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North Caroliiiia Legislature Deties U. S. Supreme Court Hodges Backs One hnnared and twenty dt- iiena of Richmond,' Virginia were hosta to the Union Unl- reraity championship baakethall team at a banquet in the dlnluf room of the Slaofhter Hotel but Friday evening. Dr. Marahall Shepard, noted minliiter of Fhll> adelphla, waa gaest speaker. Dnring the ceremony Coaeh Tern Harris of the team was pre- sented a leather brief case on behalf of the citliena by Bam Owens, Kichmond bnslneasman. Twelve of the players were pre sented leather wallets. from' left to right those In the picture are: H. B. Hucles, direc tor of physioal education; Dr. Shepard, Mr. Owens, D. O. Deans, North Carolina Mutual Life Inauranee Company official and Coaeh Harris. Methodist Ministers Of Baltimore, DC Conferences Merge Into Association BALTIMORE, Md. More than 300 colored and white ministers of the Washing ton and Baltimore Annual Con ferences of The Methodist Church will merge into one ministerial association in Balti- ihore and vicinity next Fall, ac cording to recommendations approved by a special merger committee representing the two groups. Spokesmen for the groups, the Rev. J. O. Williams of Sharp Street Churcli, Baltimore (Washington Conference) and the Rev. Elgar Soper of Trinity Church (Baltimore Confer ence) announced this week that members of the two conference units will meet on May 9th and September 12th to complete ot the associations which will taice place In the early falL Heretofore the colored and white Methodist pastors have held separate weekly meetings, ^cept on special occasions when joint meetings were held. The new plan calls for integra ted meetings on a permanent basis. Resident Methodist bishops in the two areas are. Bishop Edgar A. Love of the Baltimore Area (colored) and G. Bromley Ox- nam of the Washington Area (white). Final Speakers For Fayetteville State Named FAYETTEVILLE The ensuing commencement season fit~ The “ Fayetteville State Teachers College, Fay etteville, will feature three out standing Mucators and plat form speakers. Dean W. T. Gibbs of the Agricultural and Technical College in Greens boro will speak at the Cap and Gown Day exercises on Friday, May 27. On Sunday, May 29th, the baccauaureate address will be given by Dr. Louis C. LaMotte, President of the Presbyterian Junior College at Maxton. The commencement exercises wiU fall on Tuesday, May 31. This year’s speaker is Dr. F. D. Pat terson, Director of the Phelps- Stokes Fund and of the United College Fund witii offices in New York City. ONE WAT TO DO R Massa, Italy Whether the lady talked too much has not bera established but evidently her husband Uiought she did according to the word of Mrs. Plerandena Mar- zulani, a bride of two months. The lady complained to the po lice tl»t her hus\wnd had stop ped her from talking by forcing her to wear a munle about the bouse. ALERED DAT , Do-Nut Sliop To Open Under New Manager Alfred Day, owner j and operator of Day’s Drive-In on Fayetteville Road, is the new operator of the Do-Nut Shop it was learned here this week. Mr. Day who for several years has been operator of other eating places in Durham will re-open the Do-Nut Shop, Friday morn ing, April 8, he told a Times representative here Wednesday. The popular eating establish ment was closed here Monday when George W. Ia>gab, Sr., owner and former manager (Please tum.to Page Eight) Negro Economist Gets Important Post In USDA Elmer J. Moore, a former ag ricultural economist of the the It -lit t1t6 Iifferlo'r, has been appointed to a similar post in the U. S. Department of Agricultjure. Assigned to the Agricultural Marketing Service, Mr. Moore will assist in making economic studies of marketing, of com mercial floriculture and com mercial omamentsl hortlcul^ ture in continental United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. A graduate of the University of California, from which he re ceived both the B.S. and M.S. degrees in agricultural econo mics, Mr.* Moore served for throe ycjars with Interior’s Bu reau of Reclamation with head quarters ‘ at Fresno, Calif., where he has made his home. The new appointee is a native of Philadelphia, Miss. He atten ded Alcom A. and M. College and Purdue University, and was a high school principal and veterans’ Instructor for two years prior to entering the field of agricultural economics. Mr. Moore is a veteran of World War H, having served as an instructor in the special training unit at Fort Benning for two years. He is married and has two sons. HERE and THERE TION WANT TOUB BBP CLEANED Persons with reputations more or less tamlAed might vlait with profit a cleaning establish ment in Greenwich Village, pro vided its owners are able to live up to its adver13sing. ’The establishment which lias established a record for remov ing spots and stains from cloth ing proclaims itself in a windoiw sign as “Cleaners of Reputation.'* A MAN OF PATBNCB San Francisco What ever the faults and weaknesses of character gun man Jack M. Love, 28, may have, one must give him credit for being strong on the side o9l patience. Love complained to po lice that before he was able to rob the Carmel Liquor Stores of $64, he not only had to wait for customers to leave, but also had to outwalt a rival thief who was hanging around for th« same purpose. •o mm New Yoi;k One church In this city with a large Chinese element In its congregation uses Chinese pro verbs on Its outer bulletin board where most churches use scriptural quotations. A recent offering on the bullejUn board ot the True Light Lutheran CSiurch head: “Better to put a fence at the top of a cliff than to build a good hos pital at the bottom.. To which we say “It’s so true." VIOTOBT NCfl TO THI STRONG New York ^n>e following story illustrates the saying that the victory does not always belong to the strong. A few nights ago, a man walk ed up to the ticket window of Xioew's Theatre at 8Srd and Broadway, yanked out a gun and snarled, “Let’s have the money.” “How many, please?” the lady In charge asked politely, “Hand it over," the thug demanded “Orchsera or balconyT" the lady (Plaaae turn to Pag* Wghty VOLUME 30—NUMBER 32 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1955 PRICE 10 CENTS Discrimination At Memorial Hospital Protest Of Alcoholic Legislator Causes Change Of ^Policy c;hapelhill In spite of its past record of a non-discriminatory policy and the efforts on the t>art of the administrators of the Memorial Hospital to run a good hospital without regard to race, creed or color. It was learned here this week that discrimlxiatory prac tice are beginning to slowly but surely creep into the itate own ed institution. All was well at the hospital with nurses and other personnel until a few weeks ago when State Senator John Kerr of War- renton was reported to have been treated for alcoholism In the muegregated psychiactrlc ward was sobered up enough to blow his top about the presence of Negro patients. Kerr, who in spite of his again and again tar rying too long at the bottle, gets re-elected to the upper house of the Legislature dnmk or sober just cannot stand the idea of be ing in a hospital ward with Ne groes. So he up and went to the General Assembly he did and friends to help him put a stop to the practice of treating psy- chiactric patients of both races in the same ward. As a result of Kerr’s actions the hospital administration has been ordered to cease accepting Negro psychiactrlc i>atlents un til other arrangements can be made for them. Carolina limes representatives were informed Wednesday that those now un der treatment will not be read- mitt^ If a recurrence of their condttlon takes place after they have been discharged. One form er Ntgro patient, the wife of a lieutenant now in the armed service of his country, is report ed to'taave been sent to the State Hospital at Goldsboro when it was discovered that she again required treatment, although that Institution is unprepared for tlents of her type. In another area involving per sonnel, Negro nurses and other emplayes have been ordered to take ^tfaeir meals in a separate cafelbria except early morning and ilte evening shifts when the maintenance ol separate ones makM it prohibitive because ol a lii^ted number. During those hourt Negroes eat in the back Tb^ it now appears that a of tbe regular cafeteria, ono^ happy but large hospital fami^ of officials and employes with •sA)solutely no friction be cause ot race is beginning to ex peri^M^ takes place when «n Wtootmk state-kenator^b- ers up or is sobered up. The Times learned this week that the North Carolina Branch of the Nationals Association for the Advancement of Colored People is considering what steps to take to assure Negro citizens of the state equal treatment at M^orial Hopsital which of ficers feel can only be obtained under unsegregated circum stances. Former Hampton President Dies In N. Hampshire HAMPTON, Va. Dr. Arthur Howe, president of Hampton Institute from 1930 to 1940, died at a Plymouth, New Hampshire, hospital Sun day night, March 27, following a stroice on the previous Wednesday. He was bom in South Orange, New Jersey, on March 3, 1890. Dr. Howe was a graduate of Yale University, Class of 1912, Union Theological Seminary in 1916, and received the honorary degrees of doctor of law from Tuskegee Institute in 1932 and master of arts from Yale in 1940. He was a member of the Yale hockey and football teams lor tiiree years, and was captain of the varsity football team in 1911, the same year that he was .selected as All-American quar l^rback. He belonged to Psi Up- >Ulan Fratenaity, tfm Senior Sff- ciety—SkuU and Bones, and was active in the work of the Young Men's Christian Associ ation. Alter his graduation he joined the International Com mittee of the Young Men’s Christian Association and held conferences in ninety boys’ schools and colleges throughout the east and as far west as Kansas. (Please turn to Page Eight) % Nehru Demands U.N.^ State Policy On Race Jim Crow REV. THOS. KILGORE Noted Minister In Meeting At W. D. Baptist A revival meeting will begin at the West Durham Baptist Church Monday eveSiing after Easter and continue tlu'ough Friday evening. The Rev. Mr. Thomas Kil gore, of New York City will be the guest evangelist, and will deliver a message each evening. The Rev. Kilgore held the po sition of Executive Secretary of North Carolina^ Baptist Con vention, 1945-47. He is a mem ber of the Board of the Baptist Educational Center, and many other organizations in the city ol New York and other states. He is now pastoring the Friend ship Baptist Church of New York. The public is cordially invit ed to share the blessing of these messages and services. Affront To U. S. Highest Tribunal BATJKW In deflano thm Uoitad State* Suprema Court ruliac striking down legwgrtfcin 1b public schools, tb« Dow ot Reinrcaentatives jawd a lolutiona here Tuesday waniiac the nation’s highest tribunal ttiat integration of the races ta pub lic schools will not woric la North Carolina. Tbe latignay waa indeed blunt if not faMalt- ing to tlie highest court in tbe land, but the State Senate la ex pected to vote approval ai the House before the end of tbe week. It is iioped by tbe action of the 1955 General Assembly to bolster the force of the appemr- ance of the state’s Attorney Gen eral before the U. S. Supreme C^urt next week as a friend of the court during supplementary arguments on the (Courts de cision of last May 17. There were conflicting opin ions as to the effect of the re solution on the Ckiurt in spite of its strong language. Some want ed the language to be made even stronger wiiile others doubted if the Court will pay any atten tion to it at alL The resolutions also author izes the governor to name a coo- tinuing study commisaion. Its duty would be to advise the governor, legislature. State Boards of Education and local boards as to developments In problems of integration. Among the members who did not tiunk highly of the resolu tion were Representative C^yd Philiratt of Davidson and WU- liam F. Womble of Forsyth. The former stated that he telt it harmless and that it would have no effect on tbe ruling of the court implementing Its decree tiiat segregation is unconstitu tional. Womble stated be doubt- (Please turn to Page Eight) NEW DELHI, INDIA Thoroughly aroused by the inhuman and brutal turn taken by South Africa in carrying out her racial policies, Prime Minis ter Nehru has ctiallenged both the “free” world and the Com munist world to take a stand on the matter. A report Irom here quotes the Indian Prime Minister as demanding last Sunday at a huge mass meeting that “a clear, unequivocal answer Irom every country-communist or non-communist-ol their stand —Alcicii^- racial cies.” Hinting at the inconsistency ol the Democratic countries, Nehru expressed ,regrets tiut countries that talk ol freedom keep silent on South Alrica policies, where, he ciuu’ged, thousands upon thousands are being uprooted solely for rea sons of color. He not only indicated sur prise, but stated ttiat he was pained by the failure of the United Nations to take a “strong, steady stand on this vital, crucial issue.” Udirectly charging South Af rica with indecency,-Nehru de clared heatedly, “The South Af rica government should leam decency. This is an issue we are not prepared to tolerate at any cost.’’ He was referring to the South Africa policy pf apartheid (ra cial segregatfon), which de prives African natives, persons of mixed blood and some 280, 000 of Indian origin of the same civil rights as whites. Discrimination against the Indians, descendents of inden tured laborers who were taken (Pleas* turn to Pag* Sight) Carnation Launches Second Annual Healthly Baby Contest This Week Today’s the dayt Yes, today’s the big day when C!amation Ck>mpany starts its annual search to find Durham’s healthiest and cutest babies. To the healthiest one of all. Carnation will award $300.00 in cash. Nineteen other lucky sets of parents will re- celve laufa prizeBTtOO. ents who live in this city and its subiurbs are eligible to enter their babies in this. Second An nual Healthy Baby Contest. There will be 20 local wiimers in all. This is strictly a local con test, not a nationwide one. Con test rules and list of prizes are shown in the big Contest an nouncement advertisement else where In the paper. Only babies tliree years of age (or under) are eligible. An entry blank ai>- pears in this ad; extra blanks can be obtained from our editor ial offices. Tiiis newspaper is proud to have the “exclusive story” on this big Contest. .You will fi^d fuU weekly news coverage about the Contest in the columns of this newspaper only. Early in terest in the Contest indicates it will be even more popular than last year’s. All parents with babies three years of age or younger are lurged to enter the contest now, so as to avoid a last- minute avalanche of snapshots descending on the jwiges. As we told-you last week, these public- spirited citizens have agreed to devote several hours a week helping us select the caah-award winners. Thalr will be Or. J. M. Hubbard, Jr., com missioned as a captain in the U. S. armed service, is scheduled to leave Durham thlis week for Ft. Sam Houston in San An tonio, Texas where he will be stationed. Dr. Hubbard Is a graduate of North Carolina College of Dur ham; Howard University Den tal School and tbe Jersey Med ical Center, Jersey City, New Jersey in oral surgery a^ dkll- dren’s dentistry. For the fast four years he has been aase- clated with his father. Dr. J. M. Hubbard of Darhai^ In the practlea of dentistry. published next week. Leading doctors and nurses otf our community hail this unusual (Plaasa turn to Pag* Ught) Times Publisher To Deliver Three Talks In April L. E. Austin, publisher of the Carolina Times, is scheduled to deliver three addresses this month it was announced here Tuesday. Sunday evening, April 10 Austto. will qjM^ in Wilmlng- ton for the Business and Pro fessional League of that elty. On April 16 he will delfver the Founder’s Day address at Fay- ettevUle State Teachers’ College, followed by an address at Bflt- chell’s Chapel in Chatham Coun ty for the Ushers Union of that church. Fuads To Aid Mississippians Still Growing NEW YOF." Additiorml deposits of $20^ 000 In the Tri-State Bank of Memphis this week brought tbe total of such deposits to $221, 619. The new deixisitors, Roy Wilkins, NAACTP administrator announced, are tlie Pilgrim Health and Lite Insurance Com pany, Augusta, Ga., $10,000; the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, $5,000; and Amalga mated Clothing Workers ol America, CIO, $5,000. The CME Church had made a previous deposit ol $5,000. The deposits have been made in response to an NAACP ap peal lor lunds to expand the lending capacity ol- the TrW State Bank in order^to meet the credit needs ol victims ol the “economic squeeze” in Missis sippi. Instigated by the White Citizens Councils in that state, lending agencies have been de nying credit to NAACP mem bers and others who have de manded an end to segregated schools and the right lor Ne groes to vote. The councils have "also "cSnpaign^ to deny “ Jobs to militant Negroes. In response to tive NAACP appeal more than a score of church groups, civic organiza tions, trade imions, tratmial societies, banks and individuals have made deposits in the Tri- State Bank of Memphis. Church of Former Duriiam Minister Destroyed By Fire In Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA A fire bf undetermined origin totally destroyed tbe White Bock Baptist Church here last Friday night only a few ho\if» after tbe pastor, tbe Rev. W. C. William son, who has been ill bad X9' turned from a vacation in North C:arolina and other points South. The •flkmes which wera dis covered around elewi o’clock had already wrought havoc with the building before fiianisn were able to bring them imder con trol According to Bav. WiUlam- son, a total ot $190,000 in fire insurance was carriad on the building which was one ot tba largest Aurch stniBtuies in tha city. ’The amount of inauranee was not enou^ to cover the to tal loss suffered by tbe ch^trch. although it will go a long wat towards replacing tbe buildfeig which with equipinent amovBlB to well over $300,000. Rev. Williamson stated ttat plans lue already underway to have a new structure erecta oa tbe site, altbou^ additloBal funds will have to ba lalssd. Last Sunday sarvices ivan held in the Vine Memorial tist Church loeatad at M Osr> rard Aveniaa. Tba Bav. L> Carr ta pastar. n la thaw*! ttal for tba pMMBk larrtaM continue tbara rmUX rangem—ti ciftbaaaiBk
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