Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, March 15, 1952, Image 2
urged by a nation^
gain for election next fall. The;
f championship of the cause of <
for defending the free world a*
tx The Joint statement- was re- ~
leased here by Elijah L. Crump, ]
N. V. State assembly. Among
the prominent singers were Dr.
Mary MJcLeod Halthune, 'Wash
llanta, Ga.^ktelsZd^Shepk^^l
Kan^^^18' D?Wdal H- Davtl,? j
Br*'j?vj&:' & .
5 , C.; TiSmory Jackson, Birming- *
P?. ham, Ala.; Augustus Hawkins, Los
Angeles, Qal.; Allan Wood-: I
ard, Los Angeles, Cal.; Dr. God- 1
fr?y Nurse, NYC; William H. J
Detroit, Mich.; and H. <1
r The full sstatemen*. noted thatj J
HShe nation today is confronted fl
Jflth tt series of critical prob-! B
HKtttf, world-wide and domestic,
^^fciarractcr, which affect all A-ifl
Kerieans. It pointed out that in >1
Kgain, Negro interest has em- V
Hg||i {'because it has tftpg ?P~ 11
-:o. t'c the-- vj^Hti6iapdjig6y" I
who wouldi suppress even the J
B^^gadee^g^^eipatlop we have
ttgpn able to achieve through the
(democratic 'processow of our form
iL goverrvmffYit " II
The statement went on to
-v^it hshame" the continuM
nd prevajpnee of racial hatred
and bigotry in the United States
try and its impact upon American '
W'- prestige abroad, but added:
v ^jVere that circumstance (of A- {
r ^^^bheric^fc prestige) not there, we
* ^ - would I be no lens appalled and f
outraged that some Americans
i; still refuse to live in accordance
with JLnChristian principle and a
g&r-- democratic ideal."
The declaration observed that
v ^ "more than any other Chief of ,
Tpiimon Vin? ^ rVlkpTl
' ,y WVCf.; WU> "UJ.H"' .J
Suv . , and acted-with "greater eonsis.
tency" against the continuance i
. of tpra trttockery, with sincerity, ,
vigor "and determination." As a j
g*V' result, the document continued,
there has been a greater awak-1
. ening among the Amerirarr peo^
pie to this injustice, and "progress
has been made." It con-:
wjfi eluded:
t' ^ believe that tlie mainteny
aiui# of the momentum which
you have given to the correction
;.vof this national infamy depends:
upOu the leadership you are still j
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Dies After
Legs Lost In
Train Crushing
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r*' CHARLESTON ? Mitchell
kr'V North, IS, died here last Sunday
alter both lefa had been ampui
tated at Befh hospital follow.
tmg as accident raider a fretfht .
turn
*7??miiw ii>? r. iwNg~
aid North had attempted to
raawl under a alow marring train
near the wht end of "E** street,
eat the walftdnv station. The
Beetle? Railway train enuflesd
his lata ao that Mmxrtstionwae 1<
neihwary. randtliir aheefc ii
and loss of blood presented his W
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wry S. Truman Monday was
-known leaders to stand ajr
based their plea upon his
dvil rights and his program j
rainst Communism.
villing to give. For these rea
ions we implore you to stand
gain for election. The voters of
>ur country should have the op-,
>ortunity to show their gratiude
for the leadership you have
given us tjhrough these pest
even years.*
I. J. THOMAS
PASSES AWAY
FLORENCE ? Last fttap for
ohn J. Thomas who dsedTWedlesday
of last week were held
Junday afternoon from the Trility
Baptist Church here, with
he R?ev. J. J. Abney, pastor, of-'
Iciating. Mr.
Thomas had given the!
community and the post office,
fepartment (railway) a long
record of faithful <*?rvi^Q| and
-emained active until forced to
ned by illness; He had been one
of tha moat effective NAACP
branch presidents this city has
rver had, and was prominent_in
lumerous other community acivities.
Hundreds of friends from vaFBITipOn*
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Blonde's Killer
1 NEW -YORK (CNS) ? It
took an informer?a dopo?
diet himself?to break the case
of the missing blonde, 10 year
old Joanne Barbara Scott, who
vas discovered within 16 hours
Rfter the tip in a trunk on a
Greenwich, Conn, estate.
Federal narcotics agents had
oeen looking fcrr the young wife's
body for two weeks when the
in oanip frnni r?rtr> to?r tKr.
girl die in the Harlem apartment
of flashily dressed, Barry
Robinson, a Negio seaman.
The informant, whom. F.B.I,
will only say \va? a man, told
low Robinson had go'ten panicky
jfter the girl was dead, plead?d
vvith the others in the-roon>
m remove-tKe body' and offered
i half-ounce of heroin as part
payment.
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MEN'S WEEK Committee ?
sge: Discussing the theme 4<Th
i a Changing World" or the
len's Week, March 17-23 at
Irangefbiir??, are: (left to i
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Forum On WM3C
Program Sunday
lrtte stallou WMSC wirfj jS|
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broadcast ? forum dlaeindon 'J
on racial segregation 4:09 to |
4:45 Sunday afternoon, March
II. Members to be beard in I
this special broadcast are I
Thurgood Marshall,, Chief of |
NAACP counsel, Marlon A.
Wright, president of Southern I
Regional Council, and A. G. Ivey,
journalist.
The broadcast win be from
tape recordings of a recent
Harvard Law School Forum, .
originally broadcast by- radio
mmir dm*., mm..
OMMVU TVlLt/11, UVJIIVU^ ITIUffO.
South Carolina's Clarendon
county school segregation case
will be discussed at length dpring
the course of the broadThurmond
Speaks |
At Anniversary
Of Trade School fie
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DENMARK - Former governor
J. Strom Thurmond, * speak" {n,
lng to more than 1,000 persons ^at
the fourth anniversary bbeerv- ^
ance of the Area Trade School
here last week, lauded the work j\
being done at the instituting, -?
and expressed the wish^that be- u
i fore long the enrollment St the cc
-school will exceed 1,000 sttr^
dents. ? ?1 ' ?
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[ Mr,. Thurmond, during the 7V[
t course of his speech, urged his js
j audience to stick to American i- er
deals and, spurn those thing# or
which attack these idaals. tw
I cnt and busines^nr&nnger of the) Ci
Area Trade Schools, introduced|.ar
the speaker. B. R. Turner, state m
director of Vocational Educat- j w
ion and President Halliburton of, h
Vorhees Junior College, aKo ih
spoke briefly. . j in
Following the program, Mr. j
Tlmrmond and other guests
visited the campus, inspecting; mthe
various shops, classrooms or
1 and departments. ?er
CHIPPY CHICKS CHOP* COP ^
A city policeman Is nursing t
a tcn-sstitch knee and leg slash
inflicted by one of two women
. lie finally arrested.- "IX""" ! M
The OfTlnpr hnri nmvorl in in !
halt the twq.from slicing: each I a
other with switchblades. Dur- n>
ing the swinging, one chopped 1
; him. Neither of the chippinf (*r
I chicks sustained so much as a ^
; scratch, however. ^
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it Claflin Col- Green, Madison
te College Man Counselor of Men
* first annual Smith and Revo
laflin College, Jam en Gadsden.
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A 70 YEAR OLD blind i
d as Mrs. Annie Smith of
reet, was fatally injured al
y afternoon when flames f
g spread to consume the bu
pen House At ~
lien Nursery
Formal opening of the Allei
niversity Nursery School wil
*nmence with an open house
mday, March 16, from 4:00-5:(X
.m. The public is cordially in
ted to visit the Nursery, whicl
located in the Mance Teach*
's Residence Hali and Laboffee
y school On Taylor street be;een
Heidt and Oak streets.
t Greenville
GREENVILLE ? John II. Mc
ay, editor of The Lighthouse
id Informer, and state chairan
of Progvessive Democrats
ill be the feuturcd speak ei
c-re Sunday afternoon, Marrl
, 3 p. m., during a mass meetg
in Bruton Temple church.
\V. I. Jones and tMhcrs of th1;
>onsoring committee . said thf
eeting is called 1 op lace more
nphasis on voting this year, a,nc
ilightenrient on methods awe
ehniques which may be used.
>eAli To Speak
a Greeleyville
GREELEY VULLK ? Rev. E
ohammod DeAli, news editoi
the Lighthouse and Informer
native of British Africa whe
centlv joined the newspaper'?
iff. will deliver the main ad
ess here Sunday afternoon
arch 16, 3 p. m.r on the anni.
rsarv meeting of the local
\ACP branch.
S*?iUi, William C. Evans;
George H. Greene, Chester
rends Charles Smith and
(Itrvbert Howard photo/
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woman, identi- above. Mrs.
i??1* P'ta' Tuesda>
>out 4:30 Sun- ^ rom
her cloth- herself afire
jlding pictured sto\e in her
NewspapersStud)
, South Carolina's?
4Voting Technique
What Negro South Carotin
-, proposes to do this ywaf to coun
t ten Dixiecratic moves to defea
A P^fesident Truman and dlvi
. | rights was the Interest of Mia
. | oral outstanding. h^wsflaperml
who visited Cblumbi|^MB^vve^
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? arrto-i.t ?r \ ?^i^utlfro Am
erican newspapers, who confer
s1 red with John H. McCray. edi
- tor of The Lighthouse and Infor
, mer and state chairman of Pro
Revive Democrats, and Jame
\ M.\ Hinton, -tate NA-ACP ptari
demt.
( Mr. irich^' mission here, anc
k a few other places South is t<
; learn first hand which way Ne
. niqur's they may employ. H(
\ groe? will vote and what tech
1 said that general opinion rbou
the country was that "Soutl
Carolina has the most tc-fTpf*ti\jr
if* no4, the most honest and pow
' erful leadership in the countr
among Negroes," and that thi
\ state is expected to set the pao
r for the rest of the south fron
the Negro side.
>! On Sunday, editor Louis E
? Burnjiam, oi/.^ "Freedom," i
monflit&P^vrtSpftper published ii
, New York City, accompanied b:
. Mr. Chapman, visited the Light
I house and Informer editor an<
rnnfprrpH nn plann tht
s*.aie might use this year. Mi
Burnham said he had made th
trip because several state con
ventions of Progressive Do,no
crats he had attended som
years ago btill convinced lull
that "Hero in Soi,4h Carolina t
' the perfect ansver and machine
ry for the ileluctant v*, it(
south." ,
MdNdu> , edHor~M. J. Whit
aker of the Weekly Review u
,J Augu>ta visited with the Light
house and Infnrmar '*"
>UAbU?. AW
i two discu#?t.d several* matters
among them possible ^olitlca
( actkm *.hK year in the two ad
,i joining sates.
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Mote Than PjOOO
Tented In
Sjjphttfi# Drive
?AWL*arfow~
Em*i war* an Increasing aumbar
of persons hare been taarftld
fall been the toeneti ef stations
I for the blood testing programs,
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Smith jlied in Colombia Hon- a
night. Police think
while making a fire in yie coal 0
room. ?(Photo by Elmore) I
^leetcnArcal^
TTo Get New High j
School Soon *
^ work ^ " 'ch
- \v ; ? : designated a "critical d^l 1
3 fcnse" area-by the government. * 1
The new building is *o have ^
' IS classrooms.. It will supple rfc'
I ment the present Bond-Wils<^tlfl
> elementary and "high sclj??$ifw
. built'four years ago. ie jj
5 had H9 student^ whet, r*Vit opeh-^lj
. ed. Today it has mou- 900.'
^ Benedict Choir f|
' f2il1?>a ^ 111
y' CHARI.ES"X)N Alumni Club'
g of R ncdi>4 College presented the j 2
g choir of 40 voice# <rf the cohort
lege in recital at Central Bap- 4
j tist Church * last Wednesday v
^ night. ...
* Among those .appearing on the
program tvere: Rev. A. H. Clark, s<
Rev. E. E. Riley, dean of Bone-1 E
diet College, Rev. J. C. Dunbar ' g
, Eanmott I. Wroten was pianist' si
and ?
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Greenville Di
'Against Jaile
g| GUKEjjyiLXX ^AHr-chams|^
i naginst Cpl. EaTl Warren of
Donaldson Air Force Base^if^ve ii
*! been Anally dropped, hirattor- *i
"j ney told a reportexymis ^Wtok. 01
Donaldson had been booked
' by local police ?n charge* of re-' i
( sisting arrcat and driving while l
under influence of an intox- t
leant A six-man police coart 11
jury had/found him guilty on 1
the flrst charge In 4 six hour 1
trial Tuesday night Tnit had ,1
- Bfilit on m iU&h* ~
?ow*var, attorney John MT t
CalbertM, who mjp^lwium fh
W.rrr?, aliUIII ekw 4
, mm nave own atop- ii
chew al
M argued again* the c?ee, Are* on ?
'. the ground* that no Negroes were i ec
! Included in the #anel. Recorder ti
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'rogressives
'^Candidates
an, outstanding wast coast pro-essive
attorney end prominent
lender of civil liberties, ami
Era. Charlotte Bess, of New
'or*. leading Weero
ran Friday unanimously nec-j
mmended by the Candidates
Tommtttee m the Progressive
altar's candidates ?o* President
nd Vice President, respectively
to carry forward the Peace
anryalgft of the Progressive
arty in ike 1952 election*."
The Candidates Committee
tated, that the candidacies of
Dr. Hhlltnan and Mrs. Bass as4%|AJ
S nl,.,,, n'tf -11
irea Amencen peopw vi aii
Oth Republican and Democratic
arties." Nothing that "mfllions
e mmmi4 a g%eaimnti
[ ATntnwns wim ?
ronwiyv 10 xnt jwnrapiiiv
Id parties^ Jha^Spi^N?
arty's Candidates Committee
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QgVQQ rrojn ' -j
ai W. Johnson," president o?
[oward University, Washington,
. ., will ba the feettired speakr
here, Monday night, March
4, at a banquet tendered by the,
iusine?a Men's League and -the
jdvifcery Qommittee of the Dleitifled
Occupations, the Burke
igh school r' V
Proceeds will b egiveTT to ihe
?holarship omd Iiandlcd by tht*
diversified Occupations pro-:
ra*n, available to students de
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V. Jeateiv however, dented
more to quash the jury, stetxg
that he could determine no
screening" of prospective jurw
la the panel's drawing.
Hie recorder alee denied a
meVe ay counsel to -gm kuto*
charges of rase discrimination
In the Jury's selection .wherewar.
Cnlhertsen entssed a
in u>hd and ndleatton that the
dm* might be moved to o
higher iQUt -'
WaiTigv wan-a.rrestcd by offiSatj|?lay_jflsnjonK
foIiW?
an accident htte?. Witneasts
ifPered as to his conduct at the
me;' while officers testjlied that
the* witnesses testified that the
I along, and had even request*
( that police bo called to 1*
one when the aecNkpt occur-; !
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Vi^Javerly residents said the fine
was discovered around 4:30,
tear* rolling down, their
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S^orc Students At^:
women wishing "to enter j^j
I Cursing Schol at the
I Hospital are Available tor
jjble . persons. Superintend^^
I*James M. Daniels, said Tueadv
I All applications ijriust be appr
led the time the_j?ext^cigS^9
I begins pri March 31, he jjjfSfet
Applicants up to 111 years of |
I age, with a high school edtflH
I tion are eligible for admbi^^H
I into the Nursing Scheoo&^HH
I vttted they past eertain te 1
I so required of every entering"
I students. *
m student "imir- 1 iMiefoi~TM
the nurses' home and fullnj^^H
attention. uolftflHi flninarv mtH
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.. IIIWI m 4< ^Mj
vtciGpnow, ^'op in person to tw
I or by mailing the coupon priat J
ed >n pape five of fhfaf edition^' .... il
Camden Mail |8
Shoots Wife I
Ati Intruder j
CAMDEN ? tan NnmJcS
I hearing a note outside his win- 1
Iter around t oYdoA Sunday l
morning, raised the window and 1
fired at whet he thM0* was an 4
Itorther, l\e told Jnwrstigatihf Ol- ' > m
? *?, Newman discovered that
hit Wills, Un. Rosa
= * gf
wvs at a lost WI to whywU i22
man wat outside at that