Risr YdA Baptists On Verge Of Ow fodorseiBent Of 0. Qay Maxwell KEW YORK — On the Weis; of BBT tbf> stnnnM^t in j it* cavmt our -whifh virta»l|i- in riotiBf; «ft4^r the! X’U Mk« ft laotton fhat tJiii eonftrasfl* «iidoii|e B«v. MMnrvU now.” Iiranediately ■ dosten ministers MEHARRY PROFFESSOR HONORED pMHtHUte flar«>Qp of tempers I I«*ped to their feet, objeeting to tli» T«aks of The Xew Yorii City the motioBi •toting that ti» Baptist Ministers Conferpni^ WeTp faevl with a. »harp npJit and Un'Mt of a hitter strcjjjrfe whieh may well echo thmu^oat the n*tion. The trouble nitarted after the Rev. Thoma»^ S. Ha.rten, pgntor of the HoIt Trinity Baptist Clinrch Brrofelyn, and Fir^t Religional Tiee Pra»den of th. National Baptist Torention tros QnaiHm- onilv en«Jor»ed at the fonferene* meetine on last Monday a» randi date for Pir#t Ti«^ T^««ideflt at lanre to be voted on when the national i^therinj^ i« held in riereland in September. The Rer. J. rarrin^rton, pastor of Brooklj^’a Mount Camel Bap tist Chnreh jp>t to the floor aj^’ ealled to the attention of Presid en Twin» th^ a week prior the Conferenie had refused to en dorae the Sev. 0. CUt Maxwell, pastor of the Mount OliTei Bap^ tis Chnreh, New Tork City as eandidate for time waa n^ ripe for New Yorid State to offer a eandidate for the Preaidency; that the State had only deirelq)ed her loyalty to the NfttiM»l bo^ •through the urjreney and lewdership of Rot. Ilart^n and that it would be sai* eidal to offer two ijandidetea for major office from New York. \ Tl nil ^1II*** V iM i; i{ I I ^ I ^ lu in: >oi i( M» Debates woald improve if sp«ake;re$«nk]y advanced their real nw^ents ag^nst a pro* poaal. (T/ • « • president of the‘to acquire permanent possession National Baptist ConveatftMi. of anything for nothins:. Judge Demes Negro Is Lu^est of State’s Lawbreakers ORRBNSBORO (CP) — Jwd«e J. Will Jle«B 3r. of Marion deni ed the popular conception that NegToeH are the lariat law breakers in ft atatement her* Tueaday. He aaid that in proporaition to the population crime arao*% Ne groes is lesB than that amoojg' among whites. , Persons with less tl^ ai tenth jfrade edueation commit 95 per cent of the crime in the state, he aaid while persons with hig^ Behool eduoatioii commit thpe* per cent, and persona with one or more years of college training oaly two per cent of the crime in the state. i Jndge Plesa said he oottipiled t)ie figures during the ten jeam he 'has served as ^Heitor and the_«even years he ha« aerved on the Superior C^urt bench. $4.00 Cash Prize To Tlie Holder Of The LUCKY NUMBERED TICKET Issued To Our Customers Each Week! The Wjinning' dumber Will [Ap pear in Next Week’s Times. For further information call . • , THE ROYAL TAJLORING CO. -Cleaninfi^ — Pre^in^r — Repairing PHONE J^94 538 E. Pettifirrew Si* DR. • W. S. QmNLAND, pro fessor of* ^hohjgy at M^«rry Medical College, Nashville has been named a member of the editorial board of the Punjab Medical JomTial, published in Punjabs India, it was announcet this week by IDr. Edward L. Tur ner,, president of Meharry. The medical journal on who p board Dr. Quinland will serve is a record of both Indian and foreign nws in the field of medicine, and' is the only raedi cal publication ifl 8W^«m In dia. ’ ' - The Meharry profeasor is a patholdgiet certified by ■ t h e American Board of Pathology, is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of the Na; tional Medical Association* In addition, he is the author of many valuable publicaiona in the field of pathology. „f— .r! ■= Durham Academy Of Medicine PROFESSIONAL DIRCTORY LEO a BRUCEl IL D. Phjrsiean and Surgeon 814H Fayptteville St. Teliepbones Office J-6222 Res. doctor A- a HUNTER MamsT N. 0. Mutual Building Office J-0891 Res. L-3581 J. N. mu^ X. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office 106% Parrish St. SPECIAL ATTENTION TO DISEASES OF WOMEN Trained nurse in attendance DOCTOR E. P. NORBB DENTIST Vn% Fayetteville Street Hoan 9-1 2-3 4-7 Telephones Office J-8^ Res. J-9042 R. P. SANDOl^H. IL D. PHYSCIAN AND 8URGE»N 312 Dowd Street Office Hours 9-10 34 6-7 Tel^hones , Ofiee N-£211 Res. N-S562 J. E. TURNER. K. D. INTERNIST PIB Fayetteville Street TeJephono ii4264 Rea. J-«864 '.L-4 X. D. f^9«tteville St, TihipHonpg Rea.L«621 DOCTOR M. C. KING Telephones Office 253-6 Res. 249-1 Franklinton, N. C. Vachel Lindsay’s “Congo” and Jsums Weldon Johnson’s “Creation” To Be Presented As Dual Feature by CBS & M. BECKFORD, M. D. GENERAL SURGERY 212 Montgomery Street Hi^nderson, N. C. W. A. CLELAND. M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Biltmore Hotel Elast Pettigrew ^reet Hours: 8:30-10:30 1-2 5:30-7:00 Telephon^i Offiee F-4021 Res. J-1634 NEW YORK — Two poems expressing the deep emotionalisttn of the Negro race are to be dramatized by the Columbia Workshop and presented over Columnbia network on Sunday Mareh 30. (WABC-CBS, 10:30 to 11:00 PM, EST. Early broadcast to Wesrt at 8:(X) P. M., EST). .. The first dramatisiation is to' be that of Vachel Lindsny’s “The Oongo,” with the haunts ing rhyihmiS of voodoo drums and a vivid word picture of the African Negro. Katherine Laae And«r90n has giwn special draniia tic treatment to the poem for radio performance. She present ed the poetic drama while a student -at the University of Southern California, and then spent yeaw of effort on perfect ing her concept until it was prsfleh.t^ last’ Odl^er at Madi son Square (Jwd^n with a massed speaking‘chorus, a Negro ballet and musical ensedlble. • ’ “The Creation” is a drama- zatien »of» a reverent paraphrase of the Firat Chaptra: of Genesis, from James Weldon Johnson’s book of Negpo poems and verBe, “God’s Trombonps.” The Juanita Hall Singens are featured in the productiou, with choric #peaking and vocal sound effects devised by Miss Hall. Similar treatment was introduced when ■“'Rie Creation was presented in Columbia network's “Puremit of Happiness series.’,’ George Zachary supervises and directs both produotions, which had been scheduled for an ear lier Columbia Workshop broad cast, but which w«re po^tpH>ned' to Sunday, March 30. .■.a S, W. V. COROICE, M. D. GENERAL SURGERY 111% Fayetteville Street T^ephonM 1-9081 LS571 DOCTOR 3. m. HUBBARD DENTIST N. C. Bltxtna^ Building OffW* Hours: M 2:80-6:30 Er^niaffi aad Sundaya Appointm^ Tel^hon* 3-0&91 No Race Fit For Master, Says FDR WASHINGTON, (CP) - No race of peopl^ is fit to serve as ma»tei» over their fellow n)!^, Pj'esident Fmiklin D. Roosevelt said m his address before the press conference association in a nationwide broadcast here Sat urday nighti ' > The prasideni’s. address was a prepared speech on the lend lease bill which was reoeotiy rushed through both Houses of Congress aid tio national friendly to our democratic way of life. ' “There will be no division of party or aeotion or race or na tionality or religion. There is not one among us,” the x*e®'dettt said, “who does not have a stake in the outcome of the ^ort in which we are now engaged. ’ ’ “There newr has been, there isn’t now, and there neve^ will be any race of people fit to serve as masters over tteir fel low men.” “The world has no use for any nation which, because of its size or military might, as serts the right to goose step to world power over other nations or other races. We believe that any nationality, no njatter how small, (Did this mean SJOiiopia in 1937?) has the inherent right to its own nationhood." British and AlKed sM losses are set at 4,962,257 tons. Second ship sails Red Cross relief supplies for France. ptxm UOME 2S iHSURED- BtJTMWS w Wve For Palmer Gym Succeeding SEDAIJA, (Special) — The driv© for funds for a gymnasium at Palmer Meteorial Institute^ i» prqgressing so as^ to cheer the faculty and students. In le^ thsn seven weeks, they have seen the .$800 mark* reached and the goal of |2,500 set for tbejn- servea seems more attainabla Not only have various projects been undertaken on the campfus in the way of plays, and) other entertainments, hot parents and Jpr^efuds have contributed gener ously to thisi' fortieth anniver sary gift to the president, Df. Charlotte Hawkins Bjwra. The building will give a mttch needed Service to both school com munity. Vir^a County Rfty Provide School Buses RICHMOND, Ya. — 4 colored parent and "tax payer of Greenville county, Virginia had filsd suit against the board of education seeking to compel it to provide bus transpoiri,ation for Negro pupils, the attorney for the school board made «ver- tures to settle the ma'titer' out of court, and to eonsider a proposi tion for the providing of bus( transportation. Oliver M. Hill, an NAACP at torney of Richmond, acting for the* parents, wte approached by Ennis Ennes, an attorney, chair m^ of th© Greenville county school board. Mr. Ennes drked for a conference and indicated over the telephone that the school' board desires to settle the case without going to court. Terms of the stipulated agree ment, as a basU of negotiation, are being drawn up by Mr. Hill and other NAACP laiwjreits. mmmm Kl EASIER WAY TO SOLVE Business TROUBl-eS IS' TO Advertise DimHAil, NORTH CAROLINA 4 iCONSgEmTIVE:r SOLI - 0£a&fiLDANI.t ACBIE REALTY COMPANY RALEIGH, NORTH CAROUNA UNION INSURANCE AND REALTY CO. DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA Mercy Hospital “Unvotes” Mei^er With Douglas PHILADELPHIA — Mercy hc^ital, well known hospital here, w'hich a month ago voted to merge with Douglass, the other Negro operatel hospital about faced last week, deciding to remain as it is. At a hectic meeting of the board of ditectors, many dele^ ates appeared from c»nmunity groups that sujqwrt Mercy. 'Hiey decried the losing of identity, the fact that Mercy will lose its “A” filasaificatiott as an ap proved institution and said that merger would make t^ new medical center just a “colored bran^” of the tlniversity of Pennsylvania. The result was a vote of H-3 in favor of not merging. The move to merge the two lo(^l in stitutions had been in the Air for years and under definite conc^demtion for two ye*^. Douglaas » the oldsr, i« situated in the South I%iladelphia sec tion, and in giving little jmblic support. It Ib not a membw of th« comteunity fund. Mercy is a member and also gets a subctan. tial sum from the state. , The country is ^f® so long- as common people not give too much importance Vto the doings of the high society gang. It might be a good idea for somebody to get up a poll to see if anybody pays any a^tten- tion to the results of the polls. Personally, we h(aye n^ver been able to determine jt^st what methods determine the ajS^- pearance of pictures in newspa pers. • • • The present generation- would do better to stop worrying so much about posterity having its share of the worries. • « « What has become of all the disaster that was to befall this country when the national debt got three-quarters of its present size? The tower of the Belgian *Worldfs Fair Pavilion which has been presented to Vir^nia Union university, Richmond, by th© Belgian government, and 'v^ll be known as the Robert L. Vann Memoral Tower in honor of the late editor and publisher, a graduate of the institution. A nationwide drive is now uider^ way to raise $25,odb to dismantle the tower at Kew York, trans^ port it to Richmond and re-erect it. Yancey Williams Suit Sees As Caoise Of Order To Enlist Flying'Cad^ WASHINGTON, (ANP) — A suit rtecently filed against tWe war departmeDit and Secretairy Stimson by Yanoey Williajng^ st'ttdeinit at Howard university, charging dfecrimination and asking that he be allowed to eriH list isi thie air corps is considered to be responsibl© for the new official order sent to e*uA eoi^ area permitting ifiie acceptaace of' Negro applications for enlist ment aa flying cadets. Williams has already b^ oi*- dered to report for examination possible ^cceptensi© in army air Conps. . A .preliminary physiml examination has already "S beiem, given him by privite phy«- 'liciaas to insure his supporters .hat he is physically ftt. iBeoausc of tihese de^lopments th« department of jufrtacs which iid ijtajadling tfie case- for tjbe war ent has asked 4li&t the suit B dismissed. No action has yet 1 an taken on thi^ ple«ii however. The or ler Avttiioh welnt fro®u )he w«.r ^ Vs ¥ i ■I to oommandeis of tt>« nine corps aneSB stated that “appUeaiioDB from, ifepx).. a^fdiean^ts for ap* plioaats for app>io]inkent as fly» ing cadets will b^ accepted and! handled) in itlhe same way as pfnescribed' for. wihite applicants. ’ ^ TUel for appoint ment of Negto . applicants wilPbe idl^ieal 'n^th' thcqe whiDs applicants, also‘the^ order stated. " Appinsaitions should be made to itbe emmiainidiiDg gftnerak of the eorps ai^eas tftroughoiut the count0’ according to ithe. georgra fi>hi4»sl leoation of the applicant li home. “ ' , * ■* ' Openiig up a av^oue of training' for Ni^r^, this final oaintula^iion of the war dspaxth ment^ follows insttructioos laid down in previous legislation by eongiKBB wdiicSi demanded that Negroes should be udmitted to the air oovim. Income taxes may be unpleas ant but we know of fewer taxes that we hope to pay in large rtment headquarters ■amountS.i ' fjjf FAMED WP^GS OyER JORDAN CHOIR The nationally reknowned **Win|^ Over Jc rdan** choir,' who ha'VB ddigbted mSlUims'-of listeners with their Sunday mominff broadcasts conducted by Worth Kramer,, the over the Columbia nelvrork. The lAmoug >sn>ai| ^lly known arranger ol Negro Spir|ti»lid