GOOD SAMARITAN IN N. C. HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION! _ - ————— VOLUME XXV'i, NO. 32. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA WEEK ENDING SAT! Tin W. APRIL 2<>. IfM7 PRO l 7be two white men resisted efforts to arrest the two Negroes and face charges of interfering with an officer in the performance of his duty- • well a; disorderly conduct Bus station at- the Negorcs nad tick vis for out. of state destinations. The two whites arrested were Igall Rc-odenke. a New York horti culturist. and Joseph A, Feimont (Continued on tmek page) Heavy Toll Os Negro Life Taken In Texas Blast COVENANT CASE lOVES TO U, S, HIGH COURT IVY CHARLES WARTMAN DETROIT t ANP) - Swiftly moving events last week brooch! flu Orsei McGhee restrictive cov enant ease closet to the United States Supreme Court During a conference here of N A ACP officials and outstand ing lawyers, action was planned to f Con tinned on hack, page) Baby Importation Not Red Cross Activity WASHINGTON. D. C.— -NNPA The American Red Cross empba sized here last Tuesday that the matter of bringing English born babies of colored, American sold iers to this country from England "does not fall within the range n: Red Cross activity." This statement wa* made in an swer to queries as to whether ot not it will participate it: a move to bring to this country more than 5,000 babies feathered in England by colored soldiers stationed there dining the war. Press dispatches from London said the move is al ready under way. The Red Cross said while it has no official connection with the movement, it understood that Na tional Urban League ».nri the Fra ternal Council of Negro Churches in this country had taken an active interest in the matter. Tomorrow's World Foundation. Inc, was. also named as an organization actively engaged in attempting U find homes m America for the babies. ASSURE SENATE! RAGE WORKERS FAIRNESS WASHINGTON. D. C Edward ! ! F. McGinnis, Sergeant.-at-Arms of! thi United States Senate Wednes i day. assured the Washington Bu reau. NAACF, that any Negroes ; employed under his jurisdiction ] | would receive 'fair and just treat-i i rut nt." His statement came in response [ to a protest made by the NAACF i t , McGinnis over his alleged ex- j elusion of Thomas S Thornton, ari I tv. -serviceman and an employee ot ! the Capitol, from the Senate lunch cent He because he was a Negro. The story first appeared in "The : Washington Merry-Go-Round," a I syndicated column written by' ■ Drew Pearson. | McGinnis -.aid. "V air Association ! may be assured that any Negroes employed under the jurisdiction o! ‘he Sergeant-at-Arms of the United! (Continued on Page Two; TEXAS CITY, Tex. -ANP) _ A heavy toll of Negro life was taken I ;;1 test Wednesday’s blast, here that ' literally wiped out the Negro com- 1 r amity along with nearly every other section of this small indus- 1 trial city. No official estimate of Negro dead and injured has been report 'd. but the proximity of the Negro vicinity to the waterfront indicates that it was among the hardest hit of all areas here. Rescue workers ; have lost all racial consciouness ; nd. thought of traditional southern . lint crow by piling the dead t> gather. The total number of Negro resi ,d- nts here was about 700 nr 800, out many were able to escape after -Continued on Page Two) MERIT AWARD GIVEN ATLANTA VETS | ATLANTA - ANP) Two Atlan ta Nero veterans. representing those who were in the regular army before and after Pearl Harbor, | were presented American Defense and World Wai II Victory medals >by Lt. Gen O W. Griswold, com ! manding general of the Third \ army. The honored veterans were ; James E. Gaines, former member : •of the 24th Infantry, who .served j | from 1935 through 1945, and James | Walker, who entered the army in I • 1842 and served through 1945. | Gaines served in the Pacific eairs ' paign from Nev»- Hebrides to Sai- j i pen, while Walker aw 33 months ;of service with a quartermaster I ! u«tt fr.'Oi England to Germany. ■smwr- «, ' THE WORKERS IN THE RA LEIGH BRANCH Ot NA.ii P MEMBERSHIP < VMI’AJGN The Raleigh Branch <»! VA.KT is asking every Negro citizen in Raleigh to join the NA.M I so that they viill Hav< support in ‘Ma’ Bethune Am erica’s First Lady, Says Jacobs, Writer New York (ANP) One if the foremost educators in Amer ica today is Mrs. Mary McLeod B-dhunc. founder of ’ Bethuri"- Cookman college, as well as the N; tional Council of Negro wom en. This was the opinion given by Stanley F, f . . b., in his article entitled ‘The Story of Mary Be tnune" in the March edition ot This Month magazine. From a humble beginning as a daughter and sister of slaves, she has become one of the 50 greatest women America has pr >■ riuced and has spent a busy life lighting foi equal opportun:- Ih y— regardless of race or :ex She is known by all those with whom she comes in contact ov the: affectionate term of “Ma" Bethune One leading national magazine dubbed her “the First Lady of her racer’ Tracing her beginnings, the author starts with her birth in -Continued on back page) Happy new Khmer new year. VISITING TEACHER TAKES THE CLASS .1. G. Anquaiidah. of Accra. Gold Coast, West Africa trained at the Accra Government Train ing college and recently head master of c, large infants school there, is one of the many teachers and other colonial students who 1 ' silting the !im ''raw laws in North > aroims. The campaign i !(! (’s on Muy t), JP4A The wort -r- are sciitei! left to right: Mrs. Drake. Clifton Sills, chairman: Mrs. G. M Hinton, L. H. Roberts. Mis- I E. Hicks. !. Haywood. Sen. Taylor Denounces Aid To Turkey, Greece WASHINGTON. U. C.--'NNPAI W-'tiUi 1 i';m; the id in G) oik c :nd Turkey bill us “an adventure into power politics end inrpenl i;;■ j■Senator Glen H Taylor. De mocrat. of Idaho. last Tuesday compared the action the Senate took ip refusing to scat Tbeocion G Bilbo. Democrat, of Mississippi w '.ti the proposed action to extend . i.-ianee to those • vo cowmries. c - n; tor Taylor argued that Greece s nm a democracy but a monarchy ■ -ci that t- send arms and military • > =. u, Gr ::d Turkey! would bt automatically placing the -‘am if approci! ot the United :» • these governments. iMfififftMWWinnmt WPtfc* hhwi complete their studies in Brit ain. The teachers, in order to widen their knowledge of British s< hoots and teaching methods, i Nit various grades ot schools to observe and teach twice weekly. Senior positions such as head - master:, supervisors an open to them li---s Haze! V. Clarke. V , Halv. T. I . Snniggins J «l --• ini Fincher. A. < Parrish, fieri* - Pt. H. V Edwards. Rie i I'd -Sanders. _ _ __ _ _ _ . r . I Contrasiin ui> action <>! the si i:,,• . ;,i ;umin ; " Use'. Bilbo at ih( Sr natc door in January with the acceptance by this country, "with straight faced righteousness, the results of an election winch every newspap: rman n Greece knew to he a sham." Senator Taylor said: "Indignation throughout our county reached terrific proper tions when it became apparent in i:i4(i that threats of force and vio lence kept American citizens from voting in the state of Mississippi. This Senate took cognizance of »hat irregularity in Us failure to administer the oath of office to T ifon: iniied on hack Daset toimtrics Os the 2,000 colonial students in Britain at the present time, 70( arc their as the result ->i scholarships. In the picture Ms. Ampiandah tells it story to five year olds at the Niarlboifui.i-h Infants school. Isieworth. Mid-flesex, as part of his special course ’• ‘•’A-mt-jun | lory (ANT/ PHE-saiooL clink: DATES ANNOS MED . RALEIGH Dr. A. C. Bulla : c.iuui-. Health Officer, has ■ nnoitnccd dates on which pre a hod clinic: will be held for ft.nl* ’ : ,:gh its fijilowr: Crosby -Garfield school. April 29,; 12:20 p. m ; Lucille Hunter School, i A ...i !! ;*o. i2:30 p. m.. Washington j s i hoof May j 2i30 p. m.: Oberlin ( School. May 20. 12:30 p. m.: and : Si Monicas School, May 20. LOO ! ! n. m. ST, AUGUSTINE'S TO EE HOST TO HEALTH ASS'N RALEIGH When the North C*.i'oliioi Student Health Associa tion convenes at St Augustine's Cole. S’ on Saturday. April 26 it '..i1l mark the fourth annual meet ing for that organization The conference has selected as theme "The College and North "m-oLna's Number One Need— GOOD HEALTH." The morning ss»sion will consist of a business session, progress reports from the member colleges. At ILL’ there '■'ill be a panel dis cs iss ion. The Responsibility of tin Continued on onck pages J, C, SMITH«. DESERVES3BTH ANNIVERSARY \J C.VIV! FUNIS NOVA at siti.-iim CHARLOTTE On April 7 Ji.Vinson C. Smith University ob served :i.; eightieth anniversary of t.hr founding of the institution v, hen Di. Walter L. Lingle. Presi dent Emeritus of Davidson College delivered the annula address. Dr. 'eagle was a classmate and lif*. long friend .4 president H. L. Me- Crorey. They studied Hebrew to gether ;, t the University of Chica go under President Harper, Presi dent McCroroy. who is completing • h:- fortieth year as Chief Execu tive oi Sllili.il. uri.-id.G at 11 -*' ]■ Dim -i rs Day program. : Dr Arthur L. Blackwood, a mem ; er i)f the class of 191”. represented i Uv. Alumni Association with an in spiring message. He was accompan ied to the city by Dr. P. H Blount .‘also of Columbus, Ohm Other par , ticipants on the program were Mr. Continued on page eight LIBERIAN PRES. INVITED TO D. C. CONFERENCE RICHMOND iANPi President William V S Tubman of Liberia Ims been invited u> the United States to address a conference t< bi held in Washington ear]' m May under the sponsorship of th> Internotoinal Itinerary Commission ' ,-,f America, it has been announced by Dr S. M. Thompson, executive secretary of the IICA. The one-day national conference v ill hi held at. the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Washington on Mnv 7. Persons other than Presi dent Tubman invited to appear on the program are Dr Wendell C i Somerville executive secretary Lott Carey Foreign Missionary con ventmn and Hilyurd R Robinson | technical director. Liberian Cen* i tcnnial commission, both of Wash ington. HOUSE GETS APPEAL FOR EDUCATION WASHINGTON. D. C.—NNPA> - Present dirung car regulations of u.e Southern Railway, reserving 'a.,- i;:(.!(* loi the exclusive use of col- ivd passengers do not violate provisions in the Interstate Com merce Act prohibiting discrimina tion aginnst any passenger This i.- the conclusion of Waltet D. McCloud. ICC examiner, in a proposed rep or l recommending dismissal of the complaint - ’of Elmer Henderson, recently appointed ex ecutive secretary of the National Council for a permanent Fair Em ployment Practice Commission. The Interstate Commerce Corn mission had previously found that the failur.- of the Southern to fur nish dining car service to Hender son. while he was traveling on May 17. 1942 from Washington to .•¥th*nta. subjected him to undue and unreasonable prejudice and disadvantage, but held that no basis wiif shown for an award of dam ages and that the regulations then in effect would not result m any (Continued on back pagr NEW LIBERIAN PORT NEARS COMPLETION MERGER OF SAMUEL HOl-'STON & Til JOT SON RUMORED AUSTIN. Texas »ANPi l)r. j ■ Harvey Branscomb. chancellor of j Vanderbilt University John D. Rockefeller Ilf, and Dr. Robert Me- Quistioti and Robert Calkins, trus {<•!• of the General Education Board. : were in Austin recently to cont'e. ! with representatives of Samuel! i Huston College and Tillotson Col- j ! lege in the interest of a merger of j i the two institutions. Samuel Huston operates under 1 ' j : the boat'd of educatoin of the Moth- j ; odist Church and Tillotson is con- ! trolled by the American Mission ary association The two school? , have a combined enrollment of i Minrlcn, La.. Victoria BaiHte, Ba ton Rouge. Verna Stevens New Orleans and Margaret Saizon of New Roads La. (AMP) WHITE WOMAN SAYS SHE WAS RAPED ATLANTA :ANP> A young v Lit. woman changed her story abou* the rape by three Negro ytun ns last week when a Grady hospital examination revealed no :.. cv cf attack and her story prov e : weak tor aceontance. Instead si if was booked at police heatiquar :ers for further investigation. The woman was found in a Ne g. section anti ‘old police that she : with three whit soldiers when eg , w Negro youths came up and rail the soldiers away later raping her. The examination at Grady showed no evidence of attack and close query disrupted the story en tirely. Otherwise tnrec innocent Negroes might have beer; arrested or; the suprious charge and more than like!.’, convicted NAftOP DRIVE ENDORSED BY IASS. MAYOR SPRINGFIELD. Mass. Mayor Daniel B. Brunton -»f this city Fri day endorsed the national "Make I: a Million” membership drive of the National .Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 'We the citizens of Springfield, an- justly' proud of our city's time honored traditions." the mayor said. 'The democratic convictions with which we would shape the future, nowever, impose upon us certain inescapable responsibilities. Not the least among these upon us certain '•■••tiring for our American citizens of Negro ancestry the lull rights, privileges and opportunities guar anteed all citizens under the Con stitution 1 WASHINGTON, D C.—