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‘They Won’t Let Me Talk:” Kasper
Racist Tails
Reporters
His Troubles
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Lanky j
racist John Kasper, last > aek j
wearing a rumpled, gray suit, tan
loafers and handcuffs, stretched
his long legs toward Knox County
Jail and shouted, no boys, they
w or. t let me talk "
The New Jersey-born segre
gationist will be lodged here,
until be Is transferred to a
federal penitentiary, prcbah
b in Tallahassee. Fla., where
he will begin eervlng a six- ; J
month sentence for contempt of
federal court.
His conviction, and another for
which he already has served one i
year at the Tallahassee prison,
stemmed from his ar.fi-integration !
activities during the Clinton
School controversy is 1958
Kasper was taken into custody
by U. S ' Marshals at the home of j
Lee Foster Knoxville contractor j
and president of the Tennessee ,
White Citizens Council
Flanked by marshals. Kasper
was marched two and one-half j
blocks from the federal building
to the jail.
Officers would not, allow him to
stop m.d talk to reporters enrout.e
to the jail.
Lifting his manacled hands
above his head Kasper shout
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Bond Issue
Vote Seen |
FerAug.ll
... {
A election will come up on
August 11 for Raleigh voters The |
following issues will be presentea: j
(’> A bid of $1 "42.000 for the |
i:r.prO''emen! and enlargement of |
s he water suomy system
n\ A bid of $1,500,000 for con
structing or reconstructing the i
surface of public streets
(ji A bid of $1,357,800 fcr the
■ar'.eri and enlargement of
the samitar- sewer system
iA) A bid of $750,000 for 4 hf nn
c-cvement and enlargement of the j
&atjcr i' system of the city
<s) A bid of $240,000 for the ft- ;
reetion of one or more fire sta
tions and the enlargement of one !
or mere of the existing ones
ns* A hid of $ K 3,000 for th c ac- |
quisition of fire equipment i
1 7 > Shall the city levy a tax of j
not less than 3 rents or more than
10 cents on each SIOO of the assest ’
'•aluation of property for recrea
tional facilities ’
'5! A bid of 527.n00 for the ex
tension of the city fire alarm
system
| State News I
Brisf j
CALF SHOT Hf.SE THURSDAY
RALEIGH The 4-H and NFA
members of Wake and Johnston
Counties are putting the last mi
nute touch on their dairy animals
to be then here Thursdav July
23 f-cm ?cn until 11*30 a m The
she - *. l ' v. i)) be b'rld on the sthistle |
field of ifsint Augustine's College,
according to V C Davenport.
County agent
This is the seventh annual
show sponsored bv the Raleigh
?Isfch2.i!ts Sure an ir.d super
vised by the Negro Agricu!
tjiM] TR'orkers in Wske it!?!
Johnston Counties. The public
Is invited
FACING "RAPE - CHARGE
HALIFAX An 18-year-old !
youth charged with raping an eld- I
er!y woman was bound over j
Wednesday to Halifax County Su- 1
perior Court
fcoNTirvren on pyot 2i
Applications |
Accepted low |
For Project ;
The Raleigh Housing Authority
announced Tuesday that applica
tions for the new Walnut Terrace
Housing Development are now be- .
mg handled by a tenant selection !
staff under the supervision of Mrs j
Ruth A Benton, tenant selection !
supervisor, at the Chavis Heights I
Office on East Lenoir Street.
Mrs. lacs B. Jones, executive
director of the Authority, said
that a temporary office had
bean opened in she Chavis
Heights Management Building
*n advance of completion of
Walnut Terrace so that families
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TRIES TO CALM CROWD Wel
terweight hosing champion "Sugar” Ray
Robinson, hatless, in center of crowd,
addresses a crowd in front of the 123rd
St. Police Station, New York City, last
week He tried to calm the crowd that
gathered after two policemen were al
legedly wounded by 30-year-oid Charles
Samuels while they were faking Miss
Camels, Cawiglione *o the station house
to book her on ? disorderly conduct rap
(UPI PHOTO).
“Grudge" King Scene Attracts 400
"Nick” Holloway’s Son Is
Denied House Admittance j
BY CHARLES « JONES
C?p Iso in and ses mv daddy I ,' asked Samuel Holloway of
a Faleigh detective here Sunday night as he stood at the steps
leading to the room where his 44-year-oljd fathri lay slain
No!/' replied the detective. Get on off the steps "
junious (Nick) Hollowav. 44. of the 200 block of Spence
Street, was allegedly killed by Wilbert F.agiand, 30, about 7 p.m ,
Sunday at 594 E Cabarrus Street. The incident followed an ar
gument which grew out of a grudge' of over six months.
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Some 400 curious onlookers
filled the street and blocked
traffic fcr over an. hour.
Sixteen 22-calibre rifle bullets
were fired at the victim, six of
S them, entering his body The rifle
Ur d in the. slaying was atop his
i body when it was viewed by this
i reporter
Ragland was described by an
’ eye-witness at. wild-eyed and
foaming at the mouth as he com
manded Holloway to die, dm.
Threat Os Race Riot
Follows Arrest In NY j
NEW YORK New York May-1
or Wagner said recently that!
I ‘Harlem needs better housing.]
| tight--ning up of building condi- j
I tlons. more schools, more play- ]
[grounds, perhaps a closer rela-!
S tionslnp with the department!
■ heads involved.” And he did some-]
! thing about it last week.
Norfolk |
And Ark,
Confer \
NORFOLK Va.—Officiate from
two oi the hottest spots in the
Souths school integration crisis
met here in a conference last
week
Little Rock school officials stu
died and discussed Norfolk's- local
assignment plan with Norfolk
schoc officials
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WOMAN, 90, CHARGES RAPE
Mrs. Mattie Montague, 90-years-old, told Raleigh police Monday
that a man entered her residence at 604 S. Person Street, and
raped her. Mrs, Montague, who lives alone, said the man, in his
early 20’s, knocked her front doer open Sunday around 2:15 a.m.,
jumped into bed with her and assaulted her. Physicians at St.
Agnes Hospital, where she was examined could find no evidence
♦hat she had been raped. A check of the house revealed that for
cible entry had not taken place.
; CAROL [ N iAjC~~' ;r:: —;
i ADVERTISERS
- - .was——- _ BUY FROM THEM _ j
; PAGt, ?,
i Hsrtcn s Cash Store
Honeycutt’s Super Market
American Home Products
i PAG!- 3
; Public Service Co. of N ( 1
N C. Produets
i Spcet-v-Was' tar.
i Odctn Cul Bate Store.
; Kress
Hamlin Drug Company
PACIi 5
Hud.i i! -Bei* Company
John V,'. winters and Company
Oavi*- St. loin Laundromat
I Raleigh SavinC A Loan Association
j The Capita! Coca-Cola Bottling Co
■ AAGL e
! Kirby Distributing Co.
! Electrical Wholesalers, the
| Mechanics <c farmers Bank
! Green Cleaners
i Gt-m Watch Shop
I Towt it Country Tire Serv!
City Finance Company
Stephens Appliance
PAG? 7
Sanders Motor Company
j Wholesale Motors
i corner's Bir-B-Qne
i "AGF *
| 5 M lour. : Hard .’ are
I Sta.odasS CiaSsr Block Company
; faylc Radio & TV Service
rrarnclgh puraltur* company
! Capita: Paint & Wallpaper Company
j
] while bullets were spurting from
the fatal weapon.
According to Mrs. Senora Wat
son, 29. of 312 S. Bloodworth
Street, who was a visitor in the
house at. the time of the slaying
Ragland entered the kitchen
where she. was washing dishes.
‘ He pointed the gun at me.
but he didn’t say anything,”
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1 Mayor Wagner called a meet
!mg of community and political '
i leaders and city department heads
jat City Hall or. Tuesday, la?
I week, to discuss complaints of ra
i rial tensions filed by members of
. the Harlem community
The Mayor’s action followed
a charge made hy Roy Wi!
kins executive secretary of the
NAACP. that “Police in Ne
gro communities usually do
not have a courteous attitude
toward Negroes."
Wilkins said, “The Police
Department should make a
sincere effort to get in touch
with community leaders ic
Hailem. Bedford - Stuyvesant
and other communities to work
on the situation.”
Mayor Wagner held an hour's j
j conference with Police Comr.ris
j sioner Stephen P Kennedy on the j
‘ details involved in a Harlem in- i
| cident in which two policemen i
were wounded after they had ar- j
rested a woman when one of their
own, weapons was accidentally
discharged. The Mayor said he
was satisfied with police hand
ling of the. incident.
In a radio interview. Commis
sions Kennedy praised Roy Wil
-1 kins and Thurgood Marshall of :
I • CONTINUE! CE- E-AGE ?)
Modern Finance Coraeuiy
St. - Quint Furniture Company
7-L'j. Bottling Company
Hur i General Tire Compsny
Mr C Kan Llchimaa
Colonial gtorei, Inc.
PAGF 9
Carolina Fewer * Light Com
Johnson-Lambe Company
O K. Clothing Company
i Famous Bakery
Seafood Company
! George A. Iselev Insurance Attn:'
I PAGF 11'
! Deluxe Hotel
! Peps* Cola Bottlin* Co.
! Warper Memorials
! Cavouess Insurance Agent"
Daan s Lss" Service
Ridgi-nay’s Opticians
Carolina Builders Corp
Watson s Seafood Co.
Dillon Motor Finance Co.
Fayetteville S , Baptist Ch_.
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I Klmbrell’s. tap.
| The Shoe Mart:
Thompson-Lyncfc Company
| Blond-worth S’. Tourist H
; PAGfe is
1 Talelgn Funeral Home
j Flrestt-ns Store-.
I Acme Res,'.tv Company
| Cost jMditec Credit Corp.
! 3*!e?7h Cosußf«£i»n 'House. Lot.
■ The Hood System Industrial Bank
MURDER -TENS PRINCIPALS AND CROWD—A portion of the 4W» persons who converged on the
-Oft hloek of"JwCaharrns Stree« >«< Sunday night *o!!«wl«g »he shooting of Junious <N‘cM Holloway,
u jhowh above vVihw- i R»rland 39. the alleged killer la sho«m in top eight inset, while Holloway is plc
j hired it top left. (STAFF PHOTO BY CHAS R. -JONESk
New Orleans;
South’s Largest City Must integrate
NEW ORLEANS The New i present a “workable school tote- by order of a Federal Judge It is
Orleans School Board will have to gration plan” on March 1. 1960. the South's largest city
Expect 5,000 At \
Shriners Confab i
LOS ANGELES—Heading west
ward for the first time in their 66
; '.ear history, more than 5.000 No
: bles. delegates from some 150 tern- I
| pies of the Ancient Egyptian Ara
bic Order of Nobles of The Mystic J
Shrine, are expected in this my'
for the 58th annual convention of ]
the Imperial Council on August j
16-22
Host and hostess to the visit
ing Nobles and their sister or
ganization the Daughters Os
♦sis. will be Los Angeles'
Egyptian Tempie No, 5 and
Egyptian Court No. 5- the
former headed by Illustrious
Potentate Kenny Washington,
Sr., of UCLA football fame,
and the Utter bv Illustrious
Cemfflsndrf st Imogene F
Clay.
Though headquartered for busi
; ness sessions at the Embassy Audi
! torium. the visiting Negro Shriners
lof Prince Hall affiliation will
I make use of virtually ail the. city's
! topmost facilities for balls, ban
j quets and displays of nageantry.
The organization will score a
historic “first," however, on Wed
nesday' evening. August 19 At that
time it will become the first Negro
| group to use the recently dedica
] ted Sports Arena to stage its mam
! moth talem show with a pageant
“Catfish” Cole Now Patient
At Central Prison Hospital
James '•Catfish" Cole, a former
leader in the Ku Kiu Kian, now
serving a prison term for disturb
ing Lumbee. Indians near Maxt.on,
is himself disturbed. He is ill. phy
| sically, ana has been transferred;
to Central Prison Hospital ir. Ra-i
ieigh for treatment.
Cole Is serving 18-24 months
Imprisonment for inciting: »-
riot between Klansmen and
the Lumbee Indians.
He was competed on Janu
ary 18, 1358. for his part in
the riot.
Cole who Ims been at the Hert
-orri County Prison Camp near A
; heskie ever since his conviction,!
! is not in & serious condition, ae-j
cording to a doctors’ report. i
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Catholic Nun Is Terrorized
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I
of young ladies representing some
25 temples from all over the U S
The show, designed to eliminate
j contestants for top prizes of $4,000
m scholarships, will also represent
| s unique ''first” in that bathing
I suit competition will be be elim
! mated as a point, of judging The
j winner will be chosen solely on
] the basis of talent.
Presiding ever the colorful,
six'-da.v convention will be Im
perial Potentate Booker T
Alexander, of Detroit, who has
wielded the gave! over the 15,
OAO-member organization since
his election to office in 1955.
Under his leadership, the pop
ular national group now has
over $3,000,000 in assets, more
than $250,000 of which has
been set arise to be voted up
on and distributed as charita
ble contributions to m e d i.c a i
research.
Any doctor, hospital, clinic or
school is eligible to receive s grant
from this fund provided they can
quahfifv by certifying that they are
engaged in medical research. Last
year, at tbs Chicago Convention, a
total of $37,060 was voted out. for
distribution among six qualifying
hospitals and schools. This year, at
the Los Angeles meet, it is ex
pected that a similar sum again
will be given to medical research.
Mental Exam For
Attacker In S. C.
MANNING. S. C An 18-year
old Manning white youth charged
with "assault, with intent to rav
ish" two Negro women, was in
the South Carolina State Hospital
at Columbia Friday for a 30-day
mental test.
Charles Thames was eoai
nsftted to the hospital by his
father, a. Manning carpenter
and two doctors.
(CONMN'OKD OH S*A©S SI
North Carolina’s Leading Weekly
SATURDAY. JULY 25. 1939
U, S District Judge J 5 Kelly
Wright told the School Board to
have an integration plan 'cover
ing the complete desegregation of
♦he public schools in this city” by
March 1, 1960
Th 5 School Board is expected
to put up » big legal fight between
now -md the deadline set by Judgi
Wright,
“Wr have several legal steps
which we plan to take, all of
which can be made bv March
! We don't think this is
(he. proper time to integrate
the schools . ” Lloyd J
Bittner, vice president of the
school board, said
The judge suggested a plan that
could be followed by the school;
board: the first year of the plan
integrate the first grade, the sec
ond rear the second grade, and
on. following the Nashville, Tenn
grade-a-yeur integration plan.
The school board attorney said i
the March deadline “should give j
us plenty of time to prosecute I
pending appeals before taking any
action or. integration plans ”
WORKERS LEAVE STEEL PLANT Workers leave the Homestead Works of Pittsburg’s U S. Steel
Coro., early July I.4th as their shift end?,, They carry with them shopping bags holding their work
clothes and personal belongings If resumed negotiations between the United Steelworkers Cute® tad
steel industry management representatives fail to avert- a nation-wide steel strike threatened 4e taka plane
midnight. July 14th. these workers will have left the plant far the last time for sometime to maw. fw
' more shifts ware to work uefore the strike deadline. fUFI TELEPHOTO.) -
RALEIGH, N, C.
Gun Fails To Fire As Va.
Man Attacks Catholic Nun
RICHMOND Vs Police m nearby Henrico County in
tensified their seatch Monday for a Negro suspect who was be
lieved to have terromed » nun in a Catholic nun's home during
the weekend
Police identified the suspect as Herman Hunter, 32 of Nor
folk They described him as "mean and said he probably was
armed with "at least three guns"—two of them .38-calibre pohr
service revolvers
Hunter was picked up by two i
patrolmen late .Sunday and !
being taken to headquarters for
questioning when he pulled out a
rusty revolver and forced the pa- i
trolmen to turn over their own
weapons. He then fled into the- !
woods.
Fifteen policemen and two 5
bloodnounds from the Goochland
County Prison Farm joined m the
search Monday
‘Final Stage Toughest,
Marshall Tells N AACF
NEW YORK Thurgood Mar
shall. chief counsel of the Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People said Thurs
day night that the final stage oi
the fight, for equal rights “could ]
possibly be the toughest " But he
said the Negro will win
Marshall continued, “The
ether side will hold nothing in
reserve,” while speaking at, the
Freedom Fund Report Dinner
(he Waldorf-Astoria Ho j
tel during the 50th Anmver- j
sarv Celebration of the NA
ACP. “Once they unlimber
their big guns and ♦heir in
genious plans, they will run
out of defenses ”
A southern lawyer earlier told
he convention here that several
out-hern states are using tax
.unds m an effort to win over
northern public, opinion, or at
i ieast to neutralize it
Marion A. Wright, rice pres
ident of she association's south
ern regional council, charged
that one phase of the cam
pairn was to “flood the North
with slirk and glossy liters*
tore proclaiming that desegre
gation is a Communis* device
and that the Supreme Court is.
a too! of Moscow "
A retired lawyer from LlmoU*'
■’ails, N C Wright emphasized
lat he wps speaking only for
imst-lf. not for the NAACP
’O.OOi* HEAR AZIKWF AND
WILKINS
BY J B BARREN
! An audience of some 20,000 lib
erally sprinkled with liberal-mind
] ed whites sat through s rain and 1
PRICE 12e IN M. C; ELSEWHERE 15c
Pokes said Hunter had been on
parole since -June 1 They said h
had been convicted on burglar
I robbery and assault charges ir
Norfolk
On Sunday a Negro believe.
; to he Hunter, broke into a base
ment bedroom of the nun's hour
at. Holy Angel Nursery SchoT
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- thunder-storm m the Polo Ground,
stadium Sunday afternoon air
heard Dr Nnamdi Asikiwe Frs
mic-r of Eastern Nigeria and Ro
Wilkins. NAACF executive seer;
1 tary, issue a loint challenge to.
I solidarity w the part of Africai
and V’Tiarv dii colored people
Altho the audience was shelter
ed. most of the program partici
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I ri ZZ“
! Betts 1 o
Prison
For Life
An all-white jur. deliberated on
' !v 1 and 1-2 hours Thursday before
unding a white ex-convict guilty
of raping an 11-year-old Negro
I girl
Ralph Lee setU, 36, of Apex
bowed no emotion as the foreman
if the iurv read the verdict of
i ty and recommended that h?
imprisoned for life
*Vake County Superior Court
fudge Malcolm Paul immedi
ately sentenced Bette to life
imprisonment He had instruct
ed the 12-man jury to return
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