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r SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1945 THE CAROLINIAN PAGE THREE ^Tn The Wake The News HV ATTV. KOUtlK I). O’KLLLV f t:lSE^'llO^VEK'S ARMIES ON THE DEFENSIVE Polio Vidiras Swim ot Toskogee^ | J-gjj MoTC Rccl CtOSS W orkers To E ngland SOBER 'iiducd has tctui Uv mowl of America during the k.-a- sun just clubiiig. To be sure, up Oirislinas D.iy dawned there eanie some slight mousuic >>( relief from the almost irttulcrat/V'Uonstuii that has gripped the etTfiiuiy while Von Rundstodl's attack was smashing its way through Eisenhowers' linen, grinding up the 1st army in its ad vance. On that day that it began to seem that the German drive might be halted short of such objectives as Antwerp and northern France, Hopes were even expressed ir Washington that the Allies might be able to rally for a counterthrust which would finish off Von Roud- stedt :i9 Porch's counter-thrust in the summer of 1918 Tinished off I.undcndorfi after his drive liad de stroyed Gough's British 5lh Army Yet despite a censorship whicii kcop« the American public from knowing touch about what has been happening, there can be- no disguis ing the act tliat the Ao'erlcan army has siifered a shocking defeat Ru mors in.sists that as many .is seven divisions have been wiped out combat units, wbil-- the eijuipmenl of an entire army has been almost wholly lo.->t. To i\pl.-kce the lost men and equipment will require I.URO diversior. of iiufips and goods that would ulherwise gone to the Far East. At the same lime, the Germans have saved the irroplaca- ole products of the Rhur and Saar rei'ioi.s for another campaign. To disn i'> this as less tliui a major military disaster is to blink the lacts. Editorial Christian Century of Januaiy 3rd. I)R. HOWARD THUR^L\N SPEAKS ON MINORITIES SEATTLE. Jan 3. - An an inter- lacKil contcrencc. a one-day galh- • ring sponsored by Presbyterians of Ibis areo, Ui Howaid Thurman, on leave of ab.-ence from How-ard Uni- eiMiy to be co-pastor of Fellow- hip Church of All Peoples in San Kranci>co, declared that the prob- h-m --f i.icial maladjustments are ;he diso.ises of democracy. “As long .s ..ny minority group is made to -ulffoi unjustly” he said, “demo- i iacy h; imperiled People who are I go to play for the solution of den-ocracy must work on minority problem.-^ if they hope to iiave .tt ii.,n'iacv survive ’* Dr. Carver Week Desig nated In New York State UV SUt.O.MO.S llAUi’ER .•d f..i WEW YORK «C.\l>i - Jjiiuaiy seventh to hiui leenlti It.is been de signated as GEORGE WASHING TON CARVER WEEK by Govcnioi 'i'liomas E Dewey, whose action came after three years of activity III New York state by various or ganization, and pubhcaiiutis to put New York State into the movement to secure the honors Dr. Carver de served. Among the organization: interested in the matter where the Board of Education of the City of New York, the Nt w York Tuike- kce Club, the Federation of Archi tects, Engineers, Channsis and Tech nicians. this writer, John B. Ken nedy, the radio commentator. Coun cilman Powell introduced a u solu tion in the city council to desig nate McCombs Place as Carver t fiv United Nat.ons. ill I. iiclusii'ii, v\e lepeat that a first * las., scu-mific book should Oe pub- iolud. as an apptopiiale mcinoruii. It die ctuniical compmioms of the pnxjucls he devised including clay, iiauils, p.ijier uiid in-ny unknown iiiitigs which Dr James K. Hutu ■ >i tlu- Du I’ont Company says would i take Liiothf r scieimst 20 years to ouijlie.ite. All hoiioi:, to Dr Carver and his h-Ilow scientists, as an inspiration to youth, for u better world to come wlieiu all men and women can work lor the good of all mankind —V- Tolio vicUms swim to the temperature-controlled pool at the Tuskegee Institute Paralysis Center. Swimmers range in age from 2 years to 34 vears. Victims on wagons have handicaps which prevent them from participating in supervised group swimming: they will swim with individual attendants. This infantile paralysis center is supported bv contributions received In the March of Dimes in Cele bration of the President’s birthday, January 14-3L V.'ASHINOTON - The arrival of ten Negro American Red Cross workers in England to augment the staff already there on outy was an nounced this week by national headquarters. All will serve as staff assistants. They are; Olive Helen Childs, 17S W. 137th Street, New York City. Ila C. Oilmore, 1136 S. 24th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Henrietta E. Levi. 806 W. Bat tle St., Talladega, Ala. Theodora E. McGill, 1429 Kearny St.. N. E. Washington, D. C. ; Juanita D. Morrow, 3119 Van I Buren St.. Cincinnati. Ohio, Post Office Bars Sticker Of ‘March On Washington’ Mae Rose H. Patterson, 6618 S. Marquette Rd., Chicago, III. Harryet L. Powell, 602 S. Wheel er St.. Victoria, Tex. Constance M. Randall, 131$ Ham lin St., N- E., Washington. D. C. Gertrude M. Tyncs, 1521 M St., N. W.. Washington, D. C. I Harrit M. Zeigicr, 2606 Boulevard I PI.. Indianaplols, Ind. j Miss Childs was errployed by the U. S. Employmient Service, New DEPARTME.NT RULES THAT .MOVEMENT'S SLOGAN IS (ONTROVERIAL NEW YORK The Post Office Deparlireiu luis tuleo Uui k-tteis to which .ire affixed the no-dis- crimination-in-employmenl stickers «f the March un Washingion. Move- MakeF’E’P^i^ Permofienti Pa ! liaiined ^ovel Accepted I l»y i\e\v \ ork l.ibrary Dr. Carver was never huimud by the American Associalion fur the Advancement of Science due tw ihe failure of this advisors al Tuskegee 111 utilize the oppoi-fanities offered, however, ho was honored by the Univii.'^ity of Iowa, Rochester, the National Tcachiiical Association, the Federation of Engineers, the- R>>yal NEW YORK CNS/ -- •It Was N' t My World.' sensational novel wnttiii by Dcaderick F. Jenkins, prumi.Miig young author of Los An- ccles-. has bci n accepted by the pub- iic library of New York City which ^enl liitu a cheek for j copy last '•veck. nu- its|>unse of the N. Y. library ManAOtiWashingSB'' Movement i inent will ni‘ be accepted for mail ing. The Department says the brown and while stickers, which bear on their tace a photograph of a Negro locomotive iireman and the words: National Uistillers Launch IVlercliant Ma- rine Kecruilinp' Drive For Jobs and Justic. are contro versial. But the office of Ram^ey S. Black, Ihlrc! A-^sisiant Postmaster Gener al. which took the action, added y-stcrday in Wa.-lungtuii th..t it ob jected neither to tiic photograph of the Negro or the quol-xt words. Ac- icordin^to a spokesniun of the De- I paitrneiil. its fire was drawn by ^the phrase. “Maicii on Washington 'Movcmcnl.'' which appears al the ! button’ of the 2 X 3-8 inch .'t.imp. I The Depaitn.em bases its censor ship on the "conin.versalily" of the movement and a fear iliat the use of the gi^up’s name on letters passing through the mails would oe constuicd as an indorsement of the organization’s aims by the Gov ernment. ’The March on Washington Move ment, whose national director is A Philip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por ters, AFL is chiefly known for its picketing last year cf the New York offices of the Metropolitan Life Insur.ance Company in protest against the company's policy of segregation in its housing develop ments and its allpged discriminatory employment practices. The move ment is now busy oiganizlng the estimated 2,500.000 Negro policy holders In the U. S. A. It has no preceot plans for an actual march on the Capital. The Post Office Department's ac- iion provoktxl a sharp rejoinder yesterday from Randolph who call ed it “high-handed, undemocratic censorship." He charged that the ban was an evidence of discrimina- '.ion against the fight for fair-em- /iloymcnt, race, color, religions, or i jtitjnal origin. Randolph charged that so long as the material sent through the iiuiils Is "no* drfi--nito.ly obscene” World War II.Vet New 'DAV Officer York City, before her Red Cross appointment. She Is a graduate of Hughes High School, Cincinnati, and attended the Universtly of Cin cinnati and New York University. Miss Gilmore, daughter of Mrs. Nellie Gilmore, was employed in the test laboratory at the Philadel phia Navy Yard until her Red Cress appointment. She previously served with the WAC, from which she re ceived an honorable discharge. She attended Temple University and West Virginia State College. Miss Ltvi, daughter of Mrs. Mary A. Levi, of Talladega, Ala., was an instructor of foreign languages and assistant Dean of Women at Alcorn (Miss.) College. She is a graduate of Drewry Practice High School. Talladega College, A. B. 1938, and the University of Iowa, M. A. 1939. She also attended the llnlversity of Mexico. Until her Red Cross appointment. Mis McGill was employed by the Generla Accountin gOfflcc, Wash ington, Th edautgehr of Mrs. Bea trice Ware, she is a graduate of I Dunbar High School and Miner ' Teachers (Tolicgc, and attended Howard University. Miss Morrow was employed by the U. S. Post Office. New York City before her Red Cross appoint- • ment The daughter of Mrs. Jessie : K. Smith, of CincinnatJe. she at* 'tended the University of Cincinnati, j Mrs. PaUerson was employed by Cook bclioul 111 Wabhingtuit before her Hva CrubS appoitiimciit. She was previously wiui Uie U. S. Civil ber- vice Cunuiubiun. MibS Kanuait is a fci-uuaie oi bi. Fraiic’S de bates •■^11 bctiuul, TuvMiaiau Couaiy, v->., .Vtiuer I'uaciiers College, aiiu xiowara Umverbiiy. airs, xyiies woa employed by Uiu words. The deadline for cooteit- ants to submit their essays is April 1. 1945. The winning manuscrip on both sides, with the announcement of the winners wit! be made In the June issue of NEGRO DIGEST. For contest rules, students should write to: College Essay Contest NEGRO DIGEST 5619 E. State Street Chicago 21, Illinois. the War Department. Washington, D. C-. before joining the Red Cross staff, and previously by the Nation- : al Youth Administration In Chica go. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olie Herbert, she is a graduate of Englewood High School and Wilson Junior College. Chicago Before joining the Red Cross. Mrs _ Powell taught at F. W. Gross High ‘ School. Victoria, Texas, and pre- ivlously at Blackshcar School. Aus- , tin. Texas. She is a graduate of Samuel Houston College. A- B. 1930, and attended the University of Chi- , cago. Miss Randall daughter of John L. Randall, taught at the John F. B'lieau Oi iiiieinal U.vvimc, .tun, OlIoic joining '.he neu CI'om w.jit. Ine uaugnier Oi Wiiaam b. .\iann, uZ Wasnmglon, ::ne is a grau- uato of Boruciuowii iiiuubuiai bcohol, Bordcnlown, N. J.. and ai- tenucu blorcT College, liuipeis rurry, W. Va. UiiMl iicr Ucd Cress uppoUitmi.n:, Mrs. Zeigle- wa> cinplu>ed by R. R. .Niaiiory ana previously by the National Youth Aunuiustration, uoth in Indianapolis, 'ihe daugniet .f Mrs. Lena Piitciiurd, she is a graduate oi Shortridgu High School Indianapolis, and aiiciidcu YWCA College, Ktmwich, Mu., and Bullor University. Negro Digest Aniiouiiees Essay Contest CHICAGO — A $200 prize essay contest for Negro and white coUcg' students on the question “Should ill the Negro prcb was prepared by mixed colleges" was announced this week by Negro Digest maga zine. A $100 award will be made for tnc best essay on each side of the question. Open to all college students, re gardless of color, the contest will be judged by a board of nobles in the licIS of racial relations including Edwin R. Embrcc, Julius Rosen- wald Fund, John Temple Graves of the Birmingham Agc-Herald, Langson Hughes, noted poet, Chas. *5, Jackson. Fisk University, James E. Shepard, president North Caro lina College for Negroes and others to be announced later. The essays arc restricted to 750 Thit gr«at itar loyn 1 h«ortly Snow White Hair Beauttfier to oH My friendo Snow Whit* b my Ant diolM of a hair dreuing,'* SNOW WHFT8 putt tporU* In your hair for ttyle ond chorm. Buy—Um Snow While daily. SNOW WHITE PRODUCTS CO. Lynchburg, Ve. Only 25c Plus Tax For Sale At DRUG STORES EVERYWHERE First DAV uational officer ol World War II, and the first World War II disabled veteran to hold national office in a major veterans organization, is Eugene G. Soots ol Pueblo, Colorado. Soots was named 2nd Junior Vice Commander of th« Disabled American Veterans atth 28rd national convention in DeO' ver last fall. He is enrolled at th( University of Denver where he ii studying persrnnel managemen’ and lavr under a gbverBmenl-spon f nr Vgt ^lowcve^he^va^^ionort^^^^^htr University of Iowa, Rochester, the NatiJnal Tcachiiical Association, the Federation of Engineers, the Royal Scceity of Artg and. Science of London, and the Roosevelt Memorial Association. Three popular books were pu’olishcd 'oased upon ills life: the two most important being Geo. Washington Carver. Scientist, by Shirley Graham and George Lips comb, with art work by Elton Fax. The other book was by Mrs. Rack- ham Holt, of which 90.000 were sold in 1944. The proposal to secure a nomina tion of Dr. George Washington Carver as a Noble .^ward win ner in Chemistry w'as prevent ed bv his untimely death on Jan. Sth, 1943. In 1944, the National Ne gro Achievement Clubs of Pitts burgh and other organizations held Carver Memorial Meetings in va rious parts of the United States and this year, efforts arc being made to have Dr. Carver memorialized by Congress. For 1945, we rocont- mend continued efforts by our lib eral foundations and funds to ar range a research .study of the pro sent uses of the 300 by-products of the peanut. 118 by-products of the sweet potato in connection with the dehydrated foods, etc., used by the 7>IoTmclTT^acc7 coUt, flf Jtional origin. Randolph charged that so long as the material sent through the mails Is "not deft—nitely obscene” and "does not tend to provoke overt subversive action,." the Department lias no right to ban it. :k' library of New York City which sent liim a check for a copy last week. The response of the N. Y. library was encouraging to Mr. Jenkins, x^hose book has been banned by the jiublic library in Los Angeles which evidently consideied the book too controversial. The novel, published ijy Mr. Jenkins himself, when wliite publishing houses refused to accept it because of its treatment of the racial sitiiaiicii in the South, at' t..iks the system of segi-cgaiiuti and dual ciizeiiship in Dixie, ar.J the Nation as a whole. Commenting on the attitude of the library here, Mr. Jenkins scored the institution, accused the officials o being prejudiced against writers Who contend for a free society and real democracy in America. Said he. “Oui- public libinrics do not '■mito too favorably upon those who .denounce too openly our American Hitlers." Mr .Jenkins said his book has re- (oived wide distribution and that many colleges have bought copies for their libraries. He believes more youiii: writers should have courau'c to compose and produce their own works rather than write •enliments which appeal to white publishers. NEW RECORD FOR LONG DISTANCE 0,111 There were more Long Distance calls in 1944 than in 1943—more than any other year in history. 1945 has storted off with a rustv and some circuits are still crowded. When that's the case, Lang Dis tance will osk your help by saying— "Please limit your call to 5 minutes." Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company incorporated Launch Afercliant Ma rine Recruiting Drive In Negro Press Ihv National Distillers Couipuiiy 1$ launching a drive to recruit more men to the Merchant .Marine organ ization in the Negro press, whi.'' Is being directed to 15.000,OOj Negro Americans. This campaign aims lu relieve the intense maniMwcr shor tage in the Merchant Murines whicli is prolonging this war. MA.\Y GROUPS ACTIVE The advertising copy appearing in the Negro press was prepared by Lawrence Fertig Company and Lloyd Chester and Dillingham . . . two ol National Distillers' adver tising agencies. Interstate United Newspapers s gested the campaign and outlined the procedure or reaching the bulk of the American Negro public thru papciii serviced by this Organiza tion. This is another patriotic cam paign suggested by Interstate wiiich has been bought by major Ameri can business firms working m close cooperation with the War Adver tising CounciL NATIONAL DISTILLERS GIA’ES SUPPORT National Distillers is doiog its best to speed victory in the know ledge tliat the post wai world will afford better opportunities fur all of us. TTiis campaign ties In with the War Advertising Council’s drive to get more men into this branch of the scrx'ice because it 'Is a well known fact that the war cannot be carried on lOO per cent unless ade quate supplies arc successfully landed in the battle zones by our Merchant Marines Patriotic men .....in every walk of life are asked to Join this vital brancti to help our nation speed victroy. T^’^re is a chance for rapid advancemi'iii and fast upgrading in this branch of the service. The War Advertising Council has issued a booklet containing sugges tive material for advancements which may be used by any patriotic citizen desiring to help rccruting by placing their own advertise ment.-; or by explaining to tlieir freinds the advantages of joining Merchant Marines. More Hospital To Add Negroes To Staff NEW YORK iCj ~ Hospitals in New York and llie country over, are reported to be .studying tlie in terracial plan us instigated by Syd enham Hospital. In their first an nual report, the trustees of Syden ham. the country’s only private in terracial hospital, stated that 3 oth er New York volunary hospitals have added Negro doctors to their medical staff and six have hired race nurse.s. “Several others.'' trustees said 'are known to be seriously consid ering the acceptance of Negr-'es for internesiiips and'other staff posi tions. In addition. Sydenham has received inquires from hospitals in Alabama. Georgia, California, Massachusetts. Texas and Pennsyl vania as they seem to be interested in setting up similar plans in their hospitals. ver last fall. He is enrolled at tht University of Denver where he it studying personnel managemen' and Uvr under a gbveroment-spon sored program for returned vet erans Now In Full Swing! Hudson - Belk’s After Inventory C-L-E-A-R-A-N-C-E OF ALL CDD LCTi^ Of Junior - Misses - Women’s I o cexTi o DCE//E/ o JEIT/ All At Remarkable Savings This shows the hurricane's path es it fore up the Atlantic Coast. On Ihe job in Connecticut. Une crews came to the rescue from os fai away os Detroit The big blow twisted Ihe steeple off fh/s AAassoe/iuseffs church and toppled It Info the street across the electric wires. Another headache for hard-working linement * Last fall, a raging hurricane roared up the eastern seaboard and left a $400,000,000 trail of wreckage from North Carolina to Maine. fact, some trucks were already ndifaig before the storm struck. Falling trees crushed bouses, cars and power lines. Poles were snapped off by the fury of the storm. Hundreds of towns, millions of people had no electric service. SALES FINAL NO REFUNDS — NO EXCHANGES — NO C. O. D.’s HudiH/L-BjlUL "Maetem CaroUjia's Largeet" The electric light and power com panies moved fast. Line crews woriced around the clock. 18-hour stretches were common. Clerks, meter readers— everybody—pitched in to replace work ers now at war. Short-wave radio helped direct the job. Men and equipment came to New England from other electric companies pa lar west as Ohio and Michigan. In In most cases, service was qoiddy restored. Hospitals got first priority, then war plants. It was a sta^^ering job, swiftly done—and helped immea* surably by the patience and unde^ standing of customers. This hurricane — like firee, floods, tornadoes across the country — drama tized anew the fact that only a major disaster can interrupt electrie servioa. It proved again that huriness-man- aged electric companies are organized and able to meet any emergency aa completely as they met America’s grea^ est emergency—soar. • Hsor NOSON EDDY la ‘THt aECTliC HOUK,” wM ?a8arf AmbrutfaFi Orckaefra. NOW a aoao, 4iJC^ IWL CU Hshmrk, Carolina POWER &LIGHTCompan a