VOL. xxra. NO. 12
DURHAM, North Carolina, Saturday* March 20th, 1943
BUY WAR BONDS TODAY
Drive For Oxford Orphanage Meeting With Big Success
GRANGER RASTS
BEAUTY PLUS
7
W. Mitehel Gets Federal Ammntment
CHILDREN OF CARINI
HOMES DEFY PRIEST
TO VOTE CHOICE
CHICAOp, (A N P) — When
the boys and girls in the CarJni
homes went to the poUs Weo-
nesday thiey elerted 14-yeflr-old
Charles Brown as their “may
or.” More than 200 children,
both whites and Negroes, gave
to Brown even
tboii^ Father Lugi Oi»lnfe«B-
tiiini, white Catholic priest, ad
vocates a policy of segrepatioM
among the Negro and white
tenants in the project homes.
The Frances Cabrini homes
have 586 dwelling units. Of this
number, 117 are to be occupied by
Negro families. Eighty-five are
now howie4>. in the project-
Father Lnigi feels that the
integration of Negroes into the
homes will present an undesir
able influence. In commenting
on his mode of reasoning lie
said:
“Seij^aration of the two groups
while not the ideal theoretical
solution, is the only practical
rond to community brotherhood.
Negroes have the Ida B. Wells
pro.}ect. Why do they want to
come into this project where they
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Dr. Sadie Atexandw
One Of Speakers At
Human Relation Meet
CHICAQO, (ANP) — Among
the speakers announced for ihe
Institute of Human relations to
bo held in the Grand ballroom of
the Sherman hotel here, April
8, by the Chicago Round Table
of Christians and .Tews,'^! bo
Dr. Sadie Mossell Alexander of
“From Neighborhood to
Worldhood'* will be the there of
the meeting and other speakers
will he Got. Harold E. Stassen
of Minnesota; Dr. Franz Alex
ander of the Institute of ^Psycho
annlsis, Chicago; Dr. Prancis E.
MeMahon of the University of
N6tre Dame and Mrs. Andrew
MnqLeish.
Dr. Aexander, a deeendant of
the families of Bishop Tanner
of the AME church and artist
Henry 0, Tanner, has distin
guished he-'^ol^ in field of
higher edut ^diDu; Hf’rvcd an
actuary in th*' iiisn;ajii fi*«lii, is
a practicing I w e', hast )»een
assistant city ’nli.i7''r of the
city of Philjiilolphia nnd honor
ary presirfeuf of I i^ltn S gma
Theta sorority. She is tb wife
of Atty Raymond Pm p Alt N.ind-
er.
JudgiBHastie Gets
Spingam Medal For.
Nobje Achievement.
"ijEW YORK, — Judge- Wil
liam H. Hastie will receive tke
ntedal for 1943, the NAA(T
Spingarn Award Committee an
nounced this week. The Spin-
garn Award of which Hastie
will be the twenty eighth winn
er was instituted in 1014 by the
late J. E. Spingarn, then chair
man of the NAACP Board. It is
a gold medal awarded annually
to the American Negro who has
made the highest and noblest
achievement during the preced
ing year or years.
f Announcing award thp Com
mittee said: I
“William Henry Hastie iw
selected as Twenty-eighth Spin
garn Medalist for his distin
guished career as jurist and an
uncompromising champion
justice. Though young, in ye^tr.-^
his record of achievement is
ootable measured by any stand-
atd, however absolute or high.
scholastic career j;.''
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SUCCUMBS
PARHAM DONNELL, well
known Durham citizen who
died here, Monday morning
from a heart ailment. Mr. Par
ham had been ill for only one
montlrand his death came as a
surprise to most of his many
friends of Durham. Last rites
were held Wednesday altcH'noon
at White Riock Baptist Church.
GETS APPOINTMENT
VRBAN LEAGUE
SECRETARY PLEADS
FOR BLACK CABiRET
J. W. MITCHELIi, state farm ageiit w;ho was appointed l^t
week by Director of the U. S. Exiteirsion Service', Dr. M. L.
Wilson, field agent for the Upper South. Mr. Miichell
succeed the late Jo>hn B. Pierce who held the position up to
the time of his death last fall.
PARHAM DONNEL.
SUCCUMBS TO
HEART AliMENT
- Bt JOSEPH HOPfi^
Parham Donnell, well kno vn
citizen of •Durham, died at Lin-*
coin hospital here Monday morn-
ng after an ilhiess of one mon
th. Mr. Donnell’s death was at
tributed to a heart ailment,
which apparently showed no
signs of being serious up until
a month ago.
The deceased was the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Donnell of this city. He~was
born in Durham having lived
here the most of his life, during
which time he built up many
lasting friendships among the
older people as well as those of
his age.
Mr. Parham attended the city
schoois of Fhirham and was a
graduate of North Carolina Coll
ege and attended Ohio State Uni-
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WASHINGTON, (A N P) —
Severe criticism of the Office lit
War Inform^tioa for its handi
ng of news and information re
garding the Negro and the pur
suance of a “happy am I” policy
was generously ladled out here
by Lester 1^. Granger, executive
secretary oT^the National C^.’-
)an league, W^ednesday after
noon at the downtown li'WCA
One hundred and fifty “integr
ated” luncheon guests of the
\t'ashington branch of the lea
gue responded enthusiastically
to the remarks.
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Reports From Over State
Indicate $ipOOO May Be
Raised In Orplianage Drive
Va. State Teacher
Awarded Doctorate
Degree From Yale
NEW,HAVEN, Conn., (ANP)
The name of Harry W. Ro
berts, head of the social science
department at Virginia State
college, appears in the graduate
school reports of Yale univer
sity here as the recipient of a
doctor of V-philosophy degree.
Dr. Roberts, " who did his un
derstanding 0,bUb m . . .1 .
dergraduate work at Wilberfor^e
and Yale Divinity school, wrote
his dissertation on “The Life
and Labor of Rural Negroes Ii
Virginia.”
MISS RIAAHE HARRIS, former graduate of Hilbado High
School, who is now studying at Bennett CoUe|re. Bliss Harris is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. jJohn Harris of Durham. At
Bennett she is majoring in English and minorinK in Basic.
Daring her high sohool career she won top honors ia Uk
state-wide music contest in 1941.
Mississippi Govenior
Promises ProtectiM
For Negro Prjsoiers
OOI^EN GLEAMS
fhe best doctors in the woiH
are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet
and Doctor Merryman.' ’—Swift.
Negro Mail Carrier
Is First New York
Grand Jury Foreman
NEW YORK, (ANP) — Iriv-
ing Hamer, New York lettor-
carrier, was the first Negro to
serve as forcmean of a special
jury panel in general sessions
court last week.
The case involved Harry Wel-
tzer and William Walsh, white
officials of the independent
Newspaper and Mail Deliverovs
union. They were found guilty
of attempted extortion last
Thursday. The verdict * was
handed up by Hamer, who said
the jury had found each de
fendant guilty as charged.
Dist. Atty. Prank , Hogan issu
ed a typewritten statement af
ter the verdict complimenting
the jury on its ability.
There are some remedies,
res than the disease.
FLASH
DURHAM BOY
KSLLED IN
ARIZONA ,
A telegram despatched to
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Black of
103 Hillside Avenue, dis
closed here today., that their
son Ernest, had succumbed to
injuries sustained while on
manoeuvers somewhere in
Arizona. Details of the ac
cident were not available at
goinff to press, but will be
published in the next issue of
THE CAE(»JNA TIMES.
Reports from all over Nortii
Carolina indicate that the drive
now being carried on for the
Oxford Orphanage by the North
Catolina Interdenorminational
Ushers Association is meeting
with linnsuar success. T^om Ra
leigh, Durham , Oxford, Fayette
ville, Reidsville, Greensboro and
many other cities and towns, L.
E. Austin, president of the As
sociation announced this wes
that he had recevied encourag
ing word concerning campaign.
DURHAM UNION
TO RAISE 9200
W. G. Rhodes, president of
the Durham Union announced
this week that last Sunday an
amount of $118 was raised, and
that the drive will be continued
until the goal of $200 is reached.
President Austin stated this
week that success lu tlie caiu-
paign so far had Outstripped
all expectation.
The Oxford Orphanage, locat
ed, at Oxford, North Carolina has
operated for a long number of
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AGAINST FOOD RATIONING
No, these are not the winnere in a “better babv” contest,
but the twin sob and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cain of
Elnterprise street. These healthy looking youngsters are four
montli^ old and do hesitate to voice then- opiNisnMm to att
Uncle Sam’s food rationing program near feeding time, as
well as to a certain kind of cloth, necessary for the cttMfort of
all babies.
NEW YORK — Gttaranty of
the safeguarir of AT "
Burrows a cook who flej j
Mississippi after shijotiBg his
way out of a group intent npoa j
his lynching for an alleged at- I
tempt to kiss a white woman-
vk-as securetl this week by Thut-
i^d Marsl>all .and DomU
Chrichton, counsel for the NAA
CP. The NAACP appealed to '
Governor Dewey to aet ’
the extradition of Bitrrdws»
Governor Dewey annoonced oa
March 10th tha; Barrows wooU ’
he returaed his^ home -
with the personal ptedgo -
Governor Johnson of MtsshBffiVi
that He would have th® “fall
protwtion of the law.”
Additiona! safety was asstt>
ed Burrows in hi« bei^
»>d to Gulfport, Misaisai|ipi ktf i
train rather than in the aatann*”/
bile of the Mississippi aJwryil^j
who had eome to New York litd
get him.
The NAACP annoaacod
it is now in the process of aft»l
tainiog compettnt eoaaail
dfend Burrows wb#B he
(Julfpor.
As a result of fonttwi pN»li?
. invest igatioo B
tioned ami fentadr Ke#-
poHc* not to iMt
of a draft eardr
tioning rav«alo4
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