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VOLUME XXIII - NUMBER 30
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, JULY 25 th, 1942
BUY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS
NEW VOIIK-miC» HOID SIENT PARADE
GUmi SAYS INBUNS MAY nOT
MASSES OF nm
BECOMING iNRAGED
AT BRITISH YOKE
HOSTS TO DENTAL MEETING
. ,Lo{k4onr (C P) — Mahatirfa
nhnndi has supplemented the new
All-India Congress resolution and
d^mandod that Britain withdraw
from the jrule of India in an em
phatic declaration that ther« can
be no further negotiationa.
He sent his deManttimr -to *|r!-
tish several days, ago, but nn-
nonncement had been delayed ap
parently to give England time to
reach*some kind of decision.
*‘J Aonlt want rioting or any
thing of that 8orPas'"a~ direct re
sult of these measures," he said
and added “If rioting takes place
I shall be helpless.”
Dispatches from Wardha India
wor^ Mr. flhandi apparently for
mulated his dwlaration, seemed
to indicate he is expecting Eng
land to come to favorable t«nn.s
with India, quoted the Indian
leader as having said:
“They (the British are human
beings and I am never in dispair
at the possibility of human be
ings making an upward growth.”
He refused to speculate further
on the likelihood of British nccep
tnnce of the appeal beyond his
terse comment that the Bri
tish are human, and that for such
there is always hope..
He indicated strongly that ne
gotiations on India’s war role
would have to comc after—and
not before—British acceptance of
the plan for full freedom and on
that issue declared there is no
room left fo^r further discussions
with England.
Tho congress committee re
solution emphasized that immedi
ate independence was demanded
not simply becausc foreign do-
piinntion of Indiu is an evil...be-
cnuse in bondage can play no
effective part in defending itself
or affecting the fortunes of the
war.
Preedom for India, it said, is
and essential step toward ending
Nazism, Fascism, militarism and
other forms of imperialism and
warned that the Indian Congress
is anxious to avoid the experience
of Malaya, RingapoiT; and Burma
and build up resistance.
Mr. Ghandi said rejection of
the independence appeal would
compel the party to launch a mass
movement on the widest possible
ficiile to reverse the British policy
but that the movement would he
non-violent and its participants
xrould’not court imprisonment.
He said he wants no rioting,
but it might be impossible to
curb the masses, and keep them
out of trouble.
rvialogue: “How’s the war
goingt” “What in h—are yr\ do
ing to make it go ”
Frot Goeis
To Howard
BY VICTOR H, XYNE8
"GreensBbfo — Prof. WarnCT
Lawson left A and T College last
w’eek to become dean of music at
Howard University, Washington.
Profes.sor Lav’son, who i; re
cognized as one of the country’s
li'ading pianists and directors,
came to A and T College in lO.'WI.
Through his efforts, the music
department at the college under
went n period of rapid develop
ment. The college choir, which,
prior to his period of influence,
had limited itself to local or
nearby concerts, began extending
its influence from South Carolina
to Connecticut through tours, and
to all parts of the world by way
of the major networks. ^
IntrolHcing to musi? lovers of
North Carolina and other states a
number of annuAl programs and
institutions, which'were held at
A and T, Professor Lawson did
much toward raising the music
apprecTation of the masses and
making more sufficient the music
instruction offered in the state.
Under his direction the yceum
eommitlee of the college brought
to A and T the best in the field
of music.
Professor Xawson, who is a
member of the “Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, and an ex-Fish Univer
sity football player, did his under
graduate study at Fisk and gradu
ate study at Yale and Harvard
Universities. He also studied un
der Artur Schnabel, famed pian
ist in Berlin, Qerinany. He ha.s
completed his residence require
ments for the degree of doctor of
philosophy, at Harvard.
Members of the Capitol City Dental society,
Nashville, compased of faculty memliers at
Meharry Medical college and practicing’ den
tists in the Tennessee city, who will be hosts
to the annual convention of the National
Dental associsCtioA meetitig here August 10-14.
Shown in the picture are, left to right, first
row: Drs. R. F. Sanford; S. P. Harris; D. H.
Turpin; N. R, Roberts; E. B. Jefferson and
C. B. Steele.
Roland Hayes Brutally
Assaulted And Jailed By
Georgia Policemen
Harlem Negroes To
Express Feelings Over
Outbursts Against Race
OARLOADINGS LEAP
Following a holiday letdown,
loadings leaped up during the
week ending July 11 to 955,124
cars, an increase of 101,2fi0 cars
or 1.3.4 per cent over the previous
week. However, the total was 21,-
019 cars, or 24 per cent, less than
the corresponding week of 1941.
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Some “popular” people iirt; not
nearly as popula'' as they would
have vott think.
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What will be your attitude
thent
New York — The execution of
Odell Waller on July 2nd, describ-1
bed as a “legal lynching” by ir
ate Negroe.s, followed closely by
the mob lynching of‘Willie Vin
son on July 16 in Texarkana,
Texas, the shooting of Private
Jessie Smith By' a posse in Flag-
stirrr, Ai-izona and the beating
of the noted Negro tenor, Boland
Hnye.s and his wife in Rome,
Georgi.T have” brought a country
wide st’nr1n”of protest from Ne-
ijvoes.
New York Negroes under the
direction of the local divisiion of
the March on Washington Move
ment plan a silent parade to the
bea^' oT muffled drums, Saturday
July at ‘JTHO to protest this
wave of killings.
A. Philil;> Radolph, national
director of the March on Wash
ington Movement, in a vigorous
letter of protest to President
Roosevelt declared, “Waller’s
eleotrocution has ^intensified a
wave of determination for a
showdown on the question of to
tal democracy for the Negro
Avhieh cannot long be held back
by leaders who use the bargain
ami eompromi^ method. It was
the signal for the barbarous forc
es in this country to renew the
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Funeral Services
Hdd for W. Meeks
Walter Andrew Meeks, G4
suceujnbed at his home here
Wednesday July 15 after a long
illness a|tributed to complication
of diseases. The deceased w'as
born in Durham and was married
to Mrs., Jennie Meeks formerly
Miss Jennie Wilson in 1899.
W. A. Meeks was a graduate of
Kittrell High School, Kittrell,
N. C. and of Hampton Institute
in Virginia.
At the time of his death, the
deceased was a member of Saint
Joseph AME Church where he
was very dutiful in attendance
until sickness. The services were
officiated by Rev. J. A. Valen
tine at the home 911 Fayetteville
.Street.
I. R'. Spaulding, James Strick
land, Willis Mitchell, H. F. Car
ver, F. Burton, C. C. Amey, and
C. E. Anthony were pallbearers.
Mesdames Theodosia Robinsoui
Mary SimniS, Ora Fitzgerald,
Lillian Southerland, Charming
Watson, Mary Cobb and TrnniiHa
Smith were floral bearers. _
Interment was at Beechwood
Cemetery,
Fight For Rights To
Continue During
War-NAACP -
Los Angeles, Calif. — So far as
the National Association for tho
Advancement of Colored People ,
is concerned, the fight for full j
and equal citizenship rights for |
colored people will continue with
out let-up during- the war.
This sentiment in the keynote
address to the 33rd annual NAA
CP conference here July 14 was
greeted with prolonged cheers and
applause by 3,200 persons packed
into Second Baptist church. The
speaker, Roy Wilkins, assistant
national secretary, striking out at
those who would have the Negro
be content with his lot and put
aside protest until after the war,
declared:
“The reSson why the NAACP
was born in 1909, the reason it
has lived for 33 years, the reason
why these delegates are here to
night from netrly thirty states is
because we are determined to be
forever through with the status
quo. ”
Wilkins quoted the now fam
ous statement of Mark P. Eth-
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fBNERAL HELD
FOR J. L. PAGE
James Louis Page, fj, died at
his home here July at 4iTO”a.
m. after an illness^ of several
^TCcks. The deceased was born
in Durham, North CaroUna the
son of Sallie Lowe Ta'gc and Wil
liam Page.
He attended Shaw University
and in 1901 became an agent in
Concord, North Carolina for the
North Carolina Mutual Lif': In
surance Company which position
he held for five years. In 1009 he
returned to Durham to establish
himself in business, thus began
his successful career liFa mer
chant.
On June 20, 1909 he was marri
ed to Miss Pearl Walker to which
union was born four children:
one daughter, Mrs. Lois Page-
Collins, now living in Newark,
New Jersey; and three sons
.Tames Waverly, Benjamin Frank,
and WTlliam Douglas all of jDur-
ham. -
At an early age lie became a
member of the God Hope Baptist
Church later ^having HTs member
ship transferred to White • Rock
Baptist Church where he remain
ed an active member for nearly
twenty-years.
Besides his wife and four
children Mr. Page is survived by
three graiidchildren TffyrUa, Pearl
and WhitBor Collins Jr. of Ne
wark, N. J.; three' brothers, Os
car, Charley, and W, W. Page,
all of Durham; one sister Miss
Eula. Page of Newport News,
Virginia; and a host of other xe-
latives.
SUCCUMBS
4 BY CUPT MACIAT
■(Man.nging Editor, Atlanta Dal^
j World)
I ROMF. Ga., (AXP) _ T h •
^hmi»=prt and-tintterffi uVtim odf-
J. L. PAGE, well known
.merchant of Durham who died
at his' home here last week
after a short illness. Mt. Page
was-, proprietor, of the J.-' 1*
Pjige. and Sons Grocer}' Com
pany on Fayetteville St. ■
The funeral services were of
ficiated by Rev. H. D. Eaton,
his former pastor of Creedmoor,
Rev. H. H. Harris, Rev. C. S.
Sessoms, and Rev. James Ste
wart. During "tEe services remarks
were made By Mrs. Essie Trice
and Mrs. Kfarion Austin, a solo
“He’ll Un^rsfand and Say Well
Done” was sung by Mrs. Naomi
T. Price.
Williar# H. Jones,. Earl Lam
beth, Preston Thorpe, James Bel
ton, Fonte Woote and P. D.
Purcelle" were active pallbearers.
Haywood Dixon, ^Oscar Page,
Math Williams, W. B. Bruee, Ro
bert Chavis and D. J. James were
honorary pallbearers.
Floralbearers were nieces of
the deceased which Include:
Misses Mary, Pearl, Eula, and
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Rumor “Absoluteiji-
Fake” On Riot At
Fort Bragg Recently
Washington, D. C. — A rumor
which was circulated recently a-
twut a supposedly vicious ‘‘race
riot” at Fort Bragg, N, C., was
found to have no basis in truth,
after the War Department had
thoroughly checked on it at the
eiuest of the NAACf*.
The rumor was spread that
wtvitc’ and Negro soldiers at Bragg
began fighting because some white
soldiers thought Negroes were
slow in getting out of the swim
ming pool on the post. The
white soldiers were supposed to
have overpow^ered an officer,
seized a machine gun aod return
ed to the pool, firing on the Ne
groes. Several Negroes were said
to have Ijoen killed.
There is absolutely no truth in
the storv, the NAAfP learned.
William H. Hastie, CiTiKan Aide
to the Secretary of War^ in a
letter to the Assoftiatioa last
week, said: “There has^*am no
trouble,, no riot, no shooting and
no incident in any way refwmhl-
ing the one described.”
The NAACP pointed ont that
rumors of thi» nature, where tlierv
is no basis in fact, can b*5 ex
tremely damaging.
an nnprawok>4.att;>^k at
Roland Hayes, .iS-Tmr old iatcr-
natiMially f»moQ.4 roneert apt^at*
was slowly rf‘cup«»mtii^ at Aw-
gelno„ his native 600-aere estat*
at nearby Curryville, Tuesday.
■ - — ■ ^
The story of the hmtal assairft
on the famous tenor, whose roiee
has been enthusiastically reeeivi#
by European rovalty and eommoa
mnslc_ lovers, alike over a period
of three .decades, reads like some
of the tales smuggled out of th»
conqured countries of Europe.
It all began Saturday momiag
when Mr. Hayes, accompanied by
his wife and nine-year old danf;b
ter, Marie, drove the 14 miles
from their farm to this city to
purchase their weekend supplies.
Mrs. Hayes and the daughter
entered the Hig«rins Shoe store,
where they had been tra^jS^lor
the past three summers, to bay
some shoes for the little jtirl.
They walked to the rear, in liaA
wHh southern eustom, but appax^
ently had not gone back far
eUongh.
The young, red faced elerk
it was reported, insisted that tkey
move further hack before he
wonld serve them. ffrs. Hay^ e»-
plained that she was satisfied
with her seat, eontending that it
was cooler, and adding that if ft
were necessary for her to movak
she would go elsewhere to nakv
the purchase.
.Just as she was getting ap t«
leave, it was disclosed, Mrs. Ha]P>
ea. directi^ng iier remarks Kf
retreating clerk e» rtmte to
the manager,“asserted: *TFKis sovt
of thii^ is out of plaee at a tHa*
like this. You ought to go
there wit6 olj Hitler.”
The clerk whirled, closely foUnMT
ed by the manager, and grahhad
Mrs. Hayes by the arm. The
ager, a steel shoe form in Ub
hand directed it like a |HStol alk
her back.
“Take your hands off ns»**
Mrs.''ffayea ordered.
The eierk releaaad her, aad
manager asserted,
to get oat of this •tove^’*
“I’ni tekuy way ■«»,** aM
rcpli^ kar If
the bSB^."
As his wife aaii
i;ea«h«d th* sidawattk 1
who had heM iB tie
walked aiir*aalMl:
Plefaa tvn t* ISjt