
for tbe past four weeks.
Bishop Gregg suffered a
heart attack at Key West,
Florida prior to entering the
hospital.
His daughter, Mrs. Naomi
Cherot, a teacher of Kansas
City, Missouri is at the bed
side of her father during his
illness.
WADESBORO
A 16 year old former training
school youth found a perverse
fate hounding him here recently
as he was beaten by local law
officers for a crime he did not
conunit, was released, brought
action against his captors but
was brought to trial again him
self, and was once more finally
Released.
As the story was unfolded
hundred dollars had lieen stolen
here, it was disclosed that five -
from the white high school and
all the suspects turned out to be
Negroes. Grier Kendricks, who
is a former inmate of the Mor
rison Training school, related
that he was playing basketball
with a group of other l>oys when
a police officer and another uni
dentified white man came to the
gymnasium and told him be was
l>eing charged with robbery.
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Former AME Prelate For Second
Episcopal District Succumbs
BALTIMORE .
The Rt. Rev. Monroe H. Da
vis, former presiding bishop of
the Second and Eighth Episco
pal Districts of the AME Church,
died in his sleep at John Hop
kins Hospital here Saturday,
February 7.
Last rites were held from Be-
chel AME Church in Baltimore
Wednesday at 11:00 A. M. The
Rt. Rev. D. Ward Nichols, of the
First Episcopal District deliver
ed the eulogy.
At the last General Con
ference of the AME Church held
in Chicago, Illinois, Bishop Da
vis was given a leave of absence
t)ecause of continued illness
with the hope that he would be
able to regain his health. Prior
to that time, he had been presl-
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