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Wins4-H Judging WINS 4 H JUDGING CONTEST AND SHORT COURSE Jack Grays (Right) of Brazos country is shown being awarded tfce championship cup last week by R.A Sanders (left), county agent of Brazos county, which was won by Grays with a total of 74 points- out of a possible 700 James Meloson of Liberty County won second. This contest in connection with the 4-H Shoift Course and En campment is held annually at Prai | vie View State college, and this year 119 boys from 45 counties ' participated. (ANP) Negro Engineers, Tech nicians Meet atTusk’gee NATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSN CONVENTION WILL STUDY AVIATION AND MECHANICAL PROGRAMS WITH EYE TO FUTURE Tuskegee, Aug. 25 (ANP) Fac ing squarely the fact that Negroes are woefully lacking in (technical skills and competence as trades men, and that the nation’s crying need for mechanics and trained craftsmen cannot be met by Negro Workmen because of a flagrant, lack of skill and training, the Na* | tional Technical association will hold its 13th annual convention here, Aug. 29, 30 and 31 to consid er thje situation The convention theme is: “Train ed technicians for National De fense,” Richard C. White, presid ent of the NTA., has issued a call urging alias sociation members to be present for the opening session Friday, Aug. 29, at 2:00 p. m. in the William G. Willcox Trades Building. President r. D. Patterson joins the Tuskegee chapter of technic ians in extending a warm welcome to the delegates. Negro architec tural designers, draftsmen, sani tary engineers from all sections of the country will begin pouring in to Tuskegee Thursday, to see Hil yard Robinson of Washington, the first Negro to have a contract to build an air field for the United States government- This 1700 acre, $2,000,000 construction pro ject that Uncle Sam has turned over to Robinson is four and one half miles from the Tuskegee campuh and is to be the 99th Pur suit squadron base. It will be a high spot of interest during the 25th anniversary of the American Tennis association. Robinson is a programmed speaker. Carpenters, masons, plumbers, and electricians will be interested in the national “get to gether” be cause of the opportunity to hear Calvin McKissack of McKissack and McKissack, Negro construct ion company, that is turning archi tect R^vinsoi s blue prints into hangars, mess halls, shops, offic es and barracks of wood and steel almost over night. McKissack has first hand information for a revealing close up of Negro techn icians. good, bad and indifferent, in the building construction field. Young Negro graduates with tne signatures on their degrees m civil engineering not yet dry—and many not so young—will seize the opportunity to attend the annual, meeting of the national technicians j to see in the flesh a Negro engin eer who has done a $2,000,000 job for a state university, built rail road bridges for (the traffic of transcontinental streamlined pal ace cars, sewerage systems for cities whose Negro population is negligible- This Negro of unique achievement in a world of white civil engineers is A- Alexander of Des Moines, Iowa. Alexander is another programmed speaker for the NTA. He is contractor for the Tuskegee flying field where the famous Negro college of the deep south will train elementary military flying cadets for the U. iS. Army Flying .corps. » <•* , Technicians knowing jr?ll the rigid requirements connact*d with every phase of aeronautics ’ have long been anxious to see a^egro school own and operate an ad vanced flying school licensed und er the U. S. Department of Com merce. At the annual meeting of the National Association of Tech nioimp »t Tuskegee. this «ill. will be gratified. Here the delegates will meet G. L. Washington, div ector of mechanical industries and director of the division of aero nautics at Tuskegee. He is the man who has proved to the south and to the nation that Negro men; can train air pilots and that Ne gro boys can pilot airships. James C. Evans, national secre tary, who is on leave from his du ties as head of vocational train ing at West Virginia State college to work with OPM, announces that the Tuskegee meeting is “One of the few' sessions to be held at one of the great institutions of tech nical training”.. and therefore of fers an opportunity for delegates and visitors to observe the ex panding program in civil and mil itary aeronautics, to inspect other important works of Negro tech-j nicians, and to participate in con sidering the contribution of the Negro to the program of national defense.” Others among those expected to attend the national meeting ar© John A. Lankford, Washington, president-elect; Paul E. Johnson, Chicago, T. Arnold Hill, NY A; Frank Horne, national housing; I). A. Williston. sanitary engineer, Tuskegee and Washington. Officers of the host chapter are: G. L. Washington, president; J. L. Anderson, vice president; Geo. Reed, secretary-treasurer. Wilson Allen, regional director, southern region; William C. Curtis, chair man program committee and Ar thur P. Mack, chairman tours and inspections. OMAHA LEADS AT TOPEKA DISTRICT CONFERENCE According to the report by Rev. Clarence C. Reynolds, minister of Clair Methodist Church, the re podts given by the ministers of the Topeka District revealed that Clair Church, Omaha, led in per capital benevolences raised- The Topeka District Conference con vened in Inedpendenc, Kansas, August 12-17. Kansas, Colorado, and Nebraska make up the Top eka District with the Rev. G- D. Hancock firmer pastor of Clair as the District Superintendent. Clair Church was ably repres ented at the Conference by Miss es Johnette Coleman, Wilda Chue, Gwendolyn Reynolds, Mrs- Clar ence C. Reynolds and Clarence Jr., Rev. Reynolds delivered the intro ductory sermon on Wednesday night, served as the conference secretary, chairman of the Com • mittee on Finance, and was in structor in Evangelism in t! .3 FAMOUS SURGEON DR. HOMER P. COOPER, fore most Negro bone specialist whose skill in orthopedic work has won him wi<f? praise. Curvature of the spin, knock knees, rickets bow legs, fractures o(f every degree come to Provident hospital in Chic ago for his care. Joe Louis, Mar ian Anderson and Etta Moten are among those who attest his skill. Leadership Training School con nected with the conference. Mrs. Reynolds was elected unanimous ly as District President of the Women’s Society of Christian Ser vice. Upon the invitation of Miss Wilda Chue, the Topeka District Conference. Youth Fellowship and Convention of Women’s Society will hold their 1942 session with Clair church, Omaha, next Aug ust. REFUSES TO TAKE BACK SEAT; EJECTED FROM BUS BY DRIVER New York—Because he refused to give up his non-reserved seat in the front of a Quaker City bus to a white passenger, Charles Ed wards, members of the New York Youth Council No. 1 of the NAA CP., was forcibly ejected by the driver and a bus dispatcher at the Quaker City Iterminal here Aug ust 18. The driver has been ar rested and trial set for Monday, August 25th. Edwards was returning on a round trip ticket to Camden, New Jersey, where he is employed in a shipyard- He had no reservation, but whs informed by the ticket a gent, 1 minutes before the bus was (to leave, that he could take any available seat. At about two minutes before the bus was to pull out, Edwards got on and took a vacant seat near the front. Im mediately the driver told him to move back, that a whftte passen- j Iger was entitled to that seat. Edwards protested that the seat was not reserved and that he did not intend to move. The driver Jtold Edwards that he would put him off the bus, and followed the statement by forcibly ejecting him with the assistance of the dispatcher. In the melee, Edward’s jacket was torn and sev eral passengers remonstrated with the bus driver. Edward’s formal complaint for assault led to the arrest of the driver. The hearing on the complaint, was set for two o’clock the same day. Mrs. Edwards called the na tional office of the NAACP and Attorney Donald Crichton was call ed to represent the plaintiff. Be cause Edwards’ two witnesses were nolt available, the hearing was adjourned until Monday. The incident is one of many re ported to the national office con cerning the policy of various bus companies operating out of New | York City to points above thie jim crow line in assigning colored pas sengers to the rear of these bus es. Further action t° remedy this condition is planned by the NAA CP. legal staff. FINED AFTER POLICE CLAIM ILLEGAL SALES Judge ester Palmer Tuesday fined Paul Grice, 48 of 1516 No. 28th Street, $25 on a charge of be ing keeper of a disorderly house A similar charge was dismissed last month by Judge Dennis O’ Brien, according to Grice’s attor ney. Clarence Walsh. Curley Huffman. 61, of 2003 N. 22nd streeit, also charged writh be ing a keeper, was given a sus pended fine. Police Capt. Fred Palmtag said 70 hONOR DR. R. A. ADAMS A1 GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY I DAY ’41 1 LABOR | (by RUTH TAYLOR) September in Europe— what new horror will it unleash? What new nightmare of war will drive hapless, harried people from their homes, sending them scurrying hither and yon i nsearch of shel ter from the pitiless conquerors whose bloodlust is never sated? Here in this land of ours the first days of September will also send people from home—but for a different cause! Here the first Monday in September is set a part for the celebration of Labor Day. In contrast with the panic stricken hordes abroad, here city dwellers will be rushing to the country, shore and mountains for one last golden playtime, a fitting climax to a happy summer, while from the countryside and small town. Thousands of others will hui'ry townward to enjoy the pleas ures of city life before settling down to the quiet of their calmly ordered lives. However, this year the celebra tion of Labod Day takes on a new meaning, an added significance. This year Labor Day is nofc just a day of recreation. It must also be a day of rededication to a way of life, to a form of government in which each of us has a part and where one of our great holidays has as its purpose to do honor to those who work—to all men and women whose toil and travail has made the country great. In the days that lie ahead, even if the war be kept from our shor es, we will all be mobilized for ser vice in some form or other, for the adequate defense of this our country and for that form of gov ernment which we hold dear. There will be no room for idlers. We will all serve and serve gladly. Whether we serve in positions of ! prominence or in the humblest, capacity we are all laborers, work ing for the good of the many, that tl\e rights and privileges which $ been struggled for and won at such a great sacrifice, may be handed down to future generations Labor Day 1941 is not a day set apart for any one group. It be longs to all of us, whether our work is of brain or hand. How we do our appointed task is the important thing—not what that task may be. We cannot see the end from the beginning or what fruit our labor may bear- All wa can do is the best of which we are capable, working conscientiously and sincerely at the (task Just be fore us. It may be great or it may be menial—but it is work t» be done—and it is our job to do it well. We are all laborers in the vine yard of the Lord. And in the end, as in the Parable of the Talent*, the reward is “Well done, thog good and faithful servant.” Grice and Huffman ‘‘start bootleg ging every night after the legit imate places close.” KANSAS CITY NAACP. ASKS MO. GOVERNOR TO STOP POLICE BRUTALITY Kansas City, Mo.,—To urge remedies for the outbreak of pol-1 ice brutalities against Negroes here, a delegation, headed by of ficers of thie local branch of the NAACP-, visited Missouri Gover nor Forrest Donnell, Friday, Aug ust 22. Public opinion here is aroused over the latest case which involv ed the shooting in the back of a Negro by a police officer resulting in the suspension of one and the possible indictment of two others for manslaughter. At the request of the branch the national office of the NAACP. sent a telegram to Governor Don nell urging his sympathetic con sideration of the facts to be pres ented by the delegation and point ing out that these abuses and dis crimination in defense industries are causing unrest in the state and the country. FORT BRAGG PROBES “NOT SUFFICIENT” —Says hAACP A Treat for You Will the June Grade School graduates please phone in their names and addresses to the Guide no later than this week. It is very important DETROIT HOLDS MASS MEETING ON ON CLASH BE TWEEN MICH. TROOPS AND ARK. WHITES Detroit, Mchgan—Parents and friends of Negro boys, members of Michigan’s 94th Engineer’s Bat talion, stationed near Boughton, Arkansas, are so aroused over the reports of mistreatment of the soldiers that on behalf of them the local branch of the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People held a mass meet ing at Bethel Church here Sunday, August 24th. At the request of the branch, Walter White, NAA CP. executive secretary addressed the meeting. According to information receiv ed by the NAACP., nearly half the 100 colored men in the camp have left to try to get back to Fort Custer, Michigan. Stories in the Negro press last week told how the men were ord ered off the highway by Arkansas State police and how the camp was invaded by armed civilians who threatened the colored troops. These incidents were part of a series in which southern whites showed resentment against the soldiers from the north. The NAACP. has asked the De partment of Justice and the Fed eral Bureau of Investigation for an immediate investigation of the Ar kansas camp and quick reprisal for those who invaded the camp. NAACP. RAPS MIISSISSIPPI CONGRESSMAN RANKIN Washington, D. C.—Congress man John E. Rankin of Mississip pi was scored by the NAACP last week for making on the floor of the House of Representatives “in accurate and dangerous” state ments about criminal attacks on white women by Negroes here. On August 19 Rankin said “There have been 19 accomplish ed ravages of white women by Negroes in this city since January 1, 65 reported attempts and prob ably 10 more that have been un reported.” In a telegram to the Mississip^ pi congressman, the NAACP. de clared, “we are informed that your statement has greatly inflamed public opinion among both whites and Negroes in the District of Columbia and throughout the country.” Thje Association then quoted in formation received from Edward J. Kelly, acting mayor and superin tendent of the metropolitan police department of Washington, who reported three white women at tacked by colored men since Jan-> i uary 1, two attacked and killed by unknown persons and nineteen at tacks on women of both races by men of both races. Rankin was asked to correct and to give publicity to the correction of his statement. OFFICERS KEEP MOB FROM NEGRO YOUTH Rixiborough, N. C., (C) All Fri day night long, a mob of 500 men, armed with guns, stones, bottles asd sticks tried to get their hands on Cy Winhtead, a 22 year old Ne gro youth, who is charged with the rape of a young white girl, but was kept back by (the police who threw tear gas on the crowd at intervals. “It was the worst night in Per •REPEAT REQUESTS FOR CIVILIAN-MILTARY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE MP SITUATION New York—Assurances from the Department of War and from General Edwin W. Watson, on be half of President Roosevelt, that the killings at Fort Bragg, N. C. involving military police and Ne soldiers w]buld be fully investigat ed are not sufficient ,the National Association for (the Advancement of Colored People stated last week. General Watson who is secretary to Mr. Roosevelt, wrote the NAA CP. that General B. O. Davis, as Assistant Inspector Genedal of the Army, is in charge of the Fort Bragg investigation and that Gen eral Gullion, Judge Advocate Gen eral of the Army, recently appoint ed provost Marshall General, has been charged with the direction and coordination of all military police activities. Supervision of this experience senior offcer should be suffcient to remove any grounds for charg es of racial discrimination on the part of miliitary police personnel,” Watson wrote. The NAACP replied, that, with all respect to General Gullion, his supervision may not be sufficient, for this issue goes beyond one of racial discrimnaton, though that is the most acute aspect. The Association pointed out that it believes a civilian or civilan-mil itary board apponted by the Pres dent to make a thorough investi gation of the entire military po ice situation is “imperative, if fur ther difficulties are to be avoid ed.” It stated that the appoint ment of such a board would serve to guarantee that no whitewash ing of the facts would occur and it “could and should complement and greatly enhance the value of General Gullion’s acftion.” The request that the Presideht appoint such a body was renewed. In answer to tne NAACPs tele gram, the War Department simp ly replied that it is conducting an investigation at Fort Bragg and that “when conclusions have been reached, the public will be fully informed.” On last Friday, Senator Alben Barkley, Was informed in a letter from the NAACP that the senator must bear part of the responsibil ity for the outbreaks in military camps, of whlich Fort Bragg and the Presscott, Arkansas incident where Negro soldiers were insult ed and bullied by white patrolmen; are dramatic examples. ‘ Had the Senate last February acted with the same promptness on Senate Resolution 75 as it has on other national defense matters, St is en tirely likely thjat these grave out breaks could have been avoided”, the NAACP said. It was emphasized that it is still not too late for the Senate to act on this matter, and that the whole national defense program is be ing jeopardized by the destruct ion of morale not only of Negroes but also of other elements of the population. son County history,” said Sheriff M. T. Clayton of the Person Coun-> ty Jail.”,‘ The damage to the jail alone certainly is above $1,000. There is a bottle plaht across the street from the jail and the mob entered that and hurled case after case of empty bottles into the jail. Throughout, we kept pumping tear gas at them and sending calls to Durham and Raleigh for help from the police and state highway pa trol. Finally, when sufficient help arrived, the crowd began dis persing and we rushed Winstead to State’s Prison in Raleigh. He was never harmed.” Several times, the Sheriff said, he could hear shooting but} no one was actually h4t by a bullet, as far as he could learn. St. Paul Church of Wichita, Kans. To Honor Worthy Churchman SEPT. 16-19, 1941 DATE OF CELEBRATION (by Mrs. Katherine Helm) We, the officers, members, An niversary Committee of Sit. Paul’s AME. Church, and friends of pro gress, in Wichita, Kansas, consid er that we are honoring ourselves in our effort to do honor to Dr. R. A. Adams, by placing emphasis on the life and work of this man who has given fifty years of earnest labor in the ministry of the AME. church. Attention is called to the fact that this Negro man, born of slave parents, in Mississippi, and reared in the midst of dense ignorance, has raised himself to first rank a mong thinkers and preachers in, America. And the remarkable thing is that, after these years of service he is vigorous in body and mind, and, in accomplishments, is able to cope with those of the younger generation. As Pastor, Presiding Elder and| Evangelist, Dr. Adams has labor ed in many of the states of the country; brought into the King dom more than twenty-five thous and souls; has accomplished in estimable good as a lecturer on Higher Eugenics, Social Econom ics, Practical Pathology and Gen eral Prophylactics. Dr. Adams has written many books; is an author, journalist, lit erary collaborator; for fifteen years has been president of the Literary Service Bureau, thereby giving assistance to many in prep aration of manuscripts on a large variety of subjects, and in critic ism and correction of manuscripts of all classes; recently organized i the Progress Publishing Co., Inc., with (the ambitious aim to publish books by Negro authors. Considering that this church and this progressive City are tremend ously honored in having Dr. Ad ams as a citizen and a worker, we are very anxious to demonstrate our appreciation of his wbrth and work; therefore, we have planned this celebration for September 16 19. An outline of the program i3 as follows; 1. Tuesday, the 16th, the pro gram will be under the auspices of the Negro Ministers League, of which Dr. Adams is President. 2. Wednesday night, the entire program will be supplied by the Wichita Council of Churches and Ministers’ Association, organiz ations composed largely of white people; 3. Thursday night’s program will be sponsored by irganizations, including all professiins, fratern al orders, sororities and other civ ic organizations; 4. Friday night will be “St. Paul’s Night”, when officers and members of Dr. Adams’ own con gregation will manifest their ap preciation and good will. The Committee has sent letters of invitation to many persons and it is hoped to have Bishops N. W. Williams, and J. A. Gregg, other bishops, a large number of min isters and many laymen from sur rounding communities. The friends have been invited to cooperate as follows; to be pres ent, if possible; to send messages to be read, and to be given a place in the volume making report of the celebration; and to send a con tribution to be added to that which is to be presented to Dr. Adams, at the close of the celebration. It might be added that fthis Cel ebration was suggested by Dr. Asa Ferry, president of the Minis ters’ Association, an organization composed largely of white minis ters, and the suggestion was giv en unanimous approval. NAACP QUESTIONS NEW MORALE CHIEF ON APPOINTMENT OF NEGRO TO STAFF New York-With the appoint ment of Frederick H. Osborn to be brigadier-general and in charge of the Army’s morale division last week, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple made inquiries of the new (morale chief if he would appoint ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT MISS VONCEIL E. ANDERSON l Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Ander son of Louisville, Kentucky, ann ounce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Vonceil E. Ander son, to Mr. Walter M. Echols, son of Rev. and Mrs. E. J. Echols of Buffalo, N Y. Miss Anderson, a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, is a graduate of The Louisville Muni cipal College and Atlanta Univers ity School of Social Work. Mr. Echols, a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, is a grad uate of Morehouse cillege and At lanta University. Mr. Echols has been appointed recently as a teacher of mathematics and coach of basket‘,a*d at a Charlotte, Nor th Carolina High school. THREE HELD IN TICKET FAKE New York (O) Two colored lab orers, arrested early Tuesday morn ing on charges of having sold counterfeit tickets which precipit ated a fatal riot Sunday before last on a pier at 132nd St. and the Hudson River, were held for fur ther hearing by Magistrate Mich ael A. Ford in Felonp Court. A third man was arrested on a sim ilar charge. Charged wijth suspicion of forg ery, Louis Pope, 45 of 220 West 64th Street and Edwin Henry, 30, of 303 East 101st Street, will get their hearing on Friday. The third man is William Reed, 34, of 215 West 115th Street. He will be ar raigned this Wednesday. Police are combing ithe city look ing for possible suspects in conn ection wjthj the counterfeit tickets which caused the death of three colored women and 60 injured per sons to not sail on the “State of Delaware” ship last Sunday. a Negro on his staff, taking the position that recent outbursts in Firt Bragg, N. C.. and in Arkansas indicate the low morale in army camps and point to the necessity for immediate and sympathetic treatment of tthe situation. SEVERE DISCIPLINE FOR WRONG DOERS SAYS FFF. In an open letter to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, organi zatioos which include 18 Youtl* Committees of the Clearing House fod Youth Groups, Fight for Free dom, Inc., Union for Democratic Action, Committee to Defend A merica, Council for Democracy and Friends of Democracy, declared that the incident at Ft. Bragg “Is more than just a case of Negro discrimination—it is the Use of Hitlerian methods in our army.” The statement added thait, “To day all are agreed that the fall of France can, in no small meas ure, be laid to the fact that fasc ist-minded officers had no real in terest in the preservation of de mocracy. We must not forget this decisive lesson.” “We are confident,” the six groups told Sttimson “that you will do everything to make impos sible any white washing. Any one guilty of wrong doing should be severely disciplined. Such punishment will be just, and will serve as a warning to others that ours is a vigilant democracy.” .‘This demand,” said Edward T. White, Executive Secretary of the Harlem Division. Fight For Free dom, Inc., “on the part of these patriotic organizations is further evidence of Wue democracy at work. We are happy to welcome these fine groups as real Fighters For Freedom.”
