ALABAMA raCHERS WIN RAISE
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Number Eleven
Durham, North Carolina Saturday, March 8, 1941
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Volume No. XXII i
N. C. MUTUAL ENDS SUCCESSFUL YEAR
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ChL Ward Boss Accused
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‘Bana Adopts lew Pay
Seale fer Hegreet
NEW YORK — Newf hae reach *$37.50 a month, and under the
ed the Na.tional Associattbn for new scale they begin at $40.
the Advancement of Colored Peo* Thi« new minimnm scale does
pie that the State of Alabama-on not in fact equalize salaries bet-
February 20 adopted an equal ^een white and colored teaciers
minimum salary ecaJe for whitle jji down the line. There is siill
and Ne^fro teachers in the state, q wide difference between a Ne'i-
Unless the action is examined gxo teacher, for examplei who has
closely, the impreseion is created a master’s dil^^e and five y^ars
thafci *^nd white teachers of experience^ «sd,'a white teach.‘*f
ar« nrffr drawing thfc saiAi&' er who has a ^fejfter’s degree and
iee: but this is not tpe cam. jfive"* years oJ? axPerieoce.
The truth i* th»t 'all teaeh^,] '
both Nejfio and white, now start \ ^ ^
at the same saJariee; but above
all this equal minimum', there are
fctill the huge^differentials in fa-,
vor of white teacher*. |
Accordinsr to an announcement
from Montgomery, AJa. February-
20, the state allotted about $200,
000 out of a sum of $500,000 to^
Mejfro teachers for the pwrpfae
of brinfrinjy them up to the new |
minimum. Thp remaininj? $300,
000 went to white teaohersi.
In concrete Oerms, thi« action
by Alabama means that whereas
a Neifro teacher in the first rank
formerly had a minimum of $63.
75 a mtonth, he now has a mini
mum, of $70 a month, an increas®
of $6.25.
White teachers in the first
rank used to b««nn at $85. They
ow start at $70. Th« new 'icale
repo^sent-s a loss for white teach
, . , • • I iyt^yy acq
era. but only the minimum • • . .
, ^ Washington as a transport,
level.
■■'■TO teachers in the lowest
rank (fifth) used to
MOTHERS’ CLUB CELEBRATES I7th ANNIVERSARY
BELIEVE IT
THE UNUSUAL
HAPPENS
BOOK HILL, S. 0. (Special)
—0. H. TtHner, Dean of Clin
ton OoUeg« was notified this
we^ by Erwin, Oarothers,
Mayor, aod J. J. Ranch,
City Manager of Bock HiU
-he is to serve as a Pre-
cent Manager in an Election
that ifi to be held, in the oily
of Rock Hill on Mardi 6th,
1941.
Work on the third set of Pan-
begin at ama Canal locks is going ahead.
Law Suita Predieted
Against Defense Diserim
NEW YORK — l0W snita by
taxpayers against boards of edu-
caUons that provide defense vo-
caltio»al training for whit® youths
and no, or unequal, training for
Negro youthsi, may be brought
in the near future, it was an)-
The NAACP is seeking informa
tion from other cities where this
situation exists.
In New Yolrk City, although
three aiiplane companies, Brew
ter, Grumman and Republic have
so far refused to employ Nlegrof
nounced today by the National es, the board of education is no*
Association for the Advancement denying training to Neigro youths,
of Colored People. i The NAACP legal committee is
The Association has received nteking a study of the law in^
reports from Seattle, Washing- volved and feels confident th*t
w
Mutual’S Assets
Over $6,000,000
DTTIHAM — Aceording to Dunne's Insurance Reports, In-
C. Spaulding, President of North corporated makes this statem*'nt
Carolina Mutual Life Insurancs with reference to the eompany'%
Company, the year 1&40 was • financial stamling: With eaah
most successful one. Referring and select securities which are
•to the annual report that appears the equivalent to ea.sh, the com-
elsewhere in this paper, Presi- pany ha® liquid t*eeuritie-» avail-
dent Spaulding statwl: ‘'The able immediately for any eontin-
total gross income of North Caro gency which might ariiie and to
lina Mutual daring the year give its policyholders the pronii>t
1940 was the sum of $3,057.60 or and elticien t service for which
w^eekly average of .foS.TSS-S/ o* it has earned a conimeniahle re-
this sum $40,599.04 was available pntation."
for new investments each month. *
In keeping with the company’s |
program of iiiaintainiHg a balanc*
ed investment portfolio, its net
ini'ome is invested weekly.”
Cask aQ tUqnid Aiwti
. On Decoml'er 31, 1040. the cssh
and liquid assets owned by the
^company totalled $1,807,229.92:
Life Extension Serrioe
Realizing; the gre«t los* and
Kufi'ering from iifkne^s »nl *ieath
ithat is eiprriencf'ij bv the Negro
(popolation, Artwric*» several
▼ears ago a Life Esten-jioQ De-
f*artment was wt up to aid ■’.rJ
nininlv to T'-ilicTrhi.ldi"!*
and the insuring pnhlie to th^
including .$740,063.95 in United advantage^ of zood ar.H
State Government, state and innni to obtain it. WhiU this con ;t:‘a-
ci} al bonds; $78o,263.7o in FHA tes a service that is pJ^>jib^v ont
‘mortgj^es; $110,917.60 cash value side the strict confint^s of gener**
cor{>oration oolicies with other al life in'siiranee prr>ee?'ne. it
coitipanics on lives of officers; h«s neverthele ' con «4ttited a
j?!30,000,00 in Investment Share service that has b*N*n »f rrreat
j(''e’'tificates of Federal navingi benefit to th« Tv-ihiie
.ind lo'in A.^sociation^; anrl .-?*240, Under the direction of th» de»-
984.62 in cash. Durinw the yea® cartnieirt, thou;=;an(ls of health.
1940 tV]f> company continned it? bulletins arc ryl"'' *•1
: established program of extending in an effort to tea«*h and snreal
•'mo‘>^gage loan credit * to its poliry the principle^ of 'sanitation and
holders whn-e the recurity was perf>nal hygiene as wel! aid
jfound- to lx>, unflnetionably ade- in th^ development of ininroved
■quate to nrotect such investments livins: and working eand’'tit)n« a-
'flndljn increasing its holdings mong Negroes.
in I;nitetl States Governtner,*, t
state, and municipal bonds.
Seasoned PenKUinel as Asset
(Continued on page there)
'At at recent meeting of the Mothers Club held at the h
seventeenth anniversary was celebrated. A birthday cake was
Members of the club shown in the picture reading' from left to r
Holloway, J« U. Lowe, Robert.Gilmer, Chas. McLaurin, Ge
rick, Lucius Johnson, J. N. Mills, O. J. Gates, Miaggie
Ameyi and Mrs. Julia Harris not shown in the picture were
ome of Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Lowe, 801 Elizabeth street the
presented the club by Mrs. Lowe after the business session,
ight are; Mesdames J. M. Hubbard, O. W. Baldwin, J. L.
o. W. Logan, F, H. Rowland, P. N. Baldwin, E. R, Mer-
Smith, R. C. Foreman, Lula Gomez,! W. D. HiU» Mrs. C.
also at the party. Mrs. E. R. Merrick is president of the club.
Asked by an assistant Unite 1
States attorney what that was,
Leake replied: f
“Ifa a game of chance with
78 numbers. You play three
nnmbers and have one chance
in 7,776 of wii&inf.’'
Sneed Named In
Skidmore Trial
CHICAGO, ANP) — Edward
M. Sneed, 3rd ward committt»-
man of the South Side, who is
also a county commissioner* waa ^
named Thursday as an interme^ ^
ary bebetween William R. Skid I|iy|'f nn Trt
more, white and gamblersi who »»l**VvU »V
testified! that they paid feraft to
Skidmore for protection against
police interference.
This testimony was brought
out in the trial of Skidmore by
’ederal attorneys in An inapme
tax evasion case. Skidmore was
Southern White |New County Agent
Woman Is Arch-Foe
Of Lynching Evil
ton, San Bigeo, Calif Nashville legal action can be brought hyl^j^.^^ colSjcting milliOdS
Tenn. and St. Louis that boards colored parents and ta^Paye™jannually for protection,
of education in these cities have-where training ha« been lenied -x i. • i- * j
indicated that they wUl not Pro-'or where it is unequal. ^ who implicated
vide defense vocational trsinin*!| In a statement today, the NAAjy ” • ^ r*'
for Negro etudents because in* CP said: ’ «-connct and fformer policy
dustriew in or near the cities have
declared thtit refusing means at hand to see that Negro , ■ , , ■ o u
U. ^«n>loy |Amm,a» g,t . ‘ /"? “ S.Ptemb.r,
In SftBttle, the Boeing, eiiplajie.tbe del'use protrrun. We ert> . T * t. *
plant has made BUch a declantf- ^confinui^ aicainat dis- ^ per-
tion: in San Diego, the Consoli-^crimin.ation and segregation in
dated aircraft corporation; in,all branches of the army and
iixm 3 e ■ J u game operator. He testifiedt that
de^ed by Introdoeed to Skid-
National Tourney
DUBHAM — The Notth
Carolina College Eaglee, 1941
0 I A A baskdtball champs,
luv« been iuTited to compete
ifor national basketball honors
in a tonmameailti held in Cin-
cfniut^ Ohio on the 21st of
March iMtween wUntaers in
diffeiMnt sectioaal and con
ference aMocitttionB. The
CIAA d>am|w are Inclined 'to
accept, but Ooadi Johnny
McLendon awaiits farther de
tailed infonnatlon.
ATLANTA, (ANP) —An ener
getic, white woman counterpart
of the late Ida B. Well-Pamiett,
life long champion of hum'ao
rights and pioneer leader in the
fight against the lynching evil)
Mrs. Jessie Daniel Ames, execti-
tive director of the Association
of Southern Women for the Pre
vention of Lynching.
A native Texan, for 25 years a
widow and the rnqthier of tSiree
grown children, Mrs. Ames be-
oaowe interested in interracial
problems in the late 20’s affler
jaerving a term as represBntative
in the Texas legislature, and be
ing thrice chosen 1920-24-28, as
^ i c. */yesAfti>
Agricalturc & Teehaical
School Observe SOth Yr.
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Richard B. Harrison Auditorium To Be
lotting: For Paeeant Depicting The
Significant Events Of Cc^legre
By J. Archie Hargraves
Greensboro. — Sig'nificant events in the
inception and development of A. and T. col
lege, one of the leading" land ~ grant colleges
devoted to the education of Negro youthv
will be portrayed in a pageant here Thurs
day night, March 6, in Richard B. Harrison
auditorium.
Director and writer of the The pageant's openinir wom
continuity is Charles C. Green, deals with the laying of the cor*
director of dramatic arts. Music nerstone for the first buildiair
appropriate to the pageant’s at the college. The baildiav
continuity will be rendered by later became a historic laaA*
the a capella choir and the mark as old Dudley hidl.
band under direction of Warner | On this occasion, J. C.
Lawson and Barnard Lee Bfaaon by. first pranduit of tiM
respectively. jlege^ is tbm npmhnr
Events which led to the in- taken from records of tb«
of the board of trustees is
Nashville, the Vultee airpiane na\’y. We have -secured the in^ i more, e sa .
corporation; and in St. Louis, tbP^troducti^a of a feenabe resohi- "®® MO^pted money and pnt
Curtiss'Wright corporation andifcion in an effort to make public I i*' his pocket. I startelii to
other induetriei. ' (Continued on page three) operate a pdiojr wlisd.**
delegate at large to the Nationf
al TXemocratic Conventions. Agent recently appointed to a 9eptio»» “d schemata ^. v • »
In 1929, her work attracted the ; similar post in Durham County. by year progress of A. and *y uv^ eontmuity. Tm^
attention of Dr. W. W. Alexand-j Mr. Hubbard brings a reputa- T. until its present status wsa spQMft xolfcwttJ _
miarfon to start hi« policy wheel, t Jane Russell, 19-year-old new- director of the la-* tion of boinff one of the sUte^s reached is the prineipal concern I tte ilylag «f
Describing his meeting with comer to HoUywood and new, : outstanding farm agents to The material
;est discovery of Howard Hughes , .. v- « _ x i u
l(he also discovered Jean Har-f ^
low) is proving a sensation. Womens Division on In-
She is hard at work in “The,terraical Cooperation of the
I Outlaw.” (Continued on page three)
Durham.
It is too late to be careful af-
^ter the accident.
dealt with is factual bat speeif' IMW
ic evens are botl^ lampooned »
and glorified in order to pro>l vitt
vide entertainment more in
with theatrical i>rodtt«tioii. •