as J. F.
wson Offer?
CHRISTMAS BLOOMS Delta
Hawfciiu, left, Snbeard, N. C.*
Mid MirgaftI' Achtvillti
N. C., both, Miiiers A *nd f
3 iCalltflt, edmir* • bumiMr crop
ttf pbtnM)ta bIwMS )»racl4|^$d
. |u(t In Nnw for tiio Chrl^tMMt
iioUday* by, fho. A aiid T Col-
l«9t D«t>arfmwif of Hortlci|lftt|«.
DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1960
Rotum Poctaa* GuarantMd
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RUN 0VER1BY TRAIN
POPULAR DISC JOCKEY DIES
Final Rites
■4
GREENSBORO —^Thrqngg of mour
Q9n paid final respects here Tues
4»y to J.' Cirt aill, Jr., whc ,was
b««t kiiQwri io thousands of radio
liftMers ‘*Jam-A-Ditty.”
Tl»« Veil iciiown disc-jocke^ died
in L. Ricbardson hospital Sunday
alter suffering « heart attack.
IN DURHAM SCHOOL SUIT
Srpw
iy ,M¥N ,)ifgBD¥(AHDS’..
N. Harris, first apd o»ly Ife-
grv member-Hi t^ Durham Ci^
school boar4, tes|lfie4 ip federal
court this week that the scKop^
board had used any fther means
than race for assighiM students,
forty pcrcent of the Negro stu-
dent» now attending fenior and
Junior high schools Would be at-
tending white schools.
Harris' testimony came dtmag
the second day of a trijil in IJ. S.
fegiio ^inttifs are' tMk-
ing «n ^o‘S€^|ation; IB ibe
pity •cfiodl tftteiQ,
.Judge ^Umley, preiidj^
over the coUK, liaUed j^oceedi^s
In the trfai w^ne^y ^ft^ndoA
and stated that it #otild be. M-
sumed ia Durham on Jan. 26.
The case I brought against, the
city school dfficials also seeks, to
bwe the Pearsall-ftn and'^he^iM'
comjityAt Pupil AssigQinent pl>n
Man Die$ in fiames Trying To
Rescue Daughter
Two separate incidents, result
ing in the deaths of two men here
this week, dimmed the prMpects
of a bright Christmas for their
relatives and neighbors.
In perhaps the most poignant,
Joe Allen, resident of 206 Ames
Place, died in a fire wben he went
back inside his flamhig house to
rescue a daughter who' was al
ready saffi. .
In the other, Charlie Paul Thom
pson, jwst reteascd- from the hos
pital, suffered f seb.ure apparent
ly alone and died before he could
get help.
His body was discovered in front
of his home at 1400 Evelyn street
in the early morning hours of Sun
day by his newsboy.
The fire at the Allan home Sun
day night had spret^d throughout
the small house by the time firef-
man arrived.
Firemen found Allen’s body at
the front doQr. ,It was burn^ it;«-
yond recognition. > ■
Authorities theorized that be
crawled to iHe froiit ijoor befote be
was overcome by siroke and col
lapsed.
Neighbors reported that the man
had escaped from the burning
house earlier but went back in
side to rescue hi^ daughter who
he thought was still inside. .
The girl, 12 year old Edna Earl
Allen, told police she was visiting
neighbors when the fire, broke
out.
Two other daughters, Ernestine,
16,. and Amerylis, 9, were at the
house at the time of the fire
but escaped jnjnry.
County, coroner Dr. D. R. Perry
believed Thompson, fonrd in front
of his home early Sunday, died
of a heart attack .brought on by a
See DWS, page S-A
jie the assi^ment jjritiu
MMte .of North Carolina
bis ttiM'to/teM desegre-
iatttiQ is^ie. Tqken lategfatioii has
bifeji bieiiHltted iiitte ^ctment of
iH. 1M([’ in six cities pf
tHe state. -
The, inue of the methods used
1^ th4 ei^y school board to assign
pupils, occupied much attention
two , days oI“tfi^ trial.
HBrrii[4etimony came as this point
waf b|M'^‘Ati'essM.
, pointfld out that 60 per-
;S»e tNtpeRATION, page 6-A
In the crowd which ««errs« St.
James Presbyterian, seeVe ot thef
funeral services, w^re iH)(nben
of teen-agers who were “j«m-A
Ditty’s most rabid faM .^d sever
al of the state’s leaMstf disc-Jqc-
keys. .
He had been at WQiBG for^.ll
years as announcer aM| adye^is-
ing salesman. .
All of the city’s ra^ stations;'
planned a one minute titenife trl-j
bate Tuesday afterne^ oa
hour of his funeral. ,
His program, “Jam-A^ilttyj” on.
JAM-A-DITTY, 0^ I
See
The hearings were’riecessed'in
New Orleans on Sept 39 sftler
1. 1-2 days’ testimoiq^ iras taken.
The resumed hearing jiai^'^ beM
scheduled for March 1961, Df'. Han
nah said- ’
During the Septei^r sessions
the Commission took svom t«ti
Transferred to
YA Hospital
After Surgery
A Durham man who lost both
legs when an entire train pulling
severtl box cars passed over him
hu been given a good chance to
Uve.
Oeor9« LoH, of 1105 Granby
was transferred Wednes-
>^ys afternoon from Lincoln to
t-be Veterans Administration
W»Hlltal in Durham after he had
«,Meraone emergency treatment
at (.tflcoJn following the inci
dent
It^occured around 6:30 p.m.
Saturday at the Norfolk and West
ern railroad'«rossing east of Han
over street. \
Trainman ^nings Zimmerman
t(rfd police that the double-deisel
engine, pulliqg several boxcars,
48 turning , tbe curve at a low
rate of speed when ^e lights from
ti4 engine showed a man lying
^r^ the tracks;
Anrntrman said he applied
La. Vote DeiW Ciisfi
To fie Resumed
WASHIN6T«N, D. Cpmi , S**" •PP"«’
mission .0« CWil
^dfhe t&'hdirthwli
nials of tffe i^t to vbtti'In LAii*'
iaiia. Chairman John A- HaQiwh
announced today.
RMsed. over tbe victims legs.
liOtt was taken to Lincoln hoe^
pital where Sunday he was given
only.a poor chance to survive the
ordeal.
"Bwt WMMiesday, hospital au-
, MierHies repertad he was in
"Mr" eoikdition. He was trans
ferred to the VA hospital later
We«fa>esdayt
Just how Lott came to be lyfiigT
mPny from 35 Negroes who diarged, acrow the railroad tracks has not
that their right to rek|iit)sr atidjyet been explained. An employee
vote in certain areas ef . the ^terpf Gtrdiha Cinder Block Co., he
had been denied because of r*ee.'lived within sight of the accident.
PRINCIPALS IN OMSGA PSI
PHI'S CONCLAVi—Four of Hie
prinel|Mls In the Otaega Psi Phi
Fratemlly's 47Hi annual Grand
Conclav* at Sm Antonio, Tex.,
Dec. 26-30 are shown here. Left
r^ght; Dr. t. Gregory Newton
professor of political sclonee, N,
C. Cotlege, Dui^iam, Grand Basl-
laus; H. C«rl Moultrie, I, Wash
ington, D, C., lawyer, Metl#n«l
ixecutivo Secretary; Pr. Benlf-
tnin E. Mays, presldMt ff JNore-
houso College, Atlant#, Q|e«rgta;
and Dr. John F. Potts, presi
dent of Voorhees JM^fr Col
lege, Denmerk, S. C. N«i(ytB|n bimI
Moultrie will preside tt pliMary
tesslbns. Dr. Mays and Dr. Potts
will speak on a special "Social
Issues-" panel on" the year's
Mieme: "Youtti of the World;
Accelerations of Progress and
Change." The fraternity will ob
serve Its Golden anniversary ai
a special summer conclave at the
Sheraton Park Hotel in Washing
ton, D. C., in August, 1961.
LEADERS DISAGREE ON JFK»s MOTIVES
Hints Refusal Was Planned
NEW YORK — Speculation over
President-Elect John F. Kenney’s
offer of tlte postmaster-general-
thip to Democratic Representative
William A. Dawson and the Negro
Illinois Congressman’s ^ejection of
the Cabinet post has been voiped
by prominent Americans of both
races and political parties.
In a telephone poll eonducted
by Vital Information Press, New
York syndicat* whieh servleos
the Negro proes nationally, opin
ion wa^ riiarply dh«i«le«> as to
tho motives both of Senator Ken-
4itody In offei’lng ami Rep. Daw
son In reieeting the historic op
portunity for a Ne«ro to hold ca-
: binet status.
Mean While, in Washingto/i,
knowle^Cgeable sources raised the
issue ot whether Dawson’s failure
to accept the post was attributable
to fear that Senate confirmation
would be withheld due to opposi-
ti^ by Southern Senators or tiw
fsct that a former Dawson congres
sional secretary was twice iiSdirt-
pd in 1952 and cotivicted and sen
tenced in 1994 on a federal grand
jury charge of peddling influence
for the sale of post office jobs.
Prom Phoenix; Arisona, Re-
publicMi Senator Barry OoM'
Water, who characterized Con-;
gressmen Dawson ^s "(pialifled".
and the Kennedy offer 'as "pro
per" edmitlsd to a "suspklisn"
that Dawson's rejection was
based "on the fact that he would
have had to face the PMt Office
Senate Committee which Is head>
ed by Senator Johnstone of South
Carolina."
Harold C. Burton, seniiu: Negro
Republican leader in New York
State and District Leader of Har
lem’s l2th Assembly District, who
flatly expressed doubt that the of
fer announced by Senator Kennedy
was made ip good faith, expressed
his opinion that the Senate Post
Office Committee would tie up any
post office legislation durkg the
next sesaicfti of Congress if a Ne
gro were made postmaster-general.
"If Mie offer was made, it may
have been made wHh ,e prear
ranged imderitandliig-Ijitit Daw
son would reject," BiiHltn added,
"I can't understand. H ;#ian ff
Dawson's political sf^M tvm-
ing down what is kHMni to be
the biggest peiitical Wtrdnage
position in the countify.
Burton’s view was pehoed by
former Dodger star 'Jackie Ro1>
inson, who figured prominently in'
ti^’ Nixcin campaign. (Robinson
said he felt pia^ had tlie Kenpedy
offer to Dawson been sincere, the
president-Elect would have nam
ed another qualified Ne^o.
There ara many Negre«i .be^
ter qualified than Daweon,"-Rob
inson said from his Stpmford,
Connecticut home. "I think Ken
nedy has made a lot of good ap-
peliitniawlai I. won't say any
thing about Brol4ier Boliby • but
Mr. Kennedy should rememlMfr
that the Negro vote put him in
office."
It was a fine gesture but it is
possible they got agreement from
Dawson in advance to turn it down.
It is a known fact tiiat Dawson
will go alqhg with most anytiung
the party rays.
In variance to this position was
the attitude of famed • civil rights
leader Dr. Martin Luther King.
Speaking from his Atlanta home,
Dr.-King-'termed the Kennerdy of
See OFFER, page 6-A
SILVER POffiPHi
donated to t-Se Harriett
YWCA by the MMS Service Chib
are presented to the YW's,ditfKt-
or Mir Rupert BUncheid (left)
Mrs. Mary M.' Saunders ^rbig a
brief ceremony at the facility
titls week. The gi^, shown in
Hie photograph, consisted of a
tray a^d e fawr-eHce leesler.
The Service Club it a yeung
organization of womew wtie pool
their efforts to aaeis* Nw YWCA
in improving Hs facilWes and
service. Photo by Staab^ck.
NAACP memberships should be
given for Christmas gifts, an of
ficial of the Durham Y u ti t h’
NAACP said Sunday, December 17,
at the monthly meeting of the
Durham Youth NAACP at St. Jos-
sph’s AME Church.
Willie Burt, Vice President of
the Durham Youth branch of th?
NAACP, said in a statement that
youths should exchange NAACP
membership for Christmas in the
place of expensive gifts.
Burt said membership cards
could be picked up at any church
in the city or,from any member
of the NAACP.
Physical' Education Department at
A and T College was last week
awarded the Ph^D. degree by ^
Ohio State University at Columbus,.
Ohio. I
■ William M. Bell, former headi
football coach and who has served I
in other capacities at the college I
since 1946, was sranted the terrain-1
al degree in physical education j
and teacher education at the au-
tum quarter cor.-.'oc'it '.on held at ■
Columbus on Friday Koming. De
cember 16.
BELL GETS PHJ). DEGREE
GREENSBORO — The Director
of athletics and chairman of the
McKissicl( To
Direct B and P
Cliain Again
The roster of new’y elected of
ficers for the Durham Bu^ness and
Professional Chain were released
this week by secretary R. Kelly
Bryant, Jr„
Attorney Floyd B. McKissick
was re-elected to a sccond term as
president. MsKissick was named
to the office last year.
Other officers elected were J.
W Hill, first vice president and
promotional director: Mrs. Magno
lia Leiik, second vice pre,.ident;
Bryant, secretary; Mrs. ^J. DeSha
zor Jackson, assistant secretary;
J. J. Henderson, treasurer; C; M.
Ross, publicity director; Charles A.
Ray, assistant publicity director;
L. B. Frasier, editor of tb« ^ain
Bulletin; Miss Har«l pierke, assis
tant editor; and D. F. Reed. iMnt-
motion director.
Elected to the board of diretioi^
were Miss Sara Dotson, Rev IJT. H.
See McKISSICK,
NAACP OFFICIAL SUBPOENA
ED — Dr. Ralph M. Wimbish,
pritident of the St. Petersburg
NAACP^^^ was swbooeneed this
week on charge tiiet NAACP
"No ChristmiM Gift Buying"
campaign was costing one local
merdMiit $tS,OW dailey. NAACP
unit* in so««tlieMtem perts of the
country have retueed te buy
from merchant* wbo foil to hire
Negroe* or refuse to trMt them
with "human dignity."
Can't Seem To
Keep Nosbands
RALEIGH — Mr*. Ada Thomp
son Umphrey McLemb has bad
~her troubles with hitsbends.
Two and ooe tialf years ago
she shot and killed tier first bwe-
band, Alton Umphrey. She wes
convicted of manslaughter and
given a sentence of twe*to five
years, suspended on payment of
$500 fine and coat.
Sunday night, police charged
her wHh tlie murder of her sec
ond husband, Josephus Mcl.seab,
26.
McLamb's body was discovered
by investigating polico h'ing on
fHe porch of the McLamb heme
when they arrived.
Detective Sgt. J. W. Boies said
the slain man and his wife bad
been arguing.
Ex-Teacber is
Held for Arson
in Center Fire
WINSTON^AIEM —A 27 year
old former teaeher charseo
with arson here this rreek in con
nection with a fire which virtually
destroyed a recfeatkm center at
Columbia Heights riementary
school.
Nathaniel Wiseman, who once
taught at Columbia Heifihls. was
charged with setting the frame
structure on fire after a series ef
questionings by ocCce.
Wisemen at first told police be
set fire to the old wooden building
which adjoins Coluirbia Hcegbts
school, but later denied this.
He lives nearby the aebeo).
Wiseman wm diacberfed two
years ago as » teadwr et tha
See TIACHIR. ptgn