APPEAL IS '.~ AD~E ~FO~R ~TH~ER~A~ND~T~WO~SO~NS
FUNDS ' NEEDED
FOR DEFENSE 5 CENTS
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MISWRIAGES Of mnCE IN HISTORY VOLUME 31,=-=-=-=-=-~=========~~~~~~===============~~~
ew York, arch 11. - An 19i1'.a\ed in an argument I'st
urgent appeal for lunas for the a\' mber WIth a neighboring
I Ial defense of Mrs. Rosa x.- farmer, J ohn Ed Stralford. Mrs.
lngra.-n, w.dowed mother of 12 Ingram'. pIgs had rooled under
children. and her two Jo'Qung sons, the fence d iVIding Stratford's
now under ntence of death In land tram the farm on which
Americus, Ga., went out this she worked. Armed with a rifle.
week to the 1600 branches Of the Stralford set out to shoot the
National Association for the Ad- animals. He encountered Mrs.
vancement of Colored People and Ingram and struck her with thl'
to other friends of th Assocla- butt of the firearm, inflicting a
tion. deep and bloody wound. She
Calling the Ingram case "ope was struggling with him to pre­of
the most shockin, miscar- vent him tram shooting her
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While. secretary, ~ed the tu her aid. Sammie Lee used
branches to arrange mass meel- the ltammer with which he was
ings and send speakers to repairin, the fence to strike the
churches, trade unions and other white assailant and save Ius
organi7.ations In a concerted mother's 1iIe. The blow was
campaign to raise funds for the fatal. STUDENTS DECLARE FOR WALLACE
Ingrams and other legal defense Mrs. Ingram and her sons
work of the Association. were arrested and held without
bail or trial for three months,
The death sentences imposed In a one-day tria, on FebrualY
HONORED FOR ANTI-POLL TAX LEADERSHIP
HOLD FUNERAL OF I MIXED MEET 'IN M,S. ANNA WIGGI S I
Funeral services \""ere hl'ld
~:es:~si t:::t ~~'~~~~~rc~ YOUNGMiNIS:TER~"~1 ~a:~I~~!~~\~~;~~t;':~=~n~~th ~~~ I1 NORTH CAROLINA \'arious church and city gtOUp~.
~~:;Sia:i~!~N~;~~\~~~i;:;.f~n:~ WHITE AND EGRO COllEGE lEADERS
D ES IN BROOKLYN! ~~U~:h.r-~; .~~e w~ia~ ~C;b;l: FC~M PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
of the Interdenomina t ional :\1 ln­isters
WIVes Amance. She suc- Ch3pel Hill. !\Iarc;, II .-Somc the ronstitution of the new
cwnbcd from a Lingering illne .. 130 . t udents from Ncrth Caro- group. Approximately 130 col­a
t her h me. , 10 E. Bur nett Itha CoUeges met in Chapel Hill llcge students attended the as-
Rev. Carl lounsey Jones, the A military funeral was held Avenue, Tu~.;O .. y, March 2. thIS week end , declared the'" I 'embly in Chapel Hill which
youngest son of Rt'v. and Mrs. foc the young minister at the A member of the Chestnut <: a Huse, N. C. State; James, Cbarles
in the Anny Air Corps at Tus- I lyn; William Augustus, Lexing· ~ I perm~en t orga~.,tion aJJihat- J hnson: Shaw UniversIty; and
kegee Institute. In World War I ton, Ky., .and F ranklin F red- . -- I ANOTHER C.M.E_ mg WIth the Naltonal S.ludents Bill Richardson, U. N. C. a t
rank of F irst Lieutenant, hav- I Burial in tht' Zachary Taylor thousand persons [rom 12 states cooperation with the '::ogrpss I Tecbmq~es of politIcal action,
n he was a chaplain with the , erick, Louisville. Aushn. Texas, Mal'Ch II-One AT FRANKFORT BISHOP DIES for Wallaee and wo, kmg m close Chapel H. U.
ing completed his training at I Cemetery, the Rogers Funeral and &II races crowded Wesley I .News comes of the death of Parly of North Caroltn~ reads (Continued on page .f)
the Chaplains' School at Har- Home in charge of arrange- ':hapel Metho~lst Churcl~ last I B.shop R. 1.. Young Of. the C. M.
vard University. ments. 1 uesday In thIS ca pitol clly ' of E. Church in a NashVIlle. Tenn.
Texa., and hund reds of others I hospital, Wednesday morning, CARROLL RESIGNS -- . -- --- unable to get in listened quiolly RESOLUTIONS ASK TRAINING Of where he had been confined for NEGRO LIBERALS NOT EQUAL OF Ion the outside. while final trlhut.e I . seve ra l weeks. Bishop Young WHITES SAYS OKLAHOMA EDITOR wa. pa Id at the fu neral of the DOCTORS AND NURSES I~ HOSPITALS I lived in ~~erldian, Miss. He was
~h.iCagO'MarCh 11.-O'"M~ _." D""j~ _d., '"" ~_;;i}::~~;:~;:: .t~:~~~,I:;:~~il::~:'!=I~:t~;:~~~O~O:u~~~~~I~?r=i;:~~:~;e~~S AS DRIVE LEADER Black Dispatch edito: R~ I eludes: . ~~onO\:~gth:n B~::~:~~::ge o~a:= , mittee of th~ 1943 Kentucky field of medicine. confer.ences 111 Alabama. .
DunJee who led Ida LoIS Slpuel S "That IS a dangerous situa - -, I h I' General Assembly agreed this Introduced by Representative I It lS reported that Bishop I
fight for entrance tn the Uni- tion!" P' ~_ , ere. week to hea r several Negro cit- Sidney Bat'r the resoluiion -Young succumbed to a serious
Ver51ty of k1n~uma Law Schn~fs·m,!~c3~~Oi~:;'i!~~~ Izens who petillon~ its a id m POUlts out th~ t there IS no "c- head. t rouble for which he ~- ~fred M. Car<>II" local attor-l the br~ch .. thought he Sh?uld
says tn April Nego Dlges' th.lt ROCKEFEllER HEADr h . I support of House Bill 447. credited public or pr i"dte agcn-I der ... ent the second operation. n(y,. ~d past prCSldent of the ha ve, but , he added, 'the
the SpIrit of the Negro tod:ly _ is I ~ I~~~~:'::n. ~~t~~':':d"':,I~~e.~h~~i: The unofficial lobby to get the ey in Kentucky where :';eg~o He ':' the second C. M. ~. Bishop LoUISVIlle B~an~ N.AA,C~., records .have been checked by
not up to the level of whIte NEGRO COllEGE DRIVE ' d . . I btU out of commIttee where it women may obtain training in to die Wlthtn 3n approx unate 30 I announced this "cek hIS reslg- the audItors and they know J
llb<.>ralism and rcpr nlS a d..n- ~'nc~e bl1S~':"~~I!~~ ~~: ~~~ted';;; has .Ianguished since its intra- Ihe profeSSIon of nur.ing nor day~ BI bop ,C . . 1.. Russell of I nation as chau;nan of the mem- have given a stri~~ aeco~tin.
gero~ , .tua tl n.. _ _ ._ I the fun~ral ('or le!!,c \H,re clo>ed ducllon March ~, was begun by are facilities for post g raduate Russell of W~m~n, D. C7 1 be~shlP campaIgn .for 1948, after o~ lunds cx~ded.. He said he
- Un,,-e Tom Necrc m Oklu- New York. I\".rch II. _ The I _. ! the Louisville branch N.A A traming avail"ble to Ne ..... o doc- dIed 111 a hospItal m Newport bemg charged WIth malfeance dId not relish the .dea of atlJ'-
'd ha 1 I d - d homa CIty ~a. t t .a rum.. I\ : ll.llc d 1\ .ro College Fund. ear - II " dr ""pee-hl Cor ,_th e U35 y'e ar old . , " . '" . . If' b _ ..- f th ,. . IC'P ' House Bill 447 is a resolu- tors. 'ew$, VIr .nta, February 7. tn 0 ICC Y a me .. "",r 0 elone questlOrung his honesty aDd
e: erY\hing:' . Dunjec, who is " m;;:kmg II.> filth Ye~r \\lth a :r:'~~e~~ ~ ~:: s _,'~my ~~n~~~ tion which seeks legislative con- A committee of citizens from Executive C?mmittee at the integrity .. Said Ca.roU : "There
Jl>I'ACP offlctal ~eclares. ~ecau:,e I program a Imed toward a mor" leges operated b Ythe Bo.lrd ,-C sent to allow the training 01 Louisville and points in Ken- TOLD -0 FORGET I larch 3 m""tmg. S. O. Jol:n~n, a re two lfu;tances wh~re I ha ... e
COllrt t""t"non. Y he ga\ e " a" Ircr:-,prehen Ive sph"re of opera- ' F..d I' \ I Negro doctors and nurses in any ky . F kf rt Wed I veteran member of the commlt- spent by own funds WIthou t allY
be~d"ncd in ... I;lle nev.>papers ticn •• haS created a , ·.tlon,1 Chucn~on o[ t e MLthodlt I hospital Or other insiitution 0 (- t~ w.ere. I~ ':" /th bw" WHITE SUPREMACY tee q.ucstioned the wisdom of effort to obtain reimbursemebl
a ... ·e~o tAhtor \:an:~ To, c"~ncli of which J 'hn Ll. R'.:ke- ~I:~~p R, N. Brooks of Ihel fenng accredited course of in- ~ftt':Yhe:::'U:; ~:ra~pealemem- a1low~g the young attorney to from \hI' organization . . It is r-
M arrj Wb.te ;vomen. I fcl.e r. Jr., \\ ill a('\ as chaIrman., New Orleans Arca of the MeL"- s truction 10 nun;ing, medIcine, bers of the s uO-committee said A('anla G , larch I ' -The I serve 10 the Iace f rumors that ~rted that the Executive Co rn·
" I bad " 1IT1p.y taken the p"s- .t "as anr.ounced by Pr ,d nt o1 ist Church offICIa ted at the I surgery c r other related courses they would study the measure - . ,_ . . • _ , he had pracllcally de~let~ the mIlle" gave Carroll a vole c!
iiion ,lO the stand. howe\er, tha! F .. D. P~lterson of Tuskegee In- Ilmpresslve rites. BIShop E. W. of graduate g.rade. and report Its findings to tbe l ~~ta .rCr o:tG~o~ar::~~o ~~~_Itreasury of the o~garuzation. confidence.
I was opposed to a law d nym<:; sbtute, Alabama, p . ldent c.f I Kelly of St. Loue', lifo., personal Any mshtution may by a ma- full Rules Comnuttee. _ N I:" w~ite r~" I The stormy ;;e"..slon of the E.x- ------ .
the ,...ght of a man to select b.s the FUD~ The Cour.cll, made .. p coun..lJCial thou~ht from :, 11 "U" OF FLORIDA has been interpreted to ~ean an.d he who has hope, has evt'ry- ll:dJ accepted. the d ision of the ted the name of M:. ear:oU to OFF MORE STEAM
ics, Dun,ee adds. and hlS SIde 0\ r the ~untrY. "ill act.- e ly STUDENTS RAP BIAS that the Day Law-pemutting thmg.-Arabian Proverb. . Geor,;la S up. erne Court tha t the head the annual drive, orlgmal- . --
won the seg:regahon case ",hi h I sen;e the r und m It. e"r.and~d I ' f."t lon. headed by Herman Tal- Iy scheduled to begin March 10 Washmgton, March II.-Rep-wac
being tried. natIOnal program. Gainesville, Fla.: March II-A, madge. I! 10 conlrnl of the State Jehl:!'ln told the group that h~ re.entattve John E. Rankin
"The white judge ",role an In accepting the chalrmanili p grvup of Umverslty of FlOrid JAMAICANS LEAVE ON 1,000 MIU Democrauc organizatien as well had beard rumors that Carroll Democrat of 1\1i iday called a pl,.n , JOURNEY TO MIGRATE IN LIDa.IA a the prior decision ousting Tal- when p resident had withdraw~ ... Ied against new regulations
anded down by Lincoln. This work of the Fund In conducting of south~rn go\emors l~ con- IKIl madge as claImant td the gov- tbe organization's money wbole- admitting Negro doctors to prac-pro\
ed conclusively th;it the , yczrly fund-raISing campaIgns ~'~~~~~Ia~ ,fe!':.::~~ ~~I:U:~ . - . . err:0rshIP. sale. ti~ ~t Gallingt>r H~ital, in the
5IIirlt ot the Negro today IS not for 32 of th countrY's 36 ~,,- egro Republlc oy ~Imilar obeyance ,.,as urged In defense of himself the DIStrIct of ColumbIa. He told the
up to the level of white lIberal-I credIted private Negro colleg ~. lU c . are making an 8.000-mile jour- way of LIsbon and Dakar. of th decision of lhe U. S. u- ' House:
He said, "Because :.his campaign They nt. lett~1 to all 5tU ' ney 10 • Jonrovia, L.b<.>na to es- Inspired by letters from !)reme Court bolding that col- young attorney adnutted tbat "When this attempt is made
Of' BOTS' TOWW lIS both constructive and cooper- d n~ . o rgan uatlons ~rote.ttng tablish new homes 10 the land friends long-setUed in LiberiL.~, ored "ot rs cannot legally be perhaps he had spent more thus to humiliate the white dot'-
~Il IS UP I alive, it offers to e \.'ery cItIzen agalDSt a March 4 0\ tlOg 10 b<.> of theIr forefnth rs. the m.grants plan to carve OUl1barred rom . participation in money than "some members" of rs and the white patients who)
MAT an unusual opportunity to indI- , ~e1d at. Gamsvllle to set up Arrl\lng in Mlam •. Flo, ~ on- new Ih'es in there. They will en- Dem0cr3tic pnmaries. arc bound to patrOnIze Gallin-
Boys' To":",, Neb., larch 4- cate concretely h. i interest and !"intly IInanced separate regl~r:-ldaY .(March 3-6 p.m.) aboard a ~age in m~ionary work. nur.- ''There can be no white pri- For the. Lord God is a sun and gn Hospital, it is about time th.,t
Tom Caradme, 19, of Omaha, good will for the Negro race. r., ~I schools for egroes and wbl • .". peetal Pan Ame rican World tog and various trades. A spok - ' mary," the edItorial  added to the party. The group is headed by the . ublerfu, . Wbether we like it lions of New York City."
Boys' Town. will gJ"olduate in standards oC our H,OOO,OOO Ne- to our "" ional life in lTI2r-Y I From Ne .... York they will Clip- Powell family, whic:h inclu lor not, =Wied Negroes have Redeem ourselves - a Negro The hospital is owned 311<1
J UDe. crees as "a source of enri~bment spheres." per to the capItal of the African (COIItinueci on pap 4) a nght to the balloL" ' alderman in 1949. operated by the District.
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