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Durham, North Carolina, Saturday, October 30, 19io
Bl'Y WAR BONDS
Former RJR Worker Testifies Against Sales Tax
COfAB NOVEMBQI
Durham To Be Host To
Annual Session Of AMES;
Many E^otables Expected
SEEK 65.000 STUDENT NURSES
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The forty-first aniiiia} sos-
tioii of llie Westovn Nort!)
('fiiifei'onc'o of tlic A.
M. 10. (Mnu’fh will convoii > in
l)uiji(ini Nov«inl)er !)-! I nl Si:
,Io.,t^))li A. A'l.' Iv V riiirt:i(. i’,
v.:'.3 officiiilly amiounci*(?
tlii: \V('('k i)y I)i‘. J. A.. V'ci!>'ii-
tiiM', i)'isl(ir (,f llu' iocMl
(•lunch. 'I’Ih! f).i.slor and mem-
b('rs of St. .lost ph have ht'cii
I i\ pariii;.r for tlu« niM‘:i!in,
fr r llio past scvL'nil nionllis,
ainl V('ry thiii^' h- about conv-
for (ntertalnnK'nt ol
th>' ;u':!>ioii ill i^raiul style.
Uniisiiai iiiliv'st is
in;\Mifi‘Nt>(l ill Ihis year’s an-
iiiial sc'ssioii of the coiifor-
(Tut* Tdltio fart that niin-
i-;t('rial dolcoratos to tlu> (ion-
('lal (’(Uifoiiic which nicots J:?
I’hiladt'Iphia next y(>ar ai'(> to
he (>h‘ct(‘d. Many j;eiioral of-
fiC(M's of till' cllUI'cli al«'(! ‘X-
IK ctod to l)(' iircMMit diiri!f)L>-
1h(* fiv’-d;iy session whi.'h
:-t'irts I’uo.'sday^ nioriiiii." of
Novomhc'r 9, wiu'ii d«>le^’at(!s
.•mil visitors will bcjjiii rojri.S’
icrin;r.
'I’ho entire session will bo
presided 'over by lllshop M.
11. Havis, presidini? head of
I fie Second Episcopal District
ol’ which Ihe Western North
(’arolina Conference is a.part.
* 'i he session will also have as
;i vi^itinJr Rishop the Kiphl;
Uev D. H. SimriTs, Uishop of
the Fir.st Ejiiscopnl District,
which includes New Yor^>,
■w Jersey and the Nev.'
;-tales.
Tlie Tuesday eveninjt se,>-
PlOiiSf turn to I’.ipe Four
Opposes Sales Tax Dr. U. S. Waiton
kiied Patent For
Improving Dentures
IMMAir’FITS, — Aniioiince-
ineiit li;is recditly been niiide of
fi i);it(>nt ri'aiite-' Dr, U. H.
W.iltoii on .'111 instriimt'nt fo-
iinprovinf' dentiui'fi. Tho certi
ficiite \vhi('h w.-is ia.siied by the
pati'iit office :it Wjishinfjloii is
regardfil by the fric'iids of
Dr. A\';dlon iis i)Oth a ilistiiic-
tion and achioveiiuMit. II(' eon
Ccived of the idea almost 20
yem-s iijjo and luid worked on
it until rer-ently when it w.ms
conipleled and approved by th(“
piitf'iit offi^tv
Eleven Southern States
involved In Teachers
Salary Differential Case
Dr. WnpSu, born in Ti
pton Coiinfy, Tpiiii., wjiere he
, 'oin])l(>tJed \ his elementary
j wdiool work. After graduation
j from the Frazier hi^h s(;hool
' in CoviTigrton, Ky., he went on
Tiane colh>ge at Jackson,
Tenn., nfter which ho att('n(lcd
\Valdc!! pollof^e in Nashvill'.
Ilia professional training was
received at tho M('Iiany Den
ial College in Nashville.
Ho began the practice of
dentistry at Dyersburgh, Tenn
1 in 1909, and five years lator
i moved here where the people
I regard him with highest es-
i teem. Dr. AValton’s civic activi-
I ties included his position .ts
I |trust(*e _nf J.ane colleppe,
I trnstt'e of the Collins Chapel
Connectional hospital an!
trustee of the Collins Chapel
CME church. TTe is n pasl:
president of the Shelby Coun
ty Dental society, a memhcr of
1 the Pan Stat(' Dental associa
tion and of the Niilional Den
tal association.
Do(>ply interested in rolirious
affairs. Dr. Walton, in IP'il
served as a delegate' to the
Ecumenical Methodist confer-
eni-e which broupjht toceither
deiegntes from the world wide
Roland Hayes To
Sing Here Nov. 8
DrUHAM — Koland Hayes,
celebrated tenor, will sinij in
Duke Auditorium at Xorth
Carolina College in Durham,
Xoveniber S.
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Mrs. Pauline B. Butler j “The Greatest SiTige;r of his
Nurse Education, V. S. Public Hace — and one of the Great-
Health Service, Federal SeciU'-, est who trod the concei-t staga
ity Agency. Both nurses are'— is Koland Hayes,” declared
graduates of Harlem Hospital ; the Boston Post in its issue
endeavor to recruit new I School of Nursin.ir in New York of last January 27. Mr. Have.s
student nurses this year to j City and have done advanced has recently retm-ned ta
nieet growing war needs. They work in public health nursin?'. : America from a triumphal
; ( XpJain career opportunities | Miss Collius will nppe.^r at! foreign lour.
North Carolina College offi
cials predict a sell out “perfor
niance for the Hayes bngage-
Opposes Italy
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Orieanna ^ViUins ,
j Miss Orieiina (’ollins, li. N.,
iiiid Mrs. Pauline B. Butler, K.
X., who are touring Negro col
leges as a part of a Nation-wide
N:
Tlieo(To?‘*i> —a to-
j |)!u co worker of \\ inston -
I Salem, was oiio of Hie ihr''i'
I )'eprcsciitafiv(^s of I nitcd (';in-
’ nery, A'^ricultnral, PiK'king .•iiul (
' Alliod Wo*-kers of Am.-ric:!.
I CIO at the sal s ta\- heiirin;; of
the House Ways and Meaii^
('oiiiinittcc on OcloliPr !■) in
^'■ashinoton, D. C; H1h> strong
ly opposed such a tax which
' would place a heavy burden on
I the poor, hardly touching tiie
■ rich. A maclTiiie sletiimer a,I
if. .!. Koynohls'" (-‘('amel”),
Mrs. Simpson rci'ently .joiio'd
Itlie rcAi'AWA staff as an
iiiternat,ioiial Hoprcscnlative.
LEAD CHEST DRIVE
I ojien to the college woman by_j N. C. College November IS —
I the new U. Si Cadet Nurse :l^ S. Cadet Nurse Coi ps Phot )
I ('orps. The Corps is under th-»j from OWI.
supervision of the Division ofj
House Ways And Means
Committee Hears Plea
Woman OpiWsing Taxes
Died At Home
Mrs. Wilma Milum and P..
I!. Kogei'S, co-chairmen of llio
l'’,:ist End Dislri( t in the War
Clii'st drive now going on' ar's
ihrcati iiiiiii to lead all workers
of the N('gro division agaiji
this year. Mrs. Miluni and Mr.
Rogers top)ied all workers l.is:
year when their district walk
ed ofi with honors ior rais-it^
Methodism, inflluding nil races
and nationalities of the world.
He attributes his success (o
the fact that he hns “believed
in Almighty Hod, have sought
his guidance nnd relied upon
Mi.s unfailing aid.’’
Dr. Walton lives Avith his
iwife, Mrs. Anita Johnson Wfll*
I ton, a young woman of rare
;«ttainments and culture. Mrs.
I Walton teaches in one of the
Wallace declares Jai>an will j Memphis high schools. The
snrender in the “not distant jcouple has an .adopted child,
future.” lAlb«rta U1;>b«3 Walton.
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
Testifying before the House
Ways an 1 Means Committee
today on behalf of 12,000 to-
j bacco workers in Winston Salem
I North Carolina who are or
ganized in the Tobacco Work-
,ers Organizing Committee of
the United Canner.v, Agricul
tural, Packing and Allied Work
ers of America — CIO, Mra.
I Theodosia Simpson, young
j Negro woman who worked for
seven years as a stemming
machine operator in the R. J
Reynolds plant, spoke in vigor
ous opposition to a federal
sales ta.x.
1 Mrs. Simpson gave the com
mittee an account of how the
$22 a week she made and the
I $16 per week her husband mak
les as a tobaceo worker is .spent
find showed them that-it tafc-^
j every penny to meet their
I food, rent and other neees.sary
I expenses, including regular
purchase of war bonds and war
the highest .nmoiint of uioii(!y
during tho en'lnpaign. They hop >
to .cpeat the feat this year.
3HP
Hte camp.Mirn f.>r teacher
p.iv cijuali/ation h.i' now reach
ed 11 of the l:> triulitiOually
soiitherii states .ntid in m-ost of
th‘ lueal schiiol boards ‘*hav?
followed rh‘ mandat.-:^ of the
law as result of court ac
tion accordinc to W;ilter White
executive secri'tary of the
NAA''P.
The -siifireme court. thr*'t*
ye.nrs ajo. decreed that t h .■
south must p.iy Negro -school
te.icht'rs of the same experi
ence the same salary whir >
teachers receive for the same
amount of work.
A recent sun-.'V of state elu-
cation offii^als shows thit
cor!."Ji(l(''rabIe st'ides have been
made. The most has bwa done
in the richer-stati?d and in th"*
border state‘s where thi* Negro
population i.i pr>'p«)rtionat**ly
small; and least in the deep
south where the population-*
app' ar the heaviest.
, Said the NAACP official. In
some states the scho«)l boards
havi' •‘rcfusetl to give in, and
h:ive taken different types of
'tcps ill an attemj>t to circum
vent the true me.-ming of the
Hfh amendment.’’ This, bo
adtjs'. has been done by “rat-
iin" systems"’ and oth,>r meth*
Otis.
“The next step in the cam-
Ipaiirn.” White said, ‘‘is an at-
t:tcl on these ratiitsr system*
\vherebv Negro teachers, for
CHICAGO — The ^ Julius **•'' ^re rated lower
The Negro Division of the !has fixed Jan. teachers of eiaival
ment.
Negro Division
N. F. G. of A. WiU
Hold In-gathering
Haile Selasie, King of 'Kthi>
pia, who Ifitterly oppos.-s arcep
iiig Italy’ as a co-belligerent of
the Cnited Nations. The Kinx
voiced his disa[)proval of the
ideii when ■ questoned by repre
sentatives of the Allied {>ow-
ers last week.
Closing Date For
Fellowship Blanks
Fixed At Jan. 3rd.
Needle W'^ork Guild of Ameri
ca is having its Annual In
gathering of garments on the
2nd and 3rd of November. All • Haygood. acting direc-
members are urged to give
two new garment.s tp the di-
relieC donations. Thousands of at Salisbury, N. C. Mr. terroii
Co workers, making 40 was a former employee of .thi
s an hour, must support P nnsylvani
whole families, on this amount . October 13, 1!)^ * at h;s hoiu''.
3, 1941 as the closirig date for* stamling.’
submitting blanks for fellow- ' The supn>me court was firtfr:
ships according to Mrs. Wil- aroused poneerning the subject
when Melvin O. Alston, a
tor of fellowships. school teacher in Norfolt.
Rosenwald fellowships are broucht le'jra! action ii) 19^19
rector of their community. fintende(l to provi.le opportimi ''"mpel the citv to pay hint
These garments are distrib-j ties for special experience or the sajue scale as vloVf
Uited to the Eight Colored Ci-; advanced study -to indivi.lual- teachers.
ty Schools of Durham. Lin-|^vho have given evidence of The suit was lost in distPMi
coin IJo.spital and to the jp,.^.ptional ability and wh.> t Alston appealwl lo
■C ount\ Nui’se foi the neetly. 1 wish to pi-epare further. Cati’ the supreme court. Jmlge
I The displaj’ of (laiments i show exception i! Parker, of the I*. S. Ciresitr
(will bo hold at the Algon- accomplishment an I '•»«rt of appeals. rerpr.«wi
jduin Tennis (^lub, layette-j p^,,. lower court decision, with tk#;’
com.•
vice. ' ‘’Thit tuneqnal
The f»>llowships are o(>en to clear a discrimination oB
scientists, and persons intcres*' ground iif raw* as eoofal
ed in creative writinc or jour- be imagined and falls
nalism, education, agriraltmre. within the
F- riled’ Democracy has its faults service., the ilue and ttt
' uut it is far superior to oth-^They are open to men and wo-, prot-^tioc »f the
.villc St.. Nov. 4, 194:?. , , .... ..
HT r -r T» iparation for distinctive ser-
The late illiain Onzer> Mrs. M. Tj. J^pnnon. PreST-t...-^ •
Ferron, until his death superin- dent.
tcnd'ent of buildings and Miss Geneva R. Thoiyipson.
grounds at Livingstone College Secretary.
she pointed out.
“It isn’t that wc don’t want
to do our part,” she said. “We ^ates the first victims will
er forms of government and! between the ages of ‘24-2 > amendmfut.
[will, in time, prove the sal-j y^*''rs, though the committe*
If inflation hits the United vation of the world. ] consider very exceptional
i eases on their merits. C.'indid-
are loyal American citizens and
want to do everything in onr
Pleas* turn to pag« two _
be the farmers. It will not do
U3 any good to make money
now if “we lose it later.
Two million and a half are | ates must have completed their
available if war workers are j general college or xeneral pro
drafted, Gallop poll finds. [ Please turn to Page Tovr
ii
Ob Oct. 29» 1940, r
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the tase. This
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