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I Bias Preventing ; ?
J ^Proirtotables"
I Is Restrained
. / Norfolk. va.?(Nnpa>? in
>| froordanee witttAn opinion of the
IBl'WI ?""M HiiB^nm ftllffL
Judge sterling Hutoheeon of *;
tjjjM - Uinvca oi*y*o Oourt lor the eastern
V district of Virginia last Wednes -
day handed down' a sweeping dcW
~?; a locomotive fireman, granting him
m all the relief sought. V V|
Tuns tall sued the Norfolk
V Southern Railway Company and
I the BrqtheihOod of Locomotive
? Wremeu and Englnemeu for a de'
> ' '' dkTktCjq^Utlgcnient.., an InjuiK-tIpn
and damages. The question of
diimamr Toils tall suffered bv
reason of being depr'ved of his
seniority rights remains to be deT;
termined. Joseph C. Waddy. oi
n 'WasTiTrigtori. P.'C., ohe ?ot counsel
who represented Tuns tall, said the
next move will be to have a jury
lmp&hell*d~-4eassess damages.
???-?; In tflt light of the opinions* of
. ttie supreme Court in this ease
and the companion case of Steele
^ vs. the Louisville and. Naahvtlie
l Haihxwtd Company and the BrothL
erhood of Loconidftve Tj-emen and
m I5ngine?nen. decided December 18
1944, Judge Hutcheson granted
. Ttmstail's motion for a summary
_ judgement and denied the defenI
dfcnt'e motion for auch a 'judgean
order will be entered
the rights, interests and
legal rehjc^onshlps of theganiea
B to the suit and imposing ihe obj^l^n^upon
^ the Bitottierhood to
nf thn member!) <4of
kxsomuLjirtK
? ^SttTmodmcation insofar as those
m agreements jl deprived Tunstall off
K*' < Jtff CaJMfemnent on it passenger
W train run between^ Uorfolk and
W Marsden, North Oarottna; or In any_
ft by the Norfolk Southern.. P
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' "pernuuied* function* against the
Brotherhood perpetually enjoining j
<ConUii?ed-jmJMt*a*e)
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^2^?? SATURDAY NI6HT:
^b W^jrt, a member of the faculty
m ^iiQflgnlv^orfht iAUanto
?^wnrnjnlre the platform with Paul
ItohwinB Saturday iilalii, .iuctl-W
Iggg^T
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the, recent fcook of poems, "Clods
Mof Southern Earth." :
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ins Brown and others appear on
the aauie program. Music will be
m-nlshed by the Booker T. Wash
ngton high school of. Columbia
"^toQl ox
Hon.Ai
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FBI Fi
Sheriff Savs "t
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Agents Entering
Neighbor Areas
No "Conclusive?~?
Evidence" Froni
Probe 'Reported J
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ATLANTA. Gtt.?(8NS) Sheriff
E. 3. Gordon. of "Walton
County, said Friday FBI , agents
had gone, toto Oconee, Morgan,
Rocjcdale, Barrow :_a n, d Newton
counties, furthering their invest!:
Jgtton of & lynching of
, ,Bwr- Malcolm, hla wife, Mrs,
Dorothy Mttlrnltri', George?DUracy
and his wtfe, Mrs. Mac M. Dorscy
near Mgnroe, Georgia in Walton
County. ' r '
tli6 Walton | County proDc, sn*.
MONRO* HEAIX*CARTERS V
Hi?f special squad of PBI agents
underMiyWwfcg *** Hp Ho..riqi.n. j
to remain on the. Job until the'
mobsters are apprehended and j
brought tqr^trafl, Me- We??fc* mm?r 3
needed John Trost, former head -of
the Atlanta Office-of the FBI who ;j
resigned shortly. after the pipbe j
got underway. ?-? ~r 1
During the Investigation the
agents said they have had definite
suspicions, however, they" lacked
tangible evidence. To date tl# KBI
has denied that any members of the
mob hifve been identified.
OUTSII>E PERPETRATORS?
Sheriff Gordon .Friday- mpd he
had always been of the opinion
that tllft pfrppt.rntnr.y nf thn .irlmt.
were not people who lived In WaJton
County; ~
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm and Mr.
and Mrs. Dorsey were taken from
the car driven by Loy Harrison.
whlt<j^farmer of Oconee County, on
the evening of July 25 and shot to
death by a mob of white meu._
According to Sheriff Gordon Mai
i Jail under bond charges of stabbing
B .Hw Hester, his .white employer.
i. The lynching, took place at Moofe's
! Ford Bridge Ih Walton Cdunty
less than 75 feet from the Oconee
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Liberia Stamp J
Causes Upheaval
. WASHINGTON, D. C. ? (NNPATTj
and secretary of public < works
i were dismissed by President W. V. i
, S. Tuhman of the' West African-!
- Republic because a stamp codec- [
tor in the United States received ;
- a now LiOerlufrelatep before the
r wwi oil iutally. pluMid uii Halo. I
' hi Liberia, it. was learned laat
lie
Jam Clay
t>njgggOuitiaii? N. V. City ?
AbywOniivn Baptist Church
r, Publisher, Orator
Friday, Octobi
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MICHAEL QUILL
FEATURED ON SNYC CONTH18
WEEKEND ?
turc<l participants durlng"thLs week
encJ 7th annual conterepce of the
Southern Negro Youth Congress^J
meeting in Columbia October 18- '
20. ' ' <. "
rronrHefi m Unlit. top: Hop A. I
ton Powell. congressman from
New York, wlx) delivers ffte keyn
ot c address Friday night- ?t.|
jFjwtnit'httt AudUorii I m. ITfs wife. 1
Jlazoj Soott, the noted* pianist
also appears on the-program. Rep. J
Po\v?fi will "share the program with
the Southern Conference of Human
Wplf?re -ahd >vtll he IntrodnrMfl tiy
J<jhn H MeCrny, state chairman
of -t li < ProLM-e^ii.-fl?Dcmorrntic.
Party. Edward Weaker of tho lac-+**r
of Atil/iHHl SlUte?'lV-achors'
College. Mont^omerjy Ala., and
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former dean at Bethune-COD'nnmi
ColleRe and a. progressive Brholai
on so) 11 hern affairs-, will parthipatr
-4n fhe EUucut4onul piihe. bat v'xrcin\
movnlnpi ??? '
r Bottom. I. and H. 'Miolnel uuiil
one of America's foromo*t laboi
j 'leaders. will be principal ISpeukei
at the closing 3NYQ_jiC*ion ir
Benedict's G'hapel Sunday afternoon?Mr.
Qinll ie pmjiUmit nf tin
Tran?i)f?rt Workers Unien <3h > rI1trr
other 4s Otor^e Bhtkiey^ -assistant
ht torney general x>( ffce stuU
I-of IUiwu?whoA.o<'wfcs tin cim rtmrn
"on Saturday's panel A di.-ty:*-'niched
attorney, lu- hotdp one? ot t Ik
.highest offices ever attained i?y NeyiOfa
in TUlngt.s . Z
Among other spcategrs ;ic Di
^XlU-bL-B. Uuifnu;, Mr*. -IPhimnMnr
W. Johnson Of the jyo^rtftent. m
"i.uiwn, ?pr U iqssr .fcavkliv
Hvow? ><# -yvhito-^id-T^.s . 7. .r .
son who is Un'ured on si'.uuiu>
night's program.
fin. ; i v..wi \
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ting Ac
j 5,000 Visitor
For Weekend 5
fowktl, robeson*. dubois.
lUU-iWS^ FAST A3IQXC- ?
[ NPhAKISRS OX3-DAY PKOCKAM
Souie five thousand delegates;
-and visitors . from several foreign *
- fTHintrieJi and -nr-*
-'America"" ore expected to converge
I on Columbia beginning Wednesday :
I To J^ffend Che yventfa -amnmi mert
Ing Of the .Southern Negro v*,.?h
1 <.uoni'w U-incli_jLlLL be in
here Friday, Saturday and Sun7^
day.
B^nS^Trt^ rtiihlnCt'tes *Mjr?edui?iJ",
+-Clayton PoWell-'whO mUftteitfcf |
^ keynote address Friday night, Dtv !
Clark p.;ir?mnn, ' nf he I
Southern Conference of Human]
- Welfare, who a' iSivmkr?Friday f
II night I'juI ilobesgn, lnternutiona'j
ly known singer who Js featured {
[j Saturday night. Dr. w. E. DuBoia r
aiivho on Dinnlav it 111 Ue presented.
merit award - l>v the conference I
well known pTaiiist^
;-t ^ ?ot-H< inx-nentativc?P'UVt'Jl
I' schedul? \ to- play Friday night.
Tj','.v.;jd fast, attf hor of "Freedom
.Josh White. Dr. Charlotte
i?!i: lUuiyr: mid litany otheis. :
I 1UM> I ROM NORTH CAROLINA '
[ Tom- K. Burn haw. organizational
[ W-t-?? for SNVC lo 1 <1 "Te puner-^
f. i '1 ?? that more than 3t)0 youth.
W;-rr exvedietj' from?the-}
* ' '< North (~urolhui alone.-]
M.t't.,i or.. hud notified headqhart- j
f-v it ivji.v .ending 200 deleJohnson
C Smith Univcr- i
tvj.s .-.aid it had 3o while North'}
C i. ..:ik. Odllr?;< -Tor -Nexrors it'
liorluim was -.etuitng li. A fourth ;
| v < i'ui -wlU.~H4.nir. irmfi?titf' UilUor|
shy of North' Carolina and others |
I from A atxl T College ut Greens- j
! hw(i : u ic! Wmston - Salem's Teueh^
er.s' Colleges.
. I-argc- delegations have been I'istc-1
froiv. Tuskcgee Institute. Xniln- i
r-r?,,:,,n CoTTcciv Alabama Stan and I
L'nited hinii' Workers at Bir
n.muhain will also have delegates.
. United Steel Workers and the Mine
. Mill ar.it Sine}tej' Worker* 4U-o aleo
r+Tx'p"ecterl - to be represented from !
i thai state but no aimoucemerrt of "
their number of iiri. caips ti-.i*
rt mhili1. - i
M-rTmritr; Gcorguu LouiSana. =
^Florida. VirginTu and Texas are
: , expected With good groups, *a ivcll
p~TtS~"Tchn('ssCe. Kentucky and Ark- .
. I a lis as. It. was difficult to indicate
>1 what at tendauui?South?Corohna
. I would have in the delegates column
( tioro uvro lcin>{ arranged for fioin .
I 1 hr following.'. Allen' - Vatvefsitr, ;
' ^fTir<riiT College. S. C. State, A very :
' ' ImtitHi#; UmLc Inckr-tultl School, j
4 Zion AMK (..'huijjt urid ^<^4^-!
| Hem- Ff-flWIT L/llMV'h at Cluiflcslon ,
' j the C'JO Tpbacco WoiJcers local at ;
Charleston unci a long list of oth- 1
?? HEAS
Paul Ro
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World Famous Star of Sere
Saturday, Opt. 1
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' kIUU^ 1,1 Ljl1*
sFovsoiw USTKD ^1.".
?aJ&WVC1 fgU'jaiKl 'S ast ot .pefsoas ,
^ be special Kue&t-s for the j.
' B Blsntori. proKtem'"Jtfuidwttr *
IiwtltMt^?tfcv-SarmieT R. Hlgglns, 3
president Allen University, Dr J. J
A. Bacoates. Benedict College presi
tjent. S. C. ArtcmnK. business agent j
tor (varpen tor's Jocnl ??fjo h 1
H. HJckmuu,. ?president Columbia 4Poott
_ Forpnj^ Efiv, H- CkHidolock, l-pjesidvnt
.Friendship Jimam Co I- ^
icgc;~ivrrs, Marian b. '?aul, super visor
Hohie Demonstration. agents.
George. H. Hampton, editor Palmetto
Leader. I, fl r^vy presU-dent
I_lncoln eluts* Inc., John F
Potts, director Avery Institute, J.
F. Diek-^-tk?Pnrm?Demons?ration ~
agent, i)i. H H. Butler, president
Morris- College. Rev. F Clyde
Helms. Mrs Arm- L. Nortllrup, H.
lu Marshall of Coulter Academy.
Dr. M. P. Walker, president of~S.
.('. .State College, Mrs. A W Simp- '
kins, o E. McKnlne " and Mrs.
Annie B?-He ?the?hi 11er 3" ~
"State S^YC officials.'
?All stoslolis excepting. . Sundays
programs will- Ik- held at Township
Auditorium.- Scheduled to be ccivducted
in legislative foi-rn, the meet
iug expected to choose a committee
to present definite recdmmen-!
tial}uns to President. Truman Tvith !
the vieva -te-eiullne jub and otnor;
the South. - . ' . i
SiNYC Claims 140 chapters unci (
an 4uW4v? mcmiwrshtp?nf?nertrly j"
10O.w}jD In the -Southern United |
States, it expects" delegates from J
rr.anv of ft* ... n.m.i....?m. 1
vitcd. to ottU'iul. 14ve -weekc-nd meer f
llllt. 'whir.ii xliA(>rs up riaflnitrly fO '
be- Vhe * largest ever held fv>r the I
_ oilfaiiizaUun and- "hi the - i>i esence fof
South Carolinians.
Mr. Burnham. who heads an ad- j
vr.nce confwencrv stuff which 'hits ;
-brep- here for more thivn a week" jfjref'Mi'"v;
fui the mealing. wild Oil
-Tuesday his concern was for work j
oi life meeting apd thefr ndt-q tmte j
|in1utiu> nn>)?rneuption here. Hiv<
Original estimate of 1,1)00 delegates*
i,u? U-ro ii.remnrnri -nrnnnit T
ivith many times this number in j
speotatora. and sympathetic al- |
iiances.
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Survey Reveals
Negro Vefs In
ga?y w^w^^uitioiiai *
immlhiyfeport on. the Veterans Euiergency
Housing-'program released
here last/Wednesday: ?'. Mr.
Wyatt reached this conclusion
ntmi Infn^aMnw fry the
bureau of Uie cemus-rWhlch dls.
cln'pd that out of the lu.ooo.ooo |
servicemen discharger!,' nyprn^f;' J
toiy one-third of tlifcs amount want
homes, with about ?.200,000 of the !
number desirous of building, buying
or resting. despite eurreat-WgUr t\
prices. . '.
Since Negroes represented 10 per
eet?r of-thirTtrpied strength of the j
nation, he asstunes that if Negro |
vetyrans urc in the market for ,
homes. they would c&tn prise 10 per '
cent ol 4,000.000 or 4-hunderd thou- I
sand. * . V^
Although no purl of the summary
doals specifically with the qninHmvof
4?ounnjrtorT?egro occupancy and
no racial.bretikdown is given, charts, ;
rnT"!",lr m"h TgofflPBpl'
hi the August housing report give '
a wealth of data from which Ne- '
gro businessmen, social workers,
community leaders and others can '
use toward solving the housing situation
for Negroes and Negro veteruns.
. - The
-ropnrt iiftt Vim lmii
Upon the - fact that over,. 100,000 i.
homes, went under .construction in j
August, marking the third stralg;month
thai, this high rate haeWec.v^
achieved. In uil. the number of
new units begun in the eight-month
period sm^c t he in .?i iAiri c tor ted is j
TOtLOQlLOf this- TTtwnbC!' Three
hundred and fifiy thmisandt unite
have jwto cornplered. To ke>>p the j
level, oter 50,000 additional workers !
were hired during August. This)
brings' an increase in construction
workers of nine" per war tut bom-1
pffft (1 with the five Per rent. Increase
on all. other of coil- ;
structlotVr -_-j - r.?_ By
the end nf Ihr-mnnili iPninat >
f^oo inuyor^s emergency eoihnii 'ees ;
uere lu;u-' i inniv - jyI^ b. , -i.
Wff" 'HlffViih rtTe rate of three a ,
day. .Ail but three-?states have j
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1MJTH PROGRAMS SFONgQB
Southern Negro \
TeWshteAi
Single Admission r- -
TickeT (.bOtlLjiig
Ttcftot&onw4te ftfei T*ytoi
^i^OO Taylor St. ;* Counts DrUjr
fttrff Drujr Stpre* 2368 Gervfci
Southern Nejrrp Youth Oongri
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NBW roni^rA]r^ugrfttulaiQ^
luesaagea couth iuwi pouring ialrn
KAACP olflce* In New Yolk's FlOtdum
House over the unprecfdent
ed and historic LawrencUjurg." ^
Tcnii.. trial* which uccquittOd 29
out of 2b Negroes indicted on
charges-of attempted murder, de- '
lense T^w*hy "Wider r alp-' '
Ransom formulated plans in preparation
for further court &c turn
growing out of the lafa
called Columbia ' riot,' 'of la*t I
?p. Leoti flansornT former Dolp
ol the Housu'd University Law
dietmehcs still peuding againafe
bit concerned "over" expressions of
verdict. I'm afraid that many people
are of the opinion th?l thSflghe : |
!t mtdn itSd
trrttsi kIa tr|?l
J,i i ft irfffigfr '^J*^lifc~~^
'H* '^p^wBili tiwUMwy wftti ^vt ; wP^S
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HEADS S. C XMAS SEAi* I
SALE? Dr. D. J. Dixson of Bam- j
wp)l has been appointed m*0 ihUa?ZJ|
rha inns'**" -of TftC~tnrnSCm?s Seal
Sale campaign, headquarters #r :
tftq state I'ubercuktsis AasocifJftMT 1
at Columbia announced Tuesday. '
. A nallva of Barnwefl, pr,
is a graduate of Benedict Coltoge
and received professional training
nt Howard wi vilettl._lte UULJBnBST *
1wr-or tHe SKsontc Order, Odd j?B
lows, Samarium, National MedJoal
Association, is a paat president of
thy tgftdlOflt iMginrlnTTrni -?~
past Be$il?us of Omtcron Phtcbep
ter of the Omega Pst Phi ire
donta)^ttident ^at ^Hoyvird ^Uhi
ni.in for the r iTil il iiiiiii llrml
an t atoo ' _chairinto Rett
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