Evansville Argus, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 16 September 1939 — Page 2

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THE EVANSVILLE ARGUS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER ]6, .1939

Lincoln U. Prof. Sues for Divorce

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S^P'FERSON CITY, ■

lessor T. T. P. Fletcjiex, Pro L sor of sipnglish at Lineoin University j' ; sued his wile Mrs. Jean Fletcher for ,a' divorce which case will be heard in the 1 October .Term of the Gircuif Court of Colfe County. Prof. Fletcher

Claimed general indignities: The petition further states thati

he and. Mrs. Fletcher were lawfully married bn Aug. .13Qi 1938. m New York City arf_thattlJH

hey cofiMnueid 'to live: together until pec/’31st lg38 ' The Plaintiff fur-| then states that his wife "had an I 'ungovernable temper and. ulsol atteihpted to interfere with his

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duties as a professor at the Uni- life:

versity and threatened to embafass him in his duties, dad with his friends. , ' '* The petition further states that there,, was born., to, their*, union one cMl.d, T, T. Fletcher, Jr., who is approximately four months Fletcher is represented by

■Me. Find of |^|Fletchef has

aot filed, a cress bill to date.

McFarland choir feted ^TEe^ Choir of McFarland iBaptist Church was entertained at the home of ’Mrs. Mary Bridges. 1-908 Fifth, avenue Tuesday evening. Mrs. R. H. Dixon gave instructions in music. Those presented were Mr; and Mrs. Harold Smith, Mr: and Mrs. John Clements, Mrs. Cora Hambleton, Mrs!' Minnie Belk, TVIrs. Martha Langley and daughter, Mrs. Beatrice Tajiaferro, f|rs. Mary Tyle^. Mrs. Mattie Watkins, Mrs. Wallet and James Bridges. Ice cream cake and mints were served by the hostess.

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SINKS TO HIRE COLORED ATTENDANT L. / Binks, owner and iSperator of the Binks Syper-Service Station heated-at the comer of Lin-, coin., ..and Line,- stated to - this writer, “I am willing to, cooperate . withi the Colored people of this city and It Is my desire and intention to employ a competent Colored station ** attendant by Optober 1 MsSfflgjg The Binks Super Servicfe-. Statibn was opened lasff summer' and at all times the stafipn has been - fair With the sepia customers of this city; colored men have been employed as car ' washers and lubrication men, but after October Tj\a Colored man will greet you when you purchase your gas and oil from Binks and he will take money, fill your oar with and oil and give you the Service that any white statibn attendant in the city gives you. This" move is just another of -the step in compliance with the drive to' gain employment as Colored clerks in the white stores in the thickly settled neighborhoods.

HELP A CHILD DAYI How much wotild ^you. give to help/ a.child?- Help a child to further his education; help a child tos see-the brighter Side of

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RR help future;#

child to determine his a child to become an

honest, upright clean citizen. The Oddfellows and Household of Ruths pf this city are sponsoring, "Help a Child Day,” the fourth Sunday In September 24 at the Nazarene Baptist Church. A splendid program has been ar-

ranged' and will b e

presented

“Help a Child?: is the slogan of, Me Household of Ruths fhrodlfhout the state of Indiana. This year, the gfoup gave two scholarships to. two worthy students to aid them in the cause of getting a higher education. \ 'DO

you, ndjb tWa

cause ? Probably

igher ed

hink

is a -vfiorthy youir boy or

girl will need help in the future. Will you help by attending this program the TfoilfM “Stfaday i|i September? The feature of the program will be a biblical play, “Ruth,”" with special , music arranged by Professor James V.

Roach.

New Madrid Teachers Hold Annual Meet

-Mor

Nei

; NEV MADRID, .

than fifty teachers from New Madrid- and Scott Counties crowded the auditorium of the O’Ban-

igh School here on Wednes-

' '.end

non High School here o -day, September 6, 1939, to i ■ill day sessions of thi

^the all day &

nual Plan Meeting conduc

ohnson, Jet

area,.

Mrs.

: Johi

visor of this

ted

by Su-

session

esen-

DRIVE TO OPEN COLLEGE D00DS TO ALL IN O.S. Gaines Case to Be Revived; Houston Coming to State

NEW YORK—-With eight filing application . for

sons filing appl

trance to graduate schc three states for the fall the National Association

per-

or en.ools in

PPrm-< for the. People

National Associa

Advancement of Colored

announced today that it will push its drive at once to open colleges in southern and border states to Negroes, in Missouri, Tennessee

and Maryland. ^ .

Many Apply

All the pesrfons have sought the aid of- the N.A.'A.CJ*, in

pressing their cases.

According to the . Association, applications are listed in-^the following categories: Law, 3?-bio-logy, 1; Sociology, 1; education, 1; chemistry, 1; journalism, 1. The names of the students, and liversities to which they

Me univers

seek admission, folk

, .University.of Tennessee, Knoxville: •_ P.. L. Smith, Joseph Michael, law; Clihtow $Igrsh, sociology; Homer L. Saunders, .education; Ezra Totten, chemistry, all residents of Knoxville; aiild Walter S. E. Hardy, Charlotte,

N. C.-, chemistry, f

University of Missouri, Colum-

bia: Miss Lucille Bluford, Kan-

sas City, Mo., journalism. University of, Maryland, Balti-

more: William Murphy, Balti-

more, law.

Ransom To Handle Tennessee

Cases

The N.A.A.C.P. ' announcement said that L. A. Ransom/professor of law at Hotvard University and msmm

expected tp " Mo. •

also stated that Houston

■her court ao-

e?s ■ cases. .He w:

by the law firm of ■ Cowan and Looby, of Nashville. , Ransom is scheduled to go to Nashville September 19 to prepare the

ground for court action'. Gaines Case To Be Revived Charles H. Houston.’- special

, counsel of the N.A.A.O.P.. will ^handle the case of Miss Bluford at the University of Missouri. He is expected, L to leave shortly for

Columbia/

It was i

plans to seek *fiiitl

tion in the Lloyd Gaines case. The U. S; Supreme Court handed down a decision December 12. 1938, ordering the University of Missouri to open its law school to Gaines or. offer him identical training within the state. Since, that, time the Supreme Court of Missouri has reversed its former ruling in line with the high court's decision. The state of Missouri has appropriated some $200,000 in an effort to establish a law school at,. Lincoln y-niver-sity at Jefferson City for Negro students. Houston will seek a hearing in the State , Supreme Court in an effort to determine' whether the state of Missouri has complied with the high court’s

decision.

urgood Marshall., special legal isel for the N.A.A.C.P., will e Me case of William Murinvolving the Universit;

st:

lied ad-

ond

. Th

couns handl

phy, involving the University Of Maryland, the N.A.A.C.P. stated. Murphy’s case, if he is deni

ent the

sociation has

effort to

state to admit

casi

mission, will represe time that the As:

gone to force thi

-won

border state to

Negroes to its law school. In 1935 toe N.A.A.C.P. ■? victory at the hands of the

Supreme Court of Maryland in the.Murray case. The court ruled ait that time that no adequate training in law was available for Negroes in Maryland comparable to that offered by the State university, and ordered the school to. admit Donald Murray. The University. complied and Murray was graduated from the sqhopl, June, 198$. This week he parsed the Maryland State bar, toe N.A.A.

O.P. learned. .

Law Dean Aids Fight

Arthur B. Sning!

of toff N A.A.CP.’s

gal committee, in a statem sued here today, said that.Wil liam H. Hastie, former federa

I H ; ^

■

Much of

was devoted to a detailed pn tation of the plans for the comisgl- school year which was giver by Mrs. Jojmson. Other speakei were: Dr. W. P. Deering, Pres ideirt, of .Oakland Qxllege: C. 1

el, President -of 1'

,Ddmel, President of State Association of Nej

i .

ingarn, chairman ..C-P.’s national le- . ip a statement is-

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■

Missouri

^ e S r ° Tea-

chers; Mrs. Blanche Griffith and Ray Evans, Rural School Supervisors, who represented the State

Department of Education.

During the noon .hour, Travis

' Principal of the.

pnon High School, and Pres-

of toe New Madrid County

st at

ew,

in soliciting' m ember'ettigrew won first

the work

ships. Miss Pettigrew won first choice, and selected a gold-platt-ed compact; Mrs. Johnson had second place and took a box pf stationery; and Mrs. Crawford

received a large pocketbook.

Urge Negro Troops As

President’s Guard

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—(A NP)—Urging the use of colored

I for the presir

framed by the overn-r

troops as a guard

dent, a resolution was and adopted Sunday members of the United

ment Employes when they met at the Shiloh Baptist Church. The

a g the;

aptist Chi id 10th

be assigned to toe W the resolution said. At

B. Howard.

O’Barmon High School, aa idferit of toe New_ Madrid Teachers Association, was hos a luncheon honoring Mrs. R. . Crawford, Miss Myrtle Pettigre

t). C. Darnel, Mrs. P. 0- WeSle.

Bruce, and Burt A. Mayberry. Speakers at- the afternoon ses-

sion Were: Mrs. R. A. Crawford, Regional Director of the Missouri State Association ofN e g r o Teachers; /Mrs. L: J. Morrissey, Home Demonstration Agent; -Miss. Myrtle Pettigrew, Jeannes Supervisor of Mississippi and [Scott; Counties, and Burt A. Mayberry, Secretary of the M.S.A.N.

|T, V "

The closing fea-ture of ’the af-

rnoon ses^n was the Kon of tokens of appthe 'Jeannes Supervisors

famous 9th and 10th Calvary should be assigned to the White House, t _ __ same time, equal opportunity for colored men in the army, and

air corps wag urged.

Received Degree While In Africa

COLUMBUS, pH (ANP) -rAn' nr ' < f to p recipients of degrees Ohio State university at clos^ Ithe summer quarter was RichI R Wright. 3rd. who was pardeH the degree MBA (mas__r df business - administration). His thesis was “the Negro and the Small loan Business.” He is the son of Bishop R. R. Wright, Jr., and grandson of Major R. R. Wright. Sr., president of Phila- ‘ •Iphia’o Citizens and Southern

of t

ard

m ban

:ens and Wright

ink. Young Wright is now m frica with his father and mothp, and assisting the bishop in

er,

the AME

educational - work of church in Swaziland.

Taking part in the primaries pill never work opt quite right

ion until toe law makes it compyl-

for ' sory on every voter.

BHnay -be seen*-two.of the pickets, George Turpin in toe foreground, . minus, the cap and George J Crawford' with., his back to ; toe camera, who have been front ) and side of

came walking in' front Clarence Richards’ Market locat-

ed .at the eqmer of Governor and Lincoln in 'the heart of Derbyville- ^This movement was started in protest of toe non-empl ment of ; Colored clerks store. This situation was uncovered and brought to the attention

loythe

of’sthe public through editorials and news articles in; toe'ARGUS and the TnoyeWent has been ably supported by toe Merry Maker’s club aaMiiiiiMillliHliN

various individuals and

organizations.

-—Photo by Z.’ / E. THOMAS.

and

iizath

University law school, and i ward Pi Lovett, attorney conm ed with the United States Housing Administration, would : fit

associated with toe •<

d witn ®ne hrgntototbh*

miR of theses .eases, "TMs-n our answer,” declared Mr. Spin gam, “to the question as to hov w.e shall follow up. toe Suprem Court decision in, the Lloyd Gaine

ayt„dec case.”

Appeal, for Funds

Urging toe publk

3 for carrying fo: other cases - in'

tiori’s educational^p; iSp ingarn added: ’ ; ’

"In our fight to .

evils in our educatio

m to send

funds for carrying forward these and other cases in' the associa-

ifegrain,-' Mr,

fight to correct toe;

our educational system,

both a<? i Vf v affect toe ability Negro r ti 2 eras*, to griu an etol

tion and, to -be' p: toeir services whe

a part of .; the teaching personnel iri-the ’ school system, it i v necessary to be,, realistic 'abon 1

the Cost of this fight.

“Because we carried the Gaines se to toe JX S. Supreme Cciprt at toe same^&i^oto^Bj

tion

an eaucaequally for

.they become

nt of ' the, - American BaptH leological seminary; B. J. Pei kins, treasurer.. Another motion was made and carried placing the Rev. T."S. Boone of Texas in the -post of convention^ historian recently |eft ■ empty?? through i the ''death- of Dr. L. J. Jordari. GO TO BIRMINGHAM

IRM1

lected for next year’s meeting

ational r-B'apt-ist

INGHAM, Ala., was se-

plai Cor

by the National

invention, Inc., before, est body of Baptists cl-j annual^ Session here at t

oipal auditorium.

10 WvSEM

’ Bant

this larg-ise-l. tlieir

auditor!

he southi after Dalla:

steel Jcjty won

had made m vigorous

convention, with

fort to get the

oustoh also interested.

case

uca-

same time 'Other edi

eases were being fought, we are now faced with a $4,000 deficit in this phase of our work:

Within the next six will need to spend

•our * weeks

teed

$1,000 in

and travel expenses.

lawyers except Mr. Ma

-is a regain

pend more than rfc costs, printing

All of our

irshall.

member 'of our s/bying - ^without

mple -be-

who is a i

legal staff, are

pay. With this firig eka: fore us, and the excelle:

eration of our members ana xm public as a whole,' we feel tha all will understand the pressinj

ed which make

^■ch makes jis come forward again to ask that funds he

iiilaM : itolHri

sem

that the

ressu ie fo undsb, LA. A

ent immediately to the N.A.A.Q.

Fifth avenue, New York i 'order that this fight, affects millions of Negro

youth and brings thousands of dollars in wages to Negro teachfi

more reconven-

cohsecutiVC

Reelected for

Eiqhteenth Year PHILADELPHIA. —(ANP) — The clim'ax of the Bffito annual session of the National Baptist] convention was reached- at six o’clock Thursday evening wher with toe 'exception' of one very weak “nay,” Dr. L. K. William'

of Chicago, was oncp elected president of the tion for the ,18th ‘

year. ■

Dr. -P. Henry 1 Hughes, pastor emeritus of the Grace. Baptist church here? • 'wds ’ selected ’ to make the motion for Dr, William’s _ election, and it was Ob'served' that 1 even his carefully considered and beautifully phrased . Words of praise ‘ Were entirely superfluous, judging from the speed with which his motion was

carried.-

Swept in the office , On ( toe wave of Williams’ popularity were each and evory member of top “old guard:” Thomas S. Harten, Brooklyn, N. Y„ vice pres-;

Former St. Louisan blamed to Michigan

*rime Commission DETROIT, 4f(By ANP) hfete^feire' oontinualla

giuesj. ^

lug their , ,

representative pbsi

city, c menig.®

— -

find-<

continually :

way into .-strategicand tire pbsitions in, the mty and state- governThe latest appointn

upon

pastor

a fi

importance

the Rev.- Wil

Bethel AMI

appointment

was) - conferred llliam’ U. Peck, !E church here

a few days ago by Micigan’s 89-year-old chief executive, Gov. Lu,ren D. Dickinson/himself a former Methodist minister., who appointed 'Rev. Peck to-.jjhe Michigan Crime commission. He is the first Negro to hold; such a

position m tMs state.

Rev. Peck, who has been high in toe councils of the - AME church for rftqre than 40 years, has for a long, tipis been an outstanding leader in toe business, civ/Cas Well a? toe /religious r life of tojs community. He is- founder and president of toe Booker T. Washington Trade association. He was prominently mentioned ,for a position in toe board of education, the qivij servie'e commission and was almost 'induced _ to run for city council at one time but

constantly, refused.

While his recent appointment |ig an honorary position it is pne of * great importance because, it ItSI. -to do with Jhfe study tow; igs - of crime upon which I new laws against crime

^|be legislated.

Schools and Colleges

Start Fall Term FT. VALLEY, Ga. - , Sept.

,(ANP)—Last week, with

ing of the fall term at

leg State College, it. was Pounced that C. V. Trotip

been added to'the staff cipal 'Of Laboratory Hi and registrar of-?-itoO

has

finding;

basis may

14— pen-

ort. Val-

F as prihgh School college. Dr.

■oup is, a former principal of Ristoy High;. School,;, Brunswick, Ga.. and is well known in civic.;

.alT^'.itirqles-

well known and fr-atenn

throughout - the state.

religious

mmm ' Schoolboys h6' longer hide dime novels in their geographies while they read’ them. Pulp magazines?

Mayor Probes Pastor's Arrest COLUMBUS,- Ohio, Sept.—(By O’Wendell Shaw t for, O.P.)—Tj&'e arrest of toe Rev. Sandy F. Ray, pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church, prevented his 70-voice choir from singing,,at‘toe Ohio State Fairgrounds here Sunday,

August 27.

Patrolman - yjlj Roy Morgan, w.o made the - arrest, refused t& give the defendant a ticket,' and insisted that the pastor follow

police MM

ds |

him to toe

once. He conten

iste:

E-tion at 1

thatiBj' min-

ig toe t:

evento avenue, while,

tion is Shat-3he

t the mm-

was congesting tbs--' traffii

.;-Rev

_ El

Ray’s contentio: neither in Eleven obstructing the ti Mayor Gessam:

after, the arrest that he stigate personally the

enth a traffic

wa.-.

|. nor

nouneed H| in-

ves‘ the

annj y.'-qui

IS r” of

PPIclergjunagBi

v “I have - known Rev.E - -r for a long time,” said May ’-.GegSaman, ‘and he is an n tending citizen. If wfet he-said ■'ds true. I can’t understand why an,, arrest was made. I’m going to' look insixf'the entire affair .,toorcug,)'ly

and immediately.'"

He called Mr. Ray immediately 'following -the news of his ar-

rest.

-(ANP) authority

Within the

U.S. Air School At Tusicegee Or Howard Is Likely

WASHINGTON. — ■ The CiviJ Aeronautics hopes to designate ' |

next week, ' colleges and junior •jbolleges where the teaming courses proscribe^ by toe government will be conducted, Mr. Hinckley, of the CAA emphasized, however, that his agency was deliberately - avoiding any efforts bo rush the-- program bes cause of_ the ^danger , fo.‘ human life qntailed in 'too hasty trairi-

ing of youthful pilots.'

Whether or not Howard university and Tuskegee institute' as believed ’ Will be included in these assignments was not Stated. It had been pointed out,' however; that these' two schools were far jn lead as far as Negro schools were concerned;-and had excellent

chances of beiqg named.

Ily Kelley Shows Up CHICAGO. IIS(ANP)—Rumorsthat Ily Kelley, -well known Chicago business man and sportsman, had been “missing” for some time were found to be based on a false report .last weekend, when it wad learned that except for a brief visit with his family in a nearby Michigan city, Kelley has not been away ^rom Chicago for several months*

W. Gar-

.severe -'while avenue,

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