Twelve ^urt In Pknic Bus Wrick
i'-i' V
Thl» qalntet of winsome
away and the photocraplier
■on, Goldaboro; Ellaworth Kirby
MiM Kirby are lenion.
If pool, eye the finiah line yards
bara Hnnins, Dover,' Roby Swin-
WiUon; Bianoh Campbell, Cliarle
Wilson Gtizens Enable Family To
Visit Returned POW Son In Alabama
WUaoQ — Genuias nelghbor-
UneM, the kind that goes with
tb« teuth’s lamed hospitality,
waa cryitalliaed into deeds here
this week whea ts city opened
ita heart and its pocketbook to
send the parents oi a hospitaliz
ed. returned prisoner of war
to his sick bed at Fort McClell
an Army hospital in Albama.
Ur. and Mrs. Joim Wooten
were scheduled to see thair son.
Pvt. Oscar Wooten, ior the first
time in over three years last
Tuesday. A fund raising cam
paign, initiated by the Wilson
TIMES, RetaU Merchants Bu
reau made it possible for them
to fly in a chartered for them
senger jdute to th«ir son’s bed
side.
Pvt. Wooten is confined to
McClellan hospital for treatment
for tuberculosis which he con
tracted wliile he wait a prisoner
of the Communists.
Sclieduled to accompany tliem
on the trip was Vernon Morton,
city editor of The*TlM£S, wUch
paid for the cost of transporta
tion of the couple as its part of
the contribution.
More than enough money was
raised by sympathetic Wilson
citizens to pky for the Wooten’s
visit to see their son. The rest
of the money will be used for
other Wilson county prisoners
of war released in the future.
Ordinarily,*it would have been
months before the Wootens
would have seen their son. Mr.
Wooten is a day laborer in Wil
son and the family could not
afford such a trip on their in
come.
Asheville Nixes
Race For Use
As Policewomen
Asheville—City Director ot
Public Safety Carl B. Hyatt, Jr.
announced last week that plans
for school traffic do not Include
the iiiring of any Negro school
cro^g guards. The city does
employ 12 such women as school
crossing guards, but they are all
white.
The announcement from Hyatt
came as an answer to Negro
residents of the Hill Street
section who had e a r 1 i a'r
in the year asked the city to em
ploy a traffic guard at tte biuy
highway intersection of Patton
and Clingman Avenues.
Public Safety Director Hyatt
said that the droislon not to em
ploy a Negro traffic guard at the
Patton-CUngman Avenue cor-,
ner was made because both
white and Negro school children:
cross at this intersection, tiie
white children crossing at this
point in going to and from the
Queen Carson Elementary
(Please tium to Page Eight)
news capsules
NEW ANTI-BIAS COMMITTEE SEEN
AS,A CHALLENGE TO CONGRESS
NEW 'i’ORK—The action of President Eisenhower in
setting up the Government Contract Committee announced
last week in Denver "merits the gratitude of thousands who
are now denied a chance to work or use their highest skills
in the mills and factories that hold government contracts,”
Walter White and Clarence Mitchell, executive secretary
and Washin^on bureau director, respectively, of the Na
tional Association for the Advancement of Colored People,
said in a joint statement this week. ~ -
This action, they said, “reaffirms the important principle
that those who do business with the United States shall not
refuse emuployment to qualified persons solely because of
race, religion or national origin. This move of the Chief Ex
ecutive is a challenge to Congress to erase discrimination in
all other major industries by passing a Fair Employment
Practice law.”
★ ★
¥ ¥
★ ★
N. C. Gl Dies In PW Camp
AdieMUe—Pte. Harold Clink
scale* 1!1, and son of Mr. and
Mrs. jtohn H. Clinkscales of XS
Clempons Street was ammig S4
otheid of the U. S. Army who
have iMen listed by the North
Koreans having died while in
North Korean Prison Camps.
The list was released by the
Department of Defense last
week. Mr. and Mrs. Clinkscales
received the news about their
son in a telegram from Major
General William E. Bergin, ad
jutant general of the Army.
Pfc. Clinkscales had been list
ed as missing in action since
February 1951, less than 00
days after he shipped out for
Korea from Seattle, Washington
in December 1950.
On receiving this latest news
concerning the fate of their son,
Blrs. Clinkscales, the young
man’s mother, still held out hope
for his life and safety by saying
that she did not believe the
enemy was telling the truth.
However, Pfc. ClinJsscales’ fa
ther accepted this latest news as
the truth.
Young Clinkscales entered the
army from Charlotte in June
1950.
The Clinkscale family lived
in Asheville during the boyhood
of Harold, who attended Moun
tain Street School across the
street from their home. Later
the family moved to Charlo^
where Harold attended Hlj^
School. Then they moved back
to AsheviUe.
In the Army’s telegram mes
sage to the Clinkscales family,
it was eimhasized that although
the enemy has listed Pfc. Clink
scales as having died while in
their custody, the Army has not
verified this information, and
therefore his status has not been
finally determined.
FOR THIRTY YEARS THE OVTSTANDllSG WEEKLY OF THE CAROLS AS
Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Durham, North Carolina, under Act of March 3,1879.
VOl^UME 1—NUMBER 16
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, AUG. 22, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
INTEGRATION WOULD MAKE US LIKE
RUSSIANS, SAYS “HUMMON”
ATLANTA, GA.—Governor Herman Talmadge said this
week that the abolition of segregated schools would make
the nation “one step closer to the policies of the Kremlin.”
At the same time, the Georgia Governor revealed a plan
whereby the state could transfer public schools to private
operation if the Supreme Court voids segregation. The plan
is believed to be similar to one fashioned by Governor James
F. Byrnes of South Carolina.
MAYOR OF CHICAGO URGED TO
DENOUNCE MOB ACTION
NEW YORK—Roy Wilkins, administrator of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People, has call
ed upon Mayor Martin Kennelly of Chicago to announce pub
licly that “no mob action will be tolerat^ against peaceful
citizens seeking homes” in the City of Chicago.
The NAACP, Wilkins told Mayor Kennelly, “commends
action of Police Department in providing protection to the
Howard family in Trumbull Park Homes but urges state
ment from you as Mayor of nation’s second city that no mob
action will be tolerated against peaceful citizens seeking
homes. Released Negro prisoners in Korea must be wonder
ing what they fought for as they sep what is happening to a
Negro veteran’s family in Chicago.”
PROMOTE ONLY ON BASIS OF MERIT, BOARD
ORDERS NORFOLK NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON—^The Navy Yard at Norfolk was this
week directed by the Fair Employment Board of the United
States Civil Service Commission to “take such steps as are
necessary to insure that candidates for promotion, parti
cularly, to supervisory positions, are accorded proper con
sideration with sole reference to merit and fitness.”
The decision was handed down after a complaint had
been filed with the board by Frank D. Reeves, Washington
legal representative of the National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People, on behalf of Elmer Harris,
Negro civilian employee of the Navy. Harris charged that
there was an unwritten policy of refusing to promote Ne
groes to any position which requires supervision over white
employees.
CAR PLOWS INTO HOUSE, LEAVES
OCCUPANTS MINUS ONE DOOR
CHARLOTTE—A house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Leroy
Floyd in the 500 block of Meyers Street watf left with only
one entrance as the result of a freak accident last week.
An automobile, driven by Charles McCarthy of Fort
Bragg, skidded into the house on Sunday, August 9 and de
stroyed the front porch and a portion of the roof. As a result,
the front door was blocked and only one entrance remained,
(Please turn to Page Eight)
GROUP WAS
RETURNING
FROM BEACH
Goldsboro—A bus loaded.
carefree church ptenickers,
homeward bound, crashed
Uirough a bridge railing and ov
erturned into a small creek here
last Monday night, killing one
woman and injuring 12 other
persons.
■ ’A'he dead""W0VBaii was identi**'
fled as Mrs. Mable Counters of
Goldsboro.
The vehicle was carrying its
32 occupants back home from
a trip to the Topsail Beach. All
members of the party belonged
to the Apostolic Holiness Church
of this city.
According to police, who in
vestigated the accident, the
bus ploughed through a guard
rail of a bridge over Stoney
Creek and overturned in the
shallow stream.
Officers said the bus appar
ently failed to make a sharp
curve which extends into the
bridge.
The injured persons were
taken to the Wayne Memorial
hospital with serious to minor
hurts. None were id«itified.
Mrs. Counters, who was the
only person killed in the acci
dent, was riding on the right
side of the bus in the second
seat. Officers believe she must
have been pined inside and
her death caused by Irowlng.
The creek at the spot in wlilch
the bus overturned is normally
between two and three feet, but
recent heavy rains had swollen
it.
Booker T. Jones, driver of the
bus, and the male passengers,
freed themselves and broke
windows in the bus in order to
get others out. There were eight
ciiildren among the passengers.
It was not clear whether any of
the ctiildren were among those
injured.
The accident took place at
about eight o’clock in the even
ing.
GATE CITY TO I
HOST 1,000 AT
USHERS'MEET
Greensboro—The 29th annual
session of the Interdenomina
tional Ushers Association of
North Carolina will convene
here August 20-28 it was an
nounced by A. C. Criimp, presi
dent of the Greensboro Ushers
Union.
All sessions of the convent
ion will be held in the College
Auditorium at Bennett College
and the large number of dele
gates and visitors expected to
attend the convention will be
housed and fed on the college
campus. It is estimated that ap-
proximately 400 delegates and
visitors will be the high water
mark of attendance which is sup
posed to be reached by the Sat
urday afternoon session.
The convention is scheduled
«pen Thursday morning Aug
at 10 o’clock .with a half
lOur of devotions following
which greetings will be extend
ed the delegates and visitors by
C. A. Langston, vice-president.
Registration of delegates, ap-
liointment of committees, and
instructions to conunittees will
frtllnw. nnpfiing SCSSion will fii-j * .i-1,.,
rr.-LTiir- XU6C1 « CUnipiaili I WltlX XlTO TT CSX*
McDowell Man Says
Race Schools inferior
LONGIIHERESIDENIOFWESnRN
NORTH CIKOLINA SUIT SCENE
HiKES REVEALING TESTIMONY
Asheville—A long-time, prom
inent resident of Old Fort, scenic
little Blue Ridge mountain vill
age and site of the latest in B|
series of school discrimination
suits filed in the State, declared
in unmistakable terms here last
week that Negro residents of
Old Fort liave been “grossly
discriminated against by school
authorities . . .solely because
they are Negroes and for no
other reason.”
Ihis assertion was made in
the form of a letter last week
to the Asheville Citizen Timet
by D. W. Adams, a well respect
ed and long time resident of
McDoweU county.
Two Mondays ago, a group
of 26 Negro parents of Old Fort
SEGREGATION
IS DOOMED
Oklahoma City—Racial seg
regation in housing and educa
tion “is virtually dead,” Mac Q.
WiUlamson, attorney gmeral of
the State of Oklahoma, told
members of the Oklahoma Cits'
Real Estate board at a luncheon
meeting here recently. "You
might as well give up the fight
to prevent Negroes from buying
(Please tvim to Page Eight)
be presided over by the presi
dent, L. E. Austin.
The Thursday afternoon ses
sion, which will open at 2 o’clock
will include the usual half
hour devotions, eprollment of
new churches, presentation of
new delegates and visitors, in
structions to delegates, and
reiadlng of the minutes. The
board of directors will meet at
4:00 o’clock.
On Thursday evening a public
program will be held with A.
C. Crump, president of the local
tishers union, presiding. There
will be remarks of welcome from
representatives of local usher
groups, ministers, various prO'
fessions, business and education
al institutions of the city. Coun
cilman M. A. Arnold will ex
tend welcome on behalf of the
city of Greensboro. The response
will be given by Mrs. E. K. Hu
ghes of Fayetteville. Music will
be furnished by the Senior Choir
of Bethel A. M. E. Church, and
Mrs. Comey Enzlow will render'
a solo.
With vice-president, C. A.
Langstoa, presiding the Friday
morning session, in addition to
the devotional program, will
include a demonstration by the
artcraft department tmder the
direction of Mrs. A. B. Massen
berg.
On Friday afternoon the Jvm-
ior Department with Junior
President, Oscar Miles, presid
ing will hold its session. Ad
dresses will be delivered by the
jimlor president and Miss Dixie
L. Goins.
On Friday evening the aimual
address of the president wiU
be delivered. Music for the oc
casion will be furnished by the
St. Stephens ChriSOan Church
Choir with a solo by Mrs. Ruth
Morgan of Wendell.
Vice-presid«it Langston will
presid.
On Saturday morning, August
22, the First Aid department of
the Association will hold its ses
sion with Mrs. Hattie Jones,
president, presiding. The session
will include the reports from
various committees, demonstra
tions and discussions on first aid.
The session Saturday after
noon will Include, in addition to
reports of various conmiitteea,
(Please turn to Page Eight)
ern N. D. District Federal Court
here chiirging the McDowell
County school board with dis
crimination in the dispensing of
sSchol facilities.
Late last week, a reply to the
charge was made by E. P. Dam-
eron of Old Fort on behalf of
the school board. He denied that
the board had discriminated
against Negro students.
Adams, who identifies him
self as having been intimately
familiar with McDowell County
school situation since the county
school system’s beginning back
in 1913, sold to the county, ac
cording to his statement, the
land on which one of the coimty
schools is now located.
His statement, which was pub
lished by the Citizen-Times, in
addition to making the sweep
ing declaration that the Negroes
of the county had been dis
criminated against in the matter
of school facilities, went on to
list the Instances of "discrimina
tion” against the Negroes.
The partial text of his state
ment, published in the CITIZEN-
TIMES follows;
“I have been conversant with
this (the school) disgraceful
situation since the Inception in
1913, when I sold to the
then McDowell County School
Board the three and two-ten
ths acre tract upon which the
present very substantial and
commodious school was erect
ed. I can state most positively,
and doubtless will under oath
in this case as to the facts
which are substantially as fol
lows:
“The colored people in the
Old Fort School District have
been grossly discriminated a-
gainst by the school authori
ties^ commencing immediately
after the purchase of the lot,
and up to date, and this was
done by certain officials con
trolling the School Boards,
maliciously and soley because
the parents and children are
Negroe^and for no other rea
son!
“To specify definitely, and to
amplify the above statement,
the Negroes were promised by
the then School Board, con
sisting of two mighty good cit
izens, J. Miles Flack, now liv
ing in Black Mountain, and the
late John Bradley of Old Fort,
Chairman, and another mem
ber whose name I have forgot
ten, that the money which cer
tain colored parents had mort
gaged their homes to raise in
the sum of $710 would be re
stored to them when the coun
ty financial affairs were in
better shape. This promise has
been forfeited and never been
performed, although the State
subsequently took over the
management of the school.
“In contract, the county and
State paid for the white school
lot and all subsequent im
provements.
“From the time the ground
was, broken until last year
when the County School Board
authorized ordered the seats,
stove and other equipment rip
ped out of the schoolhouse, re
moved and stored, the Negro
people were required to meet
the following expenses of
(Please turn to Page Eight)
■■■!*>;■
OUSTON
FIRST NEGRO
POLICEMAN
RESIGNS
C&ar&iie—7&ie' resignation of
what la believed to be the State’s
fiiat Negro Police officer waa
made here thia week by patrol
man A. M. Houston.
Houston joined the Charlotte
police force in July 1041, some
12 years ago. He is generally be-
leived to be the oldest Negro
policeman in the State.
Patrolman Houston's resigna
tion was dated 'August 15.
Tills city’s first policeman,
Houston was bom in the city in
September, 1902, son of the late
Mrs. Maria and Henry Houston.
He received an A. B. degree
from Livingstonee College in
1925. In 1942, he was married
to the former Miss Eva Cowans.
They reside here at 624 East
First St. Houston is an active
member of the Grace A. M. E.
Zion Church.
According to reports, patrol
man Houston is resigning to en
ter the undertaking busimas
with George Davison of Bel
mont.
Some time ago, city officials
focused attention on what was
termed a shortage in the local
police department. The Civil
Service Conunission has report
ed a high rate of resignations
and a shortage of applicants in
the department.
DB. G. D. CARNES
MISS LACtKA CAftRINGTON
nSD mNSS
Some of the principals In the laterdenomiaatioaal Ushers CMvemtlM at Gr««iA«r* tkli week
end are shown here. At left is Dr. G. D. Camea of Wilmingtoa, Graadmastw ef Nerth CaraMMli
Masons who will deliver the principal addreaa before the meattag. Center ia MIm Laan
ton, winner of the First Aid Department Contest and who will be erewaed “MiBa Nora
Usher of 19SS” at the seasiwi. At right la Fred Hlnca of Dariu^ traanrtr ttM AM Dl
and manager et the contest.