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' Directives Are
Sent Plants With
Wartontrads
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Action Follows
Hearings Held
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WASKIKOTOfWANP) ? Tht
President's Committee en' Fall
T" ; Employment' practice^ as
of the hearing! held in. Burning-ham
last June, anqQdite&Ki that
?r-^our large war plants in the south
had been directed to cease t&lsorfm
inatlon in the employment Narid
one of ihem, Vultee Aircraft
- Inc.. had aheady compiled wilt
/Uw^commlttefc^dnlftr.' Erospoiis
; Lh*t au would at
"k>. thus setting a pattern JlWCh
may; have some effect iarthatr&v'
----{ tkjn despite Telmadges and Dixons
{ of qeonrta and Alabama. ____
J . The Vultee plant In ..Nashville
had some thousands of workers,
? by Record, WPB - Tswlitaftt, tear
tifled during the hearings but only
about 20 were Negro. The personnel
director said he did not believe
Jfagroes and whites would
work together- and this In spite of
-f-- tbe fact 'that J. M. She Item, repre)
Jill in Lille ui Hit! lilKHllllohkl AspJ
sociation of Machinist, had
t agreed that If the company put
f NegroeiTTo work, taking jthe ini
1, tlative?in the matter. Uinf nome
r elfort would be jnade by the uhtcm
J In the way of cooperation.
NEGROES TO BE EMPLOYED
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executive secretary, announced that
Vultee was taking steps to employ
Negroes in its Nashville plant" as
it had done in its three plants in
California. Negroes are,-to be em(Continued
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flHome On Furlough
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Ctt ARLESTON, 8. C.? Cadet
1 Albert Byrd BroWn^ri the St.
lting with hia parent*, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert B. Brown, of 17 Maverick
gt., Charleston. Young Brown lfc
in hia freshman year; at Ah Us boardllig
school, and along WOK his mill*
f tary duties. hie is taking the course
in Masonry in the Industrial De'
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7 lO.Sl'fi-top Libfrtyjcjiftel;, Booker T. I:
Wnshlnrton,? had rmclied? pm-t ~f
completing her maiden voytrgr. The 1
rrcw has heeti hnilgrt na a "urmluJ 1
Recruiter Williams 1
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Is Pleased '
FLORENCE. S. C. ? Officer? |
Cook.. Second Class Isaac Williams. 1
of Mullins, S, C., who ha$ served
six years in the navy and spent thel
past 13 months CTfrecrnitlntz duty _
"In South Carolina, announced I
Mondajj his pleasure that approximately
1,000 young men had enlisted
voluntarily for service u?d that
- the navy is becoming iniilfn more: I
understood than ever before, mak- |
ing questions Having been answer
ed and others explained, he said.j'
-Men between the agea~"o? 17 anc
18, and 38-50 are urgen to Vlsll
the nearest Navy Recruiting Station
for service In different
- .branohos of th< Navnl Service.
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Drs. Hale, Drew,"
Barnes, Union 1,
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'' Clinic Guests
UNION, S. C. ? (Special) ? Dr
J. H. Hale, head of the Department
_ -of Syirftsry at Meliarry Modtral ~
College, Nashville, Tennessee, Dr.
Charles prew, head of the Depart
ment of Surgery, at Howard Unlverslty's
Medical School, and Dr. cl
W. Harry' Barnes. Ear, Nose and Q
- Throat 'Specialist of Philadelphia. D
~ will be guest lecturers at the Union
- Community Hospital's annual clln- A
lc Erlday, January 29. PT?U W. 1|
?=Ltmg. suprrhrtemtemr said this
'I week. Plans for i the clinic- whl
completed within ? the next ' few -D
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Medical and Surgical clinics will 01
begin at. 8 o'clock In the morning 8(
and the lectures and papers will
occupy thr "ttft^rnoonv. A Diental
clinic for extraction only' has been .,
announced and at the public meet- 21
MIH III 1311111. niUil &orw>i ttWfty
,nignt, the Annual address will be'
delivered by the Rev. L. M. Tobln, **
director of the School of Religion 8
of Morris College at Sumter.
Other lecturers on the afternoon J
program include: Dr. James A. [V
. Hayne, State Health Officer, and
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iuiupli nf ^liMmt!iAiuf. over faht^E
ice liicof eA. Captain Mulx^c arid
Is crew will be honored -it a to?.ti-l
nonial dinner given hy the Indusrial
Union Council, CIO, at the
lotri Commodore. Tuesday. -daniny
Bradshaw,
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Tiny BradShAWr-fMoiHly crowned
King of the Jitterbugs," his or"lestra
and the sensational Li]
reen, best known for her "In The
ark" renditlonr bring a lively iam
ssion to the Columbia Township,
ndttorlum Tuesday night, January
> to ooen the 1943 dance programs
>r the state's capltol dweller* The
cal?pr<>motl,-m?W being "done by
le popular Nathaniel H. McNair.
ell known for his fine entertalnent
programs which are always
>od shows,
The diminutive Oik leader is
i lntlu a #>?wl LI., aLI1^
tiV/Uj n hcjj-i.ih mm 1UA L'llllU>od
friends at YoungstowrL ^DJalo
*1 cifthfnww?wT=wii WlfSftrterce UiitP*
r.sity still talk about how nolAy
id heppy he wa.<, ^even inrhtis teen
[c days. A few months ago, he
Ided the twenty-three-year old
1 Oreen to his aggregation and
'r vocalizing has been the talk of
le countryTickets
for the promotion are on
le -at- local popular spots and irr
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California; -.trie Iljersted. Denmark;?Captain
Mul/uc; Joe King.
Belgium; Eugene. Clancy, Ireland:
William Hart. Hrltish fliilan-i
Aurusto Perez, Uoutlurus. (HNh
: Negro Men May , I
Still Enlist In Navy
Chief Specialist John P. Potts ef
-thft- S.-?G^-Navy-Recruiting Staff. .'
said Tuesday that coir,red men may.fi
^Hl ^join^ up^^lth^
old and who meet the physical and I
educational 'qualifications may en List
as apprentice seamen. Specialist.
Potts said also rhnt there U now -o
great a demand for Mess Attendants
that any colored man hejweeu
the ages of 11 and. .50 and Ttherwise
ciuaiinedT. may Join that
branch of the service,""
Applications should he made at
'""He""'nearest Navy Recr tit^ng staion
heline giUm; to Li:1.' 16CUI He
Ctlve Oorvicf Hoard ~ -j
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omvr i^vct-iiioiT Mwnen. voiun- i
axy enlistments In Inl branches of^i
he" service was cflseontlnued. a
reat deal of rpl^AindMlstandtn{f Irr
eyaras to navy __ recruiting has re- h-fulted.
Chief Potts said that he
hoped those men in the state who
/believed themselves qualified will
hurry and take advantage of. this
I opportunity while it is still nvaili
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Final Notice To _
Delinquent
Subscribers
- Xhia I* the fast?that de- j
Mnqucnt subscribers to Tire Lighthouse
and Infduner' will receive.
Notices have been sent to persons
holding subscriptions which are
'ow payable for renewals and publications
have been made in the
oaner. _ We
ftfe *nrrv. to?have??fcrstr"'
thasafiiainU hat p>m(.i>l I'l'MutaHmm
require payment, in advance. Persons
whose renewal# ?re due. HuG
are not received bv f Wednesday
wilt not rCceive further ropies tintil
payment is made. J
this first 1043 program it is expected
that. Lha, usual "sell -nttf" stgns 1- will
be hung up long before the
actual program under way.
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Testimonial In
New York City
"Steers 10,500
Ton Ship Thru
, Submarine Waters
NEW YORK CITY, ? (SNS)?A
dinner in honor., .of Captain Hugh
N. MulzacTTTrst "Negroto command
H vessel in American maritime history,
"iind his United "'ations crew
aijoard ^he new Liberty ship.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, will
be given byvthe Greater New York
Industrial Uhior Council, CIO,. at _
the Hotel Commodore; Tuesday,
evening, January 12. tt was an- ?
Captain Muizac and the %
recently landed the vessel at
East Coast port aft*r its maiden A
voyag^ through vuhmarlnc-lnXasted
WSEers and have accepted the Invitation
come to New York for
the dinner, the Council said. ______
GOVERN tilt TO SPEAK
Governor Charles A. Polettl and _
Councilman A. Clayton Pcvell, J.
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Joseph XJurran, president of Uh
Fj f*tnc.flr sty
f'sytoiboi or united Nations* uirity "'
tad a triumph of democracy ovei
Fascist rac? theories. _ >.
"To win this, war we must mobllze
the resources Mil thp~ nrnnlr
>f the worldT--^ regardless of race
reed, color or nationaf origin. Thit
!Inner, commemorating the sue
essful voyage-Of the BOOKER T
WASHINGTON, so capably commanded
by Captain Muizac a no
nftrtned by ac-amcn _gft 16 different ?
hatlohaMtics, Is toncrete proof thni
men of all nations and colora can
live and work together In peace
ind harmony," Curren said. .
ORGANIZATIONS AlO ^ ~J~m
Organizations suDtsorilne the' al
dinner, in addition to many. CIO .
ar^d AFL unions, are "National Ne- 1
gro Congress, National Urban
League, Negro Labor Victory Com- L
rftittee, Brooklyn Victory Council
for. Equal Opportunity, Brooklyn
Lodge 32l Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks, Congress of Benev
oient and FraternaT^Organizations
Carleton Avenue branch, Y. M. C J
National-. Association Tor tin
Advancement of Colored People.
Charity Adams ?
New-Waac Captain
Nc?r. the prt motion to' the v
rank ot cqptain. of Lieut Charity "*\1
Edna Ada/lis, daughter ot Hev. and '--si
virv Ff A J ?lftam . 2113 Lady St.. TTa
h**-?tiern n-cT'tvi'^here -IT was
learned-this weok."^ " ~ doi
Ca?:toin Adams is stationed, at 1
Df*s Moines, TOwn, a'nhd recently urg
visit.-d C'ohjjiitaa-.whilv-~on- Met va-" wn
cation. She was the first cc^or^d da
wmijutt "to. receive' n oomrnfcisioTi in
the Woman's Army Auxlliarv^ olc
Coirs. .
The Adams have a son (n the ]
;'rmv who is abroad. a
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Army Sure Of Its ?
IVlission-Stimson
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WAbHliMUTON. ? In a pl!
New?Ypars message Thursday, '
Secretary of War Stimson said the .
Armv was movino tnCm tha r\e^ t l_n
12 months "confident and mire M P'
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fnterracia! Body %:
Thursday
The _rcftular jjuecllair of _ thr j
Richland Cmmty? Inter-reels! ^
Committee wi'l be held Thurs- " ^
ffav ofteroocn, January ldth in
ihe Nurses' Auditorium c.f the ' '
Columbia Hospital at 5 30 v. m. "j
SIT interested persons ;ire renueste-1
to attend th?? rneetlnq .
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Dr. ^George Waihin^gion Gar
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of man
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rUSKEOEE INSTITUTE. Xla MS>?Dr.
George Washington ] rpf
rTTrT liYt/rtlflllonftliy famoaf
iuullnrHl sulunttst. died at his-j-?
mo hero Tuesday night. . i
Dr. Carver, who bach been in fail- i ho
; health for the f''? yen I m>
^confined to hLs bed several i *er
ys. prior to his pacing. |
rHe scientist was about 79 years
1 at his death.
[Dr. Carver was born In 1864 on I
Missouri plantation. He was kid
ppori when t? chilr^ py rrtg+rtrraidn
and taken to Arkansas, - His
ptora released_Uie boy inf ex- m
ange for a race-horse valued at JL
30. ' J
As a youth he showed a remark- _
le aptitude and intelligence with
mt* ?; ??' ??T-r
He attended the Iowa gtate Agrl- ?]
ltural College, af Ames. Iowa, of
\e-e he obtained hU Bachelors SO!
igrce in Science. Because of hit pa
ia?lng scholarship h^ wag given
place on the faculty there, an un- yy
ual honor. Next v he was given
arge of the- bacteriological lab- Ac
atory and the department of' wy
sterna tic Botany. -?V-?
In tHQ't?took chm gr of the ftclen- (
ic and experimental work at
iskogce IndusTrial Institute, and Pf
,46 years he had been do;ng nYftr- uv
IS" ther0 in scientific agriculture ^
at ha.ve made Kis name known to th
p remotest bounds of the Earth. cy
Dr. Carver was made a Fellow sei
the Royal Society of Great Brit-,, (le
l hi IfilfLand she years the CU
iingarn MedsT Tor the mostrLis* ov
igulshed service^ rendered by^-im to
ncrlcitn Negro during tfyKye^r. of
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wternatiowlly Ulry^-in th? Tb*J
ver is shown of which he died
ultural client-1 night. Funeral for
kinclr it to Ifr held at Tu*kego? Ft
ntist, Dr.
<ege? Tihm
e Theodore Roosevelt Medal W
ne to him in 1939 as ,;a liberator
men ox tne white-race sis well as d
thet black." Henry i ord called ft
n the. greatest TTvTng Chemist and t
5 named a school after him. Dr 1 81
rver was a& ?rehr a genV s in hi* ; h
rk as Edison, and Burba ilk', and , d
inmetx were in theirs, and was | ai
'tatnlv f hp qenhi? that W
Negro race .hid yet produced. |h
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use of Wonders. To htsvlaauirin*-^
d iiiLelllginiirmlnd-bver 300
ent uses for it was' unlocked
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Spreading,
WashinuwNt ~ 6a*5> (i
Repeated attempts en tin part southern
army, and navy per- t
and to enforce southern race- t
tterns on hon southern areas -i
re assailed a coin this week by I
a.'tor. White, executive secretary j
the Nafionti Association for the t
~*r\f Pnf/\earl DoAnln t
v* vy?Vf?CU * WVAVvj-J
10?In- -4^?letter tO^The'^Sacwtiigy
War fittTrann * i" 1
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"We submit again that th* War j
onrtment. needs to speed up th*
1-mvnafr.fei 6i b im* ci^Afiy as
ied program in noeordance with i
c highest standards of detftocra- ~j
to overt further trouble and- to
rye notice upon bigots that the i
cent thoughtful people 0$ the. t
-mm
ervrbelmlng majority,* are going, c
determine tho patterns of action j
the country as a whole and riot <
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<u \utod wren o'clock T?M<|ay -?;
"pr. Ctmr, friend and honored
Carver,
iday Wight
lost remarkable a i healing pil._ A
1200,000,000 a i'ear oeanyt to- '
uslry has been built all or Ui pat t
rom his discoveyleft.N
Edison offered him an immense
alai*y to come and Welp him but
e declined. A few yeVs later he
ecllned an offer of SaGO.OOO from J
nother firm. pr? Carvef remained
etirirt ta TiifKrgpe Wherp fr'ifelt 'JS.
e cdu'd render his best contrlbvP-**^
on t6 Bumamty. 7 ~
In 1940 to> Mit Ocariro
Washington Car^r P^undatkm to
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Navy^
lim Crow I
Tie blguts ttoemrelvo^^i^^Sl:1!: ,'.u
The. NAAOP called Sttmaonfr at- ;J
ention to a memorandum issued \
girder of MajoiL Ralph Hard?*m
through A. $. Bluwft, ^9!
A. QMC. Adjutant of Headquart- 1
cnuuicr nrginirnt M rwi tHt%
Jkla.,..in,' which were qont.*d sec* "
ffi. wyi, ami tm m m
"iklabolna Staitlte provtdlnJn"tOT
rKrcRation Hn federal carriers with >enalty
for' violation thereof and
,0 Tvblsh-TM added ttm .rnrttw x
lote that rthe following S mifr
IsTip^ forjjthe Information^ And * j
fiiid inoe of all concerned.""
i he n A ACT inquired Hi BedreUf
y Sttmson' believed K 4obe a prqp- .
t function of the W*t I>epftrUnettl-i-^
o- atln atates Iti J^he enforcement
>f laws enacted to discriminate arafnst
cltisen* on account of raoe 1
>r color
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