Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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W.> ? . r? ?rrp? -v, VQK SWlCTORY ^\Z^UN1TED<?AT11 BONDS ? STAMPS ?VOL. XVIII?NO. l.*j.? d AviwrwTc Tn n i AImjun ii\J u PERSONNEL MIS: - AtlanUh --Ga^ M-areh 2tf?-Payments to dependents of military of civilian personnel, officially reported missing, missing in action, captured or interned, are authorized by law, it was announced today by Headquarters, Fourth Service Command. Jt These payments may be by con^ tinuation of previously made allotments, by increases in such allotments, or by making new allotments. deductions to be made from the pay which accrues to the cred It of the missing person, according to the regulation. ?increased or?additional allot mints may not exceed the amount required for the reasonable support of dependents and in no case may they.with other deductions y longeily pay to be credited to the ^ ub.'.nl person. It is pointed out that other relief authorizations in this law include payments of insurance premiums by allotments from pay and provision for transportation of dependents and effects of persons killed, injured or mossing, as a result of military operations. The above regulations is in addition to Form G2o, covering family allowance pstyments made to dependents of enlisted men in the four lowest grades. However, increased allotments may be made to these dependents to cover an emergency or to supplement a family allowance which is proved to ht. inadequate. Kmphnsis is made of the impor ..< O.U.U-... J.. ?U..,w. . .In.. ' waking family allowance applications (Form 025), .*ince this al l.mvantc continue* if the-soldier is later reported missing,~eaptured or interned. Should a soldier in these four grades have no family allowance in effect and is reported missing, a dependent needing support should apply for the family allowance and may also make application fom irrr additional atlotment from the soldier's pay, if the family allowance car be proved insufficient. Dcpendments finding it necessary to make application for family allowances or for additional allotments and services, are advised to , contact the nearest Red Cross chapter, which will assist in preparing such applications, or to write directly to the Dependency Allotment Section, Allowance and Allotment Branch. A. G. 0. Building "Y", 20th and B Sts., X. K., Washington, D. C., with a full statement of the circumstances. Merchants Should Check Endorsements Merchants throughout South Carolina who accommodate their cus tomers by cashing their unemployment compensation checks were urged today to. more closely scruti?? fitze-the endorsements. Thia note of warning canto from the South Carolina Unemployment Compensation?Com m isaion wh ich said that fronquently merchants Mk altogether to obtain the clai* cinnts' endorsements, or cash the thecksjwBIsTTa_re obviously improperly endorsed. In such instances ? 'he Commission baa-no?alternative e<copt to return the checks to the banks, which in turn demand payment from the merchants. An av ^^B^Trsppr7?nnirTTTPnv!r7!sfl^TrHr,wwinF od because of improper, or lack of, endorsements. The Commission has on file the" clntrrrent's bona fide signature and is therefore able to cjosely check each endorsement. The most usual reasons why checks are returned unpaid are: -Jp. the endorsement ia illegible; it does not correspond with the signature on file; it is printed and therefore not acceptable; the endorsement (X) is not witnessed by two persons; the address of at least one of the witnesses was left off. The Commission said that it ap. predated the cooperation of merchant^ in cashing the checks for ilaiments but that it was giving this note of warning to theni to protect them against further lopi. _ ses. . P f. t'y *' ' *: = I ? EPENDENTSOF SING IN ACTION _ l - J < jSix WAAC Auxiliary jof State Ordered to ? ! Report March 30th ...i - j ; Fort Jackson, S. G\, March 27? j A group of six Negro WAAC ( auxiliaries from South Caiolinu < have been ordered to report on i March 20 for active duty at the | First Women's Army Auxiliary * Auxilary Corps Training Center^J Fort Des Moines, Iown, it was re- t Vealod by Lieut Marion J. Israel j WAAC recruiting officer at Fort , Jackson_and recruiting chief foi , the state. ( The Negro Auxiliaries to report ( at that time arc: Elizabeth A. ( Shannon, t olumbia; Helen C. SOele ~ and Elizabeth E. Boone. Summer- j j ville; Novella E. Jackson, Tren- ( ton; Emma S. Marshall, Leesville | t and Ora L. Slaves, Spartanburg . At Fort I)es Moines the Auxil- , juries will bo given four weeks of | ba.pc training after which there is oftin :t course in specialized train ; ing for the individual who is qual ; iiied, .Lieutenant Israel said. i j , M. P. Force at Robins i Field, Georgia Bv Pfe. Robert Graham | , I Robins Field. March? 25 - X"pi. j ! Fd Jackson, former play-boy fight- j ' .M" front Columbia, S. C. and orth- ' j while dance promoter, has been j j added to the recently organized ! Colored M. P. here. The tall handj some heavyweight boxer made j 1 1 quite., a name atour.d Columhia as i j i fighter who never failed to sat- '' j isfy the crowd?win or lose. Ilr is h j doing just as well here in Macon!' ,ts he walks u? and down Broad-" ' i \- ay keeping Le boys in the right ' military manner. Jackson says he 1 j 1 ope to set a furlough by A pi-il 1 /-<. ho ear be homo with ris family -r-;vn'l see some of his old friends,. Lt < | is rumored right here on the post S that one of those fine "Georgia i ! peaches" has finally kayoed Thop ; ex-Columbia clouter for the full ; i j count and it will soon be "bells". < Pvt. Simpson Tolliver, anothei i j Columbia fighter who made good in the ring around New York as 1 i sparring partner for Jack Sharkey and Primo Caneara', both for'liier heavyweight champions, is i getting his basic training at Camp ( I Wheeler. Tolliver taught Jackson 11 (ihe finer points in t)> manly art j | ! i )' beak-besting. WHITE MINISTERS 0 HEAR REVEREND C. By Wavmun Johnson Chester, S. C., March 29?The j j white ministerial union of Chester , | was held spell bound Monday as 1 | they listened to an address deliv- | I ered to them by Rev. C. C. Coleman, pastor of Metropolitan A. j M. E. Zion ehhreh. This was the ; first time a Negro minister has j - ever been invited to speak To This j ing relationship between the two j races here. Bev. Coleman, in discussing the | .]jiubj.ect,.. "EuiUers of .the Xc.w j | World" made special mention of ?the things wo need. He s.tid "New worlds are built out of the broken j material of the old". 'He also . | '.tin. nuwfVfr, i n:i r miMjf ] care that there shall be enough | honor, decency, and righteousness j left out of which to lay the ground I work for the new. TFTe pointed to Christ as the Carpenter Child, I who was careful to make a keen j and intelligent appraisal of valj ues". In sugg.sting the things | that should btr left out in building I the new world, he said, "Racialj ism, imperialism, and exploitation -j mastd5f scrapped". Hp saicT furi ther, 'that in building this new ! world, we must move on until ! there shall evolve a brotherhood of love, the new world must be Christ-like or it too must crumbte?r. In appealing to the ministers and Christians, he said, "Our duty is to give tone und color to the new world, then shall come | th# society ef the twice Dorn." ^ I Skilled and Un1 *1l 1 rn 1 skilled 1 radesmen Urged to Join Up Columbia, March 29?(Special) ?With the growing need for Construction corpsmen to serve with :he' armed forces at Americar trmy and naval bases outside the ;ontinental Units oF the United States, there are vast opportune:icg now for skilled and unskilled tradesmen who will enlist to serve tvith the Navy's famous "Sea Equally fine opportunists ire offered qualified men who serve p.the Array with the Army Engiicers. This announcement was nade here today by Lieutenanl ?dmmander I)r.n Henry, Officer in Charge of Navy Recruiting foi :his state. "The Seabees have already- mudi i iamoi.s mime lor memseivcs at Guadalcanal and on other battle folds during- the present war, and ire destined to blaze a new trail if glory in the current pages ol listory," Comndr. Henry said. It was pointed out that men in South Carolina between 118 and 1-2 years, and who'arp skilled n trade ratings, may volunteer t'oi he Seabees in Class V-6, Naval Reserve, in a rating comniensuate with their ci\illtm trade 01 .kill. Hetenninalion of the rating .hall be the responsibility of u S'aval Officer from the Civil Engineer Corps, who \yill visit- Cot mbia U> hold personal .inter,,:ews at tire' Navy Oflic6 in thr first National Hank Building soon. However, applicants arc .irped "not to apply untd the CEC Recruiter arrives here for persond interviews. His itinerary will 'to published in the paper in advance to allow men throughout the state, time to get in here tc .ry out for the Seabees. His full Itinvrgry will he nuhlicized t.hrv the press. The Officer hi Charge furthei stated that those men between H and :',8 who feel that they are qua ified for duty with the Seabees should see the Seabees "officer ant ivi;iL-? ?,.t' v/v?v nic ncv.rnnttij' jJilfJCIS >btaining approval from the Ofli :or. If found qualified in all re spects, the men may report to tin local Selective Service Board am volunteer for induction. He wrl be inducted at the Armed Forces Induction Station (Fort Jacksor u Camp Croft) and later enlist ed in a rating for which fount best qualified. The accepted mer Continued on Page 4 F CHESTER C. COLEMATT Richland County Successful Year MADDEN ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OP DELEGATES : " The Richland County" Teachers association held its last meetrnj of the year on Saturday, Marc! 11. As is customary-'at- the fma meeting, the group heard report of the year's work and named of fleers for an other year. Mrs. K. G? Sightler, after several years of efficient service, ask cm m mi I'l'iii'vuii ?i ing'fluuen t> treasurer, and was replaced b; Mr. W. J. Gilliam of the Booke Washington high school faculty Other officers elected and re-elect ed include: President, Mr. T. J Sullivan; Vice-President, Mrs. F Thompson; Recording Secretary Mrs. C. A. Be Boo ; Cor. Secretary Miss Sara Willrams. Mr. Cresswell W. Madden, su pervising principal of the Howar and ?axon schools was elected t the House of Delegates to repre sent the Richland County Teach ers' association. 'Mr. T. J. Sulli van was elected an alternate. I electrng Mr. Madden the teacher said that they knew Mr. Madde could represent them because o his experience and the interes that he has hown in them and th association. i laltttc 3LUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA Annual Meeting Sp liCommittee of Soutl On Inter-Racial Co j $3,000 Drive ~ For Salary Fight NAACI* Muss Meetings, April 11 * I ' , The South .-Carolina Conferen.'L . i??C Branches of the National Asso- ' ciation for the Advancement oj | ; Colored People has launched ant 1' rffitial drive for $",000,000 to he! used to finance a si it for t c j ; '.quilization of teachers salaries" . it li'lu )\/>i n hnrn \w T 1 M. Ilinton, president of the Confer- 1 knee. It is undowtood that toe ov- 1 ' ganization intends the s.it to be '; ti e operin-r wetl'.'e towarcLsecur- j~ itiff equalization of all phases o; I ' educational opportunities for No- , I gioes in South Carolina, The I PC.0.00 v'?n' has been apportioned! p the XAACP branches in Aiken | Charleston^ C.craw. Col. i Darlinirtorrr Dorehester, Florence. I: (?eorj?eto\vn, GreenVille, Manning I and Sumter. It is hoped that at j the close of simultaneous ~inas? t I i meetings to be held by the bran-| i hes on April 11. the major part j J if not all of the money will be in ; hand. Plans are to open the suit ' this school term if the funds can | I jbe secured at once. It has been ox- I j plained that the throe thousand 1 ; dollars wll be used to pay cctinI sol and other lognl expenses and i for the salary for a year for the j I teacher who will serve as. defend- ' II i.nt in I he case. Mr. TTIhton and other members 1 |ef the executive enn'mitteo of the |. ^ > onfpronee ure urgent in t'eir reiquest" that teachers and other iy- j ; terested individuals who" live out- j > i side of territory in which the branI. ehes are located will send their i j contributions to the drive, at one?These persons as well as churches ienchcr associations, and other figroups and organizations may 1 send their contributions directly to , j Dr. II. T. Willliams. West Liberty |tStreet, Sumter, or to tht. Victory i Savings Bank. Columbia. Dr. Wil, , liams is treasurer of the Teachers Defense Fund. THo Victory SayTings Bank is the depository chosen I by the conference committee. . i Names of all contributors desirj ing it will be kept strictly confii .iential. j Member,. of the executive roni ' I mittee of the State Conference of 'j Branches of the NAACP are: S 1'J. McDonald.iSr., of Sumter, chair'.man; J. M. Hinton, E. A. Adams, and Mrs, Andrew \V. Simkins. of 'Columbia; S. M. Miller, E. B. Bur; roughs. M. D. and J. E. Bend oL | Charleston; C. C. Cole and Levi "i (J. Byrd of Chearw; Mrs. L. R. , Peddrew and L. L. Farmer of Summervillo; and Miss Camille Levy ! of Florence. 1 Clarendon Co. Negro 4-H Club Boys Show [Beef Cattle^ at , Qtnelr CVinur ; | uti V.^VV7VI\ OHVYT 1 4_ Vine 4-H club boys exhibited s nr.d sold beef cattle at the fat stock show which was held in Flor ; L'lice, March 23 to 24. Those 4-H calves had been on feed since Doceiuber 15, 1942 and made an av; ^ iiawai gain of 050 ?<n?li dining. tin" feeding period. Feeding work was . clone by the boys under the superI vision of William Thompson, Negro Agricultural Agent. When weighed in their calves made a total weight of 5155 pounds and " (nought an average of 14.75 cent ' per pound, or a total of $752.54 for r! the nine calves. 4?James Spry -irmt William Gam ' | hie, calves graded U, S. good and 'twere awarded red ribbons arrd 0 | $4.75 each from the show association. Kdward Walker and Grady lohmson, calves graded U. R, med iuni and were awarded white rib11 bons and $2.1,7 from the shof> sbs sociation. In additional to these n przes the merchants of Mbnning f lonated $20.00 which made prizes t availabl0 for the other boys where e their calves did not make the grade. For this the 4-H boyg and I < j V if<* i , SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 194J uth Carolina 1 hern Commission 1 operation To Relieve Them," was the sub- v4 jt-ft of a noteworthy address ('e- j ' live red by Dr. William E. Cole, j *J brad of the department of Social ' j Science of the University of Ten- ^ ncssee, and Executive Director of j tho Southern Commission on Intri facial Cooperation, at the an- W nual meeting of th? South Caro- ' r lina Committee of the Cammissinn 1 . Mt rch 24 at Benedict college. I . The meeting was largely attend- I e<l, and was also addressed by I!. 1(3 Beverly Herbert, chairman of the j ,] Soi.th Carolina_ committee, who presided. lie told his listeners j o tbrt in the present world crisis jo mos; of our work nnd thought ive |l [ entered on tho world struggle in I u which all of iiv nv.i n.w.c, ,,.xA. ..-a i ii - V illlll I II that thi' same thing is true in out j el work to secure intetracial coop- | cration. which is a condition piec- M; cdent to securing anything; that [v r? sembies Tt" lasting peace. jt4 introducing tht. main speaker. :he chairman1- emphasized his j h hrot.d experience and service in 11 thp world of social work, and ad- JJ* dtd that all present would go a- j way with new. light on many j sl phases of the problems in which ; all of is are now so hopefully en- i g: ged. Significant among Dr , [lole's observations was that both i ^ white and Negro newspapers J might do much toward the- ease- ^ mont of tensions. He averred 1 that the white papers slioulil give more space to .worthy activities **' of Negro citizens and men in the ' armed forces, publish more phoiogrnphs?rrf?Negroes.?showing ~?J them in a favorable light, etc. Hi ? expressed the opinion that t h i Negro press shoyld stop bitter .tirades and the use of invective a- j g: Inst the wlrifps, arrdiriting sar- p cusm against the conservative el- T anient or'?their own -group -Avht^ ? profess leadership. Three new members were added to the board ] at this meeitng, they were Cor- 0 nell A, Johnson, supervisor o f ii Negro schools, Columbia; Miss 1 Alice Anderson, Anderson; and n Mrs. A .1 Wvi?v.f" ???.?i-i? ... i i^nkt ufiuicusvnie. | A resolution was adopted to t' request a $30,000 appropriation P for a State Industrial School for < Negro girls. c b NAACP Drive Off To Good Start c ? The membership drive began in t Baptist church, 202 memberships ? were secured. Zion Bapt. church < inder Rev. J. P. Reeder, who is ,, also membership drive leader, lead . with 08 memberships. First Cal- ; S. Youngblood was 2nd, 37; Bish- j eps Memorial A ME church under Rev. H. B. Butler was 3rd with 17 memberships, and other churches with smaller number of members ] V.htteiotel men from Columbia hotel. yfodcr Mr. Earnest JRcdtL-turiu- -j ed ift 25 membet ships. i Sunday, April 4th, the meeting ( will b# held in Bishops' Memorial ( AMR-church. Be v. H/ B. Butler. "< 4iaator at 4:00 p.m^?and it is ex_pected that all of the _ churches will report in full, or at least a partial report. * Sunday, April 11th. the meeting will be in Second Calvary Baptist , church, Rev. C. H. Brown pastor and the third Sunday in Union , Baptist, Rev. L. C. Jenkins, pastor | This will be the concluding day ] if the drive, and Columbia i* ex- | pected to havP more" than 2,000 ' memberships to remain the largest branch in South Carolina. Have you joined? If not, why? ( "TTo3 hcTps cthose who help them- ( selves, and th0 Columbia branch ( ttns passed yc?r his many accoST^" plishrrents to its credit. James M. Hinton njrent wish to thank them. Those boys are showing much interest Jin tl is kind of work, and hope to tetter this record in 1044. These elubsters plan to purchase war stamps and bonds with the profit and prise money from theih calves. -? ' . _ S ----- Dr. Patterson Urge Up Wartime Poultr "With the SotitftierW states bois* equestcd to produce nearly .11)0 ullion?ehtek^?? and more "than i billion dozen eggs aa their share f the 1"848 chicken and egg goals i [ilored farmers who make up u aurth of the farm operators in r.at area must also step up theii ^ induction of poultry this yejw 1 1 order to contribute their full j art to the nation's wartime food rive,", Dr. F. D. Patterson, the j resident of Tuskegeejuid-speciaT . distant to-ttrr?cTrotary of Agri- ( lP.ure,-, said this week. f Pointing out that Tuskegee's oultry department, in making?a- _ pedal study of improving layers, j ad already produced several .100- | gg a year hens through a system ; 1' selecting and breeding, Dr. | iako plans now to increase their., ^ tucks of laying and their eating luckens. ' j It is expected that many colored \ armors, as well as residents of c illages and suburbs ?of cities -will ither start a flock th vpjii* ml ill enlarge the flock? they already ave. With meat rationed, it is , ointed out that poultry J&-beeotn^ increasingly Tfitportant as a jurce of meat. And, of cource. in;c the very beginning of the ar eggs have been vitally imporHit as one of our principal pro in foods. Last year the Food islribution Administration of the . S. Department of Agriculture ; urchased more than 000 million i ozen eggs for lend-lease shipbroacl^Tins^year1 thenot!"even | igher. i_ effersorras a Scion- 1 ist and Inventor i t Library. Of Congress To Portray 5 efferson As a Man Of Science., n "Special Exhibition Marking ; he Bicentennial Of His Birth_ j 1 None of his contemporaries with ; he possible exception of Benjamin t ranklim had as varied an interest , t the pursuit of science as had , homas Jefferson. "Yet, despite < nuch evidence of his advanced ^ cientific knowledge and his ap lk-ation of science to the common | j ursuits of life, the story of Jeff- j rson's accomplishments as a man f science and inventor never has ; ecome widely known. It is especially appropiate there, i re that one of the exhibitions pening at tthe Library of Conpens on Monday, April 12, pre- . iminary to the Jefferson Uicenennial Celebration the following eveal and evaluate Jefferson as i scientist; The cases housing this xhibition will be located just out>dc the Thomas Jefferson Room 'or Science and Technology, on hb fifth floor o^he ^Annex build ig, where Ezra Winter's mural? r memory of Jefferson are lotted. Of foremost importance among lefferson's scientific achievements vns his work as a statesman which he Federal scientific bureaus of odav. An item of unusual interest n the display is his renort as Secretary Of State on the subjecT if establishing uniformity in .veighthTTrfraWres an.d"coins in the"" United States. This document, datv] July $7 1790, became the basis >t that interest un rtip ;mrt llf Hl[i" jovernhient which resulted in the establishment ot the Bureau of : Standards. Other material to he exhibited will indicate Jefferson's part in laying the foundations of thp American patent system and patent laws, in instituting in 1817 the Coast Survey (continued today as the U. S. Coast and Geofafie Survey), and in encouraging the early Rteps leading to the eventual stabliahment of the Naval Obwrvatory and Hydrographic Oft'icr. Photographs of a number of Jefferson's inventions, showing his practical application of *)thp principles of science, also will he on display. Jeffer's work as the ^ bather of American Paleontology also will be illustrated by photographs of some of the fossil bones Continued on Page 8 x ? ... . PRICE s Farmers to Step y Prodartioft Right Sol Carolinians , Recently Enrolled [nWAAC c March 25r - Eight Negro women 1 Tom South Carolinu volunteered * 'or the Women's Army-Auxiliary ^ Uorps and were enrolled yester- 1 lay in that organization at the ' Eorl- Jaakson Recruiting antL Jn-.. J luction Station, it was announced * >y Ideut. Marion Isreal, WAAC ccruiting officer at the post. ; '< The new auxiliaries are: Leonora J * L Hah rrnrt f^nrr>;in Arli'.mv t .urg; Lavina Brew ton, Spartan- ! 1 >urg; Essie M. I)avi<i, Kingstree; j Vlargaret D. Broaden, Sumter; EC- 1 ie M. Nance, Greedwood; Helen t r. Davis, Beaufort and Myrdie V. t Irant, Seneca. a The. auxiliaries have been trans- c erred to the WAAC Reserve aTtd r vjil remain at their homes until f ailed to report for active dutv. I ' _ l Urges the Negro To Use the Ballot J Consistently _ [d i V (J h H ? . It Shown in the above picture is f [Jr. J. Leslie Jones, candidate for s he Balitmore, (Md.) City Council I it the forthcoming election. Dr. Jones , whose candidacy has been lighly endorsed by the Fourth t fi ?? i**. ' J L'lAkLua.?wtwtltitff una T1U- 3 iierous civic organizations, in an t iddress at his campaign headquar- r :crs last Saturday urged "Negro- J is in all parts of the country to * _se the ballot consistently in an ^ iffort to gam victory on the home 1 front". President of the City c Wide Republican club, Dr.. Jones ^ is also vice-president and chair- 6 man of the Educational Committee of the local branch of the National Association for the Advance J nent of Colored People. ' j i Winston-Salem < Minister Raise $140 For Alma Mater DR. R. M. PITTS MAKES CONTRIBUTION TO FRIENDSHIP COLLEGE Winston-Salem, N. C-, March 27?Dr. R. M. Pitts, progressive pastor of the lavge Shiloh Bap list church here, and president of | the Alumni Association of the Friendsh/p Junior college, Rock Hill, South Carolina, in a special ceremony last Sunday, presented to President James H. Goudlock of the South Carolina institution, the sum of one hundred and forty-dollars m behalf of the membeis of the Alumni association. The gift _ was made possible through the cooperation of many persons interPS.'Pfl in f'Krlutiun nH..notion nml among those who participated were, Rev. W. A. Coleman, pastor of the Dreamland Baptist church; Rev. Thomas Kilgore, pastor of I the Friendship Baptist church; and ! Mr. A. A. May field of the Winston Salem Journal and Sentinel. Dr. Pitts was largely responsible for the amount raised, and President Goudlock, in expressing appreciation for the splendid contribution, thanked the above mentioned persons who contributed in no small measure to the successful drive in behalf of Friendship college. Mem- j bers of the various churches reprepresented at the special meeting nlayed a significant part in the drive and to Dr. Pitts and others, President Goudlock sard "much credit should be given, particularly in these day? of trials and tribulations",. ?. - WrU ^ml For VICTORY! M { ) 0 N* lV? I | ITATKI P BIF?N?? SB^bondi m STAMPS - ANP News Shorts 1 Release Wednesday, Marth 31 Atlanta?R. B, Eleazer, educaional director of the Commission in InterraciuJ Cooperation foi ^ icarly 25 years, has retired from M he staff. However, he intends to :ontinue working in the cause of nterracial understandrng and is lopeful of a suitable opportunity o carry on. While serving as di? ?? ector, he did much to aid the pub ic school teachers and college rnitructors. His monographs, "Anericas Tenth Man", and "Undertanding our Neighbors," of which 0,000 have been 'used, served as iluatde aids to teachers in crfeaing a better undeistanding among -> aces, * . j"l AngeT~m^ ^thf | noks and waiters union to aid by | heir presence in seeing that an iccused member gets necessary ounsl for u fair trial, Hollywood 1 novie - stars will aW in raising ^ ?ft 'unds for the defense of Robert ?ee Folkes, charged with the lerth 13 murder of a woman passnger on a speeding train near Albany, Oregon. They were to ippear at a dance on April 1, at nics hall" Folkes will go tn trial >n April 7 on a charge of murder it Albany and funds raised at the lr.nce wrll go to pay attorney fees. Yllow worker8 of Folkes, who vas a second cook on the train, are inanimous in disavowing belief in lis guilt and pointed to the fact 1 hat he performed all of h/s duties M in the morning when the killing iccurred. They also said that they loted nothing unusual in his deneanor. Mo vis stars scheduled to ppear at the dance included Hat* ie McDaJirel, Ernest Whitman. _ ^icodemus, Dooley Wilson, Clarnce Muse, Herbie Jeffries, und ?ouise Beavers. - J f -3 Washington?The house miliary affairs committee may conirder, possibly this week, TTbill in rouucea oy representative howrd W. Smith, Virginia Democrat, i nemisis of organized labor, vhich, if adopted, would nullify liscr/niinatory rules and regulaions embodied in the constitutions md rituuls of trade unions which lave the effect of barring Negro's from membership, Brooklyn?"Patterns of Negro Segregation," written by Dr. Chares S. Johnson, FislC sociologist, is ust off the press. It is a chal- ?... enge to white Faeiam in Ameria. The contradictions between he principles of real democracy md the Un-American practices of 'ul talk to theh member-ship of liscrimination in j>olitics, religion, jducation, recreation, war indus,ry, and voting are vividly portrayed. The evidence, culled from everyday happenings is irrefutable, it answers the questions: "Why-ia ? the solution of the Negro problem <0 urgent today?" "What are the facts about undemocratic segregation?" "What is America doing about it?" Finally it contends tnat tnis national drsjrrace iri play ing the?same of the Axis power*. It is a Harpers publication. Washington?At least 235 chap IftmswtH be- needed t>y the end of the current year to meet estrmated-inenrss in th size of the iirrrnw] forces, William K. Arnold, chief of chaplains, told a press conferonce Saturday mominflr. thU la but a part of the 4,000 that are Lehig sought to minister to the spiritual needs of the entire force irrespective of color. Two-hundred Negroes may be placed almost immediately Washington ? Carl Sandburg, noted author, lecturer, and biographer o{ Abraham Lincoln, wHl speak in Andrew Rankin Memorial chHpel of Howard university, * Wednesday, April 14, it was an- " nounced Monday. ?Prairie View?In a food-habit* survey taken among Negro farm families in nine southern states during autumn, 1942, it was found that there ?s a great need for supplying mform|?ion on cultivating Continued on Paga #