5c AT TOUR DRUG STORE E HEW TO THE LINE I ARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CTO —MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS N<’trask‘~ Saturday, Jan. 2,1943 Our 15th Year^No. 47 City Edition, 5c Copy We have done our best to serve you in 1942. And we promise to do our best to serve you * even better in 1943. May the next twelve months bring you blessings beyond your most hopeful expectations. First to Land in Africa 1_ U. s. ARMY MEETS LIBERIA—Napoleon Edward Taylor, privat« jfirst class of Baltimore, Maryland, first U. S. Engineer to land 01 African soil in Liberia, meets admiring native Liberians. NAACP HAS BANNER YEAR WUM1NA11S 1313 itUAKl) MEMBERS New York, N. Y._ _. .Announcing Its 35th Annual meeting to be held at 2 o'clock January 4th, at the N AACP national office at 69 Fifth Avenue, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People stated this week that the record shows 1942 to have been the year of greatest activity, in the as sociatitfh's history. Organized in 1909 the Asosciatipn is one of the country’s most powerful civil rights organizations and has a paid Up na tion wide membership of 160,000 citizens, Negro and white. There are throughout the country 603 branches and youth councils and more than ninety percent of the NA ACP’s financial support comes from Negroes themselves. Among its major 1942 accomplish ments the NAACP lists the setting up of its Washington Bureau in the nation’s capital to serve as a “watch-dog” of the interest of Ne (Continued on pagejg^=4) John Bowman Omaha Boy in Clerk School mi—in——— hi Tin hi 11 > mni n ' ——B—1^———— fe,. vc . ^ -KH-X - • — Cl ERRS’ SCHOOL IN ARMY PROCEDURE—Members of an Engineer battalion in training al Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. Seated around the table from left to right are: Corp. James Hicks, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Sgt. Edward Bell, Chicago; Pfc. John Bowen, Omaha, Neb.; Pvt. Robert Cross, Louis ville Kv.‘ Pfc. Criswell Hardy, Waco, Tex.; Corp. John Bennett, St. Louis, Mo.; Sgt. Alvin Rountree, East St Louis, 111.; Corp. Jesse Taylor, Jr., Little Rock, Ark.; Lt. W. H. Schermer, St. Louis, Mo.; Pfc. Charles Muse, Danville, Va.; Tech. Sgt. James Barker, Lovejoy, I1L_ TUSKEGEE REPORTS 5 LYNCHINGS Iiiiiiiiiiciiiiiiiii£i2iiii3iii9iiit:iiiiiirii>r■uirriHaninmimn.itun ■■rausMaimKim .. _nj_. WAR DEPT. OUERIED ON NEGRO POLICY IN V-l SETUP New York, N. Y... Will the Ar-< my and Navy impose upon north ern and border state colleges to be used in the recently announced pro gram for the training army and navy men its traditional limitations based on skin color, the NAACP ask ed this week. Reminding the War Department that to date the Navy has refused to permit Negro students to partic ipate in the V-l program the NA ACP in a wire to Henry Stimson Secretary of War and Frank Knox. Secretary of the Navy, said: “Grave questions of policy at fecitng educational systems of col leges .universities, professional and technical schools in northern and border states are raised bv plan of Army and Navy to train teen age draftees in. medicine, en gineering and related sciences as well as older members of armed services in these schools. We ask War and Navy Departments to for mulate and make public what they propose to do with respect to trainng of Negroes. Will Navy continue to exclude Negro stud ents from V-l program in north ern universities attended by both white and Negro students? What practices will be required by arm ed services with respect to train ing of Negroes in pubilc and priv ate schools selected in southern states which now exclude Negro es? What plans do Army and Navy have for utilizing and com missioning Negro educators in implementation of training pro gram? In asking these questions we d0 not suggest establishment of Jim Crow units. Instead we I - -.. ..1—— NAACP COUNSEL TO ARGUE SCHOOL EQUALIZATION CASE Louisville ,Ky...The motion to dismiss the action taken by the NAACP against the University of Kentucky in behalf of Charles La mont Eubanks here will be argued, January 23, 1943, it was announced this week by ThurgOod Marshall and Prentice Thomas, NAACP Spec ial Counsel. This case filed in the Federal Court at Lexington is one of the Several in which the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People has taken part in a natempt to equalize educational facilities throughout the country. Eul>anks. an honor graduate of Central High school, Louisville, Ken tucky, is asking damages of lhe registrar of the University of Ken tucky for refusal to permit him to register for courses leading to a de gree in Civil Engineering. The suit included a prayer for de claratory judgement and permanent injunction against the policies and parctices of the University in re fusing to permit qualified Negroes to courses not offered to them else! where in the state. Since the filing of the case num erous pleading have been entered, one of which was a recent motion ] for judgement on behalf of the plaintiff. The defendants answer has been continuously delayed pend ing the adjustment of certain legal technicalities as to proper parties. | -1 ask regarding the utilization of members of the armed forces and civilian instructors on the basis of | their training, experience and character. There are many Ne groes who have qualifications e qual to and, in some instances, superior, to Americans of other races already invited to serve. Finally we register most emphat ic protest against introduction of pattern of segregation and dis crimination of deep south into northern and border states where up to this time there has been no j such segregation or discriminat ion.” MeMJTT STAND ON CAPITAL TRANSIT WINS APPROVAL Washington, D. C.Learning Paul V. McNutt, chairman of War Manpower Commission had person ally addressed a meeting of the Capital Transit workers in an ef fort to balk any conflicts stemming from feeling against the employ ment of Negro street car and bu» drivers as ordered in the recent I'EPC directive the NAACP sent this week the following wire to Me Nutt: “Our congratulations on your reepnt address to members of the Amalgamated Association of St. Railway and Motor Coach Unions With the President the NAACP lakes the stand that all available manpower must be utilized >> * SNUB MOSLEY “The Man with the Funny Horn” SNUB MOSLEY, will be at th* Dreamland Hall with ^his funny horn, January 3. 1943. Yes: Yes: Hot stuff boys and girls: Come on out and hear him and his Dtcca Re Cording ojohestra. A big evening and plenty of fun: A F OF L. TO INVESTIGATE WEST COAST RACIAL BIGOT New York, N. Y.Acknowledg ing receipt of a telgram from Will iam Green, President of American Federation of Labor, in which Green promised that an inquiry would be made this week into the segregated uinon proposal of Tom Ray of Lo cal 72, Boilermakers Cnion at the Kaiser shipyard, the NAACP ex pressed surprise at learning that the NAACP was the first to inform Green of Ray's proposal. The NAACP pointed out that dis crimination in the Portland ship yard had been widely publicise, <1 in the press for the past two mouths and that the AP of L. represented by John Frey .the AF. of L. had Participated at a November confer ence in Portland at which repres entatives of the War Manpower Commission, the War Production Board, and the Maritime Commis sion met to take action on the sit uation. Green’s telegram to the NAACP stated: “Your telegram conveys to me first information I have recei* ed regarding race discrimination at Portland .Oregon. Iwiil inquire into matter immediately becau-,e it is the purpose and policy of the A merican Federation of Cabor to 1> e vent race discrimination and n stead to establish and maintain ('.» exercise of all rights of workers i r gardless of race .creed or national ity.” If they are indicted oa the d $>r dgrl> conduct and prostitu! 10.1 charges .they will be tried by G 'a rge .the prosecuting attorney, che same person who ''advised” them, kept them in jail six months anl into whose custody they have now been released. lynching poll tax spur NAACP SEAL SALE New York. .. .Prodded by 1912 s six lynchings. and increase of 0n.» over 1941 and the falure of ar.ti POll legislation. Negroes and pro gressive white throughout the coun try made their profits known this .'■ear in a iecord pin chase of 117 ■ 00 NAACP Christmas seals, -he National Association for the \dv aucement of Colored p*,ple an» ounced this week. P.oc eds from toe sale of these stamps each y?ai int° the NAACP genra! fundi to help in the fight for wiping out <1 *. -a rual inequalities, the W:.t- i-r’ina*ies and 'or the pi d-nir °f anti-lynching. anti-po]l tjx and ott.er remedial legislation. Larg est sale of seals according to the reports reaching the national ofricj so far was made by the San p.-an cisco, California branch.