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Aerofc* all-Negwf cud J*ew that
7 ?hgagfd In a 12-hour gun battle
with frag-auke TWt
^"4 ^ the Treaaury
department qnftoiuu&l thli' week,
t Thefmilht or 100,4 p* MM? *: o<
' Its oW ?v Uw uew wan Humified
to tnw Treasury Department thte
week ht Coast Ouard HeadqU**-*
Crewttrt bsotflptioni paattd l**per
jcent^ben an extt* caah purehaae
was made of fltabad* the
Tfi? flnHTW^?w?H nairt^AtriA r last
spring'iwhefc At rained and Tiiahh
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ttrimetically than ever In this future
if the Chicago publh: library
smploy? haV7 ..anythlnr fo" rdo
about it. A list of books, covering
all periods of Negro Ufa in the
Western hemisphere, has been oom^IllSrill
llimlimootMamee^ of
w pS^TboScs^tnSte^?iU"lii th^
f;3ddks about Marian Anderson
3^ off srsclil
to those whp are interested in
mtute While the story of -modem
life wlil be tolrf in such books . as
"in This Our Ltfe,^ hy HlenGiasgow,
and "Past Imperfect/' by
Ilka Chase, -Pioneers of Plenty."
by Christy Berth and a full length
biotraphy of George Washington
Qarvw by/Baekham Holt combines
efltaa - f
arBonds
few. ? Q&j&p. u
ttWhttsld, praised the. all-Negro
gun crew that scored several hits
oh the sub that was sunk and
lilaywt jtr ftiil>nrtBm.' pnrf. In t.he _
running battle. Members
of the gun crew included
Naymond L. Knott, Atlanta, On.;
Lertsr.K; Cirr, Chicago, 111.; Johnnie
It. ?Uiott, Monroe, La.; Afr ,
tbur *; aaUQwav, tfew York City;
Cleveland Powfeq, Ntfw Orleans, '
^oT^C^y1^. Allen! TUJunl /'T" 'pia*;
William P. ; Pltapatrtok, Detroit,
MMin and Bart W. Phillips, and <
WUtta J. Samuel, Miami, Fla. All
gwSnoT?,1~n'? ,he
Captain Rlrshfteld (than a com- I
mydMl th? only a martini BBSS
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plololy broken-down - (rack had
been uncrated < Photo by IT. S. -Ai"'
my Signal Corps.! r
ro Fight
th Books
TrueStory
Lccomplishments :
modern scientific theories with
fascinating biographical sketches.
WhLe. James Weldon Johnson^,;
"Along This Way" ahd _ .Arna .
Bon temps' "Golden Slippers'" will
Jnterost thoee who love poetry.
"Brothers Under- The Skin? =
Carey McWilliams and "New World
A-Ooonng," by. Roi Ottley, present
" dramatic picture of colored Amenf
frwCaitr alnnor a odoioBi- I '
L?1 perspaativwi HeyM Heidi"' hy-F
Arthur Kuhl, "Submarine Sollor" 1 (
by Qregor Poison and two books
on the life olHenrt Christophe.
"Black Majesty," by John- W.f
Vandercook and "Black: Flwr." toy ,
Oovdle Nfwcomb, will furnish?w i
historical background for Die read#
JKK?BF01l<?iai*
Other dhterestln* works * are
*AU ..American," by John 'Tunis; 1
"Great Tradition," -by Murjorle |
Alice and "Shuttered Windows," by
Florence Means. The latter two
should appeal to girls, while the
furraer,"AfI Americans" Bhquld be-^
of great Interest to boys. Books like J
"Journey Cake," by Isabel McMeeklns:
"Saophlra and the Slave
Girl," by Wllla' Cather and the ,~
"' Crusader In Crinoline," by Forrest
Wilson, give a picture of Civil ]
war days and the reconstruction
periods. BUt not without Henrtei- H
ta Buckmaster's "Let My People
Go" and HUdegarde Swift's ''Rail- -road
to Freedom." which is the 1
Negros own viewpoint oh the Civil ~
war and slavery In America.
TO CfiliBKATE lOOTH YEAR
WILBERFORCE ? (A N
Whan -v Wllberforceu n 1 ver si ty
launches its _ 1944 Founders day program
to celebrate its 100th t-nniversary,
the school can.boast an ^
enrollment of 196 men and f>4fr:
women, a "total of .741 academic L
students,, exclusive of 48 military
trainees In the A8TP,, for?-the-}preasnt
semester. The - enrollment
exceeds the average enrollment of
the peak years of 1989-1941 wnen
it ims only 738.
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CHOIR AND PULPIT GOWNS -. j
ill ark choir ?mnu taken from ItaotMl
maA?fdEhe??a>Mfc--*ai|ll> n?kin ma M j
ta mm* LladMr I Ml It. Wr?f ;i:t H*.. i
N*W York 1. N. Y. JtaWlrlKllTO '
lualM simii nqoMt.
nmSw
RIGHFWHEtf IT-HURTS V
And took mi mi Sil+vr i.int*0 ~
-it* ikome Clouds of Pain
Thp big idea fr flirt ydn Y>?nt *"? ief} J
better. When pain ?uu> your rain<P ~i
flxi You grt rrtf that mean* fUijger j
ance. 80 me aomrthing that gets u? thi '1
pain. C-M>j bringa you pain-relieving 1
kelp. Now you will feel as good at ,
othcri who enjoy its htlp, too. 60c, and j
$t. Caution: U*c only a? directed, l^lrtt .
bottle putchmt price refunded if you
are not aitlafled. Today, get C?aaat
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"NEW YORK WTY?-4
mado in war industry andvp1
ptaymeiit of Nggro workers
this week, for natibn-^Wg obi
ban League's Twelfth, Vocati
to l>e held fi'uin March lg i
dangers which will face Neg)
the coanir>L xe-adjusto.to pern
considered.
"egru youui ana aauns win be
rallied under the slogan. "THE
rrmmir is your&3>lan and ;
PREPARE!" The Campaign will,
be devoted to' consideration of vocational
problems such as Job
training and placement, membership
in trade unions, absenteeism
and efficiency on the Job. It will
also consider the problems of 'race
tendons and wav? of Improving
race relations throughout the
country. DRIVE
NATIONWIDE . ? ?
Forty-eight affiliated brancnesof
the National Urban Ijeague, and
Negro schools and colleges "and
other community groups and Institutions
will conduct activities during
the week. Special radio programs
on locaT stations and over""
coast-to-Coast networks have aI->
ready been arranged to reach the
general public.
- A^inouncement of the Campaign
Was made from the league's headquarters
at 1133 Broadway, New^
Secretary of_ the Bureau of Vocational
Ouldanoeu "The. Vocational
Opportunity Campaign this year 1?
Important," she said. Tor -eleven
years the National Urban League
has used its annual Vocational'OpUpon
young and adult Negro Amerians
the need for training In the*
These reasons are more Important
today than ever' before. The world
Is changlMfe before our very eyes
and people mu&t change with it In <
order to face tomoMow with-am^
degree of confidence?with any 1
certainty of a secure place a*
working, contributing citizens' a? society.
: :
" Negro workers and workers must 1
face the war and post-war Whrirf !,
with the knowledge - that, first,
there.- will always be apjaoe- In civilized
society forth* trait***
capable worker Secondly, that this place
will be enlarged or dimtshed
in direct proportion to the
cooperative effort and planning1
made by Negroes themselves?and ;
between Negroes and their - white
fellow-citizens. Third, the Influ- _
ence of -go v ei i m lent IrTTprovldir ? ,
emplfeyment and sorted secrulry "
will be increasingly important. <
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During those thrilling -bourn when
ydu are witty him, your hair must
look its loveliest. You can enchant "
him cwnplilcljr with suft
hair that lends magic to those intimate
moments. That's why glamourwise
women everywhere are counting
so much oh Pluko.
A MM BEAUTffKB W , I
Por more beautiful looking hair use
Pluko, a genuine Black and White J
creation. Fttf Pluku actually dues
beautify your hair as it helps you to '}
comb it out flatteringly smooth anC ?
soft. Hair cared for with Pluko Hair t.
*~v i i 1 '
pv*tAAAmi^i vwsivr vv/ ^
realty behaves beautlfbUy, and stays (
"let" longer. You'll find it ean be j
luch tun to "do" your hair in many j
heart-Winning wavs. while this fa*
rnoui dressing keeps it \yell -groomed, 1
ihining and smooth for many hours, t
== 1
Pluko has a fragrance men luve.
because the pdr(ume-Hke scent of tt 1
lingtts irresistibly about you aTT
through those precious night hour*.
And although Pluko brings Such
addedlustreto yourHhalr, although
It hai such exquisite qualities, Pluko
rosts very little to use. It is sold by
Jcaku ureiywliuc In neiieiuui ero?i
nomlcal .aires. In Amber, 25c, in c
White, 50c,. Try JWuko once, and" 1
you'll never be without it. Demand r
PiviifpnnfcsfviMift-^
rnrriii iwiwumviiiiii t
Li LI fffrf *
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9Lfwm
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3NS)? Retaining job gniui
tanning fo* the pont war om
Jtighftghtefi plans oompletei
lervance of the National Ur
ional Opportunity Campaigr
through 19. The lKnne?fi'<ml
po veterans and civilians as
cetlme economy will' also b<
1 of organise
nwtr lgterest BeBter at the poln
of the negro's jod application."
SHOULD BE CONCERNED
Continuing,^ Miss Tanneyhll
atatad, "It li up to each, indiyldua
to vitally concerned about hi
own place a* a eitiwm.-Our Cam
palgn slogan this' year?"THE P*U
TURK IS YOUR&?PLAN ANI
PREPARE t" therefore has broa
and deep nlgnlflca*nce. The questioi
kjm. luii ciiiHiuyiiioiifc vcrhus uie uii
employment o( millions is direct l;
tied up to the things we will con
sider during the Campaign, cucl
j|a..Joh.4.palnin(f and re-training
adjustment on the Job; member
ship in labor unions; and relation
ships with fellow white workers,
"We shall be concerned witl
four groups; the war, disabled; th<
men and woasn returning teaa-ag
dustry workers; and the youth Jus
coming of -age ft* A
minority group member.*? Megroe
must .he articulat
in plapnlng-tor. what we want li
the post-warj/orld.^nd what w
have a right to expect?complet
integration with other American
In our democracy. This means -b
us the opening of full opportunities
for vocational training and Jol
placement; the elimination of discriminatory
practices in Amsrlciu
catlonal opportunities; the flssur
nnce of full citizenship rights skk
cultural^unpniTfi f7U
of mdrirtinnn lipnh Ti<rts1 ThnhtlT
tf\ and tnerwnoval oObe sttgnu
of 'inferiority which -4uus-r bee;
pja^pou 1L, by u,e attitude, 01
the things we want?these era th<
things for which we must plan."
During the Campaign staff memhorn
,nf ?ha TTJkk^ ?
?? - '? iiBiuuimi vrunu ucb1
gun will travel to rnytal trmlrrr
eureas-thnragnwrihe country anc
confer with ariiiraHnnfcl?afathorl
ties, civic. and governmental leadera,
labor union officials, and repre<
sentatives of management.
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States' Rights v
THE SOUND . LA MB AST! NIC
President Roosevelt gave thi
states' rights boys last week lr
condemning the wishy-waihy soldier-vote
bill being pushed by th<
poll-taxers, was long overdue. States*
rights is a phony Issue
MACK AY the days when
America was thirteen Individualistic
colonies tied to the British
:rown. f ; - *
?Ttr has about as much plaoe ot
ihe modern scene a<? hiffh.t/m hnt.
;cfa ghow. Rustle? or hprsgiaas
itreet cars. It is a fake, a red
lerrlnK drawn across the national
i orison by those whose real par*
rase is protection, not of the, gov'relKniy
of the states but of theli
>wn selfish Interests and special
wrivileges. STATUS
NOT THREATENED
The men Who raise this bogus
saue know folly well that no one
hreatens state government. Nc
o deny to any Of Ihd Rates those
hlnga that are guaranteed them
mder the Constitution.
- -The real rub oomoe when
Utile men who have seised
much power In the individual
statee exercise thai power In
denying ctUsen* of the trtrtted
States rights guaranteed them
under the Constitution.
When the tM??i
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tepa In to safeguard those of its
ittvens Whose righto hntr
loUted, the bogus yelp of states'
ights is invariably raised by the
wy man who with bland impunijjE^JiAd^
been frsmfrtlnf^ihi dust
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; Rac# Exploded,
r Leaders Assert ~T
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[i NEW YORK -AlV
, appeal to Americana tojnsure freer
l torn "as Wt
American Ni^roes, our-fellow ettii
SSens7' was issued today by Or. "WHf
llam Allan Ncilson, chairman of a
newly organized ^Committee of
- 100"
*!Iba-myth-of l!ie m&4Ler~racev
I has suffered damage at Stalingrad,
- at El Almoin ?nH In Tunlso" H\t>
. Committee statement 'said. "But it
. remains inviolate among certain
circles in our own cotmtilr who
stand for the poll tax, 'lily, white*
Trotter . i
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s. Human Rights
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r than Mr, Roosevelt's to expose the
i states' rights issue as the fraud it
i really Is. The President proved
that it was no real issue in .the
j avidity with which the poll-taxers
made full use of. every one of
. the?many alphabetical
-1 elected Id defeat the depression.
When the federal governitw???t
under Che nw ~ smniA
New Deal was lavishly- spreading
around millions, of dollars
I to the Various state*, the silence
of the states' rights boys
| was deafening.
I -Not a DCCD could he heard fnem
.1 a single one of those who ate now
1 ?A?j,i^."--?iL u --B?aww
^Fmrm?r-^n prnirsTMijc, noccue
I so-called rights of the state as
t lthey so vocifierously argue, but
t the special privileges of the polltax
politicians in those states.
1 ISSUE FORGOTTEN ^ "
. Actually the very men who now
. loom so large on thnrKoHIOIl dur*{
ing the rtlgcnwuon of sok!Uer-vete
I legislation alt ardent 6ffft?piOB^nsr
[ states' rights a few year* ago
. were the busiest Of the- throng
. beating a Path to Washington.
pleading for federal appropriations
I and work projects for their im~
poverlslied and mis-represented
. constituents.
was completely forgotten la v_;
the rush back in those days.
- II U M ?SH of-a tasi aaaa so
_1 Int Obiw H wst j*?y . . - ?i
b " ' .
i " But Il ls a convenient and useful
tool f^^tl^ fa^q-mtodad^:L&selves
to great power by ruthlessly
disregarding the right# of cer
HUB kPaUPe tit i&fflvMMte In that*
respective state communities.
They will not surrender It withtmi
nffnrtlvr ^'frjpSllrlnF the thing!
they are determined sheU noi
come to past, states' rights has
served its masters well in defeating
on every occasion federal sntllyneiuim
- lsgismnm. uf woimi
overtime to block fcde? removal
nf thC odious system H taxes
i in seven Southern sts^Ht dug
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Such ideas c?i triumph irnd lose
w^ite
form a powerftT^tUwariL^ggalxaft
ttfla tham*
77 We cannot bring freedom a*-*:;
ylftjLtQ_ikioi)lep thrmmhGUt the
world wlthoot having igiirgl It, as
a right, to l&OOO.OOO 3%preriean Ue?
grofit, our fellow chiton*; ftawlum '
hftt AM a HVtiff K x? ?.?!.. ' ,
?? M VIMWI V4 vuijr wwmw
tion, but as a concrete realization
ot the things Which make the free
man?equal opportunity for job*
By Cliff Mackay
the chasm Into which the. federal
aohoel-ald mil wasr thrown. It,.
stands sentry now to prevent the
pattage ar> hnniwrt
bill.
FIELD IS BROADEN*!)
Now we find that no longer ia
the battlecry ot states' fights restricted
to ahtangllm the afelhmor
the federal government in the legislative'
field. Its magic as a weapon
half Wen^ ron drhod to
areas where discrimination is *the
rule and segregation the practice. f
No lengw than last weak
you saw Sheriff H. H. .fi?ru.
. Mscretuy ?f the South OuoUm
Sheriff's Association, trying to
ita fine work of pr?ecuUny
officers, who (eel N they eon
,?y|^ t i >i~sb i u -* - i-i| i,, ?o
wtttt iraptrtifiy lotatij anrffani
the' JMll of Klgtthi when K
tn-ttofiMngr- ?|U> -Negro ?
clttaem.
Egsented waa the action of the ,
FBI in securing a~ com'ienoir. o!~t:
South Carolina sheriff toe lmrtal ly
beating a Negro prisoner,. a i
direct viotattah or feawsram: ^
liberties statute. A
FINE OPPOBTIWITT^I
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"The loderftl government is
about to take all of our states*
rights from us," bemoaned brother
.lessen, saving by implication thaL
states' riRhts to him meant ' the :
fAWfW'
^greafalMd Ro^veitg^ottack on ..
ucnuut \ne rewnoiumee, wno nave
polished up this moldy device- as
a tfeapbri to blocS promts*. The *
crisis over snldief-VOTe legislation J
is s fine opportunity to smash not \
only the mtfwjl* antsiiu' ijJJMk'*
ttorwry Republicans end poll-tax [
democrats. bttt to bunrtofoter the _
phortf, despicable and fraudulent
Issue of states' rights. Until this Is
done/ there appears to beJT Ms
nqpg that tw tiuiwu ilia i?n W '
SytaJ iSrt <11t*,2)hle2d
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Na*S2SSt Officers' . Training
leas**** vt* o??rfra school of
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-sajriftg th*i he fc "proud to"
lOraha^ ^ Jedynjn the unitarmKot
1% !* to the service." . I
Capt&ln Jackson writes:
hkve heer.^obew^pg^thft varfc
in Atlanta and vicinity for th^jSrt
two years.
"Based on mv 1 experienced in S
the Navy. pretty w;eU all uSjei tli> _jl
KroTld, fp^ toe -past forty-six years.
T ?tfl ctAtA i *W '
i*ose (yywiucta^d activities h?4 \
muntty. /> .... ...
' His remarkable skill and ability
, minimum h MEW ?I
the of taste, and ?ctim - example
in genttemaifo-oonduet and - - $1
entertainers on platform and radio , :
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