The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, June 26, 1943, Image 1
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I ^V^tOTTED ?YATH I
1 BONDS STAMPS |
* ~ VOL. XVIII?NO. 25."
Million
BY OHIO S
Largest Appropriation
In History; Per*
mits Expansion of
Univ. Activities
i
Wilberforce, Ohio?The Ohio
State Legislature set a new prc
cedent by granting the million
dollar appropriation for the 194.1-44
biennium sought by Wjlber.
force University, the oldest continuously-operated
institution of
' higher education for Negroes.
fgQO.QOO 'uf ' tlii.v a|ipu>piiati?n is
ear-marked as post-war expenditurc
for the construction of a
science building; $105,000 will be
used for armory and addition to
-jtk the trvni nasi um: $3G.00t> for a
new "water and sewerage system;
and $10,000?as?additional allot- lncnt
to the Library. The remaining
amount is for immediate use
of plant improvement, new positions,
salary adjustments, and
general educational services.
?-Attorney- ltny?Hughes, Chairman
of the State Board of Trustees,
took active part in pushing
this appropriation bill through
the legislature by personal visits
to Coventor John W. Brickev and
legislative representatives known
to be opposed to such a large.appropriation
for a Negr0 institution.
Under the leadership of Dr.
David Turoeau. of Cincinnati, the
only Negro member on the Finance
Committee of the Ohio
Legislature, Attorney Chester K.
Gillespie, of Cleveland, and Dr.
oaiioy i\ay, i?o outer inegio repture,
continued this plea for larg
or nppin|>ii?ti<nw r<> the?Univcr- sity
within the Legislature.
The successful?arul inspiring '
administration of the new presi- <
"rtentrDivThal'Tes ffrWesley, who J
u addressed the joint session of the
Ohio Legislature on March o,
1 Ul.'J, The~supporl of Superintendent
C. C.' Jenkins, and the unprecedented
harmony which has
existed between the church and
state hoards of trustees throughout
the present administration of
. Wilhcrforcc University were imfc'portant
factors which contribut???cd
to the winning of the tight for
larger appropriations. ,t
NAACP Victory
Meeting to be Held |
In Sumter
The Reverend S. J. McDonald.
Sr., Chairman of Sumter Branch
of the NAACP wishes to announce
that a Victory Meeting
will he held at Mt. Pisgah AME
church on Sunday afternoon.
June 27th, at '1:30 o'clock. This
. /neeting will .be addressed by not- J
nblc speakers and all teachers i
arc especially urged to attend.
Six-Day Institute
Held for 93 Pastors
Orangeburg, C.?_Junc 10?Objectives
for increased production
and belter living in rural communities
were clarified for ninetythree
South Carolina pastors who
attended a six-day institute for
rural pastors held at South Carolina
State college, June 14-10.
n..im, \ i, n.? as
nuMiuiu i v n i I'll /'V. i cuwii, ill!
rector of the department of the
^ rural church. Drew Theologianl
seminary and representative of the
Home iVtifrsrtons Council of North
America which is sponsoring seventeen
institutes held in state colleges
ol' the south, announced at
the closing session that the at
tendance at the institute here led
sixteen others that have already
^^bcen conducted.
'The ^responsibility^ of the
^^nurch for a better rural life" was
the theme for the institute. Lecturers
and speakers at the sixday
institute urged the pastors
_ . to, cooperate with agricultural
agents and local teachers in community
improvement and to assist
in relieving lahor shortage
^ on farms.
" Courses were conducted by outstanding
church and agricultural
scholars of rural life. Hoard at
, - J tire institute, aside from the regular
faculty staff wercMhTor jVumon
Clnrk who discussed farm
labor shortage! Dan Lewis, director
of 4-H clubs who spoke on the
farm youth program, and (lev. H
D. Crockett, Tuskcgee institute.
.who spoke on the program of the
rural church.
Representatives of Lhe ninetythree
pastors who enrolled at the
institute declared at a closing session
that they hud a new message
to carry back to' their, communities
and had rec?ived information
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TATE LEGII
"The Pause That Re
The Air Sunday, Jui
iS'orlolk-born Dorothy IVIayno'r,
great American soprano, __wiH rl
make her third appearance as the (01
guest of Conductor Andre Koslcl- T''
anetz on The Coca-Cola Com- ha:
pany's "Pause That Refreshes on nm
the Air" via CBS Sunday after- Ofl
noon. ;ijr
cy- . '
?Dorothy May^.or., brilliant Anicr.-*^
ican sopiano supported by mixed ,t|,
i hoi us, will be ihc 'truest of Cort- j|(1.
doctor Andre Kosteianet/, oil "The. ?u.
Pause?That Refreshes On The 7^7;
Air" via" CHS Sundav. afternoon ....
June 27.
Highlighting I he prog ram' will
be an a capclla number, "Some- ;j\.
times I Keel Like A Motherless tj;(
Child", by Mis5s Ma.vnor and the Dc
chorus and an orchestra aiTangcniei
t of three Rudolph Frinil tunes
"Chansonette", "Allah's Holiday". ^
and 'Song of the Vagabonds". 1)1'
"XTTsTe \l ;Tvnnv n \ <r% will <iho
Edward-G rieg's "A Dream."Hells 'H1
of Eventide", a poetic work set t< 1,0
the music of Rachmaninoff's 'T 1,11
Sharp Minor ", will he featured hv x.l"
the choral group. . J0
A native of Norfolk, Va., Mis^
Mavror enjoyed almost immediate ry,
success following her "discovery" ,e
live years ago by Serge Kousscv- ,,
ilsky, famous conductor of the .VJ
Boston Symphony Orchestra. Her jt
appearance on "The Pause" Sun- (!
day (.June 27J will be her third R.
under the Kostolanetz baton. \
In addition to the Kriml group. (;{
the Kostclanctz orchestra will (),
round out the pmgraimvith Bixro's ;h
"Tell Me That You Love Me To- ,s(
"night" and Richard Rodgors'
"People Will Say 'We're In Love" u
riUlll tllU sensational stage sue- eu
cess, "Oklahoma".
The Program? ])
Tell Mo That You Love Mo To- ,f
night?Bixio - Orchestra. ;r.
A Preiun?Grieg?Miss Mav-nor ,\t
People Will Say We're In Ia>vc?
Rodgcrs?Orchestra? It
Bells of Eventide ((' Sharpe Mi- Si
nor) Rachmaninoff ? Mixed
Chorus.
Eriml Group . 1
eu i.x
viiaiinunuii^ ,
Allah's Holiday ,
Song of the Vagabonds
Orchestra
.Sometimes I Feel Like A Mother- J
less Child?Traditional ? Miss ^
Maynor.
and inspiration to encourage improvement
in farm communities.
President M. F. Whi'ttakci.
South Carolina State college and
a faculty committee cooperate I
with the TTome Missions Council
of North America in planning
the institute. Scholarships were
given a limited number of pastors
who attended.
The faculty who conducted the
institute were, of the regular
South Carolina State college faculty,
W. M. Buchanan. Dean of j
Agriculture; H. E. Daniels. Direc- j
tor of Agricultural Extension: J.
P. Burgess. Agricultural Teacher- |
Trainer; Miss M. E. Pegues, Home i
Economies; Teacher-Trairer: !. I
M. Ward, Professor of Agronomy |
and Agricultural Economics; Miss i
.0. C.-Williams. Professor of Home
Economics. Visitincr facultv mem 1
hers were, Ralph A. Felton, Director
of the Department of the Ru
ral Church, Drew Theological seminary.
Madison, M?J., repre^entativc
oL the Home Missions *
council; Dumont Clarke, Director
of Religious Department, Farmers'
Federation, Asheville, N. C., v"
'and Howard Kester, General Secretary,
Fellowship of Southern U
'Churchmen, Black Mountain, N. C. W
-.J. D. McGhee, reporter al
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SLATURE
tfreshes" on
le 27,-4:30 P. M.
apt. Charity
idams Now
mpeirvisor
Fort Dos Mdinoa, In., .funo IV
is t 'Miiec1;- iiaptiun) i ) 1; 11 -11 > I
lams of t olnnilna. FT Iki
cn assigned In duly as a Xtrprrior
of Plans and Training in tli"
adqualcis of Kilst \Y.\.\<
ainii <r OntiT. Fort Dos Mnini's
va' i
hi her new noa.tlnn. I- li st Offic f
Adams aids >\ itii the supervisi
and direction of classes for I
A AC students in 1'asie Trainr.
A (tin inistralivc ' Specialist
tool. Motor Trar sport ;c!ioo!.
kcrs and. Cobles school and- Of-cr
Candidate schoolnt Fort Dtp
tines, Iowa.
First Officer \dam's w>\< S'ortvy
Coinpa'nv Commander <>f a
mpanv of Negro W-nnes in Mastaining
at Fort Dos .Moines. She
s ''oen a'VVAAC Copipur. v Coin
older since her graduation fri?or
freer 'Candidate "school month |
o. . I
She (nine to Fort lie* Mimic
Officer training iTi .Inly. 1 'o 1:1
;1 was one of the !>0 Negro njenfs
of the Firs' Officer Candida!"-stt-irrTTTttiated
at fort Pes .I'-a ;
on August 2!), 1 i) i3. On grail
lion she was comnvissioned e
4rd OfFren?f Second fri e ul ( n
t) in the Women's A rimy Atix
try Corps, llcr promotion to
. rank of First Officer came -in i
cemher. 1P42.
Hefore her enrollment in the
A AC. 1st Officer Adams Urucht
(thematies for four years at
Terr .Juuinr high?school in?Co. '
S> (' Wioc ~n t
ward In*!' Muster's degree in tin
miner school at Ohio State uni'- ;
isity. Columbus, ()., when sTTtr"
in cm I the WAAC. ? j
First Officer Adams, who was 1
aduatod from Wilberforco uni- ]
isity in Wilberforco, ().. with i
i A.R. in mathematics in
as ore of the outstanding Amorfin
Universities and Colleges."
lition of "Who's Who In Amvran
Universiities and Colleges",
t the university she was prcsi:nt
of Delta Sigma Thota Soritv,
a class officer, a .member ot
ie executive staff of the Women's
If Government association, and
member of the staff of the uni rsity
new sua iter and of "Ea>i\,ui"
the university annual.
She is the daughter of the Rev.
r. E. A. Adams and Mrs. Adams
Columbia. S. O. Her father is
..oral secretary of the African
I per vises education .n more than)
A. .M, E. .colleges in the United
Latns.
First Officer Adams' brother.
cellmeal SgV Fv7\. Adams, ,)r..
in the Kntrineers Corns of' the
i my. He lias been overseas
nec July, J'J 12.
Jnder Sec'y. Sumi
Many white notables, including
nder Secretary of State Sumner
elles, principal speaker, were in
btendnncc nt the commencement
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?LU.\I 1;.!ATJS( ) L"!'I rt'AlioU N A
Mary E. Witherspui
A
This lilili- '.yi'I ? tight ycjir-'i'
hi a; J jwifo.ans on ' lite -pinno r*
"with Mart !i:v. sUiil. She at-io
U":i!? the Cuim.i Slu.'i' in i '<
Mv'ti'i-lii.--. an.i hu, tinisliod tin.-)'
fourth a : ado. Ti< '
lit! ??*.*tr : ' ho i'.i:i:th a: ratio. She. j
n)n\'.< *-he mrrnv,?". ii h?-nrh?rn*^?I?
eieia ' ami <! ::?! that she v.-a:- s?. i '
!< l"<i t?. i a; - ;;K : i ; . '";
aehooi ilvij-in-- the ?v en; yi.?,- j
an ! fen:t.:r.. ' vie i 1 i :I - 1 -hi'
pieets as Tnin-hn*!-erV Mar-'n hv I'
waa' "' : lh o \n.-K ' y' I H- ! :
Cosmetology
Hold (jreat
La irons, June 1 tThe. ?'nMiii'-;
tologists and Beaudetails As: oci-i
ation of south Carolina incisure j
today in a I wo.day- session ?n the
St. Paul Baptist ch.rcli. \vi h '
Mrs. Annie B. Means. president.) ,
J. residing. T-ltO livsr day's :i?J
was taken ftp with rcgiriaUun and 1
.niunii: tee n ports.
M.i an ia . iiipltt. tilts I .ouui?W c 1 f ~
rniiH' Piogram. witM is. Flossie i
V. Wilson, vice-President. prcsid-l.
ing, was as follows:
.Music. f>t. Paul Junior Choir; i .
j March of Beauticians: Music; Nc- j .
i yro National Anthem: Invocation ] f
'Rev. P. S. Hicks; Beauticians' | "
I Soil jr. led by M rs. Carrie S. Bong j '
j Sumter; Introduction of Hi-- 11 on - j
or. the Mayor. Rev. ],. C. Butler; C
Welcome . Address- on behalf of |
| I lie City, Mayor L. 11. Taylor:!.
1 solo. Mrs. W'illudiHina Pope, CoItuii'ibia:
Welcome on behalf p\|
I Beauticians. Mrs. M. Wright; solo.
Miss Juanita Moslcy; \\ el- i
come on behalf of Ministers. Rev. ['
E.W. WrigTit; \\ elconie on belialL '
of Morticians Mr. John F. Hunter!
Response Mrs. Flossie Wilson.)
vice-President: Sermon Rev. II.
W. Walker: Negro at War. Mrs. C
Minnie Sanders; Introduction of | j
the l'rp.-.Hii'iil.?ILLS-?J-uUa J-h-?> e-riand,
()ran*;eburpr; Annua! Ad- r
Tress JTi*s. :Vnim;' Bc'll Brain*; >o- (
i<>, Mrs. .Maenolin Wrijjlit.
ITKSDWS SESSION
Tuesday's sessions were hcl<i at I .
Bethel A. M. K. Church.. The J,
lay's session was taken up with '
Continued on Pajre \i !
ier Welles Speaker
1 Ni'sm-v ^ ^T^r|
| Monday.In t he photograph are. i
1 left to ri-ght, Pr. R. L. 'Phnrm*, f
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tffl I
, SAT\ lil)AA . J I'N1 !)T:l
Ibertori
m of Memphis, a N<
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AX fw^ /
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' r?- .mil
I'l'ii-ach: The iI<mso Rv The Side I.
t?t '? ;?'" fiiu.d ' i:y (i iilcvmi .? a .* ' si
tiers .i'-ist, as hVavy. The . limus !i
: > directed '. y .'ii . A. M.- AI - - 11
one ot' ihr ' leiKT.; of the! J!
f'iStol. So v.eli tit<i )itXic Mary j S
Avail" i MM-tlle !:,? s : t Un ' I'd I itilli U
- '' i1, i "r *' ! ^?- V\ 'v'?OIOU trr Ai O \ l * r 'I?|
f nad a iT11!<1 ri'jlu years old ' il
:;?!]?- 1 eoiiMiieit-. eii'.eiit" mi'- i-.- 'for ?
> V1
hooi in All mniiis. Sn<- annear
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a. a reel I a!, uivi'ii , s"!iH'tjgii i
? i.y hn- in'.is!" Iraclici'. MTs. I ;i
?ts And B
Session At
'arckn St. USO News I
!
. S'at'ientil Children's Hay at the I j
'SO l'h;!? was veiehrated in al
way ai the Harden t:ti'eet I [ ?
ii ?u?hn-; .'-'alnrouy tuni'ain.a. J *
'hildivii 1'ii.ni?ail parts of the
Ity value to play sanies. roast I
. ( ' i'I's, irini; pimvh and have a I
iu i ry" time."'The"ATu I S-v1itutfA.uii.--fA
!er the leadership of Mis. .J. I'i.,p
)U'l;.-o!i wore present atni as-ist-j'.-t
a in many useful ways. Mis. in
iiek.?ni; leii th(' smaller children i<
a (Ldi.rlui'ul sintsinc anil, active | e
umus "which thev enjoyed ureal- i i
y. Ylic U"y^??-out< were present rI
i!s,, ii .ii . ettdercd a very helpful <1
-ervi-c i". SeeU.u that the grounds c
ivere kept elean and that tire jren '
Mil I order was satisfactory. The ' s
ravior Street Stall cooperated it; i
making the pintle a very sue-;
. es.sful event. i Picture - were!"
in.ule of the picnic group and ol ] .
<ome of the aetivities carried on..'
rW=4t?e l una x - a ram
given which included the follovV- |
mg: a tap datiee hy little Dixie |
Miller, daughter of Lieut, and ,
Mrs. .Miller of Fort .Jackson, nut-,;
sic hy the trio compose.! of An- '
ty11st.iMiie MyletL. Doris.. ILuluixi. J
uid IfaulsTie Mictaens: a dance hy . .
Ralph Stc' cn.-on. dr., and Mo/.. I
[ He Isaac and fn.ally the singing-!
i)t "(iod Bless Aiiu'i'ioa liv the
mil ire ,uroup. This was one ?? I' M
niany events to be planned and j j
sponsored jointly by Harden and |
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at N. Carolina Colli
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mt J&
president of Duke university and
; h airman of the hoard of trustees.
North Carolina college; Clow J.
^tefrrHe "*=" Broughtrm, *=-- President
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cetinn
ear Child Prodigy B
V*?:,v" --m :L
^i&rht:C:'v.l_ ..... \
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rla Barl.ee Smith, at which time J
n played suiii tiit'i'CK In The U
ial! <)i' The .Mountain King by i
v ,'c ; So!icy...>ct t o. .Minoi by I
!;; !>: and Sparklets by .Miles,
i" ha a wo; (ii.-i'fui oKunory,-com l
iittint;' ? very thing: which she 1
lev. nr. ' Mi s. 1.). I.. 'w^heVsVoe'n.!
! Memphis. Tennessee. JJev.
i iiiiei spoon. ! the pastor of !iis- _
iiui i h where tie has served for I
hoUT T-ttrtTT-years. H
Laurens?1
^oifal Girl Wins
lonorable Mention
n State T-B Contest j .
I' l!i iliTniic ISfifiitts. 1-1'! Mt- fljfl
lathe Avenue, student at Booker
V; rfTiTiatTHl 11:</h School. W01V I
onoralile ineniion in the Tenth I
t initial Tuberculosis Kssav Con- |
est in South Carolina according i
i> Mrs. *1). McL. Mi Donald, exe- |
alive secretary of the South Ca- 1
olina Tuboreulosis Association, nu
"here were 2111 high school stu- i'(
eiits from .'12 counties and 302 of
allege students representinjr sev- ju
n eolleges participating in the'of
taleuido contest lav
' la
S'ouin. ( arolina Muneiits and ? m
ehonls have won national awards ]t.
m ear'-, of the essay contests~rhrr^ ~^
ng the last ten years. In the ^
list inn'.est a student at Booker iii
A a.dtinirten High School. Coluni- ],j
>ia won the first national award. j$(
Last year Audrey Helen Sinkler. r.
Avery Institute. Charleston was I jH
he winner of 'the third national I tj,
a izo and the .Junior-Senior class !
M tl'.e Mohen Sinalls Hiyli sehoult>[
Ilea'.;fort-won the fourth award, j j>,
' Stare" winner.-. this-yrnw follow :rsr
for eo'.Jege. Miss Margaret Men- j j)i
n'ett. Charleston. student, a t p;
'late A. & M. College, Oranrrc- | :s
)Ui j first prize and !>2o award. ' ai
ivith her essay "How Can I in My I lu
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Jair.es K. Shonaxl. Mr. Welles. -I
Josephus Daniels and Dean W. I ?
W. Pjerson of the University of J
North Carolina,
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rersity
ishop Flipper
aunches S50,000
Jlen Univ. Drive
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U 11;? renuesi <.: Ui.-hop .I.R.
ISenior 1?i>>j> of the
icati Methodist F.piseopal
urch and Pri sidinjr Prelate of
Seventh Kpiscnpal' I >ist rict.
Presiditi" Fidel's. Ministers
1 l.iiymon of the A.MIv Chtireh
So; " I j l';t i nlii mi !).<, !?in ?}io.. ial
ision at Allen University o n
e-oiuy. .tune -t-r??hi inonv;* ?<
Vie lory I>pivi* to-clear tht
lei tcdness of 1 U*ii University,
nipt (in- ii<i><!? 11 11111 "t l!i* 'mpi
Kiiiiiier. ilio Mcthoifist instii<m
lias made rapid strides. In
Continued on F'ajre Id
Jlen Professor
awarded Canaian
Ph.D. Degree
Professor Dedmond
Secures Degree
In French
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MS;; ,
Bip :'
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I'rofessor Frederick Henry Ded
and,'head of the department o
nuance Language and teache
French at Allen University
st recently received the docto
philosophy degree in French
carded by the University of Ot
\va at Ottawa. Ontario. Do
inion of .Canada. Dr. Dedmom
ft the city immediately afte
[leTTs commencement to sit fo
e examination on his disserta
jil Since -co-lmruing? lo assuw
s duties on the faculty of th
?nedict-Al!cn Summer School h
is beer, apprised of his havinj
en successful, and has receive
e lnunment representative o
c 'ieytvo. I> 1. Dcdniond is th
>?mse of tIn- former ^Vli.-s
:']!< Met/lain. Keneciict profes
>r. ~ Mrs-. Pel mo mi is ?the -ver
pillar president of Alpha Kap
s Alpiia sorority. Dr. Dedmon
a member of Aipha Phi Alphi
id secretary of the militant Cc
vnhia Branch of the N'AACP.
UVIE'S Recomnend
Election of
! Bishops For
:oreign Work
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Berry Refuses
Endorsement
For Bishopric
Now York C'itf. Juih- 21 ?Ti
encra: < nniorenee n! the Atr
>n Methodist Kpiscopal Chare
il I'lcrt two !)islvp> for Sout
l'l iran woilt and o:ir bisliop fr
uUiL Ajuuiiiiu_ and tin- !West .It
es at the 1 !* 14 session that cot
ncs in Philadelphi.it. should th
'commendation of (''rrnrmittoo c
yht bishops. the Connection)
residents of the Women's orjtai
lations and the General Seen
_4*1" M itikUtns .pi ttvail, This a
nportant Committee met hei
;st Wednesday at the session <
ic Hoard of Missions at the he*
carters, 112 West 120t,h Stree
iishop T\. R. Wright, Jr., is pre
Ictvt fif the Boffrd and Dr. L.l
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I Durham. N. C.?Allegedly slab- 'W
bed by a woman companion of a
' member of the* Ink Spots, Amor- #
-pea r foremost quartet. Lucky Mil- "
j lirdcr. fa.mod orchestra leader.
iwas Monday night in a serious S
'condition. The innurv struck an J|
I artorv in the right leg. Millinder
i ind the Ink Snots were here on a
j 'ouhle bill dance engagement. The *1
I andleadet is under the constant
j are of a physician. The conflict
4b- said to have arisen over roopling'accommodations
at a local ho- "*
[ to 1 caused by a protest entered by
the Ink Spots who wished rooms
tesorved for other members of the
band. <9
I I Vi if li r,n /A MO\ ' ?!.. I ?
- i / uirnuv mipi-cssed
with his visit with The
wlult education classes "at the
l-'r.-tnoe- Cabrini homes whrrn tlm
pupils are of a mixed denomination.
and where the" teacher is a 1
Negro. Dr. Oswaldo R. Cabral,
. j president of the Red Cross of the
State of Santa Ca tar in a. Brazil, J
and district vice president of the Jj
- liraaii-bnited States institute "for M
Cultural relations,' declared:
"A great work is being don"
in Chicago for tho development, of
understsinding between 'Negroes
?nd white people"
"I regard the work in your city "'l
toward intcrrucbil understawdinls""~
its highly important," Dr Cabral
-aid. "because in my country,
v. bore there is no race problem,
-chile and ?egr<> citizens have the
\ .same fooling toward their coun- *
' try. the same aspirations a n d
ioeals. This is the case despite
the fact that there are religious
. and other differences between tbe
races in Brazil that don't -exist a
"here.- ? -*^1
the Negroes are Mohammedan.
Their forefathers came from the
Mohammedan part of Africa.
"But in-southern Brazil there is
no such, distinction. The Negro- a
es arc Catholic or Baptist or what
- ever the white people of the com A
munity happen to be." y
Capetown, South Africa?ANP
- ?Minster of Interior Harry Law- 1
rcnce has proposed the formation
of a .governmental commission
whose business it would be to
handle affairs relating?to the
"c.olcitred" people. There Irs already
a commission to work with
"native'' people, meaning the oriff
inal natives.
TRe "colored" people are a
cross netwecn trie whites and the J
natives and nenvTit themselves t<>
be set up as a superior or buffer
group.So many problems have de- "
velopcfHarcnrnd "thisn&Voup econom
cally and socially, however, that
they are being ground Hetween
the lower and upper stone, the native
and the whites who treat them
with the utmost contempt,
f Dr. F. H. Gow, president, and,
J. P. J. Poole, general secretary nf ._d
the African People's organization, I
y liave issued a statement in the
name of that organization which
I states that the commission would .1
. be not a further step- toward segI
legation but a link between the
government and the colored comr
:r.unity. It is proposed to allot
. $1,600 to the commission for exe
peiucs. .. . - ??
e
c Cambridge, Mass. ? After a
^ month's illness at the Cambridge
d City hospital, where she was the
f director of the laboratories. Dr.
e Ruth M. Easterling died Wcdnca7"
day, June TCi She wa? the only
child of Mr. and Mrs. James David
Easterling of -this city..
Horn in Georgetown. S. C., she
moved with her parents to Massa,
clnisetls and attended the Cambridge
public schools. Graduating
with honors from the Cambritro
hio-h mA T ufin ^ ^ K ~ ~ i
o attended Jackson college and
Tufts Medical school in Medford,
Mass.. where she was an outstand
ing scholar. She' interned" at the
Metropolitan hospital in Now
York City and later worked at the
Boston dispensary with Dr. Augus "
tus?Mmton. world?authority O
-yphilis.
* ..-'i
WITH AMERICAN*" FORCES
IN NEW GUINEA?Chaplain Hen
y \V. B. Walker. Lynchburg. Vs..
i.- the second colored chaplain to
he promoted to the rark of captain
in New Guinea. Capt. HerLert
C. Fuhra. veteran ehaplarn
hi this area, was the first. .4
Chaplain Walker is a Baptist
minister. has pastorcd several
Virginia churches and is a grad- .V?
10 uate with A.B.. and R r>
1- 1 from Virginia Theological semi- 3
" nary ard college. Lynchburg, Vk. " 49
^ He was formerly stationed with jffl
the I'.'hd division at Fort Haft1_
churn; Art*. H.O is now assigned j9
'* tc an aviation engineer unit.
Fes-tug Mo?Missouri joined the 4^2
ranks of southern states whieh -j|
have sought relief from differed- 'm
L>" tials in salaries paid to Ntf"> "-jM
wmw teachers, when EftrfttA JIM JB
Dee an elementary teacher i fi J
, Festus, filed a suit afcfcinkt Ike , ^B
1(1 Festup school hoard, an behalf ft IS
herself and other t* richer* in Chat fl
f* city, in the Uaited Staiaa Diatrtet
itii ill a .
* Continued on ?itfe I .
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