Five Nabbed In Inteirracial Vice Arreste
House Of
^Ron
By Race
DANVnJLJE, V«.
, five Ntgroea wer* among
eleven pationi arrested here
iMt we«k In a lenBational ex-
poM oi vice In which, ligured
drunken revelrie* and nude
dAHSiBIE.
The tive Negron were nabbed
aa police made a crackdown on a
vice caae whlcb involved some
■Ix young wbite men, five oi
Utem I'ort Bragg aolcUera, and
10 to 20 teen age white gizle.
According to Detective Cap
tain O. T. ot DanviUe’a po
lice force, charges ol contribU'
ting to deli^iiuncy at minors and
operating a ctMnmon nuisance
have been prefarred against the
five Negroee, operators of three
houaee of ill repute at which the
wild parties between the young
soldiers and teen age girls are al
leged to have taken place.
Charges of contributing to de-
lenquency of minors have been
preferred against the six young
white mm. It was also learned
late this week that warrants
rhargtng statutory rape have
been prepared for serving on
certain oi the young white sol
diers.
The arrests were made Sun-,
day night, Jan. SO after police
investigate a "report last week
that two 12-year-old girls had
been fcoced on an overnight
trip to Fort Bragg by two lol-
-d**«ar'
Arrested were two husband
and wife teams, Mr. and Urs.
John Hood, llr. and Mrs. WiUie
Brown and William Wardell, all
Negroes charged with operating
. the houses of assignation; and
Fort Bnu soldiers, Jimmy
Hooks, Sgt Otto Newman, Mau
rice Jackson. Cyrus Kersher,
Paul £dge a^ Oarland Shields,
who was recently discharged.
The houses operated by Mf ar-
dell, called “Hooky’s and the
one run by the Browns, called
“Sneaky Petes,” are located side
by side in the Union Hill area off
the South Boston road. The
"Hood House” is situated in
Harper’s Town back of Luck-
town^ta th)t general are* of Tip-
pet’s crosK^. All am located
outside of Danville^ city limits.
Detective captain Link said
that the girls ranged in aces
from 12 to 17 and Uiat no char
ges have been filed against them
in the case. Capt Link said alao
this week that a preUminary
hearing for the soldlen and ope
rators of the houses had been
tentatively set^ few FelswMPy S,
but in his opinion the date would
probably be pushed back to Feb.
12 since a Juvenile court haar-
ing is sdieduled for Feb. 10.
Investigation disdoeed that
the young white men would
meet the girls at various points
in. the city and take them to
one of the three houses where,
police charge, bootlegged whis
key was sold.
It Was also revraled that some
of the houses were equipped
with piccolo, ajplano, television
sets and record playen. The
couples allegedly dwced and
drank in the houses and "did
anything they wanted to.” One
report said there were at times
nude dances before large, mix
ed audiences of men.
Working on the caae In ad
dition to the regular assignment
of detectives and policemen are
city manager T. B. 'Femple, po
lice chief J. C. Garrett, two
other detective captains besides
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OF 17 THOIISIIII
Note Assauh Case Dies;
Man Working In Virginia
CARTHAG£ i
Moore County’s famous
‘*assault by note” case di^d
here this week •when the law
failed to press an. action again
st Henry Robinson, tried and
fined for “forcible trespass''
lor throwing a note last week,
which sou^t to have him
serve an old suspraded sen
tence.
In a case which many ob
servers say outdid the now
famous Ingram show
of two years ago in Caswell
County, Robinson was first
charg^ with assault with in
tent to rap& convicted of as
sault on a female in Reord
er’s court last August, then
forced to pay court costs of
some $35 or $40 as the result
of ah appeal in Superior
Court on January 26 which
ended in a guil^ plea to
“forcible trespass.’'
At the end of the Snperlor
Court trial last week^ Aker-
deen’s Chltf of Police Archie
Phillips had a capias issued
against Boblnson seeking to
have Um serve a snspended
90 days Imposed alter aa a»-
saalt convietlon in 1951. Jadge
Frank Armstrong, who i^e-
slded over last week’s Snperlor
Conrt trial here, reprimanded
the police chief and refused to
reeofnlse the capias, aaserttng
that the plea of goUty was net
to have any bearing apon In
voking the eM suspended san-
tenee^
Judge J. Vance Rowe of
Aberdeen later upheld the po
lice chief, however, and the
capias was issued, ordering Rob
inson to show up in court last
Monday to say why he shouldn't
serve the old suspended term.
In the meantime, however,
ItTHMirii*! jils—a attoney,
Herbert F. Seawell, served
netlee of an appeal to the
Solicitor which was accepted,
and apparently the case Was
dropped.
Attorney Seawell said early
this week;
"That’ll i^bafely be the end
of it ... It was Just a lot of
people trying to be Judge,
"jury, 'prisoner and eveijthlng
else.”
The whole thing came about
when last August Robinson,
driving along a highway, threw
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Durham Chain
Meeting Set
DUBHAM
The Durham Boslneaa and
Professional Chain and the
Durham Ministerial Alliance
will hold a Joint dinner meet
ing at the Donat Shop here
Monday at me o’clock.
N. B. White, president of the
Chain, made the anndonce-
ment this week.
White said that the meeting
Monday with the ministers
will be the first In a series of
meetings of the Chain with
other gronps of the city.
FOR THIRTY YEARS THE OUTSTANbiNG WEEKLY OF ThE CAROLINAS
Entered aa Second Class Matter at the Pott Office at Durham, North Carolina, under Act of March 3,1879.
VOLUME SI—NUMBER 1
DURHAM, N. C., SATUBDAT, FEB. 6, 1954
PRICE 10 CENTS
Wilson Fire Takes
Lives Of 5 Children
Pvt, Coo^rp^a R. HoUowav
(right) of Durham, N. C., chatt
with General John E. Hull, UN
Commander in Chief, Far East,
during the general’! recent visit
at-the Tokvo Arm^ Hospital.
Holloway, a patient at the hos
pital, is the son of Mrs. Jannie
Hollovoay, Route 6, Durham.
COP BEATS YET VISITING MOM;
CITY SUED FOR ONE MILLLION
WILSON
A fire of unknown origin
which destroyed the home of a
family here last Monday also
took the lives of the family’s
fcrur small children and that of
a neighbor’s child.
'^ree of the youngsters,
wt^se ages ranged from two
thiough 11, were burned so bad
ly they were not recogniza
blfe^pey were identified by the
position in which their badly
chaiied bodies were found.
Only survivors of the devas
tating flames were the children’s
father, his wife and a brother.
Listed as dead were Jane Har
ris, 6, Maxine Harris, 2, Mae
Harris, 4, Charles-Harris, 3, all
children of Mr. and Mrs. Clutfley
Harris,^ and Shirley Gray
_JCnight, 11, daughter of Mrs.
Odessa Knight. The Knight girl
was spending the night at the
Harris home.
The flames broke out early
Monday morning as the occu-
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NEW YORK CITY
A Negro veteran, who fought
in Korea, is suing New York
City for one million dollars on
a charge that a policeman beat
him “viciously and merciless
ly” in Harlem Hospital as he
waited outside the ward door
where his mother lay gravely
ill.
The veteran, Pvl Clifford
Hamp, who brought the dam
age action against New York
City instructed his attorney to
change the figure from $100,-
000 to $1,000,000. Trial Conn-
4
A combined total of 190 years
■ervlee Is represented hy some
ten employees of the Nortt Caro-
Um Mntnal Life InsnnuiM Com
pany who received servlee pfan
la special ewemoay aV ttM heme
offlee in Dnrham hurt week. W.
I. Koinedy, Jr., presUent of the
firm. Is shewn eompletiag
et the plas te am-
ployeea.
Names "of the workers and
number of years servloe to the
company ari, left to right, front
row. Miss Rita Curtis, twenty
years; Mrs. Minnie P. Moses and
Miss LUUaa Jeffries, thl^ years
each; and L. B. Sj^dl^, fwty
years.
Back row, left to right, are T.
L. Rowland, Mm Lorraine B.
Weaver, Mrs. Elna B. Tntt, Mn.
Mary Kl]^ and Mrs. Adelyn
Spaulding,'all of whom received
pins for ten year service. Mrs.
Mary Famplln, who received a
twenty year service pin. Is not
shown hare.
sel Harry H. Llpslg filed a
petition In Supreme Court.
Hearing on the petition is set
for February 15th. Hie figure
is among the largest on record
against the city.
The story, as the veteran tells
it, is that he was at the front
in Korea in November, 1952,
when he received word that
his mother was desperately 111
with-a heart ailment. Granted
an emergency leave, he was
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AMEZ Church
Starts Drive
BALTIMORE, Md.
The Washington Confereflce
of The Methodist Church, with
headquarters here, launched a
9100,000 campaign Sunday,
January 31, for church exten
sion within the conference.
. Under the leadership of Bish
op Edgar^A. Love, head of the
Baltimore Area, which includes;
the Washington, Delaware, N. C.
and East Tennessee Annual Con
ferences of the denomination,
leaders of the conference are at
tempting to duplicate the feat
accomplished ten years ago,
when the same amount^ was
raised for Methodist mission
causes around the w^rld~. The
denomination at large raised
$2^,000,000 in the crusade.
10,000 members in the con
ference, which has a member
ship at more than 40,000, are
asked to give a tniniTnnip of
$10 each to instue the success
of the drive. These persons will
be awarded a gold certlflcafe In
acknowledgement of- their con-
tributlona.
BU2E LEVE15 FAMILY HOME;
BODIES PAST RECOGNITION
ON RADIO
-V, DURHAM
Three radio programs will
feature the observance of a
44th birthday of the Boy
Saoate of America by the Dur
ham division.
H. W. GUlls, field executive
for the Occoneechee Council,
listed the program series tor
next week. It Is as follows:
Monday, February 8, WSSB,
4:15-4:30; Wednesday, WTIK,
6:15-6:30; Saturday, WDNC,
12:15-12:30.
Boy Scout week Is celebrated
nationally February 7 through
febrnary IS.
Man-Wite Law
Team A 'First'
DANVILLE, Va.
The recent opening of the law
firm of Harvey and Wood marks
the first time in the history of
Danville, that a Negro husband
and jwife team have ent^ed the
practice of law before the
Courts of the City. It is belleyed
that this firm is also the first
such firm to be established in
Virginia.
Attorney Ruth L. Harvey
(Wood) is the daughter of Dr.
aiid Mrs. C. C. Harvey of this
city and is a graduate of How
ard University’s Schools of Li
beral Arts and Law.
Attorney Harry I. Wood is
the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Wood of Richmond, Va.
He too, is a graduate of the
Liberal Arts College and the
School of' Law of Howwd Uni
versity.
Both Attorneys have been ad-
^tted to practice before the
highest Court of this State.
Mrs. Roosevelt
Says Bricker
Plan 'Harmful'
WASHINGTON, D.C.
The Bricker amendment to
curtail presidential authority in
treaty-making was sharply criti
cized by speakers and delegates
at the National Youth Legisla
tive Conference which closed its
four-day sessions here today.
Hurrying from the Senate
floor where debate on the mea
sure began on the opening day of
the conference, Jan. 28, Senator
Paul Douglas (D., 111.) told the
young people that “the cure pro
posed by the Bricker Amend
ment was worse than any abuse
in the present method of con
cluding treaties and arranging
executive agreements.”
Some of the supporters of the
measw'e, he charged, “are wor
ried about the Genocide Conven
tions for which Congress has
failed to provide directly.”
In a press conference preced
ing her-address, Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt characterized the a-
mendment as “very harmful.”
It is based on the •premise, she
said, “that no future President
or Congress is to be trusted. It
is incorrect to say that the pres
ent procedure empowers the
President to take away our li
berties. A treaty becomes the
supreme law of the land only
when it is constitutional.”
Former Athlete
SuccumbsTo
Wreci( Injuries
JEFFERSON CITY, MO.
Lincoln imlversity (Mo.) stu
dents and faculty were shocked
earlier this week by a message
from Pittsburg, Pa., that Harry
Stokes, outstanding hi^ school
and college athlete, died from a
blood clot on the lungs, caused
by injuries received in an auto
mobile accident, Jan. 24.
Commissioned a second lieu
tenant in the engineers corps at
Lincoln last June, Steves was
driving home from Fort Bel-
volr Engineer Center when his
car hit a slippery spgt 30 miles
from Pittsburgh, ‘^e report
stated that he Jumped from the
vehicle, which was badly dam
aged. Taken to a nearby hospi
tal, the former LIncolnite died
later.
MRS. ETBEL G. HUBBARD
Funeral Rites.
Held For Former
School Official
DURHAM
Mrs. Ethel Grizzelle Hubbard,
50, supervisor of mtisic in Dur
ham City Schools for many
years, was buried here Wednes
day afternoon following four
o’clock funeral services at the
White Rock Baptist Church. She
died Sunday morning Jan. 31 at
Lincoln Hospital.
■rtie veteran educator was tte
wife of Dr. J. M. Hubbard, Dur
ham dentist iuid secretary of the
trustee board oi the North Caro
lina College. The family’s resi
dence is 612 Dupree Street, Dur
ham.
Survivors, in addition to her
husband, are two sons. Dr. J. M.
Hubbard, Jr., dentist of Durham,
and Thomas R. Hubbard, a grad
uate student of New York City.
Dr. Miles Mark Fisher, pas
tor of White Rock Baptist Chur
ch preached the funeral and pre
sided at graveside rites at Dui*'
ham’s Deeehwood Cemetery.
In respect for Mrs. Hubbard,
Negro schools of the city were
closed Wednesday afternoon on
an order from superintendent L.
Stacy Weaver.
Mrs. Hubbard was the daugh
ter of the late Thomas Russell
and Mrs. Rose Emma Linda
Street Russell. She was bom in
Durham on October 17, 1895.
Mr. Russell was one of the city’s
early nurses who served some of
the city’s pioneer families.
She was actively associated
with the Daughters of Isis, Zafa
Chapter No. 41, the Dorcas
Club, the North Carolina College
Alumni Association, the N. C.
State Teachers Association and
numerous other professional or
ganizations.
Mrs. Hubbard was educated
in the Durham public schools
and at North Carolina College
where she received an A.B. de-
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Stolen Money
PartOfSem^
Tuition, Fees
ORANGEBURG, a
Thieves broke into
Univernty's business ofQee here
last Wednesday nicht, Jan. 20
and made off with some $17,000
of the achool’s money.
As of Wednesday, Feb. $, po
lice were still working oo "se
veral leads," but no arrests had
been made.
The robbery took place laart
Wednesday night as the aehowl
bad just completed its first day
of registraition for the new se
mester. The stolen numey repc*-
sented part of tuitions and fees
paid by studmts for the new se
mester.
A total of some $17,700 was
taken by the thieves wbo crack
ed a safe in the school's business
office. Some $10,000 of tiic
money was in cash of hundred
dollar bills and less, and in
checks.
Orangeburg police have bees
working around the clock on
three or four leads” since the last
Thursday morning when the
robbery was discovered. The
South Carolina law enforcem«it
division has been called in to
help solve the case.
Dr. J. J. Seabrook, president
of Claflin, was out of town and
could not be reacdied for a state
ment Wednesday.
The theft was first discovered
according to Claflin Unlvenity
Dean E. A. Finney Thursday
morning when busineas
workers reported for work.
Orangeburg police chief T. E.
Salley said the robbers knock,
the combination lock out of tlu.
safe door to open it. They gained
access to the building by break
ing in the door to the Tingley
Hall, the administration build
ing which houses the business
office.
The timp nf tho hrgak-in W3i
placed at scmewhere between
near midnight Wednesday and
daybreak of the following morn
ing. Dean Finney said that wor
kers were busy in the business
office until 10:30 pan. Wednes
day.
The possibility of an “inside
job” was not ruled out by chief
Salley who said late this week
that all angles were being in
vestigated. He hinted that possi
bly some former students
employees of the college are un
der. investigation.
The chief also confirmed ru
mors that a 1951 grey Nash,
bearing Georgia license plates
and containing several white
men was seen at the scene near
the estimated time of the rob
bery. No trace of the car nor the
men had been turned how
ever, late this week.
Claflin University is situated
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ONE OF IKE'S TAFT-HARTLEY
REQUESTS WOULD AID JIM CROW
WASHINGTON, D.C.
At least one of President Ei-
seiAMiw«r’s recommendations
for revision of the Taft-Hartiey
labor relations law “would ac
tually increase racial discrimi
nation,” Clarence Mitehell, di
rector of the Washington bureau
of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People charged in testimony be
fore the Senate Labor and Pub
lic Welfare Committee here to
day.
Mitehell told the committee
that the Association had urged
revision of the act to prohibit
discrimination by either em
ployers or trade unions. The
NAACP proposal, however, was
not included in the PresldMifB
recommendations. Instead, he
said, there was a White House
recommendation that employees
and employers in tite con
struction Industry be granted
the ri^t to enter into pre-hire
employment contracts _ tmdnr
twms of which “the nnibn will
be tr^ted initially u tlw em
ployees representathr* te eolp
lective baigaining.’*
This provision would permit
these groups “to sign a contract
and become the legal barfaining
agents before a single man went
on the job, the NAACP spokas
man charged. The building tra
des imions, he said, “would un-
doilbtedly follow their past
ticea of rigidly excluding
ed people from the job or
te them to segregated loeals..Mo
matter what the members at
these organizations may say be
fore this cowvnlttea, it jon da
not put safeguards against dis
crimination into the law tha
colored wocklng peo|ile wIB taa
forced to spend mimey In - tiks
courts to protect their
Attending the
which Mitchell i
number the
NAACP . sponsojH
Youth TiegiaTaUve
Mitchell had
ed to.memben
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the yromit nm9r -
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