The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, April 17, 1943, Image 1

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FOB jfi^ICTORY x KW \y?? DOTTED states BONDS * STAMPS " VOL. XV1H- NO. 15. " W? PALMETTO MEL 4 HERE APRIL 20-2 0&>?Conduct Seventh Annual Clinic ho fovLy-sevcnth annual ses ^Hln of the Palmetto Medical, Dor und Pharmaceutical As.so civ tion and the Clinic Which for th past 7 years hag been conducte in connection with the session will begin in Colu'mbi-:; next Tuti day, April 20 and continue thr Friday, April 2.'1. . sponsored by the association an M which began at Columbia scve years ago is now ranked next t the Tuskegee clinic. Visiting dot tors irom neighboring, states wit more than one hundred mumbei of the association attend the cl nitls annually. a Scientific discussions and clinic -wttl be held r.t the Good Samar tan-Waverlcv ITospital, Henodic College and Allen University. The annual sessions get undei way Tuesday night with the ai nual addrcs.s l/y l")r. A. 11. Johr son, physician and surgeon, pre! ident of the association. -Clinic begin Wednesday morning. At the public session Wednej day night in Allen University ai ditorium the principal addre? tUill Vrr- ar.lCi. T-^,1 Schull, noted Syphilologist o 5 Chicago. " |5even clinierr.ns are listed f< thp departments of the medic; section. I)r. James Lowell Hal nal medicine who formerly wi t'huirman of the entire dcpartmei of medicine, and supervisor o clinics, Provident Hospital, Ch cago and for the jiast. two yeai professor d{ MVidicirie, rfowu; Medical .School,. Washington. Also 1'or surgery Dr. Hartfoi Bui well, associate professor o surgery, Howard Medical Sehoc c^hief of surgical staff, Freed men Hospital, Washington, 1). C. For Opthalmology Dr. Clav.dii i Forney, chairman of the d 'partments of Opthalmology ar Otolaryngology, Provident Hosji talr Chicago. Syphilology, Pr. Rtlph Schu diplomat. American Boaid of De matology and . Sy.philulogy, teac ing stalf Presbyterian Hospit Nurses School. Chicago. Pediatrics, Dr. Walter Madilu professor Pediatrics, Mohan Medical School, Nashville. Neuropsychiatrist, Dr. Prin P. Barker, fellow? of- Americt Psychiatric Association, Maj Medical Corps,. U. S. A., Chi Acute Service, Veterans' Facilit Tusfeegee. Roentgenology, Dr. James Martin, Mercy Hospital, Philadi phia, Pa. For the Dental section, clir cians arc John A. Turner, S. 1 1 D, D. S., Mil., assistant profess of Oral surgery, Howard Dent School, Washington, D. C. Williams J. Madison. 1). D. 5 M. Se? nssocmte ^ p^rofeasor lege, Washington, D. C. Clifton O. Dummett, A. II.. D. S., M. I). S., head of the d partnient of Periodontology. M harry Dental School. Nashville. D. H. Turpin, D. D. S., profo sor of Prosthetic Dentistry, M Colored Women's ? ^i'hibs Ask Members To H^lp Outfit Their ? Men In Service "Our husbands, son, and brot ers are helping to fight this ws We want to help finance it." Mi ^Aela Dement, President of the N ^^Bnal Association of Colored W - men's Clubs, told her members, asking them to step up their Boi buying during April in support thp Treasury's Second War I.o; Drive. "We are proud of our fightii . said Mrs. Dement, "and a J|are pVoud to send oi'r dollars t* *?rthe f 1 Ivt inir front jn the form . tanka and nuns and tools to ha' those brave men. Besides our pa " roll savings' allotment,, and o regular lending- to the governmer let us all see if we can't manai to buy the gfls masks or the fir ?id kits that srtve the life of srtm one you love. Or jt may gatowa; a bomb that wHT help to finish t vt-ar a little sooner. vfHen wo buv those things we a i.. **? saving for a better tomorro Out men aVc fighting for freedoi but there is no real freedom wit dttt Economic security. Our Bon tfre an iiTvestment In future fre L . *** > - h - m* LLION iKSMEET 3 ... I harry Dental College, Nashville [ And Dean D. I. Cooper head o 1 I The department of I'lmnnrey-. flow j :.rd Modiral School, Washington ?j D. C? essayist for the phernuwou.."^ttml "section. ' ... i [. t otn iui lfiHiuvs uuriHK we ses t. sion include a smoker Ti.o.-daj ^ Registered mcmbctr wit (1 t be <1 inner guests of President S |S ' R. Higjgins at Allen Uni.versitj i- ; Thursday 1 dlO p. in. Thursdaj X1'! nijrhfc vlsitiujy doctors iviul mem hers will be guests of the Omepr: [t. Phi Psi Frt?rnaity at a Spring. tl 1 Dance. , ? i The Women's Auxiliary, whi c ! sponsor a clay nursery in Colum hia, will hold a meeting: Thursdaj *j at Bishops' Memorial church. Officers of the Palmetto Medi j". cal Association are: President A I B. Johnson, M. D.. Columbia ,c President-elect B. A. Everett. M j'. D., Columbia: Secretary Durban ^ Urer C. C. Brevard, D. D. S., Cam den. L" T-v.. T r* o^ x _ - v u. auuire is ?cnera . chairman of th(. Program Com mittce. ITHEY GIVE I;: :; THEIR LIVES : al ????J ! ^-"Graduate Admiiiislra n tive School WAAC P- I hir. :s. a- jfl o-1 in ' rid of an V i 1g ve p?,(. Pea Mointw* In > Aulil Cof Auxiliary Vivian A. Mazyck of 11 ck Nesbith St., Kinstree, S. C. is on y-~tof b& Negro WAACa?graduate ur from the Administrative Specialit it 1 School of the Women's Army Au> | iliary Corps at First WAAC Trair st intr Center School here on Apr e. 2. She is now at Fort Des Moinc rfl I awaiting: a job assignment. 1 Auxiliary Mazyek, whose grad is th<? WAAC- equivalent of Pri-vfit \TT in, the Afmy, received her admin re stration training at one of th vv, downtown Des Moines hotels take m, over by the WAAC. h- In the Administrative Specially ds fehool, she has been prepared fc c- Army and WAAC office and corr pvmy administrative work. jit--ll.. ... 2..%*,.,.!}.:. . 'jj... . T , eei DOLI Negro Teachers Awarded Fellowships Sf'Vtrrt followshps" are being - awarded to Negro teachers in sou. thorn colleges and high schools ir [ order that those teachers may ha\\ ^ra-rchancc to fibserv? and study tin , 'instructional materials and work_-ing procedures in "two important educational projects In other secu . i ions of tht. country. The fellow ships are awarded by the General j | Kdueation Board. One group ot teachers will participate in the So cial Education Investigation at [ St; nford University. A second t ion* in the teaching of sci-'ncc r known as the Natural -.Science I Project atTeachers College, Col urn, bia University, New York CHy. Both of tliese educatronr.l pro; j jects involve research in high i school classrooms directed to ware - j dsicouvering and providing oppor. tunitie* for pupil* to understand ; J and contr/bute to the solution oi . problems of living which have imi portant social or sciences aspects - 1'he investip'ntlhns center n ramie - problems which pupils meet ir their normal life in our present 1 society. At Stanford University, Dear Grayson Kefauver is directing the Mis tPittufc? fiSfilLOAN I f -i '$>$&.} --i - i i 'S:\ - Tv~. 1 f&S . ALLEN UNIV.- ALUMNUS COMMISSIONED At FORT BENNING Fort Benning, Gn. (Special t I Fred Harrison of Calhoun Falls South Carolina, was commissione a second lieutenant in the Arm - aueeeasftd cormMet-ion of the-Off cer Candidate Corse at the Infar --try School at Fort Benning-. Gi _ Lieutenant Harrison is the ad'opl ed son of Mrs. Rosa Wiley, of Ca' houn Falls. He was inducted ir to the Army August 26, 1942 an \ served with the 1IIKTC, Fort M< Clellan, Alabama. He held th rank 6f corporal before being1 eor f missioned. Lieutenant Harriso ' was (graduated from the hig I school and the liberal arts1 cotfeg r of Allen university. He ' honor student and participated i - forensic? and athletics. ? 8 \lTrn ARTEffTONTAV PTHTNTOTED " FROM PRIVATE TO i- TECHNICIAN 5TIf GRADE il I s J 1 Camp Claiborne, La. (Special t fThf. l^lmetto leader)?Jnmos P e j Lum, son of Mfc\ and Mrs." C. I Lutn rrf?Charleston, fl.. O,?frrrr e flie rank of private to that o n Technician 5Ch grade haR bee unnounced by Brigadier Genera John W. N. 'SThnht, commander o ^ I Thr jWrtmofton 6f Cdirporal Lur Continued on Page 7 t lilltuc ,umtua,-soufii carolina-. : LARr American People Face Treasury's 2nd Wa 1 q nillinn hii lO LMIIIUII l/l The Nation Dare Not Financing Task in H Their Lives? You L i1 '! " Washington, D. C.?Coming J Income tax payments, the pt' I acid test this month when the 11 drive ojaens April 12 with an ob 1: A substantial part of this h pendous ever undertaken by aj ! history, must be loaned by peo | High Government officials have'f 1 pointed out that the nation must not > I fail in this duty to our men on the | I battle fronts who arc now carrying j . , the offensive to the enemy at every } 1 . | stage, It is obvious to every thinking ! 1 | man and woman that as the United j Nations take this offensive against > j the dictators, the cost of war opera- j i (Ions Increases In proportion. r~~ The American -people must no j longer think of war eosis in terms of I ' , equipping a soldier, building a tank j . or plane or a ship. We must now think in terms of the cost of battles, invasions and new offensives. Attacking armies cost more money than -equipping that army and we must meet that increased cost by buying more War Bonds and Second War Loan Securities. They Give Their Lives. It is not only necessary that the ' American people left here at home J assume this additional participation war effort?it is an honor to do so . , . for wc hero at home can | Uu nu less than attempt to approach = , the sacrifices df cur-brave men out j oh the fighting fronts to whom the last great measure of sacrifice is | but a daily offering. They give their 1 _ lives:...?; . we are asLecT only to \ lend our money : - 1And that is the theme of'the Sec- , ond War Loan, "They Give Their ; Lives?'You Lend Your Money." Financial experts who know monoj tary conditions in the nation point j out that at the present time there is ; ill liquid funds, cash and eommer- ' j cial bank deposits over and above taxes and present investment in Government Bonds, and oyer . and J j Social Science Investigation. At I Columbia University, Dr. R. E. Powers is directing the Natural | Science Project. Both projects con i sist of u group of cooperating high i ! schooij- which have partivipurcd in , rHbe--projects for "seyui: l .vent's trt , ! an effort to improve their classI | room offerings. i j The Secondary School Study. 5 with headquarters-at Atlanta Umi versity and directed by W. A. Rob! inson, i-s sponsoring the fellowships i of th(. South with the kinds of help | to No pro t probers in connection 1 with its efforts to provide schools ! they consider important to the ! task of providing adequate otitic at-- ional experiences for southern I y.nith. Fellowships for St; nlord Uni_ versity to bvgin on April first havp been granted to B- A. Jones. BarI brr Scotia College. Concord. N. C.. , Newell D. Kason, Shaw University. : nuii'jgn. *n. v.. anu u. r,. ^ureton, '> Hooker T. Washington High School | t in AtlantcrT.n. Fellowships in the I , Columbia University project have J been granted to Dr. Jame3 Haz-| zard, Southern University, Seotv landville. La., Dr. S. M. Nabrit, At- | iv iantg.Lliuaerxvfey^Atlaiila, Cla., JilUl |' i, t JameA-JS'^BM-niciu..South -Crolina-lState Co liege. Ornngchtrry.-^.-C. Several other awards are pending. *n I)R. I.- A I ? Of Tampa, Fla., chairman o f the executive hoard of the N-a- I n tional Dental association, who is . il calffrtft a sjlfec'iil rrf fhe f hoifrd in Cleveland AptMl 17-Tfl fo complete plena for the ,10th ~ an-' nual convention scheduled for thoj Ohm City Auguat 9-IJ.?ANF. ! 4^ - ? - ? * Viaiifi Iff* i<*-" 1. j .jji.'; *i..v .'it* tla ? Saturday, 2nd W Acid Test in T r Loan To Raise * ! dlars in Three Weeks Fail in This. Greatest ,! istory?"They Give 1 cndY our Money JT 1 os it does upon the heels of ^ }|p of America will face an * Treasury's Second War Loan * rjcctiv.e of thirteen billion dolluge financing, the most stu- t yy government in the world's i< pie in ordinary walks of life. s above wluit can be bought this year 11 because of restrictions and ration- 1 ing approximately 40 billions l of dollars which should go into Gov- ' n orninent Bonds. p It should be the objective of every American to invest these loose dol- ^ lar.>. idle dollars, in Government se- _ curitics, not only from a patriotic standpoint, but from the standpoint of their own financial security. There is available during the Second 4 War Loan a type of Security to fit ' ' every pocketbook. n Are Wild Dollars , a Every dollar est these"Torty billlorrr v of dollars available, which is not invested in Government securities g during this \V;ir Loan Drive is a "wild" dollar which, together witli fts ma'.es, will Tend to increase lnflaJ lion. Uncontrolled inllation might); where the dollar is worthless. ItT many after the last war when the price of a" loaf of bread cost more thnn im nrwmil u'inra ? ? Invested in Government securi-j j tics, your dollar will work for you. It will hold down inflation because it is harnessed in war work; It will help.,, buy food, transportation,'munitions J~ forrnir boys on the front lines and? it will be earning interest that, toyether with your original loan, will come back to you later to help you buy the things you cannot buy to^ay . . . to insuret your peace of the future. 1 " Remember those boys out there . . . in Tunisia ... in the South Pacific . . . They give their lives? You lend your money. . ^ " HARDEN STREET I SO NEWS a The final program in observance r >f National Negro Health Week was held at the Taylor Street USD 1 m Su.nday,. April jl, and sponsor- I wl jointly by the Harden St. ami 7 Taylor St. Clubs. Dr. Robert W Manef delivered a very timely adlress on Veneral Diseases. After ? listening to the many plain facts ' 1 presented by Dr. Manee, everyone ; present should have felt an ftwak- ' 1 .ning to the problem of venereal;-* . ontrol in our community. Appear- 1 itig also as speaker was Captain I. S. Harris, of Fort Jackson who 1 chose the subject "Health, an Ard '., to morale." Captain Harris told of A. the expert medical attention re- ( . eived by each man in the army jj \ Aery worthwhile observation , r; made by- booth speakers was that j .. aside from the two USO Clubs, (( t orn u? viy iiua' is ueuig uunv |, by the community to provide wholesome-recreation and relation. ( ships. This fact is directly related ( to the hi jrh rate of venereal diseases among soldiers and civilians. ] Miss Flossie Thompson, instructor entertained the audience ' with a sTciTTfi:I vendition From fhe ] works of Brahms. Another refreshing snot on the nrorram was TKe~ singing of "Open The Gateaj To the Temple" by Mrs. Louise j Rollerson who \vr.f> accompanied ! by Mrs. M'ai-y Russet, Sunday, April 18, is Vesper Sun- . day and ^Chaplain R. S. Perkins ot t the Air Bits* will he the speaker. Tht> Weekly Bingo party sponsored by the Deltu Sorority js attract- [ ing many more girls and spldrers j each week. This fact can be attri- | bated to the great amount of fun | that is had and the element of i surprise attached to thd'Lnpvol ; prison j_ A very catch quiz program is ! planned for Friday of this week ' with many grand prizes, possibly ? the best of alT being a long (lis- j tance calh An evening of enjoy- | ment is expected. i , Program for the week of April I l!>-25: Mondav-^Art C1*SS_JLL _ 7:36, dancing and whist at 8:30. Tuesday?BingO at 8:00, dnhcing. \V ed n e s<l ay?M us ic and games. Thursday?Soldiers' wives night. Friday?Quiz program. Saturday flames, qnitet and active. Sunday? Vesper program at G:00, Chaplain It. S. Perkins, speaker.The Coffee Houy folIoWs if 0:86. .'r. -if-.-iilU ' ? HI \NP News Shorts Released Wednesday April II New York?Migycslion that 11 r.alifieil N eg ro be given cons lib ration for the .chairmanship ol he FKrC was made in a kttoj ate Apiil 8. to -Manpower ezai >-int V M..v.,n r o. ?. v.? i . vtn i i urn v ui i l lournc. well-known New Yorl Ct-trio newspaperman. Bournt ont the letter to McNutt follow tig revcUitum that Oscar Chapi:in. aysistarr-^ereary of tlv hi o'lior, had refused an offer of the 'KPC chairmanship. The lettei uji'yesteel that apparent confine tent of the- .search for a chairniai hus far to members of the whit< ace could be viewed as discrinii atory in itself; further express d the opinion that a qualified No to could function in th,. positier s well as anyoiie__else. _ New York?Political. reHprrtm nd trade union leaders of the hitis'h West Indian island of Ja taica. have joined hi uiiuninioti: pproval of the^proposals lor con titutional reform of th^ island'; overnment and letrislatiVre aeeori ~^AT HAMPTON WVf'"i? " * ifl wm K.jb W * Above r.re shown two of the pr< I Riunpton msTitut'e last week, nd Commencement wonts at tb resident of Howard university, i nlaureate address in Memorial i 1. Wesley. President of Wiih. rfo Ird annual Commenoement oxerci 7unerai Directors \nd Embalmers ri o Meet at Georgetown The.Colored Funcr;. 1 Directors nd Embalmers Association o 1 South Carolina -will he held i- 1 Jeorgetown, S. C.. May 11-12th 043. All Funeral Directors am Jmbalmers are asked to make i iops ible to attend this meeting 'onie to Georgetown. Make thi: ( nvt rtioiv- a big success. A. P. WIl.LIAMF. Pres.. MRS. JOIINIE M. ROBINSOX , Secretary. m ' ' '* " " "*"fc & ~-' r 1 - - ~S--r "They Give Their Lives f '?' i . y i 1 v " > ' Jfatifci f* f* IfcftilM* -f c_ t \ ~ PRICE OND I J ina to a cubic received Ivy British n I i hi format ion services from Kings- c i ton. Jamaica. h i ? . KahHjh, N. C.?Miss Theodora d 1 f R. Boyd, professor of French at ' a 1 j^St". Augustine's college, has been ] s j awarded the doctor of philosophy j n j degree bv Kadcliffe college. l)r. j ! Boyd's TtejjTTv \v;is earned in tfieTo department of romance languages s ' where she won unusual distinction in k | , > ? e- - ; as a r rench scholar. I^ast yeat she wfts awarded the coveted Rebecca ' A. Creen fellowship for i ti study in French, in spite of the i r fact that sh,. had practically com- | t pie-ted the work t*<?i* tit: I'll. 1). dc- v "j greo be!or,, that time. Dr. Boyd i t 1 had previously won both the bach- t U-lor's and the master's degrees / J from Radclitfe. While an under- i; | graduate Dr. Bovd mad,, a distin- r ! gi ished record as an athlete, fes- p 1 peerally in archery. For the past h several years she has -jmpervTsed-H | worn.*n's physical education and |i "j hit: :.-iv.in al athletics at St. A u- j v ! p u>tim j k * ' Miami. Fia.?'Sam B. Solompn. - dynamic atul civic minded leader' < of a possihie fiO.OOo Xogroes- in j o ] I pi-eater Miami. Saturday qualified j p ANNIVERSARY ~ if , ! n l-r i ^ t i o F n D-. t t c mlm eminent' visitt>vs scheduled to appear 1 l'or the Seventy-fifth Anniversary f 10 college. Dr.* Mordecal Johnson. * as tn deliver the Anniversary-Bae- s . hurch-on Sunday, and Dr. Charles c' rce university. ..was,jlo speak..at-4.be* ~0 ses of the college Monday afternoon. ( 1' ?USD A PHOTO BY M'TZKO j ' ?Hit Tf f.AND COI NTY.TOM. T"ii M ITT EE ON JXTKKR ACIAL ia 1 ! ; COOPERATION TO HOLD ! \PR1I, MKKTINC. Tl'KSDAY 1 . ! I li r The April meeting of the Rich- l , land County on Interracial Coop- ,, elation will hold its April meetj in j* on Tuesday afternoon at five t, i -'clock in the auditorium of the 1 Nurses * Home of the (Columbia r ^ ' hospital, announces Dr. J. Hey- ^ ward Gibbes, chairman. Inn nor- i. trtnt matters will he discussed and i , all interested arc urged to at- c " tend. _ -v ' t is '' *>. fcS ?You L?ni YOur Honey" For VICTORY I 1 4 1 V * ?r\ * 1 1 M STATES i-3 DKVENII Tgl^pONDS sfaMfS : 5 CENTS PER COPY )RIVE -' 1 s a candidate in the rae.e for city ommrssioner?in Miami.- paid lis Si00 fee Monday. This is the irst tinve in the history of Flovi- *la that a N'^aro has qualified as' candidate for the city commis ron7 In so doing Solomon has undo a step forward in trying ustify tht. necessity for Negroes f Miami to have sincere "repre" entation in the nnmicrpaL-gov^m-? nent of this eity. Brooklyn?The School for Denocracv has inelmled in its <??r iculum a eours0 "Life and Culure of the Negro People." It nil survey the Negro peopItTTrom heir African background through lie various periods of their life in tmerica to the present day. Specul attention will be paid to the ole of the Negro people in the resent war and the relationship >eiween full freedom for them in i t ssed people throughout the e, LOi Id. Gwendolyn Bennett and harles Collins will conduct the ourso. Washington ? The resignation ? f Samuel B. Bledsoe from the d6- ~ artnient of agriculture removes r ne of the Negro best friends mm a most "iTiiportarfE departlent. For merely serving under ornier secretary Wallace a s chief* = f th0 press servive. Mr. Bledsoe fcame wrr assistant Secretary' urter Wiekard. He Wfis in charge f the agricultural program lected with the war. He leaves o enter the field of private busiiess. London, England?""Mud? I Hke .o-soprano who now wears the ^ due uniform of the American Red 'noes. She doesn't mind splaBh- Vi ng through knee-deep mud to ^ each an isolated station and sing Jegro spirituals t0 the soldiere. Irs. Sims, who works under the ? lircctioa Dwight- D.Winvan, direcor of Red Cross entertainment in Britain, comes from Jacksonville, Florida, and is proud of being a outhernev. Most successful conert in Britain), in the singer's pinion, was given.the day ..a h e eft a snug Red Cross club wearng a pair of G. I. boots borrowd from a soldier, and journeyed niles into the hinterland to give n open air concert, Hollywood?Upon the return of lis attorney, the noted Jerry Geispr last week, Bill Robinson, interistionally famous "king of dancrs," declared that he was ready o sue over a story that appeared n several publications a wedk a:o. The story wa8 to the effect hat his all-colored starring vehile. Fox's "Stormy Weather," could be remada to exclude him rom a romantic?role opposite iuui?Home.?Highly?indignant ner the article, and which the t u d iy also.'hurried to contradict o- thr Associated N'egrn Rress, lill had declared that he would nter suit for damtfg?8 up to >100.000 as soon as Geisler, who cas out of town, returned. Incilentally, this attorney is the man cho forced Jlollywood legion stalimii to break its 18 yeaf color >av, and who more recently had uccessfully defended movie star ^frol Flynn r gainst alledgely rttmpod-up rape charges. Nashville, Tenr>.?Indignant N?? rro and white leader* here are >perating to prevent the recurrence of stich a disturbance- as :ook place in this city last lay night when a white miliary ^oliceihan attempted to arrest a irunken Negro ^oldier in the Man hat tan cafe. WTidii tSi^ JidAier resisted arrest the MiP gufimwaifl aid of r>thhr nlBcei'rt, whftfc ao?t?-^ one sent fn a. rh>t call to poj)<^ headquarters: "In view of the faot that the disturbance ocetimad On the eve of election the colored d citizens here fefel that theft