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V ' ' V. (ffi'.-V-'v *- * it' J , " : * v'v ?. *-* LIGHTHOUSE and IN . White Asks End To Military JC N$W YORK - Heads of tl nation's defense _ service^ ha> / '^een Urged by Walter White, I AACP?executive?secretary, 1 Hake immediate steps to elimh . *te segregation and cliscrimini ~~~ Hon~ from all phases of niilitai ife and thereby makie certai r.hat, - all personnel under ^yoi control' will be accorded the saif treatment without regard to rac x>Ior or creed." ? Citing complaints of disci hull ition received from servicemei \lr. White, in identical telegran to Secretary of Defense ' Georf ?- Marshall, Secretary of the Arm Frank Pace, Secretary-of the A Force Thomas Finletter "and Se< retary of the Navy Francis J ~ Mhhl\cws7 warned that "sue treatment by military personn :an only succeed in adversely a footing the morale of . Negi troops and hamper efforts 1 secure full-hearted sunnnrt of tV \meriean Negro for the Goveri cent's military, and foreign p< icy program." ?? in his telegrams, dated Jai aary 9, Mr. White menttom particularly conditions at Can ctucker, Alabama, where it charged, -Negro inductees ai segregated in. inferior and poor! equipped areas and humiliate . oy military police whenever the venture into the surroundir community, j> ' . " I - * ' Drama to Be Given At Allen -Friday Night Friday evening, January 19. j 8:15, in ih**?A 1km?Uhiversil auditorium, the Humanities D -vision will present Henrik Ibsen ? 1 famous drama, KEDDA GAJ LER. Hedda Gabler, glamorous dai ghter of the late General Gal - ler, has finally married the lea nf her suitors,?ftudioi George Tesman. After an e: tensive wedding tour they sett down. Dr. Tesman to work in h chosen profession. tilt of boredom; To furnish herself with ente - tainment she proceeds to pu the strings which manipulate th lives of those about her, By h< neurotic mnehinstini hi nh? .r. tiri oyer tha Kriwfc- hitt^innf m is I ear! Ejlert Lovborg, her erstwhi Ipwr ?ftirthaf?? ' ?? -? <- atiiuseg nei L*el? by her devious probing ini the affair, between Lovborg an timied, strait-laced little" Mr Eivsted, whose greatest aim i life is to help Ejlert regain h ^- 4- place asr a sober member of s< ciety. _ Finally Judge Brack, a forme suitor who is too elusive to fa captive to the wiles of the lovel _ Hedda, gains power over her an brings the action to the startlin tflmax. . A selected group of facult member? of Allen University an three local public school instruc (ors make up the cast. Motor '-'B- "ATS" '* ? ** iy*y c-nrysier Saratoga 4 door sedan, low mil> : - $1695 __15^8 Chrysler Windsor 4 door sedan, heater low mileage $1495 1946 Chrysler Windsor 4 door sedan, radio and heater $1095 - 1S50, Dodge 2 door $T7QK~ *-" 1949 Lincoln Cosmopolitan 4 door sedan, radio and heater $1995 1949 Ford Custom ' club, coupe, radio and heater, over-driv$ T~ $1395 1949 Mercury 4 door se dan;? radio and heater, over-drive L?$1555" 1948 Kaiser 4 door sedan , $695 1948 Ford Super Deluxe, , i 4 door sedan, radio and heater 51095 OLIVER m COR. MAIN A ELMWOO i . ? :V, ' \ ' . . - ? ' * , ^ %* l 41 1 ' J ? *--. 1 1 . ^ 1 ' FORMER, COLUMBIA, Jsi'C. ?? ,? ? .?t? * ? ' _ aj ing maj^hy' .was ~ bFotfteFXIzie Jackson^^^l^prtrt; ^ City Sandwich Shop. The milsir sus was just about getting into le N?w York City on a brief vaca-^ tion and brother Jackson was e' counting the minutes- before he'd be able to cheek off and rush t- home for some sleep. "If she can n. go away and rest,"^ he. said, "1 \s can get plenty resFfight here." re By the way, he wishes, he COUld. iy get off a couple of days. He jr dose n't have 500 miles on his c-_ new OldsmobiTis*. yet and thinks p .it'll take almost a year at Jthe^ ^ ^H^enFrate to do7 so. ' el WONDER what all the gabbing f. was about the other morning by i"0 brother . T. J. Sullivanls florist to shop? Lawyer "Blue" Kennedy, ie Arthur "Gray Court" Jones and ^7"the were?all" goggle-eyed over something. , i SPIED chatting in Main stree ^ Friday afternoon were Willie ?d Bcthea and' Ralph Burton's little .... brother. It anoeared to be verv jg interesting and T>rivate?at least re to them. [y REV. EMANUEL. M. Kftitt ?d who retires from the post office )y next week, savs his latest book ig of poems and welcoming ad; dresses is due off the press with_ in thirty dnyi ft?is b<Mr\g published by The Lighthouse and Informer and is due off the presses the first of February. DID YOU happen to see Ralph and?the?wry attractive Mrs.. Burton dropping in on the Elks - Rest last Sunday evening? RUMORS hav<^ it that the At,, at kinson ^Smiths (Marion?street) fy . 3 j! Are You Affected Under New Social rt Security Laws? ** DO you have a' paid household employee who will work on at least 24 days and earn no less ,s than $50 in ^?gh i,rnfT"n * endar^ quarter beginnings ^amrarjr 1, 1951? r- If-yoir do, according to W. H. Nixon, manager of the Cnlnm/hla re Social Security office, you will be -r required to report?tha?wages ?s each such worker earns, to the IF Government for Social Security purposes. ? J"" "So that you may be properly 9 infApmp^ 00 /? Ko ?? , mo vw illC VA.XUU1 C I ~-to follow in reporting wages ofj * your household employees," Mr. n Nixon says, "ask for Booklet No. ls- 2h aDor You Have' a MaidV You >_ may obtain a copy at our office at11215 Laurel St., Columbia, S. C., at your local post office, or 11 from the Collector of Internal y Revenue." d Mr. Nixon suggests, if you 8 come under the new law as a household employer, and you y have not already done so, that d you notify the Collector of Internal Revenue at Columbia, S. C. ____________ JI QEER ^jjr 1947 PontiaC-4 door sedan, radio and heater " $1195 1946 Ponliac 4 door sedan $945 1940 Hudson 2 door sedan $175 1942 Chevrolet 2 door I ~ - se"on .$595-- ' j. 1941 DeSoto 4 door sedan 195 1941 Ford Super Deluxe 2 door sedan 5545 1939 PontiaC club coupe $395 1939 Studebaker 4 door sprlnn MJIlML 1939 Chevrolet 2 door > s?daa $395 ?H*99?Ford?roup>6, radio ' 1 and heater, extra cl9an $395 1937 Ford 2 dpor sedtn j 1938 Foiq 8 door Sedan 1 Vi - - $175 1 [OTOR CO. D PHONE 2-4309 ?? i ' i _ t , . Sgturjk, January^), 1951 ? ? -? ' ~i *W - > ^ '.' ' ' r>" havp . bought a t^aautiful aubur f"1"' -hnlMi>rfr H*Brrnw .Road. M.W plan to mow into it within, tlv jyeek. _ .. Eb- WONDER why Brother Willi *L. Bates of the Midway Billian PJarloi" was .sporting a smuggisl pn the other afternoon afte pasting four straights unde shirt-tall of "a certain newspape guy? Was It because he finall strutted his stuff? SAMJ&ILSON, kingpin of th several enterprises in lowe l^aurel -street, has been nplorfii to. take it easy for a while b; young businessman has beei woking too hard. " I. pr '(ip) Stanback was al worried on the week-end. He ha< read in The Lighthouse last wee] of the danger Columbians facet in a possible lose of the Broa< River Golf 'and Country Club. H stressed the need for the facilit' and, like several others who reat tlie story, volunteered to^rall 01 friends?and get?enough .-mem berships to keep ingoing. Senator Humphrey Questions Racism Inside U. S. Army WASHINGTON ?(ANS>? Set ator Hubert H. Humphrey (D Minn.), released Monday the tex of a letter to Secretary of th Army Frahk Paop, .Tr ,?p?imn ~the problem of discriminatiOnv_a -gainst Negroes in the Arnie FoFcees. i The former mayor of Mirlnc ?who?mtrodtrccd anrT ~gr enacted an FEPC bill during hi term of office, urged the Secr< tary of the Armv to adopt a larg er program for eliminating sen regation in the Armed Force with emphasis upon the trainin period of recruits. Basis for the letter was a corr plaint on which he and his corr partian senator from Min'nesoti Senator Thye, were workin) They are inve$tiffPHr,B. "of a Minnesbtan, Stanley Ston< stationed at Camp Ruclce^-Ah : "Senator Humphrey 9etd th? Stone and ottyer Negroes 'w'h we^e bom and reared in ftorTHer areas, are totally nnj>reykrei for the TcTnd of life the souther slates Inflict Upon them. He ?airf that wViil*?iWx.?A ...? is supposed to have a policy c no segregation, in several in stances it hag HimpH Mpgr, Soldiers into an outfit and place* over them white officers of dif ..fering-- cultural and - sections backgrounds,- which create j hardship. ?:1 " ~ As an aid to?speeding tho c limination of segregation, th' senator suggested that the arm: bring in competent scientist (psychologists) who are special ists in the area of -human rela tions, who might forrmilate cri teria to smooth out the wrinkles 4-H Clubbers To Be Given Awards WASHINGTON?'Tw0 scholar ship awards of 5jr>0 each will h* nrnenntorl ^- 11 * - ? ' uvincu ctimufiny 10 ine mos1 outs landing c-trlrrrrri 4-IT cTuh bdV and girl in Virginia, reportRoss W. Newsome, State agent of Extension Service. The scholarships are be nit sponsored by the Staie^ Agrietrk tural Advisory Board, headed b> J. H. Mont, who points out thai candidates must have cornpletcc three years of club work to b< eligible for the awards. Local farm and (homo - demonstration agents will recommend hkel.v candidates to the Board. -S-PEOf*A,M?1937~Chevrolet $195.00 ADAMS USED CARS PHONE 4 .1941 p?2011 MAIN STREET p 1948. Oldsmobile hydra heater 194ft Oliuv i ulf.t 4 "door ^ heater 194f? Nash 4 door ser, -theater I94fi Oldsmobile 4 d radio and heater I?KING P I W 1925 MAW ??? rrr r?Vf'r- rr? v ' t > i y..s? ,>.g\ . pN ATOMIC PROJE( Mitchell To Mee =^CHrTI-Bomb Froje . Clarence M/itchell, Director, ? -W-ashingtori Bureau. NAACP, wijl come, to Augusta January 28 ?mooting'* with nflfimnlr " of the Atomic Energy Commission and the duFont Company L> concerning fuli utilizatiori of Ne8 I tl I r I r I e I r I i- H i. ' y | H x' K a gro manpower at the. Savannah ^ River Frojei t frr Aiken and Barnwell counties. ' * at., ATiti.i.nii ,, t to Arthur L. Taekman, personnel ' director of A EC for the Savannah River Project that "NAAQP keeping with the requirements of Executive Order 9980 and the ilTHK mured p'lirir f 111" A " 'flli" i- Energy Commission there would ... be no discrimination in the emt ploy merit of qualified colored e Construction wotkers."_ f? T ^ Memorial Rites Held For Late ? i? W.H.Simmons7 i. J- -CHARLESTON - Special me. ' morial services for the late W s' H. Simmons, late of .318 Ashley ? Avenue, were held January 1 as part of the annual Emancipation l- Day program. Mr. Simmons, an i- old liver here and who was presJ7 ident ot me Emancipation ' A?. I- scicxation for the past 21 ypai-v, hacL passed "late in December, b'uiierai services werg-held-De* cember 31 from Morris Brown rt AME Church, where he had been 0 a faithful member for decades. nHF worked with the North Caro. & lina Mutual Life Insurance Com: n pany and possessed a wealth of information on the history and ,f it* citizens. - v Albert W. Hunt, master of ex ceremony - for the Emancipa4mn 1 Day program, said he he had - known the deceased for:_L?. yeans il "aricT-landed his work. He said a that though bed-ridden, -the late president had told him he want ed the 88th observance carried e out "though I may not be able y to be with you."" s Rev. J. C. Dunbar, pastor of Morris Street Bapitist Church, - delivered a prayer in eulogy to - the fallen leader. The audience sang "Children of the Heavenlv King." Wilkins Warns: Jim Crow Major > Threat To USA ? DENVER?-?L Ameiw'a cannot ' win a world struggle?military o > t;.?? 111111K i\ ui w till *i v 1111 uu" mocraey or.Jim Crow armed forces." Roy Wilkins. administrator I of the NAACP tntd n r cfVOe Here this week, at the jrM ' ond of fi.ve major speaking ent gagements of hi^ current tour ' through the We<t and Midwest Speaking at an Emancipation I Day celebration at the New Hope i Baptist Church, Mt. Wilkins re. ' counted the great strides the NAACP ha^ made in its forty-two years of fighting for first class citirenehip fnr A nn?i iiTTn?r~of p\r ery race. "The idea of increased - opportunity ?Negroe^ Hr spreading," lie declared, "hut the --foo-* of eiVR-rights in this coun_ try are doipg vgraVe damage to the cause of democracy in the present emergency," M.r. Wilkins a-sailed the Di^iecrats and other opponents of civil rights ;?s the greatest threat America in the world-wide con " flict agaTnst TViTmrnintsm.' ~ He -"wrtrrrrifT "that thr 5>buThhrn bloc in Congress. by blocking such - loqir.lulion?ft-?*t*iib'booH?ftrr?1 In waii and Alaska "on grounds of racial prejudice," is turning a\VU.V DOtcntinl fillip ir> Ai-ia. i? imatic, radio unci $1 aedan, radio and 5895.00 Fin, radio and oor, hydramatic, H $895.00 ONTIAC?. I I STREET W I ' ' ' / / . I / J . * ?. m, , jT \m r^'ith^ Officials jW tra|ake- Address | j" Mr^^Wftchell and representing jj South Carolina Conference NA- 3 ACP and the Augusta bram-h: gr will jnclude James M. Hinton, H State NAACP president, Dr. C. Ol C. Johnsorr~aTYd JT. J Hardy of 3T Aihcn, Willie Wilburti of Augus- Sr ta. J. C. Artemus of Columbia SI and- Eugene A. R. Montgomery, HI Slate NAACP executive secre- H taTy. . g ' Mr, Mitchell Joined the NAA- SI CP staff as Labor Secretary in. ?j| iy4d. He was promoted to Di- SI rector of the Washington Bureau HI in 1950. Before Vcoming to NA- Ml ,ACP he held -ntpc-F position?az_ g Director of ^'fld Operation. SI President's Committee on Eak jj|{ = Biiipliiy?fVrit Practice; 'Assistant ST Director of Negro ^ Manpower HI Service.?Wap?"Manpower Corn- - m|mission; Assistant Director of the SI - Negro EinploN^ment and Training SI Branch, War Production Board; Si Regional Representative of the HI Labor Division, Office of Prod- M vania, Delaware, and New Jor- S [soy: Kxoeutive .fieri-i'tajy. ?f. iho-3 St. Paul. Minnesota Urban l^ea- jg I nuc;?ftrrrt?fnrmvT newspaper re- g I porter for the- Rnltimnrn Afrn ?3 ! America 1 g On Friday. January 26 Mr rj Mitchell will address a -Mass 3 MJeeting of all members-of the m nine NAACP branches in the g -"II Rr>ml)u -area at--Friendship 5Bapti-t Church.. Aiken at 8 P.M. C{ JNTERRACIAL f Continued From Page 1 g rpnrtment. "and Very' Rev. Clar- 2 ence Howard of Bay St.. Louis, jjj Miss., his vice chirman " S Its theme will be "Catholic 3 Unity." A color film. "Picture gl in Your Mind," will be shown as E* part of the workshop session. Ej Rev. Louis J. Twomey, head of rj New Orlean's Institute of Indus- g. . trial Relations; Mrs. Stephen P, q] Ryan of New Orleans, secretary g of the' Commission on Human Gj Rights, and Father Howard will Gj lea^ the discussion. Other par- S ' tieipants in die session will in- fa elude Paul William- .of Rich- 5 - ir?>nd,?V*-?co founder of .CCS - 5 . u president?of?the?Southerly fi" Regional Council; Rev. Amos F,|fi -Gaudette; Jv J., of Natchez, g Miss , and NdthaniaT-" Pitts oT'g' Shaw University. Ml -- The mid-century award of CCS nJ " will gc to Rev. Thomas F. Price, g --known as,the Tar Heel ApostleT C co-founder of the* Maryknoll mis- _ GJ " swnai'Khf. 1 he posthumous aT 5 ward .will be accepted by a-fory 33" mcr co-worker of Father Price, m The "Tar I-feel ApoHtle" was- born g in WUqpngtorV'N.-CL.- and did : fi: niuch apostolic work there be- 6 fore going to Asiatic, missions, rj He digd"'n Hong Kong in 1919. S !*? W.a <?!, II l Certain -uburban preacher 5 , had his house jumping the other Cj night. All of a sudden wife, s ( daughter and everybody else lit h] 1 out. Reb.. lay dat pistol down, ft 1 suh. Lay it down. Put it down ft and oltvas' keep if down. _ J2_ [ Woll M rs TniP-Tr,,o a ic g_ ! just back from New York, and b] as some of the folk?cs say. she ft ain't "un-thawed" yet But, chile. ft when rshc <lo get "unthawed." Cj Somebody called Hna to find g out_.wbat bnH hcriimr of", the fi_ fine watch the slick-hatred i'hick ft gave the heavy hitting" taxi-driv- ft .ing papa for Chri-tmas. Where fi is ' it. boy? You ought not get g rid of your Santa Claus so quick. K Is the pawnshop man or one of ft your other Caledonia's got it? ft Seems like a certain head j= school teacher in"this town think* S .idie?ho*?a job?hrk-r?EisenhoWer- S ~ Is she trying to make a univer- ft <bty out of that little old school. ? No wonder she ;s getting So jim- ft night -trying ro?plan' something fi_ for teachers "trr do aJ> if they do tj not have enough to do already. g Maybe she will bo a college pros- S idont one day. If so. lnwdv help C the rnlloge and the students. Gj They would be better off irr Ko- ? ( rca. Sho ought to be there now. ?] ' Old" ItaiL was rait early Wed- ' S" nesday and almo>t wrecked her 3 car on Gadsden street hill try- @ iTTg trs see what wns happening G? at the hash-slinger's house. Hag S said he must have tm.-k g-rhrre TTi iY?nve again.His mid- [3 die name must be move. He has B < moved no much, his furniture C must pack up itself. Gj 11 Sunday thru Wednesday ff jjj "AT WAR WITH THE ARMY "I ti ?with? B jj ' Dean Martin, Polly Bergen B If3 PALMETTO j> THEATRE 1 ^ if f ' A.' g^SEL'v-. trara/gfZfg/ErTfj/ ifJIf HIBMP EUrt .j?7 ? .. :__ *_ j ? . . - .r.. ' _ *TAnnouncing i .. OUR BfG? ' . '" ~7-~^". -, vi y . 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