m KP' -- ?> Bfe - . gp i ? rar?;? .. rmiCTOHY I ^ywromffimni I 1 BONDS?STAMPS 1 VOL. XVIII?NO. 18. --?? 1 ZZ Second Meeting ol t Committee of The 1 Asso'n. in Cokimb r.- . . _ The second meeting of the executive committee of the Palmetto au Teachers' Association will conr vcnc in the library at Allen University Saturday, May 8. The members of the "Free Conference" Committee are invited to itieet jointly svith the .executive committen as planned by the # House of Delegates in session here last April. The failure of the "Free Con.. * ference" Cohiniittec to meet here i last Saturday was an error unintentionally (tone in advertising by letter the meeting last week, according to an announcement made ' by President Minis in the session last Saturday. Th0 members of the "Free Con ference"^Committe elected by the with the executive committee on the "ear-marked" fund for teacher defense: W. II. Neal, Sumter; W. A. White,'dray f'nurt; C. W. Madden. Columbia; J. L. Dixon, Society Hill; Chas. Mclver, Summerville and L. V Vance, iSt. Matthews. Many imnortant matt c r s were -r- emmidered in the meeting hpre last Saturday. Mrs. Ida Green, of Florence was appointed by the romnrittee to beach the State Par?errt?Teachers' -Association. She has authority to make a committee by naming one person from each Congressional District* The committee gave its Approval of the support of the N. F.. A. -of the?Thomas-Hill?Bill? 37 now before the U. S. Congress. This matter will l>e disefsseff JTgain in the meeting next Saturday. The joint session of the two committees is called to meet at eleven o'clock Saturday morning in thc Library at Allen, according to an agreement reached in thc meeting last Saturday. Institute For Rural Pastors At 1 ^ State College ^Orangeburg?An Institute fot rural pastors will b0 held at S. C. State College June 14 to 11', according to ?n announcement releaser! this week by a committee from_ the Agricultural Extension Department of S7TT"State Onttegc. Rural pastors of every denomination and every creed have been enlisted in an effort to urge rural people to live better and produce t - more. The theme for this years institute is "T.he Responsibility of the Church fof a Better Rural Life." The institute is a cooperative ~~ school in whir h -all progressive dc= ? ?nominations arc cooperating in an effort to hasten victory" through increased production of food and feed and at the same time enrich the life of rural people. It in , .sponsored by the Home Mission 1 Council of North America STfd South Carolina ^fafd Collet? Outstanding church men whe will participate on the program of the institute includet^Dr. Ralph A. Felton, Director of the Depart!* merit of the Rurftl Church; Dr. .1 E. Wright, Pastor Crafton and Calvary ^hurches of Va.; I)r. I)umont Clarke, Director of Religions Department, Farmers' Federation, Ashcville, N. C.; and Dr Howard Kestcr, General Sccrcjr taTy, The Fellowship of Southern Churchmen, Black Mountain, N.C u The Negro" agricultural cxtenL Ta. sion personnel of South Carolina the professors of technical agriculture and in agriculture - and Home economics education arc r~ i woplung to ni"k? *ha institute serviceable and useful- to the rural pastors. Scholarships are available t c the first thirty qualified pastors who apply. Applications should he maTTo to President M. F. WHittaker, South Carolina State College Dr. Porter Accepts [ Call To Greenville The many friends of T)r. J. G L ^ Porter will be interested to learr L that. ho has recently accepted a call to the pastorate In tlicom ville, S. C. For a period of ye.af.? t he. served with marked success af executive of Harbison Institute t. and at the same time pastor? r the Irmo Presbyterian church During these years of faithful service irt school and church al Rr Irmo, Dr. Porter made t friends among white as well a? colored, and indelibly impressed people of the entire^ cmmuniTy and the state at large. 6v. Porter is a mn'n of ability ftne qualities and a splendid Gospel pVeacher. His achievement? at and afotind frmo are prophetic of a successful career in hi3 Jrffgar sphere d'f usefulness info which cnliftf. [ the Executive " R Palmetto Teachers' C la Saturday 0 Seven Years of ] Naval Service ( * |SOI ma me C IK vvh jur - -r+rt pal cor lis iy Rival who iy now in Me incr -mit of Columbia, S. r... complet- | tioi j -?ci seven years of service May 4. :lis J 1943., which have been successfully ber [spent. There has been much respect?rhrc j given t0 William during?those nw years. He is honored among, if La' lot the first Negro in the United fcr States for recruiting duty. L of William is contacting i? yeai the old boyv and men ,'!8 to 50 that wei ""may ^be interested in tip. Naval ~r,Te I -y'rvjet' tli> is r.t.i only interested ter I i. the? men that may qualify foi of the Naval Service, hut is delighted ! ,m in contacting anyone that may be 1 bei j interested in the Navy's program.! till j Williams feels that it is not 1 vei [much that, he has done -nor too :,i I much li? can do in aiding in these ga i ' i isis. He not only gives his sor- eid | vice, but his money. Shortly after K. chased a $1,000 war bond. To date me ' lie has purchased over $2,000 .lis I Worth of war bonds, and con- tip " | tinning t0 buy t1 em. He ^?ays he -e? ; has ex-shipmates who n'Mv^TtTPntr I the same. Mi ? tin I Gala Evening at ;!jj ;J Queen of the May *?> Coronation At ia | Allen University oil, J _ , of By Herbert N\. Caumgardner last Sam May afternoon the |10' i campus of Allen university was :a' ' th0 scene of amonir the loveliest lS| "aesthetic treats ever offered | Columbia populace. The event was 1 ^01 > tho May festival, which was high- lV11 ' i lighted by the crowning of the j ' i queen. Miss Bernice White, at- j , ^,"."VJLL >t-inur. nv ;;i;esi:j i I Ynt Samuel Richard IIjprcins. ( l-K H Miss Whitp wa* the ehoict. of. the j J student body to occupy the covet- 'j11 i . ed place for which ninny of 1h* ' ('u ; | most henutiful young women of M! i the university had hern placed in ?r (nomination. -i Preceding?the coronation cere-- Jni , mony the many witnesses of the 1? i j event were treated, to the specta- "hi i ! clc of many ballet and aesthetic f*v< ! dances tihat might well have been P'r< perpetrated by th0 pupils of Marie ! ay | ( St. Denis or Boston's Mildred "'if .! Davenport. It was really surpi is- asl . | ing with what grace, poise and de? . j eclat those youthful terpsiehor- j Th i cans performed their routines a . j The dance groups comprised the wil , Blue Danube Waltz suite, and wil the May Pole dance. The dance 1 personnel Ttrrrrprised Joe ?Rthel ~ Middleton, Evelyn Nelson, Elise II = Wilder, Ameitha Smith, Juahita ^ [ Smith, Margaret Wheeler, Ella , Ramsey, Rubyc Ferguson, Theliyra* coj Thomas, Bernitha Saunders, Sal- , p 1Y FWWorth, TCnnmn?ri Howard; -w Elizabeth Brnos and Ethel Page. , Lillie Bellp Douglass was maid ^ci . of honor, Christene Lindsay and , Edythc Anne Smiley, second hon- wa or attedants. flower girl, Alice vq. Nelson, train headers, MozeTIe |j1( Ruff and Margaret Williams, the |a, crown bearer, Yvette Seott, Attendants from colleges: Rosa I Brown, Gardenia Canty, Marian p0 Counts, Naomi Foxworth, Maud- C1-, est Drayton, Almena Elkins, Ed- jy . na Cause, Mary Frances Greene, ha i Charlotte Keith, Maggie McGriff, wf i Tuba Martin, Janell Sattcrvvhite, | Margaret Hcott, Lutherin^ Vunec. j The festival was arranged by %vj i the social activities committee, p]j s whose membership comprises Miss A I Mnyme Theresa Kennedy, Mrs. ! ki< . Ella Roberta Morris, Mrs. Gwen- fu I dolyn Belcher McMillan, Miss wi L Ruth Naomi Horry, Professors ' Henry Blufoul Butler and Toney us i Vance Swinton, faculty members; Ti I ! and Mnry Prances Cooper, Mar- Hi M garct Scott, Howard Whitmire; He ' ancT ETija"h Dixon, student mem- -Gr I bers. Mrs. Gwendolen Rfllcher Me- of , Millan trained the dance groups , and assisted by Mrs. Vivian Ruff "Sij i" Grant, furnished music for the on ! dances, processional ..and recea- pa sional and solos, which were sung 14 i by Misses Ruth Quarles and Bir- ca die Rompey. li\ " I " I he P ' 7 * * v ' . >cc I ? ? ? ' everen'd ftdbefttS; ongregation Jcwi i the Methodist CI lit. Rev. Francis J. Mc- ,, L'onnel, Presiding Bishop r By Cleveland CI. Allen Je\y York, N. Y.?The Metro- i: itan Methodist church, at Mad- 11 avenue and J2Gth St. of wr.ich r Rev. Robert S. Lawrence is 5 nor, was. receiveu into mem-. i ship of the New York confer- I c. 0f the-Methodist church, ovei t ich LJishop Francis J. McCon- ! I presides at the annual session s d at Newburgh on Thursday, s 7 The entrance of this congre- i ion into the Methodist church, I kos the fifth Ncgr0 church nibers of the New York confer- * e of the Methodist church, ' ich e?nvprises-the. Northointern ' isdiotion of the Men odist ^ :ions 111 embers of the New York ' ifercncc are St. Mark's Metho- 1 t church, Rev. Samuel II. Swecn ' pastor; Salem Methodist church 7 c. C. Y. Trigg pastor; Mt. Cal- 1 v Methodist church, Rev, Jos l Hill pastor, and the Epworth ' UuwUst?church,- Rov. Edward 1 (iowan. pastor. Tire congrcgaii of the Metropolitan Metho- ' t church, was "formerly mems of the Emanuel A. M. E. 1 ivcli. ort-Wcst -+HRh?street -Hid ing to the removal of the Rev. ? ivrenee at the last annual eon- ' eiK-e brought about a great deal i dissattioifa.tion. Speaking of incident in an interview last ^ ?k Rev. La\vrcnct. said that the mbcrsrhip-of-the church ft4t-< they had met all requirements the conference arid Th!lt "ppjrw -* I harmony prevailed in the niem ship, (hey should have been enled to tlieir pastor for another \r. Continuing: Dr. Lawrence" i (I a* the "request of the congretion wa8 not granted flroy de- i ed to withdniw from the A. M. church. He said that the con- I fg?tiott?in a duly cailed church-J eting voted tp noin the Metho1 church andj was admitted uT~ ? New York conference at it? ' ssion. jn Newburgh, Rev, Lawrence stated that the tthodist churclr had turned over' entire property of the old St. trios' Methodist church, at the ovo address. including the -par-- i T vge to the congregation of tin ?thodist church. The old St. ir.es Methodist church, Wld;h I uses the new congregation was e of the most historic churches 1 New York. The growth of the < gro population in ihiTTR?ighbor- ' od where the church is located I ;sed a groat many of the par- i loners of the church to move, ich made it necessary for the igregafion- to seek iww qtnvr s. The church i,. a beautiful ; ! edifice nml ??? I i -rough renovation. The audiiuir. has a seating capacity if carry on its activities. It con- ' lis arT annex t'or the sei vice.. of I ! Sundny school, anti-rooms for 1 icv 'K'tivitics, and jl jcymnasiuni ' t1 c athletic activities for people. Rev. Lawrence hac ' ilt up a fine church organizan. The church has a member- 1 p of 1200. There have been ' r 600 accessions since the con- ' cgation moved to the Madison cnue address. There are 5-1 aux j iries, five* choirs, five board of lers, five board of stewards, 12 iconosses, and six evangelists, ore are also 57 class leaders and well organized Sunday school th an enrollment of 250 pupils tli a splendid teaching staff. Rev. Lawrence is assisted in his arden St. USO News invitations hav(> been sent out ' the special Mothers' Day nroaivi that is hein'r triyon for Wai ithers. TTowcver, alt ~war ~ nio- 1 ?rs are invited. The program gins at 4:00 o'clck and is open the public. Prizes will be arded the oldest mother, the ungest mother and the (meyyith_j a tit net o AW o ?*% ' ? - nx/1,1, 111 HIV M l Vice .*\ pre group gathered it the L SO last Sunday to near Rev. tl. Butler during- the Sundiy Vesr program. Rev. Butler delrv ?d a very interesting and time address. Miss Martha Cunning m, a teacher in the city school? is guest soloist. The soldiers wives will he enlained nn Friday night, May 7,"* th a kiddie party that, is being inned by a group of "wives'" feature of the evening will be Idft- games and lollipops. Much 11 is anticipated. All soldiers ves are invited. The Alt Class will bP held as ual on Monday night, and on lursday night Mrs. Catherine own will succeed Mrs. Dorothy ibbins ??. instructor of the Mrs. .Dobbins is out the city. On Tuesday evening, the Delhi g^ma Theta sorority will carry as usual with the weekly bipgo rty, and on Friday night, May , th^ hostesses are planning a baret party with good music and 'cly entertainment^ *? . * I / altni t ILUM'BIA, SOUTH cAlfcOU fcaWrence afid ftj?. Conference lurch iHstoral work by six assistant astorS who nrc. young: mow wi.ii plendid training. Rev, I.awrencc as had a fine ^record in tin* niinstry. Ho is a native of Soutl "avolinjj,. and was educated in tin iublic schools . '-nd college's ol ir.uth Carolina. In recognition ?? lis contribution in the ministry A en university conferred upon bin tie nonorary tictrree or uoctnr 01 )ivinitv. He was fvmerly prlvatt ecretary to Bishop Saltern II( orvcd for sometime as the presit np elder of t:e Aiken district U'V. Lawrence liav pastured snnv >f the leadincr churches of So.tl 'arolintf. Tie was ordained eldei >y Bishop H. M. Turner, and den on by Bishop L J.,('onpin. Hi ..rn.. -pi Vine VnvU t0 fake chare it Emanuel A. M: E. church fp disliop Sims. Rev. Lawrence ? n eceivcd fine cooperation from tin 11 in is try y Mrs. La wren e who takes it tive?part in the?work of?lir -kurvh.- They three child en and two ffrar.d-childyen. State Parks Read) For Use Columbia, April 29?The* Stan links ?f -Sautlv-Carolina-_LhL, yea igain offer their facilities for re ii.vatioii "TTttr!?re jvvenution of \vn vorn nerves and muscles. Rori iiul jilay - two o the five essentia cquiremynts for koepinjr the hu nan body fit - are available a hese re.reational area,, in mos my quantity or shape desired. On nay exercise as little as lying i ihe shade of the moss-coverc Ii'im's at (1ivl-.aphVrru State Par ivill permit: or. on the other ex '.rente, it is possible to spend a tla ?f strenuous mountain climbm? iround the srcer (500 ft. rock ellf it Table Rock otate Park. A fas game of tennis can be enjoyed a Paris Mountain State Park, a '.veil as an equally fast althoug rt?t so-strentruos game of ~ pin pong. The gamut in^boating run from the "20 acre expance of th lake at Chevnw State Park to th narrower and cooler confines o '.he South Edisto River at Aike State Park. Hiking, swimminp volley ball, archery, horseshoe; picnicking - those, toe, offer spot ind pleasure to '.l'.osc who visit th State Parks. Last fiscal year the total attend inee nt ti e StaU Parks was 1.05.". >57, which was an increase of 2 percent over the previous year. I view of war time rationing 0f tire md ge.-oline, as well' as duo to tli Llai tiLat. l.wo ,-f the narks ha\ soon taken over for military pur iose?. it i< not exporter! that at iifianoe this^ear will he as greal flowcver. tfo parks will furnish lolightful retreat to hundreds o housands of visitors this year. B; o doing they will be eontributini o the health and happiness of th l>eople. and will be doing a vita >iecc of war work. Those who tic ire further information concern ng the State Parks should writ the South Carolina State Comniis don of Forestry at Columbia,?J3. C Rev. I. W. Wilborn Unanimously Endorsed Wnlterboro, South Carolitv March IT, 194 To t . Electornt College rrf th South Carolina Conference i Convention assembled: WhcroHy the time has conic f? the E-rmnrtno b more active and vigilant in th spiritual affinity between its of beers and members in order tha we may be a valuable asset there to Whereas we believe that to ad more lige, vigor and activity B it resolved that we the delegate elected to the A. M. E. Generi conference to convene in Phila [lolph' i, Pa. May 1944, do hereb endorse the candidacy of the Hot Rev I. W. Wilborn, knowing hi ability and past accomplishment a* pafilor of. _ aomt of our out standing cl arges, and presidin elder of the Beaufort district fo the past eight years Therefor we the undersigned delegates rt speetfully endorse the abov named Dr. I. \V. Wilborn for th office of Church Extension depart meat, During these eritkn4 times whe ti e church is confronted with th active danger presented by th challenges abroad to the Chrh Han civilization whrich we Metb< dis'ts cherish as a preeiou,. her tage, it is especially heartening t participate in an eloquent expro; sion of the unity of ideal leadei ship. Prof. John A, Harris, Chr. (Mrs.) Zylphi* ? Primus, S<^ ' .. . . : 'Ha i ___ . \ NA, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1943 PII.GRIM INSURAt HASZUfflLUOfHl GAIN OP THREE Mil Ar gust a,. Georgia?The Pilgrim I Heath nn. workers were given suspended j j sentences for the duration of good < s behavior. Solicitor Julian Wolfe ! handled the prosecution for the I (J- . I e Those sentenced were: Johnnie g Gadson, Sheck Gadson, Thomas kj Goodwin, James Cantey, Eldci Gadson and I>ee Williams, all of k tvlrom were eTrrptoyea'of the South y Carolina Public Service Authority | 1" Mr. Ackerman, an employe of the s authority, testified at thc hearing j 's that the six had been employed i -during the period^ for which they4e had claimed unemployment ^cnc- I 'r fits.Among other evidence presenie 1 ed wore cancelled benofU checks | to show thpt they had received e benefits during tl.ose periods. p The Commission was represcntvd by Field Deputy Jack Hose and 1 Henry M. Havird. principal claims ! -examiner. fn presenting his case. Solicitor ie Wolfe read that section of the law J which imposes penalties for at tempting to obtain. or increase, i- bcrtefits through tradulent metho of sucn a raid, thoy explain, can I :e defeated' if the public undoytands ivhat it is all about'. There is'conjecture. according to dr. Tavlor, as to where the enemy j till strike. He iias been told 11"lit j" its Informants aie expecting- the_jforays to be made over New York i ind Washington and at any time:! md that the elements of surprise aid terrorizing the populations of these key cities will be expected >y -Hitler.- floorings, and GoebboK ,o destroy the moral of lie Ameri- i na people in the by and large. ? L "As one who has seen Nazi ' iOiiibers attack from the Baltic to | .lie Mt'Mitevrene. vn, over London. I .JihriiTtar, ?F!gypr." mid the mtdule I tCast," avers Mr. Taylor, "I know ;hat any frenzied sbouts of "Pearl ( Ilafbor" would bo unfair to the a:-,' my and Jo the top officers in- ! t'olved. Mori- iiv.pni't^pt it would je unfair to to .American "cav^T ii.ee it woultindaV l'l''h"?into tin j nomy's h t'.ids". Mr, Taylor warns Lliat are tiding o expert opinion those i?n l -iblc way to?stop, a scattered ait ; raid, but that tin t,, is no av;Ty"fm f the Nazis tp?a-Haek -w?force aral? that they cannot maint'.in sus--] tained raids. Me avers that Hitler's Luftwaffe at this time cannot j nut our war effort. Nazis bombs, iecording to the article, could -tart a great hue and cry among j is about inefficiency, lack of pre- j oarcdncs,. and vulnerability. Nazis j aombs could keep in America more if our war equipment than is activlly needed, and our fighting men. Another angle is that the Nazis -would please the .Japanese ty offering a friendly retaliation lor our raids on Tokyo. Nor is the moral bolstering effect-on the German people overlooked ..hv_ the astute writer; "As fuj. as the German people are conrrncfL Nazi propig indo woufrl iavt. n wonderful dish to serve ~ with headlines of 'Washington burning' White House wrecked! | New York a shambles!' This would j he the Goobbel^. description, of t'o first wisp of smoke." no matter how small", "This would 'mean vych to Hitler in view of the- in.roasing Allied bombings of Germany, according to Mr. Taylor. -> "Goering knows bow to got plane* hero. When it js over we t arc not likely to know how it was j (iont> -- ?ny more thnn the .laps I knew exactly I ?>w Doolittle and j his boys managed the job. A squa- j dron can hop from Germany to j the bavien stretches of Labrador-, lot., us say, with the greatest ol ease. From such a hiding place it could, come dow^ along our seabonrd, drop its loars. Walker, Collins | * west-Speakers * j ^jpflmont Med. Meet ' h f e I 1 I ..rL s Mpjl 11 p^l If Lm. MATTIIKW WALK ICR \\ !r Assistant Professor of Surgery, I i Meharry Medical Col lope. Nash- t rrttev- 1 rmt. ??.?_... +4 The Piedmont Section of the t Palmetto. Medical Association will 1 hold 'its monthly meeting: in L"n- f ton. S. Thursday, May Id. at | wloih tinto I)i Matthew Walker. Assistant Professor oT Stirgery !; in the ileitis of Gynecolo.'vy and} Gom-ml Sniuei v at Mchany Med- j ^ ieal College. Nashville. Tenia, will j -peak! Dr. Wntkci?is a graduate |-t of Meharry Medical College; in-j t terncd at the George \V. Unhbard j { Hospital; served as resident phy-j; sician in General Surgery., and j ] Gynecology for two yea' s at the j j. same kusjiilul. In 1 '.'dS-d'.i hT j i was granted a fellowship fronTlt t In* t ' 'el.et eler Foundation to st-o- j 4 dy under Dr. Kdward L. II owe j; j at Howard University# He also served as instructor, in .Surgery i while There!- Dr. Wattnrr?ts ttlso a , Minlnm.'if ni' 11 \ V'ltii.vl Mrvn'.l I . of Medical Examiners. j > Beginning at 10 o'clock Or. 11 Walker will conduct a clinic a t > the Union?('ommimity Hospital. ( Also a Dental clinic for o\traclion will i,c conducted Hy the Den- ( lal section stinting at the same , time. , AT~TJ"0 li. in. at Sims-?HiffhSchool the regular monthly meeting of the ^jgclioii will convents I, Dr. Walker will address the } Medical men, while l)r. A. .). Col- , lins. prominent Columbia Dentist, ] chairman of the Dental Section 1 of the Palmetto Medical Association will address the Dental men. j The Pharmaceutical Section will J, l?(. represented by Dr. 11. K. Hill h of Seneca, recently elected See- ( l.tary of thP Palmetto Medical , Association and Dr. I,. A. Sartor. ; of Union. S. C. , S. C. Federation Of ' Colored Women's i Clubs Meet Here J Saturday, May 8 Tile South Carolina Federation | (ii v otorco women's t iuns win > moot Saturday. May 8, at Benedict College in the College Libra- iy. In keeping witli conditions incident to war. this will l>e ; strictly a business session, lasting for one day only. Tb(. Cultuiv Club will be host to this organization. CROCK A M Benedict College Library 10:00 A. H. Mrs. Daisy IL Taylor, Presiding A merica. Prayer- Mrs. I.cah Thompson. Cieetiiv-'s t'ronv Culture Club- Mrs. C. A. Potnpey. President. Response?Miss Helen Usher,? Su inter Introduction of "President ? Mrs. Etta B. Howe. Annual Report of President?Mrs. - Uaisv B. Taylor. HtTfto?V. M, ? = Secretary's Report?Mrs. H. (I. Reese. Treasurer's Report ? Mrs. B. LC. Vincent. Harvest Festival Report?MiSi=? Sadie Smith. * : Siiver Tea Report?Miis Mamie Scott, Florence. Tolo? Mrs. Flora W. Powell, of j Spartanburg. Wilkinson Home Report?Mrs. | Mamie Folder. Sunt. 11:1.' A. M.--Mi sic. Reports of Clubs. no. I.,*,..,..,;... !,..,, t inch Re-| assemble. J 2 :."0 M usie. Open discussions an10.00 Rally Report. Report of I Committees'. ' i :>:00 P. M.?Dinner. Presentation of (Juests. u Muscat - selec t ions. pood. their anti-aircraft is pood. That Utcy are fully prep vrcd. on the alert, and entirely able t(> rc-T pulse any concerted attack and to | r make it far too expensive for the! 'The role of the public." concludes j i Nazis to stage k.rge scale raids. 1 Mr. Tar lor, "is to ivoid hysteria". For vicroirrrl J I T J UNITED <1 | ? statu m m mfINSI %af_BONDi J*E0 STAMU I :: 5 CENTS PER COPY - J ANP News Short* IELEASE WEDNESDAY, May 5 .New York?Trustees of Tuske:ee, meeting here Monday ut the lome ol" Dr. William Jay Schiefelin, resolved to accept the offer a if th0 State of Alabama to coop- 4 rate with Tuskegee in the giving ?f graduate courses it agriculture, lome economics and rural educaion. Daytona Beach, Flu.?Churches, lubs, civic organizations and ichool children gathered in the lining hall of Bethune-Cookman ollege Wednesday evening and agCrly listened to the report antouncing the receipt of $3,465.68 aised by them toward maintetanse of the institution. The total ~~ aim far oxeeeded that raised In 942. rj Atlanta-?Together at birth, to-rether through a long and colorul life, the Homer and Lewis Lottie, widely known through the outlieast as- the "Capital Twins" ?together in death Sunday light. And they had always sain ? would be like that. They told hiii- many friends that, they'd be uuicd fronr the same church at .hp same time and so it will be, "T iccording to plans. Both died roni natural causes. Los Angeles?The Pacific Para hute company, first Negro owned ind operated concern which has government contracts, last week ekbrated its -first birthday. A? ? rrtmg- the attendant;) w.'re "Ro hester." of screen and radio aiue. who supplied the fund? for stablisliing the company, and 1 award Smith. "Skippy," well mown parachute juniper, the com lany operator, now instructing he first parachute corps" white vonien. ~ Cncnville. N. C.? -Mavor Ivan '.asset to said Monday that the >rotttpt~iYrWvttl of state, patrolman it Grifton Saturday night pre,cnted serious trouble when a inwil of Negroes attempted to storm the .jail and prevent, Police "hief \Tnnning from arresting Ro sa Lee Picott for being drunk and 'renting ai disturbance. An uni- : 4 lentified Negro soldier is credited with having held the mob back mtft^jn^-anrivnl of thf natrolmen. ___ V Memphis?A spectacular parade ' iowrTBcale^strectr speeches and a rran'd war bond auction climaxedhe SI,000.000 campaign of the S'egro division of tile Shelby Co. War Kinanct. committee last week Washington?The second issue >f Victory, the Office of War Information publication?intended to :oll peoples overseas of America's ivar effort, is just off the press, uul true to form, is almost comdetily lacking in anything that aould indicate the Ncgr-'s contrimtion to the winning of the war. rhe conclusion is readily reached Lhat. judging from what goes into Victory, Negroes are just a -cirmcnt of the popidation in ALhe native whites and, as Mayor LaGuaniia- rrf?New ?ork ?avould . _ put it, the hyphenated Americans who havc since arrived. Fort Valley. Ga.?Editor Henry A. Luce of Life-Time magazines was a visitor Friday to tb6 Fort Valley State college campus. at., i .... ....... i-. .?ir. iiUv(i wu> itLLUii|;auivu *>y William S. Howland, manager of thc southern office of these magazines, who recently covered the ham show held at the college that attracted such wide attention when given a two-page display in Life. Baltimore?Miss Evelena .lackson. foimerly of Kansas City, Kansas, and" how an Afro-American copy editor, has just received word that two of her poenifh, A Soldier's Reveille and To Dr-.Carver have been .accented for elusion in The Music of 15143 a CnftWrefrtTr trf poetry puolished -py Horizon House, New York. She is a graduate of the University ' 11 I\tUI3flT ill HI <1 illUIIIUCl 171 ?'\1* pha Kappa Alpha. Miss Jackson hfir'tvritfeen more than 150 poems, 10 others appearing in national poetry anthologies published in New York. Atlanta-?"We must build a new >outh. Ralph McGill. editor o f th(. Atlanta "Constitution declared Sunday while participating in the People's College forum at Wheat Street Raptist church. McGill, who was recently nearn OTI the Chicago Round Table over the XBC network, appeared a* principal speaker along with President Rufus F". Clement of Atlanta university, which sponsors the popular People's College. Kuibyshev. USSR?That h0 met Paul Robeson during RohesofPs Soviet tours and deeply admired his advanced and progressive ide- " ologicul conceptions, humanism, and deep Tove For ,his"*own people was the declaration of Solomon Mikhoels, famous Jewish actor and master of Shakesperian roles, Continued on Page 3