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oalifornia child rated
MOST BEAUTIFUL
NEW YORK, Bobby Jeann*
Anderson, eight, of I^oe Anffew,
California, was ajwarded the
grand prise in The Oieis B««»-
tiful Child Contest, which clo«ed
August 1. H«r picture appears
on the coTsr of the Sept. Crisis.
Otf>«r prise winners announced
are: Robert R. Baranco, three,
Baton Rouigre, La., second prize;
Dorothy M. White, five. Institute
West Virginia, third prises.
COOK HE JAILED {SERVES
'BBST CHICKEN DINNER’
Memphis, Tenn.— (C) —Pe-
d«ial Judge J. Di llartin com
plimented his host for th* “best
chicken dinner I ever ate.” The
Negro coolc came forward.
“Haven't I seen you before?”
the Judge asked.
"Yas, suh,” ha replied, “I just
finished a 90>d»)r sentence.”
THE POCKETBOOK
I ^ KNOWLEDGE
DR. ESTILL ONE
OF FEW ASKED
TORFMTMEN
SOUTH BOSTON, Va., Sept
8—ANP—-Aftar working indus
triously since last Sept. 29 to ob
tiJin Negro recruits for the U. S,
antty. only fto have their applica.
tions held up because there
"were no acances,” fate played
a mean trick on Dr. D. Vincent
Bstill, fiwt lieutenant in the re
serve corps, when nine recruits
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who to «o DInville to en
list on Aug. 1]5 under the new
mili/tary expansion plan were
kept *way-,fe8rauBe of the recent
floods in this area.
;Dr. EstiH is one of the few
Negroes asked by tbe war de
partment tg recruit soidien. Al
together, he obtained 26 (^?pli-
canit whom he believ«d would
pass physical examinations but
they were never called to report
because Negro units were filled;
On August 8 he was told that
vacancies would exist (|id his
the recruting station at DanyiUe
applicants were told to report to
on Aug. 16.
To make it convenient, Dr.
Estill arranged to hae convey
ances for trblbsportaltion on Aug.
15 but on Wednesday, August
14, the flood came. For severai
days roads were impassable and
when connections were again
made with D*\|iville, the quota
had been filled by boys from
Pennsylvania, Maryland and the
District of Columbia.
However, it is not believed
thdse applioarfts will have long
to wait Since new Negro organ
izations are being formed in this
section. A coast artillery unit
and a quartermaster unit for
Fort Bragg, N» C.,’ and a chemi-
csU warfare unit for Fort Euaftis
Va., are expected to use. many
colored recruits from *Bhis area.
fllins TbocapsoB, Rub]r Woeda,
Marion a«d Mm Alka Blaeli^
Annie Ruth B«yee, Batty and
Bobby Harding, Ardenia Murray,
and Mary Thompson.
LEAVES CITY
Miss Julia Jackson of Casey
street left Ithe city for WilWn-
gton, D. C- Saturday evening
where she will spend a few weeks
with rtlaties.
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VISITING
Charlotte—Miss Mary Taylor
of Branch street who haS been
visiting in the city for the pasit
two weeks left for New Yoflc
Sunday where she will resume
her studies at the Apex school of
Beauty Culture.
,
CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY
Little Miss Margie MoKee cel
ebrated her 7th birthday Friday
i.(fternoon at her home on Oliver
street. Guests present were Haz-
ATKINS HI-GH
SEPTEMBER 4
By Miss R. E. Digga'
Winston Salem Notes
Atkhis High School opens for
student registraition Wednesday
morning, September 4, at 800.
AH students, old and n«w, wsH
ragMer M this time.
One more trade will be added
to the 'curriculum making five
trades which are being off«t^>
The new trade is automobile me
chanics and will be tilught J»y
Calvert Jeffers. The o^ber cojorsea
beiag a4ght in ithe trade field are
dressmaking, by Mrs. Carrie B.
Smith; househould manage.ment,
by Miss Appye Hurt, who is i
sister of Coaoh Huiff, of Morgan
College, Baltimore; painting and
decorating, taught by Jesse Mc
Donald, and trowel use, by Rucker
Crutchfield.
Eight new teachers h,E|fe been
added to the. faculty; Mias Mary
Hoover, from Columbia, S. C
Miss Appye Hurt, from Lyneh-
bprg, Va.; Calvert Jeffers, from
Roxboro; Miss Virginia Kim
brough, from Winston Salem;
Miss Fannie MoCoy, from Peters
burg, V;i: Miss Euleas Milling,
Columbia, S. C., and Miss Helen
Starks, from Winston Salem.
The complete faculty list is sa
folows: J, A. Carter, Principal;
3. J. Bake’*, Mrs. Dorothy Banks,
Miss EltlF.ne Barnete, Miss Char
lene Belton, Mrs. Carie Mae Bod-
ling Smith, Mrs. Lillian Cox, Miss
tVazier Oreecy, R. C. Crutchfield
Miss Hazelile Eaton, Harmon
Fil^ich, Miss Naoma Flowe, Miss
Corrine Frazier, Relrmond Harri-
»on, Mrs. Mary R. Hauser, Dem-
by Hobson, Boyd Holden, Miss
Mary Hoover, Miss Appye Hurt,
Miss Jean Jackson, Calvert
Jeffers, Mias Rae Johnson, Miss
Virginia Kimbrough, C. C. Lass-
isteor, Mias Theresa) Lee, Miss F.
MaCoy, Jesse McDonald, Miss A.
MoKay, Miss' C. Miller, Miss E-
Milling, Miss R. Morgan, G. Ne
well, Thomaa Poag, Royal Pur-
year, Miss Anita Smith, Mias L.
Spencer, Miss P. Spencer,
H. Starkfl, lf». Margarat BtM>*
«M, Mte &th«I Smith, Mrs. Bird
ie V4oghB, Togo W«st, Arthur
Wiibrun. MIm Lois Williams, A
T. Wilson, C, 0. Winston.
PLAYGI^OUND ACTIVITIES
SUMMARIZED
Winaton Salem—
. The , smmner playground pro
gram, under Ithe %#upervision of
the Recleation Department, clos
ed Tuesday at noon. The Four
teenth street playgrouhd and
swimming pool «nd Kimberley
PxHrk playgrounds were closed.
Columbia Heights playground will
remain op«n daily until sctiool
opens from 9-12 in the morning,
and from 2:30 until dark in t^.
afternoon, axqaptt Saturdays. It
will not be open on Saturday
i4ft®moon». When school opens,
the cener wtill be open from 1
until dark, except Saturdays. It
will not be open on Saturdays.
The leadership at the playground
is provided by the Works Pro
gress Administration.
During September, all baseb#.tili
league sdvedules will be complet
ed, city championships pSayed off
etc. Other activities in the pro
gram at Columbia Heights will
be similar to those for the sumi-
ner program. The fill activities
will begin with the opening of the
fall recreation program Oct.l.
During ^elpast summer, 3,1'00
different individuals registered at
the three Ne*ro playgrounds, 1-
686 registered at Fourteenth st.;
900 at Kimberley Pilrk and 905
at Columbia Heights. 93,120 visits
were made to these recreation
centers, 46,465 visits were made
to Fourteenth street; 24,979 to
Kimberley Park and 21,676 to
Columbia Heights. 25,468 visits
were made to |:he egro swimming
poqj t Fourteenth street; 1,1715
visits to the Kimberley Park st.
shower; and 890 to the Coaumbia
Heights street shower. The above
figures include 'the summer pro
gram through Aug. '27.
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Attorney Rivers Gels An ApnoinlmenI
Farm income, this year, is up
BY ANTHONY B. FERGUSON
Por Callin’. News Service
NEW YORK —» Tha appdiivt-
ments of Assistant District \tty
Francis B. Rivers and Attorney
Sidney R. Redmond of Saint
[jouis as heads of the Eastern
and Western sections, respective
ly of the Colored Division of
the Republiccin National Cam
paign, were announced by Re
presentative Joseph W. Martin,
Jr. Chairman of the Republican
National Committee, .
Mr. Rivers was in charge of
the Eastern section of the Colo
red division four years ago. He
is a member of the staff of
Thomas E. Dewey, District At
torney of New York County.
When Dewey v/ks appointed as
special prosecutor in the Rockets
Investigation, Rivers was naimed
among the first in hir s^flF where
but it 18 not yet high enough. , c . 
wu ~ i iM work has been exceptional
When metropolitan citizens un- , / x it u * i j
derstand that their prosperity outstanding . He has tried
depends upon farm buying pow- ,
er the problems of agriculture T ^ Attorney’s
will be quickly solved. but has not allowed this
to hamper him in advancirig the
political potentialities of his good.
a bill reaportioning Harlem «o
that a Negro could be eleetcd to
Congress. ..
friend Thomas E. Dewey. i
It was Ri^rs who pioneered:
in the promotion of the Dewey I
Oiiididacy, first for District At-| The Barlein vffte !* how divtd
tomey of New York County,'ed betweeti /ive CangreuidBal
then ^or Governor of New Yorkj ’r-‘ricta and || M 6xntac*d that
and finally for the presidential j the Negro vote is a minority in
nomination and after the Phil-'each district,
adelphia convention many of the I
political wiseacres believed thil | *^''ers is a graduate of Yale
bccause ©f his steadfastness | College and of the Harvard UJW
for Dewey, he "would have been School, was a first lieutenant in
over looked in the selection of ’ ^he 367 Infantry during the
a campaign director for Willkie.
FVancis E. Rivers has always
World War, is a member of the
Bar Association of the City oi
pioneered politically, being one.^^®^ York and the \ew York
of Harlem’s early Assemblym*Vi County Lawyers Association,
and while in that office he in- j Mr. Redmond is well knows n
trodttced a-nd had passed the | the Central West where he ha*
piece of legisHtjon wlfich . creat-1 had a brilliant and outstandm^
ed the 10th Minicipal Judicial i law priictice, one of his most
district, whi1h cottiprises Har- f fsmou.^ cases was his vicltorjr
lem exclusively, .making a guarrjpver th* Bar placed on Negr®
■’T’tee tha‘t| two Negro Judges home owners who were rapidly
shall alw^ays be elected to this buying property m St. Louis’
post. I most eichtsive white residential
It is believed by his friends areas. He was graduated from
that had he remained in the Harvard in 1923 fnd from
Assembly, he would have passed Harvard Law School in 1926.
Miss
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