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FIRST TV GRADUATES: Thetdu
first ten students of Midway Tele- th?
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cessfully. complete an intensive
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Virginia Negroes 5
Get State Park 15
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RICHMOND, VA.?Gov, Wm. T?
Tuck approved an appropriation ( ''
> of $65,000 for the development of
a state park for Negroes at Prince
Edward lake near Farmville, here
this week. The move is heralded co'
as an. attempt on the part of the P
^ . governor and state park officials
to equalise state park facilities.
?It followed a suit tiled recent- ^1
?ly by Mr- Conrad Martin of Danville
against state and park offi- SP'
Cials charging that Negroes were ?P
being discriminated against in 011
the matter of park facilities. Mar" wa
*r : Tin ^subsequently 'withdrew _ the
; suit after being satisfied that nc<
. ; , ; corrective measures would he
undertaken. vei
^ The current allotment is part
y of a development program now in ***
progress that will eventually cost ly
at lear.t. $105,000: The riioney :
comco , from the state's?general'^ .^a
supplementary capital outlay an- imJ
propriation of $1,800,00. eq,
William A. Wright,, director of
^the atate conservation department,
note_d_ in hip. reqqest Xor the allots -mcnt
tnat the $lt'5,00 park pro,
gram "is satisfactory to the U
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ing graduation exercises at
! Rose Bowl arena in ChicagoFebruary
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are, from left to right:
roy Cummings,- Leroy Brink,
Ulysses Butler, Paul Goffney,
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>UES WHITE
ST. LOUIS?Miss Majorie Tolir,
20-year-old student at Stowe,
achers college, testified before!
rcuit Judge Jatnes F. Nanglei
re .last wet^ in a suit to compel1
i board of education to admit [
r to the white Harris Teachers*' j
liege. that Stowe college lacked]
roper accreditation" and was de- j
icnt in books and equipment.
The suit yrnr In mi) III thrnin:h
tys. Sidney R. Redmond, Henry!
-Jlspy and ?Rol>ert L. Wither-j
son. after the plaintiff had made,
plication last August for ati-!
Ssion to the white school and
Upon testifying that she plan-,
i to obtain a degree of doctbrl
philosophy from .Columbia uni- *
rsity's teachers college in- New i
rk, she was asked by Enunett
* Z. : ? jCarter,
attorney for the school,
ard. if she kne\y that I'll I "'I ~
.mjel for Negro citizens wh
ve1 launched a move in federal;
art* ti?>wmptl tin1 vmuU' I.):
ualize Virginia's park facili-;
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William Waters, Ennis Johnson
Pierce Harris, James Bryant am
Kufus Hawkins. Not shown is Bej
Bouie. Some 252 other student:
also received certificates from th<
school. Nearly all started out it
training as early as 1946.
rOMAN
COLLEGE
accreditetl by Columbia. She said
-he did not.
Called as a witness . for Miss
ToliVer was Charles I?. Nay lor, Jr.,
principal at Harris who described
facilities and nature courses offered
at the white school. He said
lit or 'JO of the. 6'1 teachers had
degrees of doctor of philosophy.
The Twriril i>l' I'lllll'Hf ion i'.inl..inl"
ed that facilities at Stowe arc hot
inferior to thyse of Harris.
Woman Slapped
Ready With Suit
A housewife who was slapped
down on her porch by a white insurance
collector for a company
with ap out of st.alf liiiini' office
plans a cjvil vnit f m ilnmitfL" il
was learned Monday.
The woman, Mrs,. I,'ula Thopiai
of ?tlie 180U'block of Laurel Street
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she had replied, in kind, to his
having called her a blankety blank
"black liar,'' in a dispute over thf
amount of premium.
- Her counsel, attorney Harold R
Boulware, said the action may ex
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Count Colie
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NP)?The church pianist fainted,!
her husband resigned from the
= amd-j>astpr forgot to1
count the - collection when j
masked find robed klansmen
marched into the Philadelphia
Baptist church here last week
to leave a. letter of-approval and
?some culleoiibrT Some
hooded men*marched ini
I to the church and handed the
j i letter on klan stationary prais-'
:x Rev. Clarence Starling, pastor, a
sjing him and the church Tor comj-|
munlty* woa k, and the pastor's
i1 commendation of" the klan for
; ''not hating any race, creed or'
j color.** TVui mmister* said later
MRS. CLARK.. .QUITS
I URBAN* LEAGUE POST
j .\iLmuii, Lir\.?Airs. I^obel
' ('hlshrilrn Clnrlf Hirurlnr ..f
V.VI,Vi K/X. 1 HJ|
nwti'Mi and; Publicity, National
1 j Urban League, Southern Field
' D.vision, resigned her position
j with the staff on January 5, ef";
feetive February 5, 1941).
J : Elected one of eight?i-n "Who's
| Who Among Outstanding Hoj
ward?Un'i vui'Sily Women Gradu- '
! ales" In nrrr and a member of
''the American Association of
j Social- - Workers- - and -the-?Delta-:
Sigma Theta sorority. Her re-1
fsignation followed her Christmas ,
Day marriage to Dr. William F...
, Clark?of?-Raloudv North Cn-p
Una. where she will make her
1 'home,
feed $2.r),000. "Unless in checking
: aimiunt in error," lie said, "thatt
' will 1)0 what we will ask for,' and t
?.. lie.jre ton it" Uic law pVoeulo^ fnr:
,,it."
Ml V TlHUHHk MUU doable lo at- ;
iptendju court hearing on the case
: j last Tuesday, suffering from the'
ij blow. -The ny"n*-- -menaced b\'
neighbors, hastily railed the p?>-:
. 1-1 ice and admitted striking, the wo-'
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that he forgot to count the contribution
which accompanied the
ieuer before putting it into the
collection box.
Arch Gay, musicalr director
and trustee, whose wiie?thie
pianist?fainted during the klan
visit, tendered, his resignation
and said fiftoen other members
w " " 1 d?withdraw from?the
church. He noted that the klan's
grand dragon recently asserted
the order enters a church "only
uporr^invitation from the pastor
or governing board." However,
Rev. Starling denied he had invited'the
group, but noted that
its members were "orderly."
"The church Is open to any^one."
Rev. Starling-said.??-?"
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Fleece Woman
Of $500
City police were hunting for a
six foot m?Tn7"~ab?>ut years old.
and his stout female companion, described
as beinp: aln>ut 35 with, a
, lontf ? iii' on one side of her tace.
'whoallegedly "gypped' an aged woman
of $500 here Thursday. t
The culprits pulled the old '-'pocket-book"
gag on the victim, who
aftei seeing the two "find" a pocket
book "full of money," rushed down
and fT aw out $500" of her "savings
an?! ]> it this up as "good faith"
lnt.oey for her share ?f the supposed
t? jo i.
Alt- r waiting until Saturday for
the e tuple to return with her
cioiis and went to the police.
l'o"!.:t'e describe the "poefcetbook
tvii i ?a*?ma,- t>f?t-he?oldest?and
woTi'it'f why people stiil fall for
itr Levy, ^ay die tlutur to do is,
if at i'osted by one of its operators,
pretend to go for your money but
get 'he police department right
quick and they can Tat eh'""The"
thi- -es whjo- have beer, operating
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IN BOSTON DEBUT: Boston-born
Muriel Rahn
j (above), celebrated star of
; ''Carmen Jpnes", breaks a
35 year color bar on Feb. 6
when 'she appears on tbo
?sttrsm?of xhe Boston Opera
House, to sing the title role
of 'iAida" with the San Cari'
lo Opera Company.
L ""."Hie' San Carlo - Opera Co.,
described as an American
Institution", has never in its
35 years, appeared with a
Negro artisT. though it has
Billie Holiday
Fans Lose Faith
?By Harry Levette
T.O?; AMfiV.T.F?l Tnfjct ?ro11
withers who supported Billif
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cities of the United
States, Central America,
J Canada and Mexico, being
perhaps the only organization
of it? kind in the world "" [
Asked wh#t led him to
open- the San Carlo roster
to a Negro artist, Fortune
Gallo, the ; opera, company's
"1 managing'' director, said in
{ broken English with an
Italian accent: "I hear her
_ sing,. I- like her voice. Be
-^-sidesr t~follo\fr Truman."
J Holiday in ner comeback trial
seemed ready to "wash their
hands" of the singing stair after
the report of h *r arrrfrf *n g"*~
r rancisco with her managerHusband,
John Levy, on narcotic
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] . Two movie studios revealed
that they, had dtupped plans to
feature hpr iru planned movies.
, cnner celebrities here came up
with such remarks as "this is
[the limit" after hearing of her
5. arrest.
Billie plfayed to full houses
nightly at Billy Berg's cafe in
Hollywood before going to?SaiL
Francisco.
WASHINGTON ? The Howard
university libimy's observance""of
- Negro History Week win feature
an "Evening With the Poets"
l>rogram. Such outstanding poets
isft Langston Hughes^ Arna Bontemps,
Sterling'Brown and Owen
I Dodson will be presented in Andrew
Rankin . Memorial chapel at
; the university on Friday, February
11, in a reading and explanation:
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scheduled as the guest speaker I
at the 32nd annual meeting of 1
the Chicago .Urban league at the
Hotel Sherman, February 17, it 1
was 1 announced this week*
Veeck's topic will be in line
with the theme ' of the . meet,
"American Teamwnrir Wnrks" i
Among othfrr AaJy.
present are: GoV. Adlai Stevenson,
Mayor Martin H. Kenelly
and Secretary of State, Edward REYNOLDS
DECLARES
SAVANNAH, OA. "The luge "3
to do things is very important,"
Grant Reynolds, commissioner of
corrections, State of New York,
told Georgia State C Q 1 If f ' ?
students during - assembly. Wednesday.
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Introduced by President X_j?ZL
Colston, Commissioner Reynolds
said "if the basic foundation for
thinking JJs good, . there is no ? ?
need to fear undesirable end results.
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Sun. and Mem. - Feb. 6-7
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1 . Color Cartoon
Universal' News .
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Wed. and Thurs. Feb. S-It
: Peter Lawfnrt _?
Esther Williams 7
"On An Island. !
With You"
Science Reel ? World News
iChap. 4 "Lightning Warrior",
Fri. and Sat. Feb. U4t
- Tops-in?Double Features!?
"Wild" Bill Elliot ' ' ' : :
| "The Fabulous
j Texan"
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Bela^Lugosi
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Double Feature
-j John Wayne
"The Spoilers"
"T Also? .. !.l./y
All Star Cast
~ "The Bride"Man""
' Chap. 14 "Brick Bradford"
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"King Of Wild | j
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