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VOL. XXII—NO. 38
Durham, North Carolina, Saturday, October 9, 1943
Committee Negro Affairs In Annual Session Sunday
President Of Talladega College Itesigns Post
Negro Soldiers Abroad Lauded By Three Senators
Trustee Board Of Famous
Noted Composer Passes
Suddenly In Rochester
From Heart Ailment
Succumbs
gpepial to The TIMES
ROTHKSTER, N. Y. — Dr.
R.. Nathaniel Dett, eminent
•ooiii|i()S{*r tnnfl forinpr dirwto*'
of music at Bonnett (’ollego,
(ITeiPaucTctpnly at his home hei't*
today a heart attack. Th«,
fuiieraV has been arranff«“d for
Wednwwlay at the* home of. tho
deceasj'd.
Dr. Dett was born on Ootobor
11, 1882, the son of Robert T.
and Mrs. Chflrlotte Johnson
Dett. On December 27, 1913
he was marriod to Miss Elsie
Smith.
Th^ docensed received his
musical education at Olive*-
Willis Conserveratory of
Music at Ijocksport, N. Y. from
inoi-3. He received the degree
of Bachelor of Music from
Ovelon X'onserveratory and
studied at Columbia University,
[’niversity of Pennsylvania,
thip American Co.n«erverat«ry
of Music, Chicago, 111., Har
vard Universty, froin which he
recrived an honorary degree of
Doctor of Music. He was als»J
awarded an honorary dlegrreei
of Doctor of Music from Ho
ward University in 1924 and
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Ckinnan
R. 1^. Harris, chairman of the
Durham Ornumittee on Ne«To
Affairs and secretary of th*-
Bankers Fire Insurance Com
pany who will preside over the
Committee’s annual session to
be held in the Hillside School
auditorium Sunday afternoon
at 3:30. Election of the K.xecu-
tive Committee of the or
ganization will take place.
DCNA Committee
To Elect Officers
At Sunday Meet
The annual meetltng of tho
(Durham Committee on Negro
Affairs will be held in the
Auditorium of the W. O. Pear
son Elomenttary School on
rinstead and Merrick Streets
at ;}:30 p. m. Sunday, Octobe-’
lOth, according to an announce
ment made hei-e this week by
R. N. Harris, actng’ chairman
of the committee.
Officers of the local or
ganization arc anxious to have
as many i-epresentativea from
all sections of the city attend
the meeting, asthe annual re
port of the activities of tha
organization will be made and
Dienibers of the executive com
mittee are to be elected. Mem
bers of the committee aro
.supposed to represent the var
ious Negro section's of the city
and it is important that citi-
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President Shepard
To Ddiver Address
For Buffalo YMCA
President James E. Shepard
of North Carlina College for
Negroes will deliver an
address of national signficancT
at the Young Men’s Christian
A.|sociation's 20th anniver
sary celebration in Buffalo,
N. Y., according to a news
story in the daily Herald’s is
sue of October 4. The paper
stated that the educator would
speak’on “Phases of the Racn
Problem in the United Stat
es.” ^
Some significance >3 at
tached to the fact that twenty
years ago President Shepard
Many Notables Are
Sch^uled For NCC;
Roland Hayes, Nov 8
Intarnmtlonarff -famtvug ar
tists will appear as feature
attractions in n sijccial fall-
I winter series announced at
I North Carolina College for
Negroes this week by Presid-
' ent Shepard. A List of the
I attractions follows:
j October 22 — Dr. Franz J.
I Polgar, “The hutstanding
I ]>hotographic l)rain in tbi'?
i Country today.” i
I October 29 — Miss Qustava
j McCurdy - a gifted and pro-
I mising Negro soloist
I November 8 — Roland Hay-
jes the world famous tenor
I December IG — Alexan'TPr
, Kipnis — basso from the Mr>-
, tropolitan OP''*’*' Company
I February 8 — Madame Mar
ia Rusaa - operatic singer
February 17 — Teresita and
Emilio Osta, South American
dancer.
April 4 — Natalie Badanya
of the Metropolitan Opera.
Tickets for the ,series are
priced at $(3.50 and may be ob
tained at North Carolina Coll
ege. $1.50 will be the adm^iSa-
ion for each individual perfor
mance.
Father of Blues Aids
Memphis Bond Drive
Associated Negro Press
MEMPHIS — W. C. Handy
the father of the blues, re
turned to Memphis last week
and led the Negro population
on a bond buying spree, anJ
according to an announcement
by Lt. George W. Lee, chair
man of the Negro division,
war fmance committee, pur
chases now total $1,042,407.
Handy, composer of the
“Memphis Blues” and the
equally famous “St. Loui^
Blues,” came back to Beale St.
which he made nationally fam
pus, this time to lead soms
3,000 people down Beale on to
the Ellis auditorium where he
playe,d his jazz melodies to the
tune of $2,500,000 a part of
which will go toward the pur
chase of a Flying Portress
“Memphis Blues.” The ori
ginal craft of that name was
shot down over France last
April.
Climaxing the rally waa the
Df. R. Nathaniel Dett, fam
ous cx)mposer and former
Director of Music at Bennett
('ollege, who died suddenly of j Greensboro, he had made a
a heart attack at his home in multitude of r friends. Th'*
Rochester, New York. Dr. funeral was held Wednestlay
Dett’s sudden death came as a |^t the home of the deceased. .
Poll Tax BiU Gets
Favorable Report
From Subcommittee
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A favorable report to th*.
Senate Judiciary C'bmimittee
by the McFarland Subcom
mittee considering HR 17, tha
bill to abolish the poll tax, was
hailed as a major victory today
by the National Committee t(*
Abolish the Poll Tax.
“Senator McFarland is to
be congratulated,” said Mrs.
'Katherine ShVyver, Executive
Secretary of the Committe*;.
“on this step in givin^r the
vote back to 10,000,000 Anieri
can citizens now deprived
the fi-ancbise by the poll tax
in 8 Southern states. This Is
the first step in final Senate
approval of the bill which was
passed by the House of Repre
sentatives by a vote of 265 to
llOvon May 25th.”
A decision of the full Judi
ciary Committee however lo
delay action until constitutioii
ality argumentists could be
}ieard on October 25th w a £
viewed by Mrs, Shryver as a
last ditch attempt on the part
of the opposition to stall ac
tion on the bill. “Hearings
were held for over 18 months
in the last Congress and am
ple evidence of the constit*!-
tionality of the bill is, and ha'*
been, available to the Senaia
Judiciary Committee for a long
time. There is no valid need
for further hearings on the
bill. Since the Senate Judiciary
Committee has so decided
however, the National Com
mittee to Abolish the Poll
Tax will secure the most
eminent legal talent in the
country to demonstrate the
constitutionality of HR17.”
TI.- National Cosumittec uv-
ges all supporters of the bill
to write to their Senators pro
testing against any further
delay in reporting the bill
CollegeNames Successor
To Dr. Buell Gallagher
distinct shock to his many
friends in North Carolina
where during his abode in
Professor Edwards
Principal Whitted
School Succumbs
Prof. Gaston Ak>nza Ed
wards, beloved principal of
Whitted elementary school and
former president of Kittrell
College, died suddenly here f
Tuesay morning of a heart
attack. Although Prof. Ed- !
wards had been in declining
health for the past several
years, he was not considered
seriously ill and had b«>en
about his dutie.s as principal
of his school, the day before
his death.
Possibly the most beloved'
principal of the entire school
system of Durham, Prof
EJdwards had endeared himself
to the community to such ah
extent that the a.^nounce-
ment of his death came ns a
di.stinet blow to his
Passes Suddenly
Associated Negro Press
! TALLAMGA, Alla. — A
committee from the board of
I truste« s of Talladega collelge
has baen named to st-lec-t neir
president to susceed Buell D.
Gallagher who lius reside t
to accept a position as profes
sor of soeial ethies in'the
Pfteifie Rehool *f Belierkm tu
California.
The announcement of Dr.
Gallagher that he would n >t
longer lie at Taladega came as
a shock to the student body
as they arrived Monday fx*
the opening day of school.
Dr. Gtillagher. familiarl/
known as “prexy,” has been
well ni^h idolized by th»
students here. In explaining
! his leave talking at the first
: chapel exercise. Dr. (lullaghe-
.said that his primary interest
is in putting the Christiai?
(religion to work in life as it
pal of Whitted Elementary | c.vists tod.iy. For the past I»
School who died here suddenly ! years all of his efforts hav"
Prof. G. A. Edwards, princi-
Tuesday morning from a heart
attack.^ Prof, Edwards prior t'>
many ' coming to Durham was presi-
frends and acquaintaneeSi dent of Kittrell College. He
In speaking of his passiner, was also the only licensed Xe-J himself ^n
C. C. Spaulding, president o? gro architect of North Caro-i
tlw3—North—Carolina Mutual; lina.
been concentrated on ra4?e, a»
^explaineil. Now, he said, aa
opportunity has come which
j^will jTermit him to expres?
an fronts and
Life Insurance Company and
the, Mechanics and Farmers
Rank, had the following to
say: “When Prof. Edwards
came to Dnrbam several year?
ago, he immediately fell in
line with Onr various busines?
institutions here by investing
his money in them. He was «
member of the Board of Direc-
tor*i of the Mechanics and
Purmers Bank, the Southern
Fidelity Mutual Insurance
C'ompany and the Bankers
Fire Insurance Company. His
wise counsel, cooperative spirit
and even temperament aT all
times and under all circnna-
etances made him a most im
portant asset to every business
with which he was connectel
here. He will be greatly miss
ed.”
Prof. Edwards was born at The Rev.“ J. Neal Hughlejr,
BeIvoir,-N. C., on Aprl 12, 1875, resident minister at North
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Georgia Senator
Sings Praise Of
Negro Soldiers
Rev. J. Neal Hughley
Dr. Edward Week
Vespers Speakm
the son of William G. and
Mrs. Mary E. Edwards. He
was married to Itfiss Catherine
Euth Norris, September 1,
1909. The deceased was a gra
duate of A and T College with
ft degree of B. S. an M. S.,
Cornell University in 1909. For
a long number of years ho
v'TS a member of the faculty
of Shaw University, but re
signed that position in 1917 to
accept a position as president
of Kittrell College.
As head of Kittrell College.
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Carolina College for Negroes,
will be the spt>aker at the
college’s regular Sunday ves
per services this Snnday at
3:30 oVilock.
Sunday, October 17, marks
the return to North Carolin-*
College for NegrtK'S of brilli
ant Edward Weeks who will
speak at 3:30 o’clock in the
Duke Memorial Auditoriom
during the college'* regular
vespers services.
Originally sehednled for an
earlier date, the Weeks • en-
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Negro soldiers abroad were
praised by three of the fiv«
Unrfced States Senators, who
have just returned from a
round-the-word inrestigation
of the American war fronirf
and centers of Allieii war
direetion, at a press confer
ence held in the Senatg OtBs*
Building on September 29tJI
The S nators who held tha
conference were Richanl D.
Russell, Democrat, of Qrorgl^.
Ralph E. Brewster,
of Muiue; and James M. Mesd,
Democrat, of New York.
The group made the Grip
representatives of the
Military and N&va! AftUn
Committees •ml the spavial
Committee on InirMtifal
War AettTtties U
ed by Senator Truauui at
oiiri.*
The other t«o saod
Pl«a«a tara to