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CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXII
PLAN NEW BAPTIST PROGRAM
A new religious program, call the nation, starting the first I Rev, T. Theodore Lovelace, ex-
ed Invasion Day, will be spon- Sunday of December. ecutive secretary of the Home
sored by the Home Mission Above deft to right) are Rev. | Mission Board three outstand-
Board of the National Baptist George W. Robinson, chairman . Ba tlst ministers have
Convention. Invasion Day of the Home Mission Board; Dr.j in * P who
Sunday will feature evangelists D. V. Jamison, president of the new program in charge,
24 Awarded Degrees At
State
CLASS ADDRESSED BY
ATTY.J.G.
A class of twenty four gradu- j
ated from the Georgia State!
college last night (Wednesday).'
The degrees were awarded oy
President at which B. F. Hubert Attorney at a J. pro-j G.|
gram
Lemon was the principal speak -1
er - . !
Those receiving the diplomas
were; !
Majoring in elementary ed-'
ucation Einora Elizabeth Bran
nen, Mary Walker Dobbins, Ma-’
ry Jane Clarke Folds, Clyneta 1
Ford Gamble, Julia Cooper Har'
ris, Ethel Jackson, Helen Elise
Neal, Beulah Rucker Oliver,!
Addie Louise Presley, Theresa'
Simmons, Carolyn McMillen'
r JJg N \ T-son- Norma Lanier To1
ker\ kerA flir is tine Delores Whita-j
Majbring In home economics
—Fannie Evans, Clifford Eliz-
abeth Johnson, Nell Beatrice
Whatley. I
Majoring in English—Edna'
Christine Turner.
Majoring in social science—
Rev. Luther Columbus Jones,
Minnie Bell Mocre, Doris Eliza- '
Riley, Mary Etta Smith.
Majoring in natural science—
Ben Grady Gordon, Rosemary
Ralston.
SURVEY SHOWS 4,059
GRADS FROM COLLEGES
New York A total of 4,059
graduates from colleges and
universities during the school
year 1943-44 was revealed in
the survey of The Crisis maga¬
zine in its 33rd annual educa¬
tion number for August. The
figure contrasts with 3,756
graduates reported for June.
1943.
Those who received the bach
elor degree, either in arts or
scieiice, number 3,595. Of
these 3,510 finished Negro in¬
stitutions and 85 were graduat¬
ed from mixed schools. The
latter figure is not complete,
the magazine declares, because
many mixed colleges do not
keep a racial record of students,
including Columbia university.
University of Minnesota, Uni-
versity of California, Hunter
college, College of the City of
N.' w York, Cornell, University of
Michigan and others.
A total of 143 master's degrees
was awarded; 126 received pro-
fessional degrees from Howard
university and 89 from Mehar-
ry Medical college; 38
ary degrees were conferred by
various institutions; 9 students,
including two women, received
the degree of doctor of philoso-
JHkiwar nhv.
• ^university largest enrollment
W invr ii 1 ?
Prairie View is second
... 1,353, and Tennessee
third with 1.256. Western Re-
serve reported 172 Negro stu-
dents enrolled, the largest
any U.ixed school answering
survey questionnaire, and
State had the largest
of Negro graduates from
Schools, 33.
VTt7ir» ACB jlCCtS m .
I
Sunday
iViLI' dKVAULAjI 0 or\AI\rACT jAl CAT
.
AUGUST 26
_
The youth Association for
Community Betterment urges
all mem bers and interested per
sons to be pres ent Sunday at a
j n g 4-30 p. m . at the West
Broad stree t USO, when tickets
for the benefit dance on Sep-
tember x w m be issued and re-
ports from tbe various commit-
tees W ill be heard.
pub n c is asked to listen
tJ se cond broadcast of the ,
YAiCB 0 V o r WSAV Saturday,'
26, at 5; 15 p. m. will Atj
this time the organization
present “Blind Ambition,” writ
ten by LoU i s Rivers, Jr. It will
feature Miss Josephine Free-
man a t the piano, Miss Mattie
Bell Wiley and David Brown in
S0ngS 6 ’ ; two special it guests, ’ Cleo
Howard and . Harry Howard, „ and .
the regular radio committee
consisting of Miss Parnell Min-
eS( to, Alphonso Powers, Raphael **“* “*
Oliver Miss Euris Smith and
M A YAC^ e woSld
The be pleased;
to have Negro parents and
friends send cards and letters
to WSAV thanking them and
assuring them that the YACB
does have a large audience.
N. F. A. Holds
10th National
j Convention
p^ /c S p £AKIN Q C Qfl_
TEST WON BY ROBERT
CAROLINA
by B. F. Dabney
Petersoerg, Va., Aug—(ANP)
The New Farmers of America
held their tenth National con-
jvention on the campus of Vir-
1 ginia State college irom Mon¬
day to Saturday last week,
About 300 delegates and state
advisers from nearly all me
southern and southwestern
states were in attendance.
j Highlignts of the convention
included a 10th anniversary pro
gram which featured the pre-
sentation of a service flag hon-
oring the members of tne or-
ganization who are serving in
L ne armed forces and a radio
broadcast from radio station
WRVA, Richmond, at which
time a vast radio audience was
informed of the work of the
'NFA in the present emergency.
On Friday evening, August 4,
1 the state commissioner of ag-
riculture. L. M. Walker, gave tne
'principal address in which
stated that the most useful
f a rmer was the one who was
well trained. He stated that
the good work of the NFA was
felt in Virginia. Remarks were
also made by the assistant sup-
continued on page Eight
I :
i> BllS I) I* 1 V C I*
Takes Shots
AT COLORED AND
WHITE SOLDIERS
Augusta, Aug. (ANP(.When
soldlers ' one white and the
co ored objected to the
eek J , r0 ^ ,, tbey law ^ ... ** ad on ran buses^last , *° r U .. )® lr .
’
lves when J ° hn T - Rachels . - th ^
driver ’ dr ® w llis ga *\ and
shot ’ s at Ttl ,’ y es '
but was a f g f d
lth shlJ0Ung firearm,s within „
e city lirmts and possessing
deadly weapon.
T he two, according to a
ice report, were sitting togeth-
on the bus in violation of
mc row laws when the driver
that the Negro
i er sit in the jim crow section,
for Negroes. The col
d soldier suiuie, is said i>au to have
d to move, and the white
also objected to the Ne-
s oldier moving. An 6
nt between uetwet-n the me bus driver
the two soldiers foilowed.
continued on page Eight
SOLDIERS RECOVER RAPIDLY IN REHABILITATION CENTER
The The followed in a U. S. Rehabilitation Center in England embraces the latest ideas of medical science and psychology As
nroeram they called, returned to field duty within 60 days. Upper left photo:
result, ,.bou ; <( P« the ^^.Fital-left r,atients or “trainees” as are are Charles Urksta.
, working he headquarters of to light, PA Walter D. bright, of Cleveland, Ohio, and T/Sgt.
GIs in( ^ ^ ^ Rusgell Cccklin> of Stocktcn, Calif., at work in a Morse code
Upper rig-- • ^ iv#g in!truct iens in dismantling the .30 calibre machine-gun. Holding the barrel is Cpl. Oscar Williams,
class. - - rP right, Pfc. Lonnie Hughes, of Middle-
oSTsjt •• • MoSJto Trainees receiving instructions in the German language—left- to ML
port,’ Heilman of Philadelphia; S/Sgt, Litfcn Thomas, of £roaavilla, Tenm, and Pfc. Leroy Chatman, of Baltimore,
,tU» 5. Amy Si«wU CfifRt fltftoU
- -.put CAROLINA
RESTRICTIONS
Negro Street Car Operators
First Run In
TZ NG st7ke G
of
WHITE EMPLOYEES
Objecting To Up-Grading
of Negro Workers
Philadelphia, Aug. (ANP).
With the army still in control
of the transportation system
and all but 181 of the original
6,000 white strikers on the
seven of the eight Negro street
car operators, whose upgrading
is alleged to be the principal
reason for the five day strike,
made their first trial run Thurs
day.
Previously they had been re¬
porting daily to the barn where
they were originally assigned
and then to the employment de
partment where they received
their orders to return to their
homes until the following day.
A spokesman for the group
intimated that they went into
this ----- thing -------~ with a definite objec
tive in view and they were going
to stick it out until they had
ga ------- j ned that ----- objective. --
It was learned from a relia-
ble source that they were
ed in their training by the fact
that the instructors were
ed into service as operators of
trolleys. There were no classes
for bbe training of operators be-
held during thi s time.
After tying up the transporta
tion facilities of the city for five
days, the workers employed by
the Philadelphia Transporta-
system returned to work a
little poorer, but possibly no
wiser, a week ago Sunday.
! By Tuesday, full service
been restored and on
seven of the eight colored
I took practice runs as
operators ______ They were sent ~~~ 0
with their in St ruct „
c ontinued on page Eight
Arkansas Colored Voters
Help Elect
AWARDED PURPLE
HEART
1
j
rvi. Htajumif • rI. .Am ti
motli»i-, Mrs. Mary 0. Lark of
508 Cartridge street has racalv-
e d the purple heart which was
awarded lorn for wounds which ]
received in action against
an enemy of .he United Na-
tions on March 10 .1944
HOLDING TENN. S. S. AND
B. T. U. CONVENTION
Rev. L. L. Scott, pastor of the
Second Baptist church, has just
'returned to the city from Texas
I as guest speaker at the State
Pnntrrp „ . is
a “° congress, anu
;how | holding the Tennessee S. S.
B T y Con * „ ress nf of which j
president, at Columbia.
W h ere he was pastor of the First
| 1 Baptist church before assum-
the paslorale of the Spcond
Baptist church of this city.
moo SUPPORT HIM
IN RUN OFF
Little Rock Ark, Aug --1 ANP)
More than 12,000 Negroes
their ballots in the Tuesday
Democratic primary in
kansas without incident, it
reported by election
here Wednesday morning.
voting of Negroes occurred
virtually every section of
hate, it was confined chiefly
the larger cities.
The Tuesday election was
decide the race between
ernor Homer Adkins and
gressman J. W. Fulbright,
fer the Democratic
foe the senate. Fulbright
majority, beating i .
by a wide
who had boldly
that he did not want a '
nigger vote” and accusing
l lV , f u-i-. V „ nigger lover”
; , , voted for
House rinilsniJB passage nf of the ih( ,
tax bill.
Fulbright, who had been
ed as a scholar, also dipped in
the race hate tar bucket,
lambasting the FEPC for
part in the Philadelphia
sit strike two days before
election.
Most Negroes, according
Dr. J. M. Robinson, president
the Arkansas Negro
association, voted for
thus thus im insuring his one-sided
tory. Fulbright succeeds
Hattie W. Caraway, who lost
for renomination three
two-year old hold on the
seat when she ran a poor
mmnA
WAR BONDS
7oZ/w'
NEGRO CITIZENS COM¬
MITTEE RAISING FUND
OF $25,060
Afidavits Of 25 Refused
Ballot The Basis
For Fight
Columbia, S. C„ Aug.—(ANP)
Court action will begin
diately against the white Dem-
ocratic party in South
it was decided Wednesday
executive board of the
Citizens committee, whose mem
were denied the right to
vote in the recent statewide pri
mary.
The Rev. E. A. Adams,
den; James M. "7"p Hinton, secre- ;' ”
U y 1 U ' J ' 1 Re d d ,’
’
cam P al 8 u manager, were dele-
Igated to handle the proceed-
in S s - |
The body studied 25
vits made by Negroes who en¬
lj rolled to vote in the Democrat¬
c pr i mary on j u j y 25 , but whose
names were later “purged from
the books.’’ Atty Shadrock
Morgan of Orangeburg, coun-
fQr fee coramittee ,discussed
legftl stepg to bc taken .
Plans were also adopted for
completing a *25,000 fighting
for the organization. The
Citizens’ committee was organ
ized in 1942 for the purpose of
bringing legal action against
the white Democratic party, but
waited until the Texas decision
before charting a final course.
Once started, the court ac¬
tion will test whether or not
the efforts of the special ses¬
sion of the legislature, in “main
taining white supremacy” in
the Democratic party, accom¬
plished its purpose.
RED CROSS TO CON¬
TINUE JIM CROW
POLICY
New York In response to a
letter from Basil O’Connor an¬
nouncing continuation of the
blood plasma segregation
cy, Waiter White expressed
sharp disappintment about the
attitude of the newly appointed
Red Cross head. In a commu-
nication to the latter, Mr. White
said; I had honestly
that you would show more cour
age and forthrightness in your
approach to wnat is one of the
most shameful episodes and
.
practices in this war for human
liberation.”
Referring to the southern or¬
igin of the United States Sur¬
geon General responsible as a
single individual for the estab¬
lishment of the unscientific pol
! icy now being protested on all
i sides, Mr. White pointed out “It
[had [merican been our hope that would the have A-
Red Cross
[the had moral made courage mistake to admit and that that
it a
|it would have initiative
jto sav frankly to the honorary
president of the American Red
Cross, the President of the Unit
ed States, and the Army and
'Navy that it could not be party
I to a practice and doctrine
savors more of Hitler’s theory
I to a practice and doctrine
democracy."
Denouncing the excuse made
by Basil 0 ”’Connor that “From
• the point of view of all the peo
| pie of the United States, the
; present arrangement is the best
'possible in all of the eircum-
: j stances.”
Mr. White declared in closing
• "It is this same lack of moral
| courage which is responsible,
: from my personal observation
in our four war theatres of op-
eration, to: ’he surrender to
and the spreadin by the Red
Cross of patterns of segregation
and discrimination which hold
it not only up to question of its
bona fides, but America as
well.” ^ ,
.. .
NUMBER 43
To Be Ordained An Eldet
In the May congregational
meeting of the Butler Presby-
church of which Rev. H.
M. Scott is pastor, Mrs. Eunice
l. Simmons, wife of Deacon Ed¬
J. Simmons, was chosen
be ordained an elder of her
church.
This special honor will be
given Mrs. Simmons in the reg-
eleven o’clock services Sun¬
day morning at the church at
which time the ordination ser-
mon wil1 be Poached by Rev.
S. D. Thom, pastor of the Zion
p rC sbyterian church of Charles-
oni s c Rev. Thom received
Mrs. Simmons in the Presbyterl
church on Johns island, 3.
in early childhood.
Big Crowd Ex¬
pected At
OUTDOOR SHOW TO¬
MORROW (ERL) NIGHT
To Be Staged At Grayson
Stadium
Eveything is ready for the
spectacular show which is to be
staged at Grayson Stadium to¬
morrow (Friday! night, spon¬
sored by the popular Friendly
Eight Sport club.
Featured by a bathing beau¬
ty contest, a baseball game be¬
tween two of the leading teams
in this section of the state and
some dance team specialties by
leading jitterbug artists of this
locality, the program gives prom
ise of being one of the most at¬
tractive open air bills presented
here in some time.
Nat Towles and his celebrated
nationally famous orchestra ar-
'rived in town to day from New
and will play for the bath
: ;ing beauty parade and the jit-
jterbuggers. The three hour program will
get under way at the stadium at
8:15 o’clock, and in the event
rain the affair will be trans
ferred to the City Auditorium,
Considerable rivalry exists
among the fifteen young ladies
who are competing in the bath
ing beauty contest, because the
(Continued on page Eight)
France For j
Pictures
SHOWING~~NEGRO SOL¬
DIERS INACTION ,
ij> Rudoiph Dunbar
WITH 1 ’HE ALLELD rntMY IN
Aug. —- (. ain ft — Brig,
(j_ Davis arrived at
ueactquai'tera in France and
was ie ceived with tne dignity
uud respect that is aceoraed ail
eaerau ,. uenerais are like
Uympnuuy conductors tor they
ine san i e tumult and
Isnouting as a part of the re-
^ p ecciui homage which pre-
eeaes anu accompanies tne.tc
visits. 4
Davis was in the European
Ineatre of operations under th$
auspices of tne special coverage
unit to make motion pictures o“
j j lbe co j ored soldiers in acting
and [ bt , lr outstanding contribts
tiona in the mvasi0 n of France,
. jg desire,” Gen. DavUf
said, “of the War department;
to let the people of America,
know the importance of the Ne
groes’ contributions in order
, continued on. page Eight j|