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LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITT —MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS pg^wE.^^' Nebra3t* Saturday, April 24, 1943 OLTt 16th YEAR-No. 11 City Edition. 5c C^py “Christ Is Risen” Strengthen the Home-front; Attend Services Sunday Ends Bond Rally with $204,425.26 MRS. MARVA LOOS BARROW CHICAGO. April 22 {Press Photo Service, Inc..)—The wife of the^ ■Worlds ' Heavy eight Champion. Sgt. Joe &«ouis, ith her Socially prominent ROyalite Clubw ended a huge Bond Rally. Sunday, April 11, at the Parkway Ballroom with $204,425.25 accredited to their ef forts. The event as supervised by Maj or C. Udell Turpin, Deputy Adm iStratOT of Wap Savings, U. S. Treasury Department. Tfafe Sup reme Liberty Life Insurance Com pany through their representative Mr. Truman K. Gibson. Sr., tSfeas urer. was the recipient uf the light hand glove worn by Sgt. Joe Louis when he defeated James J. Brad dock for the World's Heavyweight Championship. by making the highest bid of $25,800.00. Mrs. Louis autographed the ‘‘Mit.” Hold White Soldier for Raping Young Mother (BY CLIFF MACKAY) . Atlanta. April 22 <ANP)—A ?0 year old white soldier listed 15 Pvt Alfred R. Thomas of Fort j Benning was under arrest at city 1 police headquarters Saturday j charged with criminally attacking j a 20 year old woman who had just 1 been released from the hospital af ter giving iqrth to a baby. According to the victim whose! name the police w^tht 2 itr seized her as she stood on a | corner waiting for a streetcar Fri day evening and dragged her to a vacant lot at the intersection and I attacked her three times —imiiiiiiinmiii 11111111.inn 11 111111111 ... .. --c- ■ Buy More War Bonds Today Dev elopes New Panoramic Radio Adapter for Navy (BY BILL ASH) New York, April 22 (ANP)—The part the Negro ts playing in help ing to win this global war was stepped up another notch when the Panoramic Radio laboratory and corporation submtited to the navy d partment last week for approval a newly developed model of the Panoramic osseiioscope adapter designed and developed by Nath aniel Ignatius Lawlor. assistant re search engineer of this corporat ion. Mr. Lawler was assisted in this gigantic enterprise by the chief en The attacker was said later to have taken a dollar from her purse and fled. The victim made her way to the home of a white family nearby call ed police and later identified the soldier whom officers arrested a few blocks away. Pc^ice reports describe the con dition of his clothing a "bloody”. Grady hospital physicians attend ed the victim, recalling that it was just two weeks before that she had been released from the hospital af ter child birth. gineer Joseph H. Heller, white, who had charge of the Laboratory. Details of this new improvement are of course secret but the device is used in ship and plane detention. Mr. Lawlor came to these Cnit ed States in 1920 from British Guiana and finished his grammar schooling here in 1922. He attend ed DeWitt Clinton High School graduating in 1926. He was a mem her of the DeWitt club. DeWitt or chestra and obtained a Music schol arship from the New York Sym phony orchestra. He attended the College of the City of New York and obtained his Electrical Engineers degree in i932. vrible attending- college he was secretary of the American In stitute of Electrical Engineers. N. Y. chapter. Member of National Technical association, held amat eur radio operators permit and op erated CCNY Radio station. He has been in the radio game since 1924. His outstanding achievement has been in laboratory research tnd especially when he worked for the -' il corps laboratory at F*rt Monmouth, N. J. Tolerance Campaign To Open in Mobile, Alab’ma L. B. 263 PASSES Awaits Governor’s Signing (L. B. 263 is a state law.for non discrimination in employment be cause of race, color relilgtaa or nat ional origin, and follows th- exam ple of Pres. Roosevelt Executive Or der No. 8802.) • • • V C. Galloway, Omaha Guide, Dear Mr. Galloway:—I am glad to report to you that we have finally passed L. B. 263, thirty seven votes to two, the other members oein^ absent. I am glad to tell you that the Dou glas County Delegation coaperated with us on the bill and we had their full support- which means a great j deal here in the Legislature. Sam Klaver did some special work for the bill, also Charles Tvrflik. As you know. I think this is one of ihe most forwar dsteps in law for tn» benefit of your race that has been passed in the State of Nebraska up to ths time. It is nowip to all if us to see that the low is enforced and the full benefits will accrue to the colored people. I often said when I was a candidate, that I felt that I could do as much or more for the colorel race than my opponent If I was elected to the legislature. I think the passage of this law prov es that statement. TVith kindest regards to you and 1 your people for your cooperation in the passage of the bill L.B. 263 and looking forward to happy relations in the future. I am, Yours Sincerely, HARRY A. FOSTER, State Senator. P.S.—Of course the Governor has to sign this bill yet and it might be a good idea for some of your readers to write him immediately. Of course I think he will sign it any way. —HF. !“7he Promise of Easter”] (B TRUTH TAYLOR) All over the world there is sor row and desolation. War has lail waste the foundations of our civil ization. OUr country .sucked into the vortex of the struggle by the internecine conflict. Hearts are heavy and minds are fraught with trouble. Separation, anrioy death weigh down the spirit and the minds of countless millions. Across this darkness falls the light of Easter—the pledge of life and of life eternal—a life in which there shall be neither sorrow of parting nor affliction of heart and soul. The pledge of the resurrec tion symbolizes in Easter is like a light in the darkness—a ray of sunlight falling across a woodland glade, dark and cold from the de vastation of wintry blasts and the melting snows of countless storms. To the worried. Easter brings hope: to the downcast of spirit, courage: an dfo those who have Kbit . all that was dear to them in life. it brings the comfort of faith. It is the triumph of good over evil— of truth over error of life over death, of the Eternal Goodness over the forces of evil. There is no deeper human ex perience than the realization of the Umpermanence of evil. It is that knowledge which will sustain and support us through the days ahead. We know that ours is i the ultimate Victory for we fight : on the side of right. Sorrow there is .and suffering and pain and loss, but beyond the™ all is the glory of the Easter morn ing when the stone is rolled away. In the words of the old hym, '■Weeping may endure for a night, | but joy eometh in the morning.' Easter is the eternal pledge of resurrection. The voice of the : prophet Job. paraphrased and set i to triumphant strains of music, still rings out: “I know that my , Redeemer Iiveth—and because He ' lives. I too shall live." NAACP. to Hold War Conf. New York. N. Y.—An emergency war conference will be held in De troit June 4 through 6 it was an nounced this week by the NAACP Board atf Directors. The confer ence which will focus attention on the solution of problems confront ing the Negro in wartime America will replace the NAACP annual conference this year. At the con ference the Spingarn Award will be presented to Judge William II. Hastie. TO SPREAD GOODWILL NEW YORK, April 22 (ANF) — For the first time in this country an effort will be made to stimulate interracial good will and tolerance in a single community, when the Association for Tolerance cpens its campaign of ' Selling’' the Negro in Mobile. Ala., beginning about April 27. With the use of bus cards, radio anon uncements and newspa per advertisements, the association hopes to improve race relations by undermining color prejudice and stimulating good will among tbe masses of white people. With growing interracial tension everywhere, the Association for Tolerances in America has felt the urgent necessity of attacking the problem in a unique but scientific manner, using the psychological techniques developed by experts in advertising and public relations. Among outstanding members of the new organization founded by George S. Schuyler at the turn of the year are Atty. Raymond Pace Alexander of Philadelphia. Dr. L. A. Nixon of H PaSo. Dr Melville Charloton qf Brooklyn. Willjan Grant Still of Los Angeles, Albon Holsey of Tuskegee institute. Dr. L. Roy Adams of Waco, Tex: Nim rod B. Allen of Columbus, O.: Dr. George A. Moore of Roanoke. Va.; Mrs. Mary Church Terrell of Wash ington: George W. Lee of Memphis Wayne L. Hopkins of Philadelphia; Alien Page of ''New Orleans "Dr. E. T. Belsay of Mobile. Ala., and J. A. Rogers of New York. HOWARD UNI. EUEtlS THREE NEW TRUSTEES AND BOARD CHAIRMAN Washington, < t g ?3 (an > According to an a run 'ncement by James SI. Nabrit J .* iBretWr of the school, the bc. i’" of trUstaas o’ Howard university Tuesday ej ected P. B. Young, publisher of th Norfolk Journal and Guide, as its new chairman to succeed T. U. Hungate. now in active service with the army. Dr. George W. Coleman of Boston was elected vice chairman. The board filled two vacancies by electing as members Fabian DeFrantz .secretary- of the YMCA in Indianapolis, and Dr. William J. jHale Jr., of Boston. Upon nomination by the alumni of the university, the board elect ed as alumni trustee, Judge Miles “ltou Never Know What I ou Can Do ’til You Try” ^Erecting New Tidal Basin Bridge _in Washington, D. C. r Archie A. Alexander, senior partner in the firm of Alexander and Jtepass. Des Moines, Iowa, contractors for the militon-dollar bridge' •fceing built across the Tidal Basin in Washington, D. C. Classmates; Und varsity halfbacks at the University of Iowa, Mr. Alexander, and (Maurice A. Hap ass have been business partners for 28 years. OFFICIAL OW1 PHOTO ■PT HOQO SMfTK> ROOSEVELT POST ANNOUNCES FORMAL OPENING OF NEW QUARTERS The Theodore Roosevelt Post No. 3®, announces that on Monday ev ening. May 3, 1943 at 8:30 P. m. they will hold their formal opening of their new Home at 24th and Par ker St. Jacob C. Carey is Comm ander of this post. Edward Turn er. Adjutant, and the Committee on program is Dr. W. w. Peebles. Past Commander. Ray L. Williams and Olin Prestige. Paige, judge of the court of spec ial sessions at New Tork. The board's other accomplish ments since included the adoption of its 1943-44 budget: establishment of the Jesse Holmes’ chair of his tory and philosophy in the school of religion in honor of the noted Quaker scholar, appointment of Dr. J. Calvin Keene, Ph. D. as the first occupant of the position and re tirement of Dr. tVfclliam C. McNeill professor of Gynecology, as prof essor emeritus. ‘The Farm Block Goes Gunning Again for farm Security?” Carver Praised as One of 20th Century’s Scientists Langston Hughes Picketed; By White Detroiters DETROIT. April 23 lAMPt Claim ^ng that the famed poet Langston Hughes is an "atheistic commun ist. self-confessed communist and a notorious blasphemous poet." the America First party of which Gerald L. Smith is national dir ector Wednesday noon protested his appearance as convocation speaker at Wayne university. Around 100 members of the or ganization formed a picket line in front of the university and march ed back and forth waving the Am erican flag, and distributed liter ature condemning the School of ficials for permitting Hughes to a;> pear on program at Wayne whica is supported by tax-paying citizens. Circulars stated: "Imagine bring ing a man like this to our tax-sup ported university—of all times — —one week before Holy Week.'' Despite It all Hughes delivered his address at the appointed hour. ; in the auditorium of the school, in the presence of the entire student body. The poet said that such demon strations were nothing unusual for him: “I have been greeted by pic kets before.” In expressing his point of view on Christianity he said: “I am for the Christianity that fights poll tax. race discrimination lynching, injustice and inequality of the masses. I don't feel that religion should be used to beat down Jews, Negroes and to perse cute other minority groups. Th-^re are churches here in America in which I would be refused the priv ilege to worship because of my col- ' or. Christianity should be used to make America a place in which all Americans could live and work in peace and safety and enjoy the right of life- liberty and the ?ur suit of happiness. Many of the women out there in the picket line have sons on various battle front* and some of these boys will doubt less lose their lives. We are fighting for democracy in Amer ica and the world, and we all hope that those who die for this cause may not die in vain." Several of his poems which he read were in tribute to the late Dr i j Carver. AT MEMORIAL SERVICE ST. LOUIS, April 2<) (AST) "Gergus is not the exclusive gift of any one race,” declared Mayor Becker, speaking at the memorial service Sunday, sponsored by tbs Assembly, an organziation of Ne gro workers at the Curtiss-Wright corporation plant here. The day had been proclaimed by the mayor as George Washington Carver day in St. Louis. Austin W. Ctlstis. Jr., successor to I>r. Carver, described the Missouri bom scientist as one of the 20th century's greatest pioneers. In a review of his patron's work Curtis explained that all of Dr. Carver's scientific research was rooted in his determination to as sist the impoverished and exploit ed southern farmer. Negro and white, to better both his health and his economic condition. His much talked of development of countless useful by products of the sweet potato and the peanut. Curtis said, represented only one phase of the larger plan. Curtis, in citing other phases of Dr. Carver’s work, included sys tem and soil-wasting commercial fertilizer, his emphasis on the need for crop rotation, erosion control and diversified farming, his insis- ; tence on the kitchen garden and his encouragement of handicraft j and inexpensive home decoration, j “Throughout his long and use ful life." Curtis said. “Dr. Carver gave no thought to personal gain. His first interest was his country, j He believed a nation's greatest as set was the people who composed it His death last January disclos ed that he had left his life savings of SS0.000 to establish a research foundation at Tuskegee to carry on his work.” A campaign is now being launch ed to create a million dollar en dowment fund to assure the con tinuation of the Carver Research foundation. N C. GOVERNOR PARDONS MAN IN RAPE CASE New York. N. Y.—An uncondit ional pardon has been granted William Maisoc Wellman, laborer WASHINGTON. April 22 (ANPi— The annual fight staged by the farm bloc to abolish the Farm Se curity administration of the depart menot of agriculture has broken out like a rash on Capitol Hill. who was contacted on charges of rape and sentenced to death here by Governor J. M. Broughton of North Carolina. Representing Wellman was Hosea Van Bur-m Price .attorney for the Winston Salem NAACP branch. Pf0f'0P‘'0"\0[;0 0i 0 M 0 -0- 0 0 i The opening gun was fired. Ia3t week, when the house appropriat ions committee (acting on the sug gestions of the American Farm Bureau federation) recommended that the work of the FSA be turn ed over to other agricultural de partment agencies (the Farm Cred it administration and the agricul tural extension service in the stat es.) The bill was waltzed through the house appropriations commit tee under the leadership of Chair (Contjnued on page eight) &* m m m c r tf m Back in 1912 when Archie A. Al exander. a strapping varsity half back. was completing an engineer ing soitrSe at the University of la., one of bis professors expressed houbt at his choice of a profession. ••Engineering fs a tOogfc field ai best,” the professor pointed out, “and it may be twice as tough f->r a Negro.” "Well,” the half back retorted. (Continued on page eight) TWO LOCAL GIRLS START WAAC’S TRAINING Port DesMoines, la.. April 22 — Two Auxiliaries from Omaha and Beatrice, Nebraska are included in the group of Negro women who have started training in the wom en's Army Auxiliary Corps at First WAAC Training Center. Fort Des Moines. la. Their Auxiliary rac ing is t^e WAAC equivalent of Prt vate in the Army. The new WAACs are Auxiliar ies Geraldine Victoria Lunday of *234 Lake St. Omaha and Mab’.e Virginia Nevels of 614 South Ninth St. Beatrice. The new Auxiliaries received their WAAC uniforms and clothing and Army General Classification Tests during their first week in the Women's Auxiliary Corps. They are now in Basic Training where they are learning Army routine and procedure. At the completion of Basic Train ing .they will be assigned at on. y to office or other work or will go to WAAC Specialist Schools for ad -ditional training in office admin istration, motor transportation, baking and cooking or radio to nre pare them for the almost MK' diff erent non-combat jobs wrhich tile WAACs are doing in the Army. The? also wfll have an opportune*y to apply for officer training at Of ficer Candidate School. Vicksburg Workers Defy Threats; Choose C.I. O. Vicksburg. Miss., April 22 (AN'P IgnoJlng mob threats made by mill guards and police officials, the 12. Oo workers of the Anderson-Tuily Lumber company chose the Inter national Wood Workers of Amer ica. CIO. as their bargaining agent in a one sided election held here Friday by tbe National Labor Re lationg board. The vote was 472 to 32. More than 1,000 of the company’s 1,200 employes are Negroes. National attention was focu3-d on the lumber mill last week with the disclosure of the brutal beat ings and intimidation inflicted on two organizers. Claude Weien, white and Frank Davis. Negro. Both were abducted, carried into some woods and severely beaten. Davis was warned to flee for hi., life. Simultaneous with the announce ment of the election's outcome tie FBI disclosed that agents wer~ making thorough investigation of the beatnigs on complaint of Franc McCallister, southern secretary of the Workers Defense league that Section 51. r. S. Criminal Code, had been violated. - — — — —- — —— — » —' ^ — • ■ —I Invest the Fruits of Your Labor for A Rainy Day~~ buy More War Bonds & Stamps;