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Vol. 44 No. 16
The Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress in the "State of Wilkes" For Over 44 Years
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COURT STRIKES THREE BLOWS I
1 AT SOUTHERN SEGREGATION; \
CONSTITUTION ISSUE AVOIDED
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Washington, Jane 6 — In three
precedent making decisions, the
Supreme Court today struck down
segregation of Negroes and whites
as practiced at two state univer
sities and on railroads in the
South.
The court was unanimous. In all
three cases, it expressly refrained
from ruling on broad constitution
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al questions.
It did not grant a government
request that It rvrerse a 5 4-year
old decision that segregation is
constitutional as long as "separate
but equal*' facilities are provided
for Negroes. >
The combined effect of the three
decisions, however, was to make
it plain that such separate facili
ties must truly be equal. The Jus
lice Department had argued that
they never can be — that separa
tion in itself is a form Of inequal
ity.
The decisions ran into mixed re
actions in the South. North Caro
lina Attorney General Harry Mc
Mullan said the decisions "will
apparently have no effect" on sim
ilar cases pending in North Caro
lina.
Georgia's Gov. Herman Tal
madge shouted defiance, declar
ing that, "As long as I am gover
nor, Negroes will not be admitted
to white schools."
Former Gov. Millard Caldwell of
Florida, chairman of the Board
for Southern Regional Education,
said the decisions will not affect
that program, under which South
ern states which do not meet the
needs of white or Negro students
help to pay their tuition to out
of-state schools.
Segregation Cases
In the' segregation cases the
court ruled:
A—That Texas must admit Her
man Marion Sweatt, a Negro, to
the all-white University of Texas
Law School, even though it has
established a separate law school
i for Negroes. Chief Justice Vinson
' said for the full court that the sep
arate schools do not offer "sub
stantial equality in the opportun
ities" for white and Negro law
students.
B—That Oklahoma must stop
classroom segragation of a Negro
G. W. McLaurin, in the University
of Oklahoma Graduate School. Mc
Laurin and other Negro students
attend classes with white students,
but they have been required to sit
SLAYING VICTIM'S MOTHER VENTS FURY AT INQUEST
RESTRAIN!NO HANOI HOLD BACK Mrs. William Swartz (left) at she comes tace-to-tace wltn Kaymona Jenxo,
19, at the inquest fat Chicago into the brutal slaying of her daughter, Patricia, 16. The girl was beaten and
stabbed to death on the doorstep of her home. Ordered by a Coroner's jury to stand trial in the slaying, Jenko
is comforted (right) during the inquest proceedings by his invalid mother. (International Soundphoto)
in. different rows. Again Vinson
said for the full court that Mc
Laurin "must receive the same
treatment at the hands of the state
as studen^ of other races."
Dining Can
C—That railroads cannont con
tinue to separate Negroes and
whites in their dining cars. Most
Southern railroads maintain one or
two tableB for Negroes in diners.
In most cases these tables are set
aside by curtains or*ropes. Justice
Burton said for an" eight-man
court that this practice violates
the basic Interstate Commerce
Law. That act forbids the rail
roads from subjecting any person
"to any undue or unreasonable
prejudice or disadvantage."
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9 Organizations
Granted License
... To Solicit Funds
During the month of May 11
1 censes were gcanted by the State
Board of tnnd-rato
ganlzatioM to gh public so
fug campaigns thro^port Qf tbe
licitatious *°r aT1nounced yes
programs, it BUen "Winston.
terday by '
Commissioner. tlon8 were
Six oi these dance with
re-Ucensed in ^eSOlicltat on
provisions ofthe American Le
law • These are tn North Caro
gion, Depart^eadquarters in Ra
ima, "With he* q conference of
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cil at Morganton, ana m
Wolf Memorial Associatio
Asheville.
Three organizations, namely the
Lions Club of Morehead City, the'
J Seaman's Church Institute of
(New York, and the United Cere
i bral Palsy Associations, also with
headquarters in New York''City,
received their licenses to solicit
'funds for the first time.
The total amount which these
9 organizations will seek from the
public in North Carolina approxi
mates $283,391.00.
It was also announced that
during the month of May the busi
ness firm of Ripley's "Believe It or
Not Tours" solicited funds for the
National Office of the Disabled
American Veterans at Cincinnati.
Ohio, through two trailer exhibits
which visited the larger towns in
the State. The donations and con
tributions sought through these
exhibits were in violation of the
state statute as this exhibit had
hot been licensed in accordance
with the requirements of the state
solicitation law.
The Russian Bible §ofil#ty with 1
headquarters in Washington, D.
C., solicited citizens of this state
by direct appeal of representa
tives and the State Board of Pub
lic Welfare is pointing out that
solicitations of this organization
j also are in violation of the North
Carolina solicitation law since the
' organization has failed to meet
th% requirements for a license sa
the requirements for a license as
specified in the state statute.
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Men's Chorus In
Boone Pageant
Boone — Ted Barrett of Boone,
& music student at Appalachian
State Teachers college, will assem
ble a men's chorus to participate
in the musical part Of Echoes of
the Blue Ridge, pageant being
presented in Boone June 30
through July 4.
Mr. Barrett has been a member
of the college chorus, and solo
ist with both the chorus and the
octet during the past year.
The chorus ensemble wjl sing
part of each episode of the story
as it blends into the action on the
stage. Spme of the musical num
bers to be included in the pageant
are: "Great, Spirit Fire," that the
Indians as they grfeet the"
rising sun; "Sun Hymn," express
ing thankfulness that the Great
Spirit is still smiling on them; and
"Medicine Man, Oh Make Us Somt,
Magic." i
The chorus greets Daniel Boone, |
on his trek over the Appalachian;
into Kentucky, with "O'er the Ap
palachian Mountains," and a bal
lard that Boone is supposed ot
have sung.
As the pageant moves into the
1850s, the chorus will blend their
voices with the swirl of the Vir
ginia Reel as the "apron hem
mers" carry out their antics of
yesteryear. The chorus will also
give numbers reminiscent of the
old barbershop quartet of the
Nineties, and will sing again dur- j
ing the story Of Appalachian State!
Teachers college.
With Paul Weber and his fam- I
ous Hammond organ and Ted |
Barrett and the chorus handling
|the harmony, the music portion
of the pageant is expected to be an
outstanding contribution of the
different performances.
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! Support Cancer Fund
Woman Accused Of
Assaulting Husband
Stanford—Mrs. George Denning
of Sanford is being held !n Lee
County jell on a charge of as
saulting her husband, early this
morning, Chief of Police Paul
Watson disclosed today.
Watson, who - is investigating
the case, said Denning was found
this morning at their home with
a gash across his throat. He said
that Mrs. Denning denied cutting
ner husband, and refused to an
swer questions.
Watson said that Denning has
been unable to talk because of
the throat wound.
The latest is a frozen concen
trated apple juice that Is expect
ed to be available in many gro
cery stores after the apple harvest
this fall. The method of prepar
lng the product «u worked out
*f the U. S. Department of Agri
culture's Western Research Lab
oratory at Albany, California.
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