Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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N if . I r ? *-' ' - - - --- - ? t ^Wictory BONDS * STAMPS VOL. xvni noTs^ ARMY OFFICIALS MEET 1? TO TAKE YOUNGER KEEP ESTABLISHEJ FOR CIVILIAN USE T-; 0 ?Chicago, Feb. 24?(ANP)?Immediate needs of the army medical corps call for the induction-through out the nation of not more than , 100 Negro doctors under 118 years of age, preferably-those who have not established themselves in praci ^JpTHis information, setting at rest widely circulated aliunnist?reports which have disturbed physicians, was revealed following conference ut Provident hospital Wednesday between officials of the army modV ieal cogps, the procurement ard assignment, .committee of selective " service and representatives of the ,7 National Medical- association, j >c?'Phosc attending the meeting were Col. (Jeorge" F. Hull, chief of personnel of the surgeon general's (ilfico; Comdr. Maxwell K. I.apham Executive director of procurement and assignment; Lt. Col. Campbell -? C. Johnson, executive assistant (lireetor of selective 'service; I)r. :? Pmri-Cornley. member of the natiotial medical advisoty^board. seleetive service; Dr. Joh'n \V. Lawlah, chairman of the sub-commit tee.- N egrn bealt h p meu re men t ami assignment; Dr. T. M Smith I resident of the National Medical ?; association, and?Dr. Clarence II. I'ay no, chairman of the NMA War Defense committee. The meeting was called at the instance of I.t. Col. Johnson. Dr. Clarence II. I'ayre, speaking I'or the committee following the j conference. ^iJ, "for the immeilintv needs of the ;irmy mediciTT" rcips. a number less than 100 will be inducted into the service from that yr<>up of physicians who are below '08 years of age. Most of * these have ii'st finished 0 year's residence in hte various hospitals throughout the country. It will bo :he intont of the procurement f and assignment committee fo avoid calling men of this age who have been in the practice of medicine 1 for some length of time, ahcT who * are vitally needed by the civilian r population. In other words, most of the group will be inducted from ' the younger physicians who havo_ established themselves in prac"The rank of the men inducted into the service will necessarily he that of first lieutenant. This will allow those junior officers already in the active service t<v bo promoted to a higher grade. The army already has sufficient applications to tilt the need for nffrrrs of higher \ grades. i . .:?. Locations of Selectee.-. Limited * "The committee recognized the i overwhelming- need?of the rural communities, where in some areas there are onlv 2 physicians to a population of 52000. Its policy will I)- to select men from the largnv ni'K in nt r>i-c ownecinllv fl'OlU rthc northern and northwestern areas where the civilian population hns a much hie her ration of mod- , ical men than the smaller towns f 8 and the rural population. The civilian population in the larger urban centers has a wealth of hospitals | and cliries to attend its needs. "After 1943. replacements in the medical corps of the army will he made from the graduating classes.J of medical schools. It is anticipated that only about 50 percent o' ' loss of the graduating classes will be needed annually to replace the medical men disabled in the ser- j vice of the government on its'far flun^ fronts. In this marner the j profession now aire;a dy es t a hi i s h - j ed will be left undisturbed to carry j out its work for civilian health projection. All Physicians Must Register ? "All physicians- of out^ group, nr.d of all other groups must reg- | ister with procurement and assign inent. There are GOf) members of our group who have not registered ^ Lthey must do so at once. They ^^Badvised to write to Dr. Clar^ffe H. Payne, chairman . of the I W#r Defense committee. National 1? Medical association, C East Garfield Boulevard, Chicago. "Men of our group in the future will bo inducted through the sub- j committee headed by Dr. John W. < lJiw'lah and their names will he | ? Jroccased through this committee | Tftid then forwarded to procure- | ment ard and assignment und selective service. Applications may be forwarded to Dr. Lawlah at Howard university, Washington. Iff \bolishment of Recruiting Teams "This will abolish the recruiting teams' in each state and city who in the past have selected and rec- I ottjttiended men for commissions ; in many cases these teams haven't i K had the knowledge of the needs | Negr?r ard-for that reason < B1-' i was thought by the officials of I K. like jwaiy medical corps, procurement nnd assignment and selective I Bi. Karvifce tbftt a more equitable ae^B * i ? ? a. 5* ? M ? T 3' tO TA J CHICAGO, AGREE T MEDICS FIRST AND 3 PRACTITIONERS j 1 icction could be achieved through ' n committeethat wim cot;nizanlT of the peculiar needs of our group ' "Throughout the United Statesl j there are only approximately I}.500 j Negro physicians to protect the I i welfare amF health of over 12,000.-T j of the .loyalty and devotion of the ] i professional men ol' our group, hut ' | if a large number of our physicians ; rrvcre to b,. inducted into f hn sor_ !" ' vice,-and particularly it' large num; hers were drawn from the southern I I states. where tlu re are communis |, I ties in which only ont. physician is | available to front 2.r>,000 to 40,000 < ( | Negroes, it would work a hardship j i >11 the people. "Recognition of the unceasing ,' efforts of the officers of the Nat-I, continuous efforts to bring about an eouitable solution of th<- tnr.h. 'Terns' ot our physicians, was made 1 at this meeting. The officers of the ] tt bring about a better understand i imr of our problems witli a two- j! pfold purpose; one of which was to | assist our government in seem ing j ' the best available talent among i j our group and the other was to \ ' disrupt as little as possible, by i1 ! .vhatever necessary inductions i 1 ; wore to lie made, the medical care j. | of the civilian population." ' 1 Ia Call From the S C !Conference of the j! | A. M. E. Church ; Another General Conference 'is j j i approaching ami all - interested ( (ministers arc bcginniiv to think : . | who will be the Conner' ion's Stan- ( i bard bearers for tho bishopric ins : the next General Conference. In thinkirg of this, as true cV.ur- i ' hmen, there ar<> several otifStanl- j inoualitios that?the candidate! 1 should possess. Wo should not al. j I personal friendship or l>e th? emii usary of anyone for peiso' al trains. ' t We shouhl remember that t " wel- 1 ' fare of the church local and jtcyn- , i oral, nresent and future is to be ' j considered and not so much out I own personal welfare. \\ e should also remember that ' elevating one to a higher position-:! j of honor and trust does not alwavs ' Send rarely it ever changes his 1 | character - generally It improves"!", on what he already i>: that is. ii ' [ lie is a good man the position.., l.LU&kAS. hint hetter, and if lie is not ' : tho promotion lias the opposite | effect. Knowing this, we should so work ' Wateh, and play thai oirhrmen who ; I'.ave so lived that their eharctcrs | have stood und ;ire stand iim- thy test bt. promoted. First they should he men who are morally clean. ' ! I Secondly they should be men of ' [extensive training and of but stand, ifg intellectual and executive ability. and thirdly, a true, christian. j Just here we are going to re >- I"' mend to all within the conferen.es j I of thc? state and the connections, I 4 I one whom we know passes there I qualifications for the- ^Bishopric, namely: tho Dr. R. K. Brogdon. A.; I M.; I).D, of the South Carolina Conference. He has been unani- j ' inously endorsed by tho South \ < Carolina Conference, the mother t \ of alL the con fere noes of tin* south. * t as her candidate for the Bishopric, j i j Ho is known from his college I j school days at Allen ITnivevoit*. It His father was an outstanding ; ' minister of the A. M. R. church j 1 durirg his life. Dr. Brogdon was <born in an A. M. R. Christian home I 1 and educated in an A. M. R: Chris- T* tian school and knows and loves t his church. He knows the church ard its needs through his home j training- school lininimr nniinni . ations and "general experience. After finishing dear old Allen] University his moral deportment i' and scholorships were such that] the trustees elected him one of the 1 professors of his Alma Mata. This ' position he held for many years. i c As a jpastor he hus served the i ' small missions, many of our larg- ? est churches, as presiding elder; J ; and now pastorm^ Lmanual Sta- | j tion, our oldest and most historic L church of the south ar.d is located *|j* in Charleston, S. C. T( Not once during his whole ca- , reer of church service have we ! < heard anything of him but a true I ,( christian of the highest type and 1 a brother that can be relied upon. | Wd trust that the delegate of , j this state and the Connection will ] , see as we do and elect Dr. R. R , Brocdon*nnr> r>C !??> u;?v.?? -r xi- ' ?" ? - wic uinno|i^ f>l inc : . A. Aft E. church during the next General Conference in May 1944. |! Your brother and co-worker I ' \ for Christ, - - O. C. Lisbon, chief Scc'y of the Soiitli ! Carolina Conference. __ I '9* Ir ~ COLUM i/OSj At 1U1 Skilled Negro Worn Employed In Washi For the first time?m-4?Mory. j Negro women are now being em- ! plowed in skilled jobs In The Washington Navy Yard. Within recent months more than 300 specially trained machine. workers and me- ? rtnmres helpers have been given gihs^tlujre-at- wages averaging ~ per week, and more are being em-, ployed'ai the rate of .'0 a month. ^ ^dc^ve 1-oj > * 11 eti reso Ued roni Administration and the Project i manager and staff of the NYA j War Production training School ut1327 S Street, N. W., Washington,P. ('. This school, now working on a 24-hour basis, offers free tra- | i ining in arc and gas welding, sheet ' t metal work, aircraft riveting-, H Jraftino*. l *? >?.i- ?...-i*? ^ raiiru run- i -ode receiving and sending, ami i uthcr jobs now in demand in the I front. ^ OM| | ill races between the ages of 1 "i and J.r>. but because of Selective 5t*r*4t-r rajuirenn'ms and~clch;amls J at the armed forces, most of its ! |iuj)ils are women. Tin- average en- ; rollment ranges from ftO(> to i ' and in addition to placing workers 1 regularly in the Washington Navy ' Vard, the center has placed its' ! graduates in war plants in such j iistani points as Miami, Ohio, j . Hartford, Conn., the Norfolk Navy j Vard. hi Virginia and the Philadel phia Na'.y Yard, ;.s well as m orb- . ' nance plants throughout the couni'\. I ?Y-ne -school -is- tinder 'TtTc It Tree- lion of J. P. bond, Jr., project mail- J agar, who was formerly in charge it the NY.\ program for Negroes J in North Curoli'iut. Mr. Bond is a, trained educator, having taught foi ! everal jears at A. atul T. College, J , Hre^nsboio, N. C., following Jiis \ j fluctuation from Howard Univcr-I, sity. He now has a stall' of sixty | , persons with Kdward H. Roclri* j fuez. as a personnel officer; Ru-I Jolph Jones, finance officer; and j ' Typical of the results achieved ' it the XYA War Rioduction Train ' ng School is the case of Miss .Jua- 1 lita K. tiiay, 20, of 22G 5<Jth St.. | V. K., ^Washington, who begun I i ier training1 in the machine shop j n April, 11)42. She completed her i .raining.in September of the same! ! rear and was placed in the Washington Navy Yard, where she is low earning $45 per. week. She is 1 t-gtauunle of the Dunbar High School and pv'"' to taking the .V- , ' YA training she worked in domes- ^ ic service. . \ Hundreds of Negro women are :aking advantage of technical train j i ng opportunities offered by the j National Youth Administration, j y S'cw emplo, ment opportunities are J . )|ieni:ig every day tor women in in- t lustry. Their skills and a chance i 1 0 work are helping to defeat th. . \xis.' I v Or. Gibhs Delivers 1 Annual Sermon During the recent session o 1 ! :he Bishops' tmd Connectional I Council which met in Nashville, ' renin, the Rev. Carey A. tlibhs i j if West Palm Her.ch, Florida and ' he only endorsed candidate in 1 he Kleveiith Fpiscopnl District ror episcopal honors in 11)44,.. ireached one of the most power- | ^ til end informing roauis evei I i istened to on an occasion of that 1 s cilid, After .hearing Dr. Gibbs , ^ very one went away feeling seemingly) that of those who ! s ire ta tip elevated to the bishop- ) . V ... l VIMVV , lurely be included. ended by leading ministers and j aynien from, all section* of the I 1 hurch. Many worthwhile g?s- J uves were made, which if car- j ied out will result into groat j * ;ood for the advancement o T-i? >ur Zion. Bishop Tookes and all Florda tve suipporting Dr. Gibbs. From j { :11 indications he is being strongy supported by other Bishops < Rl their Districts. It is gener- : tfly believed that the A. M. E. Church does not have a more wor- J hy and a better prepared man *, 'or the coveted office than this i J beloved son of Florida. For many j ,eurs Dr. Gibbs Wa? president of | c Edward Waters College located j n Jacksonville, Fla. He was also t ^ >nce its Treasurer and Business j Manager. In all these capacities ie gave good account of his stew- | irdship. Today he is giving to j ?ayn?>Cha|>el A. M. E. Church in j West Palm Beach, Fin. the most j successful administration in its I tiistory. [j i HI A, SOUTH CAROLINA. S en Workers Now ington Navy Yarc Seedling Distribution Delayed l uioinote. i re. re ims no.; ? A 40r>.(U)0 pi.ue i'<i:I_ tfs l'.'Ojv I'l 11. L. Tilirh,n;?:i State For^-l N .r sery has been postponed one veei because of cold we'drer. T'lif v.ere pint i>!' the one 11 I a half 1 ' .'.illion trees th:u were fnrnis*. oe ! vet1 nt c banjo bv the Southern !\ raft Division -of the I ii*t "rnntio: a) I'aper Company at C.eorue town Vhe socHing*-vmv schndt led to b< iclivered to 1 id farmers in ' rt'ieli!. ! .am aster. I'air! i llhhiimI, (Jri'ciiwooil, Ahbevi!lc. M Co: mick, IvliveI'ielii. ami Adnu: C?r.uv. Beca;sc of I're^coJd tempera! m e? uist few (lays, the ^iotinil intvhieb '.lie tires W r~Tiei^eii-in Ml uu pa- ' ration for shipment was frozen, itutllir lien vis'; daraarjinsf t*hiims I ty lit t in., jh'ont. lor. stry of. fieials decided if better to wait ne week for more favin able cm - j litions. Unless furthci int rrv.plions occrr the seedling's will In1 : leliveted to the cutility agents in . he above mentioned counties on Monday. Tuesday, Wed.; esday and Ihurxday of the weel: of Keh. 22nd I h:s is e ie week late but the same iVeek days of delivery dial were ifiyinally seliedi.letl tor the respee ' ive counties will he used. NTAACP Stale Conf. In Sumter, Feb. 28th Snmier Kelt, lit! The lieverend ' r>. .j. .uei>o: aid, chairman of thy; Hoard <>t' Directors of thy Stale [lonfci enc^ of the National Assoi-i- ' ition for the Advancement of (.'(??< d jred People, has announced tha ; i special meeting1 of the conference , ivi!l bo hold in Sumter at tlui Lnanvei~3l. 1". church on February 18th a; noon. The conference has seen called to discus&-the campaign , <<r equal salaries for Negro tea hers beir0- waged by the. Svmtei i ,ranch. A mass meeting ^ ill be ield at 1:."0 pnv at the same church o hear Mrs. Modjeska Simkins. ; >r. F.. A. Adams and the Reverend" M. 11 inton discuss the :ssue. The "allowing branches will he ropre. iiiledt: Aiken, Charleston. Che-' r?'.v, Cnlamhiu. Georgetown. Green .ille, Florence, Darlington. Sum nervill" (Dorchester county) and 'Sumter. The public is cordially nvited. . . i White Oak Needed Tor Baskets Columbia, Feb. 1!> White oak u.Uable for stripping and weaving nto baskets, chair bottoms, and ther uses, is needed l>y the South ui'olina Department of Public tVelfare. .Mrs. A. B. Owirgs. Chief, the l~)iei?i.,n for tlui p|ii-j, slat-? kd that this material is needed to irovid work for the blind people. Some of them, she explained, cm .nit or crochet, but basket weaving j uis always been ?ne of the imporant tasks available to these people, ' H'inci]val material used for this < vork. It was shipped from the far j I ?acifie, but that supply has been (1 .irtiwlly cut-off. "Jn fact". Mrs. 1 ; Jwings explained, "the last ship- 1 nent we were due to receive was j i -link. Now", she continued,- "we | ! uust revert to the home product . hat was used hv wir ... - - K.niMii(U Hid \V(. arc willing to pay any far. j; ncr who can furnish us with a uili.ihlc supply or wniic oak Joi naking splits for weaving". ^ 1 ?????? ( Vegro County Agent, _ 11 Demonstrates Meat ;! 1 I putting to F. S. A. Supervisors ! ] Chester, S.C. Fob. IS) - Waymon j Johnson j Negro County Agent for < Chester County, demonstrated the j art" of meat ?Uttinff to Form Se- j [ uniy nome supervisors and lfif> : farm Security Clients from Fair- ; i ield, Lancaster, and Chester Coun- j ies here ilt Finley Hiph school on ( Friday. This was done in coopcraion with the Kcer Manufacturing. >). Who conducted" the demons!; a - ! ion on canning meats and com!'. ct ij ?d the discussion on how to fan /egetablna. ? - I k il Ww ATURI>AVt Vi:11RUARY~2tT. 1CIAN WE WANT !: YOU TO KNOW ' < ?') !. ; >?'. t 'i.iio .v <ithr Christ- , "as of ihis iiani-r whuh \va.? iitlifgW'iS ,i) .Mrs. .Mary McLtoil 'i'V.r.f. in whi.-h was set forttr' "IT 4r.any cantrihut ions ma<:<>V y - \> r.irs n rc.'HMl SUU1 a IIIIHUO i un 11' alive. Tin sc sumo readers' lVhl have wondered about the re- ? of this j.ie-t milieu? person , ih" weH-intontioued posture..! ntort'eted by" this humble nud up=-r prebkitivo new* patluwer and dis- i m miuato'. Therefore we are reproduci:iif h e r letter, whi.h in. Id, answer all the questions our t adt vs 1 '"itiiuately have asked. k V:lr*<i -Vouih WrrriTiT-tratTnn M to C Stn i t WW'.. Washington, Ih C. dr. Gewjr II.i:i,pi.in l i' htr - Uaiaiv t to=feondet 1I'iiU Aswmhlr St l oot '.tiuhia. S. ('. .iiv .dt ; ? til1 II;; p heart has hi ea toueh.ed hy , J liie beautiful tribute naid me bv i the nunuroas friends of mv native | -ta'e in the Christmas issve of the' J'AF .WKTTO l.KAUF.R. When I iiteived t!i* copy today sent by i -ojnv tie from the Delta Sipma j The it; somrity. I to. id hardly he- N lew my even, f want to express j ( to you. dinr Mr. Ilantnton. and lo I j nil i iv friends.. :ny d-en fvatitiii!-.. t This is done in a- spirit of huinil- : 'dv. with a thankfulness to the God i j '.LJC ? !!. Wlv?.hiui-nLLmiiUul-mxi-4?.-live are <rro\v and serve. It seems neculiarlv strange and interesting that just at the time of mv retirement ftsfini the thirty HUIS <>l St|V!!C 1 !1 UlC CT":tt.i<n: as\l building of ?n i; stiiution Hun s. .h 3 vibrant and Iriumphunt outburst of appraisal and uppreei- t alien should come from the natives offtHiy nv-.'0 beloved state. H ; , sn*ms Vs il' X lioar resounding thru my own soul from their. "WELL DONE." "This vote of confidence. 1 j aiming lV>tn--iiTy own stale moans l more to nie than from any other t ,-ouree thar which it could have . eiPYici f * Oil bless o\'ery one of j v<"j! This trib.te shall not be lu.'-iod ir my heart, but in the , safely of the files of the archives | of niv belongs who conic after me may read. 11 "1 love my state. T love in v friends. I am hapny to be counted among those who make up tinnative horn. May every rav redacted from my life add lustre to the jvrnr.d old State of South Carolina. Sinoerelv vours. MARY M.LKOD IiETHUNK Director of Negro Affairs , National Youth Administration .. 1 Great Event In ii1 Educational History ; Of South Carolina Dedication of Joseph S. Flipper Library at Allen a Univ. Wednesday March II n One of the major events in the ^ history of Negro education i n c' South Carolina during 11)4.1 will ^ he the dedication of the handsome new library on the campus of A I1 en University next. JA'cdnlesday,? Mai eh :n high noon. The exer- M ises, according to plans being I > formulated by President Higgins, V ,vi 11 begin with the chapel hour j1 t 11:10, and will be concluded c ivith solemn and sacred services t ii the lecture hall of the library, i p speakers will come from the uni- 1 rersity faculty, the student roun- 7 il, and. alumni of Allen Univev- j v : 1 ?? 'l'hc gu?sl speaker for the occasion is Dr. .James H. Hope. State Superintendent of Educa- [ lion. South Carolina. He will In injj greetings from the school executives of the state, underv ivhom more than a thousand grad nates of Allen L'niversity sevve j 11 classrooms as teachers, princi- ' pals, and Jcanes Supervisors. ( Professor Theresa Kennedy, re- ! I ;ent graduate from the graduate! school of Home Economics, divrsion of Pennsylvania State Col- s lege with the master of science > 11 degree, will speak for the faculty. ! One of the features of the ded- ! " iratorial program will be the sou- ! '' ventr program, which will be nff 1 * the press March 1. This edition j5 covers much of. Negro life and j Jj progress in this and other states. ^ It will ho a brochure of one hun-.p rlrod, or move pages, comprising i " photographic and pen portraits of ! ' iace men and women who have I c milile their sever ST contributions; J ? nnd is calculated to bring to the | ^ liter: to public inspiration through ; 1 Continued on 1'agr -4 -f 1948 tSjND NEW GROUP TO I WHITES ON NEG1 ?-Now "Ynrk. Keb.. Iff?Over HMt J colored ami white citizens have or- \ jranized here ihc Association for Tolerance in Anr-rica which states tin i lijei iiv-t- -nr-the elimination of color prejudice throueh mass cdu-_ ration in tolerance.?The AsMni.ilion has temporary offices at 270 Convent Avenue It-- .livnein.. a. I George S. Schuyh r. well known I author and journalis*. ami its see- j reiaiy is Miss rorinne Dean. An I consultants are Klton Fax of Brooklyn; .Miss Constant* Bradley 01' Chicago. and Miss Louise K. JtiVerson of New York. ,Aeeor(lintr to Mr. Schuyler, the; new organization will supplonion' | anil facilitate the work of i xisting organizations by preparing; tin J way psychologically. Its ioi> will j he /"selling ' the colored American lo the while masses who have h it'll- ! rtO been neglected bv Negl'o prop- I irgimdisttr who CoitooiU rated on the ] enlightened?minority of whites t NegroNewspaper Observed February Norfolk. Feb. L'.'l?With cordial j 'elici'tations from America's great var-time President, country-wide ibservar.ee of National Negro i X'ev/spaper Week will be launched ] >n St inlay. Febi ttary 2S under ike j inspires of the National Negro | Publishers Association. This will mark the tinh annual observance of NNN Week and the llKth anniver- sarv of the founding of the first American Negrb newsper. Freedom's Journal. *b\ John Russwurm. In addition to luwsnaper urti-' les and pictures touching upon he?-irk-.toi'V n>i.Tents. and wograii: <>f the Negro press the j bservaneo will rnckulc nationally uoudeast programs. public meet- I mrs. and a varlety i f ;;i i Lite a. in j hurehes, schools, agul colleges I hroagko. t the entifip . nation. IA 1)10 PROGRAMS Already five radio programs j lave been arranged which will be evoted entirely to the observance r will touch upon it. Columbia Broadcasting Sys- ! tern will air on a cc^.st-toeoast network on Saturday, March (i. at 2:.50 o'clock a one-hour -""program featuring leading editors and colored war correspondents and out- j standing vocalists and musicians of the race. .Mutual Broadcasting System as made available radio time foi Tiothrr network bnadcast n 11 'hursda\. March 4. Jt is the pub~. ishers' plan,, if necessary arangnr.ents can he made .with the nilHary authorities, to feature n this program the role- of the . scgro in five branches of the l ined sen ices?Air Forces. Maine Corps. Coast Guard, Army, nd Navy. This program will probably oriiiouth-Xcwport News area of Vir ina. where /s centered the grentst military establishments in the Vestern Hemisphere. 1T1IKR HIGHLIGHTS .LChe I'AIecl the Negixi-'-puwmu. ITifMhiV TelUUVe of SthTlbh WT,'J. Trenton. N". J., will have K. Washington Rhodes. Philadelphia Vinhimo t'/si- it.. | r on Ar?if?.h 5 at 7:lf> p.m.. ami lie "Wings Over Jordan" CHS rogtam on Sunday. .March 7. at 0:"0 will have as Tts speaker a~ Vxas newspaperman. .1. Don Dais, managing odiior of the Honsnn In former. Aiiniiranrffi him- Iwrn?rr- , reived from Dr. (?. I.ak elmes , director of the ()\\ I-sponsored program. "My People," a 1 regular MBS program at 7:00 p.m. each Saturday, that the observance will receive utten tion on that broadcast. BS BROAWAST AIM K ll'A.NTS The Columbia Broadcasting ' ystem program on March c>. i tk ddition t(? the guest rrtists will;! cat tiro P. B. Young. Sr.. editorn-chief of tlie Journal and Guide n the keynote address and the| k>n: 'Gardner Cowles, Jr., pub-. > isher of the Pes-Moines Register,, "ribune and I.ook Magazine, now , erving as director of doipeatic operations for the Office of War I nformation; C. A. Scott, publish- j r of the Atlanta Paily World, , nTty-'Tolored -rfcrrhr xrabtrratfrin; ' 'arl Murphy, editor-in-chief of he Afro-American; and P. L. Vattis, executive editor of the ittsburgh L'atiHer." V PRICE mm ] ... ** . 1J iDUCATE 1 *0 i The".A. T. "A.""plans through inoTT ! < !:: written an<l pictorial jnopu- j i gunda to try to undermine existing >. vvhitrf^-mis+n formation ahmrt-colbr^T I to! po()ph?-artd t^dispM^?nutss?; i udice against thorn. The associaiion will use all modern media of ( I pro pa gar da: car and bus cards. j ! SU'W stumor Jltwl m!ii>:ivin.> /liuiilnva ' i iUoslrated pam.nhlet:;. billboards I < and radio. Some n! ib;- wiMfnidlnfi: mem-?! bars of the new group are At tor-1 ncv Ravmond Pace Alexander of Philadelphia: William V. Bell of j I A tlantal Rev. A. T.. Boom* of Clevct I"ltd. (>.; Dr. Melville Charlton of ! 1 i'.n: F rank?Marshall Davis?t of Chicago; Attorney Walter A. i ' Cordon of Berkeley. Calif.. Wil- j 1 bmi C. Handy of N'pw York:?Al- , I 1> >11 I . Ilolsey of Ttiskegee insti- i i"te, Ala.; Dr. Dr. \". deinison of J. > Selma. Ala.; Bisnop R, C". Ransom. ; 0 T.T Wilborforce, 0.; .R A. Rogers. i ' New York. . % t 1 ! f Week Nationally !, r 28-March 7 j': Pl'.yiilinir ovi'i the tliscus*ion j ^ will be William 0. Walker, editor ! j of tile Cleveland Cull., ynd Post j ^ and piesident of the N'NI'A. . m iiiAit War CORRKSPONDKNTS ?Ity short w nvc -t-he -Amrri* can public will hear from at least three cf the colored war correspondents now overseas; t . David Orro, Chicago Defend- j ^ e:'; Randy Dixon. Pittsburgh : ? I /\1 1! ? v ourier; ana ume siewari, : ^ Afro- American. Another war correspondent now : ^ overseas, Edgar T. Rouzeau of J ^ the Courier, will be included if ( . radio facilities are accesible where I he is on duty. ? Others to be heard on the pro. I gram include Moss Hyles Kendrix jf Atii nta. director of the observ- j ^ ance; Juan Hernandez, radio and I ? stage star, as narrator and an- | ' nouncer; Truman Gibson, Jr., act- j ing civilian aide to the Secretary! of War; and several represents lives of the participating news-) , papers. i ^ BROADCAST C OMMITTEE I J" This broadcast has been work-' ^ d out with < BS by a N'NPA com j ... niittcc consisting of V* Bernard v Young,. Jr.. managing editor of the* Journal and Guide, chi\irman; Ralph Matthews, editor, Washing- I ton Afro-Amerivaii; and St. Clair ! p Bourne, managing edior. People's i ti \'oice, in conjunction with Mr. 1 j Kendrix. Mr. Young and Mr. Kendrix ra conferred recently in New York t] with Tom Slater, special events I ^ director for Mutual Broadca sting ' p System. reganTfhg the broad cast : w for that network, which will be j f aired providing necessary author- 0 ity is secured from military otti- | r, rials. ' T DELIA PHI DELTA HELPS j? Holfi Phl? Holt;* .Tmi vim li<t < As- f' sociation if . cooperating: with the; N'NPA in the observance ot' National Negro Newspaper W.ck. *: and the association has incited lilt t active cooper:.t/on and participa- ? (mn o(" i'olletf>i?, YMf'As?VWr \-ft f] NAA( P ami Urban League chap- : u-rs and branches, churches, fra- [ '> ternal. welfare and civic organi-?! >' z: lions, and the more than 250 N Negro newspapers and periodicals. _ _? ~1 f tr Mrs. Frances Brown ; Passes U ! Ci 1 I Mrs. Frances Brown, widow of die late James Brown of Coluni- [ Bin died at her resilience. 1:115! c Assembly street. Friday night, c, February lb. 11 41. after an ill- ti less of several months. ? Mrs. Brown, daughter of the ate Julius and Delia Lucius was bnrn arrrt rarml in Columbia, h *vhere .she made many friends. She was a life long member of idney Park C. M. K. Church, i ri vvhei\. she worked faithfully. Mrs.. I>rowh was President of j n the Willing1 Workers Roard in | i tliis church until her health fail- j li td. She was held with highest ' crteeirt by the members oC this ^ board. Her passing Will be a threat loss to her church and the community. ' n Surviving are a sister, Mrs. i o Kva Haynes, two foster daughters j pl nieces and nephews. j I v For VICTORY M 1 . I P W 1TK P % X"yf ITiTIl V DEFENSX % iLBONns 1 :: 5 CENTS PER COPY ANP News Shorts J Released Wednesday, February 24 Atlanta?-Governor Amall o n Tuesday approved a bill authoria- hlfl ing the state to support a colored iivision of the Georgia, state train- ?iB ng school for girls in Macon. With I lit* passage n1 the bill the state "JS "ederation of colored women's dubs realize a 30-year old dream. I.os Angeles?In his first appear.nee si nee undergoing a tonsilec- J tomy recently. Henry Armstrong, "oi liter triple-crown champion, has icon signed to meet Willie Jovee. ;or.<|Ueror <d' .John Thomas, in a Xm-found bout at the Olympic audiorium?-on Tuesday, March 2. Armstrong was slated to fight at Portland,, Oregon, for Joe Waternan on February 2G, but Waternan readily agreed to postpone his late upon learning that the JoyceArmstrong hout was for war retef: 5 bos Angeles ? Affording the housands of fans who adore her )n the screen an opportunity to reliant! greet her in person, nrangonn-nts are under way for the '<;e's first and only award winner, fattie McDaniel, to?make an exeuded personal appearance tour n April. Regardless of the arduous work entailed in making train onnections and the, covering of _ nu'y states the genial star is as v T tappy over the prospects as the ans are to see her. - Chicago Ih*. Tieniumin F. Mays tre-idclil of Morehouse college, ' ill s;.<a) at Olivet Baotis.t Sun- ? lay morning. February "Ax. on the sea: ion of Olivet's ?>stn.hltcli*?n*?t >f a porm-went scholarship at Jorehouse, Dv. J. H. Jackson, nas- 1 or. announced. A cash award to ?p made annually lo the student at he school will be known as .the ne?.-y 'Kirk Williams scholarship n horor 01 ihe late lamented head f ilv National Baptist Conven:on. Inc., and nastonof Olivet ?. -? > ^ ; ; Washington. IV ('.?The hearings by which the country will - now wliether or not former Dean Vilbam Pi'kens is a radical or ed," accprdin?r to (heroes made hv Tnrt'n Dies, will he held behind losed doors, But. according? to a tatenient bv Renveser tativ<> Ker*-, : s'orth Carolina, the <-ommitt.ee wil' ?"--c '.ear only the individuals charp<d md no character witnesses unless t is a very special occasion* a! Washinpton. d. C.? aooo^dinp roll protruded dinformation, How. rd university will soon feel the linch of war measures. There is on'siderable unrest anion? the nple students, many of whom are epistered in the student reserve orps. Thev have been advised, t is learned, that half of them /ill be called to-active service the dtter rart of this month or. early Birch, while the remainder will he ailed .it thwtmd of the. term. This /ill take some m50 males from the ampus. . 'A Washington._T"V ( As natt of 1 lie vast propram of the coordinanr of the In tor-American Affa;rs. Irs Nelson Rockfeller. wifp of the oordinator entertained a luncheon t one of tip. exclusive clubs ' in he citv in honor of Madame Li?uaud. wife of the Haitian minister r o the United StateST Presenl 1_ 'ere th<> wives. of the ministers rom Brazil and Chile and a host f ladies of the official and semifficial sot in povemnient circles. 'his >s the tirs* time for.jmch an ii.i???iK'iiti'1?ftt*' ornarv?m? old stag events in order not to rate friction. New York The latest eontribuion of i''! N'o'jro to tho war "'as Ta-'^'kiy "hen Henry Lee niith, .Jr.. white linguist disclosed full'^imn)cra5B records of TykTitr dialect? were used by high Ajori an officers who were prcparlg the 'V'itcd States invasion of [orth Africa. If art ford. r o"U A T'ow. TT! P Iti'c ' ?rfrr+'orrrd'-'? t1 ninnt If nor. issued r' npanv* t" his or. Howard P. Pre", ft-.. Ht se>ct>ve service headouarters. reLiiLhij MUnin-v I?rrv iff a lr-mer of the selective serice board. London. England?The first colred captain to command a mixed few of seamen or a successful rans-Atlantie voyage is 56-year Id Hugh NT. Mohac. master of the .ibertv ship Booker T. Washingsr tons), whirh has lust s j rrived in Enodflnd, two days aead of schedule. Washington, p. C.?Reports of n">a 1 disturbances on overcrowditd>usos haulinpr workers from the nd^f the street oar 1>ne at. Rnrey circle in S. W. Washinaton ,?7-4 cross tho bridsre a^d ont. to Suitind where thousands are emnlovd in the census beildine of the rnartment of labor are paining 'ide circulation in town. ''J Phoenix, Arizona .On Tuesday. _v_ wditary court itnnoeed sentencea f 50 years at hard labor on four oldicrs who participated In a riot ,?i Continued on Page 6