The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, October 30, 1943, Image 1
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VOL. XVIII?NO. 42.
?THEOLOGIAN C(
FEELING AS CAl
Salisbury, N. C.?The voice of Dr
Eugene W. Lyman, noted theotogian,
educator and author, was
tdded to the growing national senliroeni
against racism as the pro______
minent writer condemned race feeIhig
as one of the prime cauies of
IUQ?> f Uin ??!
In a digest of talks delivered before
the student bodies of Livingston
and Catawba Colleges, Dr
^^Lyman grouped race feeling wit!
^^Frjationalism and imperialism as a
menace to world peace and international
brotherhood. He proposed
: postwar federation of nations
B? jnder international administrative
Christians to eliminate these bar.
I >4ers to a permanent pcaco, dcclar
Ing that all three are incompatible
with the very principles of Christ
* ianity and democracy.
Listing race feeling as a problem
! which "works devisivply in mndevr
.life," Dr. Lyman called for unite<
Christian effort to eradicate con
fiderations of i&cc as a dcterminh
' ative factor in national ami international
relationships. "The race
feeling is unscientific, but vcr>
l?o\veriui. rsut Christianity in .its
very origin was the very- opposite
of race feeling and if democracy is
to prevail, race feelings must bt
ever. The Nazi doctrine exalts the
idea of a master race, but we fee,
? that it is hostile to the very prinriples
of democracy."
Dr. Lyman asserted that, the do
naocracies of the western world nt
. less than the dictatorships have
upheld racism, nationalism and imperialism.
He warned that we musl
temake our political life "so as tc
advance and not frustrate thn idaa
of world brotherhood. We musl
make democracy safe for the world."
. .
?i??Christianity- must^grapplc wit!
?-? JLhesc ciiusso* of war. . .The idea th
at human nature cannot be chan
ged is contrary to modern psycho
'ogy. but the tradition of war is f
^ powerful one. The final word in th<
Christian interpretation of historj
must be spoken by Christian exp
erience. If we find the spirit ol
God to be an indwelling power ir
' "jur own souls, we must seek t<
nave that power go forth to worl
redemptively and, creatively in th<
I life of our times."
Dr. Lyman, , professor emeritus
of the philosophy of religion a
Union Thcologix-al Seminary, was
bought to Salisburg for his thirc
annual visit under the joint spon
worship of the theological units a
Livingstone and Catnyvba Colleges
L?Hail Negro As Home
1 Front Hero On Miss.
I Radio Program
Jackson, Miss., Oct. 2G?i(ANP]
Hailed as a "Hero of the Homi
Front," Richard Harris, pioneci
employee of the Capitol Nationa
ibank, was luudc<l Wednesday ov
er radio station WJDX for his a
chfevemcnts as a volunteer wai
bond salesman. It was the firsi
time a Negro had been selectet
4% to be saluted on the series of lo
caJly sponsored programs.
The salute to Mr. Harris, a den
con of the Clark Street-Bap tis
church here, was heard as fol
tows:
"This evening we bring you th<
story of a 55 year old colore*
porter. There are perhaps somi
few people who would questior
r? his right to the title of hero
But, if .our soldiers and sailor;
" and marines?if all tFe boys ovei
there dependent on us for t h <
' supplies and weapons they neOf
.v to win this war onlilH Viovo ariu
I thing to say about it, I thinl
they'd heartily second our nomi
nation. ,
"Single-handedly this portei
sells between $1,000 and $2,00(
worth of war stamps and bomb
H each month. Mose *f this selling
is done in the mornings befor
he reports for work and in th<
evenings after he gets off. O!
course, he does sell some stamp;
and ibondR during his working
hours?but only a small percen
tage of his total.
"He came to work back in 1925
?nd has been there ever since
His two big interests in life nr<
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)NDEMNS RACE
ISE OF WAR
.J
ITfiomas w/McGil5T
ProminenfTtealtor
Passes , <Tjr J ?
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Summerville?Thomas W. Mc
Gilb prominent realtor _dred hero
! October 6. he had been in failing
' ! heaIfh~for~ some time, however
> j his condition was not considered
! alarming until recently when he*
suffered a stroke to which he fi
nally succumbed.
? He was born in Georgetown
I county, spent much of his, early
~ life in Charleston, and in ~ t88id
came to Suminervillo to enter the'
employ?of Jthe lnto?Or. Chiulci
1 U. Shepard, who at that time op-.
orated the tea farm. He held that
poslt'loh" until the death?of?Hrr
' Shepard in 1915. After that until
' his last illness he was engaged
'"Th the handling of real estate, in
' which capacity he helped many
families secure homes.
A sifrCinade man ^in the stricthis
goals the hard way. He took
ar ictive interest in all phases of
his community life?educational,
^ j religious, civic?and contributed
| to them generously both his in
fluence and his means,
j, He was twice married, first to
MiSs Marie Howard of -Sumter
County and after her death t o
1 Miss Anna Pawley of Charleston,
S. C. Five children were born
i to the first union, three of whom
preceded him in death. The old^
est of these Dr. Thomas \V. Mc?
I Gill. Jr., was at the time of his
j death in l'.>27 a well known den|
tist in Charleston, S. C.
. | Besides his widow he is survived
by a daughter, Mrs. Alethia
Gilmore. Summerville; a son
k Howard D. McGill, New York; 2
' crrandsons. Pvt. Herman Williams
on rage S
Carroll Leevy
Participating In
J Army's Specialized
i Training Program
Carroll Motcn Loevy son of Undertaker
I. S. Lcevy, and senior in
' ized Training proogvam. He and GO
t Michigan resigned a commission as
] 2nd Lt. in the Reserve Corps to
participate in the Army's Specialed
Training Program, lie and GO
per cent of his class were inducted
- at Fort Custer. Michigan. Undoi
thlsrprogrnm arid the Navy programs,
students are provided with
subsistence, books, "4 instruments
and school foes; and rn add/tiorr re:
.eive regular pay consistent with
I their grade. The program provides
training in Engineering, Dentistry,
" Medicine. Psychology and many
1 othej? fields indispensible to the
. war effort. Men formerly unable to
s lecerve professional training because
of financial --reasons may now
: be trained.
The opportunity to participate in
| such a pr< gram! in available toi all
f reruns c irrentty entering The serviee
and those who are in service.
c Civilians interested, are" able to
- take qualifying exminations offered
each spring awl fall, making it
r possible to become earmarked foi
. the-Army or Navy programs in advance.
Such an examination is ber
ing given- throughout ttrm country
r and in Columbia, November 9th to
e persons who ate interested and
who have completed high school.
Pfc. Leevy will be commissioned
f 1st Lt..upon graduation and with
^ present plans will be allowed to in
r terne while on inactive duty. He is
' an alumnus of Booker Washingtoii
* iligh Schddl and Fisk University;
and appointed - by President
) Roosevelt as member the Nar
, lional Advisory Committee of the
National Yputh Administration,
p served in this capacity unfil the
NYA was dissolved in July. la
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URGES NEGROES
FOR BALLOT, SCH
Hampton Institute, Oct. 25?
the South to the effects of'notrhern
and southern industrialists to C
maintain their dominance of the *
area, Mrs. Jessie Daniel Ames of ,
Atlanta, in a lecture at Hampton | |J
Institute last Monday, urged Xe- |
groes to fight for three things?
the ballot, equal educational fa- | s
cilities, and equal job opportuni- ; .
ties?in order to help destroy this
, | gi
dominance and break the tradii |
tional economic patterns of the j
South.
Mrs. Ames, who is field direc'
ai
"tor of the Atlanta Commission ~
on Interracial Cooperation. spnkr ?
the college, which will continue J,j
on November S with a talk l?v 1
: c
Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune. | i
I To
She described as a "shibboleth" |
the duet vine of white supremacy !
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which, jshe declared, was used to j iU
sir up race hatred and disfran- j
cliise the Negro after the "agra- : ,
TiaTT revolution ' in the 30's when !
Negroes and whites handed together
in what is known as the .
,. !e
populist party movement.
She also asserted that it was
this break between the white and
f ~ * # s - rt
Negro masses which has kept the ^
South in poverty and at the mercy]
of political demagogues ..who
continue to play upon "the igiVor- "jr
nice and fear of white southern' rs.-her't'.uso
of their?trwrr fear '
that their power to dominate-- ami i 1
exploit the South will be taken j
away by a political uprising of
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Continued from Page 2
. ' second
Seal-Sale ?
Conference Held I {c
Xt Hartsvi ITP~" ;.Z_..'ric
The second Foal Sale Conferonce
for 10-13, was held Saturday] '
October 23. at Hartsville in the j ai
Butler High School auditorium H\
for the Pee Dee District, t h
County Chairmen and Seal Sale j
workei's of that district were one | 111
nunrire<i percent in attendance. I ac
P.ev. Charles I)k Wright of lien- J ej
su'ttsville, presided. Prof. John P. ' |)(
linrgess, Chairman of the South J
Carolina Tuberculosis Committee ;
led the discussion of Methods for j ec
Making the 11)43 Seal Sale Cam- ! w
paign a success. Having been con |
nectod _\yjt44fc. the Committee _for
some time he has complete knowl - | sl
edge of the growth of the work ! Ir
and therefore was able to give I g<
Information that would benefit all j .
interested in the success of the j ;
Campaign. . V1
Nurse Sowell, Field Nurse of !
the State Tuberculosis Associa-, i vv
tion gave a report on her work in j ,^
lie state, she had two girls with
icr who have received benefit thru I lw
the .results of the Seal Sales. Af- 'm
ter hearing'Nurse Sowell's report e(
-gvcrv one present was more do- i
ierminofl to make, the coming I
oampmgn go over tne tap.
Rev. H. II. Butler, State Seal j bi
Sale Chairman, was as usual at tl
his -best in his address, although ' y
jps..message was short, it left the j
hearers with plenty "food f 0 r ;
thought as to the meaning of the |
conference and the work to b c j
lone in the Seal Sale Campaign, j M
The program rendered by a a
group of students of Butler High
School was enjoyed by all. , S
The District Conference for the f
Central and Coastal Counties will
be held in Orangeburg, Nov. 13.
I s
Ik I
Mrs. Jessie Daniel Ames, direc- &
tor of field work for the Atlanta ?
Commissron on Inter-racial Coop- o
^ration, in an address at Hampton -8
institute last Monday, urged Ne- ^
-groes to strive for three things, tl
the ballot, equal edhfca-tional facilities,
and equal job-opportunities, r>
in order to help break the tradi- e
tronal economic pattern of the J
South.?.Hampton Institute Photo. s<
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JRDAY, (KTOHKR 30, l~94t
Jakes Prosecutor
Lawyer; Provoke:
Of World-Wide Ai
Nassau,Bahamas, Oct., ( AN*>)teports
reaching here inform tha
American Negroes were pleasant]
urprised and markedly interests
I.ui id 1 -i I thi. i h iiH* pra-eeat^
i the famous Oakes murder tria
ommanding the attendition of th
Plll'i civilized?amid is a Xigr*
. If red Frane-is Adderley.
Hi's cpciVinu- rnce.'h to the blu
lood jury weighing: evidence fo
no against the dashing Alfred 1'
larigny accused of murdering hi
julli-jnillionaire father-in-law las
idyPth, has won the highest pra
e from professional brothers an
alibn f 11,-i l?/?
altttc
a, soiTinc;arolinaTsati
TO FIGHT '?h
OOLS, JOBS 1
tate College
lans For 5
W-War Period t
Orangeburg?Realizing the relonsibility
of college to be rea'
with a virile educational pro- b
am suited to the needs of the *
egro in South Carolina after the
ar. a research program is to bu j
osecuted and post-war plans \
e to be formulated at South I;
irolina State A. & M. College: ^
Tnfoiiviatlon of every?phase ^
egro life in South Carolina i? J fbe
gathered by members of a n
search committee and this inrmation
will be used in the new ;
ogram looking to a new pro- ?
-am?m?agriculture education at^-q
ie college .the Trustees recently J_"
ade available a 300-acre tract |
11
j land to be used for intensive I
id experimental farming. The ;
act s two miles north of the col- |:1
go on. both the old' and new Co- i 1
mbia highway.
Trades and Industrial teachers''I o
centty?met in a significant con- iil
rence at South Carolina State j "
i consider the kind of vocational [ f
ogram for Negroes in. 'South j p
uroliia after the war. ~ "Definite
commendations for improvement
id expansion were offered and
ie role the college would play [ 11
at lb.- five day confer- '
ICC. ?_ '!
> <? I 5;
The conference was sponsored j..
; the State Department of Edu- ; e
it ion with the coperation of the 1
. S. Office of Education and S. j ^
State? Outstanding po
adpi s at the conference \vere.J
. R. Turner. State Supervisor of j -
rade and industrial .Education |
ul E. P. Westmoreland,. Special ,
gent, U. S. Office of Education, j
The Faculty Study commission ' u
embership which is composed of I ''
Iministrative, academic and all 1 ,
(tension service personnel has j
?on called upon to participate, j t
udy and formulate the post-war | ,
lucational program. The post- j .
ar planning set-up has included ?
;ery department of the college;
ich as Agriculture. Trades and 11
ldustries Teacher Training, Pure j
:ience, Liberal Arts, Mathemats,
Business an^l Extension Ser- r ii
ces. p
The college opened this year j ,1
ith a record enrollment of more! .
lan 500 young women. An unex-i-cI'l'lud
number?of?young men, ^
iore than 100 have also enroll- 1
1. 237 freshmen, a normal en- J
>Ument registered this year. J
An accelerated program has
ben inaugurated which shortens
io two semesters by a full month .
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Ills IIUIIU Uty llclVIII^ MIIWUI UIl j
?Continued Pace 8 j j
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IAKY McEECD BETHLNE TO I I
.DDRESS AMERICAN- c
OVIET FRIENDSHIP
ONFERENCE
t
New York, Oct. 25?(ANP)? t
>r. Mary McLeod Bethirntr,- prcs-~ 4
lent of the National Council of v
legro Women, and a sponsor of c
fie Congress of American-Soviet t
'riendship, will deliver the openig
address titled "Stake of Wolen
in Strengthening American- j
Soviet Friendship in War and
'eace," at the panel cn women '
nd chitd cave, at a meeting* ?of? j
fie congress to be held here on c
Fov. 6-7, to commemorate ..ten . t
^ears of American-Soviet diplo- ; '
1 I t
vatic relations. f
Another panel of special signi- j (
cance will be devoted to a dis- | I
usaion of the manner in which j!
he various national groups o f ! |
he Soviet Union-are working au4 ghtin^
together in the struggle '
o defeat Hitler. On this panel, 1
>r. E. Franklin Frazier, professor
f sociology at Howard Univer- |
ity, Washington, will speak on i
he subject, "A Negro Looks at
he Family of Nations."
The Negro spoasors of the i
veeting indued Langston Hugh-' 1
s, the Rev. A. Clayton Powell, '
r., Henry W, Pope, Paul Robe- j
on and Dr. Max Yergan.
tii:v of the bar.
While XC-gro Amci'H'ans an
lost of the white world are unfa
siliae with the youthful barristci
e .is to native Bahamian.-- and At
y. Gen. Erie Ilallman, who retain
d his sen ices, a brilliant lawyc:
iftjCtl with flowing: oratory,
nick brain. and ac credited v. it
nany sensational lejval victories
fdderley first attracted internal
anal l'ccus when he. "broke" th
Vn esU'r -kidnapping case in 19.'If
Forrester a Phildelnhtii Thwyei
ttetnpted to abduct his two child
en who wore hire with his devoi
ed wife Delaware Dupont. bu
I fort was foiled and his prose.at
10 followed. The stellar perform
nee of Adderley in uncovering: ev
fence and securing the cpnvi.tio
f Forrester won hint many offer
rom. several foreign countries fo
iractice, including: one from a
i mei'ican -fiam -at. t'hi'-a.go. but Ad
erlcy decided in favor of ids nat
ecJand. ?? __
Adderley, the son of the late W 1
frcil Adderley, a wealthy mer
hunt and exporter who for 35 ye
vs served as, a member Of the ho
ft cf assembly, and the grand m
hew of the 1 1 to William Adderley
ho,l'c|:;-eS0nt('d The s?.LUllt'v:i i!is
net uf tin1 Bahama!.) j-n.hiding- Xa
sau.in the legislature, was I:on
i re 46 years ago. "He was prradu
Teit?fboirr CaPThritlgo fimWrsTf
011 admitted to the bar of the mi
die Voni pie .i rewritten -MstM-t
919.
Adderley..*-. rise in t:-ic pi'yfessioi
ithe islands has been nip id. He
ike his forebears, wen election t
he assembly in 1923 and held til
ost until 1938 when the king: ele
aled him to th'e ! nrislatiVe ccun
il.
He still holds thi-s governmen
al position.
Once during iiis career ho yisitO'
imctica and worked n? a sliippinj
lerk in Nov: York (luring r. finap
ial crisis in his family vhilc sti!
law student. He wa> ned cnourr
aoney to complete his cducatior
nd lay the basis for th? family re
ouping its former afflccwe.
Adder Icy. is married to the for
iioi Miss Ethel LuMn, a mcml>or o
n-old Nassau family. Mrs. Adder
ey is eloolv associated with th
ucliess of Windsor in Red C>orork
aud the health clinics she ha
staHisned for Negro childrei
'hew have two soons whom the:
re instructing to "carry on."
Mello From Here
By Sgt. Curtis, Norris
rROM SOMEWHERE IN IRA;
11 may seem odd to youtha
am sending mimeographed let
ers instead of easier and less dS
tensive correspondence; but ther
s a reason. If I were to answe
iaeh of the many letters that
tave received from you and i
hem write all that is interestin
lore in Iran. I xirnnld n
ime left to perform the dutie
hat rest upon my proud shoulr
us. And knowing as you do
nore important job than^ lettc
vriting, you will, I know let m
>ff this time and receive this lei
er with my warmest feelings.
I know that since you know thr
am over here, you want to hen
til about the place; and it is a
nteresting story.
Iran?or Persia, as it used t
>e called some ten odd years ag<
s a country out of which the hi<
ory of the world was made;
rountry through which the cei
.uries have passed, but passe
ightly, leaving little indication c
;heir passage. The natives at
if a peculiar lot?either vfery ric
>r very poor; but all seem t
navel pi the filth and grime th?
teems to us to have become c
the priftcipal heritage left tliei
from their glorious past.
You have undoubtedly heat
tnatches of Persia's history, ho
the great kings of 2,500 yeai
igo?Cyrus, Darius and how the
ruled from India to Greece an
from Caucasus mountains in tt
lorih to the Nile river in t h
South. How Cyrus conquered ar
averrun the Babylonian kfhgdo
and released the Israelites froi
their captivity; how that. Cyn
took Daniel, the Biblical proph*
into his court and later cast hii
to the lions; how Esther becan
the beloved wife of tfirvR Aahuei
Continued on Page 8
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$ Interest ]
idience ??[]
-1 Robeson To Star
;!n Othello 1
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" Launching the Theatre's Guild's 1
I l'J43-4-l season with an auspiei- ,
e ! ous start will be the eagerly a}.
j waited Margaret Webster p'roduc- j
I tien of "Othello," starring. Paul
, i Robeson which will have its pre- j
t ! micro at the Sluibert Theatre, W. ,
- ! hitli street, New York City, on ! ,
[* j Tuesday. October 1U. J <
* j After an absence of more than I
11 ?. i_
s a decade, Mr. Robeson returns ton
r the American stage in the role i
lvl of the Moor of Venice, a part in
" i which- lie was- the sensation ?o-f-^
I London in 1 (.?.'30. The actor-singer ;
nrppUined abroad irf a parade of <
j successes, the,most noted of them i1
l>eing "The Emperor Jones," j '
'Show Boat," "Othello." "The j 1
, j Hairy Ape" and "All God's Chil- |
- 1 Inn' Got WiugsT?His distinction;'
?t ;wc-an?act or .?? ciiunllod the high- ;
j l.v-coveted fame ho had achieved j '
y~prn-^the ~ concert _sUag5T tliar^R6be--i
! son . wa& hailed?throughout Eu?f trope
as one of trie mos, outstand+~
J ing performers of all time.
, | . The Theatre Guild has assem-f'
o ; bled a distinguished cast to ap- ; '
-! pear in support of Mr. Robeson, j'
" j Heading the group of players as
! iago ami Desdomona -are Jose
. Ferrer and Uta Hagen. respeci
Lively, each of whom has accumu-'
-fated a sizeable record on BroadH
way; Mr. Ferrer has to credit' ,
; such plays" as "Brother Rat," i
h ; 'Missouri Legend," "Mamba'sl ,
1 ' Daughters," "Key Lti rp," "Char1
ley's Aunt," and "Vickie," while
. I Miss Hagen (in private life Mrs. | [
f Ferrer) has appeared as Nina inf*
j "The Sea Gull," in "Key Largo"1v
' I and "Vickie." ' I ;
p | Margaret Webster who is rei.
sponsible for directing the pro-r<
, duct ion.?also appears?in the?role j
j of Emilia. In recent years, Miss t
j Webster has taken credit for di- I
g reeting a succession of Shakes|
pearoan hits, among them Richard
II, Hamlet, IJenry IV, T h e j
^ | Continued on Pago- 8 v
-1 Dr. R. K. Broftdon?
e The S. C. Annual
r i
I Conference's Choice 1
n j
ojFor The Bishopric
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It i
As Annual Conferences are l>e-' c
' ing held'weekly and all' delegates ji
e to the next General Conference
t- will soon he elected; and with
i the Bishops, General Officers. '
College Presidents and Deans '
n . will constitute the membership ?
| of that body; and as some of the | '
? ministerial delegates will proba'
bly be elevated to the bishopric, 1
a We The constituents of the South '
i- | Carolina Annual Conference, for ,1
! the second time, are rccommendj
ing the Rev. R. E. Brogdon. a?
h 1 its choice for . that hiehest and
:o ' most honored position. .
i His outstanding character, his
? * congeniol demeanor, his regular./
ertining, his pastoral ability, his
'^1 i 1ATI/> _ ?<Ut ii i\\ n?|t V Kjq _ ?? I f"| .i
TT * TTTTtr IVi IILflllcXll I ty, TTTTT lvwll V~o
w | stand for the right. eminently ''
^ j qualify him for this exalted poi
sition. No immoral stench folic^
lows htm, whether teaching, pas- .
toring or. _as presiding elder.
We fully believe if elevated, he
m <? ? i
ni will soon take his plftfce among 1
js the moral, intellectual and spiritual
leaders of the race.
., .k - P. C. LISBON,
r. Chief fleFy., of the S. C.
Conference. ?.
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prIc
Segro Health
Deficit Cited
lii Report
'ublic Health" offi.iah Urged to
ncli'.de Child-Spacing 1m Program
Incorporation' of child-spacing
TTVtl'i's irtu-ali State and umim:nitv
public health- programs, as
rtir?men n??>4?rolN'ing some?oXho
grim health problems still facing
millions of negroes in the
,'nit?-d States, was urged today by
he Planned Parenthood Fedeatcon
of America, Inc.
Calling attention to the high denothors
and babies in the nation as
?lain proof of the need for extendng
edligation?in?family planning^,
he Federation announced offi'cial
mbli.ation of reports fcy Tennesec
and South Carolina public iheJth
ofl'ocials which show that even
he most disadvantaged groups in
d;c -papulation?will?welcome?and.
Hicccssfullw employ medically aplovid
methods of birth control as
. means of planning their children.
I ht* ret oris cover the results of
drth control demonstrations undei
mliiic health auspices of the Fedeation
titled, "Better Health ..for
i 3,000.000."
The Southern demonstrations
vere undertaken in Nashville, Ten.ossee
and in Berkeley and Lee
ouhties in South Carolina in reco*
moung the Negro population of
ur country. The death rate of 1.3.
}0(i;000 American Negroes is 50
ier cent higher than of whites and
Or average sickness rate is 43 pet
cut greater. Negro mothers die at
wico the- rate?of white?mother*
ltd Negro babies die at one ami
Mil* half the rate of white babies.
The?contribution which "planned"
;. a re l it h ood cantiiako to the health
cgain their strength after a birth
mil before undertaking pregnancy.,
>r to postpone pregnancy in the
/lesenee of illness ar.ri disease, is
t matter of conclusive medical evi'cr.ce.
The two Southern demonstations
were launched with the coot-ration
of national leadership, to
eatn if even the most handicapped
1 .1
Ii-mtiia VI .LIU' population would
o receptive to lamily planning.
\ hat-4?otho<UL~?i?l-t??tei-*als would
novo most effective, what degree
?1" sustained cooperation could be
ichieved and what follow-up would
>c required.
Th<? reports of Dr. John Overton.
Nashville public health officer and
?r. Robert E. Seibels. chairman on
natornal welfare of the South
arolina Medical Association, pubis
hod?today, provide the answers
o these and other questions. Each
ocation for the child-spacing demmstrations
was .chosen because of
ts opportunities as a proving grod.
Buoth in'Nashville and the S6ith
Carolina countries, the death
ates a 111 oilng Negro mothers and
jubies were exceedingly lil'gh. Raes
of still-birth, tuberculosis and
syphilis wore in all instances excessive.
In the South Carolina counies.
there was an added handicap
>f ])oor roads, lack of comrounicaion.
unusally hi'gh illiteracy. Pubic
health nurses in both cases were
nlistcd to bring help in child-spaing
to patient families along with
>ther normal health services.
In Nashville, over two years, 5.
>00 home visits were made by the
nirses and 2.000 women urged to
ome to clinics for examination and
service. Of the patients, who acepted
methods advised fcy physicans
88 percent were successful in
postponing pregnancy until health
sad been restored, according to Dr.
Overtop.
"There is evidence that this program
has.resulted in benefits to
itie individual family and to the
vhole community," Dr. Overton
said.
Tn Berkeley County, South Car'lirm.
Dr. Keibels reported, cooperation
with any previous health
program requiring sustained effort.
had not been higher than
per cent. There in jfc 1 months,
with the ehild-spach\g services
brought to more, than 1,000 pat'en.ts
in their homes, more than 8C
oercent accepted the theory ami
oraclice _of contraception and jwert
ible to follow the simple method*
prescribed. In Lee County, th?
dr n< nstrntion brought - oqtially
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RELEASED WED.. OCT. 27th,
! Mfemphis-?Announcement has
: recetly been made of a! patent
granted' Dr. U. 'S; Walton on an
instrument, for improving dentur!
sued by the patent office at Wash
ineton is regarded by the friends
jf Dr. Walton as both a distincI
tion and an achievement. He con?
i ivril. >?f. the idea almost, 9.0 years
, ago and had worked on it until
' recently when it was completed
tiHpapproved 17y the patent olTieO.
C'arbondnle. Til ?Thn 77rV< on
i.ual communication of the M. W. ?
Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free
j and Accepted Masons, State of II!
linois, headed by Dr. John C. Elj
lis of Decutur, convened here on
Tuesday and Wednesday, as guest
i of Tuscan Lodge No. 44. Not_kv
ilh^tanwUng th?? pvigonpeg r>f thn
war and gas rationing, the atten- ,
: iliUH-K w;w one of the largest in
I many years.
Self ridge Field, Mich.?Com'
mand of the 96th Service group,
' all-Negro organisation stationed
at-Oscoda Army Air field, a subbase
of Selfridgc field, has* been
"assumed by Lt. Col. William* M.
Hill, air? corps. Born Aug. 24,
1899, jn Victoria, Tex., he was educated
in San Antonio, at South.ern
Methodist university .and at
the University of Texas.
New York?Robert Murphy,
Morris drown college, Atlanta,
has ben awarded the first prize of
$50 offered to college students in
the 1943 Negro Essay contest,
which was sponsored by the Natonal
Tuberculosis association and
Its affiliated asociations through- *
_iui .the?country, according to an
announcement made today by Dr.
Paul P. McCain, Sanatorium, N.
C., chairman of the committee on
Neero program of the national
.issociation. ?\
?? *.? = 1 . |
Baltimore?The first male ap
pointment to the local police de1Q37
qriH rmly the
fourth in the history of this city
was announced last week by Pul
-ice Commissioner Hamilton
kinsonr- * ?
?The police head named XJoyd?
applicants on the current eligible r
list, as one of the probationary
patrol ment to fill one of the 20
existing vacancies now in the department.
Durham. N. C.?The 10th annual
observance of Cood Manners
and Culture day at North
Carolina College for Negroes was
held here Monday with Dr. Charlotte
Hawkins Brown, authority
>n etiquette and president of Palmer
Memorial institute, Sedalia
(~NC). conducting culture ?.semi ?-r
uars and holding conferences with
students and faculty. !Dr. Brown
is the author of the "The Correct
Thing To Do, to Say, to Wear."
New York?Although Sgt. Joe
Louis, heavyweight champion,
has earned purses totaling $2,374866
his beautiful estranged wife
Marva will Sing for her supper. rj
Marva sail she will make her jf
professional debut in December
with a swing band, hot spot, theatre,
or movie company." Presently
she is continuing voice stu<br
and considering offers. (She added
she will specialize in romantic
ballads of the sophisticated variety.
Philadelphia?Two scholarships
were awarded at the conclusion of
luditions held in Philadelphia for
the second annual Marian Anderson
awards in which 102 young
men and women from 22 states
oarticipated. .'-j
Elton Johnson. Philadelphia so- ^
nrano, and Isabelle Schapp, soprano
from Brooklyn, were tied
for first place. Miss Anderson
followed th$^ same procedure as
j she did last year when the same
situation arose by adding $500 to
;he original $1000 scholarship and
| livided the sum , <m; lly between
the two winger. Miss Johnson,
an ex-school te. ch>is currently
I rehearsing i ? -.he forthcoming
musical pro d uction "Carmen *
Jones."
Biggest Bond Holder
Has
Charleston, S. C., Oct. 26?
(ANP)^he proud owner of $10- .3
OO^fcOO war bonds, James R. Lo- J
gan in addition to being the hold- - --J
er of the greatest number of, ^
| government, securities at the
j leston Navy yard bere is a M|n .JB
of many other ftrsts. Head Mop- ' '
print and photostat operate^
holds the record for the longast 5
r service of any civilian ^prr'flirr J
I at the yard, was the Ant ^
, appointed under etvH' service, fa
( the yard's first messerycer, flnt
k blueprinted and ffre-^jcyt native M
n Mf'dN??d|