Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-03-06
National Negro
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broadcast programs, public meet
fngs, and a variety Of activities IN
churches, schools, and colleges
throughout the entire nation.
RADIO PROGRAMS
Already five radio programs
have been arranged which will be
devoted entirely to the observance
or will touch upon it.
Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
TEN will air on coast to-
coast network on Saturday,
March q, at $3.50 o'clock a
One-hOur program featuring
leading editors and coiored
war correspondents and out
standing vocalists ard mu-
sicians Of the race.
Mutual Broadcasting System
has made available radio time for
another network broadcast on
Thursday, March a. 1t is the pub
fishers plans, if necessary ar
engagements can be made with the
military authorities to feature on
this program the role of the Ne
gro In five branches OF the armed
services - Air Forces, Marine
Corps, Coast Guard, Army and
Navy.
This program will probably orig
mate from the Norfolk-Po
mouth-Newport News area of
Virginia, where Is conferred the
greatest military establishments
in the Western Hemisphere.
OTHER HTGHLIGHTs
The Meet the Negro program
Tribune publisae2, for its speaker
on March at 7;45 p. m, and the
wings Over Jordan" CPS program
on Sunday, March 7, at 1920 will
have as its speaker a Texas news
raperman, j. Don Davis, manag-
ing editor of the Houston Infornler.
Assurances have been re-
ceived from DIR. c. Lake lines,
director of The OWI-sp0nsOr-
ed program, MY People"
regular MBS program at 1900
p. m. each Saturday, that the
observance will receive atten-
ton on that broadcast.
CHS BROADCAST
PARTICIPANTS
The Columbia BroadcaSting
System program on March 6, in
addition to the guest artists, will
feature p. B. Young, ST., editor
| in-cilief Of the Journal and
Guide, in the keynote address and
the following in a round table dis
cussion: Gardner Cowles, Jr.s pub
Usher Of the Des-Moines Register
Tribune and Look Magazine, new
cerving as director of domestic
operations for the Office Of War
Information; Carl Murphy, editor
n-chief Of the Afro-Arnerican; and
P L. Prattis. executive editor OF the
Pittsburgh Courier.
C. A. Scott of the Atlanta Daily
World will be unable to serve on
the CHS broadcast panel because
of illness, and Mr.. Gibson is sub
shutting for Carl Murphy, Afro
American editor chief, original
~ scheduled TO be a member Of the
panel.
Presiding over the discussion
will be william o. Walker, editor
of the Cleveland Call and Post
and president of the NNPA.
TO HEAR WAR
CORRESPONDENTS
By short-wave the Ameri-
can public will hear from at
least three Of the colOred war
correspondents now overseas:
David OrrO, Chicago Defend
er; Randy Dixon, Pittsburgh
Courier; and Ollie Stewart,
Afro Ameriean.
Another war correspondent now
overseas, Edgar r. Rouzeau of che
Courier, will be included If radlo
facilities are accessible where he
is on duty
Glenn T. Settle, director OF
Wings Over Jordan, a CHS feature
each Sunday morning, notified the
NNPA last weekend that he had
to cancel the appearance OF j. Don
Davis, Houston, Texas newspaper
man, as the March speaker, rep
resenting the Negro press, because
of government commitments.
NNPA OFFICERS
Officers OF the NNPA are:
william o. Walker, Cleveland
Call and Post, President;
Thomas w. Young, Journal
and Guide, secretary treas
urer; Mrs. Robert l.. Vann,
Pittsburgh Courier, c. A. Scott,
Atlanta Daily World, Louis E.
Martin, Michigan Chronicle,
and c. G. DeJ0ie, Louisiana
Weekly, vice presidents; and
John III. Sengstacke, Chicago
Defender, Frank l.. Stanley,
Louisville Defender, and Miss
Olive Digs, Chicago Bee, ex-
ecutive committee members.