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N.C.COUEGE V RESKNS MAILING EDITION a Cum Volume XXIII — Number 21 BUY WA» BONDS TODAY Durham, North Carohna, Saturday May 23,1942 “KEEP *EM FLYING" 6-YEAR- OtD DROWNS POND Boy Goes Wading And Loses Life hi Pond Swolien From Rain A puddle of water left by recent cloudbunts wan responsible for the death of a six-year old child, Oharlea Hedf^epeth, pupil at East End. Hedgepeth, pupil at East End School, last Friday, afternoon. Police sttatel that the child ap- . parently following an urge to swimming around 2:30 p. m. wad- ^'into thp„ppol,(9f about 7o feftt tUi^|idwooil Unexpected:-«4inie. n}k)*' 1Nit«r !t^ deep f(ir ^iip. County'Ooroti^, R, A/*-*nd > Siierttr Belvin wtre sMnmoned around 3 p. m. and conducted ap investiga tion on the scene of the drowning. There remained a question as to whether or not t^P boy had act- uarllv downed or died of a heari. ¥i 102 Years Old attack. He was said to have been in the water only a few minutes when those nearby discovered that he was in difficulty and sum moned aid. The child was pulled from the water an^ artificiol re spiration administered by police and fremen without results. The body of the child was iden tified by S. J. Marshall, principal of the East End School on Dowd Street. Charles, a first grade pvpil, lives at 100 Juniper Street. V — Army Turns Down Ne^ro Air Pilot Who Aided White Student To Pass Examination Los Angeles, (A N P) — Al though he is an expert flyer and all round aircraft mechanic Tboui- mns Allen first colored flyer to make a transcontinental flight was recently refused Defense em- ])]oyment on account of his race. But a white friend, who bad fail ed bpcnuse he could not read the dt'licntp inichrometer, was accept ed the next day after Allen taught him hoAV to do'’so. Allen, who in 1932 with tJ»c late TTermnu Banning flew from Los Angeles to New York in an old rebuilt Jenny biplane, did not rovenl wlric^ of the local defense plniits now rnshing full blast had turned down his application, but it so happened that a day or so Inter, n white friend looked him lip nt hia home and related how he could not get to work on a IntlK' beonnse of his lack of .know- l(>(lgo in inichrometer reading. Ac- pomndntingly t^*^ colored airman tniieht him in the short time of no minutes. The next day he .retiivned for another test, passed f'Tid is now at work. Allen m still idh*. having faced discrimination in nij the plants to which he has npp!)*d for the higher mechanical positions of which he n capable. BUY COAL NOW or Preeie Luter ABNEB JORDAN, Jr. “Never had a fight with a man In my life. Wouldn’t a bit more think dboAt fighting than I ^voulj having a baby. . .Been married twice and never had a fuss..AVhat I’m gonna fuss about if I loved herf” said Mr. Jordan in an in terview last Saturday. The re porter had asked Mr. Jordan about the three wars through which he had iived.—Mr.'Jordan states that he was born April 11, 1840 and tihat he knows the date is right because his young mas ter Beniham Cameron, Sr. told him to remember that day as his birthday. He was born near Stags ville, now lives in the County Home but comes to Durham each first Sunday to attend his church and to visit his nieces aind nep hews. ) V Vote Down Measure Tc Establist Bureau Of Negro Affair^ Washington, (ANP) — A pro posal to establish a “bureau of Negro affairs” to coordinate all federal activities concerning the race was voted down last week by those who were expected to head it. The four officials, three white and one colored, were understood to have been Jonathan Daniels of CCD, Lawrence Cramer of COFEP Harold B. Hoskins, executive Texas Primary Case To Be To Supreme Court Houston, Texas, (Special to the TIMES) — Upholding Texas tra« dition ihat the Democratic port^ can decide who will or wih vote -in its primary Judge T. M. Kennerly of the tJ, S. District Court rendered decis ion for the defendants in the Texas “white” primary case May 11. The NAACP, which has been fighting the Democratic “white” primafies in the south since be- fii’f 1927, and has twice won favorable decisions in the United States Supreme Court on the barring of Negroes from primaries will move for a new trial. Thur- good Marshall, NAACP special counsel, said this motion will be |i?mmcdiat(ely followed by an ap peal to thp United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Marshall also emphasized the importance of this case, say ing that it will not only deter mine the right of Negroes to vote in Texas, but will also go n long way in dkermining the right of Times Reidsville Representative . ^ ' r MISS DOBETHA DANIELS, re- presentative for the lOABOLINA TIMES in BeddimllA Uliss Daniels who* /is a iiigh; ,«rhool seniof’ plans entering |N. C. Collega or Bennett this fall. She plans itakinf a busi ness ,course, bat leans toward joamalism as ta careek'Ji Burgliardt Accepts Job As (P&cicSi At Lincoln University in (Missouri^ ramESS HEARS THAT NINE NEGRO* SOLDIERS TRAVEUNG ARE FORCED TO GO WITHOUT FOOD BECAUSE RACE Negroes to vote in the primaries control of other states. Judge l^ennerly, in his conclus ions of lay, held that the primary case in Texas was different from piimary case in Louisiana, when, in U. S. vs Classic, the Supreme’ Court held that the primary in Louisiana was an integral part of the election machinery of the state and therefore subject to federal The judge, in deciding in favor of the defendants, maintained that nomination in the Democratic pri mary in Texasi does not mean elec tion, in spite of the statement in record of the case which said: “Since 1859 all Democratic no minees for Congress, Senate and Governor, have been elected in Texas, with two exceptions.^’ C.IM.E., Discuss Generai Chicago, (ANP) — The merger, gesture on the part of the Colored Methodist Episcopal church and the Methodist church had its basis in history, accordiilg to certain leaders of the CME church. The question of the merger has been greatly accelerated since the in vitation'on the part of the two visiting Methodist bishops, R. E. Jones and J. L Decell at the re cent (^ME General conference as- ' which ended here early this week. .E. Ciiurciies Merger At Conference sistant to the assistant aecretary of gtate and U. S. Minister to Liberia Lester A. Walton. The proposal, brainchild of a ranking Negro government offi cial, was vetoed because there are at present too many bureaus work ing on "problems” itnd the func tions of the new group are now being handle^ by other setups. Under the date of April 29, a communication was forwarded to a high ranking official of t}ie state department, wh* is very close to the President aijd generally credi ted with being the “brains” of many new movements initiated through the White House. The letter said io part: “Union is welcomed wherever it is possible with other Metho dist bodies, or with any,other Christia'n body for that matter,” said one high official of the church here this week. “But in the .case of the CME church and the Methodist cnurch, union is more practicable, because the procedures and techniques have already been worked out and Ire now in operation in the Meth odist-church, whereas if the ges ture were by the AMB or AME Zion church, the whole realm would have to be thoroughly can vassed and expired which would require much time and study” was the opinion voiced. “The historic relation Iwtween the CME church and the former Methodist Episcopal church. South is comparable to the relationship and strong bond existing between the Methodist church and the Ne gro element in the Methcdist church. This relationship has made for a ‘spiritual affinity” as between Negroes of the M«>thod- ist church.” ' i f ' Bishop W. Y. Bell, Cordelc, Qa. and the Rev. C. E. Chapman^ geVi- eral secretary of public relations, Kansas City, Mo., cite the histor ic'origin of the CME church in support of the merger gestute. “The CME church .came into existence through mutual consent of the Negro and white leaders of the then Southern Methodist church, and these two churches have retained dose bonds of con tact and cooperation despite the fact that (heir oi^anic bonds had been broken,” they contend. Before the general conference adjourned, a commission was get- up whose function if; is to study canvass and explore the possibili ties of the two bodies becomi^ agreed upon such plans as will make for satisfactory adjustment of policies, rules and regulations such as will bring the CME con stituency into the Methodist church. ^ Four avenues of approach to the merger were outlined by Dr. Chap man. He observed: “There are four avenues open to use—We can take an indifferent, apathetic and isolation attitude'; we can agree to enter the Central Judisdictiona! conference with the Negro confer ences now in the Methodist church; we can agree to come in as an affiliated autonomous church, retaining our complete self government as at present and share in some measure in the benefits to be derived from cbn- traetual relations between the boards of missions and church ex tension whf^ would make such financial contributions to our missionary and educational intM- estg as wisdom might dictate to them; or, finally? we can agree to enter the BlethodisT church in another jurisdictional conference, which, for lack of a better name. Washington, (A N P) — Con gress sat mute Wednesday while Eep. Bender of Ohio tohl how nine Negro soldiers, wearing their country’s unifonns, ww»e forced to go withoui^ood for 22 hours solely because of their race. “Mr, Chairman,” -Mr. Bender began, “our country is fighting for the right of all peojile of hu man freedom... We are fighting for equal rights and for equal treatment. Yet within our own borders and within our own aiiiied forces we permit conditions of shocking inequality.” “On the evening of April 30, a train operated by the Louisville and Nashville Railway company stopped at Montgomery, Ala., and nine colored soldiers stationed at a camp this vicinity boarded the train. They were coming north for a well deserved furlough They boarded the train at about 6:45 in the evening. The following morning. May 1, the train stopped at Bowling Green, Ky., at about 9 a. m. A large group of white soldiers got off the train at Bow ling Greed and went into the station for breakfast. “The nine colored soldiers who were on this train entered the same station and asked to be ser ved. Thej were willing to eat sandwiches and coSfee; willing even to stand in line without sitt ing down with the other soldiers. They were refused service. They got on the train to resume their journey. At noontime, the call for lunch was made in every car ex cept the car in which the nine colored soldiers were seated. They never were given the opportunity- to eat lunch. All that day they rode without food. Prom 6:-45 P. M. on April 30 to until about 4:45 P. M. May 1, when they arrived at Cincinnati, these men had gone hungry. These boys were coming home to Pittsburgh and Philadel phia, wearing the uniform of the army of the United States. “What justification can there possible be for treating these men who are already and willing to give up their lives for their coun try in this wayf What possible reason can there be for denying them th^ right to eat with their fellow soldiers who are drawn from the same American popula- tionf “In England today, the si^tem of rigid class barriers whieh has Washington Bureau OfNAA(3»ToBe„ Opened Soot Washington — A long time plan of the NAACP will be put into ef fect with the o'pening of the NAACP Washington Bureau, sche- The office is now being organiz el by Frank D. Reeves, formerly in the legal department at the na tional office, and adminis^- tive assistant in- t4ie Washington Bureau, the NAACP anounced. Renovations are being made, and equipment is being installed so that work can begin nt the bureau whieh. according to the NAACP will “battle seven days a week and as many hours a day as necessary to protect the rights of .Negroes during this most crucial period in the world’s history.” The Bureau is located at 1(W Massachustts avenue and is two blocks from the Union station, close to the Capitol, Senate and House, Supreme Court and other agencies. tional conference.” Outstanding among» the actions of the conference came Thursday night when the conference by a three to one vote sustained a re solution directing that there be ao bishops eleeted. been established through centuries of untintelligent tradition, is breaking down under the impact of war. It is high ta^e that the refusal of white men and women in the south to treat our colored citizens as fellow human beings was broken down. Colored sold iers and white soldiers are- fight ing in the same cause. They have the^duty to work together to die together. Any man who denies food for these soldiers is not work ing for the United States. He is working for the Axis.” At this point Mr. May, chairman of the house military affairs com mittee, interjected questions. “Of course.” said Mr. May, al so of Kentucky, ‘^the gentlman knows that neither he nor I nor anyone else here VDald ever deny any man food under any circums tances if we could help it, but -i am curious to know just where the gentleman got this informa tion and whether he has investig ated to see whether it is correct. “I got that information from a lady, in fact, a group of ladies,” Mr. Bender replied, “headed »y Mrs. Lillian Mason of Cleveland, who happened to be on the same train.” “Did the gentleman ask the war department if thev had »ade aav inquiry about il?” Btr. May in quired. “I have asked the war depart ment to make a thoceafk investi gation,” was Mr. re- ^ joinder. * . - f W. F. Burahartlt. the man with .1 Fivc-Yeaf-Phin. resijmed his week as co.nrh at Xorth TanJina Coliesre for Negroe^i-to- accept a ■•iinilar position " at Lincoln Uni versity, .Jpfferson City, Mis?.ionri beginning in SeptemlxT Hurghardt. .i graduate and out- stantling athlete from the Univer sity of Iowa, came to Durham fiv* years aen with a plan tw whM^ North Carolina iollejB tifficiaU liAteiieJ and tolerateil b«t ia wfiich thev pla«edr R* tleep Aotk. Biirghardt anl hit aide* persever ed and in 1P40 and 1941 the plan really brought astonishing re sults. “fn thr F.agle^ fwiy fw» games during the football season. Ini 941 they joomeyed to Cotam- 1 ns, Georgia to meet Morrii? Brown in the annual Oransre Bowl elasm. Unfortunately they were defeat«»d althou?h by onely oe point, the score being 7-fi in favor of Morri,, Brown. Up to the time of the ange Bowl the Eagles had suffer ed no defeats in the CIAA. Under the Master coaching of Burghardt, the North Carolina follege has ascended to a promin ent afld enviable position in the riAA ad the athletic world in both footb«H and hasetball. Last year three men from the Eagles madeA Il-American» the colorful fius Gaines, drop kick artist, Georse Mack, and Rani Hall. Detroit Di^ To Mverfoccakire^ Sermon%^ Raleigh, (Special) — Dr. C. E. Askew,( pastor of the Third Baptist Chureh, Detroit, Miehtgan is expected to deljve/ the sermon at Shaw Umversity Tjaccalanreate sercies to be held at three o’clofk Sunday. May- 24, in Qreenleaf Memorial Hall. The baccalaureate serriees be the second of the several events of the seventy-seventh aanoil commencement of Shaw UaivwK sity whieh will begin Fridav Mav 22, at eight thirty with claa». ■ night exercises at whieh Mns Beatrice Coppedge of WinaHiil^ Salem is expected to deliver tl» Ivy Oratiin of the rankia^ dent and Claude Whitaker of Sa- leigh the class oration of tlH» aa- cond ranking- stndeat. . Dr. Aske#, who is a student of Shaw Univftsl^ at one time pastor of tl First Baptist Ckn^ pid turn to RaWifh cause a very Jui| friends an4_ services.
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