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.”
