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Has Good

Dr. George Washington Carver, fame. scientist
of Tuskegee. has developed a new drug; from the
Persimmon for treatment of pyorrhea, a disease which
attacks the gums. Still in the experimental] stage,
the néw drug was desaribed at the meeting of the
dental division of the John A. Andrew Clinical So-_

Land- Loving Georgians Being
Up-Rooted By Expanding Army

Soil Which Raised F amilies

For Four Generations ~Faken

WASHINGTON, D. C.~(ANP) ~ Who is responsible ~,
for the rehabilitation of the hundreds of farm families be- army searchlights at Camp Stewiug removed from areas which the war department is tak
At one time, there was

ing over for camps.

ment going on with the war department telling the depart
News For Pyorrhea Sufferers.

ciety. Asserting that he did not want the drug put
on the market until it has been perfected, Dr. Carver
declared: ~I'am not a dentist nor a physician. I am
just an humble.chemist.working to make some of the
growing things the Creator has given us in sueh
| abundance, of greater usefulness to mankind.~

~Many of them have been able; to believe ohly with the~ greatest
| difficulty what they have always
looked to be as the bedrock of their
security is about to be swept away
om beneath them. Not untfl the

| art began to pierce the evening sky
did many of these families realize
| that the whole thing. was real, that
they would really have to get off

a merry argu: |

ment of agriculture to keep its hands off, the affair was | ineir lang and Jeave their home ~to |

strictly War Department business.

Now the shoe' seems to

the mercy of their nation~s soldiers,

tute~s

ing of the Army~s

planning to participate it Army

Flight training of flying cadets
in the army air corps consists otf
elementary, basic, and advanced.
Each phase extends over approximately ten weeks, Applicants passing the physical and educational
examinations and who are assigned
to training are first given a five
weeks. initiation. period.. prior. to
flight training. During this period
he is equipped with uniform, flying
suit, mechanic~s suit, etc., necessary to flight training. Immediately upon acceptance the cadet rereceived $75 per. month pay plus
allowance for board and lodging,

At the conclusion of ithe introductory five - weeks period, the
cadet is assigned to a Civil] Advanced Flying School having army
contract for clementary: raining of
army cadets. ~

First ranking reason for elimination would be inability to perform flight maneuvers up to required standard. Cadets eliminated
are subject to further cadet training for phases of air corps opera
tions having to do with ground
services and functions.

The sixty per cent graduating
irom _ the elementary training

course at the civil advanced flying
school are then transferred to an
army air corps base for ten weeks
of basic training.

Upon graduation from the advanced course, the cadet is commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant and~

| placed on reserve or is assigned for

active duty in an air corps unit.
Owing to the present defense program, practically all, such.graduates are-placed. in active service,

Applicants for flying caadet. training must pass a rigid physical
examination and an educational
examination. In cases of the edu
cational examination, those appli
cants who can present to the ex
| amining board acceptable evidence

of at least two full years of college or univt-isity. are nov required to undergo the ecucational
examination.

All applicants must present birth

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Seventy Peon
Hired As Teachers

TUSKEGEE INSTIPUTE, Ala. ~(SNS) ~ Negre youth
throughout the country are making ~application to the Army Air
Corps for training as Flying cadets, Director G: L. Washington
of Tuskegee~s School of Mechanical Industries has. from the beginning directed and had immediate supervision of Tuskegee Insti-; aviation prograin. At the sam~ time he has. been closely associated with Army Air Corps officials having to do with the shapplans for the enlistment and training of Negro
-) cadets. Director W ashington has advanced the following mformation and differentiation regards aviation activities to be centered
about Tuskegee Institute. Such information and clarification should
be both timely and of particular iterest to those interested and
air cOfps flying cadet training.

|;-with no previous flight training

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vided, In this unit Negro-youth

but who had been accepfed as flying cadets will begin training for
the- air corps at $75 per month
plus subsistence and. other ~provisions. It fs in this connection that
Tuskegee Institute will enter the
strictly Army training picture.

The Institute, having already an
advanced flying school rated by the
United States Department of Commerce as such, has been designated
to receive Army contract for the
elementary training of cadets just
as incase of some 28 such schools
throughout the country. Graduates of this unit will be transferred
to the 99th Squadron Base for the
next and basic course. -

After December, 1941, the one
avenue to. entrance into the 99th
Squadron Base will be through
Tuskegee Institute elementary
Army. training unit.. Prior to that

ST. LOUIS, Mo.~(IIN)~Joe Louis is handed a
certificate making him an honorary Scout of Troop
203 of the All Saints Episcopal Church in St. Louis.
~are, Harold P. Caldwell,

On platform, from left,

Commissioner.

Joe Louis. E_ D.
Interracial = 7

Field Commissioner; W. E. Rand, Field~ Executive,

Hegamin, District Commissioner,
and Robert W. Bostick, Field

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time the enrollment of cadets in
this unit will be restricted in numbers thus allowing C:A.A. secondary graduates to be cleared without. overioading training facilities
and schedule of graduates of the
99th Squadron training center,

Beginning in December the
cadet enrollment at the Tuskegee
Institute elementary Army training
unit will be 30 cadets every _ five
weeks with concurrent classes.

Tuskegee Institute will continue
to conduct the Civil Pilot Training
programs now in progress. There
will be cntirely separate facilities
for the Army training program.
These will consist of base and auxiliary, landing fields. At the base.
will be constructed hangers, repair
shops, classroom and laboratory
faciiities, facilities for. Institute
and Army udministrative personnel, facilities for flight surgecn
and infirmary, dining: hall, dormitories, etc.

New OPM Appointee To Spee

Up Training Of Race Workers

WASHINGTON. D. C. ~ (SNS)~,
Sidney Hillman, Associate Djrector
of the Office of Production Management, Monday announced apointment. of James C. Evans, di_
rector of Trade and Technical Education at West Virginia State
College, as Vocational Training |

ers for maintenance of aircraft.
Three distinct aviation training
facilites, therefore, will be centered about Tuskegee Institute~the
99th Squadron Training Base at
Fort Davis just outside: of Tuske
Tuskegee Institute. and Army / gee, the Tuskegee Institute Elesupervising personne] will number} mentary Army training unit at
some 70 rersons including 12 flight | Tuskegee, and the Civilian Pilot

instructcrs who: will nave previously. undergone special Army train
Training programs as the existing
Tuskegee Airport. The 99th Squad
Assistant in the Racial Relations
Section of OPM. ae

Mr. Evans, coordinator of nationa] defense training for Negroes
in West Virginia, will be assigned
to the office of Dr. Robert C_Weaver, who heads the newly cre.
ated section which is concerned |

with the integration ~ of Negroes}

into ~the training and industrial
phases of the national defense program. Until recently, Dr. Weaver
directed similar work in the Labor
Division of OPM, whe% he served
as. an Administrative Assistant. a

In ~announcing the appointment,
Mr. Hillman said:

~The Office of Production Man.
agement is deeply cognizant of. the
importance and necessity of train
Be

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] sther foot, especially in areas like that adjacent | When they did realize it, they acgage elie 360,000 | cepted the fact with resignation.

to Hinesville, Ga.,

where the ar my

~gs taking over

certificates: 1f this cannot be se-:. eve: ~You can~t rare up against the | cured, a ce:tifying statement made

acres of farm land for an anti-aircraft camp. ~ Guv'ment.~ one cheerful old lady | out by parents or guardians on
F: rye ae tenacity with which these Negroes | said. special form and notarized will be
ices one ce the Faperonent ~hold to their smal] farms, appears In this particular section of | years of age must submit written;
hag assured coNtrol of some 215,- | to be a feature of this coastal sec- Georgia, three counties are -par- accepted. Applicants upaer: 21
(00 acres peopled by some 713 ~ton of Georgia. |ticularly involved, Liberty, Bryan | permission of parents or guardian

i kG t re than half! ~These Negroes. have /had ample | and Long counties, but the Georgia | to enlist for such training.

poe erry ce ma ve opportunity to observe the ~condi- problem is only one of many which All applicants must be unmara spol asi ti vg ~there are 140, ticns of near-peonage which exists |the army and the war department | ried and none will be accepied who. ~ ac sae Savs the de- ationg their brethren on the tur- | are creating in other sections of | have exceeded their 27th birthday.
i ae ar aieubae. thr rougn pentine plantations. | For -them | the country. However, in the south, | Application is made through the
vi A whith ae | the problem on its "heir land is more than an. ex- | where farms are at a premium, | corps area. headquarters for the
~: | pamse of dirt, more even than 4_ the situation grows more and more | state in which the applicant remanne: 1: home. it is a symbol of security acute with each increase in the_| sides. Applicants need not have
~The ~egre owners present @ nd independence. They are poor, army cantonments and with each | had previous flight training though

different ~type of problem from the |

white farm owner. In_a surprising
large number of cases, the land
held by these Negroes has been in
for three or four
generations, On one farm visited,
a 85-vear-old Negro grandmother
told us She had been ~born and }
raised~ on that very spot. The |
standard of life of her family is |
an@ their case. income is
meager; yet they had never mort- |, gaged their land or
shackle house. ~No, this place ain~t
got no papers over- -it~ the ancient
woman proudly said.

they have something they can call ee itera from entering~ the elementary *

their own. Naturally these) people Italy~s annual production of elec- | course.

are terrified, to give up. the land tric energy has been estimated at In order to provide equal oppor| which to them means the differ- | from 17 to 18 billion kilowatts, | tunities for training of Negro

their ram- |

~As one of their white neighbors |

said, ~When a Negro buys a piece

~ of Jand, it~s out of circulation,~ The |
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_ YOUR UNBORN* SKIN
_ IS FAIRER, Sint SMOOTHER

| Help Bring pling Wh. Out
~Quigkér This eae, ~Way

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as. directed to help
~er, brighter, lovelier underskin.

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these Negro owners,

and |
i a

ence between independence

economic slavery.

but at least | expansion for military needs.

which wil] be increased by five bil
Geumnies

Army training facility home be pro
As Georgia Teachers Elected Harper

balloting committee are
shown as they checked the credentials of one of
the 826 teachers who voted Friday for officers
of the Georgia State Teachers and Educational Association in Augusta. The balloting was a four-hour

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Members of the.

job. ~ahh to ip, legasliies ee ~of 'Sévainab;
~Miss Rebecca |, Dickerson, - of Atlanta, ~and Miss
~Myrtle.E. Harris, of Augusta. (SNS: PHOTO: by

~MACKAY) ~ ees

same does not bar the applicant |

youth ag cadets, a civil elementary.

ing;*3 "ground school instructors,

and:some 20 mechanics and help-- up.

ron* Base isa strictly Army

set- | ing the vast reservoir of Negro la
_bor for integration into skilled and

The Globe Trotter

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~By Cliff Mackay

THE DIE IS CAST

/ AUGUSTA, Ga.~During the past weekend this
writer was an interested observer during the twentyfirst annual session of the Georgia Teachers and Educational Association which convened in the beautiful George T. Walker school in this historic old city.

Our first impression was puzzle. oe
ment over why so few teachers attend. This session was heralded ag
the most important in the- associa.
tion~s history. Three things which
have plagued Negro education in
Georgia and other Southern States
for lo these many years Wag to bé
acted on.

MAJOR ISSUES:

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The matter of removing the unjust. disparities
between the salari~s paid Negro and white teachers
was to qecupy the number one spot on the pregram
Then there was the evil of rank discrimination in
the matter of school bus transportation and the
equally unjust matter of inadequate educational opportunities for not only those desiring to do gradu.
ate and professional studies, but for the pupil, in
the lower grades as well.

All of these issues have demanded immediate
zliention for @ long time. And especially so since a
liberal;Supreme Court has focussed attention on the

fact that these unequalities are direct contradictions
to, the provisions of the United States Constitution.
In Georgia, figures show, there are more than; 5,000 school teachers. And figures also show that in
Augusta at this. most historic of meetings there were
ectually less than 800 teachers registered:.

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_ ONE. PRIVATE TEACHER

_ Of this 800 there was but one teacher from a
| Private school. None of the officials of Georgia's
meny private schools. even. bothered {6 ~look in on
the session.

It was whispered about that pressure. had been
put on Negro teachers by many county sUpéryvisors
not, to attend this session. That might haye. been
true. I don~t know.. I do know that there was not
a single county teacher-from Fulton at the meet_
ing. ~And ~the same thing could be said for most. of
the other counties.

_The supervisors certainly wasted a lot of en

MANY HOURS OF. DISCUSSION.: '

I sat and listened for two nights and a day to
discussion. Thousands of words were spoken, J]
heard severa] state officials speak. They chanced to
be in the city because the white teachers were meet:
ing there at the same time.

All of their addresses bore a remarkable similarity. - All confessed that something should be done
about the salary differentials, but they all agreed
to a Man that more important issues faced the teach.
ers.. Mongy wasn~t everything, was the general theme
expounded. Service to humanity, ~etc., should be the
first consideration Negro teachers were told.

And after the white officials outlinedthe hymn
of ~do-nothingness~ they left behind a whole corps
Of appeasers to sing the chorus. They got up on the /
floor Friday afternoon and very nearly suceeded in
heaving the whole thing.tabled until way up in efor

HOLLEY IN ACTION

~Don't upset the boat,~ shouted J. W. Holley of
Albany. ~Our good white friends are looking out for

| removing these inequalities.
' Supreme Court had jkhanded down its momentous

+ lew the ~militant lead of Virginia, Maryland,, Ten.
| nessee.

talk, and gone back piace tees aavweces their
@miperience. - ae eeu caeiing ictealpiatie ~wes
Gone about any of of these important: thjngs. oe

| heen so willing to sit down and talk this matter over

| vaded the Georgia Teachers and Educational Asso.

us. Never before in the state~s history have they

with us.~

i Mr. Holley and his 6: followers failed to look
deep enough. Had they but paused and considered
for a moment they could have found the reason
WHY ~our good white friends~ were so conciliatory
izbout this ticklish issue,

In all these past years ~our good friends~ had
nothing at all to say, had done absolutely nil about
It was. not until the

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decisions that this conciliatory attitude was adopted.
They did. not want Geor?ia~s Negro teachers to fol.

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But the appeasers didn~t go that far into the propasition. That their Uncle Tom efforts were beaten
back speaks nobly for the new~ spirit that has in
ciation. g mr oy

A NEW SPIRIT
or a new spirit and grim determination are there

They mean to do something about these things. This |
was shown best by the overwhelming plurality that

James C. Evens

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Sent to Office ie:

Of Dr, Weaver
ppnbdeilied: positions. n,n

tion defense effort. In a reeent letter to all defense contractots, [
pointed out that available Negro
workers must be given traiming
and employment in capacities ~comwith their individual
skills and aptitudes.

~Because of his 12 years experi.
ence as director of trade and technical education at West Virginia
State College and the valuable ex.
perience gained in coordinating de.
fense training for Negroes in that
Stete, Mr. Evans~ services will be
of great value to Dr. Weaver's office. in expediting) this valuable
work for national defense.~

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Mr. Evans, a graduate of Roger

Williams University in Nashville,
Tenn., also holds two degrees in
electrical engineering from the
Massachusetts Institute of Tech_
nology. He received a B. S.. from
M. I. T. in 1925, and. a M.S..in
electrical engineering, in 1926. ~

In. addition to hig other duties
at West Virginia State College, the
new Vocational Training Assistant
has served as. Administrative.As.
~sistant to President John: W. Davis
since 1937. Mr. Evans has already
assumed his duties in Dr.. Weaver's
office.

Southern Ato
Generals Planning |
Second Rail Parley.

MONTGOMERY, Ala ~(ANP)~
Atty, Gen. Thomas S. Lawson _ has
announced that a second confe
ence of southern. attorney_gererals
will be held here soon to work
out plans for icint.action before

| the United-.States Supreme Court

in the Arthur. W. Mitebell case involving railroad segregatien ~~ws.

At -a rétent mecting of.the
southern legal officials * prelimi_
nary nlans were discussed for their
intervention in the case brought~
before the court by Congressman
Mitchell who. charged that. though
he had purchaser a first class ti~k.
et. he wes asked to leave a sleeping car in Arkansas. The first
meeting wes called by lawson,, who
suid the case was regarded as ~a
threat to racial merry laws
in general~.

was giv Mr. C. L. Harper of Atlanta. ~ That vote ies 3

meant that Georgia~s teachers are tired of appeasert
end hat_-in.band back-patters. That meant-that they
wented action and in selecting - Harper they made
no mistake.
~The die ig now cast. The era of ~waiting. patient.
ly~ is over. Aggressiveness and militancy move onto
the scene. This writer, ardently interested in seeing that Georgiia~s teachers lead, not traij-the rest

of the nation, eagerly awaits the result, aa

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