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An unidentified battalion of black
American soldiers are?shown?aa
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First Lady
Southern
MEMPHIS ? (ANP) ? . Apparr?
ently because Mrs. Frank D. Rouse- I
velt failed Tb.. take the blame for
|r?the-- recent b&ttte -at Ripley. TenI
nessefe, "between Negro- soldiers end
I white, peace officers, W. T. Straub,
66, white, an Illinois Central railf
road conductor, said Wednesday he
I .was "flabbergasted" at her attii
iude,.
Straub on Jumwy 2 wmlc iu lni1
First lady. Ill hit letter he enclos"
ed Clippings of an article on the
Ripley, battle and an editorial from
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Greensboro Gets
Two Race Police;
. Given Equal Pay
?.. GREENSBORO, N. . C.. ?
4 (ANl*) ? Appointment of two
iHimw w ?"r u'mvr iwhf licit:
i week culro>a?tfri efforts of
?I?I iWli rttklwHnf '
over. _ax period, nf" w?i?rjl I
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I|k two appointees annottneed
by City Manager II. A. Vmiicey
gftd Chief L I.. JrYtH are
i ? Samuel A. Peiui and John L.
* Montgomery.
The two men are awtignrd
' - temporarily, Ut?plain, clothe* duty
and will serve in Negro
dtrtrlcfrs on the'4 p. m. to mlri;.1
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KINOfiTRFE V*. C- John H. M
^Fcljij^editor of Th^ Lighthouse sort
Iiffori?r?nd Af.ron Day, Edura
tlonai?p^.or mr m n
^Xlfc.^^rane0 Company of Duu
B^ hamJT C. were principal speaicera
)wr*. Friday evening on the nn^mialflr>roeram
rf the CrsmopoHinn
Hub. Mr, McCrny Spoke on 'Too
^HmKt'rUnd Mr. Dtiy on."Edueaw.
Thethg if the prngiUm was
S/ftnlnF "With Teachers."
Hano. yooal and s*w nolo* were
B?r. projirarr features, tittrbctW
IMBIIL ^frOTTT WETWI ftoitOi Uid
W'tli Carolina cWesr. The #hi fletg
Brma Fraternity of Kingsireo pr tafl
'CoaompelHen member* wItlt
Hperlng. following the program
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they present arms during: a review
at this hotly contested NpoJ on the
New Ororgla Isiandw ln tlie South
Irks
Critic
the Memphis Commercial Appeal
wlvieh?laid rive dinme -on the m<>1dlers
and demanded "better' diseU
r tttmary?control nr%rrmr.TnI or He- j
igro troops. "Commenting. Strnwb ,
I accused her of "cajnpaigning for
social equality Which resulted . in (
| racial strife and charged that she'
| through her position, had done !
more than mtv other one pei-?.mi |
In ill IT CTTe "InsuranceCompany/]
President B. PTr Mays, PrCslclenV ol 1
Morehouse College; T. M. Alexan- '
dee. President of Alexander In- f
stirance Agency Dr. R. A. Billings,
"loeat physician and national President
of the Phi Be.tajSlgma fraternity,'
and Rev. Taschereau Arnold.
World Religious Editor nut
POtmtR WITH BROWNFLYER
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official U. S. treasury poster, -form
gro flyer witt^thc exclamation,~
"Rrep us^TTvingt" and Is a diitict
[ appeal In p,., t|. 11 MH V
fjn the 4th war t-Min drive.
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BOSTON ? t ANP i --; Cadet
.ludson West, nephew of Atty. W.
H. West of lioston, was killed t?> a
plane crash at Tuskegee Army
Flying school on Wednesday aclinntipf
tn rnrrrmTTmfTrrnnnfP whirl i
gave no details of the fatal crash.
Speakers for -]
Club Annual?i
vJiicji was Jieid jn the TVmliason j
HtEh auditorium, a litnchoon was I
served in the Home Economies
huU<Mmr .
-VfYteera" and members of the'
Cosmopolitan Club are: Miss ElotSp
Morris, president: Miss Kiln <i
Mason -rice1 prrsidetU; Miss -Kd'm
B. Murrsyr" recording secretary. j
Miss .Johnnye G. Pulton, con-CR-1
ponding sacret'py; Mrs. Ida Ruth
Thomas, treasurer; Miss DeboruhE.
Watson, program chairman; Mls?
Mary&rct E B1?hf)Y, fcoyiol^om- i
jnlttee ? chairman. Mrs. Fvaline
ftatters, reodrte Miss F. O. L<ijarrence/
Mrs. a. N. McFnrlln, mom
- b*m. 'Php dub was dfrl^hlitdd in
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Pacific. The picture, made deep In f
the jungle morass, fnUnwed t?y a
99th Wa
Down 12
IJy ERNJ2ST 1
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venireful feroeit'v and- deatllv
squadron brought dbivp I.'* <couriered
for-by allied 1'ijjhtfTj
ing to hold the vit 1 d brTielilie,
last week by id lie < I forces, -ao
in# h?re from head(|iiarlers
Air Forces in Algiers.
In addition the boys chalked up j
2 probably destroyed, and 4 dnmag rd~
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.Distinguishing themselves for
ins. rtr.M tim* in nw* 11?ihohih*;
they have been overseas, the squad- ;
ror. went in after the German |
Luftwaffe in a manner that clear.- '
ly demonstrated their eagerness for j
bat lb-?l bal uluiniiieiv ?iu'oujjbt?H
eredlt and glory to them for near- 1
ly sine-fourth of the enemy craft t
downed: fn set Hint. I
No losses were Indicated j
IINI/V ONFT (tF.FORF
Prior lo lust Friday the squadron i
had been .able to hrjng. down one '
-pbuio' officially. -that- orcUUhid --?U> [
C'apt, Charles Hall oiV Brazil, (nd j
I, st July over .Sicily ..It
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Overflow Crowd J
At Sale Hall On f
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ATI.AWTA. Ga.- rSNSW v:;
Basing tils message on the inJuction
;'Dr. Charles I). Hubert
wa* a- grout souK' vOr~ B. E Mays. j
brillinfit president of Morehouse |
College, t^Uvelrrcl n * noteworthy j
! eulogy ovcm'he nwnalm-v of thel?te
l?t Sale Ha IK
PresUler^^Hbi pictured the deceased
man the people?
coloredrcftpeetcd
tperely .b^^^^Kte was a scholar,-.
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C. JOHNSON "
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(ANP) ? Cutting loose with .
accuracy, the 09th Pursuit
' nomv?n'tmu1.rnrf ot -1th en"
^ in two days of heavy' fightads
at An/10-Nett uno. Uthen ~
conlinjyx(.0 oispatches reachw.f
ttu? Mediterranean Allied
had registered a nuthber of "probables."
j^i.sl week, how^vi-r, when
American and British- forces land- ed
30 miles below Rome heavy
demands wen- marl.- npnO nv*r>:nicrtoft
to provide protection for
landings and cover for medium, and
JlCtlVjr IM'IUUI'I
On Friday thp smmd^on. comnva
ruled In Cant Hmlniw fiisth of
rinrtlold, Oonr.. loll the hrfse "til'
North Africa and got into the __
I>'fjy?(piickiV?Hi?TtTT section above
the "'en>.ss-Ital\" line of 1 hr Cl>?rtrmns
and bagged eight. While (he
report did not identity the type
planes brought down b> lib' fbMh,
dispatches say the enyni\ had
ttirrnm irr Tnv hrrf-rmft'tn rh^-art ??ifnut
tuned 4>ji iiaciTTh' ?? >
frt iHctn i
ul At Fin
Vttends Funeral dorehouse
Campus
but because' he possessed a big i
n??rt ~
Thousands of people viewed tire ,
body throughout Sunday >it I'rovi-'i
,dci.cc. Baptist Cluirch, whore the ,
deceased served, ds pas I or ir> j inrs !
and at Sale. JIuH Monday. The1
rostrum was bunked; wtth ninny |
beautiful flowers testifying to the
ijettt esteem the hud for ^he
fallen Baptist stfttesmati. thmlrrglan
and eumntor
Dr. Mays said in Ids timely enlo- ;
gy that such trten as Hubert helped
to make Moruhouse feUege-whal
It la todhV ~CT?n t*-i??.o?Ui the
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JAY, FEBRUARY^ 1044
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Governor R<
Atlanta NAA
| ATLANTA, Ga".~?(SNS-*?Nelth-, r
er Georgia's Negro servicemen nor r
i clVtHans^will be permitted to par- c
rtlcipate In the' State Democratic \
primary, Governor Ellis Arnull c
I Thursday advised officials of the I I
Atlanta branch, National ^ssoeia- j
ition for the Advancement of Col- j f
rored~PiSipl?- lh response to arequest'f
for a ruling sent late Wednesday ' r
I to the Sta\te Democratic Executive j g
Committee which met in session J \
, here Thursday to fix the rules ?nd < {
idate for the coming primarj [j
"The f3tate Democratic Fxecu- [
| five Committee officials' Gove:, or [
| Arpall wired, ^'advise that under , t
: the laws'' of this State and IheiJ
i rules ^Oil tt>e n?mooraitc Execr,nve 1"
j Com.4ittee Negroes whether So)- ! (
I diers or civilians ate not permitted 1 <
[to participate In the While Demo- I
HittUic Primary. Regard*." ! t
[ This information eamr Thurs- -h
J day morning in a wire signed by '
the Governor and addressed to C. ;'
1.1 >1 Harprjfr praylriem
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*the committee on public affairs: |'
and A. T. Walden, chairman of
the legal redress committee."
The- .wire from the Governor war !'
la iiply Uj UHegrftTtts 6ent J. Con 1
-Duckworth, chairman of the Demo critic
Executive Committee; Mlqr
Grace Canning ton, --secretary and ,
Governdr EUls Arnold. . ,
7% *h*ac NAAC* offlctals Wed- ,
i need ay night wired . members of ,
the -State LiemocrwUc- Executive- Committee
seeking an Interprets- c
tlon of the recently, enacted soldier
vote bill as It applies to Qeorgla's
Iuu.uuu Negro servicemen and worn-'*''
en". 'Hie wire,.sent by the NAACP1'1
also Inquired as to the eligibility !
of Negro civilians voting pi the 1
primary. The inquiry sent fol- 1
lows.? During?the-spe'eiaf sesston 1
of the legislature^ we.attempted to .J
'have passed a soldier - vote bill
thai would clearly permit qualified ]
11ii'inltrr-v ot I he ft tr tied sn V lt'es h* 1
vote tn all primaries and elect ions ?
without regard to race," the wire*]
sent the Dethoeratle committee ^
rend "However, bill is passed stated"
in -^eclion 1 :t that nieiubers of?i
the nulilaiv must be members of!
party holding primaries. Therefore.
_U4?v lew ? of?vhe hug 1 ha*??
Negroes in the past have not participated
in the primaries which
are an intr.TraJ?pttrt?ofTTfe elec- .
tions nnd our state tantamount
to election, we fear that our sol-.dutr*
will tie nbfr to TTil r r~m "The**"
Taught To ;
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Conserve Meat
<JHi>S-r?k ,S C ?-Neighborhood
Leaders who hnvP boon trained can
train otic,- le.adeis. -This fart juu* \ '
proved in Chester county a few days J
mro when leaders from Leeds' wiiti :
had beer, traj'.ed in n>eab cirHinr? J
and canning trained other" leaders !
at Wiiksbtirg. Thpr? nf tntrtA<?n j
or Wiiksburp. _I?
" wjayman Johns?,n, Agrck'uTture .
A Rent, said this; h.?s hften done in I
other se 'tlon.s of the county for IX
some time He reonrted that in the i 1
meat conservation prog rati 1 .1.400 ( J
p> itnds of f>ork and beef ha.ve oeen t
-cut-axul- cprtul-and 7t51 ia?lltuls_i A
? riled m tleim n.vl r.i'.ioos m .th r : -J
neighborhoods? > j t
-ed As :
al Rites ,
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Greeks gave rnr having? funernl. i
the world-famed 'educator declared i
I hat the first roasan for a funeral ?
is to console thr bereaved. end
_Lim second. Ik u? exalt -the
Lo emulate the virtues of the de' rnxert
He said that Dr. Hubert know
thr meaning nl" suffering and
ati'uggUng, and pointed" out' the
I fart very forcefully that he hated
i thry^vrongs and Injustice* human
society wrought upop his people.
In summing up, Dr. Mays said
the* deceased lifted himself from
Hamnrk tn ^thf rttm.ant renter of _
Irnfntnp Trr match his brain with' ~
others who had had the "-better
hrraV;-." in hie. He said Dr. Hubert
I hated war, for he thought It to he
j against the will of Oori.
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.CP Quesry
espectfully ask your committee to
ule (1) as to whether Negro solIlren
will be uble to vote
irlmaries and (2) whether Negro
ivilians will be permitted to vote
n the primaries. 1
"We believe, there are thousands
if Negroes inary
who desire to vote in th?
irtmaries. We further believe the
treat .majority of Negro voters
lave supported the National Demo- J
iratlc administration during the
last twelve, years.-In
commenting on the action of
he Democratic committee the
^AACP represent a fives said' ?
rrWKTT?rweappreciate the frank
ind ccurteouR reply by Oovernor
?rriall we are disappointed. with
he decision. It means that the
soldier - \fote -bill as. passed dlscrtBtnates
agailbd Negro members oF
he military solely upon a -bastsif
rprrjuirl UlH rfmn Lf, really ini
Sonslltutional. However," We shall
tot advise litigation against the
lill because this simply might
ireVent Hip wtilU m?n ???*?
?...?/ MIVK niiU nuuicxi
n the military "from voting and
vould not oermlt yfrgmrr ?rtt
n tne primaries,
^ "Nevotahelcmv?we?feel?dtrtyxjund
to our own men and women
n the military to appeal to the
Congress to jp&ss a Federal bill
'hut wouki permit all men - end
women in the military to vote In
ill pi lmartes nhd ele>. t ions -with>ut.
regard to race.
"We further ask all those who
lympathlfce sum the efforts we
ire putting forth to wire immediately
Senators Green and Lucas
o push passage*01. a liberal Federal
iw fha t would ^permit All ^soldiers
;o vote in both primaries and elections,"
Fofmerlnstructor
Makes f-ood Record
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. William J. Gitliam. ..former Cor?.rdinutor
of Diversified Occupaions
at. iho Booker T. Washington
Hfifch School (Cokinlbm, S. C.,) recently
vbitoti In Columbia after
omnU'tin^ his boot.-training at* tlio_
J real?I?akes Nav^l Training BtaIon.
Because rif pte personality and
raining, Mr Gilliam was assigned
wived minimal it.< niHnn fl tun ltb>'
Commanding OftU'cr.
In addition to his dntiesjas Clerk
if his rnrnpnay he was selected as
md was chosen to ins ect daily the
Tien and barracks of his company.
Hie work was ??o outstanding 0&t
fie w?s given - s the rttt?r><? ot Ap"jrpnttee
First Cle* Petty Officer
nfld was selected for I ha Servlee-qehool
Balnbrloge,* Mao land to
be "trnlrted as a physical education
'ustniCtdf. He la graduate of both
Booker T. Washington and ft. C.
State nohot'e Orangeburg. itnd rltd
?radunte study at the University ofMichigan
before enlistln-^last fall
Petty officer -l-o Otll'am has
joined the Tanks of thousands of
other fln? yonne race men throughout
Routh Caroline and' th? nation
who are todnv serving their country
gallantly with the u ft. Nnvy.
Win nr vOHNBON
MACOrt oa.?jfcineral services for
Willie doluvoii^BM^yfr. ond Mrs
Wllhe \t'o'-e
ho?d .11
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l ydU FUher of Fort Riley'. Pimt
No. dauchtet of MrT'tod jpt
Hie hard FUher, Newnan, QMfh
was voted queen, of a apectal bond
rally ^parly which the WAC. held
iti thetr day room one evening ?"*Postpone
ReporthG
W ASHINGTON _ (AN
Inp cornmitte^will not matter
pjaint against the Fair Em
until after it haa' conducted t
alliiSBipiaifttfu those from pai
riers' agreement and from
eprding to Aaron Ford, counf
This Is the first time that it has
been revealed that -the railroads
who had been cited by FEPC as
violators of executive order 9346
had Brought their problem to the
^congressional probers. The sub'
stance of their complaint, Ford
.aid, to a charge. of lack of Jiris"
diction and lack o' authority to isrijp
^ s
The complaint of the PhUadel1
phla Rapid Transit Employes un
km was aired on Januwy H. Btor
to thaT'fTip ftmlth-eommitie<? had
anoobnced__xcgfiipt nf, a complaint
from th% botlenrrekers* urtttm on
the went coast, another cose growing
out of findings of PEPC. Ford
| said, however, that, this iatter.comrtalnt
would not be taken tip Until
after the convention of the boilernut
kers". which opened Monday in
The convention is expected to
discuss at length the situation that
has developed t>0th on the coast
nnd wrest lAiasl In ihf mariner itii
which the union's color bar <*ias
been apphed. in Portland, Oregon
, auxiliaries have been established
for Negro members, but these have
on BaefcVeto*-?I.
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Equal Pay Lawyers
i In Charleston
At torn?y?_ Herold R. fcoulware of
Columbia and Thurgood Marehnll
' "poctftl NAAOP counsel of N>w
York Cltv^ will arrive In Charleston
Sunday, Feb. ?, to make final
dispositions pr'or to arguing the
suit of Mia* Viola Louise Duvall
against tty* Charleston School
Board, scheduled to for hearing ht
the U S. jCH^rfct OotnUfceh, 16.
-hr mnktnr : ; the anhounoejc#^
James M. Hlnton, state NAACf1
president, said the lawyer* t'lukl
establish and maintain hc&4<
nuarter* In the district office of
the Pilgrim Insinranra - Company
. 45 canon St. .
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irwmdon In U?e purchaa*. if war
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P) ?7.' The Smith Investig&fc~
a report on its he?nn& of Com
ployment Practice committee
urther hearings itito addition,
rtics to the Southeastern C*r?^ :
the boiler makers' union, ac
lei to the house committee.
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Dr. Stuart To '---,
Floridai Ohiic?
: Dr j. a. Stuart. Eye, Ear. Tfote "
and Throat Specialist, will serve as
guest clinician et the Jrtxteenth anM'^II^1!
nlnii M nuis i 1 ^ JMff
.... Tne Clinic *f?h be held February
r ?-9 nd 10. with fatne4 *p*o4aJUf>;
over Uu- country ". jl 'SiNMBMbiir"
Dr. 8tuftr* will l?wvc Columbia Sunday
and will be out of the city tor a-a
a weete -? ,- '-' . r-r;J-?-y" > '.-' ';
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On i5.000Drtve ?
A special commune* oi sne >;
beauticians association mat at, th? nr
Ma >wng **xx*
*tate president, tottOdfambla M*?~'H ....
|day WaSp^sns to complete
<n?p*ntnr
pointed, far the murpasS
pletlng tbe raisinVof thjH
t ,Kn , Olhrtys
lie relation*. otiww In, M
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