The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, October 09, 1943, Image 1
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YjSjTlCTORY
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VOL. XVIII?NC/ 39. J
London Raves Over
Rolni^d Hayes In Pr
Albert Hall Concert
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London, Oct. 5-?(ANP)?AmidfJ
~ri,U() applauding pul'rx of hands | |
End lusty shouts of " bravo. " ~
" London musical history Was made
^ in staid, old Albert Hall Tuesday '
*' night when a 200 voice chorus of
lent breaking concert.
-?TJw?interaafcionttHy??famous
tenor, Roland Hayes, making his ;
first appearance here in several |
years, sang several old favorites, j
a few newer melodies and then i
joined with the "boys" for some
sweet simple harmonizing.
'Among the audience were U. S.
. . : Ambassador-John WSnant, -- London's
toj) music critics, royalty,
high ranking allied officers, fellow
wldk'FO)?Red Cross?woikeis anil 1
expensively clad women in fnr<
A f-riemily atmosphere pervaded '
the vast hall from the time of
^ the earliest arrival and continued
throughout the concert first of its
kind evpr held here.
. Hayes in his inimitable style
dominated the audience with the
epiritual lyricism of the old
favorite " Go Down Moses " be
Heath a hack drop of the chorus
accompaniment,?Second Lt. Hugh ?
Weisgall conducted the London
Symphony , orchestra. s
- Other -selections -y that won D
especial attention were " Joshua" i(
Fit iDe Battle of Jericho " in which j
Cfie chorus paraphrased the j '
original lines, substituting " allied | i
olaiers " ana " Berlin " in- the" ^
proper places. Rendition of 3
t Certainly Lord " evoked the voie- n
ftrous demnTuL "'Iluve it sung, j
xgain
Several Americans in the j
audience became apprehensive a
when a white chap, Pfc. Kenneth
Cantrill, led the chorus in " Ballad ^
for Americans" because of the t
line " King George didn't sleep in ?
bdd Howeverrt their fears were *
ungrounded fob' The applause that
greeted this"" number indicated
that the past was forgotten. " .
The chums.-.ended its program -r
hy singing " The. Star Spangled ?
Banner" and "God Save the King"
Successful Pastor
And Leader P
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ImBm^I 'c
REV. Wm. McDONA-LD J
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He came to St. James A. M. E. I
Chinch, Columbia, S. C., a little c
bess tlian three years ago. Dur- 3
ing this time, a great change has 1
taken place in the Church and c
community. i
.? ?Under his leadership the church f
has been repaired inside and out. (
The parsonage has been made
like new. There have been hun- i
dreds of dollars spent around the 1
churctr and parsonage. All this 1
1 is paid for. The membership has 1
** been increased." The spiritual con- !
dition has changed much. We do t
not owe any claims to any branch a
* U Ck, 1.
U1 II1U L/IIUILH. G
This Church is a great appointment.
The people of this Church1 ?
have asked ?9$ his ^Sturn for an- J
otjher Conference year.
A Chicagoan Presents \
Books tb tivingstone j
College Library
SALISBURY,N.C.- An adcfHiOft' -s
of some five hundred fifty-one s
volumes was made to the theo- v
logical library of Livingstone r
9 College when Dr. William Clayton v
Bowers, recently retired professor f
of religious education at -*the
University of Chicago, presented f
6/xteen of the twenty-two units of t
his personal collection to the semi- f
5 nary of the institution. t
Annmmcement of I>r. Bowers' f
was made jointly hy Pres. W. j\
VftyTront and Rev. John II. Sattlc- I
White, dean of the Hood Theo- I
logical Seminary, to whose library ft
most of the volumes have been s
vjioded. s
.. The donors, Dr. Bowers, is a t,
j^bOeer i'n the field of religious r
e education and the author of 'I
seveial books in the field. He was I n
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HERBERT SINGLETON f5
Herbert Singleton, U. S. Navy, r^'
on of Mr, and Mrs. Jacob Sin- ra
tetOTV of Columbia." is home or. HI
cave, after spending two years
n I he <u'i-virp. He <tpimt 1(1 mnnths
n the Pacific , war zone. IIo-.has
eon in many naval engagements _
urvived one sinking and nunier- X
us air raids. He is a graduate
le was initiated into the solemn
nysterie? of the Ancient Order-- ?
? the Deep when hp crossed the
quator for the first time.
Singleton said that he was glad
o see .the Golden Gates on his re- urn
trip home. Seeing San Fran- ^
iM-u again is uie a ream 01 every ,
ailor in the Guuth PacifU^ h e HN*
aid. to
Singleton has two brothers in Sa
he armed forces of this country:
Jpl. Jacob >Singleton with t h e
rmy at Camp . Cordon, artU Verion
'Singleton an army private v
iverseas..
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Dr. TT."H. butler
Chairman 1943
Vegro Christma^
Seal Sale Campa^fn
Reverend II. II. Butler, D. I)., I
lartor of the Baptist Church, ?
lartsville, S. C., and Principal
>f the Butler High School, named
n his Jionor, has--accepted the
>tate Chairmanship of the 1943
<egro Christmas Seat -Kale cam>aign.
Tine?announcement of aceptance
was made yesterday by
lie ollieers of the South Carolina
tuberculosis Committee.
For the past several years Rcvirdnd
Butler served on the $tate
'tuberculosis Committee and has
endered invaluable service t o
he campaigns in his own County,
t was for this reason that he I
'.as elected to serve as State
thairman of the 1913 Christmas
?oal Sale Campaign.
Reverend Butler is a graduate
if Benedict College and has, since
lis?graduation, been a recognised
eader throughout tl^ State in m
ivic, educational ^nd religious l
ill'airs as well asjfti fraternal or[animations.
Hq isr a'#*#nier_pre?i- ^
lent of the Palmetto Teachers p]
Association and is at present,
>residcnt of the State Baptist I e:
Jonvention. I u.
The new Chairman- A expresses
limsalf as optimistic about the 0j
osults of this year's campaign. ^
The Committee has set a record- jj,
naking goald to Lq announced p(
ater and -expects to rcaqh it with Lj.
he help of. the County Chairmen q
ii}d Cpmrpittees rr\ the forty-six
o^nties of the State. I m
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university Students ti
Share Repsonsibilities A
For National ^
Problems
Charlotte, N. C.t Oct. 4.?John- V
on C. Smith University's 343
tudents, f>8 percent of tAom are A
vornen, showed their J|ShKG ?'
esponsibility and J*y?ty last
veek in their response to two calls
or sii])port of national interests. jOj
The University chapter/of the
*JAACP presented the claims of ^
hat organization to students and ^
acuity members through a chal:ngir?g
program on Thursday, nr
September 30th. Mr. Joseph
ifaxwell, a sophomore in the
Inirversity and President of the [,
Jniversity chapter, presided and wj
liss Drusilla Poole, white, repre- fa
enting the Charlotte chapter,
poke effectively to the subject of ,n,
wo American Problems?Race ar
Prejudice and American Caste. yC
iiembers bids fair to bring in a vi
Continued on Page 2 v
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.1 < .1 .v-cferTT
be ?
inoxville Enters
'or Municipal Po:
rf? O.'B: iVylor
Knoxville, Tcnn., Oct. 2^-(ANT
Negroes have entered C. V
ip on the scho<d board. Pro
ihsler, member ox one of the ol
t and most distinguished fani
s of the section and an outstai
g educator for more tlian -I
:ars. he served aa principal t
e Beardsley Jr. high school pr
to his retirement from the sy<
m a^few years ago. He is als
member of the local bar ass<
ition. Few, if any, are betu
lalitied for tlie post h e seep
an he is.
Dr. N. A. Henderson, a prom
nt local physician who has pn
:ed his profession here for moi
an 16-years, seeks through h
lends to win a' seat oil the inu7
Ipnl council. He is a gradual
the University of Wisconsii
ist graduate of Bellevue u n
arvard universities. Both me
ive been active through tl
ars in civic and social bcttei
ent of Knoxville.
Until the fall election the cyt
the southland will be locust
I this mountain nity wifh a Ni
o population of approximate
i,0(j0. Tbe political pot is a
ady boiling with a n intensit
rely ever equaled in these par
id?members?o f botb?raeb
oups in considerable mrrntKTi
tve pledged their support to tl
msler and Henderson uekei.
HE LAST BEST
[QPE OF EARTH
jTi
REV. GEURCIE W. BARER
We are re-printing a radio
address, "The East Beht Ilope
of Earth." which was_delive r cd
by Rev. George W. Baber
on the 1 Wings Over- Jordan
Program on Sunday, September
12, 1 'J 43.
Rev. Baber, a graduate of
Wilbcrforee university has
been pastoring the Ebenezer
A. M. E. church, Detroit,
Michigan, for the past ten
years. The membership has
grown from 700 to .">,000. lie
is a member of Mayor Jeffries'
lnter-racial Commissiun
of Detroit.
I wish to thank Hardy Schc
an for calling our attention
incoln's Second Annual .Mcssa>;
> Congress in the dark days
SG2. Note this ^ignifica
k. - 4tnr- Li..
uiiisv.-. r? o snail nuuiy save
eaniy lose the last best hope
uth." Our martyred preside
as speaking of our democracy.
We are living even now in oi
! the most desperate periods
le world's history. It shall
nown in subsequent years as
sriod of democratic eclipse. T
lings which we hold dear
hristian peoples are threatenc
It is strange but true that
aintiiin human freedom the
mica recurrent hours of tru'v;
5 if testing our sincerity,
lis ideal, this pattern of li
orlh fighting for?
As In the springtime the se
f grain must be planted and t
gonized process of gcrmiiiati<
Continued on Page 2
ICTOKY GARDEN. HAM
Nl) 150G SHOW
On October 25th at 10 a.m. t!
reatest Colored State Fair w
I'inc willo itc rrntno In tVir. nil
For six/ days this unnyal
:nt will bo in full swing and it
ie intention of the Fair offieia
make this an unusual attra
rm. Many new features will 1
Ided with " Mothers' Day?Ha
essing contest to be conduct*
r the beauticians of the stat
e enormous steel budding thi
ill house the largest collection i
nn, school and home products <
gh quality, football, fire work
crchants' contest, band concert
id a Tfrst rate varnival. I'la
u,r vacation or a trin to Colun
a to be at the liM.'l "Food Ft
dory" Fair ar.d be with, yoi
any frieuds.
A.*' . . M1 ' t .
COLUMBIA; SOUTH CAUOi.l>;,
Two In Contest j!
V
StS : <
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St. Emma Military
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| A cadcmy Passes . J
it War Honri Quota' h
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ul Kock ( a i i . Vn (K toho'r 'si - )
tth The kuccosh of tin* ThimWVrrr l.n;m )
>f_ ampaiyn at the St. Knirna frl-h-l-i
trry academy is already asm: W: j <
.vith the passim; of t)io $12.Of JO.tr ;t
lo l-etn, and theu'.is no <pi"sli >.
.out Koiuy well over t.;rr try. . ,,
;r The ('.'dots; this hoariin;' ! f
;i -:chool come from all parts of he|.1
ouatry, and the War f'.ond 1)r ?t I ^
vrtis orjranii'.cd under K; it Co;.;. j,
if. ;).itteouien .renreseuLiii" t'a-i.' ???> >? 1 ..
c areas, as follows:
? Trout.. [.( liny?' am| iv 'J?"I? . '
\uik.nii| N?'w -luj-soy: i - a i'- :c
Smith for Virginia ami \Ve .1 ^ irr,{
rinia: Lieut.. Leltoy D.itds for i
District of Columbia; p??t. !
ir.rtd W"\; on. for Maryland; '.I \ i
10 nohert ("ooke lS'Lic?i>iip:!;
r" Russell Wright. / J!ht<f' ^ C .
Harrison HuftsttVit "fpr Ohkv.
Jsj Albert Hro\vn ffv^>>Ianfh aui.; ; . i.ib
v'aiolina; irr-otifkitV .. i d
fT vicorcria. FJotujla\ .fixuU .A'abu,:;;. :
'y. Licit. W.alter I-ihi mt :Tur Mi^-si
' *. -Jppi and Tehhoss'ne; 'Sift. Donald
y Wilt?. for Louisiana and Tex;;1!; '
Is (,'ndots Theodore and Klbcrt Rait'
af -TTSter for Pannsvhnrnra: Onvm ]
I'-s Robert 1'etVie ITTi Kentucky; (Jad.t '*
ie James Miller for Oklahoma. J
Dr. Mercer Cook
? To Head Teaching -a
Project In Haiti ;J"
-Special- ' '!:
Atlanta, Georjria, Soptcwr.hor .'10 JDr.
M eiver Co,ok, chairman of
; til<* department - of FrrirHi
i Atlanta University and author of .
the recently published book "Five ?
French Neepo Authors,'' has b-fm I r
itranLett_a year's leave of ubs< nee 4
to sunn vise an Kmaliwh tcachinc
project, in Haiti span saved hy?the
s U. ;S. Otlko of ilutKiiliun and th^ i
Coordinator of Inter-Americ.m J
-? ,'d i>"h u i _b4-"--l>e?-f- -a
Htcr-Ame? .yan iHHierstTnidiiu:. "
!t c<nsi t . <>f ni:.'.' ie 'che:, iij s
addition to t!n direeioi'; and a
etrotary. who is ?Mrs. Conk. liuhr r
lilt- plan, teachers j.rti to he i
lo.aio-! in. (htr nine .into: nation:;1
nho is til' tin~ | ;;
3noli'fK'ii in !lv jtoiio ate ;vx '
L>vadrfttes of Atlanta l.'niversity: ti
.Miss. .Mary Hoover (A.U.'ll) an
instructor in French at AI kins g
Hi^h St'hooi, AVIrnrton Satcm,
North Carolina: and Miss Naomi '
Carrot'.. of Uahinioro, Maryland !;
(A.U../57) who spent th > pa-"t year !
tcaohiivr in Saint Marc, llaita, and '
who will remain over for the '
.Mission. i
I _. .
Soldiers Attend Pre
J.
i r , /if
m ** 3# ' i?
5 m km
The soldiers at Columbia Arm;
'This Is The Army" a success. Thi
Sgt. Wilbanks, of the .139 Aviate
his company from Airs. J. E. Dicker
Stonewall Richlmrg, Staff Sgt. I.o;
15. Jones, Tech. Sgt. Cornelius Jaci
I MRS. THELMA G. ill'
ca ASSISTANT FIELD D1
ir FIRST TO C)Tl f:i{ SI'KYMI.N
jj! TO NTJ.'JiO WOMEN
^ IN UNIFORM ,
:>f ,. !1
of Washington,- I). C., October 2? ! f
s, First woman ifsighvd to a vV'AC, r t
s, contingent as Red Cross Assistant ; ^
in Field In rector, Mrs. T hoi ma (ior- i
1=_ ham Thompson of Fan Die1 . r.drp
>r has reported for duty at Kort, Hu- j\
jr aclwica, Arizona, t o otfer Red \ v
Cross services to Negro women in ' r
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1)7
(A W. MADDEN, PIIOIV
EDUCATOR KLKCTEi:
l IIKISTMAS SEAL SA
Points To I
Change Jsbs
If ? ! \vh< >i you ' t:*\nyrt>Ik.- i 5
j,)T In sci' j Int. yo.if :w,w employ j y
r laker, down your number and ! 'i
iLitii.1 exactly us liiey-are written , g
tt yo r Social Security - card, ivv- r$
iv < mployer?-whether you wurkjl
<V him by / the h'vurf day, ..week j |
>: ' rnbnlh or !>y the job? must j {
:?vV your number and mine re- |
' i'd'(i correctly to report your
'.au'v?- pj ojterly.
Ne'-er re another perr.onV card [
-if. cr loml .ho>-< ..-? :'V^iip u
It vhtl.- i:;nr.-. ir rccorCe'I wronir. j
: vour number .is not' the same I
ini your card, thvor probably I
vi'l he delay and trouble in paythe
lull amount of benefits to
o: r wife and children when
Wi lie for the free "picture pnm- I :
hb t entitled "What s in a Num- [cr
to?-the?tkrchn Sec u r i t y
1;: 11; t.:eil?e1 ' Street, Coiuiil- 1
i" \ K K C< -Ol) CA'ffE OF YOUR ^
;Ot lAL SECURITY CARD!
?orty-two South
'arolinians To Com)!ote
"Boot Training*!
i
(Iteat Lakes, "111., Sept. 2o?For- j
y-tv.o South?Carolina?-Ney'rues.
/ill emorgy as lighting Bluejack- iy
Is of the U. S*. Navy after con>
leting their "hoot training" perid
which they have just entered ^
;ere at the .U. S. Naval Training
Halien. * . ' _
j lit- intensive pool training ^
f military drill, seamanship, and
micro I naval procudiuc. A vigo- .
oiis phv> iral Hardening program
s?followed to put litem into tip- v,
00 lighting form. 1 ..
Upon--completion of this train- ' ti
ag, they will be * granted a nine - I
lay leave, after which t.hoy i.my
emr-of t^-vyar^Tbools p
:itp atcl real I-nfces, nrW*
(1 to' active duty ar sea or at'':
omc : hore station. ' v j
Immediate" potty officer ratings
nay he earned by those men hav- :
is;; past experience in any of the
'.uies used hy the. .Nft.y. _.>1>
htmidir.g Service School are ciigi>ie
for i c iy oTiclm ratings when
;rnd..attid from that school.
The new South Carolina re-.
raits are: Clarence Crinn--, _n
1 ltd (.'iuirlie Wit: hingfon, 4H, bo tit - '
;re fro/:; Uainhcig; John (iialtr/iW " *
V. ill! arc' Iriiir ( liarie. I: ;
Mails; Arth.ur -Murphy, Tir.,
JuTalo; Oliver llowman, Jr.. 17; p
-yinus if minions, 17; Samuel Uani .?
Coiitiiioe,' on PiiffTS o J
miere?"This Is The Ad
{i
y Air Base ilitl their part Wedncsi
: cmiro proceed- went to the Arm;
in squadron is sliown in the ahov
>n, Supervisor of Citv Recreation.
;ter Horn,, ('pi. Robert L. V. illir.nn
kson and Tech. Spt. dairies r-r.iilh.
>Ml?SON RED CROSS!'
[RECTOR 'J
~: . ;r
iniform. ' 1 s
Mrs. Thompson, who is 2S years | t
dd, was horti and grew up in San ! t
)icj?o, where she yraduated front ;
*an Pieero State college. She la- ?
H' look her 3f. A. at Atlanta Uni- : ?
iity of Social Work, finish- j ^
t:g m tn. 'Snhsoqia-'iitly she j
:erve?t as youth nersontiel stipmiso;
with the NYA, as a social
volftm- wV.rker with the Depart- ^
aent of i'uDlie Wi,'|fnnn, nm| mi n ' f
Tim r~~
I1NENT LOCAL
) CHAIRMAN
LE CAMPAIGN
Mr. Madden, a native of South
arolinn, .is a graduate of State
Oi'v.vp , Oi'an;*". hare:. h>. Cv and ihe
;.!?{ Hy of Mi.hnj-.n, Ann' Ar-Mi?For
j i veva! years he lias
l?evi d as supervising principal of
ii.i..aid and -Sc.;:>>n? olonn-ittury
ehuols. He iv an active nat'liciant
in all worthwhile civic pro rar.ts
screiny at present a3 chairnan
of tin; li SO Advisory board;
my; :.anther 01' tile Boy Scouts
xieuiv, e L.inv.niitce and holds imortan'
"Hic'.'y in other orgnuizaio?is.
lie is a member of the
mega-Psi Phi Iraurnity.
The executive eomntiitee of the
'tihereulosis auxiliary is fortunate
'i .iiriii'f the leadership of My
hidden. .
/ol ait ieers Meet To
\id in '43?Christmas
kai Sale Campaign?
Mr. f't'i > .veil W. Ms.Men not
1)1?volon toof-?Hum-?rrM
txr.?rrrfirtr i in *t':t? l'< Christit;-\
?>:-\lf Tin
H'etinc:, h< M at -thu H;rrth-n St.
?Sf).?:fw^&hvy -r; jCtt. -w-to -tiepresent
vn'h th" purpsc^and^Loa]
ul the Goal ^alov
Mi-s Sylvia.l)n 1^. execiftivo
i rvoiiry of tnc Riohirvfcd > Xntf'
ciiosis .. As^oenrJoji auxil:v.
nrtvont'vl tho'n t.l>nAd airen.
for th< i.i!f io Mr. Madden who
t irti ranted the roiv-r.tittcQg and
f- dwirmor, a? t'oMowr mull Vnlr
:A iidi '-w W. Str.t.kin-*: bond
!<?. Re.'. L. C. Jenkins; booths.
iv. Rvnvff Gn ir'ock; publics'.-Mrs.
Minnie W. Johnson; (xihils.
Mi -.'O. f'. Di'nhfirii; Fort
reason, Mr;. FTnTl TT RolUerr
Toty " Air .Rt?seT 77* > Dorothy
kson; city schobh'. Kibert E.
!; i*ois; chiir'hes, Dr. O. J. Chanton;
oiv.tr.i'/.ations, Miss HattD
V'M.J. I'.., ? i V^-l 1 V J Lli. >?.
Coiititiuo.! o:i l'iige rmy"
For Army Fund
5 i*
1
Jay jMiihl to make the Premiere
y Emergency Relief Fund. 1st
o picture purchasing tickets for
Readini; from left, to rijrht: Sjrt.
1st Wilhatiks, >.,t. Henry
irii.l \* . if.tre consultant.
A Red Cross enthusiast. Mrs.
homp'sov recruited three of her
friend* in S:ttt ' l)ie;;o fnr tors
(rcai servicer: unc nas vrnnn over*
(*110 other two arc assigned
o duty in this country. And while
aking her Field Directors trailing
course in "Washington, she alo
enlisted nnotlier?reeruii in Red
"ross ranks.
Mrs.?Thoirtp'on's?hushnnd?is
crV'ing with the U. 8. Armed
Wees. They were married last
?LTUl)el1.
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PRICE
ANP NEWJ
RELEASED WED., OCTOBER 13$>~
I
Chicago -Construction of a now pi
home for internes and resident
physicians, as well, as improve- ; it
aunt of exist up: facilities, has just
been started at Providenfhospita)
t Ihl'mnrh a~ft ib i:il ^r;ml of jpS.'I -tiUI
Dr. homer V- Wilbtirn,, medkaF Ji | n,
rector, in makinit the announce- ; e]
ment, stressed that tiie funds for ,
would have to come from the hos- ?j
pital itriolf. T ft
Bir^jiiiirham ?=A total of ?more ||(
than $312,000 of war bonds had
been subscribed by Jefferson eouni
ty's Negro citizens by Tuesday in }
| the carrot drive. '.Announcement n
was ntiadc whi n more1 than *1,000' y
jammed the Municipal auditorium
following a lousing parade in jwhich
two army and three high e,
^school hands par tii. IpntmL "--ft
i heir quota ot ^.'iuu.uuu . V.'llS' ~g]
passed when the crowd gathered in ^
the auditorial)) and bought more ,*,
than $34,UO? worth of bonds. Prin- p,
cipal speaker was W. Coopei
Zircon, president of the Birmingham
City commission. I n his s;
speech the commissioner ' declared a'
he feels confident the Negioes of f(
this city and county wi'll continue .*r
meats in' the future as they have (.
' done in the past, and praised them--for
their cooperation in the bonj
campaign. - J_
Bcloit, Wis.?The Rev. Ilermes -j.
Zimmerman, pastor, of the Second s.
Methodist church, Bolort, Wis., has ,(
started a real "Back to the land" '
movement, which bids fair to be- C
come national in scope. This be- '
gan with the?pure base of a 200acre
farm and the inception of a tl
;hickcn*raising business. They "
have developed a poultry plant
| that is producing ?35,000 worth of (jj
] poultry. ^
Eddie Dohorty, statf correspondent
for the Chicago Sun, in a re- ?
i cat Sunday edit inn, ' ha > tins?to-_^
say: "The venture is a cooperative ^
one and if it proves successful
may do much to take Negroes out y
of the slums of the big cities and w
place them on their own fruft,
- grain and garden truck pi educing
acres. It may in time, if Dr. Ziu.
merman's hopes are realized, rev- <
olutionize the. status of the Nc- '
jtro, make, him ^iidapuideiit and
'economically sec
Memphis?W. C. Handy, t h cfather
of the blues, returned to
Memphis last week and led the No
gro population on a bond buying j
~ spree, "and according to an Jin-- j
nouncement by Lt. George W. Lee, |
chairman of the Negro division, i
war finance committee, purchases I
now totgl $1,042,407.
Jimmy, CUIljpoSer OI me *
Z _iind_thc eaualTy" ..in- "1
iiious "St. Louis Blues," came back I
to Beale St. which he made national
v .i'ou.-., thi.s time to lead
some a,000 people down Beale on
to the Ellis -auditorium where he
played his jazz melodies to the
- tune of $2,500,000 a part of which
will go "toward the purchases of a
"Ftytng Fortress '\M~iITphis BTucs". ~
yThe original 'craft of that name
Whs shot down over France last
April.
New York?The new song j
which Duke lillington wrote the
music fbr and the famed show lib- [
--rcttist Otto ifarlrac h end the~wtJrds
of, is "Did You Mean it, Mr. Lin- \ n
coin". Jack Bobbins, the publish- j r
I or, is s.iid to believe that t h e
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zjuufc \mu jru a ivng way in uevel- I r
oping racial appreciation. '
Boston?The draft is playing haroe
with the Mills Brothers quar-j?j
ti't. The draft took Herbert Mills j
two weeks ago and last week Har- i '
ry Mills was inducted. Replace- | v
monts are hard tou make! The | ,,
group was supposed to play Re>- ! T
ton next week but thus far has
been unable to secure adequate tui- j
cnt to fill the void. ' !'
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Nassau. Bahamas?The duke of j :s
treat ion ground here Friday he fore ' nj
several hundred persons, naming j
it "Windsor park." Expressing re | 01
.tret that .the duchess voutd not be g:
present the former prince o f, 01
Wales said that he had always iqi
aeon in favor of providing more; g
and Mtt"r recreation grounds and j 01
especially was in favor of more ic
playgrounds for children- lie said 1
that-Thaddeus Toote, M.II.A., J. -r
P. and A; Cambridge. M.II.A., had j *
accompanied him to this site some'
I months ago when it was in a de- J
I plorablc slate and he was happy
to see that changes had boen I
j wrought and he hoped it would *
| continue to have good appearance.' f
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New York?"Fire Prevention w
| Week is of very personal signlfij
eancc to the millions of Negroes ^
in America wlio live in substandard
dwellings particular]^ suscep- ;r
tible to fires. The NAAoF regjs- d
tcrs an appeal to these Nergoes ir
to observe with all care the nue- ,?
cautions which the government j\
will re-omphasize for fire I'r'evention
Week, and especially calls up h
lniicllitrdf yf tiv tr r li 1 ! ~h
(To^protect with improvements the L
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Tor VICTORY^?
U 2 UNITED
? DE ? F. N S K 1
*)Eg ^bonds I
STAMPS
^~5~cents per copy 'm
i SHORTS I
ws of tenant s iui<J their own
roperty no Josh easy to replace
in ioy these times oi' war prior?
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rclh ' IPc'?Pfc o f
ution are urjftftl work for the
iiinination of ujU yace discrimina- 9
on as a proj&dMh Christian delocrney;
m-tlyr IiAiisf issue nf the?
Newsletter" Mtt fbhe national eon- %-jfl
ii'euce ui the Althodist Vouth Ful M
iwshrjr -r"leased this w^ek from ji
eadqunrt* rs hcio.
A report of the ra?o~ rolatinna
immlttee unanimously adopted at ^
ic^recent annual meeting of the
utional conference is contained in *1
10 "Newsletter," which is being a
tailed to youth leaders of Methoism
by the Rev. Harold E. Brem(
secretary. The national' con lenee
is tniHpo-od ox presidents *
I annual conference -and student
rouj>s of the denomination, rep-, -.a
.senting nearly 2,000,000 young '';J
eftple. '%
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Durham, ?v C.?Life insurance r y
ilcsmen are the best organized
nd prepared group in the nation
ir defeating the "great monster.'' " I
lflation. G. W Cox. vice president
nd agency director of the North
aroLija Mutual Life Insurance jj
impany, told' agents of the con- ^
?rn last week.
_Wiitkig -en. the- topic "The Rig ?'
ificancc of the Job We Are Do-?-Hi
ig in the Weekly Review, house
rgan, Cox said that the fact that
?ven tenths of the world's life inirance
in force is on one seventh
f the world's population isv adeuate
testimony to the "confidence .
a<l-respect" "with which the coun- ^
y regards them. a
Albany, Ga.?Albany's new city I
irectory lists 5fe members of the J
rashington family, according to (
ic Albany Herald, and not a sin- ^
.v vi uitm is wnite 'h" J
crald explainF that doubtless the V
antes wer.e obtained from white 1
unities during slavery, and that M
egro deaccntibtints?outlived?their tj
hite namesakes.
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M WILLUM A. COI.EMAN
Shown in the picture above is
r. William A. Coleman, distinuished
physiean and surgeon of
ali^bury, North Carolina. Dr.
oletnan recently delivered a stir
ng address to a large Presbytean
gathering in Salisbury CTTtt- '
ed "Carry On!". A graduate of
oward university, "he has been
raeticing successfully for 32"
cars. Dr. Coleman is Secretary
Treasurer of the Piedmont MediU
society and also maintains the
nsition of President Klcrt of the
ki No*-th' State Medical, Dental
nd Pharmaceutical cociety. An
tive participant in religious and
ic ntfr.irs in his community, he
also iho cxallninirg physician
n- the Enlisted Reserved students
r Livingston- college. Dr. Cole;an
has delivered many address?
before numerous mfitlical or>:ini7.a-tions
and is known for hja ^
ratorieal ability. He is a freuent
contributor to radio pro- ^
rains and is considered an nuthrity
in the field of internal naed- 71
inc.
Maternity Sells $5550 4
n War Bonds
l idi
Kappa Aypha Psi, national col- ^
giate fraternity, held a war bond
nnce Friday night at the Taylor s
tract USO clab, to help out the *
lirri war loan drive and $5,550 Z3
orfch were ,s?ld. 1 A
Purchase of a bond provided 9
d mission to i-the. dance.
Alumni hero of Oat.frn*j*i?ll?i
icludo J. E.-Diohson, ajpriedHural 1
i;mont ration Mfpnti; W. F. Ik>h- . ~
ison, chief , clapk,- ration bakrd
fi-2; Dr. H.' G. Thompson, dentist; JM
1. A. Ertteiningnr, raannflkf of "
tenedict-AUeft.hcMsinr projofct and
one! drive) lende/, and Ef & 'Spur
vk, itireLlus'ill tlin Taylin nlWi T