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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-24

NNnd then, in twnklne heard on the roof e
Wv The prancine and pawine OF each little hoof = O
As drew in my head and was turninq around |iHf~
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with bound
He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot,
SSAnd his AZ clothes wer all furnished wih as hes and SCOT
A bundle of ~ toys he had flung on his back.
And he looked~ like pedder just opening his pacl,
MHEs eyes how they twinkled his dimples how merryI
His checks were like roses his nose like cheerful
His dro little mouth was drawn up =; like bow, -
And the beard OF his chin was as Unite a the snouJt
Ihe stump of az pipe he held tight in his teeth
fOAnd the smoke it y encrced his head like ureah,
He had broad face and little round belly
That shook when he laughed like Doubtful OF Jelly
4Khew chubby and plump. right jolly old ELF
And laughed wh saw HIM in spite of n,uself,
A wink of his eye and a tlpst Of hts head. Cd.
Soon gave me to krow had nothing to dread, r-O
NGe spoke not uord but went stra,eh to his work
And filled all the stockings; then turned with jerk
And laying his finger aside OF his nose 7ff7ffTfH
And giving nod up the chimney he rose V0V"
9Ge sprane to his sleigh to his team gave whistle
And auay they all flew like the down Of thistle -
But heard him exeaim ere he drove out Of sight o2
'meRRY CHRISTMAS to all aud to all good niehtSaa.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14
Negro Airline Files Application
With Civil Aeronauiics Board

Wilmington, Del. - Universal
Skyways, Inc, 927-929 Market
Street has filed an application
with the Civil Aeronautics Board
for a certificate of public convent
ence and necessity to engage in
charter air transportation be-
tween the terminal points Chi
cago, Houston and Atlanta. The
intermediate points designated in
the application were St. Louis and
Little Rock, between the terminal
points Chicago apd Houston, while
Indianapolis, Louisville and Nash
vile were the intermediate stops
applied for between Chicago and
Atlanta. Universal Skyways re-
ceived a certificate of incorpora-
ton from the State of Delaware
in May 1914, and was authorized
to issue 1000 shars of stock, nom
par value. The corporation is
the worlds second Negro airline.
The increasing volume of pas
senger and cargo traffic with its
vast economic possibilities for
colored personnel in the expand
ing air-age is the chief pivot
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14
Xmas Season
Opens at A N & n

Pine Bluff.-A series of pro-
grams will make up the annual
observance of the Christmas sea-
son at A. M. and N. College this
year.
Opening the season Wednesday
night, the Spotlighters, dramatic
group, will present their first
play, "The Sinister House." in
the college auditorium. Sinister
House" is three-act mystery
melodrama, and has a strong sup
porting cast of talented students,
The play is under the direction
Of L. G. Archer, director of Eng
lish and Dramatics. Prof. Archer
is graduate of Morehouse COL
lege and the University of Toron-
to.
The first in a series of guest
artists will start Thursday when
Walter R. Chivers, noted sociolo-
gist, will make several lectures
and conduct forums on the camp
us. The lecturer is professor of
Sociology at Morehouse college,
Atlanta, Georgia. He is grad
uate of Morehouse college, New
York school of Social Work, New
York University, and has studied
at Chicago University and the
University of Wisconsin.
The traditional lighting of can
dies and Christmas Cantata will
be presented during the Vesper
Hour by the Girls Choir and Mix
ed Chorus, Sunday, December t.
The Girls Chorus will present
Gloria in Excelsis" arranged
from the works by Felix Men,
delssohn. Helen Heggs and Deb
orah Williams, students, will be
featured as soleists.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14
NOW Movement
Cirds for Fight

The March on Washington
Movement which served as the
spearhead and coordinating Or
ganization back of the fight for
Executive Order 1902 and the
Presidents Committee on Fair
Employment Practice in the early
days of the National Defense
Program, is, according a A. Philip
Randolph, national director, at
the headquarters in New York
City, girding and mobilizing its
forces to do battle for the pas
sage of Bills S. 101 and H. r.
2232. The various MOWM units
throughout the country are ex-
tremely busy developing their
forces to give all the aid to the
magnificent fight which is being
waged by the National Council
for a Permanent FEPC, to put
through the above mentioned
bills. The role of the March viii
be particularly effective and sig.
nificent if the forces of opposition
compel the necessity and employ.
ment of drastic demonstration!
for this measure, said Mr.. Ran
dolph.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14
Booker Presides
Over Nail Bar

Attorney J. R. Booker, local
lawyer and second vice president
of the National Bar Association
presided over all the meetings OF
that body when it convened re-
Gently in Cleveland, Ohio, Nov
ember 30, 30 and December I.
The National Bar Association is
an organization composed of 1900
Negro attorneys and also some
white and foreign members, since
the association draws no color
line. Atty, Charles w. Anderson,
Jr, of Louisville, KY, is the re-
firing president.
The discussions of the associa-
ton conferred around: Cd Restric-
tive Covenants, led by Attorney
Thurgood Marshall, well-known
in this community because of his
work in connection with the
Teachers Salary Suit; (2) Dis
criminatory Practices in the En-
forcement of the CT Bill, led by
Judge William H. HASTE, dean
of the Howard University Law
School; 90 Discrimination in EN-
ployment, led by the Honorable
Elmer Carter, member of the
committee against race discrimi-
nation in employment, commonly
known as New York's FEPC.
The Association unanimously
Booker first vice president, At
torney John A. Hibbler Of this
city is member of the Executive
Board at Large. Attorney Earl
B. Dickerson of Chicago was
elected president for the ensuing
year; Mrs. Sadie T. M. Alex
ander of Philadelphia, secretary;
Mrs. L. Marion Poe of West Vir-
ginia, assistant secretary; and H.
l.. Gassaway, Cleveland, Ohio
Councilman, treasurer. The next
session of the association will be
held in Detroit, Michigan. Be
sides Attorneys Booker and Hib-
bier, there were also present from
this state Attorneys W. A. Sing
field of this city, and Harold
Flowers of Pine Bluff.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14
NAVY LL-WHITE POLICY AIRED
Jefferson County Makes Fine
Showing in tuberculosis Work

Pine Bluff.-When DR.. Marion
A. Boggs, pastor of the Second
Presbyterian Church, Little Rock,
presented the National Tubercu-
losis Negro Essay Prize to Fran
els Elizabeth Smith in the college
chapel this week, it marked the
second time that student from
the schools of jefferson county
had brought this honor to the
county and state. DR.. Boggs gave
high praise to the winner and
called it an achievement of the
mind.
Francis Elizabeth Smith was a
student of the J. c. Corbin High
School at the time of the contest
and won the top award for the
best essay from high school
student out of 100000 essays from
all sections Of the nation. Last
year, Carliss Lee Mays, Merrill
student, won the national prize.
Both students selected the A. M.
and N. College to use the $4,000
scholarship fund which is the first
prize.
In addition to the $4,000 schol-
arship prize, DR.. Boggs presented
the winner a gold medal, and Mrs
Fred Ingram, president of the
efferson County tuberculosis AS
ISOLATION, presented last years
and this years winner an addi-
tional cash prize. A silver pla-
que was presented to Principal
George Jones, Corbin High
School Miss Rosemary Walker,
English Instructor of Corbin, re-
ceived certificate.
Mrs. c. Needham, executive
secretary, efferson county, Mrs.
F. S. Milwee, auxiliary secretary,
Mrs. w. T. borough, state execu-
tive and Mrs. E. A. Bennett, Of
flee secretary Of the tuberculosis
Association, were introduced.
Superintendent H. F. Dial of Pine
bluff schools, president.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14
Booker A. Rice Wins NAAcp Annual
Baby Contest; Project Adds $4,000
DR.. r. c. Woods. Atty. J. r.
Booker Speakers as
Contest Closes

Turning in more than One
Hundred Fifty Do1alrs in the
NAACP Annual Baby Contest
which closed at the USO- YMCA
Friday night, Master Booker A
Rice, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. T. J
Rice and sponsored by the AKA
Sorority, received top prize OF
$1,000. This project brought ar
increase of $4,000 in the organi-
zation's funds to advance the
fight against discrimination and
other injustices against the Ne
gro.
Other awards were made to
Master L. r. Gainoes, sponsored
by Sigma Gamma Row Sorority,
who raised 5000 and was given
second prize of $500; the third
prize of $3.50 going to Mahlon
Adrian Martin, supported by
Capital Hill PTA, who reported
more than $41.00.
DIR. WOODS URGES STRONG
MEMBERSHIP
DR.. R. c. Woods, pastor, Roa-
noke BAPTIST Church Of Hot
Springs, principal speaker, traced
the activities of the NAACP in
behalf of the Negro and warned
the aN9inDee that sss,less' thsre Il
a well supported organization te
fight for our rights, there will be
thousands unemployed in the
coming winter. +" He was
introduced by the Rev. w. Mar
Gus Taylor, President of the To-.
cal branch.
The Legal Redress Committee
through Attorney j. r. Booker
reported the activities of the
NAACP to make legal redress
in all cases where the rights OF
the Negro had not been respect
ed. " 1t was pointed out that
the campaign for the new year
would cover the equalization OF
educational opportunities by COM
pelling states with separate
schools to pay the costs; and by
compelling School Boards in
states without segregation to con-
tinue the policy of non-segrega-
ton.
AS the contest closed, several
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14
coodiellows To
Provide Xmas
Cheer for Needy

The Negro Committee of the
GoGodfellows Christmas Cheer
Club has been set up and is ask
ing generous donations for the
purpose of providing Christmas
dinners for needy and deserving
colored families. This is an an
nual effort to which our citizens
cheerfully respond. The success
of the work of the committee de-
ponds solely upon gifts and dona-
tons from our people. There
are numbers of families unable
to enjoy a Christmas dinner
without the help of sympathetic
persons. 1t is the intention of
the committee to reach as many
such families as possible accord
ing to the amount of funds con-
tributed.
Those desiring Christmas din
ners are requested to register at
the Urban League, 914 Gaines
Street, before December 10, be-
tween 2 and 5 pm, in order that
they may be considered and pro-
vided for.
Churches, clubs, sororities and
fraternities, civic and special or
CARNATIONS, and other groups
and persons are cooperating in
this enterprise. It is important
that we respond generously to
this need. 1t is our duty to see
that deserving families are fur
nished Christmas cheer so far as
we are able. We urge you not
to overlook or neglect this mat
ter. Bring Christmas cheer to
those in need.
Mrs. B. H. Childress, general
chairman, assisted by Mrs. B. j.
Bryant, co-chairman, Mrs. Sadye
Thompson, Mrs. Edna Wallace,
Mrs. Cullins, and others, are So
Letting contributions. Miss Annie
B. Gillian is chairman of the
finance subcommittee, and Mrs.
L. M. Walker is treasurer. The
Urban League and Phyllis Wheat
ley Y,WC.A. are contributing
services and facilities. All COM
mittee workers are requested to
report next Sunday, December
l6, l945 at pm. at Phyllis
Wheatley Y.W.C.A., 924 Gaines
Strete.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14
Freedom Of Press
Means Nothing to
Florida Paper

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-(WDL)
When the Fort Lauderdale
News printed an editorial uphold
ing the police for breaking up an
interracial young peoples service
at the New Mount Olive Baptist
Church, Luella S. Halverson,
Florida secretary of the Workers
Defense League, promptly sent in
a letter to the editor. But the
paper did not believe sufficiently
in freedom of the press to print
the letter.
"You defended the action of the
police on the ground that they
were reminding these young
people Of an 'unwritten agree
ment' that the Negroes of Fort
Lauderdale should stay in their
section of town after dark and
that the white people should stay
in their part after dark" the let
ter said. When was this agree
ment made and by whom? No
one, either white or colored, seems
to know anything aboussyuch an
agreement. Interracial meetings,
both religious and otherwise, are
being held in many places result
ing in better understanding be-
tween the two groups. Certainly
this is greatly needed in Fort
Lauderdale.'
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14
Gets Sharp Protest on Barring
Returning Soldiers From Carrier

Washington, D. C.-The refusal
of Navy officers of the aircraft
carrier Croatan to allow 1913
Negro soldiers to come home on
that vessel, solely because they
were not white, drew a sharp
protest last week from the NAA-
CP to Secretary of the Navy,
ames v. Forrestal.
Citing an incident from World
War l, where Negro regiment
was barred from returning to the
United States from France by a
battleship captain who declared
Negroes had never ridden Except
as servants) on a battleship land
never would" the NAACP letter
declared:
1T is ~ years since 1918 and
despite the progress that has
been made in many areas of hui
man relationships, we find the
United States Navy in 1945 no
farther ahead in its attitude than
it was in 1918"
Pointing out that Thousands of
Negro fighting men have returned
from both the Pacific and Europ-
can theaters Of war on other than
Navy combat ships, completely
without segregation, Roy Wilkins
of the NAACP wrote:
1T remained only for the Navy
to say to these men that they
could not return ON q Navy ves-
sci because Of their color. II the
United States Navy il to leave
as final memory in the minds
Of Negro American soldiers the
bitter thought that because they
are not white they cannot re-
ceive at the hands Of their coun-
try's Navy the same treatment
as other veterans who fought the
good fight, then the war against
Hitlerism has not been won. This
Association calls upon you to is
sue orders to all commanders Of
Navy vessels being used ~ re-
turn veterans to the United States
to accept contingents as sched-
uled without regard to race or
color"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14
K. P. ANNUAL
MEET

Ell DORADO-K. of p. No
81 will hold its local annual,
December 10, at 3 pm, at els
E. and B. Street. Order of Cal
anthe No. 106 will hold its local
annual December 20 at 2.30 pm.
at 6l5 f and B Street. All men,
bers of both concerns are re-
quested to be present.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14

Secretary Dies

Mrs. Annie c. Moore who has
been secretary to Dr. ]. M. Rob-
inson for twenty-five consecutive
years, died at 1880 PM Sunday.
She was a graduate of Fort
Smith High School and was a
member Of First Baptist Church
here.
She is survived by her daugh-
ter who lives in Chicago, and
several relatives in Fort Smith.
Her interment will be announced
in Fort Smith at a later date.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14

new members were received by
the organization. The awards
were made to winning contest
ants by Mrs. Myrtle Williams and
Misses Anna Gillian and E.
Copeland. Music was furnished
by Dunbar High School band,
under direction of Mrs. oJhnson.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14
Here And There
BY Ted Hollinsworth

Waskom, Texas.-The Waskom
State Line Clinic operated by
Doctors H. H. Vaughn and d. B.
Daniels was destroyed by fire
recently in the business district
of this little East Texas town.
One of the heroes of the big fire
was Horton Howard, a colored
employee. who carried Mrs. Van
Burt, a veteran white employees
to safety. This little saw mill
town Is not always kind to ito
Negro citizenship. but every once
and q while a Negro gets on the
front page saving the life Of .
white citizen.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14
HEAVY DEMAND FOR
NAACP CHRISTMAS SEALS

New York.--Heavy demand for
Christmas seals of the NAACP,
especially from southern states,
indicates that the total sales may
reach one million, it was announ-
ced here. More than 100000 seals
had been distributed as of Deem
Der |,
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14
Protect Pigs

Guard rails along the sides OF the
narrowing pens will save many
young pigs from being crushed by
large sows. To be effective the rails
should be about eight inches above
the floor and extend aboc. the same
distance from the sides Of the pen.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14
Temporary Patching

A small hole In pot or pan can
be patched temporarily with dress
snap fastener. After inserting fast
ener, fatten stud TO make container
watertight.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14

Marshall Texas.-Sgt. Clyde
Webb. who was recently dis
charged from the army and who
has been trained as . mechanic
specialist on engines Of all types.
applied at the Texas and Pacific
Shops here as q mechanic or
truck driver, and was turned
away with the reply, I'VE win
give pos = joe "a laborsr. We
hsve no other u Apensd." Ten
minutes later swhite veteran
was hired as a truck driver. Be-
cause the Sergeant is a Negro
he has to 60 East or somewhere
else to get the job he has been
trained for by the U. S. Army.
Many veterans are returning
home in Texas and telling their
relatives "Howdy" and then GO
ing to other parts of America to
make their homes because Of job
discrimination. Throughout the
Lone Star State, whites are re-
placing colored workers who
have served faithfully during the
war.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14

! Shreveport, Louisiana.-Rev-
erend Dave Williams, blind Bap-
fist minister, was given Life in
the penitentiary recently for kill
ing his wife. II was brought out
at the trial that the blind minis
ter had killed q former wife IN
Waco. Texas. Hundreds Of curl
Gus spectators packed the court
room each day during the trial
because the minister was one OF
the most widely known blind
ministers in the South.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14
Negro Medics On
re Health Board

Washington, d. C.-The APP
pointment of two Negro physi-
clans and Negro nurse to an
Advisory Board on Health Ser
vices to coordinate activities of
the American Red Cross in the
health field has been announced
by Basil OConnor, national Red
Cross chairman.
The two men are William Rod
erick Brown, Jr., M. D., of Pitts
burgh, Pa, and John w. Chcnault,
M. D., of Tuskegee, Ala. The
woman is Mrs. Marion B. Sey-
nurses, Freedmen's Hospital,
Washington, D. c.
around which the areonautical
program of Universal Skyways
will revolve.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14

Note: Coming to Natchez by
way of Vicksburg, I got off the
train at Harriston, Miss. This
is % miles from Natchez. To
get a bus one has to walk two
miles to Fayette, Miss. as no
BUSES come through Harriston.
Fortunately I rode with a good
Mississippi white man in an ex-
press truck. This Mississippi
white man talked about Negroes,
Jews, Catholics, and Yankees.
He was bitter towards the Jews
and the Catholics. | agreed with
everything he said almost all Of
the twenty eight miles until we
were near Natchez. He put me
out and was kind enough to show
me the taxi stand. Negro cafes
are filthy;
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14

Harriston, Mississippi Pass
ing through this little town en-
route to hatcher, Mississippi, the
colored citizens informed me that
the Negro school is -four miles
from town., but the white folks
got one in town. One veteran
who has recently been discharged
after four years in service, in
formed me that the reason he
came back was because his
mother and father were old and
he wanted to make their last
days their best.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1945-12-14

Natchez, Mississippi.--In this
ancient city where more than
800 souls met death in the fam
GUS dance hall fire, the Missis-
sippi General Baptist State Con-
vention has just closed a one day
session on the campus of Natchex
College. Six thousand five hum
bred dollars were raised for edu-
cation. DR.. Fl. H. Humes Of
Greenville, Mississippi, is the
president of the convention.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
Galvin-Gaskins
Vows Announced

NEW BERN, Nov. 81. - Miss
Mary Frances Gaskins, of Wash
ington, DC. formerly of New Bern
and John A. Calvin, Jr., of Wash
ington, were married Friday even
ing, November 16, at Holy Name
Church rectory in Washington in
the presence of few relatives and
friends.
The bride wore royal blue, with
matching hat trimmed with an os-
trich feather. She wore an orchid
corsage.
Immediately after the ceremony,
there was an informal reception
and cake. cutting at the bride S
home. The couple left afterwards
by airplane for a wedding trip tc
New York. Upon their return, they
took up their residence in Suitland
Va.
Mrs. Calvin is the daughter OF
Mrs. James Harris Avery, Of
Washington, formerly of New
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
BY BONNIE Wiley
APP NeWsfeatureS

TOKYO There'll be chopsticks
and fans under some of Ameri-
cas- Christmas trees this year, but
not the lavish kimonos and shin
ing lacquer ware the CTS in the
occupation forces here wish they
could send the folks back home.
That's because there's nothing
much left to buy on the Gina
once Tokyo's gaily-lghted shop
ping district where yen-laden pre-
war tourists bought Oriental CAD
gets for Aunt Nellie and Uncle
Bob. In fact, there's nothing much
left of the Gina, itself, except
some piles of rubble, dotted with
an occasional building left stand
ing. But to these few unharmed
stores Christmas gift-minded CTS
flock daily, coming out with a Law
ish supply of chopsticks and fans
but little else.
Kimonos, which top the Yanks'
shopping list, are as scarce as
hens teeth (and so are the hens,
for that matter). Industrious Jap
anese-if they can secure the silk
probably will whip up some fo1
the holiday trade, but right nov
it doesn't pay to try to do your
Christmas kimono buying early
Too, bazaars are in the planning
and sails will be set up along the
streets, ready for buyers.
First corners to Tokyo snapped
up the few available kimonos, pay
ing around one thousand yen fol
the lavish ones Fifteen yen to the
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
Citizenship
Department To
Mea+ Thursday

The Amer can Citizenship depart.
ment of North Carolina Sorosis will
hold a program meeting Thursday
afternoon at o'clock in the club.
rooms of the society. Mrs L. o.
Fonvielle is chairman of the depart
ment. Other department officers
are Mrs. w. L. Williford, vice-chair.
man, and Mrs. A. G.. White secre.
tary.
Colonel L. L. Simpson will be the
speaker of the afternoon and ad.
dress the group on, Every Ameri-
can Home, A Basic Center of Good
Citizenship.
J. E. Phie1, organist and music
director of the First Presbyterian
church, will have charge of the
musical program of the afternoon.
Immediately following the pro.
gram an informal tea will be held