ALA. DEFENSE COURSES CONTINI
MAILING
EDITION
VOLUME XXIII - NUMBER 50
DURHAM, N. G, SATURDAV, DECEMBER 12th, 1942
Federal Aid to Education Bill Postponed By Congrea$
FORT DK RIOT
DURHAM CORPORATIONS PURCHASE $220,000 WORTH WAR BONDS
Birmingham Cbun^
Rescinds Order To
Close Defense Courses
Birmin^baui, Ala. (Speeiall
—The Birmingham Coun«iI Oii
Vocational Defense Trainioj;
through its director, V. J. Do«
filMB, ))>■ aanpunoed that ita pire-
▼iooa OMier, to close dotru all
D«fenae !||rainiiif Cc^sei .for
tl|e ttffwed ITo-
groes will oontiaae iodefiuiate-
Ij. .
eisiou of local training authori
ties to discontinue defense train^
ing for Negroes came after tele
grams had been sent to Vice-
Pteai^^nt Wallace, Paul V. Mi-
Nptt’ of the War Man power
Compi^sion, Lawrenre Cramer
ot the Fair . Employment Prac
tices Committee and other gov
ernment agencies. These mesS-
a^ -called the attention of theHC
iifencies to the ui^ent necessity
of maintaining and incroaaint;
ail iacilities for training
nlen and women whose labor is
Heeded now to ^^an Alabam:;
war Indnstries,
' This victory was made possi
ble by the close collaboration
and prompt action of several
National Negro and labor Ml-
(faniz-ations including t n •’
Southern Negro Youth Congre9»,
the National Association for
the Advancement of Colore-1
People, Congress of
Organizations and
can Federation of Labor and tho
National Urban League. ^
The Birmingham Citizens
Committee on Training a n
Employment for Negroes
made representation to
training authorities for an
tension of the training facili
ties for Negro workers. To date
only about 100 Negroes^ha>e
ceived training and
in riveting, chipping
By contrast, some dwsen
. heine offered white J
Industviii'
the Amerl-
a
Ha.^
lo/‘al
ex-
Four Firms
Buy $220,000
Victory Bonds
According to an annouaoe
tnent this week four Negro cor
porations of Durham have just
purchased $320,000 worth of the) Washington, (A N P) — Tho
Vlet^iiy Loan i last iiurvivor 'of 4he fk^
campaign now beng wagged by the | duating class of Howard univei-
United States Treasury Depart-^ sity, Dr. George H. Bichai d-
ment. It could not be learnert •’t j son, died at Kis homo here Wel-
the time of the announcement, [ nesday following a long illness,
which came late Wedne^^1ar^ • Dr. Ri'Chatdsog, who' wns n
Last ot First
Passes b K t
M. P. Jailed For
Shooting Soldier
In IL J^sey Canip
I Federal Cfprt
CoBtidiies
Case
A IVPt
vCiAI*'j9li
Attendance ia nsually large 'after
fnt\ nH-ftni^nnce. '■ » ^
‘Pay Day.'
^vicaa and the Rnwlay briaga.
‘ Here the Ibbys have received prayer books aa a reward
afternoon exactly the total-
amount of W^ar bonds that are]
now owned by Negro business in
stitutions in this city, but it is
believed the amoqnt will axcee.l
by a large figure, a miliron
dollars. The institutions purchas
ing the bonds were the North
€7&rofiQa Mutual Life Insure nee
lOompanyf $100,000; Mppha?iics
>ind Furnier Bank, $100,000; Mu-
ttiat Bnilding and Loan Associa
tion, $15,000 and the Bankers
Fire Insurance Ji^ompany, $'>.000
these only
and caulk
, Aome doisen
ing.
gourses
trainees.
In a letter to the
Negro Youth Congress, Oeor^
M. Johnson, Assistant Execu
tive Secretary of the FEPC an
nounced that, “the^ .
training program has ^
atudv for some time and thjl
the President’s Committee pl«nj
^ canvass ot
Southern
Says Southern Negro
Travding On Buses.
Oft^ !AJ Nnmnce
.. BY WILL V. NEELY
Birmingham, (ANP) — Are
Negro passengers Jim Crowed
on bus lines in SoBthern cities?
The answer is of course jfes,
howevet, what are the true con
ditions leading up to this segve'
gation f
To get a full look into the
facts we must first realize that
the Negro _ problem in the ssoutn
will never be settled in a day or
week. W^e must commend thi!
Negro press for its untirin*,'
efforts toward lifting the veil of
segregation. The press has gone
a long way and has a long way
to go, but it needs the cooperi»-
tion of all Negroes in accom
plishing their gigantic task.
The problem of Negro “bacs
sent” riders in southern busej i.“?
a problem that can only be over
come by c&anges in state law.
to make a complete can^vaM laxity of Negro passengers
the Alabama situation to huuv
nbout pe
rmanent adjustment.
is doing a lot to add fuel to an
already hot fire. It is a common
practice for a Negro to flag ;i
bus on some country lane anj
Every business man who has ^
felt Senate committee pres^re driver to stop
and every loyal American j jjj most of the passen-
wants to see this war gers-proceed to fide perhaps a
«oon as lossible will ^ [mile or two and then get off.
words, speed and spim o • makes it necessary for the
Jeffers. The former f
clfic chief « used to getting
things done. Give u» more ad
ministratora of the aame kind.
operator to a?ain Stop the bus,
and unload the passengers and
in this way perhaps several
Pleaie turn to P«fr« Eight
native of Cl&velatid, |/was 8S.
Known as a lawyer, doctor, teach
er and a'founder t)^ the Fedtri-a-
tion of Civic associations, he wa&
highly respected in the commtin-
ity by all races,
« After, teaehiag in Prince il-
liam countj', Va., he cam» to thi*
cnpital to accept a clerkship in
sixth auditor’s office as a
government accountant. He was
W two years secretary to Rop.
Amos Townsend, RepubUc.nn
from Cleveland.
Appointed a member of the
board of education, he servcil
for three years, during whu-li
time hetassembeld statistics :mil
furnished arguments for op mi ini'
the noromal school to all high
school graduates of superior rat
ing-
He was graduated from the
school at Howard with honol’s
and was admitted to practice
hei». Later, he was graduated
from the school, of medicine at
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Transit Company Hides
Behind Union In Barring
Negro Bus Operators
i
Uberian Gov’a
Grants U. S. Rights
In War AgaifistAxis
Washington, (Special) — The
Government of Liberia has grant
ed to the United States for the
duration of the war the right to
constrtet, aeontrol, operate and J have done the company no good
OPA EPLAIN LABELING
RULES AID TO COSUMES
Officials say consumers
should be on the look out foi
violation of grading Regula
tions.
Recently the OPA explained
that an understanding of la
bels on goods was becoming
inncreasingly in?porant as the
stocks of civilian goods dimini
shed.
As a part of the .war econo
my six commodities have been
added to the list for compul
sory labeling. They are beef
veal, nylon hosiery, men’s work
clothes, women’s work clothes
under cloth§s and bed linen.
Washingtoni (ANP) — Is i
labor union groing to defy the
President’s Committee on Fair
Employment Practice and refuse
to capitulate from its stand a-
gainst Negro employes, thereby
preventing Negroes from holding
down jobs with the Capital
Transit company here as bus and
street car. operators f
That is the situation to dat»'
Already, hearii^ and brief‘d
defend airports in Liberia and
to assist also in the protectio‘i
and denfense of any part of the
Republic which might be liable
to attack during the present
emergency, it was announced by
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NEW ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS—^Promotion came to these 12 men, now Second Lieutmants
in the Army Air Forces. They attended OCDcer'a Candidate School where they earned t^eir commissions
ai adminiitmtive officers. Left to' right Lieutenants Edward K. Nichols, 426 North 41at St, Phila*
delphia. Pa.; Eugene P. White, 1610 14th Ave. N., Nashville, Tenn.; William Soberta, 1347 W. BoMevelt
Rd., Chicago, III.; Thomas J. Money, 6612 Eberhart Ave., Chicago, IlL; Thomas N. Malone, 5^7 11U-
umn Ave., Detroit, Mich.; Hilton R. Henry, 2119 Heed St., Philaddphia, Piu; Charles A. Bowrn, 262
Decatur St., Brooklyn, N. Y.;parl W. Bowman (visiting officer); George B. Conia, 14S2 W. 81th St.,
Los Angeles, Cal.; Curtis M. Chears, 4420 Dearborn St, Chicago, BL; Osie R. Walton, 1210 W. 3€tb
St., Los Angeles, Cal, and Comalios Vincent, Jr., 6 Atherton PL, Borton, Masa. _ j
The committee was adamant iu
its stand that the transit pcopl-.*
must cease discrimination anil
permit Negroes to work on jobs
for which they were qaalified.
Then the union stepped in and
quick to see this one atraw the
president of the transit com
pany took refnge behind th? un
ion’s stand.
Already Milton Webster, a |
member of the committee, has i
been sent to I^rtoit to inter-*
view national officer's of the -
nnion to get their viewpoint.
Mr. Webs^ was supposed to
have been in Detroit early thi.s
week to disenss the sitnat>o».
which is going to be very em-
barassing to someone.
{Atlanta, Oa., (ANP) — Judge
iw- Marvin- Underwood of the
United States District corrt
granted a continuance this week
to William A. Reeves on appeal
of his attorney A. T. Walden, in
tht* «\unl pay suit for Negro
teachers filed by Reeves several
months ago.
The continuance was soueht
when the city board of ertacv
tion sought dismissal of the suit
on the grounds that Reeves it
no longer employed by the
school iysfeinLT" Attys. Walder.
and Thurgood Marshall .-isked
for the postponement nntil
January when another teacher
will be appointed in Reeves’
place and substitnted as com
plainant.
Reeves was dismissed from
the school system- by the board
of education on the basis o£ sr
alleged health report hy his draft
board. Previously he had be«n
suspended from his teaching
post by Supt. of Sebools W A.
Sutton. It is believed the u^p^n
sion and snbsequellt dismissal
were subterfuges designed t:> de
feat the equal salary fight.
The case known as a “elas.^
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Trenton, N. J., (A N P\ —
j Following two racial aiitburtq
in 72 honn at Bearby ^ort iJife
**fwu .soldiers. Mm col^reti aa4
one white, are dead, anf*a vk^
^OOaLitary polievpaa J* in.
j Dient awaiting rhargM of fisvil
j degree murder. The first iiicidi>
I ent which occurred early la
Friday evening renlted m ftp
death of Pvt. David Woo«{:4,
a of the- 94tHias?Ht*«ee-
I from a pistol wound :xt tHe
! hands of P%'t. James Gn ..gs,
■ white s«>utiiprner, member i i m
i task force outfit, one sp-t'^
military police dtty ' ^ it'oe;
bii’s Theatre No. Two.
Pvt. Woods, according to wit
nesses, was standing with a
small group of soMiers just ovt-
side the foyer of the theater
The |4P is alleged to have
proach Woods and ort^ered IbM
to the end of the line that
awaiting its turn at the
window. Woods, witnesses
told the MP that **a friend**
of his in the line was
his ticket. A dozen witnessed-
some of them members
Oreggs’ outfit testified tbafc
(Jreggs then shook his
stick in the soldier’s face, an^
said that it made no differvo;^
to him, that the soldier woafii
have to get in the Kne. W«>o^
is said to have told the IIP n-jt
to shake his stiek m his faee^
and folding his arms tnrsed
away. The UP thea tfrew hi-*
and told Woods that if he did Moft
move to the end of the lin-' hy
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State Rights And
Reli^on Halt
U.S. Education
Washington, (Special to the
TIMES) — Because it involvcj
the issues of religion and stati.*^
rights, it was learned this week
that S. 1313 whieh provides a
$300,000,000 grant for Federal
Aid to Education will not b**
brought on% for vote at this ses-
i sion of Coi^ress. The bill, whien
j has been vigoroiM}y sapportc';
by the National Association fot
the Advancement of Coior^d
The recent decision that stretC People and other exfaBizatbRi,
ear lines and buses were aAesa- would equalize benefits of educa-
ary to national defense xnakef tion in the poomr states,
all persons engaged in this type‘ The passage of S. 1313 wa.«
of work defense workers, thei^ | nrged not only heeaiise.tlie p»or-
fore, the order issaed by the | er states, especially aoathew
FETk7 earrie! greater wnght I states, are sBable eeoaomteally
than the transit company and 1 to provide edoMltional opfxnrtw^
onion think. _ i . .ij. .hm —■
With* little or no intentiou of
yielding to the committee’s ntli-
timatnm without a fight, the
lawyer' representing the anicn
declared that memhera of the
nnion would not stand for work
ing with Negroes.
ties eqnal to those of th»
advantaged statea. ImI
of its direct bearing
war effort. The Bnnbat
southern men, pertiealar^
groMt, who havelteesr
the Selective Swriee
were onable to
tests reveals aa
dition which ia^erila
Federal aid to
immediately begta to
great weakBeaa
and will e^tiniT.I
eradicate
haf«a all of th*
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TW aMdevfla^-'
atittee wfeJdl I
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