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s. C. JOHNSON DIES IN PHIU.
URHAM,
RDAY, FEBRUARY 25, IMl
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UN Uproars Over Congo Don’i(
Represent Negroes - Wilkins ;
My-
Wi~\, '*
Miss WSTC l>Ol»ttA$SS TOUR;
NAMENT TI€iartX4-A prttlif
Mit It
T*«cwr« Mri(*r >^it
)«««k wh*n Gloria WIHc-
ln»4 "Mlw TC'i. j^urchaMd a_
Mock ot ICO tl«lt|it« Ml* I6H1
ClAA towrnowimt of
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MwniM’W CoiiMiNn Wlntl
SalwQ hoxt WMiwsday, t^iirv
4aiy, Friday,'and Saturday, Man
% 3, 4. SaM wrt p»it of
packasa offarM| CtA^ sctieoit
. lM>|rlnt Kj^ln^ of IQO ducat^
PlaatOd tourriannMt cita* diraS
or U Javtas R. Garmbrell, who is
iHisy filling malt erads for tour-
fiamant; tickets, Wiititon-Salam's
Rams, dafandiitfl toumanMMt
chan^>loiis, will s*rve as ho«t
i«. tfHL .Avnt*. (CJAA N«»r»,
by Nottlnsham)
GREENSBORO—Otal «%ument8
1^. ill the Durham schi)M segregation
* caie are expected to ojKn here oil
Friday in the U. S. Middle Dis
trict Court. ^
Actually, the caift involves two
suits which have been consolidat
ed for trial. One ot tha actions was
brought against th6 putham Board
ot Education on behotf of Warren
Wheeler and 165~other school pii:
pils, and the otht|»'i0r C. C. Spaul
ding, in and 116 i^^ils.
Attorneys for thi*i>laintlffs are
asking the court )rule uncon
stitutional the asst^Huent of Ne
gro and white schoHl children in
Durham by two different. |^ing
They contend that if were
not considered, | approxiH|MHy 40
percant of the Negrtf'’Riidents
^uld be attending whi||| . schools
in Durham. « ' W *
In addition to statinf that the
Durham School Board «sed “Ne
gro” and “White” ' mfetM for as-
See SUIT/
State Supreme Court to Hear
Appeal on Literacy Test Case
RALEIGH~The State ^Supreme
Court is scheduled to open hear
ings next week on an appeal from
a Bertie County resident who was
denied registration last spring 4n
a dispute over the state literacy
test laws.
Attorneys for Mt«. Bazcmore
hsve filed a brief with the high
court challenging the actions of
the Superior Court in turning
down an appeal from MrS. *Baae-
more last September.
The case is slated'to be heard
here on Tuesday.
Mrs. 'Bazemore applied for regis
tration on May 14 last year at the
Woodville precinct in BerUe. She
was given a dictation test and
she could not qualify because she
had. mispelled some words. .
iShe appealed the registrar's de
cision and the Bertie County
Board of Elections granted her a
new literacy test. However, she re
fused to submit to the test, and
the Board again denied ber regis-
See VOTING, 4-A
Freedom For
Congo Wanted,
Says NAACP
NEW YORK—It is natural tibat
American Negroes should protest
he Congo developments which
led to the murder of Patrice
mumba, Roy Wilkins, NAACP exe
cutive secretary, declared this
week.
b6{ Hw demonstrations at fhe
United Nations on Feb. 15 do
not "represenf eith«r the senti
ment or the tactics of American
Nwgroes," Wilkins said.
The press “labeling of the dis
turbance as activity of ‘U. S. Ne
groes’ has created a mislea'^ng
picture of the position of Anieri-
can Negro citizens,” he declared.
The truth, he atMfrted^is that
too many of oor cira^il jhtl |>«*b-
ttc efliclals have .fa'lNf
..l^ij^e the
Axn»rljA' Ne«|Des jpy#
ffard. ^ s^rts c§
-
lalisnr.
“This emotion,” Wilkins de
dared, “is heightened as they note
the discriminations and inequali
ties they themselves continue to
suffer dS years after the Emanci
pation Proclamation.**
The reMt is that American, Ne
groes tend to identitfy themselves
with the Africans, who are strug-
gling against the withholding of
freedom and human dignity by
white people, who “except for
language, could be ' Mississippians
or Alabamians or South Carolin
ians,” he said. ,
Therefore, while. American
* See CONGO, 2-A
Johnson Had Qeen In
Declining Health
PHILADELPHIA —^op 9 C.
Johnson, leader of th^uhurch of
the Lord Jesus Christ, Apostolic
Faith, died here at his residence
in Church’s $2,000,000 headquart
ers Wednesday evening.
In declining health for some
time, Bishop Johnson had cemain-
ed active leader of the move
ment, which had churches througl)-
out the cduntry. He ,had just re
turned from the West Coast where
he purchased four new churches.
SECRETARY HODGES CNtEETS
MUTUAL OFFICIALS — Com-
mlerce Secretary LuKher Hodfles
is pictured (extreme left) ex-
changbtg pleasantries with guests
at a reception «i«en by North
Carolina Mutuaf Life Insurance
Company in Wasliinfllwi last
week. Loft to right aro CfMgress-
man Hwaee Komogay, of North
Caralina, Maceo £loa«, assistant
agency director of N. C. Mutual;
Mrs. Hahn, wife cf the Ghanaian
Ambassador to the U. S.; Mrs.
Mufwal;
A. T, Sp—M
0t ttmrtk CaroMno
Halwi, (Mmmm's
MMU.S.ai
REV. SHUTTLESWORTH
Durham Man
Released On
m m Bond
KINSTON—Winston Philip; Dur
ham businessman charged- in the
Christmas holidays death of a Kin
ston school teacher, Was released
from jail here last Thursday on
$2S,000 bond.
In the meantime, indications
mounted that'the state might seek
tr reduce the charges against
Philip from first degree murder
to a lesser charge.
The first hint of a crack in the
state case’s against' Philip came
two weeks ago when Judge Rud
olph Mintz ruled in a habeas cor
pus hearing at Goldsboro that the
state lacked sufficient evidence to
hold Philip without bond.
Observers speculated that the
Judge’s ruling literally wrecked
the state’s hopes of pressing for a
first degree charge.
Philip had been indicted lay a
Lenoir County grand jury in Jan
uary on first degree murder.
Following Judge Mintz’s ruling,
solicitor William Britt indicated
that his plans for prosecuting the
case were not definite.
However, attorneys for the de
fense said this week they had not
been informed of any change in
the charge against Philip and said
See PHILIP, 2-A
Burlington Wins CPAA Tourney;
Graham Captures Girls Title
Jordan-Sellearsj. Vpf Burlington,
edged' Lincoln 'Sigh, of Chapel
Hill, 51-49, in «ij|(kn-death play-
* oS iSaturday n^M to capture the
b()ys championiijrt^ of tlie Central
piedmont AtHhijtitf Association bas-
ketball ^ournartMnt.
1 jprdaii’s JuniiUL-I^Mward .Wright
Hunter sank a t#4>^lng, one hand
ed Jumper frojn Ibill circle to
9 see-saw strug|j[le-which had seen
the two determiiied teams battle
throng two overtime periods.
Ronald Fra^Cit, Burlington,
a bulwark on the defehsive boards
all during the tournament for
coach Dave Maynard’s champions,
was voted the Most Valuable Play-
er.;
It was his rebounding and ahpot-
ing which helped Seal the fate of
Chapel HiU. ,
Tho two teams has fought to a
41-41 standstill at the end of the
regulation game. After two over
time i^riods, the issue was stUl
unsettled with the sooee tle^ at
See BURLINGTON, 4-A
TNI CHAMPi-^rllnotmi's Jof-
ddn-^Sellers bukoHuill team is
pictured hioro reco|v{nd Central
Piedmont Athlttie Association
first plecw toumamont tfbphy
from Merrick-Moore prtncipol O.
M, McCaskill. The scene was tak
en shortly alter tti« finals in
which Jordiln-Selers edsied Chap-
•I Hill. Burlingtpn coach Dave
Maynard is at oxtrome right.
Nine Arrested In S. C.
Ministers Bring^Agtion
MONTGOMERY, Ala — *?^suit
charging the Governor of A^ba-
ma, the Mayor of Montg0i9ery,
five police officials and oM' ^flther
state official with conspin^ to
deprive three ^^0 intciiation
leaders of their c«iist)bitimul
rights has been filed in iMeral
Court
wasJ>rM^ Mon
day tho Fe^tenirMalrM CourT
here by attiMtMys for tb».Rb«4^.
rends Ralph p. AbemaHry,- Jos' '
eph Lowiery and Solorton S. S*ay,~
all members of the Southern
Christian Loadership ' Confer
ence
It charges the Alabama officials
with conspiracy to deprive the
plaintiffs ,of their rights and privi-
leges as American citizeris.i -i*
Listed as defendants in;^tho
homplaint aro C^vaqior 9att«r-.
son, MoHtgomery Mayor Eari
James, L. 0. Sullivan, Comml*-
sioner of Police, Montgomery;
Frank Parks, Commissioner of
Public Affairs, Montgomery;-Mac
Sim Butler, Sheriff of Monigo-
mery County; Raiy D. Bridge*,
Sheriff of Mobile County; Holt
McDowell, Sheriff of Jefferaon
County; and Wilmer Shields,
Sheriff of Marengo County. ^
Charles S. Conely, attorney -^or
the plaintiffs in this civil action,
cited (6) instances in the Federal
Code, enabling the plaintiffs to
bring this precedent-making suit
against the officials of the State
of Alabama.
In o motion for relief, it was
stated that tho iudgmen!- against
tho pleintiMo resulting in the
hnpounding of thoir automobileo
for public cM* ot^ dn auction.
See ALABAMA, 2 A
Students Nabbed
I Greenville
NAACP Heet
By J. B. IMRRBN
GREENVHi^ S. C. —The 9th
Annual Southeaat NAACP Region
al Conference closed fceie Sunday
on a high note fd optiudaui follow
ing the aixest here Sitarday of
nine youtta wbo were attending
the NAACP milWlBB as tkey
“trespassed” am i foBBe pvfc.
The “trespaaawg* omtrred dm,
ing a driving ran |fae youOs
sought to use the CMnnikiid
cmm f:
dirane told the wiWar mm « fSf-
l^in rounding up tiir ato mm.
'were rdea^ un^ tSMftaad tak
a hearing Fei>ruarT 20.
The Rev. A. L. Lowexy, Chair
man, Southeast NAACP Brfwri
delivered the keynote iddraai FIR-
day night; who said: “Aagr nataan
which tries, to per^ is
See ARRESTED, 2-A
Ho^ Says He's
IllKed to
Negro Aide
MISS CUMBO
Dean At AUen University
Raleigh Native is Feahired
In National Ad Campaign
A Raleigh native who has called
an impressive career in education
in the space of a few years is fea
tured in this month’s Carnation
Milk advertising campaign con
ducted in Negro publications.
She is Mits Thelma Lorralno
Cumbo, currontly doan of stu
dents at Allan University, of Co
lumbia, S. C.
Hiss Cumbo appears, in two pho
tographs, makes a persoi^l«en-
dorsement of the product and of
fers a recipe for cream sauce in
the February advertisement for
Carnation Milk.
Dr. Frank Veal, president' of
Allen University, and students Sit-
rena Biurris and Gloria Massey
are pictured in the advertisemeirt
along with Hiss Cumbo.
The adverttsomont appears hi
this issuo of the TIMES on pago
1-B.
Hiss Cumbo is the fifth child ot
a family of six children. Her fath
er was the late Benjamin F. Ciun-
bo. Sr. Her mother, Mrs. K. N.
Cumbo, who now resides at 113
Lincoln Court, Rdeigh, is currrat-
ly ttaehiaf ia tbA Nteb
public schools system.
She attended public sciiaels tn
Raleigh and came to North Caro*
li|ia College‘"'in Durham where
she was graduated with a Bache
lor of Science degree in T94I.
Miss Cumbo Mforked as secretary
See NATIVE, 2-A
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
merce S^retary Luther Hodfaa
commented here last week that he
was plased to be able to appaial
a Negro to his stafiF, and added
that this was something he could
not do in North Catoliaa.
The former NMth CaroliBa
Governor made the remarks la
a speech- b^ore a reception givai
by North Caraiuw Mi^ual Life bi-
surance Company ^ the Sheraton
Plaza hotel.
Th# Negro /^£ie to whom Soc-
retary Hodges rafcrrad is Frank
lin Whitaker, feraaor aAwlnis-
trathse asaislant to tho
burgh Cowrior bi|ard cytman.
Announcement ofTiB appoint
ment as assistant to the director
of PuUie Information ol the Coao-
meree Department was made last
week. The job pays $13,100 per
See UNCF, X-A
Barton, Johnson, McElroy Will
Head Negro College Fund Drive
NEW YORK—Bruce Barton has
accepted the national chairman
ship of the United Negro College
Fuad’s 1961 appeal, John D. Rock
efeller 3rd, ctiairman, U?ICF Na
tional Council, itas announced.
Barton, chairawN of tho board,
BaHan, Barton, Owrstine and
Oflbortk advorMsing a#ancy, hoada
,lh« UNCF campaign for tho
. third succeaalyo year.
' iWving again with Barton as
national vice chairman are: John
H. Johnson, Chicago puMisher ot
I90NY and JIT ■affMBXirt; and
Neil H. HcBlr^, baart chatnwaa,
Proctor and Gamble Gbi.. Cincin
nati. They will lead «ao» than
4,000 volunteers wwfciBBB a 125
UNCF campaign rsiiita aenHa
the country.
Tha Cailaaa MNi «i>
1
Nation a>Mi tHl tM-MIII la
n.TH.MB
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UNCr la
private,
universiHaa
ern states.
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