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A&T College Set For Gala Homecoming
15,11011 MAY
His Excellenor WiUUm V. S.
Tnbman, Pre«ldent of Liberia,
• shown as he received the
honorary decree of Doctors of
Laws at Howard Unlversitj
earlier this week. The degree
was conferred in reeofnltlon
of President Tubman’s role In
the profreses of his coontry.
Dr. Mordecal W. Johnson,
president of Howard Univer
sity, Is shown at the rlsht fol-
lowlnr his citation to Mr. Tub
man. Dr. J. St. Clair Price,
dean of the College of Liberal
Arts, adjusts the president's
newly-aoquired hood.
Tubman Gets Degree At
Howard Univ.; Embassy
Siaps Lid On Georgia Visit
WASHINOTON
President William V. S. Tub
man, eighteenth head of state of
the Republic of Liberia, has call
ed upon the colleges and univer
sities of America to take the
initiative in the effort to bring
about spiritual unity throughout
the world.
The piea came in his accept
ance address on being awarded
the honorary degree Doctor of
Liawk at Howard University
Tuesday. On Monday, President
Tubman began a three-week
State visit to the United States.
Whether it will Inclnde the
acceptance of an invitation to
visit Georgia as the guest of
Governor Herman Talmadge
Is not known. Appeals to the
Liberian Embassy for Informa
tion on this point fell on deaf
ears. Spokesmen there refuse
to give any hint as to President
Tubman’s probable response.
The special convocation, at
which the degree was conferred,
wa«. held in Rankin Memorial
Chapel on the University cam-
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Winston-Salem
Shriners in Big
Celebration
WINSTON-SALEM
The Sethos Temple Number
170 of Winston-Salem will
hold its annual Ceremonial
Ball Friday night, October 29,
at the YMCA building.
The big parade and initiation
ceremony will be staged in
Salisbury, Saturday, October
30. The parade will start from
Price High School at 5;St p. m.7
and will cover about three or
four miles of the main ctty
streets." The initiation cere
mony will follow immediately
In the Price High School Gym
nasium.
The candidates will come
from the King Solomon Con
sistory No. 64 of Winston-Sa-
lem and the Joseph P. Evans
Consistory No. 280 of Salis
bury. Commander and Chief,
Perkins, of the Joseph P.
JIvans Consistory said, “We
will not only supply the
largest number of candidates
but we will stage the biggest
show ever put on by Shrtne-
dom.”
Justice Department Joins NAACP
In Fight On Railroad Segregation
WASHINGTON
Racial discrimination in any
form on railway trains operating
in interstate commerce is a
violation of the Constitution and
the Interstate Commerce Act,
the U. S. Department of Justice
informed the Interstate Com
merce Commission in a brief
filed with the ICC on Oct. 10.
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The brief, signed by Attorney
General H«rbert Brownell, Jr.,
and Stanley N. Barnes, assist
ant attorney general, was filed
one day after Bobert L. Car
ter, NAACP assistant special
counsel, filed a brief for the
NAACP and other Individnal
complaints with the ICiC
charging 11 railroads and a
terminal company operating a
terminal company operating
a ^railway station with dis
criminating against Negroes
in interstate travel.
The Justice Dei>artment brief
stated in part: “The time has
come for this commission (the
ICC) to declare unequi
vocally that a Negro passenger
is free to travel the length and
breadth of this country in the
same manner as any other pass
enger.
The sepairte but equal doc
trine no longer “retains vitality
or authority in the field of pub
lic transportation," the brief
stated.
“By the same token that
segregation in public schools,
under command of a State, la
a denial of the ‘equal’ pro
tection of the law* guaranteed
by the Mth Amendment,” the
Justice Department argued
. . . ‘.‘segregation In Interstate
travel is a denial of the equal
ity of treatment required b7
section 3 (1) of the Interstate
Commerce Act.”
The complaint against the rail
road carriers originally was
lodged with the Interstate Com
merce Commission on December
14 past, five days after reargu
ment of the school segregation
cases before the Supreme Court.
It was brought by the NAACP
and 20 individuals against the
11 railroads, on terminal com
pany and one restaurant oper
ator.
Prior to a hearing held July
27 and 28, seven of the railroacb
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Wdtter White Making
Satisfactory Progress
After Hettrt Attack
NEW YORK
Walter White, executive
secretary of the NAACP, is
making “satisfactory pro^
gress” after having suffered a
heart attack recently, it was
announced at NAACP na
tional headquarters here this
week.
Physicians caring for Mr.
White at New York Hospital,
525 East_68th Street, .|u^ve re
ported tiiat the civil rights
leaders, although coming a-
long well, will not be able to
return to his NAACP post for
an indefinite period of time.
Mr, White was readmitted
to New York Hospital on
October 12. Previously he had
been released by the hospital
after having been hospitalised
for four days.
Judge And
Mrs. Waring To
Be Honored
In Charleston
CHARLESTON, a C.
A homecoming banquet will
be given in honor of Judge
and Mrs. J. Waties Waring
here on Novembei* f.
The dinner, sponsored by the
State Conference of Branches
of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People, will be a testimonial
honoring the Judge who, for
many years, has befriended
the Negro in the courts of
South Carolina.
Attorney Thnrgood Marshall,
general counsel for the N .A.
A. C. P., will address remarks
to the group, as will Marion
Wright, president of the State
Conference. The main address
will be delivered -by Judge
Waring.
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VOLUME 30—NUMBEB 47
DURHAM, N. C.. SATURDAY, OCT. 30, 1954
PKICE 10 CENTS
53 Admitted To Floriddi Union
Man May Get
Life For $14 Bad Check
86-Year-Old
Mother Pleads
For Her Son
A story that may even outdo
the Max Ingram case of
YanceyvlUe, North Carolina,
uncovered by the Carolina
Times in 1052, when this
newspaper was the first to
publish the fact that Ingram
had been convicted and sen
tenced to two years in prison
lor looking at a white froman
75 feet away, came to light
here Wednesday when it was
reported to this newspaper
that^jfnother Negro U tlireat-
edm(ith a life senienip in pri
son for passing a $14 worth
less check.
A letter received here from
the frantic 86-year-ol^ mother,
Mrs. Lula Dudley of' Switch
back, West Vlrglnfar, near
Welch, and finally pUueed In
to the hands of tte Carolina
Times states that her onR son
and Hep«ndeiu»,
Bussell, a parolee. Is now %e-
ing held In jail at Welch await-
Inr trial on November 4, at
which time court officials bar*
promised that he will bo giv
en life for breaking his paa^b.
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Counselor Meet
Slated For
]{ocky Mount ^
ROCKY MOUNT
Representatives from elevon
Noi^h Carolina counties are ex
pected to participate in a special
Guidance Conference at Booker
T. Washington High School here
on Thiu-sday, November 4.
The conference has invited
superintendents, Negro prin
cipals, teachers and counselors
from these counties: Vance,
Warren, Franklin, Nash, Hali
fax, Johnston, Wilson, Edge
combe, Martin, Green and Pitt.
The conference is imder the
overall direction of Miss Ella
Stephens Barrett, State Super
visor of Guidance Services, State
Department of Public Instruc
tion; and Dr. Ray Thompson,
Counselor-Trainer, North Caro
lina College.
Principal B. D. Amurtrong of
Booker T. Washington High
School will Introduce the con
sultants at the opening session
at 2:25 p. m. D. S. Johnson,
superintendent of the Bocky
Mount CKy Schools, will wel
come the group.
Miss Kate Parks Kitchin,
Guidance Director, Rocky Mount
City Schools, and Frank Fuller,
Coimselor-Trainer, East Caro
lina College, Greenville, are the
consultants.
Dr. Thompson will discuss
the plan and purpose of the
conference in a discussion en
titled “Guidance — What It Is
And Why It Is Needed.”
Miss Barrett will discuss
“Starting and Improving Guid
ance Activities — The Personnel
and their Roles — Some Prob
lems Involved.”
Pictured above Is Bruce Cald
well (left) who wa» pre
sented the Boy Scout Troop 87
Eagle Award here last Friday
night at a Court of Honor held
at Burton Elementary SchooL
At the center is Mrs. Maurlee
Caldwell, mother of Bruce. At
the right is his Scoutmaster,
B. Kelly Bryant, Jr. Young
Caldwell accompanied Mr,
Bryant to the Third National
Scout Jamboree held at Irvine
Ranch near Santa Ana, Calif
ornia in July, 1953.
Large Crowd Ej^ecf^ To
Hear Weaver And Stewart
At St. Joseph’s AME Sunday
Dr. Charles E. Stewart, Air
bany, New York minister and
educator and L. Stacy Weaver,
Superintendent of the Durham
City Schools, will be featured
speakers at St. Joseph’s A. M. £.
Church here Sunday, October 31.
One of the largest crowds in
the iiistory of the church and
consisting of persons of both
races are expected to hear both
Superintendent Weaver and Dr.
Stewart.
The occasion is the Annual
Homecoming of the Berean Sun
day School Class.
Weaver will serve as guest
teacher for the class during the
regular Sunday School period
starting at 9:30 a. m. Simday.
Dr. Stewart will preach at the
11:00 a. m. services and again at
7:30 p. m. evening services.
Dr. Stewart is a former presi
dent of Kittrell College. He is
now pastor of the Israel A. M. E.
Church, Albany, New York.
The St. Joseph’s Choir, under
the direction of Mrs. Nell Hun
ter, will furnish special music
for the morning and evening ser-
DR. CHARLES E. STEWART
vices on Sunday.
Dr. Stewart received his edu
cation at Wilberforce Univer
sity, Payne Theological Semi
nary, Howard University Law
School, and the Chicago Musical
College.
DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AFL
UNION STEPS UriNTEGRATION
NEW YORK
Fifty-two Negro bricklayers
and masons have been admitted
to membership in Local Seven
of the Bricklayers, Masons and
Plasters International Union,
AFL, in Dade County, Florida,
as the result of NAACP program
to integrate Florida cifaft unions,
it was announced here this week
by Herb^xt Hill, labor relations
assistant for the Association.
Mr. Hill, who headed up the
integration drive, met with
the nnlon’i bnslneaa manager.
W. T. Smith, and with repre
sentatives of a small all-Negro
building trade onion in Miami
earlier this year with the re
sult that the first ten Negroes
were admitted Into the union
in August.
Since that time 42 additional
Negro mechanics have l>een ad
mitted and plans are being made
to disband the independent all-
Negro imion.
This segregated union re re
latively ineffectual since mem-
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Chain To Hold
Annual Banquet
November 2nd
Some 125 members and
friends of the Durham Businesn
and Professional Chain are ex
pected to httend the chain’s 15th
anri’ual banquet at Hillside High
School at 7:30 Tuesday night.
The winner In the “Mias
Trade Week"' contest will b«
crowned during the banquet
ceremonies. Prizes will also be
given the 10 contestants.
Dr. C. E. Boulware, professor
of mathematics at NCC, an
outstanding religious and civic
SEE AGGIES
AND MORGAN
BEARS BATRE
GREENSBORO
Mora than 15,000 spectators
arc exi>ected her* Saturdsiy,
October 30 to attend the ■hiumI
homecoming football g»»w be
tween the'^. and T. Collesr Ag
gies and the Morgan State Col
lets Bears, the main attraction
of a tliraa day homecomins cato-
bration.
Among the mammoth turnout
will be nearly 6,000 A. and T.
alumni and former students, r«-
tuming to the college for a full
week-end of activities arnmged
by a special homecoming com
mittee which has iieen workinc
at feverish pitch for tiie past six
weeks.
The game, itself, usually an
important conference clash, ex
cites more than ordinary inter
est. Here of late, each of the
teams lias alternated in spoiling
the other’s homecoming. In 1050
when the Aygies won the CIAA
cham'pionsliip, an underdog Mor
gan aggregation held them to a
zero tie to q;>oll the season’s rec
ord. A. and T. gave the Balti-
morians their worst defeat in
Baltimore in 1051, 31-6. Mor
gan ruined the A&T celebration
in 1952, 16-12 and last year the
Aggies whipped the- favorite
Bears 20-7 in a double ceremony;
Morgan’s homecoming and Ed
die Hurt’s 25th anniversary.
Previous seasons records, now
mean almost nothing when tlia
two teams tie-up. Both teams ara
expected to enter tiie fray with
two coniereace wins each, Mor
gan winning all, but the Aggies
have dropped two of tlieir four
conference engagements
The two tiave had only on*
conunon foe.- Central State Col
lege was edged by the Aggies,
18-12, but defeated Morgan,
26-0. Again, th« may mmmn
nothing when they m**t bcrs
Saturday.
On* thing is sure, retiuming
alumni and former students are
in for a full week-«nd of special
features.
Walter R. McLArty, assistant
dean of men at the college and
cliairman of the homecoming
committee, states tliat the pro
gram for current celebration is
the most elaborate ever attempt
ed at the college.
E. BOULWARE
leader, is the banquets speaker.
Tuesday’s program climaxes
what is regarded as one of the
most successful “Trade Weeks”
in the Chain’s History.
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HONORSOCIETY
INSTALLATION
OCTOBER 29th
The Hillsida Chapter of the
National Honor Society will
kold its annual Installation
services at 11:00 a. m., Friday,
Octobcr 20, In th* sch^ audi
torium.
L. Stasy Weaver, Snperln-
tendent of tha Dvham City
Seh*«ls, will b* th* gnest
speaker and Reverend J. Neal
Ha^ey *f North Carallna
CoU^e wUI offer the taiveea-
tion. Mnale will b* famlaked
by the HliWde High S«1m*1
Band and Ckorm.
The following seniors and
juniors will be installed as
full members: Hattie Lee Boas,
Flora Lownia Snipes, Shir
ley Louia* Stewart, Beverly
Anne Wright, Glyndora Car-
ripk, Joen Janet Grubb*, Rldt-
ard Irwin Holmea, Jr., Jamas
William Herndon, Walter Van
Buren Holmes, Helen Delores
Jamison, Joseph Gilbert Riley,
and Vonnie Raye Wilaon.
Eight aopkawisres wh« will
b* Installed as prebsUeeaiy
members ar*: Mlrlaas Rasa-
nwid Hohnas, Cat*lyn Jaaall
LennMi. Ckariw Tkaaus M*-
NeU, WUltaM Reginald Park
er, C*y D«laM SmMi, PatrMa
Ann Spanldtng, Vlrd^ T*d-
d*r, and ^asella Prld* nasya.
The sponsors ol th* aodety,
H. M. Holnm John H. Gattis,
Mrs. Francis W. Scboolar. and
Mrs. Minnte P. Tumar, wiU
be installed as Honorary mwna-
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