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The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
Race Supports Presidents Lend
Lease Bill Radio Audience Told
EdLawsonRefutes
Hutchins' Speech

NEW YORK N. .-(SNS)-Speakng a nationwide
network broadcast enanatng from New York Thursday night
Edward Lawson managing editor of OPPORTUNITY Magazine
pointedv reued implication contained in speech made by
Dr. Robert Hutchns of the University of Chicago the
network the before that Negroes and members of other mi
nortv groups are woeearedy behind the national defense
program. w :. ,
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
HOLDS FORTY-SECOND
hETrsT~tHf~

DURHAM. N. CLAMP =.
Policyholders Of tie North Caro-
lima Mutual Life Insurance com
pany from various sections of
the country met here Jan. 13 for
the 42nd annual session of the
policyholders, directors meeting
following an established custom
and in keeping with the by laws
of the institution.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
States Nav
Get Relief
Business
Move Harmful
To Negroes,
Leaders Say

WASt1NGlON, u. C.T(ANPJ
Negroes watch with anxiety the
action of the recent conference OF
governors which offered a resolu-
tion that relief and its administra.
ton be turned over to the indi-
vidual states instead of being adj
ministered by the government
If their proposal is adopted, and
there seems to be some inclination
in view of the situation now con-
fronting the government, the
plight of the southern Negro will
be endangered further in the dis
tribution of relief and jobs under
the proposed set-up.
Decidedly against such measures,
the President and the FWA ad-
ministrator, john w. Carmody.
feel that under the present setup
where the states now have the
majority Of the say in the distri-
button of relief and jobs, this is
the best POSSIBLE manner in which
the situation can he handled.
STATES GET FUNCTION
1t is proposed to have the states
receive federal aid in proportion
to the amount Of money each in
dividual state can put up. The
balance reeded to conduct the
program is then furnished bv the
state but the federal government
then had no seY-so over the dis
trlbut1on Of funds nor Jobs. but
turns this function over to the
states.
In those states where Negroes
are at present being given onlv the
lower types of work ou the WPA.
such as domestic wo"k and labor
ing Jobs. worse condition would
prevail. it is feared, and even
fewer Jobs would be given and the
requirements to uuaI1fy for relief
would be stiffened to such a mex
tent that Negroes would fail even
in this.
The needs for the national de-
fense program are said to have
brought about this proposal by the
governors who met in their con.
ference here following the inaugu-
ration. and the stupendous amount
Of monev appropriated for this pro-
gram necessarily cuts the funds for
| relief
Defense expenditures have
created hundreds of thousands OF
jobs" saws the Washington Post,
editorial'v, ''in industry, thus les.
Sening the need for vast relief ap-
proprtsticns. In considering tht
problem of future relief set-ltp
however. congress should look be-
yond the present eme1 gency. If Il
decided that relief can be bette
and more cl1eaply carried on by the
states, its administration, after it,
transfer. should remain in state
j hands"
STILL MANY UNEMPLOYED
With this viewpoint it would
seem, say many of those who are
close to the situation. the unem-
ployment situation of the Negri
has not been carefully considered
for there are as many Negroes Or
relief at present as ever before and
there seems to be no lessening OF
the stress on them
, Daily reports from various parts
Of the country indicate there is lit
tie hiring of Negroes ana what
lois they do get are acquired aft
er bitter fights and protests thai
they be hired.
The return Of relief t.i the states
say these same officials. woulc
seal the doom Cf the Negro ano
force him into literal slavery again
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
zETAs SET UP NEW CHAPTER

DETROIT - (ANP) = Last
week q new chapter was added
10 Zeta Phi Beta sorority in this
city with the initiation of several
pledges from Wayne university
The national epistoleus, Lu-
cile Henriut Swarz of st. Louis,
came to Detroit to establish the
chapter and to preside at the init
iation ceremonies.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08

and glad that we can fight. We
know that even in the currsnt great
defense program we are the last to
be considered when a job is to>be
done. But we are seeking econom-
ic Justice in the knowledge that
our pleas will not go unheard.
"In other words, we realize that
insofar as we are concerned, our
American brand of democracy has
its shortcomings But we feel that
even such imperfect democracy is
far better than any way of life un-
der a totalitarian regime"
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
LIBRARY SCHOOL TO
BE- OPENED AT A.U.

library containing more than
65 900 volumes and serving more
than 1900 students in six inStitu-
tions, will be used as training area
for students and the School OF Ii
brary Silence.
EMORY TO COOPERATE
The System also offers opportu
mites in elementary school library
the high school library, and in
the specialized reading rooms. 1t is
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
President Whitaker
lJndergoes Operation

tive duties of his office for two
months.
President Whitaker and family
expressed their gratefulness for
the many courtesies received dur
ing his stay at the laospial-
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
WALKS EIGHT MILES TO
KILL RIVAL

WILSON, N. CLAMP Herb
ert Bynum, q year old Sharpsburg
resident walked eight miles Tuesday
night to kill a man after row over
Rvnr1ns wife. then walked fouE
miles to give himself up to police.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
Make 44lceIess' Ice

Keen foods. drinks, etc. cold in refrig-
era tor Indefinitely WTTF'O~ Y I''E
rreeze ice cream WITHOUT ICE Very
simple. Anyone can do j.. onc' y0U knN"
how Zig ayines Send only 25c (coin)
fo7 formula EIILST0E
.s ~ 2 West 128--Eew York
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08

ATLANTA. Ga,-(SNS)-
Atlanta University Will open
September, 1941, a School Of Lii
brary Science, it was announced
Thursday by the office of the
president
This is being made possible Oy
grant of $150,0O0 for endowment
of the School by the Carnegie Cor
poration of New York To the in.
come from this grant the Univer-
sity is adding money from other
sources. This will place the new
professional school on a high cali
bre.
The School will be of the class
designated as Type II, that is, one
requiring graduation from an ac-
credited four-year college for adj
mission, and offering one-year
professional course for the training
of librarians The annual enroll
ment will be limited to approx
mateIy twenty-five carefully select
ed students whose academic
records and personal qualities seem
to indicate that they will succeed
as professional librarians.
PLAN FULL COURSE
The Atlanta University school
will prepare persons for full-tirnc
positions in college and high school
libraries and for PLACES i'll the I'M
portant and growing field Of public
library service. Courses in the basic
library fields of administration,
book selection, classification. cata-
Logging, reference, photography. and
children's literature will be offered
by the f9culty, which President
Clement is now organizing The fa,-
Guilty, including part-time teachers.
will be made UP of the best-train-
ed and most successful Negro IL
brarians available, persons of un-
questioned ability and experience
Atlanta University and the City
Of Atlanta offer an unparalleled op-
portunity for the training of Ne
gro librarians. Students may observe
and will be called upon to work
in the various types of libraries
serving the schools and the public.
In the University System the main
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
Negroes Are
Flatly Turned
Down in D. G.

"The Bituminus Coal commission
sent back = colored stenographer
recently, although she had been
called to take the job.
Something has got to be done,
and it is high time that these folk
holding down big positions do some
thing about this thing. Every per-
son in the United States should
flood the President with letters
telling him of the run-around the
Negro is getting and the manner
in which they are being treated as
far as appointments go, by persons
whose qualifications, no doubt, are
inferior to those of the Negro ap-
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08

I0ues0me7 lind a sweetheart
AVEsg y V4EEgs husband, wife,
through Americas foremost Cor
lespondence Society. Members
Everywhere. Write Box /, Wash.
! ington, d.. c.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08

AS we SLGUSSlS lOl Jul own NOAAA-
plete emancipation from the forces
of darkness and destruction, we
remember that the people of Great
Britain likewise struggle to main
tain the freedom that they won at
so great a cost" Mr.. Lawson said.
And because we believe the cause
Of democracy is indivisible, we sup
port them now with all Qur hearts. "
ONE OF FIVE SPEAKERS
Mr.. Lawson was one of five
speakers on the program, which
was especially arranged by the Ma
tional BroaJcasting Company
Among others who spoke were
Maury Maverick, Mayor of San
Antonio, Texas; Barry Bingham,
publisher of the Louisville Courier
Journal: Dorothy Overlook, execu-
tive secretary of the Student De-
tenders of Democracy, and Beatrice
Martin, of the International Ladies
Garment Workers Union.
Mr. Lawson prefaced his remarks
by saying that Negroes know, bet
fer than members of any other mi
0ority group, that more perfect
democracy can and must be built
right here in America.
But we know too,"' he added.
that if the fires of racial oppres-
sion and hatred which have swept
. over Europe with such devastating
effect in the past few years ever
reach the shores Of this our native
land. whatever hope we have for
the attainment of full status here,
whatever faith we hold in the
promise of the future, must soon
1isintegrate.
PRAISES FIRST LADY
Mr.. Lawson fully agreed with
Dr. Hutchins in labelling the Marian
Anderson affair "a travesty upon
our pretensions to demorcary."
But let Us not forget" he went
en-, that it was an official of the
democratic United States govern
ment, and the wife of its President,
who arranged for Miss Anderson
to sing on the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial, before an audience of
$4,000 Negro and white Americans.
And on the evening before the
Presidents third Inauguration,
quartet of Negro singers did ap-
pear in Constitution Hall. That
was democratic progress within one
year."
American Negroes know Fascism
at first hand, Mr. Lawson said, be-
cause they have seen it practiced
right here in America by groups
whose primary purpose was ito
keep the Negro in his place"
1--WE are not blind to discrimina-
ton" he concluded. 1--WE everlast-
ingly oppose it, and we glory in
Our right to do so. We resent the
segre gated status that is so often
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08
WHOLE THING A JOKE

The whole thing is a joke-this
great governments treatment of
Negroes and this evil practice of a
few minor officials guilty of this
pernicious practice. 1t permeates
the whole rotten system, Whites
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-08

ORENGEBURG, S. C.-(SNS)
President Miller F.. Whitaker,
South Carolina State A. S5 M. Col
lege. who underwent an emergency
operation for appendicitis. Sunday,
January 10, came home this week
and is now doing fine.
President Whitaker, who had
been in the best of health, had a
sudden attack and was taken to
the T,i-County hospital here. He
underwent successful operation
thirty minutes after his arrival at
he hospital
Physicians and attendants have
marvelled at the speed of President
Wllittaker's recovery. His friends
who were permitted to see him
since his arrival at home found
him cheerful and able to sit in
reclining chair for short intervals.
Physicians have advised quiet
rees ard plenty Of rest for the
raxt thirty days On advice of his
physicians he will not assume ac-
GUEST AT INAUGURATION
COLUMBUS. O.-(ANP)-- Among
tho officia7e and civic leaders of
Ohio who were special guests at
TIE inauguration and reception in
honor Of Gov. John w. Bricker,
Monday evening, was Mrs. Ida
F1urnmer Miller of Cleveland. Mrs.
Miller. who is particulorly active in
the civic life Of Cleveland, is pres
ident of the City Federation of
Colored Women's clubs and chair
man of the parent-teacher asSocia-
- ton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
Magnesium Stocks
Ordered !mpounded

WASHINGTON-The Office of
Production Management Friday
impounded all stocks OF msgne-
SUM and ordered that the metal
be aIlocsted only for use In such
defense products as airplanes and
incendiary bombs.
Magnesium has been under prior
ity control since March "a. but this
permitted some to be used for non
defense purposes. Under the new
order. effective Immediately. it will
be used only TO fill defense orders
with ratings Of ALL or higher.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
Jaw Injured
In Accident

Mrs. Betty Steever. 10. of 2s25
Do. c St, lost several teeth and
sustained q jaw injury In an auto
mobile accident at 62d and Park
ave. Thursday at 1870 p. m. She
was given emergency treatment
p the county hospital.
Mrs. Steever was a passenger
IA . car driven by her husband,
orville, 20, Of the same address.
which became involved in a col
Hsion with one driven by Mira. }.
w. Carol Of 100 So. 18th st.
Howard Birls Of 52l6 So. 52d
It.. received facial lacerstions in
the same accident. but didn't re-
Quire disqualification.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15

died Thanksgiving day by q com
mittee established by the coordi-
mating council and dreaded BY Miss
c. r. Bigelow.
All community groups interest
ed In assisting IN this annual pro-
gram are invited by the COMMITTEES
to donate articles Of food by z D.
m. Wednesday All contributions
viii be accepted At the Chamber
Of Commerce offer in the city
hall. The food win be packed there
late "wednesday for distribution
Thursday. Names Of needy fam
lies win Also be taken at the
chamber office.
Fracture. Hp
Mrs Horace williston of 9TH
ave. s. W., ID in Puyallup Gen.
eral hospital suffering from a frac-
tured hip sustained In a fall in
her home.
Mrs. r. c. Morse will Be hostess
TO the Aria and Krafts club At
her home. 143 9TH ave- N. W.,
Monday afternoon.
Mighty Mountain" by Binns
will be reviewed by Mrs. p. M.
Snider. Mrs. T. II. Brew will give
excerpts from Canoe and Saddle"
by Winthrop Mrs. J. w. L. Kauf-
man will give q talk on White
river indians and Mrs. r. s.
Dickey viii read poems on Mount
Rainier.
Rhododendron Garden division
Of the Puyallup women's club will
meet Tuesday with Mrs. H. r.
Pstrich. 6le Do. Meridian st., for q
! o'clock luncheon with Mn. @. p.
Henry assisting. Mrs. w. 4. Kim
zie viii preside At tho business
session and Mrs. r. M. Loehrke
will speak on Cutting and Car
ing for Plant Materials"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
English Cows Don't
Suffer in Air Raids

LONDON - British cows have
been indicated in . lengthy re-
port by two scientists. II is proved
that they do not suffer from air
raid shock. The resson for the
INQUIRY Dairymen pleaded that
this was the reason for the adult
Grated Xix they were selling.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
Ce-Eds Shun Army
Marriaue in Texas

DENTON, Tex.-sixty per cent
- the goods At North Texas
Teachers college said in a poll that
they would not marry a draftee.
Forty per cent Of the male stu
dents thought the draft should be
= detriment to marriage.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
Worldwide War
Threat Mouniinu
CONTINUED From Pare One

Continued From Page One)
British navy patrols had destroyed
many U-boats" in successful ac-
ton against q new German sea
and air offensive in the battle of
the Atlantic.
A-London believed that Ameri-
can warships scheduled to con-
voy American merchant ships with
supplies for Britain and Russia
would establish bases in the British
Isles, presumably in North Ireland.
for fueling purposes. but official
sources declined comment
S-The Dutch East Indies pre-
- pared for large-scalc war ma
neuvers Nov. Is to strengthen de-
lenses in view Of = spokesman
statement that they were prepared
to fight with Britain and America
In event Of q Pacific war.
BOTH RUSSIANS. NAILS
CLAIM GAINS IN WAR
In the long range view. the
speed Of these developments Gen.
tenring around the role of the
United States in both the Atlantic
and the Pacific overshadowed the
eastern fighting front where both
the Russians and the Germans
claimed gains.
On the Moscow front. the
Russians reported they had re-
captured 20 villages IN the
kalinin sector and made leas
important gains In other SO
tors 81 the Lcningrad and
NSoscow Battlefield. Soviet
Stormavik planes. . new type
Of fighter for attacks ON tanl<x,
were said 10 Be leading the
| counter-blows with 'mad tor
+, pedo" attacks "a type Of
| whlrllng firebomb designed to
ct mcdaniel vehicles afire.
| Berlin reported big fires blazing
in Moscow but claimed no specific
gains on the central front
GERMANS APPEAR TO
PROGRESS IN CRIMEA
In the Crimea. however. the
Germans appeared to be making
progress in their drive to encircis
Rostov and strike southwark
against the Caucasus oil field
which the official Man new,
agency reported within range o.
the luftwaffe bombers.
The Nazi forces were said to b,
on the outskirts Of Kerch. striking
fortified positions which extens
six miles east of that city to tn,
kerchenski strait. over which tn,
Germans must pass to reach tn,
mainland route to the Caucasus
Sevastopol, Kerch. Novorossisk
Anana and Aupse. the head of Al
oil pipeline on the mainland. wer,
} reported under heavy German
bombardment
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-15
S. A. Sioner Puyalup
Kiwanis Club Head
Fort Lewis Soldiers TO Be Guests
At Donce Next Wednesday, Night

FUYALLUP-He Heading the Ki
wants club for 1919 viii be San
ford A. Sfoner. Also eiectp<
Thursday were Hiram =. Spear
rev vice president. and Earl Poe
treasurer. Serving on the hoard
Of directors viii be Frank Bates
Robert d. Campbell. Mel Dennis
Jack Dipple. Jay Faris. Fred
Griffiths and Floyd wolberg
Ralph Forbes win become immedl-
ate past president following in
ota1lation ceremonies in January
After the business se@ion Ma
tionAl Education week was OBJ
eerved. Students from the high
school and the four grade schools
presented the program Virginia
Hansen Of the high school. gave q
talk on The Significance Of Ma
tionAl Education Week From
Nseker grade school . group Of
boys gave bugie calls under the
direction Of Mia Mary Radosovich
and the tonette band directed by
Niss Ings coplerud played selec-
dom. From Spinning school Miss
Novella Ross presented Stewart
students In q series Of bell demon
strations. the object OF which. she
uaid. IL to teach value and sure
ness Of tone. Maplewood was rep
resented by boy and girl groups in
part singing. directed by Miss
Dagmar Cothbcrg. Guests at the
meeting were SAINT Castsnadh Of
Spokane and Harry winger Of
Puyallup.
me meeting next week. II was
announced, win b held Wednes-
day instead Of Thursday. Thanks
giving day. Speaker win b Major
p. ~. Blenkinsop. chaplain Of the
looth infantry, 4lst division. His
subject will be In Defense Of
WHAT" Wednesday evening at
$50 there will be an intcrclub
meeting with Enumclaw at Enum-
claw with Puyallup putting on the
program. H. Z. Spear arranged
Thursdays program and Miss
Amy Weber Of Aeeker school
acted ~ master of ceremonies.
To Entertain Soldiers
Puyaliup Activians have invited
100 Fort Lewis soldiers to be their
guests at dance and good fel-
lowship get-together at the Elks
temple Wednesday night. Doing
it, part win be the Elks lodge
which Is donating the use Of the
clubrooms. Heading the commit
tee in charge IL DR.. Gordon Gross.
The music 10 being arranged by
Reed Hansen. Earl Eckert II look
ing after refreshments and Mel
Dcnnis. president Of the club. ID
lining up the entertainment.
AuvAAAta0u0 nave 0Cu 9Snt "
approximately 100 local girls and
members and wives Of the club
win act ~ chaperons. Transpor-
tation u to be provided both to
and from the affair for the girls
and service men. The dance has
the approval Of the Uso and army
offician who are giving their CO.
operation.
A community Thanksgiving day
program il being arranged by the
Chamber of Commerce for its
meeting Tuesday noon with the
Puyallup Ministerial association in
charge. The meeting il open to
the public.
Distribution of food to needy
families Of Puyallup viii be han
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-08

81. Charles, Va, JUL &..-(AP)-
\ crawling stream OF cath 50 feet
VIDE and Is feet high at points push
ed downward through onl section Of
the Benny Blue mining camp on
Little Black Mountain last night,
bowling over and crushing houses N
It's way. SIX houses had been dc
molishId by early today and others
were threatened.
The tremendous pressure OF waste
slate from the Blue Diamond Conn
pany's working, piled on the side OF
the mountain on the Virginia Ken
lucky border, pressed the raIu->Olt-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-08
To Ask
More Money

Washington, July 8-(AP)-In-
formed congressional circles heard
reports today that President Roosc-
Welt Soon would ask Congress for
additional defense appropriations
totaling as high as five billion dol
lars.
These sources SAID that several
billion dollars would be asked for
Army expansion, another billion 1or
the Navy. and a lump sum for sup
Elemental aid to Great Britain.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-08
TONIGHT

Because of the heavy rain this afternoon, the final PERFORM
ancc of the Centennial "Century of Progress pageant, scheduled
for tonight on the high school athletic field, WILL. NOT be under
taken, Centennial officials announced late this afternoon. Water
Was standing on the field and there was no probability Of its be
ing absorbed sufficiently to present the pageant.
The committee announced that another effort will be made
to give the final performance tomorrow night at the usual hour.
and urged the public to turn out in large numbers and also that
the pageant cast in full be pl -seut.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-08
Raj Makes
Heavy Raids
Bombardment of OBJ
jectives in Northern
France Without Letup
In "a Hours.

London. July 8.-(APc-Brit-
ish WarplancS Shuttlcd by the
hundreds over the English chan
mel today in an offensive against
German objrctiNes in northern
France which has continued
without letup for the past "a
hours.
Heavy bombcrs escorted by
fighters Stormed steadily to the
attack. II was a powerful CON
tinuation cf widespread thru>t>
overnight against tarse.S in west
err Germany, Holland. Belgium
and France.
Observers al q southeast coaS'
town reported that The sound of the
explosions i'm the operations againS
France. begun It the channel coast
were growing fainter and apparent
" tn. royal air force bombers were
moving farther inland to uni ad.
Germans made "a sharp raid against
Southampton during the night, catls
inc some casualties md considerable
danroac To the business district. orr.
er points m the south and Souiheas'
were bombed and the British Salt
Confirmed on Page Flve)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-08
23,519,000
Acres Planted
ToCottonCro

Washington, July &.-(AlD- Coz
ton in ~cuiliva1io- in the United
States ON July ! was estimated TODAY
bv the Agriculture department To o.
23.5l9.OOU acres. That is "a per cent
less than in cultivation a year ago
and 23.6 per ccnt less than the ten
wear lg3O-39 average area IN cult
Vatlun on July /.
Should abandonment from mature!
causes this year equal the ten year
average abandonment which was ~
per cent, an acreage OF Z3,l02 OOo
would be indicated for harvest, the
department sad.
Cotton in cultivation a year ago
WAS 24,37l 900 acres. OF when 20
Sol 900 acres were picked, yleldlne
252.5 pounds of cotton to the aciH
and a total production of l2,obo'0oo
bales.
A forecast by the Agriculture de-
CONTINUED on Page Flve)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-08
Action Said
lie IhWart
Naxii Plans
Administration Circles
Say Germany Plan
ned Vast Pincers
Movement on Britain S
Supply Lines Across
Atlantic.


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