Million Dollars Added to Howard's Fund
OTHER COLLEGES ARE ALSO HELPED - EDGAR BROWN WINS FIGHT OVER GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN Washington, D. C., June 5--In the $125,000,000 appropriation for the education and training program of defense workers reported Monday to Congress which includes professional and skilled American workers without regard to race or color, and controlled by the U. S. Office of Education, Federal Security Agency headed by John Studebaker, Commissioner; Congressman Malcolm C. Tarver, (Dem.) Georgia, who for nearly two decades has arisen in Congress to oppose the Howard University appropriation led in approval of an equal rights and equal educational training opportunity law for Negroes in the all out total preparedness campaign of President Roosevelt. The passage of this appropriation measure now before the House of Representatives and on favorable action there and before the U. S. Senate with the signature of the Chief Executive will register the greatest victory yet won by Edgar G. Brown, the United Government Employees and the National Negro Council organizations he directs in their new and effective lobby program appealing directly to members of Congress. Appropriation bills are invariably passed as recommended by this Committee and its chairman to Congress in this instance of Mr. Tarver. The $125,000,000 appropriation for National Defense training specifically calls for equal buildings, equipment and instruction in states and cities with separate public school systems both on a college and non-college level. Mr. Brown requested this protective language and asked the committee to insert it in the appropriation law when he appeared before the committee on May 1, 1941. It is understood some quiet but insistent (Continued on page 4)
State Colleges Gain
STATE COLLEGES MAKE BIG GAINS Atlanta, Ga., June 5--During the present commencement [season the two Negro colleges?] of Kentucky are graduating 112 men and women with degrees won by four years or more of college work, according to a survey just completed by the Commission on Interracial Cooperation. The degrees to be conferred will be Bachelor of Arts 89, Bachelor of Science 23. During the year these two colleges enrolled 317 men and 490 women, a total of 807 contrasted with a Negro college enrollment in the state of only 71 reported by a government survey in 1926, the current figure represents a gain of 1000 per cent in the intervening fifteen years. By colleges, the statistics for the current year are as follows: Kentucky State College, Frankfort, enrollment 616, graduates 88; Municipal College, Louisville, enrollment 191, graduates 24. In the 109 Negro colleges in [the entire country the survey?] revealed an enrollment of 45,876, of whom 5,064 will receive degrees this commencement. In 1926, according to the government survey, there were only 79 Negro colleges, with an enrollment of 17,506. Municipal College Commencement The tenth annual commencement program of Louisville Municipal College, under the supervision of Dean David A. Lane, began with the baccalaureate sermon at Quinn Chapel last Sunday afternoon, which was delivered by Rev. G. Horace Jenkins, pastor of the church. The subject of his text was taken from the last part of Esther 4:14, "And who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" From it Rev. (Continued on page 4)
Racial Bias Stymied at United Service New York Meet
BETHUNE-COOKMAN GETS $50,000 Daytona, Beach, Fla., June 5---The Executive Board of Bethune-Cookman College has just announced the acceptance of a gift of $50,000 to the Permanent Endowment Fund of the Institution, from the Henry Pfeiffer Estate Fund. The gift was made possible as a result of the interest and confidence of Mrs. Henry Pfeiffer of New York, and the Board of Education of the Methodist Church. Friends of the Institution will rejoice with the President and (Continued on page 4)
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL'S TEN HONOR GRADUATES [pictures] Central High School of which A. S. Wilson is principal, graduated 130 students in its 65th Annual Commencement At Memorial Auditorium Thursday night. The diplomas were awarded by Supt. Zenos E. Scott. 33 graduates made averages of 90 or more. 10 of these were recognized as honor graduates with averages of from 94 to 96, and they appeared on the program as speakers upon the Theme: "The Legend of The Library in A Democracy." Several of these were also winners of medals. The ten honor graduates are carried above in the order of their standing. Top row--left to right: Myrtle L. Hines, valedictorian and winner of the Alumni Scholarship Medal; Emily Greene, salutatorian and winner of The Louisville Defender Scholarship Medal; Gloria Leavell, third; Elizabeth Henry, fourth and winner of the Joseph S. Cotter Scholarship Medal; Andrew Frierson, fifth and winner, Principal's Scholarship Medal; Robert Buckner, sixth, and winner, The L  ouisville Leader Effort Medal; Tella Marie Cole, seventh and winner of Nannie G. Board Award in Instrumental Music; Frances Ballard, eighth; James E. Rhodes, ninth and winner, Faculty Citizenship Medal; Charlotte Lomax, tenth and winner of American Legion Auxiliary Award and a debating medal. The music was under the splendid direction of Mrs. Nannie Board Crumes, with Tella Marie Cole as accompanist. A complete story of the commencement, the full program, and list of graduates will be carried in next week's Leader.
ENLISTMENT OF COLORED MEN IN NAVY AS MESSMEN WANTED Lieut-Commander J. C. Cawthorn, U. S. Navy, and Officer-in-charge, Room No. 437, Post Office Building, Louisville, announced this week that unlimited opportunities exist for enlistment of colored applicants in the Messman branch of the U. S. Navy. Applicants must apply in person at one of the following Navy Recruiting Stations: Room No. 437, Post Office Building, Louisville and the following Post Office buildings in Lexington, Ashland, Owensboro, Middlesboro, Bowling Green, Paducah, Frankfort, Danville, Somerset, Hopkinsville, Ky., and Paoli, Ind. To be accepted for first enlistment in the Messman Branch of the U. S. Navy, applicants must: Be citizens of the United States; be not less than 17 and under 31 years of age when enlisted; furnish authentic evidence of age; be of good character and clean habits; secure written consent of parent of guardian if under 21 years of age; be unmarried; pass a rigid examination, and have no police, reform school or prison record. If over 18 years of age, applicants are enlisted for 6 years. Applicants between 17 and 18 are enlisted to serve (Continued on page 4)
NOTED DOCTOR IN FATAL CRASH. Columbus, O., June 5--Funeral services for Dr. Harmon Wilson, nationally famous physician, killed in a head-on auto collision Sunday afternoon, were held at St. Phillip's Episcopal Church here Wednesday afternoon. The 49-year-old medical man met his death near Newark, O. His wife, Lou Wilson, arriving shortly after the doctor died in a coma at City Hospital, was prostrated at her home, 1379 East Long St. The tragedy (Continued on page 4)
Negroes on Relief Faced With Difficult Housing Problems
RUSSELL SPEAKS TO NAACP BRANCH The first public meeting of the Louisville Branch NAACP under the administration of Rev. W. A. Jones as president attracted a large crowd to the West Chestnut Street Baptist Church last Thursday night. The principal address was delivered by H. C. Russell, State Director of the NYA, who spoke on "The Negro Laborer in American Life." In his address which was based on the life and work of the late Booker T. Washington, the (Continued on page 4)
Tucker Wins Case For White Man
SAID TO BE FIRST OF KIND IN YEARS. MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPT TO RAPE 6-YEAR-OLD NIECE. William John Harper, a white man, was placed on trial in the Criminal Court on a charge of attempting to rape his 6 year old niece, Sylvia Ward, last Thursday. The defendant [was defended?] by [Mr. Burbank?] Tucker and Robert Hession. The prosecution represented by W. H. Swankhaus offered evidence to show that a short time ago one of the nieces of the defendant heard the child scream and on going to a rear room she found the accused with his person exposed and the child with her garments dismantled. The defense contended that the accused was the victim of the ill-will of the child's parents, who sought to send him to the penitentiary unjustly. He said he was a hard working man and had been food to [the family?] including the child whom he was accused of assaulting. The prosecution demanded a 20 year sentence of the jury who after deliberating for an hour found the defendant not guilty and acquitted him. Court house attachees say it has been a long time since a colored lawyer represented a white man before a jury in the Criminal Court.
DUNJEE N.A.A.C.P. KEYNOTE SPEAKER New York, June 5--Roscoe Dunjee, fighting . editor of the Oklahoma City Black Dispatch, will deliver the keynote speech for the opening of the 32nd annual NAACP conference in Houston, Texas, Tuesday night, June 24. Mr. Dunjee, known throughout the Southwest for his fearless battles for his race, is a member of the board of directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and president of the Oklahoma conference of branches of the association. His keynote speech will set the tone for the entire conference. If it follows the pattern of Dunjee speeches and philosophy it will be a fiery call to action in these timse when the race must act to preserve its rights and make new progress. Editor Dunjee is one of those rare persons who has stayed in the South and battled as loudly and fearlessly as though he lived in Boston, Mass. On more than one occasion he has been shot at, presumably by Ku Klux Klan members. Years ago the  plate glass window of his office was shattered by one bullet. On May 9, 1930, a mob at Sherman, Texas, lynched George Hughes by burning down the courthouse and roasting Hughes (who was locked in the treasurer's vault) alive. (Continued on page 4)
369TH REGIMENT ON MANEUVERS. Oswego, N. Y., June 5--After eighteen weeks of training, the 369th Coast Artillery (AAA) Regiment, composed of 1,600 men and 75 officers, are ready for the use of actual ammunition should this become necessary. On June 19, the regiment completely motorized, will move to Pine Camp for maneuvers near the Fourth Armored Division now being formed. Part of the job of the 369th is expected to be protection for the armed division against "air attack." At the conclusion of maneuvers the 369th will return to Fort Ontario for the time being. Colonel Chauncey M. Hooper is commanding officer of the regiment which is Harlem's pride and job.
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