Has Served As Prexy 15 Years:
NC Elks Re-Gleet Battle
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THE COROLINIAN
VOL. 20. NO. 32
FMi Enter* ituming Case:
Bus Incident Stuns Nation
41 st Annual Convention
Underway At Rocky Mt.
ROCKY MOUNT— Delegates to
the 41st session of the North Caro
lina State Association, Improved,
Benevolent. Piotective Order of
Elks of the World re-elected the
Rev, K P Battle, for the fifteenth
time, to head the organization here
Tuesday.
The election had been the
•übieet of murh discussion for
some weeks and there were
many who said that an election
would not be held. This was
due to the fact that for a num-
Jail “New
Frontier”
For CORE
NEW ORLEANS—Jerome Smith,
project chairman of New Orleans
CORE, called jail the New F.on
t er of the Freedom Struggle" as
he completed serving 26 days in
New Orleans Parish Prison last
week
Smith was arrested on April 17
and charged with “obstructing traf
fic" while participating m a CORE
picket line of McCrory and Wool
worth stores in downtown New Or
leans.
No date has been set for
Smith's trial. Bond has been
set at SSOO but Smith refuses
the offer of bond from CORE.
The text of his statement fol
lows:
“For me the dawn of a new
day Is unfolding, f am proud to
be making this small contribu
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The rtxe-day -weather forecast
for Raleigh, beginning Thursday,
May 18, and continuing through
Monday. May 22. is as follows:
Temperatures will average a few
degrees above average. The wea
ther will he moderate Thursday
and Friday and warmer during the
weekend. Normal high and low
temperatures will be 81 and 58 de
grees. Rainfall is expected In the
amount ol one-half inch and
should occur as scattered showers
late Thursday and Friday, with a
possibility of more rain on Sunday.
U. N. AND CONGOLESE AGREEMENT IN SlGHT—Congole se Central Government For
eign Minister Justin Bomboko (left) holds glass of beverage as he talks to reporters, while Army
Commander Genera! Joseph Mobutu listens. Dissident Katangese President Joseph Kasavubu has
agreed to a reorganization of the Congolese Army in cooperation with the United Nations, accord
ing to Bomboko. Agreement may mean U. N. help for the Congolese Central Government in sub
duing the Congo's dissident Stanleyville and Katanga Governments. (UPI PHOTO).
her of years only a routine
pleetinn was held every other
year and in view of the fact
that Rev. Battle was elected last
sear. There were many dele
gates who felt that the organ
ization needed new blood and
as a result .lark Faison, Sea
board businessman, entered the
race against Rev. Battle, but
when the votes were counted,
Rev. Battle was declared the
w inner.
The five-day meet began Sunday
and will end Thursday. All sessions
were held at St. James Baptist
Church A memorial service was
conducted by Rev. Otis E Dunn at
11:00 am. The welcome servic s
were held at 3 pm. with Mayor
Allan Mims representing the city.
L E Austin. Durham publisher,
keynoted the Civil Liberties pro
gram at 4 p.m. and called upon the
Elks to close ranks and fight with
all that is within them to erase the
secordlclass citizenship status that
the Negro has suffered in the state
too long John Edwards, who is
president of the Durham Crusad
ris. a youth group that has broken
many Dairies in that city, told the
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Physician
Criticized
By Group
Dr C. VV. Williams has been cen
sured by the Charlotte Medical So
ciety for accepting a scientific
membership in the North Carolina
Medical Society
In a letter to the physician
Thursday, which was approved
Thursday by the Charlotte so
ciety, composed of Negro doc
tors, his action was called “An
affront to Negro doctors and
citizens in their struggle for
full recognition as American
citizens."
The State Medical Society does
not admit Negro physicians to full
membership, but has permitted
them to join as limited, scientific
members.
Many Negro doctors have reject
ed the scientific membership anu
continued to press for full mem
bership in the state group.
SUPPORT TIME LIBRARY ROAR ISSUE. IT’S SEEDED
RALEIGH, N. C. SATURDAY, MAY 20. IQ6I
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gfHr ' V I *
; ..
DRAGGED BEHIND CAR Nine-year-old Mi .vs Gloria
LaVerne Floyd shows the bandaged gash on her shoulder, one of
the multiple injuries she received when she h as lassoed and drag
ged behind a car while returning home from church last week. ;
Police have, arrested a white deaf mute, Horace Perry, IS. snd
charged him with assault in connection with the Jackson, Miss,
incident. (VPI TELEPHOTO).
\ Roy Wilkins Disagrees
i With Kennedy's Plans
NEW YORK <ANP>—Roy Wilk
| ins. executive secretary of the NA
i AGP challenged President Kenne-
I dys belief that it was not neces-
I sary at this time to enact civil
rights laws.
He said this view ignored the
fact that “accomplishment of
statutory compliance with the
school deseregation ruling by
IDS 3, as pledged in the Demo
cratic platform, is impossible
unless tegisiaiion to that effect
is approved and moves forward
without delay in the present
session."
Wilkins charged that the legisla
t.on branch had sabotaged the Su
preme Court ruling of 1D,14 and had
lagged far behind on civil rights
on the executive level through the
Justice Department, through ap
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Local Scouts
Set Tour Os
Canada Soon
Some 300 Boy Scouts and Explor
ers in the Occoneechee Council.
Boy Scouts of America will go on
a "Goodwill Tour" of Canada in
August.
The Scouts will travel by
chartered bus, covering more
than 2,500 miles in the United
States and Canada. They will
see our Nation's Capitol, Niag
ara Falls, West Point, New
York City, the beautiful coun
tryside in Canada, including
many of its larger cities, sad
live in a provincial park.
According to Rev. D. N. How
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Federal
Agencies
Take Over
BY ALEXANDER BARNES
WASHINGTON The office of
Attorney-General Robert F Ken
nedy fa id here Wednesday that a
full investigation mto the burning
of a bus and the intimidation of its
passengers by a group of white per
sons, near Anniston, Ala., Sunday,
was underway. It was also reveal
ed that should it be found that a
federal law had been violated that
the perpetrators of the crime would
be sought and if arrested would be
tried.
The information tended to
show that the top prosecutor
had reason to believe that a
federal law had been violated,
due to the fact that the passen
gers boarded the bus in Atlanta,
Ga.
A telephone conversation with
the regional office of the FBI. in
Birmingham. Ala., confirmed the
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Dr. Morrow
Is Named To
The UNESCO
WASHINGTON fANP)—Dr John
Howard Morrow, who was appoint
ed hy President Eisenhower as the
first U. S. Ambassador to Guinea
and later by President Kennedy as
delegate to the United Nations, was
recently named United States Per
manent representative to the Unit
ed Nations Educational Science and
Cultural Organization.
He was a professor at North
Carolina College, Durham, at
the time of his first appoint
ment,
Dr. Morrow', a native of New
Jersey, is the brother of E.
Frederic Morrow, formerly aide
to President Eisenhower. John
Morrow spent many years In
(he field of education prior to
entering the diplomatic corps.
Dr. Mays to Ethiopia
Dr Benjamin Mays, president of
Morehouse College in Atlanta has
also been chosen a delegate to the
UNESCO conference meeting in
Addis Ababa. Ethiopia, beginning
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State News
—Of—
Brief
KILLED AFTER LEAVING BUS
RAEFORD—KeIIy Devane Ed
wards, 13. of Stonewall Township
in Hoke County, was fatally injur
ed last Wednesday afternoon when
he was struck by a car as he was
leaving a school bus and attempt
ing to cross the road to his home.
M. D Kelly, 26. an airman at Pope
Air Force Base, was arrested by
Highway Patrolman E. G. Inman
and charged with manslaughter,
reckless driving and passing a stop
ped school bus. He was held in
Hoke County Jail with bond ten
tatively set at $1,500.
WELDON COED TO REIGN AS
"MISS NORTH CAROLINA
COLLEGE’*
DURHAM Pretty end petite
Miss Betty Barnes of Weldor* was
elected “Miss North Carolina Col
lege of 1961-62“ in a campus-wide
election held here recently.
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PIC
HOST TO CONVENTION The Executive Board and
Planning Committee of the City Federation of Shelby, are mak
ing plans for the 1%1 Convention. Seated leit to right. Mrs Fran
cis Smith, chairman of the Social committee; Miss Louise Hotd
treasurer and chairman of the finance committee; Mrs M. H
London, presdent of the Shelbv Woman's Club and in charge of
information; Mrs Daeira Roberts, President of the Shelby City
Federation; Mrs. Louise McKinney, President of the Terpsicho
roan Club and assistant secretary of the City Federation; Mrs
lean Scales, chairman of the Decoration committee Standing, felt
to right, are; Mrs. Patricia Palmer, chanmkn of cr urtesy; Mrs
Margaret Cabiness, in charge oi the cafeteria. Mrs. M. K. Pass,
chairman ci focal program committee ; Mrs. A IV Ford, chair
man of badges, etc.; Mrs, Ledessa Brooks, corresponding secre
tary; Miss Mildred Thompson, President of the Sih et Leaf Club ■
Mrs. M B. Cleaves, president of the Bridgettes club; Mrs. Pau
line Clark, chaplain of City Federation, and Mrs. L ! Gibson,
chairman of the executive board.
PRICE 15c
Federation Os Women's
Clubs Plan Convention
SHELBY—The 52nd Annua] Con
vention of the N. C. Federation of
Negro Women's Clubs will be held
here June 1-3 Cleveland Training
School will be the scene of the
sessions.
Theme of the meeting will
he: ‘Community Improvement
Spread Abroad Through Fed
erated Club Women “ Featured
S’risoner
Assaul is
Sec’y
Mrs Alma Moore, a 30-year-old
white General Assembly secretary
was attacked here Monday, report
edly by a nude Negro man who
.lumped into her car on Edenton
Street near Capitol Square
The incident took place short
ly after a prisoner. Frank
smith of Greensboro, was miss-
All Occupants Killed As
Car Plunges Into River
ODDS-ENDS
BY ROBERT G. SHEPARD
"I will lift up my eves unto
the hills from whence someth
my help.”
SAFETY AND SECURITY
Senator John Jordan of Wake
County has introduced a bill in
the North Carolina General Assem
bly to prohibit the use of unguard
ed, male prisoners in all state
buildings where women are em
ployed.
Son. Jordan has labeled his bill
a safety measure In it he calls at
tention to acts of violence recently
committed by male prisoners upon
women working in state buildings.
We share the senator's ap
prehension for the safttv of the
women working In the various
state buildings. We believe that
a male prisoner who has been,
became of his imprisonment,
cut off from contact with the
opposite sex; will, when his
work assignment cause* him to
come In dose proximity with
women, poses a threat to the
safety of the women he might
come in contact with. We there
fore, agree with Sen. Jordan
that this threat should be re
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200 Attend
Rally For
Libraries
At least 200 persons, including
the mayors and other citizens from
all municipalities in Wake County,
attended, a library rally held Mon
day night, May 15, in Raleigh. Call
ed b.y a Raleigh-Wske Citizens
Committee for Library Improve
ment, the meeting was conducted
by chairman R. Mayne Albright of
Raleigh, assisted by Mrs. Robert
A. Cotten of .Fuquay Spring, vice
chairman,
Also present were Raleigh coun
ejimen-elect, Travis Tomlinson and
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speaker will be Mrs Rom L
Gragg, of Detroit, Mich , presi
dent of the National Association
of Colored Women's Clubs. Inc
who will be heard at 7:30 pm.
on Friday, June 2. Mrs. E. M.
Spellman of Elizabeth City is
state president
There are 110 Federated clubs in
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@d from a work detail in the
State Revenue. Building
Mrs Moore, secretary to Rep
Wayland Sermons of Beaufort
County, told police officers that the
man who assaulted he. came out
of an alley behind the Fust Bap
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STATESVILLE— Four occupants
of a car which plunged off of a
rural highway into the Yadkin Riv
er Sunday night were killed. All
were members of the same family.
The tragedy was discovered two
hours later by a passing motorist,
who noticed skid marks on the road
and saw the taillights of the near
by submerged car blinking in the
darkness.
The motorist. R V. Haupe,
notified officers and the States
ville Rescue Squad rushed to
the scene. The bodies of the
four victims, three adults and
one child, were recovered from
inside the four-door 1950 sedan
early Monday.
They were identified as David
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ADVERTISERS
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Larrs's Cut-Rate Grocery Jt Mist.
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Hudson-Belk Co.
Thompson-Lynrh Co
Raleigh Savings A Loan Association
John W. Winters Co.
Dove Music Co.
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Vatolins Power A Light Co.
Cameron-Brown Co.
Diamond Wash
( entral Drug More
S. M. Voung Hardware
Sunshine Bakery
Johnson-Lambe to.
Community Florist
Mason's Barber Shop
Correll Coal Co.
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banders Motor Co. Used Cars
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Washington Terrace Apts,
Colonial Stores. Inc.
R E. Quinn Furniture Co,
Modern Finance Corp.
C. Karl Ltehtman
Lawrence Bros
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ASP Food Stores
The Picadilly
Bankers Ftre Ins.
Branch Banking A Trust Co.
(,' A- M Promotion
Firestone Stores
Umxtead’s Grocery A Transfer
Lawrence Bros.
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Ridgeway’s Opticians, Inc.
7-Up Bottling Co.
DliHon Motor Finance Co.
Watson Seafood & Poultry
Bloodworth Bt, Tourist
Deluxe Hotel
Warner Memorials
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Raleigh
MRS. ROSA GRAGG
. . . main speaker
Miss Carnage:
Raleighito
Honored At
Howard U.
At ASH INGTON —Ho*\ ard Univer
ril>» officials this week announced
the election of 13 students to Phi
Beta Kappa, national scholastic
honor fraternity Included amors
the inductees are two junior class
members and one recent graduate
who was elected to membership af
ter the Sp. mg 1960 induction. Mis’
Elizabeth Carnage of Raleigh, is
one. of the hono'ces
They wore inducted Wrdne<-
dsy evening (May 7) at an in
itiation ceremony on the 1 ni
verity campus. The induction
"ill be followed bv a dinner at
w hirh Or G. James Fleming,
professor of political science at
Morgan State Cntlese. Balti
more, will 'peik Dr Fleming
was initiated bv Phi Beta Kap
pa at the University of VViscon- .
sin
Miss Carnage, whose major
l. mathematics is ?0 years otd
She is the daughter of Attorney
and Afrs Fred J Carnage of
1117 F Martin SI, Raleigh. A
graduaie of the J W Ligon Jr
Sr High School of that city, she
was an honor student.
At Howard Miss Carnage had
participated in the following organ
izations:
President. United C i inn Fel
lowship; treasurer Delta Sign a
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MISS CARNAGE
, . . honored t Howard
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Vmertcan Hems Products
National Art interiors
£Jj rum Lumber t o
carpet Center, Inc
Raleigh Furniture Co
O W. Dodd Sheet Metal Works
Raleigh Paint & Wallpaper Co.
Handy Man Hardware Co.
Major Finance Co
Buffalos & Co.. Builders
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Duke Ellin s ton Concert Committee
Ihomas Food Market
Elizabeth M. Nutting
Electrical Wholesalers. Inr
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Rhodes Inc.
PAGE 18
Mechanics A Fanners Bank
Pcpsi-Coia Bottling < o
PAGE 11
Arnold lambs’ Vogue
Iver-Ta.'lor Co.
PAGE SO
Si Augustine’* College
< on. loan’s Dress Shop
Boss? Jewelers
PAGE SI
jean's of Raleigh
Dander Bread
fipttv Gas
PAGE 22
Dunslon s Tevaco Service
C P ella Beauty College
PAGE 24
Hunt's General Tire Co.
Raleigh Funeral Home
Dunn's Esso Service
Acme Realty Co.
Raleigh Seafood Co.
Lawrence Bros.
Taylors Radio & TV Servfr.B
Lincoln Theatre
Gns Russo Hatters <Sfc Cleaner*
First Citizens Bank &■ Trust Co.
Standard Concrete Products Co,
Ambassador Theatre.
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