Official and Legal Newspaper_ Thursday, February 22, 1931
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Of Honor At nuN n s Tea Sat.
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In Observance of
Brotherhood Week
WASHINGTON. (ANP). Mrs.
Alben Barkley, wife of the vice
president of the United States,
will be honor guest at a tea spon
sored by the Friends Interracial
committee of the National Coun
cil of Negro Women in observ
ance of World Brotherhood week
on Saturday, Feb. 24, 1951 in the
Shoreham hotel.
In issuing invitations to this af
fair, Dr. Dorothy B. Ferebee,
president of the council, and Mrs.
Mary McLeod Bethune, founder
president-emeritus, stated “Broth
erhood Week gives us an oppor
tunity to stress the kindred feel
ing of all women, and to broaden
the base for understanding and
goodwill among people every
everywhere. We are honored to!
have our many friends, represent- I
ing varied interests ad back-1
grounds, join us in this step j
toward understanding and fellow
ship.”
Among those who will be pres
ent to receive and assist at pour
ing tea are Mrs. Charles F.
Brannan, wife of the secretary of
agriculture; Mrs. Ralph J. Bunche;
Mrs. Oscar Chapman, wife of the
secretary of interior: Mrs. Mor
decai Johnson, wife of the presi
dent of Howard university; Mrs.
J. Howard McGrath, wife of the
attorney general of the United
States, Mrs. William Hastie of
Philadelphia, wife of Circuit
Court Judge Hastie; Mrs. Tom
Clark, wife of the Supreme Court
justice; Miss Frieda Miller of the
Women’s bureau; Mrs. Thoma
sina J. Norford of the Labor de
partment; Dean Susie Elliott of
Howard university; Mrs. Jessie M.
Donaldson, wife of tha postmas
ter general; Mrs. Jessie Vann of
the Pittsburgh Courier, Mrs. Dean
Acheson, wife of the secretary of
state; Miss Etta Moten of Chi
cago; Mr. Jean Capers, city coun
cilwoman of Cleveland, Mme.
Menri Bonnet of the French em
bassy: Mrs. Eunice Matthews,
president of the National Medi
cal auxiliary, and Mrs. George L.
P. Weaver of Washington.
Mrs. Sylia Gottlieb and Mrs.
Jeanetta Welch Brown are co
chairmen of the Friends’ Interra
cial committee sponsoring this af
fair. Other members of the com
mittee are Mmes. Olya Margolin,
Kathryn Stone, Dorothy Ferebee,
Kathryn Ellickson, Arabella Den
niston and Misses Margaret Mealy
Irma Piepho.
Assisting at the tea table will
be Mmes. Ella Roller, Christine
Ray Davis, Addie Garvin, Verda i
Welcome of Baltimore, Katherine J
Stone, Margaret Neely, Marian
Elliott Jackson, and Miss Patsy
Graves.
Mrs. Ethel Ramos Harris of
Pittsburg, noted star of stage and
radio, will furnish incidental mu
sic during the afternoon.
Oklahoma U. Hospital
Admits 2 Negroes
To Nursing School
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okl.
(ANP). Two Negro young wom
en have broken the color line at
the School of Nursing of the
University of Oklahoma hos
pital.
They are Miss Maxine Smith
and Mrs. Dan Moore, both of
Oklahoma cities. They are the
only two college graduates in
the class which includes 22
white students.
Urban League
Elects Trustees
NEW YORK—Nine men and
women were elected to member
ship of the National Urban
League Board of Trustees at the
League’s annual meeting, Febr.
14th, held at the Carroll Club,
120 Madison Avenue, New Yorki
City.
New board members are: Dr.
Kenneth Clark, associate pro
fessor of psychology, College of
the City of New York; Joseph
F. Cullman, 3rd, executive vice
president, Benson & Hedges;
Mrs. Sophia Y. Jacobs, secretary,
Philadelphia World Alliance
Council; Dr. Charles S. Johnson,
president, Fisk University, Nash
ville, Tenn.; Dr. Aube de L May
nard, surgeon; Dr. Ira de A.
Reid, professor of sociology,
Haverford College, Haverford,
Pa.; Louis Simon, vice-president,
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
of America, C.I.O.; Howard
Szold, partner, Lehman Broth
ers, and John Stillman, business
man.
Lloyd K. Garrison, attorney
and former chairman, National!
!
j Labor Relations Board, was re
! elected president of the Board.
; Lester B. Granger, executive di
j rector of the League, delivered
: his annual report on 1950 ac
! tivities. Re-elected officers of
! the League are vice-presidents:
' Mrs. Bennett Cerf, John Paul
Jones, Irvin C. Molliscm; seere
tary: Thomas G. Young; treas
urer: Arin Lehman.
Continuing on the League’s
Board of Trustees are: Walter H.
Aiken, Sadie M. Alexander,
Regina M. Andrews, William H.
Baldwin, George A. Beavers, jr.,
Benjamin J. Buttenweiser, Mrs.
Moise S. Cahn, William Collins,
Dowdal H. Davis, William H.
Dean, Mrs. MacDonald S. Den
man, Sidney Hollander, Mrs S.
Foster Hunt, Rayond E. Jackson,
Edgar H. Kilbourne, Alonzo G.
Moron, Dorothy Paley, Gifford
Phillips, Roger William Riis,
Winthrop Rockefeller, Oren
Root, Elmo Roper, Ferdinand
Rousseve, Clendenin J. Ryan,
William Scarlett, Mrs. Alfred H.
Schoellkop, George W. Snowden,
Edward Stanley, Beulah T. Whit
by, and L. Hollingsworth Wood.
Merriweather Elected
State Vice-Chairman
LOS ANGELES—(ANP) — A
Negro has been elected state vice
chairmon of the American Vet
erans committee.
The new officer is Lee A. Mer
riweather, post-chairman of the
Wendell Willkie Chapter, A.V.C., I
in Los Angeles He is the second !
Americans Fighting in Korea
Get Much-Needed Writing Kits J
Korean areas suffering from a
shortage of stationery supplies
found a friend in one of the world’s
largest brewing companies. Sta
tionery port
folios, like the
one pictured
here, are now
being distrib
uted by Special
Services of the
Army to all
Air Force,
Navy, Marine
and Army per
s o n n e1 in
i listed writing
paper as one of their top needs.
• Archibald S. Alexander, under
secretary of the Army expressed
“deep appreciation on behalf of
our servicemen in Korea,” in his
letter of acceptance to Harris
Perlstein, president of the Pahst
Brewing company.
Front cover of the portfolio con
tains the reminded “Don’t Forget
To Write Home.” The kits serve a
double purpose in supplying writ
ing paper to men who had little or
no paper for their letters. It will
enable them to write home oftener,
assuring parents and relatives of!
more frequent contact with our
forces in the Far East.
Returning veterans of the
Korean conflict stress mail to and
from home as the most potent
morale booster to the nation’s fight-]
jggqisa^ |
Draft Rejects
High in South
ATLANTA, Ga, — Forty-six
percent of the thousands of j
Southern youths passing through
induction centers are failing to!
come up to service standards,!
including 38.7 percent who can’t
qualify mentally, a survey dis
closed Saturday.
Aroused Southern leaders, in
cluding new South Carolina Gov.
James F. Brynes, have investi
gated the problem of wholesale
rejections and found its roots in
the limited education of boys 19
through 25. Those with high
school education are accepted
automatically if not otherwise
unqualified.
A North Carolina county made
an intensive study of its draft
rejection cases, and reported that
the education factor was com
plicated by too much stress on
reading facility in the examina
tions. As a result, the Pitt
County, N. C., report showed,
skilled craftsmen with poor
reading comprehension were re
jected while college men were
drafted as laborers.
Governor Byrens was alarmed to learn
that South Carolina had the highest re
jection rate of any of the Southern
States, with 65.3 percent of Its youth
turned down, including 60.7 for flunk
ing Intelligence tests. The figures cov
ered JuJly through October.'
Several states reported cases
of youths deliberately failing
their mental tests, but the Army
usually spots these ruses and
"accepts” the flunkers anyway,
draft officials said.
Senior Choir Has
Talent Program
Sunday evening at 8 p.m.
Quinn Chapel Senior choir spon
sored a Talent Program. The
I program was as follows:
I Opening Song, Negro National
I Anthem.
Invocation, Rev. R. E. Edwards
Solo, The Lord’s Prayer, Clara
Bell Scott
Duet, Star of Courage, Mrs.
John Johnson and Miss Mary
Sampson
Electric Guitar Solo, Come Ye
Diconsolate, Andrew Santien
Solo, The Lord Is My Light,
Mrs. Clyde Coulter
Reading, St. Peter at the Gate,
Mrs. J. B. Brooks
Piano Solo, Up and Down the
Mt. Side and Tumbling Clown,
Charles Bonds.
Solo, The Swallows, Winifred
Winston
Piano Solo, Country Dance,
Beverly Duhce.
Solo, The Watchman Song,
Frank Burden, jr.
Remarks, Rev. J. B. Brooks
Benediction, Rev. R. G Nathan
Mrs Clinton Conrade was mis
tress of ceremonies. Mrs. Rae
Lee Harris is president of the
choir and Mrs. Hazel Wilson is!
pianist. j
highest officer in the state and
will head the Southern California
region.
Merriweather is believed to be
the first Negro elected to such a
high post in a major veterans’
organization.
Chicago’s Miracle Girl
Is oil Road to Recovery
CHICAGO (ANP) — Chicago’s f
“miracle girl” who came back
alive from a rigor mortis condi
tion was declared to be well on
the road to recovery this week
by physicians at Michael Reese
hospital.
After unwrapping bandages
from her arms and limbs and
finding no trace of gangrene, the
medical men reported Mrs. Dor
othy Mae Stevens chances for re
coverery excellent and that she
was not likely to lose any digits,
feet, or arms. However, a num
ber of blisters were found which
will make skin grafting operations
essential.
The 23-year-old woman, who
a week ago made medical his
tory by surviving the lowest
temperatures ever recorded for
survival, now fully conscious,
found out also she was a very
popular heart on St. Valentine
day.. Hundreds of valentines from
well-wishers throughout the na
tion flooded into her hospital
room, included was a bouquet of
I flowers from California.
Aside from the unexpected
shower of valentines, Mrs. Ste
vens was asked to appear on tele
vision. She winked and smiled to
millions through the WGN-TV
cameras, and was pictured being
fed soft foods, and conversing
| with her special nurse and the
| staff doctors.
i Another very pleasant event of
I the week was the making-up with
her husband, Johnny L,, who now
visits her every day along with
her father, Norvell Taylor.
When told of her good luck in
not having any amputations, the
| attractive, larged-boned woman
exclaimed: “Thank God! I’ll
never touch another drop of liq
our as long as I live.”
After all the excitement of the
good news, reconciling with her
husband, valentines, rebandaging,
and television, Mrs. Stevens’
blood pressure was slightly higher
than it had been, 184 over 110.
Her temperature was 101; pulse,
108, and respiration, 24. Doctor’s
declared there was no need for
being alarmed for the patient will
continue to spend all her time
resting and taking nourishment
for days to come.
Mrs. Stevens’ story is unique. 1
Last Thursday morning she was
brought into Michael Reese hos
pital literally frozen stiff by po
lice who had found her lying in
a gangway at 3108 So. Vernon on
Chicago’s southside. A normal {
thermometer would not record her ■
body temperature, but a chemical 1
one showed it to be 64. She was 1
breathing three to five times a •
minute. The normal is 18 to 22. <
Her pulse registered 21 compared
to the normal of from 70 to 80 1
beats a minute. Her blood pres- <
sure was zero, and her heart J
beating once every five seconds.
A hospital spokesman described ’
her appearance as similar to a 1
slab of meat placed in a home j
freezer. He stated her blood had ]
congealed into a mud-like sludge. .
Physicians attempted to thaw ;
her out by administering the new ^
drug cortisone. An incision was »
made in her throat, and a tube
inserted to facilitate respiration. ■
After plasma was given to li
quefy the blood, doctors left her
uncovered at room temperature to •
reduce too rapid a thawing :
which would have caused a fatal 1
shock.
According to police, the attrac- '
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Lincoln Journal-Star.
Funeral Services Held
For Clyde W. Malone
Clyde Malone, 60, of 1035
Rose, executive secretary of the
Lincoln Urban League and well
I known Lincoln civic leader, died
early Wednesday.
i Mr. Malone had been hospital
ized since Monday after he col
i lapsed during a chamber of com
merce meeting. He died at 1:10
' a.m.
He was born in Lincoln in 1890
and graduated from Lincoln pub
j lie schools and from the Univer
sity of Nebraska in 1925. A vet
eran of World war I, Mr. Malone
I did special work at the Phyllis
I Wheatley league center in Min
1 neapoiis, Minn.
He was named secretary of the
Urban League in 1943. He had
previously been a member of the
staff for five years.
President of the trustee board
of Quinn Chapel African Method
ist church, Mr. Malone was a past
master of Lebanon lodge No. 3f
A.F. & A.M. He was also a
member of the Social Service
club in 1950, treasurer of Ne
braska Welfare association and a
member of the Social Action
council, American Red Cross
board, Child Guidance Center
board, Lincoln and Lancaster
Safety council and City Planning
commission.
In December, 1950, he was a
delegate to the White House Con
ference on Children and Youth.
Ele was also a member of the
Fair Employment Practices com
mittee.
Funeral services were held in
3uinn Chapel African Methodist
Episcopal church at 2 p.m. Sat
jrday. Rev. J. B. Brooks offici
ated. George Randol, Hub of
harmony and Quinn Chapel
:hoir furnished music.
Further services were held by
;he Masonic grand lodge with
Clayton Lewis, grand master, of
liciating.
Mr. Malone is survived by his
vife, Izetta; a daughter, Jeanne;
hree sisters, Mrs. Deana Ormes
ind Mrs. Bruce Lucas, both of
Minneapolis, Minn., and Mrs.
rames H. Dean of Lincoln, and
i nephew, Merle Dean.
ipeak in Brooklyn
BROOKLYN — (ANP) — Dr.
Robert P. Daniels, president of
/irginia State college, will be
Founder’s Day speaker at Jane
Methodist church Sunday, Feb.
25. The event is under the aus
pices of the Brooklyn chapter of
/irginia State college alumni,
Mrs. Mary T. Grandy is president
pf the chapter.