PAGE EIGHT
THE CAROLINIAN
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 24. 1945
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE)
I
NEGROES NURSES ACCEPTED with one cluster, t^ee c^-
RY majority of public .paign suns un his Eiuopcdn lhea-
> 4U 4 nrefer it-T ribbon. He is the son ol Kcy.
niu-ses, and mat some -ven preler ^ 5jy
them to white Oak Street, Thomasville, (Jeorgia.
Illinois, storekeeper believes. INe-, ^
,i“\X"trplrop1?- a^mwInaacp protests nha plan
S"k aiy'\nachS 4ays. "Vou |TO DITCH NEGRO WAR
piobably get JJ-^“^\JjJJ‘'a'^JJhitellhal district why wiUi Uie Mayor
Ntgro^_nui^e man wim i^tauja; ' 1 white groups
ha^e Negro wait- hike the Lions Club proceeded to
•Why not' Wc navt^g „ ip, Commissioner Biand-
resses and Negio nia i....,,i ,,„,i 'rmic t-.-uiiIiIiio timiilv
WJiy uefc. „,.,mniios'■ 'pitssuie v^oiiiuiissiuuvi ip^iuou-
“tl” oI an ungint-ar inlio.d and Tulls, i-asului.g Imally
.. . „ T. aos leuiies: "I'm a in lilt- changad program.
Houston, Texas, P . nnrses As an excuse lor the change.
nuS 11 yseli. alid colored nurses
^^a vary good. I know many.
OUiars wlm spaak Iroin personal
extieiience cominenl: 1 was m
liifliospiul and had Negro nurses
who were wonderlul to me. . . 1
had a Negro nurse who was the
Usi 1 liad. Slic was kinder and
took more pains to ple^e me
uie euituigeu
As an excuse lor the change,
NHA and local groups are con-
lendmg Uial many more wlutea
Jiave come into the ai'eu since the
lull of lUW, This view, iiowever,
overlooked cailier NHA experi-
ei.ee in that area, in lU-iil, a hous
ing project had tSUU uiiits^ but ai-
'• • live niuntlis it was ouiy 2U per
. tel live iilOllUilS Ik nua OXiij mv kA-i
took more painsliiled and since Negroes
rtn&nL" .rare iiol pcrnntlod fo niove mto
.. . 1. .... .. I .i r\r\4 iikO D Ne —
,es. Whiles are two
Tliuse who would not like a Nc
gro iiursa axprass ailher a
dislika ol Negroas or a 1*1“'
Uiaiii oil grounds o' cleanlinass oi
haalui. 'lypkal taaallons are. 1
don t Ilka Nagroas elore to me—1
Posl doii t ... I don't want no
lUL-HL-r inessiug aiouild me . • •
Negro iiuises sliould work for o^-
er Negroes ... 1 wouldnl
^y muse ii a Negro was all 1
could gel. . . Negroes don t s^m
clean to me.. . I d never gel weU.
A Montana cattle rancher ad-
.hc vacant iiouses, 4UU units had
lO be moved to anotiier slate.
h>pokesmen lor the NAACP in
dicated llial if NIL^ determmed to
oar Negroe.s irom liie New Bos-
loii project, Uie NAACB will very
likely sue lor an mjuncUon.
-M UKM.Vi. CU.Nimtt.Ntt ON
■ iE.\ET|l PItOGKAM HELD AX
'liAVV t.MVEKSilTy
President F. D. liktlurd, A. and
1‘. College; Ur. F. L. Atkins, Wjii-
.ttuii-Stakm Tcackeis College; Ui
K. 1*. Uuiiii-I, presiiienl ^haw Uni
PROF. C. A. MARRIOTT
PROMOTED IN SHAW
CAMPAIGN
RALEIGH — In the regular re
port meeting last week. Professor
C. A. MarrioU pleasantly surprised
ihe entire organizutiun of Shaw
Campaign Worsers wnen he report
ed a personal subscription to the
Shaw New Development Program of
$1005. iThis IS the second gift of
$1,000 Mr. Marriott has given to
his Alma Mater since his gradua
tion).
Because of this generous gift from
Mr. Marriott, ami hi.s iiossibic influ
ence in securing other Special Gifts,
he was immediately promoted from
a Colonel to the Special Gifts Com-
- mittee. With fiv*’ prisons credited
I with gifts of $l,0(ii), a thousand doj-
^ j lar Shaw Share Club has bcim
I lit I vlw l.l \T*ll*l.lllO
luaudiiib officer, 37iud iafaitlry Copi.uns
established. Various Shaw Share-
Clubs now range in s.zc fnmi $120
lo $1,000. All member.^ of the $120
Club aitd up Will have tlieir names
insiribed in perpetuity on a B. P.
Plaque to be promiiietuly placed
in the new Administration Build
ing.
It is noteworlhy that .Mr. Marriott,
oecause of hi^ loyaliv lo the New
Developiiioiil Program at SluW ask
ed to let.III! his posilioii as Colonel
King With
Washington High School
Seniors Get New Course
PROFESSOR MARRIOTT
ramiei'-s Form tt(ake
Cuuiilj Louueii
A Monuma
mils' "I wouldu t like iw oui l 1». * . i^uu.vi, |iivn>u4.tii .aiiukv uii*-
bclicvu a Negro nurse would lake ] kcisiiy; Ur, li, 1„ Trigg, picsiaeul,
belUU' tare of me than a white j f.lizabctli City TcaLlicis College; s.
belUU' tare of me than a wmu-j r.iizabetk City leaLheis College; s.
iimsu." T he wife of an Oregon i-, uean, Columbia, C„ pimeipai
n ill superintendent replies: "I I'yrell Ci.unly Tiaining Sciiuwl, J.
don't jhink I'd like it. Tm that k. l.jrkin.s, conaullani, Sl.ile Ue-
way about any oUicr race. 1 sup- pjiiment ol Well'me, Aliss Wilhe-
uon V wiiiAik — -
way about any oUicr race. 1 sup
pose it's racial prejudice. A t«le-
^ione repauman m Louiiuana
makes an inieresimg disimcUon;
"1 wouldn't like a Negro n'urse m
a hospital. It's uU right in a home.
1 was practically raised by a Ne-
fci'u nurse." ..
The most frequent conunents
made by persons wiio reply Un-
dicided" are: i don't know. You
smiply tun'l geneialize on that
quesuun ... It depends on the
National Opinion Research
Center is an opimon imdii^ or-
rani/ulion. As sueli, it sunpiy re-
poils Uic resullg of naional sur
veys made by its personally tram-
cd staU of over 2W interviewers
uuougiioui Uie United l>iates. The
CtiUer IS an aeadenuc insUluUou
w orkuig under a grant from the
Field Foondauon and the Umver-
g.lv of Denver. The survey used
included ‘2,026 coniidenUai mter-
views. Slausueaily, Uiese aie sul-
licienl to be wiUim 3 per cent cor-
jccl yy7 Unea LUOD-
JIM CROW CHARGED IN
measure affecting
BOHDENTOWN SCHOOL
Ciou educational policy gmc .
on lor many yeaig Ml', ^tm (^^N WORK TOGETHER,
Uiat Uie establismuenl of a .^£qho OFFICE WORKER
Sey’a Llial wic , ...
"Jim Crow school like Borden
town e. oui-oiiu-uuk ^
Lon ■ wuiai has persisU-d m spi^
ol the 1U03 law since the found-
ii;g ol taie oohool m xde. but her race were on a kind
,l is lui'ther ciiarged by M^sr^ accepted the cnalienge
iiun and Abramson that m i^de a line record.'
,v school like Borden- ^poVES
mt-and-oul discrimma-
Marlin and Abramson ——
many eases sciiools
... ..U.nai.rv. VL>.ldU4 ku.l., xJk.tiV
paitmeiit ol WfU'aie, AlLs Wilhe-
mma Laws, E.xKnsion Uepaiimenl,
and T. Culk-gv; Mia& A. Al. Jer-
iiigaii, pieNiiieiit NCCCFT; All. J.
W. Jt-fJries, Ag. ExlenMuii Service,
A. and T. '.‘ollege; Air. R. S. Julies,
.-\g. Extitisiun Seivice. A. and T.;
ur. M. C. King, pkysieian, Fraiiklin-
:un; E. E. Clii'ck, Director of Pub
lic Ht'iations, Skaw Cmversily; Mi.
Ilex James', Farm Seeurily, Air. A.
Guigul; Dr. Sells .vlayu, Huial
•lology; Dr. Nevkbuld, Slate De-
lliieiit ul Ediicaliuii; W. L.
...eeiie, FiXeculive Skcrelai'y, N. C.
Negro Teachcis; Ah'. Robells, Farm
Secumy AdnmusU-;ion; Alia. Rose
U. Aggrey, Jeans Supei visor, Pow-
ur Couiily Schools; Di. J. U. Plum
mer, physician, haleifan; J. L. Tay-
membei ol OPA Board, Dur-
..i; E- Reginald Swam ol the
CAROLINIAN; and Dr. Swift,
lieullh Coordinator, N. C. Cuilege.
- Dr. R. 1*. Daniel was effected
L-nuiiman, .Mr. K. E. Jones, vice
. hail man, and W. L Greene, secie-
lary. A numinaling cominiUee was
.nslruclc“d lo nominate a slecring
.nd pokey commillee to effect or-
.lamzaiion of a perniJiicni council
n rural liealUi probUros allecinig
me colored group in the stale.
-V- —
Hegiineiil, now sluUoneii at Fort
liiiachucu, Aiizuua. Col. Gourdin
recently addressed a large group
of nnlilary persons at Uie Fort.
ForiiU'i'iy a noted track star, Col.
Guurdm is a lesident of Boston,
Mass.
bolUU'l';
Earniers Urged To Pur-
ehasc Fertilizer Now
anu as a
has leport-
lately $a,UijU.
an jnleresliu:^
career. A natne ot Wake County,
he luiUls an A. U. Degree from
Shaw and an A. .\i. lioiii Columbia.
He has pioiie* I'ln ill li.e expanding
liigi. School Di'Velupniini lor Ne-
groi-a m Wake C‘'!i’i.y. The school
.a /'euuinn uniier Ins Ihiueipalship
gre.v and developed to be one of
the leading Higli Schools m Wake
e'ounly.
He broke the ice fur bti.'i traiispur-
talioii foi rural Nigiu school chil
dren uf Wake Couiny by purchas
ing a bus and operating it for two
! years, after which bu-. transporla-
Council Adopts 15-Poinl Pro-
gram Aimed ax improving Farm
ing in Wake
Baiteff Lane vlus elected pres
ident ol a Negro Fanners County
Councu at Us organization meei-
Uig, wliien also was lealured by
, study ol coimnunily needs and
aoplion ol a workable program
lor the year.
OUier ollicers eiecled were R.
B. Raitoid, vice-president; R. D.
Wilder, secreUry; and 1. C. Hayes,
li't'iisuiei'.
Following a discussion by the
gtoup, a ij-point progiam was
urawn up lor uetlermg larmmg
in Wake County and ul making
gieau-r eoiitnbuiions lo the war
eiloru
'I’fte progiam calls lor; Wise use
RALEIGH - "FaiiiKis who have
not already done so should order
Iheir fei't.li/er imu Irjin their usual
Mipplieis,' say.s Aciiciilluial Exten-
.-loii Aneiil, W. C- Davenpurl-
•The labor shoiTagc m fiiUlizcr I'oii was provided lor Negm chil-
plunls is severe and .1 will be ini- , d'vn a; publie expense.
p.>.ssibk- to mix ..nd handle us nuieh) For the past 12 years he has been
fei'tihzi r ;is f .rmers need unless it print ipal oi the Uurue:' High bchuul
nvavc^
L-ws, CatlioUes, I'roUistants.
"From Uie begmmng Miss SeaL
;as k^->"niy aware that not only
. ..r ....... ......... .... u gin.l
leitinzi r ;is l nmers neea unless n . i'i»»i*-ii'j» ”• w.....w. ......
can be kept moving Iron; plant t.) :"kI has seen ii develop fiom n
farm or local warehou.se," accord- elementary .chiH.l to a 12 yea
2>lanilard High School.
Gliild .Murderer Placed
Li luslitutiuii
mg to Davenport.
Tiie War Food Administration
estimates th.il there m.iy be a 10 per
vent shortage .f nitrogen, largely
lor use in mixed fertilizers, and a
15 per cent shortage of superphos
phate, principjlly for direct use, but
ihal there is 10 iier cent more pot-
.■sh than lost year.
AWAITS TRIAL IN SUPERIOR
COURT
New Born—George Henderson,
who allegedly, admitted shooting
and fatally injuring Johnny
Hicks after an argument involv
ing a yu^ong woman, is being held
without privilege of bond for nik
EDENTON— Ten-year Eunice
Lloyd Harris, who shot and mor
tally wounded, Lula Mae Satter
field, aged t>, near two weeks ago,
vtas committed lo Morrison Train
ing School at Hoffman by Juve
nile Court Judge El E. Spires,
Monday.
Because of Uie boy’s age, he
luld not, under State law, be
tried for murder in Uie Superior
iiia made a fme record.'
Ji German refugee girl, newly
trial during ihe April term of Su- Court and his case was relegated
perior Court. ito the Juvenile Court.
The little girl was found by her
father in their home, about an
hour after the shooting, lying in
a pool of blood and suffering ^roni
a badly injured hip. She was
1 ushed to a hospital in Washing-
jot ei'euil; coiiunuuity leadership,
!ioud and iced production for laiu-
lil> needs; lood^aiid feed storage;
'livestock and pooluy production
(care and niaiiagenu-nl); soil con
servation; team and equipment
purciiase; cunimuiuly co-ops,
iieigiiboniood action gioup; farm
ownci'snip (under sound credit
and supervision); proper ferliliz-
lei's lo.' piopei crops; buiiimg ul
{nioilgages, mai kel oul-iet fur sur-
'pius lariii crops; assistance for rc-
luriung VLleiaiis in imduig farms;
and medical cuie for conuuimity
larin families.
The Council appuinied a com-
nullee lo Work out eerlam phas
es of Uie organized piugruiu. The
conumllee wul make a report at
the i.exl meeting scheduled for
batuiday murnmg at 1U:3U.
Brief talks were made by .Mrs.
BcrUia Edwards, nume demon-
sUaUun agiiil, and E'raiik V. Dri
ly, son cunservaliun workers for
Wake County. Tlie meeting was
cundueleU oy W. C. Davenport,
Wake County larm agent.
.XK. IIIAKLES glEU AKT TO
MI'LAK AT C. COLLEGE
DUKH.AM — Dr. Chrules E. Stew-
•Tt, dean of die sebuut ef Religion ul
Wilberfuree University, will speak
at North Carolina College Sunday
ut 3:30 o'clock.
Dr. Suwart, a popular speaker
RALEIGH — In step with Pro
gressive Education, the Seniors of
the Washington High School are
offered a new course for'the Spring
Semester," School Community
Health Service Course" The pro
posed course attempts to show the
numerous vital factors effecting
healthful living and to establish
pleasant working relations between
the school and the community agen
cies and to develop a mutual re
spect for the possible services each
can render the other. Through ob-
servalion, work and study and
ihrough carefully planned problems,
this Service-Activity program is
directly related to essential learning
and understanding. The students
will have three days ol classroom
discussion and two days of Service-
Activity Units include specific prob
lems tin relate lo such vital health
cas as pei soiiul, home school and
cuminumty heatth-nuiriuon com
municable disease control, safety.
WlrsH-Aide, recreation, personality
Ueveiopmcnt, preparation for mar-
luge and boy-giri relationship.
The schedule has been planned
for Service-Activity as Hospital
Junior Aide, Nursery School Aide,
Teacher-Aide. Recreation Program
Aide, Health Department Aide and
Home .Maker's Aide..
The project is under the super
ision of the Stale Health Depart
ment with Miss Dolores Hines as
Supervisor and Mrs. Louise Perrin
•feacher-Counselor. Sp'^'a! consul
tants, represenliiig agencies in the
community providing service op
portunity are, Mrs. Godley, Miss
Harris. .Miss Spearman, Mr. Latham,
.Mrs. Carnage, and Mi. Weatherford.
Washington School representatives
as consultants are Mr. Pete Wil
liams, Mr. John Brown, Miss Etta
Duren, Mrs. E.alon and Mrs. Whit
aker.
The students will report the pro
gress and various activities of the
course weekly through the papers.
Dr. Spaulding Elected
Vice President American
Bible Society
I
Dr. John Hope ErankLn
Speaks At University
Ul iVLchigan
Durham, N. C.—Dr. C. C. Spaul
ding, nationally known Durh^
business leader, 'became the third
Negro in history to be elected to
a vice presidency in the Ameri
can Bible Society this week,
j Other Negroes who have been
elected to vice presidencies in the
organization include the late Dr.
'Booker T. Washington, founder ol
iTuskegee Institute and pioneer
educator, and his successor at Itte
Alabama Institution, the late Ma-
Ijor K. R. Moton.
I Dr. Spaulding's duties, it is un-
dersUxxl here, will deal with the
broader program and policy of the
organization and wiU not fie lim-
iti^ to affairs related to Negroes.
The American Bible Society was
founded in 1816 with the an-
jnouAced purpose "to encourage a
■ A iu . . » Ul wider circulation of the Holy
l.cr period.; the ulutu. ol his own Scriptures without note or corn-
development, the nature aiui tern- j, non-dcnommsUoMl
perament of our national order, and ha, s lay board ol manager,,
the situation with regard to inter-, meijers ot the present
national peace and order .'board ol managers working WiUl
Thcr can be no leal adjustment aQaigry., William Ingraham
for this minority group without a yay,., Memori^ Agency among
corresponding advancement toward aalored people include Dr. Chan-
a Sviie, sound and progresive solu-i_,__ tt mTui
Misses Ronnie Mae Saunders,
senior ut the Washington High
School and Dorothy PulUn, stu
dent at St. Augustine's Cuilege,
popular young debutants of the
city who with others are making
an enthusiastic run to win the Ra
leigh Pin-Up Girl Contest, spon
sored by the N. A. G. W. which
will culminate at the Blo^dworth
Street USO on March 1th.
The two young ladies are both
very charming, talented members
of the younger set.
1
.r.ing H. Tobias national YMCA
lion of our national and interna- ie;{0cutive nnH Judge Francis Riv-
tional problems."
Dr. Franklin is an authority on
ers of the New York courts.
... a u .1 Dr. Spaulding's election to the
Negroes in the ante-beUum period, presidency is considered as
frequent contributor to signal recognition of his position
scholarly journals and an assistant j • - i---4---g--
editor of the Journal of Negro Life
and History.
V—
“Woman Of Year” To
Speak On NAACP Forum
New York—Mrs. Thomasina
Johnson, legislative representa
tive of the AKA Non-partisan
Lobby in Washington, and nam
ed one of the 16 outstanding wom
en of the year, will be one of the
speakers on the NAACP’s Fed
eral Aid to Education radio pro-
leading American lay leader.
Violates “Jim Crow”
Law, Is Fined $50
EDENTON — Democracy got the
"bum’s rush" last Saturday when
Miltpii Chapman was fined $50 aiut
costs by Justice ol the Peace Hobbs
for violating the "Jim Crow" law
of North Carolina, by refusing to
take a seat in the rear on a Norfolk
and Southern bus.
Chapman and his sister, Beatrice
Chapman, were enruute to Green
ville, from New York and were
seated near the front of the bus.
gram February 21, alation WEVD. IWbe" asked by the driver W move
1(1:15-10:45 P. M. Sharing the for--
ANN ARBOR. Mich. — The Ne
sio m Post War Re-adjustment;
Historical View" was the subject of
Dr. John Hope Franklins address
litre Monday in Rackham Amphi-
tticatre at the University of Michi-
^Dr Franklin, professor of Amer-
an history at North Carolina Col
lege, spoke under the auspices ol
the university's inter-iacial society
during a Negro History Week ob-
Tvance. He was introduced by pr
S. Alton, professor of Hispanic-
American history at the university.
Identifying the Negro’s struggle
for complete equality with minori
ties throughout history, the histor
ian asserted that "the future of
man lo achieve for himself and for
his brother complete freedom in
four thousand years of history con
stitutes the great tragedy of human
um discussion will be Layle Lane,
prominent New York teacher and
Age columnist and Alfred Baker
Lewis, president of the Trade Un
ion Health and Accident Associ
ation and member of the NAACP
national Board of Directors.
Chapman refused, saying that be
"Would not move one inch!" There
were empty seats on the carrier,
but the "White people were obliged
to stand," testimony revealed.
Miss Cnapman’s fine was remit
ted, but her brother was ordered to
pay a total of $59
existence. ^ ,
Dr. Franklin traced the develop
ment of America’s concept of free-
i Ol ti.o lUUJ UIU-UILU Ell 11^
mu of liie school in 188b.
it is lui'Lhcr charged by Messrs.
Marun and Abramson that m
niuny cases sciiools m Negro
xiiighburhoods are rundown ^d
not well mainUined, a condiUon
whicii suggests that Negro^ «e
not geiimg equal opporti^ty.
Reteience was made to fw- objections,
port ol tlie New Jersey Stale
Teinporaiy Conuiussion on tne
Cviiuition ol tho
Population issued m IDJy. The
port said Uial "Negr-' pup»is ^
many public schools of New Jer
sey are denied equal educalionw
opporiJJiiiy which is tlreoreUcai-
ly guaranteed lo Uiem m the laws
ol Uie Suite." ^
POOR MANAGEMENT OF HpS-
PITALS REPORTED BY COM-
liiiT^^b'l.DUU lor 1045-18; Golds
boro, S115.UUU for 1045-48; LasweU
Training Scliool, $55,120 lor 1045-
4b, and $3,120 for 1046-47.
Tlte sub-committee recoinmena-
ed dial quarters be puvided for
tlie professional and permanent
improvements, but as emergency
needs. Only $16,320 of Ui^ in
creases recommended by eub-
ceiiunittee would be used for pur
poses othe-r than building repairs
and equipmenL , j
The institutions had asked iw
an additional $1,810,320 to the $6,-
503,058 recommended by Uie IM-
visoiy Budget Commission lor the
biennium. ^
CAPTAIN PERRY ROUTS
GERMANS WITH USELESS
GUNS
cort mission, liis guns inoperative
and useless.
Down below, he spied two crip
pled Liberator, readying for an
attack by two FW-190’s, which
were liovoring overJiead.
There wasn’t anything else to
do but poke his nose m and give
the Libs a hand. In he roared,
ri^it between the two FW-190s.
He turned on them, linuig up his
meless .50’s on them.
They did wliat he’d fervently
prayed they’d do—turn tail ai^
run. Captain Perry stayed aromd,
sliepherdel the crippled bombers
to thcii- base. A few days later h;
ri evived the DEXJ.
The 25-year-old pilot turned up
hen- at AAF Redistribution Sta
tion No. 1 recently for reassign
ment, after hi.s first visit home
in 18 montiis.
He’d jomed Uie 99Lh Squadron
in North Africa in 1943, seen his
first action witli them in Sicilicy
in .August. He’s bc'en with them
ever since, all through the Italian
campaign. He chalked up a prob
able kill and damaged a Jerry in
action over the Anzio beaclihead.
AH told. Captain Perry has 102
mi-ssions, 89 of them divc--bomb-
ing runs in P-40’s. He has 215
eembat hours.
Worst mission he experienced
was a haul to Bruz, Czechoslo
vakia. They wore escorting 15th
Air E'orco heavies, and ri^t ov
er the target his P-Sl’s engine
.•^lartoci to conk out
He's even seen the famed Greek
Acropolis, but he had lo brave the
worst flak he'd ever experienced
to gel a look at the ruins. It was
^0 days before the British land-
n Greece .and his outfit was
fe tne Jerry airfields.
^des the DFC. the young
-wears the Air Medal
_ keuiili'' iiwuiu
.she, but her race were on a kmd
of test. She accepted the cli^ienge
and made a fine record.’
A German refugee girl, newly
employed, allempied to orgamze
antipathy toward the Negro sec
retary, Klein said.
•She eam.a to my office to voice
■ -xplauied that 1
(.onsidered her atuiude inconsist
ent with the fact that she, a reiu-
gee, should resent equal oppor
tunity to anoUier girl In view of
iier inlolerance, 1 let her go.
"Another gul resigned because
she believed her i>osilioii inferior
to Uie one Miss Seals filling.
My answei' was that ability imti
uaining alone were deciding fac
tors for employment practices m
tiur co'untxy." .
Miss Seals' record prompUKl
Klein lo employ two Japanese.
"I wanted lo iiire Uieui and told |
Uiem so,” Uie manufucturer said,
"but added 1 would have to de
termine the reaction of Uie other
facluiy employes. 1 went to the
factory where almost every em
ploye has a broUier or sweeUieari
or husband ixi Uie termed services.
"1 explained loyal, intelligeul
American citizens of Japanese de
scent might become polenUai sab-
uleurs if they consistently encoun-
Ured job discrinunauuns. I said
v/e have girls of German and Ital
ian birtJi working liere. We hav-
n'l discharged them because of
the war. .
"I'll always remember the ap- d^^.Hars were invested in war
plause whicii mdicated their ac- bonds by Negroes during the 5th
.tptance.” _ I War Loan, while Negro women
aUul U'
hour after the shooting, lying in
a pool of blood and suffering ^rom
i badly injured hip. She was
ushed to a hospital in Wash^-
ten, N. C., where she wn.-; given
u blood transfusion. She gained
strength enough to relate the
story of the shooting, but died
the next day.
The boy, considered an incor
rigible, admitted his guilt. He was
awaiting cummitlal to a reform
school on another offense' when
the tragedy occurred.
mm
Wilberforce University, will speak
lit North Carulina College Sunday
at 3:30 o'clock.
Dr. Stewart, a popular speaker
Willi N. C. CuHcke students, is a
well known Methodist pastor and
educator who was at one time presi
dent of Kittrell College.
Prior to assuming duties at Wil-
berforco University, Dr. Stewart
was pastor uf the Emanuel Meth
odist Church ill Portsmouth, Va.
He was lit one time also pastor of
Ralt'igh's Si. Paul AML Church.
slitutes the great tragedy of human
existence.”
Dr. Franklin traced the develop
ment of America’s concept of free
dom from earliest Umes and point
ed lo the inconsistency of this coun
try’s attitude toward the Negro. He
ollicd this inconsistency with the
practices of present major world
powers. _
"The fate of the Negro m the
period of post war adjustment de
pends on the three factors that have
conditioned his development in ear-
M. Sgl. Willie A. Drake, of Tuc-
I son, Arizona, recently visited Ft.
Huachiica, after twenty months In
I Ni.Mh Africa, Sicily and Italy.
1 Formerly a member uf the 2r»th
i Infantry Regimeiil. M. Sgt. Drake
' was in (luirge of a Quartermaster
I-aundiy Company. Pr.or to going
I overseas he .‘•erved ten years at
( Fort Huachuca.
day:
i
(From The Christian Science
Monitor)
CITIES ACHIEVEMENTS
OI NEGROES IN WAR
newspapers and periodicals have,
with few exceptions, ignored the
.Segro's contribution to the war
Ur. McGuinn declared that this
.nformation can be secured by
all newspapers, upon request,
lion.
from the Office ol Wax- Informa-
Land. Air. Sea
The colored combat troops at
Bougainville, the 45th Anli-Air-
iiaft unit ill the harbor ul Naples,
the 92nd Division in Italy, the
366th and 369th Engineers in the
llatUe of the Bulge, were among
Uie Negro land units whose ex
ploits Dr. McGuinn mentioned. In
the field of aerial warfare, he
said, the 332nd Squadron has shot
at least 73 enemy planes out of
Uie air, while II members uf the
99Ui Pursuit Squadron have won
the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Naval Harocrt
In addition to such individual
naval heroes as Dorie Miller,
Leonard Harmon, Charles W
David and others, 23 Negro offi
cers axvl 142,628 Negro enlisted
men were reported serving in the
Navy last ^plember, according
t'l Dr. McGuinn. There are at least
15,771 Negroes in the Marine
Corps and 3,367 are in the Coast
Guard, with four officers. The Na
tional Maritime Union has 8,000
cclored members, with three cap
tains of Liberty Ships with mix
ed crews. Four thousand Ne^)
wemen are in the WAC, while
others are joining other branches
of the service as the barriers of
. egregation and discrimination are
removed.
Civilians. Too
aised three milion dollars in
two-million-clollar campaign for
the steamship Harriet Tubman.
As of January 1, 1944, about 14
per cent of all civilian govern
ment employe -s in Washington
vere Negroes, while Nt^groes form
approximately 7 per cent of the
industrial war workers engaged
in the making of munitions and
the building of war ships and
planes.
The establishment of the FEPC,
the NAACP’s successful fight for
a Supreme Court decision against
the Texas white primary, and the
California Supreme Court’s re--
etnl decision on the boilermakers
union, were also cited by Dr. Me-
Guinn as contributions made to
the battle for democracy by tlie
united efforts of Negroes and
liberal whites who seek a meas
urable degree of freedom for all
as the ultimate victory of Woorld
War II. ^
SENATOR BILBO BLASTS
WILLIAMS' LIBERAL OPINONS
and the opening of cafeterias and
washrooms in Washington gov-!
ernmenl buildings to Negroes and [H
v.-hiles alike Mr. Williams r»-plied . '
that he subscribed to them. Mr.
Bilbo then suggested that "You'd
better not disband the army.”
Further the Mississippi Senator,
who once advocated the deporta-1
tiofi of American Negroes to Af
rica, told Mr. Williams that he
ought to “gel on closer terms with
Russia”,
Although he lost Senator Bilbo’.s
vote for confirmation Mr. Wil
liams gained the two votes of Sen
ators ^olt Lucas (D-Ill.) and
George D. Aiken (R-Vt.) who ex-
pn-ssed themselves as being favor
ably impressed with the soft iqwk-
jen Williams’ ability to direct an
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