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I American Soldiers ate shown ian
I First Lady
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r -MEMPHIS ? f ANP) &T Apparently
because Mrs. Pran^ O. Hotw1
velt failed to fob* tn? hfom* fnr
the recent battle at Ripley, TenI
neasee, between Negro soldiers and
r~ ??lflte neace officers. W. T. Straub,
I M. vrhltA an H Uncus t'onfffil?rull.
f road conductor, said Wednesday he
- was "flaUtomuifiLed" at her T.(tiHnde,
Straub on JA Hilary 2 wrote to tne
Wrat r?dy.Jta hit letter h^encl0? v
1 rd flipping.- qf unjrtide on the
Ripley battle and an editorial from
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Greensboro Gefs7
Two- Race police;
Given Equal Pa^
local civic leaders extending
over. n. period. of. ' several
months.
DhiiUlBiMT,
The two men. are ?signed 1
temp?sully ? Uala?riot lies?
duty and flit sertre In Nefro
dtotiicU on the 4jk.m. io~mld
v___jtfglit shifts at the regular ml?*-'
my, "* iUi far n*m affhuw ?
McCray, Day >
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GpsmapoWtarr
^KlNCmTR^E V3. C.~ .John H MeCompany
of Dmv
B bam.B C. were principal speekB
or* hJrr Friday evonlng on the nnBnua\
^program cf the Cosmopolitan
Hub Mr. McCray spoke on ' Too
Uafied' and Mr. Day on "JPduoaB
> Therr.e <f thepeogiam was
-Evening t rW4fff Te acheri^
Baho, torafamT saw solo* were
Br PWtrtltf: fe^BTMlra.-t
W talent iron eeverst Sooth-in:d
BNt Cwrollrpa cifes. Tne.yhl rota
Bma tFraternity of .KUMPtrec as-/
pfl oo?ompr;itarj members with
BMnfr Hollowing ttar prevjrafa
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they present arms durlnjr a review "
al ihh hotly contested Spot on the
New Georgia Inland** In the Sooth
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Critic
the Memphis Commercial Appeal
which .laid' the nlame oh the soldiers
and demanded 'hotter dlnci.
ptinary control or%removal of *Nearro
-tronnS. "Commentiaff-: ftfrnrrfr
ftccuseeKTier of ^' campaigning for
social equality which resulted ln_.
racial strife and charged that shethrough
her position, had '' done
more than any other ohe person
lant-o Life Insurance Company,
PresWeutJjEL ?. Mays. .President, ot .
Morehouse College; T. M. Alexander
President of Alexander Thstlrancfc
Agency. Dr. R, A. Billings,
local physician and national President
of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity,
and Rev. Taschereau Arnold,
World Religious Editor end
Commentator.
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WASHINGTON ? A^P> ? The
official U. S. treasury poster, form
BgQTW, hears the pteim! Of h. Negro
flyJr wifcl^ the exclamation,
~Keej>- us flying f" and Is a direct
appeal to the nation to participate..
tn <tha 4th war ljnn dilve.
BOSTON YOUTH IN _ . iT" ,?
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BOSTON ? <ANP> -r Canet
J urUon Wcti neniiiSw nf AtTyr_w";
B. WaitafHwton, wag killed-in tt
plane erash at. Tlisfcrgee . Army .
-flying s'oTiooT on Wednesday' 'according
to communications which
Club Annual
Hilph was held in TomlftSon
H|gh audltprlurn. a luncheon w?*
yctved.lw the Home jtec^nnmic.s
TrrnWff^f?^^. . .4^-31 ??-?Officers
and members, of the
Cosmopolitan Club axe: Miss Klois*
Morris, president; Miss Ella C
Mason vice' president; Miss J$d'*>u
"B. Murrey, recordin<r arcretnrv
MlM johnnje, O. Fulton, corr^sponding
fecret'??v; Mr#. Ida Ruth
mt, irpin?iirrr Ml** DcWlih
B. Wntnon. progrrm chairman; Mis^
MaryarstE- Blokely,?social com-'
mlMri' . chalrnvnl. Mrs. Efaline
.Suiters, retx>rti? Miss F. O. Liw-ltnce,
Mjpt. A. N. McF&rUn.. xWttn
bfrs. Thft club jvaa ofeganUed in !
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the jnngi* morftKK, followed
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WASHINGTON, D. C. vengeful
ferocity and ?lea<l
squadron brought down 12
countered for by. allied fight
ing to?fcold~4bp vital heavh
last week bv aJlie dforees.
ir.g he/re -from headquarter
Air Forces in Algiers.
In addition the boys chalked u
2 probably destroyed, ^ntt 4 damag
ed.
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.Distinguishing themselves fc
They hftve been overseas, th? squad
rbr. went m after the Oerma
kuftwafTe in a manner that clear
ly demonstrated their eagerness fc
bftUJe that ultimately brou?t
credit tiWI glory to mem for fleai
ly one-fourth of the enemy cral
downed in the particular' sectioi
ftlo dor a lnriW'ata.1,
ON 1/V CWFT HFFOftP ~r?Prior
to last Friday the squadro
had been able to bring down oTn
plane officially, thqt credited t
Capt. Charles Hall oft Brazil, Xnd
inst July over airily, although the
Dr. Huh
> Overflow Crowd
' > t
Sale Hall On
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ATl?ANTA, Ga.?(SNS)? '
Baaing hjs message on the It
JUction "Dr. Charles D. Hubc
was a great soul" Dr. B. E. M.ty
brilliant president of Morthop
College, . ^llverrd' a \ note wort!
eulogy ovemt.hc remains of tl
Tate Pri ' WW,J?
ftfternoo^lb
... Presidfa^^Aa pictured t.p4 d<
cnased as^Hman people?
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n| .fw d?y? the ehhtmre at Uir inland
arhawks
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? (ANP) ? Cutting loose with j
ly accuracy, the 99th Puisuit:
enemy planes out of 49 oners
in two days of heavy fight- !
according to disna tches reach s
of the Mediterranean Allied
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p had registered a number of "prob- |
ables." Last .week, iiowever, when
American and British forces land- t
)T ed 30 mile* below Rome heavy i
demands were made Upon our air- ;
craft to provide "protect ion foj-j
'"- landings and cover for medium rnd
n heavy bnmhers __
" on Frtday~The squadron, com- ''
^ manded by Capt. Rodney Custls of
I Hartfnrdr Oonn . lefe. the base in o
NorMl Africa and got into rue
frpy quickly in the section above
the "cross-Ifblv". ?ur nf ihe riPr- ;
, limns unci i>Ingc^ eight. While" t he ~
?Tdpdrt did not idefitify the type
n. plwntfs brought down by - the 4?s)th, j
lP dispatches say the enemy had
|? thrown in his' ties! ertiff to thwart ;
V " ff^nfrtnawt nn Btnifc rngrl rert
Pictui
Attends Funeral - J
Morehouse Campus
I but because he nossessetf a big
heart. ' * .
1- Thousands of |)eople viewed the
rt body throughout Sunday at Provi's,
denee baptist Church, where the
deceased served an pastor 15 y *nra
iy and at. Sale Hall Mpnday. ' The
le rostrum was banked with many
n, beautiful ndWers TWittfyihg to* The
e- jfejl^emJim^eopla-luut-for the^
fallen Baptist statesman, \ !h.?blo.
fm 00^ nnd <^hcaipr.
~ Dr. Mays said ir. his timely euloKf
that such men as Hubert. help?
Dt to make Morehouse College what
r, It la toflay. CHin? two reasons the
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)AY, FEBRUARY 6, 1944
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SED Tl
Governor R)
Atlanta NAA
ATLANTA, Ga. ?(8NS)?Nelth- r
er Georgia's 'Negro servicemen nor r
civilians will be permitted to par- d
tlclpate?In the State?Democratic -p
primary, Governor ?Silts?Arnull ~c
Thursday advised officials of the li
Atlanta branch, National Association
for the Advancement of Col- p
: orcd people In i espopga to-a requeit t
Tor a ruling sent late Wednesday J p
to the State Democratic Executive 1 g
Committee fchieh met in session j ^
here Thursday to fix the rules endlc
ctau' for ihe coming primary ,p
"The State; Democratic Executive
Committee officials'* Gove;, or
Arnall wired, "advise ' that -under t
foe laws of. this State and the Is
' Cornet tee Negroes whether ..Sol- a
diers or dyilians ate not,permitted V
jajfar participate in the White Demo- t
cratu Primary. Regard#." '-a
j: This information came Thuri-Jt
-day morning in a wire signed toy *
,tb?- Governor ffnd radd re&sed> te C. o
il Harpeg pfSsident; c. ?. Scott. <5
.vice-president and chairman of r
: ^he committee oil public affairs: H
and A. "K1 Wakien. chairman of X
i the logo! rodirepa nwmtiUfreei. . 1
The .wire frotn the Governor was 1
l!tackwortt? hS^^of^uL f
critic Executive Committee; ,Misf
Grace Cannlngton. Aecrctarv and
Committed seeking an . InterpretayJ.,
t Ion of the recently enacted soldier I
vote bill as it applies to Georgia's',
I 100,000 Ne^to senvIcemen wmh-wom?'
en. The wtre sent hi' the NAAGP ?
also inquired as to the eligibility a
of Negro civilians voting In. the 1
primary- The . ihquirv sent fol- '
lows; During tire special session *
of the legislature, we attempted to *
have passed a soldier - vote bill i
that would clearly posnilt qualified
members of the 'armed services to '
vole In nil primaries -amt-eieetlQasrr?
wunoiil regard to race.'' the wire | fl
sent the Democratic committee *
rend, "However, bill Is passed* stated,
in section 13 that members of i
-milmn v muni he?metiitiers f',
party holding* primaries. Therefore,
"m view of the fact that j
Negroes in the past have not par- *
ticlpated in the' primaries which; ;
Ivrc ari lhtegral part of tne eiec
lions and our stnte tantamount ?
to election, we fear that our sol- |
idlers will be ?ft>le to vote tn the T
Taught To ? - i
Conserve Meat
CHESTER. 8 C ?Neighborhood' '|
Leaders who have been trained, can i
train other lenders. This fact was JS
proveclTn ChesUt "county a few da\? |
ago when lenders from Leeds wlio I
lisd beer, trailed in meat cutting ]
?orr!n? OnlnA^ ? I
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at Wilksburg. of thirteen
trained person*, at I^ada taught
t'f-Wukxburg . *
Wayman Johnson. Agrciculture
Agent.?aaW XtOITe TfT Z
Mjmp ilmo. Mo reported that in the ri
meat conservation program 3,400 *
pounds of pork and beef hove aeon e
cut and cured and 783 jxHinds o
< an nod in demrnst rations in MVe C
neighborhoods. ? 7 "'t
"ed As ;
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riraolrc on t;e fr\t* houlrtflr funeral 11
the world-famed educator declared u
that the first reasan for a funeral c
Is to console the bereaved, end I
the second Is to exalt the jiving 1
t?? emulate the virtues of the do-- ~i
' vrnttamA . . . . . . j
^ He said that T>r. Hubert, knew ?
I the meaning of suffering and j
at niggling, and pointed out the
[fact very fordefully that he hated j
the wrongs and Injustices human f
society wrought upon his people. f
In gumming up, Dr. Maya said ,
tttd deceased lifted htmaelf -fepm ^
learning to match fits brain, wtth
others who had had the ^better,
breaks" in life. He satd Dr. Hubert y
hated war, for he thought U to ha y
agfimsT. mr of add. -j
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splies To
ur query
espectfiilly ask youi^committee U
yle (1) as to Whether Negro sol
ires will be able to vote In thi
rlmarles and (21 whether Nogr<
lvlllans wui be permitted to voh
a the primaries.
"We believe there are thousand
f Negroes In the state and mbl
kry whb destre to vote 1n' th
rlmarles. We further believe th<
reat majority of Negro - voter
tave supported the National Demo
ratlc administration during' thi
?st twelve yeara.'\
In commenting on the action o
he Democratic ~ committee th
1AACP representatives said:.
"While we appreciate the Irani
nd courteous reply by Ooverno
irnall we are disappointed wit]
he decision. It means that th
oldier - vote bin as passed dlscrl
ablates against Negro member* o
h? military splely upon a basl
< race and therefore is really' un
onstitutional. However,-we *h*i
iotr advise litfgatlon '""against" th
?m because this simply mlgfc
revent the white men and wornei
n the military frnm?sating an
rould not permit Negroes to vot
nrthe nrimarteft*"'' ?-?r^?
?"m? ar <
iicycituncm, . we irei uui
wund to our own men end wane
n the military to appeal to th
Jgngresa to pass a Federal bi
hit would permit -mil men - an
toroen In the military to vote ii
J1 primaries and elections with
ut regard to race.
"We further ask all those wh
ympathira -with >ha?efforts W
re putting forth to wire immedi
tely Senators Green and l^nca
o push passage df a liberal Feders
aw that Would permit all "soldier
o vote in both primaries and elec
Ions."' H
Former Instructor
Hakes Good Recorc
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6ns aT~mF BrtOkPr T. Washington
lifh School (Columbia. 8_C.,)"rerntly
visited fn Columbia aftei
ompleting his boot training at*tin
ire at Lakes Naval Tr&lnlng Sta
tun. BecauAe"c>r hi* personality him!
mining, Mr Gillfam was assigned
ftt'y 1'pgpom.iwi1 mines, wn ITeived
unusual recognition from hi:
Commanding Officer.
In addition to his duties as ClOTl
f his eompnav he ?a
teaCherta the Remedial School
nrl wag rhoacn to insuei't flfUly Tht
rum and barracks of his eomparfy
His work Was ttei
le wag given " the rat hi v of Apprentice'
First Olns Petty Offlcei
ind was selected for the CServlr<
'thool at Balnbrtdge. Maryland T
># Trailed as a physical educatioi
nstructof Ho is gr^fin.to ,a lu.i:
looker *P. Washington and 8. C
State college. Orangeburg, and di<
radimte study at the University o
tfftfllaran before enlistirv- last fall
Petty officer 1-* OiWfun ha
dined the rank* ~ of thousands o
Iher fine youn? rnce men throueh
nit South Caroline and the n?Moi
vho are today nervine? their om/ntf
fiHiBUy f ||li 111* ft a Ifwy. ~r"
Wit *.m?OI*N?ON
MACON .-Koneral aeryleea fe
ATh Pe ;nhmni>^LAfr. and Mff
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0 Hmdqwtimj WAC Detachment J
no. n, RMfffctei of Mr. and Mr*. <j
Slcbid FWwr, Ntwnan, QM|ia g
8 fUNn of a poclat bond r
1 jtty-pany whkh the WAC* held h
* | in their iUy room one evening re- f
Postpone
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jj WASHINGTON ? (ANP)
p i ing committee will not make a 1
1 plaint against the Fair Emplc
puntfl~after it-.t\ps gnndueted.Xnr
I al complaints;" those from partii
|j riers* agreement and from th
! cording to Aaron Ford, counsel
This is the first time that it has ?
j been revealed that the railroads .
' who had been bited by WPC as |
?violators of executive jorder ? 9346 M
had brought their problem to the ?
1 , congressional probers. The sub- I
stance of their, .complaint,?Sard ?
t said, is a charge, of lack of Juria,
diction and lack of authority to is- n
4 aue.
'Hie^complalnt of
lon^w^alred'orr^niM^^^S^ ^
to that- the- Smith committee badj/
announced receipt of a complaint
? from th% bdhemiaters' union ~ort -?
trjg o^'or^^ing*1^,f
r said. howeveer-ihat this latter com- d
. .plaint would not be taken npuniW*
P after the convention of the boilermakers',
which opened Monday in 1
Ktinsas. -, .' ?1.
n Th^ conremion is expected to
, discuss at length, the, situation Jhat i
? has developed both oh the?coast -J
and west ooaat in -the mennei tn ?
* which the tmkm's color bar ' haa
? been applied. Id Portland, Oregon b
nn and down the W*sl court" *"5
auxiliaries have book rnlelillalmi *
p JllUOMhTlNlt these kan 4
. tcmmmtm t? m*k v**?, __ J
Equal Pay Lawyers i
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Attorneys Harold R. Boulware of
i Columbia and Thwrgood jVJtdihaE ^
f special NAAOP counsel of- N*\v' 0
I Tortr City, *tll arrive In Charles- p
s. ton Sunday, Wb. q, to make final p
f dispositions prior to arguing the .
- suit . of Miss Viojs Louise povall g
i against the Charleston School C
v Board, scheduled to for hearing in N
- the VH& Didrtot Owint Wl. 10, - *t
* ^-ffn making the nnnounoemri
.James M. fflhton. state NaACP. H
r president/-said the lawyers vnuld M
-establish . and maintain*.; ho&g- pi
rr ?uin>ter^ ln twe disirlet ^frie* rtt m
t- the mtsmm ltamnuie* ccmpa
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lyment \ Practice committee
Limr heaHnyft intu ailiirtTiuu
is to the Southeastern Car- ;"': j
t boflermafcers* union, acto
the house committee.
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Dr -j. a. stwrt. |fre. gar. Now
nd Throat Specialist, will servo as W:
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beauticians Work ?
A special committee of the elate
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of M?*. Ann* Belle BVaha* |
late president.: to * Ooluhtoia Man. I
ork on the *4.000 Q>oipW*a *+ J
luncned last IfD.r^ory 4fl
oftai locals for Ruth ?<
an jjueat gpCQIll'l
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