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VOL. 6, NO. 47
f;; Hunter Gets F:
/ Years In Man;
A Superior Court jury decided
after more than three hours of
deliberation Thursday that j?s.
i
(Gambling Bill) Hunter was
? ' gujlty of manslaughter in the
?' - dance hall shooting of Thomas
I . Crawford, last July 27.
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VUUQO v. AX. vicilicub Ut ?Y ai*lcertown
sentenced Hunter to
, from five to 10 years in state
prison. The judgment was his
final order of the week's crimii
nal term, which he concluded
with the Thursday afternoon
j'-V session.
5: - .Hunter, through his attorney,
gave notice of an appeal, and appearance
bond was set at $5,000
jjvbut Thursday night the bond had'
not been posted and Hunter remained
in Guilford County jail,
-p- Crawford was fatally shot duriijg
a dance at Friendly Lake
and died after 20 days in L.
is- ' Richardson Memorial hospital,
vi.
\ Dr. Dies Trying To
I Fulfill Her Ambition
?vV. ' NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 16?
(AP) ?A'Negro woman doctor,
jjv'.' .Dr. Vivian Inez Douglas, 27, is
dead after a lifetime of sacrifice
ij,"' ' for herself and her parents, without
being able to practice the
profession she worked so hard
to reach.
; Dr. Hutchins F. Inge said that
she "had a burning desire to be
a good doctor." He told how she
worked as a receptionist in his
office, poring over medical
books when there was time, and
J.' .studying at Newark University
5' \] at night.
' . Her father, who had been a
gf- ' shipyard worker and truck drlv
er, shoveled snow in the winter
Ljy4 ' and did odd jobB in his spare
Rrf'' ! time to help finance her'educaI
v -tion- ;
|v. < Dr. Douglas, who died TuesjjjfV
day, was stricken with spinal
5-": meningitis last Spring Just before
she took her final examlnaII
, ., tions at Meharrry. University,
Bft J' Nashville. Tenn., she managed to
finish her exams and received
Stfr. . her medical degree in a hospital
K- bed.
Her illness prevented her
Mi- from being the first woman doctor
at Lincoln Hospital, Durham,
jfc N. C., where she was to have
served her Internship. After a
prolonged illness, she died in the
.? Newark Eye and Eiar Infirmary.
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,.*y i. There will be a regular com
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1. 251, P. & A. M., Prince Hall
filiation, Monday, October 20,
7:00 p. m. at 505 East Mart
street. Will work in the Felsrcraft
degree.. All Master Mans
and^ veiling faster Masons
s' requested''ttt'be''present. '' "Ti
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GREENSBO
ive To Ten
laughter Case
Youth Sentenced For
Stealing Church Funds
Joseph McNair, 17, 205 Cant
street, was sentenced in Municipal-County
court Tuesday, October
14, to six months on the
stute hierhwav fr?r ctoalinor
$41.86 from his father. Rev.
Louis McNair. His father testified
that his son, Joseph, took a
screw driver and removed the
lid from his trunk and stole the
$41.86, which belonged to Mt.
Carmel Holiness church. Rev.
McNair stated upon the witness
stand that he would not have
prosecuted his son for stealing
the money had it been his. He
stated that he was the treasurer
and the money belonged to the
church, which the boy' knew.
Upon passing sentence, Jijdge^
Rives asked Joseph if he was in
school or if he had a job, to which
he replied in the negative. He
said he had not worked or been
in school this year. The judge
stated that the-best place for him
would be the state highway for
six months.
HARD LINES
Rolls?"Tinpan's still mad
over the theft of his fliwer, even
after they caught and convicted
the thief."
Spin?"That's 'cause the jury
convicted him of petty larceny."
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who will head the mass Chest X'
Christmas Seal sale for Greens bo
county. Seated, left to right are Mr
Mrs. C. E. Dean, Miss Velma Turns
is, Mrs. Mattie Moffatt, and Mrs. R
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CHES1
WELL i
Final report meeting ot the
Greensboro Community Chest's
1947 fund-raising campaign at
Y. W. C. A. revealed this week
that the drive went over the top
by about $9,000. Reports showed
$189,353.79 raised compared
with the goal of $180,756.
Dr. Ruth Y. Schiffman, chest
executive director, stated there
was still much work to be done
since complete reports from
Sentenced Foi
Boiling Lye W;
Mrs. Lola Mae Woods, of 707
Garden street, East White Oak,
was sentenced in Guilford County
Superior Court by Judge J.
H. Clement to 18 months in the
county iail Tuesday of this week.
for throwing a pan of boiling lye
water on her husband, Sam
Woods. Sam, upon the witness
stand, stated that he didn't know"
why his wife threw the boiling
lye water on him and refused to
give full testimony as to the facts
involved in the case. The police
who made the arrest stated that
L,ela Mae boiled the water and
lye for the purpose of killing
Sam, and after she threw the
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nmunity leaders Standing: E. K<
ray survey and Mebane, H. N.;
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rv oiiu uuiuuru iTiumieuu. uiui p
'8. B. W. Barnes, was made was F
ige, W. H. Chav- to see that ever;
osa Winchester, ford county has
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)BER 18, 1947
1 CAMP.
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many firms have not yetbeen re-11
ceived. She also said that tenta- ]
tive reports from many of these
organizations were included in
Wednesday night's report.
The need to follow up was '
emphasized in regard to Whole- I
sale, National and Special Firms ,
Divisions and division chairmen \
were urged to follow up and se- (
cure final reports from all of the
754 firms in tlie Unit Account
r Throwing
ater On Hubby
mixture on him, peeling the skin
off portions of his body and almost
blinding him, she left the
house and went to some of the
neighbors and told them that she
had fixed him, they had better
go over and get him.
Lela Mae, a short, stout, chunky
woman, testified upon the witness
stand very freely in her
speech that she and her husband
had had lishts every week of
their marriage and she had gotten
tired of it. Upon passing sentence,
the sheriff stated that
I.ela Mae was a good cook and
that he would like to have her
there to serve her time at the
Guilford County courthouse.
trmilt Hlghtower, Mrs. H. A. P.
Mrs. O. T. Ohaiuiell and D. W.
resent (it the time the photograph
'. B. Morris. This group will help
f person in Greensboro and Guila
free chest x-ray;
The Fu(ure Outlook! f
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PRICE: B CBINTS
AIGN
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Division. Many of these firms
rave not yet reported.
The Unit Acount Divisions had
i total quota of $147,756. Their,
eports were: Auto-Gas-Oil, quota,
$3,200, total reported, $3,452;
'Finance, quota, $6,000, total
reported, $6,794.50; Industrial,
quota, $80,000, total reported,
$8!3,641.16; Insurance,
quota, $9,500, total reported,
$10,553.23; National Firms,
quota, $3,500, total reported,
$3,302.80; Retail Chain, quota,
$11,000, total reported, $11,124.07;
Retail, quota, $9,600,
total reported, $9,855; Special
Firms, quota, $7,000, total reported,
$6,170.35; Wholesale,
quota, $9,500, total reported,
$9,092.75; Public Employees,
quota, $S,456, total reported,
$8,513.25.
The Public Employees Division
is composed of the following:
Colleges, quota, $3,000, total reported,
$3,414; City of Greensboro,
quota, $1,200, reported
$1200.75; Guilford County, quota,
$500, total reported, $571;
Social Agencies, quota, $606,
reported $852.50; Federal, quota,
$1,800, reported $947;
Schools, quota, $1200, reported
$166.50. The grand total reported
by the Unit Account Divisions
Was $152, 491.11.
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X lie OlJCtiai VI11 LO LflHOlUU 1
ported on 85 of their 103 prospects.
A report was made of
$20,429 on a quota of $20,000.
The Negro Division with a quota
of $1500, turned in a report totoling
$1,574.53. This represents
only part of the Negro contributors
of the Chest campaign
since all Negro employees in the
Unit Account Divisions are reported
with their firms.
The Professional Division, oi*
a quota of $6,500, reported Professional
A, $2,053 on a quota of
$2,000; Professional B, $4,119
on a quota of $3,775; Professional
C, $945.50 on a quota of
$7 2i5.
Contributors who have not
yet been reached and would like
to make a contribution were asked
to mail their contribution to
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M. . V/. UUA U, UICCUOUWIU.
HIS ONLY FAULTS
New Jersey man awaiting
hinging for the robbery of a
bank and the murder of three
persons does not smoke or drink
and is an earnest Bihle student.
His only faults, it seems, were
robbery and murder.?Windsor
(Canada) Star.
LIFE IN THE U.'8. A.
A Missouri lass of 28 months
has a vocabulary of 3,800 Words I
and keeps track of current I
events. A child must know, these I
days, if a parent asks "Why?"?
San Frisco Chronicle.
Did you ever stop to think
how many ancestors you must
have had since the days of Columbus?