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Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-06-29

MANTEO, n. O., June ia
Patriotic Negro Pilgrimage to Old
Fort Raleigh, birthplace Of the ma
ton, and site Of the fifth annual
presentation Of Paul Green's his
torical drama, ''The Lost Colony
which opens July 8, will be held
all day Tuesday, July 8, accord
ing to DR.. H. L. Trigg, president
of the Elizabeth City teachers
college, who is general chairman
Of the program.
The principal address Of the Oc-
casion, which marks the fourth
annual Negro Day in connection
with ''The Lost Colony, drama Of
the first American pioneers, will
be delivered by DR.. ]. E. Shep-
ard, president Of the North Caro-
INA College for Negroes, Of Dur
ham. The musical program again
will be directed by Mrs. Nell Hun.
tcI, noted Durham soprano, who.
will also sing a group Of spirit
uals.
Among those invited to attend
the Pilgrimage are Congressman
Arthur W. Mitchell, Lieut. Law
renee A. Oxley, DR.. Ambrose
Caliver, Mr.. c.. c. Spaulding, DR.
NJ. F. Whitaker, DR.. j. r. E.
Lee, DR.. D. o. w. Holmes, DR..
Mordecai Johnson, DR.. John w.
Davis, DR.. F. D. Bluford, DR.. w.
j. Trent, DIR. J. w. Seabrook, DR..
F. L. Atkins, Jr., DR. R. P Dan
iels, DR.. Edgar H. Gould and many
others.
Special invitations have been
issued to prominent Negroes in the
arts, including Miss Marian An
derson and Miss Dorothy May
nor, internationally famous sing
ers, and Richard Wright, co-au-
thor with Paul Green Of the four
star Broadway success, Native
Son" Green won the Pulitzer
Prize in 1927 for his full-length
Negro drama, I'm Abraham's Bos-
SOM, which is considered one Of
mis- best plays.
Beginning at 2 o'clock, the pro-
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-06-29
Earned
Participation
Right In Defense

WASHINGTON, D. C. = More
than $11,O0O.0O0 has been earned
by Negro building trades workers
in the construction Of, loW-rent
housing projects developed under
the United States Housing Au-
thority program and more than
1900 Of the families now living
in these projects are Negro fam
lies, Dr. Frank S. Horne, Acting
Special Assistant, reported this
W6ek to United States Housing
Authority Administrator Nathan
Straus.
DR.. Horne's report summarized
Negro participation in al phases
Of the United States Housing Au-
thOrity program. Of the 165,6O5
dwelling units under loan con-
tract as Of March 81, current esti-
mates indicate that Negro fami-
lies will occupy 5O.642 or 80 per
cent Of the total. The 1850 Ne
gro families who on April 80 were
occupying dwelling units in IS
OSHA-aided projects represented
one third Of all fami les then liv-
ing in projects developed with the
financial assistance Of the Unit
ed States Housing Authority.
Developed by United States
Housing Authority, the circuit
Homes project was recently open
ed to house families Of 1913 Ne
gro workers engaged in defense
industries in Newport News, Vir-
ginia. Under the Lanham Act,
the United States Housing Au-
thority is developing an additional
1925 homes for Negro defense
workers in Baltimore, Detroit,
Philadelphia, Norfolk, Winning
ton North Carolina and Lacka-
wanna, New York.
Meanwhile, the United States
Housing Authority is cooperating
with County Housing Authorities
to improve housing conditions of
Negro farm families in the rural
areas Of South Carolina, Georgia,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkan-
5as. At a recent conference in
brownsville, Georgia, Negro lead
.ers Of rural life met with local
and national housing officials to
devise ways and means Of reach
ing a greater number Of Negro
farm families.
Under impact Of the national
defense program, DR.. Horne re-
ported, employment of Negroes
has steadily increased until the
average monthly wages for Negro
abor amounted to 1888 900, rep
resenting an increase Of 18 per
cent above the average monthly
wages prior to August 81. 1910
NOT only was there an upward
trend in the amount of vases
paid, but also in the number of
skilled workers as well as in the
number Of crafts in which they
were employed.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-06-29
Woman's Skull
Fractured In
Auto Accident

In a critical condition in the
hospital this week is Mrs. Leila
eadler, 4729 Prairie avenue. Mrs.
Sadler sustained a possible skull
fracture when she was run down
as she attempted to cross at the
intersection Of 47th and Michi-
gan avenue Monday night.
The driver of the car, a sedan,
was Joe Jackson, 3448 Indiana
avenue. Jackson, witnesses stated,
was proceeding south in Mich
gan avenue when the accident Oc-
cured. Mrs. Sad1er who was
crossing from the west to east
curb, was wa king with the lights,
it was stated. Jackson was TAX
en- into custody and booked on a
reckless driving charge.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-06-29
Is Army Posts
To Construct
New Fieldhouses

Construction Of field houses at
20 army posts o provide facilities
for such indoor sports as basket
ball, boxing and wrestling, was
authorized today by the War
Department.
Each Of -le field housese, it
is estimated will cost about ST.
600 Of which $1,000 will be al
lotted for the necessary portable
seats and basketball backstoDs.
Total cost Of the construction
project will be $1,925,O00.
Under plans drawn in the Of
flee Of the Quarterlmaster General
the field houses will provide ap-
proXimately 2,750 seats for bas-
ketbal and approximately $3.50
seats for boxing and wrestling.
TIE % posts at which the first
field houses will be built were
selected after the Morale Branch
had taken into consideration ex-
listing facilities, personnel strength
weather conditions, type Of camp
and degree Of isolation.
Field houses have been recon-
mended for IL other posts, but
authorization has not yet been
given. The Army stations where
field houses will be constructed
follow:
First Corps Area Camp Ed
wards, Massachusetts,.
SecOr.i Corps Area-Pine Camp
New York; Fort Dix, New Jer-
sey.
Third Corps Area-Indiantown
Gap, Pennsylvania; Fort George
C, Meade, Maryland.
Fourth Corps Area-Fort Bragg
North Carolina; Fort Mcclellan,
Alabama; Fort Jackson, South
Carolina; Camp Forrest, Tennes-
see; Camp Livingston, Louisiana,
Camp Claiborne, Louisiana; Fort
Benning, Georgia; Camp Davis,
North Carolina; Camp Shelby,
Mississippi; Camp Stewart, Geor-
gia Camp Blanding, Florida.
Fifth Corps Area-Fort Knox,
Kentucky.
Sixth Corps Area-Fort Custer,
Michigan; Chanute Field, Illinois.
Seventh Corps Area-Fort Leo
narl' Wood, Missouri; Camp Rob
insOn, Arkansas.
Eighth Corps Area - Camp
Barl1ley, Texas; Camp Bowie,
Texas, Fort Sam Houston, Tex
as.
Ninth Corps Area-Camp San
Luis Obispo, California.
When the Army expansion pro
gram began last fall there were
only few posts in the country
tlat were equipped with perma-
nent gymnasiuns.
The plan to build field houses
uniform in design-was formu-
lated by the Morale Branch as
part of its recreational program
to provide every large Army
station with facilities for sports
during winter months or inclem-
ent weather.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-06-29
TUSKEGEE 70
GET $50, 900
FOR AVIATION

WASHINGTON, D. c.. June 26
The War Department announced
tflls week the award of an $4,000
contract to Tuskegee Institute.
Tuskegee, Ala, for the prelimi-
nary training Of aviation cadets
enrolled by the Army for the goth
Pursuit Squadron, the first col
0fed tactical unit in the Air Corps.
The contract is for year. dur
ing which the institute will give
preliminary instruction to approx
mately 100 cadets. They will be
enrolled at the rate Of 10 cadets
to a class. A new class will be
formed every five weeks.
Each class will receive Is weeks
OF instruction. The first five weeks
will be devoted to pre-flight
training. The next 10 weeks are
FOR elementary flying instruction.
Upon completing the IS weeks
course covered by the Tuskegee
contract, an aviation cadet will
begin his final 20 weeks of instruc-
ton at an Army basic and adj
vanced flying school to be built
near Tuskegee.
Standard Course Offered
This procedure is in accord
with the general training program
If the Army Air Corps under
which aT1 1oro1iyoo II, -,,-- Z
aviation cadets has been decen-
tralized and distributed among
private schools operating under
army contracts and subject to ar
my regulation and supervision.
The course offered under the
Tuskegee contract will be the
standard primary course prescrib-
ed by the army air corps.
Under the Tuskegee contract, the
first class Of 10 cadets will start
training July 10, and actual fly
ing instruction will begin August
y.
Formation Of the 99th Pursuit
Squadron was announced by the
War Department March 81, 1871.
Present plans call for the train
ing and commissioning Of So pr
lots per year to man the squad
ron, and transfer or commissioning
Of 6 to II Notifying officers. In
addition, 276 enlisted men Of the
99th Pursuit Squadron are now
undergoing training at Chanute
Field, Rantoul, Ill, for duty as
mechanics and other technical
specialists.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-06-29
Fuss Over 7
Money Ends
In Stabbing

An arguement arising when she
allegedly accused two women re
siding in her home Of taking
money belonging to her, Mrs. Es-
teEe Mathews, 1882 Prairie ave-
nue., was stabbed by one Of them
and seriously injured Wednes-
day morning. Mrs. Mathews was
removed to county hospital from
Provident, where knife wounds Of
the left SIDE Of the back allegedly
inflicted by Ruth Mae Saunders.
were regarded as extremely cri-
teal.
Miss Saunders was taken into
custody by Detectives Saunders
and Mcdonald of Wabash avenue
police. She accused Mrs. Mat
hews of being the aggressor, stat
ing she attempted to attack her
with a knife and that she stabbed
her to protect herself. Miss
Sauncers received treatment for
a lacerated hand.
Mrs. Mathews, it was stated,
misplaced or lost a sum Of money
and went to Miss Saunders and
Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, both Of
whom live in the same apart
ment. "She accused Us Of taking
her money" Miss Sanders stat
ed. "We denied it, and she got
knife. I got one too, and in the
struggle. she cut me. | stabbed
her to protect myself" she in
sisted.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-06-29

separate company Of the Maryland
National Guard, as commander
Of the colored unit Oh Maryland
State Home Guard.
Married - Miss That's Sarita
Meaux, graduate Of Stowe Teacher
college in st. Louis, Mo, and
teacher in Dumas school, to Jas
per Earl Williams, graduate Of
the University Of Iowa and pos
tai employee.
Stricken - Mrs. Matte C. Pc
tiers Of New York, mother of the
popular Peters sisters, who under
went major operation recent
~.
Employed = Twenty-Five men
and women at the Ohio Bel
Telephone company in Cleveland
Ohio, after a job fight waged by
the militant Future Outlook
League.
Married Miss Ruth Augusta
Perry, graduate Of Knoxville col
lege and student at Boston uni
versity and the Atlanta School ot
Social work; to William Curtis,
graduate Of the University Of ILL
nois in Electrical Engineering,
and assistant to the head Of the
Mechanical Industries department
at Tuskegee Institute.
Graduated - Miss Yvonne Au-
relia Jackson, from West Virginia
State college with highest hon
crs 'summa cum laude."
Married - Miss Florence Louise
Anderson Of Philadelphia, Pa,
graduate Of West Chester State
Teachers college in Music, and
David Closson, graduate Of West
Chester State Teachers college in
Music.
Died - Elder G. Scott, secre-
tary and executive officer Of the
Union Pacific Dining Car Walters
Union, from heart attack while
listening to the Joe Louis-Conn
fight.
Married = Miss Bessie Estelle
Gardner and Clesbie R. Daniels
Oh Palestine, Tex, both are grad
yates of Bishop college and teach
ing in the Booker T. Washington
high school in Wichita Falls, Tex
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-06-29
WOMAN Tells
OFbUSJIMCR0W
ON TRIP HERE

Another instance Of the flag
rant mistreatment Of Negro pas
sengers using buses was dis
closed this week in a letter to the
BEE from one Of its subscribers.
The victim, Mrs. Viola Barren,
215 W. Oak street, stated she was
mistreated and suffered bodily
discomfort enroute to Chicago
from Memphis, Tenn, this month.
She was accompanied by her
young niece on the return trip.
They were forced to occupy a
seat over the rear wheels, and
suffered a very unpleasant trip
because of faulty roof which
leaked on them, she said, despite
the fact that there were other va
cant seats in the bus.
Denied Reserved Seats
MIS-. Barren was denied a seat
she had called the Memphis bus
station and reserved when she
went to purchase her ticket. con
June 10 | called and made reser-
Vations for Chicago. Seat No.
3O was assigned to me, but when
/ went to the station to purchase
my ticket | was told | could not
occupy Seat No. 80.
When l insisted that | had a
right to that seat l was abused
and pushed around by one of the
managers and the driver, who
showed me on the bus. My little
flVe-year-old niece and I were
forced to make the trip TO Chi
cago on seat over the rear
wheels, and to add to our dis
comfort the roof leaked on us.
MY requests for another seat
were denied by the driver, who
said the empty seats were for
white people only"
Mrs. Barren said she. reported
the matter to the Claim Depart
ment in Chicago and a Greyhound
Bus company adjuster sent out
to see her on June IS, five DAYS
later, informed her that he felt
she had no claim against the com
pany for what happened to her
enroute from Memphis to Chi
CagO.--
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-06-29
CLARENCE CAMERON WHITE
RENTERS CONCERT FIELD

ELIZABETH, N. J. - Clarence
Cameron White, the well known
Vlollnlst, has announced his return
to the concert field. Mr.. White,
who is famed as a composer as
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-06-29
WHAT'S THE NEWS

INDICATED - DR.. Richard S.
Crossley, who was reelected pres
ident Of the State College for
Colored Students in Dover, Del,
after malfeasance Of duty charges
failed.
Died - Mrs. Odalie Morse
Jackson, II, Of Dallas, Tex, noted
educator and civic woman.
Married - Nellie DodsOn, New
York newspaper woman, former
Spokesman and Recorder staff
member in Minneapolis, Mimi,
to William Russell, West Virginia
Union graduate.
Drowned = Edward Vasso, a
resident Of Chicago, while on a
vacation in st. Paul, MINI.
Repudiated - The discrimina-
tory practices Of the board Of ed
ucation Of Topeka, Kan, in de-
nying Negro children the benefits
Of Junior high school training, by
the Kansas state supreme court.
Killed Floyd Mason, Is, Of
Kansas City, Mo, when the ice
truck driven by his twin brother,
Lloyd, ran over him.
To Marry - Florence V. Bond,
teacher in Bennett college in N.
c., and Rev. Robert Pierre John
son, pastor of Bethesda Presby-
terian church in Pittsburgh, Pa.
DepOrted - Valaida Snow, YER
s2tile actress, commedienne and
musician, from Copenhagen after
a Danish woman friend was re-
ported to have been found dead in
her room.
Died - Bishop E. J Howard Of
the A. NJ E. church, 18th district,
IN Waco, Tex.
Married Miss Margaret Ca
Uterine Kennedy Of Durham, N.
O., Talladega graduate, member Of
Delta Sigma Theta sorority, X-ray
technician at the Community hos
pital in Norfolk, Va, to Lewis
Marshall Goodwin Of New York,
graduate of Talladega, member of
Omega Psi Phi fraternity, and a
employee IN the Gus
toms department.
Appointed - Kathleen M. Muir
ray Of Detroit, Mich, a junior
project planner to the United
States Housing Authority.
Died Miss Amy Chadwick
of Atlanta, Ga, teacher and SUI
pervisor and owner Of the Leon
ard Street Orphanage where she
WORKED 1OI 81 years.
Married Beulah Leanora
Campbell Of Waycross, Ga, grad
uate Of South Carolina State col
lege and member Of Alpha Kappa
Alpha sorority, to Bozie Clayton
Phillips, Jr., graduate of Florida
A. and M. college and member
of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity,
Admitted = Ernest E. Finney,
principal of the Chatham public
school in Danville, Va, that he
burned the school because he
wanted a new building.
Died - Rev. A. T. Parker, 70,
Of Lawrence, Kansas, who has
spent NEST Of his life in the min
istry.
Married Miss HELEN ANNA
Phillips Of Pittsburgh, Pa, form
er student at Pittsburgh univer-
sity and member Of Alpha Kappa
Alpha sorority, to Dr. c. P. Hor-
ton Of Alton, Ill, former resident
physician at Peoples hospital in
st. Louis, Mo.
Named = Major William Creig-
Ter, former captain of the first
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-06-29

we'll as a virtuoso, has been as
ISOLATED exclusively with the Ma
tional Recreation association for
the past few years.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-06-29

Sues - Carl Murphy, president
and editor Of the Afro-American
newspapers, Officer Horace A.
Heinze Of Baltimore, Md, for
S25, 200 damages resulting when
the officer arrested Murphy al
legedly for disorderly conduct.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-06-29

Awarded - Mrs. Lutte T. Reid,
supervisor of Nurses, Central
Louisville, KY, Health Center, a
fellowship for study at the Uni
versity Of Michigan.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-06-29

Named = Major William Creig-
Ter, former captain of the first
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-06-29

Married Miss HELEN ANNA
Phillips Of Pittsburgh, Pa, form
er student at Pittsburgh univer-
sity and member Of Alpha Kappa
Alpha sorority, to DR.. G. P. Hor-
ton Of Alton, Ill, former resident
physician at Peoples hospital in
ST. Louis, Mo.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-06-29

Married = Miss Bessie Estelle
Gardner and Clesbie R. Daniels
Oh Palestine, Tex, both are grad
yates of Bishop college and teach
ing in the Booker T. Washington
high school in Wichita Falls, Tex
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-26
DECICCO BECOMES
 POSITION SEEKER
Italian Vice-COnsul to Re- main in U. s. When
 Office Closes

pasuuale DeCicco, Italian vice. consul at l6 1Court street, New Ha- ven, was quoted yesterday as saying that he intended to remain in New Haven to Hook for job" The cons sui added by way of modest self recommendation, that he will be at the disposal of any who need "a hard-working, reliable and conscien- tlous man."
 DeCicco, Q frequent visitor to Wa terbury in the past, and well-known to the Italian population of the state, will be compelled to close the vice consulate shortly, in compliance with the presidential order that such ofilces be closed by July 18th. The consul is in receipt of official noti- flcation to that effect, in orders from Commissioner c. Vecchiotti, Italian consul general in New York City.
 DeCicco had earlier indicated his intention of remaining in this coun- try, but confessed yesterday that he had no plans or business prospects for the future,
 The consul resides at PA Yale avenue, New Haven, is married and has three children. He has been . citizen of this country for 90 years and has lived In America decade longer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-26

out of the glass and got better footing.
 Any of the stricken, frightened people who thought that their or- deal ended with the i've waves of the first raid were disillusioned. l heard planes again, and knew the second raid was on.
 got cH the main street into 8 narrow thoroughfare. Climbing over c pile of rubble, I saw 2 man driy- ing Q horse along ahead of q small milk cart. l ducked into Q small doorway just as bomb made als most 6 direct hit on the cart. The man was blown to pieces and the cart went Up in dust--ali but Q few fragments of the shafts which clung to the horse. I saw that the horse had large wound in his shoulder, and he began charging Up and down in the narrow street that was blocsked at each end by piles Of rubbie. For Q moment l was more afraid of the horse, naddened with pain, than was of the things that rained out of the sky. I ran for one end of the street, but the horse blocked at each end by piles of shelter of the doorway and the horse charged past. After . couple of tries I managed to slip out enc end of the street while the horse was at the other end.
 arrived ct the American min- ister's home and found that the house next door had been hit. A man trying to escape had got his automobile half way out Of q gar- age when he was struck. His body lay across the steering wheel.
 Ministers Family Hide
 The minister, his wife and their staff had crawled under a grand plano and built e shelter of pillows and rugs ifi case the house caved in on them. joined them and the minister's wife poured Q double brandy for all of us.
 Just then the American military attache drove Up and said he was going to the center of the city, to destroy some documents in his of- flee. I decided to go with him. When we reached his oiiice, I went iil with him but he told me I had bet- ter go back outside and watch the automobile. ',
 I soon understood what he meant; People were desperate for trans.. portation and were willing to fight for tires or gasoline, People began to throw their bundles on the top of our car and try to climb inside of 1t. I chased them away. One man tried to rip of a front tire l chased him away. Then somebody took the cap of the gasoline tank and was preparing to giphon our gasoline and I chased him of.
 Actually, I fought people away from the car for half an hour. Finally the military attache, who planned to join the Jugoslaviail gen. eral staff came out of his ofiice and we drove Away.
 People along the streets were fighting and struggling for automo- piles, carts, anything on wheels that would get them away from the city. We drove through the fighting crowds to my apartment house. It had caught fire and half of 1t had burned away.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-26
Institute Organized
 On Jewish Affairs
Movement Underway To Protect Future Security FOl
 Race-Brief Prepared For Four Million People

The formation of on institute of Jewish Affairs has been announced by the American Jewish Congress, from its headquarters in New York City.
 The purposes and objectives of the new organization are manifold, but the essential aims of the In- stitute are summed up in the words o9 Rabbi stephen. s. Wise, presi- dent of the American Jewish Con- gress, and chairman of the execu- tive committee of the World Jew ish Congress. Tn this connection the noted cleric describes the pro- iected work of the body as an at- tempt to prepare Q brief ''on the basis of which four million Jews may be restored to normal life at tho end of the war, and means de- vised to prevent a recurrence oi what has taken place, and to in- sure security in the future"
 The Institute has been established in New York City under the direc- ton of pr. Jacob Robinson, for mer counsel to the Lithuanian gov ernment ct the International Court of Justices at the Hague, and one