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Miss A. and T. And Attendants
W. rwJ
Reifrntna* am Kiw A »nd T 't
the A and T-W. Va. St«te foo>t-
hfll fame recently was Mian Doris
K. Williama, senior from Wash-
incrtcn, N. C. She is shown in the
center front row of the above
pktur* with her attendants and
their escorts. '
Thia little handle of feminine
pnlohritude ig the si’cond member
of her family to win the coveted
Miss A and T title. Her sister
Rhth Wiliiaims wa^ MisR A and T
in 19317. Miss Doris Williams is a
major in busineM administration
and an honor i^^ent being the
holder of the N. C. Mutuar Busi
neM acteoMrship at the colleere.
Reading from left to right on
the front row end the nsinvee of
the lovely dameela bloaeonied at
A and T are: Miss Ellen Delbney,
of Petersburjf, Va.; Miss Oalla
B{f.ir]jne, of Atlanta, Ga.; Miw
WilliadiM (Mi^s A and T); Miss
Bernice Curtis, of Roanoke, Va.
Misa Lydie Robinson, of Norfoljk,
Va.; and Mihs Vivian Harris, of
Williamston, N. C.
The escorts ©n b(lck row
left to right are; Avanit Lowther,
Williara 0’Roni*ie, William Kirk,
Slaynvond Rorie, Henry Noyea,
and M. Leoniue Session.
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Mailing Edition
lieCari
VOLUME XXIX
NUMBER Xm
DURHAM. NORTH CAROUNA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1940
Negro Doctors And
Dentists Have Meet
"The Salfanilamide Gronp of
DruKB, their Uses and Danffen*'
was the topic of Dr. 3-. SL Harris
of Duke Hospital in his talk
Pn3ay night before thie Dur
ham Academy of M^cine at
the Biltmore Hotel. A treneral
discussion followed the address.
7he academy is composed of
Durham Neirro doctors and den
tists. Members present includ
ed Dr. P. P. Randolph, Dr^ A^ S.
Hunter, Dr. P. Norria, Dr.
L. G. Bruc^, Dr. E. I* Early, Dr.
W. A. Cleland, Dr, Clyde Don-
neH, Dr. Leroy Swift, Dr. J. N.
Milla, Dr. J. M. Hubbard and
Dt. F. E. Tumer.
Vnitors included Dr. J. P.
Hams and ^r. Harks of the
North Carolina State Sanitoi**
iuiBk Dr. SeabrOok of .C!harl«»>
ton, SI C. aa4 ifr, Bo«d. ol 14a-
co)n Hospital.
Holds No. 158
Pictured above
Creed .C*
Shaw Plans
Anniversary
Program
N.A.A.CP. TO APPEAL
UNL OF MISSOURI CASE
Western District T eachers Of North
Dirolina Negro Teachers Ass’n.
Convene At Winston-Salem
. , Winston Satem. — The Western ferencr went inta separate group
Raleigh — Planning for ^ y,* North Caroli»fl di«eu6Mon« for more than two
Shaw University Seventy ^ ifw Tteaobem A»«ociaition eoiv- hours where the various apeak'-
Ann'iveraty celebration to ««Wjy«ned in Winrton Salvm Friday, era and the mebers of the groups
Sunday, NVwemiber 24, in the j g,t Wlnsion Salem treated the various topics which
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium,
Ba'ptist women throughout North
Caroling are holding “Loyalty
Day” exercises in wHi-ch arrange
ments for large contingenta of
these women to attend the cele
bration' are being made >i^id con-
tittbutions raised . to express ap-
preeiation for service. rendered
Anderson of Hichmondj Va. w4i>o jby Shaw Undyersity it hag been
w,ils among 11 Richmotjd citd«en'anno(unJced by M^ Miiry A, Boir-
who held nomiber IC® and the w«ll, corresponding aecretatl of
Teachers College. Mor> thfah 780 had beien aaaigned them. The first
teachera from more than eighteen .part of the afternoon session
counties olf *h® d/strict were in given over to business maters,
attendance at the set«ions. The |and the ;l>P>axing ifieech by Dr.
morning session began at 10' pi p. H. -Gwynn, Jr. of Davidson
m. sharp, 'with incidental mtiiM Cb41ege. Dr Gywnn was introduc-
Jsy the A Oapelk chcir and Noah
P. Ryder. The teachers were wel
oomed to Wlnatofo Saletai Teach-
en OoUege and to Wins^n Salem
by President F. L. A'tkina of the
College. The' re^^omft x> the
by G H. Ferguson, Aast. Direc
tor, Division Negro Education.
Dr. Gwynn q>cike from the sub
lect “Americ^ii Educataon and
the jE^reaent ,W«rld Crisis.” The
Gov. Hoey Sets
"TurKey Day”
Novemlter 28thV
Thursday, November 28, will
be Thanksgiving day in North
Carolina, all other states to the
contrary. Governor Clyde R.
Hoey issued a
be called for military duty. jMission Contention Nortlv
'He i« most dependent of Rioh-^CaToliha-
first SO Rfc^mondeni who may the Woman* Home Foreign Wofdr^ Wtleonge by y>of. E. ape^deer ephaaised that civiliiatLon
can noVd^end solely on a philo-
l^y of li^e Uuilt on ntatamlism,
aM atreasad the p«Ani that the
eachers of America are retport-
ible fo^ he development of a truly
democratic w«y of life.
mood’s liSS’s beicanse ha has
faimdly of 7,^hi5ee pirls and three
Having moved into new olTicea
provided ^n the Shaw camipus by
brjx, the oldest being nine, ;lnd a Slulw University the correapoind'
wife nrho ie also dependent.
Employment'Office
Wi Be Gosed
Armistice Day
ing secretary feels taht the. Ro
man’s organiaotion should. suip-
port even more aitively than in
former years the program ctf
Shaw ii(nd thereby express ap
preciation for the 0pj>ortunity to
function more effectively W an
oxiganiaation.
Already, according to Miss B«ar
well, many churches hive held
"Loyalty Day” meetings in which
large contingents of the constitu.
Durham branch of the North _ _ _ _
„ proclamatioh^®roli^* ®tate Employment Ser-l the desire to
Wedne8(day, designating the last* vice will be Closed all ^iay Mon- present at what Preaddent,
Thursday in the month, accord-] day in the observance of Arm-Daniel of Shiiw calls oftie
Orirt>y, pt*ino^pat of t)ia Second
Wacd BehcfA, Ctvaila%l4.
TIm them* of the conference
»dui: "ChMurfng' Oonoejpta in
American |5ihi(cat}on,**
The various groups of the con-
Nation Cliooses
bcumiiMt Poc
Bfears
ing to tradition.
Ob^rrance Should Be Welcome
In this hour of internation
al' crisis, and amid the wreek-
age and deyastation wrought
by war in so many parts of
the world, the people of
peaceful America should wel
come the 4>portunity to ob
serve Thanksgiying Day this
year wholeheartedly ind with
istice Day. Notice has been the most significant edijcatioa
posted at the office entrance in-j ,j religious events yet apon-
structing thie persons who ordi- by Shaw University,
narily would report for filing | oonnectic.’n with the eele-
claims on that day to report the
following day instead.
a finer sense of appreciation
of the gracious gifts of a Di
vine Providence to our favor
ed land.”
bration Dr. Daniel and Deisb
John L. Tillpy of . Shaw have
visited many northern and Nbrth
Carolina cities dnd have addre^
various organizatioois.
Hospital Administrators From Three
States Hold Meeting At Durham
President PranUbf D. Rooso-
velfe Tuasda^ ivaa M«le^;ed as
the nation’s chief oxeoutive f^
another ^ erm, '
As this is written the states
of Kansas,. Maine, Nebraska,
South. Dakota and Wermont are
safetly in the Willkie column.
Lyons Park Mothers
Oub Has Program
The Lyon Park Mother's Study
Qrciup, one of three clubs spon
sored by the Family Service As
sociation celebrated a' second
annivetaary at the Wert Durham
Bapti^ Churc^h* October 22, 1940.
■rtie paetor. Rev. T C. Grahiain,
apoke to the members and their
gueets 0*1 tre , value and impor-
atMse of mainktaining a Chrteti Vn
home. Gue«ta included Prof. N.
A Cheefk, former principal of
School ncrw principal
and^the G. 0. P, candidate,. _
maintains leads in the states of i Park . _
Colorado, Iowa, Michigan. Nortb
Dakota, Oregon and Indianai
Negro General
Ui^es Fans To B(^'Cott NYU Unless
Negro Star Is Allowed To Play
New YcJk — Urging New Yotfc should, *nd 1 for on* will, btff-
football f^s who “put thehr ocXt all NYU aports until and on-
fmoney on the lin to support foot- lem H refiMe» to pHtf »my team
hall,” to boycott future g*mM that raises ntee ere«a or color
played by N«w^ Yojk Univervity, question. Ehren in Hitler’s Judglc
unless the famous NYU Negro land colored athletes were per-
star, Leonard Bjites is allowed to ndtted tb etisnpete in
j.play in the university’s fortheom- Sorely a Detnoeracy eannot tol-
jing tilt watJi the Univemty ennte ahything less."
iMisa|.!uri on Saturday, Nov. 2,1 The '"Bates Mn^.t Play” c«m-
'Bobert Bockmore, attorney tox mktee. epmpraing students ot
Paul Rotbeson s«at tha folkpring Ncfv York University. m(r|c« tl»«
telegrdm to the spcrts eolumnists 4,(KK) of whom hav» signed a
on five New York dailies; petition demandin? that the Ne-
“We are all dcdng a great at gro fulftsek be pennitted to pItt/
I talking about democrtiry. Lct’a Sctarday, have alao vowed
I try living it also. The general boycott future NYU gmmem »»-
*«wker publis. that p\M» its money le« Bates appemrn in the Mias>
on the line to support foot^MiU our 0slne.
iD^ey Speaks At
Mass Meeting
IndianiSipolis, Indiana. — De
claring that "The vital needs of!
the. Federal Government are of i
first concern in the development
Mrs. Tlmnpsmi
Snrpr^ On
Her Birthday
Durham — Mrs. Lau» 'Hiomp-
N.A.A.C.P. To Appeal Second
University Of Missouri Cbnrt Case
Durham—The fiiat meeting »f|Hbapiflal, Durl^dm, President
the Negro hoepitals of NVxrth
Carolins, Sleuth Carolinrf and
Virginia was held at Unooln
Hotipital', on October 24th and 26.
The meeting was sponsored by
Wm. M. Bich, Supt. of Linco^m
Jefferson City, Mo. — An ap
peal from tha verdict which lost
Dr. L. C. Downing, Supt Bur- the $10,000 damage «wt filed by
rell Hospital, Roanoke, Va, Vice Miss Luoille Blufojrd against the
President University of MissoiU'i beciahise
,S. T. Stapord, Suipt. Pood the school's registrar refused her
Samaritan Wjrfverly Hohpital, Col- admission to ite Journalism dhris
umibia, S. C. Secretary ion, will 'be field shortly, the
Hoapit*C- Sixteen hoapitala Mrerej Miss Geneva S. Collins, Supt. [National Association for the Ad-
represented with fifty-tiwo er-L. Richardsom Hoapital, Greens-jvancement of Colored Pec pie ain-
sons registered.* tboro, Tredjuxer inounced toda.y from it* New.York
opening sessiojn will begin prompt
ly at 10 a- m. with the welcome
addre«(3 by the Supt. of Schools,
o V 1 Music will be furnished by the
School, lyo*- J- Scho^e^ School Glee Club, Tei^chers
now principal of Lyon ar and a group of singers
from Sampson County. The €onr
vention theme “'CorreUrting Ameri
First Negro general in the history
egro _
of the United States ii Brigadier-
General Benjamin 0. Davis. He
was promote from Colonel by
President Franklin D. Roosevelt in
the wave of promtftioni under the
I new military setup.
South Eastern
Teachers To Meet
At New Bern
Saturday, Nov. 16
New Bern — The South Eastern
DiBtoict of the North Caro}iiv»
Negro Teachers Association will
hold its annual eeting November Negro, “that Negroes shc*uld
16, West Street High School. The given a fair and equitable share thi^ abd other ^tes
and (prosecution of the National Qpgy street observed her
IDefense Program, Lieut. Law- fjftjpth burthdAv rather quietly
rence A. Oxley, Supervisor of October 28. BUTyher 'friends
the Negro Placement Service j^gt wouldn’t have tudb as. event
Unit, Bure.aji of Employment annotfced. Mrs. Pa.uline
Security, Soeial Security Board, PuUer and Mrs. N^ie Hill sor-
tciday told representatives of la- pj-igpd Mrs. Thomrpson at th*
bor, industry, and Federal and pojier home on Dc(wd St. ^
State officials gathered at the Sunday afternoon with an el»-
Indis'na State Conference o n i^orate birthday dinner. • his
Bmiployment Problems of the peiebration, attended by sumer^
•’® ous frtends from all secticiiB of
hi^dy
School and Mrs Schooler, Miss
Johnson, Public Health nurse,
and Mrs. F. H. Rowland, promin
ent oivic community weaker, all
of whcon B(poke encouragingly to
the giwup.
The West Durham Singers ren
dered several aelejtion which were
enjoyed by everyone. After the
serious part of the prog^^pln end
anism in Our Schools” will be
Bed throughout the various sec
tional groups.
There will be hree stpeakers for
the afternoon session, J. Bonner
Ma^:Rae, Dean, Fayetteville State
Teachers College, and Rudolph
ed, “Bingo” was played and »ev- Jones, recently appointed Super-
eral prises were awarded, and ivisof of the N. Y. A. Student
refreshments served.
Mrs. Mabel G.
of employment in all brnaches jjj accord with the active use t#
of industry, asd that jfpportun - ^-whioh tfie honore? has pot her
ties for training for needed de- fifty yeais.
fense skills sHcmld be etended to
Mrs. Thomps:«i was hom near
Cambridge, Va., in 1890 and
cifcne to North Carolina with her
in
from
grandparents in 1893. She
The Whitted
graduated
High Scjioo] In 19HI and aiiaea
led in ChtKarton, S. C., Detroil
Ohyj.
In all of ^ese cities die
soeaal
the ref«Bt
The F'Uipose of the meeting as
stated in the plan of c«rgani*a-
tion is to disseminate such in- Community
formation as will better prepiire, VirgSnia, Chairman
h^dquarters at 69 Fifth Avenue. ... . . ,, ^ .
decided ajrainat Miss'^-^^
decided against^ camflU^n on Nov. 17 and
each member to iriaugurate and
carry >ut such fundament(il pro-
cedrea aS are necessary in di*-
charing the funtioine of the Manager,
Executive Committee
W. T. Mason, Supt, Norfolk > A jury ^
TNVrfolk, l„thi* fop Hire, weete.
of the R.n»« Cly CUl, irfter, b. imlUted
Charlotte N.A.A.C.
P. To Begin
liupervior 01 | gras, w we i^ivis.o,i ox patterns of employment, “'“r" . Tl
Charlotte —- The recently or-y^preiation to Rev. Graham and al Education ^f the State De^jatrt- ,„any instances the curricula president of the dtoor,
” ' ' the members of the church for ment will speak in the afternoon, Negro trade schools are re- Cinrle and tha
jWork Program in Secondary training in skillel
every qualified person, regatd-
less of race, creed or color.”
Th speaker descried the po’i-
cies of disriminatlbn which ha^e
excluded the Negro frein >«p-
prentice trades and (preparation , ...
. , J .■ . that time gAe has Inred and
for skilled occupations, a n dj ^ V ^ ,
ws^ed his audience that the de-
mands of defense industries /ill ®oath P^
sooQ requirp the use of eve«7
skill available. Lieut. Oidey cited-
in which Negroes have ^ ^
the privilege of that she has made DuAam
been denied
affairs ^d Dsiham
year, that 1
her permanent home Ae hia In
come widely influentidi as a
Woodforf^'Schools for Negroes. George Co-- because of existing loc«l -‘-j; . ”“4“"™
Supervior of the Club, expressed j gins, of the Division of Vocaticn- patterns ‘ mennber of Uniopi Baptist dianiu
ganized Charlotte Branch o|f the
D, L. W. L.ns, S«pt, Unim delft^ihs for forty ^ ^
HospitSI, Union, S.C i * K^ich is now in the hands cd (he 'an a handcrdft
IRev. R. I, JoJinmn, Peder.l court of Iho cent~l ^
Wo^m d«r.et. « hop«i that
The Good Shepaird’s»cm.
chib activities to Join with «,hem.
At present the club i« engaged
project, making
from discarded
he'materials. Each member Made a
modem hospital. j Hospital, New Bern, N. C. [Coart the case wag he^, ove^|^^.^^^ J charlotte will reepond . bloeli! of fij recently completed
Dr. M. 0. Bwisfield, Director| ' Miss Edna I. Purdie, Educa- ruled an amend motion for a quilt, and their other activities
of Medical Service, (ito Jtlltos tional Direcftor Kate Bitting Rey- ^triidl miade by Charles H. Hoii^n
Rosenw^d Fund, Chicago, 111.; nolds I^morial HospStyti Winston of the iNlAACP le^l comnoitee
A. W. Dent, Suipt. Flint Goc*dridge Salem, North Carolina. *nd counsel for Misa Blirford.
Ho^ital of Dillard UnhrenHtyi Dr. George White, Supt. Rich-.Associated with Mr. Houst^m in
New Orleans, La. and George P. mond Comm'unlty Hospital, Rich-,the case are C^l R. Johnson, L,
Harris of The Duke Bhdowment,'mond, Va. ' lAmos Knox, and James Henbert,
were the guest speakers. j The delegateg were'the grjeat aU of Kansa* City, Mo
A permanent orgabiaatlon, tc the North Carcflin^S Mutual
address will give to the etricted to* non-essential eour^'9
Daniel Knights, ^d a nenber a£
^e Up to DsAe Galeda OhA.
the use ^f their new edifice, and
extended invitation to th'C^ teachers a ocjmplete set up of,as related to defense industries
interested in participa ing m e Natioi>Bl Defense Program and a serious lack of adequate i Attending the birthd|4y dumtf
and how it may operate Mesdaaaaes J. Quinn Bogert,
^ jseveral trade schools for '^e- E. 1C. Ford> Samuel MartiB, Auwt
® fprroes. Reports r|f recent weeks HritmM, Miartiia Fuller Otajp*.
Two departments, namely Phy-1 indicate that in some States Csfcoline Dotm, W. K. KofcMaa f
Bical Education and Element|t)lry [ t**’* Iqfrge enroll- Hi^h Point, Floasie Staiybac^
c-wi D,,., defense trainees with Ifarie M^UIsb, Lucilla filter,
Schocil Prmcioals have been added I „ , . ^ » . . „ , , ... »
^ very, small percentage content Syrreater Ooke^, Alice Bzahaan,
as^
^ o»fc«ni of the BraiKh are:,ind^ loiitli.*, cro^ctin^ em-ty the Eieutive Committee in. , Keirrw ■«>«» Sl»le. I^lton AlMfht,’ FkoHie
Atonder, ,re..dent ««;o«ier.w, ■"'* 7“;*, “^^^k.epin* with the rewlulion. that of . total .n^llmen. ,D.lri. Jo~a.
Charlea Q. Brosm, vice presid- mIs such as quilt linings, paint,'
ent
be known a> ^he Tri.State Oon-|Life Insurance Company at a
ferene of Hospital Administra- luncheon in the North Carolina
toM, was formed with Jis follow-j Mutual Csfeteria ,,n Friday novit
^ng offieers elected: land the Agone^n Tennis Club at a
William M. Rieh, Supt., Lincoln dance on Friday ei^ening.
mucilage etc.; s^re donated byj
Dr. Seifeot C. Pyle, setretaty thg Family Service Association of
. Adams, which Mrs. Catherine Peele s Education,
Mrs. ■ Margqer!t% ]
treasurer. ‘ -
L. A. Green, chairman
ed at the last meeting.
Director
Williston
Donald'of 648 Negro trainees, not one
«1 PhnicaJ ha. been in a j* retoted
Indurtrial,** ‘.IM
Measi^ H. W. AadtMUiw JM—aj
Britain agrees to allow medi- jths men^eiship drive,
oines to enter Franca. .
• I Fleming
Anger over Natl bomba spurs; week will not eurb defaase.
British tenacity, novelist finds. ^ «
©xeoutlve Secretary,, but in early School, Wilmington,
of December the three cltibs wiU
sponsor a baxa^ at tha Harriet
j Tubman Branch of the YWQA
fatty • hour,*nd articles displsyed will be
(ficr sale. The proceedb will be used
Please turn to paga Seven
• I youth have been placed daring
is Chairman ^
of the Phywsal Eduotaon Depart;.„.ntial occupations.
ment and J. T. Petsrson, Princi-j
jri. Bed Spring, .iii head th*'
quartette who gave ssven^
ee&hms.
his ers. aad aiaptsstaad
remarks with an appeal te in- training iNegre
Department of Elementary School durtrial leader, to give eatploy.l eeeti^M
Princtpals. iment to qualified Negro work- tiie aatioiiil dsf(
IMI