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I A.P. A. Fri PRESE - . ro? I XWlCTORY ? ONITED 8YAT11 BONDS * STAMPS VOL. -XUM?NO. IL. " ? . ' Nat'l. A; X " ! . Deans Meet Mi Fisk Univi To Annu Theme: "The College And the War" The National Association of Collegiate Deans ami Registrar? in Negro Schools'will hold its scv. rnteonth annual meeting on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Ml.irell p. oh the clump;? ^ of Fisk university. Nashville Tennessee. The theme of the forthcoming session is "The College and the War". President "tTrs? Thmluw Elsa Jones of Fisk university wiL honor the delegates with a reeej: tion at their home Tuesday evening. In the development of tht lowing are some of the topics foi addresses and discussions "Chang es in Higher Education to Mcel the Demands of the Present Emci gency"; "Changes in the Collegi Preparatory School to Meet the Demands of the Present Emergency"^; "The Responsibility of the College in Planning Post-Wai Society"; "Evaluation of Some Bpvi es Whi.h \re Designed tc Accelerate"; "Student Guidance i: Wnrtime"t~ "Pre?ent? Rcsponsibil* K.. it...... .....i r> I..4 t%> yji uiv i/t'uii i?iin jvcj^ustrar ii the American College"; and "I'lai i.ing in a War-Torn World", ty President Thomas N. Barrow: of Lawrence College, Apple-ton Wisconsin, will appear 011 the pro pram as the official rep resent a tivt cf the American Council on Kdu cation in the attempts of the Council to make known to school ad. ministrators the work of ih< Armed l-'orces Institute. In addi tion, his discussion will deal direct l.v with the future practices of co leges and high schools offering sound educational credit to person: who serve'Tn~ the Armed forces. Released by II. Liston, Firs' Vice-President, National Associa tion of Collegiate Deans and Reg intrars in Negro Schools. Benedict Holds Founder's Day Exercises The Benedict College campus = WQS r.goy un KTau'll Itiih when ? large number of alumni, friends and other visitors wore presenl ..for the seventy-third annua Founder's Day exercises. ^ Founder's day this year market ihe end ofThe first year of th< drive for $200,000 endowment foi tf|e institution. The endowmenl , fund dl-ivp st.artpd in a hip lirni, last year when the General Edu cation Board, of New York, gavt college $100,000 on the CQndb ^^nion that the school raise ad' ditional $100,000 within two year; Founder's Day was set as the ' ' Jjinc?whu??mwwdiepurtrr-pf the progress of the drh'e would bt Wade. At the beginning of the drive ^ President Starks appointed twe full-timq and one part-time field representatives. These representatives began immdiately to stimalready existirng Btmrrttcl clubs ar\d to organize new club? in the state. They also enlisted r the support and assistance of the churches. Faculty members and students caught the spirit of the movempnt and began to work wholeheartedly hi interest of the entjowment effort. Jhe fruits of their labors were evident when a la e number of ministers and r r~ - V item'*-; IV NTS ; "I ? CO ? 5 a. , : . ^ ; ?? m K 5SO?ll. of ( i.nd Regis arch 23 2rsity Host lal Session k "* ? 'J - , club presidents from various sec I nuns or- iik' since read meir rei ports on tlie sixteenth. i In addition to a number o t ? : Benedict club presidents, the fol" lowing ministers of churches from ' i various suction^ of the state were i n -Iprotit'nt?to?make imports of contributions by their congregations: Rev. C. Anderson, Columbia; Rev. Willie Wilson. Spartanburg; Rev. Seldon Maddox. Seneca; Rev. S. . Greenwood: Rev. N R. I I Center. College Place; 1 lev. F.. K ([ Gaulden, Newberry; Rev. T. F i Tolbcrt,_G'rcenwood; Rev. James Smith. Fairfield; Rev. J. P. Reed, er. Columbia; Rev. E. L.- Ila'll, -Columbia! and Rev. J.C. Colclough vColunibia. Among the large number o f ; other visitors present were Dr. : | 0. J. Champion, Dr. E. Stanley i Grannum, Si pcrintendent of tin | Good Samaritan-Waverly Hespi! tal; Professor C. A, Johnson. Su: I pervisor of Colunrbia Ctilort d ! Schools; Mr. T. B. O'Dau'cl. and j Dean W. \V. K. Blanehet, Foil 1 | Valley State College. 1 j The V?imili'i-'^ H:iv :n|<li ".'ss was. | delivered by Dr. Mary J. Me(Jro' ! n > , Counselor of Women. .John1 J son ('. Smith University. Charj lotto, N. C. Dr. McCrorey was ! i introduced by Supervisor C. A. ; Johnson, a member of the trustee ' I norrd of That institution. : i Dr. ilcCrorcy expressed pride I in the fact that Benedict is he> | alma matef. despite the fact that j she is also a product of Chicago "(and Harvard Universities. ( j The theme of Dr. McCrorey's j ! address hinged around the cmer| genee of a new order of service. i She praised .most highrty t^Wfounders and early teachers of the I j college. >he recounted the ser. | vices rendered by the men and . j women who were inspired by ! these early teachers. Dee to the fret that contribu j tions were continually coming in I by mail during the entire scrvices, it was impossible to make I a complete and accurate report j of ail receipts. However, President Stalks assured the audience 1 j that he had no fears that h e I had no fears that he would not s I get the sum nect'ssayy fn "T't > the requirements of the General , | Education Board grft. : ?1 %T A 4 /M *X IH AA L Y Membership J)rive I ? The 104o- Membership Drive <?f . the Columbia Branch of NAACP , began yesterday March 16th from ( a meeting of the Executive Com> j mittee, and the Mir)i<^p'j"' ah.r imrtr"tir"a-JoTnT session, meeting ( at Allen University. Rev. James P. Reeder, Pastoi of Zion Baptist Church was eleett ed Campaign Manager for the I drive. Columbia branch is expected to secure 2,000 memberships, thus remaining the. largest r- bianch irr Foyfh CaroTlna. Rev. r ft. A. Adams, has beep?the~ \ cessful President of the local branch. Prof. F. H. Dedmond, is I Treasurer and Mrs. F. Tayloi Secretary; Dr. A. J. Collins, i .? Asst. Secretary. Any person who will volunteer as a captain will please see either Rev. J. P. Reeder or Sec'y. Dedmond at Allen. '.Rayfor S- ?i COI Collegia te ftrars To to 25 ! South Carolina ; Congress of Colored | Parents and Teachers The executive committee o 1 Sooth Carolrnu Congress of Coh ! orcd Parents ami Teachers has ; I decided to cancel their Annual Meeting for this year, due to wai conditions. The Associations' arc requested :o send hi Lheir-An n ua 1, R-ap<n ts to Mrs. Cora V. Circen, (>7 Tread-well St.. Orangeburg, S. C. .MRS. .1. L. PERRY. Pres.. P. P. PAUL. Secretary. "Dr.'Rajjord W. Lngan Speaks at Allen'Univ.! Sunday, 4:00 p.iri. ..... i Dr. Rayford W. Logan. Dear j of the Graduate School of How- i anl University, will deliver a [ public address in the . auditorium I | of Allen University, Sunday Mar. ; 21. tbl". at -1:00. Dr. Logan is -peaking for the Alpha Psi I nntK/i'.i <'!p.inlitp nf the TMii Alpha Fraternity. Inc. His sub- j jject is on titled: THE NEGRO IN I THE POST-WAR. SETTLEMENT j I Dr. Logan did his college ^'oi;kij at Williams College, Willianiston. 1 Mass" lioni wl.ieh he war. grudj uatrrl r.'i 1:?17. cum laude. Phi I IL'.ta Kappa, member of Lc Cerj eh- Francais. Deutche Verein. sec- I ond prize in history, winner of 1 , Van YochL n Prize for Extempo- 1 raucous speaking, Dewey Prize "for Excellence in the Commencement Exercises; won letter o 11 j j Cross Country team. For five years he studied ami travellul privately i*n Europe. From lirj5-i;i;!u he served as Profc.vsor of Modern languages. His. , ,.lory and Government, Virginia Union University, Richmond, \'a. I if is master's degree wus earned at Williams. M. A. Har.'s rd, HkjlL Ph. I).. Harvard l'J.'Vi. Dissertation: "A Century of Diplomatic relations between the United States and Haiti." His publications are: "The Attitude of the Southern White Press toward Negro Suffrage, 15h"l2-lfK'8." "The Diplomatic Rej lations of the United States withHaiti, 1770-1?1?1." | CULTURE ( LI B ! LAUNCHES DRIVE # - rtr _ l._V \.S-S' -?' The Culture Club of Columbia has launched a campaign for the purpose of raising funds which . will go to the support of the W11 | kinson Home. The public is mindful of the . Jlliluiimcnt of the State Teachers' Association on account of the gas and rubber situation. The play which has been presented by this Club on the opening night, , ! each year will not be given thrs j year, for the same reason. The , i proceeds from this play has been i ! the basis of the Club's quota for ] -liu. yi'lll1. HWr^T^fl'ived oi this ' the Club finds it necessary i n I this emergency, to appeal to the i general public to help solve this I financial problem with contribu- i lions and to cooperate with any j project sponsored?to help raise | funds. The women have so or- , J ganized themselves be able To-! I reach everyone who has the inter ! j ests of this cause**at heart. The names of those who contrh j bute to this effort will appear in I these columns, beginning wrth j next week. | The Culture Club is an organisation of women who are wideawake to cultural an civic intorests and to the well-being o f their fellowman. awiog cuius rUMiilA. SOI Til ( Alio LI NA. Special Notice ;To Negro Teachers | j The State Conference of X. A. T A. C. P.. thin its I'jesiik'iii. .fani.^ ' j M. Hinton. is 'urjrl'njj all t.aiiu- v j to pay into a "Defaii.se Fumi" j immediately;?cither at YkTtny ! Savings Rank, 1107 Washinjfti a j | Street, Columbia. S. C.. or to DV. ! L>. T. Willi'ams, Treasi ler ffi*"STi!ni tor. \\ e do not lies<1, iTor . will i \vs- print or save any names of | those payiny. The only tiiinu needed is SJ.tioO inimedi; U\!y. I, is planned to tile a suit belW. this sehosd term ends, an! a s - .mn as the $2,l>0Q rs 'Vaised. Th oniy question is, "DO YOC . W-UOL- KQl'A D -D A V. FOR- V. QUAL SK&Y1CK. AND IK >().' ARK YOi: \VlI,LI NO TO I'AY FOR IT'.'" ^ Tiu citizen.* an- willing t,> aiil von, not only?Una tiu*?suit, lint with. funds. bat you mast show yorr willingness thru your money Into the "Difense F. ml." JAMKS M. inx:roN. PivsuTent, .State Conference. N. A. A. C. P. Soil Conservation , Aids Wartime food Drive In America And Haiti "A-- J ' lloth Ai'iP' ica ;im! ilaitr I now j tlic importance of soil wiijsi'ivii. 1 tion i'n their wartime campaigns , J Lor_ui creased food production. ami I c Imth have taken stops to i'ltsure the protection of-the sod front ? ! rosion and front depktin of its 1 | fertility. *" j . American farmers (.olurcd amk-k I white, through the work of Soil l> I Conservation Survive and through eonsci vation pi vmcuts made l> v ' \ j the Agricultural Adjustment Ag- * i enev. are learning the need f*.* ! I conserving the land reso rees. They tire also dlscovt i Iiik that conservation practices incrcast the yield ; nd keep the ay11 tit by l holding topsoil am! water on the ; j land, preventing washing a tt d 11 leaching of fertilizers, reducing ; 11 j crop losses, rebui'ldinj? soil, keep- ' 11 | ing the range productive, and' | saving power and time. ; American farmers are finding 1 | out, too. that all crops depend on . s [-soil and water. Safeguarding I these resources means that crops I will have every natural, advantage. '' j Topsoil and water held on the 'J j field-' will grow inn re rrnps than . * ' [ tilt" an*' flood water in the creek. ' i Thousands of farmers are boost- '' I ime their yield by terracing, plow ' ' ing contour t'urruws on slopes, by ' r' rotation of crops and by planting cover crops because all of theso L: help prevent erosion and protect^ a "t!fe 'soil. A colored fanner said to a Department ojTicial. in the field inst wei'h. "1?feed and eafe !7o ^ | my land just as I do for my ' ! hoy s." Americans are learning t li c v importance of soil conservation ' Continued on Page 2 i ii ZION BAPTIST CHIRCH H0."> Washington Street Columbia. S. C. <1 Invites the general public to i hear rthe Rev. J. A. Reeder. Pas- i tor of the Gethsemane Baptist Church. oL. ChmdrrttPT i\. in a c Service, beginning Monday night I ? March 22nd. thru the 2Glh. Lk A Special Sermon will be deliv ; r ered Wednesday night to women."4"r Thursday night to young people t anl Friday night to the men. A general spiritual and finun- ; I cial drive by the Church a ? d I [ friends to reach a $l,yO() monthly j goal. ] J. P. REEDER. Pastor t J. \\'v ITE, Secretary Gene! ?? MAR.: xx ^ j SA'l l :UI>.\ v. .M AliCII :l(). l ^eyrnourC Protracted III f"Y ooe? riliTeSo Funeral at Late Residence Last Saturday Seymour Carre!'' 'K'!'l repivscnativo of 11: AnU'rican Humane Mac: tinn Soiicty ef Host* 11. .Mas : . ir : '?i - , ar.d pl'i'-loaif resident >f (' daatbia. pa wed a v. sty ni i!i u ; ii i.- hq-a>ii?l H'l'.vrr hv .had , \ " a nati nt f??r sever;.J \yCv Us Thur.-Jjiy. ."dr. Carroll wa> he -oil of the Into Ui ver? nd \ifh: id ("ny.rnii, prominent < <! 11 tT-rnrrtT -^rrtni .''lid f Unions ! ... !< r and founder ol the South Car!/n:i Mate Colon d Fair Assoei lion ; in! |nn.'d friend and onfi]ante of the 'att* Rtmht-r -TrVashinjrton. visa Cine to Coluntia qrite o:teH-iii?tm^r rhr- lift" inie of ilio -drd t'.irrol!. The jy^. fyiiiniif Carroll ?va.; a veil ran f the firsi World War. 11. servd with t!i Rod ("ross. Rater In creed as ihuinnaft the Xojyro a uniHee the South Carolina vat'...;! K(-caret> Commission, mder tile direction of the late , ohtl K. A all. This committee . raveled th:*o"}fhoi;'l' t5,e state ear- ' yinp: tiie messnce of South Caroi it si's pl.thora of iodine content n its soil and its consequent calth sustaining (fualitics The adinc- ftc-in-es in (h.e educational. irofcss/ona] and t-clijri??*i:5 worlds "i.ved Auith M>-. f'arro]! , n tlit* ommittee. and their work was Cfrarditi as having been highly ignifu-ant. ~Th(* deceased was oettvely afHl? a ted with the Republican residential c:in|?niyn, having veil a delegate to tin* convention J?Phllnili.-lj.lwi> and ? member of ho committee which visited Salmiu Oregon, hom*' of Senatnt In i'lt's i.. Me.Vary to- notify him f his r.ommiuiu,, for viee-presient at the Republican convention. "o the very last id.' cvii'i-t.-d?ho. n nd int-lligeiit inti/Xol. in. l li o 'rohlems of firs Yoa'ntry. his -tale nd rPwWienliiriy id those proSI'lilg pi'l'tllldI- t(> lils own people, fe enjoyed the \v?rm friendship f all classes of people, among- f ' hito and colored people alik.1. le was a forcefully dynamic plat orm speaker, and his utterances com owingpower or whatever cause he chose to spouse. Protection of dumb anii.ds and solicitude for the under- , otr among hi-s fell human be-. nos runccrncii mil1 mnintely. ^faily friends tni.1^-aerfwetrrmnccv ' Tt bored ai tin* J''<o residents j 'atuvday afternoon to pay their a<t tri+mtr of rvsprft to what jo naincd of the late Seymour Car- j oil. A lenythy procession made ho trip to Randolph cemetery, rhere the hotly was interred in !v family ]dot. Iiumediate relai cs of Hie deceased are hrs wid v. Mr*r Resste Bi,r'ey Carroll, lis sister Mrs. Hard10'1 I - Taylor, he former Miss ;M?ry Crozior Continued 011 2 ral Pres. Ir 21-4 P.M.-J !> !:i arroil Succl S. C. State Commence Speakers rTi'anir' i iwa;. Alar. 1G?I>:\ Kivd I I II K I i. I'iiiU'i'S'm, I>: r>.lil'lll til ' T. sl.eeeo Institute : nil the llevini t'harles K. Stewart, pastor 1 Liu- A. M. I!. Chufeh. -I'oiTP*: lumth. \ i... v. itl b, llii- principal 1 -penkvrs t!i*- -}Tt!i commence-, mi-i.n of Srtuiii Carolina Mate culu'-ji-. May dp and .'!!st. ncc?n*< 1 ifiyr lo all announcement li-.ahe :f>is >v<. (.!; hy lM'i-si'i-.-itt AL.llv-r l-'. Whit- ' taker. "lli-v. Charles Stewart. who will pi ,uh?Tfrr hrtrcaln-.m?h'-'wr";rrr.TT"' on San-lay. May -H'. is distiii'-rni-h 11i :;s a clergyman. ai tii-u atal !c tur.r. Hi- is in demand a > pcakor for yo-.iir: l>eu !>!-'? movements anil a prominent clergy? nan of the A. M. hi. ("luirch. Dr. Pattcisoii del i"??ers the com- ^ iiH-ncenu-nl . address on Monday. May -'list, lie is one of th<- iia.ion's outstanding idv.cat'on: I leaden* an.I for tlie past year has. spent nnieli time awav from his 'u!i)im---Ual ivo d-.iiios 'kurd: oh.-o? - per kit:".- in. interest of the .Was Drive as a special jjovermmT.t | ' <. p' vscntai ive. Till' COliln;< M'-ClllL'tU , l.iis I) i n stu-atiil tnis year. ; !'!u' Laccalaurc; t sarm tip by !>r. ' . Stewart and the jrradua'hm -lay , .tiMu'vs l>v Dr. Patterson an' the hifrk'nTh: ft: ttins of the projrnnYi . at Sot:th Carolina State A. X- M t C-'uiU'iye. _im:nm:i"isvili.k m:\vs Ii> C. I). Sanders. Reporter I Rev. .\. .1. WriftT.t split th: ' .'.eel; er.d in Anderson at;?! "as tin ' j*uest of the Baptist u!n:i\h Rev Campbell formerly pastured. Hi 'was at his best Sunday in his <>\v7: pulpit where he preached thret sei mens in his church. At morniac worshin he preached from, the sub jeet Active R'epontainiii- at- 1 :.'h>? io preached the funeral sermon'of Mr. Doel; Rees.- and the funeral id' .Mr-. Alien firaee whi.i. followed immediately. .Mrs. Allen ited suddenly at her mail box. Miss I.illie Mae Anderson arriv ai home the \\oek end from N. V. Mrs. Pearl Dickson of So.ioty iidl worshiped with the mommy ^ -etvice. Mrs. Annot.t Cordon te:r-' I crier as nisi' j rii worsnipeu wuc i TTTT ' Ifl'MIII',' r 1 ?f .Mis. Mabel Ito-* spent a plea. tit slay in Siuiety Hill S'liniay i!;i Mis. |);iisv !>.;< irl. ItevritiTTT MVS.' IT. II. R tie'/ and" aTiss Ma it ha S'.reator of l!at;tsviiU were j;? t ? .<<-gtry~ last weajTtTTT1 -nee 1 hen -lieiihcu uiUa K. 1, .iwin akin. Jr. They broughT hi a rfy va! iiablo yii'ts in ear now baby along * v ;-i a r.iee sun. money. The 1 'any has a n;C: baa'., aeconlit al- j ready. Mother is doing nieely. Mrs. S. J< hn.-ua m New Yot k . is still home with Mrs. Johnakin I ; ' ' <" i" ' " nlayeii her part in every respect. Miss Essie Mae Preston o f i'enediet cnlleir.' spent the week* t end home with parents. Mr. and Mrs. Leak. Mrs. Annie Graham worshiped with the members at Shiloh Sin- , daAa-imit-m?fg\ ? ? Prof and Mrs. Arthur Sanders S" II 1 1 1/ I 'II II III will- l Cllll-U IHMIIL' J I uiK' thi* week end on account. of I the deal!) of their uncle, Dock Keese. Our sick friends: Mrs. Addic Abraham, Mi'. Miles, Air. Grace. Mrs. N. Davis died Saturday nite ! in the city hospital. Funeral scrI vice Wednesday afternoon at 2nd 1 Raptist. i Please pay little Miles for the i papers. Help him to -make round i report* each week. i A Public \LLEN Ur f* PRICK imbs After Announcesj ;ment Bishop Russell Lays Cornerstone; Stresses " / 1 A 1 T 1 ' I nurcn as tne ranai ea For All Needs i; > JJaxn i i..aeh j V v. York C:\y._ Mar. IS". "I . : ) : he! of sii jtn -folks tryinu'j tell the Church what to ( <?! Methodist Kedsc o n a i i (hutch toid -;t -packed auditorium at the iayimj <>f icorner stojn ' n-f?<;.M K chuteh?hem mr ; S'.if.djt;. . ".i'.tst let the Church ulor.'*" lie t >ntiiu.eii. "it it; s iTTT it , Ms. _Tkc I'hu-iv.ii i> ail rhrht , V hut \y want to do ,'s to tret j nu n's.' heait< riyht. The ChuriT'f id' (iod is tiu- only panacea ,f<n tlie sitt? and shorUeminjrs of man i kinrl in this world." The ttew eh rein trained in honor of the lijisidin-; |> i_ e.Jle a V. tinker of .-.ah ;n ejects. it , is rel>o| tei|_. \i ill he purchased Ol ; - ifeted in tlii< District-: Russell ['htuvh of which th(: Rev. J. A. I'tdler is pastor was purchased ' last 1 >< cent! ,cr. it is located a i LGOth strict and -Fulton -Ave, vn II "Thickly populated section and i: is t!ic intention. of the Church. . iveorilin.tr to she Prstnr and otVi-w ?o-s I . t-ahe tin- lead in looking .fter. the spiritual. economic and' or ill I tt.eds of 0'.:> group. The tnr edifice scats "TiPp: oximatch >110 pebple. is well equipped with n The modern cov.vesiencfs an<l is ; asily accessible to all means ot innsportation lines. The in'rlia- ! ivc of the Pastor and the mater;! hi ip <>f the Uslvp made the >roieet possible. a member said. Bishop IP. ssell also, pointed out n his sermon that whe.it Winston dun eh Ml "did not include India" o the four freedoms it was the , voj st blunder of a lifetime. U\ annot fight for freedom the Bi ' -bop -sa-trf- and?"keep 10fYP!UPT)T7P icople in slavery." The state v.usl also take the Church intc onsidi ratioiX If We had men of he t ittn eh atMhe so-called Peaec ah!.- at Wrsanjlew 2.~? yenr< atto here would now have been any car' toddy." 1 \ORBS OT^TppRKt | VTION ROM I. S. ST \NH \CK. (i. M. >N Till- ANN! VERS ARY u ins ,.rnr nrnrfiBAS It i- a privilege and pleasure t<> hus pPblicly expre-s our deep anil I * : Metre .rippTPrintior. of -the j> 1" lam honor; ag my seventy-lifth ! : t rt Htia Hie eelehrat ion was .-taleauU- rI o flu- grand off reprs, partii'iifarhy j. mi- -ji'jtnd secretary. to all suhor- I 111 *?111 * lodges, to ; r, i c'litim 111 i'c rom |?k al lodges and Kastern -tars an.l <? friends, wr cypress !Ur gratitude in tin* simple word.-' ? I hank yu? and God Idess yets. The numerous e x [nvssjons__^^ FTT'WnjmTTtT^ri! ts were tokens of n friendship and atfeetion that anin-t ho estimated according to nateriai values. I .n they bring a '-am feeling t(. my heart that hall lasi always, cheer our way .nd inspire to greater efforts in d. c fieiel?at'_i\luiinnvy. * I he prog : am was dignified and umpiring. Hon. .1/ \\ Dobbs. ( and ?. I aster <>f Georgia, guest -peaker, was it. splendid form. riic largo audience was onthcrfcijstic ami appreciative. M VKIUAf.K ANNOl'M KMEVI , Rev. and Mrs. Z. Marcus announce the marriage of theii i [laughter Fermella ffermtnc on 1 January 28. lPld to Staff Sgt j Herbert I.ce Salley of Philadel- J phia. Pa. Address I W.AUD. I . j For VICTORY! 1 f UNITED " 1 M STATES jL/M DEFENSE ?2l I: 5 CENTS PER COPY ANP News Shorts -ttftt.-K-AfE Wlil).. M~ARC1I 1T .? Wa hingtoii. IJ.C.?Severe crit- ~ P icisin <>f tiie Otfice of War Infer- t -omtum for?rt??handling of news , md infnnnation regarding the Xc-rio ami the?pursuance?of?a ? 'happy am 1" policy, was goner.nisly ladeled out here bv Lester it 11. (.ranger, executive secretary of the National Urban League, Wedtown VW'fA. One hundred and lifty "integrated" luncheon guests ^ ' the Washington branch 'of the Hague ent-hitsiasticalLv responded to the u'murks. * . I* Chicago?When tjie boys ami gills in the Cariiii homes We lit to the poll.. Wednesday they elected ! 1 -year-old Charles I3ro\vn a s .3~f? their "mayor"* More than 20<J liildi rn,'T>oth whites j.nd Ni'grost? ~n .a\ r piefoi cmkc to " Brown cvSn r T . " " ' * I ^ Ip tlioutrh several whites were seekto 11 if 'ke oliici-. and ien th?Migh * Fa.tlur I. ;gi (ilnmbastiana, white f'ajnolic )vrie>t, advocates a poli- . y of -i frrenatUin among the No- V f*. < anil white tenants.in the proj- . ect homes. - . Washington. 1). ( .?< o tigress- |, nan William 1.. Dawson, Chic, go $ Democrat, declared that the prob- v .. :vs of js'i'iH's throughout the J country identical witii those I that every success!ul eijfort t c t 'iitri a solution for the people of j bis district will indeed help other Negrogs. He?rtpokt.'- last Tuesr?av jr night at the Hanneker Junior Hi | school auditorium before a strict V local' and mi dost audience that .ir 'l-X. hiii! iu'Cn collected by the Howard Park Civic Association. L _ Tulsa. Okla.? Accordi'ng to figures released by the board of : education here, the annual school census points out that the Negro school population in Tulsa has de- j creased since the establishment of defense industries in this area while the white school population ha.- greatly, increased. School officials say that the enrollment in, -yj the senior class in high school is i| the smallest in'the last 12 years. ? Oakland. Calif,?Dr. Hfcnry A. 4-i Boyd. secretary-treasurer of the National Baptist Convention, un- I incorporated. was the principal ' speaker, at a mass meeting held at -Mt. Zion Baptist church here Sunday. On Monday he spoke at ' Parks Chapel under the auspices of the local ministerial alliance. I New Haven. Conn.?The name M>L i?u science ircpartmcni at vir inia State college. appears i n tlio graduate school reports o f ( Yale Fnhers?ty hero a? the re- ~"7 cipient of a doctor of philosophy > degree. Hi-.-Robo-grsv who did'his * liiidciuraduatc.- walk at Wiiberforce and- Yale Divmity school, ? ? wrote his dissertation o? _"The ? Life and Labor of Rural Negroes in Virginia." Yazoo City, Miss.-?An intere$tng chanter in the lnv|p|y thr Junior Red Cross is being written in a little school located in tiie rugged hills on the outskirts of Yazoo Civ. It is the' Saint C Francis school for colored chHdren. founded two years ago by .Mother House of St. Francis in ' ; B M llwaukee, W isronsin. Fatfier Peter I)e Beer. S. \'. I)., a native of Holland, rs the priest in F3B| charge. He feels very close t o the Red Cross. When Holland was invaded he could get no word Jflj from his family. After wee kg of anxiety, through Red Cross ,nels, he received a eommunica- f: M tirin assuring him of their safety. ,* Perhaps because pf his enthuai. . w asm, Junior Red Cross became a iw part of the organized program ^ W (He st hoorl:? Continued on Page 2 ^