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GUILTY PLEA . WAR DEPT. FLIES RADIO EXPERT

TO JOR IN PLANE-BUT FIRES HIM

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max to an argument over a love affair. Her small son, Samuel, 12. heard Tiia mother pleading for life and ran a short distance away asking a neighbor to call the police.

Claimed Self-Defense.

While Officers Spurgeon Davenport and Virgil Jones were investigating the murder at 22nd street and Arsenal avenue, Rogers sur-

DAN ROGERS rendered to a reporter at Polite Headquarters. Upon questioning 'by detectives he said that the Adams woman attacked him with a long white handled knife after telling him that she was through with him and was subsequently stubbed Lieutenant Arthur lludber. head of the Homicide Bureau, made :: statement to the Recorder the next day and said that he had witnesses who would testify that Rogers had made hreats to kii! the Adams woman on several occasinos. Savings Beat Breadlines ANNA3ELL DIES

WASHINGTON. Jan. !* (AND When the war department sent for George Derrick, radio electrician, soliciting him to take a position in the Signal Corps, officials 'were amazed at the extent of his qualifications and. so impressed with his training and preparation, he was offered an even better position than the original offer, plus a two weeks training course at a Jersey camp, to which the expert was to be flown in a special war department plane. All went well until Mr. Derrick met the personnel officer in the war department, who did a complete about face when Mr. Derrick frankly admitted he was an American Negro, although he appears to he of Oriental extraction. Things then began to happen. The X. A A. C. P. heard of the case and immediately began an investigation. resulting in the case being turned over to the FET^C, which in turn solicited the aid of Judg- ! William Hastie of the war department with the net result that all three agencies are (bending every effort to see that justice is done According to the N. A. A. C. P. attorney. Leon A. Ransome, Mr. Derrick did not seek this position. The war department, in casting about for proficient men -in the field, heard of Derrick and .sent for him to come in on a job as radio engineer. Then they discovered his unusual ability and made the second offer at a higher rate of pay. which would take,Mr. Derrick from post to post throughout the country making installations of the most jecent developments in radio which would bring him additional comix nsation. A native of Alabama. Mr. Derrick received his preliminary training

at Alabama A. and M. college, coming to Howard where he maintained an “A” average during the entire four years in which he took engineering. He was graduated in 1939. Since that time, he had been variously employed and at pres ent lie has 15 army contracts no to ejfimplete which he had bee awarded on a competitive basis It it is alleged by the investigating agencies that his rejection war. solely on account of color and after he had talked with the personnel officer in the war department, he was advised that ho had “neither sufficient training nor experience to qualify for the position,” despite the fact that he had been told differently and offered an even better post than at first presented. The N. A. A. C. P. came into the case and took it up directly with file President’s Committee ou Fair Employment Practice. This was when 4he civilian aide to the secretary of war was called in. The position is unusual and one which requires extreme technical training. There are few radio engineers in the army capable of doing the work Mr. Derrick had bet:’ expected to perform and although army officials were accepting him at first, the matter of color arose, despite the repeated pointing out to personnel men of the President’s Executive Order SS02, which forbids discrimination on account of color. It is reported that the personnel officer after, finding out Mr. Derrick was colored, immediately wrote across his application blank, “not qualified in any way,” or words to that effect. Get More Training

ETHIOPIAN EDUCATIONAL PLAN WILL FOLLOW AMERICAN METHODS

ADDIS ABABA. Jan. t> (AN'P) — Iu an interview with Emperor Haile Selas.-ie and Markonnen Desta .‘,2b year-old American-educated minister <>i' education last Dee. 15. it was revealed that Ethiopia's

(Cont. from Page 1. First Section) to a group of other men and women, who had knelt on their knees forming a semi-circle around the Paso of the altar. She was like

any other mouner except that educational future will take on an iround her neck she wore a Oath-; Ameri an touch. According to tin* olic Rosary of pearls and in her . emperor, ‘-Ethiopia would like to hand she gripped tightly a Holy . s r s ,rt its new era of independence Crucifix with a Cross and the stat- by the establishment in Addis ue of Christ upon it. Ababa of an American school”. Was Despondent. In speaking of preparations made When the services weie ended along these lines, the emperor con--and the last hymn had been sung, tinned'. -‘Before the Italians invaded Annabel! slowly made her ^‘iv ^ lf)35)I sent many of onr through the doors of the cathedral Iu , st young men to the ‘ United of worship and her small form states for training as builders merged into the Stygian darkness., t < m . h( . r5: ., ml eIlir j n< . ( . r . s of th( . fu . A day *v a H d a at th c tufe. Now the time lias come when eleventh hour-a police emergency AlU( . ri) , ni <><1 neat ion should take a squad, m answer to an anonymous fo(lth „ 1(1 in A(]dis Abab;i . jnst ;1S >hone call, dragging the Cana, near is has |n nrpim (Syria,. Istanbul North street found the body of a ( Tnrkov) . an)1 (>th( . r ( . iti( . s of (Ilo w-omati. It was AnnabeTl. Where- East” as she lay on the frozen bank un- ‘ ‘ , J ‘ ’ , identified, an acquaintaance at the * Imister I testa gave more conCity Morgue later told attendants tTeto details of Ethiopia s educathere who she w'as. tIona 1 project m. an interview at Miss Bush w-as born in City Hos-j ' 1 s ’’Hieo near the royal palace, pital and had been a life-long resi- W;,s on . e of tbe few survivors dent of this city. She carried a Hul.vs policy of slaughtering all key to her mother’s home. Mrs. educated young Ethiopians. Louise Durham at 750 Kennedy "My first duty in building an sreet. A familiar person oh the educational system for Ethiopians , Avenue for years. Annabell had said the minister, “will be to pro-never-heen married. People who v ‘ f h* a refuge for boys mutilated by knew her said that she had been Italian soldiers.- These children despondent over a love affair for number about 1.200. their lives have some time and had tried to com- been ruined almost beyond repair mit suicide (by drowning at least by this frightful mutilation; they four times before but on each oc- are misfit objects pity within casion had been rescued by the — ■ —=

police or a passersby. Funeral rites for Miss Bush were conducted from the chapel of the Shirley Winfrey Funeral Home Monday afternoon by Rev. Alexander with burial at Woodhaven cemetery. Survivors were" the mother and a half-sister.

their own villages”. Desta. tile leader of Ethiopia’s teachers, studied at Howard university from lit30-31 and at Harvard eollege from 1!A school t" be called tin* Haile Mariam Mauuno school, in memory of the son of ih, mayor in the town where it will lie located.will be opened in l wo mont hs. The boy for whom the s bool is named was killed by Italians. In conjunction with offering refuge for handicapped boys, it is planned, through vocational training and association, to give them the ‘ consciousness that they have suffered for Ethiopia’s free dom and are entitled to .-e stable place in society. These boys range in age from seven to H» years. Ethiopian education in the beginning is severely handicapped by lack of funds. At present the public budget is alinbst completely subsidized by the British, pending the inauguration of a new lax system. Desta’s idea is to have both types'of schools, public and those of the Coptic church, to be operated on a parallel plan so that the most promising parochial srudents may enter public schools for advanced training. Two white American teachers, Duncan Henry and his wife. Emma, have already taken up the work of rehabilitation. The two teachers are Presbyterian missionaries from Goldfield and Boone, Iowa. ■0~Ri<ad! Think! Talk Less! Act!

Men of the 7(ith ( oast Artillery Regiment AA unpack 3incli shells at one of the nntiaircraft gun emplacements

somewhere on the outskirts of the citv. Below a group of the men warm theniMiveS ^,\er a fire. The men arrived late Thursday night in a ten-mile

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! SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 19. (A ! NP)—The recent hook by Mrs. De Ford which sketches intimately I many phases of early San Francisco life, reveals inter e s t i n g i glimpses of ah early Negro resident 1 who became prominent, Alexander

Leidesdorff.

Few know anything but snatches of the biography of Alexander i Leidesdorff after whom the narrow Leidsdorff Street in the financial district is named. “Leidesdorff came to San Franeisoo first in 1S41 as captain of the schooner ‘Julia Ann’. He was a mulatto, from St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies (now the , United States governed Virgin Isl- • ands). He was in the Bear Flag Revolt, and during the Mexican regime in California was api>ointed by Consul Thomas O. Larkin American Vi e- Consul in Yerba Buena. When Yerba Buena beI came San Francisco he was the flrsr

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<$>*——— American alcalde to he regularly elected in the new city hall. He built the first wharf at the foot or Pine street, and the abode Congress house, which later became the city hotel. Besides being n shopowner and lumfier agent, ana a large investor in real estate, he ran a ship’s chandlery and general store. ^ ‘‘It was Leidesdorff who gave the great ball to Commodore Stockton at which nearly all the guests were Mormons; ami it was he who, on the historic Fourth of July in 1S40 read the Declaration of Indeiiondence, from a stand iu Portsmouth square. He died in 1848 and is buried in the graveyard, of Mission Dolores. The honor in which he was held is a living monument to j the lack of race or color prejudice in early San Francisco”. I This is from the introduction ! where the writer is forced to brief I a number of stories; yhe does j recall, however, the amusing story ! of Leidesdorff’s pioneer steamer 1 service from San Francisco to j Sacramento. He bought a 37-foot side-wheeler, the “Nasledrich” from the Russians in Sitka and put it into service. It started its first voyage on November 28 and, for many unexplained reasons was many times delayed. Passengers j unified off at likely stops to fla'g a stage-coach and some even walked ahead of the steamship whlcn arrived safely after a voyage of six or seven hours. Unite: Join The NAACP WISE SAYINGS “A friend may smille and be a

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(In Emmett »L Scott) | WASHINGTON. D. f\— Washington. Ihe (’apilal of the Nation. | is tlie scene, at the liniment, of events likely to he historically recorded as among the most momentous in the history of the country. The Allied nations have here foregathered for two weeks seeking unity of strategy in the all-out-effort to crush, finally and forever, the brutal power and force of Germany. Italy and Japan, and all who sympathize with them in their barbaric destruction of all that nn n eheri-h in this world of ours - including human dignity, freedom, religion. The constructive conferences so i far held and to be held have been ! devoted mainly, ii is reported, to discussions of agreements having 1 to do with binding spiritually, martially. ami ,“eo;ioiuically uiuier one supreme delerniinatioii, tin- milli- ; ruts and billions of peoples who pwo allegiance to tin* l.'itish Empire*. including the Dominions: the United States of America inel^djng Puerto Rico, the Philippines and the Hawaiian Islands* Russia. Ghina. the* Dutch East Indies, and the Caribbean and South American Republics. Unified Understandings Being Sought. Unity of military command, intensified production, and tentative agreements with respect to the New Order to follow When peace is finally .secured. are being sought. Here is a program of stunning proportions. The Conferences have enlisted the best brain and thought of the nations concerned. It. is is being freely and frankly confessed that so far the Allies are on the defensive. Basie weak-, nesses are being conceded. Tin* initiative is with the enemy countries. They were uflly prepared We were and are not. Unpreparedness, however, will soon give way to concerted action, and the greatest war machines in the history of the world. A pledged Fight to .Victory* summarizes the climax of these bustling days of conference and discussion. In the meantime, gallant defenders are calling upon the enemy to pay dearly for their treachery and warmongering efforts. It may he a long war. and a hard war. but it will be a victorious war. A Negro Exploit. Little by little, there are now belatedly coming to the United States personal stories of courage and h’eorism at Pearl Harbor, unmatched. it is said, in the Naval history of the United States. ^pmetime ago T quoted a couplet - written by Ella 1 Wheeler Wileox: “There isn’t a minute

That a Negro isn’t in it".

Well, as at Manila Bay with Dewey ; and. as .with Perry on Lake Erie: and. as with Farra,'.ui at New Orleans, “a Negm was also in it" at Pearl Harbor, here is a terse description of an exploit which came over tin* cables from ! Honolulu in dt-cr-ibing the sinking a ml ‘ di si ruel ion of the ( . S. Battleship Arizona : 4 A‘‘ Negm nuss-attendant who never before had lired a gun manned a machine gun on the , bridge until his ammunitionwas exhausted”. This story, “officially passed by j the Na\ y ‘, must hove called for comment in the inner, sacrtMl precincts pf Secret try Knox’s Navy Department. No more, gallant, ' courageous action has b(*eh revealed in any of the hundreds of descriptions of personal bravery. This comment is it well-consider-ed statement. -- \ Gallant, Unsung Hero. Tin* other brave and courageous actions and exploits chronicled were of men. < ilizeits of the United States, who had had opened to them every opportunity for training and experience, together with (wer.v inducement for promotion. This gallant, unsung hero— whose name we have not been able to secure — had been refused enlistment by *>ur Navy Department except as a mess-atendant. as a flunky. Promotion of no character awaited him. And yet there flamed in his breast the same fires of patriotism and love of country as burned in the breasts of tin* gallant crew on the Arizona. He saw his duty. He did it. Those words—‘‘A Negro who NEVER BEFORE had fired a gun manned a machine gun on the bridge, unti) his ammuntion was exhausted”- and doubtless perished in the ennflict — will burn forever in Negro hearts as a living testimonial to courage and bravery of Negroes When given a chance — a chance to serve their country. "We have no homily to write, hut surely somewhere in the Navy Department there must he some enlightened liberal who will he asamed that the great United States of America is so lacking in appreciation of the long-con-continued. intense loyalty and services of the Colored people in every war that has come to us. as to proscribe this group of citizens who. even now, are fighting and dying for their country. Surely, .w ith Joe Louis fighting for Navy Relief in New York, and this unnamed hero dying in the service of the Navy ht Pearl Harl*or. some sense of fhir-play, some sense of justice, will lead, at an

truck train. There are 1700 men in the Regiment with some 80 officers. They ran into some of the worst weather of the season. early date, to revocation of this stimga of race as at present prescribed. C’omprehensive Unity Sought. Let ns have more comprehensive unity in our planning and programs. Let us patriotically subscribe to tin* fundamental tenets of Americanism. Let us .remove tin* shackles which make for moral ami spiritual disunity. Let us preserve.and extend onr democracy - - - right here at home. Let us bring new hope and encourage1 mei.it to our Negro citizens by acording them the same rights and | privileges other citizens enjoy. Let us he fair. Let us be just: The Conference of Nations being held here in Washington will have its work and its- decisions a reel ora ted if all of them seek for their nationals the same ful, free opportunities they are premising the rest of tin* world. Ask Fof Court Bailiffs ASK BUSINESS MEN TO ATTEND JOB MEETINGS (By Jesse O. Thomas for ANP) According to information received from the Office of Production Management. immediately after January 1 an enormous campaign will be launched to set up Sub contract clinics in various parts of the United States for the purpose of vdevising means by which the “little businesses” might lie s & v e d through a sub contract arrangement with firms holding enormous defense contracts. This division is headed by Floyd B. Odium, who has had experience with production clinics in many of the large cities and who believes that he has found si way of bringing many of the small manufacturers into contact with large government contractors who have work to farm out. Unless many of these small business concerns are able to establish such relationships they are on their way out. The plan* is to have four regional clinic circuits which will he set up to take representatives of 35 to 50 prime contractors into every section of the country, discovering plants which can handle farmed out work. The plan appears .so feasible that it is hoped by June that virtually every factory, foundry. mill and plant, that can be fitted into the defense arsenal will be in possession of sufficient defense contracts to sustain operation and maintain the present payroll. Negro business men should immediately get in touch with Floyd B. Odium in the Office of Production Management at Washington. D. C.. and ascertain when and whore these clinics are to be held so as to be incluried among those in attc: ^neo in an effort to determine tk * extent to which Negro businesses can qualify to receive

SOUTHERNAIRES HAVE POOR CASE FOR GOV. ACTION

WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. (ANP) Discriminatory charges' bronght by the Southernaires, noted radio group, against the holder of the lease at the National Airport near Washington do not constitute sufficient, grounds for his office to cancel lease o'.f the concessionaire. Administrator of Civil Aeronautics Donald B. Connelly wrote the N. A. A. C. P last week. The charges are that the five members of the group presented vouchers received from the Amerian Airways for breakfast service on Dec. 3. The manager of the coffee shop refused to serve them there with the same thing happen ing in the main dining room. It was further suggested that they eat in the basement in a liuit-h room provided for airport, employes. The letter from the administrator addressed to Leon A.. Ransome read in part: The facts contained in the reports submitted to me witli ‘reference to this incident appear to coincide with those contained in your letter except that I am informed the airport manager did not interfere in any way with any action taken by Air Terminal Services. Inc., in connection with this matter. Moreover,* I am advised that Air Terminal Services. Inc., although refusing service to the above named persons in the coffee shop, did offer to serve them in the dining room. “In your letter you request me as administrator of Civil Aeronautics having responsibility over the airoort. to make ‘an immediate declaration of policy that will be enforced from this day on in regard to the use of all terminal facilities without regard t^o race or color.* You request further that if Air Terminal Services, Inc., elects to continue a practice which you claim constitutes a discrimination, I immediately cancel the lease under which £jris concern operates at the airport. You base this.request on the opinion taken by this concern with reference to the above mentioned persons was unconstitutional. “With reference to your first request, you must be well aware that such a policy is now in force at the airport inasmuch as all persons, irerspective of color, race or creed, have the same rights of access to and from the public spaces in the terminal building. “As to your second request, your attention is directed to the Tact that the use of space occupied by the restaurant is the subject of a contract between the government and the Air Terminal Services, IncBefore the government can take action toward cancellation of this -contract it must have proof of breach of contract by Air Terminal Services, Inc. One of the provisions of this contract provides, ‘The company shall comply with all federal, state or local laws, ordinances, rules or regulations now or hereafter in force, which may be applicable to the operation of its business at the airport.’ “No evidence has been submitted that Air Terminal Services, Inc., has failed to adhere to this provision of its contract., “You allege that the acts complained of constitute a discrimination and are unconstitutional, but no proof has been submitted other than your assertion that such acts are unconstitutional. Although your opinion has been carefully considered, it cannot be conceded that, as a public official, I would be justified in jeopardizing the interests of the government by taking the requested action solely on Hie basis of an unproved allegation.” Dr. Ransome stated this week that affidavits from the Southernaires describing the treatment Avhich they received will be furnished to the CAA. “The’ communication from the administrator,” said Dr. Ransome, “evades the issue presented in this situation. It is significant that he makes no reference whatever to the suggestion by the manager of the coffee shop that the Southernaires. American citizens and passengers in interstate commerce, should eat in a basement room reserved for the use of service employes.” MT* Savings Beat Breadline* LIONEL HAMPTON FOLLOWS RAYMOND SCOTT AT . ! BERMUDA TERRACE NEW YORK. Jan. 11 (ANP) — Replacing Raymond Scott’s orchestra in Brunswick hotel’s Bermuda terrace is Lionel Hampton and his band. Scott, who w T as originally booked for four weeks but later given two renewals, has been playing at the terrace since October 24. having-had frequent CBS broadcasts from that spot during his engagement. 4Lionel Hampton- will also be on the air at least three times a week from Brunswick hotel, his first location job since the band <41 me east. It will be remembered that Hampton’s year-old aggregation made its New York debut only last month', and has been hailed as the outstanding new dance orchestra of 1941.

MAN’S DEATH

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ed belief that Pernell got shot in the back. Deputy Coroner Dr. Lawrence A. Lewis performed an autopsy on Pernell at the City Morgue and said that he died of hemorrhage of the liver and kid-

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some of these farmed out sub contracts. As chairman of the committee of the Negro Business league on this particular aspect of our development, I am urging the business men over the nation to follow the suggestion herein submitted as , a protective device.

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ney. He had been shot in many other parts of the body. Dr. Lewis said, Fred Simon, chief of detectives, stated that besides being wanted here. Pernell was sought by police in Logan, Virginia, for robbery, and other cities. Get More Training A. J. WHARTON (Cont. from Page 1, First Section) ^ j -l-; came tlTe first traffic fatality of Marion County for 1942. Wharton was accidentally killed when he lost control of his car on wet pavement near 82nd street and skidded nearly 200 feet before striking a tree on the other side of the road - . Wharton was found crushed in the wreckage and his car was demolished. He died ilbefore State Policemen Ralph Metcalf and Victor Waller arrived at the scene. The corner’s office re- , turned a verdict of “accidental detah by skull fracture and multiple fractures.” Deputy Coroner Dr. Hubert L. Collins, who made the investigation said that the victim died instantly'. Wharton was horn in Lebanon. Tenn., Uovember 18, 1886. the son of Mrs. Jennie L. Lisk. Mr. Wharton who was married at Chicago in i935, was a former resident of, Nashville, Tenn., Cleveland, Ohio, and Chicago, and maint^yned - a home at Lafayette, IndV where Mrs. Wharton operated a beauty shop. ■ He formerly owned and operated the Hotel Grand bar in Chicago, and was a volunteer for World War No. 1. Mr. Wharton was an affiliate of the Methodist church. Rev. C. Jackson of Lafayette, Ind., preached the funeral and a solo. “A Perfect Day,” was sung by Mrs. Mayme Lague. Mrs. Mildred King was the accompanist. Active pallbearers were Calvin Thompson, Palmer S. Richardson, Sea H. Ferguson. James Mitchell, Harry (Goosie) Lee. put of town visitors werex Mrs. Edward Manson, Mrs. Ethelyn Bass, Miss Charlotte Bass, and John Les* ter. all of Lafayette, Ind., and Mrs. Earl Duncan of Chicago. Burial was in Crown Hill cemetery. Survivors are the widow, Mrs, Pearl S. Wharton, and the mother. Demand Defense Jobs CHICAGO NAACP WINS HOUSING FIGHT IN YEAR,

CHICAGO. Jan. 9. (A. N- P.) — The restrictive covenant suit filed last year against Arthur Penn and Thomas Conroy, white, was dismissed Monday morning by Circuit Court Judge Benjamin Epstein, it was announced by Ira W. Williams. president of the Chicgao Branch NAACP. The suit was filed on the ground that Conroy, in leasing the premises to Penn acted in violation of the restrictive agreement signed by white property owners stating that no Negro could rent, own or otherwise live in the premises except as a servant. Conroy brought his case before the NAACP and Attys. Irvin C. Moliison and George A. Blakey were assigned to the case to represent the interests of both defendants. Conroy, who is a police officer, owns the premises and when suit was brought against him and Penn, he immediately sought the assistance of the branch. Attys. Blakey and Mollison immediately filed their motion to dismiss the suit and the action Monday was the result of their petition. Atty. Mollison was one of the lawyers in the Hansberry restrictive covenant case, a suit involving the property located, in the Washington park area and in which the United States Supreme court rendered a decision which made it possible for Negroes to live ’ in that neighborhood. Atty. Mollison stated that the plaintiff Mary I. Abbey, received so much opposition that her lawyers agreed to withdraw the suit and it was dismissed. In thanking the lawyers for the victory. Mr. Williams said the NAACP will do its share in fighting to see that Negroes in Chicago are provided with sufficient homes to live in and at reasonable rentals, beam Foundry, Machine $ho$