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• WASHINOTON
TEACHER TO SMITH COLLEGE
February 17, 1946
M.s. Hill is currently engaged in
NEW HANOVER. Mass. — Ap- appointee is Mrs. Ade- Mrs. Hill graduated from Smith
pointment of the ti«t .N«gro worn- Cromwell Hill of Washing- cum laude In 1940. She has since j work leading to the Ph.p. df^
an to the faculty of historic SnUtt I ^ ^ served as an Instructor | at Radcliffe College, m insUtutlon
college,
here recently.
New York City.
The new Smith faculty member
is tlie wife of a Negro Ph D. wl
received his degree at the MaM
chusetts Institute of Technology ti
who is new engaged in imp«tai
research in New York.
Hr. Sangstaekei
It gives me great pleaeure to extend greetings
to tho oealierB ol the Uegro Newepaper Puhllohere Aseoela-
tlao and to send them my heat wishes for their celehratlon
of Satlonal Negro Newspaper Week. It seems especially
fitting this year that In the ohservence of the llStb
wmlveraary of the founding of the Negro press In America
foa. have choeen ao your theme. "The Negro hrese and Tomorrqf**
Aaerlea.*
I have epoken many times — at my meeting with
your memhere last year and on other occasions of the
•arvlce rendered by the Negro press of America in mobilizing
our people behind the wer effort. Today many thousands of
tfa* Negroes of the nation ere serving their country — with
Ote armed forces on land and sea. and In the factories and
on the farms at home.
I VOLUME XXV, NO. 39
SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1945 RALEIGH. NORTH CAROUNA
PRICE FIVE CENTS
In the America of tomorrow I know that saetioa of
ttM great free press of the nation which you and your meobori
represent will continue to exercise that sa-Tie leadership Im
building a new enl better world of lasting peace, freedom
and security for all.
Very sincerely yours.
^ Prof. Says Wilberforce
— Administration "Corrupt*
WILBERFORCE, O.—The admin
istration of President Charles W.
Wesley of Wiloerforce University
has been under fire sir.ee eapy
February by disgruntled faculty
members, reportedly lea by Dr.
Lewis K. McMillan, a former fac
ulty member of Shaw University
and a graduate of the University oi
Bonn in Germany.
Ohio newspapers report that Dr.
McMillan has charged the univer-
»sily administration is "corrupt and
inefficient." . .
The Ohio State News, m its issue
Kr. John Sengetp.eke,
President,
Hegpo Newspaper Publishers Assoclfttlon,
3435 Indiana Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois.
Included in the recent WAC ar
rivals m the European The^re,
were the ten Fort Hauchuca, Ari
zona WACs. shown above. With
Lt Consuela Bland, cornmaimng
officer sue 1922 WAC Seeton.
They are. from left to right,^
Gertrude Cruse, former st^ly
^ sergeant; Lt. Blind, Pfc.
Neal. CUrktypist general ware
house. T 3 Annie Braceful. stock
clerk general warehouse; T 5
Ernestine E Hughes, managing
editor Apache Sentinel; Pfc. Theo
dosia Lee, Printer's assistant Post
print shop; T 3 Mattie E. Garrett,
stenographer, post Headyuarters;
Pfc. Anna Jackson, projectionists
instructor film library; T. 4 Odes
sa Taylor, surgical Technician
Station Hospital; Pvt. Millie Tay
lor postal clerk, SCU mail cen
ter and selected by Colonel Ed
win Hardy .post commander, for
this important ovetseas assign
ment.— U. S. Signal Corps Photo
1000 Children Witness
Galaxy Of Stars
niere was no stopping the
tho'isand children who mobbed
the Horace Mann Auditorium, 12-
0th Street and Broadway, yester
day to attend the second annual
Children’s Unity Festival held by
Um Citizens Committee of the Up
per West Side in obseivance of
Waahinfiton's Birthday.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt made a
Maniiailan's upper West Side and ;
sponsored by church and cow-
munily leaders, the Citizens Com-
mittee aims to promote harmony,
goi^will and cooperaLon among ;
people of ail nationalities, races i
and creeds in Uie interest of win
ning the war and establishing a
Mrs. Roosevelt Gets Scroll
lasting ^ace. ^
ich tlie
NNPA Sponsors Wind Up
of February 17, says these char;
were uired by Dr. McMillan in
open letter Umed to break dur
ihe visit to the university of a co
niillce L-ym North Central Aisot
• lion' of univeisiiies, colleges i
, liigh iMhools.
Dr. Wesley, the Columbas pa]
asserts, lias lerinwd McMillan
, traitor." It is understood that
V, V, Oak. one time liead of
' commerce department ut North C
oiina College of Durham, is s)
pathetic with McMillan's views.
Entertainment Curfew
Shall Ring At Twelve
WASHINGTON. D. C. — Monday
of this week marked an end to
wee-huur frivolities held in amuse-
LINEBERRY
RETIRED AFTER
21 YEARS SERVICE
Radio arogram March 2nd
New York. N. Y —NaUoi
gro Newspaper Week got
a brilliant start with a aati;
radio broadcast last SaU*““
er NBC and affiliated
featuring Rochester a.
Benny, laonel Hampton
orchestra, Edward
Maurice Ellis. Ralph Coope.
two Negro war correspmdenu
broadcasting from the Pacific and
iColumbia. It is the first effort of
'the Negro Newspaper Publishers
Association to present its story
jof war coverage in a straight, ser-
jious manner without the extra
'attraction of entertainment and
i artistic talent.
I “If this program gets the kind
*of acceptance we tOnk it will,”
,said Frank L. Stanley, general
manager of the Louisville^ De-
! paper Week Committee, “it shows
conclusively that we have 'arriv
ed,' and that the place of the Ne
gro press in the ‘fourth estate’
is firmly established. Heretofore
we have always thought we had
,to rely on the race’s talent-^-its
entertainers, artiste and recogniz-
'ed leaders in other fields to
make our program acceptable ’to-
the public.’^
KALEICH—G. E. Lineberry. W —
tor nearly 27 years has s,erved as
superintendent of Uic while and
Negro units of the Stale School for
ihe Blind and Deaf, has been re
tired, effective June 30, by the
board of trustees.
Opposition to the retirement aros
frOim somL' of the board members,
bui Uiey were reminded that the
school head had paired the retire-
rreni age and had continued in of
fice by special permission of the
Retirement Board.
The term of the present board
expire on AprU 30, and although
the members have
fhp undisclosed name of « new
lucni spoil Uuougnout the eouni
iiertuiier, at inu stroke of iwe
u»©ni, upcraioij Ji such pis
must slop tne sale of hijuucs, C
and wuie, turn o.i the juke ba
ui'j iiior cusiyiuers "good u
wuiie diiuwuig them "out”.
ims tuiuig came at the sugi
.ion 01 Wui iUouiUzal.on Dire
waiti'o i'. Byiucs, prunartly s
.i.yaiis oi coUsurvuig luv«, sitho
1. is iiopcU also Utal the Oau
.,1.1X1 .iiv iiiaiipovtcr aua Uranspi
iiLi. pruoi..ins, plus tu-vp the ne
KJii un even n.&vi where the te
■a.toii lu ovei'-miuihe li mvulvet
Na.uiaiiy, thia hew law csi
a uit ut coir.ptahuDg by some
me nm.ssgers ut luu 'spots'',
ihuy pioniised their cuupcralio
a Miu nuiiy me nine or victoi
iresuurant owners may w
tuod ux.er nuuinght, but no a
nohe uuverugcs or music.
Places aXtected by the ban
ciuue niipii ciUDs, spurts ate
meatres, niuviu, dantv halis, n
houses, saiouitt, bars, shooting
ieTMt, boei'Ung
,'’^a**balh-1 Ratnplon, anti Basie would ji.gs oi oui lace i
Ipussibly have pooled eitougli ull.iic tucuoxiuiiian
Jersey auujtr.emia i.omax
w’Ueie
the Citizens Commitffee of tbe Up- and creeds in Uie inten-^i of v. j
nei- West Side in observance of nmg the war and eslablishii^
Birthday. »4r,. Boo.a*elt 0.1. Scroll
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt made a lastmg i»ace.
special trip from Washington to Mrs. Roosevelt sal liirougli^'-
s^ak to the children. Other cel- four-hour performance. A com-
febritles on the program were Sgt.
Joe IaOuIs, released by the Army
just for the show; Oley Olson of
“Laffing Room Only,” Louis
Armstrong, Woody Herman. Haz
el Scott, Josh White and Josh
White Jr., Mary Lou Williams,
Peter Pan, the Magic Man, Dor
othy Parker, Katya Delakova and
Fred Burk, dancers; Betty Saun
ders and Elsie Schlottere. Bourne
Hogarth, who draws “Tarzan,"
was master of ceremonies.
Established by residents of
ONLY VAGRANTS
ARRESTED WHO
CAN PAY FINES
>ur periO-...
niitlee of three, headed by Mary
Ann Sellars of Corpus ChnsU
School, Nora Walden of the Hor
ace Mann-Lincoln School and Na
thaniel Blackslon of P. S. 120,
presented to Mrs. Roosevelt a
scroll bearing the Children's Un
ity Pledge; ,
"We now join nands with the
children of the world. It matters _
not whether they are black oi
white or where they were born,
or if they are rich or poor, Jew
cr Gentile. We do not where ox
how they worship. We ask omy
that they love freedom and their
neighbors. Together we will make
an ever-widening circle around a
tired, war-tom world, so that our
parents may see our friendship
and peace, and follow our exam-
^ Paying tribute to George Wash
ington, Mrs. Roosevelt said that
oS‘cc/;;”“m"‘w«rT™r“wew l wu,.c», ...... ucrudc mo., l S'ldpleirstac' wW did I
• .uiuee. Mrs. II' .. i iu»>y Lurus. Patiersou;[being black consUtutc a spctsl sin. I
1
THOMAS A. MORGAN. NatlMSl
Chairman of the United Neflro Co •
lege Fund which thie tpring wHI
conduct a fund-ralelng app«*> f®''
82 private Negro coUegee.
NEW YORK iWLD)— Charging
that Sheriff Walter Clark of Brow
ard County, Florida, has been ar
resting fur vagrancy "only those Ne
gro workers of Fort Lauderdale
who are capable of paying fines,*'
Rev. Aron S, Gilmurtin, Workers De
fense League chairman, urged the
legal committee of the WDL to con
tinue vigorously its efforts to se
cure federal indictment of Sheriff
Clark, who has been accused by
the League of falsely arresting doz
ens of Negro workers.
The League last week announced
a $1,000 reward for "information
leading to the arrest and first con
viction of persons for peonage or
involuntary servitude in Florida In
formation should be rent to the
Southern office of the League, 212
Palmer Building, Atlanta, Ga.
Gilmartin in his report declared:
■‘First is the case of Willie Wil
liams. He was one of the Negroes
ar~ ‘Sted last March by Sheriff Wal
ter Clark, charged with vagrancy
and made to sign a guilty slip and
to pay a fine. When Clark &sk"d
him to pay $35. Williams said he
• Continued on back page)
the first President demonstrated
his courage under the most ad
verse cnditlons because he was
true to himself and true to what
he believed in.
"Until we have in this counUy
all the things we ought to have,
all of us have got to go right on
fighting" ehc said.
The show opened with a bang
when Ole Olsen stepped up to
the platform. A thousand pairs of
eyes popped when he was follow
ed by Jim, a alive, six-foot brown
bear.
"I co‘ildn'1 bring Johnson, he
announced, "sc I brought Jim in
stead.” Jim proceeded to demon
strate his abilities, aided and and
abetted by his trainer.
Broad grins and tickled hearts
greeted Dippy Deirs, ciown from
"Laffing Room Only,” when he,
a suitcase and a dog emerged
fiom a three-fool automobile t.‘;at
had moved onto the stage under
its own power.
Boy Sprouts a Goatee
Charles Mailon, 11. of 503 West
122nd St. occupied a choice seat
near the stage, and was the firs*.
10 leap to the platform every lime
aassistants were called f o r. He
I Continued uii back page)
MORGAN HEADS
NATIONAL COLL.
CAMPAIGN FUND
NEW YORK—Thomas A. Morgan,
president of The Sperry Corpora
tion, has accepted the national
chairmanship of the second annual
Uniled Negro College Fund cam
paign which this spring will con
duct a country-wide appeal on be
half of 32 private Negro colleges
and universities, it was announced
today by Dr. F. D, Patterson, presi
dent uf the Fund-
Dr, Patterson also announced the
acceptance of Waller Hoving, na-
iContinucd on back page)
orchestra, Edward JL
Maurice Ellis, Ralph Coo*ev»
two Negro war corre^xmdentt
broadcasting from the Pacific and
lulian theatres.
Observance of the 118th
versary of the founding of the
Negro Press was spotlighted
across the country this week by
local observances by member
papers of the Negro Newspapei
Publishers Association who are
sponsoring among other thmgs a
national high school essay con
test which clooses at midnight
March 3. .
One more nationwide radio
broadcast was scheduled over
Columbia Broadcasting System
^tions on March 2. This pro-
!gram will feat-ore overseas pick
‘ ups from Randy Dixon, Pitts
burgh Courier war correspon-
• dent from London, England, and
Max Johnson. Afro-American war
correspondent from France.
CBS PROGRAM , , , ^ ,
The CBS show, scheduled for
Friday, 7:15 p. m. (EWT). will
also switch to Godman Fiela.
Ky., where Fletcher Martin, NN
PA pool correspondent, just re
lumed from the Pacific, will in
terview crew members of the 47-
7th Bombardment Group.
A statement issued especially
foi this broadcast by General of
the Army Douglas McArthur,
lauding the role of the Negro sol
dier in the Pacific War, will be
read on the program.
The CBS show has been sche
duled at one of the most desirable
’times available on a nation
.v«ork through cooperation of Bill
'Slch'um, special events director of
“If this pj-ogram gets ihe kind .entertainers, artiste and recognlz-
of acceptance we think it wiU,” [ed leaders in olber fields — to
said Frank L. Stanly, general make our program acceptable to
manager of the Louisville De- the public.
fender and chairman of the News-' 'Continued on back page)
Race Relations Day Held
At Boydton, Virginia
BOYDTON. Va.— The Mecklen
burg County Hall was the scene
here Sunday of the second annual
counly-widc Race Relations Day !
pro,;ram.
The Rev. W. Tycer Nelson. Jeanes ^
UAW LEADER
REPLIES TO
Retirement Board. '■*
The term of the present board
expire on April 30, and althou^
the members' have y««—meodqi
the undisclosed name of a new
'superintendent, the in-coming board
which Governor Cherry will ap-
' point will actually make the choice
.if the successor.
During Mr. Llnebcrry's tenure in
office the two units have grown
end expanded under his supervision.
Both units have moved into more
'spacious and better equipped quar-
i ters.
, At the School's centennial cele
bration. held in January, it was an-
Inounccd that Superintendent Line
berry would be honored by having
the main administration building
i niimed for him.
jiuuu ni^i duos, spurts
toeaues, muvieii, hait^^ j
nouses, suluuiu, bars, sbootia# |
amureuwnt parks,
cuses, slot machine parlors,
rinks, gambling esiabiishmaots^
country clubs.
The exceptions are USO Ch
and Canteeiu where men and wo
en m tne service are entertain
and where no alcoholic drinks
served.
IiKUvidual ca:>es may be deck
by WMC area directors, and apj^
Can be made to regional WMC
{ices and naUonai headquartars
WasliinglOD. ,
It is hinted that the ban may
iilled with a European victory.
Rural Church Counsellor of the
-.outhern Education Foundation, was
III chari’c of the program, a foun-
ajiion pruje..t. and presided at the
JIEC Y STIMSON McRae And Duncan Assigi
j P.uiicipanis at the piogram includ-
1 d Jtu.'. Gentiles and American
Negroes. The Rev. Clinton Marsh
j of rhync Institute, Chase City. Va.,
I -did Uivocalion and the Rev. H.
I Tame.*; Episcopal Church (white) of
Eioydton led the responsive read
ings.
Habbi Elliott J. Einhorn of the
Beth-EI Synagogue of Durham; Dr.
iiorntU Hart, professor of Sociology
und Christian Ethics at Duke Uni
versity; and Dr. Vernon Johns,
FarmviUe. Va.. addressed the group
The Thyne Institute Choir furnish
ed mu^ic for the occasion. Mrs.
Wallicia Sally Yancey directed the
choir.
NEW YORK iWDD— Charging
ihul Secretary ui War Henry L.
aiunson & speech urging a labor
uraft “is an attempt to split veter
ans {rum labur by giving only ibe
ueou siae ul the manpower prob
lem," Martin Gerber, uiternational
uoard member of the Uniled Auto
vVurkers, CIO, declarea that since
atimsun is so seriously concerned
about manpower, "he should back
{passage uf the Dawson-LaFollette
'permanent Fair Employment Prac-
I lice BiU which has teeth in it which
' would make employers hire tens of
thousands from minority groups."
Spring Lake, N.C. Building
Purchased By Baptist
I
I
RICHMOND, VA — The building
formerly used as a recreation cen
ter for servicemen at Spring Lake,
N, C.p has been purchased from the
Federal 'Works Agency by the New
South River Baptist Association,
which proposes to remodel the
structure to make it suitable for
church services, C- L. Vickers, di
vision engineer of the FWA Bureau
of Community Facilities, announc
ed.
The transaction was ‘ .idled by
the Rev. C. S. Waters of the Spring
Lake Baptist Mission, who visited
the Richmond office of the Bureau
of Community Facilities to deliver
a check payable to the United States
Treasury in exchange for a quit
claim deed to the property. The
amount of the puichasf price wj
; not disclosed
The building was constructed b>
the Waf Department to provide re
creation facilities fur soldiers sta
tioned at Fort Bragg. The cost of
I-onstruction and equipment was fi
nanced by the Federal Works A-
gency with Lanham Act funds. The
recreation center was operated by
the USO for a period of about two
years. It has been closed since Feb
ruary 1 of last year, wlien the USO
withdrew from operation of the
center because of a decrease in the
need for the facilities. j
All fufniture and equipment in |
the building were transferred to a ‘
recreation center which was open
ed recently in a remodeled YMCA ,
I building at Newport News. Va. j
Speaking as chairman of the Ex
ecutive Committee of the Workers
Defense League's Free Labor Com
mittee, Mr. Gerber declared that
'Sucretary Stimsoii doesn't show the
hunareds of thousands of workers
available —from cutbacks, youths
reaching working age, employable
uimy returns to civilian life, and
from minority groups." Mr. Ger-
bur also presented government sta
tistics showing that unemployment
is increasing.
Tile text of Mr. Garber's state
ment follows;
•'Stimson's speech is an attempt to
split veterans from labor by giving
only the debit side of the manpow-
problem. Secretary Stimson
a great labor shortage, but
RALEIGH—Dean J. B. McRae oi
Fayelleville State Teachers' CoUege
and S. E. Duncan, principal of the
ReidsviUe Negro High School, will
perform some of the duties ordin
arily assigned to the Slate Inspec
tor of Negro High Schools for the
next ten months, THE CAROLIN
IAN learned this week.
A. E. Manley, inspector of Negro
High Schools in the Stale, is at
this lime doing work toward the
paints a great laoor snonage. oui cranenes va uiu - ---
he doesn’t show the hundreds of New York State. Mr. Marshall
thousands of workers available — told the Joint Committw
..AB.-mnff Amnlnver or labo
from
uuin cutbacks, youths reaching
working age, employable army re- nas any juaiiiicauu.. .u.
turns lo eivilian life, and from mi. the penalties ol Uris Bill
.nurity groups unused because ol dis- ing Sf °“l!
- riminaiion. the prqb.
"Since the Secretary of War is so
UilWSU«*-i-»ir uiaanki — - --
Employment Practice Committee bill
(Continued on back page)
ed Inspection Of Schools
Hh.D. degree in Education at St
rn.U. aenicu m •••
lord University in Palto Alto.
Manley is accompanied by
wife, Mrs. Dorothy Shepard M
ley, who is doing special work
.eading problems. Mrs. Manley Is
leave from her position as insr
lor in the School of Library S
ence at N. C. CoUege.
Dean McRae and Prof. Duni
will work in different sections
the State.
RAPS OPPOSITION TO
IVES BILL AT HEARINGS
ON DISCRIMINATION
Albany, N. Y.—Unequivoca,
support of the Ives-Quinn Bill
outlawing discrimination in em-
iloyment was given in testimony
here February 20 by the N-^CP
through its Special Counsel Thtm-
flood Marshall, representing 2i
branches of the Association in
a inc doinv u^viiunikktv-
"No employer or labor ‘inion
has any Justification for fearing
--wie... Tlill nrnuifl.
' gtie WllAiOA®
the problem with a fair and open
mind. We must at all times bear
been recognized by
thioughout the land.”
In stressing the ominous e'gni
cance of possible defeat of t'
measure in New York Mr. M;,
shall said, "No one denies that t
rifchi to work and earn a live
hood is ^aranteed to evwa
Likewise no one denies that t
Constitution of the State of N
York recognizes and autm
izes the protection ot the £i
damental right lo work with
discrimination because of ra
color or national origin. There
"Since the Secretary of war is so mine, we must at .ui
seriously concerned about manpow- in mind that m
er, he should back passage of the need for Jhis type o.^.
Dawson-LaFollette permanent Fair we are rurt dealing with sociai re-
T>,-a/>tir-a r'nmmittec bill iatjoiis but the fundamental right
this
we are not aeaimg wiui swuu il
lations but the fundamental right
to work for a living which has
Hugh Bullock, a junior of the
A. and T. College at Grensboro,
recent winner of a contest spon-
sorej by radio station WBIG is
shown above receiving a $25 00
v\ar bund from Major Edney
Ridge, owner uf the station. Bul
lock is from. Creedmnre. Prof. H.
Clinton Taylor, (left) director of
the fine art department, of the
coUege and Sherman Williamson
(right) of Greensboro, winner of
the third prize, $10 00 in war
stamPi look on.
Amateur artists were asked to
listen to the late evening "'Neatli
The Southern Moon” program, an
uninterrupted half hour of music
j Memorable music., soft and
I dreamy, to bring seme measure
of comfort and relaxiation at the
end of a busy day. and then draw
or slietch their interpretation of
the theme, "Neath The Southeru
Moon." The entries varied from
those influenced by the war to
one titled "Serenity” — a modern
ized version of a Greek goddess.
Their drawings are shown in
the back ground
School Patrons Of Warren
County Honor G. E. Check
WAHRENTON Patrons of the tivitles in behalf of Negro suffrage.
Training School last He had served the school as prin-
S honpreiM™"4n^Spal, G.idp.1 .or 23 ^ar,.
E Cheek for twenty-three years ■ improvements and bringing the
tn thia school. ! school to its present level
Ch3k-“c™tra“ “tl.eKhoolw..| At this 'I""'
not renewed last year following a relations at Shaw Univereit^ 1^.
dispute between him and
of the school board over hU ac-1 fountain pen and cham. aU oi goia.
llVi Ui va .o.a.i
) longer an opportumty to dx
lis question. The pending lej
Ullb qucanuAi. «
lation is an effort to protect t
right. If this legialation is p^
i; will be a step forward. If
feated, it will demonstrate to
State of New York, to the cot
try and the world that the rl]
not to be discriminated against
employment is not a right wh
should be protected by the 6t
of New York.”
Striking at predominate ar
ments raised by the oppoeit
that prejudices must be educa
not legislated away. Mr. Mars!
pointed first to the almost t
lorm practice of discrimlna
followed in industry prior to is
ance of the President’s Execut
Order No. 8802 and the sut
quent success of the work of
^ outlawing such —***
lued
(Contlnuei
uch procedu
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