y becoming arms of the federal authority.” Dr. Fred J. Kelly, U. S, Off to of Education, told the educators NORTH^th"STREET SHOE REPAIR 1807 N. 24th St. WE-4240 -POPULAR PRICES LOOK AT YOUH SHOES Other People Do. Bureau of Public Relations. O. S War Department THE MILLS BROTHERS will have to journey to Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, to complete their organization, for Harry Mills is a private at the Reception Center. Harry (above) who regards his entrance into the Army as a great new adventure, is on the i receiving end of the radio here. (Photo by U. S. Army Signal Corps). ! I ______ i that the increasing number >f ser vicemen already returning from the war fronts indicates that the pas’, war period has begun now. “This implies th eneed for legis lation which will involve fitting men for jobs through fulltime vo cational education," he said, “pro viding cultural and civic education on a fulltime basis for those quali fied for college work, and providing part time courses for those who hold jobs but wish to advance thaii vocational and cultural status." Insistence was voiced by the del egates following Dr. Kelly’s talk that Negro colleges be included in any such program on an :qUil footing with white schools. Claude R. Wickard, secretary of agriculture, told of the importance of Negro colleges in the wartime productions of foods and their con servation. A message from Presi dent Rosevelt was read to the con ference ’.n which the role of the schools was praised by the chief executive. Judge Wendell E. Green of the municipal court delivered the ad dress of welcome as the personal representative of Mayor Edward J. Kelly. Other speakers included Claude A. Barnett, special assist ant to the secretary of agriculture and director of the Associated Ne gro Press; Truman K. Gibson. Jr., civilian aide to the secretary' of war; Dr. W. E. B. DUBois, of At lanta university, Dr Lloyd Hal! Chicago chemist, and T. N. Roberts of the U. S. Department of Agri culture. The two day conference closed with the election of the following officers: Dr. F. D. Patterson, Tus kegee institute, president; Horace Mann Bond, Fort Valley State Col lege, Ga., vice president; Rufus B. Atwood, Kentucky State coi'.ege, secretary; and Felton G. Clark Southern university, treasurer. Al officers except Dr. Patterson, who succeeded G. Lamar Harr son Langston university, who retired *r become chairman of the exac'i committee, were reelected. WHITE, NERO LEADERS RAY TRIBUTE TO LESCOT IN LUNCHEON AT NEW YORK TANKERS' CLUB ASKS PRIVATE INVESTMENTS New York, Nov. 3 (ANP) A cross ?ection of the nation’ s lei'lev*:, i both white and black, gathered Inst | Monday noon at the swank Bank I ers’ club at a luncheon honoring > President Elie Lescot of Haiti. | Host to the distinguished gat ter ( ing was Thomas J. Watson, presi j dent of International Business Ma chines Company. In his address, given in Fr:.ich, President Lescot pointed to the *1 ure of foreign capital, which could i have helped the nation, to be in vested in Haiti to any large extent. 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Pinkham’s VEGETABLE COMPOUND J ard of living in the little island re public should be raised with the ut most vigor, he decared. “The standard of 'living of small peoples, especially in our contin ent, can only improve in the meas ure in which the greatest power in the western hemisphere, I mean the United States of America, thru the intermediary of its businessmen and bankers, wsll invest capital !n the countries inhabited by such peoples, “In so far as our country is con cerned, although its economy up to the present time seems to have been agricultural ,it must obtain the capital necessary for a method ical and rational industrialization, if only in order to procure certain items, the importation of which !s unnecessary. No cuntry, without lome participation ’n the industrial government, has ever known a real development.” Guests sitting at the dais with Mr. Lescot and the host included Sir Alan Garret Anderson, director of the Bank of England; Col. Duree Armand, Willis H. Booth, Mam ice Dartigue, John W. Davis, former Democratic presidential candidate; Lt. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, Gane Dunn, head of the S. J. White company which has 126 projects* under construction in Haiti; James A Farley, Democratic leader and ormcr postmaster general; James W. Garard, former ambassador to Germany; John B. Glenn, Ogden H. Hammond, Frederick E. Haslcr, Capt. Andrew S. Hickey, Abel La croix, Dr. William Mather Lewis, Haitian Ambassador Andre Liauc aud, Bishop William R. McCann, j Rrig. Gen. Eric S. Mil tor, John M. Morehead, William Church Osborn, Col. Gilbert I. Ross, Gentran Rouz ier, Yves Verna and Stanley Wood ward. Negro gues's, d!str!buted among the 10 tables, included Walter Whtie, Roy W lkns Dr. L. D. ^edd'ek, Judge T”-an'’'s E. Rivers, "ilmer A. Carter Tos^ph V. Baker, \ semblyman Wl am T. Andrew.^ 1 Claude A. Ra ''e". JEWISH GROUP FURNISHES 13 RECREATION FACILITIES FOR NEGRO SOLDIERS New York. Oct. 31 (ANP) B’nai B'rith has furn’shed 13 recreaton, facilities for Negro mil tary pers onnel throughout the country, in cluding eight in the New York area, Arthur S. Glixson, chairman of the Metropolitan New York B'nai B’r th War Service Council old a distinguished gathering of 3,000 Negro leaders assembled at the Harlem Defense Recreation center to see Mr. Gl’xson accept on behalf of B’nai B’rith a special cer tificate of achievement for merit orious service in connection with the center's recreational program for Negro servicemen. The furnishing of these facil't ies for Negro personnel is part of the nationwide war service pro grams of B’nai B’rith, the coun try’s oldest and largest national Jewish service organization, whiclr j has equipped 552 day rooms, squad ron rooms, game, card and reading rooms, recreation centers, librar ies and canteens at military and inaval installations in 36 states. For Negro personnel B’nai B’rith has furnished the following facii itie.s in the New York City area through the Metropolitan B'nai. Wa • Service council, Mr, Glixson sa'd. i vo day -corns for the 372d In | lVury encampment in Brooklyn, a I i >:>m in the colored officers club | it. the Hotel Tneresa in Harlem; a | ret ••cation center in the 23d street^ jurmoiy: the first day room for j 3 -,'to troops at the Stuei Island l nort cf embarkation; a day room ied !• i rt Wadsworth in the Bronx !-. r-cm in the Negro Wat Service Performance of ‘LaTraviata’ in English Tops LILLIAN EVANTI GLORIFIES SELF Chicago, Nov. 1 (ANP) ‘‘La Trav iata,” an Italian opera, was brot to the stage Tuesday in good Am erican language, when the Nation al Negro Opera company, Inc., be fore a huge audience at the Chi cago Civic house, demonstrated hat the Negro’s native gift for song has developed to musics’ high est pitch. Lillian Evanti .coloratura so prano, who trained for her career in opera houses in Italy, France FORT HCACHICA OFFICER PROMOTED ' • 1 I I'll lllllll— MAJOR WILLIAM E. ALLEN, JR., formerly Capt. of X-ray serv ice, Station Hospitals, has been promoted to major at Fort Huach uca, Arizona. He is a graduate of Howard University and the How ard Medical School. He served as an intern and resident in radiology at the Homer G. Phillips hospital, St- Louis, Mo., from 1931 to 1924. cottier in Harlem and room m the Brooklyn Service club for Ne gro personnel. In additio 1 a u.ke box was furnished for the Harlem center. Outside of New York City, Air. Glixson said, the following recre ation facilities have been provided by B’nai B’rith for Negro troops: A day room at Fort Leonard, Mb. by the B’nai B’rith Women of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; a squadron room for Negro regiment at Se'.fndge field, Mich., by the B’nai B’ritn men and women of Dayton; a day room at Hill Field camp, Utah, by the B’nai B’rith women of Ogden; a day room at Lake Muroc, Calif, by the B’nai B’rith women of Cali fornia; and a day room at Geiger field, Spokane, Wash., by the A1 eph Zadik Akeph, B’nai B’rith youth organization. ALUMNI GIVES TUSKEGEE $1,050 IN WAR BONDS PUSH PLANS FOR FOUNDATION MEMORIAL. IZINS CARVER (BY CLEVELAND G. ALLEN) New York, Nov. 2, (ANP)— Dr. Frederick D. Patterson, president of Tuskegee institute accepted war bonds in the amount of $1,050 at the northeastern tr.-state regional meeting of the Tuskegee alumn association at Abbsysininian Bap tist Church, Sunday, Oct. 24. Tlit session closed a two day conference called to study ways and means :o establishing a foundat on to ch memory f the late Tuskcg-e c entist, Dr. George Washington C ver. R .K 'li'-ncns, v'ce president o th- r g a’ district, presented ; war h i.'» D . i ■. son who a cepted them with the rema k the the g ft was another expression of the loyalty nod devotion T . Ice: graduates held for their alma ma ter. Witnessing the ceremony b - sides members from New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit, and other cities were Raekham Holt, Dr. Carver's biographer, a rep resentative from Double Day Dor an and Cr., which published the best seller, “Dr. George Washing ton Carver” and Frank Chisholm, field secretary of Tuskegee. Isaac Webb, president of the region pre sided. Mrs. Holt spoke in behalf of the foundation and pointed out its val ue to students of scientific re search. She said that through her book a new interest has been cre ated in the life of Dr. Carver that should react favorably in the solic itation of funds to establish the memorial. One report a‘ the meeting that drew special attention was the one that told of plans for national holi day seal bearing tha likeness of Dr. Carver. The report said hat Vice Persident Henry A. Wallace who studied agriculture under Dr. Carver when he was an instructor on the Iowa State college faculty some years ago had requested the honor of officially opening the seal Wallace, it was related, is interest ed in establishment of the found ation and has offered himself as a publicity aid. and South America, played Violet ta of the performance, and a-ride from illustrating a voice of rare quality and flexibility, the audience declared that the experienced trou per knows her way around the stage. Her * xhuberant interpreta tion of the “Ah, Fors e Lui’’ and of “Sempre Libera’’ in the op-mag act convinced all that she knows what grand opera was about. The role of Alfrede was ably sung and performed by Joseph L'p scomb whos eetxraordinarv ten i voice supported the performance, while Horace Wilson, the ehjev Giogio Ermont of the east, showed a voice of considerable dr.ima'ir quality. Omega King's vice and acting < f Flora won praise. Critics were in agreement that Miss King' is quali fied for even greater roles in fut ure performances. Praise was also given the xcol lent support from other members of the company which included Di Grenvil by Dr. J. A. Offord: Baron Douphol. William Robinson: Mar quis d’Obigny; Annina, Priscilla Mayo; John. Dr Scott Mayo; Joseph Dempsey Ward; messenger, And rew Nelson and ballet with Beat rice Betts and David Leer. 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