WRENCH DOCTOR PLEADS GUILTY
JAILING
EDITION
DUKHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATUKDAY, JUNE 12th, 1943
VOL. XXIII - NO. 22
Manpower Commission Says Trouble At Mobile Settled
BORLAND FREES iH T O R lie
F K S SCHOOL GBL M BUS USE
!
B US I NE S S
WOMAN
MISS LYONS DRAWS
$5.00 FJNE FOR.
BENI8 MTtOKED
...
Judge A. H, Borland, presiding
over the Recorders Court here
Thursday, in spite of pVepondei-'
ance of evidence to the contrary,
pronounced a verdict of >j‘iilt.v
against Miss Doris Lyons, KIyear-old high school girl for
violation of the North Carolina
segregation law. The young gii 1
,v«s fined $5.00 and cost
for
the “ offense.”
p
W. E. Ga*tes, Durham polie>
officer charged with assault and
battery on the young girl was
'.bsolved of ail blame in the case
l)y Judge Borland, as had been
expected by a majortto ^of JsTi'gi'o
(‘itizens of Durham, ^ i t h e r the
verdict against the young girl
nor the one in favor of th e police
officer causcd any measure of sur
prise among Negroes here who
are acquainted with Judge Bor­
land’s recoi’d of cases invoivinjr
thi' rights of Negroes.
Mjhs Lyons is the daughti?r of
the Inte Henry R. Lyons, pro­
minent carpenter of this city
and Mr.<». Viney Lyons.
The.
family ;s one of the oldest n n d
h i^ 'h est'S ^p e eted bent amoufemembers of‘ both races as was
evidenced by several prbminc-nt
white wom an, as well as persons
of her own race, who appeered
In court and testified as to the
unimpeachable character of
the
y'oung girl.
'
Popular Minister
;.J L
Packard Strike Hit
At ( ^ in g Of
iAACP War Confab
Istate Health Officer
F ined $S00 A nd G iven
;pended Sentence
Brooklyn Committee Becomes Bride
Blasts Insurance Co.
BROOKLYN, (AN?) — W ith­
drawal o f the estimated 2,<)00,
000 Negro held policies valued
at .fSOO,000,000 from th e M etro­
politan Life Insurance company
will cause a change of attinde
on the p a rt of Metropitan life
which is to construct a hous­
ing project here from which Ne­
groes will be barred, Prof.
li.
Grann Lloyd said at the ban­
quet of th e Brooklyn Prote.'it
committee held Tuesday nig ht.
DETROIT, Michigan — “ Tokio
mil Berlin rejpice tonight ac
the effective and unexpected aid
given them today by the managemen of the Packard Motor l!ompany,J’ Walter White, NAACP
executive secretary, told dele­
gates from 3# states at the open­
ing meeting of the NAACP
Kraergency W ar Coirferenca here
on June 3.
Ri\X,EWH — Dr. Robert F.
Young, fron wr«icfa doctor, of
the N orth Carolina Health De>
partment, charged with a braCil
assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill on Mrs. Ueashaw Burt, Raleigh USO secre­
tary, enter a plea of guilty to
an assault with a deady weapon
here today. The *‘iron wreneh”
doctor drew a 12-months roud
sentence, suspended on th’^ eyear probation and on eonditioa
th a t he pay #o00 to Mrs. Bart.
1|he plea was accepted
by
the state afte r attorney
for
Msr .Burt "held a confereace.
The USO secretary was repre­
sented by Solicitor William Y.
Bii’kett and th ree Negro pri­
vate pros ecu ting attorneys. If.
H. Thompson and C. J . liases
of Durham, and T. J. Carnage •»£
Raleigh.
“ Usually after
consuminef
such a meal as I have tonight ”
the speaker began, “ I don’t feel
like talking. But, tonight I a:n
REV. M. W. MORGAN, pas­ ready to protest—^protest again­
to r of th e Pffst Baptist Church st prc'judice, segregation, an<l
Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Davis an­
of Roxboro and popular young discriminafion, and their ill ef­
Durham minister who has beer fects on the American N c ^ o .” ' nounce the Tuarriage ~oT their / ,& fore passing judgment m
daughter, Miss Eam estine E. the ease following eoaelnAiMu of .
called to the first Baptist Church
A fter dealnig with a Hrg.Davis to St'afl Sergeant M. Boyd testimony, Judge J- J. Bwuey,
of
Goldsboro.
Rev.
Morgan
has
number o f , • these undesirable
The management of the Pack­
iarga
of
Camp Butner, Mrs. Boyd i.s a presiding looked a t th e
ard Car had urged whites to re­ resigend his pastorate at the practices Prof. Lloyd came to student at N orth Carolina Coi!- crowd of Negroes in th e euartRoxboro
Church
and
has
alroad>
the M<itropolitan I^fe Insnranco
fuse to work on machines along“ I know th a t
ege and Sergeant Boyd a student room and said,
1
<?f8e Negroes qualified by senior* assumed the duties of h is Golds­ company. “ This cStnpany.
at Lincoln University, in Miss­ judgment in this eMe i n ’t gainff
boro
Church.
understand,”
he
said,
“
wants
to
F-’ictured above is Mrs. W. J.
ty, training and experience.
ouri before entering into the to meet the approval of nMHur n t
in Greensboro. Since she became
erect a segregated housing pro­
Smith, manager of th? Grand
“ American boys will die on
yau. This is a very sorditi eas<».
Army.
ject in New York. Well we wou’t
Hotel in GreensborO|__ N orth manager of the hotel ^gig-htcon
lome far off baTtle field
for
and Dr. Young’s eondnct wad
months
ago,
she
has
made
it
let them get away with it.
I
’CaiEolina. A native of Hartford,
’ack of engines which were not
onjostified. At the sanM t>ia«,
'understand Negroes have
ap­
Tonn., Mrs. Smith has ?^«nt Dne of the South ’b most modnade in Detroit today,” White
freedom of speech doesn’t givft
proximately
2;000,000
policies
gr< ftter portion of her
hostelries.
laid. He was applauded when he
a person, w hether Negro o r
The youn£' girl was represent­ tdded "e v ery man responsible
in this would he iim-crow eom*^;
~white, th^ right to talk
ed by M. H. Thompson and ('.
pany,
valued
at
about
$800,000
for those strikes and every other
to another pe*»on.
J. Gates, prominent Negro „atNEW YORK, — In response Now, if this jim crow hon«tinf»
)na like it is an ally and an
torneys of this city.
“ The white people of
thiiftigent of H itler and HiroKito and to demands made by the NAA project Jii erected ill New York
The case was the outgrowth'
State h are done a s n a t
la t
CP to War Department for the let 2,000,000 Negroes withdraw
in enemy of America.”
of an attack on Miss Lyons by
the Xegrocs,”
h%
W hite was the keynote speak training of Negroes in parachute from the Metropolitan Life I n ­
BY
J.
W,
PATE
Officer Gates, when the young
sr at the opening of the confer­ units, the NAACP was informed surance company - cashing in o:i
MINNEAPOUS, (A N P) — “ They have helped suMPWrt
girl refused to move from
her
ence on “ The Status of th e Ne­ on June 4, by J . Ulio, Major th e ir policies, where possible. Elizabeth Moore has been given schools by paying taxM . a a i ^ 0
seat on a Durham Public Service
in all the N^^roes aad
gro in the War For Freedorn” General in the Adjutant Gener­ Take $800,000,000 from a com­ a position
as library assistant
bus while on her way to scHooJ.
at the Second Baptist Church, al’s Office of th e W ar D epirt- pany becaase of its policies and on th e library s ta ff of the C® i- people have gotten alo« (.
with a few exe«pli*BS. 1
and I ’ll guarantee versity of
** ment, th a t klthough th ere i» attitude,
^ According to witness
Miss 441 Monroe Street.
Minnesota. Miss
MOBILE, Ala., (ANP) — D (!-|'nst week between wjiile and ' ’r^ns tope S M at in th e
Conference delegates
were no such organization in ex'St- those policies and th a t altitude Moore will take up the duties of see the races work tofvtiM r,
bns
8cribe<l as a ‘Vureiall” for bbor i>Jegro workmen over what th t beside another young girl of h er welcome to Detroit by Albert ence a t p r e s e t th e ' War De- will change.”
her new position immediately much ai} anyone ^naSM.
There is no raai
troubles between whites and* ..^^mpany said was the upgra.l- own race, two seats fro m the E. Coho, city treasurer; L'. C. par tmfsnt has under considera­
upon
graduation in June.
Southern congressmen were
es such as stea lii^
later
NrgrocR at Addsco, the region ul ng of Negro welders in com­ rear. Both girls was ordered by Blount, leading Detroit business tion the activation, at a
next on the list, and again the
Miss Moore, who is th^:* wo forth, bat if jnra
the date this year, of a unit of this
office of th e War Manpower pliance with a directive from Gates, who had not disclosed man; Ramon Scrubbs of
speaker was firm . H e excori;ite<l
commission at
Atlanta nn- President Roosevelt.
The riot identity as a police officer, to NAACP Detroit branch, Shelton type. When the unit is activate John Rankin; of Mississippi, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis assanlt ease or »
P. Moore, h as made a brilliant guarantee yro tkat t*^
nonced late Wednesday night between the workers sent !>ev- move* to th e rear of the bus Tappes, who spoke for labor. ed volunteers for this training
Conally and O’Daniel, of Texas,
and tiratiaf fore*
th at “ it understood’* the U. S eral persons to th e hospitals
where there was only one vacant Rabbi Morris Adler, and "Rev. H. will be callod from Negro nr and most of the rest of what he record at tlie university
has been especially active
in As a pr««tiMMt
Maritime com|nission has npUnder the new plan the
ac seat. The young girl with whom ^L. Bradby,' pastor of the Se­ ganizatioos of, the Ariny. The
called “ those ignorant dixie:* extra curricular 'actiirities, be­
NAACP has continually ■ insnatjrt'oved a pi An for separate ship- parate shipways will be super­ Miss Lyons was sitting got up cond Baptist Church.
damagogues.'’ Then in a half in g a member of the Unirersity
fd ly tried
In greeting the delegates on ed, especially since Pearl Harbor,
ways for Negro workers at the vised by white ■workmea-'whilo and took th e seat in the rear of
broken laugh he chided, “ Presi­ singers fo r three years. She is ]>le who aw
Alabama Dry Dock and
Ship­ Negro laborers and helpers will th e bus. Miss Lyons r^ a in iiJ g hehalf o^’th e citizens of De­ th a t Negroes be integrated into
dent' Barclay’s (president of a member of E ta ehapter, A lfha bWB
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building company in Mobile.
be continued <in
other job where she was. Gates again oi- troit Rabbi Adler asserted: “ If all branches, of th e m ilitary
service.
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NATIONAL WAR LABOR
BOARD ANNOUNCES END
OF ALABAMA STRIKE
W hite blamed three of the
Packard officials, C. E, Weiss,
personnel manager, George Sch­
wartz, general foreman, and Ro­
bert W atts of the .personnel di­
vision for the striking of 2(>,
000 white worker* and
the
stoppage of the prcduction of
Rolls Royce airplanes.
NEGROES IN THE
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