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Official and l egal Newspaper Thursday, April 20. 1950
Dr. ('. G. Woodson, Dean of
Negro Historians, Is Interred
WASHINGTON. (ANP). Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson,
74, probably the world’s best authority on Negro history,
was buried here Saturday.
Born at New Canton, Va., Woodson grew up in Hunt
ington, W. Va., and worked in the coal mines. During that
time he became a seil-educatea
man. Later he attended Berea
(Ky.) college and the Sorbonne in
Paris. He earned his A.B. degree
from the University of Chicago
in 1907 and his A.M. in 1908. In
1912 he was awarded his Ph.D.
from Harvard university and an
LL.D. from Virginia State college
in 1939.
During the early part of his
career, Dr. Woodson was dean of
the school of liberal arts, How
ard university, and dean of West
Virginia State college. While at
West Virginia State he conceived
of his idea of his Association for
the Study of Negro Life and His
tory, an organization designed to
print and publish books about
and by Negroes on Africa and
America and to help scholars in
their study of Negro history. At
the time of his death Dr. Wood
son was working on a six-volume
Encyclopedia Africana, a project
he started years ago but never
had completed to his own satis
faction.
In 1922 he gave up his teach
ing to work exclusively with the
association. He is the author of
18 books including “Negro Makers
of History,” “History of the Ne
gro Church,” “The Negro in Our
History,” “Free Negro Owners of
Slaves in the United States in
1830.” “African Myths,” “The
Story of the Negr% Retold,” “Afri
can Heroes and Heroines”; joint
author of “The Negro Wage
Ea.rner” and “The Negro as a
Business Man.”
Dr. Woodson was editor of the
Journal of Negro History and the
Negro History Bulletin.
He also was the originator of
Negro History week, which some
day he hoped would not have to
be. He once said about Negro
history as a whole:
“There is no real Negro his
tory. History is history, but the
white* man left us out when he
wrote history books.
“However, when our contribu
tions are written in the books
along with other Americans, our
job will be accomplished.”
Throughout his life Dr. Wood
son was in constant demand for
personal appearances and lec
tures. Though popular in all
circles, the educator never mar
ried.
Opera Company
Opens $25,000
Fund Campaign
WASHINGTON. (ANP). The
National Negro Opera Company
foundation opened a $25,000 fund
raising campaign here faster Sun
day with a fashion parade and a
symposium of music. The funds
are needed to establish an opera
headquarters in the capitol.
The Ink Spots Have
$20,000 Truck Fire
BEDFORD, Pa. (ANP). The
popular Ink Spots had an esti
mated $20,000 w’orth of misfortune
here Thursday, when a truck
carrying their musical instruments
, and clothing caught fire on the
Pennsylvania turnpike, Joseph O.'
Grandy, driver of the vehicle, told
police that sparks from his right
rear wheel set the equipment
afire.
WaymanWartl
To Speak on
APA Program
Dr. A. Wayman Ward, promi
nent Chicago minister and civic
leader, will be the main speaker
when Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity
marks its 23rd anniversary on the
University of Nebraska campus
Sunday, May 7, according to the
announcement made by John C.
Foster, president of the chapter
on Cornhusker campus.
The program is part of the fra
ternity’s educational program and
will bring back to Lincoln a num
ber of Nebraska alumni, among
them Dr. L. H. Williams, leading
Tulsa pharmacist, Robert Fair
child, Tulsa Public Health office,
Lewis O. Swingler, editor of the
Memphis World, all charter mem
bers, and many others.
The occasion will be followed
by a public reception.
Dr. Ward received his training
at the University of Denver, Wil
berforce university and Yale, and
is considered to be one of the
most eloquent speakers in the na
tion today.
Urban Leagues
Placed 14,651 in
"49; 261 New Jobs
NEW YORK. (ANP). Two
hundred delegates and guests of
the National and local Urban
leagues attended the Eastern
Regional conference held at New
York’s Hotel McAlpin. Frank M.
Folsom, president of Radio Cor
poration of America addressed the
conference and Lester B. Granger,
executive director of the Na
tional Urban league, interracial
social work agency, presented
the report of league activities for
the year 1949. In his report Mr.
Granger called attention to the
“emerging social maturity of
Negroes, who as a group, were 40
years ago rural, untrained and
vastly exploited.” He labelled “a
social miracle” the change in
status of 60 percent of the 15 mil
lion Negro Americans who are
now urban dwellers.
Mr. Granger cited the record of
activity of the Urban league in
serving this portion of the popu
lation. “In 30 states of the union,”
he said, “our Urban league af
filiates interviewed 52,575 job ap
plicants, referred 25,888 of them
to jobs, and succeeded in placing
14,651 of them.” Two hundred
sixty-one of these men and
women were placed in industries
which formerly employed no Ne
groes in such positions. These 261
persons, said Granger, now have
an estimated total annual income
of $3,600,000 as a result of the
Urban league’s pilot placements.
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African Tension Rising
In Khamas' Forced Exile
Honor Kaiser
Of U.S. Flag
At North Pole
WASHINGTON. (ANP). Mat
thew A. Henson, 83, the sole living
member of Adm. Robert E.
Peary’s expedition to the North
Pole, was honored at a ceremony
marking the 41st anniversary of
the discovery of the Pole, in the
Pentagon here Thursday. The
ceremonies were sponsored by the
U. S. Department of Defense and
the Negro press.
Henson, the only Negro in the
expedition, was the man who
raised the American flag over the
North Pole on April 6, 1909. He
received a special plaque from the
newspapers and a congratulatory
message from President Truman,
the latter saying:
“The achievement of Peary’s
expedition was an example of the
co-operating efforts of our citizens
toward assuring freedom and jus
tice for all, T'egardless of color
and creed.”
Henson, for his part, turned
over to the air force a steel can
nister containing a Bible he car
ried on the expedition. Into the
canmster will be placed records
and pictures of the 41st anniver
sary ceremonies and the whole
dropped at the North Pole during
one of the air force’s routine
flights over that area.
ABC Gets Time
To Change Its
Racial Rules
NEW YORK. (ANP). The
American Bowling congress, un
der fire in several states because
of Jim Crow membership policy,
was given until after its annual
convention to act on this policy or
face court action in New York.
Supreme court Justice Benja
min F. Schreiber reserved de
cision on injunction procedure
against the ABC after hearing
Paul Windels speaking for the
ABC say the race issue will be
“thoroughly discussed and consid
ered in good faith” at the con
vention.
Asst. Atty. Gen. Abe Wagman
told the court that injunction pro
ceedings would be halted if the
“Caucasians only” clause is elimi
nated from ABC membership re
quirements.
IBC Cancels Card;
Satterfield, Oma
Tangle May 17
CHICAGO. (ANP). Unable to
get a good fight, the International
Boxing club cancelled its April 14
card at the Chicago Stadium.
Dropping of this date resulted
mainly from the failure to find a
substitute for Ike Williams, light
weight champion, scheduled to
headline the card originally.
Ike was out because of an in
jury which has caused him to can
cel several fights. In the meantime
efforts to land matches for the
card did not gel.
Truman K. Gibson, Jr., secre
tary of the IBC, announced that
the IBC would concentrate on its
May 17 bout between Bob Satter
field and Lee Oma,
SEROWE, Bechuanaland. (ANP). The hot pot of
tension is near bursting point here over the British gov
ernment’s indecision in the affair of Seretse Khama—his'
banishment from the territory for five years or forever,
the forthcoming birth of a child to his wife, the former
London typist, Ruth Khama; and
the labor government’s refusal to
recognize him as chief of the
Bamangwato tribe.
Latest development in the tense
and ticklish situation is a pro
posed plan by the tribe to journey
to Lobatsi, 300 miles to the south,
to see their chief. Khama has
been at Lobatsi for over a week
waiting for Britain’s high commis
sioner, Sir Evelyn Bering, to make
i up his mind on the conditions un
der which the chief may return
temporarily to tribal territory.
Mrs. Khama, at present in Ma
lapye within tribal territory, dis
closed that the tribesmen have
become restless and threatened to
make the trek to Lobatsi unless
the British allow their chief to
come home soon. Hundreds of
the tribesmen have been gather
ing in the capital here to welcome
their banished chief.
According to Mrs. Khama, they
said they would not wait much
longer and would “invade” Lo
batsi to see him, taking their cat
tle, women and children with
them.
Actually aware of the rising
tension, British authorities have
imported 190 British-officered
African police from Southern
Rhodesia and Swaziland. These
forces marched thru the streets at
frequent intervals with their
small arms, Bren guns and mo
bile equipment in a show of
force. Normally the town is po
liced by 15 men.
In addition, the high commis
sioner has temporarily posted
William Forbes MacKenzie, dep
uty resident commissioner of Swa
ziland, as temporary district com
missioner over Bechuanaland.
Meanwhile, many of the tribes
men are selling their cattle to
raise money for Khama to fight
his banishment in courts. Accord
ing to a government source, the
tribe has alerady raised an esti
mated $700,000.
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LONDON. (ANP). The issue has
now widened into a question of
how far can either Britain or
South Africa go in interfering
with the inherited tribal rights of
Africans, the Covenant of Human
Rights, and the demands of all
colored peoples for the abolishing
of color wars and colonialism.
India has led the nations in a
demand for the abolishing of co
lonialism and President Truman
has followed up with a denuncia
tion of it. Practically 99 percent
of the world is strongly opposed
to race and color discrimination
and the issue is now spot-lit by
the Seretse affair.
The liberal party has tabled a
motion for a debate on the issue
and if the labor members abstain
from voting or vote against it, the
government can only be saved by
a Conservative vote, thus provid
ing the spectacle of a Socialist gov
ernment, embarking on a color
war at the behest of a colorphobic
South Africa, being saved by a
vote of a white imperialist oppo
sition in defiance of its own mem
bers and the majority of the La
bor party. And with every col
ored person in the world and most
decent Europeans determined to
resist color bars. Britain sup
ported South Africa’s refusal to
submit reports on South West
Africa. And it is significant that
Gordon Walker, Secretary of
Commonwealth Relations, who
banished Khama, was Britain
representative at Lake Success on
that occasion.
Rev. C. Lemon
Quinn Speaker;
Revival Starts
Rev. Carol Lemon, state secre
tary of the Nebraska Council of
Churches was the morning speak
er at Quinn Chapel April 16. “We
must be functioning individuals,
ready to serve, administering to
suffering and needy people,” he
told the congregation.
Sunday also marked the begin
ning of the spring revival series at
the Chapel. Rev. E. V. Wade,
evangelistic and forceful preacher
of Omaha, has been the speaker
for the meetings which have been
held nightly and will continue till
Sunday night, Saturday night ex
cepted.
Networks Air
Jackie, DiMaggio
Sports Reviews
HOLLYWOOD. (ANP). Base
ball’s great Joe DiMaggio is fol
lowing in Jackie Robinson’s foot
steps in becoming a radio per
sonality with a sport-broadcast
of his own. Joe launched a half
hour Saturday evening show this
month over the National Broad
casting company network. Jackie
is heard on his fine sports-show
via ABC. . . ABC is celebrating
its tenth anniversary on the air
by discussing the great books se
lected from the writings that
were originally discussed during
the program’s year on the air.
Included in the varied schedule
are the U. S. Constitution, Mark
Twain and the works of Plato,
Cicero and Aristotle. Show is
broadcast Sunday mornings.
LISTENING MISCELLANY.
“Robert Montgomery Speaking,”
the screen - actors - commentary
program on national and world
affairs, has been renewed by ABC
for 42 weeks. . . Gene Autry has
signed a new five year contract
with Columbia Records. Autry
will wax children’s records as
well as his well-known folk tune
recordings. . . Garry Moore signed
an exclusive five year CBS radio
television contract, and will move
his base of operation from Holly
wood to New York. . . The re
nowned Philadelphia orchestra,
conducted by Eugene Ormandy,
will be heard in a eight week se
ries of one-hour broadcasts over
CBS on Sundays starting April
30. . . Bing Crosby is broadcasting
from New York for several weeks
before he departs for Europe. . .
Lena Horne exchanged questions
and answers with Hollywood re
porters when she was guest of
“Hollywood Byline,” April 1. . .
