SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1945
THE CAROLINIAN
PAGE THREE
Food Administrator Makes
Statement About Food
Washington — Statement by
Marvin Jones:
1 hope no one will be misled
about the food situation. No one
has gone hungry in this country.
No one is going hungry. We have
heard these things before, This
stoiTO will pass and certain facts
will stand out:
MARVIN JONES
1. In 1943 the American farm
ers produced 32 per cent more
food than this or any other nation
ever produced before the war.
2. In 1944 they upped this 5
per cent ms'ting a record increase
ol 37 per cent above prewar pro
duction.
3. This record was made in
spite of the handicaps of war.
4. This year the farmers them-
SLivcs Aci ^uuia uiai cull lui an
. \i n t*caicr ciup acicagc.
j. vtu iia\c UK LK'ai aiiijy aiiu
in lUc Wuiiu. incy nave
can on uui loou.
u. uusaian uUiciais aave luiu
uiai nui lur iUueucaii rouu
iiKy couoa iioi iiave ^oiie loi'vvaiu
oi uiey uiU m Luriinig uacK me
ucT'inans. liie aanie is uue ui
uiigianu. iili uui allies ale ligul-
iiii; tn a coiiiinon cau^e.
>. Uui' civUian» uuiing lue war
iiui \ eanii mule loua pel capita
.nan uiey uiu prevvai.
v. /ur aimed lorces will cullUllJe
lu Ue well leU. We vvnl LOlUlilUc
;L ulieip uUl llgliUug allies. UU.
luvvn people WUi cuniinuc lu Jiave
'plenty ul guoti, vvnuie.9unie iciuu,
lai;U We \v lU CUllU'lOUle uUi Siiaie
[iU ine leliel Ol SlaiV'lIlg people,
! I veil il il means a llevv lUlcii m
'our ueiu. I'nis is a piuclical mal-
ai- ana a pail ol ine wui' iiselt.
I iiie piunaiy object ol Uie Wai
rood HUnunislialion e» to uid m
'i.L-cuimg pioauciioii ol lood. We
ale proud ot Ihe all lime plo-
luutuon in cacli ol tlie wai yeais.
I credit lor tins goes primairly lo
! Uif American piuducer. Anyone
I w ho Sells tile American larinei
siioil makes a mistake.
In addiuoii we have beta buy-
mg live million dollais worili ol
lood per day loi leiidleasc, and
lo suppic-menl liic needs ot oui
aimed lorccs. Tins lood must be
processed, stored, loaded, irana-
poried and delrvered to sinpside
Alach of il IS perishable.
The Uandiing of this food is a
gigantic task. It must be handled
with speed. It mual go forvc'jid
every day. il must b« kept flovv-
mg to ihe war frouis.
57 Make First Semester
Honor Roll At Shaw U.
RALFIGH — Fifty one studenU
are listed on the Shaw University
First Semseler's Honor Roll, re-
Uased by AcUng Kogisirar Eva Fra
zier this week.
Leading honor student was Doro
thy Cheek of Henderson who earn
ed for the fiflli consecutive semes
ter grades of all A’s.
Students earning an average of
B or above were: Hennguetta
/idams, Constance Clark, Thomas
James Boyd, Dorothy Lee Powell,
Vivien Alicetine High, Mane V.
Wood. New York. N. Y.; Janie
Adams. Grace Elizabeth Lane. Bea
trice Gwendolyn Larkin, Doris L
Larkin, Ruth Ray Mitchell, Doro
thy Sanders. Raleigh Virginia
Alexander. Colleen Hams, North
Wilkesboro; Grayce Johnson Al
ford, LaVerne Colleen Jackson,
Richmond, Va.; Hilda Black. Thoin-
asvlllei Vanzola Bond, Gates; Anna
Laura Boone, Dover, N. J.; Lorena
Breeze, Hillsboro, Vanleigh Brown,
Edenton; William DeWltt Burton,
Chapel Hill- Sarah Winnie Cherry,
Windsor; Delsa Dorette Daniels,
-Anni- Marie DicklB^.
i Sum
., Hopei,
Winston
ti; Veil
hi-.iniiM Elv
Salem; Auuiey Mac Vm-'*)ii. I‘«r:s-
iinmth, Vu.. KI»k- .Uji- \V.*:.-.on, Cloj
ion; Currie Vc-rneiu- W.l
minglon und TVie»u iK-u-e vVilKins.
oprmg Hope.
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J32n(l tiompleles 200tL
.lUsiiiuii ftillioul I.A)iss 01
Single ‘IleavJ ‘
WiUi Uie 15Ui Air Force-, Italy
— The all-Negro Mustang fighWi
group, led by Colonel Benjamin
O Davis, Jr., conunandmg officer,
on February 2B chalekd up its
2UULli combat mission with Uie
loth Army Ah' Force when it
piovided close escort for heavy
bombeis attacking enemy targets
on the Brenner route in northern
Italy. These Negro pilots have the
enviable distinction of not hav
ing ln>n -1 cinaii- hi-avv bomber
RED CROSS TRAINING
PROMOTES FAMILY HEALTH
Washington, D. C — 'A Healthy Family in a IL-althy H«imo " alogan for National Negro Health
Week, has a year-round supporter in Mrs. Estelle Blackford, 272$ Sherman Avenue, Washington. D. C.,
who recently completed an .\nK*rican Red Cn«3 course in home nuriing. The mother of 15 children,
all living. Mrs. Blackford al>.. cares for a four-months-old granddaughter (inset) whose mother works
iiwav from home. Her 14->).-ar-old daughter, Edna, learnt how to clean a thermometer as she helps
• i-e for her brother, Frederick, aged 8. * i o_i
(Photo br Americas R«4 Cro*
Reid Addresses National
Congress Of Teachers
WASHINGTON — StuU* pioM-jllit- two pjient-leucia-is organiza-
dc’iits ijf till- Nutiunat i ongress ofM'oiu fm tin.- wc-Uuiv of “all chil-
Coloied Paiviits and Teucht-is, in- dreii, not just our own, but all" ad-
viled to Wuahingtoii by the Chil-|ding that the pr..bkms being dia-
dreii's Bureau, U. S. Depurtmeut of, cussed were the -
Labor, for a conference, Just held,
Wire told by Ira De A. Reid of
the Southern Regional Council that
“there IS no problem we call racial
ujt lb not fundamentally .social."
Emphasis in inter-raciul work in
this country in the perbid between
the iwo wars, he suid. has percep
tibly ’■hificd from concern with race
I elutions to the economic and poli
tical fraincwoik of the commun
ity. Concern more and more, he
.--aid, is now-with social problems
that affect llie whole community
Generally, and f^egrues in particu
lar.
Katharine F Lenroot, Chief ol
the Children's Bureau, in opening
the conference, linked it with the
Chapultetpec Conference from
which she had just returned, point
ing out that in the Declaration ct
same us those
giving concern to parenl-U-achers
groups everywhi-re in tlie country.
Mrs. Anna iM P. Stiong, presi
dent of the National Congress of
Colored !>aieiit-Teachers Associa
tions, preMded at the opening ses
sion.
Discussions weie Ud by Dr. E.
Franklin Frazier, Howard Univer
sity; Dr. Ambrose Caliver, U. S. Of
fice of Eduoation; Kermit Eby, di-
lector of Education and Research
for the Congress of Industrial Or-
(lanizations; and Dr. Reid. Among
other speakers were Mrs. Charles
S. Johnson, chairman of the public
welfare committee of the N. C. C.
T. ; Frayser Lane. Chicago Urban
League; Mrs. DoroEiy Roseroan, Na
tional CommitU'e on Housing; J.
Clegett, Orangeburg Co. Depart-
inent. National Urban League; Mrs.
TED YATES GETS TOLER
ANCE AWARD
New York — Adam Hats Has
announced that Ted Yates, edi-
tur-in-chief uf the Independent
Press service and New York cor-
lespondt-nl for the Afro-Ameri
can newspapers, has been award-
id the Adam Hat ’Tolerance"
award fur his achievement in pro
moting interracial good will thru
the Negro press in the United
States.
The presentation was made
by Ml'S. Geraldyne Dismond Hol
land, noted social worker, on Sat-
•jiday. March 24 from 3:00 P. M.
to 5:00 P. M. over Station WHN.
Talented artists of radio, stage
nd screen and prominent civic
leaders will participate in this
two-hour show.
iiuiAviiivoa lUAL iiL-
Yuuuv rZitutiiia
I wjtmi&boti — a-tU y/wiicy ol Uie
I ^UKUlULbee oil v..uu«eKi.LOU.a
Mraa gbaboo bouoj m
Lfbboi Aiotii bile LoilUilibbeC »o
Lcueiab o-uuiicu Ol w.itbUoii-
04 ^iuidb ill i^aeiica.
o peiuiii is lequaeu lUi bue
4411* Ol iUiy llieebill* lOi ic-
obis woi'»iup or lur eccK-siosbi-
lui ceiciitoiiy, kue coiiUiiikkeu sbUk’
pellUik IS lequiieu lOC uli^
ob/iiivivuce or uieekiiig abieiiue^i
liioie biiuii oU peisoils iioi
ucyoKU kiie lOCai couuuuiuig aouv,
1, m biie case ul ruiii comuiuu-
ley, iioiu ueyouu uiu uoiiuai
auiilg alea Oi UlC lOCcUiiy Ul
iiicil bile iiteeaiig is i«;iU.
me coiiuiubtee Saiu uppiicauoii
tusb ue inaue lOr peiiuissiuu lo
iiuiu uuier types ui cnuieu uieet-
ii.*s aibu tnut it wm act uu sueii
appiicabiuns ut accoiuaiice wmi
uiL loiiowatg pruteipies;
it an appiieauoii la rued lui
peiiuissiou to iioiU a ciiurca legia-
laiive ineetuig, me poucy ot uie
cuiiuiuktee is to grain a peiiiiit
wiiii me imuersianamg uiai at-
lenuaiice niusi ue iieta to Ine min-
uuuiu uamuer necessary lor me
giuup property to luncuoo. iiie
comiiULiee aettnes a enuren iegts-
taiive meeung as one catiea to
transact uusmess essential to toe
continuance or survival ul tne
unurch urgauuauuo. Autoug ois-
imguishmg cuaracterisics oi sucu
meetings axe:
UJ the ttscal operation and
control ot churen pruperues, U)
uie iunenomenl ui canoiucai Jaws,
U) uie eteciion ot a btsnop, mod
erator or other chiet executive
otticer oi Uie church in Uial dis
trict, synod, diocese, presbytery,
etc., (4) the selecuon or exuioin-
ation ui candidates for ordina
tion, COJ me assignment ui past
ors, and the allocaUun oi
funds.
Meetings uf auxiliary groups
such as women’s organizations,
yo'Jth groups and missionary so-
cieUes held concurrently with a
church legislauve conference re
quire separate application ior a
permit. Meetings of denomina
tions that have no central gov
erning body are not eligible ior
permits as church legislative
meetings.
Permits are required for meet
ings of missionary societies, org
anizations of laymen, and ior
ministers' conferences, youth
group meetings and various other
church auxiliary bodies. The pol
icy of the committee is to deny
such permits.
Special courses of instruction
for ministers or laymen require
a permit unless thev are part of
the regular normal curriculum
of the educational institution in
Chaplam T. D. Paiitam, Jr.,
(it. j. g., USNKj son of Mr. and
Mrs. '1. D. Parnani, Jr., ui 1304
Concoid St., Duriiam. is one ul
two Negro chaplains m the
United Slates Navy. *
Chaplain Parham is a 1941
graduate of Norlli Carolina Col
lege. He studied at \\esU:rn
Theological Seminary in Pitts-
burgii Mter leavmg North Car
olina College and received spe
cial training at the Navy Chap
lam School on the campus of
William and Mary Colelge, Wil
liamsburg, Va.
The young North Carolina
Navy man is now staiioned at
the Great Lakes Naval Center,
Great Lakes, lU.
Born in Cottage Grove, Ala., he
came lo St. Luuis m 19U4 seek
ing a caieci'. in 1912 ue huuked
up wilu his biuUiei, a. x.. Mitchell,
euilur and eUici ut the paper, aad
iieruert '1. Meauuws, as pubiigh-
ei's uf a fuui'-page pei'iuaical
bearing tne name, ' bu Lours ATg-
us." Jbur 3 years, as business man
ager he was ak'it and wise in ms
dealmgs und lived iu realize the
iiuiuon ui his fuudest itupc—the
esiabiisluueni ui an insUluUon
Ural started witu a lur-page ^out
and luday, issues weexiy, a na-
tiunai pubiicaiiun ui 2U,UUU capies;
and iroin tneu' o w n buiidmg.
Which is one ol the best equipped
Negro newspaper plants in the
ccuntry.
iVliicheiTs situulder was behind
the wheel at me Berea Presby
terian church where he was a^-
iiig as a Uulmg Lider. lie was al
so active in social projects like
the Buy Scuuts; tire most out
standing being the Argus Worthy
Buy's Dinner, an aruiual event;
Argus Golden Glove Boxing
teams and the Argus Basketball
team.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Nannie
Mitchcl, a son, W. Frank, general
manager of the Argus company
and u brother of the deceased,
J. K. Mitchell, editor of the Arg-
u.':; two siSbcrs, Mrs. Sweetie Hill,
St. Louis and Mrs. Hattie Pow
ell, of New York City survive.
Acik’ ritdigestion
Rrlievod in 5 minute* or
doiihle your money back
irtmi-n d-v-i"'-) uwUll
.1..'-1.! li> Ball-Ul
V/hich they are held.
Church camps and summer as
semblies following the normal va
cation pattern do not require a
permit. But any convention or
meeting held at a camp or sum
mer assembly ground dues require
permit
Bury Founder Of
:iit. Luuiii Argus
By R. C. Fisher
St. Louis — Solomn, impressive
funeral services w^re held for
William Mitchel, one of ihe found-
erfs of sonUGKQWYP FWYPMM
ers and the retired business man
ager of the St. Louis Argus Pub
lishing company at Berea Pres
byterian Church, Saturday after
noon. at 1 o’clock with burial in
his family lot at Washington Pk.
cemetery.
Mr. Mitchell had been in de
clining health for more than 2
years and succumbed Saturday
night, March 10, at his home, fol
lowing a heart attack.
Edenton; William DeWltt Burton,
Chapel Hill; Sarah Winnie Cherry.
Windsor; Delsa Doretle Daniels,
LaGrangc; Anne Marie Dickens,
Baltimore; Helena Munn Dunham.
Waterbury, onn.; Lillie Gertrude
Faulkner. Macon; Lula Caroline
Faulkner, Monroe; Omega Evan
geline Foster, Burlington, Marie
Anllonette Gray, Kinston; Thelma
Amantha Oumbs, Henderson; Mad
eline Holland, Roanoke, Va.; Violet
Missouri Hooper, Black Mcuntain;
Jessie Mae Johnson, Glen Alpln;
Blotidell Bernetha Jones, George W.
Smith, Plainfield, N. J ; John Ruf
fin Manky, Como; June Wilkins
Manley. Suffolk. Va.; Eva I.ucret-
1.1 Merritt. Durham. Edythe lola
Prunly. North Folk, West Va,; Vir
ginia Lee Raiford, Smithfield: Irma
Lloyd Richardson. Taiboro; Joseph
Charlotin Saint-Fort. Saint Mare.
on Uie Brenner route in northern
Italy. These Negro pilots have Uie
enviable distinction of not hav
ing lost a single lieavy bomber
to enemy fighters.
'The group began flying with
the 15th AAF m June 1944. Using
P-47 Thunderbolts soon after their
initiation into the 15th, the pilots
were assigned P-51 Mustangs.
The pilots liave been awarded
63 Distinguished Flying Crosses
and completed more than 8,000
i:idividual sorties. Colonel Davis
has been awarded the Legion of
Merit, the United States’ fourth
highest award.
The all-Negio group has de
stroyed more than 200 enemy
aicraft in combined aerial and
ground strafing assalts and has
destroyed or damaged much en-
»my ruling slock.
Priced Light
as
sPRixa sox a
Fashion xcit«-nHnt in rayon
ciepc ! “I believe in HUDSON-
BELK'S classics." says the
valu«--con.''ciuiis. >ty1e-wise wo
man whose budget has bean
clipped by wartime restiic-
. lions. These very feminine
Spring classics are typical of
the high-style models we offer
you at a shoestring price.
Fashion Excitement at a Value!
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tc
'5‘
to
$«;95
Sizes
12 to 20
38 to 52
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BUDGET SHOPPE—SECOND FLOOR
Mail Orders please include 3^^ N. C.
Sales Tax plus postage.
YiudAjO/L'iild/Ln
'CuUni CoroUMri Lsrg«t“ Jf
Chapultetpec Conference from
which she had just returned, point-
out that in the Declaration cl
Social Principles of America, adopt
ed by the Conference, it was recog
nized and proclaimed that “man
must be the center of interest of all
efforts of people and governments."
The Chapultepect Conference,
moreover, rt.iffirmed the principle
of equality uf rights and opportuii-
Hies for all men. ^eg.^^dless of race
or relieion, a principle recognized
Ly all American States.
The conference in Washing.on
\>'as calltd by the Children’s Bu-
lenu .IS a planning session fur ser
vices for Negro children now and
in the postwar period. Reports
brought In by conferees from all
parts of the country filled in a tra
gic picture of what is happening
to Negro children in the rural areas
and the war centers, but bright
ening the picture were .accounts uf
results achieved through rommuni
ly action, often through inter-racial
I iioperation.
Mrs. William A. Hastings, pres
dent of the National Congress of
Parents and Teachers, participated
in all sessions, emphasizing thru-
■ut the ci'mmon responsibility of
tionul Committee on Housing; J.
Clegett, Orangeburg Co. Depart
ment, National Urban League; Mrs.
Groce Towns Hamilton, Atlanta Ur
ban League; Mrs. Doiothy Fassitt,
Superintendent of the Kruse School,
Marshallton, Del.; Miss Margaret
Heaton, public school teachers, S4n
Francisco; Mrs Josephine Kyles,
Washington Federation of Churches,
Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Hattie M-ie
Clegett, Orangeburg ounly Depart-
irent of Public WelLire. Orange
burg. S. C.; Miss Bess Goodykoonlz.
U. S. Office of Education; and Dr.
Katlierine Bain, Miss Beatrice Mc
Connell. Miss Vinit.a Lewis, and
others of the staff of the Children’s
Bureau
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