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'4- ' ■■ ■■ " ";■ "■■ ■ ■ •, ' ■ , ■ TT'TIfy ■ Three Indicted In Detroit "I WW. (iu«iiiJL&^: MAILING EDITION Volume XXIII — Number 17 jlpH^RUTH £iblBRlSE5y BUY WAB BONDS TODAY NftACP Durham, North Carolina, Saturday,^April 25, 1942 DEWF “KEEP ’EM FLYING” Dawson Is Winner In Democratic Primary Orders Issued By Government In Housing Case Principal At Human Welfare Conference Attorney General Francis B'ddle announced that a Federal Grand Jury sitting in the Eastern Dis trict o Michigan, at Detroit, to day returned an indictment against three officers and members of the National Worker* League and the Seven Mile-Fenek)n Improvement Association, of Detroit, 'chaining a eosapiracy pcevent Negro tsm- -SBti'from oeeupying the Sojoin^Mr Truth Homes, a proj^t of the United States Housing Authority. The investigation was made un der the supervision of John Lehr, United States Attorney for the Eastern Distri^r^J^lilichT^ui,~ani *the, case was presented to the Grand Jury by TVank H. Patton, Special Assistant to the Attorney General. Those named in the indietmenf were JParker Sage and Garland L. Alderman, treasurer and secretary, respectively, of the NationaJ Work ers League; and Virgil Chandler, organizer and officer of the Seven Mile-Fenelon Improvement Associ ation, all of Detroit. The Indictment contains two Counts. The first charges a vipla- tton of civil rights under Section 51, Title 18, U. S. Code, in that certain persons were ^p*evented ■¥j from occupying , Ffederally-owned course. Raymond Freeman, Clenton Mills, City, To Fly With 99th The first of m^ny applications, to the Afuiy'Flying School, lo»at.> e! near Tttskegee Institute, to be filed from Durham, has been ac cepted. Notice of acceptance were received recently by Raymond Freeman and Clenton Mills, both Jiity* The snail like pace at which the Army is calling Negroes to train for flying officers hasn’t been in creased to any great extent. Of the fifteen that will report to Tusk^ee for induction on May 1, two will be members of Durham Families^ Clenton Mills and Raymond Freeman are both former stu(ierits of North Cayotina t^ollege, ^and have been class mates for ten years. Mr. Mills is the son of Doc tor and Mrs. J. N. Mills and has recently returned from Tuskegee where he was enrolled in the Civil ian Pilot Training (C. P. \X) Dr. Frank (Jraham Apsparing on the program of fthe Bootwvaffr Paul Roheson Nashville this week were North Carolina’s own Dr. Frank P. Graham, of the University of North Carolina, Mrs, (Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Paul Robeson, noted singer. Dr.. Graham .delivered the’ keyriote address, “What Are We Fighting For.” Mrs. Roosevelt presented the outstanding award and Robeson was featured ina number of selections on Monday night. Board Refuses To Fire Director Of Brandies For Statement On War premises for whiih they had exe^ cuted leases.. The second .eharges a seditious conspiracy,.,‘‘to prevrat, Both boys will enter the school "as flying cadets, with pay of .fT.'j.OO a month plug ration-allowances- Plea'se Turn To P^e Eight Please Turn To Page Eight MANY CELEBRITIES ON PROGRAM Af SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FOR HUMAN WELFARE AT NASH\'1LLE Nflshville, Tenn.,—rPaul Robeson and Dr. Prank P. Graham will be two of the lexers in the Southern Conference ' for Hjiman Welfare meeting in'Nashville, April lfl-21. Dr. James *Dombrowski, Executive Secretary of ■ the conference, dis closed this week. ^Two Negro leaders in the de fense effort will participate in the , dis«usslon of “Industrial ProJuc- tion.” They are itobert C. Weaver of the War Production Board and Judge Will Hastie, civilian aide to the Secretary of War. Robeson, America’s greatest Baritone, will be featured on the cultural program of the conference Monday night. He will sing a num- l>er of selections, and efforts are now underway for a joint rendi tion of the “Ballad for Ameri cans” with Robeson accompanied by the Fisk Choir. During, intermission of the Mon day night program, Mrs. Franklin D. Roonevelt will present the Tho mas Jefferson Award to the out standing Southerner of 1843. %■ Please Turn To Page Detroit Police Head Resips After U. S. Housing Order Detroit. (ANP) — Reports here last week held that Police Commissioner Prank D. Eauian’s resignation, following close upon thfrsh^s of a federal order that the cit^move Negro tenants into the SojonrneV Truth defense hous ing project was precipated by this order. Eaman, commissioner for slight ly more than two years, resigned soon after John B. Blandford, Jr., national housing administrator, V wired the Petroit iiouHing commis sion to move Negroes into the va cant Sojourner Truth buildings as soon as* expedient. Former City Official To Oppose William E. King For Artliur IMItcheil Seat Chicago. —(ANP)— Replacing Eep. Arthur W. Mitchell wita the complete blessings of the powerful Kelly-Nash machine, William L. Dawson buried the congressional aspirations of Aid. Earl B. Dicker son in the primary election Tues day by ^tround 15,000 votes to .5,- 000 and emerpred as the Democratic nominee who will face his bitter political enemy, William E. King, Republican winner, in the NaVem- ber voting.. ' Althouf?h the congressional.race furnished the main -fireworks, Dawson and King were not the on ly winners. Virtually complete election returns showed 15 others won noniihation for various offices- on both major party tickets, in cluding three for the county com mission and two for the municipal 'Court bench. Dawson', a former Republican City Councilman, has run for for congress before on the Repub lican ticket. It was here thrit his split occurred with King, 'former G.O.P. stat^ senator, who' has also run for congress. In their hist pri mary battle for the Republican nomination, Dawson was victor on ly to lose to Mitchell in November. It was cjiarged then that the King fiirct's threw their weight behind iV ifi liell instead o,f the Standard bearer of their,party- Since that time Dawson has switched to the Negro Insurance Week Is Set For May 4-9 Atlanta. —(ANP)— Sponsored by the National Negro Insurance association, Asa T. Spaulding, president, and participated in by member companies throughout, the country, "Observance of Natjopal Negro Insurance week will be held this year from May 4-9, inclusive. The date was announced in a joint statement issued this week by Oyrus J.. Canifield, assistant i»agency director Atlanta Life In surance Company and chairman of the 1942 insurance week comtnit- tee, and J. T. Botch, secretary of the committee and agency of^cer of the Afro-American Life Insur ance Company. The project, developed around a single week'fT intensive promotion each year, is the high point of many activities conducted Under the sponsorijhip of the National Negi'o Insurance Association. This organization is composed of 41 member companies owned and op erated by colored people, together with'11 regional associations In 10 states. Asa T. Spaulding of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance and president of the as- Please Turn To Page Eight Conlpai^, Please Turn fb Page Eig^t NAACP Commends Government Action On Four Fronts New^ York.—To ^e Department of-Justice for appointing a special prosecutor in the Sikeston, Mo„ lynching and for investigation and securing indictments in the riot over the Sojourner Truth Homes in Detroit;-to the President’s Com mittee on Fair Employment Prac tice for its order to stop race dis crimination in ten w^r plants in the Chicago and Milwaukee area, and to the War Department for de claring “out of bounds’’ public places around Camp Dix, which refuse s^vice to colored sol diers, the NAACP sent letters of appreciatioij last -week. For the Justice Department, At torney General Francis Biddle was told that the appointment of Jacob M. Lashly as special prosecutor in the Sikeaton lynching, antf the vig- orqus action of the Department in investigating the conspiracy to keep Negroes out of the Sojourner Truth Houses in Detroit, will help to stop lawlessness against Negroes and other minotities and increase Negroes’ faith in democracy. The NAACP extended its con gratulations to the FEPC through Dr, Malcolm S. MacLean, chair- Please Turn To Page Eight A. & T. Collie To Expand Facilities In Field of Aviation Green.sboro.—Becailge, of.ihe in creased demand for trained pilots, A. and T. College has made ar- ^•angements to expand its facilities in the field of aviation to include a!l phases of civilian pilot train ing. Beginning .luly 1, it will bo possiBle foir aircivilian pilot IraTn- eps to pursue courses le'adii^ to th^ comnTercial and flight instruc tor’s licenses at the college. • Students who qualify niay take the *|iempntary, secondary# cr«)ss country and ihstructorcourse and at the same time continue their academic or technical studies so that- their college training will not be interrupted. Recent changes in the ci\nlian pilot training reqqurrements now make it possible for students who have completed only one quarter of their freshman year to he ad- ipitted to the course. The expanded facilities will en- iil4e the college to take increased enrollments in the elementary training courses. Students who complete the secondary training may enter directly into, the basic training program .of the army air corps. Enroli^cs are given defer- Tnent by the selective hoards until the formers’ training programs ai'e completed. , V ^ Civilians who have had at least two years’ of regul^ir training in any accredited college ijjay also enroll. • ^ ' A .and T. College has accelerated its pre^am sa that students may complete their regular four year courses in three years and in addi tion avail themselves of the oppor tunities in aviation. Application^ are now being accepted for. the suinmer civilian pilot training pre^ gi'am. According to the demands of the times, A. and T. has offered vari- oiit defense courses such as aero plane and engine 'meehanic^,' ma chine shop practice, materials test ing and inspection, welding and radio communications. Courses in radio communications are being offered in Durham and Baleigh, and plans are underway to offer 'these courses in other cities of the state. Men who havf completed the defense training at the eol- lege-are now working in important “defense positions throughout the countryv .3The 'demand for the«e skilled &en greatly /exceeds the Bupply. Dn Wings Prcgrani AW»a«der Brirutsi, formerly with *, tlje- Carolina Times and resident of Durham will be guest S{)*‘aker over the “Wing-^ Over .Iordan” program, Sunday, April 2t5th. A. M. He is a product of the ele»nen- , tar>' scho)ls„of Selma. North ('aro-' jlina, Fayetteville State Teachers j New \ t*rk Amstenlam News. ^\aU U'ollege and Livingston. He began ter'-White, NAAt^P executive 8e*- Ne*w Ynrk, —Afi*r fnirticfTlIy 4'irin«r Dt*:in xVsiii; t Pii'ki’Ilr-. .il’TPf'Tnr +rf on leave fu*the I'. Tr» .i " ]Urtnii’:;r. f. r . N'AAr'.r of direct(»rs • .-■i'tl- ere^l it Htt';'!-!'” M;‘i ’ Iv r,; : itifv ' i.' the ^ to th^ tnker. as,-,...'.ifi ” Wln^inr if a pre pared s»atptnt*nt by the dean-in which he rrfnsed to Ijaek d^wn from his (Original stand ^preceded the votiiig. ; TlieTitaieinents tPhh-h up the trouble were contiiined in a enltrttin released early thi..« ytiar by the Assoeiated K*gro I*ress under the.„,title, “Fort Huaehuea and the 9f>th Pursuit Squadron,’* in which the dean declared that ‘‘the army is planning to win the war, in spite of segregation or of those who op- ipose segregation’* and praised bith the army post «nd the 99th as ef forts “that will make a d**nt in segregation/* He also assertwl that ‘‘segregation based on skiiiHiolof Or eye-color, is darned nansen^e of eotirse. * * Fidlowing publication in the his newspaper career with the (^ar- |blina Times, acting as assistant- I editor and icirculation manager. retary, wrote Pickens a letter telU riease turn to Page Eight SHAW UNIVERSITY RAISES $8J IN DRIVE FOR FUNDS TO REMODEL LEONARD BUILDING Move To Speed New Orleans Teachers’ Salary Case In Court New Orleans, La.— Action to i .1, nji Ibe prosecuiiou of the suit for Ptjual pay to Negro teach ers here was taken when Joseph F. McKeipni, jocal lea^lier, lilel a motion Thursday, Apjril 16, in the Ui S. district court Louisiana to advance the case oti the docket. Acting for McKelpin are Attorn-j eys As p. Tureaud, of New'Orleans and Thurgood Marshall, NAACP special counsel. The motion slates that “unless this case is advanced on the docket for a sf>eedy hearing it will cause hardship to the ptiiattiff in that the next‘budget of the Orleans Parish school board is to he made lip in June, at which time the mover’s salary and the Salaries of other teachers will be fiwd for ihe ne.xt fiscal year.’* With fS.OOO dollars already re ceived in eontributions for the «li,00(> Letnard Building rennva- tinn ^jroject at Shaw faivttsity. Actual construction work has aU ready begun in order to have tha building copirteted when the spe-. eial Baptist Conelave convenes in Raleigh during the first week in August. ! According^to President. Robert p. Daniel this canymign t* raiae fifteen thousand dollars for th« renovation of the seeesid building on the Shaw i» nieeting with the sponse of the Shaw and Baptist ^|>portef» th» school. With three ni»th!* retRaiiif ing before the eampaifpi luatnnM indications are that the T»oiatniii|^ iTjHM ta Sraudi the 004) will be «Ntsi4*nU3r- *>« ceeded' hy 1. The lenoTation Ote hnilding k expeelad fA ygovidf Ad ditional elawmimna to rtlitw tib# over>Fu«de4 dhrWOWfc' ^ iMiBtfi[- ot' the )o«al seho^ committee Moma ({asrten in SaWf^ . . IHetse htra t»
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