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Justice Department Called To Probe
Reign Of Terror To Negroes In Miss.
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to the Department of Justice to,
act to protect them in the exer
cise of their rights.
“The White Citizens Councils
in Mississippi by their campaign
to deprive the Negro of the bal
lot and to defy the Supreme
Court on schiol segregation have
created a climate of opinion in
which murder has been commit
ted,” the NAACP leader said.
“The hoodlums of the state
have ldbsed terror against Neg
roes because they feel that the
■Citizens Councils will see that
nothing happens to them. We
feel that the government of the
"United States has a duty to take
affirmative action.”
Mr. Marshall discussed civil
rights cases and possible legal
action and Mr. Mitchell said the
Mississippi state officers includ
ing local sheriffs had “openly
•conferred with leading white citi
zens in some localities and actual
ly had ordered Negroes not to
try to vote.” He referred to a
daily newspaper article published
in Jackson, in which a state reg
istrar had explained in detail the
method by which Negroes were
denied the right to vote.
Mr. Marshall observed that if
citizens could not get relief from
either the state or federal gov
ernment, “the country is in what
may fairly be called a hell of a
fix.”
The Department, Mr. Olney as
serted, is concerned with the sit
uation and its agents have had
■the various comjflaints under in
vestigation since the killing of
the Rev. Lee in Belzoni last May.
He said he could make no posi
tive statement on what action
would be taken until all the facts
were in and the powers under the
civil rights laws were fitted to the
facts uncovered.
Mr. Wilkins wound up the dis
cussion by saying that the NAA
CP would press other action de
signed to relieve the situation in
Mississippi and not depend ex
clusively on moves in the courts.
Hotel Objects
To Negro
Delegates
MARYLAND DELEGATES
CHANGE SITE
Ocean City, Md (CNS) When the
reverentially named George Wash
ington Hotel learned that the
Young Democrats of Maryland
would have Negro delegates for
the first time in its history, it
balked having the group spend its
two day convention at the hotel
so that Convention Chairman Will
iam Mahoney quickly changed the
traditional headquarters.
The George Washington manage
ment didn’t want to even allow the
Negro members into the hotel for
meetings, let alone the group stay
overnight for the convention. Ma
honey knew that the Baltimore
Young Democratic Club would in
clude three to four Negroes for it
is from this club that Baltimore
last year sent its first Negro mem
bers to the State Legislature.
First site sought was the Pad
dock Restaurant but they did not
have a large enough kitchen so
that the Lagoon Restaurant was
picked as substitute for meetings.
Delegates are allowed to stay at
any quarters of their choice.
Cities Bar
Negro Children
Newport News, Va. (CNS) Vir
ginia’s leading cities made no ef
fort to desegregate its schools and
thereby comply with the rulings
of the Supreme Court. Ten Ne
gro children accompanied by their
parents and two attorneys sought
to gain admission to a white ele
mentary school in Newport News.
School superintendent, Dr. R. O.
Nelson turned them down stating
that such action would be in viola
tion of the state’s laws.
Fairfax County has set up a bi
racial committee called “Desegre
gation Committee” to advise the
County School Board. But just
how much power it has remains to
be seen.
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WIN RIGHT TO APPLY AS
UNDERGRADUATE TO UNI.
OF NORTH CAROLINA
Greensboro, N. C. (CNS) Three
young Negro high school gradu
ates have won the right to have
their applications for admission to
the University of North Carolina
received and processed.
In a special three judge federal
court, it was decided that applica
tions for admission as under grad
uates would be processed without
regard to race or color. The ruling
voided the decision of the board
of trustees at the University last
May when it held it would not ad
mit Negroes to undergraduate
schools though it has had several
for graduate work since 1951.
Virginia Has
1st Negro Police
Vienna, Va. (CNS) Northern Vir
ginia got its first Negro police
man when George R. Brown—a
former Federal Government em
ployee—was hired by the Vienna
Town Council. Brown had served
as a special policeman for the town
for about ten years.
Brown’s appointment brings the
total force of the town to three.
Recently he has been serving as a
full time policeman since Lt. Ken
neth Carkin and Sergt. Kenneth
Curtis have been on vacation. Po
iceman Brown is a native of Vien
na.
O.V. Committee
To Aid RF-RC
Campaign Drive
University ot Omaha President,
i Milo Bail, announced the members
! of the University’s 1955 Red Feath
i er-Red Cross Campaign Committee
last Saturday.
C. Glenn Lewis, business admin
istration professor, is the chair
man. The seven-man team has
representatives of all five colleegs,
: student personnel and the staff,
j Members are: Liberal Arts Col
| lege, William T. Utley, head of
| the history and government depart
, ment; Applied Arts College,
Cheryl Prewett, engineering pro
fessor; College of Education, Dr.
Garland Wollard, education pro
fessor; College of Adult Education,
Dr. Roderick Peck, Assistant Dean;
Student Personnel, Donald Pflas
terer, Assistant Dean; and Staff,
Richard Debus, Director of Non
Academic Personnel, Lewis is the
faculty representative for the Col
lege of Business Administration.
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The Corinth Baptist Church
Holds Dedicatory Service
The Corinth Baptist Church
will have its formal dedicatory
service Sunday, September 25,
1955 at 3:30 p.m.
The Corinth Baptist Church is
a newly organized church, having
been born in 1955 and held its
first worship service Sunday,
January 3. The Rev. J. Andrew
Thompson was called as pastor.
They held services in the Near
Northside YMCA building for six
months, after which they pur
chased the Lothrop Theatre
Building at 3212 No. 24th St.
The Rev. Mr. Thompson has a
wealth of experience in civic, edu
cational, and religious fields. He
received the A. B. degree from
'Jackson College, Miss.; the B. D.
degree from Howard University,
| Washington, D. C., and has done
further study at the University
of Atlanta, the University of
Chicago, and the University of
Omaha.
In the field of education, Mr.
Thompson served as mathematics
and social science teacher in the
| high schools of Mississippi, and
was principal of College Hill High
! School, Durant High School, and
Lawrence County Training
School. He has also served as a
substitute teacher in the Omaha
Public Schools.
Before being called to the Cor
inth Baptist Church, The Rev.
Mr. Thompson pastored the fol
lowing churches: Second Baptist
Church, Pontotoc, Miss.; Second
Baptist Church, Louisville, Miss.;
Second Baptist Church, Macon,
Miss.; First Baptist Church, Ron
ceverte, W. Va.; Tabernacle Bap
tist Church, West Palm Beach,
Fla.; and Bethel Baptist Church,
South Omaha, Nebr. He also was
Director of Rural Church Work
for the state of Florida and was
a member of Ministerial Benefit
Board, National Baptist Conven
tion. He is now a member of
the Educational Board of the Na
tional Baptist Convention, and is
Western Area Director of For
eign Mission for the National
Baptist Convention.
Since coming to Omaha, Mr
Thompson has served as Secre
tary-Treasurer of the Ministerial
Union (Interracial), president oi
the Ministerial Alliance, and is
now a member of the Executive
Committee of the Omaha Coun
cil of Churches, and is very ac
tive in civic affairs.
The Corinth Baptist Churcl
held its first worship service ir
its new location Sunday, July 3
1955, and since that time the;
have been busy re-decoratim
their new place of worship. Thej
not only invite you to worshij
with them in their formal dedica
tory service, but they extend ;
cordial invitation to you to wor
ship with them at any time.
The Rev. Charles Favors, pas
tor of Pilgrim Baptist Church
will deliver the dedicatory ser
mon. Pilgrim’s choir and churcl
will accompany their minister
Other churches will also be
guests.
Seward Man
To Head Nebr.
March of Dimes
Ted R. Hughes, Seward business
man and civic leader, has been re
appointed to head the March of
Dimes in Nebraska, it was an
nounced Thursday.
Basil O’Connor, president of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, said that Hughes would
coordinate the efforts of county
campaign directors and other vol
unteers throughout the state as
the fight against polio reaches the
critical stage.
In making the appointment,
O’Connor emphasized that, “It
would be tragic if the public
thought the fight against polio
were over just when final victory
may be within reach. We must
continue research for the best
possible vaccine. Further research
toward better rehabilitation of vic
tims of past and present polio
epidemics is likewise an obligation
| we cannot ignore.”
Hughes is secretary-treasurer of
Hughes Brothers, manufacturers
of power line equipment, and has
been active in civic affairs for the
past 25 years. Under Hughes’
leadership Nebraska has ranked
fourth among the 48 states in per
capita giving to the March of
, Dimes for the last three years.
In accepting the appointment,
Hughes said, “Our obligation to
those stricken with polio is not at
an end. We must stay in the fight
until victory is complete. We have
too much at stake to relax at this
time. I hope that 1956 will see
the biggest March of Dimes ever,
with the confidence of Nebraskans
in the polio-fighting program ex
pressed in their contributions.”
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Davis Gets
Award At The
Texas Fair
Dallas, Texas—Brig. Gen. Ben
jamin 0. Davis, USA (Ret.), of
Washington, D. C., first Negro
to attain the rank of general in
the U. S. Army, will receive the
seventh annual Distinguished
Citizen Award of the State
Fair of Texas. The award will be
presented on Negrt) Achievement
Day, Oct. 17, during the 1955
Fair.
General Davis was bom in
Washington, IX C., July 1, 1877.
He entered military service in
1898 as a first lieutenant of the
8th U. S. Volunteer Infanary in
the Spanish-American War. Two
months after he was mustered
out in 1899, he enlisted in the
Cavalry as a private in the Reg
ular Army.
He served as corporal and
squalron sergeant-major and in
1901 was commissioned a second
lieutenant colonel in World War
I and following the war was given
a permannent promotion in this
■ rank
Colonel In 1930
Becoming a colonel in 1930, he
was promoted to the rank of
brigadier general Oct. 25, 1940.
General Davis retired from the
service in 1948.
His voluminous service record
lists numerous outstanding as
signments. He served as military
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State Department in connection
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appointed by the President as
his special representative with
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Liberian independence.
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General Davis has been pro
fessor of military science and
tactics at Wilberforce Univer
sity and Tuskegee Institute. He
has commanded a cavalry brig
ade and an infantry regiment of
the New York National Guard.
The Distinguished Citizen A
ward was inaugurated in 1949
by the Texas Fair for outstand
ing service in the field of human
relations.
The first award was presented
to Mrs. Anna Arnold Hedgeman,
now assistant to Major Robert
Wagner of New York City. Last
year’s recipient was Dr. W. R.
Banks, the former president of
Prairie View A and M College,
who heads the Fair’s statewide
advisory committee for Negro
Achievement Day.
Others so hononed have been
Dr. Benjamin J. Mays, president
of Morehouse College of Atlanta,
Ga.; Dr. James Edison Walker,
president and founder of the
Universal Life Insurance Comp
any and the Tri-State Bank of
[Memphis, Tenn.; Jessie H. Mit
chell, founder and president of
the Industrial Bank of Washing
ton. D. C.; and Thomas Monroe
Campbell, Sr., of Tuskegee, Ala.;
fii|st negro employed by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture to
teach better farming methods in
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Washington, D. C. (CNS) A
$50,000 a year numbers ring was
smashed this weekend and it in
volved nine members of the rac
ket—both men and women—rang
ing from 21 years to 63. All were
Negroes.
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Our phone doesn’t ring as often as when the children
| were home. But the calls we get seem to mean even
| more than before—family news ... Jim’s promotion
f ... our new grandson ... an invitation to dinner.
We make a lot of calls ourselves today, maybe
more than we used to. It’s wonderful how much
you can do by telephone—calls to grocers, cleaners,
repairmen, stores. And then there is the safety our
telephone gives us, too.
We’re "modernizing” our telephone service, too —
just had a phone installed in our bedroom. It’s a blue
one and Helen loves it. I figure, for convenience and
for all the things we do by phone, our telephone
service is the cheapest service we buy! Northwestern
Bell Telephone Company.
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