Scenes Of Annual Commencement Of North Carolina College
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The above scenes taken from th^
(graduating exercises of the North
C'acolin« CoUeffe for Negroes
show at the leftTJ Wei calaureate sermon to tli* *f«g9 rf
ley, /presidtent of Wfltterfon-e in^he B, N. Duke Auditoi-
Usiversity delivering the *»af-1 ium on 1*4 Sun3^y. flitting vm-
mediately BenTlid him is Dr.i-ture is Dr. F. Q. SoweH who de-
James E. Shepard, president of rlivered the invocation. At che
the college. The next in the pic- j extreme right is. Dr. .1. A.
Valentine, pastor of St. .lo>er»ii I Bronichton of North CaroRn* de-lj^daate degrer*. The pictsre at
AMFf Church. The center picture | livering a short talk before r m-| the extreme right a&ow^ Doo-
showd Qcf»«rnor J. AlelviHe {ferring the professional ?»r!d > orable Hi«nnier Weffei, anJer
secretary of state deliveriner the 'smraenremcnt adikfSS to thegndnatiiifr cUm.
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VOL. Xjqui - NO. 21
DURHAM. NORTH CAKOUNA, SA'lXfKDAY, JUNE 5th, 1943
FINALS SPEAKER
mm FIRST OF
RACE TO BE GUEST OF
UNITED STATES FRESffiENT
BT ERNEST E. JOHNSON
WASHINGTON, (A N P) —
Edwin Barelay, president of th.
republic of Liberia amid pomp
and ceremony,, began his pre
Cedent shattering 'visit ^ this
country as the personal guest of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
promptly at 5* o’clock in the
afternoon of Wednesday, Alay
26. . .
In so doing, President Bar
clay became the first Nepjro
Chief of. a Negro state to cross-
the wcleome mat of the execu
tive mansion, with the Presid
ent of the United States as tho
official host.
The dignitary was accompani-
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John P. Pemberton
Succumbs To Illness
Tuesday Mornkig .
John Percival Pemberton, age
45, died at Lincoln hospital here
Tuesday morning, June 1 ,it
2:30 after an illness of 10 days,
from a complication of diseases/
Although Mr. Pemberton had
been in declining health for sev
eral months he did not atop
work until about two weeks 'igo.
After his condition grew worst'^
he #as taken to the hospital on
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LIBERIAN PRESIDENT MEETS 0. Si CHIEF
MOBEE SHIPBUILDERS DETERMINED ^
TO USE SKILLED NESGROES DESPITE
RIOT IN WHICH TWO WERE MLLED
BY OLirP MAOKAT
MOBILE, Ala. (ANP) —
appriximately 600 soldiers frtim
the BrOkleyfield Army Air base
on guard, apparent calm has been
restored in the yards of the
Alabama Drydock and Ship
building company where on
Tuesday ‘colored workers, men
and women alike, were vietims
were victims of a vicious mob
attack; because the company, ;n
lcomplian«e with Executive Or
der 8802, put colored welders to
work Monday night.
According to shipyard offi
cials, the trouble began about
&:30 o’clock Tuesday morninj?
when whites began to wantonly
attack colored women as w«l; as
men workers evidently for the
purpose of spreading terrorism
among the colored employes be-
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President Edwin Barcley and
President-Elect W. V. 8. Tab-
iiran, both of Liberia, the Negro
Republic on the West C-oast of
Africa, were ‘ welcomed withlvelt; President-Elect Tubman
Great Pomp and Ceremony in j and Secretary of State Coriell
the W^hite House (May 26)*!Hull. (Continental Photo).
Left t oright: President Roase-j ...
S. S. Frederick Douglass
Second To Be Launched
With
A Negro captain a colored and
white crew were awaiting com
pletion of the SS PBBDERICK
DOUGLASS at the Bethlehem -
Fairfield Shipyards, in Bnlti-
more, Md., this week, following
the launching of the third
Libetry Ship named for an out
standing Negro on May 22, 1943.
The vessel was christened
Saturday afternoon by Anne
Wiggtns Brown, Baltimore born
Captain
concert singer and original star
nf “Porgy and-Hess,” as tlv
Negro master, 51 year old Capt.
Adrian Richardson, and three
members of his crew witnessed
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Under Secretary Of W a r
Calls For New Order In
Commencement Address
M. H. Thompson .
Elected Commander.
Of American Legion.
The Weaver McLean Post No.
175 of the American Legion
met last night at the Stanford
'L. Warren Library and elected
the following officers for the
ensuing year: M. Hugh Thomp
son, Post Commander; J. Fred
Pratt, Vice Commander; S. B.
Walker, Adjutant; W. W.
Hardy, Service Officer; Jerry
Williamon, Historian and Pub
licity Director.
The following were elected
as delegates to the State Con
vention which convenes in
Charlotte, North Carolina, June
19 thru 21; M. Hugh Thomp
son, Post Commander, Jerry
Williamson and ' J. U. Lowe,
with S. B. Walker. W. W. Hardy
and Charlie Jackson as alter
nates.
The comnwttee for Memorial
Day Program to be held at
White Rock Baptist Church on
Sunday, May 30, at 4 P. M., thru
its chairman, John Williams,
made a report, announcing
Lieutentot Colonel Wendell T.
Derricks, Commanding Officer
of the 930th Field Artillery.
Camp* Butner as principal spea
ker. Other participants on this
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Baby IfcLois ABea, daught«r
of 3lr. and Mrt. Qeor^ Alton,
who was the wiaaer of the first
priie ia tis.« Saby Popularity
Contest sponsored by the Mt
VemonBapt, Churcii usker board
on last' Sunday. Manager'for the
winner was Mrs. I^ouise Har
vey, president of the Ladies De
partment of the Durham Ushers
Union.
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ir LIN HOLLOWAY
In one of the most imfHrtssii
gratluating eeremonies ever hei
at North Carolina Coll^fe for j
Neproes, UndejT Seeretaiy «f j
State Summer W«Um, over a
nation-wide Mntnal BmadMMt- '
ing hook-up, told in foreefol 
terms the challenge whieh facM
the peoples of the world in
organization of a post-war tc>
eurity. * ^
Secretary Wrfjes delivered tte
address to the 93 gradaates ot
the 4*lass of 1943 snrronojed ky
dignitaries of both races iaainil*
ing ifonorable J. Mehrillp Bree§k« i
ton. Governor of Noi®* Cftrtt*
}}]»; BofloraRfe -Jo»ephi»
iels, former Ambassador
Mexico and North ('•rcdbA's -.
premier newspaper nun, ihtfk 2
Mary Duke Biddle. dan|^t«r o€ j
the late B. N. D^e; Dr. t. hi
Flowers, president oTltoR
versity- and Chaimtan of |1m1
Board of TmsteM of til*
ege; Dr. C. C. Spanklia|^p»«** |
dent of the North CaroliaiiJttfaLd
Mutual Life Insiuaae^ C«yj—p§ |
Dr. J. A. TalentiBe, partwr
St. Joseph AM£ dmnii;
Miles Mark Fislier, paitw
White Rock Baptist
W. W. PierMMi* imm ^
GraJaate Sekool of tk*
siiy of Kortli
Claade A. BameCtk
the Assoeiated Ncgrft
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