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FLINT BROWNSVILLE NEWS, FLINT, MICHIGAN

LONDON. BUREAU
MINISTRY OF

LONDON~ (ANP) ~For
Abyssinia,~ mysterious white

against the Italians, has lived the life of a tribesman, eating raw meat and joining in their folk-songs around the

camp fire. Who is this man?

who has risen on. the war horizon like a brilliant comet? If
anybody knows, he is not prepared to tell. -
however, that ~Lawrence of Abyssinia~ is not a mete ad~He had been training himself for this rdle for

venturer.
the last five years.

He was the first man to greet
the emperor: when he came to
Englang to take refuge. He revealed his intention to the negus, and
readliy agreed to be initiated into
the mysteries of the Amharic
latiguage. He is the only white
man who can read, write and speak
this ancient language like the
natives of Ethiopia.

MASTERED LANGUAGE.Under the able guidance of the
emperor he mastered the language
quickly 4nd then set out for Abyssinia. With British thoroughness
this Lawrence decided to turn the
tables on the Italians, who had
distributed thousands of radio sets
to their newly conquered peoples

to tell them ~the blessings of the
Duce~s rule.~ With the help of
Lawrence, a faithful follower of

the emperor built a secret transmitting station from which daily

Britain were. broadcast.
_At first the Italians ignored the

back the sets. But by the time the
authorities came to collect them
~complaints were lodged by the native owners of the sets that they
had been stolen.

One of. Selassie~s chief advisers is
Ras: Kassa. Four years ago, Ras
Kassa came to London, but he was
one of the first of the chiefs to
return east in the hope that it
hypoth ~be possible one day to take
up. the struggle against the Italians. He lived for a time at

Though he was approaching ~50, he arose at 4 am.,
did some physical exercises and
started his English lessons. At 8
@.m. his tutor in Italian, a German Jew, came. Ras Kassa has
mastered both languages.

- He has learned to pilot an airplane and has studied radio technique. Short, but of great strength
Ras. Kassa is a typical Abyssinian
warrior with the genius of guerilla
tactics.

re peters

ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS

ORMATION BUILDING
By RUDOLPH DUNBAR

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four years ~Lawrend
man.aiding Ethiopian? What is he like, thig man

It can be said,

LOYALTY PROVED.-His loyalty and devotion to Haile
Selassie have been proved ove1
again. Neither Mussolini~s |threats
nor his gold could budge him from
his devotion to his empergr and
his native land. Ras Kassa has
something to remember the Italians
for. His two sons were executed
in the market-place of Ficce, in
northern Abyssinia. No reason was
given. When the news reached Ras
Kassa he was staying in a house at
Bath England. It was four years
ago~and for a few days) _ grief
stunned him: he refused to see any
one.

I was privileged to meet the ras
when. he was in London and indeed, he was-'a depressed looking
man. He never smiled, nor did he
seem affable among the friendly
coterie of English people. In the
days when Abyssinia knew peace,
the ras ranked second in power to
Haile Selassie. He is a man of cultured enlightenmént, ~and the author of a commentary on. the Bible:
I can imagine that the ~eye. for
an eye~ text must be in His mind
today.

Throughout the five years of the
Italian occupatidn of Abyssinia,
Ras Mogasha has stayed in the
country working secretly in spreading revolt. Now this fiercé fight- |
ing chieftain is named by the emperor as his commander-in-chief.
Ras Mongasha is~only 34, a short
broad-shoulder man with a high
forehead and ~ frequent | smile~
unusua] in a land of seridus faces
on which smiles are ~ seen in
public.

To see his emperor he, walked,

LISHMAN HELPS STIR E

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~nee Momcrtis Keep His Spirit Alive

Lincoln, a Sinanclpater

~
Once again the United States
~Abraham Lincoln, railsplittar who became one of the
great presidents of the United States. Born Febru
ary~ 12, 1809,

Lincoln~s spirit is kept alive in the
thoughts of Americans through many memorials in
many cities. Perhaps the miost important one is in

pays homage to ~Washington.

~The heroic-sized marble figure is by
Daniel C, French. On the north wall of the memorial is a bronze tablet bearing the words of Lincoln~s
famous Gettysburg address. The memorial was dedicated in May, 1922. A few of the many Lincoln.memorials are pictured above.

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bare-foot, over 300 miles. | He carried only a long spear, poison in
its point, with which defend himSelf in the event of his being detected by the Italians. I] Duce
has placed a very high pri~e on the
ras~ head.

Cal. Woman, 1 15
HearsFrom Wales

By LENA M. WYSINGER
ALAMEDA, Calif.~(ANP)
Mrs. Sylvia Hoover, 115 year-old

Almeda resident, has been honored with Christmas greetings from
Mrs. Harriet Mary Davies and her
three daughters, Gaynor, Gwyndais and Betty Davies of Wales jn
the British Isles. The letter from
Mrs. Davies and an English designed calendar.for 1941, bearing
greetings from the three daughters to Mrs. Hoover, were mailed
during the Yule season, but have
just arrived. The letter reads as
follows:

~As I read the papers I came to
see of your great age, and it madv
-me so happy to think that God
can give strength to a soul so
jong.

~Well dear, one thing I wish,
that I could have a chat with you
and hear all the history that you
know and have seen, I am sure
that you could keep me for ages

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'~ ~Well dear, I went to see a talkie
picture~ one night, and that was

Se-slave picture and it made me
to see

American pictures very much. Well
you see that is the life | | Hitler in
Germany would like to| give us
if he only should have B chance,
but it~s all balls on him now, he
is losing his victory, and| we are
gaining ours every day and we are
fighting a great fight top, for the
American nation, if America can
spare planes we~l] do the fighting.
all right, and we can spick to it,
too.

~The Welsh are a tdugh old~
race, plenty of go in us; and then
when all this war ~is over we will
be able to sing that great song,
~It's Heaven, Heaven~ littje children
are sending a Christmas) greeting
may you live to enjoy it, and we
here, with you, and may, God spare
you for another Christmas.

~I will close now with God's
blessing to you and family~.
May~ you all have a ferry and

Happy Christmas.
So I wish to remaini,.
Yours very sincerely,
Harriet Mary Davies, (Mrs.)
P. S. ~If you are Dark and I
am White Our two hearts are the
same, Amen.~

80 Taking. WASHINGTON,.D: C.~(SNS) ~
The interest*of Negroes in prepar
nationa

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~| Draftsmen in Nationay Defense in| dustries and the U. 8, Civil Serv
Defense

~beép approved for offering Defense
Training courses on~ the college
level. The course is preparing students for positions |of Junior

RICHMOND, Va. ~- (SNS)
Speaking at forty-second Founder~s Day celebration at Virginia
Union University last Friday, Dr:
A. Clayton Powell, Jr, declared
that the future of western society
and more specifically, of our democracy lies in~ the solution of the
Negro problem from the point oi
view of the Negro as a human being for ~whatever the fire of democracy is allowed to die out in
Negro communities, Its chances ol
being a blazing torch in any one
community are nul] and void.

Beginning his address with _ observations on present world condiion, Dr. Powell stated that ~twentieth century civilization -with ali
of its customs, traditions, institutions, mores, and concepts.. is
in eminent danger of being shoveo
tack culturally and morally five
thousands years.

~It is impossible for us worshir
blindly at the altar of progress
culture, and civilization when we
see such glaring evidence arounc
us that all these have become the
masters of mefi and are only relative into time--..Upon the basis ol
technological advancement, western culture prided itself as history~s

Negro Vital Link In Our
Democracy Asserts Powell

| RESTORATION TO THE INDI.

Future Depends
On Solution Of
Race Problem

greatest civilizaticn, but I believe
upon the basis of technological advancement that western culture
will go down to an inglorious defeat.~
DEMOCRACY A MYTH

The speaker: pointed out that as
far as the Negro is ~ cUncerned
western society has definitely subjected Lim to a Jower plane. Pure
democracy has been a myth. He
stated that ~for centuries, demo-~cracies lave been fraising their
proud heads, crying about liberties of men, fraternity, equality
brotherhod ~ at the same time
they confined thirteen million Negroes to perpetua] serfdom here
within the borders of this great
land. Men created in God's
image annot be crushed. anywhere
in the world without. eventually
crushing every other group in the
world that belongs to the _ havenots. The crying need is for THE

Raise $90

PETERSBURG, Va.~(SNS)~ In
a drive conducted by the Men's

| Senate, campus organization, Vir
ginia State College raised the sum
of $90 which was sent to Virginia Union University on Monday
as a contribution toward their
Building Fund, according -to a
statement made by Dr. John M.
Gandy: President of the State 9d
lege for Negitoes.

Wishing to do something, to aid

EXPOSE your

FAIRER, LIGHTER
LOVELIER UNDERSKIN
Fane Ree ry eee nse fine old Doctor~s

the fairer,
tt ~ia catled Dr. FRED
Paimer~s Whitener and

Va. State Students

For U nion
Union University to bring the Belgium Building from New York to
Union~s campus, the Men~s Senate
together with a group of faculty
members and women students
started a drive that lasted two
weeks and raised the sum of $90.00
which is expected to be increased
when ~uncollected pledges come in.

One. of the activities sponsored
by the group was a dance, open to
the public, at which the music was
furnished by the. ~Virginia State
College Rhythm Boys orchestra,
under the direction of Solomon
Phillips, Jr. The orchestra gave its
service in the interest of the fund.

Spearheads.in the drive for raising the fund were students, Wil
liam Pogue and James Bailey,
president and vice-president. respectively of the Men~s Senate..tarian grave, but one day

| who passed away in ~his~

VIDUAL OF HIS. -SUPREME
WORTH AS A HUMAN BEING.~

Emphasizing the fact that ~ the
black man~s destiny can be shaped
for the next century in the present
crisis, Dr. Powell proposed _ that
four steps be taken. The Negrc
church must be established as a2
mass bass, we must have radically
sincere leadership, militancy basec
upon. the power of non-violence
vege an implicit faith in a new orer

Ending his address with a hopeful outlook, Dr. Powell declarec
that ~upon the surface, many times
down through the ages, the cause
of progress and of human enlightenment seems ty have been lost,
the waters troubied by those whc
wanted to rule the world for themselves. BUT, ever and anon, __ beneath the surface, the Eternal
One hag moved the tides of life
with unfailing accuracy and minute
precision. We must not: desvair,
We may die and go down -to totalithere
will rise out of the embers of this
world order~a new one.~

WAR HERO DIES:

CHICAGO ~ (ANP) ~ Final
rites were held last Sunday for
Capt: Samuel R. Gwynne, World
War hero and veteran of Chicago~s famous Eighth Regiment,
sleep
Thursday night. Father Martin of
the Episcopal Church. conducted
the: religious services.

HONOR VET, 100 YEARS OLD
HARRIMAN, Tenn.~(ANP)~
Residen of. Brazelton, colored
community near here, at the foot
of. Walden~s Ridge, recently join-|
ed in honuring Steve ~Johnson,
Civil War veteran and former
slave, on the occasion of his 100th
birthday.

NO ASSESSMENT
WASHINGTON ~ (ANP) ~
The U. S. Court of Appeals last
week upheld a ruling of the district court to the effect that former Municipal Court Judge James
A. Cobb and 29 others holdin
shares in the defunct Prudent~
bank would not have to pay an
accessment of $100,000 made
egainst them by John -F. Moran,
receiver of the which clos~ed in 1932. ~
CAB DRIVERS WARNED
CHICAGO~ (ANP) ~
cab drivers

~.0; Box 6566, Dept. ~NP. Chicago,~ Di.

fines to be imposed for such ef-| ~

Names Brisadcast
Over ~Wings
Over Jor~lan~

NEW YORK --- (SNS) ~ The
names of twelve: Negroes and six
white persons wh~) made the Honor
Roll in Race Reljations for i194vu
were announced Sunday by Dr.
L. D. Reddick c# the New York
Public Library ctwer the ~Wings
Over Jordan~ prcigram of the

| Columbia Broadcasting System.

Each year a nation-wide - pol]
is conducted by t.he Schomburg
Collection of Negrb Literature of

the dozen Negroes (individuals,
organizations or in stitutions), over
the same period, \who have done
the half dozen whi s (individuals,
the most for the ~tmprovement of
race relations ~in terms of a rea!
democracy.~ This is a. feature of
Negro History. Week. No attempt

- Was made to rank the names.

Dr. Reddick, who is Curator of

the Schomburg Colkection, said
in the course of the announcement that the efforts of those

named demonstrate that democracy is indeed. worth saying at home
as well as abroad. The citations

were as follows:

NEGROES

LEO HANSBERRY, vrho with his
staff of lawyers, won a victory
before the United States Supreme
Court which outlawed the residential restrictive convenants of
Chicago property.owners,. These
convenants: would raise a color
bar against Negro citizens living in certain~ areas of that ci
-ty.
DOROTHY MAYNOR ffor her
beautiful voice and personal graciousness.

WILLIAM ~Dolly~ KING of Long
Island University Brooklyn New
York. The football basketball
and baseball star who is generally considered to be the greatest
athlete in the history of ~ that
university.

KENNY WASHINGTON. of the
University: of Sonthern - California at Los..

first season as coach at his alma

holding such a position in a lead
ing American University.

HENRY ARMSTRONG boxing his
tory~s only triple~ crown-holder.

~When he lost his last title in

1940, he went down like a cham
pion. Armstrong has consistently

stood against the segregation of

Negre pugilists,

EDDIE ANDERSON, better known

as ~Rochester,~ for his Harlem

premier of ~Buck Benny Rides

Again~ and for his Sunday even
ing performances with his. fellow
comedian; Jack Benny.

WILLIAM GRANT STILL for his

theme music for the New York

World~s Fair and for the score to

Katherine Garrison Chapin~s

poem ~And They Lynched Him |

on a Tree.~

THE BENJAMIN MASON FAMILY of Philadelphia, who invested the $150,000 won on a sweepstakes ticket in a block of lowrent cooperative homes.

PHILIPPA DUKE SCHUYLER,
unspoiled child prodigy, who added to her prizes from the New
York. Philharmonic Symphony
Society Carnegie Hall and Town

Hall, ~Philippa Schuyler Day~ at
the New York World's Fair~another example that genius knows
no boundaries of color.

BRIGADIER - GENERAL BENJAMIN O. DAVIS, who rose from
the ranks to the highest position
attained by a Negro in the
United. States army. BrigadierGeneral Davis demonstrates the
possibilities of the democratic
principle in al] phases of national, defense.

SITION AT CHICAGO, conceived by James W. -
and directed by Truman Gibson, Jr., this-was a magnificient
display of the cultural contributions of the Negro to American life.

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the New York Librayy to determine |

Angeles former. ~all- |
American~ who: made good in his |

mater. He is the only Negro;

Race Relations HonorR Xo
Is Announced By Reddic:

Home To A Former Sailor

This is home for Judge (Old Red) Moore, 63, who came to Atlanta

15 years ago. The former ship cook found himself without job and

os seteral rocks ago, at a peat ta os bandas
Mr. Siebert iaside ~ls ~Geanlolihy and ~Sear? vi
size of the ~house.~ Grady Hospital can be seen ih the
where Judge Moore may find himself if severe weather should hit At-:

lanta.~(SNs Photos.)

Blue Ribbon aie?

Get Negro

Members

NEW YORK-~(SNS) ~ Sevéralhattan who had qualifications for

hundred Negroes have been called
by the New York County Jury
Commissioner~s office for examina
tion as potential Blue Ribbon Pane] jurors and members of the New
York County Grand Jury, as a result of efforts by the NAACP, it
became known this week.

The issue was raised when a
Blue Rionon jury was sought~ for
the trial of Morris Preston, Negro,
charged with the murder of his
wife. Preston and his wife were
two of the seven persons- man
handled by a mob in the famous
Granbury. N.J., potato-pickers~
case in 1939.

When a Blue Ribbon jury was
sought Morris
counsel, raised the issue of the absence of Negroes on such juries in
New. York County. At Mr. Shapiro~s request a brief amicus curiae
was filed by the NAACP and hearings were held on the validity of

| trying Preston before an all white

Blue Ribbon Panel jury before
Judge Jonah J. Goldstein of the
Court of General Sessions.

At hearings before Judge Goldstein on January 30 the NAACP~s
secretary. presented to the Court a

list of 159 Negro residents of Man.

MacLeish, has: liberalized its employment policy and for the
first time in history rendered an
art, music, and book -

- festival |

jury service. Deputy~ Commissioners James McGurrin and Thomas
F. Kane expressed willingness to.
include on the jury list all Negroes
who met the qualifications and who
were willing to serve. Judge Goldstein adjourned the hearing to
February 11 to permit the NAACP
to prepare an additional] list of all
available persons.

' On Feb. 6 announcement was
made in the New York papers of
the appointment. of Robert P.
Braddicks as foreman of the Grand

Jury, the first time in history that

this has occurred. |

~| MAY PROBE FRATS
Shapiro, Preston~s |

WASHINGTON ~ (ANP) ~
Rumors of investigations of fraternity activities at Howard universjty are reaching the streets
and from all that~has been said
it is evident that certain officials
of the institution frown on the
activities of the Greeks.

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