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NEW YORK~ (ANP): TEDDY: WILSON, pianist ~ex:

traordinary, made~ one! forget ~all the zany weather coridition:

the~ other night. Jon the Skyline. Orie has~to think of! 'tiagic naines like | AIRT: TATUM,
COUNT. BASIE ~and the like ~when~ comparisons to" Wilson~ s
errs 88. tickling cothe up~ on~ the union~ ayenda~ ~for discussion

~ HORACE..G) MILEER,'kndwn to ~nitelifé lovers~ as the

' owner of Jock~s Music' Room, 2350. Seventh~ ~Avenue, is~ leaving.

no stone unturned (good deal) i

est in Manhattantown (not Hari

that atomic bundle of Scotch
MAXINE SULLIVAN, to his patrons starting Friday nite. Jung:

Giéat husy: behind Jock | M

~Fb we

~ étch the~ highlights and human~

~Dropped~ inté Club Sudan | to catch the act of CALEB
SON, the lad~ who was co-starred with, *~de-love

LENA HORNE in MGM's ~Til

yout expdtted ~me td say, he's~ terrific~.
-e dan bill with Peterson is LIL GREEN,. own band which promises, ta go gloves but fast..

and Gibson:

evening~ of entertainment, ~We th

PERCD HARRIS: ~popular,

~Street and 7th~ Avenue tavern, was called suddenly to. Syracuse
~ where his mother liés seriously ill.

will be much improved ~when you

friends; Percy, ere this column
HERBERT TAYLOR, secretary
ART AND MUSICAL CLUB of
simply as ~Georgia Rose~~
good in the way of éhatithble
Taylor and Kleeber Willis take
column. |

CHUCK and CHUCKLES,

the nation, still clicks as one of

Still; one cannot stop the sad ~talk going the rounds about. one
half of this original team who is
for the mentally sick.
cards like this to us poor

During the past eight week
different names advanced for th

west 125th Street that will bear JOE LIUIS~ name..

me say here again that it i$

Nite e e Lifein eed:

By ALAN MOSES WORN IOY Aa

~Spigzy~~ Canléld and The, S! teeple Chasers | ~combihe with the pretty Sudanette chorus line to make ~ for, a. swell. This organization has done much. Life has a strange way of dealing out

humans ~and we regret the fact th t it:
had to happen 'to such a well liked youngster,; 4

my~ ~sincere belief that after th
ae has cleared MAL FRASIER~ s hame will head i list.

it peeed 114 ic Fi gibi abite

Roof radio-time~ as ~guest artist

in~ making~: his spot the Very fin-.
em~ alone) 2%. Jock~: will serve
songs and yoke winsomness,

iller. the sheriff, pal~ af. the fate:
31uint of. Lenox Avente~ club fame.
Sa teen-age, kid attending the Presbytefian ~church - in west
134th~ Stréet) pastored ~over ~by his late father who was a deadringer for Président ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

e knew me when}.. Maybe we'll

interest. angles ere lon ng
TER
ely- delicious |,
Rall By.~ = and justras. starring on.Club Suversatile trouper and her. Mitchell

Clouds

ought.
owner of Harris corner, 132nd. Here's hoping that mother
return to. your _PNXIOUS
dips into the ink again

of the well known MILROSE |.

Harlem, is known to thousands

donations.and it is high time~
a much deserved, bow in this

a comedy team cng all over
the best acts in the land.

tucked away in an institution, this reporter has esd! five
e key position in the spot on. Let

_ Army, Navy Return Gov. Hastie

To Pest; Rum Business Booms

ST. THOMAS, Vib | shipment end in a short time
(ANP) ~ The army and navy~ it is estimated that one distiller
_joined to bring Gov. William}

Hastie. here Saturday.: He
travelled from Washington to
Puerto Rico to his post here.
~While the governor did not
indicate how successful his mis-4+
sion was in getting the senate
cothmittee to. restore~ t h e)
armiount. cut: from the. appro<'
priations for the Virgin Islands,
che returned to find the islands
facing a brighter outlook than
they have faced in many a
moon. This is because the
~rum ~indiistry here has awak:
enied to fitd itself enjoying an
unexpéctéd~~ "bom brought on
~through the ~grain shortage in
~the ~Continental United, States,

manufacture

154

ment ~of -
therei "!!"
All distilfers~ ~here have ~re-|
ceived latge ordérs for rum|
and gin and hundreds of native workers. in cluding, many.
women, have been emplo ed tol;
meet the demand. More ~than
6000 cases of ~distilled~ spirits
are being turned out daily for

Do You Need
Help? ~

Consult ier TT. fat

Potter

liquor

>

Psychologist &
Personal horo- =.
scope and three ~4
questions. answered. Enclose
$ and self-aded envelope &

~Potter's.
LUCKY NUMBERS ~
_ Office 437, E. Carifield, Phone
" TEmple. 1-0634, Detroit 1, Mich. |;
Pes, 639 E. Adams Avé. Apt, 602 |.
Phone -CHerry 1308, -

Ask about Prof.

alone will be turning oat 7000
cases thus bringing an unprec- ' week by Jesse. Jones, former
edented amount of revenue to) secretary of commerce, for the
the island treayuries.

un during ~
weeks.
000~ public
which~ should absorb

} unemployed on ithe islands.

Governor Hastie. ib:.

| ASSAULTS HER...:

can get radio facilities, and I
will
~what I think of an order which
peddles Hitler hate and which

~ Jones,, Former Sec. of Com.

Gives $25,000 to 0 Prairie View U.

NEW YORK ~ (ANP
Billy Rosé,~ who~ for~ three
years refused to Jet his ear
men Jones; cast perforrh~
Baltimore! and Washingtage-4ei
now allowing the show to tour
~but. not td segregated hé~ vnc?

~T don~t erpect. to settle
100- -year- -old. problem in: ake
town.~~ the ~pint sized producer
éxclaimed ~but I do expent.to
make some headway - and da
some good.~ The tour is a 40-.
j week ane: and ~~will hit towns:
from pW saliiaegton to BirmingRainy?~ >"
In- Waahingtan, Billy claims
~Carmen Jones~ will not. play.
the reactionary National Theater. Instead. he~ is leasing th ~
Uline Arena -ani énverting ef
intd a theater.: ~There

ill be
no Tisiés! drawn ~38~ ~Wath hing if~

Billy Rose Refuses |
Jones~ ~Cast to Segregated Houses.

nieilinali lin nnd: Roe eR inns Bi
> Pe od

Ths ~Cormen

~All along -the. line mixed
houses with no jim crow will.
be the~ rule wherever possible.
But where such a policy is imwill be ail-Negro and all-white
possible -in the South, there
audiences. Fo solve the eating
atend sleeping~ problem. the
company is traveling in private
Pullmans and live in them oan
the road with a. diner: for
meals. ~Explained ~ Rose.
i ~We re going to fix up the
cars so.they'll he heme. and
livable: This will~ get us
around the sleeping and ~eating problem.~. With. an eye to ~the~ unusual
as al Rose ages the tour
~. r ohés~. is. the first
ebro * ets A

ate~ shiéW~ to: attempt a tour.

sér~d. credit for~a god try ~and

he says..

iT know. it~s going over,

Klan~s Challenge A

NEW YORK - ~_~ (ANP) ~
Drew Pearson, one. of the nation's leading progressive ra
ountain, Ga... after receiving a number of ~threatening
anonymous letters supposedly
written by~ Klansmen.

~One letter challenges me to
cofe to Stone Mountain where
come to Stone Mountain where
~we will have a killing time~,~~
"| disappoint us.

~My reply is I don't like to
disappoint anybody, not even
the Klan,~ replied the com-|
mentator, ~so I will~ come to~
Stone Mountain early in July
at a date to be fixeds when |

broadcast from ~Stone

of Georgia. to
gate the meeting of Atlanta

will find that~ "aetendhag

ccepted by ~

~Daring Radio Commentator |

is afraid to ~show its face in|Sic class, there were 339 young

public. They can show their
faces at Stone Mountain if they

dio news commentators, ac-|dare.~~
cepted last week the Klan~s| In the same _ broadcast.~
challenge to go,to. Stone Pearson told Gov. Ellis Arnall

~please investi
You
that
1 policémen of

Klavern No: 1, June 3.

meeting were

the Citv of Atlant a~id ~uni-} Columbia

form. That may explain, vovetnor, why the murder of an
Atlanta tavi driver. Porter

Turner, ~stabbed~ to death by'l received~ the $2500 Achieve-.
the Ku Klux Klan. has beén so} ment award of the American
wantonly neglected by ~Atlanta! Association of University
police.~

Pearson is~ the first~ radio

commentator to dare the KKK} conference.
~to carry out its:threats and has
~been~ one of the hooded order's~ ings, her works include a.pammost militant tadio foes.

~

~HOUSTON ~..ANP *;
$23,000 ~gift ~to Prairié: oul

~In addition work will be hethe next three

the $10,000.works program
all. the

on

So optimistic is~ the legislature that the chairman of | its
~finance committee announced
that the, municipal council of
St.. Thomas and. St.. John. will
receive its report on ithe badiget for the. next.. fiscal). year
wih expenditures of $9 70, 000
recainmended,... cahurg

During the.next few: weeks
expected
4.to. map the: program.which he:will put into~ operation for ithe}
advancement of the islands under his leadership

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~SAYS SOLDIER

- Ruth; Corbet, 429, Trevit St:,
reported to, police. that about
10:30 p,m, June 15, a soldier

university was made,.here last

| purpese of establishing the Mary
Gibbs Jones scholarships for deserving ~Negro girls specializing in home economics.

Announcement of the gift
was made here following a conference between the donor, Dr.
W. R, Banks, school prsident,
and three officers of the Hous-'
ton ~Endownment, Inc, a ~Jones
foundation, The" scholarships

year period through the ~Houston Endownment, Inc,

Di! Banks, who~ has. increased
the enrollment~ at Prairie View
to more than 1,500 in 20 years,
~received a letter from Jones
annotincing authorizatidn~ by
the trustees of his foundation
to establish, the scholarship

| tuna~ at $2,500 a year for 10/7"

years~ on '~ the cpndition the
} funds are used to finance ~girls
who ~want to~ major~ in home
economics ~and who otherwise
would not be able to do so and

camé ~out of the: darkness, hit
~her in the ~mouth, ahd knocked
her down. She said that this
happened, while going west. on
Garfield avenue, and as a result
her lower:plate was knocked
out and lost. Both the (soldier

|} and; Miss; Corbett. ran after. she |

had screamed.

tee aon ane car. ~swallow: fish: if bec of, its
Peete Rinne. This ra vockackabls
Gsh gets its name ~trom a long movable thread projecting from its head.. which it uses as a lure to attract its
_ prey.. The angler fish is able to walk
along the bottdm of the sea on spe
wtnlly socgbagrd ~Ons

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eterno atoe~ for nt
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nintedet. DETROIT 26, MIGHIGAN

ocetoadetoatecstoctegores sostontonipstonieeces

-to properly supervise expendi.
tures of the funds.~
~Jones~ letter explained ~ that
an estimate ~of $200~ to ~$300
was agreed upon as sufficient
~foe a scholarship ~as some of |
the girls would either be in a
position to contribute ~some~thing toward: their ~ expenses
1 from family connections or by~
working.

~It is our intention that graduaces from these scholarships

for their education, but
cedure should be established.
so that any who veluntser to]
i pay for any part of, the: advances for their ~ccount could
do so, Any such payments
should be.added. to our, contri
pro
GALORE | + | bution to the. scholarship fund. |

Send for Mailing List. ~ff the enterprise. proves of

Bamco Record ge a Sufficient value, we should hope
4512 Hastings Sti, ~, ~to be nble to add something to~:

Detroit 1, Michigan 3 the scholarship fund, or to ex- |

- them

should not be*required to repay
any part of the funds advanced |. ~Mts, ~Jones~ ~and I have ~jong

petri ~intercSted in Prairie View

and: she is particularly inter-|,
ested in girls who want to
equip themselves. for useful,
citizenship: in the field of home
economics, Therefore, the
scholarships should be_ designated. ~Mary. Gibbs Jones
Scholarships.~

the gift, Dr.
scholarships

to
~the

Responding
Banks _ said

~would ~be of genuine encourage
ment to 400 young women who
take home ecdnomics at Brsine: View.

ded ~ovet a ~ten. |~
will be awarde hy ~We -have

_many:. earnest
in these. courses,~ he. said,.-~~This will. offer
so.nething: to -strive. for.
The interest has grown steadily in these courses, which f
teach various. phitses of home
making, ~cooking, sewing, baby
care iand even gardening.

young women

few ~scholarships. at Prairie
View, and the opportunity to
~offer these from Mr, arid. Mrs,

Jones. will serve to stimulate|
interested inf

others, who are
the good work we are trying to
accomplish, as well as

girls at the university. sd

~Attend
Gradaation at
West.Virginia -

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. ~ APNS~
Mrs. Holland Swinson and

thony went down to West Vir~ginia State College to. gradua~Mrs, Anthony and also to visit
a student of the college,

They motored down and spent
~a few days on the campus.

Honey Méasure

To measure honey use a moist. oF,

tend the time beyond 10 years,

a

greased cup or spoon.

~I think we. de-}

-|Pushing their way through the
~"lerowds, they saluted the | col
those trick phrases which ee

_tion of A,

fice has been held by A. Ray

| without ~a: fight;~ which may in-|'

~We have had cornpatatively

be af
very practical assistance to the

daughter and Mrs, Connie An
~tion exercises of a friend of]:

Mr: Swinson~s daughter who is}

Cole~ brought his celebrated
King Cole Trio to the campus.
of Queens College (Long Ise~
and) for a 60 minute lecture
on the History of American
Jazz in:whichthe three men.of.
music illustrated: the development of individualism:.in modern swing. |: ~
Not since Eleanor Roosevelt
lectured at the college grounds
three years ago has there been
such an over-all reception from
the co-eds. ~From the ~rhoment
the boys arrived ~on the
grounds, the students began
bwhispering excitedly~as the trio
walked the sunriy campus to
the teachers~ dining ~room.
Arriving at the auditorium,
they: were met by throngs of
kids outside unable to get in.

lége students. amid cheers and)
whistles. Apart from the 250
accrediied students of the mu
men and women missing eo
heavier lectures to take.

The King Cole Trio Visits
Queens College; Gives Lecture

~NEW YIRK~(CNS8)~Fer

the: first time in his career Nat

style.

~command. After a mad
scramble
which they acquired writer's
cramps, th~y returned to New
York hoping to get
n|sleep before

Trio ~are noted for.

A nerfvous ~majesty~ faced
the crowd. But from the over~tire given. the students seeméd happy enough to be missing Sacrates. Newton, Freud
and ~Bach. When Nat began
rambling through ~It~s Only a
~Paper Moon,~ ~It~s Better to Be
By Yourself," ~Route 66~
~~Frim Fram Sauce~~ and many
~other of their favorites the 60
minutes evaporated too quickly and even at Nat's suggestion
~Dorit want you kids to be
cutting your classes~ was met
with ~a happy hurrah, and a
demand~ for more favorites.
He astounded the Julliard
product, Dr. Charles Haywood
by playing Rachmaninoff's
Prelude in typical King Cole

Before leaving, the Trio had
the college completely at their
in

for autographs

* DURHAM, N. C.~ANP~
The first annus! William A,
~Leggett Memorial scholar.
ship was won last week by
Willie Glenn Torain, president of the senior class and
first honor student at Hillside Pork High school. Torain was selected above the
nominees from all the white
and Negro high schools of
Durham county,.

The award is in memory-;of:
the late Willixm A; Leggett
of; Durham and pays the recipient~s cost of tuition at. the college of his choice plus

Hich School Boy Beats
Wittes for Leggett Scholarship

250 per year fer four years
or $2,000 for four years. The
tuition, not to exceed $250,
will be paid to the sehool
znd $250 will be deposited to
the credit of the student,
subjected to his use, for the
general expenses of his ed.
ucation.

~The scholarship Was.
awarded on- need for financial. aid, native intellectual
*~ ability, Torain has seleeted

Howard university as the

school where, he will study -; architecture beginning next

September.

In The South~

Charles E. McEwen, Jr.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. ~ APNS~
I speak of this advisedly.
after living there _ practically

a littl le|

their strenuous

Zanzibar shows.

~Races of Mankind~

WASHINGTON (ANP)
~Dr. Ruth Fulton - Benedict,
University - anthropologist, who offers her~ scientific findings as an argument}
against racial discrimination,.

Women here last week at a
session of~ the state president~ s

~Widely known for her writ- |

ed. States. Other works in'| phlet, ~The Races.-of Man-|clude ~Patterns of Culture,~
kind."~ ~which attests to her ~Race, Science and Politics~
} doctrine ': that individualis ~be- | and ~Patterns of Japanese
have according to circum-! Culture.~;

$2,500 for Racial Studies

stances and: environment
ther than racial strains.

use the award to continue the
~special type of
has done since World War |.
|Her. racial researches
diving World War Il to guide
morale and propaganda
fensives both in Europe
Asia,

some army camps in the Unit
Author Awarded

ra
~Dr. Bénedict said she wil
she

research
served

ofand
although ~Races~ of
Mankind," was banned from

GREENSBORO, N. C.~ANP|
Members.of the A, and T. colleg2 alumni. are reported to
have petitioned the board of
trustees last week during a
meeting here to give the posiand T, sectetarytreasurer to a Negro, The of
Hodgins for nearly 25 years. -

here~ doubt Hod.
surrender * hz3- post |

Observers
gins ' will.

volve members of the faculty,
While no. revelation. has~ ~been.
made. as to whom the ~post willl.
go.to in case Hodgins ig: oust

}s: Lely ~present school purser, eu |

~have the first lién on te, peti | te

sak

tion, He is said to have, the

A. and T. Alumni Wants A Race
Man As Head of School

ed, maxy- believe N. C. Web: b

all of my life, in well nigh very
close contact with the most di.
verse group of the race. Recognizing the existence and the
pre-existences of the race in
all its reality and ugliness in
the South. hardly constitutes en
_[attack against the dignity of <
great nation which, despite all,
still preserves the radiance 0!
its admirable democratic institutions forged in a_ bloody.
colonial revolution, I know
better than anyone perhaps,.
that the South is not only the
Land of Lynching it is also the
Land of the Council for De.
fense of the Rights of Man
(~which are not given~), the
states of Jefferson, Lincoln and
Roosevelt, but it is also, * nevertheless the Land of Lynching
and those who in those states.

eradicate that evil and evilness,
do not try to~ minimize~ the
problem or to find inercusable
excuses for racism and above

of affairs and are working to|

~I Have Witnessed Lynching

of the South and the Unitec!
States; mav God have mercy
on our souls, for one neve:
knows when such shall occur
to him or her.:

By Charles E. McEwen, ae
1007 Liberty Avenue, 5.0.
Canton, Ohio.

Ga. Gov. Tells
Determination to
ern |
Banish Klan
anish Kl; |
CHICAGO ~ ANP ~ Having
begun a néw campaign to oust
the Ku Klux Klan from _its
hore territory, Georgia, Gcv.
Ellis Arnall suggested here I:s>
week that individuals <n~
groups unite in.a broad p 0 -grain to further a realistic Cemocracy.

Speaking to 500 at a din7<

the A eritatr Jewish committee, the 38 year old south:rn

to ~sit back complacently un
all, the do not make the revolting ins~nuation that lynching is justified by the fact tha~
it: was supposedly * ~created tc |

dorsement of alumni members, |
No mention of the petition,
was contained in the trus~zes~|
report a few days ago, but it i
uriderstoed that they seit it it
over to Shelly B, Caviness, one
of th~=board members and also
a member of the school~s personnel committee, for investigation.:

The. ~Board learned that resignations: ~Have been requested of
* Miss Effie: ~Tee Martin, physical
-editcation: ~dire ector for women;
Mirs Theis ~Hill, her assistant,
ana: Charles Carter, assistant
Coach, ~Ae ording to the board~s: -D, Bluford,. ~school

~pied: co that only two
teaphets had not been ~reap
|lynching, it is extremely in:
structive. To conclude, |}
should like to express my

|should so maliciously

offset the miscarriage of slow.
'ness of justice~ where the Negro criminal is concerned; let
me cite one of hundreds in|stances,, the Scottsboro case.
~as an example of slow and ana
inefficient court action for im
nocent Negroes, and _ besides,
one have probably never talked with an eyewitness to the

feeling of the Deep South, dis:
comforture that a newspape
~attacl
the Southern Negro. How re
grettable it seems to me that a:
daily as important as you:
should be so little aware of the
grounds for solidarity betwcen
the cause of Negroes, and that
of the tradition of the peop'e
of-a whole.

der the impression that the ultimate good sense of the American people will be effectiv:ly
brought into play.~

A twofold attack against the
Wian is being impleme::.~d
through a secret service survey
of its workings, and by _ 1-gal
methods attempting to revvoxc
the Klan~s Georgia charter on
grounds that it is organized for
profit, is partisan and is anti.
fraternal, Arnall *commente::

~At presdnt the Klan is no hing more than a. nuisance organization, but if allowed to
fester, it may become a th ---
ing organization.~

Answering an inquiry abou~
formation of a so-called third
political party, Arnall said ne
id21 was absurd. ~The Democratic patty is, has been cad
always will be the liberal party,~ he said, ~Let the Repu~licans work the conservative: de
of the street, They know how

We, the people, my people

COLUMBUS. Ohio ~ APNS~

Those ever popular~ Indianapolis Clowns have the next two
Negro baseball dates in Red
Bird. Stadium,- the first June 24
/against thé~ Kansas City~ Mon-archs, and the second June 27

ROOSEVELT DAVIS |

It'll be the first appearance oi}

the Red Sox here this yzar,
while the Monarchs will, be doing a return engagement,. In
their first showing, the former
~Negro American League champion Cleveland Buckeyes, 8-6.
Two of the-Clown stars are

against the.Memphis Red Sox.

Reece ~Goose~ Taium, sensation
to do those things far be..-:7
than we do,~

City Monarchs

al first baseman, and Manager
~Hoss~ Walker, while the pi'ching staff is headed

by such

JOHNNY WILLIAMS

greats as Peanuts Nyasses Davis
and big Johnny Williams. Herb
Souell is the star third nai icsah
of the Monarchs.

lib-ral warned that it isn~t v7-se_

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