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THE carcle;::*n’
FAGE iiEVEN
Shaw University Begins
Work On New Gymnasium
RALEIGH — Work wrs Ih ^
duiinji *he past wock on Shaw L’ln-
•^ursjty’s new gymnu.slum. The
Gliding will take the place of
Tuppvr Memorial gymnasium
which now has become inadequate.
The original gymn ueing rctiiod-
eli-d and converted into a dormi.ory its
pu>hcd to compli tlim to take cart
r the schoi.r, in mi'diate athletic
•leeds-. nevelopmtiit of the lower
iloor will follow ana will include
•I laive 'V-immina pool.
Tiippir Memorial ouilding \m11
CIV- its third distinct purp-st. wheri
* modclinjj i? tompkted. F'vc.ri
i Fire lower •■xits are beiint con*!
I stnified at the present time en
Ph.i wHall, one of the women's dor-
These exits t..ke the place
."iuhtly out.side steps, ftirmci-
ly at each end of the ‘'Uiiding On**
toutr ha.- t.et'ti comnte.e,; and the
I'fhe: is under construction.
PLAIN TALK BY DAN GARDNER
at a cost of $35,000 Work on this iflcS. when it was biult to 1937 ,
pr.jfct aUo IS going foiward apace, way uvcd as m i-iduslnal aru hall
riu- new buildinp will have an From then i.ntil the oa^t yea, r
o\er-all area of nearly 11.000 square was utilized as a ;-ymna-ium Ik
feet, according to a s’attment by (aiise tie floor space was no' rc-u-
President Robert P Daniel Dimer : .i^^ ..u, vv i-
sions of the playing fl-.or will be 48 Shaw Hail.'one of t.ic vomen^: di i’
by M feet and ample space f'-r spec- mitoiy 1- plrmned to r ou'^c .H) i>oo
tatora will be aforded. The base- pie The rooms will be spaciiu' and
ment will be fittr.-d with locki rs. well appointed. An pie clo-it -pa.'
shower rooms, and accom.dati.ms and modem bath f, cild. - will b.
for visiting teams. Rooms for phy p,„vided. Autoinatie drir km,? foiin-
fcical education elas.sen also will L»i’ tains, telephone booths, and othe-
loeuled on this floor. • I.mncd Tlir
Tilt* main playing area will be building will h. ve fire tower exit-
Your tressis ntay be your crouninf’ glory but don't comb it ;
public. Arrange your coiffure in iht privacy of your dre.— ing rooi
NOW. THE BATTLE OF
W.\SIII\OTON
V/ havi. won the Buttle of the
White Primary in Georgia and In
Tr'x.is to all ipptMiances and wt
have also won the Buttle of Fail
Employment m the Stiites of New
York, at least. The U- S. has won
the Battle .f the Pacific, the Hattie
of the Atlantic, of Tokio, and of
Berlin Now the only Battle that
has not been won is the Battle ol
W:ishinK-'’ti. D C
Despite all the million.'- of bruv
'MTds that have berm pour d forth
II mini, graphed leUases to the
p- .' lo-' I'-e radio an lecture
platforms, unu on thr- sir ct cor
ners. the cupr.ul of the iiatmn still
•emaing the major bastion of dis
crimination. intolerance, and racial
I h.uike the litiiation and tixtay one
fa Ida that ihe problem is stPI, to
all apjx-arances, insiirmouniabh-
The I'her day we hap|xmed 1:.
drop down to Wa'hmgton to attend
•t-nf-ience .md hau occagi./n to
'-I1 to the Veteran* Vdministratiun
Buildini; to interview Central Omai
P.radlty 10, what i* going to hap
pen to Negro veterans in the vari
ous hospitals being established
througnout the land Oui
"r.tered .irouiid the jlm cr,.w set
up at Tusktg*-« Instit'it^, and the
cmmittet' of editors l od publi-h-r-
uho wci, ai.mteit .m inttrview *«.
'►'I .Mi- >uri genei.-il had their
th' .^ht.'- niuiiv mil - away from
W'..-.l-iiirftoii m worrying about jiin
‘ .1 Ti'skejn e
The untiv of the situation wa-
• ' •led a -hurt lime hiter, when
v« t.-me out of ouildiiii: and
down to the n .un fhor ?'
•• • o-md  n» o'lh ek and
• f the group were In u mood f> .
dinner, or at least . drink When
these deriies W're voice!, however
■ fie of the i-iuiip who happened !■
be more familial with Washing-
’ 111 v ucf ■‘fed the information
that we Would have to go back to
the Negro section of Washington
■hicfi I .romd U Stie 1. t- ever
I'd drink of water, becauiw the
h.n folk- in the MCtion where
-I ■•-»-,c '-erved no Negroes
Of lourtc Tuskegee. Alabama. 1
:• spot to all It i- rinhsful tha‘
-imo-t*- ' If- d*»nc til bre.ik down
the rigid jim crow that occurs ir,
Alabama as well as in Oeorgtu. lex
•••'■ M'--i -inpl ..nd -\rkanras. bn*
V are you g- ing t-i bother those
• ‘r.- u-h*.n riebt in the nation'
hii- capito! you can't even ret a drink
of water ’ It h a known fact tha
segregation exists in Washmgtoi-
partly on account of the acceptance
* nd segregation by
REDDY KILOWAH
Plug Bugs .
M amoeba UH-MC-bam)|s A ^
TIIJ^ ANIMALWr MULRPl;K
OIVIWN6 ITSELF INTO 2 PACTS-EACH
!?,»]■/» A .flJI-HeltofO AMOtSA IN
ITStU—I CAN OOTWAT, TOO'
HOUStUnt apwiw;
VAAV>CA& WILUP^I SEWRAL OUTlFP»Coooa^TO ■tou)
Wfl^r WMEM XXf PIU6 IN TWO AT
\ ^1 ar* O fONCe-IJUSrSayTM£AVU)fCA«CD
^Kyvarj ANPTHEBEC 2 0rMEIi
Jumes Anderson, 4C, chn f mu
chif.ist'- L'SN, 2141 Paunack
Sueet. S.nii Dir;,- Calif, at wi rk
• one of tiu- ,N;i\y'- amphibiou*
D.i-fs it, the I’aCifK Chu-' An-
150. .. xcif'iaii d ZH year*'
•N .v.il is chn-I inaihu.i-t
1. eh..rgi - f -A" nivi-,.n .u ’his
ii..j>ortant Naval a.';\ilv He
'. World W; , I Vict iiy
Medal, Yankt/e Valley campaign
ribbon. .Amtrican {>. f« nsc nd
Amerieaii Ihealei i ibbons and
the Aaiaiit-Pacific th^ator ribbon
with Bi ai.:e Stai al! in udditton
to the Navy Good C-.>ndiict ribbon
with four *taj- - Otficiul U S
N'..\y Ph lugi'uph
VETERAN MEMPIIIn EI)I'( ATOR
RETIRES
ME.MPHIS AN'Pi Principal
'.iiitl Webster Gui.v of the North
.Meniphu Negro elenu'iitarv school
cfin^ la.At week fi-im hi- d’utie.- af-
•tr ;il >*a!.- of s.-ivtc' H - w-.. 7fi
y-ais •>! age upon reiiiement and
said he was "going to sit around.
■ead the newspaper- visit 1 Id
j 'IS .md l•arr.er .'.udents . . .
I md go down to the eourtho.,.c"
I*’ sid-- hoMiii.- -exi'iiil Mersphia
I school princip:itshi|>s he has taught
at Alcorn College, Mi«'ijssippi
1 native state.
Keep insecticide . Ivc. ammonia
and poisonous or injurious clCiining
torr.jioiinds out -d children’s rr ich. N. /.ne- wl h-aild know better
t ro/en ,.ly m locket! c inboard T.. the rank t.utslde who ha* no’
CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
w
dont do T«IS m
OQ fAlAY^Otl'A fuse.
IF lOU TBV W TAKE tM AUOHT of
THE SJME RED»W IM UABIE
TO STRAIN MVaiiC^ IF
WANT MOREJ065,USE MORE
IeAR;HIN& FOR
HELENA EAkiP-.
JIMtSPARKVFWO
ANAMEEILAN
SOLD/cRWHOHA^
gEEWMELPfriSOW-
ER BY TfE JIFPCS-
ese.Y
BREEZY
By r. MEIVIN
lived in Washington or that vicinity.
It aeems that a sacrifice of the basic
principle of integration has been
made for a financial remuneiation
from furthering Neg-r buslnetsei
and in*titutiuns that exist solely be
cause the Negroes are jim crowed
out of other places where they
might prefer to spend their money.
The merits of thia situation are de
batable ai.d would divide sharply
into two camps; the one peopled by
these who are adamantly in favor
of complete integration wiinout
ccimpromise. and those who believe
in voluntary segregation to achieve
economic stunding and stability.
The clal tension in Washington
is on the surface, not bidden as in
certain other cities If you are a Nc-
iiicTi the whole weight of your
olor is thrown uiion you by the
white* There are no ifs and buU
about it; a Negro no matter how fsii
III. compUxion, la subject to the
'me indignities tl.. his blacker
' rather might endure. It is ail part
of a system
Washington is the fbcul point of
the south -the haven of all the
reactionaries, bourbuns. race-bait-
rs, ignoritmusES piiradlng around
in ail the dignil.es of elected offi-
laldom. and those who make car*
leers out of the playing on racial
-trife based on color The battle of
Washington witl have to be fought
id won btfore any other battle
- won in this country.
Washington Is the seat of author-
ty. the seat of government, the
dace where all eyes are turned f-ir
uidance. leadership, and pulley. If
-uch guidance, leadership and po
licy as the official cude «'f thv
\merican „i-vernmf;nt. are color* d
>r clothed with the garments ol
lacial discrimination and segrega
tion, then the plight of the natlun'^
minorities is always in daiiger Ibe
unity that is needed to achieve soi-
urlty must be vxpr»; ed m Wash
.ngion before it can come to light in
.Itssissippi The Bilbos who art
eldoni at home can be found in
Washington and there they must b«
•Ve have been engaged ui flank at-
nee is made ui> Jackson, Vlcks-
>urg and Biloxi
best attack is Ih** Ircmtal one
I- have eben engaged in flank at-
■i ks and have gotten nowhere T>
meet un issue you must face it head
on. If you are beaten, you go away
and nurse your wounds and return
to the fray stronger and more intvl-
ngent We have the ability to break
down Washington’# resistance to
omplete Americanization if we
are willing to pay the price. Instead
f accepting temporary pats on the
>ac-k by the entrenched bigots of
T.toierancc. instead of being happy
md satisfied over indulgence by
those who practice evil thinp
- alnst us, we should not accept
.nything except the complete vic-
ory which we ail desire. In accept
ing such a victory, our alms and
.•tereat muid be concentrated fully
n the objective*. There must be a
sstematic attack made on stores.
business intitutlons. place of amute-
rrent and restaurants that refuse or
discriminate against Negro patron
age. There must be a frontal a«ault
.1 elevtad officials who are cen-
centrated in Washington, 'niere
■ LUt be a complete and ortijf ized
•ta:k on every phase of the jim
crow, segregation, and disenmina
tion pattern that prevails in Wash-
■ngten, and nothing else should be
allowed to interfere until the fight
lias been carried to the enemy.
WVion th* RntM# A WSShlnctOfl is
business intitutlons. place of nmusc*
irent and restaurants that refuse or
discriminate against Negro piitron-
ige. There most be a frontal assault
•I cletrted officials who are cen-
centrated in Washington There
u»t be a complete and orxjf iztd
tack on every phase of the jim
crow, segregation. ar>d discrimina
ion pattern that prevails in Wash-
ngton, and nothing che should be
allowed to interfere until the fight
has been carried to the enemy.
When the Battle if Washington if
won. then we can turn our entire
attention to uthtr batles. but nut
until then.
NEGRO STAFrMEM-
BERS OF RED CROSS
USO CARRIES ON! , with
, with no possible slackening of to
tal services in the Uniteu States.
I since where some are withdrawn,
.-thers in different placu must be
re-activated. The 527 Club* near
. the 123 Army, Navy and Marine
I General Hospitals must serve as
lung as Iho-ie hospitals can- for
wounded and convaleceiit men
Seventeen new club- are being
In Uelrult, Maj. Rov J Morton.
M member of the Michigan State
Troops tCumparabU* U* the Na
tional Guard I. and John Daruy, na-
tioiially known executive secretary
of the Detroit Urban League, art
menibers of the Red Cross Board
of Director*. Thu chapter has Ne
gro Gray Ladies. Nurses Aides
Motor Corps workers, and a nurntx ’
•i( paid Home Sirvice wirkert
In St. Loui'. .Ml- Vivian Rucker
Jeffries is Voltuiteer Supervisor ot :
the Juiiio! Red Cross in Negro
schools — publu. private md paro- ;
rhial HI St Ixiuis and the coun
tv She i d !>g .ulstanding work
In contacting Negro groups for oth- ;
tr Red CroM activities, including
Avar Funo. She is a graduate o:
Sonmer Teachers CoUeae 'now
Stowe Coilegei and was formerly a
public school teachei and SoCun
worker in St Louis, The staff o.'
this Chapter aso includes a numbci
'if piufeMiunal and clerical work-,
er in Home Service, one in coun- ,
selling service Negro*-* are repre
sented on commitlee». incliidin; ,
Home Nursing. Canteen. Surgical
Dressing-. Home Service, and Jun '
Ol' Red Cross.
On the staff of Midwestern Red
Cross Area, vhich ha*- its hea»J-
Quarters in St Louis, is Mrs
Gladys A. Johnson, un itinerant
nur*e who has taught Home Nursing
classes since January. 1944. in 17
States The main part of Mr* John
son's w;rk has been in Texas, bu'
she c. ,>ects to work al*o in Arkan
aa during the coming season Sh ;
was graduated from Terrell .M-.
mcrial Hospital, and »> registered
in Tennessee and Texas. Sne it ^
member of the Tarrant County an t
Texas AsaociaUon of Coiored
Nurse*, has had experience as Sui
gscai Supcrvia-zr at Terrell; general
duty in MacMillan Sanitorlum. Dal
las; the County Health UeparUnen’
and Board of Education. Ft. Worth
and has done work with poiimyeliti
patients in the Tananl Count'
Chapter of Red Cross j
Among the Negroes **mployed by
North AlJontic Area . f the Bed
Cross is Dai.-y li. Carry, persenn-.l |
field representative for the area.*
who wear* fo-ar silver oversr.'f'
added to those already (unctibn-
ing in Hamaii. General MacAr-
thur ha asked fo. the immediate
establishmnet of full USO Club
and other programs in the Phil
ippines USO-Travclei h Aid, for
the next year, must nearly dou
ble Its fHCilities U5 hundieda of
thuuasiids of men cross thu cuun
try enroute to the Pucitic
has recognized the needs of the Ne
gro population, especially m thuM
areas of the country that have ni't
awakened to the need fur ititelli-
gent mstrutiuti In health matters,
and It IB the m lacking in pn -
judicial attitudes of an.’’ national 01
gantzatK.n with which 1 have beer
acquainted "
BEATING THE GUN
BY ALVl.N MUSEh
Terris McDuffie, Martin D"liigo,
Sammy Butt*. Ted Strong. Avallne
Canazire* (Cwban shcrutop of the
Cleveland Buckeyes whom white
fans are raving about at this very
moment!. Sairmy Bankhead, Sam
Jclnro, Cool Papa Bell. Frank 'Pep
perbox' Au.Btin, Billy Rkks, R.iy
Welmaker. Willie Jeffeisqn, Ruy
Campanella, Ray Brown. Jeri^
Banjamin, Jud Wiison. ishoristop
of the Birmingham Black Bar'.n*
Al Saylr*. G Jessup, Jackie tone-
man-rlot-squad) Robinson, Kansas
City Monarchs, and u few mure
Canaziri. L the defensive star . ol
the .Veg.'o World 'erles recalls the
pristine grtatnc!* of such shortttAp*
as John Henry Lloyd. Dick Lundy.
K' '•’nt-n’e t'hacoii sn ' othw
ored Immortals at the posit
"Happy" Chimdler, '1 call him c
happy) can if he so elect*, test ine
damnable unwritten law which do-
bar* some American while pinuil-
ting Ethers to play ’vtere they
a* the lute Judge Landis never nul
Knowing ihc political as well as
social background of the Kentuckum
border-state hasE-b-illczar. my gOgsa
•a he will do 1, ihfng at ‘11,
about it The fight must be won
hy yi'U and me
Never leave small children alona
1 the bathioum and keep caiidy-
ated laxative* and pills beydne
their reach Even ht-sdache tablets
taken in large quantities can hgve
serlfius results Discard used razor
blade* In closed container wheie
children ennnot find them
Whenever you use the liedrooin
'•i a sewing room, p-it .iway sfli-
ors. pin^, and nc«-dl-i where tiia
hihlren cannot get them "
Never smoke In bed
Slightly larger civilian lupplle* of
• ■it'-ni.ig ctH.kiiig i.lls, and sdap
>1} sjuti be made avallabla
PRAISED
WASHINGTON — "The Negro
'■urkers on the staff of the Ameri-
.1'-, R d rro«!s -ire some of the fin
est representatives of the college -
and agciHle that exist in this coun-
rv.’’ Jfs.se O Th .m:is. assistant to
he Vica Chairman in charge of
Domestic Services, said In an In
terview in his office at national
headquarters of the Red Cross in
Washington. D. C.
Liaison man representing Red
Cioss with Negro groups sine*
May I. 1943. when he Joined th*
■ -'f of the Amreitan Red Crosf.
Mr. Thomas has an enviable repu
; ti.n .■rtiong uncial worker* in
American He is the founder of the
Atlanta University School of Social
Work and was a delegate to the first
International Conference of Social
Work in Ports. After his araduatiou
from Tuikegee Institute he attend-
e-t the New York School of Social
Work and ha* had more than twen-
i.- year* experieuce is field direc
lui of the National Urban League
in Atlanta. Georgia.
As a basis for hi* rintement Mr
Thomas cited numerous instance*
of Negro worker both ''vereseas and
in this country whi are making
excellent contributions as paid and
volunteer worker* in various Red
Crus* kerviccs
Takr one Red Cross chapter, foi
example In Cincinnati, among th
Negro workers who ?re serving in
a professional capacity, is a senior
case worker in Home Service,
whose previous experience includes
teaching and case work as well as
Red Croat flood rehabilitation An
other is a graduate of the Freed
man's Hospital 5»chool of Nursing
in Washington, D. C. who I* mukin*
an excellent contribution not only
by her teaching but In hei com
mittee work with Home Nursing
Seivices Still another 1* a young
woman recently returned from over
seas who is assistant to the direc
tor of public information and pub
lic relations of the Cincinnati and
Nam.llton County Chapter.
In Chicago. Claude A Barnett, di
rector. Associated Negro Press, if
dhe of the Chapter directors. This
Chapter ha.s Negro lay chairmen
coilobrating in the work of Com
munity Service, War Fund. Flrsl
Aid. Water Safety. Nutrition, and
Home Nursing. Among the large pro
fessional personnel are assistant case
work supervisor*, case worker, case
aides, field representaives. and an
instructor. Negro stenographers
aud clerks axe also employed.
Texas Associatum ot Loiore«i
Nurses; has had experience a.'J Sui
gicai Supervia.ir al Terrell; general
duty m MacMillan Sanitorlum. Dal
las; the County Health Departmen'
and Board of Education. Ft. Worth
and ha* done work with polimyoliti- -
patients in the Tartiinl Count' .
Chapter of Bed Cross |
Among the Negroes employed by '
North Atlantic Area I the Red
Cross is Duity B. Caiiy. per.‘;cnn».l j
field repifcsenlftive for the area. I
who wears four silver overses.? [
service stripes tn Ihc sleeve of her j
uniform. These stripes are m lecog- ^
nitlon of her two years' work li.i
LontLn os assistant club director .»t '
ihe American Red Cross Librar>
Club. Miss Carry Is an actress anc
musician a well a a social worker
A native of Guthrie. Okla.. she hs'
spent most of her life in Philadel
phia. Her B A. Degree is from the
University of Pennsylvania
Eastern Area of the American
Red Cro. - ha- its quota of N gro
personnel, many of them serving Ir
th.' area a.s we!' as overeas. South
eastern Area has employees at the
Tusk-'gee Army Air Field and E'ly-
Ir.g School A Negro nurse has beer
given u temporary assignment •»*
instructor for the Home Nurslnc
Workshop at Tuskegee Institute,
In Baltimore, under the leader
ship of Mr* Vivian Alleyne. the
Negro citizens have taken an active
part as members of c mmittee* in
the various Red Cross services. The
Phyllis Wheatley Association gave
an ambulanee to the Baltimor •
Chapter.
The Negro peronnel in Pacifi*
Area includ's the stalf of a Field
Director station, and at Fort Hua-
chucu. Arizona, there is a Neg"-
hospital staff as well as a Negro
A-sistant Field Director. This pv.»i
has a low population ai present but
expects to be augmented soon by
Ihe return of the 92nd Division
from the European theater. Sever
al of it* former personnel are now
serving at national headquarters 11
the Red Crotis in Washington.
Negroes are employed in variou^
capacities in the headquarters office
ranging from dictaphone operator)
1 to correspondent* in the Hume Ser-
ivice Department.
Both Nutritkn and Nursing Sei
vice have numerous Negro itaif
i members, both paid and voluntee;
, Negro nurses have been recruited
i for the Army and Navy Nurse Corpf
i and 's herever there ha* been a need
, for Negro Nurses' Aides, they too
I have been recruited
i Negro women are active in vari
ous Canteen Corps and Dietitian
Aide Cerps. The Greenville County
j Chapter. South Carolina, has an ac
'live Negri' Volunteer Special Ser
' vice* group organized under it'*
•own chairman Johnson City, Tenn .
|rici.r,tly reported five Negro wom
en 'faired .i.- Gray Ladie- to serve
al the V’eterans Administration
I Facility One nf the member* of
•the N.-itin.-'l Council for R*d Cro^s
Home Nursing is Mrs Charlotte
Hawkins Brown, founder and presi
dent of Palmer Memorial Institute
Sediilia. N C., vvho .says:
"I regard work of the Red
'Cross Home Nursing Council as one
' of the most important activities in
- reaching effectively all groups of
i American life Disease knows no col-
'or. race, or creed. It makes ravage*
' on a whole population, and can
only be combatted by the united in
terest of conuuuiiiUes Tbe Couxiui
"THE CUl'KT DliiCl SMF.H —
BASFRA1.1, CHAMFIONSHIFS
NEW YORK 'ANPj - In the*'
“divided states" of America, every
phase of civilian life ha* its definite
hallmark Last week, the famei!
Homestead Grays faced the levc -
land Buckeyes ui the third and
fourth gam ewf the Negro Baseball
World seiies at Yankee stadium
Negro Baseball Woild series. -
t .-ti.ni,e uf it all! With our cuun-
y onguget* in a lw.>-fruiit war riot
.so many nionths ago, the white len-
- j M.ffered from a dearth of
capable players. Colored and white
: r. po-*-*sed with the type
eadership which unfailingly brings
hoped for results, offered sugges
‘ions to the big league magnets.
ULI. THE V.^CANCIEH
WITH COLORED STARS
Tryou*' were demand'd and te-
' .Ted for a few of the better known
c.lored pl.»yers While execuses
were made on the score of shortcom
•ngs in the ca-e of "Sh'-wboat Thom
as :ind Terris McDuffie after the
B'ar Mountain fic-co held at an
upper .Sew York state training
' amp. everyone with a grain ol
)eiiM- knew that the “unwritten
law" barred the way to their final
.i( c( ptance.
A law so vicious, so uncanstitu-
tiunal in tn off-the-way manner
‘h:it ieiidlna white ed;ti>rial writer
have blasted It to Hades and bark
again The general idea behind
these tryouts was to b'*ak down
I the agelet color line 'n nujor lea
gue baseball. Spots forrr.rrly fill
ed by rankins white players could
he easily bridged by the 15 or 20
icf.lared players pcsteased "f abili-
' 'y on a parity with so-called big
law' barred die way to their final
.iret ptance.
A law so vicious, so unconstitu- -
tiunal in an off-the-way manner,
■h.it leading while editorisl writers'
hnve blasted it to Hades and bark'
again The genera! idea behind'
these tryouts was to b 'Cak down ’
the agelcs color line 'n m.ajor lea
gue baseball. Spots formerly fill-
rd by ranking white pl.''yers could
he easily bridged by the 15 or 20
c'.l ired players pcssessed of ablH-
'y on a parity with so-called big
lemniers.
WH»TF FANS HAIL
AVALINO CANAZIRES
To the scoffer* who say "no Ne
gro player is of major league cal’- !
bre" I refuse to argue the point
any longer. I submit that the evi
dence of white experts ought tn b t
n ugh tl convince their doubling I
Thomas mind s listen to this. I
rtirk Griffith, called the "Old Fox'
- nd the "Silver Fox ' of American
I.eague baseball, said of Josh Gib 1
son. I
"Gibson, powerhouse catcher o' '
he Homestead Grays would b'
worth $150,000 a season on my pay
roll far greater in every respect
than Dickoy. Cochrhne. S«-h:ilk
Ain-n ilh. he is the hitting counter-
rart of Babe Ruth done in brown-
tone."
This, was said in a release to a
Washington daily newspaper (o’
the nation at large to mull over
Clark Orifith, the Fox, spoke . f
’! I can li.-! a f' w who havt
made the grade in the Negro Bn
Leagues  National-American) and
who wout dhave experienced little
ditficulty starring timter the N -i
dir tent, viz
Leroy 'Satchel) Paige, Willie
•’■.11 Ray Dgiidiidge, Bizz .Mackey,
Burk Leonard. Showboat Th'ima-'.
I.EGAI, NOTICES
LXEtrrOR NOTICR
•ORTH CARH! fNA
WAKE COUffTY
Having qualified aa exesutor c
the Estate of William stone de
ceased. late ef Wake County. NMtth
C aJuJiiid. thi*. 1. to ii-’ify all ner-
"-.ns having tUlmx agu. -t th* Estate
of jaid deceased to exhibit thgnutu
the undersigned at 115 i-g Egjit
Hargett Street. Raleigh, Nstth
Carolina, on .u before the 13t>i'^y
of September. 1948. or this notice
will be pleaded in bsr of theic*ire-
•'i''('rv All peTom- indebted to-.the
Estate will please make immadiaui
payment
I This 13th day of September. 194$.
F, J CARNAGE. Rx(wt«or
I -Sept 15, 22, 29-Oct. «, 13. 20
jl.V THE 81 HEKIOK COURT
(NORTH ‘-ai'OLINA .
WAKECOUN'Y =
•NOTICE
ALPHONSU VANCE
VS
FFPfF VANCE
THE DEFENDANT. Effie Vance
will i«Ke i.otice ihal an iithion'Vn-
'u,«. a* rtizove hat> been ottm-
] ir.fiiccd ill the Superior Couri* »
Wake County, North Carolina.«to
ouin uJi absolute divorce oafUia
1 r.unds of two yeais teparaUbh.
iW provided in the Statute of Nt*lh
’Carlima, plsmtiff and ciefendkhl
having lived separate and «|ftrt
for more than two yeors next #•-
ceding the institution of this ’9c-
lion, and that the tutd defeni
ill further take notice that :
required to appear at the offied^oi
will ...Rc-r.T,ncp inJlTi irvTmti'Ttr-
iii.»-«i an above hah been D6m-
ineiiced in the Superior Courle )f
Wake County. North C»rollna.5lto
oiuin itii absolute divorce onsdhe
J n tinds of two years st-porallbd.
as provided in the Statute of N»ih
Cardins, plaintiff .and defendhhl
having lived separate and 9Mrt
for more than two years next 9o-
ceding the institution of this 'dc-
tion. and that the *uid clefencfint
ill further take notice that *tit is
required to appear at the uffic^of
the Clerk of the Superior Courtlnf
Wake County, North CarollnaL'Iin
the Courthouse in Raleigh on Vte
29th day of October. 1945, or witfiti
thirty day* thereafter, and answer
or demur to the complaint of said
action or the plaintiff will apiriAto
the court for Ihe relief deman#*d
ill said complaint.
This 25th day of .September, 1#45.
SARA AUvF.N. Assistant .v
Clerk of Superior Court u .
F J. CARNAGE. Atlorndf
. CiHiA-COLA .
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915 W. ilMTan it.
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On Your Car
through the
MOTOR FINANCE CO.
Wilmington at DaWa
Phona 3.3231
ATrust
We l\eep
We keenly appreciate the tniat our clienta
place in us and we make every conacieotioui
effort to keep faith with them. Every dtall. from
first to last, is given careful 8upervisK>n. Noth
ing is too small, too unimportant to do—if by
so doing we can console or be of service to the
family.
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1012 E. Hargett St. Phone 8-2416
RALEIGH. N C.