' E. nA:?GE7T G ..
Roy Wilkins Drfine^Social Equality
WEEK SET FOR WAR WORKERS
EXAM SET FOR
U. S. MERCHANT
MARINEIORPS
WASHINGTON — The ncxi com
petitive rxHmin.iiirin for appoint
ment as cadpt-midshipman in the
United States Merchant Marine
Cadet Cortis durini; 1345 has been
set for May 26. the War Shipping
Administration announced today.
Other examinatioi's set for thi.s
year will be iield nn the last Sat
urday of September and November
and on the last Wednesday in July
They will be conducted hy the U.
S. Civil Service Commission in con
veniently located centers throuRhout
the country.
Application forms and informa
tion booklets relative to admission,
to the examination and the Acade
my at Kings Point may be obtained
by writing to the Supervisor. U. S.
Merchant Marine Cadet Corp.'
Training Organization, WSA. Na
tional Ttieatrc nuildiiiR, Washing
ton 2.'). D. C.
Men who are unmarried citizen.-)
and who arc 16 years and six
months of age and not yet 23 may
submit application for appointment
as eadet-midshipman. T^c minimum
icquisitc tor admission to the ex
amination is 15 high schw)l credits.
Tlie competitive examination for
appointment will be based upon
high school courses in English,
mathematics, physics, modern his
tory and the general knowledge that
didates No candiadales will be ap-
taining 15 high schixil credits
Entrance to the Cadet Corps in
• the order of tlic highest rating le-
ceived m competitive cxaminati-iti
will be b.ased upon State quotas ac
cording to the population
Physical requirements correspond
to those of the Navy Department
for appointment as midshipmen in
the U. S. Naval Reserve and are
the same for deck or engineer can
didates. No candidates will be iqi-
pointed who fails to meet with
these rigid physical requirements,
regardless of the grade achieved in
the competitive scholastic examina
tion.
BROUm
MAKES APPEAL
FOR COLiEGES
NEW YORK - Opening the cam- [
paigii to l 5‘n.flno jn, lo
’THE, CAROLINIAN
NAACPExecutive Speaks
To Raleigh Audience
VOLi’.MK XXV, MMIil’R Hi
\\ I:KK I'.NDINC:, SA’i rUDAV. APUIL^H, Uil.l JiALKICll, NOIiTII CAROLINA
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Candidates Lo se, But
Race Is Awakened
II GRADUATE
FROM OFFICER
CAN'DATE CLASS
AT CARLISLE
One of the rerent arrivals at
I'ort lloarliiir.i is S. Sgt Eugene
I.. Iteavis fif Philadeljihia. Pa Me
is an overseas’ veteran of World
War 11. While overseas he demon-
ability as an a
arded first prize
Var " poster con
-d hy the Morale Sei\
and Stars and Strii>es.
army newspaper.
ilhc
B. W. Harris Becomes 8th
Bishop ofEpispocal Church
■Jill
CARMSI.E, Pa. Eleven Nc-gro
en1i>tcd met. of the .Medical Depart-
meiit rceivcd canmis-ions as See-
ond I.icut. narit.s after their gradu
ation from the Officer Candidate
School, Cm lisle Bai racks. They
were among a l.irge iroiip who le-
ccived g-dd bar.v following 17 wick.s
of intensive liaiiung at this school
Oil. Hr,ward T. Wivk.-rl. As.sist..nt
Command.int ..f Uic .Medical Field
, Service School, addressed the grad-
j uatc.s on the part they will paly in
this War a- eoinmissioned officers.
! Brig. Gen. Addison D. D .vis, Com-
1 mandai.:. pre.scnti-d diplomas and
■ leller.s f commis.sion lo the new
j officers at the exercises in the War
' Department theater.
; The program ojK-nod with an in-
, vortaion by Very Ri v George W.
^ Brown, V F. an dwai) followed by
,a .selection of the 33rd ASF Band.
; A bri2cf .sketch of the post wab git
[en by Cap*. Henry E. White. Po.st
Judge Advocate. Col, Thomas G.
Hester Post Executive Officer, ad-
minisli-red the oath f>f office. Sev
eral scic-etions were played by the
Post hand .md the program rlos^
with benediction by Chaplain Sam
uel A F Wagn'T
Cho.-rii (o attend the ;ehod by
, rc-as‘ifi r.f ilH-ir «x( client military'
I WILMINGTON— For the first
' lliiie in nearly a half a centur.v
Nigroes in Wilmington had two
n prosenlatives. in the per*(in ol
fliorge W. Allen and Ben Mc
Ghee. who were councilmanic can
didates in the primary held Mon
day. April 23. Mr. Allen polled
5H! vuti'.s and Mr. MKJhee n -
ceived 3113 vote.s. In the .sixth pre-
c'inr i of the secfmd ward, at tie.
17th and Dock .streot.s fire sta
tion. where no Negroes were l e.g-
listered. Mr. Allen drew ten bal-
j lots and Mr. McGhi-e two.
I The two colnri'd candidate.s re-
i((ive-d a total of n«2 votes. Tlv
number of colored egistranls
wr-re 14f>7. Many p«-ople think
I that despite the fact that the col
ored candidates did not win they
'made a .splendid .showing since
.they had announced their candi
dacies only a short time before
the primary, and that they had
no well-knitted organization back
ing them.
The eh'ction was highlighted by
the absence of mudslinging and
vv%.s characterized by each candi
date resorting to high ideals. Po
lice Chief C. H, Ca.steen report'd
that the primary was conducted
li". a •’verv quiet" manner. The
, inclement weather was responsi
ble for keeping a number of pc.)-
I pie from the poll.s. There were
111.929 registeerd voters.
That there has been an o.ssenlial
I awakening on the part of a large
j number of Negro iitizens in the
j fiir.etoining of their city's govern-
; ni* wlal affairs seem to be the con
census of t ./inion among Wilming- [
-tonians.
FOUR CONTESTS
ANNOUNCED TO
HONOR WAR
WORKERS
RAl.EIGH — White and Negro I
war wnrkcr.-i in Wake. Franklin, and
John.son countic.s will be honored in I
a program which will be featured !
by four contests two among white !
workers, and two among Negro I
workcr.s. |
The C'lntest.s have been arrstiged '
by the Mayur’.s War Production!
Committee -— organized to figlit ab
senteeism in industry and com-!
mercc — "m recognition of faithful
.ind regular service rendered by
war workers.” War Bonds will oe
given a.s prizes in the contests.
The climax of the contests for
white workers will be u program at
the Ambassador Theatre here on
the night of Frib»y. May 4. and thej
climax of the contests for Negroes
will come on the preceding eve
ning. May 3. at the Lincoln Theatre •
here At each of the theatre pro
grams, the “outstanding family in j
war production in this area" select-
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FRESIDE.NT TRUMAN l.N-
YOKES HIS SENATURIAL
RECORD TO INDICATES HIS
SUPPORT OF ANTI-POLL
TAX BILL
WASHINGTON — At his
first press conference President
Harry S- Trnman rcasurad sap-
porters of the anti-poll Ux bill
that his -enatorial rcconl would
not be disowned.
The President was a.skcd to
expres.s his views on abolition
of the poll tax and on other is
sues.
The President replied, as he
did lo many similar questions
Intended to establish new Ad
ministration policy, that the re
porter -should read the Senate
record of Harr)- S. Truman,
supporters and opponents. Pres.
Truman, as U. S. Senator from
.Mls.sonri, voted for closure (to
invoket the rule of limitation
If debate) in 1342 and in 1344 -
when the anti-poll tax bill had
been called up for considera
tion. A vote for cloture was
counted as a vote for the bill by
suppotrers and opponents. Pres-
Truman was a member of the
informal Senate steering com
mittee for HR 7, head'
Senator Mead, in the
gress.
The President's S«
on the antl-poil tax
the contention taht
peal is a natoinal
sue. Pa>-inent of
condition of vot"
lO.OM.D 9 ritize
em States, of
are white, am
disfranchises f
other 41 states
TWO CENTS A
WASHINGTO.
ner. Civil Aeroni Vi».
Chairman, discussii . ^ssibili-
ly of the airplane cr\ Its own
cargo business, said. “.-Adoubtedly,
for example, there would be a mar
ket for a substantai number of cop
ies of New York newspapers in
South Amrcica at prices as high ar
5o cents a copy, if they could be
delivered within 48 hours, to peo
ple who would not want them at
any price if they took two weMts
to arrive.”
RALEIGH — Minnesota born
Roy L. Wilkins told Negroes hero
in the First Baptist Church. Sun
day, that he did not assume the
thankless roll ol co-leadership in the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People, sole
ly as a liberator. But that he had
taken up the cudgel, because he
had learned os a student of socio
logy and the son of a Methodist
minister that he could not himself
be free in far-away midwestern
Minnesota if the Negroes in North
Carolina were jim crowed, dis
franchised, denied equal education
al advantages and subjected to eco
nomic slavery.
Mr. Wilkins’ address launched the
two thousand membership drive
which the local branch is conduct
ing. Mr. Edward A. Fincher is di
recting the drive. The enrollment
for the past year was nine hundred.
“North Carolinians sometimes
gloat over their accomplishment in
education and race relation, as com
pared with South Carolina,” Mr.
Wilkins said, “but this is not an
ideal comparison. Compare your
accomplishment with Michigan, New
York. Pensylvanla, and see how
far from the top you will be.”
Defending South Carolina as a
ogrossive state. Mr. Wilkins de-
•'d that In the recent political
there set a pre-
»'*>icity that was
•i tba*
INTERRACIAL AUDIENCES OF VA.,
NEW ENGLAND HEAR DR. SHEPARD
BROUGHTON
MAKES APPEAL
FOR COLLEGES
NEV/ YORK — Opening the cam
paign lo raise $l..5.'‘)0.00l for 32 Ne
gro conege-s. North Carnllna’s form
er governor. J. Melville Broughton,
declared that Negro colleges “must
be Improved and enlarged” to give
the million Negroes in the armed
services" the educational opportun
ities to whirh they arc entitled un
der the Bill of Rights.'
The type of work done in these
institutions, he .said, cannot well be
done in state institutions.
Speaking also in behalf of the
campaign was Dr. F. D. PatteVson,
President of Tuskegee Institute,
who said that “on no other group in
our nation, will the burden of ad
justment fall with more telling
forre than on the Negro people."
"11 is essential." Dr. Patterson
added, "that Negro youths be giv-
on every opportunity that educa
tion can afford to measure up to
the demands of a changing world ”
Mr. Broughton is fund vire chair
man and Winfhrop W Aldrich,
chairman of E.e hoard of Chase Na
tional Bank, is treasurer.
Mother’s Day
WASHINGTON — President
Truman, tliis week, prorlaimed
Sand ay. May 13, as Mother’s
Day. He said that it Is appre-
priate during the war's greatest
Intensity to “acknowledge anew
our gratltade. love, and devo-
lion to the mothers of America.'*
Fort HtMOluua is .S. Sgl Eiigviie
Re.'ivis of Philndclphi>i, Pii. He
is an overseas' veteran of World
War II. Wliilc overseas he demon-
mhe War ’ poster contest, | vOelaion by Very Rev. George W.
sDonsored by the Morale Services Brown, V. F. an dwa? followed by
- - * a selection of the 33rd ASF Band.
A bri2cf sketch of the Post wah giq.'
en by Cept, Henry E.'Vhtte. Post'
B. W. Harris Becomes 8th
Bishop ofEpispocal Church
Section and Stars and Stripes, the
overseas army newspaper.
NORFOLK. Va. — A congieea-
tioii that filled every pew in Christ
and St. Luke's Church. Norfolk,
wilh standees, making a total of
over 1.500 people; congrcgaliuiial
singing such as has been heard at
probably no other such gathering;
smoocthly organized movement;
deep imprc.ssivcness, marked the
con.secration of Brevid Washington
Harris, now eighth Bishop of this
Church iProtslant P^pisropah in
Liberia. Distinguished guests, in
cluding tlie ifon. C. L. Simpson,
vice president of l.ibcria. the Hon.
R. A. Henries. Liberian Senator, K
Jeffries Adorkcr. of the Liberian
Treasury Department, w .0 present.
The Rt. Lev. Walter H. naddclcy.
Chnrrh of England Bishop of Mel
anesia. British Solomon Islands,
joined in the laying nn of hands,
with the Rish'ips of (he Episcopal
Church who attended and partl-
cipfilcd.
The sei-viee liegan wilh a coloifiil
procession through the parisli court,
along the street to Ihe nmin en-
tr.incc to the church, then itrocecd-
cd down the center aisle. Flags «>f
I.iberia .inri the United Stales, and
the Church flag were whipped hy
a brisk breeze, and bishops in their
vestments, and many clergy in aca
demic hoods, lent color to the pro
cession, Choirs of St. Paul’s Poly
technic Insitute, Lawrenccville, Va ,
and of Grace Church, Norfolk, .of
which Bish'‘p Harri.s nad been rec
tor for nearly 20 years, led the
It in magnificent rcndl-
j lion of the hymns and other sung
parts of the service.
’ITie rrunfers and taper bearers
were from Grace Church and St.
James Church. Norfolk. Marshalls
I were the Rev. Emmett Hoy and Mr.
T. S. Taylor.
In tiie procession were students
I of the Bishop Payne Divinity
j School, lay representatives of the
• rimtinucd on page two)
Judge Advocate. Col. Thomas Q.
Hester Post Executive Officer, ad
ministered the oath of office. Sev
eral selections were played by the i
post band and the program closed \
with benediction by Chaplain Sam-1
uel A. F Wagner.
Chosen to attend the school by
reason of their excellent military
records, the men won their com
missions in the Medical Administra
tive Corps on Die basis of merit
land outstanding performance of
I duty. Corring from various states
throughout the country, the new
lOlficcrs comprised the Eighteenth
: Class of Officer Candidates lo bo
I graduated from this rchool. They
j l.-'ft immediately after the exercises
'for various posts lo take over ad-
' minislralive duties so that medical
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That there has been an essential
awakening on the part of a large
number of Negro citizens in the
functoining of their city's govern-
nn Atai affairs s£em to be the con
census of opinion among Wilming-
tonians.
will come on the preceding eve- ' South Atnreica at prices as high
nlng. May 3. at the Lincoln 'Theatre 50 cents a copy. If they could ba
here. At each of the theatre pro
grams, the “outstanding family in
war production in this area" select-
(Continued on back page)
delivered within 48 hours, to peo
ple who would not want them’gt
any price If they look two wefcks
to arrive.”
Hayes-Taylor ‘Y’ Drive
Opens Sunday, May 6
PRISONER SLAIN
IN ESCAPE
ATTEMPT
Iota Phi Lambda Concludes
Two-Day Sorority Session
' RALEIGH - Penal Director H.
H. H'lneycutt announced this week
thta Alex Hanks. 13 year old con-
{ vict wa.'s sliot and kilted in an at-
i tempt to escape from Scotland
I County road gang Friday aflcrno 'M.
, Atrording to information given
I Hnncyciiti, Hnnk.s and a fellowpris-
nnrr. Henry Cummings, were shot
i.'it by a guard as (hoy fled from,
' the ramp. Hank' wa.s struck and
;ran about lOn yards before drou-
I ping d( ad. Cummings made a safe
, getaway.
DURHAM Dclegiilcs from nine
aoutheastern states were in atten
dance here Saturday at the closing
sessions of Ihe iwo-day regional
meeting of the lota Phi Lambda
Sorority, n tional business wom
en's organization.
The sessions opened Friday night
with an address by Dr. Marshal L.
Shepard, recorder of deeds in the
District of Columbia. ,
At Saturday's opening session.
Mrs. Mabel A. CogwcH. registrar
in the Atlanta University School of
Social Work, the sorority's regional
directress, presided at the Fayette
ville Street USO. Sorority members
gathered hero from Georgia. Ala
bama. Florida. North Carolina.
Texas. Mississippi. Louisiana. Ten
nessee. and Arkansas to hear speak
ers from the Treasury Department,
the OPA. local business interests,
and a Pitt.sburgh newspaper man.
Mrs. Nell Huatcr, promotion spec
ialist in the Treasury Department’s
War Savings Division, outlined s
program designed to help women
.'peed up war bond purchases dur
ing the Seventh War Lo.an Drive.
Dean James T. Taylor, assistant
State OPA infinmation officer, dis-;
cussed womi n’.s contributions lo Ws
agency’s pnigiain .gitl (j'linted out
the necessity for additional ration
ing measures,
John H Whi'elcr and R. N. Har
ris'. Durham business men. grcelvd
the delegates in bc-half of local bus
iness firm.s.
W. P. Bayless, circulation manag
er "f the Pitisburch Courier, nation-
pi Negro weekl.'' ntw.spapcr, dis
cussed his jiapcr’.s recent launch
ed ’’Better Conduct Campaign.’ Ho
dc.'rnbed the campaign as "a na
tion-wide effort to make Negroes
everywhere aware of the impor
tance of controlled Mieial behavor
at all times and under all circum-
SHnees.”
Miss Geneva Mcbane. Durham
insurance clerk, was elected trea.s-
urcr of the regional organization .it
the end of the USO se.ssion.
Other officers eiectrC it this
time included Mrs. Louise Davis.
Atlanta, Ga.. recording secretary:
Mrs. D. D Allen. Tuskegee. .\la.,
irontiniied i>n hack page)
Hanks wa.s sentenced in Warren 1
County in January. 1343. to from |
8-10 years for assault with a dead-,
ly weapon Cummings, of Cumber-1
land County, was serving a term of
15-18 years for manslaughter. He
was .scnt« ncc(i in June, 1944. j
CRLENSRORO — The sixth an
nual meniliersliip drive of the
Hayes-Taylor YMCA will get un
derway Sunday, May C, it was an-
noiineed today hy Prof. .1. A. Tar-
pley. supervising pimeipal of the
Greensboro Negro schools and
chairman of the Y committee uf
management.
Tarpicy also announci'd the ap
pointment of Dr. W. M. Hampton,
physician, has been seleced as gen
eral chairman of the campaign with
President F. D. Bluford, of A. and
T. college and Dr. J. B- McLaughlin,
physician, as associates. The drive
will prrKced with the cit*- being
! divided into two divisions. Division
t A. Dr. Hampton announced, will bo
! headed bv Prof. V M Chavis, of
! the Dudley High School and W. H.
: Hcaden. insurance man in charge
■ Division B will be directed by
■ Breston Haygood. l*>cla artist and
Hall, Negro county agent.
INTERRACIAL AUDIENCES OF VA.,
NEW ENGLAND HEAR DR^ SHEPARD
URBAN LEAGUE ”
MEMBERSHIP
GOAL EXCEEDED
DURHAM — Dr. James E. Shep
ard, prc.skicnl of North Carolina
Slate College, spoke to the Durham
Baptist Ministers’ Interracial Asso
ciation here Monday.
The educator was scheduled to
address the Education Club of the
First Baptist Church of Martins*
ville, Va., Friday night, April 27.
In his address to the Durham
ministers. Dr. Sbepard pointed out
the necessity of continued racial
cooperation and a.s.scrted that Chris
tian ministers should take the lead
N. C. STUDENT
HEALTH ASS’N
HAS MEETING
RALEIGH — The second annual
Cunfcrcnco of the North Carolina
Negro Student Health Association
concluded its two-day session hero
April 21. with a luneneon meeting
in the Arcade Hotel, Acting Dean
A. L Turner of the North Caro
lina College for Negroes addrc.ssed
the final sc.ssion uf the social and
economic backgruund of the Ne
gro’s iicalth status.
Dr. Turner said (hat .substantial
improvement m the health of the
Negro masses would depend 'in thj
(irogress to be made in their edu
cational and economic statu.s and
the rapidity with which public
health services and facilities would
be made available to them. In the
latter connection he pointed out
that great advances were made in
the. Negro's health status from 1330
to i940. under the New Deal Pro
gram.
Other sessions of the conference
’ were held al Shaw University.
Among the .speakers addrc.sing the
rrproscnita.vcs (rr.m mo.-l rtf the
Nefiro collt^c.- of the pate uct,. country if the Negros
' “'’ oSr P lot ia to Irrprove substantially.
.-.1 Bennett; ftr M T. Brc^le eol- Morris. Sr., i. pas-
ege physician al Johnson C Smith , Martinsville First Baptist
I Trtieryvt-.s* »e. C'irhc.rle, I Oeaplyor _ *
Church where Dr. Shepard was
.'chcdulcd lo sDcak Friday night.
COLUMBUS. Ohio — Inspired by
the slogan. Goodwill is Postwar
Planning, Too, 200 workers in the
Urban League 13th Annual Roll Call
i ncry-stallizing public opinion for a greatly exceeded their goal by re
new and more understanding racial, porting over 4,000 new members at
tolerance. | an interracial Victory Dinner Wea-
Al Martinsville, Va., Dr. Shepard ' nesday, April 18 at St. Paul's AME
was expected to stress the impor- Church,
tance of Negroes’ a.'.suming Iheir j Working in this campaign were
rightful share of civir responsibi- ! representatives ol labir, manage-
lities while pressing for their rights ment, clergy, civic and social groups,
as citizens. and business and professional men
In addresses earlier in the month, land women of both races,
before the Institute for Negro So- "The Columbus Urban League is
cial Workers in Raleigh, April 12. a common ground where all politl-
and at the First Congregational cal parlies, races, religions, etc..
Church of Winchester. Mass.. April, work together for victory in demo-
15, the educator called attention to'cracy on the interracial front. It
ttie far reaching national implica-I is more than just a social service
lions of Ncgri>es’ problems. I organization for Negroes. It is a peo-
No longer sectional or national i pie's movement and the membership
in scope, the problems of Negroes I is a cross section of the entire com
are world wide. Dr. Shepard stated, munity. The Governor. University
He asserted that a new, hopeful President and the most humble clt*
spirit of liberalism is rising in the,
&)Uth and indicated that this lib- i
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nULDING
SPEAKS TO^
SANFORD YOUTH
SANFORD (Speciaw-* -. clty'9
Wall Street Baptist Church, cele
brating its 8th annual Young Peo
ples’ Day Celebration here Sun
day, heard Dr. C. C. Spaulding,
president of the North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Company
and the Mechanics and Farmers'
Bank of Durham, challenge youth
"to rise to the unprecedented op
portunities awaiting m tomorrow's
dAraruiwiuvin
SANFORD (Spf "att^This city’s
Wall Street Baptlsf'’ii^rb. cele
brating its 8th annual Peo
ples' Day Celebration here Sun
day, heard Dr. C. C. Spaulding.
pre^dent of the North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Company
and the Mechanics and FarmeiV
Bank of Durham, challenge youth
“to rise to the unprecedented op-
portuni'les awaiting m tomorrow's
rtew world."
Dr. SiMulding said that although
the passing of President Roosevelt
is a severe blow to liberalism and
progress "both nationally and inter
nationally." Nevertheless, those of
us here now must continue our ef
forts to cooperate with those around
Us in order that the world's pro
gress will move ahead."
Negroes are going to see critical
times. Dr. Spaluding said, and Ne
groes are going to continue to make
progress, he opined. He emphasized,
however, that Negroes must rededl-
cate tnemselves to new prinefp^
of intellectual and moral discipline
“Not all of the enemies of pro
gress are non-colored reactlotiartei.
Many enemies of progress exist
within our own group. They are the
men and women who disgrace ua
all by their loud and boisterous con
duct in public carriers. They are
the sluggards among us who are
wasteful and heedless of today's re
sponsibilities.”
PRISON TERM GIVEN IN
MAN SLAUGHTER CASE
SMITHFIELD — A prison term of
from 12 to 15 years was meted out
to Mattie Stewart, 33 year-old wom
an of the Belmont section, charged
with fatally stabbing Clarence D.
Dublin. 32. with a butcher knife on
March 25.
The woman pleaded self defense.
iii(;n SCHOOL has heai.tii i
WEEK PROGR.AM
RALEIGH -- Alfreda Daly and
Pauline" R:iy. ninth grade students,,
were winners in the “health skit
conti'Nl" for membors of the various
classes (if tlie ("Inthing Department
' ' Washington High School, it w.oi
announced by Etta E. Diirren. voci- ;
tional home economics teacher.
Till" skit contest was a feature of
the cla.s.sei,' observance of health
week The program included daily
health Inspection, health-evalualton '
charts and di.splay and study of b'll-
leMn board material on typical
health organizations.
In eonnecioii with the courses of
I study, demonstrations have beer
; given by students on various phases
jof health and hygiene correct haii
styfini;: makeup: proper clothing
*d(st!'ns. lines, and colors.
The campaign goal is 600 mem
bers. David W. Howell. Southern
Aie.i National Council Secretary,
of,Atlanta, is in the city to assist
in the drive.
C. A. Irvin. Public Relations Di
rector of A. and T. college, will di
rect the newspaper publicity.
PLANS FOR GIW. SCOUT
CAMP COMPLETED
RALEIGH — A jo:nt meeting of
the Girl Scouts District Committee
and the Negro I.eaders Association
was held at the Tuttle Center on
Monday evening. April 23rd at 7:30.
Mrs R p Daniel, p-esident of the
District Corrmitte. presided. Mis.
S. M, Young, Jr. Executive Secre
tary and Miss Grace Alexander. Act
ing Field Secretary were present.
Final plans for Ihe opening of the
Girl Scout Camp at Whispering
Piles on June 26th were discussed
and completed Mrs M. W. Aikins
will be director in charge of the
Camp which will be opened from
June 26th through July 3rd. The
group made plans fur an all-day
outing at Camp Whispering Pines.
Sunday May 6th.
University: Miss Flossie J. Parker,
director of the widely known Com
munity Health Education Project,
Bennett College; Mi.s.s Adelc Ware,
college nurse. North Carolina Cul-
iContinued on page two)
POSTAL EMPLOYE
SENT^CED
WT.ISON — Pleading guilty to
1 theft over a pericxl ol two years
amounting to $8.000 from mail en
trusted to his care. Rolic L. John
son was .sentenced lest week in
United States District Court here to
18 months in Federal prison by
: Judge Sterling Jutcheson.
A post office inspector testified
tht he had found 200 mail pouches
hiddein i na swamp near Seaboard.
■ 147 hidden in another place and 74
regular mail bags in a third place
during the investigation of the case.
Jotmson is alleged lo have told ‘
the inspector that he averaged >
about $13 a week from his thefts.
Some .500 missing letters were also}
1 found. ,
QUIET, PLEASE!
RALEIGH — Governor Cher
ry urged eltlzena of North Caro
lina to cooperate in National
.xoise-Aoatnnent Week April
29-May 5.
The Goveraor's statement:
“By general agreement among
medical and Mlentiflc authorities
it has been established that
noise exerts an unfavorable in-
Ruenee on health, morale, and
effirienry and, therefore, on the
welfare of the nation. In time
of war it is mos important that
ever>-thtng powible be done to
help us keep welt and working
until victory over all our ene
mies is won.
“The week of April 23 to May
S has been designated aa Na
tional Noise Abatement Week
throughout the nation. As Gov
ernor of the State of North Car
olina. I am. therefore urging
all ciUxen.s to cooperate In help
ing lo rid our State of harmful,
wasteful and needless noise."
N. C. Plans Community
Assistance To Veterans
FAYETTEVILLE — At a two-day
conference on providing assistance
to veterans of World War 11 held
al Seabrook Road USO over the
week end. Negro Wac, Marines, Sail
ors. Soldiers, Paratroopers and com
munity leaders agreed that there is
much civilians can do to help their
own GI’s if they will organize in
rural southern areas where the bulk
of Negro servicemen and women
live.
On Saturday. April 14. a panel
of 5er\-icemen and women discussed
their post-war plant and methods
by which their communities could
help them realize their ambitions
After listening to talks by Ray Dav
enport and Lamuel Foster of the
War Department and Miss Dorothy
Heights of the YWCA National
Board, the GI’s took over the meet
ing and urged their relatives and
friends back home to organize now
so their sons and daughters in ser-
i vice get full advantage of jobs, edu-
‘cation, business and farms provid
ed on paper for veterans. With real
ism seldom credited to youth, these!business men and nurses. In giving
‘ Negro servicemen and women rec- (Continued on back page)
ngnized the obstacles to achieving
their dreams In the rural' South,
however, they demanded resolutely
that Negro business men can thru
red-tape and make funds available
for loans to qualified veterans; that
community leaders fight for full
employment; and that special at
tention be given to providing op
portunities for Negro servicewlm-
en and war workers.
Speaking before representatives
of 32 N. C. counties. Mr. Pope, Di
rector of Negro Services, of USO
National Board opened the Sunday
civilian meeting with a strong ap
peal to local and national leaders
“not to break faith with Negro vet
erans who will return to their com
munities anxious to be as good cit
izens as they have been good sol
diers." Urging all communities In
the South, be they large or small,
to establish community counseling
programs. Mr. Pope stressed the po
tential value of ministers, county
farm and home demonstration
agents as well as teachers, doctors.