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VOLUME 31 — NUMBER 50
DURHAM, N. C„ SATURDAY, DEC. 11, 1954
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Protests Remaking Of "BIrtli Of Nation” Film
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Association Of Colleges
And Schools Backs U. S.
Supreme Court Dedsion
LOUISVILLE. Ky
The Association ol Colleges
and Secondary Schools during
the closing session of its 21st
annual convention in Louisville
last week both commended the
U. S. Supreme Court on its May
17 school decision and asked the
Court’s consideration in seeing
that “proper safeguards be set
up to guarantee” the imple-
tnekitation of the now famous
school case decision.
After complimenting the Su-
premee Court on the decision,
the Association drew resolute
attention to a brief filed re
cently with the Court by At
torney Geperal Brownell in
whicK* documi^j!^ the Depart
ment of Justice recommended
local implementation of the
Court's T»den The resolution
expressed "deep concern” with
respect to the implementing oi
the decision in good faith.
“Hence, it is the opinion of
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Arresting Cop
Falls In Love,
Marries Prisoner
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
It didn't take John O’harc
long to make up his mind he
wanted to marry as shaken
members of the city’s vice
squad can attest. The squad pre
paring a pitAdering case put In-
spectop'Cyhare on the Job. Pos
ing as business man, the officer
lured two girls to his hotel
room and arrested them as ma
terial witnesses. The inspector
took a second look at one of the
girls, eloped to Reno and
married her.
Dr. C. V. Troup, right, presi
dent of Fort Valley, Ga., State
College, was elected head of the
Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools at fhe-close
of the organization's twenty-
first annual convention last
week in Louisville. Seen com
mending the new electee are,
left, Paul L, Guthrie, retiring
president and Dr. L. S. Cozart,
center, who has been secretary-
treasurer of the association for
twenty-one years. Dr. Cozart it
president of Barber-Scotia Col
lege, Concord, while Mr. Guth
tie is principal of the Dunbar
High School, Lexington, Ky.
AIVIE’s Appoint Bishop Reid Over
N. C. And Virginia Conferences
WASHINGTON, D. C.
At a meeting of the Bishops
Council of the AME Church,
held here Monday afternoon
following the funeral of Bishop
L. H. Hemingway, Bishop Frank
Madison Reid, presiding prelate
of the Seventh Episcopal Dis
trict of the AME Church in
South Carolina, was given the
additional task of presiding over
conferences in North Carolina
and Virjinia.
Bishop D. Ward Nichols of
the First Episcopal District will
preside over the remainder of
the district, Including the states
of Maryland and the District of
Columbia. Bishop S. L. Greene
of the Sixth Episcopal District
Is president of the Bishops
Council.
Bishop Hemingway succumb
ed in Washington Tuesday Nov.
30 as the result of a heart ail
ment. His funeral was held in
the Metropolitan AME Church
of that city Monday December
6. Bishop Grene presided over
the last rites which lasted more
than three hours.
Bishop Reid is well-known
and highly respected in North
Carolina and his appointment
over the two AME conferences
in the state was received with
much approval by leading lay
men as well as ministers. He is
known far and wide for his
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This Looi(s Like
Love That's Real
ROANOKE, VA.
Flfty-ttwo years ago, Charles
lice Dickenson was frightened
Into breaking his engagement
by his sweetheart’s father. Re
cently, however, at the age of
71 Dickenson married the lady.
She Is 70 years ol^
Annual Membership Drive For North
CaroiinaSpphonySocietyToOpen
Dec. 15; L. B. Frasier Heads Group
The Durham chapter of the
North Carolina Symphony So
ciety through the Durham PTA
Council, will open its 1954-55
membership drive here Decem
ber 15, according to L. B Fra
sier, chairman of the N. C. Sym
phony Committee of the Dur
ham PTA Council.
The drive, slated tor a 30-day
period, is conducted by volun
teer workers of the PTA Coun-
clL
Members of the Society are
entitled to attend the local con
cert by the 65-piece Fxill Sym
phony, conducted by Dr. Ben
jamin F. Swalin. In addition to
the program here, Frasier said
that members may attend other
adult programs throughout the
state.
Last year the Orchestra
traveled 10,000 miles and play
ed free music for more than
140,000 Tar Heel ^hool young
sters.
On their eighth annual tour
the professional musicians play
ed 52 evening (adult) concerts;
and performed for 71 children’s
audiences.
Plans are now underway for
the Symphony to play an adult
concert here and one free
matinee for school children.
Individual membership - ad
mission tickets are available
for $3.00. Other membership
plans for families, organiza
tions, college students and
junior members are handled
here through the local conjmit-
tee also. Members of the com
mittee in addition to Fraslec
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Cancer Quacks
Fleece Public
Society Told
NEW YORK
The American Cancer Society
was warned to begin a long-
range program to educate the
public against cancer quacks,
who are “tilling out cemeteries
with tombstones as monuments
to th^ inetticiency of their treat
ments.”
The warning was given by
Dr. Alfred M. Popma, of Boise,
Idaho, president of the society,
at its recent annual meeting at
the Roosevelt Hotel. It is the
Cancer Society's obligation to
provide public intormation
necessary to obtain proper diag
nosis and treatment of cancer,
he,added.
“Many quack cancer clinics
are in operation Iti various
states,” asserted the physician,
“in some instances within the
scope of local statutes, and other
entirely outside the law.” He
declared that the society had
brought enough effort to bear
to bring the facts before the
Dr. Charles S. Cameron,
medical and scientific director
of the society, called upon sci
entists to cooperate rather than
fight with one another' to try
to isolate any cancer-causing
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Reverend D. A. Johnston
who has returned from li^t
week’s session of the West
ern North Carolina C6'nfer-^
ence of the AME Church
to begin his seventh year as
pastor of St. Joseph AME
Church.
Due to the recent death of
Bishop L. H. Hemingway,
the Conference which was
held in Winston-Salem was
presided over by Bishop D.
Ward Nichols of New York,
Presiding Prelate of the
First Episcopal District.
Somebody Did
The Lady Wrong
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE.
Mrs. Perl Ray, a housewife,
had a good reason for the bitter
complaint-she made after being
treated for second and third de
gree burns. While she was away
from home attending a party
somebody built a fire in a nor
mally cold kitchen wood rahge
on which she was accustomed
to sitting. Mrs. Ray bitterly
complained that “someone had
played a dirty trick” on her.
Student Council
Meet Held In
Wilmington
WILMINGTON
TK&- “dtourth annual North
Carolina student council con
vention met at Williston senior
High School, Wilmington, Dec.
2-3, 1954.
The general them» of the
Convention was 'Todtvs stu-
dents-Tomorrow’s leader;..” lea
ders.” The two featured speak
ers of the public meetings were
Jackie Robinson and Dr. White
head, President of Minor Teach
ers College, Washington, D. C.
Music for the occasion was ren
dered by the women’s glee
club, mixed chorus, and the
band. A problem clinic was the
high light of the Thursday af
ternoon session over which stu
dent leaders presided wfth fa
culty members as consultants.
Barbara Burnette of Chapel
Hill served as recorder to
Group 10 whose problem was
“How can the student council
teach and encourage respect for
school property?”
Arnold Harris served
chairman of the elections com
mittee.
The following officers were
elected:
President, Charles King, Wil
liston Senior High;
Vice President, Kenneth
Armstrong, B, T. Washington
High;
Secretary, Joan Faye .Jones,
Warren Co. Training School;
Treasurer, Barbara Massey,
Allen High;
Parliamentarian, Amy J.
Moore, Highland High;
Alter the business sessions a
tour took the delegates to the
following points of Interest:
City Hall, County Court House,
Cornwallis House, St. James
Church, AUanOc Beach, Fort
Fisher, Seabreeze, and
world's largest Christmas
living.
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Six-Year-Old Child
.t
Rescues Two; One Dies
When Porch Collapses
Haile Selassie
Welcomed To
Switzerland
UNIl’ED NATIONS
Emperior Haile Selassie of
Ethiopia returned last week to
Geneva, the scene of his hu-j
miliation eighteen years ago.
The Emperior, then a fugitive
ftom his own country, arrived
ataost-^noticEd.at the Geneva^
railroad ‘ station fn—June MS8>
The invading Italian army of
Benito Mussolini had reached
Addis Ababa, and Haile Selas
sie had gone to Geneva to de
mand justice from the League
of Nations. Not only was the
Emtjei'ior nut met at the-stotion,
but the Ethiopian flag was not
among those displayed. When
he tried to take his seat in the
League Council Chamber, an ef
fort was made to have the Em
peror seated with the press.
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Bishop h'Tank Madison Reta,
presiding head of the Seventh
Episcopal District of the AME
Church, who was assigned the
additional responsibility last
Monday bu the Bishops Council
of presiding over the states of
North Carolina and Virginia of
the Second Episcopal District
The appointment was made fol
lowing the funeral of Bishop L
H. Hemingway, held in Wash
ington Monday December 6
WBXTEVnJUB
A ten-moatb old toaby boy,
James Henry Miller, loak his
life in a tire last Saturday
ing, December 4, which con-
pletely destroyed a five-^oom
tenant house. The parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Miller, lost all
of their personal helnngtn^ Id
the blaxa.
Shortly before the fire was
discovered, the moth» had left
the house after throwing water
on a fire in an open fire place.
It is thought the hot ashes
splashed out on the floor, caus
ing the blaze.
Three children, Jenny Ann
six, Ossie May, four, and an in
fant, Robert Edward, escaped
unharmed.
Siac-ynar gld. ^enny Aim sue-
ceeded in bringing the baby to
the porch of the house, then re
turned to get her young brother
out of the burning structure.
The house coUapsed burning the
baby to death on the porch.
AsIc Film Producers Not
To Revive Hate Picture
Negro Parents of Catawba County
Plead For Second Class Citizenship
In The Maiden Elementary Schools
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’Twenty-five Negro parents
of Maiden Negro Elementary
School children have decided
they want to experience the
status ot second-class citizen
ship a bit longer.
Constituting a delegation that
appeared before the Catawba
County Board of Education yes
terday, the 25 parents told the
Board that they had no desire
to see non-segregated schools
established in Catawba County.
However, the sentiment ex
pressed by this group does not
seem to be general, as a con
trary sentiment was expressed
some weeks ago |^hen a delega
tion from Catawba and Sherells
Ford sections of the County
asked for the immediate institu
tion of a prgram of integration.
Speaking for the dissenters with
the Supreme Court decision of
last May which outlawed segre
gation in the public schools of
this country, Clarence D. Wilson
of Maiden said, “We don't want
that at all. We want our boys
and girl sto stay like they are.”
This dissenting group were
cognizant ot the contrast be
tween school facilities 'for
whites and those provided for
colored children in their section
as their children now attend
school in a three-classroom
building without central heat
or sewer facilities.
Spokesman Wilson expressed
the opinion on behalf of the
group that-the time for Negroes
to enjoy first-class citizenship
was not at hand when he Mid:
"We don’t want to mix and
mingle. We think it will cause
trouble and ti]|at a lot of educa
tion through the churches and
schools is needed before we are
ready for de-segregation.”
Indicating te time he thought
it would take to put into effect
the Supreme Court decree, Wil
son expressed the opinion that
another century may be require-
ed before integration can be ef
fectively carried out.
Linking the sentiment of the
Negro people of Maiden with
this 100-year wait for recogni
tion as first-class citizens, Wil
son further said, “We want to
keep our schools and we want
equal facilities, but we don’t
want integration.”
The Board of Education
members, it moved by this plea
for non-cooperation with the
Highest Court in the land and a
status quo which deprives Ne
gro children of tlieir constitu
tional rights, gave no indica
tion of it
The members pointed out that
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JfEW YO"K
The proposal to remake tl»e
Ku Klux Klan film, “The Birth
of a Nation” today brought vi
gorous protest from the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People.
In a telegram to Ted Thai who
reportedly heads the group
sponsoring the revival, Roy Wil
kins, NAACP administrator,
urged reconsideration of the
proposal to make a new version
of the Thomas Dixon novel
which “slanders , the entire
Negro population through its
naked incitement to racial hat
red and violence.”
The NAACP, Mr. Wilkins
said, “is as uncompromisingly
opposed to this film today as it
was when the picture was Urst
released in 1915." The Associ
ation actively campaigned
against the showing of the ori
ginal version and succeeded in
having it banned in many cities.
li^e text of the NAACP tele
gram follows;
Announcement ot plan to re
vive the notorious Ku Klux
Klan Film "nie Birth of a Na
tion" is cause tor deep coDcera
to the National Assocla^on Ipr
the Advancement ot Colored
People and others who know ot
the great damage the original
version did In slandHrlng te
entire Negro American popii-
lation throu^ its naked
ment to racial hatred and Ylo-
lence. It is now
seventy tive years
period deplctsd in ‘*n«
man” on whiclt .tts. .
based, and ittrtiy yaan
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