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World Conference Planned For Negroes Soon
DeSota Courts Playground
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tional facilities at DaytoA’s new- crc-quet. Tfte Ohio city i^ only Deal’s hoosing program-
ly completed DeSota B»1I Court* one of many throughout the
i» obtained from the photo above jcountry where colored citizens
New
Discuss Possibilites
Of World Conference
Of Colored
Virginia State
College Gets Pilot
Training Course
PETERSBURG, Va. — Enroll-
ment in Virgin^ State College's
preliminary eparse in aviation,
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12,1940
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Charging Senator
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JERSEY NYA
Fart In zZnd Legion
Convention, Boston
ftonnoft rnffcKra Plan I Kingston, Jamaica, BWI,—'^ec^ntly granted by the Civil Ae
DvllllvLl vUUv^V rldll A committee headed by Monclair ^onautics Admnnistration, was
Conference On The
National Defense.
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GS:£»»rSBOKO — A* K
service feature Bemiatt CoIleg>e
is again proud to Announce a
Conference of Advisor to Youth
in the Schools of North Carolina!
for Saturday, October 19, 1940,
The theme for the conference
wjll. be “Youth and National De-
fense,” It is felt that this is a
most timely ^eme due to the
fact ihat the conference will be
held three days after the univer-
stl selective^ draft becomes ,opei*a
tive. It is expected that confer-
enco will exceed all expectations
with many young people from
over the state taking an active
part.
ISpeakers for \ the diftctisaions,
all members of President Roose
velt’s Commission on Nationtfl
Defense, are: Miss Lola Davis,
assistant to Miss Harriett iElliot,
Consumer Commission; Frances
E. Hoffmann, white aiid compos- completed Saturday in prepara-
ed of Rudolph A. Burke,, Amy ttpn fox the oj>ening of actual
Bailey, and In^i Bailey, has issu-jinstruction on Monday, Qetob«r
ed a call for’a meeting this week This learned from a slate-
end at Mount Ida, Hector’s Riv. jment made by A. C, Phillips, who
er Post Office, neaJr here, to dis-jwas just referiU|r appointed to
cuss the possibility of calling a the position xf Co*«pdinator of
World Conference of Colored Civil Pilot Training at th« Gol-
People. Mr. Hoffman set forth lege b_y' President John Gandy.
the aims of the committee in the
following statement:
The «o*t of the entire 15 weeks’
course is only l^2S. This mftall
“The pTirpose of the week end fee covers the cost of in^turartee,
Conference at Mount Ida is to‘physical examinfltibn, and 'tui-
oonsider the advisability of call-jtion. Upon Upon oomplettori of
ing a World Conferencedl of the ^the preliminary 4k>urse, the ^u-
Colored RaRce iminediately aft'ir^dent is eligible for a .private pi-
the close of the war. ^ jlcit’a certificate,'said Mr. Phillips
j ^ . ladding that thie s^me traininjf 'rt
“If thi^ is agreed upon, steps
will be diwussed leading toward
01‘gMniz lotion and preliminary
work for guch a conference.
.“The qtiekion before us are;
What shall be the .purpose of
such a ccirfearence? How may
plans be laid and
purch:jed from a private ach.iol
or agency wo^ld -cost' the stu
dent three or four hundred dol-
lars.
An advanced course will be
ioffered at "^e college it iS'. ex-
BOSTON, With delegates
a«d visitors 1i«r» frolte il4 states,
tihe gireat tht«A| ;^orinir in by
trains, bug^ i^tito and airplane,
with all hotel aeooewdationB sold
out before noon on Monday and
privste dwellings taxed *to cap
acity, BMton was host last week
to the ‘22nd natiotial convention
of the Amencan Legion.
New York, Pennsylvania, Mary
land. District of Coln^ia, New
Jersey, Illinois al^d Ohio were
the states sending: the largest
number of colcir^ Legobnnalres
and the convention headquarters
at Prinoe Hall Maaonie Temple
was the mecica af vrtrious delega
tions, the4t bands And drum and
bugle corps. ... • •
On Wednesn^y at Shaw House
Carter Post A4»»I|arx* entertain
ed the Women delegates and visi
tors with an afternoon tea, the
program being arranged by Jessie
Harris, ehairn^an, aBsis>ted by
Mesdames Lcidfee Perry fgiid Mar
shall Cass.
Among the prominent units re
presented by the Colored Vets
were the 9Snd snd 9^d Divisions,
and tHere weir* acorcfs of reun
ions wheraver’ and whenever
these - Buddies jof the World War
days got together. On Wednesday
flight a review and drill for dele-
g^es and visltcirs was given by
the Batellion, 372 Inf.’, MNG>
at , ]ibip.g&ii Asrmoih,
TO OPEN SEPARATE
RESIDENT CENTER
NEWARK, N. J. — The second
tep in the direction of complete
segregatdon of Jersey’s Negro
National Youth Administration
was tsben last week when Ber
nard S. Miller, State NYA Direc
tor, announced that a ‘jim-crow’
resident center would be opened
to provide work training for Ne
gro youth from all parts of New
Jersey, The center will be open
ed on « large trsict in Green
Bank state forest, 30 miles from
Atlantic City. Only colored,
youths, 17 to 2® yeaors of age,
will be admitted. White youths
from the state go to Verona,
North • Hale4on, Bendix dfid
Lovclady Grove in New Jersey.
Experience is given in these
camps in woodworking, machine
sbo9>, auto mechanics road build
ing and other industries related
to defense. White NYA youths
are assigned to c4>nps near their
home towns, but all colored
youths in the state must go to
the segregated Atlantic County
camp.
Some months ago William A.
Smith Jr. Negro state NYA head
with cffieeg at 5 Belmont Ove.,
was told to rearrange the color
ed work in district NYA set-ups
9a’it would all come under
one.head. The separte set-up for
OCTOGENARIAN
NEW YORK — Senator Alben, jority Leader had recently *oW
Barkley’s recent denial of a atoiyp Negro delegation that tbc a»*i
wliich appeared in the Chieaeo | lynching bill ia « “dead hona**
Defender Se^ 14, quoting him and “has been removed «s w»
as having s:iid that the Anti- issue from th« preaeiu:
lynching bill ia now a “dead .by mutaal agreement of
purpose.?
Where shall
organizaltion ^pected, after January 15, whicshf'^
. ^ ■ i, V- t f 4 ^ .
ii^» in'ChArgethe ^efrdswien. ma segregated office build
Heading local coftmittee on Jng dt-. 5 Belmont Ave. A
. , . - 1. . a,, j f 1. i.1. 1- /’{MaJor-A;-.L. l&n»-and staff. bft->coloredr people was then directed
fbrmed to best accomplish the js the date on which the pielwni-'-' ~ ~ - • . .* r ~
jnary coursg will be completed. Ad
such a conference'vanced training will bee patter-
be heltT? Who shall compose its ened after'th'e regular • Army
H. Williams, and Miss Gladys personnel? How will it be finan- ©ourse of instruction.
Baker’s both ajisistant to the:ced?
Chief, Civic Group Section, and] “There is a strotig feeling here
Frederic A. Jackson ©f Newjthat this criticel stage of world
York City.
In an eifort to guide the dis
cussions some objectives for the
history holds vast possibilities for
good or ill to the colored race
and the future cf the group will
conference were stated by the depend, not ^nly on the outcome lesg
chairman of the campus com-^ of the struggle, important as that
mittee. Dr. Alberta B. TC?her, ^may be, but upon the keen pre-
Divlsion of Social Sciences, as paration of tHe colored people to
follows:
1) To foster«|idmaintain citi
zens of high morale,
2) To give information on
governmental activity as applied
to consumer problems and nation
al defense.
p. S) To offer workable techni
ques advisors to youth m«^ use
in North Carolina in cooperating
with national defense.
4) To show the part youth can
and should play as boiSi, M con
sumer and a producer of goods
and services.
6) To show the relationship of
youth and ^ult on common
economic problems during a per
iod of nationef crisis.
The conference will begin at
10 a. m,, Saturday, October 19.
A panel discussicn will form the
afternoon program coming as a
culminrtting feature of the days
activities. All sessions of the
conference will be held in the
beautiful Henry Pfeiffer Science
hall. There is no registration
fee for one attending the con
ference. Meals can be secured
at a reasonaUe in th« Wil
bur F. Steele hall, the college
dining center.
participtN in the World
t^at will emergje and is already
emerging from the present up
heaval.’,’
URGE SOUTHERN HEALTH
OFFICERS TO TRAIN RACE
PHYSICIANS
Washington — Medical circles
are watching with interest, de
velopments in public health in
the southern states, hopeful that
additional barriers may be broken
down as a result of ® resolutio.i
fostered by Fr. M. 0. Bousfield
of Chicago at a recent meeting
held here. Dr. Bousfield wa» one
of the invited guest at the meet
ing of StMte and Territorial
Health Officers which convened
at the U. S. Public Health build
ing. When tibe subject of nation
al defense was broached, Director
Baker of Alabama' introduced a
resolution suggested by Dr. Boua
field, urging southern state health
officers to provide ways and
means of training additional Ne-
gro doctors within their stateg in
.public health. The resolution
carried. Dr. 'Thomas Parran, IT.
S. Surgeon General, presided at
the meeting.
To be eligible for the primary
course, a student now enrolled in
ooil^ljp he must have two full
years of college work. He must
also pledge himself tc complete
the ground and flight course an-
disqualified by the flight or
ground contrdctor and must pled
ge himself to aPPly f'O^ flight
training in the nation’s military
service.
Ground sc'h'col classes will be
taught on the college campus by
D. P. Murrill, instructor at the
University of Richmond, on Mon
day, Wednesay «lid Friday eve
nings from 7:30 to 9;30. Flying
instruction will be given by T, B.
Martin, recently bro-ugh't to the
Hopewell Flying Service, All fly
ing instructions for thi college
Lafayett* Sought To
Geoi^jtt Waahington To Frea
American Nagrjo Slava*
The complete course comprises
72 hours of grcund school and
35 hours of flight instruction.
Ground school classeai include
work in navigation and metoro-
logy. r_
HAMPTON TO INAUGURATE
PRESIDENT NOV. M
Hamploti — Dr. Malcolm S.
‘i|^;«ji^eme‘i^. was ll^irshall tCass
Comniander of William B. Carters
Post,'and h« was «b!y assisted by
Le^onnaires Percy Steele, Geo.
H. Sinvmicma, TTUliam B. Reid, J.
W. Crockett, Henry C. Beckett,
Clarence A. Dorfer and Henry
Perry. 1^6 Boston TraBe associa
tion w.as also host to the delegates
their wives and friends.
Monday evening along Gamden
street and Columbia avenue, jU|f;
prior toi the heralded Cootie
pfi.-ade of the Forty ‘an’ Eight,
several Negro'unit* from varoius
parts of the country strutted
thSff'fftuir to the delight of hund
reds of on1oc3cers. Units repre
sented were Federal and Walter
Green Posts, No. l4, Baltimore;
Emmett GuytoiT“l*o«rt, Newafd,
New Jersey; tflrtColn Post; Geo.
P. Davis Post, No. 116, BmMyn
Chas. Ycfung . Post, Nuniber “ 77,
Detroit; Jalnes Reese Europe
Post, Washington.
aenes
of newspaper exposes of the se
gregated set-up was written in
the Negro Pressi by Harry B.
Webber. No denial of any facts
hag ever been made by Mr. Shiith.
Although the New Jersey set
up of NYA is lOfl per cent segre-
g:|ted. the general idea behind
the New Deal NYA program em-.
anating from Washington is that
the races be kep separted. This
waj, mcHe clear some time ago
when Mrs. Mary McCleod Beth-
un» was placed in charge of ‘Ne- Jersey.
horse” to this »e—ion of Con-
gress, brought th« following re-
ponae fronv the newspaperfa
publisher, John H, Sangatacke:
“If «ar mrrmJi
erred in kit report a* Scm-
tor Barklejr’s letter Mema to
iadieate the Defender will be
glad to correct tb* iai|^reM-
in ||kn awrl^ iu«a ef the
pap*r.”
'The pUblisher'a statement was
contained in a t«l*tram sent to
the National AooeUtion for the
{ Advancement of Colored People
October 3 in rec(|}onse to an ek-
scciation inquiry about the mat
ter. The newspaper, in a signed
story said that- the^ Senate Ma-
parties concerned.” Senator
kley in , letter to the NAACE*
characterized 'the atory aa a ‘*wil
ful misreprMentation.”
In a letter seat to the KAACW
September 30, BarUey ref«rr«4 ^
his speech before a meetrneg at
tended by NegKo Demoex#^ Jna|
prior to .t^e National Democratic
Conention in Chicago laac July.
In this letter berefeis to the D«.
fender aa foIIc.w»; “Nbt only
does this paper misquote my
speech in Chicago in Jnly bat th#
so called and alleged interview
with me concerning' Anti,
lynching bill abo«t which yofi
wii«d me, is .“t pure and ua«da^
erated fabrication."
UNDSAY FAUCETT, reas?ec-
ted citizen of Durham who will
celebnato his S5th liirthday inj
.Novemiber, Plans are underway to
give a testimicnttal in honor of
Mr. J^ajucett who after nearly a
half century still opcrate« a
tranisfer business!.
gro Activities” in the NYA. Her
position has no executive respon
sibility. Most of her time is
spent making aP®eches to Negro
organizations in favor of the New
Urges Negro Nurses'Freed Of 1912
Seek Army Service
NE W YORK,r—ANP—'The next
bulletin of the National Associa
tion of Negro ^ Nurses will urge
colored nurses to join the Rmeri-
can Jled; Cross, qualifying Sor •»r-
vice wi^ that organiatiqn so that
they might be ii» liiie for call to
army serviw. When tha ld»t war
occured, numb«^ of Negro nur
ses sought to enter the army ser
vice. They were debarred be
cause in moat instances they had
never qualified fo rRed Cross
work.
Slayii^, Because
No Witnesses
EUX)RADO, Ark., —By Jame«
R. Johnsan for ^NP—Because t^#
state eoald present tt caM
since naither evideace aer wit
nesses were available HSBkitd
Hadley, alias Coraid Boet«»
Intyre, who fled the Uriiaaa
community 28 yerlF, ago t© avaiJ
a murder charge, became a firea
man last week arid can ratam
home without fear of dtmL
The American Army places a
nurse upon about the sftne sta-
Detfi. Bat her appointment wasj^us and pay as * Second lieute-
the signal for racial separation in nant with liberal leaves and~spe- ^ .
all NYA set-ups and she approv
ed all of them, even that in New
Knoxville Matron Narrowly
Escapes Death By Plane'
Crashing Into Residence
KNOXVILLE, —By O, B. Tay
lor for ANP)—A crashing plans
that had been flying for several
Valiant Frenchmen, assertinK
their readiness to defend their . ^
country, might start working at an unusual low alti-
upon the German army that is *nde over the hotnes of several
bestride their land.
Whenever a nation is ready to
have peace, regrardless of cost, * residence. .
I you can write the nation off the of West Knoxville was call-
Negroe, finally went into a tail
spin clip>ping off the tops, of se
veral trees before plunging Into
Mrs. Leither Hub
MacLean will be formally inau-j record. It''only a question of
gurated as president of Hampton time before some other nation
institute on the morning of Nov. will.
I — *
What has become of the peo
ple WKo denounced our adm^Us
in
M .by h'er. mother from, a nelJ, t->
see'the flying plane and saf
had outside but a few se
cond, before the ^ane crashed,
2i&. Following the ceremonies
Ogden hall and the address by
a nationally known ^'few years ago, when they com^^Wclr-she-h^d been called.
two day rounai «n^v> Sam Chessnev. next
there will be a two >»y j pared our naval itrength with Sam Chessney, next door
table conference on tha combined flaeta of Geftnany, neighbor, seld “I and some visit*
part in national defense. 'Italy and Japan? 'ing friends wer^ sitting under tha
demolishing the very room from
trees in my front yard when we
saw the plane start falling. A,
second later tlie tops of the trees
were clipped Cff, the chimney to
my home torn away, then the
plaUg came to 4 stop inside the
Hubbard home.”
The occupants of the plane
were two University of Tennessee
students. -One died instantly *nd
the other is near dedlth in a lo
cal hospital.^
United States inspector >Geo’.
Gay from the Atlanta offices of
the U. S. Civil Aeronautics board
arrived and began a thorough
nvestigation of tiia wrec^ag
which had been roped off, to
determine the cause the cra«h
cial allowahces with attractive,
retirement privileges. Tbere are
no Neero nurses now in the ser
vice althc-uglv in northern cities
increasing numbers are qualify
ing for civil service and public
health posts.
The Nursing Council on Nation
al Defense h]|i invited the Nat
ional Aseociation of Nei^ Kuxses
to beccme a part of it, Mrs. M.
K. Staupers, executive secretary
of the associatMn revealed.
Observers have marvelled that
more Negr« nurses in the north
do not qualify for Red Cross Ser
vice. There are very few in N.
Y. City enrolled and in Chicago
with its superior facilities aad
the remarkable school at Provi
dent Hospital graduating tu^Mr-
Several days ago Hadley walk*
ed intc’ the office of P>os«ciitiiic
Attorney Oren Harris and asked
of another Negro Urbana in
1912. He remembered only tliat
the victim’g name was "John”.
Bad ley said Ue fled the sees*
and remained away until he was
recently ciflled back because ef
his father’s death. Bat in order
to legally qualify as an heir, aa
had to have Qie murder ehari*
against him elea#ed.
However, "Rw court records
couId be found of tile alayiag
and officers were anable ^ ^
cated any witnesses. Proeeeetor
Harris then filed charges agaliMl
J^sHley for ffrst degree wwlar
in connection with the death f
one John Doe. When tiha
was called for trial, nobody
peered again^ him. Hadley
an ilcquittal and now eaa fefani
ior nurses every yMor, it is i»id|!® Uriwna as a legal Imv ta kb
that the o»ly i^Negro norse in father’s
the ci^ enrollefl with th^ Bed ^
Cross is Miss Befva Overton, S«-
perintendent of the Prerident
School. ~
Adviee to StudcntK
the about ths flujr road I*
knowledge.
An experiment that fails is| Japan loined th«
not wasted; it opens the way for
something els*.
beeaaaa it is roUMaMbtat a»dl m
«r« they.
Old BMB. hm ft
Many people who ttph«!d the _. _ _
Ck>nstitution ara rmiy to iBter> talkiiMt about tl*
pret the decunent. *laadaaap».