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. 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,
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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.
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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
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FORMER, COLUMBIA, Jsi'C.
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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)
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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.
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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 - - $175 1
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havp . bought a t^aautiful aubur
f"1"' -hnlMi>rfr H*Brrnw .Road. M.W
plan to mow into it within, tlv
jyeek. _ ..
Eb- WONDER why Brother Willi
*L. Bates of the Midway Billian
PJarloi" was .sporting a smuggisl
pn the other afternoon afte
pasting four straights unde
shirt-tall of "a certain newspape
guy? Was It because he finall
strutted his stuff?
SAMJ&ILSON, kingpin of th
several enterprises in lowe
l^aurel -street, has been nplorfii
to. take it easy for a while b;
young businessman has beei
woking too hard. "
I. pr '(ip) Stanback was al
worried on the week-end. He ha<
read in The Lighthouse last wee]
of the danger Columbians facet
in a possible lose of the Broa<
River Golf 'and Country Club. H
stressed the need for the facilit'
and, like several others who reat
tlie story, volunteered to^rall 01
friends?and get?enough .-mem
berships to keep ingoing.
Senator Humphrey
Questions Racism
Inside U. S. Army
WASHINGTON ?(ANS>? Set
ator Hubert H. Humphrey (D
Minn.), released Monday the tex
of a letter to Secretary of th
Army Frahk Paop, .Tr ,?p?imn
~the problem of discriminatiOnv_a
-gainst Negroes in the Arnie
FoFcees. i
The former mayor of Mirlnc
?who?mtrodtrccd anrT ~gr
enacted an FEPC bill during hi
term of office, urged the Secr<
tary of the Armv to adopt a larg
er program for eliminating sen
regation in the Armed Force
with emphasis upon the trainin
period of recruits.
Basis for the letter was a corr
plaint on which he and his corr
partian senator from Min'nesoti
Senator Thye, were workin)
They are inve$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
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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
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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
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a gro manpower at the. Savannah
^ River Frojei t frr Aiken and
Barnwell counties.
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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."_
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^ Memorial Rites
Held For Late ?
i? W.H.Simmons7
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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
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5895.00
Fin, radio and
oor, hydramatic, H
$895.00
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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
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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{
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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
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Sunday thru Wednesday ff jjj
"AT WAR WITH THE ARMY "I ti
?with? B jj '
Dean Martin, Polly Bergen B If3
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